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If the anti-expansion policy had been adopted at the close of the revolutionary war the thirteen original States would still he the whole thing. Providence seems to have ordered d'fferently. The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune has discovered that Ohio has only 78 per cent, of the people in the civil service to which the State is entitled. In the words of the astonished prophet, Great Scott! Senator Tillman Is one of the most violent anti-expansionists In the Senate. He probably fears that the Filipinos might be deprived of their political rights as the colored men are in South Carolina. The House bill providing for the reorganization of the army, pending in the House, is much stronger now that the minimum 6trength is made 50,000, vesting authority tn the President to increase it to 100.000, since many people fe *1 that it is unwise to create an army of 100,000. It should be observed that Mr. Clark, the 16-to-l millionaire in Montana, who was charged with paying SI,OOO each for votes by a member who had received some of the money, has been elected to the Senate. The handful of Republicans voted for him because his election would disrupt the Democratic party in that State, which is rather a pretext than a reason. Representative Johnson will look in vain in Republican papers for any approval of his baseless attack upon the President. Even those which are not expansionists condemn his assault upgn the President. The Brooklyn Eagle (Independent Democrat) declares that Mr. Johnson's attack upon the President "is cause for indignation rather than regret.” The opponents of national expansion have rot yet reached the point of demanding national contraction. They might insist on ceding back Alaska to Russia, and California, Texas and New Mexico to Mexico. Indeed. if we. are to return to first principles, vhy not tell France that upon careful consideration since i*o3, we have concluded to return the Louisiana territory, ceded by Napoleon I? The logical outcome of antiexpansion is contraction. Why not unload? Senator Frye, of Maine, is one of the most able, conservative end level-headed men of that body. Although he was a member of the Paris peace commission no one would suspect him of being dominated by the Presidt m or of subordinating his convictions to at ere expediency. Therefore his defense of the treaty and his explanation of its different provisions should have weight with the Senate and the country. His speech was a -i rong argument in favor of prompt ratification of the treaty. There should be some legislation designed to detect that class of murderers called lynchers. If the bill which the House rejected is not adequate, one should be devised that is if sheriffs should be made responsible for the taking of prisoners out of jail by lynchers, some good would be accoinplishtd. if the Governor or attorney genual should have the authority and the motny to put experienced detectives to seek out these murderers very few men would date to indulge the desire to take life. Senor Tauson, the Filipino envoy now on his way to France to urge the recognition of the Aguinaido government, Is not likely lo receive any encouragement there. Aside from the fact that France is friendly to the United States she sees nothing to recognize. "The french government,” says a Paris cablegram, "considers the Philippines as Spanish territory until the ratification of the peace treaty. After the ratification of that treaty the islands will be regarded as United States territory, or as under its protectorate, according to circumstances.” There can be no other legal view of the case. Mr. Robert Crawford, an ex-member of the corporation of Glasgow and now lieutenant of the county, who is now visiting the United States, is of opinion that the munk-ipal ownership of public utilities such as obtains in Glasgow is not practicable in American cities. He thinks the admission of local polities in municipal government and the frequent changes of management and employes would make the experiment a failure. "With us,” he says, "no politics enters into our municipal government and no member of the corporation can even subject himself to the suspicion that he is actuated by motives of personal profit or gain without coming to grief. Our public utilities are managed with an eye single to the greatest possible business efficiency, and on

these lines we have scored a great success.” In addition to this, employes of all grades secure and retain their positions through merit alone, and are advanced in position for this sole reason. From a business point of view such a system is immeasurably superior to one based on politics, but it i doubtful if it can ever be reached in American cities and under universal suffrage. MR. JOHNSON’S OFFENSE. Hon. Henry U. Johnson does not seem to have worked off ail his bile yet, and returned to his attack on the President on Saturday, if he wished to make his retirement from politics permanent by burning the bridges behind him he could not have chosen a more effectual way as far as his former district and the State of Indiana are concerned than the one he has, pursued. There is not a Republican paper in the State but condemns his course towards the administration, and those of the district which he now misrepresents by virtue of the hold-over law that gives defeated and repudiated congressmen a post-mortem status to which they are not entitled—the Republican papers of’the Sixth district—are particularly severe in their censure. The Rushville Republican characterizes his speeches as "another attack of oratorical hysterics,” and says: “The general public is given a chance to learn that Mr. Johnson is a wiser and more patriotic man than William McKinley, and better than his party, Mr. Johnson admits it.” The Rushvilie Graphic regrets that the district "is misrepresented in Congress by a disgruntled, erratic politician,” and says: "He should be honest enough to resign the power delegated to him when he can no longer conscientiously represent the will of his constituents.”

