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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-08
BIRTH OF THE CONFEDERACY.
The Constitutional Convention Held
In Montgomery, Ala.
Parsons Magazine

sun
The crisis came. The constitutional
convention assembled in Montgomery on
Jan. 4 1861. 1t was composed of one hun
bred members. representing all shades OF
political opinion, all anxious 10 meet wise
ly the issues before the country. The or
dinance of secession" dissolving the union
between the State of Alabama and other
States under the compact styled the Con
stitution Of the United States of Amer
lea, was passed by vote of 50 to 81 on
Jan. II. 1881 Montgomery was thronged
with visitors. The vote was taken be-
hind closed doors in executive session.
The halls ard porticos and grounds OF
the Capitol were packed with ladies and
gentlemen eagerly waiting upon the &C
ton of the convention When the doors
were opened 10 the public and Judge Will
liam r. Brooke, the president Of the con-
vention. announced the result of the vote,
the widest cheering arose. Political differ
ences were blended in the universal glow of
enthusiasm. The new flag Of Alabama
foated over the convention, and the boom
of cannon rose over the shouts of the
happy multitudes, telling the martial mes
sage of the independence OF sovereign
State"
On the next day the senators and rep
IesentaIives from Alabama withdrew in
body from the Congress OF the United
States Governor Moore ordered the seiz-
ure OF Forts Morgan and Gaines. at the
entrance of Mobile bay, and OF the United
States Arsenal at Mount Vernon, that
these forts might not become bases for
the United States troops intended for in
vasion OF the State. He also sent troops 10
aid Florida in taking charge of the forts
about Pensacola. President Buchanan de-
clined 10 receive Mr.. Thomas j. Judge, the
commissioner sent from Alabama TO nego-
tiate for payment OF the debt which the
State conceded to be due the general gov
eminent for the forts, arsenal and Gus
tom house seized by order OF Governor
Moore The Unionists of north ALBANIA
proposed the formation OF that section into
a federal State TO be named "NickaJack."
but the rush OF events and the genuine
secession enthusiasm swept IL into the
Confederate States.
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MEANING OF NEMESIS ILLUSTRATED.
How Thief Was Discovered in n
French Dame school.
New York Tribune.

New
Prof Richard G.. Moulton, of Chicago,
editor of literary editions of books of the
Old Testament, has a fund of interesting
material concerning conceptions, ancient
and modern, OF the word nemesis. The
English meaning OF the term he illustrates
by experience of his mother when
child attending a dame school, in France,
DR.. Moulton defining dame school, as
place where children were sent to an eld
erly woman who had nothing else to do to
keep them from doing anything else"
Repeated thefts Of small articles belong
ing 10 the school resulted in inquiries as TO
the offender, but the inquiries were unsuc-
cessful and resulted in nothing whatever.
At length the dame announced that, as she
had been unable TO discover the thief in
any other way, the tduck' would have to
find out for her. Now. the children knew
the little lame duck that waddled about the
schoOlyard, but how that s.lck was TO find
out who it was that had @ re the stealing
the oldest of them could not guess.
One of the smaller rooms was darkened,
and through this the pupils were to walk in
turn and, as they did so, pass their left
hands along the back OF the duck. By its
quacking, she said, was she TO know the
thief. The children were more in the dark
than ever, for the ill-tempered little fowl
kept up a querulous complaint at the
strange procedure and small difference
could they tell in its quaeking at one
another OF them. But the dame did. or, at
least, she appeared to. and when they were
gathered I'm the classroom again she
puzzled them all the more by telling them
to lift up their left hands.
Up went the hands, and what was the
children's surprise to find the pudgy palm
of every one of them blackened. But, no,
not quite every one. One miserable little
chap lifted up a clean hand-as clean hands
go among school children: Him the good
dame straightway declared the thief. She
had covered the back of that duck with
layer Of lampblack, and fear of the telltale
quacking had led the guilty youngster TO
merely pretend to touch the ducks back as
the others did. 1t was simply his dread OF
detection that had convicted him. That"
says DIR. Moulton. was ideal retribution-
nemesis"
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oFFENsE IN INFLECTIOy.
The Conventional Voice Is Surplus
ingIy Neglected.
Philadelphia Times.


