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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-02
Character and Influence Of Women.

Rev. DR.. Joseph e. Smith delivered the
first of series of lectures on THE Women
of the Old Testament" last evening at the
Grace M. E. Church, before attentive
and appreciative audience. He spoke Of the
character of woman and her influence on
the lives IF men. paying a beautiful trib-
ute to the last and most refined OF Gods
crea atoms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-02
Wife Petitions for Divorce.

petition for DIVORCE was filed today in
the Supreme Court Of the District Of Co
lumbia by Nellie e. Wegner. through At
torney Jas e. Padgett. against Charles A
weener Cruelty and infidelity on the part
Of the defendant are alleged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-02

Charles g. Mellen was elected president
Of the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company by the directors of that
road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-02
The Cruiser Cleveland.

The cruiser Cleveland, which has Just
been delivered to the government at the
Boston navy yard. will be put in commits
sion at the navy yard, Portsmouth, N. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-02
White Marble Proposed.

Among other things, Mr.. Tucker says:
while there is nothing contained in the
act which could be so construed as to re-
quire the railroad company to use white
marble except the general supervision OF
the work by the Commissioners. 1t was I'M
derstood from the Inception OF the project
by the Senate park commission that white
marble which was preferred by that COM
mission for the station, as well as for all
the public buildings which were proposed
by them. should be the material used In
the terminal structure. And In view Of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

pacity for hypnosis is not the mark of
strong but of weak mind. Hypnosis is inn
possible in the case of idiots and of very
young children, because they are scatter
Drained. unable to attend fixedly and con-
tinuously. The more powerful the will OF
the subject the easier must hypnosis be. We
see this. indeed. in the tendency of vigorous
minds to brown study a state nearly re-
lated to hypnosis, and characterized by the
same single-hearted absorption, and the
same arrest OF bodily movement" This
theory does not accord with the popular
one that hypnosis is caused by the exercise
OF a controlling power by a strong will and
mind over a weaker one. 1t is an ingenious
theory, but If hypnosis comes through the
will and mental action of the person oper-
ated on. the question still recurs, how
does the operator bring about that action?
1t Is doubtful If 1t has been clearly dem
onstrated that animals can be hypnotized.
That which is called hypnosis in their case
may be merely intense fear. 1t is well
known that even wild animals quail before
the steady. unfinch;ng gaze OF man and
can almost be reduced to subsection by the
eye. They can also be almost paralyzed by
fear, but this is not hypnosis. Seize a frog
firmly by hind leg and the animal will
spread out. stiff and stark. making no
effort TO escape. By the way, these ami
mails are sometimes captured at night by
approaching them with bright light which
dazzles them so that they can be taken
up by the hand. But this is probably fear
rather than hypnosis. Pigeons, guinea pigs
and other small animals can be paralyzed
by fear into state clearly resembling hyp-
nosis, but 1t has none of the phenomena
OF that condition in human beings, when
the will and mind of the subject are COM
pletely dominated by those OF the operator,
and when he loses individual consciousness
and even feeling. In the case of the Mil
waukee man 1t was said he had operated
on rabbits. The rabbit is an exceedingly
timid animal and what the operator thought
hypnosis may have been only intense fear.
The account of his throwing animals into
hypnotic state, performing surgical OPP
erations on them and then bringing them
out again made a good enough newspaper
story. but one is not obliged to believe it
without proof
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

