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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07
NATURE REPEATS HERSELF.

The great flood watch st. Louis is now
experiencing shows that nature, like his
tory, repeats herself. In fact, hardly any
thing in the way of a natural CONFUSION
can occur that has not occurred before.
The volcanic eruption of Mont Pelee. phe-
nomenal as 1t appeared to this generation,
was only a repetition of what had occurred
In former generations. Mount Vesuvius Is
as apt to break out and engulf the towns
in its vicinity now as it was In the days of
Pompeii, and some day 1t will. Nature
makes long rests between her demonstra-
tions, but she always repeats herself. What
unseen fires, kindled perhaps by a bolt from
heaven, nave swept through homeless areas
of forests before they were discovered by
man; what unrecorded cyclones have
devastated countries where no human being
lived, and what unregistered floods have
prevailed in regions before the means ex-
listed for marking their height or recording
their destructiveness, can only be conjec-
tured. Such things must have happened since
the world began, and occasionally they must
have been phenomenal in their fury. Not
to go very far back, Indian tradition tells
of a flood in Kansas in 1874 that must have
greatly surpassed the recent one, though
dated In Kansas then. Some record of
that flood is still preserved I'm st. Louis.
There had been a great accumulation of
snow during the winter of 1894 on the
headwaters of the Missouri, the Yellow
stone and other of it's tributaries, and in
April when the snow began to melt there
came the beginning of the greatest flood
st. Louis had ever known. When the
river began to rise people thought it was
nothing more than the ordinary freshet, but
they did not know what mountains of snow
had been piled up on the headwaters OF the
Missouri and its tributaries. Nature gen.
orally does her work quietly. and the SHOWS
had fallen as noiselessly as the thaw came.
The flood lasted for six weeks, increased at
times by heavy rains. and three times dur
ing that period the people from the low
lands around st. Louis fed to the city for
protection. Stores and houses which had
never been invaded by the river before were
now inundated. A steamboat came to the
city with refugees from below which had
literally steamed across country. Many
lives were lost and millions of dollars
worth of property were destroyed. Streets
in st. Louis where water had never flown
before were submerged from four to six
feet. The present flood will hardly equal
that one, but * may. Even II 1t does not
| there is a great deal more for it to destroy
in the valley and In exposed localities.
| Nature operates according to fixed laws
; and does not stop to consider whether prop
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07
WAR AND PEACE.
A "Palace of Peace" May Have Little
Significance.
New York Mail and Express.


New York Mail and Express.
Nobody I'm the world can object TO Mr..
Carnegie sending a check for s.5Oo.ooo TO
the Dutch government with which to build
a palace of peace and international IL
brary for the arbitration tribunal at The
Hague. The cause of International arbitra-
ton is a noble one. and may be dignihed
and rendered more attractive 60 the states
men of the Earring nations. perhaps. by the
provision of an elegant palace for its idle
tribunal. And yet we have an idea that. as
a prudent business man. Mr.. Carnegie
would have done well to wait awhile before
was going to need a palace.
Indications are not lacking that the civ
llized world. In spite OF the fact that this
ways there at The Hague ready 20 be APP
pealed to. Is steadily drifting toward a great
conflict. If such a conflict comes IL VIII not
truth by the people themselves. There is
at this date no head OF a European state
who wants his country to go to war. The
CONSEQUENCE OF war are likely ,he ho 90 os no~o
ers would enter Is too dangerous and doubt
full. But ever and anon the strange and
mystic sentiment which moves masses OF
people in a sort of fury OF concrete thought
and action rises TO a pitch of excitement
which will scarcely be stayed. Some day,
somewhere, IL cannot be stayed; war VIII
break out I'm Europe. and when IL comes IL
will involve more powers than two. Their
Mr.. Carnegie's white palace os peace al
The Hague will become a mockery. IL may
even serve as the headquarters of an army.
And what them Will the worlds case be
quite h0peless? Shall we give up trying TO
be civilized as a consequence? Scarcely
War may be an instrument OF civilization
IL generally has been that. When our civil
war was raging a great and wise American
wrote these penetrating, powerful words:
WAR ennobles the country. searches IL;
fires IL: acquaints II with its resources.
turns IL away from false alliances. vain
hopes and theatric attitude. puts IL on is
mettle-in ourselves our safety must be
so~ught-gives IL scope and object: concen-
trates history into a year; invents means;
systev .tizes everything. We began the war
i'm vast confusion: when we end 1t all VIII
be system"
These were not the words OF any fire.
brand. but those of the calmly contempla-
tive sage OF Concord, Ralph Waldo Emer-
son. the centenary OF whose birth has Just
been celebrated. Emerson was accustomed
TO look further into the heart OF things than
the good theorists now In session at Lake
Mohonk, who imagine that they can write
and talk the whole world into peace before
the peoples minds and hearts are nj for
peace, and who ignore the fact that, as
man in now made, war Is often a factor ~
his best progress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