To the person Of sensitive organization
the management OF the voice IN CONVERSE
ton Is OF very great importance. Many
not possessed OF representative perce1-
ton, do not realize how much pleasure
and, too often. what pain may be I'm
parted in a seemingly slight difference OF
tone or infection.
Climate has no doubt a great deal 10
do with the kind OF development that IS
given TO the speaking tones. but there
is much also in custom and example
Americans are justly criticised for their
faults IN this respect, though in the pres
ent generation there Is probably less OF
the evil, particularly among the educated
than there was among their immediate
tOrDears. Every college. or any standing
nowadays largely corrects the provin-
cialisms not only Of accent and pronun-
citation, but also OF tone and infection. of
its pupils. Yet the local influence vxill
sometimes persist even In the most cul-
tured until the end OF life The fact also
remains that in Europeans the provincial
accent twang brogue OF burr. however IL
may be called. is often agreeable But
except the mellow Southern pecullarities
Of speech. there is nothing al an that Il
palliative in our American varieties OF ac-
cent.
II is not. however. the correction OF pro-
vineialism Of accent or pronunciation that
Is most important There Is a side Of the
subject that must take precedence. since
IL has something OF an ethical bearing The
infection OF the voice Is what stamps the
real value upon the words. Those that
hgAtu appear htllH Al MIlALtIs may
derive a hateful quality from the manner
ia which they are spoken. And In the
: exchange OF the simplest amenities OF lie
a mere phrase that should be a greeting or
a compliment often becomes an imperti-
hence. almost an insult. through supercil-
iousness OF infection or fippancy Of tone.
Many people. especially OF late years say
Good morning. or Thank YOU as IL
by doing so they conferred a reluctant Ia
vOr. The rising infection az the end OF a
phrase often conveys this impression.
Whether the practice was introduced hv
some self-styied smart SET" along with
certain mannerisms IN hand-shaking a few
years ago. or Is OF distinctly vulgar Growth
IL Is certainly discourteous. and any one
who will resent IL as equivalent 20 an AZ
front will have right and the more refined
public opinion upon his side.
The education OF the speaking voice a
OF vastly greater consequence than a W.
teal training. Conversation and public
speaking may be music. In a noble sense II
the voice is used rightly Let our children
first learn 20 speak well. not IN monot-
onous. thin or harsh tones. OF with uncouth
or impairment infections, and then, II we
viii. let them learn 70 sine.
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it at the waist He wore legions on his
legs. He had eyes of blue shade which
plainly showed his standardization. He
wore on his feet mocassions or scandals"
The blue pencil poises itself. MY heart
will cease 70 propitiate when 1 die" is
plainly palpitate, but why serenade-and
discretion?
Some of the most unaccountable and
freakish mistakes she copies in a little
book to make merry the heart of an In
valid at home Before them on the same
page are:
Grand opera. The only Grand Opera
know is Wang"
THE pc Deum is a Grand opra."
1.-The British museum is the principal
building in Paris"
''Aristides was god; he was the female
god of Phoenicia.
Hannibal was an early Greek explorer
who wrote book called Heroditus."
Virgil was a Vestal Virgin"
"As / roamed in the deep woods / saw
herd of greyhOunds hunting for prey"
Julius Caesar was the mother Of the
C5racchi"
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one of the hardest, from the providers
point of view, of recent years. But the
young man persisted and finally agreed
that he and his wife would keep accurate
account of their household expenses for
one month to prove the statement. This
was done, except that instead of an ac-
count for one month the account covers
five weeks. 1t shows that the total ex-
penses for provisions and incidentals for
the five weeks was $6.49. The rent was 81
"A week, 50 for the period. This gave a
weeks, or an average of 1929 a week, or
50. is for month.
Before going into details it is necessary
TO state that at the time when the account
was started the family had some coal, pep
per and a very few other articles that
were left over from the foregoing weeks,
but which had been accounted for previ-
ously in the economies.
The account in detail of the entire ex-
penditure of the two persons for five weeks
folloWS:
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Morbid Conditions That Induce Crime
and Suicide.
WASHINGTON Star.


