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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

bank in the city. 10 would require "a large
company of men % go from any one bank 10
all the other banks. presenting claims AMI
settling them. Hundreds. II not thousands,
OF men would bc occupied with the work. IL
would bee almost physically impossible 10
clean Up the banking Transactions OF the
community each day. The clearing house -
the place where tae messengfr of each bank
says 60 the clerk 81 every other bank. you
as go much money. and here are tire
checks OF yours that We cashed yesterday"
and he hands them over.
The Cle-k % each bauk knows what each
OF tho other banks owes his institution be-
fore the cioaflngs begin. When the messen-
claims of tho other banks be knows what his
own owes the Others Each clerk fDots up
what the other hanks owe MS and what his
bank owes the others and III goes down on
the clearing house books. The debts and
credits must b. equal. because the sum total
what IS due. and the clearing house SAYS 10
the banks.
"An right, don't go 10 the trouble and
bother OF carting "a lot OF money around
town in paving one another of. Nou
hanks that owe The others money send 10
Then we y may it ont to those 10 whom Il
IS owed. Send 10 In the largest Kind of
notes or rertihcrtes that you can get.
The daily transactions Of tue Clearing
House. therefore, consists % two functions.
the first Of exchanging the checks that tie
banks hold against one another and al as
ceTtaining how much balance each bank is
10 nay or receive from each other bank
these balances being assumed by the Clear
ing House and. second or neyng or re-
due IN the aggregate. When the payments
are made every cent that has come 10 the
Clearing House is paid out and the cash
drawer Is bare until the next day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Miss Gladys Deacon American girl, amazed
a scientist whom she met recently at a London
dinner parity The scientist narrated in great
detail to the girl a series of experiments he
was conducting with the mcrophone. The mi
crophone," he explained, 'magnifies sound TO
the ear the microscope magnifes objects to
the eye The footballs Of centipede heard
through the microphone resemble tattoo on a
kettle drum. The dropping OF a pin is like the
report of a cannon THAT is very interesting
and odd" said Miss Deacon. This afternoon,
resumed the scientist, Il caught fly and stud
led its note. The note resembled the neighing of
a horse" Perhaps" said the young girl, lit
was a horsely. Minneapolis Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Governor Taft docs not think the people
are prepared yet for government. He
says they certainly are not in a condition
to govern themselves al present, and to
make a prediction on the subject would be
looking too far into the future. He evil
IDENTIFY thinks the present duty of the
United States is TO give the islands the best
government possible and assist in training
and preparing the people for self-govern-
ment. leaving future problems for future
solution. His testimony shows that the
United States has accomplished a great
work in the Philippines and that it still
has a great work in hand.
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LARGE MONEY TRANSACTIONS.
Where the Sum Of $2f4.OOC.O 600
Changes Hands Daily.

Franklin Matthews, in Harper's Weekly.
1t is through the medium of this great in
stitution that in the fifty years OF its ex-
istence more than 81 900 10000 OF debts
of the business world. as recorded i'm bank
ing transactions IN New York city have
been settled. The figures staggcr the imasi-
nation. and really mean little more than
so many digits.
The total transactions of tho year ending
Sept. 30. 1909, were i'm round numbers. S7i.-
l5OGO0,O0O The average daily transactions
were S244.0c0000. The largest transactions
OF any one day OF the year were 92.00)Oo0
on Jan. 8 1853. The smallest transactions
were Sl07O00O0o. on April n, 1915 The larg-
est transactions on record occurred on May
u 1901. when the exchanges and balances
amounted To- more than sS209oO00 The
largest balances-that Is. the sum of actual
money that the banks must exchange
through the clearing house. 10 clear up their
debts to one another. occurred on Jan. q.
1895. when nearly S25.o0o000 In cash passed
through the clearing house from one bank
10 another.
Now, how does a clearing house do its
work? Every bank In its daily business ac-
cumulates checks on practically every other
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26
The Science of Light.

Cheap commercial acetylene gas was discov-
cred by accident. Wilson scientific expert
menter. believed that nearly all metallic oxides
could be reduced TO a metallic state by heating
them to an extremely high temperature by the
votaic in the presence of free carbon. Alum
mum had been successfully reduced in this way.
Mr. Wilson wished to obtain metallic calcium.
He therefore mixed quantity of quicklime
with pulverized coke, and brought the mixture
to a high temperature by the action of the vol
taic arc He expected to obtain white metal.
but instead he appeared TO produce nothing but
Stag This was thrown into the yard. and one
day at while the boys were having their
luncheon they picked up these bits of Stag and
threw them at each other. One piece fell into
a pail of water. and produced bubbng effect
and strong odor. This attracted Mr.. Will
sons attention and upon investigation he found
that the strong smelling gas was extremely in
lammabe. Further investigation revealed that
it pure acetyene gas.-Sir Hiram Maxim
c. L.. NJ. f. in Harper's Weekly.
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kimi ga 20 wa
Chiyo nj yachiyo nj
Sazare ishi 10
twao TO nsTile
kOke no musu made.
Expert Advice on Health.

