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The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-08
Unique Gold Coin.

four-doliar gold coin. probably the only one
of its kind in existence. is exhibition the
Germania National Bank in Milwaukee. 1t be-
longs to DR.. Charles ]. Lange and is valued by
the bank officials at 500, although this is only
approximate. The piece OF gold is of the same
diameter as a hve-dollar gold piece. but thinner.
On its face is the well-known Liberty head
without the cap. however. Around this are
thirteen stars interspersed with the letters 20
G. ST C Grams" The exact meaning OF these
letters none of the bank officials has ascertaiped.
On the reverse of the coin is a fve-pointed star.
into which is cut the inscription. "One stella
400 cents Around IL are the words, .E Pluri-
bus Unum. Dec Est Gloria" and around these.
forming the rim of this side OF the coin are
the words. United States OF America. Four
Dol" About fifteen years ago this coin was
sent to Washington by the Merchants Exchange
Bank. of Milwaukee. according to the Sentinel,
of that city, bat the only Information obtained
was that the coin is genuine.-New York Times.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-08

The frequent exhibitions by farmers Of
hostility TO automobiles show that con-
siderable work has got to be done among
them in an educational way. and possibly
some legislation may be necessary. Sew
eral Instances have occurred recently in
which farmers have attacked automobilists
with stones. and in some localities they are
threatening to carry shotguns in their wag-
ons to drive the machines off the road
fayette in honor of Prince Pu Lun two
farmers drove their wagons abreast in
front of an automobile. blocking the road
for several miles, so the machine could not
pass, and answering polite requests for
part of the road with jeers and curses.
After being thus delayed several miles the
driver of the automobile finally made a
dash at a favorable point and passed the
two wagons, followed by the curses of the
drivers
The farmers will have TO get over this
feeling, at leas- change their conduct.
Automobiles have come TO stay. and are
entitled to reasonable rights of way as
much farm wagons Public highways
are made for all classes of citizens and all
kinds of vehicles, and their use cannot be
restricted by individuals. 1t is not unlikely
that a few years hence the automobile
principle may be applied to some farm
implements as steam now is Then farm
horses which now take fright at it will
find it a very harmless machine. Mean
while. farmers must learn. be made to
understand by legislation or other means,
that automobiles have their road rights as
we'll as farm wagons. On the other hand,
automobilists ought to use as much care
as possible by stopping their machines or
turning out of the way to avoid frightening
horses that not used to them. The
machine has come to stay, and the fact
may as we'll be recognized first last.
1t may be that some legislation will be
necessary to define and enforce their road
rights, and if so they will be entitled to it
as much as any other class of vehicles.
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Transporting Russian soldiers.

Russian freight cars. like those of other conti-
mental countries. all labeled with the number
of men or horses which may be put in them in
military service-usually forty or ten horses
But what is possible for journey of two or
three hundred miles in weather not much below
freezing may be quite impossible for lasting
two weeks or more. with the thermometer forty
or fifty degrees below zero. The men must eat
and sleep To provide for this. the cars
used for carrying soldiers lined with felt
or felt paper: little glass windows were set in
the sides, and an iron stove set up in each. The
benches were made so that they could be trans
formed into hunks at night. At every alternate
station hot water was provided for making tea.
In nearly every train fitted
kitchen. and supplied the men with hot rations
of meat and porridge. Shovals carried. so
that in of a snow blockade the men could
dig the train out. surgeon and hospital
steward accompanied each train. At several
stations on the line camps were established
where the rested day. with facilities for
washing. etc. while the inspected
and cleansed.-Railroad Gazette.
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One cold day late in December. on going to my
"Slabsides" found winter in the "spate
chamber" AS entered the bird did not lose it's
head at all. as birds usually do under such cir
cumstances. 1t did not, in sudden panic. make
a dash at the window, but circed about came
out the door, flew down the stairway. passed two
windows without needing them and went out the
open door. What struck me was the coolness
and the circumspection of the little bird. It ap-
peared to know all about windows, and that they
were not what they seemed, and ii appeared to
know the ins and outs of that house like an old
occupant. / concluded that the wren may have
been harborng there several days, and had be-
pretty well acquainted with glass and with
the, stairway opening between the two floors, so
that when / in IL wasted no time upon
windows, but made straight for all open doors
l hope it had good feast of dormant flies and
spiders while it was under my roof have seen
the winter wren here during every winter month
1t is a hardy bird. II no doubt gets its living
on dormant insects. which it finds in holes and
in all manner Of hiding places. 1t breeds in the
Catskills. and I sometimes hear il in April in
full song on it's way to the mountains.-John
Burroughs, in Outing.
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THE TWO PATHS OF LIFE.

