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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20
A Misleading Advertisement.
Wa shington Post

Washington Post.
IF all the easy marks were suddenly
killed off, said Washington woman who
has just returned from California, there
wouldn't be anybody left but advertise
ment writer's to bury them. I'd be one of
the first TO die. for I'm by nature as easy
as elevens i'm the multiplication table.
simply can't persuade myself that every
thing | see iE print isn't absolutely true
For two years / have been lured on by a
sets forth the delights Of a huge winter
resort in southern California. The line:
Bathing every day in the year. has haunt
ed me. | pictured an eternally sunny strand
caressed by the surf OF an ever-smiling
sea, and when l was in California / made
it point to so to that ideal spot.
81 found. 10 be sure. an amazingly big
hotel but fhe sky was gray. the sea stormy.
and had to have the steam turned on In
my room before / could thaw out enough
TO take off my wraps. Sea bathing at such
a temperature Madness and I recog-
nized the fact that / had been deceived
by those magazine advertisements.
stayed three days. and each of these days
was colder than the other two put to-
gether When | went 10 pay my bill
thought the time ripe TO express myself TO
the clerk.
~ understand from your advertise
ment.' said to him with my most crush
ing manner. that people battle here every
day of the year.
II might just as we'll have tried To tip
the monument over with the breeze from
muscle
=" People do battle rere every day.
said he. It's quite common. There are
bathrooms on every floor
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LIGHTS AND OUR EYES.



American Medicine.
In our issues of March and April 5. 1902.
we noticed the newspaperish delusion that
failing eyesght is a result OF civilization.
and that the proof of this is the increased
use of spectacles. We said that the saffron
colored medical journals would soon be
echoing this nonsense. This has come tr lie.
and we read in our contemporaries that
failing eyesight is the deplorabe but un-
avoidaple concomitant feature OF advanced
civilization" that the habit OF wearing
glasses is the proof of this. habit grow
ing not only In Germany, but all over the
world. and that gas and the electric light
have much TO do with this eyesisht failure.
possibly, also, dust and fog. and travelling
Underground. The cure advocated is that
IAN individual should avoid porting over
small print by artificial light. except when
absolutely necessary. Poor newspaper
dom, To write without thinking. without
any knowledge of the facts, and without
seeking any knowledge. is so easy that, In
the stilted language quoted. II seems "a
feature of advanced civilization. little
time ago this same writer explained that
the ill-health of Carlyle was due 10 the
insanitary and sedentary existence ne led
He did not care To learn that Carlyle's "ex-
istence'' was not insanitary and absolutely
not sedentary, because he exercised IN the
open air the greater part OF the waking
portion of every day. In the same way our
contemporary advises the use OF the rush.
lights and tallowdos of our ancestors IN
stead of our superior gas and electric nights.
Speotacles. We may add. are not PROOF or
falling eyesight as there Is no scientinc
proof whatsoever that the eyesight OF civ
ilized people is failing, and there IL every
reason TO believe that X Is improving IL
there were proof OF ialhng .yeslsnt me
cure for IL Is not TO avoid the poFinS."
hut TO get proper Spectacles for the pore-.
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based on the ground that Venezuela was
threatened with loss of territory. Presi-
dent Cleveland was right i'm both cases-in
not involving the Monroe doctrine in the
Bluefields affair in Nicaragua, and in as
sorting il in the Venezuelan case. 1t is
equally clear that it does not apply in the
present case i'm which Great Britain and
Germany have both distinctly disclaimed
any intention of acquiring Venezuelan ter
ritory.
The merit of President Roosevelt's defini-
ton of the doctrine was that ii stated In
clear and explicit terms what the action
of the government in previous cases had
only implied. namely, that European pow
ers were at liberty to enforce their just
claims against American states by any of
the means usually practiced among ma
tions, short Of the appropriation of terri
tory.
The case of the attempted establishment
of monarchy in Mexico under Macmillan
differed from either of the others and was
the clearest case for the assertion of the
Monroe doctrine that ever occurred. 1t vio-
lated both branches of the Monroe doc
trine-that which protests against the APP
preparation by European power of Ameri-
can territory and also that which protests
against the extension of the European po-
,tical system in this hemisphere If that
scheme had succeeded the whole of Mexico
would have been virtually appropriated by
European power and we should have had
monarchy along our southern border.
That was very different from the
enforcement of claims for damages, or the
compulsory payment of debts long past
due
President Roosevelt has rendered a pub
lie service by giving definition of the Mon
roe doctrine which emphasizes the differ
ence between such cases, and which makes
il clear to European powers that they can
enforce their just claims and rights
against American states by any kind of
compulsion or punishment short of a per-
manent appropriation of their territory.
One of the best features of this definition of
the doctrine. as it has always been under
stood and practiced by the United States
without ever before being clearly defined,
is that 1t will make Central and South
American governments understand that
they need not expect the United States to
protect them against the natural conse-
quences of their own misconduct.
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JUDGE GRAY ON BOYCoTTING.

