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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-27

He Is clerk In a railroad Office, but he ought
TO be in Congress
DR.. Hale. chaplain OF the Senate went TO the
State Department to pay his respects 70 Secre-
tary Hay, not knowing II diplomatic day.
AS he approached messenger halted him aad
asked: Are you a foreign minister. sir?' The
chaplain replied saying: NO. I am a domestic
minister" and departed on learning how the Sec
rotary was occupied.
d. z. Thompson, United States minister 70
Brazil. at time was brakeman on the Bur
lngton road in Nebraska He promoted from
time TO time. and being OF thrifty habit long
gave up railroading 10 look after shrewd invest
ments he had made His fortune expanded rap
idly under wise management and is rated
well UP the millions.
The appearance OF a substantial volume con-
tanning selections from the speeches and writ
ings OF Mark Hanna is another reminder that he
left behind him something more than a memory.
His "reminiscences OF William Mckinley the
chief feature OF the book. and these supple
mented by his contributions 10 the discussion OF
the labor question. The book is likely TO live as
a curiosity OF literaturs and as sample Of the
quality of one of the conspicuous OF his day
and generation.
After the civil war Robert Tyler, Of Virginia,
found himself in poverty. James Buchanan heard
OF his condition and aug 3, 1869 sent him
check for sl.000. Although / could not approve
of your course in favor OF the secessionists.
wrote the ex-President, yet / have never
doubted the sincerity of your belief and the
purity Of your motives. Thank God! the war is
over, and the Union has not been broken May
His infinite mercy preserve 1t for ages to GOMEZ
My health is good for man in his seventy-hfth
year" Tyler thanked MI. Buchanan warmly for
his kindness. bat returned the check.
David Watson Stevenson. Scottish sculptor OF
note. died in Edinburgh recently at the age OF
sixty-two. He was a native of Ratio, Midlothian,
and was educated at the schools Of the board OF
manufactures and the Royal Scottish Academy
of which he was member for thirty years. He
began artist at the early age of fifteen; his
first important work the bronze group rep
resenting Labor, in the Scottish national Prince
Consort memorial, dore in 1868, ard followed the
next year by the group representing Learning.
He executed commissions fer public statues in
various cities. including in Baltimore; and
recently had made bronze statue of Robert
Burns for Leith and life-size bronze sta-ue Of
Robert Louis Stevenson, TO whom he was related
by blood. The British who's Who has an odd
item in its brief sketches Of ''Recreations; that
OF Sculptor Stevenson reads: Served voiun-
teer for twenty five years. retiring with the rank
of major" This reads like Scotch humor.
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Was Edwin brood Thrown from the
TOwers