The tragedy in a New York cab. wherein
wealthy race-track gambler lost his life
and retired actress is held for the murder.
like an event in Indianapolis a few days
ago. when a mechanic was shot by jealous
mistress, leads naturally to the old, old
question OF why man woman will delib-
erately choose the rugged, painful path of
sin in preference to that which is strewn
with the roses of goodness and leads to the
garden of sweet content. The New York
story is commonplace TO the point of utter
dreariness. well-to-do gambler has been
for years faithless to his wife and has main
tanned an Illicit relation with a bad woman
He has tired of it, and. like all such women,
seeing the approaching end of handsome
presents, wine suppers. luxurious main
tenance and the rest of the tinsel of the
sinful life, she threatens exposure and has
certain letters on which to base her threat.
Presumably. in the effort to get possession
of these letters, he is shot and the woman
is In prison with her wrecked life. the wife
is in bed with wrecked nerves. and the chill
dren. If there be any. must carry the dread
full stain of the fathers sin through life.
Is there. can there be, any real happiness
or even passing pleasure in such life as
this man led with the actress? 1t can be
pictured out. for it is common enough. 1t
was give, give, give ON his part. of money,
jewels, fine raiment. etc. And all the time
he knew perfectly well that she cared not
for him. but for what he gave. In the
nature of the case no children could bless
such a union. and If they went out of doors
together they must sneak about in closed
cabs and darkness Each knew that the
other could not be loyal true. for they
were untrue 10 themselves, and the element
of self-respect could not enter into the situ-
alton. And every hour must have been en-
be a violent quarrel and disgrace, even if
there should be no tragedy.
Why do preachers prate of 1.-The fiowery
path of SIM and ''the rugged path of
Righteousness? 1t is just the other way.
The path of the sinner is narrow, tortuous.
rough to the feet and full of pitfalls and
pain. while the road to right living is broad
and open as the day. But cultivate the
flowers of love along this great highway,
and it at once blossoms into a paradise of
beauty and sweetness, made glad by the
| song of the heart and the gleeful laughter
of children. Here only comes the glow of
happiness arising from good deeds and the
delicious rest that follows honest work done
with right intent.
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She Mould Hurry.

lady was recently reading to her young son
the story of little fellow whose father vas
taken ill and died. after which he set him.elf
diligently to work to assist in supporting HIM
self and his mother When she rad finished the
story she said: Now, Tommy. IL father were
to die wouldn't you work TO keep mamm,, %
why. no. said the little chap. not reishing
the idea OF work. What for? Amt we got a
good house TO live IMP "Oh. yes. my dear, -
said the mother, ''but we can't eat the house.
you know" ''Well, amt we got plenty of
things in the pantry" continued the yosng
hopeful. Certainly. dear" replied the mother:
but they would not last long, and what then %
..well. ma" said the young incorrigbe. after
thinking a moment. wouldn't there be enol gh
to last until you got another husband ?''-Yoi:th
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cut I'm the fares electric cabs. which
went into effect to-day gives promise that cab
hire in New York may soon be possible to others
than wall-street brokers. bookmakers. highly
paid members Of tn. theatrical profession and
other persons who not compelled to regard
expense. The fee for using electric cabs IL low
cred from 30 TO 40 cents a mile and from si-5e 10
81 an hour and the minimum charge has been
lowered from S1-5o to so cents. Other rates are
similarly reduced. especially for the man who 10
taking his out-of-town relatives to the theater
or the ball. Yesterday II would have cost him
s45e for an extension brougham to take his
party of four TO and from the place OF amuse-
ment. To-day the price is 81 so. The cut by the
electric cab may be met by the horse cab New
York would fairly gloat cab war.-New
York Letter
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if permitted at all.

