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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

A paper read by Robert p. Porter at the
recent convention on municipal ownership
OF public utilities was not favorable to such
ownership OF street railways. He said the
street railways of the United Kingdom are
about equally divided between the local au-
thorities and the private companies, the
former owning 200 miles of lines and the lat
ter about $40 miles. With few exceptions
these tramways are not comparable In
equipment or service with the 2o,ooO or more
miles of line developed in the United States
by private enterprise. Mr.. Porter said the
United Kingdom should have had by THIS
time 1000 or 500 miles of first-class electric
railways instead of less than 1.5oO miles,
and 1T would have had this mileage mad IL
not been for the sitting effect of municipal
trading. The inference is thai municipal
ownership is not conducive to progress
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

What would sensible Americans think of
a member of the British Parliament who
should introduce resolution requesting
King Edward to ascertain upon what terms
this government would consent to cede to
Great Britain all or any part of the United
States to be incorporated in the British
empire? Yet that is what Representative
De Almond did the other day relative to
Canada and the President. Perhaps Mr..
De Almond thinks that sort of thing is in
dicative of craftsmanship; but he is from
Missouri
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
Mrs. Patrick Campbell. the actress. lief,

Mrs. Patrick Campbell. the actress. left
her hotel at Detroit and went to another
because she could not endure the music of
the dining-room orchestra, and now the
papers are making merry at her expense.
Why they should is not clear Mrs. Camp
bell is not the only one who does not enjoy
eating dinner to the tune of Mr. Dooley''
other worked-to-death stage ditty. In
fact. the droning Of an orchestra In pub
lie dining room is regarded by many people
as a nuisance that ought to be abated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Attorney General Knox says the Depart
ment Of Justice lis not a party In any
way to the bill now pending in Congress
to establish government laboratory for
the study of the criminal. pauper and de-
fective classes. The bill savors OF en-
piricism. and the reputation of the alleged
PROFESSIONALISM who is pushing it does not
strengthen it's claim for respectful consid-
Grafton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

One of the things which the legislation
prohibiting discriminating rates for rail-
roads will do viii be TO put an end to the
much lower rates which importers gener-
ally pay than do home competitors. In
many cases the rate of transportation from
a European port to a point in the Missis-
sippi valley is enough lower to nearly offset
the tariff duty. For instance, salt from an
English port to Kansas City is taken at
the rate of 142. cents a hundred pounds,
when the rate from Hutchinson, Kan, zoo
miles. is 10 cents a hundred. Tin plate
from points in Wales to points en- the Mis-
souri, river pays only so per cent. OF the
rate from the Indiana gas field to the same
point. The railroad rate on cement from
New Jersey to Chicago is greater than the
rate on imported cement plus the tariff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Chicago Pos,

Chicago Post.
Now that they a, last have fine city home
suppose they will follow the usual PLAN
What's that?"
Spend their summers al the seashore and
their winters in California"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

1t is said that in the United States more
mutton and less pork is being consumed,
which fact leads an exchange to remark:
If the characters of the people are to be
nodded by the meat consumed this an
nouncement will be joyfully received"
VIII it. indeed? People may not care great
iy to be porcine in their characters, but
who wants TO be sheep?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Rockefeller is a native American and that
MIR. Carnegie is not, and ask himself
whether. after all, 1t is SO important 10
perpetuate the race in order to overcome
foreign influences.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

The Grant monument commission in New
York city is taking steps to collect sl5o.ooo
or 100000 for the purpose of erecting the
statuary which the original plans contem-
plated. The Grant monument as it stands
is so impressive in its severe simplicity
that probably observer has ever felt
that it needed ornamentation of any sort.
People who have seen how easily the ar
tistic quality of a monument may be les
sened and its general appearance cheap
ened by the addition of too much statuary
or ornamentation of an inferior charac-
ter will shiver lest the Grant memorial be
injured in this. The New York commits
sion should at least have the wisdom to
have the work put into the hands of artists.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Had Job been tried in such a way
AS we poor mortals are to-day.
His patience might have got jar
Suppose, for instance. he should ride
Wedged in for half an hour beside
The man who brings dead cigar
Into stuify. crowded carl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
Mr. Howens on After-Dinner speakers


Harper's Magazine.
The fake-humorous speaker has an easier
career than even the fake-eloquent speak,
er. Yet at any given dinner the orator who
passes out mere elocution 10 his hearers
has success almost as instant and splen-
did his clownins brother IT Is amazing
what things people will applaud when they
have the courage Of each others inepti-
tude- They Will listen. after dinner, TO any
thing but reason. They prefer also the old
speakers 10 new ones: they like the famil-
lar taps of humor. OF eloqueace: IL they
have tasted the brew before, they know
what they are going 10 get The note oil
their mood Is tolerance: but tolerance OF
the accustomed. the expected; not toler-
ance OF the novel. the surprising They
wish TO DE az rest and what taxes their
minds moiests their intellectual repose
They do not wish 10 climb any great
heights 10 reach the level OF the orator.
Perhaps. after all. they are difficult In their
torpidity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
New style.