lions appear TO have awaited nothing. The
old bucks words were accepted as the edict
in accordance with the time-honored Gus
tom. Nearly all the Indians have now
dispersed to their winter quarters. Though
there will be the usual summer gathering
IN the valley just across from FL Captain.
and the Indians say that before they come
together again kalapine VIII have met an
unnatural death, In accordance with the
custom.
The white people OF Yosemite valley be-
lieve in the prophecy, because OF the record
OF the past. Eight years ago Indian Bull
lock was the medicine man for the Indians
predecessor. He had his camp at Wawona,
and was employed at the hotel there For
the third time patient OF his died
A fortnight later old Bullock ana his
squaw were fishing on Big creek, when two
bullets from ambush riddled the medicine
mans head and heart. The sQuaw carried
back the news and the body was brought
to Wawona for the most elaborate funeral
ever held there. Bullock's pony was Killed
at the grave, and into the tomb were tossed
all of his baskets. valued at $500. The
Indians having carried out the law or the
tribe, were eager to do all honor possible 10
the dead medicine man. Three INDIANS
were arrested for the murder. They were
tried at Mariposa, and In court each freely
confessed. pleading that he had merely
done the duty delegated to him as a tribes
man. Each of the three is now serving a
twenty-year sentence for manslausnter.
Another instance of the operation OF this
Indian law occurred in Burney valley.
Shasta county, several months ago. A
medicine man whose third patient had died
was found shot to death IN his cabin.
Beyond doubt, old kalapine Will endeavor
to keep hidden away as well as possible.
but the whites of the community viii not
be surprised II. on any day, news is brought
In OF her tragic death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
THE PUBLICAN,s RESPONSIBILITY

A jury In the Allen Circuit Court has
awarded damages Of $4,000 to the widow Of
a murdered man against the saloon keeper
who sold whisky to her husbands murderer
on the ground that 1t was this whisky that
caused the death OF her husband. This Is
not the first award OF damages on similar
grounds. and the principle in law seems in
a fair way to be established that the seller
of whisky must exercise his Judgment and
decline to sell where there is any reason to
believe that destruction Of life or property
or other damage may be promoted by such
sale.
This seems to the Journal a logical and
reasonable step forward in law relating to
sales OF intoxicating liquors. The law al
ready recognizes this as a business unlike
any other, and not subject to the same gen.
eral principles Of freedom of initiative and
action. It requires that the traffic be IL
censed, that 1t be conducted by the man
applying for and holding the license, and
that the ncensee be man Of good repute
in the community and that he furnish ac-
ceptable bond. in order that people dam
aged by the wrongful conduct of his bust
ness may have proper recourse. As for the
rest, when the drunken man commits muir
der. when he mains another, when he de-
stroys property, when he fails to provide
for his family, 1t would seem that the only
question to be decided by the court and
jury is the question of fact. whether or not
the liquor sold him was what caused him
to do these things That may be rather
nice question, when pettifogging lawyers
begin to get in their work in a specific case.
yet we all know broadly that in the great
majority of crimes involving violence the
bottom cause is the liquor drunk by the
man that did it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
PATIENCE IN THE sCHoOLRooM.

Teachers in the public schools, OF course,
get ample advice at the beginning of each
school year. but there is one quality in the
teacher of children that is always in order,
and which. in these days of nerves. seems
increasingly difficult to obtain. Patience,
eternal patience, is the thing In the
university lecturer this may not be a mat
ter of so much moment, but in the teacher
Of the public school it is a matter of the
patient teacher can ruin more childish dis
positions in a single year than she could
repair in the course of a life. Such a dis
position invariably means hasty conclusions
and the placing OF both blame and praise
where they do not belong-ard nobody is
against 1t as the child.
More important than either the physical
training or the advance in studies is the
disposition Of the child, for that will de-
termine the mental and moral attitude of
the grown man or woman toward the
world. and in this attitude lies all the
variations between extreme misery and a
high order or happiness. Just as IL re-
quires comparatively little to make children
happy and good natured. so does 1t require
but little of the wrong kind OF influence to
make them peevish and sullen and un-
happy. Tie childish troubles and humilia-
lions that seem so trihing from the older
point OF view are intensely real to them. If
there is any point in life when patience
and sweet reasonableness are essential as
part of the environment of the individual,
that time is childhood, when the impress
sions are so much more vivid and lasting
than at any other time OF life
Therefore, you who charged with
the most serious responsibility of training
not one or two. but many children. and
who must bear this burden without the
wonderful aid of mother-love. cultivate a
patient heart. an eyer-smiling face and a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
ANTI-BOYCOTT LAW.

