Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1892 — Page 12

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1892.

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Down in the w ilds of Arkansas when a conplo of neighbors decide to carvo each other they po to church and make tho carviup a part of the exercises. There is no accounting: for taste. . The volume of business, as shown by the bank clearings, exceeds that of the unprecedented trade of a year ago, and Duu & Co. declare that the outlook is excellent. "Was there ever such a dreary future for tho profession! ealaniityitel WiTn a Texas journalist shot dead because of something he was suspected of writing, but did not write, and with a Terro Haute editor in jail on accouut of something ho did write, tho life of tho newspaper man is getting to Do a riaky one. , Present indications are that the longdelayed construction of tho Grant monument in New York will Roon be begun in earnest. Gen. Horace Porter is president of tho association, and the Union League Club has taken hold of tho matter in earnest. The corner-stone will bo laid April 27, the anniversary of tho birth of General Grant. TnE first porcelain-ware ever made in Indiana was turned out by a factory at Peru, a few days ago, in the shape of electric supplies. Five varieties of clay are used in the manufactnre, of which ono comes from England, oue from Connecticut and one from Ohio. The steady heat of natural gas greatly facilitates the burning and improves the quality of the product. A woman's newspaper league has been formed in Chicago, the object of which is to entertain and assist visiting newspaper women who come to the world's fair. This is kind and considerate on the part of the Chicago ladies, but the Journal's belief, based on considerable observation ot tho journalistic sisterhood, is that newspaper women are able to find their way about unassisted, even in the wilds of Chicago. The London correspondent of the New York Tribuno, speaking of tho proposition to pay salaries to members of Parliament, says that tho area of English constituencies' choice is far larger than in America, "since residenco within the election district is not here Tin England required." Tho implication is that in this country members of Congress must reside within their several districts. This is custom, but not law. There is nothing in the Constitution or laws of any State requiring a Representative in Congress to live within tho district ho represents. Theoretically and legally a citizen of any part of Indiana might represent any district in Congress if the people chose to have him. One John O'Neill, of Whitehall, New fork, on the Vermont border, sold liquor to purchasers in Vermont, where there is a prohibitory law, sending it by express. One day, when O'Neill was in Vermont, he was seized bj the authorities, and the court beforo which he was arraigned held him guilty for C07 separate sales, which means a fine of $C,110 and costs amounting to $497.90, and in case the fine was not paid within a certain time, he was to bo confined in the House of Correction, at hard labor, for 19,914 days, n. matter of fifty-four years. The case was taken to the Supremo Court of the United States, which has rendered a decision sustaining tho Vermont court, Justices Field, Harlan and Brewer dissenting. It is doubtless all right must be if the Supremo Court so decides but hereafter a resident of ono State had better be careful not to carry on in another State a business which is illegal therein, if he intends to visit his friends in the Stato whoso laws he has broken while in another State. New England can no lonccr be regarded as the homo of the Yankee of the original type. In 1860, 793,012 for-tign-born persons had invaded the six States whose area is CC.4C5 square miles, and tho number of such had increased to 1.142,309 in 1S90. whilo the nativeborn increased only from 3,21(1,917 to 3,588.400. That is, nearly one-third of the population of the New England States are foreign-born. If tho number of native-born, whoso parents are for-efgn-born, is added to tho number of foreign-born, tho element of immediate foreign extraction in New England is about equal to the purely native stock tho native-born whites of native-born parents constituting only 51.8 per cent, a! the whole population of that, section,

In Maine, the purely native element is 7G per cent., but in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island it is only 47.8. 42.6 and 39.8 per cent,, respectively, of the whole population. As a matter of . fact, there is nearly as much New England stock out of New England as in it. "

THE ACQUISITION OF ISDIAK LAKES. Those who read the exciting accounts of tho rush which the land-hungry make whenever a reservation is opened for settlement under tho homestead act can have no adequate idea of tho area of tho territory which in a brief period has passed from tho general occupation of Indians to tho use of white settlers. On Friday the Lnko Traverse reservation iu the two Dakotas, was thrown open, nd the rush which was made for tho coveted, land was tho most interesting reading in yesterday's papers. This reservation has an area of over 000,000 acres of excellent lands in the Red river valley. The Sissetoii Sioux, to whom it was ceded in 1S02, have so advanced in civilization that they have chosen allotment in severalty, ceding the remainder to the United States for settlement. The reservation thus opened to settlement is about as large as the State of Rhode