Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1904 — Page 4

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Many of the Democratic presidential possibilities have developed that "lean and hungry look." but Judp.e Parker is not trouiat way. At least, he has consistent ly declined every dinner invitation so far. A Boston paper says there are two factions in the Republican party in Indianaone consisting of federal officeholders and the other of candidates for federal offices. Why Only in Indiana, pray? And why only in the Rfeublican party? Indianapolis must have four new bridge?, to cost between $600.000 and $1.000.000. The frosts and floods and snow, and thaws of the present winter have cost the city a pretty penny. Bridges are an immediate necessity, and other things must waiL Admiral Evans will go to Port Arthur and see fair play between the bellicose power. He la doubtless the best man to send, though it will go hard with him to be obliged to watch a tight In which he cannot participate. But. then, he can always re lieve hla feelings by swearing. It la really pitiful the way our authors and literary men die penniless, or nearly so, when their wcrks have deserved a more substantial reward. Henry Seton Merriman left barely $280.000 behind him. Seriously, is not the old superstition about the profits of literature about exploded? A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that the action of the Japanese In attacking the Russian fleet without a declaration of wai Is regarded as an outrage by the Russians Perhaps it was impolite, but how abou the secret movement of Russian troops for months past? The total losses by the r. iltiniore fire are now estimated at J135.00t.OOO. This is less than some former estimates, but still frightfully large. The insurance is est mated at $90.00u.o00 a large per cent, on the losses. It is probable that a consider able proportion of the Insurance was placed with Baltimore companies. It la somewhat humorous to see the party which is calling for a return to the principles of its founders repudiate for political SSgpostis one of the strongest of those principles. The Democrats have always been rather Insistent about the paramount lights of a sovereign State, but now they are denying the right of a sovereign State to instruct its delegates in Congress. President Harris, of Amherst, and President Eliot, of Harvard, argue that ' the life of the educator is the most fortunate In the world, and Its rewards and happiness are greater than those in any other vocation." Tes, that is the way it looks to the president of a great university, but what do the overworked and underpaid public school teachers think of it? It is distinctly to the credit of Baltimore that there was no looting or attempt at looting during the terrible fire which wiped out the business district of the city. The people fought bra vol y to save their homes, and none of the disgraceful scenes that usually accompany such disasters were witnessed. This is probably due in a large measure to the prompt precautions taken in placing guards and extra police, and In declaring martial law within the corporation. The. County Commissioners set m disposed to treat the bridge question from a broad and liberal point of view. Admitting that as many as four new bridges are needed. Which nobody denies, the question is simply one of building for all time or of putUif up cheap structures that may have to

be replaced in a few years. The time has

parsed lor that kind - t penr.y-wise poundfoolish policy In municipal Improvements. Without perpetrating any extravagance the bridges should be the best that money can proeure, and it is hoped the County Couucll will take this view of the case. i ir- i i i. ix. i) run mi: J i wi.m.. At last the fighting spirit of Japan and the patriotism of the people have found vent in a fierce attack on the Russian ships nt Port Arthur. This Is Russia's base of operations in the East and has been converted by her into an important naval post and virtually the seat of government for Manchuria. The Japanese opened the fight with what seems to have been a very effective blow. Almost every war of recent times has developed new discovery or emphasized some new feature in warfare. The SpanishAmerican war demonstrated the Importance of naval gun practice and marksmanship, and the British-Boer war the folly of moving troops in masses to attack impreg nable positions. All recent wars have demonstrated the superiority of the American practice of open order fighting and individual initiative over the old idea of hurling masses of soldiers against other masses. It looks as if the present wr- between Russia and Japan might furnish an instructive lesson in the effectiveness of torpedoes in naval warfare. Although the dispatches regarding the first naval conflict are still somewhat vague they show that the Japanese delivered a heavy attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur and that it was practically an attack by torpedo boats against battleships. One dispatch said the Russian ships were damaged by mines. This was Impossible, because the harbor at Port Arthur was under the control of the Russians, and If there were any mines there they were for Russian defense. The attack on the Russian ships was doubtless by torpedo boats, though they might possibly have used submarine torpedoes. The Japanese navy is strong in this modern line of of fensive warfare and It looks as If Japan had determined to make effective use of it at the very beginning of hostilities. That the attack was effective is shown by the statement of Admiral and