United States Judge Gray, chairman of
the anthracite coal commission, has ia
vored the public with some vigorous re-
presumed that the judge of high court
who has given a large part of his life
to considering questions of abstract JUS
tice should have conscience that would
revolt against the attempted ostracism or
persecution of individuals by an organized
force. Of course Judge Gray was never
boycotted himself, and probably he has
had only a vague and academic idea as to
the meaning of the term. Some of the
recent testimony before the commission
has opened his eyes as to what 1t really
means. When he found that storekeepers
who had been warned not to sell neces-
saries of life to some poor woman, because
her husband was nonunion man. were
afraid to come before the commission and
corroborate her testimony; and when he
found that little girls are driven out of
school and ostracized by their companions
of the union, he told the lawyers it was
useless to apply the ordinary rules of
evidence against such proceedings as that.
1.-The coward who will go to the store
keepers" he said, land tell them not
to sell the necessaries of life to a poor
the law of evidence throws around him.
If girl is discharged from her position
i'm store because she rode in a street car
in Indictment weather while street-car
strike on, the coward who discharged
her is coward enough to refuse to testify"
He said he could understand why some
merchants would not come forward and
tell who forced them to refuse to sell
bread and meat to boycotted persons, but
IF l were a storekeeper," he said, II think
would risk my all i'm order to assist
in breaking up the cowardly business"
This was the feeling of just judge who,
for the first time, had got a full under
standing of the real meaning of a boy
colt. "Cowardly business is a mild
designation for practice that violates
human and divine law ignores personal
rights, disregards the dictates of humanity
and subordinates everything to the one
purpose of enforcing in favor of an organ
lied body of men claims which have no
legal or moral precedence over those of
any other individual. The boycott is much
worse than cowardly business. 1t is the
essence of lawlessness. Its practice by all
classes. on account of political or other
differences, or of disagreements i'm busi-
ness matters. as a means of coercion or
intimidation, would produce condition of
anarchy and convert society into a near
approach to hell. To the extent that or
ganized labor practices or indorses boy
cotting it brings disgrace upon itself.
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The organ Of the Knights of Labor de-
clares that American glassmakers could
control the markets OF the world IL there
in spite of the high duty. exports large
quantities to this country. The raw ma
terials for making glass are cheap In this
country, but labor, the great item i'm the
making Of glass. particularly skilled labor.
Il very dear. The American glassworker
receives from three to four times as much
compensation as does the same grade of
WORKING n in Belgium. The first thing to
secure the worlds markets would be to
reduce the wages of labor to the standard
of Belgium.
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totally unrecognized in his family but in
this case his every phase was met with
responding comprehension. No one with
out being admitted TO an intimate associa-
ton with this home life, could realize how
completely his nature was supplemented
and sustained by the sympathetic apprecia-
ton of mind as rare his own. Nor can
l forbear to speak of his daughter and her
to us to know that the influence OF his
brilliant personality is not to cease, for
apart from the working out of the leaven
which he introduced into the conduct OF
public affairs. he lives again in his only
child, who is endowed to remarkable de-
gree with the characteristics OF his mind
and manner. They were comrades always,
in spirit and in deed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

