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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-08

but the other awaited our arrival. By this
time the situation appeared so critical to
Lieutenant Miller that at his order the pail
bearers dropped the box containing the re-
mains of Consul Prentis and he and his
men joined in the mad race for life The
young officer in charge of the waiting boat
refused TO take chances on beaching her
and there was nothing but TO go through
the surf to her. We were up to our necks in
water when we were dragged aboard, and
eight pair OF young arms put as much
steam into eight oars as was ever develop
ed in a Yale-Harvard contest. The Poto-
mac was already moving when we came
alongside. and once we were aboard she
went for the open sea at a clip that in ff-
teen minutes put us beyond the danger line
Perhaps four miles out at sea we over
hauled the Indefatigable. which had come
10 a stands,ill. and Captain Mccormick re-
ported 10 Captain Mclean what had oc-
CURED. In the meantime the eruption from
the crater Of Pelee had subsided. but from
the shore line extending from a point a
half mile from the northern limits of St
Pierre. for a distance OF apparently a
mile there went up great cloud OF vapor
similar to that which had arrested our at
NciANAoh tbOA AdhNAiiS- oiiOC bue appearance
OF this vaporous demonstration along the
shore line was simultaneous with the arri-
val OF the great column OF smoke that had
moved down the mountain side there
seemed little doubt that this immense sheet
OF vapor resulted from the contact of molten
lava with the waters of the ocean. Captain
Mclean was not entirely satisfied that this
was the explanation of the phenomenon
and he megaphoned Captain Mccormick to
run in as close as safety would permit and
report the results OF his observations. In
CONTINUED ON PAGE s. COL. A.
The evening times., 1902-07-11
By
HENRY E. ROWLAND.
Of New York.

The old SAYING that the time after he has
ned has taken practical form in these days of activity
and tremendous schemes and the dinner table has practically be
the workshop Of the business political
Plans haed the dinner table, politics arranged and
schemes evolved and eonsummated that would probably nsug
left to the cod practical business the counting
The pleasure of dining together put
ting good huor than of pung personal
influence Wine is lubeator 1t oils the wheels
And astounding how friendly weIcooked shared your
nehbor will make feel Gastronoy good or
if the latter be begotten
hand
And the planners poters promoters today wisely
make of this pwerfu
of thinking to taw them melt their objections
finally gently compel them agree made the plan
OF organization offered the of capital be appropriated
Senator Hanna meets for
breakfast and if mistaken pres
a the last meeting.
Years belonged club discuss, thought
and Of the Sometimes wanged ques
tons until the morning. and the meetings perfect
bore One day suggested that meeting nights
gether h and debate aeward The plan worked like eha
dispatched in the possible and motions
carried unanimously
Now, although, generally speaking all Influenced
dinner there impossible
the prospect sitting the
Wit doubt if James J. Hill Russell Sage opn
sapng delicious
pagnes; Perpont Chauneey Dep
this type open the sedueons the table They
who the power dining and the JOY of being dned.
And after ALL a trouble
Is just Aye,
think enjoy NOR because know it 5 a mistake.
The evening times., 1902-07-11
ROYAL FAMILIES
By L. I.

The London
the dissipation
pointed ontravenins this assertion
experiment Of special selection the
tendency general
die
Of
hasten its end It follows therefore,
do health
do
the development
il include
lionso
law IS oval Igeniuse
in
beings had produced by tbs
died
healthy
gle for life modify course
been absent in the evolution
they viii De made Of people of physique,
and welounded characters abnormay rare
The evening times., 1902-07-11

under. especially as compared with
statesmen.
4 few years ago il was an old story
in certain weH-known department
store-now under new management-
that fully one-third Of the bookkeeDers
would fail to appear at the Office for
from one to three days following the
monthly pay day.
4 bookkeeper. above all other en-
ployes in a big establishment. should
be thoroughly trustworthy; and the lack
of this quality cuts greater inroads
upon his earning ability than it would
did he fill almost any other position.
Again, many so-called bookkeepers are
simply entry clerks and are incapable
Of filling the position OF bookkeeper.
which. in most small retail stores, prac-
ticalIy amounts TO the position Of
manager, and also confidential man.
and places the bookkeepers in the pre-
ferred class for rapid advancement
The ranks OF so-called bookkeepers are
sweued by incapable young
men, and young women TOO. who are at
tracted by the supposed fact that the
work is easy. demands short hours. and
IS commercially aristocratic- Were they
willing TO work harder in other branches
they would be much better on in later
years.
There are many unemployed book /
keepers, but I think few OF them are
good boOkkeepers. This talk Of book (
keepers working for s. and SO week I
is nonsense II Is often hard 10 find g..
good bOokkeepeT, and ! think that
good bOOkkeeper can ind z position IL
from SIS 10 $50 week. dependent upon /
his experience, skin and personal re- /
sponsibility.
The evening times., 1902-07-11
DIRT AND HEALTH.

