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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24
New York Commercial.

New York Commercial.
Here is something which is likely to
excite the envy of many an American sales
woman. 1t is reported that saleswoman
in a dressmaker,s establishment in the
French capital with a salary of $500 per
annum accepted an offer of 5000 from a
rival firm. and agreed to forfeit $1,000 If
she broke the contract Her employer
then advanced her salary to $500 and
agreed to pay the forfeit. This she accepted
and decided to remain with her first en-
ployer. A suit was brought by the rival
firm, and a Paris tribunal has decided
that the payment of the forfeit by the
dreSsmaker was unfair competition, and
has allowed $3.50 damages to the complain
ant.
What view an American judge and jury
would take of the case is matter of con-
lecture, but at first glance this does not
seem to be fair decision. The second
firm must have anticipated the possibility
of the woman breaking her contract, in
which case they considered the sum of
1000 an adequate solatium for such an
act. Why, then. should the court allow
larger amount? 1t Is possible that the
firm fixed the sum of $1,000. not as repre-
senting the damage which her failure to
keep the contract would infict, but as be-
ing sum which she was very unlikely
to be able to pay. For her first employer
TO pay the forfeit was considered by
French Jurisprudence unfair competition -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

Adventures in Equatorial Africa.
Suddenly an immense gorilla advanced
out OF the wood straight toward US, and
gave vent, as he came up. TO a terrible
howl OF rage, as much as 10 say, Il am
tired OF being pursued and will face YOU"
1t was lone male, the kind which are
always the most ferocious. This fellow
made the woods resound with his roar,
which is really an awful sound, resem-
bling the rolling and muttering OF distant
thunder. He was about twenty yards OF
when we first saw him. We at once gath
cred together, and / was about TO take
aim and bring him down where he stood
when my most trusted man, MalaSuen,
stopped me, saying in a whisper, Not time
yet"
We stood, therefore, IN silence. gun in
hand. The gorilla looked at US for min
ute or so out OF his evil gray eyes. then
beat his breast with his gigantic armand
what arms he hadi-then gave another
howl OF defiance and advanced upon U.S.
How horrible he looked! / shall never for
fifteen wards away. Still Malaouen said,
mot yet" Good graciousi what is TO be-
come OF us il our guns miss nre, or IL we
only wound the great oeastY
Again the gorilla made an advance upon
us. Now he was not twelve yards on i
could see plainly his ferocious face IL was
distorted with rage; his huge teeth were
GROUND against edCn OlteIs 80 tA.a- We ecNAe
hear the sound; the skin of the forehead
was drawn forward and back rapidly,
which made his hair move up and down
and gave a truly devilish expression to his
hideous face. Once more the most hor-
rible monster ever created by Almighty
God gave a roar. which seemed TO shake
the woods like thunder. l could realiy 1sei
the earth trembling under my Feet Inc
gorilla, looking us in the eye, and beating
his breast, advanced again.
Don't fire too soon" said Malaouen;
sif YOU don't kill him, he will kill you.
This time he came within eight yards OF
us before he stopped. L was breathing fast
with excitement as / watched the huge
beast. Malaouen only said. STEADY, as
the gorilla came up. When he stopped
Malaouen said Now" And before he
could utter the roar for which he was open
ing his mouth three musket balls were IN
his body. He fell dead almost without
struggle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

A visit to the Illinois State University at
Champaign has convinced the Chicago
Commercial Club that soft coal can be
burned without smoke. The university is
burning Illinois bituminous coal with al
most no smoke by means of a peculiar
furnace construction and improved methods
OF stocking. The conditions necessary to
secure smokeless consumption of soft coal
as demonstrated at the university are as
follows:
The gases must be distilled from the coal
slowly.
The distilled gases must be intimately
mixed with hot air.
The gases must not be allowed to come
in contact with cool surfaces before COM
plete combustion has taken place.
This means that there must be complete
combustion of the carbon and of the gases
liberated by the heating of the coal, and
this is secured by sufficient boiler capacity,
a good draft, uniform size of coal, good
automatic stoker and intelligent direction
in the boiler room. The university uses
what is known as pea size. If these results
can be secured with Illinois coal they can,
of course, with Indiana coal. No me-
chanical continuance, however, will secure
smokeless consumption of soft coal with
out intelligent supervision. The average
stoker or fireman is a great smoke pro-
Queer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24
New York Churchman.