The decision of the Court of Appeals of
the District of Columbia in regard to the
classification of mail matter is a very i'm
portant one. A few months ago a lower
court In Washington decided that the post
master general has no authority to decide
what constitutes second-class matter. it
being the function OF the courts TO con-
strue the law. The Court OF Appeals
reverses that decision and says the post
master general is free 20 classify mail mat
ter according TO his Judgment and discre-
tion as to the true meaning OF the law,
and hat he was not bound by any deci-
sion of his predecessors in accepting matter
under what the present postmaster general
considered a wrong classification. Under
this decision the postmaster general may
and undoubtedly will exclude from second
class mailing rates a large number OF pub
ucations which have heretofore claimed and
abused the privilege. The decision Is In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

The action of the United States Court at
Chicago in issuing a perpetual injunction
against a combination of Indiana coal
operators to put up the price of coal in
Chicago does not create. a new situation.
h operators had already decided to
abandon the combination. and the order Of
the court only confirms their action. 1t is
useful. however. as indicating to manu-
lecturers and producers the line beyond
which they may not go in their efforts to
control markets and prices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

It's enforcement ought to result IN increas-
ing the postal revenues by requiring a GER
tain class of advertising and periodical pub
locations to pay higher rates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

The District of Columbia Commissioner
ordered that hereafter no party wall
shall be constructed in Washington less
than thirteen inches in thickness. The
present building regulations provide for
creases them by four inches. The change
was made in the interest of good construc-
ton. safe building and reducing risks from
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07
Only One.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
old Cyrus Kale went to the town
paper and advertised for a cook, laundress,
seamstress, wood cutter. mixer, barnyard at
tendant, soapmaker-
~Sias-Stop! How In tarnation much space
did all that advertisement take up?
was only one advertisement. Old
Cy advertised in the personal column for a wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

erty is being destroyed or not. She con-
ducts a cyclone in the middle Of a vast.
u~ninhabited prairie with the same atten-
tion TO details and the same display of
power that she does in a populous city, and
she does not care much whether property
is destroyed or not. She repeats herself
without regard to consequences.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07
Getting Even.

Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Wimble-It makes me so mad to Zee a
person stick to the end seat Of a car and make
every one climb over her.
Mrs. Wamble-So it does me-, Mrs wimble.
Mrs. Wimble-T' other day a woman chung to
the end seat all the way In. but 1 got my re-
venge later.
Mrs. Wamble-And how was that, dear?
Mrs. Wimble-I got the end seat coming back,
and I rode two miles beyond my street just on
purpose to prevent anybody else getting It.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

The water supply is not uniformly dis
tributed this season. The middle West has
Riore than sufficient and the East is pray
Ing for rain. A little later. however, the
tables may be turned and this region be
parching under a hot sun, while showers
I'm abundance fill Yankee hearts with joy.
II the long run the weather 'evens up"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

OF course, we believe all Russia tells
us about her beneficent intentions in Man.
churia. but 1t is just as well to have the
Asiatie squadron well in hand. 1t may
materially assist in making the Russian in
tentions benefeeht.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

Were the hotel and restaurant walters
of Chicago striking against the proprietors
or the patrons? 1t is the general under
standing that most of them work without
wages in order to get a chance at the tips.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

Town Topics.

Town Topics.
You are absolutely certain about your state
ment? % asked the lawyer.
Absolutely certain answered the witness.
"You swear that 1T is true?"
81 do"
would you bet on it,"
'Er-well-yes. II 1 got the right Odds"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

New York Press.
Let us call a halt on the range grower(
Are they breeding and p~ropaeating fj
rind? Oranges now I'm the market hayI
rinds th~ree-eighths OF an inch thick. ON thl
fruit stands they are peantIui 10 .ooh AZ
home and start TO eat one you and tns>d|
a miserable little kernel OF edible pulp.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