A dispatch from Mexico City says it is
reported there that Col. w. ]. Bryan. who
Is about to visit Mexico. has been invited
Ito confer with President Diaz and other
Mexican officials and financiers relative to
the best mode of dealing with the present
financial condition. an embarrassing feature
OF which is the low price of silver Mexico
has able financiers. and they wiz not be
able to learn anything from the boy orator
OF cross of gold and crown of thorns''
fame
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BAMBOO IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Great Value of the Wood to Eastern
Artisans.

New York Post.
The increasing importation OF bamboo
seems to indicate that Americans are be-
ginning to appreciate the exceeding utility
of that remarkable plant. In the Orient it
fills so large place that il may be COM
pared with iron and steel in the Occident.
When dried and cut into slivers ii makes
nails which never rust These bamboo
nails have recently appeared in a Broad
way shop as souvenirs. When a portion OF
its surface is removed, steamed or heated
in fire. it becomes pliabie and may be
bent into various angles. These two prop
critics enable the Eastern cabinet maker TO
manufacture 1t into stools. chairs, tables
screens, etageres, trunks and armoires.
In the United States bamboo and rattan
are made into ornamental furniture on
small and delicate scale, but the use or the
large-sized bamboo for massive and dura-
BILE furniture has not yet been attempted.
Builders in the cities on the eastern coast
of Asia use the bamboo for masts. poles.
ladders, step-ladders, scaffolding, painters
stagings and other purposes where both
strength and rigidity are demanded Win
equal weights, bamboo is five times as
strong as wood, and with equal strength Is
but one-third as heavy. The joints in the
stems enable workman TO lash two poles
together without any possibility of slipping.
which is not the case with ordinary timber
poles This does away with the necessity
for nails, and so increases the life of scat
foldngs indefinitely. Every bamboo is
practically a series of air-chambers. A
boat hook whose shaft is one of these stems
is a life-preserver which will support one
or two persons, while a bamboo gan or
boom will keep a dozen persons afoat. In
household decorations and furnishings the
Eastern reed offers unlimited variety. Thus
far ii has been employed In this country
for picture frames. easels. fancy chairs and
curtain poles. In the Orient the larger
sizes, which range from three TO twelve
inches in diameter, are sawed into various
lengths and used for card receivers. sugar
bowls, cigar boxes hand trays. spoon hold
ers, umbrella stands, drinking utensils and
jewel boxes. The larger ones are cut
through and sawed with scroll saws into
various patterns, which are utilized as jar
dinieres or the holders of pewter boxes, IN
cense cases and mantel ornaments.
When softened by hot water and spit
into thin strips these can be woven with
cord into veranda and window shades. door
mats and hall mattings. When split stlll
finer the strips can be braided into table
mats. chair seats and backs. dado wall
covers and a floor covering which is almost
indestructible.
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RECOLLECTIONS OF REED.
Daughter of Late Congressman BOu-
tellc Talks About the Ex-Speaker.

