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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
COUNTRY BOYS AND CITY LIFE.

A bulletin issued by the State Department
of Public instruction urges the teachers of
Indiana to try and check the steady move
ment of boys and young men from farms
to the cities. The movement has continued
for many years, and has been considerably
commented on. One of the statements made
in the bulletin is: at will be a sad day
for our national life when all our young
farmers come TO town; when the small,
well-cultivated homesteads give way to
landed estates"
No doubt the Department of Public In
struction means we'll, but it may be doubted
if an attempt to influence social conditions
or movement of population is not outside
of its proper sphere. The tendency of young
men to leave farms for the cities is not
more pronounced nor more to be deprecated
than some other tendencies of the times.
and if the public school teachers are to
combat all of these they will have little
time for their real duties. The schoo course
is already overburdened with fads and spe-
cialties.
Besides, there is another view of the case.
The movement of young men from the
farms to cities is not an unmixed evil. 1t
is also productive of much good. Many, if
not a majority of the most successful pro-
fessional and business men i'm all our cities
were born and brought up on farms. The
constant infusion of new blood from the
country into city life is an important factor
of modern progress. The cities are greatly
benefited, and it is doubtful if the country
is much weakened. "It will be a sad day
for our national life says the bulletin.
when all our young farmers come to
town" True. but it will be a sadder day
when none of them come.
The teachers cannot do much towards ar
resting a movement which has it's roots in
natural conditions. Most OF the teachers
themselves were born and reared on farms,
and are trying to better their condition by
teaching. The extension of rural free de-
livery, the introduction of telephones and
the multiplication of interurban railroad
lines Will do more to make bright young
men satisfied with farm life than all the
teachers can say.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
A BATCH OF LITTLE STORIES.
Too Far Apart.

The late John r. Proctor, who was president
of the Civil-service Commission and a student at
the University of Pennsylvania in 1868, was a
great walker. An old Pennsylvania man, one Of
his ssmat tells the following story about
Proctor:
Proctor liked nothing better than to set out
early on a frosty morning and walk twenty-five
or thirty miles through the country. He would
start alone as a rule, but if he fell in with a
teamster. Iaborer, a tramp-anyone-he was well
pleased. He would bring home many an odd bit
of talk that he had gathered in this way.
II remember how he once met an freshman on
the road to Norristown. He and the Irishman
plodded along together for six or seven miles.
They stopped and read each milestone. as walk
ers always do, and Proctor said:
" I think that milestones cheer a road up won
derfully, don't your
i" Faith an I do that said the Irishman.
I hnd them a great comfort. 1t would be much
better, however, IL they were nearer one another,
wouldn't it. though? philadelphia Telegraph.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
FACTS VS.. FANCIES.

NJ. e. Ingalls,, president of the Big Four
Railroad, was the principal speaker at a
Democratic banquet in Cincinnati a few
nights ago, and he concluded his review Of
the political situation as follows:
The Republicans have had the presidential
office; they have had the Senate and House.
and they have been able to prevent any
amendments to the tariff. They have kept
up the enormous duties and taxes which the
people have had TO pay upon articles that
needed no protection. They have organized
their corporations and they have left YOU to-
day, after these five observation-disclosures
depressed, failures, workingmen's wages be-
ing cut everywhere.
Mr.. ingalls, is one of the most successful
and deservedly popular railroad managers in
the country, and he deserves we'll of all
good citizens for his unwavering support of
the Republican sound-money policy. but.
like many other able men. he is unable to
make his Democracy harmonic with the
facts. IL is true that the Republicans have
been able TO prevent any tinkering of the
tariff since the passage Of the act of 1897.
under which the country has enjoyed so
great prosperity. but the people are not ind
ing any fault with them on that account.
But is it true tina they have brought about
depression Of business. as Mr.. Ingalls, says?
The railroad business is about as good an
index OF general business conditions as there
is. When the railroads have all the business
they can do and are making betterments and
declaring dividends it means that the trans
portation business. which is an index of all
other business. is good. The last annual re-
port OF the Big Four Railroad. for the year
ending June 30. 1903, throws some light on
this subject. 1t shows that the gross earn
ings of the system during the year were
so, go, 761 and the operating expenses. in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
She Broke Her Neck.

