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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

William p. Frye. of Maine. boasts Of being
the only great-gr grandfather in the United States
Senate, girl baby having arrived at the home
of his grandson, William Frye White. in Wash
ington.
Tobacco is both cultivated and consumed on
a large scale in Japan. The plant intro
duced by the Portuguese in the seventeenth GEN.
tury and the trade in 1t is government
monopoly. Tobacco is almost universally used
in small pipe.
The Pope has promised moral and material
help for the erection of monument to Leo
XIII on the top of the Lepini mountains. which
encircle Carpineto, his predecessors birthplace.
A committee has been formed and will ask for
the support of the Catholic notabilities In the
different countries
The Smithsonian Institution has received from
President Roosevelt a small stuffed mouse.
which President captured his West
ern trip and stuffed and mounted himself. The
mouse is uncommon species. and is
garded as valuable addition to the institu-
tion's exhibits.
Edwin Warfeld Governor-elect OF Maryland.
has been a man Of many occupations. In the
course Of his life ne has been farmers boy a
clerk In country store, school teacher, regis
ter of wills. Of Howard county. country editor.
state senator. publisher. banker and president
of the Sons Of the American Revolution and OF
the American Historical Society.
John Morley, whose life Of Gladstone has just
been published. is sixty-five years old this
month. In 1856. while editor of the Pail Mall
Gazette, he was appointed Cabinet minister.
taking his seat chief secretary for Ireland.
Mr. Morley Is the only active politician in
cluded among recipients of the new Order OF
Merit established by King Edward
Maurice Proctor. of Mineral Point Wis. has
| the pleasure OF having received the smallest
| check drawn by the United States government
| each year. 1t is for one cent and is drawn in
due form. with the seal attached. and is for
| carrying mail. There was much rivalry at Min
eral Point to who could get the government
| mail contract, and a large number of men sub
mitted bids Mr. Proctor is a rich man, and put
| in his bid at cent and got the contract.
| The Astors gradually disposing Of their
| real estate holdings in the tenement district
L ~ Nexy York
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Jesus Was a Farmer.

Ernest Crosby raises the question in the
pages OF the Craftsman whether Jesus was a
carpenter or not, and he gives some interest
ing reasons to show why 1t should be answered
in the negative. The assertion that Jesus was
carpenter Is chiefly based, is well known
upon the passage in the Gospel Of ST. Mark (vi
3D. After arguing the subject at considerable
length the writer concludes follows: THE
conclusion to which 1 disposed to come is
that Jesus was not a carpenter, and that II
his father ever one, he had ceased to ply
his trade before Jesus old enough to pay
attention to his work. for otherwise the early
impressions OF .-.e craft would have impressed
themselves upon his mind. The tradition in
fact Is that Joseph was a very old man and
that he died while> Jesus still lad. 1t
seems pretty certain, on the other hand, that
Jesus had earned his living in agriculture.
Embarrassing and sheep-raising. that not only
were all the details Of these occupations at his
fingers ends.>-but they afforded him with the
rich stock Of illustrations upon which he was
accustomed to draw. The Jews have never
been eminent as craftsmen, for which fact
the prescription of craven images may be in
part responsible. and the idea of Joy in work
as presented by Ruskin and Norris is pecu-
liarly Western and modern. That Jesus was an
artist from the literary point Of view no one
who reads the parable OF the 'Prodgal Som
doubt, but in the world of the it
was nature. and not art, that attracted him.
He had no taste for craftsmanship. and II is
altogether unlikely that he crafts
man. From his cradle in the manger Of the
oxen to his tomb in a garden Orchard or
pantation) his life savored of the soil and OF
its primary and essential travail"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
NATURES WAY OF IDENTIFYING
CRIMINALS