For the severity of these comments and for the unanimous condemnation of his course by the Republicans of Indiana, Mr. Johnson has only himself to thank. It is not that he is opposed to annexing or holding the Philippines, for many Republicans hold that view and many more are still in doubt as to what course should be pursued. Annexation or acquisition of the Philippines is not yet a test of Republican party fealty, and Mr. Johnson might have declared his personal views on the question in a temperate way without getting out of touch with his party or courting Democratic applause. His offense, from a Republican point of view, consists in belittling the services, decrying the character and impugning the motives of a Republican President in whom the American people have entire confidence, and that, too, in a national crisis when not only every Republican, but every patriotic American, is in duty bound to uphold the President’s hands and seek to strengthen rather than embarrass him. Mr. Johnson has charged the President with having decided on a policy towards the Philippines which Mr. Johnson characterizes as “an unspeakable crime.” He has charged the President with "bowing to popular opinion, right or wrong.” He has charged the President with vacillation and with yielding to “varying moods and shifting opinions,” and has implied that he is neither a wise nor a safe leader. This is not the opinion held of President McKinley by the American people. They believe that he is an honest, courageous and patriotic man, a statesman of broad views and a wise leader in the present emergency. They know that the present situation is not of his making any more than the war Itself was, and they believe he Is seeking the best way out of it consistent with national honor. They realize that he has to deal with a very difficult situation and that he deserves patriotic, cordial and ungrudging support instead of belittling insinuations and imputations of unworthy motives. It is because Mr. Johnson has indulged in the latter that he has forfeited the respect of Indiana Republicans. PRESSING NEED OF THE REFORMATORY. All the State institutions need expenditure to make them what the superintendents and other officers believe to be necessary for their perfection, but if the Legislature should accept the advice of some of the capable and zealous officials who are bound up in the one institution in their care, the levy for benevolent and correctional institutions would Vie doubled. It is not possible to do this, consequently the Legislature should attend first to the pressing needs and let the others wait—some of them to wait forever. One of the pressing needs is a cellhouse in the Jeffersonville Reformatory. During the fiscal year which ended Oct. 31, 1898, the average population of the Reformatory was 909—an increase of 98 over the average of the preceding year. On Oct. 31 the population was 941; Jan. 1 the number wtts 950. These figures show an increasing population due to the change in the system of making the prison a reformatory. There is reason to believe that the population of the Reformatory will be 1,200 in the course of three or four years. Sanitary and other considerations require that each inmite should have a cell to himself. In the Reformatory there are 536 cells for the 950 inmates in the institution early this month. In 200 of the cells the. superintendent is compelled to put 400 men. There are 336 cells in which but one j>erson can be put, consequently 214 inmates are compelled to sleep on cots. Which fill the corridors of the cellhouses. In some corridors these eots are so crowded together that those who occupy them must crawl into them from the ends* there being no room to reach them from the sides. The facilities for ventilation are sufficient only for one man in each cell, so that in some of the cellrooms three tinu-s as many men sleep as can be supplied with pure air. It is unnecessary to add that the conditions are almost as bad as they can be. making cleanliness and general wholesomeness Impossible. It may be added that these statements