The Ghetto. IN Rome, was the health
lest quarter Of the city and at the pres
ent day the Jewish quarter Of New
York. the most crowded. and unfit re-
Gently the dirtiest, part Of the town.
has the lowest dath rate. says the Chi
cago Chronicle" Persons with such
constitutions. being. in a large measure.
l.-onf against morbifc influences. are
generally injured only by their own ex-
cesses, and It VIII be found as q rule
that centenarians have been persons Of
this class. who have seldom been i'll in
their lives, who have had the contagious
diseases Of childhood lightly, if at all.
who have always been temperate in all
things. light eaters and drinkers, slow TO
wrath, able TO control their passions and
emotions. and usually leading placid
Uneyentful life. Such conditions can be
brought about by sanitary laws onIv as
q result Of long-Continued teaching and
pressure extending over many genera
ticnS, ard may not be DerceptibIe in the
race for q hundred years 10 come Our
first parents were driven from the Gar
den Of Eden for fear they would become
immoral. and their descendants have lost
50 much ground that only one out OF
millions IS able 70 reach the physiolog-
ical limit Of life which should certainly
be zoe years, and possibly 120.
The evening times., 1902-07-11
UNSUSPECTED INSANITY

The confession of the insane nurse.
Jane Toppan. that she had In her life
killed thirty-one persons placed in her
charge is probably not to be trusted.
but her contention that she Is not in
sane. and her conviction OF certain mur-
ders. causes a shUddeT and arouses in
the mind a terrible question as 20 the
possible existence Of mental alteration
in those placed IN authority Of any Kind.
says American Medicine This suspi-
cion is intensified by the recognition
that the lines deIimiting the sane mind
arc by no means clear. since there are
all grades Of insanity, each spr;nging
from and based upon normality. and
fading into each other by imperccptibIe
shades. One might paraphrase al old
proverb by saying that no mird is abso-
lutely normal or abnormal There are
number Of instances Of army generals
whose actions are hardly explainable.
except upon the assumption of mental
Wherever there is q strik-
ing ilIogicalty Of action on the part of
The evening times., 1902-07-11
EVERY WOMAN A CALENDAR.

Now that ladies wear SO many jewels
IL the daytime. a sequence Of coIov
should be thought out The Siamese ar
rangement may. perhaps. afford sugges-
tions- In that country on Sunday red
silk with a parure OF rubies is worn;
Monday brings a silver and white dress
and q necklace Of moOnstones. Tuesday
is dedicated to light red. with coral or-
naments; wednesday is devoted 10 green.
with eneralds; Thursday sees a dispI1y
Of variegated colors, with cats eyes:
Friday the lady IS arrayed IN pale blue
with flashing diamonds; and Saturday in
more sombre. darker blue, with sap
phires TO match.-London Graphic.
The evening times., 1902-07-11

those in authority. insanity should be
suspected. Legislative halls are by no
means exempt from suspicion. Consider
ing the numbers Of physicians and their
natural temptations and possibilities. it
is strange that there have not been
more cases Of insanity among them than
are no record, The explanation may be
that under such circumstances they
quickly or Immediately choose the pro
fession Of quaekery There can be no
reasonable doubt that there are today
in our country hundreds. one would
more accurately say thousands. Of
quacks. who. by all the laws Of psychi-
airy. should be in asylums for the insane
The ignorant and 5uperstitious have for
such lunatics an unaccountable fascina-
ton. and there is just enough sanity in
the duper's mind to recognize the facr
ana EToHt by the false sentiment.
recognition Of tbis sad fact is decidedly
needed on the part Of lawmakers in or
der 10 free the community from the
ruin and wTetcbedncss caused BY medi-
cal delusions and Iunatic deIuders.
The evening times., 1902-07-11
MALLEABLE GLASS

