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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
COLLEGE LIFE.
Football Promotes Physical, Intellec-
tuaI and Moral Health.
Brooklyn Eagle.

BROOKLYN Eagle
The Rev. Simon ]. Mcpherson, head OF
a school in Lawrenceville, n. j., told the
Presbyterian Social Union, the other night,
that IL is better to have a student killed
in football game, once in awhile, than
10 have all the boys rot to death in college.
He didn't believe, he said, in those people
who decry football. He was for it, in spite
of sprained ankles and bumped heads
The intellectual life should be as strenu-
Gus as il can be; the spiritual life is not a
water-tight compartment, and college
training should be for the physical as well
as moral and mental upbuilding Of the
candidate.
Mr.. Mcpherson has good sense. He is
right In saying that II is better for the
collegian-and he might have extended this
remark TO all men-to meet death In ac-
ton than to rust and rot into his grave.
The boy in college has high vitality,
which must expend itself in some fashion
or there will be grave results-illnesS, men
tai decadence or immortality. The high
jinks that we hear about: the fights, cane
rushes, mock professions the burning of
Anna Lytticks, the Imprisonment OF cows
In the chapel belfry, the hazing of fresh
men, interference with class dinners. paint
ing OF sidewalks, are all tokenings of this
superabundant youth. So long they are
kept within the limits there is no objection.
They are rather to be encouraged than
otherwise. 1t is only when the boys go
outside of the colleges and attack the po-
lice, as they did in New Haven, or get
drunk and assault actors on the stage, as
they have done in New York, that they
come under the same stern repression OF
! the law that applies TO others.
But the more exercises in the field the
| less of excess there will be in the town.
| Football, baseball, tennis. hammer throw
| ing, jumping, rowing. running and GYM
nasium work tend to health, to the allay-
| ing of nervousness, to the calming of the
mind and preparing II for study, and to
the establishment of a sound physique that
will endure TO later life: There is occa-
sional OVERRIDING, especially in training for
| athletic contests, but even this warrants
] the supposition that the young man who
spends his time on the tracks and in his
| boat, will spend the less of ii In question
| able resorts. So far as football is con-
| cerned, we believe that all the good of il
| could be obtained without the injury that
| is so frequently inflicted, by a revision OF
the rules. When a dozen players lie upon
| one another and crush the under one to
| death, IL does not progress the sport. II
| involves a temporary inactivity that is not
| exciting or picturesque to the spectator
| 1t is possible TO play ball without killing
| But Ii is likewise possible to kill by study
| without playinR ball
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learned to set down their hopes and fears
in writing. But there was In IL sentiment
that has come TO US unchanged from tne
buried empires a survival of that nature
worship that. in one form or another, VIII
make every man its devotee so long as ne
feels his kinship with nature ana MS de-
pendence upon IL.
To be one with the elements In their
freest manifestations, to achieve tnat re-
turn OF the dust to the earth OF wnlcn the
melancholy Preacher sang, through some
less forbidding portal than the narrow
house of death-the WtStful reelns comes
to every man whose thoughts range Dc.
yond the end OF his earthly term. III Is part
primitive Pantheism and part prlmluVe
poetry 10 wish that one s mortal substance
shall mingle with the winds, themselves
the emblem of the unresting life, with the
waves, the emblem OF the eternity TOWARD
which he tends.
Maybe there is something beyond this:
Maybe II Is the wistful thought OF the neart
that has found the world fair, OF the brain
that relinQuishes with regret the service OF
mankind. of the physical nature tnat
shrinks back at the silence and loneliness
of the tomb IL is not good to be forgot
1t is not good always TO be an exile, even
in the body, from lands where the spirit
has recreated itself. Beyond the death
chamber the flesh looks forward TO the
time when, in the impalpable but fructify-
| ing dust IL shall become part OF the earth
| ly soul of things: and IL finds comfort In
| the thought. If IL is a pagan rite thus tc
scatter the ashes of the dead II Is beau
| tiful one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
The System Doing Good Work in One
Big City.
Philadelphia Record.


