Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 130, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1903 — Page 14

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Their fathers are also striking for shorter hours In shop and factory, and how can they blame the youngsters for following in their lead? II. G. Foreman, president of the board of Commissioners of Cook county, Illinois, has compiled a Statement showing the average dally cost ol food per prisoner In twenty- , one penitentiaries, jails and workhouses In. different parts of the country. The Indiana state prison Is the third lowest in Ihe list. After a trial of four years in Illinois the t Indeterminate' sentence law has been repealed, but the parole system Is retained. ; thereafter prisoners will be sentenced for Ceflnlte termii and will be paroled on denial onstration of: fitness. It was claimed that i, the working .of the indeterminate sentence J law was not satisfactory. j The offering of a house as a testimonial ? Clft to AttorKey Folk shows a proper feelt f Ins of gratitude on the part of St. Louis Citizens for the services of that gentleman s; in cleaning nut tneir Augean stables, but Dot a very' fine sense of the proprieties. ) They should' have understood In advance that In the very fitness of things he could Hot accept the gift. A clergyman in western New York has fcecn meditating on tho Burdick case and fcas finally reached tho conclusion that the I entire blame is to be laid upon women's r clubs, which; are, In his opinion, bringing About the riiin of society. A good many - evils have trcen charged up to women's ; Clubs, but this is the first time they have !een accused :of encouraging murder. . The Toronto Board of Trade, which will . Jjiold what It rails an "old-home gathering . .'next July 1 to'-4. offered three prizes of $100, 0 and $25 tor tho best poems on the oldihome idea. The board could hardly have ttoppcd to think that one can hardly throw stone In this country without hitting a tpoet, and that there la cheap postage between the Urlted States and' Canada. As 4k result of trie board's offer It is laboring : tender an avajancho of poetry from nearly 'JI of the out townships in the United ;JJtates, besldrs many from Canada and fNew Jersey, at was a. very rash offer. A concspondent of New York refers to the long and heroic struggle made by Prof. )Oustaf Karsten, of the State University, da establishing 'The Journal of Germanic philology." Tiie periodical was one of the

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(most . daring j literary enterprises ever .launched . In the West, as It appealed to xone but patrns highly learned in a very abstruse branch of learning and scattered ll over the wjrld. Even the. printing of It Swas so Uifflcinlt that no Western house " l SVouM attttnptiit. and the Boston house that JUd underlie It had to have types and iymbols specU.lly cast for the work. The wlodlcal Is Uttle known In this city, but It has excite the admiration of learned "Hen throughout America and Europe. Processor KarsteA showed the quality of a icarneu tnthus'ast in starting the magazine, nd the JournU sincerely hopes it has behome flrtaly established. A statistical 'paragraph in a paper which . careful wlthi its figures offers the rather rmarkacle Information that there are now, lks divorced people In the United States, jt whom over two-thirds are women. This Culturally rousja interest In the fate of the laen who werej divorced, as originally there tiust have been un equal number with the Jörnen. Did the husbands fade and die jj-xder the blight of divorce? Are they mere Sensitive than, the wives and unable to thrive when thie clinging vines are forcibly 'rn away by t4e county court? Or did the Majority rush off and marry a&raln, thus tiUzz thtnselyei out of tha lists of the dlrrced? Out ,does marriage really take r23 cut cf suc!i list? Wbn a man U dl- (

vorced Is he not always divorced, though

ho marry again? If not. and a second mar riage wipes the early matrimonial record quite off the slate, why Is It that women do not seek the same way of escape? Why dd more of them not marry and ceaso to be divorcees? Why but what profits It to ask questions at random? The problem is a fascinating one and worthy of serious in vestigation by statistical experts. Why, oh, why, out of 51,000 divorced persons are 31,000 of them women? Where are the missing ex-husbands of 17.000 of these sisters? The mystery deepens the more it is considered. Tnn COLISEUM t A LARGE HALL. Some surprise has been expressed that the coliseum project, which was so ausplclously launched and made Mich rapid progress at the beginning:, htf latterly seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. There has, however, been no feeling that the project was abandoned, for the public had entire confidence In its promoters and felt sure there were other reasons for the apparent subsidence of the movement than its abandonment. Recent assurances by Mr. McGowan that work on the project would be resumed at the proper time and that the coliseum would certainly be built have satisfied the public that it will be carried through. There can be no doubt that the city needs a structure of the kind proposed that will accommodate the largest conventions and crowds that may be attracted by special amusement features. In these days of easy and rapid railroad communication, when thousands of people can assemble in a day or two at a given point, the possession of a hall of great capacity Is a necessity for a centrally located city like Indianapolis. It has become a trite remark that this Is pre-eminently a convention city. It Is hardly necessary any longer to seek or Invite conventions to meet here. They come voluntarily, because of the location, railroad facilities and attractions of the city. It is the duty of the people to provide for them by erecting a hall that will accommodate the largest, and which can be utilized for other purposes. Tomlinson Hall has answered a good purpose, but It Is not large enough nor properly constructed for all purposes of a coliseum. Yet it will surprise most persons to know that the erection even of that hall was strongly opposed by many persons as unnecessary, visionary and hazardous. Its erection was mainly due to the efforts of Hon. John