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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
COURTESY AND CONVICTION.
Not Necessary to BE Disagreeable in
Truth Telling.
Sunday School Times.


1t is very interesting to observe what DIFF
ferent things different people demand as
signs of conviction. One man cannont con-
ceive that there Is any earnestness afoot
unless he sees strain and agonizing. He is
inclined to distrust calmness in moral mat
tiers. and think 1t too slow. This type is
exemplihed by the deacon who did not like
his new minister because there wasn't
strugglin' and wrastlin' enough in his SER
MONS. Very often the man who is him
self quite disinclined to anything strenuous
Is very particular in his demands that other
people should be strenuous. and all along
the line there Is popular notion that earn
estness and moral effectiveness must be in
some way mixed up with strain and diff
who feels that religion Is never really TAX
ing hold until 1t begins to hurt? He seems
unless he has made people uncomfortable
by II, and the very fact that they are I'M
comfortable under his influence often makes
him feel that there Is an unmistakable sign
of the reality of his doctrine.
Theodore Parker was one of the men who
was always strenuous, and, while he never
shrank from declaring truth because 1t
was disagreeable, there was In his general
habit just suspicion of feeling that the
more disagreeable the truth was the more
likely 1t was to be true. Indeed, he some
of their not liking what he was saying was
In itself good evidence that II was the truth.
This Is very dangerous ground to stand
upon, and nobody would have resented such
a position, when occupied by others, more
quickly than Theodore Parker. a..
Now, this is not to say that people who
have convictions are generally likely to be
disagreeable people, but rather that people
do not know just exactly what is due from
them toward others when they do have con-
victions? What ought to be the general
tone of a man who has them? Ougth IL not
to be one of belligerency? That all depends
upon the situation. Certainly there is no
one strict set of manners that belongs to a
man who holds his beliefs strongly. But
there is the danger with us all that, as
soon as we are really convinced of new
truth, we are little inclined to suppose
that we are the only ones who believe In
ft-that the rest of mankind are reluctant
or hostile to il. just as we used to be our
selves, so that our first announcement OF
our new principle rather assumes that no
BODY else believes In il. One man finds
this hostility almost immediately; another,
assuming that everybody has something of
the principle in him, acts rather as the
Spokesman for it. and through him the
thoughts Of many hearts are revealed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
IMMUNITY TO BEE sTINGs.
Zee Keeper Becomes Proof Through
InocuIatfon with the Poison.

That person who has been often stung
by bees becomes In time immune TO the
poison Of the sting Is asserted by DR.. H F.
Parker. He reports that when he first be-
gan to keep bees he was frequently stung.
and that each sting was attended with
acute pain: but that as time went on the
lowing year. while transferring a hive of
bees, he had an experience which he thus
relates:
sting followed sting in succession. in
legs, arms, fingers, neck and face. mag
ined what a picture would present closed
eyes and swollen hands and feet. worked
on. and so did the bees. / could feel the
needle-like thrust, but then II did not seem
to pain as much, and at last finished the
task. With aching head, slight nausea and
vertigo slowly coming on, left my task
with sigh of relief for what was accom-
plished, and filled with wonderment as to
what my personal appearance would be.
Imagine my establishment TO find merely
slightly raised red spots, like little pimples.
with the red sting in the center. as the re-
suit Of each and every sting. 1 must have
had something like forty of them on vari-
Gus parts of my body. My clothes were full
of them, but, they, being so thick, did not
ness, nausea and headache left me, and
Richard was himself again.
when again visited my bees did not
dread the singing properties any longer,
at least not as much so as formerly, and
then. and ever since, I have found that
when a bee does sting me the pain is only
sharp for an instant and there Is an alb
sence of the after-swelling.
IT have since been stung many more
times than was at that time, and yet none
Of the symptoms above referred to have
been reproduced. Am I not, therefore, i'm
mune to the poison Of the honey bee, at
least to q certain extent?
"All authorities on bee culture state the
fact. as crumb Of comfort to novices in
beekeeping, that the poison of a bee will
produce less and less effect upon their sys-
TENS. old beekeepers,' IT Is said. like
Mithridates, appear almost to thrive on
the poison itself. Hush speaks Of seeing
the bald head of Bonner. celebrated prac-
teal apiarist, covered with stings, which
seemed to produce upon him no unpleasant
effect Rev. Mr.. Kleine advises beginners
to allow themselves to be stung frequently
assuring them that In two seasons their
systems will become accustomed to the
poison
In conclusion, let me state that firmly
believe that the beekeeper becomes inoc-
ulated with the poison of the bee, and
usually becomes proof. or a. least immune
against it, Is no more to be doubted than
the fact that vaccination Is q preventive
against smallpox"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
DISTRESSING OMISSION.

