Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1901 — Page 12

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Regarding the statement that the Russian government wants to prevent the Importation of foreign Roods into that country, it can only be said the Russian government can do whatever it wants to in that or any other respect. It Is not hampered by Congress, Supreme Court or public opinion. SttMSMBBlMMSSaSBBlBBBBIBBSaSSSBBHMSBBBBBBBBSMWWHSBBMSBBSft The sudden death of Hon. Mortimer Nye. of Laporte, removes a citizen who for a long time held an honorable position at the bar and who as lieutenant governor became . known and respected throughout the State. In politics he was a consistent Democrat of the old school and held firmly aloof from the party vagaries of recent years. Why has not some Inventor devised a weans of artificially cooling large office building3 and even private residences similar to those used in breweries and abattoirs? It could be done with liquefied ammbnlo gas conveyed in pipes at no great expense. Cooling houses in summer ought r.ot to be a more difficult problem than tvarmlns: them in winter. There have been, very few cases of sunstroke In this city during the present heated term, and the greatest danger may be past, yet people who are exposed to heat fhuuld be on their guard. It should be understood, too, that the attack may be in duced by reflected or indoor heat as well as by actual exposure to the direct rays of the sun. The premonitory symptoms are headache, weakness at the pit of the stomach, weakness at the knees and a suggestion of nausea, with a general sense of extreme internal heat. Any of these symptoms indicate that preventive treatment is needed, Including rest and cooling off by the quickest means possible. A bill was introduced at the last-session of Congress, and will probably be called up Btxt session, authorizing the extension of th-s free rural delivery service to public library books In other words, providing for the free transportation of such books both ways. The object aimed at is commendable, but the plan is impracticable, and, besides being in the nature of class legislation, would open the door to many abuses. Teople living in the country who want good books will appreciate them more If they have to pay something for the privilege. It need not be much, but it should be something. The Indiana circulating library plan Is a good one, and cheap enough. for anybody. Some superficial critics and flippant editors have shown a disposition to sneer at Senator Beveridge on account of his present trip abroad. He is charged with "posing.' etc., as if a man could find ro higher motive for such a trip than to make himeelf talked abjut. Sensible people will regard the matter differently. As a public man Senator Peveridge is doing wisely to visit foreign countries which are the centers of gl eat events and study their conditions and policies at first hand. Of course, he cannot master those que.-tions, but he can learn a good deal, and when ho returns he w'Jl know much more about them than senators who have not been abroad at all. As a public servant of the State and Nation Senator Heveridge deserves credit for pen ling hi.- time and money as he Is doing rather than in some less Instructive way. As the resignation of Hon. Charles G. Dawes as controller of the currency is an assured fact, discussion of his successor is In order. No more suitable person could be found for the position than Hon. Ausjustus D. Lynch, formerly of this city and for many years pat connected with the controller's cfTke. Mr. Lynch has been In the banking business cr connected with banks for mor than twenty-five years, having been bank examiner in thi3 State, preIdnt of the o'd First National, receiver of several national banks, asltant controller of the currency, and r.ow in charge of all national bank tere iverships. In thse various positions Mr. Lynch his had a mcie extensive br.nking experience thin any other person who has rver filled the petition of -controller, an l dubtloss more than any other person who can b sugt-std for the place. His appointment would be an exceptionally sood one. The late Prof. John Fiske attracted attention by the large quantity of food he ate. and he was also a great consumer of beer, though he drank no wine or other liquors. He was, too, an Inveterate moker, using a pipe that form of tobacco consumption rhich. according to the London Lancet's committee of experts. U the I

most injurious. He gave no heed to many cf the common rules of. health, boatlnp:. in fact, of his disrfgard of the conventional observant es. He wore, for Instance, the thinnest clothes he could luy, and sat In f trong draughts when he felt the need of coolness. He died at the age of fifty-nine, and It wiil naturally bo of him that more abstemious habits and an observance of common precautions might have, prolonged his life many years. The.y misht have done so. but there ii no certainty that such would have be?n the case. His heavy e;,ting was not r.ecefari!y over

eating. He was a man of Immense physiquesix feet in hcicht and weighing over tlire hundrcl prand and of apparently great vitalit". and a large amount of food was doubtless necessary to keep him In good health. Men with big appetites, men who drink and smoke and heed no rules of health, have lived longer than he. As for sitting in draught?, since the immediate cause of his death was the er.treme heat It seems likely that he could not find the desired draught when he needed it mo?t. It is well for ordinary folk to observe reasonable precautions in caring for themselves, but no hygienic rules are absolute in their application, a,nd exceptions on the records are many. A HCCOHD OP i:i'FICII2.CV. The working of the system for the management of the schools of this city, inaugurated under the legislation of 1890 and put into operation a year and a half .'igo, has been watched with deep interest by the people whose children are educated In the public schools and who pay the taxes. The fact that school affairs have proceeded smoothly the past year and a half, and that there has been no complaint of any importance, prepared the people Interested in the public schools for a favorable report at the close of the fiscal year which ended June CO. The city was fortunate in the selection of a Board of School Commissioners. The members of . the board seem to have acted upon the conviction that a sacred trust had been committed to their care, and it Is due to them' to say that they have ably and faithfully performed their duties under the new system provided