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
1t is evident, from the selections OF the Judges
that in their opinion. Edwin brood was. muir
dered By being thrown from the cathedral tower
to the floor of the cathedral-or. at least. thrown
there after being stranged. When experts have
spoken it is probably discreet for the un,nitiats
TO be silent but the human reason is always
given to questioning the decree Of authority
IN matters OF opinions. and l find myself unable
TO believe that solution reasonable or credible
1t must be remembered that the murder had
long been planned. that 1t was intended TO be
absolutely undscoverable AND untraceable:, that
it meant to leave IL an open question
whether Edwin had not run away from his
brice-rnuch more likely turn her heart away
from him than the pity inspired by his murder
would be-that the throwing suspicion Neville
was an afterthought. meant TO punish him for
admiring Rosa; that the storm was an unfore-
seen accident Jasper planned for no struggle.
no chance for cry for help. blood stains.
To hurl his victim, whether dead or living, from
the tower gallery to the cathedral floor would
have involved numerous chances for discovery.
would have been absolutely certain TO leave
blood stains Besides. for a carry
drag another man az large himself through
the cathedral and down the stairs OF the crypt
would have been difficult. and. since the dead
man was crushed and mangled. 10 leave Q
trail of blood.
On tho point of how the murder was done.
IL appears TO me that the only possible method
consistent with Jasper's character and with the
intimations given by Dickens. Is that he mred
Edwin TO the crypt-very possibly taking him up
the tower first, 20 see the storm. perhaps
making that the pretense, but seeking the tower
by way OF the crypt. as Jasper and DurdIes did.
and strangling the poor young fellow On the
way through. In either case. Jasper strangled
his nephew, close TO the spot In the crypt where
he meant to inclose him in one OF the old tombs.
covering him with Quicklrne 70 destroy identity
strangled him with that black silk neckcloth.
The only key he procured was that OF the crypt
The supposition Of one successful gueseer that
the two men struggled all over the outside or
the cathedral tower. tearing leads from the roof
and breaking the hands from the clock. pre-
supposes that the two men had wingE and
fought in the air.
Greenfield, Ind, March %.
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Candy and Education.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
AS corner drug store lounger OF illustrious
constancy. / have had opportunity to be i'm
candy on the way 20 school. az the recess hour.
and on the way home from school. The general
diet or the school child under twelve years OF
age to be candy IL the average drug
store confectionery were pure sugar. this steady
consumption OF candy by little children
animation OF such sweets reveals evil proper
tions OF terra-alba and glucose. the situation
is surely threatening. What kind OF and
women can develop from boys and girls who
robbed Of good digestion before they grown
by the inconsiderate indulgence OF indifferent or
lazy parents A wise school teacher says she
has observed that young parents Of the present
day purchase quiet and peaceable behavior from
their turbulent children by money gifts. because
they too indolent TO exert necessary infiu-
ence and authority OF the old-fashioned. legti-
mate order. Year by year increase OF popula-
ton and resultant increase Of competition make
the battle of life on this pleasant globe harder
battle to fight What. then. do parents mean
who seriously handicap their children by feed
ing their children. from two 10 twelve years OF
age. with impure candy? Filial respect and
honor are fine things. principles go. but in
the truest analysis father mother is en-
titled to any respect or honor which he or she.
in guidance OF the chsd's life. has not earned.
Indianapolis. March "a. w. W.
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Quay's Big Cigar.

Senator ouay's physician Is putting HIN
through a course Of treatment part Of which 10
diet and restriction in smoking. He has ordered
the senator not to smoke more than half
cigar day.
The other day a friend In the senator's
private Office when Mr.. Quay said: "wsll.
think I will have my daily smoke. The doctor
only allows me half a cigar" With that he
opened the drawer in his desk and pulled oEt .
big black Havana nearly foot in length. With
a grin the senator carefully measured the cigar.
drew a PENCIL mark exactly the middle ana
started In on his half smoke which lasted nearly
all afternoon.
why don't you change doctors?' asked his
visitor.
"Oh. no." said the senator. "a new Doctor
might of the cigars altogether. Washing.
ton F.et
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stood before that semi-circle OF wise and cum
ming Indian sachems. who came unarmed 10
smoke the pipe OF peace and commune with the
white man. he soiemnly addressed them.
My friends--we have on the broad path
way Of good faith. We all one flesh and
blood Being brethren. no advantage shall be
taken either side. When disputes arise
will settle them in council. Between US there
shall be nothing but openness and love"
The savage Of Adam dwelt on these
strange words from the white man and they
made answer:
While the rivers and the sun shines
we will live in peace with the children Of Will
liam Penn"
The peace platform OF les2-gsntleness. justice
and benevolence-is most assuredy not a bad
model for the wise who seek to adjust the
labor troubles OF 1904. PRESTO.
Terre Haute. March %.
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tances and that these occurrences are COM
mented on in the Chinese press. He says
further that the harsh construction OF the
immigration laws led to the holding of in
dignation meetings of Chinese merchants,
many Of whom gave up exhibitions they
were intending to make at the st. Louis
exposition.
Mr.. Wong Kai Kah treats the question
from commercial and trade point of
view. There is no appeal to humanity or
sentiment Americans are simply advised TO
bring their common sense and business
sense to bear on the subject and ask them
selves If it is wise to continue to heap dis
abilities and indignities on the representa-
tive men Of a country whose trade they are
anxious to obtain
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The South is waking up to its shortcom-
mgs In a very sensible and courageous
manner. Those States want white i'm
migration. and do not get it, The Whining
ton On. Co. Star is not backward about
selling why: .As long as we lynch in the
we are wasting time in establishing immi-
grafton bureaus. People will be deferred
from inmigrating to a State where a big
murder record is made, year in and year
out OF this the Charleston News and
Courier says. that is the plain truth
plainly spoken" Southern newspapers are
Beginning to indicate a growth of healthy
sentiment.
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"A fellow down in my State" said Represent.
alive Adamson. left a provision in his viii
that his widow and children should furnish the
guests OF the hotel which they hac been con-
Quoting with chicken pie every day during the
year. and IL is my understanding that the last
request has been religiousiy carried out.
II might manage to pull through with chicken
pie every day In the year. but I baik on this
'moonshine' bakers bread which is iadled out st
every home and hotel In Washington 1 was
raised on cornbread and biscuits. the oid-fash-
toned kind by Jinks. want one CT the other. IL
Is said that man can't live on bread alone. and
/ think ! would peter out In six weeks time II
was forced to partake OF the mconshine stun a. .
steady diet.
'How's that7 Yes. it's fact about the old
fellow and the viii. and Snishville. where tho
hotel is. has long been favorite place. and the
hotel is popular with transfers.. but regulars
don't stay long for the thought OF having to
feast on chicken pie every day kinder goes
against their stomaehs: a. reaches the point
where ghosts OF ROSTERS. old hens and frying
chickens perform nocturnal dances on their AL
dom>ns "-wsshington Tsmes-
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Rulings on Animals.

