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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
INTERESTS IN THE FAR


The movement of the United States to-
wards bringing about concert of action by
the powers to preserve the neutrality and in
tegrity of China during the present war
has furnished a prolific theme Of comment
in diplomatic circles. 1t is generally ap-
proved as a bold, wise and humane move
on the part of this government. The sug
gestion was one of those things which
everybody approves Of. but in which hardly
any person feels inclined to take the initia-
tive.
Recent events have shown that the United
States is happily situated TO do a thing of
this kind. To begin with, since the war
with Spain and United States acquisition
of the Philippines this country is recognized
as world power with all that the term
implies. and with a commercial interest in
the far East that entities it TO speak and
be heard. In the second place, the remote
ness of the United States from the scene,
of power, and its indifference to territorial
expansion in the East repel the idea that
it's suggestions are actuated by Interior
motives. 1t is everybody's friend. and is not
trying to overreach anybody. Finally, it's
suggestions and policy have been so uni
formly wise and so clearly in the interest
of all concerned that other powers find in
her a pretty safe leader TO follow. The
United States took the initiative in the
settlement of the troubles following the
Boxer oftener and more e.fectually
than any other power did, and the result
was beneficial to all.
A fear is expressed by some that the pro-
posed joint action of the powers to pre-
serve the neutrality and integrity of China
may eventually bring the United States
into collision and war with some of the
powers that are coveting portions of China.
This is complimentary to the United States
in assuming that she will adhere honestly
TO the policy of protecting China while
some of the other powers will depart from
1t. This is quite possible, but that would
not necessarily involve war.
The idea that suggestion for the use of
moral influence to prevent the dismember-
ment of China may lead to war for that
purpose seems illogical. There is no neces-
ssry connection between advising and urg-
ing certain course and going to war to
enforce it. Great pressure can be brought
to bear by joint action of several powers
on certain line without implying war.
The United States is honestly interested in
preserving the integrity of China by any
Legitimate means, but her interest in the
matter is by no means such as to Justify
her in making it cause of war. Our next
foreign war, which is to be hoped is a long
way in the future, will grow out of causes
nearer home
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

The question of increasing the salaries of
rural mail carriers is causing Congress some
anxiety. On the one hand there is strong
pressure from the carriers and their friends
for an increase, and on the other there is
the ever-present necessity of economy in
public expenditures. According to the last
report of the postmaster general there are
nearly 10000 rural free delivery routes in
operation in the United States, and the num-
Der is likely to be largely increased.
The present pay of the carriers is $50
month, they furnishing their own horses.
vehicles and horse feed. This compensation
is manifestly inadequate. and in order to
exc it out carriers have adopted the prac-
tice of receiving pay for handling certain
newspapers, and also for performing a sort
of commission and express business for
their patrons. This practice is open to seri-
Gus objections. There is obvious impro-
priety in government employees being also
in the pay of private individuals, and the
practice is liable to lead TO grave abuses.
The carriers asked for an increase of pay,
and also for permission to continue the
practice of serving private persons. The
bill reported by the committee proposes TO
increase their pay from $50 month to $50,
and prohibit the service of individuals. This
increase would be s12O year to each car
rier, or about s., 100000 a year in the aggre-
gate The rural free delivery service is
very popular, and the government cannot
afford to let it anguish 1t deserves liberal
support, and the carriers should be paid
enough to retain the services Of capable
men without compelling them to exc out
their salaries by receiving pay for services
to private citizens. The latter should not
no nerrnittpd
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
,yalty and valor of our faithful subjects

loyalty and valor of our faithful subjects"
Thus far he seems to be ahead.
President Lincoln in his second inaugural
address, alluded 10 slavery as having been
the cause of the civil war and said:
Neither party expected for the war, the
magnitude or the duration which II has
already attained. Neither anticipated that
the cause OF the conflict might cease with.
or even before. the conflict itself might
cease. Each looked for an easier triumph
and q result less fundamental and aStound-
ing. Both read the same Bible and pray
10 the same God. and each invOkes His aid
against the other The prayers OF both
could not be answered. That OF neither has
been fully answered. The Almighty has
His own purposes.
Mr.. Lincoln evidently believed it was the
purpose of the Almighty to destroy slavery
and preserve the Union. but his main
reliance was on the Union army:
A French writer said: God is always on
the side of the heaviest battalions," and
Napoleon said Providence is always on
the side of the last reserve" The Car Of
Russia may be a better Christian than the
Emperor of Japan but it seems to be a
rule of war that heaven smiles on the party
that gets in the hardest blows and the most
of them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
CHRISTIAN OR PAGAN,

