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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
VICTOR HUGo,s FORMER HOME.
Mansion I'm the Place Des Vosges Pre-.
scented to City Of Paris.

Mansion I'm the Place Des vosges Pre-.
scented to City Of Paris.
PARIS, June 30.-The historic mansion on
the Place des vosges in which Victor Hugo
spent the most active years of his life was
to-day formally presented to the municipal
ity of Paris by the grandchildren and other
kin Of the great author. The event attract
ed widespread interest in literary circles.
Paul Meurice, one Of the chief benefactors,
pointed out that the gift was designed to
give France a memorial similar to Eng
lands home of Shakespeare and Germany's
home Of Goethe. The condition Of the man.
sion is much the same as when Victor
Hugo occupied ii, besides being filled with
many valuable souvenirs of his work, q
library of five thousand volumes and a col
lection of the authors drawings and wood
carvings. The room where Victor Hugo died
is exactly as 1t was at the time of his de-
mise, the furnishing of the bed, the clock,
ETC., being identical. The house also con-
tains many souvenirs of Victor Hugo's
friends including Lamartine. George Sands
and the elder Dumas, consisting of inkwells,
pens and letters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
Servian Names.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.

new OrIeahS IlInes-DemOcrat
speaking of the names so prominent
now in the stories coming out Of Seryia. -
said an observant man, they are not so
bad when you once get used to them. nor
are they sc hard to pronounce. You no
doubt have noticed that all Serivan names
end with syllable having some resem-
blance to the English word itch Some of
the names end in les or just with &c.
Sometimes 1t is fch,' or les or isc,' or
'isch, and so on. 1t makes no difference
how the name ends you will make no mis-
take il you give the sound of itch to the
last syllable. That will be the proper Ser
Wan sound. For Petrovitch or Petrovic.
would be correct, and in both instances the
word would be pronounced in the same
way. by sounding the Itch and So too.
the name Karageorgevitch can be spelled
Karageorgevic without changing the pro-
nunciation in the least. Serivan names are
all right when one gets used to them, but
they are strange and shocking when put
into the columns of English newspapers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

In well-informed Roman Catholic circles
there is no disappointment because Arch
blshop Ireland was not created a cardinal
ct the recent consistory. because they did
not expect 1t. No new cardinal will be
named In this country until Cardinal Glib
hons Of Baltimore shall have passed away.
America Is regarded at the Vatican as a
missionary country. and it will be many
years yet before IL will be placed In the
same category In Catholic affairs with
Italy. France. Austria and Spain. The dis
tinction Is rational and America will sur
vive II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
A Comparison.
Washington Letter

washington Letter.
An American in the Philippines, writing
on business to friend in this city, Incl
dentally sums up his impressions of our
annexed territory thus:
THE Philippine islands are a fierce prop
osition. 1 would not take Governor Taft's
job, and you know how avaricious I am.
Here are the attractions: Bugs, ants. liz
ards, mosquitoes. snakes. beri-beri. leprosy.
cholera, bubonic plauge, fevers, dhoubey
itch. etc. News Is a month behind all the
time. Ink costs dollar Mex for a half
pint bottle, but the man who stays here to
sell Ii deserves the price. 1t Is inconceiva-
BILE to me how any white man can enjoy
Manila. An engineer who has lived three
years in Butte, Mont, and has had plenty
of chance to see these islands tells me that
Butte excels the Philippines as place OF
residence. / really do not know which /
should choose"
Any Eastern person who has ever been
in Butte will appreciate the comparison.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Senator Hanna says that If he had time
to preach he would help the Salvation Army
with his voice. The matter of time ought
easily to be arranged Many faithful
workers in the army pursue their ordinary
vocations by day and participate in street
meetings at night. Exacting as his politi-
cal and personal duties are, the senator
must surely get an evening off once in a
while. He could do a great work as a
salvationer. Saints and sinners and all
would turn out to hear him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
"His Reverence" the King.


That King Edward Is King of Great
Britain and Ireland. Emperor of India. a
field marshal. admiral and host of other
things every one Is aware, but few know
the King is also a clergyman of the Church
of England. with salary.
In FREDERICKSBURG. Wales. ST. David
Cathedral claims King Edward as a pre-
bendary. and for this office he is entitled to
a salary of Ell per annum.
II is not known that his Majesty has
ever preached a sermon in ST David s
Cathedral. and certainly the simple Welsh
folk of the parish have no knowledge of
their King having done so.
In the cathedral is "a royal pew, which
can only be occupied by other than ROYALTY
by an express order from his Majesty
St David's Is one of the oldest cathedrals
in England. and during the middle ages
was visited by many pilgrims In search OF
cures and blessings.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
LANCASTER CELEBRATES
MASSACHUSETTS TOWN THAT WAS
FOUNDED $50 YEARS AGO.
Grafton by Senator c. w. Fairbanks, q
Direct Descendant OF the First
Settler Of the Place.