are made upon an investigation by men who have no official connection with the institution. This is one of the cases of pressing necessity which the legislature should favorably consider. It is proposed during the summer to tear down one of the cellhouses which was condemned by Gov. Baker in 1869 and IS7I and build a large and permanent structure with modern methods for ventilation and heating, with ample capacity to meet the demands upon the institution. Such a cellhot.se may cost $200,000. but when it shall once be built there will be no extensive repairs to be made for years. This seems a large sum of money, but a permanent building is more economical in the end. For years the State has been spending comparatively small sums in the construction of buildings in prisons. It has patched up buildings which should have been torn down because of their unfitness and of the expense of heating and ventilating. It costs ten times as much for the heating of one of the prisons, because of its antiquated system, as it does another State institution, much larger, with modern apparatus. The waste in the beutiAj in ten years would

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construct a modern building. Four years ago. in spite of the patching up and the cheap buildings, the two prisons were in a condition of dilapidation. At the Northern Prison, a few years ago, a chapel was put up without the plans of an architect. It was taken down a few years later because unsafe. The policy of patching and cheap construction has been costly; now let ttie Legislature do as capable business men would do. which would be to put up a permanent structure for the cellhouse at Jeffersonville because it is needed, leaving other institutions whose necessity is not urgent to wait. ANTI-LINCHING LEGKSLATION. One or two papers w'hich omit no opportunity to attack Governor Mount treat the defeat of the anti-lynching bill in the House as “a slap” at him. It was nothing of the kind. It was simply an honest expression of the House, after intelligent discussion, as to the efficacy or advisability of the measure. Governor Mount deserves much credit for having had the bill prepared, as he does for previous efforts to bring lj nchers to justice. No other Governor of Indiana has shown as much determination or put forth as much executive energy in this direction as has Governor Mount, and the people honor him for it. If his efforts have failed it has been due to causes which he could not control or reach, and, having demonstrated the difficulty of bringing lynchers to justice under existing laws it is quite natural that he should seek a remedy for the evil in some other direction, either in the way of prevention or punishment. His persistence on this line is as creditable to him as were his energetic though unsuccessful efforts to discover and punish the lynchers in Ripley and Scott counties. It must be presumed that the Legislature is as anxious to put a stop to this peculiar form of crime as is the. Governor, and if they differ in regard to the expediency of a particular measure it is because the conditions are so peculiar and so difficult to deal with that differences of opinion are unavoidable. Opinions may differ not only as to any particular measure, but as to the efficacy of any legislation on the subject. It should be borne in mind, however, that there has been a very general expression throughout the State in favor of it, and if the Legislature can agree on a measure that might be effective in suppressing or restricting the crime public sentiment would undoubtedly approve of its passage. There is no force in the suggestion that the presence on our statute books of a law against lynching would be discreditable to the State. It would be no more so than laws against murder or horse stealing. The real question is whether any legislation on the subject can reach the evil or strengthen existing laws. If there is a possibility of doing this the Legislature should give the people the benefit of the doubt and enact a law. If it should do no good it could not do any harm.

