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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
"FOR MERE WAGES

In some advance sheets of book by the
late Julian Ralph, entitled, "The Making
of a Journalist" is the authors account of
the pursuit of millionaire for interview
ing purposes that he made during the
course of the Beecher trial. The man was
unwilling to be seen, and Ralph sat on his
doorstep until midnight and was at his
house again before breakfast, finally sue
ceeding in getting at him at 1 o'clock
at night The man was so impressed by
his persistence that he finally let him in
and said to him. IT am amazed at your
persistence and patience and diligence. 1t
is marvellous to me. / cannot understand
why you do it, or how any employer finds
men who will persevere as you have done
for mere wages. OF one thing am sure:
1 am reputed to be worth millions, but
if could employ such men as work on the
press / should be worth ten times what 1
am Such self-sacrifice is not known in
any other business" Whether such devo-
ton to business is unknown in other call
ings or not, it is undoubtedly true that
newspaper men as a class give more hours
their occupation than is common, and that
they do this not as return for mere
wages in dollars and cents only, but be-
cause their interest and ambition en-
listed in their work in wnat is probably
an exceptional way. Their monetary re-
muneration is usually not large. ana the
rewards of their profession in the way of
| high position and proportionate salary are
| comparatively few. From strictly COM
mercial standpoint, the outlook for a re-
porter is not promising. Devotion to his
| calling and the constant exercise of his
| life may bring him a bare competence;
they will hardly do more The young man
whose chief ambition is to gain wealth
should turn to another field. But if he have
| the qualities that fit him for newspaper
work, and if he care for the rewards of
labor other and beyond those of mere
wages he can find them there. The proof
OF this is in the very devotion to his work
I that he develops, and the longing to return
to it should he, for any reason, abandon
it. 1t has in 1t certain elements that at
/
tract and hold, even if they do not entirely
satisfy him. What these elements are it
is not difficult to determine They are. un-
questionably, the human interest involved
and the variety of thought and incident
constantly afforded. AS in all business
| there is a proportion of monotonous rou-
tine, but with each day the scene changes
| in some respects; the worker shifts his
view. he sees men and things in new rela-
tions and in new lights, and the varying
panorama apd its disclosures stimulate and
| hold his interest. He Is likely TO be un-
| conscious of the source of this attraction.
| but is affected by 1t none the less, and SO
is led to give himself to it without first re-
| gard to mere wages"
1t is the inability TO measure the skill
and the loyalty OF the worker by any other
rule than the dollars paid him that leads
employers like the one quoted by Mr.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

The recent resignation Of Admiral Bowles
as chief of the Bureau of Construction of
the navy to accept a civil position with a
salary three times as large as he received
from the government, is followed by the an
nouncement that Naval Constructor II. G.
South will resign soon to become an assist
ant to Admiral Bowles. The number of such
designations is source of weakness to the
navy. The highest salary paid in the navy
is that of the admiral, which is s13,50O a
year. The next highest is that Of the senior
rear admirals. $500 at sea and $3.50 on
shore duty. These salaries seem fairly lib
eral, but they are far below those paid in
civil life to men possessing the technical
education and equipment of naval officers.
There are dozens of graduates of the Naval
Academy earning $4,000 year or more in
civil life. A man who has received his edu-
cation from the government is in honor
bound to render it fair equivalent in serv-
ice, and the prospect of ultimate retirement
on pay is some inducement to remain in the
service, but in these days of large salaries
in civil life the temptation for officers to re-
sign is very strong.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
VANCOUVER DID 1T.
Fixed Matters Over . Century Ago Re-
Gardins Alaskan Boundary.
New York Press.

