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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

In his address Thursday, on the battlefield
of Antietam, President Roosevelt said that
If the issue of the battle had been other
than il was lit is probable that at least two
great European powers woulds have recoS-
nized the independence of the Southern
Confederacy.' AS the German empire had
not come into existence when the battle of
friendly TO the Union from the beginning of
the war, the President must have referred
to Great Britain and France. Prussia was
a warm friend Of the United States from
the beginning and all through the war.
With regard to Great Britain and France,
it is a matter of conjecture whether they
would have recognized the independence Of
the Confederacy If the battle of Antietam
had resulted in a Confederate victory. 1t
is one thing to recognize a rebellious state
as belligerent and quite another to recog-
nize its independence. All the powers recog-
nized the Confederate States as belligerents
very early in the war. but they would
scarcely have ventured to recognize their in
dependence until it had become evident that
the United States could not suppress the
the rebellion In official circles abroad from
the beginning, but the sympathies of the
people were for the Union. In England
Queen Victoria, representing the popular
rather than the official sentiment Of Great
Britain. was decidedly for the Union. 1t is
r;x@,- hox in
duced her to permit recognition OF the in
dependence of the Confederacy before it had
been demonstrated that the United States
was unable to suppress the rebellion The
loss of the battle Of Antietam would not
have furnished such demonstration. AS
for Louis Napoleon, he was an insincere
trickster, an INSCRIPTIONS politician, and
capable of doing anything that he thought
might conduce to his personal aggrandize-
ment. There was no time during the war
that he would not have recognized the indie
pendence Of the Confederacy If he had dared
to. but it is doubtful if even he would have
dared to do SO on the strength Of the loss
of the battle of Antietam.
From another point Of view it must be said
that battle was not decisive Union vic
tory. 1t was a drawn battle. If General
Grant had been in command Of the Union
forces he would have pursued Lee and
pounded him to death. He would have
turned a drawn battle into decisive VIC
tory. General Mcclellan was not that kind
Of a commander, and after simply holding
his own with 10000 men against little over
10000. he allowed his antagonist to escape.
The battle was fought on the 18th of Sep
tember. Nothing was done on the 18th. and
when General Mcclellan determined to re-
new the attack on the 18th he found that
the enemy had withdrawn from the field
and escaped back into Virginia If Grant
had been in command at Antietam the wal
might have been ended long before it was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

A South Carolina correspondent of Public
Opinion comes back rather neatly at the
Northern critics of Senator Tillman. He
says: You have published many criticisms
Ito call them by no harsher name) of Sena-
tor Tillman, mostly from Northern papers.
But i notice that it is only Northern or
CARNATIONS like Chautauqua which pay
this man to go North and talk to them. We
listen to a lot of Tillman's talk because we
have to do it, but have never heard any
one down here paying for the privilege. It's
bad enough to hear him when it costs moth
ing; if we had to pay for the sort of talk
that comes out of his mouth 1 believe we
would rise up and lay him away in the
mire of obscurity he came from" All Of
which, so far as the North is concerned. is
very true. The societies that invite him TO
lecture before them deserve the sharpest
of rebukeS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

The New York Sun has always set itself
up as an authority on the English lam
guage, and is somewhat given to criticising
the shortcomings of it's neighbors in the
use of the vernacular: but it should not
look far afield when there is need for it's
services at home. In the editorial columns
of the Evening Sun paragraph appeared
day or two ago which began thus:
A celebrated surgeon was a professor In
a medical college. On one occasion. when
examining, he turned down a student, who
went home and shot himself dead. The
eminent specialist registered a vow, and,
they say, kept it, that he would never stick
a man again.
Probably most people are sufficiently well
acquainted with the slang Of the day to
know that turned down. in this connec-
tion means rebuking, or, possibly, lowering
the grade of the student; but, except for
the context, it is likely that few would
guess that to "stick man. means the
same thing. The Sun should clear itself of
verbal infelicities before it prods its neigh
borS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
GalyestOn's Grit.


fulldQSlpHld LcueSi
There has been no finer display Of Amer
lean grit of late years than that afforded by
the people of the city Of Galveston, Tex,
since the great storms which devastated it
three years ago. The city has been practi-
cally rebuilt Half the work upon a sea
wall, 1883 feet long and seventeen feet
high, to prevent future incursions of the
sea- has been completed. The city has at
tanned to the third place among the ports of
the United States in the extent of its export
trade Its bank clearings for the year end
ed Aug 81 were Sab. 1S5. O00 There are fifty
three lines OF steamships between Galveston
and foreign ports and eleven lines OF coast
wise traders. Plans are afoot to raise the
level of the land upon which the city stands
as q security for the future. Truly, 1t can
no longer be denied that under certain cir
cumstances men may lift themselves by
their own bootstraps, plucking success out
OF the grip of overwhelming disaster
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
No Hurry About More Bank Notes.

