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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Miss Edith Craig. a daughter of Ellen
Terry, the actress. is one of the most pop
ular designers of stage costumes In London.
The Rev. Homer c. Stuntz, of the Meth
odist Church, is editor OF the Philippine
Christian Advocate the first Protestant re-
lgious paper published in the Philippines.
The following ambiguous advertisement
recently appeared in Detroit paper "No-
tice-If -, who is supposed to be in Chi
cago, will communicate with his friends at
home he will hear of something to his ad-
vantage. His wife is dead"
Prince George of Prussia, seventy-six
years old, is the oldest member of the house
OF Hohenzollern, and is known as the ''Ho-
henzvllern Poet" He has written under
the pseudonym of George Conrad" a num-
Der of tragedies, notably "Phaedra.''
Charles Dickens's office table. chair and
looking glass. and another high-ba cked
chair he used in the editors office of All the
Year Round, were sold at auction in Lon
don lately for 1925. They were given at
Dickenss death to his housekeeper and sold
by her 10 collector.
The toes of the Tamil women of India are
fantastic, If not light, being adorned, when
in full dress, with massive silver rings.
Heavy silver anklets are also worn. Toe
rings are not an. exclusive privilege of bar
barians. They were in vogue in Paris a
In Captains Courageous Kipling men
toned by name about twenty vessels of the
fishing fleet at Gloucester. Since the publ
cation of the volume every one Of the TWEEN
ty has gone down. The last of the Inflated
boatS-the Amy Knight and the Prince
Lebo-were sunk in the recent big storm.
The geographical center of the United
States on a high point OF land on the public
reservation at Fort Riley, Kan, is marked
by a large monument erected over the
grove of Major Edmund Ogden, OF the
In 1856, by Joseph .. Sawyer. formerly of
Cincinnati.
1.-The Only Way" Sir Walter Besant's
last novel. was being issued serially in a
journal published in one of the Southern
States, when the editor announced in a
notice printed in the very blacklist of black
type that the story would be discontinued.
as in the fourth installment the heroine
marries negro
A Russian journalist relates regarding
Tolstoy and his recent illness that, when
the doctor told him that he was out of dan
ger, he replied: 1T is pity to give up
the resignation at the thought of death. f"
What troubled him particularly during his
illness that his physician would not
allow the windows 10 be kept open.
King Oscar of Sweden mas sent a two-vol-
tine edition of his poems TO be given as a
rrize I'm a declamatory contest at the First
Swedish Lutheran Church. Kansas city
No. The books were received by the Rev.
Albert w. Lndquist, pastor or the church.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

OF all sneers directed toward what is
charged as a modern tendency to the spec-
tacular, even in charity, the fact remains
that now, as ever. vast deal of the good
done by the right hand of mankind is not
known to its left. Silently. unobtrusively.
even secretly, men and women. according
to their ability and opportunities. serve the
needy and unfortunate fellow-beings who
come in their way they pass through the
world, and not only shun publicity. but
would deny that what they do is worthy Of
notice. Even those who know Of the good
deeds scarcely realize their Importance, so
much a matter of course are they. a man
is killed by accident or intent and the COM
munity is excited thereat. 1t is the one
subject of conversation. Some individual
provides a refuge for the widow, sends the
daughter to school, finds the son remunera-
tive employment, and the proceeding is
given but passing thought. 1t is well, but
il was to be expected, and is hardly of
enough consequence to the minds of the
neighbors to report as news, so does not
reach the papers. Now and then, however,
a deed Of this character comes accidentally
to public knowledge Such one was re-
ported in the Journal one day last week.
Two little waits, almost babies, were in the
police station for want Of other refuge,
their mother having been taken to a hospi-
tai While the authorities were in a guam
dairy as to how to dispose of them came
laboring man with his own two young sons
in search of the children. He had read that
they We're there, and, because they had
lived in his street and played with his
youngsters; because they were little and
was a good man, in short, though doubtless
he would have been surprised to be told
so-he took the waits to his home till such
time as their mother could care for them
again. There is no occasion for surprise at
such an act Such things are happening all
the time. Every one who has been without
money, or whose acquaintance is among
those of small means, knows that the poor
kind to each other; that among them
are the real acts of charity performed
those that mean self-sacrifice. They are so
common that they cause no comment in the
circles where they occur; but it is well,
once in while, that the rest of the world
be afforded opportunity to look in at an ex-
hibition of such genuine goodness. 1t in
spires deeper confidence in human nature;
it is one of the things that proves life
worth the living.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

Observers of current events must have
remarked the unusual number of cases re-
ported recently in which persons have pur-
sued a systematic course of crime without
exciting the suspicion of their neighbors
and while apparently living as quiet and
respectable citizens. A case of the kind
is reported in the Journal this morning
The cases differ in detail, but they are all
alike in the main idea of making unosten-
tatious habits and respectable appearances
a cover for crime. 1t seems to be the latest
fad in the criminal world-a new departure
by cultured burglars and church going
thieves-to demonstrate their superiority
to the common run. If it continues, gen.
teel strangers and newcomers who drop
Gown into quiet communities without let
tiers of introduction will be regarded as
undesirable neighbors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
Alden. Idea of the Country.