Secretary shaw's decision that frogs are poui-
try, and subject TO duty recalls the story of tho
passenger and a guard on an English railway
car. who were having heated discussion over
whether the traveller should pay fare on a dog
that accomps MED him. the guard insisting that
the rules OF tho road demanded that the animal
have ticket. Another passenger produced .
turtle from his pocket. and sarcastically asked
the guard IL he would not require a fare to be
paid for that animal well. The guard an
swered that he would inquire and report later.
Soon after he came back TO the carriage and de-
livered himself OF the following: Cats IL dogs.
and rabbits Is dogs. but tcrtoysss' is frogs. ana
frogs is hinsects. and they rides free"-Aryo-
naut.
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sunny days with the idea that they will
then get rid of their colds and other win
ter ailments, and who have been taught
that sunlight is the most powerful sani-
tary agent known, are respectfully in
formed that according to the latest scien-
ufic discovery exposure to the suns rays
is a predisposing factor in coryza, infiu-
enza, hay fever and epidemic meningitis.
Instead of fleeing to the north when hay
fever season arrives. persons who are SUBJ
ject TO the disease, 1t would seem according
to this, should merely pull down the blinds
or take the shady side Of the street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-27

Late advices from the Philippines state
t.iat the church question is practically set
tied. The friar lands question. from having
been paramount issue. has become dead
one and the friars themselves back num-
Der. There are only about 800 of them left
IN the islands. and they not in a po-
sition to give any trouble. The purchase
of their lands by the government rounds
out an epoch and redeems the chief promise
Of the United States to the natives The
three American bishops now there are re-
organizing the Catholic Church on Ameri-
can lines and cooperating heartily with the
civil authorities in promoting the educa-
tion OF the natives. Altogether. a great
work has been done. and the foundation
laid for still greater progress.
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STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
The Way He Read IL.

Nathan Stratus paid visit to his stables re-
Gently and found a new employe dipping q spike
into iiniment and rubbing 1t against the leg OF
a favorite trotter.
why are you doing that?' inquired the mer-
chant.
because IL was what In the directions on
the bottle. but it's hard work" was the reply.
Mr.. Straus told him he must be mistakes. and
he answered aggressively:
I'm not. II says the bottle: Apply with .
nail or toothbrush and as I had no toothbrush
i thought 1 had better this spke.'-New
York Times.
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building outwardy and worthy Of especial
establishment within. Whatever steps are
necessary in order 10 provide for such
decoration should be taken Immediately, for
after the building is once finished it is
safe to say that decorations will never be
added. 1t is a matter Tor those who are
interested in things artistic to take IN hand
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long as il lasts, and 1T is to be hoped the
water company will use the greatest posi-
BILE energy in ending it. Individual losses
and hardships excite sympathy. but the
cutting off of the city's water supply in
wolves the possibility of an overwhelming
disaster
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To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Opening a rusty little old book. Sketches from
the Romance of American History in three
cent bin the sidewalk. my attention was
caught by William Penns frank and manly
speech to the Delaware. Mngo and susquehanna
Indians in 1852. under the great elm tree
place called by the Indians. Shackamaxon. or
now Kensington. William Penn then thirty
eight years Of age and In his prime. As he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-27