Island. Next Tuesday, at noon, a much larger tract will be opened for settlement in the Indian Territory the reservation of tho Cheyennes and Arapahoe. It is south of the Cherokee Strip and west of Oklahoma, from the southern part of which it is separated by a part of the Wichita reservation. That is, it is the central portion of the western third of tho Indian Territory, and embraces over 3,500,000 acres. It will surprise some readers to know that the reservation to be opened this week contains nearly twice tho area of Oklahoma, which has attracted so much attention, the area of the latter being 1,887,790 acres. That is, the country for which the boomers and land hungry will make a rush next Tuesd ay is as large as the State of Connecticut and a trifle of over 300,000 acres to spare, and more than one-seventh of the area of Indiana. Much of the land, however, is of little value, except for pasturage, without irrigation; nevertheless the boomers who have been hovering on. tho borders of tho Indian Territory reservations seem just as eager as those who made a race Friday for tho best lands in the Dakotas. During the past' year Indian tribes have ceded to the United States a total of 8,200,000 acres, tho greater part of which has already been opened to settlement, and the remainder will bo at an early day. That is, considerably more territory has been acquired of the Indians during the year than one-third of Indiana. An agreement has been made for tho purchase of the Cherokee Strip, but thus far Congress has made no move to carry out the conditions. These lands are largely obtained by tho success of the policy of having Indians take lots in severalty and selling tho portion not needed for that purposo to the government. When the Cherokee Strip shall have been secured there will be no more lands which can be obtained in this manner until tho Sioux, Utes, NavAjocs and Apaches shall have acquired more of civilization than they now possess. Tho opening of these lands, therefore, may bo regarded as evidence of tho progress of tho Indians who have sold them. THE DAY OF MIRACLES. Shakepeare makes one of his characters say, "They say miracles are past." In another plr.ee he says, "It must be so, for miracles have ceased." One often hears the same idea expressed in everyday intercourse with people, the common consensus of opinion being that miracles have ceased. Perhaps it is true that miracles have in a literal sense ceased, but tho natural world is still full of things so strange, so mysterious, so wonderful and so inexplicable that they might well be called miracles. According to the ordinary definition and understanding of the term, a miraclois an event contrary to the established laws of nature, or, in other words, a supernatural event. Tho common idea of a miracle is based on the supernatural occurrences recorded in tho Scriptures, in which tho laws of naturo were temporarily suspended. Perhaps if we understood the laws of nature thoroughly we should not be so surprised at a departure from them. Admitting tho existence of a Supreme Power or a first Great Causo that ordains and establishes thelawsof nature, it follows, necessarily, that the same power could suspend tho laws it had ordained. Thus that which 6eems a miracle to ns would not bo so to the power enacting it. From the stand-point of the Almighty there is no such thing as a miracle. Rut wo do not need to look to a suspension of the laws of nature for miracles. Tho natural world above and around us is full of them. Lifo and death are miracles. What more wonderful nnd incomprehensible than tho beginning of existence out of nothing aud its merging in the infinite? The universe is a composite miracle, and every atom of matter in it constitutes a 6cparato miracle. The utmost ingenuity of man, the combined power of all tho inventors that ever lived, cannot create or destroy one atom of matter. Every grain of sand we tread upon is beyond finito comprehension. Tho laws of naturo aro all miracles. What more wonderful and incomprehensible than tho law of gravitation or the law of attraction, which operate without variation to the remotest parts of the universe! What a wonderful miraclo is tho rising of the sun! Tl o fact that it occurs every day does rot make it any less wonderful. Suppose it had never yet occurred. Suppose that the human race had for thousands of years been groping in darkness nnd that the sun should rise to-morrow for the first time. Human language wou fail to describe the effect. Or, on the other hand, suppose that the sun should fail to riso to-morrow morning. Suppose that tho daily miraclo of his rising should not bo enacted. What consternation nnd horror would possess the world! Why should falling drops of rain, while the sun is shining, cause a

rainbow! If that wonderful and beautiful spectacle had never yet been seen by mankind its first appearance would create a sensatipn beyond the power of words to describe. Then there is the miracle of sap rising in the trees in the spring and descending in tho fall, tho miracle of growing grass nnd of swelling buds, the miracle of flowing water, the miracle of moisture ascending from tho earth to tho upper air and then descending again in the form of rain, the miracles of snow and ice, the miracles of electricity and tof hypnotism, the miracles of memory nnd imagination in short, to come back to the place of beginning, there is the miracle of lifo itflvlf. Shakspenre was wrong when he said the day of miracles was past. Every day is a day of miracles.