Viceroy Alexleff that two Russian battleships and one cruiser were injured. He does not say how badly they were injured, but British naval experts think they have probably been put hopelessly out of action for a considerable time. If this is so the result of the first naval engagement is a distinct victory for Japan. The Japanese are at home on the water, and good sailors as well as good fighters. The Russians know very little about salt water. To the Chinese the sea is little more than "the end of the land," but to the Japanese It has been an incentive to enterprise. The Japanese are a maritime people. They have not only bought modern ships, but have built them, and know how to use them. In the war with China in 1894 a fleet of eleven Japanese men-of-war, with torpedo boats, attacked a Chinese squadron of fourteen Ironclads and cruisers, and after five hours' fighting succeeded without the loss of a single ship in sinking four of the Chinese men-of-war, burning three others and putting the rest to flight. True, the Chinese are not good sailors, but they are probably as good as the Russians. In the battle referred to they showed bravery enough, but were outmaneuvered and outfought by the Japanese. The naval tactics of the Japanese consist in assuming the defensive, delivering a swift and heavy attack, and fighting to a finish. These tactics we-e successful in the war with China, and they may be in the present one. If Japan should succeed in capturing Port Arthur, as she did from the Chinese in 1894, she would be in a position to threaten the Russian lines of communication and mak' the holding of Manchuria difficult. At all events, it is evident she has demonstrated the effectiveness of torpedoes in naval warfare and inflicted a severe blow on the Russian navy. In all naval operations in the Yellow sea or the Sea of Japan, the Japanese have the advantage of knowing the lay of the land and every Inch of the coast. This Is particularly true of Korean waters, of which they have a perfect chart and the only one in existence. The Korean archipelago embraces a great number of islands and inlets with safe channels for those who know them, but full of traps for those who do not. The Japanese will be perfectly at home in these waters, while the Russians would be helpless. It is evident, however, that the Japanese do not intend that the Russian warships shall ever reach Korean waters if they can help it. TRYrVO TO DKFEAT THK f WAL, A dispatch from New York says that General Reyes, the newly-elected President of Colombia, will sail for Paris to-day to look after Colombian interests in connection with the Panama canal. A few weeks ago when he left Washington, ostensibly to return home, it was given out that his presence was imperatively demanded in Colombia. It seems that after a period of reflection he has changed his mind. As to the object of his present mission General Reyes says he thinks it his duty to be present in Paris when the question of the sale of rights of the Panama Canal Company to the United States comes before the proper French tribunal. "To me." he says, ' the matter Is very clear. The Panama Canal Company cannot transfer its rights to the United States without the consent of Colombia, because its contract entered Into with Colombia cannot automatically transfer Itself to Panama province. The province cannot substitute itself for Colombia." From this it appears that General Reyes's object in going to Paris is to try and defeat the treaty between the United States and Panama for the construction of the canal. The treaty, among other things, authorizes the Panama Canal Company to sell and transfer its rights and concessions to the United States. General Reyes's contention is that when Panama seceded from the old Colombian federation it left behind the ownership and control of the canal route, and that the concessions originally made to the canal company by Colombia reverted to Colombia. In other words, he contends that an agreement between the new Panama government and the canal company to transfer the concessions and rights of the company to the United States Is of no legal effect without the consent of Colombia. He forgets that when Panama dissolved partnership with Colombia she BSCS me sole owner of the isthmus and had the same right to make contracts and treaties and grant concessions regarding the canal route that Colombia formerW had.

Colombia Is no longer in the game, and her concessions to the Panama Company are of no more account than a last year's almanac. General Reyes's trip to Paris shows that having lost Panama, the isthmus, the canal route and a good bargain with the United States all through her own greed and bad faith. Colombia is now trying to prevent the construction of the canal altogether. She cannot hope to recover Panama nor breathe new life into concessions that are dead, but she hopes to get revenge by preventing the construction of the canal. Gen. Reyes goes to Paris on a dog-in-the-manger mission. Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi. In his inaugural address made the statement that education had only resulted In making criminals of negroes. Such a statement is extraordinary In view of some recently published facts and figures. In South Carolina 47 per cent, of the negro population can read and wTite, but of the negro convicts only 25' per cent, are as well Instructed. Sixty per cent, of the Georgia convicts, and only 47 per cent, of the colored population of the State are illiterate. Among Alabama negro criminals a still larger proportion are Ignorant. Governor Vardaman has misstated the facts.