Caven, whom the Journal recently alluded to as "one of the most useful and progressive mayors the city has ever had." In 1873 he formulated a plan for a hall much larger than Tomlinson Hall, and In a series of special messages to the Council showed how it could be constructed and financed successfully with the resources then In sight. The Tomlinson bequest did not provide for a hall. It was made to the city "to be used In the erection of buildings for the use of citizens and city authorities (what are commonly, termed 'public buildings') on the west end of the East Market House." On Sept 22, 1S79, Mr. Caven, then mayor, submitted a message to the Council In which he advocated the "erection of a building for a market house, city offices and public hall, covering the entire market space, 420 by IDS feet. The ground-floor was to be occupied for city offices and market purposes, "and above should be a hall as large as can be made." The mayor gave his ideas briefly as to the construction of the hall so as to secure the best acoustic qualities, and said, "This hall, without a gallery, would seat 13,000 people and would be the largest in the United States." As his plan was to occupy the whole of the market space the hall would have been twice as large as Tomlinson Hall. In another message to the Council, on Oct. 20, 1$79. he amplified his ideas and outlined a practical plan for procuring funds to supplement the Tomlinson bequest, which at that time was producing only $3,000 a year. The Council appointed a committee, of which Mr. Caven was chairman, to consider and report upon the matter, and the committee's report, prepared by Mr. Caven, still further elaborated his plans for financing the project. They contemplated the erection of a building to cost 2270,000, and he figured that at the end of seventeen years the city could have "a superior market, the .largest hall in the United States, city buildings freo of rental, and a rental Income of $17.000 c year." The outcome of this agitation was Tomlinson Hall considerably less than half the size of the hall proposed by the mayor. It has been useful, but the city has outgrown It, and it is not suitable for the purposes of a coliseum. One or the most perplexing questions In connection with the latter will be securing a suitable location. As It must necessarily be down town, the site will be expensive. The present site of Tomlinson Hall would be an ideal one, and if the whole of the market space, 420 by 155 feet, could be had for a coliseum hall, the second floor of which would seat 15,000 people without galleries and half as many more with galleries, Indianapolis would be an ideal convention city. TEXDEXCY TOWARDS POIE DEMOCRACY. Thoughtful observers of current events must have noted a distinct tendency in this country during the last few years toward a more democratic form of govern ment It. might almost be said that the tendency is from a republican form of government toward a pure democracy. The dividing line Is hard to draw, but it exists. It marks the distinction between government by representatives chosen by the people, with delegated authority to act for them, and government by the people themselves. In one case the chosen representatives of the people, responsible to them at short periods, act upon their own Intelligence and Judgment and In the other case they are instructed by the people. In providing for representative government through legislative bodies chosen by th9 people and responsible to the people for their acts without direct instructions from the people, the founders of the government and the fraroers of the national and State constitutions went as far as they thought was advisable In the direction of pure democracy. The present tendency is to go further. Not to speak of ether matters It appears In the progress toward direct popular legislation as made in the demand for the initiative and referendum. The phase has a double significance. It Implies first the right of the people to initiate any measure of legislation and practically instruct their representatives to pass It, and, second, their right to vote on every measure passed by the Legislature before it shall become operative. The principle has made considerable progress during the last fw ytars. On June 2, 1902, the people

of Oregon adopted a constitutional amendment which provides that 8 per cent, of tho voters can Initiate any x measure by a petition, which measure shall then go to a vote of the people, and if they vote for it it becomes a law, and that 5 per cent can call for the referendum on any law passed by the. Legislature. This amendment to the Constitution of Oregon was adopted by a large majority of the popular vote. At the same time the city of Portland, Ore., adopted by a large popular majority a strong direct legislation charter. In Chicago, under the partial referendum law of Illinois, the people, by a very largre majority, have decided In favor of city ownership of street railroads, of gas and electric lighting plants, and other public utilities. .The people of Illinois have voted by a large majority In favor of submitting to the people a constitutional amendment embodying complete State direct legislation and complete municipal direct legislation. In Los Angeles, Cat, the people have adopted a rule that an ordinance petitioned for by a majority of the voters shall be passed by the Council and that any city officer may be removed from office by popular vote. The Missouri Legislature has passed a law providing for submitting to the people a constitutional amendment for direct legislation, and there is little doubt but the people will adopt It Similar constitutional amendments are pending in two or three other States, with a fair prospect of passing. The movement in favor of a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States senators by popular vote, which has been .adopted by several States, is another proof of the same tendency. Its logical conclusion means less intelligence, less independence and less responsibility on the part of law? makers and more unrestricted power In the hands of the people. Its general application would effect a radical change in our form of government Whether the change would be for the better or the worse Is a question on which opinions will probably differ.