London Letter I'm New York Times.
The first number OF the Country has APP
peared. and it certainly has an attractive
look. 1t has one or two stories by we'll
known writers. and its articles relating 10
country matters are nicely illustrated.
don't know very much about the country
myself. but ] have always had an impress
sion that IL was characterized by vegeta-
bles and COWS, and that the air. thOIsn
raw and lacking in pungent city scents. Is
on the whole innocuous- There are. now
ever, thousands OF people who reverence
the country as though IL were a religious
duty 10 prefer Il TO the best city IN the
world, and who love 10 have their trienus
live ia the country, so that the riends can
occasionally invite them 10 spend TWO or
three days far from town and during the
rest OF the year can be relied upon 10 re-
main in the country and abstain from VS.
iting their city friends. Such people ougnt
10 take pleasure in reading the new mas a.
zine Indeed all OF us who SIT down 70
our comfortable city homes and read or the
misguided and unfortunate people VINO I'VE
In the country can hardly fan 10 mo suen
reading pleasant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
DIVORCE AMONG THE POOR.
Bigamy More Frequent Among the
Poor Than Among the Rich.


Rev Percy s. Grant. in Ainslee's Magazine.
Children are desired by the poor not
only to satisfy natural affection and TO
complete the family circle. but because
they are source of income, and can
eventually provide for their parents old
age. 1t is no uncommon thing in cotton
spinning districts to see middle-aged men
throw Up their jobs and spend their days in
idleness. supported by the wages Of their
children. which they receive quite as natur-
ally as business man who has retired on
a competence would receive his interest
and dividends. L have been shocked many
times at the funeral Eyes, what bad luck:
how hard il is on US. Tom is taken away
just as he was beginning TO earn some
thing for US" Such glimpse into the
sordid heart OF human sorrow shows US
tragically that spiritual development must
always wait upon economic reform.
Desertion. not divorce. is the recourse OF
the poor. Bigamy is the crime of the work
ing classes more than OF the rich. / have
never personally known a divorced person
in the working classes. 1 have. however,
There is another side 10 this recourse or
the poor to bigamy a release from mar
ital unhappiness. The inconspicuous lives
Of the poor alone protect them. Flight
from Europe to American. or from our
Eastern States to the West. is sufficient TO
change a working mans world. He cannot
often be followed-his family has no money
for long journeys. He is not important
enough to become the subject OF newspaper
notices. He really lives in a world out OF
sight, below the world OF free travel. or in
ternational acquaintance and OF the
worlds daily news.
The fact i have Just mentioned is instruc-
tive. For IL shows that there is not supe-
rior morality among the poor, but that the
rules Of the game are not understood or
observed. They will not go through the
forms of legal release when they cannot en-
dure legal ties. They take matters into
their own hands and break the rules like
children. All this is interesting to the evo-
lutionist IL is quite as he would expect
The method of the working people IN regard
to marriage and divorce, instead OF exhib-
iting a higher type OF morality. actually ex-
hibits a lower type-it is a survival.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

ish government urging the adoption of
stronger restrictive measures against their
immigration and for the regulation of those
already there. Following is an extract
from this statement:
When the signers put forward what they
believe TO be an echo OF the people they
sound an alarm to the public power in order
mat a preventive measure may be ADOPT
ed TO attack al an OppOrtune time the eX-
cess of Chinese and the excessive liberty
with which this soil is exploited by race
which, although 1t is called industrious,
refuses all productive labor such as agrl-
culture or any other day labor; a race
which cOrrupts and dries up every place
through which il passes whose enumera-
ton has always been a fraud to the adj
minlstration, for by fraud only about .
or 80 per cent Of them are calculated; a
race which is excessively stubborn In per-
sisting In maintaining their own peculiar
customs and manner of life; wnIcn is STUB
born in resisting everything pertaining 10
good government public hygiene and the
pOllcei which threatens US within rev
years with a radical transformation In our
population and customs; which. altogether,
is permanent menace to all the principles
of the economic vitality of the country.
Here again we find reflection of the
conclusions reached in this country regard
ing the effects of Chinese immigration.
Many of the Chinese in the Philippines
are merchants or traders, and some of
them are rich, but under Spanish rule they
were never considered a desirable class.
The experience of Spain with the Chinese
in the Philippines shows that, once ad-
mitted to country, they are very hard to
get rid Of The lesson for us is that Chi
nese immigration to the United States
should be barred. but if possible it should
be done in way that will not contravene
a treaty or give offense to the Chinese gov
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