The action taken by the directors of the Consumers' Trust Company at their meeting yesterday is an important step toward the construction of a plant for the manufacture of artificial gas. If there are any financial or legal difficulties in the way it is presumed the directors have fully considered them and believe they can be overcome. At all events. It is certain the action Is In accordance with the original plan of the company. The Baltimore fire is remarkable In the fact that no lives were lost. There Is cause for rejoicing in the consideration that with 150 acres in the heart of a great city completely destroyed, not one person lost his life. The Iroquois Theater disaster was Incomparably worse; not a single building destroyed, but nearly six hundred people killeC. MINOR TOPICS. The Minnesota newspaper world Is much disturbed as a result of an interesting story from an Imaginative correspondent at Le Suer. It was stated that a man in that city went out with his rifle, during the receut cold snap, to shoot a cat. The cat took refuge on the timbers of a water tank, above the man's head. The man fired, and pussy fell, but the bullet had pierced the tank. Instantly a flood of water descended on the man, freezing as it fell, and he stood helpless, encased in a rapidly growing block of solid ice. When he was rescued and melted out the murdered cat was found frozen to his back. This is a very interesting story; but rival papers doubted its exact veracity, and cast slurs upon the paper which published it and the correspondent who sent it. A great deal of bitterness has resulted. The management of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition should arrange for a matrimonial day in honor of the year. It Is reported that Director Taylor has already received a barrel of letters proposing marriage, and at this rate it should not be difficult to get up an entertaining "national leap year celebration," a ticket to the grounds on that day entitling the holder to a marriage license without further cost. It is possible that China may become an ally of Japan, during the present conflict. Chinese soldiers cannot help much in the way of fighting, but they are said to be good runners, so they may be useful in cases of pretended retreat. Also, they can make fiendish noises which may disconcert the Russians. Sometimes a humble newspaper editor breaks out with a ringing phrase that proves that eloquence and forceful writing are not yet dead. A Brooklyn paper speaks of "the lunacy of superlative egotism carried to the extreme of clotted nonsense." Put that In your note book It will make a tremendous hit at some future "dollar dinner." There has arisen a doctor who gravely announces that leg grafting is possible. Millionaires who lose their legs will find that good healthy ones cost much more than ears, however. It Is probable that this form of grafting will never grow as popular or as profitable as some other varieties. "Dave" Francis, of Missouri, declares that It would be a huge Joke to nominate him for the presidency. That should make no difference whatever most of the Democratic possibilities thus far named are even bigger jokes than Francis. It seems to be a recommendation rather than a handicap. Mayor McClellan, of New York, seems determined to introduce startling changes into the marriage ceremony. Not only does he refuse to kiss the bride, as reported the other day, but he has stricken the word "obey" from the wedding vow. Well, that alteration will prevent au immense lot of perjury. Women who are inclined to observe all their leap year prerogatives cannot do better than to take a trip to the Philippines. A cry comes from the islands that there are not enough women, and it should be "easy picking" over there for the bachelor maids this year. Nineteen years ago a man named Sublett, of Missouri, had a valuable bull killed by an engine. He immediately brought suit, and haa just received $276 damages. One would think he would have Sublett that claim long ago. The Empress Dowager of China is said to fear an irruption of Russians in spite of the Chinese wall. It is understood that tl.e wall lias suffered recently by portio " of it being carried away by travelers. Admiral Alexleff will now have an opportunity to show how he is on looping the loop. He has a good chance to put life into his business from now on. A Kentucky woman swallowed an electric light bulb recently, but she has recovered. A light diet appears to have agreed with her. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD. onrt Etiquette Illustrated. Ambassador Choate. at a dinner given by an American resident In London, illustrated the intricacies of court etiquette with a little story about King Edward. "On the day of the birth of the present King." he said, "a certain marquess approached a lady-in-waiting anxiously. is It a boy or a girl?" he whispered. 'Th lady-n-waiting, with reproachful look, whispered back: " 'It s a prince.' "New York Tribune. Mi-rt l) urlitftlty. Representative Fred Landls, of Indiana, the former newspaper correspondent who won fame by saying he came to Congress because he was wui of a job and there was nothing tdse to

do, is very thin. He was In a Pennsylvania avenue car the other day. when a burly citizen got on the car as it rounded a curve, lurched forward and sat down in Landls's lap. He arose with profuse apoloicles. "Oh," said Landls, "that's all right.'' Thea he felt cf himself to see if any bones were broken and asked plaintively: "But tell me. did you think I was painted on the seat?' Philadelphia Post.

