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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

Among the accounts of unseemly antics
of excited crowds at alleged revival meet
ings is one of a meeting held in a village
in the southern part of the State in which
the audience, for the most part, joined
in a shouting and jumping exercise. One
man weighing about two hundred pounds
threw himself upon the floor with such
violence that he broke his arm, and later
so large a part Of the audience engaged
in the jumping performance that the floor
gave way. Fortunately the floor was near
the ground else the greater part Of the
audience would have been seriously in
jured. The unaccountable thing is that in
a State like Indiana, with a public
school system and so many religious teach
ers, any number of people can regard such
performances as having any relation to
the Christian or any other rational religion.
Besides such senseless performances the
ghost dances of the Indians are respect
able and the orgies of pagans are only
more revolving in the degree of cruelty.
Yet hundreds if not thousands of people
hold that the certainty of salvation from
the tOrulenlS OF a HleTdl nell are only to
be secured by such unseemly performances
as crawling on the floor. jumping and
shouting or falling into frances. Such peo-
pie can scarcely be said to be serious, be-
cause seriousness is the result of thought.
and thinking or any other mental process
is impossible for such people. They are
doubtless sincere. but their religion is in
no sense Christian any more than is that
Of the idolators who infict bodily injury
upon themselves in the hope of appeasing
the wrath OF their gods. One Of the evil
results of such performances in the name
Of religion is that they tend to make those
Who are curious witnesses of such antics
scoffers not only OF those who act as If
beside themselves, but of religion generally.
The wonder is that Christian effort is not
directed against such irreligious and un-
seemly performances.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
PART Two.

oooa,.ss 70 those around them and he
Sas undoubtedly lived up 70 the sentiments
he has thus expressed.
Swedish scientist, DR.. NJ. Elkenberg.
claims 10 have perfected an appartus by
which milk can be brought into the form
Of powder which contains all the original
nronerties of the milk except the water.
II can he kent and transported I'm cans.
bags or barrels. The cost OF producuoh y
estimated at about = cents per ~ quarts
The inventor thinks that hocr from kin
milk can be sold for about u cents per
pound.
Congressman Hepburn. OF Iowa, has de-
welcomed an unfortunate but ~laughable habit
Of making bulls. which. IL Is needless to
saw never appear in the reports OF his
sDeeches I'm the Congressional RECORD.
while debating the Nicaragua canal Dill ne
smoke OF waiting the sailing Nesseis that
desire 10 cross the continent A roar OF
laughter greeted the remark. 10 be renewed
when some one suggested thal me $50
man from Iowa had prairie schooners IN
mind.
Joseph Letter has an elaborate scheme on
hand Of founding an industrial city in
Franklin county, Illinois. He has bought
s OOo acres OF land. Two coal shafts will be
sunk with an m daily capacity OF
5000 bushels. A thousand coke ovens VII
be built. A railroad twelve miles aons w
be built TO the mills. Eventually sou men
will be employed. These men, Win lHeH
families. will make a city OF 1000 persons.
The city has been laid out ana named
Ziegler.
zone day." says an exchange clerk in a
Philadelphia department store. IAN old fell
low from the country came up 20 my desk.
and, laying down a package, said; Young
man. here's a suit OF underwear that ]
bought here seven years ago. II Is toe
small for me, and L would Ike 10 nave ~
exchanged l was thunderstruck at the
something about the time limit on such
transactions. Well said he. i know that
but I've never had 'em on, and this IS the
first time I've been in town since the Gay
hought en-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
Fifteen hundred Washington women /.

Fifteen hundred Washington women at
tended the first reception of Mrs. Shaw,
wife of the new secretary of the treasury,
held last Tuesday. This attendance ex-
ceeded that of any Cabinet reception in five
years. The secret of the great number of
callers lay in part in the fact that so much
had been insinuated in the yellow papers
as to the social rawness of the lady that
many Washingtonians were animated by
curiosity. Contrary to the expectations of
these visitors, their hostess proved TO be
extremely affable and agreeable, and Gre
ated a favorable impression. 1t is not so
long since a majority of the residents of
Washington were fairly raw themselves so
far as the social routine is concerned at the
capital, while those who have had a life
time familiarity with society and its ways
ought to have learned before now that raw
ness does not by any means invariably en-
anate from the West. Even among people
as far distant as Iowa many social graces
are to be found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