RETROGRESSIVE THEOLOGY. Theologians are a queer lot. With them to believe a thing once is to believe it forever or be cast intoonterdarkness, here and hereafter, if that thing has once been f et down in their books as a cardi nal point of doctrine. Here is the exec utive committee of Lane Theological Seminary of Cincinnati asking for a law that shall require the professors in the institution to stand an examination onco every three months oroftcner to show that they have not changed their opinions and aro still sound in tho orthodox belief. This action is to guard against the possibility of instruction that might tend to a doubt of tho inerrancy of the Scriptures in any of its parts, and is taken because of a fear that somo of Dr. Driggs's daring ideas may creep into the seminary. Briefly, the committee wishes to secure professors who will gain no new ideas or enlightenment while they are in tho school, be the tinio one year or twenty. Naturally, they will teach nothing new, and the graduates of twenty-fivo years hence will have precisely tho same opinions as their grandfathers and no new light What would be thought of tho trustees of a secular school who should apply such a rule to its teachers? Suppose the professors of science or literature were required to pass an examination every threo months to show that they had acquired no new ideas what a tumult would result! As a matter of fact, the contrary course is tho rule. The mail who learns nothing and goes on in the exact footsteps of his predecessors is finding himself crowded out to make way for' the teacher who has new ideas nnd methods, and is continually investigating nnd on the lookout for others newer and more improved. It is the man who studies and learns, though in the process ho may unlearn and cast aside much that was once gospel, who is in demand in the progressive secular colleges, and this will continue to bo tho case, elso education means nothing. No matter what rules theological seminaries may lay down, new thoughts will eventually percolate within their sacred precincts and make them progressive in spite of themselves. Under tho rule propos the Briggses will grow more numerous each year nnd tho cast-iron variety of theology grow into more and more disrepute with thinking people. DEFECTIVE 8TATISTIC8. In the April number of the North American Review, which is a sort of Democratic issue. Representative Herbert, of Alabama, has an article on reciprocity, in which he introduces statistics to show that our foreign trade has not beensincroased in Brazil under the recent trade arrangement. By his show ing for nine months the value of our exports to Brazil was less during that period than during the corresponding period of the prece'dirig year. It proves, however, ".that" Mr. Herbert is not giving the latest information. The returns of our exports to Brazil for the eleven months which ended with February, the period which the reciprocity arrangement has been in force, make tho value $13,311,270, against $ 12,272, 040 during the corresponding period of last year; the exports of flour dnringlast February were valued at $405,469, against $185,551 during. February, 1891.' Tho reciprocity arrangement . was in operation with Cuba six months at the end of February. During those six months our exports wero $10,155,085, against $0,895,037 during the corresponding period of the preceding year. The arrangement with Porto Rico, in operation but six months, has been followed by an increase of exports from $1,022,780 to $1,310,790. As the Herbert figures will constitute a portion of the Democratic speeches in tho campaign, and the North American Review will be quoted as their sponsor, it is well, thus early, to show, as the above official figures do, that they aro defectivo and misleading. The Democratic statesman is a failure at figures, except when he takes a hand in making a State-tax net, when ho is a burden, ns thousands of tax-payers in Indiaua arc now realizing to their sorrow. THE LESSON OF EASTER. A spirit underlies the