New \ Ork WOrlQ.
According to Senator Beverage the extra
session of Congress TO meet in November
will be entirely devoted to Cuban reciproc-
fly. 1t is not expected that any financial
legislation will be attempted until the regu-
lar session.
This looks like sensible programme. al
though the isthmian canal may make
trouble for the Cuban part of IL. AS far
as financial legislation is concerned we can
very well wait. The advocates OF an elias
tic currency persistently ignore the fact
that we have an elastic currency now, and
one Of the best possible kind. When there
is more money in circulation than we need
gold flows abroad. When there is a short
age gold comes in. The only rigid elements
of our currency are the greenbacks and
the silver. But these are well within the
minimum OF our monetary needs. We
must use some gold in addition, saying
nothing about the supply of national bank
notes; and since gold is International
money. whose supply in any country IS
perfectly elastic, II secures elasticity for
our whole system.
IL our banks will attend to their legiti-
mate duties. keeping clear of the operations
of cliques in Wall street and handling the
money they control with an eye single 10
the requirements of business, they will not
need to worry about providing new
paper currency for the nation. A country
that can add s10,000000 a year TO It's cir
culation from its gold mines. and that
has the power to draw upon the metallic
upon the printing press for its circulating
medium
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

AZ the United States demanded and re-
esived a large sum as indemnity for Amer
lean missionaries murdered and property
destroyed by the Chinese Boxers it cannot
with any show OF justice deny the claim
Tor indemnity on account of the recent
murderous assault upon Cinnamon in Tan
opah. New. 1t will probably adopt the same
murdered by mob in New Orleans a few
years ago-recognize the claim on grounds
Of International courtesy and pay 1t with
q proviso that II shall not constitute a pre-
c<der1t
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

fers from such incidents as the attempt on
the part of some papers to create the i'm
preston that President Roosevelt had been
guilty of rudeness or unfriendliness toward
Sir Thomas Upton in the matter of the
Yacht Club banquet. 1t was evident from
the beginning that the affair was the re-
suit of a blunder on the part of the man
ayers of the banquet and that there was no
ground whatever for the personal aspect
which some papers tried to give it. That
kind of mean mendacity on the part Of a
few papers belittles the whole American
press in the eyes of foreigners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

position I'm these yacht races by giving as
we have so much admiration 10. the gal
liant loser OF them. And the msuon 20
give him a Gun. a loving cup, all OF his
very own, never TO be taken from him by
any challenger. is one that gets a hearty
seconding everywhere. The sacrifices OF
time and money that Mr.. Iselin has made
to defend the Americas cup do warrant
some tangible recognition; something that
the latest arrival IN the family will feel
a pride in In years to come. So. while you
are about securing this memento. all you
lovers of yacht racing and high-class
sportsmanship who want TO have nnger
in II. see that something handsome ana
worthy the recipient is secured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

plains at some length that it now spells the
name Of Chinas capital with a g-"Pe-
king" and goes on to say that ten years
ago, in accordance with decision of the
Board Of Geographic Names at Washington,
it dropped the g." Now it has just learned
that the board had an access of information,
and last March officially restored the final
letter. This teaches that it is safer to fol-
low other authorities than this geographic
board which is made up of people, it is
said. who have no special qualification for
the work, and make their regulations on
rather an arbitrary basis. rather than on the
ground of derivations of words or of local
usageS,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

The Sultan is cunning rascal. When
representatives OF the European powers pro-
tested against the massacres in Macedonia
and said they must be stopped, he is said
70 have replied that Turkey is simply car
rying out the wishes expressed by the pow
srs, which urged him to adopt energetic
measures to suppress the revolution as
speedily as possible No doubt the powers
did urge the Sultan to adopt that policy.
but his idea of energetic measures prob
ably differs from theirs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

rpon 10 decide a closer question In natural
history than that presented to Judge Whal-
Jon yesterday, growing out OF a recent
attack by a coyote on a child in this city.
THE question arose whether the coyote is
. dog. AS there is a law against keeping
Vicious coyote, the question was an i'm
portant one Coyote is the Spanish name
for the common prairie wolf. and most nat
uraiists agree that the dog Is an evolu-
tion OF the wolf produced by domestica-
tion- Those who do not derive him from
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