The formal declarations of war by Rus
STA and Japan come little late, but they
contain some interesting points. After Rus
STA had protested against the barbarity of
Japan attacking her fleet before a formal
declaration of war had been made. though
it is not required by international law. it
was almost necessary for Russia to make a
declaration in order TO save her face"
1t begins by the grace of God. we. Mich
olas II. Emperor and Autocrat of all the
Russias, ETC.. make known to all our loyal
subjects" Then follows a statement of
how Japan for long time past had been
trying TO thwart Russias efforts 10 main
tain peace and consolidate tranquility in
the far East" concluding with: Making
known this. our decision. we with mistaken
faith in the Almighty ask Gods
blessing upon our stalwart land and naval
forces"
As the Russians are Christians-it must
be so because they admit it themselves-it
was entirely proper for the Car to appeal
TO the Almighty for the justice of their
cause. But the japanese are pagans-it
must be so, because the Russians assert it
and presumably they have no relations with
the Almighty. Yet the imperial rescript de-
claring begins: I'VE. by the grace of
heaven, Emperor OF Japan. seated on the
throne occupied by the same dynasty since
immemorial." etc. That was the only allu-
sion to an overriding power. and Russia
would probably say that was entirely I'M
authorized. The Emperor of Japan did not
ask Gods blessing upon our stalwart land
and naval sorces." but he appealed TO ''the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
Kept His Word.

In an address that he recently delivered on
the labor question w. Bourke Cochran told
story of his boyhood:
81 born in Ireland" he said land in Ire
land obtained part of my education. 1 re-
member we'll the school I attended. and 1
member we'll a school-felow of mine named
Michael a lad who was always talking about
trouble and always looking for it. We are
the question of trouble now. and, therefore. in
MichaePs experience it may be that there is
something to profit US
Michael boasted constantly that the master
afraid to fog him. Why oh. because his
father had said that if a hand was ever laid
upon the boy there would be trouble. But one
day Michael misbehaved, and the fiogging due
was not long in coming
''The boy went home indescribaby enraged.
He sought his father.
Father he said, didn't you say that if
the schoolmaster ever licked me there would be
trouble?
% L did the father answered.
a. We'll. 1 was licked to-day. and only for
throwing paper pellets about the ROOM
1.-The father frowned.
a. L never fail, my son. to keep PROMISE he
said. There is going to be trouble Fetch the
strap LOS Angeles Times.
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Mrs. CIeveIand's Joke.

This is true story. When Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land Miss frankie Folsom, the prettiest girl
in Wells College she had as teacher in English
composition Miss AIyra Reynolds. now a pro-
fessor at the University of Chicago.
Miss Folsom handed in an essay one day in
which occurred the reprehensible word pants -
Miss Reynolds promptly crossed out the Of
Tending term and wrote in the margin:
Gents wear pants, gentlemen wear panta-
looms"
The correction was obviously absorbed by the
fair pupil. A few years later. when Miss Fol-
som, as Mrs Cleveland, had become the first
lady in the land. her former teacher received
one day an imposing looking letter from the ex-
ecutive mansion. Washington. on opening 1t a
sheet of beautiful note paper, bearing the mono
gram and crest Of the Presidents wife. ap-
peared together with Mrs. Clevelands card.
on the center Of the sheet pinned simply
a newspaper clipping which read
Mamma" said little Emerson Highlife. OF
Boston. ARE the Gordon Brownies and the De
whitneys and the -Smithsons all gone
away for the summer
Eyes. dear And why7
Then. please may say pants TIL they get
home ?''-Lippincotts Magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
4 SAFE DIET RULE.
Eat the Smallest Amount of Food
That VIII Preserve Health.