a glass that will not break, that can
be molded into any desired form, thai
can be hammered without catastrophe
in short a glass that viii be as MALE
able as lead or any other metal
This is the extraordinary claim that
Louis Kaureld, q Matthews. Indiana
glass worker. makes for a new kind Il
glass he has just discovered, says the
philadelphia North American"
with an ordinary goblet made Of the
new material he can hammer nail into
/ rough board He can bore hole into
glass pane, and then patch 1t with
another piece OF the same kind OF glass.
/ COFFEE. pots and tea kettles can be made
of the new substance and viii no more
crack. even under the most intense heat,
than would steel.
While Kauaeld's process IS unknown
to anybody except himself he recently
volunteered the information that the
lime and lead that are used in the manu-
facture OF ordinary glass do no enter
into the composition OF this, What
the substitutes are he would not say
THE secret lies" he said. ''in the
chemicals that are used in making this
glass, and the proportions in which these
chemicals are put into it
There are many legends concerning
maueabIc glass. There is a story that
a glass worker in ancient Venice cen
turies ago discovered the secret He
made glass bottles and Jars that he could
hammer into hattened strips without
injuring them The king of the country
heard of the remarkable glass worker
and summoned the artisan to he royal
palace. Expecting he would be received
with high favor by the king. and elated
at the royal summons. the glass worker
demonstrated the malleabiIity of his
wares in the kings presence. But the
king was greatly dispIeased at the ex-
hibition.
If this man can make glass OF this
kind he said, "he viii render Yalueless
all the glass I have in my household
Take him to the block"
Whereupon the unhappy glass worker
The evening times., 1902-07-11

The literal meaning Of recreation is
recreation revision OF life, read
justment Of the lens, a re-birth Of en-
er5y and ambition
And in so far as a vacation has this
re-creating power. it is good. If It %
beyond this and breed IaziEess and dis
content. q distaste fer work, and a De
sire fer a continuous holiday. it is evil,
This is plainly its abuse
am 4 great believer in vacations ny
self. although. para6ozical ~a~
seem. 1 have never in my forty years
of political work known VIZ. < ,--4,i-n
was. 5.f55 in great measure a
matter of habit, like the time taken for
luncheon or the number of cigars one
smokes during the day
Speaking broadly. however, the aver
age man needs a vacation. He is better
physically. mentally, and (oftentimes)
morally. for a rest. a change. a respite
from toll with downright good loaf.
The evening times., 1902-07-11
q think that any good bookkeeper
can find a position Of from eighteen
to fifty dollars q week"

The recent case OF z boOkkeeper com
rnitting suicide because he received only
s. for a weeks salary, whereas he
formerly received a salary OF s2-5o0 4
year. suggests the fact that almost
countless numbers of bookkeepers are
out Of work. and that they can be hired
at almost office boy" salaries
That portion OF the public which is
not Informed regarding the inside facts
Of commercial life regret the condition
OF affairs which results in q supply Of
bookkeepers and other workers that so
much exceeds the demand
Bookkeepers. so-caIIed. can probably
be hired at lower comparative salaries
than any other class Of workers. and
there are probable more bookkeepers
out Of employment. II anyone should
advertise tomorrow for q bookkeeper
at salary of so a week he would re-
ceive scores Of answers
How. pathetic" remarks the reader.
that. commercial conditions are in such
q condition"
Il IS pathetic, but it is not due to com
merciaI conditions. Il is pathetic be
cause thre are so very few good book
keepers, and because 50 many good book
keepers are unreliable and consequent
" are obliged to work for small salar-
les. for the reason that their conviviaI-
ity results in their being Obliged to
work for one-half or two-thirds what
they would command we're they to be
depended upon
ConviviaIity seems to be the predomi-
nant failing OF boOkkeepers- Why this
is so I DO not know. but suppose it is /
due TO their environment and the ner-
vous tension they are almost continually |
The evening times., 1902-07-11
TRANSITION OF THE cYrsY.

The gypsy has always been known az
a horse trader. Possibly he is about
to change his business from horses to
automobiles. At any rate. a band of
gypsies Is this season travelling ocross
the country IN a gayIy decorated auto
mobile car It is divided into three
compartments, bedroom, dining-room.
and kitchen The body Of the vehicle
IS painted deep green and the run
nlnS-gear IS red The decorations are
IN goid. The chief Of this twentieth
century gypsy band is entnrs;asric Owe
the automobile FTe is a-3Ie 10 make ffty
miles Gay without any trouble. As yet
he is still dealing in horses. but his
successor may prefer 70 abandon horses
and to go through the country
with a number Of automobiles, which
he viii be ready to barter in horse
trade fashion--Worcester Spy.
The evening times., 1902-07-11
BY
CORNELIUS VAN C0TT.
Postmaster Of New York.