New York Evening Sun.
Gobang--Weil. took some satisfaction in tell
Ing him what I thought OF him.
Ukerdek-But where did you himg
Gobang-I didn't him at all. 1 worked on
him by mental telerathy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

There can be little doubt that Mayor
Bookwalter acts wisely in vetoing the
plumbers inspection ordinance. Some or
dinance relative to plumbing may be neces-
sary, but an Inspector to issue licenses to
plumbers. to allow permits for plumbing
and TO inspect all plumbing work in the
city involves very extensive and compre-
heusiva system
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

II is said that the Daughters of the
American Revolution at their social gather
ings in Washington last week made more
dazzling display OF diamonds and gowns
than had been seen at any White House
reception of the season. 1t does not follow,
however. that the gran6mothers from
whom they descended ever saw diamonds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
THE HUM0RISTS.
PuHzled.

Washington Star.
You know the man who lisped In numbers
said Resgy.
"Tve heard OF him." answered Ronald. What
puzzles you7''
Il can't make up my mind whether he was a
poet or a fra ncicrs'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

The Spartansburg g. c. school teacher
who shot and killed an obstreperous pupil
the other day should retain Senator Till
man for his defense. The Tillman family
knows how Il Is.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

After long fight in the Pennsylvania
Legislature and much oratory for and
against the measure a bill has been passed
making the minimum rate of salary of
school teachers in the State SIS. That is
$s.75 week for six or eight months in the
year. And yet Pennsylvanians will won
der why they cannot secure the best edu-
cational talent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

There should be some method TO bring a
debate to end In the United States SEN
ate besides keeping the Senate in session
until single senator opposing measure
talks himself to state of collapse. as it is
proposed TO do with Senator Morgan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
Not Well Pat.


New York Weekly
she-Am the FIRST woman you ever loved?
He-Yes. Am | the first man who ever loved
you?
She 0empestuousiy)-You are insulting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

It's said that the old Earl OF Warwick
"a parsonage very histarwick)
Dismissed his physician.
A man Of posician.
For making hin drink paregarwick
Punch Bowl.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Congress will incur grave responsibility
and deserve public censure If 1t fails to
do something for the relief of the Filipnos
after Governor Taft's dispatch and the
Presidents urgent message.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Lou-Jane tells me that her fance Is worth
hundred thousand dollars. DO you believe ng
Ehs-He must be worth more than that. Why.
ne paid taxes on twenty-five thousand without q
murmur.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Outing several unpleasant weeks this city
enjoyed a disagreeable notoriety as being
perhaps the only one where grave-robbing
had been systematically and extensively
practiced. Now Ii appears there are others
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

When legislative bodies in all the States
reach the point that the man who is sent
to state prison 4 the third time shall
stay there the rest of his life the careers
OF the worst criminals, like Knapp, viii
be cut short and human lives will be saved
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
Gossip.

lis II true that the elder Miss Bullion Is to
marry her fathers clerk
''oh. yes. l understand he threatened
with discharge II ne didn't accept"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Answers.

Little Boy-That ink that papa writes with
isn't indelible ink. is it. mother!
Mother-No.
I'm glad Of that
''Why?'
I've split II all over the carpet"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

A New England woman who wrote for
SIR. Bok's magazine has been burned to
death. Really. was the crime deserving of
si,eh punishment?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

man had stopped falling before he went On his
way.
The man unused:
According the cid adage. I should be
lost by this time. because I hesitated- How
ever, | prefer my present condition and insist
that acted for the best"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

the soldiers monument True. there is no
talk OF erecting such a building now, but
it is only "A question OF time when there
will be. The buildings on Monument Place
should be as nearly OF uniform height as
practicable. and none should be higher
than the Columbia Club building. 1t would
be fine thing If they could all be OF the
same general type of architecture.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

IOUISVILLE-C T. Deering. northwest corner
Of Third and Jefferson streets: Louisville Book
Co, - Fourth avenue. and Bluefeld Bros. AZ
West Market street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

DAYTON. OIL. ". wiIkie. So South Jefferson
street.
COLUMBUS. o.-viaduct News Stand. ss4 High
street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
CHE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW yORk-Astor House.
CHscAGO-PaImer House. p o. News Co, 2f7
Dearborn street; Auditorium Annex Hotel
Dearborn Station News Stand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

WASHINGTON. ID. C.-Riggs House, Ebbttt
House. Fairfax Hotel. Willard Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

DENVER, Coi.-Louthain & Jackson. Fiftesnth
and Lawrence streets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
job could NOT s,.na II.