A Sliow-llown. Thre yovng men attired In faultless manner, esecrtln? two charming end well-dressed young ladies, boarded a Main-street car the other evening, evidently bound for the theater. The young fellows were full of life, and could not contain themselves with tho degree of complacency with which their fair companions carried themselves. One of the gallants, who was -apparently doing the honors of the occasion, produced five tickets as the conductor approached, and arranging them like a hand at cards, remarked: "A full hand." ' Yes," replied the knight of the bell rope, "three Jacks and a pair of queens." Columbus Di&patch. ouldn't 1 ill the ft ity. A certain I'hiladt lphian who 13 at once a minister of the gospel and a registered physician had an amusing experience in his attempt to corner a Christian Scientist. Every time they met this scientist took occasion to scoff at medical science and to dwell upon the wonders that could be performed through faith. "You are convinced that, through faith, you can do anything," said the medical man one day. "Yes," he replied, "faith will mova mountains." A week later he was In the doctor's office with a swollen Jaw, due to toothache. "What! You here?" the doctor exclaimed with feigned astonishment. "Oh. doctor," he said, "I have suffered agony all through the night. I simply can't etand this pain any longer." "Have you tried faith?" the physician asked him. "You know you told me faith could move mountains." "But this is a cavity, doctor." Philadelphia Ledger. One Way Only. Some think that a story told of the late United States Senator Sewell and Col. "Jim" Scovel good. The colonel, who was a stirring orator, but very erratic, had been for years a thorn in Sewell s side when Sewell was commander-in-chief of the Republican forces of the State. They did not even know each other when they met on the streets. In time Scovel Joined the Salvation Army and mellowed toward the senator enough to feel encouraged to ask Sewell for a pass to Chicago. "I'll send it to you," the general said, and the next morning there was a letter in Scovel' 3 mail from Sewell's West Jersey railroad office. Scovel dashed out the moment he broke the envelope seal. "See here, general!" he exclaimed, as he rushed Into the senator's presence, "I have the pass to Chicago, but there is no return coupon to it." "I am willing, sir," the senator returned with freezing dignity. "I am willing, sir. to send you to Chicago. But I'm not fool enough to help you got back." The old-time coolness was on again at once. New York Tribune. THE HUMORISTS. Not Exciting. "Well. I never had such a slow time in my life as I had last night." "Why, I heard you were playing poker." "So I was; with my wife, your wife and my sister, "not in earnest, but Just for fun.' " Philadelphia Press. The llemedy. She was filled with resentment and pique, Refuse! to unbend for a wique. But a box of nice candy Came In very handy. And brought back the smile to her chlque. New Orleans Times-Democrat. What Made It High Priced. "It seems an awfully high price to ask for It," said the customer. "Is it all wool?" "I should say not!" replied the salesman, handling the piece of goods caressingly. "Why, madam, look at it again. It's more than half high grade cotton!" Chicago Tribune. Determined. "Janle Is resolved to go on the stage, Isn't she?" "Yea I told her there were 6,000 actors and actresses out of work Just now, and she said that would give her a much better chance to get a place on the stage." Cleveland PlainDealer. What He Wanted. "A tall bride is the best looking, don't you think?" "Well," replied the titled Englishman who had caught on to a little American slang, "so far as I am personally concerned I certainly am not looking for one who Is 'short. " Chicago Post. His Little Joke. "Doctor." said the patient, after paying his bill, "If there Is anything In the theory of the transmigration of souls you'll be a war-horse after death." m "That sounds rather flattering," remarked Dr. Price-Price. "Yes. you're such a splendid charger." Catholic Standard. SCIENCE AND INVENTION. Bishop's Solur Hing' The peculiar atmospheric or solar phenomenon known as Bishop's King seems to be of very rare appearance. It was first observed in Honolulu by Itev. Sereno Bishop, a few days after the Krakatoa eruption of 1&S3. and it has been seen tut few times since. M. Forel has reported noticing It on the first three days of last August from a height of 6,00 feet in the Alps. It appeared as a double ring around the sun. the inner portion being of a bluish-silver color, while the outer part was a band of copper, twenty degrees wide, shading off into the blue of space. Denver Times. Artifleiul Phosphate. Tho manufacture of artificial phosphate has recently been undertaken at Magdeburg, Germany, under the formula of Herr Wolters. There is melted in a reverbatory furnace a mixture of 100 parts of phosphorite crushed to a coarse size, seventy parts of acid sulphate of soda, twenty parts of carbonate of lime, twentytwo parts of sand and six to seven parts of cinders. The melted mixture is poured into a receptacle filled with water, where it cools, becoming grainy. The granulary mass is then taken from the water and after drying is placed in a crusher which reduces It to fineness. This product Is said to be superior as a fertilizer to natural phosphate. Revue Scientific The New Approach in Science. At present the phenomena of physics are, as it were, divided into two camps; acoustics and heat, which are explained from the laws of mechanics; and electricity, with its subdivision light, which has not been satisfactorily thus explained. For half a century we have tried to explain electricity mechanically, and may be aid tu have failed; let us now try to explain mechanics electrically, and see where that will lead us. Perhaps It is a mere matter of words whether we say that all matter is electrically thargod or thai al' matter Is modified electricity. But it may lead to the most far-reaching conclusions If, In explaining phenomena, the laws of electricity should be taken as the premise from which we start. Instead of, as hitherto the Inertia of matter. Nineteenth Century. Dynamo and Motor Defects. Judged from some of the things told in the latest annual report of Michael Longridge. chief engineer of the Knglne and Boiler Insurance Company, of Manchester, the insurance of electric motors would seem to be a highly speculative business. Taking a general average, one dyanmo In twelve has an accident during the year, while one motor In eight may be expected to break down. These are average figures, but In certain industries the "mortality." If one may use the term, is much higher, since, on the average of motors employed In collieries, one In three breaks down annually; while of those used in actual coal cutting, the casualty

rate Is as high as M per cent. Farther, this class of machine sutlers from general deterioration to a marked degree. In the case of motors, fully one-fourth the failures arise from old age. The insulation in many instancee la found atfeeted to such an extent that, If disturbed, it falls to pieces, and damage to a single conductor, therefore, involves the complete rewinding of th armature. Overloading, as a cause of failure. Is apparently less common, but is still responsible for one-seventh of the total motor breakdowns. Cassler's Magazine.