by the lw of 1850. While other citizens may discharge the duties of these offices as faithfully as have the members of this board, it is not inappropriate to say that the three members whose terms soon expire deserve re-election. The board was fortunate In the selection of Captain John K. Cleland as business director. There has been no complaint regarding his administration of an office for the discharge of the duties of- which there was no precedent. An educated man; who has been in close sympathy with popular education. Captain Cleland was well fitted to undertake the new and varied duties of the position. He started with the proposition that the financial nnd bu.. iness affairs of the public schools should be managed strictly upon business principles. Everybody who has reid the abstract of Captain Cleland's report in yes terday's Journal knows that he. has lived up to his Ideal. There has been no favoritism in any part of the service under his direction. Men for subordinate places have been employed because they were and are faithful and efficient. School property has been kept in good condition bccau?e it was looked after and cared for as if It were the property of a private corporation or individual. The financial showing of Captain Cleland's report is very gratifying. The school system Is not increasing the debt of the city, yet as much as vaa necessary has been done to keep up and extend the school plant. It is a good indication that with the growth of the city and the demands made for new buildings the debt, of the school department has been reduced $122,0.13 under the present regime, and that the expenditures were $10S.On legs than the appropriations. A fund that was idle has been made to pay 6 per cent, interest, while bonds which could be refunded were replaced by others bearing 3 per cent, interest. In all matters the present system, under intelligent and faithful administration, Is in every way superior to that which it succeeded. The Board of Commissioners Is a legislative and directing body, as . it .should be, while the others it elects devote their attention to the details of administration. The change has been a most fortunate one for the public schools and the taxpayers. Ol II POPULATION AND ITS DISTRIBUTION. The eleventh census discloses some Interesting facts regarding the distribution and movement of population In Indiana. In the first place, it Is evident that the State is not nearly running-over full of people and could support a vastly larger population without crowding. By the last census the average density of population for the entire State Is 70.1 persons to the square mile. This is above the average of the entire country, but below that of several other States. The density of population of the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii, is 23.6. Rhode Island, with "7 Inhabitants to the square mile, is the most densely settled State in the Union, while Massachusetts comes next with not quite 343 inhabitants to the square mile. New Jersey, with a little more than Inhabitants to the square mile, is the third State in point of density of population, while Connecticut, with 1ST Inhabitant? to the square mile, occupies fourth place. Four other States have more than 101 inhab-" itants to the square mile namely. New York. Pennsylvania. 14?; Maryland. 120. and Ohio. l'"J. It may be remarked, by the waj that the density of population is obtained by dividing the population of a State by Its total land area in square miles. The total area of Indiana is 35.250 square miles, of which 440 square miles are water surface and 35.010 are land surface. Indiana will not equal Rhode Island in average density of population until it shall have a population of H. 615.370. It will be several generations before that number will be reached. It is not surprising to find that the density of population differs greatly In different counties of the State, but the variation Is more than might be expected. It varies from Jasper county, with an average of twenty-five inhabitants to a square mile, to Marion, with 103. Of course, the city of Indianapolis brings up the average." Some of the strictly agricultural counties are very sparsely populated, as Newton and Benton, with persons to the square mile; Warren, with SI; Pulaski, with 32; Starke, with 34; White. 21 Some of the hilly counties are also sparsely populated, as Washington, with 33 persons to the square mile; Martin, with 40; Orange, with 42, and so on. There are Indications that the movement of population has to some extent followed

water courses and blts of good. land, but there lo not a county in the State that could not easily maintain several times Its present population. It Is no surprise to learn that the cities and towns are increasing In population faster than the country. That Is the case everywhere, but It may be more marked in Indiana than In s.me other States, because of the great impulse given to the growth of manufacturing towns in recent years by the discovery of natural gas. This in Itself is not an unnatural movement, though its long continuance is not to be desired. It will probably regulate itself, and the next decado or two may show at marked a movement of population from cities and towns to the country as the last two decades have in the other direction. Free rural delivery, telephone service, traveling libraries and other additions to the comfort and convenience of farm life will tend to make it more attractive and prevent tbe agricultural districts suffering any alarming depiction. MR. ALDK.VS .MISTAKE. Mr. W. L. Alden, an American, who lives In London, writes letters dealing with literary topics to a New York paper. They are good letters, containing, as they do, many interesting . bits of news from the field of books, and many opinions and criticisms not less Interesting. But, while Mr. Alden is well qualified to judge of the quality of literature and is informed concerning British writers, he has lived too long abroad forJils opinions to be accepted as authority In all respects. He has, for instance, apparently little idea of the standing of Mr. Booker T. Washington in this country. He says-Washington's autobiography Is attracting much attention in England, and -will probably be more generally read there than In America. "For," he says, "the Englishman has no prejudice