The losses by fires last March were small
er than they were in March 1901. I'm the
United States and Canada the amount last
March being sls.sis.9OO and sl5.Os6, go the
year before. For the first quarter of 1902
the loss by fire was s4S O99. 600: of 1901. So
$3.50 and 1900, s4O.5Sl. 800. so that, consider
ing longer period. the financial cost Of
carelessness in regard 20 fire is rapidly in
creasing. 1t may be urged that electrical
wires and lighting apparatus are largely
responsible for the rapidly increasing loss
BY fires. There may be something in this.
but the period OF experiment with such
wires has passed, and in the larger cities
there are probably fewer wires strung
above the surface OF the streets than sew
eral years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
DEEDS OF THE RIGHT HAND.

Every now and then some critic of the
newspapers complains that good deeds done
in the world, the cheerful and cheering in
cidents Of life. the happier events of every
day existence, do not receive the same at
tention from the press as crimes, accidents
and grim and depressing occurrences. That
this is an unjust structure any fair-minded
reader of the papers must admit A news
paper is, first Of all, a newspaper, and
must chronicle the events that make news
If murders, robberies, cruelties and other
unpleasantnesses that are the outgrowth of
human frailty seem at times to FREEDOM
mate it is because when such things occur
they become matters of public concern;
they are out Of the ordinary in any normal
community and excite attention. A crime
once committed is not a private affair as
when it was in contemplation, but is before
the world. The same is true OF good deeds
when they are done in a public way. and.
as a matter Of fact. so many OF these are
recorded from day to day that scarcely
an edition Of any paper is without them.
Almost daily it is the fortune of the press
TO be able to announce, for instance, a gift
or bequest made by some wealthy man for
the benefit Of his fellow-creaturss in one
way or another. Hardly less frequently Is
it called upon to record the beneicent
workings OF some of the many public char
tiles. If individual acts are less often set
down it is for the very best of reasons;
they are not done in such a way that they
become public property. A gift for IL
brary. school. hospital. is not a thing
that is possible to conceal; it is of necessity
deed done In sight Of men. But, In spite
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

The announcement that Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
will lecture in this city on the evening of
May 5, under the auspices Of the Boys
Club, will be received with much gratifica-
ton by the people of Indianapolis. General
Lees subject, 1.-The United States and Cuba
in War and Peace is one of deep inter-
est to all intelligent people. so that its
treatment by a man who was in Cuba
consul general five years before the in
reference OF the United States, and who
was there as a United States soldier after
the war, will be sure to call out a large
and most intelligent audience. General Lee
not only represents the best element in the
South, but the chivalrous element in the
Confederate army. The great majority of
those in the North who remember the
war period have come to a point where
they can see that the question of secession
was one upon which good men could con-
scientiously differ. This has been the view
OF Union veterans in this city for years,
leading them to extend such ex-Confed-
crates as General Gordon the most cor
dial welcome Such welcome will be ex-
tended by them and all citizens to General
Lee. Indeed, there are few men in the
country whose visit to Indianapolis will be
more welcome than that OF General Lee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

A recent dispatch from Rome stated. on
the authority OF the official organ OF the
Vatican. that Catholics in the future may
vote at political elections in order to arrest
the progress OF socialism. This means that
the Pope considers the progress OF social
ism IN italy as sufficiently alarming to
justify him in changing his attitude to-
wards the Italian government on the tenn
poral sovereignty question. For some years
past the position or the Vatican on this
question has caused thousands OF Catholics
10 refuse TO take any part in Italian poll
tics In the general election OF 1900 ii was
estimated that Italy. with It's Sl.fsz.slo peo-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

II the Beers make complete amnesty the
main condition OF surrender the British
government viii be very unwise not to
grant it. 1t should follow the example of
the United States at the close of the civil
war, which furnished a much better pre-
text for subsequent punitive measures than
the present war in South Africa does. The
Beers have been sufficiently punished al
ready, and the British government will not
gain anything by showing a spirit of vim
dictiveness
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
His Future Bright.