New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
One of the most remarkable things about
railroads is the straightness of their lines
as shown in advertising and time table
maps. No company likes to admit that
there is so much as a bend or detection in
determined to go from his capital to a
neighboring city by mathematically
straight line, could give his patronage i'm
partially to almost any of the roads which
print illustrated time tables. 1t has even
been thought legitimate to juggle with
such geographical facts at state boundary
lines and rivers in order to demonstrate
line from AWHILE to Beeville. Every one
understands how the thing Is done, and
there is no particular harm in the prac-
tice But there are limits. A certain West
ern railroad has issued special map of
it's lines from Chicago to the Pacific and
has left out entirely one Of the cities after
which IL is named. Not only did Ii omit
to print it's own line running through this
place, but 1t even skipped the name and
left a blank space for the site of the sec
ond city of its whole system. The familiar
explanation "a mistake is offered, but the
indignation has not subsidized. Does not a
railroad bear certain obligation toward the
ing the honorable title of Exton, Wyeton &
Zeeton IL should not be allowed to forsake
any one of these and devote its energies
to exploiting the rival town OF Cueton 1t
is a common thing in this city to find the
firm name of Smith. Brown & Jones on an
office door after all three OF these eminent
men are dead. No firm would have the
had deliberately ruined Mr.. Browns pro-
fessional career and was putting the best
OF its cases into the hands Of Mr. Robin
son across the street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

800 pairs real French Kid Gloves, in
sizes 81. and 5it. only. in 2-button, g.
button, 4-button and SHOOK styles;
actually worth to $3.50 a pair; If the
size fits you they're bargains Mon
day, on first bargain table. at. 2Oc
pair -. 49,. 49,. 49,. 49,. -
Three pairs 49,. .91.OO
Center Aisle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
WOMEN AS PoTTERs.
The New Fascination OF the Hori-
xontal Wheels.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
Women are manifesting pronounced in
terest In the art of the potter this winter.
and I'm more than one studio in this and
Manhattan boroughs the manipulation of
clay and the potter's wheel have claimed
the attention or fair students, some of
whom have heretofore given their attention
10 the decoration OF pottery rather than its
production.
admittedly associated with mud pie days i'm
childhood. and some children OF a larger
growth are to-day experiencing again the
delight OF earlier years they seek, at
Pratt Institute, to master the potter's art
and instead of producing prosaic mud pies
evolve beautiful vases and similar art OBJ
sects.
This branch Is new In this institution.
having been started but two weeks ago.
There are twelve pupils now I'm the class.
The method employed is the same as that
used many, many years ago and Is called
the coil" work. The clay (which comes
from New Jersey Is worked 10 the proper
long strips and twisted In the form intend
ed. after which IL is smoothed down and the
forms finished. When Ii Is thoroughly dry
AZ is fired for eighteen hours and afterward
decorated desires. A great fascin-
alton in this work Is that one is never quite
sure how IL Is going TO develop, and the
finished object, after 1t has been fired the
last time. may be quite different from what
the artist intended.
IL is the intention OF the institute to
eventually go more deeply into the art OF
pottery, TO take up the study of chemistry
In connection with IL and so gain a complete
knowledge OF the art IN its entirety At
present the students are only undertaking
q years course. The full course will de-
mand three years
This is the only school in the country, out
side OF the studios referred to- where pot
terry is studied an art. In some of the
other technical institutions IL Is taken up
but more In the way OF a mercantile
science and particularly I'm connection with
the study OF brick making.
The effect OF this new line OF work for
yomen-for swo-thirds of the students in
the Pratt pottery class women-wili be
felt In the course OF a few years, when
these pupils and students in other classes
have completed their courses and entered
the field as trained workers.
I'VE will see in the future various OBJ
sects OF pottery having the same individual
value as a good painting has to-day, says
the instructor at Pratt There Will be a
demand for artistic work and it will be dis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

London Chronicle.