Fixed Matters Over q Century Ago Re-
gardins Alaskan Boundary.
New York Press.
Because a painstaking British tar. George
Vancouver. Ill years before. sailed between
the four islands In Portland canal and re-
corded his precise course with microscopic
fidelity on his return to England. Lord
Alverstone ten days ago made up his mind
two of-those parcels OF realty belonged to
Uncle Sam. That was the explanation OF
the Alaskan boundary decision given yes
terday by former Senator Geerge Turner,
of Washington. Mr.. Turner and Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. two of Americas com-
missioners to settle the dispute In respect
of the international fence lire. had just
arrived here on the Cedric. MI Lodge was
uncommunicative. but his colIeagus VIZ .
willing to let the public learn some of the
internal facts connected with the commits
sion's work.
Lord Alvertsone's ruling vas based on
the Vancouver Narrative, II leaked out.
That important work was followed by the
commissioners. So far as the islands were
concerned, the question hinged on whether
the English explorer had called the water
south of them the channel or had passed
to the north. Ii was found he had recorded
having gone from the entrance TO a point
of land above the islands, in certain time.
To do so. Ii was figured, he entered the
broad channel and followed 1t. turning be-
tween the two pairs of baby continents.
1t was good turn for America. for IL gave
to the United States the two islands lying
near the mouth OF the canal and opposite
Port Simpson.
THE channel is two and half miles
wide between the port and the islands"
said Mr. Turner. '1They are Of very little
value TO US except from strategical view
point. 1 believe the new transcontinental
railroad north of the Canadian Pacific Will
have Port Simpson for its Pacific terminal.
That makes the islands of importance 10
Canada. The question TO be- settled was
one of right under international law. and
Lord Alverstone, who is an eIainent jurist,
decided the case on its merits"
Joseph Pope, representative of the Cana
dian government and one of the assistant
secretaries of the tribunal, said the award.
of course. was disappointment from the
Canadian point OF view. lie offered no
further comment He appeared anxious,
however, to ascertain how the decision had
been received i'm Canada, and he and Mrs.
Pope left the city immediately for Ottawa.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

DR.. John s. Bassett, native Of North
Carolina, professor in a college. in Raleigh,
in that State, and editor of Southern
magazine, has got himself into trouble by
expressing the opinion in a magazine arti-
Gle that Booker T. Washington is the great
est man, except Robert z. Lee born in the
South in hundred years. A Raleight paper
says his usefulness as teacher is at an
end. The able editor probably construed the
compliment to Washington as personal in
suit to himself.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Salt Lake Tribune.

From Tonopah, New, during the day came
a story that practically the entire output
of that marvellous camp has been tied up
for reduction by the American Smelling and
Refining Company in this valley or that the
treatment and distribution Of 1t will be die
tated by the management OF that company.
The contract, or so far as negotiations have
extended in that direction, is exploited by
Tonopah interests OF which Salt Lake City
claims not few.. as the biggest ever pro-
jected by the producers OF camp and a
stood that the American Company has
bound itself to reduce every ton Of rock
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Indiana, at least as far as it is exempIi-
fed in separate schools for black pupils"
Boston idea," indeed AS if separate
schools for colored children had not been
known in Indianapolis for forty years pos
sibly longer. A good many Boston ideas.
this probably among them. were bor-
rowed from the West
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
PART Two.

thai its clients shall find Il profitable TO
market, while IL is claimed thaG the ores
now accessible under the agreemfnt show
valuation exceeding 800. 10000 ar q suxn
nearly equal 10 the assets OF tho smelling
company. To treat the TonopaA ore eco
nomically and efficiently the smelling COM
pany is anticipating It's needs perhaps I'm
negotiations looking to the ACQUISITION OF
enormous tonnages Of ore with; which 10
hux them-the ferro sulphides OF, this State
preferred perhaps.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
Requires Time.

Chicago Tribune.
Mildred. what brings that young man to the
house so often?''
well, his mothers stepfather married Sec
ond cousin of my fathers great-aunt. We're
tryingt to figure out what relation that makes
him to me. and that can't be done in one even
ing"
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

A few months ago a colored man in this
city shot another one in dispute over the
correct spelling of a word, and now a dis
patch from Toledo announces a divorce
growing out of the same cause. man left
his wife because she was a bad speller and
she was granted q divorce on the ground of
desertion. Among the specifications of
GEOGRAPHY alleged against her was 'vaxi-
nation" Now, If that does not spell vac
cination, what does it spell?
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

New York Weekly
around for?
Jnks-That's to blow when I want automo-
bilists and bicyclists to get out of my way.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

(; The chances are ten to one that the Demo-
hrats In Congress will try to make political
capital by condemning the action of the
Administration In the Panama affair, and
thus make a spectacle Of themselves be-
fore the world
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

That was a rather curious attack made
by high school principal OF Evanston
upon the college men of the country, in
which he intimated that students of such
institutions Were rascals and towards. If
the ideals OF the everyday world were
nearly as high as those instilled into the
students OF the average college it would be
. heap better world to live in
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
Sympathetic.
Washington Sta

Washington Star
Even Shakespeare had his disappointments."
said the philosophic man.
''Yes." answered Mr.. stormington Barnes 'T
have often regretted that he could not have an
opportunity to play Hamlet I"
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
At the China Shop.