LANCASTER Mass. June 3o.-The two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of Lancaster was celebrated to-
day, the guests of honor being Governor
Bates. Senator Charles w. Fairbanks of
mer Governor George s. Boutwell,
The orator of the day was Senator Fair
banks, who is a descendant of John Pres
colt, the first settler of the town. The sena-
tor said in part:
with pleasure / have come to bear testi-
mony of our gratitude to the East for
what she has been and is to the West. l do
not feel as though 1 had come among
strangers, for the ashes of many of my
ancestors rest in the soil of New England.
We return to New England with filial affec-
ton. We look TO her as a venerable
mother; wise, undetermined and generous
hearted. She may have seemed somewhat
exacting and austere i'm her earlier days
but she has mellowed and sweetened with
age. If she has faults they lean to virtue s
side
I'VE recognize and gladly acknowledge our
everlasting Indebtedness to you for our high
ideals which the pioneers carried hence to
their humble homes in the West. They took
with them the love of religion the love of
learning. the love of home These have been
the inspiration of the West They have
been the sure foundation of her development
from small beginnings to her present
strength and power.
THE East and the West are rot COM
posed of people of different bloods. of d.
vergent racial tendencies. but they are OF
the same blood; of the same races. They
have kindred sympathies and like aspira-
tons. Though many years have INTERVIEWED
since the early pioneers of the East took
up their march into the unbroken and hos
tile wilderness We have not been divided
me bonds of attachment have grown stead
lily stronger. The sons and daughters of the
East carried into the West their love OF
liberty their devotion TO republican instfu-
tions. their frugality and their indomitabls
pluck, which defed adversely. II you would
know how we have splendidly our
way / would. In answer, point you TO these
influences
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

The New York judge who increased a
burglars sentence from four to nine years
because the prisoner was insolent and in
sulting helps to lessen public respect for
the courts. A man fit to be Judge should
have his temper under control and should
have too much self-respect to feel himself
insulted by anything a low grade of crimi-
nal might say. Five years in prison is a
great price to pay for talking back to a
Judge not equal to his place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Roe, Mary Jane Holmes, Mrs. Alexander
weak tea and thin toast, but why should
fault be found with people who suited
with that variety of mental pabulum? The
primary purpose as well as the final end
and aim of fiction is entertainment, and
since a great number of people find the
novels of the authors named entertaining
why interfere with them?
1t is easy to see that entertainment was
what the library patrons who chose these
authors seeking, Marion Crawford
never wrote dull story. also he never
wrote a book with an obvious purpose"
Dumas-wh0se position, between Rosa Nou-
Ghetto Carey and Amanda Douglas is.
by the way, rather amusing-is one OF the
greatest of entertainers Conan Doyle.
Charles King. Anthony Hope and Gilbert
Parker can each make an otherwise dull
hour pass pleasantly. Frank Stockton Is
amusing to some Churchill, deadly dull to
the critical, others find delightful; Miss
Johnston, Mrs. Burnett and Hall Game sup
ply the dime-novel element, and Crockett.
the cold chills that some readers delight to
secure from their fiction. Why Corelli is not
in the list is not plain. Can it be that her
popularity is waning?
The policy advocated by Mr.. Dana and
other librarians was the purchase of a
larger number of good novels and the elm
ination of the poorer sort, but who are to
be the judges? VIII the librarians use their
own taste as to what is good and what is
bad or be governed by the standard set
by the readers? Presumably the first. but
why should they insist upon a patron Of the
library reading Meredith or Hardy or How
ellis or Eliot, when he wants E. p. Roe?
Why not crafty the average taste?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

New York Press.