The New York Tribune has made a careful investigation of the ruling prices at different dates of products which have been most largely controlled by combinations of capital, or trusts, with the following result: Steel rails sold at SB2 in 1880, at $39 in 1897. at s3l when the McKinley law was enacted, at sl7 a few weeks ago, and now sell at $18.50. Wire nails sold at $3.50 in January. 1887; at $2.35 in October, 1890; at $2.25 in October, 1895; last November at $1.25, and row' at $1.45. Steel beams sold at $3.30 in January, 1887; at $3.10 in October, 1890; at $1.40 in October, 1895; at $1.15 a year ago, and now sell at $1.30. Sole leather sold at 28 cents for Buenos Ayres and 19*4 cents for common in January, 1888; at 20V- and 19 cents in October, 18t>0; at 19Va and 19~cents a year ago, and now sells at 19 and 18 cents, although hides are 38.26 per cent, higher than they were in January, 1888. Crushed sugar sold at 7% cents in January, 1888; at 7.06 cents in October, 1890, and now sells at cents. Refined petroleum sold at 80 cents in iB6O, at 40 cents in 1867, at 30 cents in 1870, at 20 cents in 1873, at 11 cents in 1878, at 7.40 cents in October, 1890, as low as 5.4 cents about a year ago, but has risen within a lew months to f.4 again. Linseed oil sold at 62 cents when the McKinley tariff was passed, at 56 cents a year ago, and now sells at 41 cents. Rubber short boots are 20 cents lower than in 1888, arctics 8 cents and Victorias 22 cents, all net prices to jobbers. News paper sold at 4% cents in 1887, at 3% cents in October. 1890, at 3 cents in 1896, at 2*4 cents about a year ago, and sells at 2 cents now. Whitelead paint sold at 7*4 cents for oil and 6% cents for dry in 1890, and now' sells at 5% and i\- z cents. These figures seem to show that no argument can be made against combines on the score of increasing the cost of products. A hotter argument is their operation in depriving labor of employment or bearing down wages. The Bloomfield (Ind.) News suggests that judges and lawyers of that locality who have been denouncing mobs and lynchings have an opportunity now to prove their sincerity by dealing out the punishment adequate in a case where there can be no shadow of doubt. The case referred to is that of Dr. Gray, who a few' weeks ago murdered his paramour on a public street in Bloomfield in broad daylight. In England the perpetrator of this crime would have been tried, convicted, sentenced and hanged long before this. We do things differently. The murderer is in jail, awaiting the slow process of the law and probably laying the foundation for a defense on the ground of emotional insanity, or something similar. HI BBI.ES in the air. Time of Tribulation. The statesmen meet and legislate, And gayly air their bills; Meanwhile the people, patient, wait, And daily bear their ills. The Bargain Spirit. “How could you purloin an article worth only two cents?” they asked her. “Because,” said the fair kleptomaniac, “that was two cents cheaper than buying it.” A Pronounced Oppositionist. “By the way, old Biggies hits taken to going to church since the smallpox outbreak. I didn’t think he could be so easily scared.” “He isn't scared. He's just going because the Board of Health advised folks to stay away.” The Cheerful Idiot. “Speaking of the bunco man,” said the Cheerful Idiot. “You are speaking, presumably?” said the shoe clerk boarder. “Yes. Speaking of the bunco mam he is honest enough, as he believes in giving every man his do.” The Nobleeville Ledger, reporting the proceedings of a local farmers’ club, says: Farmer Cal Jones, the rural | poet, contributed the following, after which the club adjourned: “Now to her task the milkmaid goes; The cattle come crowding through the gate. Iwing, pushing, iittle and great, About the trough, by the farm yard pump The frolicsome yearlings frisk and jump. While the pleasant dews are falling; The new milch heifer Is quick and shy. But the old cow waits with tranquil eye; And the white stream into the bright pail flows. When to her task the milkmaid goes, Soothingly calling, 'So, boss! so, boss! so, so, so!’ The cheerful milkmaid takes her stool. And sits and milks in the twilight cool, Saying, ‘So, so, boss! so. so!’ If Farmer Jones had been so minded he might have contributed the other three stanzas of the poem from which this was