Perhaps 1t has not occurred to many
persons that the custodian of the soldiers
nun and his assistants have one of
the coolest retreats and driest places in the
city during heavy rains. A person who
has 2D feet of stone above him and five or
six feet Of solid rock between him and the
outer air need not care how hard 1t rains.
He does not even hear the patter on the
roof. Not a drop of water seeps through
the walls of the monument. The wind
may be blowing a hurricane outside, but
not a breath of air penetrates the GUS
todian's Office. Indiana oolitic limestone
is air-tight, as well as water-tight, and
blocks of II that weigh many tons have no
joints nor c~revices. There are no windows
in the monument to be ratified by thunder,
and If it should ever be struck by light
ming the latter would. probably. get the
worst OF it. The custodian's Office bears
no resemblance whatever to a summer car.
No matter how hard it rains OF from what
quarter the wind blows those In the Office
never have to raise ar umbrella. And, by
the same token. no blind or shade is needed
to ward off the rays of the sun. No X-ray
can ever penetrate the stones that sur
round that retreat. When the custodian
wants to see what the weather is like he
comes to the doorway and looks up and
down the sky, takes a Photographic i'm
preston of 1T in his mind and goes back
to finish 1t. The weather may change a
dozen times in a day outside. but II never
changes in there. There is always the
same subdued light. the same even tenn
perature, the same serene atmosphere, the
same sense OF seclusion and exclusion Of
the outer world. 1t Is the suggest den
in the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

The conviction has gradually forced itself
on the Indiana mind that this is not a pic
mic season. The rain that raineth every day
interferes with all plans for rural enjoy
ment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07
A Little Lamb.

Mary had a little lamb
And that wound UP the score;
She boarded in a boarding house
And dared not ask for more.
Brooklyn Life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07
In the Game.

The tramp trudged ON all patiently.
Nor undertook his fate to blame
'Tn make believe it's golf" said he.
And walking's only in the game"
Washington Star.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07
At the Garden Party.

Life.
Whose frock is the prettiest?' said she.
.'Why, yours, OF course. my DEAR" said he.
Are you a Judge of frocks?" said she.
We'll, L am a judge o. girls" said he.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07
THE HUMORISTS.
Not q Social Equal.

Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. En- Regle-How did you happen to know
that Mrs. Fitz Quiggs?
Mrs. SAVIOR Faire-Oh, / don't know her: she
Just belongs to our church.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

Philadelphia Ledger

Philadelphia Ledger.
II notice you've bought a typewriter"
Eyes, and the things a fake"
disappointed in 1t. eh?'
''Well. 1 should say. Why. the bloomin' thing
can't spell any better than / can"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

New York Weekly.

New York Weekly.
Winkers-Why is It that women always dis
like a prominent man who is an old bachelor?
Binkers-Because they can't say that he would
never have amounted to anything If 1t had not
been for his wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

1t is probably Just as well for the
Indianapolis Gas Company to announce a
definite date for cutting off the natural
gas. Otherwise very few people would
know IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07
WOmanlfke.
Philadelphia Press

Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Popley-what do you think? Baby spoke
her first word to-day!
Mr.. Popley-Well. well! And 1t won't be
many years before she'll be having the last
word.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

The humorous weather man labels the
daily precipitation The public
would like to know what it is he considers
TO be a hard wet rain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

Mr.. Spans speech not only cleared the
afr and landed the ST. Louis conspirator,
but added greatly to the gayety of the
community.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

the secretary Of posts. Tha won't do. Let
us stick to the title we have used from the
beginning.
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All communications intended for publication In
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Entered as second-class matter at Indianapolis.
Ind, pCstCf1cs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

An Associated Press dispatch from WASH
ington speaks OF the postmaster general as
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DAYTON. OIL. ". wnkie. 80 south JEFFERSON
street.
COLUMBUS. o.-viaduct News Stand. $50 High
street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

