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Religions Notes.

DR.. Julia Morton Plummer has been obliged
to resign from the faculty Of the Gordon Mis-
sionary Training School because of i'll health.
1t is stated that the Rev. DR.. s. Parkes Cod
has taken 500 members into Central
Congregational Church. Brooklyn, within two
years and a half
The Rev. George B. Morgan. rector of Christ
Church, New Haven has been elected bishop
coadjutor of Springfield. Mr.. Morgan is a grad
uate of Trinity College and Nashotah.
The Court of Appeals of Kentucky has handed
down decision to the effect that the Young
Mems Christian Association is religious or
charitable" association, and is thus free from
taxation far its property goes.
The membership Of the League Against Pro-
fame Swearing numbers 1900 located in
forty States two Territories, Canada, England
Scotland, Ireland Switzerland and South Africa
The Archbishop of Canterbury is at the head Of
the branch in England
The CongregationaIst publishes a most in
terestng account Of the many phases Of the
missionary and benevolent work Of the Countess
Ven Waldersee. wife Of the head of the German
army, who all her inheritance from her
father as "a steward of Gods bounty" The
article. which is written by Ella Gilbert Ives. is
accompanied by a portrait Of the countess who
American girl.
Lieut. John c. Cantwell, of the United States
steamer Nunivak. which was sent by the United
States government to Alaska. speaks in the
highest terms of Bishop Rowe's grand work in
the inhospitable regions of that country. There
is not a single humble woodcutter's hut along
the river" says Lieutenant Cantwell. that the
bishop has not frightened BY his presence dur
ing the dreary winter"
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nor of his determination TO rid all departments
Of the government OF Illegal practices II such
a thing Is possible. Himself rigidly honest he
sees excuse and has no sympathy for any
form Of dishonesty in others.-Muncie Times.
With both Chairman Fletcher, Democrat and
Chairman John L. Norman, Republican. hail
ing from Little Starke's'' county seat. the at
tention IF northern Indiana will be turned more
than ever toward that erstwhie derided region
Of swampands now becoming on OF northern
Hoosierdoms garden spots. starke county has
been growing a pretty aggressive lot OF politi-
clans well as an excellent quality of marsh
hay and cOrn.-South Bend Times.
The Indianapolis News says there will always
be two parties and enough men TO vote accord
ing TO their convictions TO hold the balance Of
power between them. We suppose it is true
that in a good many elections the men whose
convictions leave them on the fence till the
close Of the day waiting for two apiece do now
and then determine the result. But the convie-
tions, if they come at all, more likely TO
come after the election than before. And dis
reimbursement rule goes with the convic-
tions.-Marion Chyonicle.
The Indiana friends Of Senator Hanna, and
there are good many hundred of them, Will
have an opportunity 10 manifest their admira-
ton for him during the present campaign. With
out much question this grand old of Re
publcanism will tour Indiana this fall in the
interests Of one Theodore Roosevelt, and acres
of Hoosiers will hear and follow his advice in
1904 as they did in 19O0.-Crawfordsville Journal.
A Republican State administration begins the
new year by hacking $4,000 OF the State debt.
When the good work goes on a while longer
there won't be any left to remind us that there
was time when Democratic nomination and a
growing State debt were working hand in hand
at the Capitol in Indianapolis. Call.
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A MERTrORIous MOVEMENT.

Washington dispatches state that fight
will be made in the House against any
further appropriation TO continue the
monetary commission for the establish
ment OF a uniform and stable rate of ex-
change between silver standard countries
and those having the gold standard. This
is the commission of which Mr.. Hugh H
Hanna, OF this city. is chairman. 1t was
created at the suggestion Of a joint note
from the governments of Mexico and
China and includes representatives Of both
those countries. President Roosevelt said
in his last annual message: Il deem il i'm
portant that the commission be continued.
and that a sum CT money be appropriated
sufficient 10 pay the expenses of it's further
labors"
Yesterdays Journal contained the an
nouncement of the appointment by Presi-
dent Roosevelt OF a consul general at
Mukden and at Antung. in China. These
are the two ports opened 10 trade by the
treaty with the United States which was
ratified few days ago They are both in
Manchuria. There have never been con-
suls there before. and the promptness
with which the President has made the
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Drinking Before Meals.