Miss Hattie Bergner. Of 1852 Holmes street, the
young wom&n who last Monday dislocated her
neck while trying 10 get dye stains from Il,
and who later underwent an operation by which
the bones Of her neck were set in place, is at
the German hospital and is improving. 1t is said
10y the hospital physicians that she may be well
and on the street in a week.
The case of Miss Gergner is one of the most
remarkable in the annals of medical science. She
rubbed her neck so hard that she caused a dis
location of the second cervical vertebrate. With
her neck in this condition she went down town
and was in immediate danger of swapping the
cord, but fortunately was attended by physi-
Gals before this could happen. She was taken
to the German hospital, where the vertebrate
was set and her neck placed in a cast. Since
that time she has worn the cast and now the
bones are knitting together and she will soon
be out. The physicians OF the city regard this
case as one OF the most wonderful that has
ever occurred here, because a dislocation such
as Miss Bergner had almost invariably proves
fatal.-Kansas City Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

Mr.. Bryan is a shrewd politician. and
he reasoned wisely that there was no better
place than this city for him to deliver his
rope-a sort Of keynote speech defining his
position relative to the reOrganizers and to
the campaign of 1904. There is probably
no more Organism surviving in this State
than in any other. but he was probably
right in thinking the smoking embers could
be famed into a flame easier here than al
most anywhere else. as many of the most
prominent Democrats Of Indiana are his
personal friends and he could depend upon
their influence 20 furnish him an enthusi-
astic audience.
His speech was adroitly framed for the
occasion. Affecting the air Of a friendly and
heart-to-heart talk about matters only re-
motely connected with politics it was really
a strong plea for a revival of Bryan
ism. The plea for more conscience In poll
tics and the reiterated assertion that adj
herence to the right must win in the end,
was simply his way of declaring that the
Democratic platforms of 1896 and 1900 were
right and that any material departure
therefrom would be a sacrifice of principle
and end in defeat. He did not mention any
presidential candidate or aspirant by name,
nor intimate that he himself had any de-
sire to enter the list, but his whole speech
showed he wished to be understood that
he was still a power in the party and must
be reckoned with this year and in coming
years.
The true significance Of his speech was
condensed in the sentences: You ask menow
why l am opposed to reorganization, and
1 answer you tina my party betrayed the
people once, and so help me God it shall
never do it again if L can prevent it!'
Here he admits that he is opposed to the
reorganization of the party on conserva-
tive lines and will prevent it if he can.
This means that while he will not be a
candidate for President this year he will
try and dictate the nomination, at least
to the extent of preventing the nomination
of any person who did not support him in
1896 and 1900. That failing he will try and
compass the defeat Of the party. Mr.. Bryan
is a rule or ruin politician. He is young.
and can wait. TIL nomination of an anti
Bryan Democrat this year would mean re-
organization of the party on that line, and
the election of such a candidate would
mean the end of Mr.. Bryan politically. He
does not intend to let either of these things
happen If he can help it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
The Hone Diamond.

The famous Hope diamond, which was brought
TO this country about a year ago, was recently
taken back to London. 1t was bought from
Lord Francis Hope by the New York wholesale
diamond dealer for 100000 or moreno one ex-
cept the persons Immediately interested knows
the exact amount. The New York dealer ex-
pected to sell it in this country at a large profit.
But although many prospective purchasers in
spected it, none bought it. and after being kept
here for awhile il was taken TO London for a
possible sale. The Hope diamond weighs forty
four %carats, and is of a blue sapphire color.
There is said to be nothing equailng it's tint
anywher in the world. 1t is set in the form
of a fancy brooch and is mounted with diamonds
around the entire area.-New York Post.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