Educators realize that in a democracy
education of it's citizens is essential, and
that to be adequate education must last
throughout the whole life of the busy man
and woman. For the purpose of thus pro-
longing the period of education various
systems have been adopted in most of our
great cities. One of the methods in Phila-
delphia has been the establishment and
maintenance of the University Extension
Society, whose thirteenth annual meeting is
TO be held tonight in the Grocer building.
The work of this society has been so I'M
obtrusively done that ii will doubtless sur
prise many to learn that in Philadelphia
and vicinity its lectures have been ad-
dressed during twelve years to an aggre-
gate audience of over a million people. The
society aims TO do more serious work than
merely to give courses of lectures. Its Sys-
tenn is based on reading and study by
groups of persons who are aided in their
work by the lecturer But even setting
aside this important branch of the move
ment, the mere fact that for more than a
decade courses of lectures of the highest
intellectual merit have been presented to
audiences of all kinds in all parts of Phila-
delphia is OF the greatest consequence.
The speakers have included the late John
Fiske. Edward Howard Griggs. w. Hudson
Shaw, r. q. Moulton, Henry Van Dyke,
and a score of others; their themes have
been history, art, literature. science, music
and political economy. Courses have been
held in every part of the city. In Ken
sington a workingmen's center has had for
nine years courses by the best lecturers,
admission costing but Is cents for six lee
lures. The aggregate attendance of this
center has been 5000 people. But the most
important center has conducted its work
in Association Hall, where the aggregate
attendance has reached the total of 132 900
people The size of the average audience
has steadily increased, showing that not
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but where the menu is limited-and COM
pletely surrounded one of the small tables
Roast beef and ham and eggs were the
meat dishes of the day. and the energetic
looking woman groaned audibiy as sne read
them OF.
why don't they have more varietyT'
she complained. IT simply can't eat ham.
1t is too indigestible."
well. take the beef" suggested the other
The energetic-looking woman drew her
self UP. and her face shone with noble re-
solve"
Not a morsel of beef will cross my lips
so long as the trust keeps UP the price,
the booty. Why shall / enjoy beef for my
lunch when the Woodworking women and
sickly children OF the poor may not taste
il from one years end to the other?"
There was an abashed silence at the
table. The other women looked like chill
dren caught in mischief. The nervous little
woman was the first to find courage to
speak.
But 1 am so dependent on beef. she
said. II really think 1 should injure my
health If didn't insist on a nice juicy piece
of beef at least once a day..
Il would be perfectly willing to give beef
up" another woman chimed in, IF there
was a general organized movement TO DC
do when other people buy it the same az
ever?'
The energetic woman began to look les:
resolved. That's So" she murmured. "AnC
never could bear ham and eggs"
Anyhow, L doubt very much If the pool
need beef as much We do, fourth
| woman declared. They don't have brain
work like ours. And beef is necessary fo
| brain work.
The energetic-looking woman put down
| the menu.
Let's all take beef" she said.
| And they did.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
Coming of the st. Bernard.
Country Life I'm America.

Forty years ago the ST. Bernard dog was
hardly more than myth to most Ameri-
cans. In Sunday-school literature he fig
ured occasionally, to the joy of dog-loving
children, but the real live hero of Alpine
fame they would not have recognized had
they seen him.
Comparatively few of our countrymen
visited Europe In those days: our leisure
class was limited, and a journey abroad
meant as long a stay as possible In the
great cities, among the treasures of art.
ST. Bernards were rare upon the great
highways Of travel Their work was on the
bleak mountain passes, protecting poor
wayfarers from the fury of the elements,
and far away from the beaten track Of for
eign tourists.
Travellers who crossed into Italy by way
of Tete Noire pass, and saw beautiful
young pups there, were sometimes tempted
into buying them, but the risks of trans
portation were great, and very few crossed
the Atlantic. Prior to the early seventies
most of the importations went to New
York State, and the first fine collection.
or kennel, Of them known belonged to Col
onel Parker, of Albany.
Soon after the era of dog shows opened
the eyes of the general public TO the won
Gerful beauty. extraordinary size and
charming character of this breed, and then
the st. Bernard bounded into popularity,
and as American dollars ever fly fast after
beauty and fashion, many thousands were
exchanged for beautiful specimens of the
alpine mastiff."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
PAY OF GOVERNMENT JOBS.
Employees OF the Treasury Depart
ment Get the Best Compensation.