New L OK tnurcnndn.
Eve have clergymen, even bishops" who
advocate in the name of our Lord and of
the church the right of divorced persons.
under certain conditions, to marry again.
but the number Of these is growing less
year by year under the stress Of social
progress and social need. and. as we believe.
under the guiding power Of the Holy Spirit.
There was a time when almost the entire
church acquiesced in. and many of the lead
ers advocated, the perpetuation Of slavery
as having been recognized and allowed by
our Lord. But that time is past. And so
there are those to-day In great numbers.
led by bishops and clergy, who believe that
they are doing their Lords will in adyo-
eating the right of divorced persons TO mar
ry again. We can but respect the integrity
and loyalty of such persons. although we
question the soundness of their convictions.
We are fully persuaded that the progress
OF human civilization will demonstrate that
such convictions are out OF harmony with
our Lords teaching taken In its entirety.
and that In due time II will be impossible
for any one 10 advocate in His name d.
vorce with the right to marry again."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24
Curing a Bad Habit.

Youths Companion.
at reckon folks can cure any, habit IL
they've got enough determination" said
Mrs. Swan, with a glance OF scorn at her
cousin, Mrs. Mathews. II guess If Almira
Jennings can stop her sniff that she had
for Ave years you could stop that dry cough
of yours. that doesn't mean an earthly
thing, and never did"
HAS Almira stopped her sniff?' asked
Mrs Mathews, with some show OF interest.
'She has," said Mrs. Swan, firmly. "She
passed last Wednesday afternoon with me
the circle met here-and she never shifted
once in the four hours i call that test.
How she cure IL p asked Mrs. Mathews.
with onions" said Mrs. Swan. Il felt
it my duty to tell her the habit she'd got
into, along of that grippy cold she had all
one winter, and told her how II had grown
on her There's others that would have
liked TO speak OF it, l. told her. but nobody
dared except me. You set a watch on your
self and see how many times you catch
yourself doing IT,, said And accordingly
she did So
And when she found how settled the
habit was she started right In to cure Ii.
She can't abide the smell OF onions, raw
nor cooked. So she shut herself up for
week, md she cooked onions and kept 'em
setting round in dishes. And she got so
by the end of that week she could keep from
shifting for an hour at time; then she let
up, gradual, on her system as the habit
gave way. But she told me she should
always keep a bottle of onion extract In
the house, and IL the habit ever set In again
she should deal with il promptly. But
don't believe theren ever be any need.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

A prominent Philadelphia physician was
held for an hour as a witness in a coroner's
case and was then handed % cents, the
amount OF the witness fee provided by law
lie laughed bitterly as he displayed the
Colo "a man can't afford to be in contempt
OF court he said, '.hut the 25-cent fee
does seem like rubbing 1t Unjust as If that
paid for a physicians time" But If every
man were paid according to the value of
his time to himself when he does any work
for the public it would hardly be a fair
deal either. for perhaps the services OF the
physician who serves as witness or juror
are worth no more to the public than %
cents. though In the practice Of his profess
sion the hour would be worth $40 to him.
There are two points OF view In a matte..
OF this sort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