too. II every Republican In the Thirteenth
district had a vote In the Legislature SEN
ator Beveridge would get every one OF
them"
State Chairman Goodrich was a busy man
from early yesterday morning until ne left
the city last evening. He was busy and
happy. but had nothing TO say. When asked
for a statement on the days work. he re-
fused 10 make one. saying. Il never do"
For some weeks. and especially since the
lOve-teast in this city. he has been assured
or reelection. The action or the new com
mittce is naturally highly gra<ifying 90 him
as an Endorsement Of his successful conduct
Of his office.
a good-sized delegation from Marion was
in the city yesterday. drawn here by the
meeting Of the state committee. Carey Cow
gill. of Wabash. one Of Major Steele's clos
est and most faithful friends. was also in
indianapolis for the meeting. as was War
rem Bigler, OF Wabash. a member Of the ex-
ecutive mmit OF the old state committee.
Others from the Eleventh district were J.
Wood Wilson. OF Marion, and Senator c. G.
Lyons. OF Fairmount. both Of them leaders
OF Grant county Republicans and active
supporters OF Elan II. Neal, the recently
elected chairman OF the Eleventh. senator
Lyons was the man who placed Mr.. Neal in
nomination before the Tuesday convention.
=
Major Steele denied last evening that he
had authorized the statement that he is a
candidate for the congressional nomination
from the Eleventh. although he confessed
that he had given the matter az least some
slight consideration.
: 2
1t is understood that Committeeman Neal
made the request yesterday OF Chairman
Goodrich that Adam L. Beck. Meals COM
petitor for the election 10 the Eleventh dis
trict Craftsmanship. be put on the executive
committee Of the State central committee.
The personal relations between Neal and
Beck. although the fight in the district was
a bitter one, are said 10 be very agreeable.
,
Committeeman Thayer, Of the Sixth dis
trict. told a good story on himself yester-
day. He stated that before the convention
that nominated him at Conersville he was
told that one county Of his district had two
factions. one for him and one against. For
this reason he hesitated about entering the
county, and did not do 50 before the coun-
~ convention that nominated delegates 10
the district convention was held. After the
county convention was held, a representa-
tive Of one faction wrote 10 Thayer n
told him that he was sure OF at least one
half OF the votes from that county. At the
same time Thayer received a telegram from
him that he would receive the solid vote
of the delegation from the county. The
two factions had been fighting each other
tooth and nail only to make the discovery
after their convention that they were both
for the same man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

There is absolutely nothing in the report
that l am a candidate for the congressional
nomination from the Thirteenth said John
l.. Norman. just elected committeeman
from that district, last night, 'and the re-
port 10 that effect emanating from Elkhart
was probably started by some Overzeal0us
friend of mine UP there. The district is for
Brick, and in my opinion he viii be nOmi
mated without any opposition whatever
Mr.. Norman was In Indianapolis yester-
day to attend the meeting of the Republican
state committee. and considerable interest
attached to him as one of the four new COM
mitteemen. and particularly because Of the
close contest that preceded his election as
district chairman. at South Bend, Tuesday.
w had a nice little fight up there" Mr..
Norman said. but it's all over now. 1
don't represent any faction or interest. I'm
just for the Thirteenth district, for the
plain, common people-the Republican par
ty. When the fight for the Craftsmanship
grew warm, Pulaski county thought it saw
a chance TO take advantage of il and play
the role Of peace-maker. My county,
Starke. and Pulaski are connected on the
judicial election and in other ways. and
the Pulaski county people thought it was
ShN " Jul (OuulN " OG REPRESENTED III
some way in the district, because we never
mad been given much. L thought there
were several men In Starke, older In the
service or the party, who should have been
given the place, but when they picked me
l went into the fight 10 win.
II was a thirty-siX-hour struggle for me
before the convention. 1 went to South
Bend Monday morning and was at il until
the convention was over. There are several
men whom L propose to promote the first
chance L get, and Editor Riddick, of the
Ninamac Republican. is the first one. He
was the original Norman man. and he
worked Xix a Trojan from the start TO the
finish. Then there's John Spangler, too.
I'm going to make Riddick Napoleon and
Spangler Marshal Ney when L get the
chance. Judge JOIN G. Nye was another
one, and, in fact. every delegate of the two
counties was for me. They couldn't have
worked any harder if my life had been at
stake, and I'm going to promote all of
them"
on the question of Attorney General
Charles Miller's participation in the struggle
in the Thirteenth, Mr.. Norman expressed
himself very strongly.
Charley Miller's just as good a friend as
| have he said; hes a fighter from away
back, and l like that kind. We're proud OF
him. He had committed himself TO the other
man, and there was nothing for him TO do
when L was brought forward but TO support
Mr.. Stephenson. If I'd had Charley Miller
on my side l would have been elected by a
big majority instead of by Just one-half a
vote. When Charles Miller comes down here
for his denomination by the state convention
he'll get l2 votes from the Thirteenth dis
trict, and that's all the Thirteenth has. He
has our hearty support, and has it without
asking for ii.
AN furthermore" concluded Mr.. Moor
man, I'VE are all for Albert j. Beverage,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