"rienec Brevities. The theory held by miners that the gold In the earth has been deposited from solution haa been demonstrated by several experimenters. Daintree prepared a solution of gold and left it in a small piece of metallic gold. Accidentally a small piece of wood fell Into the solution; the solution decomposed, the gold assumed a metallic state and collected and held to the small pieces of undissolved gold, which increased in size. Modeling wax Is made by mixing six parts of white wax, one of lard and one of chalk, and mixing them to a homogeneous mass. The change produced by boiling In the colors of certain shellfish Is now bellved to be caused by oxidation, both the black and red of the lobster, for instance, being perhaps due to the presence of iron in the composition with different portions of oxygen. On this theory the change would be analogous to rusting. In discussing this question. The Lancet reminds us that red hair owes Its color to the presence of iron, and that the brilliant colors of autumnal fTTTTage are due to the oxidation of the chlorophyll, or green coloring matter, of the leaves. A surgeon named Von Manteuffel, at Dorpat, In the government of Livonia, Russia, recentlyremoved a bullet from a woman's heart, and the patient lived three days after the operation. The bullet had traversed her heart, but had not penetrated Its larger cavity. Food Value of Kgga. Eggs are very nourishing food and represent two Important elements, fats and protelds, In an easily assimilated form. A single erg weighs about lt ounces, of which one ounce Is white, or pure albumen and one-half ounce yolk. The nutritive value of the yolk Is greater than that cf the white, though Its bulk and weight are smaller. Its solid constituents are about onehalf of Its fat. Fresh eggs, properly prepared, are readily digestible. The best mode of preparation is whipped raw, or cooked for twenty or thirty minutes at a temperature of about 160 degrees (curdled). The yolks are more easily digested when boiled hard, and the whites are also easily digested when hard boiled, providing care is used to reduce the coagulated white to minute particles which may readily be dissolved by the gastric juice. A single egg is equal in value to a dozen oysters. Food Health. rinnt That Enrlrhes Soil. The secret of the inexhaustible fertility of the Nile valley, which has long been credited to the annual deposit of slit from the overflowing of the river, has been discovered by Mr. Falrchlld, agricultural explorer of the United States government, to be the nitrifying power of the plant berseem. Be r seem is a species of Trifolium, which has the power not only to consume saline and alkaline properties in the land, but also to enrich it with nitrates. Something of a composite of alfalfa and clover, It is in every way more delicate In flavor and succulent than either. In Egpt it is the food of horses, camels, cattle and donkeys. Even the peasants, or fellaheen, find It a palatable dish. It Is remarkably fattening, and chokes out nearly all weeds. Mr. Fairchtld in the Nile delta visited basins of alkaline lands that had been thoroughly reclaimed by growing berseem there. He saw cattle and horses grazing on luxurious fields of berseem fields that two years before were, he says, "as barren of vegetation as a bathing beach." Furthermore, the roots of berseem stored such a vast amount of nitrogen in the soil reclaimed that on the third year the land was able to produce a crop of cotton. It Is the purpose to test this plant in Texas, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and other sections of the Northwest. In the Southwest It will be tried in rotation with cottcn; in Arizona and California, where irrigation is practiced, berseem will be used as a winter soiling and fodder crop, and in Uie Northwest where it will be planted after danger of frost be passed and harvested before the heated term, It will be tried in rotation with wheat. New York Press. Plefisant C'old-Wcatlier Story. Oscar Wilte, of Le Sueur, Minn., met with a most remarkable accident this morning that very nearly cost him his life. With his rifle in hand he was attempting to get within range of a cat he desired to shoot, when the animal ran up into the framework supporting the water tank. v Standing directly beneath the cat, Wilte shot straight up at it, carelessly forgetting the fact that the tank was within range. The bullet killed the cat and pierced the bottom of the tank and in an instant the water, gushing out, surrounded Mr. Wilte with a complete shower bath, in a temperature of 35 degrees below zero. Instantly his overshoes froze to the stone foundation on which he was standing and, stooping to unbuckle them, he aas changed by the spray, freezing in the terrible cold as fast as it fell, into a helpless statue of ice, stiff and Immovable as a stone. Only by his stooping posture, which kept his face free from the ice, was he saved from suffocation. Soon the flow of the water was stopped by the sediment In the tank flowing Into the bullet hole and a little son of Mr. Wilte, who had seen the whole affair, ran for assistance. It was necessary to loosen the unfortunate man's feet with chiseis and when he had been carried into the house by three strong men the ice had to be broken from him with clubs. He was badly frightened by the experience, but otherwise unharmed. The body of the cat was found frozen to his back. St. Paul Pionec r-Preßs Senator llauna and His Employes. Senator Hanna's attitude toward his employe is neither stand-offish nor off-hand. Many a coal miner or a street railway conductor can testify to the tact that Mr. Hanna has slapped him squarely between the shoulders as he sang out cheerily: "Oood morning, BUM" But not one has ever had the senator crack Jokes with him. A joke is never looked for; but when an employe meets Hanna the former knows by experience that he will be asked such questions as these: "Well, is everything satisfactory?" "How is the family?" "See any way in which the service might be Impro cd ?" "No