Baltimore American.
AT last" said Hector de Suzemme, the strug-
Cling young lawyer, ''at last. Arabella, we may
be united in the holy bonds OF matrimony Ny
future is assured
"Oh. joy!'' said Arsbella. Have you given
up law and gone to work?'
Indeed. no." the indignant response. 81
am retained as the sole attorney in a will case
where there forty heirs that hate each
other like mad. and estate OF 81 600. goo. with
a lot OF mortgage litigation and obscure titles
to straighten up before it may be distributed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
Where Charity Began.

Philadelphia Press.
How much did you realize from that play
you gave for charity2''
1--WE hadn't a cent left over"
why, you had a splendid house"
81 know. but the committee realized that
charity begins at home. and they couldn't pos
sibly have found actors any poorer than ours"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
The Other Way
Town Topics.

Town TOPICS.
Blim-What is Speeder doing now?
Blum-He is interested in get-rich-quick
scheme
Blinl-You don't say so?
Blum-Yes he is counting heiress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
Why She Did 1t.
Chicago Post.


II wanted to show she said. that woman
is maligned that brevity is quite as much her
attribute $ it is mans. and when he pro-
posed had TO say Yes A."
You might have said No." IL was sug-
gested
Not at ALL" she protested. when you say
NO you have to explain why you say it, and
tell how sorry you are. and it would have spoiled
everything"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places;
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palnser House. p. o. News Co., Zif
Dearborn street, Auditorium Annex hOtei'
Dearborn Station News Stand.
CINcINNATI-J. r HawIey & Co. 154 Vine
sereet.
LOCISVIILE-C. 7. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book CO., 254 Fourth avenue.
ST. LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON. D. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House. Fairfax Hotel Willard Hotel
DENVER, COL.-Iouthan & Jackson, Fifteenth
and Lawrence streets.
DAYTON. OF. " wnkie. 80 So. Jefferson
street
COLUMBUS. o.-viaducs News Stand. sSl High
street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

During the next week the finance com
nittee TO raise funds for the dedication of
the soldiers monument will canvass the
city for contributions. 1t is an object thai
appeals TO the patriotism and civic spirit
OF all: indeed. the dweller OF indianapolis
who has no interest in the States monu-
ment may suspect the quality of his in
terest in the city
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

One of the largest cotton mills in Massa-
chusetts has adopted the plan OF paying
its employees semi-annual dividends on
wages earned during the previous six
months at TIE same rate per cent as the
dividends paid to stockholders. The OBJ
5ect is to see If operatives will be spurred
BY liberal treatment to better service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

The recent riots in Brussels were simply
m outbreak of anarchism or hostility to
al government. There is not freer coun-
try in Europe than Belgium, and there Is
no special reason for hostility TO King Leo
pold. The rioters did not want reform nor
better government They want no govern
uent at all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

The reformer who takes risks of destroy
ing his usefulness in making the world bet
ter for $3.50 should hasten to a retired spot
where the public gaze will not reach him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
THE HUMORISTS.
Modern Daryvinism.

New York sun.
Eyes. your dress does fit beautifully. but
thought you above such trifes."
mol 1 believe in the survival OF the best
fitted"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

II the wheat crop Of the United States
should shrink steadily for eight or nine
years. as the number of cattle and hogs
has. with population and consumption in
creasing all the time, and our exports in
creasing also. there would be a consider
able advance in the price of -four, but it
would not be due to a wheat trust.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

country are learning that their peril lies in
corrupt rule and enormous taxation. Their
better management is the hardest problem
~ hfch confronts the American nenr,le
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

In New York city only $50 persons are as
sessed for $4,000 and upward Of personal
property. One of the things New York
seems to need quite as much as reform
IN its police department is a renovation of
the conscfences of its rich men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
Amenities.
Punch

funch.
He Cafter a quarrel. bitterly)-I was a fool
when I married you.
She Quietly, about TO leave the room)-Yes;
but 1 thought you would improve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

It is given out that Admiral schley will
make Memorial day address in Bangor,
Me. and that General Miles and a delega-
ton OF Knights Templars will go along
-s<ith hin There can be no doubt that the
admiral stable to make most patriotic
fal< for sl,ch an occasion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
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An Explanation.
washington Sta

washington Star.
''You frankly confess that your novel failed
because OF a lack Of literary skill?"
II do answered the author. The man who
wrote the advertisements was no good
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
Well, No.

Baltimore North American
The elder Mrs. Vanderbilt, II Is said, Win
apply for a copyright on her name Yet IL
does not appear that the name was original
with her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13

1t appears that Horne blew too loud a
blast. 1t was not his intention that in
yestigation should overtake him.
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