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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The proper thing this summer for men. ss-
cording to Information from those mysterious au-
thorities who know all about the fashions I'm ad-
vance OF their coming. Is going TO be large India
silk handkerchiefs 20 be neck stocks 90
ties They are TO be worn with outing shirts.
they are folded into a triangular shape and put
into the rundown collar just as .the regular
necktie Is. This leaves peak going down the
back and the ends tied in front In the reg
ular four-in-hand style. The result gives a sort
breezy. nesiises look. though 1t does not sound
as though the device would be cooler than any
other already in vogue. These handkerchiefs
corne in light and dark eolors. with wide Dor
ders OF different patterns sometimes little loud.
though all tastes may be suited. They are al
ready displayed and on sale at some OF the shops.
PHILADELPHIA Record.
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The Pilot.

lounge the deck OF the river steamer.
Homeward bound with its huddls OF incident
life.
Untiringly churning from headiand TO headiand
Through moonlight and silence and dusk
And the decks alive with laughter and
music and singing.
I see the sleepers. the shadowy lovers sitting
close to the rail-
The romping children. the dancers amidships.
But high above them there in the dusk.
Where the merriment breaks like a wave at his
feet.
Unseen Of lover and dancer and me-
Aquline. anxious. unspeaking. enoompassed with
gloom
Is the pilot. impassye and stern.
With his grim eyes watching the course.
Arthur Stringer. in Everybody's Magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

One of the leading trade journals In dis
GUESSING municipal ownership of public
utilities presents a phase of the subject
that has been very little discussed. namely.
the side that has to do with mechanical eff
ficiency in conducting water and lighting
plants under municipal control. and it's eff
feet on the character and cost of service
will the mechanical men for such service
be selected?" What sort sof salaries will
they demand?" and What will be their
tenure of position?'' Anybody that has had
aught to do with the conduct of a power
plant of any kind understands perfectly
we'll that even more depends upon the
character and capacity of the men in charge
OF 1t than upon the particular types or
makes of machinery installed. The econ
omy of fuel, the kind of service given, the
life of the machinery. all depend in very
large measure on the personal equation. If
the men in charge be capable. alert and in
dustrious these are likely to be all they
should be; If the men be careless. slothful
and incompetent it means poor service,
high operating expense and rapid going to
pieces of machinery.
While capable electrical engineers are in
fair supply they are none too plentiful. and
most OF them have positions they would
not be willing to give up unless there were
inducements beyond their present pay
in the way of higher compensation.
A.. xSou- 49, to,,,~a 49,
this same uncertainty would probably
initiate heavily against bringing out the
best there Is In them The smaller towns
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

special to the New York Times from Belvi-
dere. n. J.. gives an account OF the discovery BY
Mrs. John Robinson. OF that place. OF what she
supposes to be the original ordinance OF secession
OF South Carolina Mrs Robinson is laboring un-
der the same misapprehension that many others
have labored under before. She does possess
the original ordinance OF secession. That sacred
document is carefully preserved In the ONCE of
the secretary OF state. at Columbia. though con-
sideraby disfgured through the attempt OF an
uniformed scribe to retrace the fast fading
signatures few years What Mrs. Robin
son possesses is a wel-executed facsimile litho-
graphed at the time OF the passage OF the ordi-
nance by the house OF Walker. Evans Cogs-
well. and IL she will carefully examine the relic
by which she evidently sets great store. she viii
see the photographers imprimatur thereon Each
member OF the convention received one OF these
autographed copies. and at least a dozen OF
them may be found In Charleston to-day
Charleston News and Courier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The dullness OF the Indiana murder trials
is suddenly enlivened by something entirely
new in the line OF detective work. going
even a little beyond the analytical magma
ton Of Conan Doyle. On Friday the prose-
cutor of Mcdonald accused of the murder
OF Miss Schafer at Bedford. placed on the
stand microscopic. who had examined
certain hairs found in the hand OF the dead
girl. evidently snatched from her assailant
in the death struggle, and compared them
with hairs taken from McDonalds mus
tache when he was shaved before being
carried to the Jail. The expert was able
to say that some Of the hairs found in Miss
Schafer's hand were mustache hairs and
that 1t was entirely possible that they came
from the same face as the Mcdonald mus
tache hairs. This was not, of course, con-
elusive evidence, but it was the first effort
in this direction.
1t opens a new and interesting field for
speculation. Henceforth, whenever a muir
der has involved hand-to-hand struggle.
the police and detectives will doubtless
search for hairs with the same anxious eye
that they have heretofore looked for a
scrap of clothing or some little personal
belonging. They can invariably find them
lying about, If the murder has been COM
mitted indoors. Then will follow micros-
copical examinations of these hairs and the
hair of all possible suspects" by experts
! for both sides, and one can see an almost
endless array OF experts and a very oner-
Gus addition to the witness fees to be paid
from the county treasury.
And, after all. they may really develop
something from it. Nature in her infinite
variety never makes two things exactly
alike, but she also has infinite classified
tons, so that the two eyes and the two
ears of one man resemble each other very
closely and 1t may be assumed that two
hairs from his head or his face would also
bear very close family resemblance. Will
the microscope ever be able to draw a
truthful inference from the characteristics
of individual hairs?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The day when call for the reserves was
issued lad in farming settlement near To-
kio did not respond. His aged mother was
alarmed: he was her only son. All the boys
were answering the call. while hers stayed at
home. What the reason? Was he unworthy
TO be her son? She worried a great DEAL but
would not speak OF her trouble. At last she dis
covered why he did not go with his troops
Being her only support. he had decided that he
must look after her.
She killed herself that night. Her son is now
in uniform.
1T Is true courage" declares a prince of
Mito. Ito live when IL is right TO live. and to
die when IL Is right to die Toxic Letter
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Avatar.