A correspondent who keeps a watchful
eye on our columns wants to know what
are the correct plurals OF "mongoose" and
phoenix" One is tempted TO write "mon-
geese" as one Is tempted To write "mussel-
men," though neither man nor goose has
any claim TO consideration in these words.
you may spell IL munyon's" or "mongous''
or ''mungoos," you will. Therefore, we
think "mongoose' is quite plural enough
TO cover all tne specimens tnat are likely
phoenix. its case may be dismissed with
the swiftness OF a police court magistrate.
There Is never more than one on the active
list at the same time. so the phoenix does
not require plural at all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

Here In the roar OF the street.
In trafic'e dull beat,
Swift TO defeat
Dwelleth my mind
Striving and driving with its grim kind.
There In far forests lane,
Green after rain.
Careless OF gain
Dwelleth my heart
Seeking he silence the trees impart.
Emery Rotue. In Outing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

tinguished by characteristic points and in
dividuality. the same as the productions
OF other artists, and we will have a more
highly educated public with regard to work
OF this kind
The pupils in Pratt, who range in age
from eighteen to twenty-four years. are
as enthusiastic as the instructor, Leon
Volkmer, over the success that has been
attained already and the prospect OF great
er success in the future.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30
NEWSPAPER THEFTS.
Two Boys in Juvenile Court Charged
with Stealing Journals.

Several days ago Donald Small, one of
the Journals newsboys. caught two boys
stealing Journals from the house-steps OF
subscribers and created a sensation by
placing them under arrest and marching
them down Massachusetts, avenue. They
had gone only a short distance when a bar
tender in one of the saloons along the
street stepped out and interfered with the
plans of the youthful sleuth in that he
turned one of the captives loose and told
MIN to run. Don" Small held to one of
the prisoners. John Theaman, and success
fully landed him behind the bars at the
police station. The other boy. John Hop
licemen and the trial took place in the
Juvenile Court yesterday morning. From
the evidence IL was shown that the Hopper
boy had been in the habit of stealing
Journals every morning and his case was
continued until Tuesday. The parents of
young Theaman appeared in court for their
boy and say they will fight the case. They
claim their son never sold papers, but
Young Small, the Journal carrier, says
papers whether he ever carried them or
not. The arrests were brought about by
the offer of the Journal to pay S. for the
arrest of anyone caught stealing papers
from the houses of its subscribers. Numer-
Gus complaints from the patrons of the
paper regarding the seeming laXity in de-
livery led the Journal TO take the step that
To the subscribers every morning and the
fact that so many papers were reported
missing was evidence that paper thieves
were accountable for IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30
MEETINGS UNDER CANVAS
PLANS OF THE SOUTH SIDE EVAN
GELICAL UNION.
At the Corner of Prospect and Linden
Streets the Services VIII he Held,
Beginning Tomorrow.