taken. It is entitled “Evening at the Farm.” and was written by John T. Trowbridge and published many years ago. The suffering that must inevitably result from indulging the spirit of reckless speculation that Invariably rides on the crest of the incoming wave of prosperity may be as great in degree as that which results from hard times, yet it can never excite so much sympathy as that penury which comes from more normal causes. The worst “roast’’ perpetrated upon Chicago girls by the mere force of circumstances is the fact that a man who had been married for years to a New York woman without any fatal effects, committed suicide within a few hours after wedding a hatpin girl of the Windy City. Let other young men bewase. There are people who will be gratified to learn that a scientific man with an unpronounceable name has declared that pure water is rank poison. There is no great danger, however, as pure water is a scarce article. The anti-expansionists are those who clamor for an infinite expansion of the time to elapse before the ratification of the peace treaty. VIEWS OF INDIANA EDITORS. The Indiana Legislature should not lose sight of the fact that the National Guard has almost ceased to exist in this State. —Marion News. There is no question but some bill will be passed by our lawmakers looking to county and township reform. There is a popular demand for it and that demand is no reflection on trustees or commissioners, either. It is the law that should be changed.—Greensburg Standard. The Republican party is pledged to county and township reform and to fail to enact reform laws is to weaken the party. Wholesome reform bills are now before the Lebislature, and to pass them and make them laws is to make the party strong.—Shelbyville Republican. We trust that this Legislature will do what it can to get rid of the Roby gamblers. The State is certainly not altogether impotent, and there ought to be some means of abolishing this nuisance. We have enough of the disgraceful of our own without importing anything of the kind from Chicago. —Marion Chronicle. A hill has been introduced in the legislature encouraging suits to break wills by abolishing the bond for plaintiff. The State certainly cannot afford to encourage litigation in that way. People are eager enough to break wills without any unnecessary encouragement. If people are not, lawyers are, and that makes it frequent enough.—Elkhart Review. The last Legislature provided for twelve extra meetings a year for the county commissioners. which is a good thing for the commissioners; but so far as Steuben county is concerned, these extra meetings are useless expense, for the trustees of this county don't require the scrutiny of an auditing board to make them honest.—Angola Magnet. The beet sugar bounty bill recently introduced in the State Legislature was W'orthy better treatment than it received at the hands of the Senate. If no beet sugar is produced in the State there will be no bounty to pay. If such a measure causes the development of a new' industry in the State it will be worth many times the bounty that will be paid.—Middletown News.

The House discussed the bill yesterday to prevent lynching in this State. The best point made during the discussion was that by Mr. Huff, who declared that “the only law that can prevent lynching is civilization.” Compelling counties to pay indemnity W'here lynchings occur will have no effect whatever. Such a law would not be founded in justice and it would not accomplish the end in view.—Richmond Palladium. The Legislature of Indiana is doing w'ork in a thoroughly commendable manner. No foolishness is indulged in and every one seems to realize that business and not politics or buncombe is their present profession. The Democratic minority deserve great credit for not attempting the role of a filibuster, but concurring in all good measures. It promises to be one of the most profitable Legislatures Indiana has had for some time.—Richmond Item. Propositions in the Legislature to require druggists to secure a county license, and providing that payment of the special revenue tax to the United States shall be prima facie evidence that the druggist is a common liquor seller, are worthy of no encouragement. The drug store is not legitimately to be reduced to the level of the saloon, and disinterested judgment will not so class it. Avery large proportion of druggists are faithful adherents to the present law regulating their handling of liquors, and if there are some which are competitors with saloons there is ample provision already for punishing these upon proof of the offense. —Lafayette Courier. Mob law must have its cause; there must be an incentive. Where do we find it? It is not because of a scarcity of law. We have law enough for all purposes; law enough to r repare loopholes for the escape of the redhanded murderer through one pretext or another; law enough to find flaws in carefully (?) prepared indictments; law’ enough to exclude intelligent men from the jury box; law enough to provide positions on the jury for men known to have no other means of support than the jury fees—men who can be influenced by other means than an exposition of facts. Mob law finds its excuse and incentive in the failure of conviction of men positively known as criminals and guilty of the crime for which tried or in an inadequacy of the penalty meted out to convicts.