A stranger entered a hat store YESTERDAYS
and asked for Ferdinand II. Schiller. When
Schiller appeared the order was given for a
new straw hat to be made to order The
forty-pound mechanism that hatters use to
measure the head was applied. What 5
that internal machine? Looks like a type
writer" said the stranger. When he saw a
ground plan of his head marked out by
needles he got mad. II didn't come here TO
nave my shoes half-soled," he said IT
want a hat" When things were explained
to him he was Modified. Give me that
shape" he demanded: I'm going to send
ii home to my shoemaker and order him to
make a pair of shoes by IL. / never knew
of his foot"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

With belated energy. June did something
IN its last two days TO reduce its shortage
IA Temperature. but not enough to change
ifs character of being one OF the most
eccentric Junes record. With the ex-
eeption OF two or three days its tempera-
ture has been much below the normal.
Also. although there has seemed to be con-
siderable rain. the precipitation has not
squaled the average in the middle West.
In Eastern States. on the contrary. and
after weeks of drought. IL went to the
ethe extreme and gave them seventasn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
Discouraged Genius.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
so you have decided to give UP journalism
1T have" answered the fair haired. blue-eyed
youth. II have done my best. but
rs the work too herd?"
TOO hard? No. it's too easy. After had
got UP some splendid articles explaining the
Precise intentions OF Russia in Manchuria and
the prospects of free trade in England and the
obligations of American wealth to art they
made fuss because overlooked an item about
a new sewer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
the INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL NEWSPAPER co.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House
cHIcAGO-Palmer House. Auditorium Annex
Hotel. Dearborn Station News Stand
CINCINNATI. r. Hawley Co., Arcade.
Grand Hotel.
LOUISVILLE. T. Deering, northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets. and Pluefeld
Bros. AZ West Market street
ST. LOUIS-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Risgs House, Ebbitt
House, Fairfax Hotel. willard Hotel.
DENVER, Col--Louthain Jackson. Fifteenth
and Lawrence streets, and A Smith, 1851
Champa street
DAYTON. OIL. V. wilkie 80 South Jefferson
street.
COLUMBUS. o.-viaduct News Stand. $50 High
street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
Origin of the cakewaIk.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
u-t,o Lrro,ch ha.ra fo..xS !.

New Orleans Democrat.
The French have found a reason for the
popularity OF the cake-walk In Paris The
thing is French. One OF the negroes al
the Nouveau Cirque. interviewed by a Paris
paper. says that the origin OF the dance
was French. According TO this latest ac-
count. some OF the French refugees from
the court OF Marie Antoinctte introduced
the minuet into New Orleans about the
time OF the revolution, and IL was the ma
tive imitation OF the most fashionable dance
In Europe that Was afterward developed
into the cake-walk
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Farmers of the country will not be sur
prised at the report of discovery that
frauds have been practiced by the contrac-
tor who furnishes the government the seeds
that are distributed free by congressman to
their rural constituents. Except as chicken
feed they have never set great store by
those seeds
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

w. L. Finley. former chairman of the
Democratic state executive committee Of
OHIO. says Tom L. Johnson told kim in a
private conversation that he did not want
TO run for Governor OF Ohio II he could find
any one else to accept the nomination. That
II to say. in leading forlorn hope he would
rather put somebody else forward than lead
himself
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Women have come to the rescue of the
farmers of Kansas and are making up for
the shortage of men in the harvest fields
Evidently the State produces better speci-
mems of womankind than the Nations and
Leases
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

The easy familiarity which some people
engaged In religious work acquire with
the Lord, the Savior and the Holy Ghost is
a bit surprising to the average layman,
raised in respectful awe of the Trinity. 1t
almost seems as If only their intangible
spiritual nature prevents them from being
slapped on the back by an occasional camp
meeting enthusiast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

To suspect Emperor William OF acting as
. spy on the Kearsarge while he was toast
ing Americans and proposing three cheers
for President Roosevelt would imply that
he II an insincere sneak. Whatever the
Emperor may be. he is not that kind of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Washington Star.
'Why do they call the camel the ship of the
desert?"
Never could understand IL myself until
rode of EN-" said the young who
had just been abroad. Never was so seasck
In my life''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Why didn't the Turner'S tell us that kiss
es from pretty girls were to be part of
the prizes of the victors in their athletic
contests? They would have had more en-
tries than they could possibly have taken
care of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

OF course, there Is threat of revolution in
Colombia IL the canal treaty goes through.
There is one point. however, the Colombians
can bank on, namely, II the treaty goes
through the canal will go through, revolu-
ton or no revolution
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
Inconsistent.

