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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
THE GERMAN SOLDIER.

There is a fiction very generally believed
that the German army is the finest and
most efficient fighting machine in the
doubt on the point, Notwithstanding the
enormous numbers of men in the German
military organization and the vast sums
Of money expended upon it each year. Its
last test in war was some thirty years
ago. AS war was then waged, after the
Napoleonic traditions, it was unquestiona-
bly, the finest in the world, and aptly
described as "a perfect fighting machine"
But the Napoleonic idea of hurting men
in compact masses, improved upon by Won
Moltke until these masses moved with the
precision of clockwork, was given such
deadly jolts by the Spanish-American and
Anglo-Boer wars that all nations. the Ger
mans included. are taking up the lessons
taught by the Americans and Beers.
This lesson. if 1t means anything at all,
means the development Of the individual
intelligence and resourcefulness and marks
manship of the private soldier. Modern,
rapid-fring guns can NOW down serried
ranks of men faster than they can be
marched forward to capture an intrenched
position, as the British discovered when
they hurled their solid ranks across the
devastating zones of fire at Magersfontein
and the Tugela; but 1t is possible to cap
ture such position by a creeping advance
in open order, as the Americans demon
strated time and again during the Spanish
war.
While it is known that the Germans are
practicing the open order and going as
far as they can in imitation of the Amer
lean method, 1t may well be doubted If an
to act only at the command of an officer
and trained merely to shoot in volley in a
general direction, can be whipped in line
with the new method in the course of a
decade. In last Fridays Journal appeared
a dispatch from Berlin throwing some light
on the difficulties in the way. 1t noted that
within three months eighty sergeants of
the German army had been convicted of
brutal abuse of privates, such as fiogging,
horsewhipping and kicking them. Whether
this is due to friction brought about by the
efforts of the new regulations to develop
something of individuality in the private
soldier is not stated. but it is reasonable to
suppose that this has something to do with
1t. This brutality on the part of serseants
| very well illustrates the attitude of German
| officers generally toward the private. In
| their mind he is an utterly Insignificant
cog in the lighting machine. 1t will take
| a generation to get this out of their heads,
and then it will take another generation
| to train the private as he should be trained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
TO SOLVE RACE PROBLEM.
United States Senator Carmack Would
Repeal Fifteenth Amendment.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. A.-The Com
mercial Appeal tomorrow publishes an
article on the race problem. of which the
following is part: In the next Con-
gress United States Senator e. W. Car
mack. of Tennessee, Will introduce a bill In
the Senate for the repeal of the fifteenth
amendment TO the federal Constitution the
intent of which is that there shall be no
discrimination against a citizen of the
United States because of race color or
previous condition OF servitude. In = word
Senator Carmack would contribute toward
a permanent solution OF the vexing negro
question il is presented TO the Southern
States by eliminating the disenfranchised
negroes as a political factor This effort
of the senator will be supported by every
Southern representative In Congress and
not few members In other sections of the
ITuiou
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

A father writes to the School Board OF an
Eastern ETY. asking why can't my boy go
20 school baisfooted?' Sure enough, why
not? The father says his boy is accus-
and that II would be a hardship for him TO
wear shoes Every boy who has gone bare
footed knows that, and the question arises
whether there Is any principle involved that
should make IL cause for excluding a boy
from a city school any more than from a
country school. where many boys go bare
footed all summer and fall and are the
harder and better for II. Other things be-
1ng equal. . boy who goes barefooted sew
snt months In the year Is likely to have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
Not a Common Thief.

Chicago Tribune.
The charge against the prisoner at the bar
was embezzlement.
1t was alleged in the indictment that he had
"maliciously and feloniously appropriated and
embezzed. for his own use the sum Of $500. 600. -
what say sou?' he was asked Are you
guilty not guilty?"
1.-The amount involved" haughtily responded
the prisoner ''is sufficient answer to that
question. When gets away with half a
million 1t Is not embezzling 1t Is merely d.
verting money into unconventional channels"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
September Strawberries.

