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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
THE GOSPEL OF WORK.

Unquestionably the gospel of work 80
persistently preached by President Roose-
Welt In his addresses to the American peo-
pie has had much to do with his remarkable
popularity. 1t strikes responsive chord in
the heart of every man that has achieved
success, for the man that has achieved
without toll is rare indeed. And everyone
that has worked honestly and well knows
that In work. in accomplishment, he can
find happiness.
We are on earth In pursuit Of happiness,
but each of US finds many avenues of hap
piness, real or fancied. closed to him.
Death Or other untoward circumstance robs
him Of that greatest boon OF ALL family
love and interest; or life is embittered by
treachery OF friend or sweetheart; or
natural deformity or accidental physical
hurt denies to him the healthy games and
other pleasures of outdoor life But there
is at least one avenue that is open to ALL
except the invalid. We can work, and
in work we cannot only forget our troubles
but we can win the happiness that comes
from work itself, the feeling that we are
achieving, that We are part of the worlds
great movement for the betterment of hui
mainly and the advancement of civiliza-
ton.
Why is it that the successful, hard
working business man finds 1t so hard to
quit? In the beginning he dreamed of early
retirement to cultivated leisure on a COM
petence. Later he hoped for fortune, and,
when he has acquired that. he continues to
make one excuse after another for contin-
uing his work. If he will look the matter
squarely in the face he will find that it is
the happiness of his work that holds him
| TO it. 1t is the pleasure Of achievement,
| the fascination of planning and fighting
and winning, the exhilaration of triumph
that makes his daily task so full and the
very thought of idleness so empty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
A MUNICIPAL EXPERIMENT IN COAL.

During the long coal strike last summer
AMI the coal shortage during the winter,
some persons favored the plan of city
authorities engaging in the coal business
for the public welfare. 1t was urged that
by buying coal in large quantities and SELL
ing at cost they would confer a great ben
eft on the community. That was one of
the plans suggested at the Detroit confer
ence Of dealers and others which attempt
ed to end the strike by adopting resolu-
tons. The suggestion took root in the mind
of Mayor Maybury, of Detroit, and he at
tempted to carry 1t out. He appointed
Municipal Coal Commission which was to
put to shame the local coal dealers who
were selling coal at living profit, and
render great public service by furnish
ing anthracite coal at cost. BY selling
coal at cost and having no incidental ex-
penses to pay. the commission actually did
underseil the local dealers 80 cents ton.
and great things were expected of 1t. Some
persons even thought the commission would
develop into permanent branch Of the
city governments sort of board for the
promotion Of altruism and the coordinate
dissemination of philanthropy and anthra-
cite coal. But the experiment did not pan
OUT well. The report of the commissions
secretary shows a net deficit of $1.072.76.
The commission bought 1851 tons of coal
and sold 3,4S1 tons. The other 400 was lost
in distribution. Whether it evaporated or
was converted into dust by sort of sweat
ing process the report does not state, but
it disappeared In the language of the
| street it was 'lost in the shuttle" Four
hundred tons of anthracite coal lost, van
| ished into thin air. gone like the baseless
! fabric of a vision. gave the municipal ex-
pertinent black eye. The result is that,
| with no interest charges, no dividends and
| no taxes to pay, with the clerical hire paid
| for by the city and no allowance for de-
probation, the commission did succeed in
underselling the local dealers and made
a net deficit of six per cent. on the in
vestment. The result will hardly encour-
age other cities to engage in the retail coal
| business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
WHY NOT he FAIRf