One of the persons recently arrested in
this city through the intelligence and
bravery of the local police has been SUBJ
jected to the Bertillon measurements, by
which 1t Is believed he will be identified
in other cities a notorious and much
wanted criminal This system is one of the
most important contributions ever made to
the art of identifying criminals and shows
how valuable intimate acquaintance with
nature may be made in everyday affairs.
! Until about fifteen years ago the only
means of identifying criminals was by gen.
eral descriptions and photographs, both of
which could be easily defeated by dis
guises, such as shaving off or coloring the
beard, wearing a wig or glasses, and in
other ways. Tattooes, birthmarks, scars,
moles. deformities. ETC., were useful but
they were an uncertain reliance and might
was the best of all. but refractory prisoners
could so distort their faces as to make
identification almost impossible. 1t had
not yet occurred to any person. scientist,
detective or biologist. that natures method
of working was SO scientifically correct and
so Mechanically harmonious that every
human being was built on a separate model
with no two just alike in proportions and
measurements.
It remained for DIR. Alphonse Bertillon. OF
Paris. to hit upon this idea and carry it to
practical conclusions. This system, first
published in 1Sss, is based the almost
absolute immutability Of the human frame
after the twentieth year OF age and the
fact that no two persons have exactly the
same proportions. The measurements taken
are the height OF the body standing. height
of the trunk sitting. reach of the OUT
stretched arms from finger tips to finger
tips. length and width of head length and
width of right ear, length OF left foot left
middle finger. left little finger and left
forearm. These few measurements are
found 10 be all that are necessary to diff.
ferentiate any one person from all of the
hundreds Of millions of others living. The
cards containing these measurements OF
professional criminals are kept on file at al
police headquarters and by a system OF
exchanges the police in different cities arr
able to Identify a suspect beyond the pos
sibility Of mistake. The measurement.
are still supplemented by photographs
which serve to corroborate them and com
plete the Identification. A recent dispatch
stated that DR.. BertilIon had made a further
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

The youngster had absorbed something of the
new theory of training and education.
LAT our school," he said. 1.-The teachers never
tell US not to do anything"
They don't" exclaimed the mother in sur
prise. She knew that he attending a school
that had attained wide celebrity because Of its
new methods" but she had only a hazy idea
OF the methods. why not?" she added.
Because" the boy explained. that Is sug-
costing We're really goosa. you
know, and when do wrong it's because it's
been suggested 10 us. heard the teacher tell
ing lady about Il. She to tell a
child not to do thing was TO tempt him to
do II: that everybody wanted to do what they
would think about 1t IL nothing was said"
There's truth in that remarked the
mother.
"She said" the boy went on. 'if law was
made for people walk IN the street.
there'd be hundreds OF people doing II the next
day just because they were told not to-people
who never thought OF getting on the sidewalk
before"
IT guess that's So" said the mother. 'T never
thought OF IL that way before
..she said" the boy persisted. that II she
had anything in the house she didn't want a
child to get she would simply say nothing
about IT."
Perhaps she's right" admitted the mother.
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INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

indianapolis newspaper reporters TO wear
badges, by order OF the Board Of Public Safety
of that city New Castle reporters not so
dangerous as that.-New Castle Tribune.
Governor Beckham is the first man who has
succeeded himself Governor of Kentucky in
ninety-two years. His chief strength is his
weakness. The strong keep him in to keep
each other out.-Huntington Journal.
The grand jury of Chicago has indicted $50
policy keepers The grand jury of Chicago al
ways seems to miss that real. genuine. blown
in-the-bottle policy player. Carter Harri-
son, who could save the grand jury lot Of
work If he would.-Fort Wayne News.
With only Judge Parker and Senator German
TO fall back on for presidential timber, the
Democrats again embarrassed because the
former is not regarded as being well enough
known to be available. and the latter is alto
gether too well known to be acceptable.-La-
fayette Courier.
Columbus has had another shooting ARRAY at
a disreputable resort and Ace Foster, mere
youth, was the victim He was shot Thursday
night after midnight and may not recover. But
what excuse can he offer for being out that
time of night trying to enter place known to
be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Republican.
Attorney General Knox. who was a corpora
ton lawyer before he entered the Cabinet
struck out straight and hard in his argument in
the big merger suit. He declared the Northern
Securities Company was formed for a .awless
purpose and that it violated the law when it
sought to merge two railway systems that had
been competitors. The attorney general made
out what must strike the public very
strong case, whatever lawyers may think Of
it.-Fort Wayne Sentinel
Mr.. Williams the Democratic leader in the
House. admits that the President did the right
thing Panama. but thinks he did not 90 it in
the best way. 1t Is always easy after thing
is done to point how II might have been
done better, but there is never any way Of
proving that the other way would have been
done. and the next thing to do is to go ahead
and dig the ditch.-Lafayette Journal.
Governor Beckham. of Kentucky. who. with
his wife. has been under evangelistic infu-
ences of late. and. becoming very pious. tried
his best to abandon the customary inaugural
ball at the ceremonies attending his inaugura-
ton for second term. He had not strength Of
will sufficient, though. his pety not
deep rooted enough to stand out against the
pressure Of the rabbe and the ball of.
the Governor and Mrs Beckham leading the
lucky much worse than inaugural ball which
this chief magistrate has not even shown a
disposition to try and change for the better.
He is not leader or a man of firmness such
Kentucky needs at the head of her affairs
now to institute reforms for the welfare Of her
people.-South Bend Tribune
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
Religious Notes.