Boston Transcript
Superintendent-We are likely to have brisk
sale of chinaware this year. Mr. Tiler.
Floorwalker-What makes you think that?
Superintendent see it stated that long, fiow-
ing sleeves coming into fashion.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Houston Post.

Houston Post.
do you know the wages Of sin?" asked the
dominic. sternly. Of Johnny. who busIly
tying a to a dogs tail.
us dis sin?' queried john without looking
up.
"It certainly is"
'weli. don't want no wages fer dis; I'm
doin' IL fer fun"
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Railroad accidents in Indiana are getting
80 numerous these days that passengers
who escape with their lives and with only
Q broken bone or SO are disposed to offer
thanks that matters are so well with them
IS they are. 1t is rather remarkable, how
syer. that the occupants OF the wrecked
Clover-Leef train at Frankfort all lived to
give thanks. 1t seems TO have been a
narrow chance
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
Partial Triumph.

Boston Transcript.
Hunter-You look pleased about something,
Dumley
of jolly good answer to a conundrum. If I
could only think of conundrum to ft It. by
George. believe I'd send it to the papers.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Under the title of Outlines for 19O3-N," /"
the superintendent and managers of the
Indiana Institution for the Education of the
Deaf have issued pamphlet showing the
present organization of the institution, its
curriculum of study, methods of teaching,
distribution Of work, etc. The pamphlet in
dicates that the institution is well organ
lied and doing good work.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

I The Dominicans show something of a
disposition to interfere with American
shipping In the course of their diurnal revo-
Iuticns. 1t is not at all unlikely that the
desire Of General Grant may be fulfilled
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Senator Morgan Is chronic prophet of
evil His prediction that Colombia will de-
clare war against the United States for its
action in the Panama matter does little
credit to his patriotism and will tend TO
encourage Colombia in the commission Of
that egregious folly.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

The lack Of sympathy with Colombia
,lbroad is not very surprising. She for
seited the sympathy of the civilized world
when she proposed to confiscate the
French property and rights on the isthmus
Of Panama.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

The public heartily approves the thorough
ard fearless manner in which Coroner Tute-
wilsr Is conducting the investigation of the
recent railway accident in this city. Moth
Ming short OF such investigation would
have satisfied the public. and the manner
In which the coroner is conducting 1t will
1--WE weight to his findhf 4.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

The Boston Transcript complacently re-
marks in commenting on the recent dedica-
tion IN Indianapolis of the Robert Shaw
School for coIored Children: 1T shows
that the Boston Idea for which Colonel
Shaw died Is marching on and has reached
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
THE HUMORIsTs.


"Age brings us wisdom" but we would
Rejoice in very truth
If when IT came we only could
Make wisdom bring US youth.
Catholic Standard.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
His Ability.

Judge
Friend-Your heavy villain seems adapted
to the role.
Theatrical Manager-Yes. He can pronounce
the word revenge with fourteen RS and look
it with thirty
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

The young Indiana woman who is said to
have written the words and music of
song entitled, Flowers IN the cranuied
WALL" has perhaps been mssreported in
regard TO her authorship of the words. II
not, then she has borrowed the title from
Tsnnyson's well-known little poem-which
sIs hardly judIcious thing to do.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Town Topics.
Wife-I have been thinking I ought to give
you birthday present Harold.
Husband-Oh very well. Just write down
what it shall be and I'll buy 1t my way up
town.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Secretary Hays statement regarding the
freaty right Of the United States to control
fhe means of undisturbed transit across the
fsthmus of Panama was a remarkably
lear exposition OF the case and very able
Atate paper
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Michigan, Ohio and other nearby States
are having blizzards, and New England has
been having real winter for nearly month.
For a glorious autumn Indiana is the only
reliable State.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

: The promptness Of the Panama govern
znent in assuming and guaranteeing the
canal concession will greatly facilitate the
settiement of matters and insure the early
recognition Of the new republic by France.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

ind it Is not likely that he will get out
this time until he has served his SEN
tence. The mills Of justice occasionally
frind slowly. but they get there in time
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Canadians are indulging in the thoroughly
harmless revenge of kissing the American
flag. They may get good deal better
acquainted with it some day, and then they
will like liz most as we'll as we do.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

1.-THE Democracy of the New. York World
does not prevent 1t from saying-or perhaps
leads 1t to say: tom L Johnson has the
reputation of never knowing when he is
featen- He may not know now that ,he is
Eurfed
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

The organization of the republic of Pan
fma undoubtedly brings Joy to the heart
Gf the native Central American. It af-
fords a new place in which to carry on
revolutions
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Chicago News
Mr.. Grandly-And now, my little man, can
you tell me why you are so happy to-day?
Tommy-Yessir; deres a spider in yer
whiskers,
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

1T is a curious state of affairs with rail-
road earnings considerably larger than
they were year ago and railroad securi-
ties very much lower.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
Bobby's Coughing Hour.