Or ever the knightly years were gone
With the old world to the grave
I was a King in Babylon,
And you were a Christian Slave.
] saw. I took, cast you by,
bent and broke your pride.
You loved me well. or 1 heard them lie.
But your longing was denied.
Surely knew that by and by
You cursed your gods and died.
And a myriad suns have set and shone
Since then upon the grave
Decreed by the King of Babylon
To her that had been his Slave.
The pride trampled is now my seattle.
For II tramples me again.
The old resentment lasts like death,
For you love. yet you refrain.
I break my heart on your hard unfaith.
And break my heart in vain.
Yet not for an hour do wish undone
The deed beyond the grave,
When 1 was a King in Babylon,
And you were Virgin Slave.
William Ernest Henley
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STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
Boston PoIftene.s.

There are no people In the world % tistin-
guished for courtesy as the people OF Boston
few days ago a lady in that city. with her
child. entered a Beacon-street car and mentioned
to the conductor that she desired get out near
Arlington street. No doubt astonished AZ the
variety OF cars. and the many directions from
which they came and went. seemingly without
regularity. she innocently remarked 10 the con-
ductor he landed her:
I'm very much obliged 20 you. I'm sure; but
I'm afraid I've taken you out Of your way"
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

DO not suffer much in this particular. for
the history OF their lighting plants has
generally been that the very scarcity of
such talent gave a certainty of tenure that
attracted sufficiently good men for the
simpler work of the small stations But
in the larger cities, where politics is more
reckless and there are more men with pre-
tensions of technical capability. the propo-
sition is greatly complicated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The Paris municipal authorities have offered
prizes and medals for the best floral decorations
for city balconies. Every Partisan apartment
has it's balcony. always more or less adorned
with plants and vases. and much art Is dipiayed
In their arrangement. especially In the newer
houses. where special provision Is made for
flowers. The few houses decorated last year By
a society having for its object the beautifyinR
OF the city effective that the present
prizes offered The jury that will pass upon
the balconies includes the eminent painter Bes-
nard and number of other artists and archi-
tectS New logk paSl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
THE FUNNY YOUNGSTERS.


Johnny's papa is what Johnny terms rail-
road magnet''-which may account for the fact
that the infants idea OF heaven is that OF a
celestial railroad terminal. subject to the usual
terrestrial delays.
The other evening papa and mamma overheard
the following conversation in the nursery:
Mabelle (who had been in brown study for
some minutes)-Johnny. didn't grandma go to
heaven before we were born?
Johnny Cnoncomrnittal)-She started.
Mabelle-Then how is IL didn't meet her,
Johnny assuming the paternal manner)--She
hadn't arrived when we left Maybe she didn' Z
make connections.-New York Times
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stunned.

Its pretty hard TO avoid the use Of slang
these days" remarked a well-known professor
of English literature. AT any rate. there are
certain expressions which aren't found in the
dictionary that can't be duplicated very we'll
The other day. after had just given lecture
TO my class. advising them against the OF
slang. bright young fellow came TO with
this query:
What would you substitute In place OF
Jumped over in the sentence. He Jumped all
over the unipire?''
We'll. have 20 confess that that sentence
was too much for me- tried substituting vart-
words. such as criticised. complained about.
etc. but they all failed to give the adequate
meaning gave excuse TO my pupil that
this baseball expression and couldn't be
altered. but that didn't satisfy my con-
science to the growing use OF slang. "-Phila-
delphia Press
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The Liberty bell is to be taken to the ST.
Louis exposition. The bell, in sense, be-
longs to the whole country. and Philadel-
phia hesitates to claim exclusive control Of
it, but If the matter were put to popular
vote the decision would undoubtedly be
against risking it's safety by shipping 1t
about the country. Some day it will be
smashed in a railway collision, and then
everybody will wonder why the precious
relic was not properly protected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