kick comin. eh?" As a result or this show of good will, which also not Infrequently makes Itself evident In the shape of comfort and delicacies, if the man has answered that his wife or a child is III, the senator is familiarly known among his thousands of employes as "Uncle Mark." New York Sun. A Delect ii red Town. If you were aked off-hand the number of lectures given In Boston in a month what would you say? It iö doubtful If you would get the number anywhere near high enough, even though you are knowing to the fact that Boston is a much-belectured city. If, however, you have happened to see the February number of th Federation Bull tin you do know for a fact that during this month there will be forty-three lectures offered here, and February ia a short month, too. And 'Jie subjects covered? You can't mention one that isn't to receive attention. History in every age, art in every stage, religion in every conception, philosophy, poetry and heaHh are to be talked of and explained. A great many of the lectures are free to the public, a large number are "free under certain conditions." and others free to members of organizations -under whose auspices they are given. If there Is any valid reason why this should not be the most erudite and well-behaved cemmuntty on the face of the earth we shoald like to know lt. Boetcn Transcript. ( hildren Gain Weight in Autumn. Some curious experiments hare been made at one f the royal philanthropic Institutions in Copenhagen. For some years back the seventy boys and girls In the place have been carefully weighed every day In groups of fifteen and .i .. r. Thereby it Is proved that the children gain weight mostly In autumn and In the early part of December. From that time to the end of April there is scarcely any increase In weight. More rerr.Hik.'! : -.!!, there Is a diminution till the end of the suuuacr. Chicago Tribune,

THE DRIFT

Warren G. Sayre. of Wabash, is an avowed candidate for the Republican nomination for Qovernor. As forecasted In yesterday's Journal, Mr. Sayre formally announced his candidacy at the Wabash county convention yesterday afternoon, which renominated him for representative. In his speech of acceptance he concluded with the declaration: "It is possible that I shall hand this nomination back to you. for I take this occasion publicly to announce that I am a caudioate for Governor." W. L. Taylor, of this city, and J. Frank H. nly. of Lafayette, the tirst entries In the gubernatorial race were both present at the Wabash convention, and both made speeches early in the day. be.ore Mr. Sayre sprang his "surprise." Mr. Hanly spoke nrst. Mr. Taylor had received an Inkling of the forthcoming announcement, and In his speech he adroitly "jollied " the Wabash county Republicans and their candidate. "I have heard a whisper that Wabash county will have a candidate for Ooveruor."' he said, "and I want to say right now t il I'm a resident of Wabash county to-day. and that I'm for him as long us 1 m in this county." Frank Smith, of Rrookville. who Is a candidate foi the nomination for reprter of the Supreme Court, was at the convention, and was Invited to make a speech, but declined. "Two of the candidates for Governor have made speeches, and the direct result has been the announcement of another candidate," he said. "I don't want t take any chauces on bringing out another candidate for reporter." Representative Frederick Landls. of Logansport, was present at the 'convention and made a speech. Maj. George W. St- le, of Marion, who will probably contest with Mr. Landls for the congressional nomination this spring, was not there. There are now four avowed candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. They are, in the order of their entrance Into the race, J. Frank Hanly, of Lafayette; William L. Taylor, of Indianapolis; Judge W illiam L. Pentleld, of Auburn, and Mr. Sayre. The entrance of Mr. Sayre complicates the situation, of course, and adds interest and uucertaint to the campaign. With the solid support of the Eleventh district, and It is to be presumed that the district will be behind him, he will have a good foundation for his canvass, and while it is not claimed that he is especially strong in any particular section of the State outside the Eleventh, he has a wide acquaintnee, and is well known because of his prominence in the Legislature and the campaign he made for speaker of the House fifteen months ayo. Mr. Sayre's entrance into the gubernatorial contest will tend further to complicate the congressional situation in the Eleventh. The friends of Representative Landis have claimed that a majority of the delegates from Wabash county will be for their candidate, while the friends of Major Steele have expressed tho utmost confidence that they will be able to secure a fair share of the Wabash delegation for the major, but with a candidate for Governor in the county It Is the logical 000V elusion that Wabash Republicans will assume a neutral attitude in the congressional contest and divide their strength equally between Landls and Steele, if there should be but the two candidates. The Eleventh has been a veritable storm center of polltics for some months past and it is apparent that even more lively times are in prospect. It remains but for James F. Stutesnian. of Peru, to get Into the race for Lieutenant Governor to make the situation as complex us it could be readily imagined. Speaking of the race for Lieutenant Governor, by the way, L. P. Newby, of Knightstown. the one avowed candidate, and Hugh' Th. Miller, of Columbus, a prospective candidate, were both in the city last night. Furthermore, they met at the English and held a long conference, which may have been an "Alphonse and Gaston" affair, and, again, may have been argumentative In character. The latter is the more tenable conclusion, as it Is not In the least probable that Mr. Newby is trying to persuade Mr. Miller or anyone else to enter the race. Later in the evening Mr. Miller was asked if he had definitely decided whether he would be a candidate. "No. I