New York Letter
One of the novel sights at Coney island
is a glass containing quantity of jewelry
and two deadly rattlesnakes. Ii is on dis
play In front of an amusement resort and
attracted much attention, but no THIEF
dared TO modest IL. although its disappear
ance I'm the surging throng would have
been easy. The case doubtful one
In the space between the two Enclosures
rested the two rattlers. In order 10 get at
the watches and other articles IL would be
necessary TO first break the outside glass
and then thrust hand in among the
snakes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

jackal and. as the naturalsts do not agree,
a police judge could hardly be expected
to decide. The court finally lodged the
question by dismissing the case on the
ground that the child was not seriously
hurt, anyhow. BY the way, much more
difficult question than that of the origin
of the dog is the origin Of the numerous
varieties OF dogs, some of which are so
totally unlike as 10 make il seem impos-
sible that they can trace TO common an
cestrv. whether II be wolf or not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

A bushel OF snails sent from France to
Z man in Louisville caused the customs Of
-ncials to consult the tariff law as to how
they should be classified. In the absence
OF any precedent they finally decided they
were wild animals and the importer paid
duty on them as such. If they were wild
they were very different from the native
variety. BY the way. what could the Louis
Vile man have wanted with a bushel of
snails?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

->eWspdpeTuom.
interesting subject. How perfect have be-
come the methods of modern newspaper
production was best evidenced during the
yacht races. 1t is on record that one news
paper i'm this city invented a way 10 de-
velop camera films on board sea-tossed
boat, with few moments or work The
film was then tied TO the leg OF swift
carrier pigeon. whence IL Was conveyed 70
the newspaper ONCE. In and one-half
hours from the time the camera button was
snapped the picture OF the yachts was be-
ing printed This is said TO be the quickest
picture taking and making line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Out of Plutarch.

New York Sun.
Damocles was sitting beneath the sword
But" asked Dionysius. "ain't you scared at
ALP
Not Bit" replied the brave young man. 81
have been under the knife before"
Fcndy patting the place where his vermiform
appendix had been, he proceeded with the meal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Philadelphia Ledger.

Philadelphia Ledger.
That his ten-year-old son be allowed 10
attend school barefooted Is the request
made of the Jersey City Board OF Educa-
ton by Victor Smith. Of GAL West Side ave-
nue.. In a communication to the board Mr..
Smith says that bis son has never worn
shoes or socks ia his life. and that IL would
''be a hardship TO sock and boot him now"
He also says that his sons feet are unusu-
aIlv well formed and would do for an art
lists model The boy formerly lived I'm the
South, and was accustomed TO 80 bare
footed there, and has continued the prac-
sice since he came North.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Roswell Field. in Chicago Post.
If Mary Anderson Navarro accepts the
offer for stage readings she will receive
s1,75o a night, price that is amusing to
those who remember the lady when she
was even at the height of her fame. Miss
Anderson was very tall girl. with a very
deep voice, who prudently left the stage
before Ii was too late. She will always be
remembered by those who knew her TWEEN
ty-five years ago as the girl whose finger
tips reached her knees as her arms hung
at her sides.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Chicago Tribune
It's gittin' So" grumbled Goodman Gonrong.
depositng his last scent piece the bar, that
pore man jist can't support a family these
days"
The saloon keeper dropped the coin in the till
and drew glass Of beer for his thirsty customer.
You haven't any kick coming that I know
off, he said. What family have you got to
support?'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

community, one that likes clean. sparkling
light plays of at least respectable intellect
ual quality. element which wants
amusement, but which Is incapable OF be-
ing amused by drivel-ths part of the COM
munity is likely TO go searching the the
aters i'm vain unless indications are wrong
Perhaps its turn will come when the play
makers cease to dramatize the feeble novels
of tho dax-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
A Sly Dig.

Philadelphia Press.
''Since / had typhoid fever said Miss kreech,
81 haven't been able TO sing all. I seem to
have lost my voice entirely"
Typhoid Is a queer disease" replied Miss
Pepprey i've often heard that II you recover
from il it improves you in every way"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

A Philadelphia hospital is fitting up a roof
garden for tuberculosis sufferers. 1t will be
supplied with canvas roof and beds so that
patients may spend the entire twenty-four
hours there If necessary. This plan would
hardly work in indianapolis unless the
breathing OF soft coal smoke thick enough
to cut Is considered soothing to diseased
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

The Texas committee, appointed to make
the award of $4,000 for remedy for the
cotton boil wevil, has reported that no eff
Gent remedy was offered, though there
were 162 claimants for the prize. This pest
is working its way up from Mexico just as
did that lively and irrepressible little beast
the 'chigger," and nobody seems able to
head either OF them off
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Representative Tawney. OF Minnesota.
who has returned from a trip through
Alaska. IL in favor OF giving it regular
territorial government and three delegates
in Congress. He says the country Is so
vast and its interests so varied that it can
not be fairly represented by less than three
delegates. He predicts a great future for
that distant corner OF the Republic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Side Lights on History.