to follow all the advocates of this form
Of esthetic progress TO the limit of their
argument. There. for instance, is the writer
in a valued agricultural exchange who
recommends that barns, cattle sheds and
other farm buildings be made decorative
with vines, ETC., not only for the enjoyment
their picturesque appearance viii afford to
the owner and other human observers. but
because of the pleasure the sight will give
to the farm animals. Cattle he says,
"enjoy the beautiful. Give them clean yards
and they appreciate it. A COW will always
lie down facing a fine landscape. and at
night facing the moon. provided her quar-
tiers give her an opportunity" The Jour
nal has never been the recipient Of the
esthetic condolences of a cow, nor has 1t
had opportunity to study her nature on its
art side, but it has some reason for the be-
lief that she would swap a fine landscape
or a vine-clad barn any day for a bucket
full of bran mash. 1t may be that the
writer quoted has gathered his ideas Of
the cow from contemplation of her as she
appears in the pictorial art Of the day. No
landscape painter can get along without
the cow. She is always present in his
paintings, and, it must be admitted, fire.
quently does wear when there an expression
that might be classed as soulful. But the
advocate Of agricultural esthetics ought
TO know that it is the yearning soul of
the artist that looks out Of her eyes and
that she is not in the picture so much be-
cause she enjoys it as because she can't
help herself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

weakness? Must these potent agencies adj
NIT that they cannot max successful war
upon the influences which keep a certain
but not a large part of the human family
below the poverty liner The manual
training school can do much. and the
cleansing of the sIums will help. but hu-
man beings who are in a state of hunger
must be fed before they can be taught, as
Christ fed the hungry multitudes who fol-
lowed Him into the wilderness before He
broke the bread OF life unto them. Might
not a better use be made of some of the
money that is showered upon already rich
universities in experiments 10 reduce the
submerged tenth to a much smaller frac-
ffOu3
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

Governor Taft confirms the assertion fire.
quently made by those familiar with con-
ditions in the Philippines, namely. that
the native women of the Islands hold a SUI
perior position and are the active managers
in general affairs. He quotes the Spanish
archbishop as saying that If it is intended
to confer any political authority upon the
F%flipinos it should be conferred upon the
women. 1t is safe to say that no political
privileges will be conferred upon the
women, because to do so would be too great
a departure from the traditions of civilized
man. BY the way, what bearing does this
fact of the Filipino women's authority
and Importance in the community have
upon the time-honored assertion that the
women of the civilized world owe their
position to the influence of the Christian
church?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

gineers. Now comes one s.. w Plume. an
has spent several years on the Panama
Railroad, and who says the country along
the proposed route of the Panama canal
is so full of small springs that ~excavating
a canal would be almost impossible. All
this goes TO show that bottom facts have
not yet been reached, and to suggest the
propriety of further Investigation. Perhaps
a better route can be found than the Near
guam or the Panama.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

demic Of smallpox in the United States.
The most recent reports of the Marine Hos
pital Service. which are compiled as care
fully and completely as possible. show that
almost without exception every county OF
every State is invaded to some extent.
New York city had so cases from June %
10 Nov. 80. with 162 deaths. The disease
IS generally mild, but mild smallpox is
liable to assume a malignant form at any
time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

Often an exhibition of folly can be ac-
counted for. but the sentimentalism which
causes women who have money to expend it
upon flowers 70 send TO such men as the
Biddle brothers, who recently were shot
and are now dead, is a mystery past finding
out. These men were professional GRIM
inals who. in the prosecution OF house and
store robbing as a profession, did not
scruple TO take human life. Indeed, they
always went prepared for such an emer-
sency. When arrested they had killed two
men and their quarters were filled with
stolen goods. Yet. with the knowledge that
these men would have shot the brothers Of
the women sending the flowers. scores of
them sent flowers to the rooms Of the dying
murderers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW ~TORk-AstOrH House
CHICAGO-Palmer House. p. o. News Co. 2rI
Dearborn street. Auditorium Annex Hotel
Dearborn Station News stand
CINCINNATI. r. Hawley & Co, 1a Vine
street
LOUISVILLE-C. T. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book Co, "a Fourth avenue.
ST. ~LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot
WASHINGTON. D. C.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House, Fairfax Hotel, Willard Hotel.
DENVER. & Jackson. Fifteenth
and Lawrence streets.
DAYTON. O.-J. v. wlkie. 90 So Jefferson
street
COLUMBUS. o.-viaduct News stand. s4 High
street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