Doctor said New York gentleman 70 his
family physician not long since. Il find am
using too much coffee. and maybe just little
too much tobacco. What do you advise me to
DO? / want to stop these habits. but don't seem
20 be able to. II stop coffee can't work
u CHANGED that the physician addressed was
"a man wise enough TO be above mysteries or de-
certions. Ny friend. said he. "a great many
people ask me that question in the course OF a
year. | tell them al just what l tell you-don t
try TO quit your coffee your tobacco. IL that
would Inconvenience YOU in your work. Just get
out OF doors often enough that YOU can stand
your coffee and your tobacco. Then you'll be
all right."-Fieid and Stream.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

A dispatch from Columbia, Mo-, says that
the head of the department of horticulture
in Missouri University claims to have dis
covered a new method OF growing mush-
rooms that may make them as cheap as
potatoes. After several years of expert
menting he says he has discovered that new
crops can be grown from the tissue of
mushroom heads The alleged discovery
will doubtless prove a mushroom one in A
double sense. Mushrooms are the fruiting
body of a fungus whose roots run through
the soil like slender white threads. The
mushroom propagates itself. when il ma
lures, by dropping fine inky substance on
the soil which furnishes the germ of the
root The only way of cutivating mush-
rooms is by planting the spawn" or
thready substance matted in soil, when, if
the conditions are favorable, it will ger
inmate. To say that mushrooms ean-be
raised from the tissue of mushroom heads"
is about as if one should claim that apples
can be raised from the peeling or walnuts
from the shells
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

The intelligence of the dog suffered somewhat
by an Athens narrative in which it is made to
appear that an old dog owned by F. Hocomb
recently engaged with a RATHER on the low
grounds near the town, and was severely bitten
Mr. Holcomb was familiar with the formula
for snake bites. He had some of the medicine on
hand consisting of whisky and quinine mixed
in quantities TO suit. Opening the dogs jaws
he turned a liberal dose down him. Two or
three days elapsed during which the animal was
unable to walk straight. Yet he seemed not to
have any pain. and, in fact appeared to enjoy
himself But at last he sober again One
would naturally think that having been bitten
once he would have fought shy of the swamp
afterward but the moment he was able to navi-
gate he was back among the Dogs again watch.
ing for more snakes This is why he seems I'M
ellisent.-Detroit Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Mayor Mcclellan. of New York, delivered
an address before a city Club few nights
ago I'm which he frankly avOwed himself
partisan and said: las such 1 feel that L
have been placed in office, not to serve the
interest of my party, except as the party
may derive benefit by the good administra-
ton of the city's affairs That is good
an official who owes his election to Tam
many? BY the way, President Hayes ex-
pressed the same idea more tersely when
he said, 'he serves his party best who
serves his country best"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
The UnexpIainabIe Compass.

Among those provinces of nature which seem
to us especially designed for the OF
man. is striking than the seeming
magnetism of the earth. What would our civ
ilization have been il the mariners compass
had been known? That Columbus could
never have crossed the Atlantic is certain; in
what generation since his time continent
would have been discovered is doubtful. The
fact that tie earth acts like magnet that the
needle points to the NORTH has been gener-
ally known to navigators for nearly thou
sand years, and is said to have been known
to the Chinese at a yet earlier period. And
yet, to-day. if any professor of physical science
is asked to explain the magnetic property of
the earth. he win acknowledge his inability to
do to his own satisfaction.-Simon Newcomb.
in Farper's Magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26
Life i'm Liquid Air.

In recent experiments on bacteria DR.. Allan
Macfayden, director of the Jenner Institute in
London, has found that some of these micro
scoPic plants Will resume activity after inn
meI sion in liquid air for six months Evidently
life under conditions of this sort is potential
rather than actual and exists only i'm virtue
of the possibility of its revival Matter that
lives thus while frozen must be. DR.. Macfadyen
thinks lin a and hitherto unclaimed
third condition." between life and death and
furnishes with an absolutely perfect case
OF suspended animation" 1t is evidently no
longer possible to- maintain that the low tenn
perature of space would have prevented the
arrival of living germs with cosmic dust, which
suggested by Heimhoz, the great Ger
man physicist. and others. possible way
in which life may have been introduced on
the earth.-Success.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26
A BATCH OF LITTLE STORIES.