North Manchester Journal.
A box of fine Strawberries from the patch
of Frank Maurer, east of town, was left at
the Journal Office one day this week. In the
spring Mr.. Maurers long suit is strawber-
ries. but he has never given any attention
to raising berries in the fall until this year
his vines started in of their own accord and
began bearing. The berries were as fine and
large as those of the spring crop. One day
last week they picked from the patch eight
quarts of berries
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

OGDEN. Utah, Sept 14-Whens senator
w. A. Clarke. of Montana. as president or
the National Irrigation Congress. calls 10
order the first session OF the annual meet
ing OF that body In the Tabernacle to-mor-
row there probably will be present nearly
100 representatives, OF boards OF trade.
commercial clubs. chambers OF commerce.
OF business organizations of all kinds and
OF state and municipal governments % the
country. Among the speakers will be Sec
rotary OF Agriculture Wilson, Senator'S
Clarke and Gibson OF Montana. Dubois os
Idaho. Warren Of Wyoming and Burton at
Kansas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
No Danger.
Chicago News

Chicago News.
He had risked his life to rescue the fair maid
from a watery grave, and Of course. her father
duly grateful.
Young man." he said. II can never thank
you sufficiently for your heroic act. You in
CURED awful risk in saving my only daugh-
ter
None whatever sir.' replied the amateur
lifesaver. 81 am already married"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

In his vigorous prosecution of the wine
room cases Prosecutor Ruckelshaus is CIV
ing very good exhibition of how Prosecu-
tor Hoffman did not do it. The contrast
n striking
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

Chicago Record-H Herald.
II see' said Mrs. Oldcastle as her hostess led
her through the magnificent library, that your
husband likes a pinch of Attic salt now and
then"
Yes: Josiah's a great hand for seasoning.
but there's one strange thing about him. He
can't stand nutmeg on anything"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

One Of the Berlin newspapers. which will
not be comforted since American warships
have been sent to Beirut. brings against
US the very grave accusation of being a
"parvenu nation" endeavoring to butt into
polite society" The population of Turkey
may be polite society from the Berlin point
Of view. but Americans can hardly look
at 1t that way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
One View Of 1t.

Philadelphia Ledger.
"Enslishmea forever saying that the sun
never sets on the British Empire What do you
think of that?'
IT think they say that because it's so foggy
in London they really can't tell whether the sun
sets or not"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

1t Will be noted that the Greek govern
ment Is not saying word about participant
ing in { war Of the Balkan states against
Turkey. Greece got hers no longer ago
than 1897 and has not yet forgot the episode.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

The recent arrest Of a crazy man who was
trying to make his way to President Roose-
velt's house has started discussion as to the
President at all times. A correspondent of
a New York paper wonders III the hero of
San Juan Hill Is afraid in rnshins
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
Good Yield.

Steuben Republican.
Ephraim Hulwick, southeast of town,
raised this year los bushels of oats on one
and one-half acres For number of years
the ground has been raising buckwheat and
potatoes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

PHILADELPHIA Record,

Army Inspector-The idea of you asking for a
pension. Why. you weighed more when you
came out of the army than you did when you
went in.
Patrick-Oi know, sor; but thot was because
OF wor SO full av lead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
THE HUMORISTS.
Juvenile ScOrn.

First Boy-Do yer want ter go ter heaven
when yer die, like de Sunday-school ma am
tells yer?
Second Boy-Nit! Dere's no fun goin' ter
places where a woman wants ter go.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

new labor union has been formed in
New York consisting Of foremen of different
building trades throughout the country. 1t
will be vested with power to nullify strikes
ordered by walking delegates, and its object
IL to do away with leaders of the Sam
those engaged in it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

better formed and better developed feet
when he reaches adult years than one
whose feet have always been cribbed and
confined in shoes. Excluding barefooted
boys from city schools is concession to a
sort of refinement that is not conducive to
manhood
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

The social tangle in which the members
of the Swatemhard Yacht Club-or what
ever its name is-have got the President
and Sir Thomas Upton is probably annoy
ing to all concerned, but it will hardly lead
TO interna tional complica lions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

Elkhart Qnd.) Review Of Sept. s.
Mrs. T. ]. Keene to-day returned from In
dianapolis. where she spent last week as d.
rector of the Standard Oil Company's dis
play at the state fair. The fair was the
most successful In the history of the insti-
tuition. Last Friday the attendance was
G2 N1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

Keach's effort to reach the better ele-
ment' of the city is a rather amusing game
of blind mans buff. The haunts of political
responsibility are mighty strange pastures
TO Reach
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

II Bulgaria and Servia would threaten
less Of what they are likely to do to Turkey
and get into action. they would get more
attention from the rest of the world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
Big Tomatoes.