celebration of Easter that is moro genuine and universal, perhaps, than that which prompts the observance of any other sacred day. Whatever may be tho honest differences of opinion as to tho miraculous birth of the One whose resurrection is commemorated to-day, or whatever the doubts as to the literal acenracy of tho story of the ascension, there are few indeed who do not accept tho fact of the renewed life that the narrative teaches. Under all theology nnd creeds is the soul's conviction that this life does not "end all," bnt that it goes on. Mathematical demonstration does not prove it, philosophic argument cannot establish immortality, but stronger than all argument and superior to all sophistries is the human faith in a lifo beyond. The ever-recurring miracle of the spring teaches it, and more nnd more general becomes the welcome of the symbolic season ns its lesson dawns clearer upon tho world. Seeking for a sign, the peoplo find it at their feet in the grass that grows green from the turf just now so brown, in the blossoms that spring from tho lately frozen clods, in the budding leaves of tho bare branches overhead in the renewod life of flower, and plant, and tree that trans

figures the world. In tho sight of this marvel they know that they aro not to lie down to dust nnd eternal death. The lily is their symbol. Out of the dull earth it has sprung into purity nnd beauty, and why should the Maker of heaven and earth be less gracious to His human children than to the lilies of the field! Dull and unseeing, and prone to error as these children ure, they know that they, too, fchall arise transfigured; nnd so, on this day of days they heap lilies upon tho altars and join in song to glorify Him who cast off the husk of mortality before them and. is the resurrection and the life.

ENGLISH VIEW OF ITALIAN INDEMNITY. The telegraph brings us 6ome comments of the English press on tho action of tho United States in voluntarily agreeing to pay the Italian indemnity. The London Times expresses its pious satisfaction that Good Friday should! have been made memorable this year by so conspicuous an act of international justice "Tho thing," it says, "is all the moro precious because Mr. Blaine is not, perhaps, quite the first flower of Christian chivalry." Thero is something more in this than "a certain condescension in foreigners." It reveals the inevitable superciliousnessof Englishmen. While pretending to congratulate tho world on the triumph of Christian principles there is a covert intimation that the United States is less mindful of international obligations than other governments are, while tho open sneer at Mr. Blaine is in the Times's most insulting manner. We are not aware that Mr. Blaine has ever posed as "the first flower of Christian chivalry," but he comes quito as near filling the bill as the average British statesman. In fact, we doubt if among all tho Prime Ministers and Foreign Secretaries who have assisted in extending British empire and trade among simple nnd savage peoples there could be found one who would exactly answer tho description of "the first flower of Christian chivalry." The London Daily Graphic, taking a somewhat different view of the case, says the result establishes the responsibility of the federal government of tho United States for the safety of foreigners within her gates, no matter how local authorities may choose to act. This is a mistake. The payment of the Italian indemnity is an act of grace on the part of the United States and in express terms disclaims the recognition of any international liability. That is constitutional and tenable ground, and, no doubt, this government will continue to maintain that position, though it may, ns in tho Italian case, make an exception to the rule by voluntarily paying an indemnity in cases whero international justice and comity seem to rcquiro it. A payment which expressly disclaims responsibility does not establish responsibility. The action of the School Board in the matter of public librarian, resulting