Nothing fills the Eastern press Of the
variety with such unmixed
joy as a lynching in one of the Western
States. Therefore it is not surprising to
find the Springfield (Mass.) Republican pi-
ously moralizing with a holier-than-thou
air over the recent killing of negro by a
white man in this city, which affair it calls
a lynching. mo arrests" it says, and
adds: 1.-The middle West is now a fair mark
for Southern criticism" Your blown-in-
the-bottle independent newspaper. claiming
to possess all the virtues in superlative de-
gree, commonly finds ii difficult to tell the
exact truth. Whether the Republican I'M
derstanGs the matter in that light or not.
the fact remains that there are lynchings
and lynchings; also, that some affairs called
lynchings do not properly come under that
head at all. The killing of the Indianapolis
negro was a case of this kind. For the Of
tense of accosting a young girl in what was
assumed to be an insulting way he was pur-
sued by a chance crowd of men and boys
just as they would have pursued a pick
pocket, and doubtless with as little premed-
itation or thought OF murder on the part of
most of them. Because a man In the gath
ering had pistol and was reckless enough
to use IT, fatal results ensued. just as muir
der has resulted. no doubt more than once
and will happen again. in the sacred streets
of Springfield. AT the best. it was an un-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Ex-Governor Garcelon, of Lewiston, Me-,
although ninety years old. continues to
practice medicine and make long journeys.
According to the monks Of the hospice of
ST. Bernard their famous dogs save on an
average twenty lives every year In the
mountain.
Two of the honor men at West Point this
year are Ulysses s. Grant. grandson of the
great commander. and Douglass MacAr-
thur, son or the commander of the Depart
ment of the East.
Greece will erect a pavilion at the worlds
fair. st. Louis, and will also make exhibits
in several of the different departments.
Among the interesting things exhibited will
be reproductions Of old Greek statuary.
Thirty-five miles of roadway have been
constructed within the worlds fair grounds.
A large portion of this is asphalt. Most Of
the roadways are generously shaded, and all
are deliberately treated by the landscape
architect.
Fl. E. Huntington, the multi millionaire,
is building palatial private car which will
be exhibited at the worlds fair, St. Louis
The type will be a sleeper, and will be
adapted to use on both steam and electric
roads. The car will cost over $5. 900.
Nicaraguans use up about 10000 pounds
CT cacao a year. Chocolate, hot or cold. is
used twice a day in every well-to-do house
hold. Cacao grows In large pods containing
from fifteen to twenty-five beans each on
trees from ten to twelve feet high. A yield
of 800 an acre is not unusual.
Maj. Luther B. Hare. Twelfth Cavalry.
who. with Major How're. led the troops that
chased Agunaldo into the mountains of
northern Luzon and succeeded In rescuing
Lieutenant Gilmore and party, has been or
dered before retiring board at San Anto-
Mo. Tex. to be examined for retirement.
Florence Nightingale. whose eighty-third
birthday occurred last month. II spending
her old age In Hampshire. England. She
received her education In Germany. and the
Empress Friedrich subsequently became
one OF the NEST ardent supporters of her
| ideas regarding woman's work in war time.
| Ecuador is said TO be the most Catholic
| portion Of our globe. There are six Roman
ish churches or chapels for every thousand
| of the inhabitants: one acre In every four
| Is church property; one person In every ten
I Is a priest or monk or a nun, and ~ days
1 in the s65 are kept az ecclesiastical days OF
| observance either as feasts fasts. Lssz
| than per cent. OF the people can read.
The annual exhibition at Carnegie Insti.
| tute. Pittsburg. this fall win be composed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
THE FATE OF sERyIA.