Lawrenceburg Press.
From Cambridge. Ind comes the report
of eighteen stalks of tomatoes more than
seven feet tall in patch. on some of
which thirty TO forty tomatoes are growing.
One tomato weighed two pounds and seven
ounces.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

eight feet high. and have formed archways.
like grape vines. Mr.. Carter placed three
of those tomatoes on our table Monday.
They were grown in a single cluster and
weighed five pounds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15

Just at present there is formal war in
progress In no part of the world. but the
clouds seem a bit thicker than ever before.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
Big Peaches.

Lawrenceburg Press.
Charles Junker gathered some peaches
from a tree in the rear of his confectionery
that weighed nearly pound apiece.
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Spencer County Melons.

Grandview Monitor.
A. C. Eiceman. of Clay township, has on
display a the Chrisney fair this week three
watermelons weighing lao pounds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
Big Tomato Vines.

Plymouth Qnd.) Tribune.
Elder ]. j. Carter has tomato vines ten
feet high just west Of the Tribune Office.
Thev have GROWN nm and cnvared frames
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
SCHOOL.

There is probably no household question to
which greater attention is given at this time OF
the year than the one pertaining to the chill
dren's education For several months study
has given way TO play, and, while the school
question may have had some consideration. it
was in hundreds Of instances put aside with
We'll see" or wait until we return 10 the
city"
For those parents who have not changed their
place Of residence, and who are satisfied with
the schools TO which their children have been
going. the problem is an easy one; but TO those
people who are strangers In the city. OF who
have moved TO a new home. far away from the
old school. ana to those whose children have
outgrown the schools in which they were well
taken care Of until the last session closed. the
school question is serious problem and one
difficult TO solve. The months for consideration
and Investigation. for pOstponement and pro-
crastination, are past and unless the child IS TO
be handicapped with late and unfair start
the school must be selected promptly. There
are many parents and guardians i'm whose ewes
the public schools are all that can he desired
for their children. The democratic atmosphere.
the sound and sensible methods and the evil
dence on all hands Of the satisfactory results
appeal 20 them. snd they Will send their children
20 the public schools. in many instances. not 20
save money. but because these schools in their
opinion are the places for American children
These children and the great army Of little
ones for whom there is no choice will tax the
public schools TO their utmost capacity. and
when the various places set aside for public iu-
struction are crowded there viii stDl be hun
dreds 10 30 accommodated in temporary
quarters.
This condition has existed for a number Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07

breaking or OF those reistions would be IN
speakably disastrous TO her Japan has become
a great Industrial and commercial nation. Her
wares find markets in every land. The keeis
OF her mercantile navies plough every sea.
From such intercourse with the world her pros
perity aud greatness have arisnu. and upon ats
maintenance they depend There is no more
shTewd nation OF shopkeepers' i'm the world
than the japanese. 1t is simply incredible that
they should elect 10 abolish all that profitable
intercourse with the rest OF the world 10 close
the markets OF the world against themselves
and 10 retire again into tie state of hermit
nation" Tor these and other reasons we can
not accept the conclusions of Mr.. Heard's inter-
esting article. though we esteem his utterance
as valuable food for thought. and as embody-
ing valuable suggestions concerning our duty 10
the nations OF the yellow race and our duty
toward ourselves in our dealings with them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
A TESTIMONIAL FOR MR. TSELIy.