in tho removal of Mr. Evans from that position, is entirely indefensible. We might use stronger language than this and not overstep tho limits of truth. It is possible the members of tho board who engaged in the movement against Mr. Evans may succeed in convincing themselves that they were actuated by proper motives, but the Journal is sure it voices public opinion when it says they have acted in plain defiance of the wishes of the best friends of the library and against the best interests of the library itself. Their action will go far to strengthen a growing opinion that the library has outgrown the capacity of school-board management and ought to be placed under the control of a board selected with special reference to the work. Literauy fame has its drawbacks, one of which ia thus referred to by Prof. John Fiske in the preface to his latest work, "The Discovery of America." He sava: There is one thins which I feel obliged, though with extreme hesitation and reluctance, to say to my readers in this place, because the time has come when something ought to be said, sua there seems to be uo other place available for saying it. For many years letters often lu a high degree interesting and pleasant to receive have been coming to me from persons with whom I am not acquainted, and I have always done ray best to answer them. It 1a n Ion timesince such letters came to form the larger part of a Voluminous mass of correspondence. The physical fact has assumed dimensions with v hich it is no longer possible to cope. If I were to answer nil ttio letters which arrive hy every mail. I should never be able to do another day's work. It is becoming impossible even to read them all. and there is scarcely time for giving due attention to one in ten. Kind fricuda and readers will thus understand that if their queries scein to be neglected, it Is by no means from any want of good will, but simply from the lamentable fact that the day contains only four and twenty hours. It would be a great pity to have ao charming and instructive a writer as Professor Fiske kept from literary work hy having to answ er an avalanche of letters, many of which no doubt spring from mere selfishness. Sixteen years ago the will of New York's great merchant. Alexander Stewart, was admitted to probate. At that time Mr. Stewart believed that be had no relatives he could trace, being the only son of an only son,- and he left no children. Yet daring all these years ex-Judge Hilton has had to tight suit after suit to retain possession. Very recently a person named Alexander Stewart has brought an ejectment suit against Hilton aud will endeavor to prove til At he is a relative and heir-at-law of the man who died more than sixteen years ago with the belief that he bad not a relative in the world. Thus it eeems thut money not only iinds friends, but relatives. The history of words reveals somo curiona procebsea of evolution. The word yalot. for instance, which, though generally pronounced as a French word, is also English, and pronounced to rhyme with mallet or pallet, has a curious bis tor'. It is derived from an old Cornish word, gwns. a youth, a servant. From gwas came the Low Latiu uasus. and then nassallus. a servant; thence, vassal, a servant or dependent: thence, the diminutive vassallet, a young vassal, presently contracted into vaslet; thence, varlet; and thence, finally, valet. It ia a long reach from gwas to valet, but the word has traveled all that way. The model has been completed of a large bronre statue to the late President Arthur, which is to be erected in New York city. "Tho model," saya tho New York Tribune, "is nine feet, three incheabigh. The former President la represented in the act of speak log at a Cabinet meeting. Ho has a document folded in hia left hand, which ia hanging by hia side. He has just taken off

his glasses, and is making a gesture with tbetu In his right band. The likeness it said to be excellent, and the pose hi; and dignified." The money for the statue wu raised by popular subscription.