The London Academy says no one reads
the best known authors, and explains this
paradoxical statement by asserting that the
classics are known only through hearsay;
that everybody knows them by name but
not through personal acquaintance. In this
factories. all busily at work, many persons
will be disposed to deny such a sweeping
charge. but before they rashly dispute the
English periodical perhaps 1t will be well
to consult with librarians and learn wheth-
err the books universally acknowledged as
the worlds best literature are worn from
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24
Clerical HumOr.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Why is it that so many clergymen think
1t funny to be profane. not violently so.
but just enough so TO give the nearer or
reader mild shock? Why does one Of them
think il funny, for example. to speak OF
going ito hades" in trolley car when he
would not venture TO speak Of going to he'll
in the same way? This is a mystery OF long
standing. Few laymen in making after din
ner speeches indulge in any kind OF pro-
family for the simple reason that IL Is re-
garded as bad taste TO do so; but clergymen
frequently do so under the impression, ap-
parenty. that in some way they are giving
either additional humor or additional force
to what they say.
So far as the ordinary unregenerate man
Is concerned this clerical propensity causes
him anything but pleasure. Instead OF i'm
pressing him favorably with the man who
INDUCES IL. IL invariably lowers his esti-
mate OF the cloth and strengthens any
opinion he may have held before as 10 its
lack of sincerity. When mild profanity Is
allied with very poor doggerel the effect il
likely TO be something very near contempt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

Prof. F. r. Marshall has left college
faculty to be a head man on a great farm
in Iowa. He was assistant to the chair of
animal husbandry at the Iowa Agricultural
College. and his new place is in the live
stock division of the famous Brookmount
farms.
Chartans portrait of President Roosevelt
occupies a prominent place in the Paris Sa-
Ion just opened. One OF the sensational
pictures of the exhibition is Jean Berauds
'Anathema," depicting the destruction of
st. Pierre by the volcanic eruption in the
island of Martinique.
Mayor Seth Low. Of New York. despite
his pleasant smile and cordial grasp of his
hand. is regarded by those who have oc-
casion to do much public business with him
as a cold man. He has never shown one
spark OF temper since elected TO the Office
Of mayor. and this Is q case OF remarkable
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

The New York Sunday liquor law. forbid
ding dispensers OF beverages to serve
drinks on the first day Of the week ex-
cept with meals. has resulted in the inven-
ton or the rubber sandwich this article
being offered TO guests merely by way
of appearances-a sandwich being meal
according to the decision OF New York
magistrate. 1t Is now ruled by the authori-
ties thai the rubber sandwich must "go.'
and 1t Will therefore devolve upon the
liquor seller to get up some other variety
OF imitation food that he can serve over
and over as customers come in. Perhaps
ne might get some hints through study
OF stage meals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

June Success.
The home of the silver dollar is the West.
An Eastern teaderfoot can always be picked
out in a Western town by his look OF sur
prise or annoyance on taking a handful OF
silver dollars in change. Out In the wheat
section q country merchant carefully scru-
tinizes silver certificate to see If it Is real
money. AS a matter OF curiosity I once
searched an Oklahoma town for a 81 silver
certificate. / discovered one finally In q
drug shop. 1t was a very dirty piece OF
money, and the shopkeeper was glad TO get
rid of ii in exchange for two silver dollars.
All the way from Chicago westward TO the
coast the silver dollar is the everyday coin
of the people. No one can blame West
erner for preferring bright silver dollars 10
the torn, dirty paper money that circulates
beyond the Mississippi. But as the West
comes more in touch with the East silver
dollars are bound to disappear gradually
from circulation. When IL Is considered
how common is the use of silver dollars in
the West the small quantity of silver in
circulation is amazing. Although there are
five hundred and fifty million silver dollars
fifteen hundred thousand q month. there
the treasury. The treasury vaults glut-
ted with them. The space these unused
silver dollars occupy equals a tunnel seven
feet In diameter and mile long. OF this
great mass Of silver four hundred and sew
enty million dollars are held in trust against
silver certificates, practically all OF which
are in circulation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

Rev. Or. Newell Dwight Hills. of Plym-
outh Church. Brooklyn, said in a public
address the other night that he could not
imagine what manner OF people they were
who We're sending money to a woman be-
cause she was said to have refused to make
up bed in which Booker T. Washington
had slept. 81 have asked Washington to
speak in my church SOON" said DR.. Hills.
land If he does not wish to so to a hotel or
cannot find one and viii accept entertain
ment from me. and any one in my house
snrinks from making up the bed for this
colored educator. I will gladly make it up
myse:. and count it an honor TO do So"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