—Washington Gazette. One argument brought against the antilynching bill was that the law-abiding taxpayers of the county should not be made to stand good for depredations of the lawless, which Is not very wise or fair logic, as the good people of a county are all the time paying for the deeds of the bad. Respectable taxpayers are made to bear heavy burdens to go through a series of court trials in the effort to convict a man of crime that he is positively known to have committed. Another argument of those who oppose the Governor’s recommendations in this line is that the fair name of the State w'ould be sullied by such a law, as it would indicate that we are addicted to the lynching habit and needed a cure. Certainly the fair name of Indiana has been sullied by the Riplev and Scott county hangings within the past two years.—South Bend Tribune. Will the Legislature stop the practice of corporations in contracting their road tax, and oblige everybody to pay the road tax into the county treasuries as other items are paid? It would stive something for repair of the roads. As it is now, railroads contract to have the work done for which they pay 85 cents on the dollar, saving to themselves 15 cents of the dollar. The work is sublet by the contractors, for. say. 60 cents on the dollar, leaving the contractor 25 cents profit, and. if the work is done at all. giving the road the benefit of only 60 cents of the dollar they should have. But frequently the smaller contractor whacks up with the supervisor and gets his receipt, doing no work at all. In other instances known the subcontractor asks the supervisor to let him skip several days, saying: “It Is of no interest to you.” The roads are being robbed, have been robbed for years, and this practice ought to stop.—North Vernon Republican. The present Indiana Legislature, up to date, is the most creditable the State has had for many years. Both the Senate and the House are working bodies and they are using good judgment in their work. These statements are true of both the majority and the minority. While the character and splendid average ability of the members is an important factor in producing this result, these qualifications have been greatly aided by the advance consideration given to the measures relating to county and township reform. The members had a tangible thing with which to begin the sesston and this related to the most intricate and troublesome problems that could come before the assembly. They also had advance knowledge of these bills because, of the publicity given them during their preparation, because members of the Legislature were associated with representatives of various interests of the people in their preparationin short, because Chairman Hernly exercised rare and wise discretion in beginning the work of realizing platform declarations. —Martinsville Republican. The Republican party went into the last campaign fully pledged to county and township reform. The platform took a bold stand on the subject, but the position proved popular with the masses and contributed

materially to the pronounced success of the entire ticket. During the campaign Chairman Hernly, of the Republican state central tommittee. was outspoken in his oftrepeated assertion that Republican success meant an honest redemption of platform promises, and it is not asking too much that those promises be now carried out to the letter. The Republicans have both branches of the Legislature and a Governor who can be trsuted to do his duty. The people are rwake to the situation. They know what they want and tlie Legislature understands fully the requirements of the occasion. There must be no makeshift measure. Nothing short of genuine and thorough reform will he accepted, and anything short of that will cause the party to run a gantlet of criticism in the campaign of 1900 which may seriously endanger the success of the presidential ticket.—Terre Haute Mail. RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Bismarck's A utnltiog pru liy, ns Dlctfeted by Himself In His Lnter Years. The title of the English version of this work is somewhat misleading. In the German it was styled “Gedanken und Errinnerungen,” or “Reflections and Reminiscences by Bismarck.” The title of the English version is “Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman; being the Reflections and Reminiscences of Otto, Prince Von Bismarck. Written and Dictated by Himself after His Retirement from Office.” Bismarck would not have characterized his autobiography as "The Man and the Statesman." This, however, is not material and does not touch the merits of the work. Taken in connection with other biographies of Bismarck, especially the recent one by Morritz Busch, it does contribute in a very interesting way to a knowledge of the man and the statesman. No autobiography is entirely frank, as the author has it in his power to suppress, leave out, gloss over, or magnify or color as he pleases, but there must be enough of truth to make the autobiographer’s portrait of himself interesting. One thing is certain: An autobiographer never makes an unfavorable showing for himself. This one is the author’s defense of Us public career as the chief servant of William I and as the molder of the German empire. The story is told in an unostentatious style, and with conspicuous absence of self praise, yet with such skill as to leave the impression that