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

1t is practically impossible to cleo
trio spark Of high electromotive force to leap
from one surface of liquid to another. For
this reason II is rare that lightning strikes
the surface of water.
Professor Markwald. a German scientist, has
discovered an extremely active substance. which
he has named rado-errurium. in pitchblende.
1t is in minute quantities, far smaller than the
quantities of radium. in pitchblende, and con-
tans telurium.
The New York Medical Journal is informed
that Doctors Brinckerhok and Tyner. associates
of Professor Councilman, who discovered the
life history of the smallpox germ through his
Investigations at Harvard. have been sent to
the Philippine islands to carry their studies
of this germ. Friends of Harvard have raised
a purse to defray their expenses
The United States bureau of ethnology re-
Gently has completed investigation into the
magic Of the Indians and has been baffied by
feats performed by their wizards which are
fully wonderful those of the Oriental
fakirs. Missionaries and other reliable author
tiles have told of plots of grass and century
plants made to spring from the bare ground
in few moments. and other equally mystify-
ing acts of sorcery
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
Plate Glass Carrier.

Patents have recently been obtained by Oscar
Lewellen and John II. Schuch. of Kokonfo. Ind
on an invention to lift and transport plate glass
In factories. 1t is estimated that in the plate
glass factories of this country twenty-five men
are killed and upward of a hundred are injured
year by falling glass Under the present
conditions the huge plates they leave the cast
ing hall lifted and carried by gangs of men.
often there is defect in the plate. and it
breaks in pieces during its conveyance the re-
suit being that it crashes down upon the men.
killing or injuriEg some OF them This APP
paratus is worked automatically and lift
and carry the plates from the casting hall to
the packing room. 1t is worked by means of
a suction process On the bottom OF the machine
are large hollow rubber tubes three con-
nected with pumps which may be stationed at
any convenient part OF the factory. The in
ventors claim thar the suction can be made
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
The Yellow Peril.

LAS figure it out the yellow peril is not
altogether deusion," remarked Capt. S. NJ.
Maye. of San Francisco The outcome of the
war in the East may well be watched with the
keenest interest by Americans. for in the event
of a decisive japanese victory we might well
make I'D our minds that only a few years will
go by ere we will be challenged combat by
the little Fasteners.
Ever since the with China. Japan has
been perambulating around with chip her
shoulder or rather. a handful of chips Should
she lick the Russians. she will fancy herself
unconquerable. and there will not be wanting
some pretext for fight with Uncle Sam. II no
other excuse offers there is Hawaii. where a lot
OF japanese already have found Judgment and
on whose account the mother country will make
some kind of demand that. if refused. will let
loose the dogs Of war. / am in no wise preju-
diced but a student OF national movements.
il seems 10 me inevitable that sooner later
the United States will have TO perform a job
that Russia does not give brilliant promise OF
fulfilling. Post
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
Iife-SayinU Mask.

Although the use of life-saving belts, as in
accidents TO ships. rough sea passages and the
like, declares a German inventor sustain the
wearer above water, experience has shown that
Notwithstanding this fact. the number of cases
of drowning is still extraordinarily high. The
cause is asserted to be found in the fact
that the waves breaking upon the wearer forces
salt water in the mouth and nose. resulting often
fatally to the victim. II is accordingly proposed
TO guard against this danger by providing a
face mask, preferably made of elastic
material. as, for instance. rubber. shaped to
conform to the modelling OF the face. In the
lower portion of the mask are openings COW
cred with wire netting to reduce the water
pressure and prevent it's ready entrance into the
interior of the mask. Short tubes inside cover
these orihces and provided with hollow
ball valve adapted to automatically close the
orihces against the entrance Of water. without
restricting the freedom OF breathing. A whistle
is provided enable the to signal when
desired-London Globe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
Carnegie Dialect.