V against color, except in certain parts of the world. Against the American negro he has apparently no prejudice whatever, and hence Mr. Washington's book is not handicapped here to the same extent as it must be at home. An intelligent American remarked the other day concerning Mr. Washington's autobiography: 'It may be an Interesting book, but I'm not taking any stock In "niggers" myself.' He was not to be blamed. The prejudice which was once so violent in the United States cannot be eradicated In a day, and it would be Interesting to know to what extent It still exists even among those who treat Mr. Washington's book according to its merits, and who heartily admire the man for what he has done. They will read and praise his book, but will they invite him to dinner?" There are, of course, certain narrowminded Americans like the one Mr. Alden quotes who cherish the old-time prejudice against the negro, especially when he aspires to be anything more than a servant, but the ieally intelligent, the people with whom Mr. Alden would presumably associate if he were in America, and whose opinions are entitled to the utmost respect. regard Booker Washington as one of the great men of his time, without question of color. They not only read his autobiography and listen to his speeches with respect, but treat him as an equal. They do invite him to dinner. Even Southerners, whose prejudices in this direction are strongest, admit his ability, acknowledge that he is doing a great work, and have a high regard for him as a man. Not long since a paragraph reprinted in the Journal from a Southern paper quoted the remarks of a Tuskegee white man who had watched Washington's progress from the start. "I can't call him 'Mr..'" he said; "we can't do that down here yet to a black man, but I get around It by calling him 'I'rofes?' And If I lived in Chicago, instead of Alabama, I'd invite him to dinner and give him the best I had." It 13 gratifying to know that the autobiography of this remarkable American is being read in England, but Mr. Alden may rest assured that circulation of the book will be wide In his own country also. THE CONSTITUTION AND NATIONAL GROWTH. A cablegram describing the banquet of the American Society in London on Fourth of July evening made brief reference to several of the speeches delivered on the occasion and gave an extract from one by Hon. James M. Beck, assistant attorney general of the United States. Mr. Beck represented the government in the recent cases in the Supreme Court known as the insular cases. Referring to the decision of the court in those cases, ne said: Unquestionably the Supreme Court was called on tc apply the principles of the Constitution to conditions of which the lathers of the Republic never drtamed, but it by no intens follows that this application was not within both the letter and liie spirit of the Constitution. That inspired compact was. as Jefferson S3id, "made for the living, and not for the dead." It is of the utmost importance that we should remember this at a time when the Republic is entering upon a new and most important phase of constitutional development. While such development can oniy proceed under and within the Constitution, yet. as the conditions which call for an exercise of constitutional powers chance with the progress of the centuries, necessarily the tiuc powers of the Constitution now latent must from time to time be disclosed and developed. The power given to Congress to govern the Territories probably meant nothing more to the founders- of the Republic than the control of what was then known as the Northwestern Territory. But with the majt-stlc advance of the Nation to its due place In the family of States this power to acquire find govern territory ha received its vindication In the recent decision of the Supreme Court, which will make it possible for the United States, without injury to herself and in the interests of human progress, to exercise that influence in the councils of the world w hich ii due to the greatest of the nations. This is a rational theory of the Constitution, regarded from a practical Instead of an academic point of view, and adapted to the needs of a living, progressive nation. In the audience that heard Mr. Beck were many prominent British statesmen. It must have struck them as somewhat strange that a high official of the. Unlte'd States government should feel called upon to defend the Constitution against tincharge of being intended to hinder the growth of the Nation or prevent the government from exercising the rowers of sovereignty that belong to all governments. The British Constitution Is as sacred to Englishmen as that cf the United States is to Americans, and its limitations are as well defined and as Jealously guarded. but not being a written constitution It has never given rise to a school of literal constructionists who. putting the letter ubove the spirit, have attempted to construe it to the dctrimest of the government ancl as a hindrance to the growth and progress of the Nation. There is no reason to believe that the framers of the United States Constitution intended to place en iron band around the young tree of state which should, retard and cripple its future growth until the band should be burst or overgrown and Imbedded by the Irresistible processes of nature. They intended rather to fertilize Its roots with a. crnerous soil which should nourish is

growth and increase its strength. . The preamble to the Constitution declares that it was adopted, among other things, "to promote the general welfare." That could never be done under a construction of the Constitution which restricted the growth of the Nation or denied to the general government any of the sovereign powers inherent In all governments. There has been a good deal of talk about the merits of an elastic currency. An elastic constitution is infinitely more important. A nation that is born and cradled in a procrustean bed that restricts its growth beyond certain Immature limits might almost as well not be born at all. It is well for the world and for civilization that the British Constitution did not restrict the growth of the empire to the limits of the period of Magna Charta. It would have been easy for the framers of the Constitution of the United States, If they had so desired, to insert a provision that the territorial limits of the United States should never be extended beyond the limits which then prevailed. Happily, they did nothing of the kind. Happily, they did not encircle the young tree of state with an iron band, but left the question . of, future growth to future times. Careful reading of Mr. Beck's remarks will show that they were on the line of true constitutional construction that is, of construing the Instrument in favor of national development and progress in the light of every situation that may arise.