1T is as true now as when Solomon wrote
it," says Ralph Wheelock in the Minneapo-
lis Tribune, " How sharper than a serpent's
tooth is a thankless child. Has il come
to this? The greatest plays ever written
were for a long time attributed TO Shak-
speare; then it was claimed hat they were
penned by Lord Bacon, and now here comes
the Tribune with the theory that king
Lear was written by Solomon. And yet
the quotation wouldn't sound so much like
Proverbs" had it not been misquoted. As
it stands in Act 1 Of Lear" il reads:
'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
TIC have a thankless child.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

I have an acquaintance in New York who
makes money out Of everything he touches. I
hardly ever meet him that he does not tell
me Of some successful deal he has recently made,
whereby he has speedily cleaned up a handsome
profit.
He has long professed a friendly feeling for me,
but never really proved his friendship until the
other day. We had met. on the street and he had
told me OF his most recent investment and how
it had yielded a profit Of several hundred per
cent. all within a week.
Look here, Levi" said I, why don't you let
me in on some of these good things that you
pick up?'
Say, my dear friendt," he answered, laying
a hand anectionately on my shoulder and speak
ing from an evidently sincere heart, 'venever
let you in on a good ting. you take my friendly
advice and stay out. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

among Senators and members Of the House.
some new proposition comes to the surface al
most every day. The favorite game Is one which
has been worked before. but never with such
porsistency as now. 1t is the publication or
Biographies Of statesmen with their pictures. the
price for the insertion OF which is to be all the
way from 500 10 $50. A surprising number OF
shrcwd men have been taken in by this game.
But the hardest scheme to resist is that OF the
established periodical Of known reputation which
sends its representative in a carriage or an auto
mobile with a proposal to print a write-up OF
the intended victim in the regular issue at a
cost ranging all the way from $1,000 70 $500.
with a promise TO circulate II through the VIC
tins district or State. a Senator who signed
last week for a $500 write-up in a weekly pub
iication received an invitation a day or two
later to spend $500 for a write-up in another.
He Observation-Disclosures Letter in New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

There is nothing that shows more clearly
how Mr.. Bryan's horizon has been broad
government ought to erect better residences
for it's foreign diplomatic representatives.
Up to this time, when anybody made such
a statement. a storm of bowls came from
the Democrats. who said that this would
be contrary to the genius Of our institu-
tons. Now that a Democrat has spoken for
the %consuls, perhaps something can be lone
to remedy this national reproach.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
4 survivors, Statement.

