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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
EYES AND HEADACHES.

Philadelphia Press.


Most medical books for popular reading
mslead By combining himself to what he
calls a Geographic clinic DR.. George NJ
Gould has succeeded in his book called
Genius and Eye Strain in writing one
of the most useful works on popular medi-
cine that has recently appeared.
Some four centuries of Investigation in
modern medicine were necessary before the
faculty discovered the relation between the
imperfect lens of the eye and nervous
strain, which registers itself i'm large or
small arrangement of the entire system
from a passing headache down to lifelong
arrangement of digestion. 1t is not sur
prising that this relation is still little un-
derstood by the most of the commonality.
By taking four men-De Quincy, Car
lyle, Huxley and Browning-and using
them as examples of the neglect of this
fact Dr. Gould has made one of those con-
vincing personal demonstrations which will
lead any one whe watches their own de-
velopment or has to do with children to be
prompt to understand that where there is
interruption of normal function, i'm ado
lescence or during any work Of any kind,
mental or manual, one of the first ques-
tions which should be asked is whether the
eyes do not need examination, not by some
but by competent physician who makes
this field his speciality.
There are fretful children, Juvenile de-
linquents, women who are unable to con-
troll their tempers and men who find them
selves unequal to the task of plying their
craft, their calling or their profession
whose whole life would be changed and
altered if this were once understood and
acted upon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
The Effect of Tobacco.

Dr. F. NJ. Crandall. in the Worlds Work.
The subject OF tobacco is necessarily in
Guided In this chapter. Like all elements
which have an effect upon the nerves, Ii
differs widely-in its action upon different
Individuals and no sweeping statements
De made. Upon most constitutions its &C.
ton is deleter Jus. 1t Is always injurious
before the period of complete development
and cannot be used before the age of twen-
ty-five without harm. DR.. Seaver, director
of the physical laboratory at Yale, tabu-
lated the record OF the students entering
that university during nine years, when all
ured. The smokers averaged fifteen months
older than the nonsmokers. They were
also shorter in stature. Nicotine interfereS
with growth. and its effect I'm that regard
IS very measurable. At Yale during the
four years course the nonusers of tobacco,
although taller when they enter, gain "a
per cent. more In height and 26.7 per cent.
more IN gfrth OF chest than do the habitual
users. DR.. Hitchcock, of Amherst College,
found even greater differences. The diff
ference in the lung capacity is very strik-
ing in the two classes and has been noticed
by all observers. 1t shows the effect Of to-
bacco on the respiration, nicotine being a
potent deFreSsor. As regards the effect OF
nicotine on the mental processes, 1t Is more
difficult 20 interpret the meaning OF statis-
Yale only per cent use tobacco, while of
the men who 10 not get appointments 90
per cent use it 1t IS not necessary to in
terpret this as meaning that mental de-
crepitude follows the use Of tobacco by
young men, for there are other factors to
be con sidered, but it Is certainly not con-
ducive 70 the best work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
The New ,ReaI-Estate Lawyer.

Harry ID. MINIS, In the Worlds Work.
The student OF fifty years ago, reading
law in an Office" usually read Coke" and
.'Blackstoney' and became familiar with
.'Frankalmoigns." "Burgage," Borough
English" 'vnIenage." Estates Tall and
all the ancient tenures of land. In many
States the student OF to-day, having mas
tared few pages OF the Revised Stat
utes," faces with sQuanirnfty the part of
bariess examinations dealing with real
property.
The modern real-estate lawyers are not
human beings educated IL law. each with
two hands, two eyes, one brain and an Of
flee boy: but they are corporations, each
with half thousand hands, as many eyes,
hundreds OF trained brains. and office boys
like the sands OF the seashore, innumer-
able. In the Office Of these lawysrs-corpor-
atoms, which are generally spoken OF as
title companies, there are usually TO be
found complete copies OF all public records
relating to titles to land In the section In
which the company ia located. The magni-
fude OF the task OF making these copies
IS shown by the fact that one county alone
sometimes possesses as many as 5000 pom
derous volumes OF hand-written records,
besides the court papers OF every suit over
q title that has been tried IN the county.
This mass OF information is the stock in
trade OF the title company. In Its hands
these records have been indexed and cross
indexed. until they are all available at the
shortest notice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