Bismarck was from first to last the master mind and dominant power in the creation of the empire. It goes without saying that the personal reminiscences, and. as one might say, confessions of a statesman who reconstructed Europe, must contain a great deal of historic as well as personal interest, and in this case, while Bismarck does not pose as a great man, one easily recognizes that he is. and that he knew- it. The book differs from most autobiographies in that it makes no reference to the author's ancestry, pedigree, birth, childhood or early training. The opening sentence of the first volume is: “I left school at Easter, 1832, a normal product of our state system of education: a pantheist, and, if not a republican, at least with the persuasion that the republic was the most natural form of government ” At this time Bismarck was seventeen years old. His university life is barely referred to, his study and early practice of law are passed over hurriedly, and his entrance into politics is really the starting point of the main narrative, which, thence on, moves with a steady and powerful current to a definite conclusion. The world knows well enough what the ruling ambition, the consuming desire of Bismarck’s public life was and how tenaciously he adhered to it. The story of its consummation is a great one, and it is told in a great wav. It is interesting from beginning to end. and is illustrated and enlivened by many side lights and personal revelations. Detached extracts would not give an adequate idea of a work which embraces two large volumes and covers the period from Bismarck’s entrance into public life to his retirement, the text having been revised not long before his death. The work of translation from the German, under the supervision of Prof. A. J. Butler, of England, sems to have been exceptionally well done. Harper & Brothers.

Aiißlo-Snxon Superiority. The full title of this work is “Anglo-Saxon Superiority: To What It Is Due,” and it is a remarkable work in its authorship, scope and treatment. It deals with the causes of the superiority of the English-speaking peoples. One would naturally expect such a work to have been written by an Englishman or an American, but the author, Edward Demolius, is a Frenchman, a writer of high repute, and the work is written entirely from a French point of view. It is a perfectly frank and very able attempt to analyze and point out the sources and causes of the race dominance of the En-glish-speaking peoples. In his preface the author says: “In this work, by the application of the methods of social analysis devised by Le Play and completed by De Tourville, I seek to carefully isolate and exclusively consider the phenomena which appear to be derived from Anglo-Saxon influence, because these phenomena alone insure for England and the United States their social originality and superiority. Above all, I endeavor to make a clear distinction between these phenomena and the customs ar.d Institutions peculiar to the Celts and Normans.” Keeping this idea in view the author treats the subject from a philosophical, social and historical point of view, and draw's his conclusions with absolute fearlessness. It is surprising to read from a distinguished Frenchman that “That which distinguishes England and sets her apart from Continental nations, and decidedly accounts for her social superiority at the present time is the fact that she has gradually succeeded in freeing herself from the Celtic and Norman Influences.” In other words, that she has eliminated and lived down the influences of the Freneh-Norman invasion. ’’She has been able to accomplish this enfranchisement,” says the author. “thanks to the preponderance which the Anglo-Saxon element has gradually assumed over the other two—a preponderance whose progress no human force can now' stop.” The work is divided into three parts, part first treating of “The Frenchman and the Anglo-Saxon at School,” part second of “The Frenchman and the AngloSaxon in Private Life,” and part third of “The Frenchman and the Anglo-Saxon in Public Life." In each of these stages and spheres of life the author finds fundamental eausee of Anglo-Saxon superiority. Such a work could hardly he popular in France, yet it has been very widely read and has reached a tenth edition. A leading French critic says: “It is an infinitely powerful %ook; but we must swallow the hitter cup to the dregs.” So powerful and pitiless a hook could hardly fail to produce a sensation in France, and it can be read with equal interest and instruction by all students of ethnological and sociological problems. It has for a frontispiece a map illustrating “the extraordinary power of expansion of that race which seems destined to succeed the Roman Empire in the government of the world.” New York: R. F. Fenno & Cos. The Ainln**mlor. Tills is a comedy in four acts by John Oliver Hobbes. It is not exactly a comedy of errors, but it is a comedy of love affairs, in fact, a love story in the form of a play. The author's conception of what a play should