"a dispatch in the Star recently relating
the circumstances OF a double shooting con-
cluded as follows: The couple had evident
ly planned 10 die together. Two bullets. not
an inch apart. passed through the girls
body. Curry then shot himself through the
mouth. said prominent Washington
specialist and penologist.
This couple wished to marry, for they
were lovers. but instead committed suicide.
and just out OF sight of the girls family.
Every once in a while a similar dispatch
appears in the press, the unfortunate in
stances being merely notifications in de-
gree of the case in point The question
which arises from this perversion OF the
natural instincts and the usual course OF
events Is. Why do these unfortunates agree
TO seek happiness in death?
"Anthropologists and pathologists may
differ as 10 the true cause OF this wretched
ending OF human life. The theory that all
persons are more or less insane at the mo-
ment OF committing suicide / consider alb
surd. This yNsung couple considered that
some obstacle, apparently insurmountable,
prevented their marriage. AS matter or
fact. all they had TO do was to go before
some minister or civil officer and be mar
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From Public school "Exercises."
The Worlds Work.


The bell brings another silence. Mary
gathers a new set OF impedimenta and
seeks the place assigned While she COR
reefs exercises she keeps an alert eye on
the studying Of the fifty over whom she
presides.
The exercises are not wholly cheering
"Apherability," she reads. is the state
of being an apherbiie.
"Afferbility Is the state OF being insane
on one subject only.
''Serenade a greenness as OF grass"
"Reverberation. Is when 1t Is made again
into a verb.
The equator is a Elenagerie lion running
around between the north and south pole"
They climbed vesuvius 70 see the crea-
tor smoking.
I'VE celebrate the Fourth OF July because
Jesus bids us
vengeance, Dern. a mean desire to pay
back 1llus'n. Vengeance Is mine; I will
repay. saith the Lord.
Ingenious. a stupid person. from In. not
and genious, a smart person"
Discretion. difference Of sex between
animals"
THE early Briton wore a skin; he tied
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Hence the bristling, rugged. healthy mop
of hair on his head Each hair stays in its
place with the tenacity of a pine stump.
A pound weight would not be sufficient 10
pull out a single hair
Now, If there is any lesson to be learned
from all this, it is simply TO avoid wearing
anything the head that presses the
temples. This is probably the reason that
women have better growth of hair 1t is
rare indeed to see a bald-headed woman.
1t is very common to a bald-headed
man. Womens hats are worn as orna-
ments rather than for protection. They
rarely touch the head at all. Men wear
hats tightly clasped about the head, inter
fering with the circulation of the scalp.
This is why they are bald. They ought to
be bald If they don't know any better.
Doubtless they will continue to be bald in
spite OF this article anything else that
can be written. Round-headed men are
bound to become bald-headed simply be-
cause their hats hug tightly to their heads.
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PAY OF GOVERNMENT JOBS.
Men I'm the Treasury Department
Probably Fare the Best.
Washington Post.


The matter OF salaries IN the govern
mental departments in Washington is one
OF great interest 10 the clerks. Few Of
them before appointment search the blue
book 10 ascertain how well or how poorly
each department is provided for as re-
CARDS salaries.
The Treasury Department takes first
place among all the departments In re-
spect TO high salaries, although even in
that department some divisions are meager-
ly provided for in the annual appropria-
lions in comparison with the others. This
no doubt Is accounted for by the nature
of the work
Perhaps the best paid Office in any OF
the departments is the division OF book
keeping and warrants. senrs.ary's Office.
The chief is paid $50: assistant chief.
s., 600; one estimate and digest clerk. s.. 80:
two principal bookkeepers, s.. 100 each; ten
bookkeepers. 1900 each: ten clerks, 81. So
each: three clerks, s1,6oo each. and other
clerks 81 200 each
1t is difficult TO determine which office
or department has the most poorly paid
clerks, but the Offices IN which women are
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Tom Keene

the public that handling have
edge popularity founded well deserved knowledge the
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-02-20
WAS STOLEN EY INDIANS.
Billings tMOntD Man. Gets Trace OF
Lost RelnIiNes.