Alabama has taken the lead in legisla-
ton against the boycott, whether prac-
ticed in the interest of union labor or used
under the name of blacklist" In the in
terest of organized employers. Whether it
be the boycott in the usual form, or
picketing, or intimidation or blacklisting,
the law defines it as conspiracy and fixes
heavy penalty. The new law, which was
enacted by very decisive vote of the Leg
islature. is brief and comprehensive. read
ing as follows:
Section /. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture or Alabama, that it shall be unlawful
gether for the purpose of preventing any
person, persons, firm or corporation from
carrying on any lawful business within the
state of Alabama or for the purpose of in
terfering with the same.
Sec. z. That 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or person TO go near to or loiter
ABOUT the premises or place OF business of
any person, firm or corporation engaged In
a lawful business for the purpose OF infiu-
encing or inducing others not TO trade with,
buy from, sell to or have business dealings
with such person. firm or corporation, or to
picket the works or place of business of
such other person, firm or corporation, for
the purpose of interfering with or injur-
Ing any lawful business or enterprise.
Sec 3. That 1t shall be unlawful to print
or circulate any notice Of boycott, boycott
cards, strikers. dodgers or unfair lists,
publishing or declaring that boycott
or ban exists or has existed or is contem-
plated against any person, firm or corpora
ton doing lawful business, or publishing
the name of any judicial officer or other
public Official upon any blacklist, unfair
list or other similar list because OF ans
lawful act or decision of such official.
Sec. T.. That it shall be unlawful to use
force, threats or other means of intimida-
ton to prevent any person from engaging
In any lawful occupation at any place he
or she sees fit.
person, firm or corporation to maintain a
blacklist or to notify any other firm or cor
poration that any person has been black
listed by such person, firm or corporation,
or to use any other similar means to pre-
vent any such person from receiving en-
ployment. Any person, firm or corporation
violating any provision of this act must, on
conviction, pay fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars, or to be imprisoned not to ex-
coed sixty days hard labor for the county
The theory of this statute is the same
| as that of the common law on conspiracy,
| upon which practically all the Federal
Court injunctions and other decisions on
this class of cases have been based. In
| not few Of the States, however, State
courts have been hampered by statutes
| that supersede the common law on con-
| spiracy, and victims of the boycott and
| blacklist have had legal recourse. This
has been notably the case in Indiana and
| Ohio, where the boycott. the publication
of unfair lists" and all that sort of thing
has had full swing, with no other protection
for the victims than the force of public
| opinion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS.
Opportunities Wait Upon the Ener-
eetic and Thrifty Worker.

San Francisco Call.
DESPITE the attacks made upon him by
Disconnected class of negroes. Booker Wash
ington continues to hold the first place
among those to whom the more thrifty and
wiser negroes turn for advice and counsel.
At the recent convention of 1.-THE National
Negro Business Mems League at Nash
VILE he was the principal speaker and was
received with an earnestness which must
have more than compensated him for the
harsh treatment he received from some OF
his race on his recent visit to Boston.
1t is worth nothing as an evidence OF the
better sentiment with respect to the negro
which prevails I'm the South that the con-
vention was held at the State Capitol upon
invitation given by the Legislature.
AS the Legislature is composed almost
wholly OF whites, the giving of the invita-
ton Is a proof that the rabid hostility ex-
pressed by Senator Tillman and few other
politicians does not truly represent South
ern sentiment, at least so far as the negro
worker and business men are concerned.
Washington of course. repeated his we'll
known counsel of work and patience as the
only means OF solving the problem OF the
negro in the United States. In the course
OF his address he said: I'VE shall succeed
in winning our way into the confidence and
esteem of the American people just in pro-
portion as we show ourselves valuable to
the community in which we live, in ali the
common industries, in commerce. In the
welfare of the State and in the manifesto
ton of the highest character. The COM
munfty does not fear. as rule, the vote OF
the man, no matter what his color who is
a large taxpayer. IL IL not the negro who
owns successful business or works at
trade who is charged with crime. While
we are In many cases surrounded with dis
advantages, when we compare our condition
and opportunities with those of the Jews
in many parts OF Europe, IL is easy 10 see
that almost every opportunity denied the
Jews Is open to us The greater the diff
culties to be overcome. the more strength
We shall gain by succeeding. Every house
owned. every farm well cultivated, and
every bank account. every store. every tax
receipt We possess, is one influence which
will operate tremendously I'm our favor"
The statement that the negro in the
South. despite all the disadvantages under
which he labors Is better of than the peas
ants and Jews I'm many countries OF Europe
is fully justified by the facts. There
no limitations put upon the negro In the
South worker and property owner.
and land Is cheap and opportunities for
work abundant, even though wages are
small. the more thrifty among the negroes
are prospecting. Starting without an acre
Of land, without dollar. without expert
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
SNAKES POSE FOR SCULPTURE.