Washington Post.
The matter OF salaries in the govern
mental departments In Washington Is one
of great interest TO the clerks. Few of
them before appointment search the blue
book TO ascertain how we'll or how poorly
each department is provided for as regards
salaries.
The Treasury Department takes first
place among all the departments in re-
spect 10 high salaries, although even in
that department some divisions are meag-
eriy provided for in the annual appropria-
tions in comparison with the others. This,
no doubt. Is accounted for by the nature
OF the work
Perhaps the best paid office in any OF
the departments Is the division of book
keeping and warrants. secretary's Office.
The chief is paid $500. assistant clerk
y, 100, one estimate and digest clerk. s. go
two principal bookkeeprs s. 100 each ten
bookkeepers 5000 each. ten clerks $500
each three clerks $500 each and other
clerks 81. 200 each.
II Is difficult to determine which office
or department. has the most poorly paid
clerks, but the offices in which women are
employed In great numbers. such as some
OF the divisions of the treasurer's Office,
are not as choice. so far as salaries are
concerned. as the offices in which men are
almost exclusively employed. Though the
Treasury Department has many high-sai-
aired positions 1t also has some very low
ones, a civil service appointment some
ufneS having 10 begin on a salary of $40
or perhaps less
The War Department, taken as a whole.
y dcOul the pest IN washington Tor an
original appointment. as the lowest salary
paid 10 a clerk in most all the bureaus is
NOW per annum. In a reasonably short
time, say in six months or a year after ap-
pointment to a N,000 position the clerk is
promoted TO $500 but there he stops for
there are fewer positions above the 81 90
grade in the War Department than in any
other. This condition arose from the fact
that former secretary Of war recommend
cd 10 Congress that most OF the positions
be made H.2oo ones. and this recommended
ton received the sanction Of the salary
gfvers and has remained a law ever since
Soon after clerk receives his promotion
IN the War Department TO 81 900 he realizes
that his chances for further advancement
are decidedly slim and that he cannot ex-
pect another promotion for at least ten
and. In most cases. fifteen OF twenty wears.
he begins 20 look around in the treasury
or elsewhere to see what his chances are
for a transfer.
There are more voluntary designations in
the Treasury Department than in any
other. This - owing TO the fact that there
are several bureaus which afford a clerk
ar opportunity 10 learn a business that
viii be useful TO him on the outside The
once OF the controller OF the currency az
fords an excellent opportunity for an en-
ploye 20 learn something about banking II
he IL studious and has the necessary am
billion. Many OF the employees in this de-
partment have received good positions as
bank officials or officials in trust COM
panfes.
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and devices and with places and names. 1t
will thus be seen how thoroughly must be
the equipment of the reliable genealogist.
One OF the most prominent representa-
tives Of the profession in this city has been
in active practice for about twenty years
He employs numerous trained assistants
and copyists, and the bulk of his business
involves prolonged researches In foreign
lands, principally in Great Britain, Ger
many and France. He himself makes on
an average two trips, In some years he
has made four a year to England in con-
nection with Investigations of special i'm
portance and difficulty. Sometimes an as
slstant strikes a snag, and the chief then
takes up the threads of the work.
Americans of English, Scottish, Welsh,
German and French origin take, 1t appears,
much keener interest in their descent
than those of other nationalities. Next in
order, but a long way behind, come Swedes,
Austrians, Spaniards and Italians, but
Irishmen bring but little grist to the gen.
ealogist's mill.
Greater than ever is the tendency among
Americans who have attained to great
wealth. by sudden stroke Of fortune or
otherwise, to acquire a family tree, and
they grudge no expense In probing their
origin They hope. and pardonably. to dis
cover some illustrious ancestor, and some
OF them have succeeded beyond their wild
est expectations. Take. for example, the
case of notable New Yorker, who gave
me commission to unravel the ancestry
Of himself and his wife. Investigation IN
his case did not develop any conspicuous
progenttor, but / succeeded In conclusively
demonstrating that hts wife was a Inca
descendant OF q renowned European mon.
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arch That task occupied the better part
OF three years.
IN another case the results were not so
satisfactory. society woman conceived
the idea that her pedigree was worth look
ing up, and gave me some hearsay tradi-
qons which she desired proved IL possible
investigation showed that one ancestor in
the direct line had been executed in the
Gays or public hanging in England for
hlgnWay robbery, that another was trans
ported Tor extensive frauds. and yet an
otner jailed for forgery. / kept the dOcu-
ments In the case In my own hands, and
MADE the chart myself. When ] exhibited
me partly-completed tree she viciously tore
IL INTO fragments and babe me terminate
the inquiry.
AS to fees they range In ordinary cases
from $oU 70 5000. but in cases where pro-
ionsed research Is required larger sums are
charged by mutual arrangement
NO, the work Is by no means dry and
uninteresting. II Is, on the contrary. one
y, the most fascinating, IL exacting, pur-
SUITS one can imagine. Some people AFFECT
10 decry the wish OF their fellows 10 pos
sess FAMILY trees as undemocratic and un-
american, but that Is all nonsense. The
oesire 10 trace ones ancestry Is natural
and iaudabie, and Is not always identified
vain pride e. snehhkshnem"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