A MOSLEM ON THE NEGRO PnODLEM. The New York Tribune publishes a letter from a Moslem, who signs himself Mohammad Maulavle, which takes an entirely new view of the negro problem. No question has been more discussed In recent years than what to do with the negroes in the South. The experiment of Investing them with the suffrage and the rights of citizenship has not worked as well as the friends of that policy hoped it would, though It has not had a fair trial and does not seem likely to. It has been proposed by some to reduce them to a system of practical serfdom and make them a serving clas3. Some have proposed their colonization In Liberia or Mexico, though as the negroes show no disposition to be colonized it is not quite clear how this plan could be carried out. Others have proposed practically their extermination, though this plan presents more difficulties than colonization. The Booker Washington plan of educating them to become self-supporting mechanics and farmers, and trust to time for recognition of their civil and political rights, is the best plan yet proposed, but that will take a long time. Our Moslem's suggestion is to rnako Mohammedans of them not by compulsion, but by missionary work. He cays that Islam, being a universal religion, does not admit of either racial or color prejudices. It destroyed them root and branch more than a thousand years ago. Moslems believe in one God, and their only religious prejudice Is against those who believe in a triune Ood. Otherwise they have no prejudice against race or color. At the present time there are about SOO.000,000 Moslems in the world, inhabiting different continents and belonging to various races, including the negro race. Recent religious statistics place the number of Mohammedans in the world at 176,834,372, of whom 6,229,000 are in Europe, divided between Russia and Turkey, 21,6D9,7S7 are in Oceanlca, 36,000,000 are in Africa and 100,535,5S3 are in Asia. Their distribution shows that Moslemlsm does not recognize any distinction of color. For that matter neither does Christianity, but some of the leading Christian races do. The color problem, the color line and the question of the superiority or Inferiority of races is the creation of the Anglo-Saxon race. In view of these facts and of the ap parent insolubility of the negro problem in the United States by other means, Mohammad Mauiavie proposes that they bo converted to Moslemlsm. He says: The only solution of the color problem wnicn suggests itseir to my mind is this. that as Christianity, after the trial of cen turies, failed to soften the heart of the white and ameliorate the condition of the black, it is time that Islam should have a chance to try its Influence over the negro race or tnc south. American phllanthroD ists have spent millions of dollars by this time In sending missionaries to Moslem countries to convert the unitarians to the trinitarian faith, but in vain. Now. let the Moslems return the compliment by sending Moslem missionaries to the negroes of the South to convert them to Islam. When once a unitarian and total abstinent for Islam forbids the use of alcohol in any shape and form the negro will have no reason to envy his white fellow-citizens: nay, he will feel a sense of superiority In his simple faith and sober conduct. As Islam in its pristine purity was democratic and progressive, the negroes of the United States democracy will become a model Moslem community In the world, and there is no wonder If In course or a short time the plan may be changed Into "the edu cated blacks should act as teachers, the whites as pupns. The suggestion is entirely original and has obvious advantages over the plan of exterminating the negroes or lynching them out of existence. As Moslems they could still remain in the United States as productive citizens. This plan would be cheaper than colonizing them, and no doubt any patriotic colored American would rather remain in this country as a Moslem than go to Liberia as anything else. Per haps a. flank movement of that kind against the Anglo-Saxon prejudice against color would lead eventually to recognition of the negro's civil and political rights in the South. THE JOURNALIST AS NOVEL "WRITER. The announcement of the immediate publication of a novel by Mr. Meredith Nichol son, of Indianapolis, has aroused much in terest among those acquainted with this gentleman's literary ability in other lines than fiction. For a number of years he was a newspaper writer, and in that field proved himself to be a clear, thinker and gained command of a clean-cut style of expression which serves him well later In more serious work. Ills book, "The Iloosiers," is a most valuable contribution to the history of In dlana. In it are traced the sources of the population of the State and the influences leading to the growth of the educational and intellectual movements in a comprehen sive way equaled by no other WTlter. These facts, of importance In themselves, and many of them not to be found elsewhere

except as the result of much research, are