Denver Republican.
Mr.. wise-What makes Bobby's cough so bad
this morning?
Mrs wise-It's nearly time for him to start
for school.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

1T is probably apparent to Colombia by
this time that she made stupendous blum
der In her rejection Of the Panama canal
tseaty.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

Interviews with j. p. Morgan grow more
frequent. Time was when it was as much
as a reporters life was worth to go after
nna
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08

500, 100000 more than that of year ago
the South seems to be doing fairly well.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-08
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
Iamas Cantsv Chapter.

In spite of very gloomy weather the attendance was very good upon the last regular meeting of this Chapter. which was held in the studio Of Mrs. J. E. Henry, Friday afternoon. December 5.
 Much time was consumed in discussing the proposed quilting ending with the decision to hold 1t on Wednesday. Decem- Der SI, at the home of Mrs. H. 5. Perry.
 Mrs. J. k. Henry, Mrs. J. L. Pollard and Miss Mamie Henry were appointed to draft resolutions on the death of the much beloved veteran. Mir. P. A. Greene, who was held an honorary member of our Chapter, 80 close was his sympathy with the U. D. c. and so ready and ef- ficisnt always his aid in any enterprise undertaken by us.
 By request Mrs. J. B. Henry read most interesting and comprehensive re- port of the National Convention at New Orleans, which report was submitted by Mrs. R. P. Dexter of Montgomery, who the Sophie Bibb Chapter.
 In view of the reading Mrs. Henry was excused from lengthy poem she was to read.
 Other num5ers were necessarily omit ted on account of members being absent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
cers taken at Port Hudson arrived this

cers taken at Port Hudson arrived this evening by way of New York.
 Thursday, September A-Three more prisoners were brought in last night, These were wounded and captured at Gettysburg. The Sandusky paper states that Grant has reinforced Rosecrans via Decatur. Ala This is not credited.
 Friday. September 26-WNather very cold and raw. Brig. Gen. Frazier and 11s other officers of grades from Colo nels to LAeutenants were brought in as prisoners this morning. They were cap tured at Cumberland Gap by ttosecrans while Bragg was retiring from Chatta- nooga. Cincinnati papers say that dis patches from Rosecrans are unsatiafao- tory. and that Burnside is in a perilous situation. Northern papers are full of French recognition and interference on behalf of the Confederacy.
 Saturday, Septemner 2S-Weather still quite cool. Some of the papers say there Is a rumor that Burnside, with the whole of his command. has been captured. but they do not credit the report. It is also stated that the siege of Charleston has been raised so far as the navy is con- cerned. the fleet having been withdrawn from the harbor, 1t is believed for an attack at some other point, perhaps Wilmington.
 Sunday, September g7-one of the pri- oners was fired upon twice by the guard last night, but was not hit. We can al- ways tell when the Yankees have bad news, the sentinels become very cross and fire at the prisoners without cause Religious services weee held as usual No news of importance.
 Monday, September 2S--The day is fine Five prisoners held as spies were taken out today, but where sent is unknown. Rosecrans' position at Chattanooga is considered tenaole; 1t appears he has re- ceived no reinforcements as yet. No news from Burnside. say the papers The New York World announces a gen. eral exchange of prisoners agreed upon The Herald says 1t Is not so.
 Tuesday, September 29-We have been in this prison two months today. and are anxious to bid 1t good bye forever. ''The Rebel Thespians" performed this even ing to large and crowded audience, the performance was very good. Maj. Gen. Tremble and other officers were brought in today. They were Gettysburg prison CTS. having been wounded
 Wednesday, September 30--Weather still warm, much good news today; I'm afraid too good to be true. It Is report ed that Lee has whipped Mead; that Rosecrans and Burnside have both been beaten and their armies routed, both routs being described as more disastrous than the first, and 1t Is reported that The Baltimore Gazette has been suppress ed for publishing disasters. The New York World announces that cartel has
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

CHAIRMEN or COMMITTEES. Historical Committee-Miss M. H Bullock, Eufauia. Monumental Commtttee-Nrs L. c. Daw- son, Montgomery. Children of the Confederacy-Mrs. Y. L Wood, Troy. Chapter Extension Committse-Mrs. '. H. Elm0rs, Montgomery. .