. LTnBLKS L TI1K AIR. AYher 1c Went. Mrs. Figg-Where sthat custard I rut away tl is noon I Tommy I I gues& it vanished into the enirty heir. Small Consideration. "Has your father er considered our my proposal!" "lie has. He considered it a piece of Impudence," No Eauter Snlts To liny. Tom my raw, ten cber wants us to tell where is "the land of steady habits." Mr. Figg The penitentiary, I suppose. They wear the same etylo there the year round. Did Ills Ilest. "Did yon get the particulars of that fellow suiciding down on X street!" asked the city editor. "He didn't quite suicide." answered tho reporter. "He morphincd with that intent, but didn't make it."31 arh Cotiftolatlon In That. "By the time y o:i h:ive reached my age," said the irray-haired sage, "you will find that I waa right, und that you, in your youthful smartness, did not know so much as you thought.' "Well, there is one consoling thought," answered tho flippant youtlu "You will not be around then to say 'I told you so. ' A Brilliant Scheme. Mr. Wickwire It does seem queer to me that tho government cannot devise some plan to prevent these annual overflows of the Mississippi. Mrs. Wick wire It does look as though they ought to be able to. I wonder why it would not be a good plan to bore holes in the bottom of the river nnd let the water run out! They could plug them up again in the dry season, you know, and " But Mr. Wlckwire had fled. ABOUT PEOrhE AND THING 3. The Queen of England never goes to bed before midnight. Mrs. Elizabeth Stevfns, who recently died in Glasgow, left $2,500,000 to charitable institutions in that city. The Queen Regent of Spain refuses to touch a penny of the $100,000 a year jointure to which, as the widow of the late king, she is entitled. The nearest living relative of Shakspeare is probably Thomas Hart, a resident of Australia, who is eighth in descent from Sbakspeare's sister, Joan. When au audience in Berlin did not like a speech of the eceentric Von Bulow and signified its displeasure by hissing, the musician pulled out a handkerchief and dusted Lib boots. Tnr.RE aro so few buffalo left in America as to make it interesting to learn that Queen Victoria has sent one from her farm at Frogmore. to tho grounds of the Zoological Society ia London. Tijk petition for woman's suffrage, lately introduced in the Iowa Senate, was sixtytwo feet long and contained the names of l.SljO legal voters and COS women who desired to be legal voters. A visitor at Begechetf, Russia, saw Count Tolstoi's danghter open, in a single day, letters containing checks for their famine fund amounting to 3,000 roubles. Most of the letters were from America and England. There was one check from Loudon lor 1,000. The late Roscoe Conkling refused to attend his daughter's wedding because she chose to marry a railroad tram hand. Today the young man is at the head of one of tho biggest railroad systems in the country. Tho daughter appears to have bad a better eye for genius than the old gentleman. Mrs. John Sherwood, the popular writer on etiquette, delightful parlor reader and society leader, is said to be past seventy, and although eullering much from rheumatism and forced by reverses of fortune to support herself and invalid husband, she is always chesrful, gracious and entertaining. The first female knights are said to have been women who stonily defended Tortosa against the Moors in 1140, and were rewarded with large immunities for themselves and their descendants. When Edward III fonnded the Garter he bestowed the robes and badges on his Queen and on the wives and daughters of the other knights. The demolition of myths goes on, as is shown by tho statement that the Marquis of Queensberry was never in his lifo present at a prize-light. He ia reported to have nastily drawn up his celebrated rules while in college to guido some ehuma in "set-to," and although he has since been a a recognized authority on pugilism he takes very llttlo interest in it. Bekxhardt's manager is trying to make her hnrry along her performances so that they shall not exceed those of other theaters iu length. At present a Bernhardt evening lasts until 11:0 or 12 o'clock, for the reason that the actress declare that she cannot portray such vivid parts with out taking a nap between the acta. The manager storms and Bernhardt weeps, but 6be doesn't hurry up just tho same. Mas. Gahner, the wife of It. L. Garner, aids her husband in the experiments he is making to learn whether animals have language. He makes valuable use of the phonograph, and he said the other evening, without apparent compunctions of conscience, that he had nearly exhausted his wife's lungs in getting her to laugh into tho instrument so that he might compare the sounds with those produced by the monkey. After the war of secession ex-Confederate Admiral Raphael Semmes practiced law in Mobile. Oue day he was arguing a case before his son Oliver, who was judge of the city court, when a ruling was made against him on a point of law. The old gentleman lost bia temper and made caustic reerenco to the legal knowledge