Buddhist archbishop Of upper Burmah has
been recognized by the English lieutenant gov
ernor Of upper Burmah.
The Advance claims that the greatest mis-
sionary church of its size in this country is the
First Presbyterian Church. Of Wichita, Kan
This church supports thirty native helpers.
provides scholarships and gives large contri-
buttons for foreign mission work. amounting
In all to more than 5000 year.
In the metropolis Of New York city the
Protestant Episcopal Church leads all others in
the estimated valuation of its property holdings.
The figures for Manhattan alone total over s4.-
900, GOETHE Trinity corporation controlling a
large portion. The Methodists come fifth in the
list with about one-han Of the amount set
down-nearly twelve .milions-for the Hebrews
who just above them.
The British and Foreign Bible Society, which.
in few months completes a century Of work.
has issued fewer than 10000. 900 copies OF
the Scriptures, which now printed in nearly
four hundred different languages The actual
revision of the text Of the recently completed
Malagasi Bible, apart from the printing. cost
the society $4,000. This is a trife. COM
pared with the expense of translation work at
the beginning of the last century.
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Gave Expert Testimony.

Senator Spooner tells of a case tried in a
Wisconsin court in which. during the course
of the cross examination Of an exceptionally
youthful looking physician. the opposing coun-
sci was led to utter some rather sarcastic re-
marks as to the probability that so young a
doctor should thoroughly understand his bust
ness.
..Are YOU" asked counsel. acquainted with
the symptoms Of conclusion of the brain?'
ct am" responded the youthful looking ply
stefan.
Then" went the counsel, ''let us take a
concrete case. II my learned friend, counsel for
the defense, and myself were to bang our
heads together. should We get conclusion of
the train?"
WELL" said the young doctor, 1.-The proba-
bilities that the counsel for the defense
would."-Denver Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
Adjourned Sunday school.

There was once a minister in Hartford, {"
says Mark Twain. who had lot of boys in
his Sunday school who were in the habit OF
staying away the Sunday when the big
steamer City OF Hartford locked in the morn
ing.
lone Sunday the minister down to
Sunday school and found all the boys there.
He profoundly affected.
Boys he said. you cannot imagine how
much this exhibition Of loyalty on your part to
the Sunday school affects When I came by
the docks this morning and saw the City of
Hartford there
Gee whiz! shouted the boys in chorus, is
she inr and they left in a body.''-Colier S
Weekly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

After all Professor Langley's experiments
in the way of aerial navigation, he has been
outdone by two brothers, Wilbur and Orville
Wright, of Ohio. These two young men
gave a demonstration near Norfolk, Va,
last week. which was a complete success.
Their machine is not a balloon, but operates
on the principle Of box kite. 1t was pro-
PEELED by gasoline motors, and it flew under
perfect control In the face of twenty-one-
mile breeze. The Wright family formerly
resided in Indiana, and one Of the brothers
was born in this State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