made the riore Interesting by the manner of presentation the absence of superfluous statement, the general sensa of proportion and the instant comprehension of the essen tial elements of his theme. Mr. Nicholson is also well known as a writer of admirable verse, much of which has found place in leading magazines. His training and literary qualities, therefore, lead to the expectation that his novel will be of unusual merit, this belief having the further basis that a large number of the successes in recent fiction have been acMeved by newspaper men. The objection is sometimes raised to their novels that they are devoid of "atmosphere," of the glamour that gives the true charm to fiction, but on the contrary are merely extended pieces of reporting that, however skillful In themselves, have something of the bareness of the newspaper report and lack the one touch of the artist that makes them literature. This complaint has undoubtedly some ba sis. Frank Norrls, author of "The Octopus" and "The Pit," large though his Ideas were. did not escape the reportorlal style. The same is true to some extent of Irving Bacheller, of Edward W. Townsend, of David Graham Phillips, and others who might be named. It is not true of the late Harold Frtderic, whose novels, especially the earlier ones, dealing with strictly American themes, chow him to have been a man of high Imaginative ability and a power that belongs to the "born" writer of fiction. These earlier novels of Frederic's, by the way, never shared the popularity of his later ones, though In many respects they are superior. The vividness of their por trayals of certain phases of American life has not been excelled. To take a case nearer at hand, Frederic S. Isham, newspaper man, in his recent book, "Under the Rose," has produced a tale which has a poetic charm and an atmosphere which belongs to the fifteenth century instead of the twentiethan achievement beyond the powers of most writers of historical fiction, even though they have all possible university training, and have not as authors of the strict library brand sometimes boast once lowered their standard" by writing for the press. Looking over the field of fiction as it now is, the novelists who are graduates from the newspaper school are in the majority and have the most promising outlook. The reason Is easy to see. They have mingled with men, their acquaintance with the world is practical, they have acquired a command of nervous, idiomatic English and an ability to select and deal only with essentials. If, in addition, they have the artist's instinct their equipment is all that could be wished. On the other hand, the novel written by the professor, the university man who seldom gets far away from his books, is likely to fall because he does not know the world as it is, and cannot, therefore, depict it; and because he is often such a purist that in his revision and emendations and precision in the choice of words he succeeds in destroying all the life that might otherwise be in the pages. The best and greatest works of fiction are by no means free from inelegancies of diction, awkward phraseology, even errors of grammar. Modern professional "word sharps' would tear Scott and Thackeray and Dickens to fragments If tales by those authors were submitted to them for review. Tolstoy, it is said, produces "copy" In his native language that Is by no means free from error. After all, the story is the Important thing, and the author who gives more heed to the tools than to the work is not the one who wins an audience. The president of North Dakota University startled the convention of college presidents at Chicago on Friday by promulgating some original views. He was advocating shorter courses and more elective studies with a view of giving students a more practical education than they now receive. When he was told that his scheme marred the idea of a liberal education he replied: "To speak frankly, I can't say, after twenty-five years of teachlug, Just what a liberal education is. When I went to college the study of biology was unknown. I. don't know a thing about biology, but I teach Greek. I have a professor of biology who doesn't know alpha from beta. Now, am I liberally educated without biology, or is he liberally educated without Greek?" His conclusion was that all a man gets out of a college course Is a certain amount of Intellectual power which comes under the head of general culture. Again, when he was told that he made the amount of work which a dullard Is capable of the basis of his system, the North Dakota man said he had come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a dullard. "I have had boys," he said, "who were dumb in Latin and Greek classes, but I had my ej'es opened when we established our school of engineering. I go over there and see those same boys doing things that seem to me marvelous. They have suddenly become eloquent In their own way. Those boys have found themselves." The moral seems to be that college presidents and professors should discard the traditions of pedagogy and study actual conditions and human nature as It is. Philadelphia is taking its turn along with smaller cities and towns in looking the Carnegie gift horso In the mouth, and, like the rest, it finds the gift to be costly In a double sense that is, to the recipient as well as to the donor Mr. Carnegie has lately given the Quaker City 21,500,000 for the establishment of thirty branch libraries. Together with the cost of the sites and the $150,000 a year for the running expenses, it is estimated that these branch libraries. Independently of the Carnegie gift, will