Though Andrew Carnege's English is singu-
larly elegant and pure, he has at his command
a weird Scottish dialect.
Mr. Carnegie is a student of Scotch words and
idioms He likes to point out the oddities and
freaks of his native tongue. Recently at a din
ner party in New York, he said to a young
woman
$50 you think you can understand Scots. Ell
Well, then, what do we mean in Scotland when
we say a person is just fiish?'
81 don't know. What de mean?'' the young
woman asked
1--WE he is bit of a weed harum-scar-
um," said Mr.. Carnegie.
"a weed harunl- scarum? What is THAR"
''It is the same wowf.''
But what is wowf?
''wowf is nook, sal. That is to say. a BIZ
by the east. Havers. lassie, haze We Scots al
ALP"
Then Mr.. Carnegie laughed and explained
that a weed harum- scarum. and fish. and
WON'T and nook. and sal, and by the east al
signifed the one thing. crazy. Minneapolis
Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

The white compartment Of the was
crowded. and quite a crowd of gentlemen stand
ing. In the colored compartment there was only
passenger, Miss Martha Scroggins, of color,
and eight ten of the gentlemen walked into
the colored ward and found comfortable seats.
When the conductor came along, Miss Scrog-
gins said: Mr.. Conductor, it's poor rule that
won't work both ways: the white folks won't
let niggers ride in their car, and 1 don't want
the white folks to ride in my car. you can
just put them out of here or stop the car and
1 will get off," The rule worked, for the con-
ductor said: Gentlemen, you will have to go
back into the white compartment" The whites
marched out of the "Jim Crow compartment
Several were compelled to ride on the platform.
and came freezing, while the dusky dam
sci was comfortably occupying half of car by
her Iona self.-Bourbon (Ky) News
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
Her Unfamiliar Feature.

at am sorry, madam" said the bank cashier
'but it will be necessary for you to be identified
by somebody know before cash the
check"
II have been here often" she said.
al don't doubt that. in the least, but can't
vary from our rules. Is there anybody con-
nected with the bank who knows your"
Eyes. sir; Mr.. Brownson knows me-"
Mr. Brownson sent for and came to the
cashiers window
There is something about your face that is
familiar, ma am" he said, being asked If he
could identify her; but 1 can't quite locate
you"
She turned her face away, and a moment
later faced him again. red and mortified.
do you know me now?" she asked.
ITO be sure 1 do" said Mr.. Brownson.
You're Mrs. Bendigs. It's all right"
She had removed her beautiful new teeth.
Chicago Tribune
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
Water Hat for Firemen.

That falling sheet Of water is of the
most effective projections against fire is well
known Many theaters provided with water
curtains" and some buildings are so arranged
that cascade be made to descend from
the caves all sides when fire threatens from
without This principles is applied to individual
iremen in a invention that has recently
been experimental upon by the Berlin fire
brigade. On ordinary fireman's helmet is
placed a circular rose" that sprays water
downward in all directions at an angle of forty
FIVE degrees. The fireman has thus pure air
TO breathe, even when he is surrounded by the
thickest smoke. the sheet of spray as
a filter Besides this the water keeps the fire.
man cool and prevents his clothing from taking
fire. The user must, OF course. be clad in water
proof material, although this would not
be absolutely necessary in summer.-Scientifc
American.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
BIG MACHINE PLANT
WILL BE ERECTED
Valuable Site for New Factory
Purchased Last Week for
$4,000.