New York Times.
At last the doctor consented to smile. the
nurse was already laughing; the shadow
had lifted from the sick room. and every
thing was well; and after profusely bath
ing her eyes Aunt Jennie came down to the
breakfast table where her two small
nieces were seated, wondering what had
turned the house so topsy-turvy that morn
ing.
"Guess what I know, girlies," she said
gaily There's a little baby brother up
stairs. He came this morning when you
were asleep. What do you think of that?"
did he?" exclaimed the sharp-eyed
Edith. "Then / know who brought him. "
You DOR
Eyes; 1t was the milkman. It said so on
his cart yesterday"
said what?" asked Aunt Jennie, in as
constituent.
why, Families supplied daily!" was the
quick reply.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

The signing OF the treaty between the
step I'm establishing permanent relations
between the two countries. The ircorpora-
ticn OF the Platt amendment. word for
word. Is a matter OF great Importance This
provides that Cuba shall never enter into
any treaty or other compact with any
foreign power which will impair or tend
TO impair It's independence. The govern
ment Is not to assume nor contract any
public debt to pay the interest upon which
anc 20 make reasonable sinking fund pro-
vision for the ultimate payment or delivery
Of revenue OF the island. after paying the
government expenses. shall bc inadequate.
Cuba consents that the United States may
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24


Until within the last thirty or forty years
corporal punishment in schools was ap-
proved by public opinion, II inflicted IN a
reasonable manner, and was a common re-
sort of teachers to subdue refractory pupils.
Now public opinion generally condemns 1t,
and it is scarcely ever resorted to. Per-
haps it is more in use in country than i'll
city schools, but it is scarcely ever heard
of and is virtually abolished. is this
beneficial change, a true reform, or not? A
good deal can be said on both sides OF the
question. In favor of corporal punishment
II can be said that all pupils must be gov
erned and disciplined in some way, and
some cannot be reduced to obedience ex-
cept by whipping. The old argument of
spare the rod and spoil the child Is as
good for teachers as for parents. On the
other hand, it is claimed that corporal pur-
ishment does more harm than good. that
by numiliating it hardens the offender. and
that Ii is brutalizing to the one who inficts
as well as to the one who receives 1t. One
thing is certain: The American people as
class are not as amenable to law at present
as they were a few generations ago. Crime
is increasing. According to the eleventh
census it appears that the criminal class in
the United States increased from one in
$500 of the population in 1850 to one in $50
in 1901, or AIS per cent, while the total popu-
lation of the country increased but lI0 per
cent. in the same period. Can 1t be that
there is any connection between these facts
and the relaxation both of parental and Of
school discipline?
There is apparent some disposition to re-
| turn to corporal punishment in schools.
| Eight years ago 1t was abolished In the
| schools of Boston and now the people are
discussing its restoration. The principals of
| the New York city schools have declared in
| favor of its restoration for unruiy pupils.
! They recently united in a report on the
! subject In which they said
/ We are In accord with the general spirit
| of the laws governing punishment of refrac-
| are pupils on whom the prevailing method
| OF discipline has not tho corrective effect
| that is intended.
| these pupils sterner measures. Every child
| has the right to demand of US that We train
him TO a wholesome respect for law. Train
| ing implies power TO enforce obedience. The
| child's right is our duty. from which we are
| not absolved by the mere plea of sentiment.
The unruly children of a class, taking ad-
vantage OF the limitations Of the teachers
| powers, waste the time of the other pupils,
| make class management difficult task.
| and, in many cases, conduct themselves to-
| ward teachers in a manner that would not
| be tolerated outside of public school build
| ing.
| We would therefore respectfully recon-
| mend that any pupil who. upon trial by the
| proper authorities, Is adJudged unamenable
/ 10 the prevailing method of discipline. shall
| be deemed subject 10 corporal punishment.
The superintendent OF the schools is
] strongly opposed to restoration Of COR
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

uaily. and from afar. as Il were: Those
who begin the breaking process BY criy-
ing a green animal directly up 10 trolley
car usually find that their breaking does
not prove a success In the long run. man
showed his wisdom the other day. when.
after trying in vain TO get a nervous young
horse past a mahcine shop. where the noise
was deafening. and the blaze from the
FORCES quite frightful. IL one did not un-
derstand IL all-he simply took blanket
from under the seat, and. having wound
IL around his horses head. led him past
without further trouble. That shows what
can be done even when horse Is on the
verge of collapse"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24
An Apt Pupil.
Chicago News.