Months ago Miss Frances Copass made a
contract with the trustees OF the Hall
Moody Institute. in Martin. Tenn, to teach
for one year. Recently these officers dis
charged her because she was going too
much into society. Miss Copass brought a
suit for her pay. The trustees endeavored
to show that she had too many social en-
gagements-that the woman who had a
beau on Sunday night. went to a card party
Tuesday night and had some other social
engagement Friday night could not do her
duty as a teacher. Miss Copass proved
tbs she discharged her duties as teacher
efficiently. and held 1t was nobody's bust
ness. so long as she behaved properly, how
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

The public is 10 be congratulated, as well
as the coal operators and miners. on the
happy adjustment OF their seemingly irrec-
onciIable claims. Failure to reach an
agreement would almost Inevitably have
been followed by a general strike next
summer, which would have proved disas-
trous, not only TO the coal mining interests,
but TO the public generally. and left the
seeds Of further strife. The present agree
ment assures pleasant relations. and. it is
20 be hoped. steady employment for at
least another year. The result demon
strases the wisdom of the annual confer
ence between the operators and miners and
should insure its continuance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
Almost Discouraging

Washington Star.
I'VE are going to have a number Of beautiful
libraries said the happy man.
YES" answered the gaunt person with the
lustrous eye. 1T is a terrible responsibility to
put upon this generation. 1 don't know who is
going to write the books worthy of such mag
nihcent surroundings"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

On Friday afternoon the owner OF a lat
building in Chicago which was burned FIJI
day morning gave S100 in cash in a sealed
envelope to the heads of forty-seven fanh-
lies that were burned out. making a total
gift Of 81, 200. Such things show the world
is not wholly bad.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

The word "electrify" has so long oeen
used chiefly in the sense OF ito startle,"
ito surprise ito thrill" that 1t requires
of an effort to accept its pri-
mary and technical significance now com
ing into common use. To electrify LONDON
for instance, is not TO startle LONDON ou'
to equip it with trolley and telephone lines
Our language is elastic, not to say electric
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

William c. Brown. recently mace third
vice president of the New York Centrai
Railroad. with new duties on a larger scale
than any other New York Central ohclai
has ever assumed. began his railroad career
in 1869 by cording wood for the
& St. Paul. In 1870 he became a railroad
telegraph operator. then a train d~ispateher'
rising step by step to his present position.
And yet there are those who tell US that
there is no chance for young men of brains
and ambition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
His Profession.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
PLEASE. sir" began the beggar. would you
give a poor man a dime? I can't get work at
my trade, and
why" stormed the prosperous looking pc
destrian, 81 just gave you a dime at the other
cornerI What is your trade, anyway?'
II know you gave me that dime. SIR" said
the beggar. but you see 1 am a retoucher by
rrnforcinn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
Too Much for Him.
Judge.

Civil-service Examiner very sternly to Eras-
tus Smith. colored, who aspires to the Office Of
mail carrier)-How far is it from the earth to
the moon?
Erastus lin terror)-Golly, boss! eff yo's gwine
70 put me on dat route I don't want de job.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

Captain Grossman, who is now engaged
in walking down the blue Danube on ms
newly invented water-walking Shoes may
yet be able to take the point from the time
honored pleasantly of the man who says
he has never crossed the Atlantic because
the walking isn't good.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

appearance of the volume did not create
something OF a prejudice against it the
absurd preface would have justified the
conclusion that the book itself was in
keeping. When Mr.. Sinclair is older and has
written a really taking tale he will be able
to smile at his v~erdancy of this period and
be less ready to attack those who failed to
recognize his budding genius at first sight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

Now San Domingo protests against tariff
concessions to Cuba on the ground that
they will injure the industries Of that
island. which reminds the country that it
was unfortunate for San Domingo that the
Senate did not second General Grants eff
forts to annex the island.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

The habit of not wearing a hat, prac-
ticed by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, may DC
safe enough in some parts Of the country
but the horrible wirter climate or Ne"
England needs to be guarded against by
every form Of clothing known to civilized
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

Americans are accused of worshiping the
Almighty Dollar, but Mr.. Charles M.
Schwab, president of the American Steel
Association. never received anything like
the social attentions in this country hat
he has abroad.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
Not Exactly the Same.