I've split it all over the carpet"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-09-30

With this wonderful OF the man, life the new
thought the question Of the education coming
the foreground There feeling that practical
reached along the lines of doing living given
studies of seemingly little value.
What is, the kind of a world he in and how to best oct
through such world the important facts Time
cation was class Distinction the
and hence the dead languages held large place now ed
cation the and with these know every
thing and not be able to do anything That may professional
scholar but the practical scholar
Tins question agang the colored people both
SOUTH and not strange that the generally minds think that
be educated they study Creek that the indus
trial training and the branches English taught uske
school will tend reard the progress race in the social and
political world That feeling strongly treatment
Booker Washington Boston, white people who
share these ideas.
The home is the unit the the SOUL the cono-
the social order What the people will he
Industry the normal life of mankind To own homes
the @ and greatest need of the coored and this
derstand and be able to do all the kinds of
the garden and field and in this there positive
body be made strong by many exercise the mind is ed-
cateds called outby skilled industry house
keeper the good farmer, has trained mind
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-09-30

less, dependent women and children.
His call for aid was natural enough
and his choice of Kennedy, daring,
dashing lad who had learned to ride
in Galway, was the best that could
be made. No peril could daunt the
light-hearted fellow, already proud
wearer of the medal of honor; but,
duty done, it was Kennedy s-creed
that the soldier merited reward and
relaxation. If he went to bed at '.F'
troops barracks, there would be
more of the majors good grub
and rye. 1t he went down to
hook after the gallant steed he
loSed-saw to it that Kilmaine
was rubbed down, bedded, given album
daIt hay, and later water-sure, then,
with clear conscience, he could accept
tlie majors bid" and call again on
his bedward way and toast the ma
jor to his Irish hearts and stomach's
content. Full of pluck and fight and
enthusiasm, and only quarter full, he
would insist, of rye, was Kennedy
as lie strobe whistling down the we'll
remembered road to the flats, for he,
with Capt. Truscott's famous troop,
had served some months at Frayne
before launching forth to Indian
story land in the shadows of the Big
Horn range. Kennedy, in fact, es-
sayed to sing when once out of ear
shot of the guard-house, and singing,
he strolled on past the fork of the
winding road where he found he
should have turned to his right, and
in the fullness of his heart went
striding southwark down the slope,
past the once familiar haunt. the
store, now dark and deserted, past
the big house of the post trader, past
the traders roomy stables and cor
raj, and so wendell his moonlit way
along the Rawlins srail, never not
ing until he had chantcd over half a
mile and most of the songs he knew,
that Frayne was well behind him
and the rise to the Medicine Bow in
front. Then Kennedy began to laugh
and call himself names, and then, as
he turned about to retrace his steps
by short cut over the bottom, he
was presently surprised, but in no
wise disconnected, to find himself face
to face with Il painted Sioux. There
by the path side, cropping the dewey
grass. was the trained pony. Here,
lounging by the trail, the thick black
braids of hair interlaced with beads.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-09-30
Swan IL Royal Fowl.

In England, under an old law still in
force, the swan is Il royal fowl, as
whales and surgeons are royal fish.
All swans the property whereof is not
otherwise definable, when within the
British dominions, belong to the king
by virtue of this prerogative. When
swans are lawfully taken into the pos
session of private person such per-
son may be said to have a property in
them; but if they be at liberty they
belong to the crown. Formerly it was
necessary for persons who wished to
keep these royal fowls" to obtain a
swan mark, which was granted by the
crown, and which could not be legally
impressed without grant or prescrip-
ton. The ma liked swan law still holds
good, and it is felony to take swans
which arc lawfully marked, even
though they be at large, as it is a
felony to take unmarked swans which
are kept near dwelling house.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-09-30
CHAPTER III.