THE great trouble with you," said Mrs
Jaggsby 10 her husband the next morning lis
your inability to No. Learn say ii at
the proper time and you will have fewer head
aches"
81 can see where you are right, my dear" re-
FILED he of the throbbing temples.
by the way" continued Mrs. j. 1T want TO
do little shopping to-day. Can you let me
have s10?"
mo-" answered the willy Jaggsby. without a
moments hesitation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24
The Gospel of Work.
Detroit Journal.

Detroit Journal.
Mr. Washington's gospel Is comprised In
the advice to the negro to secure his in
dependence of his neighbor by work-al-
ways work that shall make or keep up a
home, the very heart of the best fruits
of civilization. Untiring industry, added to
the negro's superior physical powers.
would solve the race question because ii
would make him a member Of the most
independent body Of men on earth, the
tillers of the soil. Several colonies of ne
groes in this State stand as powerful ex-
amples of the truth of Mr.. Washington
contention. The negro will find his best
friend in mother earth. 1t is the aim of
the Tuskegee Institute TO send him TO the
soil with knowledge enough 10 guarantee
his success there IL he will but work for 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

There have been rivalry, friction and
sometimes hard feelings between Indiana
and Kentucky for brief periods. but they
viii all be forgotten in the coming contest
between the old-time fiddlers of the two
States. to be held at Louisville. The pub
lie will please notice that this is not to be
a symposium of violinists, but contest of
fiddlers, in which the player who can give
the best rendition of "Rosin the Bow"
the Arkansaw Traveller Leather
Breeches' and other classics of that kind
viii take the prize. May the best win.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

The proposition that the city acquire the
grounds of the Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb fer park purposes would deserve
serious consideration but for the financial
difficulties in the way. The grounds con-
ably situated for a park. but are already
partially improved. There is no park in
that part of the city, and as the Legisla-
ture has directed that these grounds be
sold. they will soon be in the market. The
fact, however. that the city debt is within
about $4,000 Of the constitutional limit will
probably prevent consideration of the mat
Ter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

New York Commercial Advertiser.
There are now Us vacancies in the grade
of second lieutenant in the army-twenty-
Ave in the cavalry. fourteen in the artillery
and eighty-six in the infantry. The outgo-
ing class from West Point will not be suffi-
cient to fill all of these. so that there will
be good opportunities for those who are
working their way up from the ranks and
Il is even possible that there may be some
appointments from civil life. Besides there
are quite a number OF vacancies In the pay
masters department, In the judge-advo-
Gates department and the medical corps,
also eleven In the signal corps. Altogether
there are about 40 vacancies In the army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

Philadelphia Record.

"As has been very wisely remarked, :"
said the thoughtful man. 1.-The only trouble
with horses is that they are too often
driven by asses. The average man just
horsefiesh is heir may be be cured by the
whip. as the average woman Is convinced
a baby Is hungry whenever IL cries. That's
why so many horses behave worse and
worse instead of acquiring the proverbial
horse-sense. There's nothing more timid
than timid horse. and unless one desires
to drive the poor beast crazy one should
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24

Tomorrow will be the anniversary of
Ralph Waldo Emerson's birth, on May %,
102 movement to raise 100000 to erect
an Emerson Hall at Cambridge was condi-
toned en- tie amount being raised before
his birthday. The sum was completed on
Friday by a subscription of 81 900 from Alice
Longfellow, daughter OF the poet, and of
500 from Mrs. Bayard Taylor These
names recall great literary memories.