Speculation Is. OF course, rife in Europe
lean revolution we are in the habit OF rec
ognizing whatever government may be in
possession and letting IL go at that, but in
the case OF Servia there are other questions
to vex the statesmen OF the ruling powers.
Nobody wants war. To practically every
most inopportune time for anything like
general imbroglio. Germany Is in the midst
of her programme Of building a great navy
and is not ready. France Is In the throes
of internal struggle between state and
church. England Is just adjusting the tre-
mendous financial burden of the Boer war
and at the same time trying to prepare for
trouble in the Orient. Russia is fully occu-
pied with her schemes of aggression on the
China coast. Austria has very slender
war chest and no artillery worthy the
name. Italy is not even in condition to play
poor second to a larger power. 1t may
be taken for granted that the delicate and
dangerous Eastern question will not be re-
opened IL 1t can be avoided.
But the bloody revolution. IL permitted to
stand, will prove most dangerous menace
to the dynasties of Europe. Can the Gear
Of Russia. the German Emperor, the En-
peror of Austria and King of Hungary or
any other defender of the doctrine of the
divine right of kings permit a new monarch
to ascend a throne through blood and vio-
lence and give him royal recognition? This
seems hardly possible. The will of the Ser
Wan people will probably not cut much fig
ure. They are a densely ignorant, half
civilized people, who live in mud huts of a
single room with a hole in the roof in lieu
of chimney and exc out scant livelihood
by raising swine and horses. They are for
! the most part Of Slavonic origin and likely
eminent that may be given them, so long
as 1t does not interfere too much with their
| habits of life.
Before the powers interfere they will con-
! slider well that this is most dangerous ter
ritory. It Is one of the Balkan states, serv-
ing as buffer between Russia and the goal
of Russian ambition, Constantinople. The
/ interests of European ambition centering
here are keen and are most delicately ad-
justed. A Hohenzollern prince occupies the
| throne Of Roumania and one from Sweden
that of Greece. Bosnia and Croatia are
under Austrian protection, and, If the Jour
nal might venture prediction, it would be
that Servia will eventually land in the same
position, with, possibly, the young Prince
Of Montenegro hereditary governor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

The pastor of a Baptist church at Wind
sor, Ontario, which is a sort of Gretna
Green for Detroit lovers, is about to give
up his pulpit for peculiar reason. He says
the many marriages at which he is called
to officiate take up too much of his time. AS
the congregations of all the churches in
Windsor take the marriage fee question into
considerati ton in fixing the pastors salaries,
and cut the latter down accordingly, 1t be-
comes a matter of necessity for the in
cumbent Of each pulpit to keep an eye out
for the fees by being always ready to per-
form a marriage ceremony. Consequently
he often stays at home when he should be
about the work of his parish, is inter
rupted when deep in the throes of writing
his Sunday sermon. More of these mar
riages take place in the summer excursion
season than at any other time, and the
minister himself cannot afford holiday,
because he knows that the consequent loss
Of a number Of wedding fees will cause a
shortage in his years income. Therefore 1t
is that this Baptist minister, for one, will
go to some town where the marriage rec
ord is not abnormally large as to figure
in salary estimates, and where such fees
as do incidentally come his way may be
The situation will seem queer one to the
public, which has general impression
that a minister would rather perform a
marriage ceremony than even to eat fried
chicken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
A VICTIM OF PROGRESS.