of his son, who thereupou rebuked him, saying: "At home, sir. 1 respect you. but I want you to understand that this court has no more respect for you than the nuraolest citizen in the countj'. Take your seat, sirl" H::i:i: is u new view of the late Sage of Chelsea, painted posthumously hy Mrs. John Stuart Blackie for tho Strand Magazine: "One day." said Mr. Blackie, "I went to call on .Mrs. CarlyK It was in the afternoon of a vry. very hot day. I waa just saying good-bye, when it suddenly occurred to mo to ask reterring. of cours. to her husband 'may 1 see the great man?' Mrs. Cnrlyle took me down some dark kitchen stairs, and there, in a corner, with his troupers drawn up to his knee, nat Carlyle on a chair, with his feet and legs in a great tub of cold water!" William Wai.lett, "the Queen's jester," has died, and it is believed this office will not be filled again. It is one of the most interesting survivals of middle-age life. There will no doubt be a protest after Teunyson dies against .another appointment to the poet lanreatcship. There was a time when the court jester was a more importantwpersonage than the court poet. Kiza i'asha. at Constantinople, in 1KV, had a court jester who was a woman, and Montezuma, wheu Cortez found and worried him to death, had. it is believed, two court clowns, oue of eacn, lex. Mns. HuMruuY Ward was not born in England, but in Tasmania, where her father, a son of Dr. Arnold of Rugby and brother of Matthew Arnold, was school inspector. This Mr. Arnold turned Roman Catholic in 1V, and tor six years waa pro. feesor in an Irish university. But later he left the Church of Rome and removed to Oxford, where his daughter found her husband, then m Oxford tutor. They were married in lbT2. and both became writers for the newspapers. The spiritual wanderings of her father no doubt have had an iutluence on the miud of tho daughter. - YK M'ltlNO tn uu The snow has left the KTound once more. The leaves begin to bud. And when she goe to wnlk. her trail ow trallctu lu the mud. Cloak Renew.

A1UTEUU PHOTOGRAPHY.

Innovation Brought About by the Dry Plats Indianapolis Cameras Rank liigh. Henry Kothe baa some views on amateur photography. "To tho advent ef the dry plate." said Mr. Kothe, "la due the present easo with which photographs are produced by the amateur. The wet plate is now almost abandoned, thongh still used in all the photo reproductive processes, tn preference t i the dry plate. It would be standing ia the way of progress to deny the infinite amount of good which has been accomplished by the substitution of the latter. Not only has it proven a benefit to the professional photographer under the sky light, but has paved his way to the succeslul prosecution of outdoor or exterior photography, wflicn was almost an Impossibility under the old method. An entirely new field of utility for the science is that which makes it useiul in the hands of the amateur." "Is it nottrne that amateur photography ia getting more and more popularf "It certainly is, and it may be of interest to point out some of the uses to which the camera is subjected in addition to ordinary view-taking. A greatibenefit is derived by the medical science in the employment ! the camera at hospitals to register the modification of diseases by taking proofs of the affected parts at various stages ot the disease and comparing them with photographs of others similarly atieeted. If, upon comparison, we find the aame indications in a whole series of invalids snUering from the same disease, wo then have a fact of extreme importance, for they show the indications imputable to that disease. It has been made possible, as shown by Dr. M. L. Vander Straken, of Kansas City, by the examination of a number of patients, and a comparison of carefully selected photographs, for one of tho French medical schools to describe certain pathological phases of unique interest. To the artist, botanist And geologist the camera has proven of incalculable value. To demonstrate of what importance the camera may bo to the mauufacturer, I will mention that while Clans bpreckela, the sugar king, was living iu an Francisco, it was an easy matter for him to exercise com ole te control of his large refining plant in Philadelphia, as photographs showing progress were mailed to him daily. "The great number of cameras now upon the market contuses the prospective amateur. To select a certain camera because your friend happens to own one, or because it is the most widely and erlusivelv advertised, is a mistake. The most desirable camera lathe one which will serve best the partioular purpose for which it is intended. "You want one of threo kinds: First, a tourist; second, a tripod view, or third, a hand camera for general purposes. For No. 1, 1 should recommend the Kodak as the proper camera if yon contemplate going on a long journey and wish to use it as a machine to get a pictorial record of that trip without caring to know why or how the negatives were made. I would, however, caution you at the same time to procure it from a dealer who is