New York Times.

In one of the public schools Of Brooklyn
the other day the teacher of a class was
suggesting TO the young pupils words to be
Incorporated into sentences.
Who can tell me something with man
in it?' she asked with an encouraging
smile.
There was deep silence for a moment
and then the chubby hand of a fat, dull
looking boy in a back seat shot up into
the air.
Il know. teacher" he declared, in
spiredly.
''Well?"
Its pants"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
When All Took Beef.
Philadelphia Ledger.

IIIIIdutIpIIIh ISUBtIs
They walked into a small women's res
taurant-where a lunch costs only 20 cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
THEY HUNT ANCESTORS.
One Of the Little-Known Professions
I'm New York City.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Among the little known professions prac-
ticed in New York, that one which con-
Germs itself with genealogy and heraldry is
rapidly attracting to itself an ever-widen-
ing circle of patrons. For varying sums,
reckoned according to the duration and To-
calities of the researches. any person de-
srous Of having family tree can obtain a
lineage chart traced back as far as the ex-
istence of records permits. There are some
cheap fakirs who palm on trees" on those
who are deluded into employing them,
which are compound Of imagination and
fact and something less reliable than an
election forecast But the genuine practi-
toners Of the genealogic and heraldic arts
are conscientious workmen needing not to
he ashamed when their elaborate and in
tricate work is tested
To become thoroughly expert in the
searching for descents demands acute in
telligence, long training, knowledge OF sew
eral languages, a wide acquaintance with
the official registries Of many countries and
with privately kept historical records. To
these requires TO be added q thorough IA
miliarity with ancient and modern herald
~. with all sorts OF distinguishing emblems
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novelty but real desire to hear serious COM
ment on important matters has brought
out the people.
The manager of the book department ol
one of PhiIadelphia's greatest stores has
seen the effect of the University EXTENSION
courses His testimony is that. foilowing
lecture courses on Dante, Goethe anu
tinued demand for the works OF these mas
ters The conclusion must be reached tna'
this society is doing a great work ior our
community in stimulating the reaulns "
good books and in educating all classes OF
our people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
Consider.

Consider
The lilies OF the field whose bloom is BRIEF
We are they;
Like them fade away,
As doth leaf.
Consider
Our God doth view
Whether they fall or mount
He guards US. too
Consider
The lilies that do neither spin nor toll.
Yet are most fair
What profit all this care
And all this toll?
Consider
God gives them food
Much more our Father seeks
To do Us good.
Christina Rossetti
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

New York Mil and Express

That was 40 morbid impulse which led
dying man OF this city the other day 10
ask that his ashes. after his body had
passed through the purifying fame, should
be scattered 10 the waves and the winds
The ceremony performed In the lower bay
vas IKE a memory OF one OF the old forgot
10 religions-forgotten before men had
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

and 81. Andreasberg Canaries, extra
nne singers. Mocking Birds. Red
&R~ Birds, etc. Cages OF all kinds. Gold
NA Fish, Globes, Seeds and FoOd-the
SH best Of all q. K. KEEPER.
Adj and 433 Massachusetts \ We.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
WEST DUMMERsTON.