represent a capitalization of about $5,000,000 at 5 per cent. This total rather scares the frugal Philadelphians, and they are beginning to ask themselves if unlimited free distribution of books pays. And as the effect of such a distribution has not been long enough In existence anywhere to prove its actual value to the people the answer Is not forthcoming at once. Philadelphia, like other cities, will have to wait and see. The authors of the various "Elizabeths" that have figured recently in light literature are now accusing each other of plagiarism and of stealing each other's capital. But why not straighten the matter out by adding distinguishing titles to the several Elizabeths, calling one Elizabeth Ann, another Betsy, another Lizzie, and so on? And anyway, no Elizabeth in the lot Is worth quarreling over. " ' It is not surprising to learn that the rebate fare- system adopted by Indianapolis merchants a year or 00 ago has proved' a decided success in every way. The plan has been to refund the entire amount of

railroad fare to all out-of-town purchasers within a radius of forty miles who make purchases of tho syndicate merchants amounting to 225 or more. The result has been to bring thousands of new patrons to the stores and greatly increase their trade, while tho purchaser of the stipulated amount gets a free ride both ways and feels that he or she has been liberally treated. It works well for all concerned. The mother-in-law figures frequently in fiction and the funny column, and the allusions to her are mostly of a derogatory nature, but she Is so much ' of a stock character in these places that no one pays much attention to her or takes her very seriously. "When she appears in real life, however, in an assertive way heed must be given her. At least that was what one Chicago woman found, and by way of settling her difficulty left her home, which was also the mother-in-law's home, and appealed to the court for separate maintenance. The Judge promptly decided that under the circumstances she was justified in leaving the house and expressed himself tnus: If a husband, able to provide a separate home for his wife, takes her to a home presided over and wholly controlled by her mother-in-law and relegates his wife, in spite of repeated requests, to a subordinate position and submits to seeing her dominated by such mother-in-law is the wife thereby Justified in living separate and apart from her husband and therefore entitled to separate maintenance? Under the circumstances of this case I unhesitatingly say yes. Chicago young men who are preparing to marry and take the wife "home to mother's" should be warned by this ruling. The many music lovers of Indianapolis who felt deep regret when the regular May music festival ceased to be will be correspondingly pleased over the practical restoration of that institution. At least the concerts which are to be given at' English's Opera House next week will serve as a very satisfactory substitute for those of the original festivals. A well-trained chorus, a high-class orchestra and. soloists equal to the demands upon them will present two great productions, Haydn's "Creation" and Rossini's "Stabat Mater," and the. opportunity afforded for hearing such music Is one not to be missed. Mr. John Stem, through whose individual efforts these conCerts have been arranged, deserves much credit for his enterprise and should receive the practical encouragement due to one who is endeavoring single-handed to maintain the Interest in music that was aroused by the series of festivals made possible for & number of years through popular subscriptions. The annual report and catalogue of Rose Polytechnic Institute shows that the Institution i3 on a prosperous footing. As a school exclusively for the higher education of young men In engineering it occupies a peculiar field among the educational institutions of the State. The degrees conferred by it are not literary, but scientific, in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, architecture and chemistry. An Interesting feature of the new catalogue is a list of the alumni of the institute who are now holding responsible and lucrative positions In civil, electrical or mechanical engineering. The list contains about three hundred names. It seems .hardly probable that the Pope, pleased as he was with President Roosevelt's gift of the ten volumes of presidents messages and other state papers, is setting up nights in order to read them. Chicago has hopes that Its laundries will resume work some time this week. Life in grimy old Chicago without a chance to get one's clothes washed surely belongs in the list of saddest things on earth. THE HUMORISTS.