ottawa, Ont, Feb. 16.-Fred ]. Ma
shaw of Billings, Mont. who claims to
have been stolen by the St Regis In
dams when he was a child, wants TO
trace his relatives, who live near Otta-
wa, and also how his name is spelt.
Lieut.. Col Mclean of Cummings
Bridge. on noticing the letter. wrote
Mr.. Mashaw that he knew a Joseph
Michaud, who lived in North Plantag-
anet and had removed to Castor river
in Russell about the year 1S47. who was
said u have had a child stolen by the
Indians in the early forties. 1t also
turns out that Napoleon Michaud of
PIT Rochester street, Ottawa. is a
nephew of the "old lost boy" and that
he has a brother Xavier Michaud, in
Masonville, Delta county, Mich. These
facs have been communicated to Ma
shaw
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GERMAN ADMIRAL nusY.
Receiving and Returning Calls De-
cupics His Time.


cupics His Time.
New York, Feb. Is. Admiral Won
Baudissin, commander or the German
imperial yacht Hohenzollern, was kept
busy yesterday receiving and returning
calls. In the morning. wearing full
uniform, with many decorations. and
accompanied by Lieut.. Won Wurtem-
berg. he called upon Mayor Adolph
Tanker of Hoboken. The two converscd
for few minutes in German. Mutual
compliments were then exchanged in
English and the admiral was intro
duced to some of the city officials be-
fore he returned to the yacht. The
mayor will return the call this after
noon. Maj. Gen. Brooke. commanding
the department of the East, called on
the admiral shortly before noon and
was received with much ceremony. He
spent some time with the German adj
miral In the latter's private cabin. At
2 o'clock Admiral Barker of the Brook
lyn navy yard returned the call OF Ad-
miral Won Baudissin, made the day
previous. After the American admiral
took his departure the German admit
raj left for New York in citizens at
tire TO make calls on several New
York families he met at Kiel. Germany.
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CRUSHED BY ICE FLoE.

Unhcediug Their Grave Danger,
Hunters In a Row Boat Are Encir-
cied by the Ice.
Chicago Feb. 16. Caught between
huge foes of ice in the lake just off
the Twelfth street pier yesterday af-
ternoon. a boat occupied by three duck
hunters who were preparing to return
&c shore. a half mile away, was crushed
like an eggshell The men were thrown
into the water and one of them. Will
lam Olson. forty-fve years old. was
drowned. the other two being rescued
after desperate struggle, The men
had been hunting all afternoon and as
they were preparing to return to shore
mass of drift ice foated slowly to-
ward them. Although the men saw the
pack. which soon formed around them.
they did not realize their danger until
the ponderous cakes were almost upon
them. Then they attempted to escape
by rowing, but were too late.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the wires I'm N Con-
Ienked Form.


Thwe Indian appropriation bill car
ries 1854, 500. The item for support OF
schools is $5.247 $50; for fulfilling treaty
stipulations $2,1O2157.
Sir Archibald Milman, formerly clerk
or the house of commons, is dead. He
had been In the service OF the house OF
commons from 1857 until recently.
Lieut.. Col Benjamin F. Pope. chief
surgeon of the division OF the Philip
pines. u. S. A., died at Manila, OF
Brights disease. He had been sick for
two weeks.
William A. Mills. ex-city solicitor OF
Toledo, Ohio. has been arrested on the
charge OF obtaining money under false
pretenses while In Office. He gave bond
AMI was not locked up.
AT meeting yesterday of the senior
class ot the University of Nebraska,
the selection of Booker r. Washington
as commencement day orator was rati-
fed BY majority vote. The university
authorities now declare the incident
closed.
William j. A.kell, who for the past
ullteu Set-TS mas Deen president OF the
Judge company. New York has re-
signed that position and also his mem
bership in the executive committee, TO
devote his time to his increasing oItside
business interests.
1t is said a letter has been forwarded
to Admiral Dewey by Prince Henry
through a warm personal friend. It
expresses the kindest personal regards
and is In u way an apology from Ger
many to the admiral. Prince Henry
admits that the Germans made errors
aftec the engagement at Manila. and
thas Dewey was right and acted right
ly in all things.
Al the request OF Representative
Marshall the secretary of war will au-
thorize the marking OF the graves of
the soldiers who lost their lives In the
fight between Gen. Sullys forces and
the Indians. The scene of this battle
was milestone Hill, in Dickey county
N. d. Mr.. Marshall is preparing a bill
pre- posing to set this section OF ground
aside as a memorial to the soldiers who
lost their lives there.
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In the House.