In the morning the stomach contains a con-
siderable quantity of mucus spread over and
adherent 10 its walls. II food enters at this
time the tenacious mucus will interfere TO some
extent with the direct contact between the food
and the stomach necessary TO s1rovoke the secre-
ton Of the gastric juice. glass Of water
taken before breakfast passes through the
stomach into the small intestines In a continu-
Gus and uninterrupted flow Ii partially dis
tends the stomach; it thins and washes out most
of the tenacious mucus; it increases the fullness
OF the capillaries OF the stomach directly il the
water is warm and indirectly in a reactionary
way If il is cold. Care must be taken not TO
take cold water when the circulation. either
local or general, is feeble to make reac-
ton improbable. We should not risk IL in an
advanced age. nor in the feeble. whether old or
young. nor should Il be taken in local troubles.
like gastric catarrh. In these cases II is best
10 give warm hot water. The addition OF
salt is very beneficial. London Family Doctor.
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TIE EASTERN SITUATION.

Developments during the last few days
have not materially changed the situation
in the far East 1t is still one OF extreme
tension. with the prospect Of war increas-
ing as the exchange of diplomatic notes
continues without any peaceable solution
OF what seems TO be a deadlock. The prin-
cipal parties TO the controversy are con-
fronting each other so determinedly that
war may come at any moment, and yet 1t
may be deferred for considerable length
of time or even averted altogether.
If il is true, as some of the dispatches
have indicated, that Russia is playing to
delay hostilities till spring, when her har-
bOrs will be open and overland transporta-
tioa less difficult, she is outwiting Japan In
diplomacy and the latter is losing valuable
time. Russia is much better prepared for
war than she was six months ago. and
Will be still better prepared three months
hence than she is now, while Japan, TO say
the least, is not gaining anything by delay.
No confidence should be placed in the
Cars New Years day protestations of his
desire for peace. This can only be assured
by an abandonment of Russia's traditional
Eastern policy, and nothing is less likely
to happen than that. Japan is much more
insistent in her demands than she was a
month ago. and apparently more deter
mined to compel Russia to back down or
fight. No doubt both parties are prosecut-
ing war preparations with great energy,
and the diplomatic sparring may give way
any day hour to actual hostilities.
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INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

II David b. Hill made a public address that
did not denote that he soured on the world.
he might yet stand some show for becoming
presidential timber" but il is. he is lost in
the woods and will never come out.-Wolcott
Enterprise.
There was still some hope Of peace in the far
East until the Boston Herald printed a para
graph a few days ago saying: THE war horse is
champing his bit. eager 10 plunge his mad
Korea" This must be part OF the OPIUM door
policy.-Lafayette Courier.
The indianapolis papers give extended accounts
of a prize night pulled of in OF the public
halls OF indianapolis Monday night. II 1t
were not for the assurances Of the Indiana POLLS
News one would hardly realize that the capital
city is enjoying a reform commandments
komo Tribune.
The President may make Of judgment
in connection with the postofiice investigation,
and. indeed. may already have made them. but
there is no doubt Of the sincerity Of his purpose
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The interesting description in the Sun
day Journal of the Gentry stock farm,
near Bloomington, Ind, must have con-
tanned some surprises to persons not ac-
quainted with the growth of stockbreeding
interests in this State. A farm of 400 acres
OF bluegrass land devoted exclusively to
breeding fine horses, representing in land
and animals an investment of more than
$4,000 is very tangible evidence of the
owners enterprise and confidence in the
business. Indiana is becoming noted
for fine homegrown horses as we'll as
thoroughbred cattle. Shorthorn cattle
which were once thought to be an ex-
elusive product of Kentucky, are now
raised in as great perfection in this State.
and some of the Kentucky herds have been
replenished from those of Indiana. There
are portions Of Indiana where the famous
Kentucky bluegrass grows as well as it
does in that State and bluegrass is the
basis Of fine stock
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18