The Büssing Link. ' Baltimore News. "And so Professor Gustavus has at last discovered the missing link! Where did he find It?' "Under the bureau, I understand." A Recommendation. Yonkers Statesman. "Try one of our new sofas," said the man in the furniture shop; "they're very healthy. Every one is stuffed with a new breakfast food." Not International. Puck. Mrs. Qramercy Do you think it was an la tentional slight on the part of Mrs. Newrlch? Mrs. Park Why, no, my dear. She hasn't been a lady long enough to know how to be rude. Varied. Judge. "What experience have you bad as a cook?" i asked Mrs. Dlnsmore of the applicant for the situation. c 'Twlnty places In three mont'i, rnum,M rpll4 Bridget, proudly. No Belligerents Wanted. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Yes, George, when we go abroad I want ycu to be sure to remember that X am to visit the Carnegie Terr.ple of Peace." "The Temple of Peace, my love? Really, I I am afraid they wouldn't let you In." Not Enconraging. Philadelphia PreBs. He I was thinking of speaking to your father soon. ' She Yes, papa told me be thought you would. He Indeed? She Te; and he says If you truly love me you ought to take out an accident policy in my favpr. She Kept On. Chieaco Tribune, "Katherlne." said her distracted father, "when you play the piano so hard that a vase falls from the top of It and raises a lump on your head. I think it's time for you to stop." "Didn't Presllent Boosevelt .say," replied Katherlne, "that if you should get hurt while playing you should keep vlght on playing?" And she kept right cn. Literary Loyalty. There Isn't any finish to these magazines and books. A feller's bound to notice 'era whichever way he looks. But when I pick one of 'em up an' read an hour or to. It seems quite similar to what I've read long years ago. - An so I close the volume. On the shelf I put It bark An settle down contented to peruse the almanac They're all about some gal that's fell In love with some young man. It seems jes' like eavesdroppin to be follerin out each plan They make fur future happiness. I've got so many cares I haven't time fur pryln' In young people's love affairs. I let em have their novels. I will never feel a lack Of llteratoor as long as they get out the almanac Washington Star. aHSSSBBSSSavsSBnSBBBBBJSJlBSBSJSSSSBBBBSaejSBBBBBB ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Wisconsin brewers and manufacturers will expend over a million dollars on exhibits at the world's fair, St Louis, next year. The Khedive of Egypt is fond of horses and has the most costly set of harness In the world. It was made in England, cost 310,000 and is for xour norses. Professor A. C. McLaughlin, the professor of history In the University of Michigan. hast been given a leave of absence, beginning next fall and continuing for a year, and he will spend the time in Washington making an examination of .the manuscript

material of historic value which Is to be found in the archives of the government. The work will be done at the expense of

the Carnegie Institute. Reports of Herbert Spencer's feeble health distress his admirers. He has been confined to his bed for weeks, and is carefully guarded from even the slightest excitement. Though Emperor William is but fortyfour years old, he Is beginning to show quite a bit of age. His hair is fairly well sprinkled with gray and lines on his face tell of strain and worry. Bishop Satterlee In a recent address said: "The Jews are preserving the home and family better than we Christians are doing. I do not know how to account for it. but I do know It to be a fact" An amusing feature of the trouble within the Red Cross Society is the controversy between two contending sections concerning the age of Clara Barton. One section de clares that Miss Barton Is eighty-two years eld. while Miss Barton s friends say she is but seventy-three years old. When Miss Solomon, the daughter of Lillian Russell, completes her studies in Paris and returns to New York city, she will not have to make her home In an apartment house Miss Russell desires to give her daughter as much home life as possible, and has purchased a $00,000 dwelling on West Fifty-seventh street If the Rothschilds had increased and mul tiplied after the manner of many families there would by this time have beeu a pro digious number of the English branch, let alone the rest, but after more than a hun dred years the descendants of Nathan Meyer Rothschild, rounder or tne jngiisn Rothschilds, only amount to between thirty and forty persons. A young Maryland widow has Just won a strange lawsuit. She had' a number of teeth filled with gold, and after the work was done she said It was not satisfactory. The dentist asked to examine his work, and while doing so pulled out all the teeth which he had filled with gold. He said in court that he could not afford to lose the gold If he was not to get his money, but the Judge thought he had been a bit nasty and it cost him $3,000. Dr. Edward Everett Hale and some other distinguished divines are taking active interest in a weekly paper now being established In Boston. It is to be printed in Syrian and English for the benefit of some 2,000 or 3,000 Syrians in Boston. Rev. George Atlas, a native of Belreut, Syria, wiaeiy known as a scholar and linguist, is to be its editor. Dr. Hale and other noted person ages will contribute to the new paper. Mr. Chmpney, the artist, who was killed last week by faUing down an elevator shaft In New York, was an enthusiastic photographer, and had an interesting form of bookkeeDlnsr. He used to keep his accounts in a notebook, with each entry pasting a miniature copy or photograph of his sold pictures,' with pen comments. Once the artist said: "The life of an artist is pleasant. If an artist were a millionaire, he could only do for pleasure what he now does as an occupation." Admiral Dewey and General Miles, though the best of friends, like to "josh" one another. Recently they visited Mount Vernon