Mrs. A. B. Bailey is seriously i'll.
Prospect and other hills about US
are white with snow.
The friends of Samuel Clark gave
him a pleasant surprise party Satur-
day night
The dam is nearly finished and the
power for generating electricity is in
full operation under the management
of Peter Hopkins, who has charge OF
the work.
Geo.. W. Field has moved from the
Addison Knapp farm to his cottage on
the river road. Miss Luella Field is
visiting friends in Rutland. Mr.. Dy-
er and wife from New York city, are
visiting her sister, Mrs; Robert
Coombs. Miss Caroline Bliss from
Akron, O., visited her uncle, 4, A.
knight, last Tuesday. F. }. White
is in Wilmington on business. Mrs
Packard is preparing to move to North
field, Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. henry
Bates have moved to her fathers, Geo.
Nash's. Mrs. L. S. Pike is recovering
from severe attack of the grip. -
Chas. st. Lawrence and family have
moved into the Jim Work house. -
Chester Washer visited his brother, >.
Washer, last week.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
BRooKLINE.

Pierce's steam mill started up Tues
day with a few hands to run the ma
chinery.
School in district No. 3 commenced
this week with Miss Stiles of New
Hampshirs as teacher, who taught the
previous term.
Rev. J. H. Bennett, pastor OF the
Methodist church, preached his fare
we'll sermon Apr. and attended the
conference at Mortified last week.
Mrs. Abbie Gilchrist and children
of Keepe. n. H., have spent several
DAYS with her father, R. E. Marsh.
C. P. Stickney visited in Guilford
last week.
The body of Mrs H. Eddy, who had been
living with her daughter, Mrs. j. A.
Sbattuck of Saxton's River, was
brought here Wednesday for inter
ment, this being Mrs Eddy's former
home.
Miss Carpenter of Newfane is ex-
pected to teach in district No. l, COM
mencing next week. -Miss Jennie Bird
of Cambridgeport is at work for A. Z.
WeIlman.- Hattie Landfear goes
This week to Saxtons River, where she
has employment. Mrs. Abbie Oil
christ and children have returned to
their home in Keepe, n. H., after a
stay with her father, X. +. Marsh.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
CHESTER.

1t Is expected that the electric lights
will be in operation by July l.
Rev. MIR. Randall of Poultney Off
ciated as rector at st. Luke's church
on Easter Sunday.
The band concert was we'll attended
and a good sun, cleared for the boys.
The money will be expended for uni
forms and for instruction.
Chester military band has been en-
gagged by Henry Post for the forenoon
Of Decoration day and the boys are de-
sirous of securing another job for the
afternoon.
A petition is being circulated by
Postmaster Pollard to have the Chester
postoffice receive the mail from the
night trains and it is hoped that we
shall soon have the advantage of this
service.
Schools have opened in all the dis
tricts except Trebo and as the number
of pupils in that district is only two,
the directors have decided to discon..
tinue that school for another term and
have the pupils therein entered in 9TH
er schools.
Mrs. Stratton of Athol, Mass, is
spending few months with Mrs.
George White on East Main street. -
Albert Chandler and Miss Lillian Will
der of Bellows Falls spent Sunday
with A. N. Chandler. -Mayfowers are
quite in evidence now and are unus-
ually fine. F. A. Rowell was in Bos-
ton on business last week.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
WARDsBORO.

The Old Maids convention was well
attended and cleared $40, which was
presented to Rev. F. D. Brown.
The Wardsboro lodge, No. 10, l. Q.
o. F., will celebrate their first ami
versary with a social dance in grange
hall Friday evening, April "a. Music
by Leitsinger's orchestra.
II. C. Bems has returned from Gull
ford, where he has been working for
Dana Howard. Hiram Cobb and Lola
Cobb recently visited his daughter,
Mrs. johnson, in Bernardston, Mass. -
Rev. F. D. Brown started Thursday
morning for his new home in Mime
apolis, MINI. He will visit in Putney
and Glens Falls, n. Y, on his way
Charles Wells is at W. W. Kidder's s.
Mrs. Mile Metcalf, who has been Wis,
iting Mrs H. f. knight, has returned
home. Arthur Prouty and wife OF win
hall visited at A. NJ. Farnum's the
first of the week. Mrs. Luther Eames
visited in Brattleboro last week. Mrs.
Mary Eddy returned Saturday night
from Brattleboro, where she had been
visiting her son, H. E. Eddy.