EFFECTIVE OBJECT LESSON. Vice Admiral Fisher, commander-in-chief of the British fleet in the Mediterranean, with fl member of Parliament and one or two other gentlemen, recently, in order to inform themselves of certain things, served for several days as "bluejackets" on one of his Majesty's naval vessels. They only victualed" . as bluejackets, however, for one day, the experience in that line being enough for them in that time. It taught them that the rations of the men were hardly sufficient to keep body and soul together, as one of them frankly admitted. "It seems perfectly absurd," the M. P. is quoted as saying, "that we should expect grown men to have nothing to eat between 12:30 midday and 6:30 the next morning e::cept a bowl of tea and a chunk of dry bread, especialy as there is no milk, only sugar. In the tea, and it has probably been stewing some lime. Yet that Is exactly what happens." He goes on to say that the experience was a genuine one. "There was no hocus-pocus about it. The arrangement was that we were to take the victuals of two bluejackets, who, in return, consumed the food we should have had from the admiral's cabin. I saved some of my tea and biscuit and took them at intervals during the evening, but I was ravenously hungry before morning. I am certain that some reform is needed in this matter of rations, and it is a question which we shall have to carefully follow up." There is no better way to learn the needs of any class of men than to become one of them for a time, and when legislators and men in authority do this generally, an eay way will bo found to remedy industrial and other evils that may or may not be complained of, but that are not necessary. The vice admiral and his friends might have known by the exercise of common intelligence, it would seem, that the rations of bluejackets were insufficient, but to eat those rations impressed the fact upon them in a way too forcible to be forgotten. The object leason has its uses In all grades of the school of life. One of the most remarkable articles in the Forum for July is that of Rev. Gilbert Reid, D. D., entitled "The Ethics of Loot." Mr. Reid. the publishers say, "retired from the Tresbyterian Board in 1S34 and undertook a new mission among the higher classes, from which has grown the International Institute cf China." The Presbyterians must feel relieved to be rid of a man who seems to glory in "looting" in China during the disturbances about Peking. He not only declares that he took a hand in looting when he got a chance, but now regrets that "the guilty suffered so little at my hands." He supports the logic of loot by declaring that loot is "only the spoils of war," adding that "if there had baen no war looting may be set down as wrong." Mr. Reid has not been so long among the Chinese that he should have forgotten that looting Is especially forbidden by the laws of civilized warfare. It is to the great credit of American officers that they did their utmost to prevent looting and punished American soldiers for doing what other soldiers were permitted to do. In view of this fact, the Christian teacher who practically ridicules those who did not plunder the natives has put himself in a very disgraceful attitude by defending looting and declaring himself a looter. The National Intelligencer of July 5, 1S01, contained a very full account of the celebration of the first Fourth of July of the nineteenth century in Washington. It included an oration, a poem, a banquet and a public reception by President Thomas Jefferson. Of the latter feature the Intelligencer said, in the stilted style of the period: The first magistrate received the cordial felicitation of his fellow-citizens on the return of the anniveirary with unfeigned satisfaction, and, though adulation offered no ostentatious homage to power, yet all felt the inspirations of patriotic gratitude tn contemplating in the midst of them the man whose pen had traced, whose counsels had recommended and whose firmness and talents had co-operated to establish the Declaration of Independence. Feelings Instinctively glow at recalling glory and danger, and, through our exultalicn in a position of security and freedom, a spirit of general amity threw a magnanimous mantle of oblivion over past political differences, and all present, without distinction of sect, offered and received cordial felicitation. It Is also stated that the President "distributed refreshments to the company." The description of the banquet, which took place at a popular hostelry of the period, concludes with: "The company retired at an early hour In perfect good humor and sobrletj-." The issue of the Intelligencer from which these quotations are made contained the following advertisement: "For Sale A young negro girl, about fifteen years old. Apply at this office." Times have changed since then. If some jingoes in this country are disturbed over the large Immigration of Germans to Brazil, the Brazilian press is not alarmed. Brazil is, Strang as it may seem, larger than the United States, and it offers to colonists inducements which no other country affords. At the same time Its land system U so defective that it is difficult for an immigrant to obtain c small piece of land, while a large tract can be easily secured. Under such conditions colonies of Germans secure and settle arge tracts. " A Brazilian paper says the Ger