The r w. Spacke Machine Company, in
corporated, has purchased from Nicholas
McCarty the vacant ground opposite the
Manual Training High School on Madison
avenue, running through 20 Pennsylvania
street. comprising $50 feet on Pennsylvania
street, for $4,000. and will shortly erect
a large steel structure on this site I'm order
to take care of its rapidly increasing BUSH
ness.
The Aetna Cabinet Company has pur-
chased the buildings heretofore occupied
by IT, Nos. S23, 325 and 32T West Maryland
street. for $4,000 The buildings OF the
company will be Immediately extended from
Maryland to Chesapeake street Five
years ago the Aetna Cabinet Company be-
gan business at this location in a small
way. and has now grown 10 large proper
tons
n tbree-storv fat building. was purchased
nv I ouis II Levey from Henry l.. Doll
man for sol 900 Mr.. Levey transferred 10
Mr.. Dollman his residence 5.ss, On North Me-
ridian street, near seventeenth for con-
sideration of $1,000.
All OF the above transfers were conducted
through the A. Metzger Agency.
The new buildings 10 De erected by the
Aetna Cabinet Company recall number
~ new buildings 10 be erected on West
MARYLAND street this spring. mainly the
large warehouse OF the Van Camp Hard
Missouri and Maryland streets. and the
warehouse of Schnull a Co. at the south
east corner OF Maryland and Missouri
streets both OF these last named buildings
having railroad facilities. also the new
Board Of Trade building at the southeast
corner Of Capitol avenue and Maryland
street and the new Perry Theater. which
will extend from Maryland street 90 KEN
lucky avenue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
An Air Purifier.

NJ. Desgrez in the Bulletin Of the French
Physical Society No. 1885, describes ap-
paratus for maintaining a supply of pure
breathable air in a small closed space. 1t con-
sists OF a distributor which, by the action of
clockwork. drops sodium peroxide into water at
regular intervals. a cubical steel box and a
ventilating fan. The sodium peroxide is decom-
posed by the water with liberation of oxygen,
absorption of carbon dioxide. and destruction
of the other toxic products of respiration. a re-
frigerator is also supplied to counteract the
heating effects of the chemical reactions. The
complete apparatus weighs about twenty-six
pounds.-Paris Figaro.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
OdorIess AutomobiIe FueI.

new odorless automobile fuel. which is said
to be Of so per cent. greater energy than gaso-
line. will be placed the market in short
time under the name of energine. They hope
to bring about the solution Of the problem of
obtaining a high power fuel without any OBJ
jectionable odor. The company is about TO
erect factory in Cleveland. in which it will
refine from the crude petroleum a product TO
be known energine. This has already been
tested by number of automobile manufacturers,
and. IL is said. found to bear out to the
fullest extent the claim of the originators as
an odorless fuel 1t is claimed that one gallon
of this fuel will carry heavy touring car
eighteen miles. while the same quantity of gaso-
line will carry the same car only ten miles.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

A writer in a Western paper rails bitter
ly against the railroads OF this country,
and points out England as a model. assert
ing that there is not grade crossing in
al England" That is very true. and yet
the American railroads are scarcely TO be
blamed. England is. comparatively a small
country. where all the railroads needed
could be built in a short time. leaving all
the rest of eternity Tor improvements
America, on the contrary. has such an i'm
mense territory and needs many miles
of track that she has not yet had time to
add all the frills OF railway construction
We are barely through laying tracks; the
other things are coming. but. as matter
Of course. slowly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

which made the Mayfower possible. John
Robinson was the Moses of his people-he
led them to the promised land. but could
not enter 1t himself But under Ms guild
ance the little flock escaped the bondage
of Egypt. When he was bowed with years
they sailed for the new world. leaving him
behind on the docks at Leyden, Holland.
And in LeyGen he died on March /, two
hundred and seventy-nine years ago to-day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

When the news reached st. Petersburg
that the Russians had sunk four Japanese
battleships the Car felt so good that he
ordered TIE Deum TO be sung in the
churches. But he crowed too soon; later ad-
vices showed that nothing but stone boats
had been sunk and nobody had been killed.
So the TIE Deum was called Off The Car
evidently doesn't propose to praise the Lord
unless enough people have been slaughtered
TO make IL worth while
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

Figures from the city Of Chicago show
that since antitoxin has been used there
the mortality in diphtheria cases has de-
creased AZ per cent, while the population
has increased 81 per cent. This makes the
decrease in deaths, considering the popula-
ton. practically 60 per cent. There is a
world Of meaning in these figures. and who
ever first discovered the virtue of anti
toxin should have a monument beside that
of the man who discovered vaccination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