There two sisters living up in my State"
said Senator Burrows, of Michigan, who were
fond of each other and all that, but who worried
constantly about the two great schools of med-
cine One pinned her faith to allOpathy and the
other to homeopathy. One day there was great
excitement in the family of the lady who be-
lieved in homeopathy. and II was soon announced
that she was the mother OF bouncing twin boys.
THE other sister came down in a hurry.
Well she said. now you see what's happened.
wanted you to have allopathic doctor.
After this. l fancy you will listen to me- "
-PhiIadelnhia Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

The people of New York are trying to get
the street car companies TO heat the cars
a thing which has never been done i'm the
metropolis. And the street car companies
give this amusing excuse for not complying:
only empty cars are cold; our cars are
nearly always full. When a car is full of
people. the heat from their bodies makes
the cars very comfortable. If We put in a
heating system the cars would be too
warm This is one of the most ingenious
sophistries ever voiced by a selfish cor
poratiOn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Col. Arthur Lynch, the only political pris-
oner in England. has been liberated on
parole after one years imprisonment. This
was predicted at the time of his sentence.
He was first condemned to death; then his
sentence was commuted to life imprison-
ment. Thus was the dignity of the English
law upheld The death penalty satisfied the
imperialsts: the release quiets the Irish and
the little Englanders." Britain would hard
ly have dared to execute Colonel Lynch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

dreds OF pollies put into training and scores
OF them appeared in st. James's Hall to show
how well they could voice the free fooders' con-
tention. There plenty of swearing and
shrieking and the winner was a gray African.
and when nc said his Your food will cost you
more" after five minutes profound fiscal re-
fection. his judgment greatly impressed both
his feathered and unfeathered auditors. except
hen parrot. which angrily shouted back.
You're a liar,'f
Presumably this indignant dissenter was
Chamberlain bird.-Newspaperdo
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A Wrong Diagnosis.

The Oficious Passenger-Excuse me. sir; but
we have little bet up. which you may be able
to settle for Now, l appeal to you, as a
married man
The Party Addressed-But 1 not married
I am a darned fool of an automobilist, who tried
to run over an OK cart loaded with Jagged rocks
and covered with a thin spreading of hay, fixed
up by an honest and suffering agrculturist
for the express purpose of fooling just such
fools as l am-that's what makes me look so
bad-Tffe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26
Japan's National Song

Few Europeans have learned to detect and en-
joy the subtle beauty OF Japanese poetry Fewer
still. perhaps. acquainted with the delicate
charm OF the little poem which. although not
hymn takes the place in Japanese minds and
hearts of Brtons ''God Save the King" or
the Americans MY Country. tbs of Thee" II
is sung TO a native air the custom being to
sing the poem through thrice and when thus
rendered by a large and enthusiastic company
it is often truly impressive. The poem itself
is very Old being found in the 'Manyoshiu,"
which dates from about the middle of the eighth
century. and its author is unknown. As orig
inally composed It not addressed TO the
actual ruler but in all probability TO an En-
peror who had gone into retirement. Now. how
ever. it, is exclusively applied to the reigning
sovereign. The poem consists OF the usual num-
Der OF thirty-one syables. and runs as follows
Kim ga 20 wa
Chiyo nj yachiyo nj
SazaTe iShi
TO narile
koke musu made.
So far as we are aware only two English
TRANSACTIONS have been published one Of these
is by Viscount Fukuba, and. closely following
the original, reads follows:
May our sovereign live for thousands and ten
thousands Of years. until the tiny pebble be-
comes a moss-covered rock From "A Hand
book OF Modern Japan
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Never Satisf ed.

My husband" complains the wife. us so
Puritancal! He does not believe in theaters,
dancing. card playlng. clubs, or any OF the
modern forms of amusement"
"Indeed? murmurs the confdant. But
(soothingIy) you should remember that you took
him for better or worse"
Il know; and / can't help thinking how much
better it would be IL he were worse Judge
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

should be allowed 70 look like those of
A city ordinance requires that the side
walks be kept clear OF snow, and a little
prodding such as Mayor Hotzman has
given the householders will doubtless bring
the desired result
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26
Disappointment.