mans "are good and loyal citizens, and consider themselves Brazilians, just as the descendants of German Immigrants in the United States consider themselves Americans." The Germans in Brazil now number 4000, and their descendants have risen to prominence in the "public service there just as they have here. Such being the case, the wild predictions of those who

would have the United States jealous of t Germany that it is the German purpose to establish a German state or colony in Brazil in defiance of the Monroe doctrinehave no basis In fact. General Kitchener may r.ot be entirely satisfied with the way thing? are going In South Africa, but when he hears of the encouraging report from the Gordon Memorial College at Khartum he will be gratified. The institution is only In' its beginnings yet, but It has already established a school at Omdurman, with 150 pupils, and at Khartum has a school with ninety pupils. This was a pet project with General Kitchener. When he came back from his successful campaign In the Sudan he devoted all his energies to raising an en-t dowment fund for the college, and apparently cared more for success In this direction than for all the personal honors that were conferred upon him. Although the college bears Gordon's name, it will be a memorial to Kitchener also, and will keep his name alive, perhaps, when his battles haw become a part of dim history. In no part of the country will the outward evidences of sorrow be displayed because of the report that a Texan company has been formed with $3.000,000 of capital to f.ght the monopoly of the Standard Oil Company. The Standard has long been a shining mark for capitalists who are tempted by large dividends. The dividends of the Standard have so often exceeded its capital that several men have been made multi-millionaires by the excessive profits. It is very near a monopoly, having by one means or another very nearly driven every competitor from the field. If the Texas company can come into the arena and divide those immense profits few will mourn. Thus far, however, the Texas scheme Is largely on paper. FROM HITHER AND YON. Explained. Brooklyn Life. "I never could see why they always called a boat 'she.' " "Evidently you have never tried to steer one." Poor Man. Said a certain poor sick man named Proctor. "If I do not shortly get better The calls of this fancy-priced Dr. Will make me forever his Dr." Philadelphia Tress. Very Queer. Judge. 'it's mighty queer that Frank TIckleton should turn out to be a defaulter," remarked Ter.spot. "That's what It K" added Bunting. "Nobody ever heard him alluded to as Honest Frank Tickleton." An Earnest Believer. Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. "Of course you believe in a future state," said a man in the Pullman car to a fellowpassenger. "You bet I do," was the emphatic response. "Urn the delegate of New Mexico In Congress, and if I didn't believe and work for btatehood I couldn't be elected. No, sir." Prolnlly Never Heard of It. Chicago Tribune. The theological argument waxed warmer and warmer. "But, my dear sir," protested Deacon Ironside, aghast, "you don't pretend to know more about it than the Apostle Peter did. do you?" "What did the Apostle Peter know," retorted the man with the aggressive pompadour, "about the higher criticism?" The Sinecure. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Weil, my boy, and what are you going to do now?" "Well. dad. I don't know. What I want Is one f'these fancy Jobs where you do the least possible work for the largest possible fee." "Guess you are cut out for a corporation lawyer, my boy." . "No. dad, I was thinking of being a medical specialist." Protect the Trees. Perhaps most people who have noted the great numbers of caterpillars on the shade trees of Indianapolis this season think of them as pests chiefly as they affect human comfort by dropping on hats, crawling inside of collars and sleeves and otherwise causing sensitive nerves to quiver. As a matter of fact this Interference with personal comfort Is the least Important feature of their pestiferousness. What is of much more consequence is the injury they do to the trees. Already they have done much damage to the foliage, In itself a bad thing, since no tree can even partially lose Its leaves In midsummer without a lessening of vitality. The trees of Indianapolis have already endured much strain by reason of the the laying of asphalt pavements and cement walks and the passing of gas pipes and electric wires among their roots, and they will not withstand the attacks of insects as well as formerly. Heretofore, whatever was done for the trees was without special direction, and the scattering individual efforts accomplished but little good, but now that we have a city forester there is a chance for intelligent and concerted action, which should result in much good. As shown by a proclamation in another column, he declares that If the caterpillars are not destroyed much more danger will result