Every day or two modern science dis
covers that the human body possesses some
organ OF which ii really has no need. The
vermiform appendix is useful only for
young surgeons TO practice on; the spleen
has been discovered TO be absolutely unnec-
essary; a doctor announced the other day
that people would live longer If they had
no stomachs. And now comes forward an
other scientist who declares that modern
man has no use whatever for his toes.
After awhile they Wis get us whitfield
down to where there is nothing left but a
prehensile nose and a bad temper Then
the millennium viii come along and elm
mate the temper.
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WORK IN BIG BANKS.
Employees i'm Relays May Have to he
on Duty TNeuty-Four Hours.

New York Commercial
If the business of some of the large banks
and trust companies in New York City
continues to increase as rapidly as 1t has
during the last two years. it will not be
long before the mechanical force of the
banks, clerks and bookkeepers will have
to work in three shifts Of eight hours each
and even then will find difficulty in keeping
up with the days work.
There is no other city in the world where
the use Of checks in settlement is so nearly
universal as in New York. over IS per
cent. of the business of the banks is rep
resented by checks. All of these checks
have to be credited or debited, assorted
and arranged for the clearing house In ad-
dition, the checks coming in through the
mail from out of town centers have 10 be
handled in the same way. Few people have
any idea Of the enormous amount of mail
handled by large bank. During the first
week of January a number OF the largest
banks received on an average between 30
OOO and $1,000 Letters apiece, each contain
ing a check One bank received in a single
cay $1,000 checks through the mail
To handle all these checks an enormous
amount Of labor is imposed or the bank
clerks. The work has 10 be done not only
accurately but rapidly as we'll If the
checks are not assorted in time TO go
through the clearing house the bank loses
a days interest. which often amounts TO a
considerable sum.
To save this days interest il has already
been found necessary by some Of the large
banks TO put night force on. II begins
work at midnight. opening mail, which Is
brought from the pOstoffice as fast as II
arrives and is distributed, and arranges ex-
changes for the clearing house. This night
force is known as "Cascarets," because IL
works while you sleep" At a. m the
night force goes on and the days force
takes UP the work.
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That is a rather pleasant announcement
of Auditor Castle, of the Postoffioe De-
partment. that from returns to date the
postal deficit for the current fiscal year
will be more than 100000 less than was
estimated. THE explanation Of this" says
the auditor, probably is that while the
expenditures have enormously increased.
owing to the extensions of rural free de-
livery etc., the postal revenues have in
creased in still more gratifying and an
entirely unexpected ratio" 1t would not
have been proper in an official report 70
say that this increase of postal revenues
is due mainly to the general prosperity
under Republican policies but that is the
fact.
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THOSE WHO WANT HEARST.
Mostly Men of the Class Who Made
Anarchy I'm Chicago.