Chicago Tribune.
The finishing stone had been laid on the great
pyramid, the derricks and things removed and
the workmen paid of and dismissed.
The reporters gathered about King Cheops
And to think" they exclaimed. that your
Majesty finished this stupendous structure on
tsme.'
ION tims.' he echoed, with nne scorn- Ibid
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
He Was Rusty.

kansas City Journal.
Papa" said Archie, after porting over his
atlas for several minutes, where is Botany
bay2''
Botany bay?' replied papa; why. it's-un-
er-Ive forgotten just where. It's been long
time since studied botany"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Indiana State fair just closed furnished
striking proof OF the prosperity of the
farming communities of the middle West
Wall street conditions. which have been
bringing the 'spenders' of New York and
other speculative centers back to earth
with such painful bumps, have interested
tia farmers of the Mississippi valley only
Is casual matters Of news.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

1t Is a rather far cry to connect Fridays
tragedy at Evansville with the recent riots
there. Apparently it was due to nothing
more nor less than personal animosity.
one Of those sporadic outbreaks of individ-
ual crime that cannot possibly be fore
seen -or Saarded against
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

best management that can be given it does
not differ materially from that of a high
class saloon. whose owner and attendants
endeavor, for business reasons, to make
and keen all the friends they can
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Wills the United States grows three
fourths OF the raw cotton of the world, it
does hardly ore-fourth Of the cotton manu-
featuring. This is accounted for in some
measure by the fact that most of the labor
used about a cotton mill is of very low
order Of skill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

story written by resident of New York
city, in which the leading character is
spoken of as being from the West" and,
as .'westerner,'' her home and birthplace
being Rochester, N. Y! And yet New York
ers. meaning New York city people, con-
tinue to talk about the provincialism of
other parts Of the country. Provincialism
g,,pct
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

A dispatch from Santiago says that dur
Ing a violent earthquake shock which oc-
Cured there yesterday. many persons
rushed into the streets. crying and pray
ing. From ali accounts there are lot
OF people in Cuba who only pray in great
omergercjes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

1t was green corn on the cob that laid
Sir Thomas Upton low. He likes this de-
lectable dish immensely, but is now learn
ing that, like other American institutions,
such as yachts. a mere Britisher cannot
tackle il with impunity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

In the Youths Companion of Sept. 10 ref
erence is made to "Emerson's great phrase.
plain living and high thinking Strange,
very strange, this deplorabe ignorance of
Emerson in Boston. Now let Boston tenn
porarily forsake Ibsen, Tolstoi, Christian
Science. Mental Healing, Psychology, New
Thought, with other vague intellectual div
igations, and study Wordsworth, particu-
larly that great bard's "SOnnets to Liberty"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
Cause of LII.

Chicago Record-Herald.
There's popularity about the Russians that
have noticed. They nearly all seem to have
square. heavy jaws"
II suppose that's the result Of the exercise
they get through calling another by name
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

New York Times
s.He seems TO be a man of few words
81 should say so. He calls every girl actress.
horse. drink hat, razor. bad cold. automobile
or pleasure trip OF which he speaks either
scorker' shurnmer'''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Dynamite is a mighty poor weapon with
which to fight the drink evil. In COM
munity like Nashville. where public senti-
ment Is distinctly against the saloon,
there should be no trouble in enforcing the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
THE HUMORISTS.


'.Auntie, ought BERTHE Wilson to have smiled
so often at me in church,
mo, dear. Where he sitting
Behind me-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Emperor Wilhelm and Emperor Franz
Josef kissed each other three times when
they met. There are a lot of drawbacks
about the business of being a monarch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

because so many writer's do not understand
this that the world is flooded with fiction
which is merely manufactured and has no
touch of inspiration
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20
A Come-Down.

Philadelphia Ledger.
'Rimers poems have been getting into the
magazines lately.
been deterio-ating of late
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Boston Transcript.
Well. It's quite true that good many of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

Daughters of Rebekah in Indiana are joy
ously celebrating their fifty-second birth
day. Who says women are afraid to tell
their age?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

you think gentlemen. this the Chicago post
Officer
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DAYTON. Oh. v. wilkie. 80 South Jefferson
street
COLUMBUS. o.-viaduct News Stand. $50 High
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DENVER. Col-Louthain & Jackson, Fifteenth
and Lawrence streets, and A. Smith, 1901
Champa street.
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NJ. LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON. ID. C.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House. Fairfax Hotel, Willard Hotel