with the blood undrained from the carcass:
fowls and game-birds cooked with the lights.
giblets. head and claws intact-fsh. sun dried
and highly malodorous-an acceptable TO
him. Cooking is not always necessary: species
OF small fish is preferred raw. dipped into some
piquant sauce. Other dainties are dried sea
weed. shrimps. vermicelH. pine seeds lily bulbs
and all vegetables and cereals Their excuses
make the Koreans martyrs to indigestion.-Les-
lies Weekly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The plan for numerical restriction on
immigration from any one country will
not strike the average man as the best So
luton OF the problem. Let the immigrant
over sixteen years of age be required to
read and write a certain amount of Eng
lish. without knowing beforehand what the
questions are to be. to show a certain
amount Of money as capital, and take a
solemn oath 10 strictly obey the laws OF
the country while he remains here. Such
an immigration law as this. honestly en-
forced. would exclude every undesirable
conner
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
sammie's Apprecia.ive Letter.

The Librarians OF the citys free libraries re-
ceive many curious letters and postal cards from
the youthful booklovers who form conSdera bic
proportion of those institutions patrons. John
Thomson the librarian OF the entire system.
shows. with much gee. the following note.
which came to him the other day from a small
and ungrammatical youth:
Dear John: Amt paved that cents owe
you yet fer the book took out OF your library.
but as soon as git a hold of it L pay you
what 1 owe you. The book is crate. all about
Indians and things. and / want to git another
one just like it when 1 come ag'in. Your loving
friend. Sammie. philadelphia Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

Students of the Virginia Polytechnical
School have run out of the school two Of
their companions proven to have insulted
young women on the street A good deal
of this particular type of Southern chivalry
could be introduced throughout the North
with good effect. There is no nobler in
stinct in man than that which unquestion-
ingly protects woman from harm just be-
cause she is woman.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

Two other women In the rotunda that
day-women OF about the same age. ana that
age may have been twenty-nine.
I'm sure the Supreme Court is down this
way" said one. "rll ask a guide"
You needn't ask" returned the other. IT'S
the other way. 1 ought 10 know I've been
here eight times in my life. Every time come
TO Washington l head for the Capitol first thing
We'll. guess you ought to know. then" said
the first. i've only been here once before; but.
then. you know" she added. as IL that explained
it satisfactorily. i've always lived in Wash
ington. ''-Washington Post.
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ga Boy,-and Not "CatchfnS..

Concord ON. H. kindergarten teacher tells
the following story of a recent experience that
she had with one of her little tots. The rules
require when a child reports illness in the fam
lily that the teacher shall find out whether such
illness is contagious not, and IL is customary
to send the child home for statement OF facts
The other morning one OF the younger boys re-
ported that his mamma was sick" He was
sent home TO find out the nature Of the illness
and soon returned with the information:
Mamma says 1t amt catching"
THAT won't do replied the teacher. ''Yor
must go home and find out and then come and
tell me just what is the matter with your
mamma"
Pretty the boy toddling back into
the room. Teacher" said he, mamma say:
it's all right. She says it's boy and II aims
catching."-New York Commercial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

Mayor Weaver. who was the principal speaker
at the silver anniversary OF the Rev. J. B. G.
Pidge. who celebrated his twenty-ifth year as
pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church on Tuesday
night, told story about clergyman who pos
sessed the unhappy faculty OF preaching long
and wearisome sermon.
During one Of these tiresome sermons" said
the mayor, ''the minister suddenly looked up and
beheld a small boy in the gallery throwing chest
nuts at the worshipers in the auditorium. He
was about to rebuke the sacrilegious youngster
when that worthy anticipated what was to come
by shouting out:
Don't mind sir. Go right with your
preaching. I'll keep EN- awake with these chest
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The bones of a man supposed to have
been a French soldier killed in the Napole-
onc war of 1899 were discovered in Egypt
the other day. and under the direction of
the French consul at Alexandria were in
TERED in the Latin cemetery with religious
services. If the shade of that soldier were
lingering anywhere in the neighborhood ii
would be interesting to know what it
thought of the belated ceremony and if ii
had suffered any inconvenience from the
deIav
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The Japanese naval disasters make 1t al
most imperative that Port Arthur be taken
by assault from the land side, without
counting the cost in men, before the Baltic
fleet can come to the East. Japan can af-
ford plenty of men from her teeming popu-
lation. but warships are few and more are
not to be had on short notice. Once the
Japs lose command of the their cam
paign would prove one of the greatest mil
itary disasters in history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
The Old Nam.