The South Side Evangelical Union, COM
posed of eight churches, will begin a series
of gospel meetings tomorrow in a large
tent with a capacity of 1000 on the corner
of Prospect and Linden streets. The Rev.
Milford II. Lyon, of Chicago. has been en-
ployed to conduct the meetings. which will
continue through June. The music will be
under the direction of Mr.. Hiram ]. Lloyd.
assisted by a large orchestra and choir of
200 voices. The union is composed of the
pastor and three members of each of the
churches in the Union. The churches and
pastors are: Fletcher-place Methodist
Episcopal, the Rev. NJ. B. Hyde; the Sew
enth Presbyterian, the Rev. David Ayrton
Huron; the Hoyt-avenue Methodist Prot
estant, the Rev. Crates S. Johnson; the
Edwin Ray Methodist Episcopal, the Rev.
c. c. Edwards; the Emanuel Baptist, the
Rev. ]. r. Henry; the, Trinity Congrega-
tional, the Rev. Levi White; the Barth-
place Methodist Episcopal. the Rev. Mr..
Noble. and the German Baptist Church, the
Rev. Mr.. Won Miller.
Tomorrow the tent will be dedicated at
$50. when the Rev. c. c. Edwards will pre-
side; Mr.. Lyon will speak and Mr.. Lloyd
will sing. A corps of twenty ushers. under
the direction of MIR. O. b. Ball, will seat
the people, who are expected in great num-
bers. A recent house-to-house canvass by
eighty. women shows that much interest
prevails in the movement. Fifty messen-
ger boys will distribute advertising matter
three times each week. The tent has been
fitted UP with a view TO the comfort of the
audience in the way of chairs. fans and ice
water. Daily services will be held at 8
and 7:45 p. M, except Saturday, the eight
churches dismissing their Sunday evening
service during these meetings. The Rev.
Mr.. Lyon has conducted two meetings in
this city. He is thirty-fVe wears of age
and was graduated from the State Univer-
sity of Iowa with the highest honors. He
was winner in State and interstate orator.
ical contests. After his graduation he be-
came college president. Resigning he en-
gagged in the ministry as a pastor in Chi
cage and there developing the evangelistic
power he entered upon that work and has
been engaged from the Atlantic to the
Pacific in successful meetings. The meet
ings are projected upon the broadcast gos-
pei basis. the eight churches back of il
guaranteeing the character of the work.
The grounds will be policed day and night
and good order is insured. II is the hope
that the entire city and the region around
may be brought under the influence Of this
movement.
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Ii Asks that Company BE Required to
Issue Bonds-Impediment to Par
tfcfpation I'm Merger.
FIGHT OVER THE STREETS
CITY OF CRAwFORDsvILLE AND
TRACTION wORKMEN COLLIDE.
Northwestern Company Tries to Lay
its Lines and City Interferes-Bricks
Hurled and Water Thrown.

A suit which, 1t is said, grows out Of a
transaction of the Fort Wayne & South
western Traction Company in financing
that road, and which was said to be objec-
tionable to the promoters of the merger of
the Union Traction Company OF Indiana
and the indianapolis Northern Trac-
ton Company, and, therefore, prevented
the absorption of the Fort Wayne
line by the other two when the
recent merger was announced, has been
flied In the United States District Court.
The suit is that of the National Bank of
North America, in New York. against the
Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction Com
pany and the State-street Trust Company
Of Boston. The compliments ask that their
claim on a note for 500, 600, discounted to
them by the traction company, be made a
lien on the defendants property and bonds.
and that the traction company and the
trustee of its mortgage. the State-street
Trust Company of Boston, be enjoined from
the issue and distribution of bonds Of the
company until the loan, now a preferred
credit of the traction company, be secured
with bonds amounting TO the Indebtedness.
The complaint filed states that in May,
1902, the Fort Wayne q Trac-
ton Company discounted a note for $l00,000
TO the New York bank, bearing 5 per cent.
interest and due Nov. p, 1902. One stipula-
ton Of the transaction was that bonds of a
par value of 100000 issued by the
traction company were to be given
the banking firm as security for
the loan. The complainant states
that the bonds were never delivered, and
that when the note matured, on Nov. 20, 1t
was renewed, conditioned upon the future
delivery of the securities. The next date
of maturity, in May of the present year,
found that the bonds had not yet been de-
livered. and the banking company, stating
that IL feared another issue of bonds by
the traction company and a distribution of
them to the neglect OF a preferred creditor.
asks that its claim on the ompan be made
a lien on any existing bonds, and that the
officers OF the Fort Wayne & Southwestern
and the trustee of the mortgages of the
road. the State-street Trust Company of
Boston, be enjoined from disposing OF any
bonds until a satisfaction of their claim.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30
IN MEMORY OF F. B. BURKE.
He Was GreatIy Loved by EIks, Who
VIII Pay the Tribute.