Starke County Qnd.) Republican.
1t is now predicted by many people all
over the country that William r. Hearst
will be the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent. They say he Is just the man TO win
with: that he Is popular with the laboring
element and that he Is the foe OF trusts.
This sounds ar well enough. and will per-
haps suffice 20 deceive o few voters, but
when the American people get ready 10
vote for a man they are in the commend
able habit OF making few inquiries re-
speeding the man and his life. These in
quries VIII find that Mr.. Hearst does stand
for the labOring element that IL a certain
class Of II, known under the general head
or trade unions. This Il an ofsdnl1allOA
OF working men employed in cities mostly.
and ii has been controlling Chicago and
few other large cities for the past hNe
years. And what a fearful mess trade
unionism mas made OF its reign In the
name Of unonism. striking workmen have
committed almost every crime IN the cal
cndar, and William X. Hearst mas stood
Loyalty behind them. railing az the persc-
cuted employers and urging on the frantic
strikers 10 all sorts or acts OF violence.
Did anybody ever hear Hearst raise his
voice in protest against the crimes COM
mitted I'm the name or uniOnismE Not only
against the living mas organized labor and
William Il Hearst made bastard and cause
less war. but even the sheeted dead. taking
their last solemn journey, have been SUBJ
jected To indignities by this twentieth-cen-
tury course ably supported by the modern
Nero Hearst. IL goes without saying that
all members OF organized labor are not
subscribing 10 the practices or others. nor
TO the doctrines OF Hearst. but the control
ling element casts "a shadow over all mem-
beers alike. on any kind OF a ticket Hearst
would make a good race in Chicago but
wait till the country gets crack al him
There are also about seven and half mill
lion voters who have not yet forgotten
Hearsts dastardly attacks upon the h.
loved Mckinley. whose lamentable death
many firmly believe. H. traceabie TO This
same person Hearst. who would himself
stand where the sage OF Canton stood. God
forbid
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ing. and the national capital is the proper
place 70 issue IT, Chicago is the place. and
Tuesday. June p. the time Of holding the
convention. AS all delegates are required
to be elected not less than thirty days be-
fore the meeting of the convention, and
as delegates at large are to be elected by
State conventions OF which thirty days no
tice must be published in newspaper OF
general circulation. the preliminary steps
will begin I'm April.
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CHURCH AFFAIRS.
Created n Students Riot.

1t is but little over year since attempt
TO introduce the translation Of the New Tesla
ment into modern Greek created students
riot in Athens that resulted in bloodshed. Quite
recently Angeles Smiriotis, a professor in the
theological seminary in Smyrna, sought to in
troduce such translation as a part of his lee
lures TO his pupils and then to publish the
work. AT the instigatiOn Of the local synod in
Constantinople, the Metropolitan of that city,
who is the head Of the Eastern branch of the
orthodox church, published a bull addressed TO
the archbishop of Smyrna demanding that ST.
miriotis's work be suppressed. and that the
copies which had appeared should be confscated.
This was PROMPTLY done.-Boston Transcript.
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triotism. modern spirit and good sense by
announcing that American church music Is
as good as any other. II the church should
return to-day. as a large number of peo-
pie have desired. TO the ancient Gregorian
chants. IT would be going back 10 music in
a primitive. undeveloped state. In music
as in other things. the church finds that II
must be progressive 10 live.
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Where II BeGnn.

He was bum. Anybody who him lean
ing against the bars could have told as much
from his rags
The good citizen stopped in front Of the cell.
"Why are you here?" he asked.
Jaw. had little jag on" replied the bum
TOO bad. too bad. Oh, that men might know
the danger in the first drink"
'Twasnt tn first drink pard. 1t was tn
last that caused all tn trouble. "-Milwaukee
Journal.
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COmDIicationS.

do you think there's going to be war be-
tween Russia an Japan" asked the village
oracle.
The man with the coonskin cap looked at him.
reproachfully. and said:
when l got married I a widower with
three grown-up boys. I married a divorced
woman. with two boys an a girl that has
wonderful gift Of eloquence. My wife has de-
cided that she wants TO be a grass widow
again, and her first husband is taking sides
with her What's the use OF gon way over TO
Asia loolin' for war ?''-Washington star.
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The remains OF James Smithson, founder
of the Smithsonian Institution at Washing
ton, will arrive at New York in a day or
two. from Genoa, where he died in 1929.
and win be conveyed by a government YES
sci to Washington for permanent burial 1t
is a deserved honor 10 the memory of one
who was the pioneer in princely requests
for the cause OF education and science in
America
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The Big Four Railroad Company has
contributed $4,000 toward a memorial to
the Purdue students who were killed in
the wreck Of the football special last Oc-
tober The memorial will take the form
OF a gymnasium costing 100000, and will
be a fitting monument 10 the splendid
young athletes whose lives were crushed
out in that fearful disaster.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18