together, and the general was much Impressed by the sight of Washington's grave. As they were leaving the place Miles said: "I wonder what Washington would say if he were suddenly to appear here In the flesh." Dewey glanced quiztlcally at his old friend as he answered: "I really don't know. Nelson, unless he asked how the devil you ever succeeded in getting the Job he once held." Divorce is difficult In Russia, both by reason of the law's delay and the cost of actions, but the annulment of marriage for informality is simple and easy. In some parts of the empire the marriage service is enacted with this contingency In view. The certificates may be left undated, or the ages of the contracting parties omitted. In some parts of Little Russia a relative, dur ing the ceremony, gives the bride a slap, to prove in case of need that she has mar ried under compulsion. Women who suc ceed in obtaining separation from their nus bands on the ground of informality are received into society, are allowed to marry again, and may even be separated again without loss of position. B00TLEGGEBS PABABISE. Crime Even to Drlna Whisky Into Indian Territory. Muskogee (I. T.) Letter In Kansas City Journal. This is the bootleggers paradise. About the only way an Indian can get liquor is through the bootlegger. The white man has a way of getting It without patronizing the bootlegger. But the Indian isn't cn to the combination. The laws are very stringent against the sale of liquor to Indians, and only bootleggers will take the chances. Whenever a person Is caught Introducing liquor into the Territory he Is thrown in jail and his stock of liquor and vehicle, If he has one, confiscated. Bootleggers usually hoof it. They never carry more than a couple of gallons of liquor at a time. When they strike a settlement where they want to do business they hide their liquor In the brush or grass and then fire a shot from their pistol. This Is the signal. The Indians understand it and they soon flock to the vicinity where the shot waa fired. They pay $1 for a half pint of the vilest stuff that was ever made. In fact, some of the bootleggers make their own liquor. Some of It sours during a thunderstorm. The authorities Just recently got on to the code of signals of the bootleggers and are now making life a burden to them. No one but a "tenderfoot" ever asks a druggist in this country to wrap up a bottle of patent medicine or a bottle of mineral water. The natives always carry their medicine or mineral water bottle unwrapped. If a person carries a bottle wrapped up on the street he is suspected of having liquor In It. Borne of the old topers watch him like a hawk watches a chicken and then steal his bottle at the first opportunity. They will even commit burglary for whisky. They will break into a man's room if he is suspected of having liquor in It and steal the liquor. They will take nothing else, however. This happens frequently. When a person orders liquor by express from Kansas City or some other outside place he is not sure of ever getting it even though it Is shipped to him. The authorities have the right to seize the liquor at the express office. This is done occasionally. The consignee cannot say anything. If he 'docs he can bo sent to jail for iutroducing liquor into the Territory. He must grin and bear it and pay the express charges. "While the law contemplates that the liquors seized shall be confiscated by the authorities it is seldom spilled. Before the officers get around to that unpieasant duty someone else has taken the liquor. BLLLI0N-D0LXAR COIN. In 91se and Deaign It Will De on View at the World Fair. St Louis Post-Dispatch. At the world's fair it Is proposed by an Eastern numismatist to give a material demonstration of a billion by a bllHon-dollar ($1,000,000,000) coin, which, in size and design, will be in exact proportion of our current gold coin. Accepting our $2 gold piece as a unit of measurement, this monster coin, which may well be called "Uncle Sam's pocket piece," will be four feet in diameter and thirty inches in thickness. Some other dimensions are of interest as showing its Immense size. Each milled edge will be six inches across the face. .The milling will be four and three-quarter Inches deep. The lettering will be thirty Inches high, and the date. 1904. four and one-half feet high. Each star will be three feet across. The weight of the billion-dollar coin. If made in gold, would be 25,800,000,000 grains, 63,750,000 ounces, 4,430,000 pounds, or more than twenty-two tons. In dollars laid edge to edge it will make a gold path 8.000 miles long, about the diameter of the earth. Piled one on top of the other, it will make a pile of gold dollars TOO miles high. Demonstrations of value will be shown by coins and other forms in varieus metals, from the mere speck, worth 1 cent, to each denomination of regular coins, and then by special coins of the value of $100. $1.000. tlOO.OuO and $1.000,000, leading to the great ll.OuO.OO.OoO coin. Paper money and postage stamps will enter Into the building's wall and celling decorations. It Is proposed to show more than one million postage stamps in artistic design, and about fifty thousand pieces of paper money to the value of more than $1.000.000 will be displayed. Special divisions will be devoted to coins, stamps, paper money and unique curios.