Indianapolis is now at it's best. Stran-
gers who visit the city in winter, when
trees are bare and lawns covered with
snow. are profuse in their praise of its at
fractions, but only those who see it in June
know how beautiful it really is. Perhaps
only those who return after an absence of
months fully realize it's unusual distinction
in his respect. It's shaded streets. its
open spaces, it's wide lawns, its innumer-
able homes speaking of comfort and lux
ury without obtrusive evidence of wealth:
its many thoroughfares filled with more
modest residences yet speaking lone the
less of comfort and proportional these
go to make a city whose counterpart In all
respects cannot be found. In many cities
even smaller will be found greater con-
trasts Of living-a few palaces overshad-
owing less pretentious dwellings, and back
streets filled with crowded, ill-xept, tunN-
ble-down tenement houses. The tenement
Is practically unknown here. Even the
poorest family has it's separate house. 1t
Is a picturesque city. On every hand are
scenes that invite the artist who is really
such and Is not looking fol- conventional
material for his pencil or brush. There are
no ruins, to be sure, but at every turn are
views as pleasing as any he might find in
a days travel. and over which he would
exclaim in delight il encountered in a for
eign town. Is it objected that there is no
atmosphere no traditions no ''senti-
ment" connected with these home scenes ?
What Of It? The artists ard poets who
celebrate places now famous did not do so
because the places were famous but be-
cause they were dear to them or seemed
beautiful to them. Is not that sentiment
enough? Residents of Indianapolis, many
of them, are planning to go north, west
or east for summer vacations. Variety is
well, but as they go let them be assured
that nowhe will they find a spot in which
home means more than it means here. II
is a city to which affection easily clings
and to which the absentee returns gladly.
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DENVER. CoI-Louthain q Jackson, Fifteenth
and Lawrence streets. and A. Serlis, 1851
Champa street
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House. Fairfax Hotel. Willard Hotel
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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-08
The CAUSE OF SMALLPOX.


Boston Physician Claims 10 Rave
Mide important Discovery.
DR., William r. Councilman. profos-
sor OF anthology In the Harvard Modi'
cal School. made formal statement
last week to the Boston Society OF
Medicd Science announcing the dis
coyery Of the cause OF smallpox.
The tause has been determined TO
be tho protozoa. the lowest form OF
animal life.
The honor OF making this discovery
is divided Dr. Councilman. who made
the formal announcement. gave out
the following statement:
"Thh announcement Is the outcome
OF an Investigation conducted by Drs.
Councilman. George Burgess Magrath,
and Walter Remsen Brinckerhoif, with
the cooperation Of the Boston board
OF i.alth. during the recent epidemic
Of De disease In this city. II has been
determined that smallpox Is caused by
a mlcro-organlsm representative OF the
lowest form OF animal life. This fact
serves TO relate the disease with ma
laria. and TO distinguish Il from many
other infectious diseases. caused by
minute forms Of vegetable life known
as bacteria"
Or, Councilman did not give many
details. but said the work had been
going on since 1901. DR.. Brlnckerhoif
Of the city hospital stan lived among
smallpox patients In Boston harbor
for several weeks in a habltation hard
~ worthy OF being called a shelter In
order to gather the material with
which DR.. Councilman pursued his IN
yestlgations.
lie told how rabbits and monkeys
were experimental upon. Upon lnoc
ulatlon or exposure 10 smallpox rab'
bits have disease similar TO smallpox,
but Il is not smallpox. The monkey,
however, representing a higher form
OF lie, was affected much the same as
d human being and had smallpox
practically in the same stages that
man suffers.
Dr. Councilman told how research
In the field Of bacteriology was first
exhausted without finding the cause
81 the disease, Then. falling back ON
anatomy, the research was continued,
and 1t was finally decided, after re-
peated experiments. that an organism,
the prOtozoa, was the cause Of the dis
ease A protocol belongs TO the ami
NAL kingdom. and so the field for
further investigation is pathological
rather than meteorological.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-05-08
pAsroR usEs eIrTeR WORDS.
Connecticut Clergyman Speaks His
Mind 70 connreahtIon.

Connecticut Clergyman Speaks His
Mind TO Congregation.
Rev. Alexander +. Irvine recently
preached his final sermon ag pastor
OF Pilgrim church. New Haven. Conn.
In che course OF his address no made
n few biting remarks. these among
others; "a man In this pastorato may
degenerate and conform 20 type. no
may stay three or four years by aid OF
diplomacy and much grace or he may
30 mad. Therefore an essential quail.
ihcatlon for this passionate Is keen
sense OF humor Here we have tho
anomaly OF n church increasing In
membership by the hundreds and at
the same time It's business AFFAIRS 60
ing TO ruin, although managed by bust.
ness men who are succersfuI and
wealthy. Their idea OF church is a
place TO como 10 once week and
hear something that won't far on their
sensitive nerves, and 30 home again.
Tho preacher Az pheir hired man. He
may be brniny, but mcst not be too
bralny; social, but not too social: re-
llglous, but not too religious. Ho
must trhr his sails to suit every
breeze