February Century.
How shall one determine. then, how much
food to eat? Too much mystery has been
thrown about this subject. Let your sensa-
tions decide. Ii must be kept I'm mind that
the entire function Of digestion and assimi-
Iation is carried on without conscious super
vision or concurrence. IL should be entirely
unfelt and unknown. excepting by the feel
ing OF bien-etre which accompanies and fol-
lows its normal accomplishment Safety is
bad. II implies a sensation OF fullneSs In
the region OF the stomach. and that means
that too much food has been taken. The ex-
act correspondence In a healthy animal. be-
tween the appetite and the amount OF food
required Is extraordinary AS n rule, the
meal. unless eaten very slowly should cease
before the appetite is entirely satisfied be-
cause a little time Is required FOR the Out-
lying organs and tissues TO feel the effects
Of the food that has been ingested. III too
little has been taken IL Is easy enough 20
make IL up at the next meal, and the appe-
tite will be only the better and the food
more grateful.
No one was ever sorry for having volun-
tarily eaten too little. while millions every
day repent having eaten too much. IL has
been said that the great lesson homeopathy
taught the world was this. That whereas
physicians had been In the habit OF giving
the patient the largest dose he could stand.
they have been led 10 see that their pur-
smallest dose that would produce the de-
sired effect. And so IL il with food. Instead
of eating as most people unfortunately co.
as much as they can. they should eat tho
smallest amount that will keep them in
GOOD health
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

In President Roosevelt's proclamation of
neutrality he makes several illusions to
''privateers and letters Of marque." 1t
must not be supposed that such enterprises
exist on either side, legalized freebooting
having long ago been abolished by interna-
tional agreement. The Presidents procla-
nation merely copied the language of stat
utes governing the case. and the terms are
stereotyped. AS a matter of fact the dec
laration OF Paris in 1856 agreed that pri-
watering should be done away with, and
this has been rigidly adhered TO by civil
tied nations. Letters of marque are no
longer issued, and privateering is synony-
nous with piracy. 1t was a picturesque
and exciting business. but civilization has
put a stop to it forever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
Couldn't Understand 1t.

Col. William +. Cody (Buffalo Bid is at the
Holland House. The colonel has always a story
to tell. and he told this one yesterday of an
Irishman whom he employed his ranch in
wyoming Pat has been only few months in
this country and. of course is as green as Ken
lucky grass osr ways Strollng through
the streets Of Wyoming City one day recently
with fellow-workman on the ranch. he noticed
in the window OF a store sign with the words
Shoes blackened inside Pat stared at the no.
tice and exclaimed: Phat the devil do people
want with the inside of their boots blackenedP I"
New York Globe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

Already the correspondents have begun to
send in stories from various American
towns OF young men who are intending TO
enter the japanese service and who will
Immediately start for the far East to offer
their services to the Mikado" These sto-
ries are. OF course. ridiculous. and for two
reasons. Ia the first place the laws of this
country and the proclamation Of the Pres
ident expressly forbid such action; and,
were It taken. the young heroes could not
return without suffering punishment In
the second place. Japan does not want
them. Men who tried TO enlist several
months ago were told that Japan wanted
only Japanese soldiers. Surgeons who
offered their services were politely in
formed that there were plenty of doctors in
Japan The young men may wish to night.
but they can't.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
Animals Become Insane.

Insanity in the human subject is supposed by
some 10 have no analogue in the loEer animals
Yet many cases. according TO DR.. Sneilson. will
lead to the permanent loss Of self-control. Cat
tie driven from the country through crowded
town will often work themselves into a frenzy.
Horses have gone mad on the battle field. At
Balaklava Arabian horse turned its at
tendant. threw him down and. kneeling ON him.
attacked him like an Infatuated dog An in
stance Is related OF a docile horse suddenly
going mad a hot day. Everything that came
in It's way II seized in IT'S teeth and shook II as
a terrier does a rat scientist OF authority
even goes so Tar as 10 prove by what appears
to be incontestable evidence that cats. dogs and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

Believing that half the paragraphers in the
country will now jump at the chance. We re-
spectfully offer fer general use the following
plays on the name of Maryland's United
States senator:
Rayner snow; also Rayner shine.
When Isador not a, etc
The new senator from Maryland Isadorable.
Reigner-one who reigns.
Reiner-one who holds the reins
Izzy? He izz!-Baltimore News
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
Lodge Preferred Whist.

Senator Lodge is a great whist player. Not
long ago friend who entertains certain
tremely revolutionary ideas with reference to
the game published brochure embodying his
views thereon, copy of which work he for
warded to the senator. The author was little
taken back when. shortly afterward, meeting
Mr.. Lodge, he asked the what he
thought Of the work. and the statesman replied:
BLANK. 1 have read the book carefully. 1t
seems to be pretty good game, but not SO
good a one as whist. "-Chicago Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

and thus maintaining a sort of permanent
political potency. The Lincoln anniversary
celebration at the club last night was a
good hlustration of the ways in which this
influence may be exerted. Besides the
touch of elbows between political leaders
which it brought about, the speeches were
Of an unusually high order and full Of key
notes. From every point of view the affair
was highly successful
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STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
Peculiar Trait.