Once ne was young. and earth a star
That sang beneath his feet;
But that old time is dim and far.
Hardly his heaven holds a star
Only dull worlds that slow repeat
The dull world underneath his feet.
How did II happenf No one knows.
And he knows least OF all:
Slowly the lines of morn grew dim.
Suddenly Youth looked back to him.
Beneath his feet the leaves of Fall
Crumbled a little This was all
Fanny Kemble Johnson, in the Smart Set.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
Cut Of His Queue.

Lai Yin Fab has sacrificed his queue and hs:s
ordered European clothes There many df
the Chinese boys who would do away with that
caudal appendage IL they dared. Yin FANS
grandmother was determined that he should
have sound thrashing for such sacrilegiors
act. but his father interceded for him and
averted the threatened calamity.-SingapoEs
School MAGAZINE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

A scientist has evolved theory that the
heat OF the earth is derived from the ra-
dunn that is IN its midst" and that no CEN
wolves reconstruction OF so many accepted
ideas that 1t Is really distressing to con-
slider. Students of natural science will be
justified IN going on strike If what they
spend SO much time in painfully learning is
to be thrown aside as worthless just as they
have made il their own.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

When the Rev. W. j. Orem came to die at
his horne in Atchison county the other day he
had but request to make of his surviving
friends and relatives. He asked to have his
grave dug from north to south his head
laid to the north. AS is generally known bodies
are usually buried with the head to the west
This is supposed to be custom handed down
through thousands Of years from the sun
worshipers. who believed that the face must be
To the sun when the dead arise resurrection
morn AL his life Mr.. Orem had objected to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
example.

The Russian comments on the Japanese
losses of ships through mines have dis
tinct tendency to increase our respect for
the Muscovite character. They can stand
good luck as soberly as they have endured
misfortune
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
Never Heard the Names.

Two New York booksellers were riding down
town recently and were reading shop gossip
In the newspapers A sporty-looking sat
Just behind them. Now. this paper" said the
first bookseller. turning 10 his friend. places
The Nirginian' first. Mrs. Wigs second
and
"GentleI-en.' interrupted the sporting man.
eagerly, excuse me for butting IN. but as I've
followed this game for years I know what I'm
saying. That dope sheet you hold Is a pure fake.
There are no such horses running: take my word
for it."-Cincinnaa Commercial Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

Ny little baby lies along my arm;
And looking at her there. the glad tears press
And. like tidal wave OF tenderness
The years OF love since lay Graded So
Unfathomed love enfolding me from harm .
Return and food my life For I know.
Ann Devoore. in Scribners Magazine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The worst thing developed yet in the Gil
lespie murder trial is ugly family quar-
rel. but the bitterest family Quarrels sell
dom reach the murderous stage. The ties
OF blood exercise a restraining force even
among sayages
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

II tuberculosis Is durable. as physicians
assert. and If hospitals and sanatoriums
for the care OF persons suffering from the
disease essential. then Indiana should
have such institutions. Indiana medical
men are progressive. and the public should
heed their opinions on this subject. IT is
the belief OF these experts that pure air is
the chief element of cure and that it is not
accessory to so west or north or south to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The open-shop question is to be fought
out in the building trades at Minneapolis
in contest in which no other issue is
involved than that of the privilege of the
contractor to employ men irrespective of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

Jerry-Don't you ever brood over your mis-
takes?
Harry-Nop; that's another mistake.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

The attorney general of Nebraska has
ruled that teachers have no right to require
school children TO tell on" their playmates
and If the youngsters refuse to tattIe on
demand they Will be upheld by the courts
Teachers who ask pupils to tell tales on
their associates are unit for their positions
and no court is needed to prove the fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

Cubans celebrate their independence day
anniversary with fireworks. They are too
initiative. Some thoughtful American
should have called their attention to our
Fourth Of July celebrations as an awful
mil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

Mr.. Tagsart is not Sc often correct In his
gauging of a political situation as he was
when he declared that there are many
Democrats in Indiana that respect Cleve-
land. but he would not have a ghost of a
chance for success in this State. Neither
has any other Democrat mentioned for the
presidency, for that matter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
Long-Distance Consolation.

Mrs. Topnotch-Our children act superior to US
Mr.. Topnotch-Cheer up Eustacia; their chill
dren will act superior to them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
An Instructive Analysis.

Little Dick-Uncle Richard. what is chagrin7
Uncle Richard-Dickie. chagrin is that feeling
you ought to have when you kick at the cat and
fall over backwards
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
A Fair Division.

Pedestrian-You act as il you wanted the
earth.
Automobilist-oh. no; you keep the sidewalks
and we'll take the roads.