No great evolution ever comes in the
progress of men that does not find its vic
Tins as well as it's beneficiaries. But prog
sufferings and ruthlessly continue it's march
toward the goal of 1.-The greatest good to
the greatest number
In the rapid growth of interurban traction
and the coincident development of rural
mail delivery, one victim very near the
hearts of the older generation of Americans
has fallen by the wayside. The passing
of the crossroads hamlet, with it's life CEN
tering in the country store, means the
effacement of one of the most picturesque
features of American life. We all know
the place well-a little weather-beaten
building of one story, with straight false
front and a generous shed roof in front,
affording protection for both man and
beast from rain or sun. Within were the
letter boxes at one corner, that marked it
as a postofice, and picturesque confusion
of barrels of salt and sugar and dried ap-
scales on the counter and the redhot stove
toward the back of the storeroom. The
country merchant sold a little Of every
thing and not much OF anything, except
powder and shot for the squirrel hunters
and his commission as postmaster helped
to exc out the meager income of the fam
lily. Each of the surrounding farms, how
ever. usually sent at least one representa-
tive each day for the mail, and they In
variably loitered to do a little trading Of
butter or eggs for sugar or calico. and to
hear the latest news from town.
All this Is changing fast. The iAterurban
scatters the daily newspapers far and wide
and carries the farmer or his wife or daugh-
ter on to the larger town to do the family
shopping. And what the larger town does
not get, the mail order" house cleans up.
The rural mail carrier brings the mail
daily to the door. and the huckster comes
at least once week to carry off the butter
and eggs and pay cash for them. The
little postoffice has been absorbed in a
rural route. and the chances are that the
storekeeper himself has become mail car
| rier or possibly conductor on the new in
| terurban cars. And the little old weather
beaten storeroom, with it's wooden shutters
up stands deserted. bleak and staring. a
pathetic reminder of the sweet and simple
rural life of which it was once the very
| heart.
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of paintings contributed by American art
lists residing In America. In conjunction
with the exhibition OF works assembled Cy
the institute. there VIII be presented
special collection composed OF 100 works
contributed by the International Society OF
London, which collection ~ TO make a cir
cult OF a number of important cities, Desln-
ming at Philadelphia.
Many stories are told OF Lord Salisbury's
Observation-Disclosures. and among the most
amusing is one King Edward tells as good
joke on himself. The King is quoted as
saying: Not long ago, while having an
audience with me, he gave me beautiful
example of thinking aloud. On a table
close TO his lordship stood a photograph or
himself Lord Salisbury. taking II up,
gazed at it for a few moments and then re-
marked: Poor old duffer! l wonder II ne
Is as stupid as he looks
The venerable Princess Mathilde entered
her eighty-third year few days ago. The
princess. who is the only surviving child
of Napoleon's youngest brother. Jerome. Is
the last person OF the name of Bonaparte
who looked upon the same sun with Ma
poleon /. The princess is third cousin or
King Edward of England. ard when she
was born she was not far out of range OF
possible succession TO the British throne as
an heir OF the Duchess OF Brunswick. The
princess is said TO be on good terms with
her American relatives.
A Western department store recently pub
lished the following original but rather fiip-
pant lad" of white goods" sale: zone
of these nights a mouse will gnaw a match
on your pantry shelf, dear sister. and the
fire will spread till il reaches your room,
and you Will escape with your life, clad
only In your night garments. Such spec
| tacular opportunity To create sensation
| doesn't occur oftener than once in a life
time. and how will you meet IL? Dear Sis
| ter, will your night clothes be such that the
xxill IN m
and die? Or will you look like the pictures
| on the bill boards?"
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cause and doing it in an unnecessarily

cause and doing IL IN an unnecessarily
violent and forcible manner.
AS rule, conductors are polite and help
full in their treatment of passengers. but
1t could be wished they We're permitted to
use a little more authority in preventing
selfish passengers from monopolizing more
room than they are entitled 10 and in
breaking up the lend seat" practice. 1t
should be fixed ruel Of street-car manners
that every person should move along TO
make room for others getting in, and con-
ductors should have authority politely to
enforce it. Companies might display
request to that effect, as they do, please
do not spit in this car" 1t is a far from
admirable trait in human nature that
makes an individual cling TO the first seat.
making four or five other persons Chamber
over him to get IN, and often causing every
one of them to Chamber over him again to
get out. There should be an established
code of street-car manners requiring every
person TO "move along"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

The national convention OF teachers OF
dancing few days ago protested against
park dances, as tending to ruin graceful
dancing. It would be more to the purpose
for people In general to protest against
them as ruinous to good morals. The ethics
OF the public park dance are distinctly bad
Any man or boy that can scrape up the
small coin charged as an admission fee can
gain admission. and girls are admitted free.
and practically without question. introduce
fions are not niece ssary. All that the pecul-
Tar etiquette OF the place requires for an
acquaintance Is that the gent" ask the
lady 70 dance. The pity Of It Is that the
dances are crowded with very young girls
and boys, who ningle freely with street
walkers and tough young men and learn the
byways OF the doubtful side OF life with
marvellous rapidity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