Chicago Tribune.
"And she isn't married yet? Gracious. She's
well preserved! She is the sam Birdie Hoppin-
dyke she was fifteen years ago."
mo, she's not the same. She spells it
'Rvrdve' now"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

While in Chicago Prince Henry is to be
given a glimpse of the stockyards. Personal
inspection of the scrupulously careful
methods of preparing American meat prod
ucts may prove useful in Germany.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

A great deal is being said nowadays about
the artistic improvement Of cities. OF pri-
vate grounds and of farm homes. The
movement is c~ommendable, and the Journal
has from time to time expressed approval
OF its various manifestations. 1t is obliged
to acknowledge. however. that 1t is unable
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

Scarcely = day passes without some new
development showing the necessity OF more
thorough investigation before finally de-
Gliding upon a route for an isthmian canal.
Since the supplemental report OF the COM
mission IN favor OF the Panama route at
least two or three other routes have been
brought before the public. several Of which
are strongly Endorsed by intelligent en-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
He Had Bought Some.

Chicago Post.
Papa" said the small boy. looking up from
his book, what is a curio?'
"A curio," replied the father thoughtfully, lis
something that costs ten times what it's
worth"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

many evenings she plunged into society.
The Judge took that view Of II. saying tha'
it is nobody's business how often a teacher
shall keep company"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

During January the "devouring element"
cost the country over $751; o 900, and yet no
body seems to be able to devise remedies
beyond recommending the increase Of fire
apparatus.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

Philadelphia Bulletin
1T is said that even the hairs Of the head
are all numbered"
Yes. 1 know; but a good many of them are
back numbers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
THE HUMORISTS.
HOmely.

Puck.
Bennet-Did you ever know any one so
homely?
Nearpass-Hardlyi Why. she is so homely
that automobile goggles are actually becoming
to heri
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

One of the perennial funny things in Brit
ish public life is the deceased wife's sis
ter's bill" which has been regularly passed
as regularly defeated in the House of
Lords. The opponents of the measure OBJ
5ect with a sternness. not to say a violence,
which conveys the impression that they be-
leve the passage of the bill would make
such marriage compulsory, and that no
widower would be allowed a liberty of
choice. provided his departed wife left a
sister. 1t looks as if some Of the noble lords
might have sisters-in-law from whom they
wish to be protected by law. no matter how
other men may be affected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

"The birth rate OF Boston Is 29.15 per
1000" says the Transcript. but it denotes
mainly an increase through foreign stock"
OF those who became fathers in Boston in
1901 only II per cent. were Boston-born
and only "a per cent. were native Amer
leans. while 81 per cent. were of foreign
birth. The percentage of Russian and
italian fathers just about equals that OF
fathers born in Boston. This discovery
may alarm the Transcript. but years ago
Il was known that Boston was one Of the
most populous Irish cities in the world and
one Of the few Irish cities which in 1855,
iSS6 and 1857 had an Irishman for mayor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

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Tide Table.
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
White-John E. Jones and Hylda V. Tvs
sowski; Carroll Daggett and Emma l..
Shreve; Barnum C. McCusker of New York
and Helen A. Suite of this city; Cornelius
Mackenzie and Belle Neff; John R. Venning
laney of this city; William r. Marshall and
Mary Teachurn Arthur W. Travers and
Katherine E. Bourquin. Franklin E. Sheri-
dan and Maggie Throckmorton, both OF
Richmond, Va; Homer Il. Fisher and Ellen
S. Thomas; George w. Cooke of this city
and Camilla c. OFT Of Philadelphia Pa.
George H. Amsein and Sarah A. Finck;
John F. Hickey and Agnes R. Collins;
Lloyd P. Locke of this city and Josephine
M. Schmutz of st. Paul, MINI; William J
Hawkins, Jr., and Carrie B. Hampton, both
of Richmond, Va; Charles 8: Mercer of this
city and Hattie G. Eflkman of Scra nton
Pa; Sheldon S. Cline and Mary NJ Brig
ham: Wilbur n. Montgomery and Lille
Smith; James M. McAnally and Helen NJ
Donnelly: Isador Freund and Amelia Rice
Frank Lille of New York city and Marga.
ret l.. Grady of this city.
Colored-William F. Posey and Blanche
M. Caskin; Henry Buckner and Mantle
Mills; James A. Banister and Helen 1
Banks; Robert Griffin and George Green
Clarence Sharps and Marjorie Barricks
Edward Roats and Frances Smith; John
W. Matthews and Julia Day; James c.
Chase and Fannie Wilson; Samuel D. Wat
son and Virginia Wash; John Caldwell and
Jennie E. Giles of Garfield, d. c.; William
M. Gray and Mary E. Harris; Edward
White and Katie Diggs: John H. Williams
and Beg. Mack of Falls Church. Va.
Lemuel Johnson and Mary Neal; William
Scott and Sarah Hughes; James Hyson and
Jenny Patrick.