AS WE PAS3 ALONG. Five-year-old Charles was bring prepared

for a children's party, and he was so noisy and lively during the toilet Society that his mother chlded Conduct. him. "Charles, Charles," she said. "I can't brush your hair or tie your necktie while you jump about so. If you arc r.olng to behave like this you can't go to ths party." Small Charles sobered down on the In stant "Go aheacC mamma." he said. "I'll stand still. I ll be all right at the party; boys don't act bad when they've got on their polite clothes." No man, surely, could leave a finer life record than the man who has always been a true brother to his A Drolher to kind. "I worked a His nrothers. long time In New Albany and in Louisville under Capt. John Baptlste Ford, who has Just died at Crelghton. Pa., said a veteran glass blower, "and a man of kinder heart never lived. He had many business reverses, but he made a large fortune after he was on the down hill to old age, and he deserved it All the years I worked for him I never knew him to turn away a man who needed help or asked for work. Let the worst old tramp glass blower that ever lived come along and Captain Ford would say to his foreman: 'Give him a Job; let him have a chance; he can sleep In the glass works somewhere until he gets on his feet, but keep an eye on him. So many a poor wreck of a fellow would land on Captain Ford, work a few days, sleep in the glass works on straw or on a bench and then drift out again, goodness knows where. Some of these waifs would stay permanently and work Into good positions. But the generous old captain, big in body, brain and heart, never turned a needy brother from his door, not one. If, as Is alleged, all things move in a circle the man who lives nearest the point of departure sometimes A Martyr has his troubles to to Progress. tell. "Here's a queer case.' said a citizen. "I've Just had a letter from my Cousin Jim in another count;'. He lives on a ' farm about a mUe from town and has been greatly elated because rural delivery had set in down his way. My Cousin Jim is a great reader, and likes his morning paper so well that he always went to town every day to get it before going about his farm work. But now, Jim writes, the mall man leaves town on the rural line in an opposite direction from Jim's end of town, so he doesn't get around to Jim's farm until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Jim says he can almost see the mall man start out from his house, and yet he has to wait until the mall circuit brings the delivery to his gate. Cousin Jim writes that he thinks that Is 'great and I -must say I agree with him. He says his wife suggests that he could still go to town and get his newspaper. s But Jim says he won't do that; progress is progress and he doesn't pro pose to block the wheels, no si reel" "Seventy years ago, when I was a boy," said an elderly doctor lounging In a drug store, "there were Old-Tlme Coin only two kinds of and Candy. candy kept at the general store In the little village near which I was born; these were candy kisses and stick candy. On Fourth of July and Christmas the storekeeper imported from the city what we called 'lollipops' round lumps of molasses taffy which were a great treat. In the candy-kiss wrappers , were little love couplets printed on . white slips of paper. Nowadays the sentimental lines arc printed on the kiss wrapper, saving space and extra labor. In those days boys and girls had very little money to spend, and had to earn that by hard labor. Coin was very scarce then. All I can remember seeing . were the 6-cent piece, HVi-cent piece, or bit' these were Spanish, I think also the Canadian quarter, or 'two bits' (no half dollars), the Mexican dollar, the French 5franc piece and the English sovereign or guinea. "To earn a little money country boy had to saw and split wood. I could fell a tree and make it Into firewood when I was ten years old. Also they milked cows, hoed the garden, pulled weeds, shucked corn, fed pigs and did a lot of other chores. Girls had household work to do. Twenty-five cents to spend at holiday times was an immense amount of money. Boys would He awake at night calculating how to extract the greatest quantity of expenditure from this precious sum. Now nine out of ten children have pennies or larger coin pocket money daily. One nervous drug clerk I know calls a certain little urchin 'the Hyena because he comes in ten times a day and each time takes five minutes spending a penny. Another druggist Fays he has one schoolgirl customer who is good for 20 cents every day In candy or chewing gum. 4- -tIt Is a rare thing nowadays to encounter..What may be termed a "biblical flavor" in signs or In adverThe Bible Ad- tlsements. A few vertisement. conservative minds, however, have clung to the old-fashioned custom of acknowl-, edged alliance between religion and business. Capt. John A. Naflus, a master carpenter and contractor, who died recently in New Albany at the age of seventy-five, had his massive delivery wagon labeled In large gilt letters, "Naflus, the Builder." In the New Albany Tribune Feb. 1, 1S appears this curious advertisement with similar old-time biblical title: "Aaron, tho joiner, is located on the east side of lower Second street between Market and Spring. Although possessed of a small shop and small means, we take encouragement from the fact that 'Large streams from little fountains flow. Tall oaks from little acorns grow. "Friends, if you want a one or five-story house built come along; we will give you the best licks we have got in our shop." In the closest analysis much so announced "new thought" is merely old thought diluted tt Thought or rehashed and Old Thought, without any troublesome reference to the eminent sources whence the original truths were obtained. Of this description notably is the little Atkinson-Wheeler-Wilcox magazine called New Thought. In the April issue are fifteen as-, cribed quotations from Emerson, and tha bulk of contribute articles are of Emersonian material diluted to its injury and in various instances distorted to serve the modern craze for ostensible novelty. Question Derided. Atchison Globe. An Atchison literary club of young girls has rendered a decision which will shake the literary world. After reading some of Bacon's essays and his life, the club has decided .that a man of whom it Is said, "His love was a cool Inclination," cculd never have written "Romeo and Juliet,' and that Shaksptare wrote his own plays. eMssBeeseiBBBaaaaeBssBBSBBaeBSBae A Preacher's Prayer. Kansas City Journal. An unmarried preacher in an Oklahoma town, who was young and new In the harness, was leading the services at a younj folks' mating. "Oh. Lord." he prayed with fervent elquence, "give us all clean hearts, humble hearts, pure hearts, sweethearts,"