The Governor Of Kansas has announced
that he will call q special session of the
Legislature to consider the food situation,
providing q quorum OF each house will agree
20 come and serve free OF cost to the State.
Enough members of both houses have
30 agreed to make IT practically certain
that an extra session will be called The
gratuitous service can stand as a contribu-
ton for the food sufferers. and as the ses-
sion can be made very short ths contribu-
ton VIII not be excessive.
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fortunate affair. but II was not lynching
as such things are known in the South.
There the mob is organized and deliberate;
purpose they capture their victim with in
tent to torture and XIII him at their leisure;
they carry out their purpose often without
sign of excitement-and no one is ever pun
ished for the deed. Contrary to the Repub-
indianapolis case. The man who did the
shooting is in jail and will undoubtedly be
punished according to due process Of law.
1t really does no harm TO be fair and hon.
est. and the Massachusetts paper is recon-
mended to experiment on those lines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

Following is from a book entitled 1.-THE
Turk and His Lost Provinces" by William
E. Curtis, the well-known newspaper corre-
spondent. The book was reviewed by the
Journal fortnight ago:
Draga Maschin, the daughter of a Servan
cattle dealer, reached the throne by a series
of sacrifices and intrigues more sensational
than have ever occurred outside of fictional
literature. and yet she is not happy because
for their sins both she and her youthful
husband are boycotted by all the courts OF
Europe. Queen Victoria was so disguised
by the vulgar comedy enacted at Belgrade
that she wanted 10 emphasize her disap-
prevail by withdrawing the British minister.
There have been a good many scandals in
royal families. and some exist at the pres
ent time but there has been none for gen.
erations so nasty that of Servia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

The New York Post says OF Meredith
Nicholson's novel. 1.-The Main Chance"
that it is written in forty-seven short
and stirring chapters; the characters are
well drawn and the style is vigorous"
but II complains that 1t is q novel of COM
merce. and that novels OF this sort "will
not take tired people to the Islands OF the
Blest. which are unknown to the geogra-
ply OF the novel OF com nerce." AS COM
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

Governor Odell, OF New York. represents
the business man IN politics rather than the
srabls OF completing the course at Column
bia University. he made a mark as q bust
ness man before he engaged In politics. But
he believes in college-bred men. In ad-
dressing the graduating class OF that uni
yersity. a few days ago. he said that In
his opinion there had never been a greater
1smand for capable and educated men In
public lsfs than at ths present time. with
immigration increasing" he said. "and
Amsrsca's reception Of men OF stunted ideas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

Women's rights advocates should now
turn stheir guns against New Jersey, the
Supreme Court of that State having de-
cided that a married woman cannot main
tain an action for enticing away her hus-
band or alternating his affections. The COM
mon law only allows this privilege to in
jured husbands, and New Jersey has never
become sufficiently modernized and civilized
to remedy the partially and equalize mat
tiers by legislative enactment. There is a
great field for missionary work of various
sorts in that benighted commonwealth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

II Is not surprising to hear that there is
considerable feeling among the intelligent
classes In Servia in favor OF the abolition
Of the monarchy and the creation Of a re-
public. The idea of government by the
people is spreading more rapidly than ap-
pears on the surface. All the changes In
forn OF governments In recent times have
been from monarchies to republics. This Is
true in Mexico. In Brazil. in Cuba, In Ha-
wall. In France. There viii be more
changes OF this kind, but there will never
be another monarchy established in q re-
public. The establishment OF a republic In
servia would probably be impossible at
present because Russia and Austria would
not permit II. but tho time may come when
the sentiment will be 50 strong that they
cannot prevent II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

Richard Harding Davis. who recently re-
turned from the Balkans, is reported as
saying that he went there for literary ma
terial, but, to his disappointment, failed
to find what he sought. If he had stopped
at the capital of Servia and fingered
there awhile he might have had the full
benefit of the recent tragedy. 1t is SUBJ
ject for a Shakespeare rather than a Rich
ard Harding Davis, but the latter could
have presented it with some of his sweet
ly colorful touches In a way to delight the
hearts of the matinee girls. Mr. Davis
belongs to the class of reportorial novel;
lists who lack imagination and must have
actual facts and occurrences on which
to base their romances. Writers who know
life and have insight into human
nature can find literary material at their
own doors and do not find 1t needful to
roam the world after 1t.