The Republican party is losing ground.
is it? Well, not in Oregon, judging from
the returns from The state election just
held there. In 1902 Democratic Governor
was elected by small plurality. This
year the ticket does not include a Governor.
but the State Supreme Judge has a ma
jority of about 10000 while the Republican
candidate for Congress in the First district
carries his district by from 5000 to 1000 and
the candidate in the Second district has a
majority. of from $500 to 10000. Politicians
may figure on results in advance and judge
OF the outcome by their own sentiments
and wishes, but it is not a safe process.
When the people vote figures are likely to
be changed, and there is no indication that
voters have any disposition to meet Demo-
cratic predictions in 1904.
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A CLOSE DECISION.

The Supreme Court of Colorado by a
majority of one. has decided that the Gov
ernor of the State has the right in a case
make arbitrary arrests and deny the writ
of habeas corpus. The case grew out of the
arrest and Imprisonment of Charles H.
Meyer. president of the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners. for his connection with the
long strike in the mining region. The Gov
ernor refused to obey writ of habeas COR
pus issued by local court, and the Su-
preme Court has sustained him in this
position OF the opinion a dispatch says:
Its main points are as follows: The Gov
ernor has sole power to determine when a
state of insurrection exists in any county
in the State. The courts have no power to
interfere with his exercise of this pre-
rogative. The Governor has the right to
use the military forces of the State to sup
press insurrection. He also has the power
TO order Imprisonment and the killing of
insurrectionists IL in his opinion that ex-
tremity is necessary. He can detain mill
tary prisoners until he decides that the in
State have no right TO interfere with the
military authorities and their handling of
prisoners
That the court was in much doubt on the
question is shown by the fact that 1t re-
sorted 10 the unusual course. of asking
seven prominent lawyers to submit ad-
visory opinions. One of the number did
not submit an opinion. while the other six
divided evenly. Then the court, consisting
OF three judges. decided two to one in
favor of the Governor.
The decision goes to an extreme in as
serting the power OF state executive to
declare martial law. make arbitrary arrests
and suspend the writ of habeas corpus
The Governor OF State should and does
possess ample power TO enforce law. sup
press insurrection and preserve the peace
when local authorities fail to do so or cal
on him for assistance. but this is believed
10 be the first instance in which the power
above named has been recognized by d
court or exercised by Governor Its exers
else involves the suspension Of the highes1
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Man and Mineral.

That the minute traces OF metallic substances
found in living bodies not accidental. but
essential to the performance Of the functions
of life. is asserted by Herrera. French biolo-
gist He goes far to say that zoology and
botany are but chapters of mineraogy. im-
portant is the role played in organic life by
these so-called inorganic substances. For in
stance. all the phenomena OF movement in an
animal are he asserts. due oxidation AS TO
nutrition. II is impossible he says. when the
food Is deprived OF its mineral elements. Dogs
fed on substances from which the salt and other
inorganic matter has been carefully removed
die, of starvation. At the bottom OF our vital
processes. asserts this writer. are fermentation
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A medical authority has recently uttered .
warning against the habit OF sitting with one
knee crossed over the other-a pose which Is
nowadays almost common among women an
among men, This apparently harmless habit.
II seems. is likely TO cause sciatica. ismeness.
chronic numbness. ascending paralysis, cramps.
varicose veins and other evils. The reason Is
simple: The back Of the knee. IL is explained.
as well the front of the elbow and wrist.
the gsoin and the armpt. contains nerves and
blood vessels which less adequately pro-
tected than in other parts OF the body The
space behind the knee contains two large nerves.
a large artery. and numerous veins and lynn
phatic glands. II is the pressure on these nerves
and vessels which is apt TO give rise 70 the
various troubles against which we warning
you.-JoaQuin Miller. in Harper's Weekly.
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constitutional rights and assumes the over
throw Of civil government. The right of
President Lincoln to exercise the power at
the beginning of the civil war was vigor-
ously denied, and, although he did exercise
tunity to pass law legalzing his action
1t should be possible for the Governor OF
any State to quell any local disturbance
and enforce law and order without resort
ing to such extreme measures. If the
question should ever reach the Supreme
Court of the United States there is little
doubt but the Colorado decision would be
reversed
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-08