William NJ. McKevy. formerly vice president
of the Atlantic Refining Company, always had
the reputation of doing the unexpected. On one
occasion some Of his associates in business were
discussing this particular trait with his mother
when the old lady said
Gentlemen. if William is ever drowned, you
had better look for him up stream. "-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

Japan has still to win against terrible
and determined foe. These first advan-
tages are great, but Russia has scarcely
begun to fight. Her grim determination will
keep her striking blow blow as long as
a single chance remains. AS for Japan,
she is lighting for her national life and will
sacrifice her last drop of blood before she
gives up the struggle. These facts may be
counted on to produce one of the bitterest
conflicts of history
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
Refer if He Were Worse.

MY husband" complains the wife. sis so
puritanical. He does not believe in theater.
dancing. card playing clubs or any Of the mod
forms of amusement.
''Indeed?" murmurs the contidant. ''But
(soothingly) you should remember that you took
him for better worse
81 know. and 1 can't help thinking how much
better ii would be If he were Judge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

The average annual loss by fire in the
United States during the last fourteen
years was 100000. These figures will
give a strong impression of the losses by
the Baltimore fire. which reached nearly the
same amount
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
Her Only Practice.

poor Mabel made a frightful blunder when
we visited the Foundlings Home the other
day"
What was the trouble?"
Lack OF experience. She tried to carry
baby under her arm as she does her pug dog"
Chicago Post
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

A careful perusaI of the inside pages of
the newspapers will reveal the fact, dis
missed with half dozen lines. that martial
law exists in Honduras and a revolution is
imminent. But this is extremely unimpor-
tant news; it is probable that Honduras
has been. the scene of more revolutions
than San Domingo itself. 1t is the principal
pastime OF the country, and nobody pays
much attention TO il any more.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
The Domestic Boss.

II notice that our neighbor Scudmore comes
out every day and sweeps the front steps and
sidewalk. Does his wife order him to do it?"
No"
''Who does?
1.-The cook."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

Frances friendship for her traditional
ally is a beautiful thing TO behold; it will
continue as long as the 7. A. does not ask
for the loan of money or ships or fighting
men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

While nations are flying at one another's
Threats it is not to be supposed that this
government will overlook a little irregular
isy that has taken place in santo Domingo
Engineer Johnson's death at the hands Of
Irresponsible insurgents demands repara-
ton; somebody must be taught lesson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

Those who complain that America has
no picturesque ola ruins should take
stroll along Ohio street between Meridian
and Pennsylvania. The massive pillars of
the new federal building look through the
crumbling arches of the condemned blocks
like some Greek temple seen through bro
ken columns to which time has been less
kind. 1t only needs little moonlight to
look like a scene in ancient Rome.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

S-Is reported that the ships of the French
squadron are acting as Russian spies and
warning the Russian feet of the approach
OF the japanese. If this is true, it cannot
go unprotected, either by Japan or the
powers which have agreed TO remain neu
trail The world will insist on fair play.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13
THE HUMORISTS.
Worth Considering.

'If hand-painted stockings cost much I
should think the ladies would adopt the half
hose idea"
''Why?''
They don't come so high."-Houston Post
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Good Grounds.

Uncle George-Have you heard the news? Tom
Tyler is going to marry Tilie West.
Aunt Hannah-For the lands sakel
Uncle George-Yes. guess you're right. Title
owns some very valuable real estate.-Boston
Transcript.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

1t might be interesting 10 note that none
OF the theaters in Baltimore was burned.
The fires ragged around them, but they
stood unframed. Probably it was the new
theater legislation that did il.
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1t now begins to be plain why Dowager
Empress Isl Ane purchased automobiles.
They will come in handy if she ever has
to make another hasty flight from Picking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

An organization like the Columbia Club
is valuable TO city far beyond its political
power The best work Of such an Organiza-
ton Is not 50 much IN it's direct effect on
elections as IN its capacity for centralizing
and welding social with political influences
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-13

For the warning powers in the East these
are "sad but glorious days" The only
trouble is that they are not equally divided
they are sad for Russia and glorious for
Japan.