William Lloyd Garrison Later in the even
ing a few friends were entertained at the
Emerson residence. 1t seemed almost gro
tesque to see its master drawing corks
from bottles and waiting upon his guests.
which he seemed to do with right good
will. His wife, stately and mild-eyed. APP
peared perhaps more remote from common
life than he did
In company with the distinguished trio
already mentioned, I had been invited to
remain at the house overnight. Our return
train did not leave until early afternoon,
and our forenoon was passed In Mr. EN-
ersons library and in his delightful COM
pany. We were seated around table,
with our host at one end and Mrs. E. at the
other. Many themes of interest were dis
cussed, Mrs. E. fully expressing her opin-
ions, which often did not coincide with
those Of her husband. She tall of sta
ture and grave of aspect, dressing simply,
but in good taste, her invariable coiffure
being cap Of lace or muslin. garnished on
each side with sprig Of forget-me- nots,
whose color well matched that of her eyes.
Although simple in their style of living,
the Emerson couple were very hospitable
and entertained many people 1 think that
one of the husbands maxims was: DE
fend your mornings" but. the days study
over, he did the honors of his table with
grace all his own. His beautiful voice had
a natural touch of irony in it, as when he
once said to me: Mrs Howe, try our snap
CAKE" with an upward infection which
provoked smile.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

put on board a Mississippi steamer up to
this time. Captain Tobin's j. NJ. White.
which came out later, had larger They
were eleven feet stroke by forty-three
inches in diamter, but the boat was Of
great tonnage.
The friends of Captain feathers claimed
that he was outgeneraled, which is true,
for the greatest steamboatman that ever
run the Mississippi was John w. Cannon,
and the greatest engineer that ever turned
a throttle valve was Mr.. Perkins, his chief
engineer. Andrew Pauley, native of st.
Louis had charge Of the machinery of the
NatcheZ. He was man who stood at the
top of his profession and did all he could
to win, but his efforts were without avail.
From the moment the first report of the
race was flashed over the country, this be-
came evident. All previous records were
beaten, and by such odds as to admit of no
doubt of the Lees superiority in point of
speed.
When the Eclipse made her fast run her
time from New Orleans to Vicksburg was
twenty-eight hours and eleven minutes. The
Lees time between the same points was
twenty-four hours and eighteen minutes,
nearly four hours quicker. The time OF the
Natchez between the same points was twen-
ty-six hours. From Vicksburg to Memphis
Is 400 miles, and the report from the differ
ent towns showed the Lee to be steadily
running away from the Natchez. At Mem
phis, 500 miles from New Orleans, the Lee
was three hours and thirty minutes in the
lead, having made the run in two days six
hours and nine minutes. The time of the
Natchez was two days, nine hours and forty
minutes The Eclipses time over the same
stretch OF river was two days, nine hours
and fifty-five minutes giving the Natchez
an advantage of fifteen minutes.
From Memphis to Cairo is 20 miles, and
over this stretch of river the NatcheZ fairly
held her own, or, 1T is claimed by her
friends, made a gain of some fifteen min
utes. The Lees time from New Orleans to
Cairo was three days and one hour, the time
of the Natchez three days. four hours and
twenty-four minutes. The time of the
Eclipse was three days, four hours and four
age time of the Eclipse is the fastest ever
made on the Mississippi river. The figures
do not bear out this statement. The honor
belongs to the Robert Z. Lee. The Lees
time from Cairo to st. Louis was seventeen
hours, and her time from New Orleans to
st. Louis three days, eighteen hours and
fourteen minutes. The time of the NatcheZ
was three days, twenty-one hours and fifty
eight minutes, which shows that she was
beaten by the Lee three hours and forty
minutes. In other words, the Lee ran about
twenty miles every twenty-four hours
farther than the Natchez. Not much, one
would say, but a great deal when figured in
contest between giants.
Both feathers and Cannon were Kentuck-
ians by birth: The loyalty of neither to the
South was ever doubted. Each given
complimentary vote by the Louisiana Leg
islature after the war for United States sem
ator. And yet the name of Robert f. Lee
was so dear to the Southern people that
had feathers come out victorious in the
contest they never would have forgiven him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