Ii Is pleasure to hear it suggested from
various quarters that a suitable testimonial
should be presented TO Mr.. G. Oliver Isein in
recognition of his notable services as managing
owner of the Reliance. We referred the other
day TO his unselfish performance of exacting
duties in this and former years, and we have no
doubt that in yachting circles the part he has
taken in the defence of the Americas Cup is
fairly appreciated. Ii is not unlikely, however
that the general public fails to realize how
much is due TO his skill and devotion. and how
much personal sacrifice his interchangeable lahors
have involved.
There would be reason for surprise and regret
II Sir Thomas Liptons genial manners and
sportsmanlike conduct had not evoked from
Americans hearty expressions of reciprocal
good will; but such services as he has rendered
by thrice endeavoring to win the Cup have been
rendered 10 Great Britain rather than TO the
United States. This country is not particularly
indebted to him. whereas it is deeply indebted
TO the men who have spent great sums of
Of all to Mr. Iselin, who has given his time
without stint and spared no effort under trying
circumstances of all sorts to maintain the SUI
premacy Of American craftsmanship.
The current talk about this or that gift for
Sir Thomas Upton suggests the reflection that
It will be greatly to the discredit Of Americans
il they do not offer Mr.. Iselin some visible ex-
preston of sentiments Justly excited by the IN
ternational yacht races before bestowing a sim
liar token upon an amiable foreigner whose
claim to be hono-ed by them is comparatively
INSIGNIFICANT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
Is THERE A YELLOW PERILof

IN another column of The Tribune today we
print an interesting contribution on East Asian
affairs from the pen of the Hon. Augustine
Heard. formerly United States Minister 10
COrea. The writer's years OF residence and OBJ
servation in that part Of the world have given
him an intimate knowledge OF both Japan and
china. and have led him 10 a conviction regard
ing the yellow Peril" the statement OF which
win prove startling TO many ana provocative of
serious thought 10 even those who dissent from
his conclusions Briefly stated Mr.. Heard
thinks there Is a yellow Peril of vast pro-
portions. japan has adopted the arts Of West
ERR civilization for the grauhcstion Of her own
srbi-1on. and she now purposes 10 place herself
st the head OF the Mongoan world, 10 leaven
1be lump OF China with her own strenuous
spirit. and 10 lead the consolidated yellow race
s. resistance 10. If not aggression upon. the
white race. The former Monaghan inv3sions
ot tho West are recalled. and the grim sugges-
ton is presented % another raid upon Europe
ny millions OF Chinese. differed and led by
japanese and drilled and equipped IN the best
manner known 10 the military world
such an incursion would be appalling, and
with all our pride Of race we may confess that
Ste result might be q matter Of doubt. Even n
union 81 China and Japan for the expulsion and
exclusion OF Americans and Europeans from
those countries would be formidable and de-
plOrable thing. We arc not. however, prepared
70 accept Mr.. Beards fOrebodngs as well
founded. We cannot. for che thing. discover
convincing evidence Of such an approachment
between China and Japan. or 81 likelihood OF
81 Japan's pride in her progress and attain
rslents and China's traditional pride OF race op-
crate 70 make each regard the other with some
degree OF contempt and 20 prevent either from
Welding precedence 10 the other. Again. we
cannot regard the Chinese Empire as anything
like as homogeneous and united as Mr. Heard
considers Il. Between the true Chinese and the
Manchu T8rtars there exists to-day the same
Ruimosity that prevailed IN the days OF the Tai.
ping War Chinese news is allied with rumors
Of conspiracies OF South against North. Nor is
there anything like a general national senti-
ment among the Chinese. The village is the
unit and 90 IL rather than 20 the empire the
individuals loyalty is given. To this We may
add that the Chinese are not a warrior race.
Mr.. Heard himself reminds Of the low esteem
IN which soldiers are held among them. In that
they ciametrically differ from the japanese,
who for centuries have been devoted 20 the ex-
ercise OF arms. II may be that 81 a touch from
The japanese wand the Chinese people would
reverse the traditions. the traits and the TEN
permanent OF ages and be completely trans
formed. but we must be pardoDed by aIr. Heard
~. even against bis judgment we doubt IT,
There Is another consideration Of the highest
importance which Mr. Heard seems to ignore.
That Is the fact that Japan finds II 20 her ma
ter.sl interest 10 remain on friendly relations
with Europe ana America. and knows that