According to Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, Sir Thomas Upton buys horses and
pigs in Chicago, shipping the horses to Ire
land' twhere he trains them and sells them
In England as Irish jumpers" while he
selects the thin pigs and cans them as
Irish bacon" which he also sells in En-
gland at big profit If Sir Thomas were
not an Irishman he would be Yankee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18

Mr.. William Jennings Bryan will be a
delegate to the Democratic national con-
vention at St Louis. II is understood that
arrangements will be made with brass
band 10 start playing Immediately If he
shows any signs of being afflicted with a
cross of gold.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18

Senator German evidently does not think
that the Presidents special Panama mes
sage was long enough At any rate. he
has risen TO his legs TO beg for more in
formation on the subject Well, he will
get it-though it must be confessed that
he is an inordinateIy inquisitive man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18

III looked at in the proper light, the va
rious statistics of the year just closed make
the most excellent and profitable reading.
Wheeling CIV. Va, is a town which is not
much known to fame except in connection
with certain ancient conundrum, but she
is now pointing with pride to the fact that
during 1903 she made more than one hundred
million cheap cigars Which is ahead now
the Wheeling or the Pittsburg "stogies?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18

The well known old dreamer of Mole
St Nicholas is alive and we'll He had been
lost sight OF for some time and was
thought to have lost his life or his type
writer In the Balkans but he has turned
up in the far East He cabled a joyful
declaration of war and sound of heavy
firing Saturday night, by which he was
Immediately identified
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The prize for strict-nay, iron-bound-
Standardization must without question be
awarded to the city of Lynn CMass) Ger
tain Puritan pillars of the meeting house
in that city of shoes have entered a SOL
emn protest against holding a rehearsal
of the oratorio Elijah" on Sunday after
noon. Can any town beat that?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18

A seventy-year-old millionaire miser Of
Utah has married a hotel chambermaid of
twenty, whom he first met about ten days
ago. She was a Scotch lassie who left the
auId ingleside to make her fortune in Amer
lea She has made it.
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Just to show that he is not a bit super
stitious. President Roosevelt has accepted
an honorary membership in the Thirteen
Club of New York. a man who would do
that isn't likely to be bothered much by that
accidental president hoodoo.
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rELEPHoNE CALLs.

r.i,bsr Con,nanv-7 a m 20 midnight through
the week and from 8 p N. % midnight on sun
days ask for the Journal. then ask the journal
OPERATOR FOR the department individual wanted
AFTER MIDSIGHT THROUGH TIE WEEk
AND BEFORE +. NJ. on SUNDAYS, OLD
EPHONE-EditoFial, SasZs circulation, Sos4'
counting room. 390.
New Telephone-Edltorial. Sc or 10; counting
room or circulation department, Sos-
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Disaster i'm Limerick.

A decrepit old gas man named Peter,
While hunting around for the meter.
Touched a leak with his light
He arose out of sight
And as any one can see by reading this it also
destroyed the meter.
New York Sun.
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The cartoons and jokes aimed by the anti
administration papers at Attorney General
Knox are beginning to have a feeble, flick
ering and uncertain ring. During the last
year the attorney general spent $4,000
on antitrust proceedings, and he is asking
for a half million more for the same pur-
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Never mind about the egg famine. Just
remember when you order the next supply
that eggs are selling for $1S2 a dozen IN
Australia, S1.S5 in South Africa and $50 a
pound in Dawson City. My! but aren't
eggs cheap here in Indianapolis?
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Spain because she has no foreign policy.
OF course not Didn't she get rid of the
old secondhand one that was troubling
her for $2O.cOO.OOO?
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President Schurman, of Cornell, predicts
that we shall have war with Colombia and
that ought to settle 1t. Isn't he the same
learned prophet who predicted dire things
I'm the Philippines which did not occur?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18

In handling war clouds the Balkan states
certainly long ago proved their ability to
get better results than Japan and Russia.
II these countries cannot do any better
they would better pass the cloud back to its
original owners.