he returns to his work rejuvenated; he
is better, stronger, happier.
It is good for the employer and fer
the employed. Statistics prove that the
houses where no vacations are taken
turn out less work than these lhat Ia
bitualIy send their employees caF for a
stated rest And not only can men work
better 5oz lite vacation. but 1t has
been proven that better discipline ex-
lists where regular vacations are the
rule.
We Americans are getting to look upon
holidays in general with more ana more
favor The half day week IN our busy
uptown stores IS a boon to the tired
shop girl. and reacts advantageousIy
upon her customers and her employers
The former are waited upon with more
courtesy and the employer sells more
goods 0y reason Of the rest he gives the
SiTls behind his counters.
Here in the postofice we have an army
The evening times., 1902-07-11
The Lady and the Roses

He strayed with her, cuIling the roses
/ That sweetIy had scented the air;
/ lie ran the thorns into his fingers.
/ But she sighed Ger the blood he shed
there
She sazed on his wounds and spoke
sadly,
And the price that they cost he gave
gladly
For the roses he placed in her care
She gazed with look that was wIstful
At the fai-est, most beautiful rose,
And he gallantIy reached It and pIueked
Losing patches Of skin from his nose
But she pressed her red lips TO the
flower.
He saw heaven ope in that hour
And forgot TO remember his woes.
He saw the bouquet on the bosom
And was glad Of the wounds that he
bore:
She sighed Ger his roses and braveIy
He FASTENED to pluck her some more;
He fell from the fence he had mounted
What happened cannot be recounted-
He ruined the trousers he wore.
She fed from the spot where he fingered.
Her red roses scented the air:
They blashed where they lay On her
bosom.
And, blushing, she looked at them
But another approached with glad greet
ing.
And she in the joy Of their meeting
Fcrgct that one Ioitered somewhere.
s E. Kiser in the Chicago Record
Herald
The evening times., 1902-07-11
GOWNS AT SIPS

dress Teforner IN Cincinnati telling of that city
thai would be fine thing dress reform
would wear dress Of Uniform style adding
precisely 5 She coa-red as never
be absolutely cut Of style and that would
be T were adopted
the business began and them has
whole
d
rate that
about the which actually
the evolution Of the baii2cn hcoDkrt ff have
never gone back TO that fashion the
Bubacb
the cost Of gown which
the rich and then plain
the rsfBv-sav skirt
the
skirt devised by the was so badly
n seenny.
Meanwhile,
possible tnconspIcuousy without p
study the laws of moment
The evening times., 1902-07-11
THE KING OF DABoMEY.

The King Of Dahomey has evidently not
lost that !ondness for diversion which
resulted in his removal from his an
cestral kingdom to Martinique. Lost
to sight during the recent coHvulsion
there, It was suggested that he had
been destroyed with such of his court
and harem as the French permitted to
surround him on his prison isle. But
fate had ether things in store for the
monarch. as he turns up with COM
munlcatiOn 30 the French colonial Of
fee. de is unhappy in Martinique, and
WANTS 10 be taken TO Paris for : little
vacation 1T Is not" he says. that
! am iITeated; on the contrary, l am
the object Of the utmost benevoIence-
But just now Martinique offers so few
distractions" New York Tribune.
The evening times., 1902-07-11
BACKGROUND OF THE UNIVERSE.

Writing in Popular Astronomy. Ed-
gar Larkin. of the Lowe Observatory. in
California, makes the statement that tbs
background OF the visible universe is not
dark, but light, although very dim. The
stellar acor, he says. is visible from the
Lowe Observatory. It IS the background
Of the universe. OF that part OF it within
range of telescopcs-that glimmer Of
phosphorescence shining beyond the sep
arate stars. The entire sidereaI struc-
ture is draped in white. but the cloth Of
pearl is rent and torn in thousands Of
places These apparent openings. or
riffs. are dark. or. in some cases. appa-
rently black. The robe of nature is not
nebula. being unlike that sheen round
about Orion, for where the real cosmi-
cal floor is on display the nebuIosity is
absent. The azoic pavement. basic rocks
Of stars, appears TO be made u OF in
conceivable multitudes if minute stellar
points The s.dereal sheet is granular,
and the granulss are as fine as those
seen on a gelatin bromide plate When
first seen 1t was thought a mistake had
been made, so nothing has been printed
until now, after more than year OF
careful scrutiny, through al possible
changes OF weather and varying condi-
tions Of air IN the darkest mountain
night. extensive areas OF the celestial
vault are almost solid white. yet made
up OF microscopic points. This is not
due 10 dinused light N tho atmosphere
of the earth. fer other parts are dark,
or seemingly black, Cn the same night.
The floor below the stars ranges through
all degrees of intensity from pure white,
easily seen, down through faintest SHIN
mer and sheen. to the limits OF visi-
biiifv
The evening times., 1902-07-11