In a few weeks and the trees be In danger of destruction. He points out the simple methods to be followed for destroying the worms and their cocoons, and. Inasmuch as the trees form a chief part of the beauty of our city, and add greatly to the attractiveness and value of the residences. It behooves all citizens with one or many trees about their premises to take measures to destroy the insect nuisance. It has heretofore been a matter for complaint and regret that we had no city forester, but row that such an officer exists and is ready to do his part It stands citizens in hand to co-operate with him in his efforts to protect and benefit the trees. A special telegram In yesterday's Journal described th breaking up of a funeral by a swarm of bees In a graveyard In Howard county. The graveyard was overgrown with bushes and vines, and the Insects had made their home there undisturbed. The first impulse of most persons who read the Item was probably to criticise the community for neglecting the burial ground until it became such a wilderness of shrubbery, but. after all. is it not better to leave such a spot to nature, which is kind, than to go to the other and most common extreme and leave not so much as a tree to lay soft shadows on the green mounds? Too. many cemeteries throughout Indiana are bare, forbidding places, though they show no evidences of neglect. Certainly no birds, or bees, or butterflies find attraction In them. ' Huntington, W. Va., has been having a series of happenings that suggests the Jiousc-that-Jack-buiU sequence. Some little

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The Modern Table oi iva.p - - -ness Training and Knew What To Do with It

mpvpir.HTF.n lOOl. BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL

A Couple owning i Son named Ralph resolved to mold him into a Money-Getter. When he was in Short Dresses they told him that Candy destroyed the Teeth and Peanuts caused Pimples, so the best thing he could do was to plant his Coppers In the little Tin Bank. When Christmas came they did not spoil Ralph by giving him a lot of Gew-Gaws and Trumperies. They cut out the Skates and Molasses Taffy. Ralphy would uncoil himself on Christmas morning and crawl out in the ghostly Silence to Investigate the Stocking and see if he had pulled a Blank. At first it would seem Limp and Empty, but away down in the Toe he would find a little Pass-Book and on the First Page there would be Inscribed in a Firm Business Hand. "Cash. JS." Oh. what a Tidal Wave of Joy would engulf the Young Soul at that Moment. He had not been forgotten by Old Santy after all. No, indeedy! He had five dimpled Dollars locked up in the Bank to linger there until he should be 21. Although he would be unable to handle the Coin, the Knowledge that it was in the Custody of a responsible Corporation and could be withdrawn in 16 Years was sufficient to give him several quivers of Delight. With what Ecstasy little Ralph would rcamper off to put Papa and Mamma next. He would wave the Bank-Book above his Head and his Gleeful Shouts would break the Dull Morning. "Oh, look. Pop!" he would exclaim. Isn't this Ipskalorlous? I have 5 Buckerlnos deposited to my credit with the Savings Department of the Herculanaeum National Bank and Fundamental Reserve Trust Company. Am I not to be Congratulated?" Then after Breakfast there would be a glad Scene. Dada would take little Ralph on his Knee and together they would do the careful Compute of the Compound Interest on $5 for a period of 16 Years at 4 per cent, per annum. How the Eyes of Toddleklns would sparkle with Understanding as he cast up the Column of Figures and realized that within 12 Months he would be entitled to 20 Cents that he couldn't get at. On his Birthday, if Ralph had been Good, his Father would take him down and let him see the front of the Bank Building or else let him hold the Book for a little while. Often while Ralph was at School trying to build out his Mind or perchance while he was playing Pull-Away with thoughtless Companions he would happen to remember that his Deposit was Increasing at the Rate of. One and Two-Thirds Cents a Month, and the whole Day would seem brighter. When he was 8 his Parents decided that it was time for him to grapple with the somber Responsibilities of Commercialism. They allowed him to pick Potato Bugs and run Errands. When he had accumulated enough Capital ihey would encourage him to go and buy himself a nice Pair of Mittens or a Jumper Suit of Underwear. He began to trade with the other Bojs and Skin them for all they had. He worked on their Weaknessess, giving them Lump Sugar and Fishing Tackle for old Bottles and Copper Boilers, which he sold to the Junk Man. His Parents would pat him on the Head and tell him to keep It up and some Day he would be an Honored Figure on the Stock Exchange. They loaded him up with Proverbs and Maxims about wearing plain attir? and plowing Deep while Sluggards sleep and colored boys used the water works reservoir as a bathing pool. The water works manager ordered the reservoir drained. In the process of draining the pumps broke down. Then a fire broke out In the town, and, with no water to put it