safety's sake. At last. by happy chance.
they secure a boat with two pairs of oars
and it Is agreed that each OF the youngsters
shall take a tarn at assisting the young
man in propelling the craft. A number of
other park visitors with nothing to do have
gathered on thu bank 10 witness the de-
parture OF the party. The sweet-faced
mother takes a seat in the bow; the young
man takes 9. seat at one pair of oars. the
fond aunt and the little girl occupy to-
gether the other "oar seat" each with an
oar in hand. and the little boy. producing
a fishing pole and tin can holding some
worms, assumes possession of the seat in
the stern, prepared to catch all of the fish
that are foolish enough to come his way.
OFF THE BOAT LANDING.
or from the board landing they are
pushed by the boatman, and wildly all oars
wave in the air at once The young man
has just time enough to explain that he
hasn't rowed a boat for many years before
bringing his oars down with a tremendous
splash-a splash that is almost instantly
followed by tive more splashes as the other
oars are plunged into the water with reck-
less abandon. The sweet-faced mother re-
ceives a drenct;ing at the very outset that
good-natured person. and the little boy
calls out excitedly that he "can never hope
60 catch fish with all that racket going
on" Before the good folks in charge Of
the oars have had a chance to get the boat
headed in the proper direction their bark
has plunged into the bank opposite the
boy is saved only by the greatest good for
41fpA fax a int
"A friend IN need turns up on the bank; he
pushes of the boat for them and does the
sob so thoroughly that before the oars can
be placed in the correct position the boat
IS back at its original landing again, where
It Is gladly welcomed by the boatman and
greeted with cheers by the people on the
bank But the party in the boat is not to
be so easily vanquished, and upon being
launched once more into mid-strearn the
young man succeeds in starting the boat in
from sight. the last view being q frantic
waving of oars and a perfect cataract OF
water that deluges them all.
Later on the observer comes upon this
party again as he wanders far UP the bank
of the stream The sun is just setting, and
the observer is delighted TO see that the
crew has managed to effect safe landing
and that all Of the sailors have spread out
their abundant luncheon on a white cloth.
while near by they have built small fire,
over which hangs a steaming teakettle.
The boat is drawn up on the bank, and in
the rear end Of it the little boy is still fish,
sng as earnestly as If his life depended upon
st, much to the delight of the thousand lit
tie minnows assembled in joyous groups
under the boat and greedily enjoying the
worms with which he supplies them. Most
Of the holiday makers are leaving the park
for their homes, although it is really the
prettiest part OF the day. The merry-go-
round is almost deserted. but undauntedly
starts on another circular trip with only
two children on board, while the wheezy
old organ grinds out Just as the Sun Went
Down"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

for stern fad but theoretically only.
Practically IL is8only a relative condition
and a marveloI&ily happy one. Silence,
solitude, self!-asxpleasing combination as
our wills can efnjure up. These obtain
ing, we can do Is we please, or, choo0 Ag
inaction, think Us we please. No becer
time than this ~ sift the chatter of the
last crowd we Mingled with, and perhaps
gather a grain n gold from the infinitude
of chaff This 1iple condition f. a better
one out Of doors us in these woods, than in
any house The Aouse Is ever a museum OF
dfstracting objecss. Books, pictures, chairs
and tables lead rs from our natural 10 our
artificial selves, 25ut not so out OF doors.
Trees, BIRDS fclzers. water. earth. sky
nothing of these Guns counter 70 wholesome
natural thoughts We blend with oil about
us; not out of If4ce. but accurately fitted
as nature purposfd, In that marvellous mo-
safe we call crtNtion.
Silence is a cssldition so largely Of our
Imagination thatst need never be seriously
considered It's I4rity gives II genuine In
terest and IL Is 1lever so long lived as to
become monoton3ss. think, If were in an
absolutely silenfS cell, the singing OF the
birds would conn., to me at will. aud 1 could
laugh at walls bEwever stoutly built now
/ have no need - deal with theory or put
in practice any zancied condition. Nature
is ever voluble II May. The moments be-
tween the songE Of thrush and grosoeak,
wren and oriole& chewink and chat. Few
and far apart. ss'e filed by Chandelier An
my neighbours b. ..rnyard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
RAINYaOAY IN A zoo.
some AnfmaIN Like 1t, Others Are
DfyconsoIate.
v York Mail Ma Express.