II in worn garb our neighbors go.
We criticise their doing so;
At costly garments still we fret
And wonder IL they go in debt.
Detroit Free Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

The gubernatorial race looks as if it might
be one Of the most popular events of the
next racing season. 1t is an open field. with
no handicaps, and the best man is pretty
sure OF winning the nomination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

The Doodle Investigations in Missouri show
that in twenty years the fire insurance
companies have paid 100000 for legislation
I'm their interests. The State franchise of
every company implicated should be re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Your Indiana man is always at the front
and no one hereabouts is in the least sur
prised to hear that it was young Steele, OF
Indiana, who won a naval boat race at
Kiel and was awarded the Kaisers cup.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Philadelphia Ledger.
Hes a citizen OF Illinois. isn't he?''
mo, he can't be-
why he gave that impression"
You must have misunderstood him. He told
me he lived Just outside the limits of Chicago"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

The Germans were surprised to see
American sailors spending money for hack
hire while on shore leave. 1t would be a
mistake to assume that they do that in
tina of war
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

1t seems a pity that the public must be
RECALLED with the antics OF the monster,
Knapp. now on trial at Hamilton for the
murder of his various wives. The more
quickly and quietly he is disposed of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Nothing to arbitrate'' is rather curt
not TO say harsh reply to a labor union
asking for a conference. and more than
once II has caused disastrous strikes. 1t
never does any harm to talk things over,
end II men are reasonable and frank they
can usually get together on some common
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

President Roosevelt's reception at Oyster
Bay was quite as cordial as that of EN-
peror William at Kiel These things have
q way OF evening themselves up
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Philadelphia Record.

An advertiser who deals largely with
farmers says he gets his best results from
using morning dailies. '.Since the snaugu-
ration OF the rural delivery system and the
extension OF the trolley lines every farmer
must take a daily newspaper and the morn
ing issue reaches him soon after publica-
ton. while the evening paper must lie In
the postofice over night"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

The increasing number of Republican
candidates for the governorship shows a
pleasing and prevalent confidence in the out
come Of the elections.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
Another Objectionable Form.
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
NC Ticklowell." his mother said. II can
not permit 1t. You may go and see the other
boys battle in the surf, If you wish, but
Butt interrupted the little Boston boy. with
bitterness. Government by conjunction!'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

1t is to be hoped that the fatal accident
in that Pittsburg pickle foundry will not
be productive of any additional varieties
to dazzle our eyes on the billboards
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
THE HUMORISTS.
An Ancient Gag Revised.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Why is the beef trust like Pharaoh's daugh-
ter2
Because II gets little profit out Of the water.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The renewed reports of Pope Leo's fail
ing health call attention to the fact that
his pontificate has already been longer than
any other in the history of the papacy ex-
cent that Of his predecessor. Plus TX, who
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Brown county seems TO have an endless
chain. The more Democrats the more
whitecaps; the more whitecaps the more
Democrats, and so on ad nauseam
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

1t is not surprising that Americans won
in the launch and cutter races at Kiel.
When it comes to sailing a boat the strain
of the Viking blood shows all over America.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01
YOUR SUMMER VACATION.

II you take one you will want to
keep In touch with home. The best
way to do this Is to have the Journal
mailed to you. Leave your order be-
fore starting. We will change the adj
dress as often as you desire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

1t is suggested that Lieut.. McCue. who
married two wives. may be insane. II ne
Is not, he soon will be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Milwaukee Sentinel
DR.. w. Towns. OF Fond du Lac. Ii a guest
at the Republican House. having come to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

New York Times.

New York Times.
Isn't the perfect trust and confidence en-
gagged people have in each other perfectly beau
tiful!'
Perfectly idiotic, I should say
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Because when was engaged told my fu-
ture wife all about my income and prospects;
and now can't spend a dollar on myself with
out her knowing about it,"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Mr.. Hill was a quiet and gentlemanly
person and was never known to have been
addicted to any bad habits. At the time
of the shooting he was holding good posi-
ton here. Immediately after the shooting.
and while Hill still lying in the cor
ridor, a bottle of laudanum was taken
from his pocket. and. reaching for IL. he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-01

Telephone Calls (oId and New,
Business once. .23s Editorial Rooms. SO
Newport weekly independent., 1903-05-22
JONEsBORO CITIZEN
 CONFIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION

Hon. Ed H. Mathes of JonesboroE was in Little Rock Tuesday on th4| mission of securing an extension time for the completion of the Jonq( boro, Newport & Western H*'ri He presented the applicatioR tension to the state board andS U MI granted. Eighteen months was speci- fled as the limit for the road to beI built in.
 "The road will be built" said Mir! Mathes to reporter. 'slt will bfl forty miles in length, running fk Jonesboro to Newport. Men are alN ready at work clearing the right of~A way. The project is g home enter prise altogether and it is certain to be- carried out. The road will open up some splendid country"