out, the biggest hotel, with other property, was destroyed. Features of the present situation are Idle men, fire losses and a water famine all on account of naughty little boys. The London Leader has heard of a new religious sect in New Y'ork, called the "Holy Rollers." Perhaps the Leader has got its American news mixed. The Journal has heard of "high rollers" in New York, but it never understood that they were a religious body. A magazine article by "Rafford Pike," otherwise Prof. Harry Thurston Peck, tells "what women like in men." Perhaps the professor draws his conclusions through having noted that women don't like him. LITERARY NOTES. Mr. Henry James is at work on a new novel, which is to explain "whether a gentleman may be a cad." Sir Walter Besant has left an autobiography. It was, completed in November last and will soon be brought out in England and America. Here is a sentence from a novel recently if sued: "This cloud that tried to stand in the way of their youthful joy was only a false report whose bitter taste could not splinter the radiance of their happiness." Maurice Hewlett's new novel will contain an historical study of Mary, Queen of Scots, on the lines of "Richard Yea and Nay." He Is working rapidly upon it, and expect3 to complete it In Scotland. Mme. tiernhardt. hearing what the theme of the novel would be, has asxed him to dramatize it for her. Alfred Austin, the poet laureate of England, is sixty-six years old, and It will soon be fifty years since he wrote and published his first book, "Randolph; A Tale of Polish Grief." For three years he regularly attended the assizes at York, where he wore his barrister's wig, but never practiced. Thirty years ago he had the exciting experience of representing a daily paper In Paris during the siege. Only about 2.200.000 people In this country buy novels as they run from the press. They do much of this simply that they may keep up to date in literature. It is part of their capital in society. Most of these buy liberally. Plenty of readers are to be found whose book bills for novel3 run $100 to $150 a year steadily. At an average of $S spent by each, the total Is imposing. Here is a travesty on a book catalogue for which the London Academy is responsible. The titles and remarks explain themselves: "The Double Thread." uncut; "The History of China." oualnt n'ü- Tl. - :55nlL Ji'J"-1-::.' ci0!h- J? ' soiled; cjwiijsc .cpuriiijg lour. Daaiy foTed"Le Jardinier Francais." Plantin'. pres: !!TJ?e Complete angler.' front missin-: "History ot the Sword." many cuts- "D.n Quixote." original old calf; "Portrait c a Lady." name on title page; "Frederick the Great, wants two pages; "Beyond the Dreams of Avarice." 2s 6d; "Success in Journalism." splendid copy. ue.s in Brander Matthews says in his new book of essays that a man can no more escape from his race than he can escape from his century: "It is. the misfortune of the his torical novelist tkat he must try to do both The really trustworthy historical nnr.,. . those which were a-writing whfu Vl3v.re tory was a-making. if "he e ,s" Cities' misrepresents the P.riJ Two Pickwick Papers "pSSent ii,tl 17S9' Jhe humor and with photI,i?SJflft?,",n tain aspects of thi fundo 1 isr" n'nl elves us what nL-- 1 Tbe one France In Th? prewafSr f8scd about other tells us ihnteP? nd tJ? his own time. Historical ni2wngl?d ln leal novel. 'Pickwirv- i novel or historic-, ncitwick is superior to the

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routing out with the Lark in the Mor t itand working until the Cows com- l.cn-.e Night and every Little helps, for wf.h Reason he was expected to freeze cr. to every Red Cent that came his Way. After they had fed him these RuVs fr.r a few Seasons Ralph came home or. L,y and said: "Father. Dear. I have lafr the Model Business Man. I ran r jt yo against a Boy wht is a Pattern of a:i u-ö Virtues that you have been recorr.rr.f .r-j to me. You two ought to be Grc.t Friends." So Ralph led his Father down Street ur.i pointed out a Chinaman hard at ',rk n his little Laundry. "Behold the Chink," said Ralph. "According to what you have told rr.e he i3 All that the Business Man should W. j-e Hustles early and latv. saves his fti.rr, doesn't blow himself for FIr.ery nr. j v. Food is Cheap and Wholesome. Let u? g4 in and hail him as a Brother." "Not so." said the Father. 4 Let i: vM be too Friendly with him to-day, for tomorrow we may be called upon to v irr. around here and euchre him out of all he possesses. He is a Heathen and was dipp -i in the wrong Vat. I will admit that if u had been Born in Providence. R. I., ir.ste.vi of KI-YI and could omit the Pig-Tail and grow Throat. Warmers he would have us blowing about hfs Sterling Qualities ar.l his Picture would be hanging in every P. j?iness College. I would advise you to in-.I-tate him In many Respects, but be sure nni wear a black Diagonal Instead of a l h; Nightie and then the Papers will spak cf you as a Substantial Citizen." After that little Ralph set out to be a Chinaman, all except the Get-Up. H toiled like a Cart-Horse and abjured a.l Luxuries. He kept everything that came to him except when the Laundry Boy cornered him and rendered a Bill for 