Comfortcd by abundant food, re-
freshed and stimulated by more than
two OF three enthusiastic toasts to
the health of the major, the men so
loved. Trooper Kennedy, like born
Dragon and son of the ould sod, be-
thought him of the gallant bay that
had borne him bravely and with hard
ly halt all the long way from Beech
CT to Frayne. The field telegraph had
indeed been stretched, but it afforded
more fun for the Sioux than aid to
the outlying posts on the Powder and
Little Horn, for it was down 10 DAYS
out of 10. Plodder, lieutenant colonel
of infantry commanding at Beccher,
had been badly worried by the ugly
demonstrations of the Indians for ten
days past. He was forever seeing in
minds eye the hideous details of the
massacre at Fort Phil Kearney, few
miles further on around the shoulder
of the mountains, planned and carried
out by Red Cloud with such dreadful
success in '67. Plodder had strong
men at his back, whom even hordes of
painted Sioux could never stampede,
but they We're few in number, and
there were those ever present help
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-09-30
Ravens 200 Years Old.

Is it true or not another
curious and current belief-that the
raven lives to an immense age, some
say to 100 or even to 300 years?
Old Hesiod is the father of the be-
lief, and he is supported, more or
less, by a host of ancient writer's,
the elder Pliny, Cicero, Aristophanes,
Horace, Ovid and Ausonius.
Popular opinion in modern times
quite agrees with them, as expressed
in the Highland proverb, somewhat
modified from Hesiod:
Thrice the life of a dog is the life of a
horse,
Thrice the life of a horse is the life of a
man,
Thrice the life of man is the life of a
Thrice the life of stag is the life of a
raven.
There cannot be so much smoke
without some fire behind it, and /
am inclined to think that raven
does live to a great age for bird,
and that Horace's epithet for the
raven, annosus, and Tennyson's
many wintercd crow are justified
by facts.
But the belief in it's extreme age
rests, l suspect, on one of it's most
touching characteristics, its intense
hereditary attachment to the spot, a
particular cliff, particular grove, a
particular tree, where it's ancestors.
where itself, and where it's young
have been born and breu. Nineteenth
Century.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-09-30
THE SHIPS OF TIME.

There's wonderful fleet, sailing one by
one,
Der measureless, painless sea;
1t carries a freight
More precious in weight
Than the wealth Of an argosy.
The vessels are trim, and strong. and
safe,
And they bravely breast the gale;
They ride with ease
The widest seas
With never a broken sail.
Their way is straight as the narrow path,
For their compass is always true;
And their prows point high
To the sunlit sky
AS they ride the waters blue.
With no loss Of its priceless store;
And 1t never fails
OF the port it sails
On that distant, unknown shore.
These ships are the years that breast
the tide
OF the turbulent sea of time;
And faithful fulfill
The Fathers will
In mans destiny sublime.
They leave behind light in their wake
@HAOAS " uG ti1oil llie puoSpIlOI SlOWp
For they usher the day
And they show the way
OF God ON this earth below.
The books arc kept by an angels hand,
There is never an item lost
Not a hope nor a fear,
\ Not a prayer nor q tear.
While the boundless sea is crossed.
But the day will come when the ocean of
time
Will swell and beat no more:
And the last ship ride
Ger a dying tide
To that distant, unknown shore.
When the storm-swept years have un-
loaded their freight
The souls and the deeds of men;
When the last sun sets,
When vain are regrets,
What will the reckoning be then?
Jennie l.. Lyall, in Christian Work.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-09-30

slashing handwriting at glance, for
both had seen and remarked it be-
fore. 1t was Nanette Flowers.
Dropping the envelope on the table
he had found it on the foor-Webb
led the way to the open air. There
was no time to compare views. There
stood the sergeant.
Sir" said he, with snap of the
gloved left hand at the brown tube
nesting in the hollow of the shoulder,
Number Five reports that he has
heard galloping hoofbeats up the
bench twice in the last half hour, and
thought he saw distant horsemen-
three-couldn't say whether they
We're Indians or cowboys.
Very good, sergeant" was the
majors brief answer. "Scnd for the
telegraph operator and my orderly"
The sergeant turned.
"One moment" called Ray-"your
pardon, major-my first sergeant, too,
and-sergeant, have any sentries re-
ported horses taken out from the
stables to-night?"
"Not one, sir,s' and stanch and
sturdy, the commander of the guard
stood ready to vouch for his men.
"That's all!'
A quick salute, face to the right
about and the sergeant was gone.
Webb turned and looked inquiringly
at Ray.
II asked, sir,' was that officers
brief explanation, because wherever
Field has gone he wore riding dress"