Washington, Feb. 13.-The house yes
terdey passed the oleomargarine bill.
There was no division on the final pass
age, the real test of the strength hav-
ing been made on a motion to recon-
nit, which was defeated by a majority
of 81 The provision to require the in
spectior. and branding of renovated
butter, which was adopted in commit
tee of the whole Tuesday, was retained
yesterday on the aye ana nay vote AS
finally passed, the bill is somewhat
modified from the form in which ii was
reIC rted from the committee on agri-
culture 1t makes oleomargarine or
Imitation butter or cheese transported
into any state or territory for use, sale
or consumption therein, subject to the
laws of such states or territories, no,
withstanding that IL may be introduced
In original packages. and imposes a
tax of 10 cents per pound on oleomar-
garine made in imitation of butter of
any, shade of yellow" When not made
In such imitation the tax Is reduced to
one-fourth of l cent per pound. The
second section is intended to prevent
dealers. hotel proprietors. restaurant
and boarding house keepers from col
orfnS the uncolored article. The new
section relating to the inspection and
branding of renovated butter is as fol-
lows:
That the secretary of agriculture is
hcreb-' authorized and required TO
cause rigid sanitary inspection to be
made from time to time, and at such
times as he may deem necessary, of all
factories and storehouses where butter
is renovated; and all butter renovated
at such places shall be carefully in
spected in the same manner and to the
same extent and purpose that meat
products are now inspected. The auan
tlty and quality of butter renovated
shall be reported monthly. An reno.
waited butter shall be designated as
such by marks, brands and labels ana
the words renovated butter shall bo
printei on all packages thereof in such
name as may be prescribed bv the
secretary of agriculture and shall he
SOLD only as renovated butter. No rem
ovated butter shall be shipped or trans
ported from one state to another. or TO
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PRINCE OWNED Ur.
King of Korea's Son owes 100000 In
borrowed Money.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Judgment by
default for $4,000 against Prince
Euiwha. the second son of the pking OF
Korea. was entered by Chief Justice
Bingham in the circuit court for the
District of Columbia. The plaintiffs are
Wolff Bros. & Co. of New York and
Philadelphia. who sued on promissory
noe made by the prince. They hope 10
collect the money through the Korean
legation. The prince, who was in this
city at the time the suit was instituted,
submitted no defense, but in an inter-
view admitted he owed the money.
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Alber' Lea, Mimi, Feb Is The
building on West Clark street in which
A. III. Squier was closing out the stock
of his Fair store, caught fire. and be-
fore the flames could be extinguisheI
the building and stock were badly
damage0 The building was insured
for so { Willie the stock was insured
for 5000. Mr.. Squier estimates his
gross loss at 81. 500
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-02-20

There is no assurance that America
is not absorbing the usual quota of an
archists into its population every time
a shipload of immigrants reaches our
shores.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-02-20

La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 16. 1t Is re-
ported in railroad circles that a meet
ing Of passenger brakcmen is to be held
either in st. Paul or here To decide on
an ultimatum to be presented to the
Chicago Milwaukee & 81. Paul road
reeardlng its refusal TO increase wages.
The claim is that wages are $40 ard SIS
lower than on other roads.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-02-20

In Crosse. Wis, Feb. 1.-THE hext
exhibition OF the Wisconsin Fanciers'
association will be held at Sparta Dec.
80, 1902, to Jan. 3. 1908. This associa-
ton !s composed OF pouitrymen I'm the
central and western parts of the state
and has n large membership. The last
show was held in this city last month
The judge for the Sparta show will be
decided upon later.
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It is the judgment of those best
qualified TO speak on the subject that
now is the time TO visit Washington.
Politically and socially, the nations
capital IS rarely more brilliant and at
tractiye than it is at present. Besides,
1t Il the duty OF all those of our people
wha can afford it to see their country's
capital at its best.
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MunicipnI owncrs,,Ip success.

New berry. Mich, Feb. 16.-The sue
cess Of municipal ownership is being
well demonstrated here Newberry IS
a village of under 200 population. yet
ii OWES and operates water and cleo
trio light plant that, despite the reason
able rates charged. not only is self-sus-
tanning, but nets the village treasury
about 500 a month,