Services concentrating Frank B. Burke
will be held tomorrow afternoon at the
lodge rooms of the indianapolis Lodge of
Elks, No. Is. Mr.. Burke was the most
loved member of the lodge and one of the
best known Elks in the country. Thrice
he was chosen exalted ruler, a distinction
not given TO any other member of the lodge.
Mr.. Burke died at st. Vincent's Hospital
here two months ago, after months Of
patient suffering.
The services are planned TO be as i'm
pressive as they are just to Mr.. Burke's
memory. Addresses will be made by
Exalted Ruler Joseph E. Bell. Senator
Charles w. Fairbanks. Henry Warrum
who was Mr.. Burke's law partner), Senator
James w. Fortune, Of Jacksonville, and
Joseph T. Tanning. grand trustee Musical
number will be rendered by Mrs. j. NJ.
Leathers, Mrs. Alice Fleming Whallon. Mr..
Louis Dochez. Mr.. Harry Y Mercer and
J. Russell Powell. An organ voluntary will
be PLAYED by Charles r. Hansen, and the
resolutions adopted by the lodge will be
read b Bert Feibleman.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30

dalia freight depot and marched into the
city to the point where work begun. Mr..
Reed laughed when he admitted that this
Ramsey's bank. Ramsey is the head man
OF the Consolidated Traction Company.
which is trying TO keep the Indianapolis
* out.
Mr.. Harding was not arrested. He says
the workmen distributed track for about
half a mile and begun digging the brick
street, when the hose wagon came dashing
down the street. Water was turned on the
workmen. who returned this assault with
their picks, with which they punctured the
hose and made it ineffective. Many OF them
were then arrested by the police and spe-
cial deputies. Mr.. Harding says public
sympathy was with the and
hundreds refused TO serve as special depu-
Ties when they were being gathered from
the streets.
Mr.. Harding said the City Council of
Crawfordsville passed ar ordinance on
Feb. "a giving the Northwestern rights in
streets to be granted by resolution. Mayor
Byron Russell signed the ordinance and
the company gave the bonds required by IL.
On March 8 the Council passed a resolution
giving the company certain streets under
the agreement that the would de-
post a certified check for $500 that it
would carry out the contract. The COM
pany Immediately paid the check to the
city treasurer. He accepted it in writing.
Last week the company applied TO the city
clerk for a permit to enter the streets. but
this was refused. At the meeting where
this resolution was passed giving this street
one councilman who voted for IL gave no
tice of a motion to reconsider. and at a sub
sequent meeting IL was reconsidered. The
city had accepted the check before recon-
sideration. however. Mr.. Harding said the
attempt of the company yesterday was a
legal step.
The Indianapolis & Northwestern has
filed mortgages in Marion. Boone, Mont
gomery, Clinton and Tippecanoe counties
against its property to secure the bond is
sue of 100000 authorized four months ago,
when the company was financed by East
ern capitalists. The Knickerbocker Trust
Company of New York Is trustee for the
mortgage bondholders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30
COURTS WILL SETTLE 1T.
Crawfordsville Incident VIII BE Given
a Thorough Trying Out.

W. S. Reed. secretary, and W. n. Hard
ing. attorney for the indianapolis & North
western Traction Company. returned from
Crawfordsville last night after their siren
uous experience trying TO seize the street In
that city for the traction line. Both laughed
about their experience. Mr.. Reed said 1T
was merely an incident OF the business
Mr.. Harding said IL was a very important
incident because II ave them the standing
in law they desired. I'VE have made an
effort TO proceed and were stopped" said
ly result.
Mr.. Reed said the company had a legal
right TO the street IL entered and would
maintain that right without compromise.
He said the teams were loaded at the Van
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30
LETTER CARRIERS ASSOCIATION


The NTH annual convention OF the In
diana State Letter Carriers Association
will be held this afternoon in the United
States Court room. Fifty-eight delegates
from local associations in the State will be
present at the meeting. The conventions
of letter carriers are always held on holi-
days. that all the local associations may
be able to send delegates to the meeting.
The convention this afternoon will be vel
coined by Mayor Bookwalter and addressed
by Gen George T. McGinnis and Repre-
sentatives Cromer and Overstreet.
After the business session the delegates
viii take special trolley cars 10 Broad
Ripple 10 witness a ball game between the
Indianapolis carriers team and that of the
Danvflle. Ill, association. The DanviIle
latter carriers challenged the INDIANAPOLIS
team for the game. and this afternoon will
be given an opportunity to show their
prowess as ball players. After the ball
game suppe will be served to the dele
gates. who will be entertained with music
until 3 O'Clock, when the party will board
the steamer sunshine for a trip uD the
river.