Commander Wainwright. who was on the i'll
fated Maine at the time Of her destruction. saws
that after that terrible catastrophe a number
OF the survivors were conveyed by the Bache
to the quarantine hospital at Key West.
1t appears that one Of the wounded Jackies
was questioned as to what he knew Of the fright
full explosion.
well. sir" replied the sailor. Il can't say
that 1 knows much Of it. l was a-corkin' IL of
in the hammock sir. when 1 hears a h OF a
noise! Then, sir. the nurse says, Sit I'D an
take this. Army and Navy Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

Of employees or in the amount OF
wages paid. The same statement was made
in the last census report regarding indus
trial combinations throughout the country.
There Is abundant evidence that such COM
binations and the suspension Of unproht-
able plants do not cause any reduction in
the aggregate number of persons employed
or wages paid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

The Journals esteemed friend, Hon. A.
c. Harris. thinks the Republicans should
not count too confidently on carrying In
diana because OF the big majorities in 1896
and 1900. when the Democrats were divided
on the money question. But how about
the elections Of 1895 and 1902, when the Re-
pubIicans carried the State by 1856 and
1884, respectively? The latter exceeded
McKinley's majority in 1900 by nearly 10000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
Chicago,s Advantage.

A breezy individual from the Windy city drift
ed into one Of the uptown hotels yesterday and
used the public telephone to talk with a friend
in Brooklyn. When he was through he offered
the young woman az the switchboard ten cents.
Twenty cents. please she said.
Twenty centsi' he shouted Indignantly:
twenty centsi Why. in Chicago we can tele-
phone 10 h. for ten cents"
Yes responded the operator sweetly. but.
you know. that is in the city limits. New York
Mail and Express.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
a German Sentence.

Mark Twain would be delighted with this SEN
tence from a German newspaper, in which the
verb is separated by thirty-four words from the
word that ought to follow it: AT the fifth
Gurzenich concert in Cologne was in remem-
brance of Berlioz his opera Benedict and Be
atrice' to hearing brought and achieved, a tele-
gram of our correspondent according to, although
the character of the work the stage demands,
in excellent performance under Steinbach, with
Ludwig Hess, Luise Sis
termann, and members of the Cologne opera, a
very fine effect."-New York Post.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

Since Congress has appropriated $3.50, coo
at the request of Texas for the purpose of
fighting the boil weevil, Jet US renew hopes
for similar sums to exterminate the
mosquito. the English sparrow and the
grip bacillus.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

Postmaster General Payne wishes Con-
gress to provide some system of postal
checks TO facilitate the transmission of
small sums by mail. These sums are now
usually sent in the form Of stamps. and this
IS a great Inconvenience both TO sender and
recipient. Mail purchases have grown to
an immense amount, and some other sys-
TEN will soon have TO be devised. The
postmaster general urges the enactment
of a check system at an early date.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

In Greensburg Pa.) yesterday a man was
hanged. The sheriff who ofhciated at this
happy function issued 500 passes TO the
spectacle. and people had TO get out an in
Junction to prevent him issuing more.
The question naturally arises. How is such
an affair any better than a lynching? Mob
law IS condemned because or its brutaIiz-
Ing effect upon the public. and yet II is
seldom that as many as 500 people witness
a lynching. If there must be such a thing
as legal execution. II is imperative that as
few persons as possible be allowed TO see
Ct The Greensburg execution was a legal
fzed lynching.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15
THE HUMORISTS.


Billings has a thermometer that invariably
runs to extremes. When the temperature is at
zero. Billings's thermometer always goes several
degrees below. When the July heat reaches
30, BiIings's thermometer indicates So"
Where does it hang?"
al don't think hanging has anything TO do with
il. It's the way it Iies."-CIeveIand Plain
Dealer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-15

Chicago University professors say that in
one hundred years there will be no more
elephants, camels or ~giraffes. Never mind,
c~hildren-there will always be Chicago Uni
versity professors. so the menageries of the
future cannot lack curiosities.