DR.. Cook Is on his way back from Guate-
mala with his pockets full of ants which he
expects to turn loose the cotton boil
weevils througout the river valleys Of
battles between these insects with almost
as much interest as we read about the bat
ties between the japanese and Russians.
and, as a matter of fact. the war of the
bugs means more to them than would a
dozen wars in the East.
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Visitors who want to see Charles r. Flint
during business hours at the summit of the
Broadway Exchange skyscraper confronted
with a OF desks, railing with wicket
gate and a boy.
, MIR Flint in % asked a visitor of the boy one
day last week.
mo SIR
when do you expect him?''
"Oh, an hour or SO. mebbe.
Cant you tell anything more definite
than that?''
We'll" answered the boy, she's been gone to
luncheon twenty minutes. I usually allow him
hour and twenty minutes for lunch
"Oh, I see," said the visitor. he turned to-
wards the door.
''See here, shouted the boy.
81 see" answered the visitor.
II don't mean that 1 allow Mr.. Flint an hour
and twenty minutes for lunch. / mean that he
takes that time. See 90
II see," replied the visitor.-New York Press
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II thoroughly believe the sea Is fall OF won
ders OF which we have no idea said Capt. John
Damn OF the steamer Merton, ''and do not be-
lieve the whale is the largest OF them. / myself
once saw a couple OF hundred yards away .
great black creature much larger than a whale.
but the captain OF the ship. Of which was then
first officer would not allow me 10 shoot at IT,
saying didn't know what it might do II in
furiated Nothing is too strange 10 credit con-
cerning the denizens OF the deep. Why. I'm in
clined TO believe in mermaids. I don't think
they'd be much more peculiar than horses
one thing. though. I'm not inclined to take serl-
ously and that Is the mirrors with which they
are always armed In pictures Where 80 they get
the mirrors ?''-Philsdelphia Record.
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Mrs. Leslie NJ. Shaw. with her daughters
Miss Erma and Miss Enid, visited San Fan
cisco last month. and many social functions
were given there in honor of the secretary of
the treasury's family
At tea one afternoon Mrs. Shaw. smiling to-
ward her daughters, said:
''when Enid was four or five years old she
used repeat at night the little prayer. Row
! lay me-
'.I suppose that millions OF children have
said Now l lay me- millions OF times. bift
doubt If the simple and charming words Of the
prayer suggested TO another child a cues-
ton so unusual as they did to Enid
..She night repeated the prayer reverepsly.
and then asked me, with a puzzled frown:
Mother IL should die before / wake how
would 1 know that I was dead p "-Chicago
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STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
scripturaI Authority.

James Whitcomb Riley tells story of an old
fellow who asked for work at the Riley farm in
the poc.'s boyhood. He was hoeing pota-
toes, but did not prove 70 be especially indus
tIious. When taken to task for his lack of ap-
plication. he only replied:
Wall the Good Book says. DO all things in
moderation -
Well it came dinner time at last" says
the humorist land the old codger did his share
nobly. In fact he ate enough TO kill two or
three ordinary men. Some one gently hinted
that his text didn't apply. He opened a
worn little Bible and imperturbably pointed to a
passage
1T read: Whatsoever thy hand fndeth to do.
do it with all thy might New York Times.
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OFEN-AIR DANCES.
reversed.

The Ministers Association was prompt
in taking up the warning paragraph in
Mondays issue of the Journal concerning
the moral dangers attendant upon the pub
lie open-air dances in the parks about the
city. Strong resolutions were adopted APP
pealing To parents to prevent the attend
ance of their children at these affairs and
begging the Board of Safety to adopt reg
ulations for such surveillance as will tend
to minimize the evils. The public dance.
where girls and women of all sorts are ad-
mitted free and men and boys the pay
ment of very small fee, is full of danger,
and is frequently the scene of the first step
toward life of vice. The obviously sensi-
bic thing for the board to do is to prevent
the attendance here OF persons known to be
immoral and likewise to shut out those OF
tender years.
1t is admittedly much more difficult and
delicate problem than that of the wine
room, for that had no redeeming feature,
while the open-air dance is a thing that
may or may not be dangerous. according
TO circumstances. Many of them are given
under the auspices of clubs that quite
respectable in their membership, while 9TH
ers are a feature of the outing taken by
some labor union. by the employees of some
factory or mercantile house. or by some
other established organization of good re-
pute, and these cannot, Of course, be made
the subject of police interference. But
there are others given by corporations for
the profit they can get out of them. and by
fake" clubs. whose initiation fees and the
admission fees one and the same. or
by clubs composed of four or FIVE young
men blessed with the money-making in
stinct, but with no notion of the moral re-
sponsibilities involved. These are distinct
ly bad in their atmosphere and in their re-
suits, and should be under close police sur
veillance if permitted at all.
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Forever and a Day.