Grace H. Boutelle, in Boston Transcript
We had just come to Washington and
were living in the same hotel with him.
His small daughter had been spending the
afternoon with my little sisters, and. be-
ing smitten with sudden homesick pang
for her mother, announced that she did not
care to stay any longer. AS was about to
take her upstairs there was knock at the
door and Immediately there entered the
largest man l had ever seen. His height
dwarfed the room, the breadth of his
shoulders quite took my breath away, but
as looked up. very high up. at his face, l
knew at once that 1 liked him, for his
keen eyes had the kindliest twinkle in the
world. and through the smooth. placid
roundness of his face there radiated some
thing compelling, which l was not old
enough TO anaIyze at the time, but which L
knew later for the tremendous forcefuness
of an indomitable will. and the power of
remarkable mind. His little girl up 20
him. and tugging at his great hand with
both her tiny ones reiterated her request
to go home right away. He looked down
at her quizzically and drawled: In few
years. my daughter, when you put on long
skirts and do your hair up, you won't put
things exactly that way. Society ols-
courages these direct methods. The inten-
ton will be the same, but not so obvious,
my dear-not so obvious" With this he
suddenly pulled his face down TO respect
full gravity, made a bow so profound that
/ felt he was according me the honors of
full-fedged young-ladyhood, the more
especially when-joy of joys. he addressed
me as Miss Boutelle-
During that winter the three little people
were much together and gave an endless
succession of midget parties" Midgets. L
will explain for the benefit of the uninti-
ated. are very tiny child dolls. whose de-
mands upon their small mothers are in in
verse ratio TO their size. For. there being no
furniture small enough for them in any toy
shop their solicitous parents love TO FASH
ion not only their wardrobes. but innumer-
able chairs, tables. pictures and bric-a-brac,
the midgets requiring a most deliberately
appointed establishment. Late one after
noon the midgets were drawn up In social
array around table so small as TO be al
most invisible. but having. nevertheless. its
complete quota of cups. saucers and plates.
AS the feast was about 10 begin Mr.. Reed
and my father came in the door having
come down from Congress somewhat earlier
than usual. They were greeted with shrieks
of delight, for their presence In the after
noon was an unaccustomed luxury. Three
small, shrill and joyful voices set up the
exultant cry, 20, goody. goody. Now you
ready" Mr.. Reed looked speculatively at
my father. six feet tall and correspondingly
broad-shouldered. and then. with glance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

Many citizens are awaiting the publica-
ton of the bill prepared by the committee
appointed by Mr.. Addison c. Harris to
draft a measure in accordance with the
instructions of those who have taken an
active interest in the important subject
of primary elections. There is reason to
suspect that many intelligent people do
law which will guard primaries against
frauds and give them a legal standing.
yet most observing men know that popular
government begins in the primary-that,
whether for good or evil. one set of the cam
didates chosen by the delegates selected at
will fill the elective offices which make
up national, State and local government.
Every safeguard should be put about the
primary to insure a vote as carefully
guarded as is the vote at the general cleo
ton.
The danger in all such movements is
that too much will be undertaken at the
outset. This has been the difficulty in
some of the States that have tried the ex-
pertinent of a primary recognized by law.
1t is better to begin with securing pri-
mary as carefully and lawfully conducted
as is the general election. A large num-
Der of men must be taught that it is as
much a criminal offense to stuff ballot
box at primary as in a general election.
The sending of few men to Jail for vio-
lations of the primary election law, either
as officials partisans, would have a
beneficial effect. The direct voting for
candidates is more in harmony with the
principles of popular government and can
be adapted to cities and counties; but the
election of delegates by primaries in which
a fair vote and count are secured will be
a vast improvement upon the old primary
system, under which anyone who chose to
do SO could vote, and often "a many times
as he desired.
1t is most important that none but voters
who belong to party should be permitted
to vote that party's ballot at the primary.
1t Is the defect of the Minnesota law that
ii is indefinite on that subject leaving it to
for whom they do not intend to vote in
the election. In Minneapolis the notorious
DIR. Ames was nominated as the Repub-
lican candidate for mayor by other than
Republican voters. In districts where the
majority of one party is large and there
is contest for nominations, all the voters
of the other party could vote for the less
popular aspirant and nominate him, simply
because he would be the most Objectionable
man for the Office. A Republican does not
wish to vote for a candidate nominated
by Democratic voters, and vice versa In
a government which is essentially one OF
parties. each party should select its own
candidates. For that reason the mos
positive restrictions should be embraced in
the law to prevent members of one party
becoming members of the other at primary
elections. Such selection of candidates
will also give the independent voter the
best that the parties have to offer for his
support
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