have not." he replied. "I had thought that I would be ready to make a definite announcement before this, but I found, on going into the matter, that it takes time to make anything like a thorough canvass of the situation. I expect, however, to be ready to say definitely within a few days, not later than the middle of next week, whether I shall be a candidate. I suppose it goes without say ing," added Mr. Miller with a smile, "that I am very much inclined to enter the race." Mr. Miller will be one of the numerous candidates and prospective candidates who will go to Evansvllle Saturday for the convention and banquet of the Indiana Lincoln League. It is possible that if he decides to be a candidate he will make his announcement just before he starts for Evansville, In order that he may be in a position to do some positive campaigning when he meets up with the numerous delegates to the convention, but on the other hand he may want to do a little skirmishing among the members of the league before he makes his decision. liOOkt Gov. Newton W. Gilbert, of Ft. Wayne, was In the city yesterday to attend the meeting of the Indiana world's fair commission, of which he is the president. Elmer Leonard, chairman of the Twelfth district Republican organisation, has issued the call for the district convention to select delegates to the national convention and a presidential elector. The convention will be held Feb. 16 at Kendallvill. . and will be made up of ninety-eight delegates, apportioned on the same basis of representation that has obtained in all tho district conventions this year, one delegate for each 200 votes and one for each additional fraction of more than 10a votee cast for Secretary of State Storms in 11W2. ENEMY OF WHALES. Strange Creature Snld to Exlat in Alaskan Waters. Forest and Stream. While operating a fishery in Admiralty island, Alaska, last summer, my attention and the attention of the fishing crew was almost daily attracted to a large marine creature that would appear In the main channel of the Seymour canal and our immediate vicinity. There are large numbers of whales of the sp?eL-s rorqual, there, and the monster seemed to be their natural enemy. The whales generally travel in schools, and while at the surface to blow one would be singled out and attacked by the fish and a battle was soon in order. it is the nature of the rorqual to make three blows at intervals of from one to three minutes each, and then sound deep and stay beneath the surface for thirty or forty minutes. As a whale would come to the surface there would appear always at the whale's right side and just about where his head would connect with the body, a great long tail or fin, "Judged by five fishermen and a number of Indians after seeing it about fifteen times at vraious distances." to be about twenty-four feet long, two and one-half feet wide at the end, and tapering down to the water, where it seemed to be about eighteen inches in diameter, looking very much like the blade of the fan of an old fashioned Dutch windmill. The great club was used on the back of the unfortunate whale In such a manner that It was a wonder to me that every whale attacked was not instantly killed. Its operator seemed to have perfect control of Its movements and would bend It back till the end would touch the water, forming a horseshoe loop, then with a sweep it would be straightened and brought over and down on the back of the whale with a whack that could be heard for several miles. If the whale was fortunate to submerge its body before the blows came, the spray would fly for a distance of a hundred feet from the effect of the strike, making a report as loud as a yacht's signal gun. What seemed most remarkable to me was that no matter which way the attacked whale went, or how fast (the usual speed is about fourteen knotsl. that great club would follow right ahm;, by its side and deliver those tremendous blows at Intervals of about four or five seconds. It would always get In from three to five blows at each of the three times the whale would com to the surface to blow. The whale would generally rid luelf of tho eutioa

OF POLITICS

The Twelfth district delegat to the national convention will be lected in Indiana this year. the first f The editor of the Hartford City Time has secured from Senator Fairbanks an expression on the vice presidential proposition, which he publishes as follows: "Senator Fairbanks has written to the Times ackn awl. Igmg receipt of papr containing an editorial in his behalf t-r the vice presidential nomination. In reply the senator says. 'No word which has come to me is more gratifying than that which you have been good enough to send. I have no desire whatever for the place mentioned, but am as grateful to you ua though I were.' D. J. MeMath. of Sheridan, was a caller at the Republican State hea- r - terday. He said that the Republicans of Hamilton county will not nominate candidates for auditor and treasurer at the primaries. Feb. 17, but will wait until the COOStutionallty of the county officers' law has been determined by the Supreme Court. Governor Durbin and State Auditor David E. Shcrrkk will go to Richmond to-day to visit the Eastern Hospital for the Insane and attend a meeting of the board of trustees of the institution. f R. B. Oglesbee. of the Plymouth Tribune. was in the city yesterday and called at State headquarters. When the politicians get together these days there is more talk of the war between Russia and Japan than of political matters, and It seems that a preponderance of their sentiment is with Japan. At tha Statchouse yesterday the officers, deputies and employes talked war to the exclusion of all other topics and It developed that there was but one Russian sympathizer in the Statchouse John Reed, of the auditor's office. J. W. Cockrum. of Oakland City, secreury of the world's fair commission, was in ihe city yesterday. f Mayor A. F. Knotts, of Hammond, waf in the city yesterday on leal busines L .st evening at the English he was asked if ho expected to be a candidate to succ-eed himself In the municipal campaign In his city this spring. "I don't know." he said. "I think sometimes that I have had enough mayoralty experience to last me some years. Some of my friends Insist , that 1 shall bo a candidate for renomination and assure me that I shall not met with much opposition, but I haven't thought much about the mwtter and shall not come to a decision for some time yet." Mr. Knotts has made an enviable record as mayor and has Introduced some original methods Into the conduct of municipal affairs that have attracted widespread attention. 