Kruger. of the Boer Republic, is slowly
dying. mind and body. an exile at Mentone,
France. The loss OF his country. his wife
and his son have proved too much even for
his sturdy constitution. and it is when
men come TO such a pass as this that they
are said TO be dying of broken hearts. Poor
old Dom Paul. is one of the most pathetic
figures of present-day history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
Congressmnn,s Poor Cigars.

certain congressman from Ohio is noted by
his colleagues for smoking the most villainous
brand of stoges il has ever been their hard
luck to smell One day last week he made a
singularly dry speech, discussing the duty on
Philippine hemp. After he had talked half an
hour bored member in of the seats
said disgustedly: What the dickens does he
know about hemp?' Knows all about it,
growled the equally Disguised man addressed.
that's what he smokes. Washington Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

There may be deeper reason than Amer
lean sympathy for the Japanese at the bot
tom OF the hostility of the Russian press.
for the United States Japan might yet be a
nation asleep and uncivilized. II was
America that first opened the eyes of ia
pan to the desirability of western civiliza-
ton. Had this not happened there would
have been nobody to protest at Russia S
advance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
LabOred i'm Vain.

William Morris once heard one Of his poems
read by a famous elocuticnst, says w. b.
Yeats, the Irish poet. The reader carefully
obliterating all the original rhythm in order to
give what he conceived to be the proper express
sion.
Mr. Morris sat in uneasy silence for some mo-
ments but at last he could stand it no longer.
Young man." he exclaimed, lit cost me a
great deal of trouble to put that into versel 1
wish you would read it as it is written detroit
Journal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Consumption Vaccine.

Dr. Marmorek's ant-tuberculosis serum is now
being tested in England by DR.. Arthur Latham
at the Brompton Hospital for Consumptives DR..
Marmorek made the first injections at the hos
pitaI early in December. and will come over
from Paris every month to examine the cases.
Cases at Georges Hospital are also being
treated with the new serum.-London Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

Still another of Dowies meetings in Aus
tralia has been broken up by an angry mob
Elijah himself was chased all over Mel
bourne, and is unable to obtain lodgings in
the best hotels. Here in America he was
merely treated as big joke. but the Aus
traiian sense of humor is not so highly de-
veloped that they can laugh at such cpl
thets as "stink potts. yellow ours and
the like
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
1t Works Sometimes.

your grandfather is nearly hundred years
old. How has he managed to live so longr'
Pure contrariness''
'Contrariness? How's that?''
You know there are rules prescribed for peo-
pie who want 20 live to be old. Well. he never
follows any of them ''-Chicago Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
New Restaurant Slang.

'I can stand good deal, but have some
feelings" said the busy man. ''and those feel
ings were narrowed up pretty considerable yes
terday. 1 in a great hurry. and went in
to get lunch at a small. questionable and in
expensive restaurant. told the waiter 1 wanted
sausages with gravy them. He went off be-
hind screen. and in a minute l heard him call
my order to the cook.
' one litter drowned was what he said.
WASHINGTON Post
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

In the world could not make the Ameri-
can people sympathize with Russia in her
quest against a weaker nation that is
fighting for its life and that represents
liberalism and progress against mediaeval-
ism and oppression
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
Defined.

dad" said little Reginald. what is bucket
shop?"
"A bucket shop. my son. said the father,
feelingly "a bucket shop is modern cooperage
establishment TO which a takes a barrel
and brings back the bung-hole. Town Topics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

who started the silly report that Ameri-
can officers were on board the Japanese
ships during the early engagements of the
war;" asks an afternoon contemporary
with some warmth. Nobody started 1T; the
excellent way in which the ships were
handled caused the world to believe there
must have been some Americans there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson is
now gaining fame and lucre as special
newspaper war strategist. 1t is no compli-
ment to him to say that his work is up to
the average in this line, therefore COM
ment is omitted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
The Mitigating Circumstance.