New York Mail nd Express.
1.-THE effects off, rainy day upon the anil
mails of a zoo," 1aid keeper I'm the New
York geological $oark the other day, ARE
as interesting O. watch as anything I
know in conneCflon with a collection or
beasts Each orr takes the damp atmos-
phere I'm his owl particular way just 80
people do, only ~ may say that animals
are a heap more ,fheerful about IL.
Now take ttat big timber wolf over
there Why. he lIst revels in rainy day
and skips about IS gay as you please. All
the wolves ares the same. Rain cheers
but the lionsS are different. They fret
and ftme and gt,owl and smart unless you
give 'em an extfx allowance of meat or a
big pan of waI4n milk. Then they will
sleep, but a rainf day seems to get on the
nerves of a lion s. any OF the cat family.
Snakes are kSot I'm Just a certain tenn
perature all the sime and you would think
that the damp at would never reach them
Perhaps it doesn't, but I have always no.
ticed that all tho reptiles are active and
cheerful. If a reI5ile can be cheerful. when
.'The deer fanny, the bears. the various
s sorff seem 2. mi to m gt the rain bit. ~
birds, howevce. are the most down-in-
the-mouth, discos solate, dreary things in
the world on rSny day. They don't sing,
as miserable as POSSIBLE. Excuse me from
the feathered tribe when the clouds are
YOU'D be surp9 Ssed." concluded the keep
er. how many Saople brave the rain and
snow to go through the Zoo Last Sunday
and you know zlow IL stormed-scores or
people were he's, and we weren't sur
prised, as it's an old story TO us. I've seen
people stand for, hours in the rain watch
ing the seals enjSying the downpour Why
do they ao IT.? o.. know more about AMI
mails than 1 do yDeople. Ask some OF the
rainy day ones Sometimes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

How the Fantastic Wooden OBJECTS
from the Far East Are Made.
New York Evening Post

New York Evening Post.
The fantastic wooden objects which come
from the far East and are known as tea
root carvings have long been the basis Of
a prosperous industry in the populous city
of Foochow. Strictly speaking, the name
Is a misnomer. Some OF the carvings are
made from old tea rots and tea trunks,
but the vast majority, nine-tenths at least,
are made from the roots and trunks OF
hardwood trees.
The carvings are almost invariably made
In two parts, a pedestal and one or more
human figures fitted to the latter by pegs
and holes. The former is made from a
root and the latter from trunk. The
roots are selected with considerable care.
They must be comparatively free from dry
rot, decay, and wormholes, and must pos
sess a rude symmetry. They are cleaned,
the desired size. Then the artist with
chisel, gouge, knife and pincers removes
rootlets and roots until the figure Is COM
pleted.
The simplest design is a three-legged
pedestal of which the base is a rough
cylinder Of wens and knobs. Any number
Of legs may be used A curious specimen
seen by the writer in the Grand Hotel
Yokohama. has fifty legs. while the body
has been so treated as TO suggest horny
centipede A second type of pedestal is the
form, such as the buffalo, tiger, unicorn,
elephant dragon.
A collector in this city has one which is
q clever suggestion of a hippopotamus
yawning. 1t is about eighteen inches long.
six thick. and twelve high. The figures are
conventional antiques, and represent saints,
warriors, fakirs, beggars and savages. At
times the face is portrait real or con-
ventional, of a famous parsonage. Cary
ings of this sort are rare
Nearly always the chisel is guided by
humor or satire. If it be a saint who is
depicted, the look of piety suffering is
replaced by a leer or drunken grimace. If
IL be a warrior, every limb and muscle is
nodded SO as to suggest decrepitude or
desire to run away.
Quang-ti, the invincible soldier prince, is
frequently portrayed standing on one leg
with the other extended like a professional
rope balancer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

Changed Conditions which Greatly
Affect Legal Practice.