Worlds Fair Bulletin
Snakes and venomous reptiles pose for Q
new kind Of sculpture that viii be one OF
the features OF the United States govern
ments museum at the worlds fair.
The snakes differ from the beautiful
models who posed for much OF the ststuary
that adorns the worlds fair grounds IN that
they will not willingly submit TO having
their charms displayed TO the populace.
Neither can they be bribed. 1t is only when
they are overcome by their keepers and are
placed under the influence of chioroform
that the snake seulptors can accomplish
their tasks.
The snake casts when seen at the worlds
fair will be more nearly true TO life than
If they were fashioned In clay by the hands
OF the most expert modeler and the cast
then made. Casts are made from the snakes
while they are alive and so like the real
thing Is each OF these models that were IL
not inciosed In glass case the visitor
might well be excused for a shudder Of
alarm when he viewed IL.
John w. Thompson, keeper of the reptfle
house at the geological Gardens IN Phil
adelphia, is one OF the most expert snake
sculptors and he describes his work as fol-
lows:
MY assistant makes a slipknot with q
piece VI slIoHS tNlIe' ATTACHES IL 10 4 long
pole and. opening the cage. places 1t over
the snakes head. The reptile. struggling
and squirming and wild with fear and
anger Is lifted out, and should he ee one
of those deadly varieties there is some ex-
citing sport before he is finally conquered.
/ then hold a sponge saturated with chloro-
form to his nostrils. In short time be Is,
for the time being, and TO all intents and
purposes, dead TO the world, and the cast
Is then made with all possible expedition.
"Quills are placed in the reptiles nostrils
so that he may breathe and the mixed plas-
ter OF Paris is poured over HIM After the
plaster has had time to harden the snake.
itate its removal. is carefully pulled out
from the cast and returned TO It's cage,
usually none the worse for the opera ton.
1.-The inside OF the cast Is now flushed
with soapy water, the grease OF which hlls
Up the pores and prevents sticking. The
mains undisturbed for twenty-four hours
I'm order to insure perfect hardening.
THE next step is the chipping away OF
the outer shell, which has TO be done with
extreme care lest the delicate outline OF
the impression plaster may be irretrfeyably
head and eyes. which are always left until
the last. When all the shell Is Clipped
away an exact reproduction OF the snake
down TO the finest details has been secured
and all that remains to be done Is the paint
ing in the original colors-
II is the painting which Is the really cru
cial feature of the operation and the one
which determines the success or failure OF
the effort. 1t Is very tedious work and
much time Is spent each specimen. "A
snake is usually placed in a glass box beside
the artist, who studies the color as he
works Each scale receives separate treat
ment and the task usually requires several
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
THE OTHER SIDE.
Needless Fuss About Postage on "AS.
fhora, Manuscripta.v