1 Shirt, 6 Collars and 3 Pairs of Cuffs. At the age when most Boys are going in for Neckwear, Summer Hosiery and StickPins Ralph was making Payment ca Town Property and trying to beat the Record of the Man who lived on 15 Cents a Day. His rarents were proud of him. It wai freely predicted that he would develop into a Great Financier and do up every one who came near him. He loaned Money at Pawnbroker's Interest and he was a Leech at Collecting. His Father thought so well of his Abilities that he took him into the Concern. As soon as Ralph got the Hang of the Business he made it a Stock Company and worked a little Skullduggery with Eastern Capital and Fictitious Transfers and nobbled up a Majority of the Shares. When Father came down one Morning he found that he was working for Ralph and would be Docked if he took more than 15 Minutes for Lunch. For the first Time Father began to harp about Ingratitude and how much sharper than a Serpent's Tooth is a mean, lowlived Jab from a Thankless Child. "For all these Years you have pounded It into me that Sentiment is a Dead Card in a Business Office, and I have come to believe it," said Ralph. "When you urge! me to get out and use the Double Cros you did not put in a Clause about skipping a few Relatives who happened to be in the Way. Just because you designed the Machine Is no Sign that you can Monkev u.tn the Cog Wheels. Buckle down to work the same as the other Hands or I may have to give you the Sack." Moral As the Twig is bent the Tres is inclined to be. Crooked. y r Tale of Two Cities.' and 'Nicholas Nickelby' to 'Barnaby Rudge.' No historical novelist will ever be able to set before us the state of affairs in the South in the decade preceding the civil war with th variety and the veracity of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' written ln that decade." WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION. The Janitor of a metropolitan newspaper office is possessed of more secrets than a prime minister. The Kidnaped Millionaires. There are some men who. think that if you have a taste for champagne and the ballet that you are intended by nature 'or a nob. Observations cf Henry. The ideal paper of a newspaper man would not survive a week. The paper cf to-day is the mirror of public taste or perhaps distaste. The Kidnaped Millionaires. It is a poor spirit, and one incapabl of courage in defeat, who feels no triumph in victory, and no confidence in abilitv to maintain the position. The Portion of Labor. He always had a book with him. ar. l hs generally read during his meal; which H not a bad plan if you don't want to think too much about what you are eating. Observations of Henry. Given two persons and a chaperon whose three united ages are something under sixty, their words and works nn be foretold, and have beforctlmes told, with much precision and detail. The Monk Wins. If I were making a book of proverl s for women, I should say. "A good complexion is rather to be chosen than nr.v üne dresses, and glossy and abundant Viir turneth away wrath' The Master-Kn t of Human Fate. 1 had yet to learn that the urpK-I races are the real races of our lives. Ar.J yet. how Öfter we. rMn.l lifo -!:- ir the great race of the future which r-' u"7 "-siruggimg. hardening, e;;i.--i:.. oenylng ourselves, for battles we are rr v r to know, tor victories we are never to v ir.. A bummer Hymnal. We sympathize sincerely, do what can to alleviate grief, pull down Mini.-, and postpone the utterance of Jokes till another rliy; but somebody has pr-t to order the dinner and the mnurnln.:. and that person v.I! 1 not make h!m?.-!t :.;cr popular with the actor:; in the trarp.lv if she lorgetK to ordrr the au.-- Ur t. m?;. - lhte:at thIn ln sleeves f r the wlaoc dresses.-The Monk Win. - ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Benjamin F. Meek, who invented the fishing reel, died at his home in Frankiert. 5o;Vlast Monc:a' r-'sht of old ace. Mr. ! F Tits ?evnty.slx years old and nner in his life went fishing. The ex-Empress Eugenie of France -.9 now the godmother to the children rf an immense number of friends and a!.-o rr 'w Frenchmen and vmon wh imperial1"11 n thC Eame day a? tho rr-nc Mark Bennitt, superintendent of the ParAmerican exposition press bureau. h made himself so popular with viitir.c newspaper men from all virts of the country that they are booming him new fcr a similar position with the St. Louis fair. James E. Campbell, formerly Govrref of Ohio, has sold his home in Hi-milton. that State, and will go to live In N York where he will practice law. Mr. uoaaly. his predecessor as ch'e' rx-cu-1kCm J hX Buck?'e State, is already established there as a lawyer. The vestry of Christ Church in Philadelphia, replying to the many suggestions fcr memorial tablets at the grave of Benjanla Franklin, says: "It may not be ger.en.Hy known that the grave of Franklin, thou-ra simple, is what he himself in hi will dictated it to be. The church has for years past maintained a Policy of keeping tfc hlstorie spot as It is' E. A. Härtel, the French explorer of cvems, whose discoveries undei4,:v. "? a'4 attracted much attention, reports tU. fcas found Jn the department (f Hsuu