Napoleon in return for support afforded the
coup detat which he had in contemplation.
Repeal OF the Falloux law is characterized by
Combes as 1.-The suppression of that false free
dom of instruction which surrenders half our
youth to the bitterest enemies OF republican
education" Combes does not wish to establish
state monopoly of public instruction. but. as
one OF his most prominent supporters puts 1t.
"a lay monopoly''-the members Of religious
orders are not to be allowed TO impart public
education.
This programme, with incidental features Is
to engage the attention OF the anticlerical ma
jority until next May. according the paper
We are quoting. Then the country Will have
an opportunity of passing judgment through the
medium OF local elections in the communes.
which are then to be held throughout France.
Not until this stage of evolution has been
reached will the anticlerical majority be in
vited to enact the separation of church and
state.-Literary Digest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
Removed All Doubt.

The Rev. Frank Oliver Hall. pastor Of the
Universalist Church of the Divine Paternity.
said in a sermon Last Tuesday a died
In England to whom the world owes much.
Practically every book upon science. philosophy.
political economy or theology written before
Spencer published his Psychology has had to
be rewritten. The universal law which Spencer
saw and formulated. like the universal law that
Newton and formulated. has become part
of our intellectual furniture, and We have been
obliged refurnish minds to harmonize
with the truth he gave AS Universalists we
should be especially grateful to Herbert Spen-
GER because he has the the neces-
sity Of human progress so clearly that may
build thereon without doubt as to the stability
of our structure''-New York Herald
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
Another Man Exposed.

Now" said the lawyer for the cross-peti-
toner, he took the fair witness in hand. II
want you TO tell the court just when you first
began to think your husband treating you
crueIly?''
1T Christmas two years ago.
What was the nature OF the trouble?'
L had bought his mother pocketbook for a
present"
''Yes?'
well, he got mad and talked awfully. be-
cause he gave my mother gold watch
Because he gave it. you say?''
well. Of course / picked il out. but let
them send him the bin and ma gave him all
the credit for it.-Chicago Record Herald.
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To sever Church and State.

Premier Combes. of France, has undertaken
to conjure away the peril Of the absolute domi-
nation of the religious orders He chooses re-
ligious weapons. and consequently he places at
the head of his programme the complete sup
preston of religious instruction by withdrawing
the schools from the influence OF the clergy
and the monasteries- The dissolution of the re-
ligious orders is to be followed by withdrawal
from members of the religious orders OF the
right teach The most important means for
the attainment OF this end Is stated by NJ.
combes to be tho repeal OF the FaIloux law of
ls5o. which was the mortgage given by the third
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
A BATCH OF LITTLE STORIES
Brought Him to Time.

In poisoning case before a warrensburg
justice of the peace last week the lawyer for
the defense waxed vituperative and called
down by the court moment later he forgot
the reprimand and began again using abusive
language. The justice, big. two-hundred-
pound man. arose and shaking his fist at the
lawyer, said Young man. confound you.
told you to hush Now, If you don't do it I'll
whip the devil out of YOU" The young lawyer
hushed quickly-Kansas City Star.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

The candidates for the highest Office in
the commonwealth Of Arkansas may be
politicians. but they are real old Southern
gentlemen. nevertheless. Their encounters
marked with all the high-minded
chlvalry and punctilious courtesy we have
always been led 20 expect from such scions
OF the old South. One Of the candidates is
already Governor OF the State. the other
occupies the dignihed office OF associate
justice OF the Supreme Court The Gov
ernor said that the judge was a traitor
There brief interchange OF civilities.
and then the Governor defended the dignity
Of his high Office by striking the judge on
the head. causing the blood to dow tree
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

Is there such thing an unsuitable
ship? The general public is apt to believe
such a ship impossible, but the officials of
the North German line say the great Kaiser
Wilhelm III cannot be sunk. No matter
what accidents may occur, the vessel is so
constructed that no loss of life or cargo can
take place 1t is protected by a large num-
Der of water-tight bulkheads, and these can
be closed by officer the bridge in
thirty seconds. 1t is really much safer to
travel abroad nowadays than to stay at
home. You may be down by street
car or an automobile as you are going to
the office in the morning. but on board an
ocean liner you are safe from all these mis-
haps. Extremely nervous people should
buy Communication tickets and spend the rest
of their peaceful lives on board the Kaiser
Wilhelm II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