Jean Vatican had stolen the candIesticks-
II couldn't help it, he faltered the gas
is so bad in my house I had to have something
to see with"
Thus easily understand why the bishops
so readily forgave him.-New York sun.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

''You have allowed yourself to be dazzled by
money"
THAT" said Senator Sorghum. sis untrue. In
any matter where money concerned have
invariably been coldly practical Washington
Star.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

Another returned traveller has been de-
nouncing Europe for allowing its women to
work I'm the fields We would better keep
still about these things long as we allow
our women to work in factories mills and
sweatshops- The European women have at
least the advantage of the fresh air.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
MINOR TOPICS.

By keeping close account of the number
of troops reported at various times to have
been landed by Japan in Korea, the Journal
is able to announce that up to March 1
II, 81, S24 Japanese soldiers and several mules
are now in the Land of Morning Calm. 1t
is a simple matter of addition. BY the
same process it will be found that about
six millions of Russians have arrived from
Moscow. via the Siberian Railway. IS. r.
o." signs are displayed in Manchuria and
Korea.
What ferocious man this Captain Ma
han is, to be surel He expresses his aston
ishment not at what Japanese torpedoes
have accomplished, but at the fact that
they did not do more damage. Mahan evil
IDENTIFY wanted knockout in the first round;
but perhaps the Japs had let the biograph
privileges to somebody and were in duty
bound not to let this happen.
Poet Laureate Austin and Rex Eduardus
Septimus both have the govt. Alfred prob
ably has 1t because Edward has it, but
Edward himself probably came by it hon
estly-contracted it during that protracted
wait for his mother to come in out of the
reign. AT any rate it is easy to see that
govt will be all the rage this spring.
A Connecticut man has asked the police
to find his former sweetheart, who has dis
appeared, taking her lovers wooden leg
with her as a memento. Probably she
wanted it as conclusive evidence that he
was false; but he himself thinks that an
other man is in his shoes.
On account of the approaching six hun
dredth anniversary of the birth of the poet
Petrarch, it has been suggested that every
one who ever wrote a sonnet shall con-
tribute to a Petrarch monument. Well that
should raise a large sum-and it would be
a good punishment. too.
Chemists declare that large proportion
| of the whisky sold in cheap saloons is
made of prune juice, vegetable spirits,
brown sugar and tobacco. What does il
matter what the stuff is made of? 1t APP
pears to do the business just IS quick as
| the other kind.
The Emperor of Korea has advertised for
| a dentist, and he is willing to pay $500 a
month for a good man. Don't all speak al
once-remember that the Emperor's head
is not any too safe, and with headless
Emperor what would a dentist be able to
do?
The Ohio food and dairy commissioner viii.
make tasting test of the various brands
of breakfast foods. He will have to get
| an expert-not one man in a thousand
can discover any difference except in the
labels on the packages.
Americans have no right 10 laugh at the
uncouth and formidable names of japanese
and Russian people. places and ships. as
long as we have a congressional delegate
named Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole.
| When the English laureate lectured or
1.-The Growing Distaste for the Higher
| Kinds OF Poetry" he evidently spoke OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

Affairs in the Balkans get more interest
ing every day. The Albanfans are rebelling
because they are getting more reforms than
they like. and the Macedonians are revolt
ing because they are not getting enough.
And the Sultan, he pays-or promises to
pay-the bills.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01
THE HUMORISTS.
The PoIiceman,s Fault

Magistrate (sterniy)-Didn't L tell you the
last time you were here 1 never wanted you TO
come before again?''
Prisoner-Yes. sir; but 1 couldn't make the
policeman believe it.-New Yorker.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-01

Another reason why the Japanese are so
bitter against the Russians is that the Japs
have never been able to raise beautiful
whiskers like those which adorn the counte-
nances of their Muscovite enemies.