The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09
MINOR TOPICS.

Through the courtesy of Golfers Week
ly, which has sent a corps of war CORE
spondents to the far East, the Journal is
enabled to print the first letters received
from Frederick Palmer, Il noted writer who
arrived at Toxic. Japan, early in Febru-
airy. Mr. Palmers letters were written just
before the bombardment of Port Arthur
He describes the quick preparations for
war and reports an interview with Field
Marshal YamaSata. The letters are well
written and entertaining. Golfers Week
ly is to be commended for its enterprise
and the Journal is glad of the opportunity
to make use of<this enterprise for the ben
eft of its own readers. Golfers war cor
respondence will be a weekly feature.
Sir Henry Irving played "Shyloclk" here
yesterday afternoon, but the character is
no longer interesting. The Chicago man
who got $4,000 interest out of a $1,000 loan
in four years makes Shylock look like
benevolent old philanthropist.
Yale has decided to abolish the appoint
ment of valedictorian and salutatorian.
This is another step forward in the evolu-
tion of the modern college; a class really
ball captain.
The average American family, according
to the latest statistics, numbers four and
seven-tenths persons. Let us all resolve
to live that may be able to add
another three-tenths TO that disagreeable
fraction.
A Kentucky mother has named her new
triplets Roosevelt, Cleveland and Bryan.
That Hearst barrel Marse Henry has been
suffering so much about cannot have
been on tap in that section of the State
How can other institutions of learning
hope to keep Up with Chicago University?
President Harper has been operated on
twice for appendicitis. and is willing to
keep it up indefinitely if need arises.
What is this game of bridge / read so
much about?" asks a correspondent II
can find nothing about it in the dictionary"
Well. you evidently looked in an unabridged
dictionary. Try again.
Mr.. Coon, OF Cleveland. who said 81 would
rather be a lamp-post in New York than
the mayor of Cleveland" is dead And the
ungradfed. at that.
The Supreme Court of the United States
has decided that a man who rides on a
free pass cannot collect damages from the
railroad If he gets hurt. After this well
be more careful.
An old man carried out of a burning
building in New York the other day was
found to have $1,000 stuffed in his stockings.
His idea was probably to make his socks
self-supporting.
1.-The Japanese" says a Russian
paper ''are mere imitators." Um-yes:
they are giving a fairly successful imitation
| of what the United States did to Spain, too.
The British government is hereby respect
| fully petitioned not to remove the rigid
war censorship it has established on Alfred
| Austin. IL is a fiTst-rate neutrality measure
| Flat jewellers in London complain that
| they have no room for their libraries. Evil
IDENTIFY they haven't found out about these
combination folding bed-bookcases yet
Received by the literary editor. a large
book entitled. THE Sports of Great
Britain" So there are others besides Sir
| Thomas Upton, after all.
ITS a wise child that knows his own
| father" but il seems TO be a wiser fatbe,
that knows his own child, if he happens
| to be a Mormon.
| Geniuscs should never marry. says Kate
| Epson Clarke. But If this rule were ad.
| hered to- where would old Joe Smith be-
| now2
| New York people who want to make
! Herr Richard Strauss angry ask him il