/ little know or care
II the blackbird on the bough
Is filling all the air
With his soft crescendo now;
For she is gone away,
And when she went she took
The springtime i'm her look. )
The peachblow on her cheek.
The laughter from the brook,
The blue from out the May
And what she calls a week
Is forever and a day!
It's little that / mind
How the blossoms. pink or white.
At every touch of wind
Fall s-trembling with delight;
For in the leafy lane,
Beneath the garden boughs,
And through the silent house
One thing alone 1 seek:
Until she come again
The May is not the May
And what she calls a week
Is forever and day!
Thomas Bailey Aldric
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-08

A publishing house OF reputation has recestly
advertised a novel written by IAN American
woman Of exquisite refinement and highest So
eial rank" Leaving unanswered the interesting
question OF just what constitutes the highest
social rank in America, wonder what the
sxquisitely refined lady in question thinks OF the
snobbery of such an advertisement. We hoped
that this sort of thing was limited to the So
ciety columns where it belongs. For hea, en- $
sake keep 1t away from books.-Leslie's Monthly.
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A Persian Pessimist.

DR.. Richard T. Gottheil of Columbia Uni
versity. has broad knowledge OF Oriental tales
and proverbs
Or. Gottheil was condemning pessimism one
day at Columbia.
''Pessimism." he said. "is old the hills.
Mankind has always regarded it and has al
ways derded ii.
There is a Persian story about pessimist.
This story is old that no date be assigned
to it. IT concerns a pessimistic farmer.
Good friend a visitor said to the farmer,
you fortunate this year. He pointed to
the heavy and rich grain fields spreading as far
as the eye could see You can't grumble,' he
went on. about you crop this season. eh?
No. whined the pessimist, but crop like
this is terribly wearing on the soil.' New
York Tribune
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Sumciency.

Jes' a-goii.' fishin'
That's enough @ fun.
Sittin' quiet in the shade
or baskin' in the sun:
Listenin' to the music
OF the waters as they flow I.
Jes' a-goin' fishin' e
That's where want to go.
See the clouds a-sailin'.
Hear the wild birds sing;
Doesn't make no difference
If you never ketch a thing.
When the warmth has wakened ::
The leaf upon the tree
Jes a-goin' fishin'
Is fun enough for me.
Washington Star.
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The Original AnglO-Maniac.

Wayne had just won the battle of Stony Poiet
But why" inquired the British. do they csl
you Mad Anthony"
Because replied the doughty general. :.
am the original Anglo-maniac"
Putting his statement to the test. he pres, ec
onward, taking with him several cannon Of t.u
latest English manufacture York TribuNe
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According to a Belgian paper. the Car Is
among the composers. II is stated that at a
sbiree in the Winter Palace several works from
the imperial pen were performed. among them
one entitled significantly enough The Song OF
Peace" This stands in three sections the first
of which detacts the turmoil OF battle. while the
second suggests the stricken field. covered with
dead and wounded The third invokes retrbu-
ton upon those who responsible for such
horrors. Another work Is written in honor Of
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fortune. Mr.. McLane is thought to have been
bounded into suicide by adverse criticism. Had
he been older he might have withstood such at
tacks with equanimity. The fire Of youthful en-
thusiasm is splendid thing. but too easily
damped- AS mans years lengthen philosophy
comes 10 the rescue. enabling him to ignore that
which would wreck his nerves in his youth
Mr. McLane's death is sad commentary upon
the policy Of conferring honors upon those whose
shoulders are not strong enough TO bear them
-Phiiadeinh Rncord