81 hope" said the ducal bridegroom,
iously, as he boarded the Cunarder with his
American bride, that your diamonds are safe
in your bag"
My dear" replied she, II not the first
of our family to marry into the British nobility
My aunt married duke. Ny diamonds are safe
at home in papa's vault Town Topics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Winston Churchill is writing a new his
torical novel which, he says, has been de-
layed a year on account of his entrance
into politics. Hurrah for politics. Does
not this answer the question what shall
we do with our historical novelsts?''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

The London Lancet has come to the
rescue of the slandered plum pudding
English physicians have recently spoken
and written against this time-honored in
stitution, saying that it was indigestible
unwholesome and non-nutritious. The Lam
Get says the doctors don't know what they
are talking about, and that settles it. The
plum pudding will still occupy the place of
honor at English Christmas dinners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

The London Daily Mail is responsible for
the following alarming statement: Before
returning TO America yesterday Mr. Bryan
purchased a number of Irish shillelahs"
There will be something doing at that ST.
Louis convention, after all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

AS you turn up your collar over your ears
and stamp the snow from your benumbed
feet. remember that the sugar trees will be
tapped in a week or two; that in two
months the crocus will be in bloom, and
that in three months the baseball season
will begin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

King Peter OF Servia evinces a desire TO
get of his throne before IL slips out from
under him and lets him down into the
basement. 1t is a frisky article Of furni-
ture. that Servian throne. ard Peter can
not be blamed for wanting more comfort
able seat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26
Scientific Relief.

The famous old woman who lived in shoe,
And had so many children she didn't know what
TO do.
Attended, along with quite few others
Similarly troubled. Congress of Mothers,
And heard such number of papers there read.
That when she got home her children were dead.
Life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Some Russian sympathizers condemn the
good will which the white nations are
showing for "a yellow race" True. the
Japanese are yellow. but they are frankly
yellow. while In the opinion of most people
which they are trying to hide. Take your
ch0fcq
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Commenting on Mr.. Bryan's insistence
that the Democratic national convention
shall reaffirm the Kansas City platform,
Colonel Breckenridge. of Kentucky, says
in the Lexington Herald that 'if Mr.. Bryan
succeeds in controlling the convention and
in forcing it to adopt such a platform and
nominate such ticket the canvass will be
practically over on the day of nomination"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

A music writer named Houlihan went mad
because he could not write a popular song
and began to bite people. 1t is very sad,
but, after all. perhaps it was just a ques-
ton of his going mad himself driving his
friends mad with his songs. "Hiawatha'
and "Bedelia' are constant reminders that
success is often worse than failure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

1t is said that the country is losing a
OF the militia because they cannot afford
the outlay required to outfit themselves.
II this is true, the army is getting alto
gether too gaudy. Lack of wealth should
keep no man from serving his country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Archduke Ferdinand. of Austria. will for
get his love affairs in foreign travel having
been persuaded by noble and influential rel
atives to give up his dream of happiness.
Youthful royalty often makes the mistake
of considering itself human-which it is not
1t is an artificial, barbaric, cruel anomaly
constituted for it's own suffering, the an
nOyance of the world and the amusement of
the angels. Poor Frauein Czuberl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

There is an alarming report to the effect
that 100000 rounds of ammunition recently
purchased by the War Department have
been found defective. And just when Co
iombia Is medtating an invasion too. If
Colombia hears this news. we may expect
to hear the sound of heavy firing of Mole
ST. Nicholas almost any dark night now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

At any rate. it is very friendly on the
part of Japan and Russia to stir UP trouble
In the far East just at the time when the
United States is anxious to test the eff
cheney of the new Pacific cable as a quick
avenue Of information from the scene of
hosfi1ities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Russia is deeply offended because the
United States made treaty with China
without first getting the permission CT the
Car. Why, pray? Cannot this country
make treaties without asking permission
from any power on earth?
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

The Bryanites and the Hearstites will. it is
said. unite in demanding government owner
ship OF railroads. So Il is socialism that the
Olneyites. the Clevelandites and the Parker
ties will have to fight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

George Fred Williams confesses that If we
went to war with Colombia ne would be
inclined to join the Colombian army. Well,
the quality of franlzness is something. even
IN 81 Copperhead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Germany is likely to have serious trouble
in suppressing the native insurrection in
Africa. She has little or no experience in
dealing with semi-barbarous tribes, and
her trained soldiers will not adapt them
selves readily to savage warfare.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Harvard University had a deficit of $4,000
last year. But oil does not flow in the di-
rection of Massachusetts,, and Harvard's
president has not learned the secret OF ex-
tracing millions from them that own the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

Is it really Panama that Senator Morgan
proposes TO annex? Why the people had
vague notion all along that Morgan thought
Panama should be given back to Colombia.
and that it was not good place for canal.
anyhow, Is 1t possible that the senator
meant Nicaragua. and not Panama?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26

A Berlin telegram states that Germany
"a
ms discovered that France has declined to
give Russia any armed aid. should a war be-
tween Russia and Japan lead to interference
by Great Britain. So much for treatiesl