H. D. Minis. in the Worlds Work.
Thirty and forty years ago most lawyers
had some criminal practice-at least they
took such criminal cases as came to them
unsought-and most of them owed part of
their reputation TO successful criminal
work. To-day it is a conservative state
ment to say that the criminal bar In some
cities cannot claim even its proportionate
share of the best talent of the profession.
This is not as it should be- Human life and
human liberty are of more Importance to
the community than stocks, bonds or divi-
dends, and the prevention of unjust con-
victions is of greater moment to the pub
lie than that each victim of a trolley acct
dent should be recompensed for his mental
anguish. Many causes have combined to
bring about these conditions. In criminal
as in civil courts the day of oratory is over.
No time can now be given to a lawyer to
wax eloquent in the defense of Murphy,
who hit Hogan in the eye and robbed him
in street brawl. A criminal trial once
offered opportunity to oratorical counsel
to remind the jury of the heroes of ancient
Rome and Greece, TO recite tragic poetry
and to recall the glories OF the heritage
of the American people. In the courts of
large cities there exists a strong presump-
ton that judges and jurors are sufficiently
familiar with both ancient and modern his
tory to warrant counsel in sticking closely
to facts. Accordingly. the facts come out
in quick order and Murphy is back in
prison before We barrister of olden time
would have completed his opening address.
York criminal courts have no money TO pay
a lawyers fee. The result Is that these
nine-tenths are tried by counsel who are
assigned by the court when the prisoner Is
called for trial. Hence these lawyers mum
bering about two hundred in all the courts
of the county,, who frequent these courts
for the express purpose of getting these
assignment cases, try 30 per cent. OF the
criminal cases OF the county. The re-
mainder OF the defendants-the paying 10
per CENTS largely made up OF gamblers:
poolrocm owners. Keepers OF all sorts of
dives, or, In short. prisoners arrested for
vice as distinguished from crime. The de-
Tense OF such clients has little to attract
the average lawyer who possesses a good
civil practice. The necessity also Of rush
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

Drinking Water on Railroad Trains
American Medicine
The drinking water furnished by the rail.
ways-who knows anything about it7
What are the regulations OF the different
companies as TO its purity, and the cleans
ing OF the tanks and coolers in railway
waiting rooms, cars, steamboats,, etc? In
the presence OF the great fatality of ty
phoid fever and the recent increase OF the
disease all over the country the foregoing
question seems very apropos. Certainly
the transportation companies do not gener-
ally furnish their patrons with boiled,
filtered or spring water, and just as GER
tainly the water furnished by most OF our
cities, especially by Chicago and Phila-
delphia, Is contaminated and dangerous.
One constantly notices the engineer or fire.
man drinking from the tank OF the tender.
and the rlen who handle the freight trains,
the station agents all along the roads,
there any attempt, Is there any company
that makes any serious and thoroughgoing
effort TO supply these employees with pure
water? Whose business is IL 10 see that
the railways do their duty In this respect2
Can any OF our readers tell us what laws
have been passed or what regulations of
city and State governments, and OF boards
OF health, exist concerning this important
sub1ect7 Have we not here a source of
freQuen< infection which has too much es-
capped the attention Of sanitarians?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

Harry D. Minis. m The Worlds Work.

Harry d. Minis, IN The Worlds Work.
The poverty OF briefless barristsrs Is a.
proverbial as thse OF the church mouse. II
would not be an unnatural mistake 10 con-
slider a barrister Sith only one client hardIy
better of than sne with none But the
modern "one-cli,Slt lawyer" Is usually A
prosperous individual Said a man well
known in the Business world some years
ago TO a friend: ~ want young lawyer
20 put down at a desk beside mine III
familiarize him eth my affairs and then
want him 10 seep me out OF trouble
The counterpart dl this lawyer, whose duty
it is to act as Bis own clients ounce OF
prevention, may Se found in the Office OF
many large concerns. He is often con-
nected with trusts companies, banks. bank
ing houses. railroad and other Transporter
tion companies sr1d large wholesale mer-
camille houses. when a merchant found
himself IN a tangis. IL was once the custom
for him TO go e his lawyer for advice.
The results were, a written opinion and
a fee. The busi1rsss man to-day obtains
lawyer who shalz work for him alone.
Again the field o. the general practitioner
Is narrowed.