Gen Bradley T. Johnson. Of Virginia.
tells the following story Of Gen. stone
wall Jackson's reason for his we'll
known extreme temperance habits.
Shortly after the battle Of sharps-
barg. September L. 1862. said General
Johnson, General Jackson sent for me
to come TO his headquarters, near
Charlestown. in what is now West vir-
ginia. I went, and he asked me to stay
I'll nfrht
Before supper Hunter MCGUIRE, his
medica. director. took me tn his tent.
where he produced a caatecn Of apple
jack. and then we went into the mess
tent We had three turkeys for supper.
Moved and seduced by the instigation Of
the devil as shey say in the old in
dictments for murder-and suI more
by the aPpleja and I entered
into q lively discussion Of the evils Of
drinking. Alcohol VIC considered the
baRe Of the human race. We hated it
the taste Of II, the effects Of it were
apLoi f"@sitr ana We couiQ not understand
how reasonable human beings could be-
fuddlc their brains and Daraiyze their
nerves and muscles by the use Of IL
Old Jack sat silent and solemn al the
head OF the table At last he broke in.
differ with you gentlemen. I like
the taste and the effects of 1t. both,
That's the reason I never touch IT.
Tabieaut And never knew TO this
day whether ne was not quizzing US
whether he did not see from the yoIu-
The evening times., 1902-07-11
THE SWEET, LONG DAYS

The sweet, long days when the morning breaks
Over the mountains in and gold,
When the shadows Enger vale and lakes,
And the afteTglow tnts field and void,
The days when the pasture land
Lies dapped with daisies beneath the sun,
When the waves wash up the pebby strand
And the little rippes leap and
The sweet long days when the children play
Merry and sweet as the day IS long,
Driving the COWS, and tossing the hay,
And singing many snatch of song
When mother is busy from till eve,
AMI father Is earning the ehildren's bread;
In every task when a prayer they
For blessings to rest on each little head
The sweet long days when, though trouble may come
We bear the trouble in trustful cheer
For ever IN God is our constant home,
A refuge and shelter from grief and fear.
The sweet long days which Father sends,
Foretasle ana pattern of days to be
In the time when the measure by days shall end
On the fadeess shore Of the Crystal Sea.
M. E sangster
The evening times., 1902-07-11

Of hard-woTking men-mea who proba-
bly, have harder and longer hours than
any other like employees II, tl.- city
and their vacations are positively OBJ
ligatcry- And for this reason it was
necessary to plan the summer so that
each man might get MS allotted time.
The srDerintendents CT divisions. de-
partments, and stations arrange the
schedules of annual leaves Of absence
in accordance with stared rules. and so.
all down the line. every man obtains his
appcrtioned holiday.
The whole matter Of vacations is very
wisely summed up b. the cid nursery
rhyme:
Al work and no ay ma5e5 Jack Z duJ boy;
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.
But there is a happy medium between
the two: the happy Jack who works
while he works and plays while he PLAYS
is the type OF man who makes the most
of himself and Of his opportunities
The evening times., 1902-07-11
A NATIONAL HYMN
By WILLIAM GILES DIX.

] W i+-t%t-R-tt hrAA-f-l tJiA-
One Land from palm to pine.
One Land from sea to sea.
/ One. where the sun springs bright to
! shine
/ Ger hcmesteads Of the Tree.
One where days dazzling majesty,
( Rounding its radiant race.
Transfgu-es oceans pace,
One Land our Land shall be.
Where bounding rivers flow,
Winding through waving green.
Where mountain ranges soaring
glow.
In Ear cntrancing sheen.
Where sunny seas CT grain are seen.
Where sovereign Freedom reigns
Ger rivers, mountains. plains.
Two oceans vast between.
One Land our Land shall be,
Where glorious memories rest.
Hopes o'er enc bfrthrtght Of the free
In heavenly spiendcr drest.
Far shining, as from east to west.
Glad cleaning ages go.
Mere and more glorious glow
Our one Land God has blest.
And from each sounding shore.
Our Fathers Cod viii be
God of their sons. till neyermore
Day shall bid darkness fee
Our God! till sounds by Thy decree
The crash OF rending time.
Guard, on Thy throne sublime.
Our Nations unity
The evening times., 1902-07-11

had his head chopped OF and the secret
died with him
There is another legend of an ancient
Egyptian glass worker who discovered
the secret, but this story is vague. i
has been said that some of the Egyp-
tian's product, with its malleable quail
ties intact, was found about the pyra-
nids. but there seems little historical
authority for this.