4S. W. Packard, of Chicago, was here yesterday on legal business in the Federal Court. Mr. Packard came into especial prominence a few months ago as the attorney of John Alexander Dowic, of Zion City. Friends of John W. Kern in this city are urging him as a candidate for the Demo cratic congressional nomination this year. Mr. Kern, It is generally understood, is not particularly pleased at the use of his namo in this connection, but his friends are insistent that he ask the nomination, saying that he can have It for the asking, and then urging that he would stand an excellent chance of election. He does not doubt that the nomination could be landed readily enough, It is said, but is very much in doubc as to the chances of a Democrat being elected to Congress from this district, and therein lies the reason for his disinclination to the use of his name, even as a prospective candidate. Mr. Kern had an existence in leading Democratic forlorn hop. -i four years ago, when he headed the stat ticket, and one such experience was sufficient. "I'm not a perennial crndldate," Mr. Kern is said to have protested to one of hifriends recently. "There seems to be a desire on some one's part to have me running for one office or another all the tim. Why. I even understand that Mayor Holtxtnau spoke of me tha other day as a candidate for county chairman, going so far as to concede that I would make a good chairman. It is strange that the mayor didn't think so well of me last spring when he and hi friends insisted on opposing me for city chairman." 4Judge C. R. Pollard, of Delphi, one of Carroll county's leading Democrats, is in the city. He says that the Democrats In his county are well organised for the approaching campaign, and that they "sniff victory In the air." 4Maj. Joseph B. Holman and Otis E. Gulley, of Danville, were in the city yesterday and called on friends among the officers in the Statchouse. Mr. Gulley is at present the only avowed candidate in the field against Representative Ellas S. Holllday. of Braxil, for the Fifth district congressional nomination, and Major Holman is managing his campaign. The latter was fairly bubbling over with enthusiasm and confidence, and insisted on introducing Mr. Gulley around the Statehouse as "the ntxt member of Congress from the Fifth district." "I have been more than plea d with tho reception accorded my candidacy." said Mr. Gulley, when asked about his canvass, "end 1 believe that 1 have made considerablo headway already. I have visited several counties In the district, and expect to make as thorough a canvass as possible beforo the district convention." Mr. Gulley says he does not know whether he will have any company in his race against Representative HotUday. "Howard Maxwell, of Parke county, and Alva M. HIggins, of Terre Haute, are being; talked of as probable candidates." he said, "but so far as I have been able to Lara they have not decided what they will Sn when it took its deep sound, especially if the water was forty lath.-ms r more .P.p. During the day the attack was always off shore, but at night the whales would be attacked in the bay and within four hundred yards of the fishery. 1 do not know of any whales be ing killed, but there were several that had great holes and sores on their backt questioning the Indians about it, I was told that there was only one. that it had been there for many years, and that it once attacked an Indian canoe and with one stroke of ths great club smashed the canoe into splinters, killing and drowning several of its occupants. OVERWORKED DIRECTORS. Imm Odd Facts in Connection lth It ocke feller's It crIk UH t ion. New York Post. Iast Monday's annour - n. t f .1 hn D. Rockefeller's resignation from the Steel Corporation directory excited only passing comment in Wall street. The resignation was based on Inability to attend meetings and give proper consideration to the company's affairs. This directs attention to the actual work done by rich men as directors of great corporations. With those capitalists who s rve on the boards of a dozen or more corporations, as twenty or thirty rich men do. It is frequently a physical Impossibility to attend every meeting They visit each one occasionally, perhaps three or four times a year, except In th- - f th. most important corporations, whose affairs demand close attention. Directors of sucn concerns usually atiena re As a rule, however, occa is all that corporations busy m n. Names of sue weight, and, while advise a t tendance Mtpect from v. ry h directors carry try supervision is wav, :m more lad. ,i Wall-street arge fees in this is said this week undertak n in a gener borioua duties are imp w ho has earne way from big corpora' that heavily capitalised concerns freOjt ly pay as much as $00 for attendance committee no . ting. This was not -x tant. since such work was exacting often involved painstaking investinga For that reason the ser i irried wi the pay of an exjert. In general, howt a director's fees range from 05 to t;i ita )ln. It ft. per meeting, anu, wnne u is not customary to pay absentees, even that is sometimes de ne. One very prominent banker receive d the other dsy three double eagles freoa as many different corporations whose meetings h had been unable to attend. The fees were paid and received as a matter of c urse That man is believed to receive from liu.uuu to Uuou s year iu dirt aar a leb aiouit a a W I I . 1a a a .

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