competent to explain thoroughly the modus operandi, else yon will return with a long etriug of failures instead of negatives. For No. 2 the tripod view camera ia the one best adapted for those wishing to tako pictures from nve-eightbs to eight-tenths of an inch m size and expecting to study the science to some extent. In selecting it a good lens, a light, durable camera and tripods are all the necessary equipments. For No. 3 tbe hand or general-purpose camera. This is by far the uiost useful of all heretofore mentioned. In selecting this particular klna caro should be taken that it be as compact as possible; that the mechanical arrangement be aimple and complete, and lastly, that tho lens bo a perfectly rectilinear one. Under the lat series I would mention the Hetherington magazine as tho most perfect one on tho market. This is mado in this city. Though there are unlimited numbers of hand or detective cameras my experience has shown me that to produce twelve perfect negatives xrom twelve dry plates exposed successively in one camera can be boasted of only by the manufacturers of this camera." MAI FESTIVAL Artistic Saccesees of the Past to Be Eclirsrd by the Programme This Year. The artistic successes of the Indiana May Musical Festivals and tbe appreciatiou shown by the audiences, and consequent large attendance, has made it possible to continue these festivals each year with a promise of greater success, both financially and artistically, each recurring season. Heretofore, tho Thomas orchestra has been secured tofurnisb that very important, the instrumental, portion of the entertainment, bnt this season, and for the iirst time, a change in this part of the work is to be had. Mr. Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra will appear, and for the first time in Indiana. This orchestra, with its young leader, has eveu surpassed the very high expectations of the promoters of the great New York Musio Hall, who placed Mr. JJauurosoh in full charge of that magnificent enterprise and made it the permanent home of himself and the Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Carnegie's enterprise and liberality has made au opportunity which no musical enterprise of this country ever enjoyed that of having a pertnauent home in every way suitable for fostering and caring for a large and capable number of instrumentalists In oue organization. The snccess attending the Symphony Orchestra under Mr. Damrosch's leadership wherever they have appeared in the larger Eastern cities hat been fully demonstrated by tbe large audiences greeting them and the encomiums of tbe metropolitan press of the country. All ot the principal vocalists, with perhaps two exceptions, are entirely new to Indianapolis and Indiana. They consist of Madame Furch-Madi, Mrs. Anna Burch, Miss Margaret Reid. Miss Lena Little, Campanini and Carl Martin. The programme will be somowbat more varied than those offered heretofore, ana the experience had in the past in arranging programmes will be taken advantage of. The festival datea have been fixed for May 24, 26 and 2R, and the usual auction sale of seats will occur at either English's or tbe Grand Opera-house somo ten days in advance, at which time a delightful musical performance of about one hour's duration, and to which tbe public will bo invited without charge, will be had. As to Professional Advertising. Philadelphia Icqulrrr. The Idea that doctors and lawyers should not advertise has nothing bebiud it except seutiment and oustoni. Tbe sentiment which forbids it is a beautiful one, but it baa almost run its course. Lawyers who ten years ago would have frowned down the merest semblance ot advertising now keep standing cards in many legal journals. Others, bolder even than these, are crowding each other in un eilort to insert tho sr.me cards in the newspapers. What good reason is there wfty both of these professions should not advertiee If they feel so disposed! The fact that they do not approve of it now does not make it bad. The courts disbar no attorney for resorting to this means of increasing hi business. They have too much sense. Medical societies 60ietiines debar doctors who do. but the number of the latter k-cpnoa increasing. It will grow larger from year toyeir. not because such advertising may be an ideal thing, bat because the practical arguments in its favor overbalance teu times the arguments against it VVht She Does Wlifn AU Kite Falls. Wotnftnklnil. When we women get the bines, when we have no pleasant plans to muse over, when our clothes are old, and no one is making Jove to us. it asked what would improve our state of mind, in nine cases out of ten we unhesitatingly cry money. Florida Time. New Tcrk Tribune. A Northern roan who has been down there on a business trip saya they have thre kinds of time in Florida, sun time, standard time and behind time, and that business is generally done on the latter tino. Ifow Foolish or rilin. AtcMson OV le. Almost any man would rather remain ignorant of a thing than to have it explained to him by some one ho 'does not like,