Ernest Ingerson, I'm New York Times.
have again received a pressing appeal
from the Society OF American Authors TO
use my influence TO advance a proposed act
OF Congress reducing the postage on "au-
thors' manuscripts to third-class rates.
For four years. according 20 the circular.
this society has been agitating itself In
this matter. and now reiterates It's request
that I enroll my name In favor OF the
effort" must decline on business grounds.
i do not see why i, as a workingman In
this field should throw down the only
existing bar TO an already oyer-large COM
petition The true policy for any such
society-unless tx consists altogether OF
tyros. and II so IL has no right 20 its name
would be 10 try TO lift the postal and ex.
manuscripts so high that IL would put an
end TO the flood of voluntary. ill-considered.
egotistic, truly unavailable stun which
flows through every publication office. Ed
itors and publishers would subscribe nber.
ally to such movement.
What sort OF authors constitute So
ciety which proposes TO enlarge this food
channel-to remove the only barrier 10 the
utter swapping OF editors and sunocation
OF the public? And what sort OF a society
OF authors Is that which publicly acts upon
the theory that the manuscripts IL sends
out are inevitably coming back again and
again? For this is the sad experiences upon
which IL POUNDS it's most plaintive plea
Every journey or manuscript. IL crtes]
tends to drain the resources OF an au,@
stamps wholly give out there VIII be one
the less 90 clog the crowded path 20 the
literary market Lower the postagef Not
much. Raise It'll
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
TRADEMARK pRoTEcTrox-

The American Bar Association, at its re-
cent meeting, recommended bill to pro-
vide for the registration and protection of
trademarks and appointed a committee to
urge il upon Congress at the coming ses-
sion. The matter is of little interest to the
general public. but IT has assumed consid-
cradle importance in the business world.
Trademarks are as distinctly an outgrowth
of modern business conditions as corpora
tons and trusts are, though there is no
relation between them. They were prob
ably unknown when the Constitution was
framed, for while 1t provides for patent
rights and copyright it makes no mention
Of trademarks. Yet to-day trademarks in
the United States are worth millions Of
dollars and Congress has found 1t necessary
to legisiate on the subject, deriving it's
authority from that elastic clause which
provides for regulating commerce among
the States. In country where COMPETE
ton is as great as it is in the United
States and where advertising is done on
such a large scale, a trademark represent
Ing certain article is of great value and
as deserving Of protection as any other right
or piece of property. infringement of a
trademark is forbidden by law the same as
infringement on a patent. and the courts
construe the law very strictly In favor of
the original owner Of trademark. They
have even held that a man cannot use his
own name to boom a manufactured article
hof ha esv,trs he l,tct
ness for that purpose. If firm has built
up valuable trade for Ethan Allen SOAP"
using the name as a trademark. a real
Ethan Allen will not be permitted to put
a soap Of his own manufacture on the
market under that name. He may use his
name. but not in imitation of the original
trademark. He may say, manufactured by
Ethan Allen" but he cannot advertise it
as Ethan Allen soap. The United States
Court recently held that an 'Twanta" bis
cult was an infringement on the trademark
"Uneeda." and enjoined the firm from US
ing 1t. The courts have also enjoined the
manufacturers Of "Allegrettr' chocolate
candy because 1t was an infringement of
"Allegratti." The courts will not coun-
tenance an attempt to cheat or to deprive
a person of the results of legitimate enter
prise by initiating his trademark or label
with only a slight variation. The first law
on the subject in this country was passed
In 1870. and up to that time only sixty-two
trademark cases had come before the
courts. Some idea of the present volume
of litigation on the subject may be gathered
from the fact that recent textbook cites
In its index nearly 100 cases. Twenty-Five
years ago there were comparatively few
trademarks of any kind in use; now there
are thousands of all imaginable kinds and
covering every line of business. The pres
ent law is defective and the movement OF
the Bar Association. for Its amendment is
in the interest Of honest manufacturers
who have trademarks that are valuable
assets.