The Atlanta Constitution states the case
sensibly and voices the opinion Of Demo-
Gratis and Republicans alike when it says:
CAS- an abstract proposition there cannot
be a scintilia of partisanship in the Pana-
ma situation. Such concrete objections as
Democrats are inclined to make political
capital of should not for a moment be al
lowed to commit the party to policy of
obstruction"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
There Was No Reply.

Representative Lacey. of Iowa, author of the
songbird law and the scholar of the House, was
cient speakers that hang in the House lobby.
ut Is not good art" he said.
'Huh, Lacey" broke in Colonel Pete Hep
burn, what do you know about art? You are
no painter How you tell a bad picture
You never painted one
mo-" Lacey replied. II never laid an egg.
either. but tell bad one just the same
New York World.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21
AFFAIRS OF THE CHURCHES.
An Indian Priest.

Albert Neghanquet, ful-blooded Pottawato-
mic Indian, is the first man Of his race to be
consecrated a priest OF the Roman Catholic
Church. The ceremony was performed in Rome
some time ago. Father Neghanquet is now
doing missionary work among his people In the
Indian Territory, being assistant pastor Of a
church at Muskegee. He was born on a Pot
tawatomie reservation in Kansas Twenty-Five
years ago.-Pittsburg Post
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

II Senator Hoar can get any satisfaction
out Of the fact that his recent attack on
President Roosevelt's action in the Panama
affaf- has given much aid and comfort to
the Democrats he is queer sort OF Repub-
Hcan- By the way. can any person recall
any progressive or constructive policy that
was ever originated by Senator Hoar? AS
an academic fault finder and didactic scold
he has been much In evidence. but his
achievements I'm the way OF practical states
manship are nil.
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The Wise Hay Maiden.

Maud Muller told why she didn't marry the
Judge.
He knew too much law" she explained; IF
I had wanted go to Sioux Falls. he might
have got in ahead OF me"
Not deeming this sufficiently poetic. the bard
wrote a different version.-New York Sun.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

lie. yet II seems almost beyond belief that the
beautiful woman who sometimes appears In pub
lie beside the sovereign - actually ola
wonan-and q grandmother II there Il any
secret OF perpetual youth the Queen has dis
covered IT, I saw her few days ago a. she
disembarked at Dover after q rough channel
crossing. Surely woman does not hook her
best under such circumstances. And yet there
nothing about the appearance carriage
OF the Queen 10 suggest that she was more
than forty. or course. a woman who most all
OF her time is trying 10 look young n entitled
TO some measure OF success. and u must b
admitted that her Majesty pays great aften-
ton TO her personal appearance At the same
time half the so-cailed society beautie<' who
spend more time and set less results woalc give
their dearest possessions 20 know the real secret
OF the Queens youthful appearance. -Perctval
Phillips. n Pittsburg Dispatch-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

It Is whispered in Washington that CO.
lombia would be willing to part with Pana-
ma for a money consideration and that the
real purpose of General Reyes's mission is
TO arrange a compromise on a money basis
That is what South American patriots gen.
orally mean when they declare their will
fngness to die fighting in the last ditch.
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Never Touched Her, of Course.

Miss Farrasee-Yes. it's quite a pleasure to
hear him preach
Miss Ascum--I understand he was rather
gloomy; that he always talked about eternal
fire and birthstone
Miss Farrasee-Exactiy. and it's such a pleas
ure to think OF what's in for some people
you w.-Philadephia Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-21

Senator Hoar's attack on the Panama
policy Of the present administration is no
more vicious and mischievous than his at
tack on President McKinleys Philippine
policy was. and 1t is having the same effect
giving aid and comfort to the opponents
OF the administration and the enemies Of
the United States