IL the law appropriating 100000 for fight
ing the trusts requires special attorneys to
be selected under civil service rules Attor-
ney General Knox has right to be dissatis-
fed with 1t, as he is said to be. The law
yers employed for the work should be the
best, and such cannot be obtained by civil
service methods. The attorney general
should be given a free hand in selecting
his assistants
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
obtained a franchise to tunnel North river
I'm order that its trains may run into New
York city. The wonder is that there should
have been any contest over a work which
will be of incalculable value to New York
and large part of the country. but black
mailing corporations has been so long the
practice by New York aldermen that 1t
looked at one time as If the declaration of
the company's officers that they would not
pay a dollar for q vote would defeat the
franchise The company held out. and.
public sentiment being in favor of the
franchise. IL was voted. but only by a
narrow margin. so reckless were the BRIDE
seekers in insisting upon what they regard
as their rights. The example should not
be lost upon other corporations which have
. good case to present TO the public and
those who have the power 10 grant fran
xhises or enact laws which corporations
ray ask. II those who have a good cause
before any legislative body Will state u
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.
Some of the Special Features TO APP
pear I'm To-Norrow's Issue.

Some of the Special Features TO APP
pear I'm To-Morrow's Issue.
sHOPLIFTING IN HOLIDAY TINE
Indianapolis Stores Lose Considerable
from This Class OF Thieves. and the
Manager of Big Shop Describes the
Methods Pursued.
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS
An Article dealing with the Sale OF
Flowers in This City and with Holiday
Plans of the Florists.
TALKS ON LIVE TOPICS
Short Local Stories. Unique and Inter-
esting.
WIGMAKING IN INDIANAPOLIS
Interesting Talk with Merchant Who
Deals in Wigs and Does All Kinds OF
Costuming.
INDIANAPOLIS MEDICAL COLLEGES
Many Students in Attendance. with OPP
portunity for Good Work.
OUT OF DOORS IN DECEMBER
A Bit of Winter Life Among Southern
Indiana Hills Described by Mrs. Emma
Carleton.
THE HOUSE OF MARY
Place of Pilgrimage for the Faithful
at Ancient Ephesus.
JAPANESE TEMPLE LIFE
Religious Observances of Followers OF
Shinto and Buddhist Faiths.
WORK OF THE CHURCHES
Review of Important Religious Events OF
the Year.
SEEN ON THE GRAND TRUNK ROAD
Life on the Great Highway That Trav-
erses India from north TO south.
GEORGE AIDES SOCIAL STUDY
Three Middle weight Modern Fables
Manufactured Expressly for the Christ
mas Trade.
STATE SOLDIERS HOME
How Indiana Provides for the Comfort
OF the Men Who Served State and Ma
ton in Time of Need.
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Brooklyn Eagle
What do you think of Jinks?'' asked the rate
man.
Hes the biggest liar / ever knew" the
reply.
Il thought so. / thought so.' exclaimed the
irate man, his anger apparently somewhat ap-
peased. He called fool few minutes
ago"
''Oh, WELL" replied the friend perhaps 1 have
u.isiudged him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-20

The coal-mine operators and the coal
carrying railroads may know why coal is
so scarce and so high in regions which use
soft coal. The winter thus far has been
moderate in the central West. yet reports
come from all quarters that there is a
great scarcity of coal. in some sections
amounting TO a famine. Ii cannot be that
in all these regions so much more coal is
being consumed now than last year or any
preceding year. The Kansas City Journal
says that coal famine comes when the
weather is cold. not when coal Is scarce"
This seems TO be the case. yet that IL has
not been so i'm previous years when the
weather has been colder Is one of the
things the public cannot understand.