the flood damage is the flooding OF the
main station or the water works thus dis
abling the plant and reducing the city
water supply to danger point. AS long
rs the station on West Washington street
remains intact supply can be furnished
sufficient for domestic purposes, but IL
would be entirely inadequate in case of fire.
This grave condition is due 10 the UMPIRE
cedented flood and to the breaking of
levees along Fall creek which have hither-
20 been regarded as adequate. The lesson
seems to be that In suoh matters the pro-
vision should be adequate not only for
ordinary but extraordinary emergencies
The present condition is full OF danger as
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che worst that has occurred in thirty years.
There may not be another such in the next
thirty or forty years. but it will come some
time. and when it does the submerged dis
trict will be much more populous than it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-27

The New York Christian Advocate, on
being asked on which side it's sympathies
are in the Eastern war. replies discreetly
that as between Japan and Russia its SYM
pathies are with the Films and the Jews.
And. come to think about it, these two
peoples seem TO need all the sympathy
there is TO snare
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Cupid. Fair Weather.

Mrs. Rash-Did your daughter Marie Louise
Katharine marry happily?
Mrs. Dash-Yes indeed she had five showers
Mrs Rash-Showers?
Mrs. Dash-Our friends gave her a kitchen
shower and cut glass shower; the church gave
her linen shower. and her father and I gave
her silver shower and a furniture shower
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The Filipinos are without doubt becoming
Americanized. The news comes that pro-
An the recent election, who say that they
have been counted out. The dispatch adds
that the natives showed themselves adopts
In political methods Which is evident.
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The police and fire forces did valiant serv-
Ice during the flood in the saving of lives
and property. 1t was not particularly in
the line of their duty, but they did it
cEeerfully and we'll
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Russia has asked Canada kindly to re-
3rain from further pelagic sealing, and
Canada answers that she will do as she
pleases. and that. anyhow, she hasn't
killed a pelagic seal for years.
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Tenn perance.

Mrs. Jones-My husband drinks eleven cups of
coffee day.
Mrs. Brown-Oh. how awful Now. my hus-
band never drinks than seven.
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The same Tennessee jury which recon-
amended a confessed wife murderer TO
mercy. sentenced a man who had stolen a
bucket of coal to ten years in the peniten-
tiary. The coal belonged to relative of
one of the jurors: Tennessee justice seems
20 be modelled after the kentucky article.
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In appointing patrolmen hereafter per-
haps 1t would be well to ask them If they
can swim and have had experience in car
Tying heavy weights in deep water.
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A Polka Dot Eject

OF course we're civilized; but then
So queer and droll are all life's lots,
That cen the very tamest men
Are merely civilized in spots.
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The Clean I'm the Hunters Eve.

Automobile Owner-You coming: why
didn't you get out of the way?
Victim-Well, you looked determined to run
over me. and I didn't want to trouble you to
chase me up on the sidewalk.
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Considering that indianapolis has no life
been trained in dealing with marine dis
asters. they did remarkably well during
the food.
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MINOR TOPICS.

Prominent Eastern seismologists take
the recent earthquakes in New England.
Japan and Peru as a text, and declare
that no region of the earth is altogether
exempt from such shocks. Wouldn't it
Jar you?
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A Big Risk for Joe.

"Joe jerks is going to marry a school
teacher
"A school teacher! Well. he must feel pretty
solid on grammar
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The recent flood experience of this city
seems to indicate the desirability of street
pavement that will not float away. Wood
IN blocks are too light
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The Lawn-Mower Ffend.

Brown-Spring grass is lovely.
Jones-Yes; but IL is mean
Brown-Mean?
Jones-Before have time to admire It. IL is
ready to cut.
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Avn EducationaI Sethack.

Mr.. Slocum-Lemme read you this Caroline?
Mrs. Slocum-No, you needn't When / do my
own reading 1 understand it better.
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Andrew Carnegie, asked what he thought
of the Sully failure, answered: mo spec
ulator can remain unsullied." This is
Scotch humor. and because Andrew said
1t everybody laughed. But oh dear.