be may be partly inferred from a statement in the preface to this one: "Wit, philosophy, moral truths, poetic language—all these count as nothing unless there is feeling of an obvious, ordinary kind. Great passions and the ‘enormous’ are, on tlie other hand, beyond spectacular representation. Ixive is probably the sole great passion which an audience of average men and women can endure for more than one act and to a tragic issue. The theatre is a place of relaxation. When a majority of pleasureseekers find a piece tedious, it is a failure beyond question as a play.” “The Ambassador” is light enough to suit the most exacting demand for lightness, and there is enough love in it to till the hill in that respect. It should he added that there is plot enough to give interest to the play, though it develops slowly, and the characters talk and act like real people. It would be difficult to tell the story in brief space. Suffice it that the heroine, a charming and attractive girl, has character enough to break one engagement with a rich nobleman wh°n she finds she does not love him, and is rewarded by captivating another, the ambassador, who, though not so rich, wins her heart. The people in the play are all worldly society people, and the dialogue is of that character. The play has no special merit, hut it is readable and has been acted in England. New' York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. With Kitchener to Khartum. Mr. G. W. Steevens first became known In the United States during the last presidential campaign, when, as the correspondent of a London paper, he traveled over the country, for a part of the time being a close follower of Mr. Bryan on his speech-making tour. His comments, while not altogether flattering to American self-love, were free from the ill-natured sneers so common in the writings o' British tourists, and showed a comprehension, unusual in a foreign vis-

itor. of the intricacies of our politics. He undertook to give no more than a superficial view of affairs, but his power of vivid description, his keen sense of humor and his distinctive literary style, a style neither polished nor eloquent, but with every word effective, made his letters entertaining, even to Americans to whom the story of presidential campaigns was old. and brought many a purchaser for them when they were finally published in a volume hearing the title. “The Land of the Dollar." Later he described the opera-bouffe Graeco-Turkish war in graphic fashion. His latest publication is the story of Kitchener's campaign in the Sudan, compiled from letters written to the London Mail. His heart was plainly in. this work. He knew his subject well; he had patriotic zeal, a love for the British army and an admiration for its conquering general. With this equipment he has made a hook better than cither of the others. It has all the fascination of a novel, and the reader timls himself eagerly following its pages as the taie unfolds and finally culminates in dramatic action. No matter how familiar one may be through ntwspaper dispatches with the events of this war in the Sudan, he will find none the less interest and enjoyment in this book. It brings the scenes before him vividly, and he does not forget them. In the mass of current literature much must be passed by, but this is one of the volumes that it is worth while to read. Published by Dodd, Mead & Cos. Kural Kliymm. The above title is given to a volume of verses by’ S. B. McManus, a writer well known in northern Indiana through his contributions to the local press. A number of his productions have also appeared in the Journal. Mr. McManus attempts no lofty flights, but sings of the familiar things of home and country lite, the flowers, the woods, the fields, the harvest, the birds—and expresses his enjoyment of nature as he gets close to it on the farm. Outside of these topics and their kind his theme is childhood. He loves and sympathizses with children and speaks his heart frankly and freely. He is not at his best in his dialect rhymes, this form of expression being safe in the hands of the elect few, but some of them, nevertheless, convey very' clear pictures of rural scenes. Os the more serious and dignified poems, “A Summer Night,” “The Robin Pi,grim" and “Grandmother s Barometer” are perhaps the best. To the robin he sings: “The clover sleeps a sullen, death-like sleep; The ragweed stands a beggar on the plain; The daisies trvst with summer idyls keep Beneath the drifted snow and angry sleet and rain. All wait for thee, O Bird, to rouse them from their sleep, Remember, then, the tryst which they so faithful keep.” The book, which has several excellent illustrations after drawings by W. E. Hutchinson. is published by Curts & Jennings, Cincinnati. Historic New Y'ork. This book contains a great deal of historic information that is out of the ordinary. It relates primarily to New Y'ork, but much of it possesses general interest. The work consists of a series of monographs, being the second series of the HalfMoon Papers, relating to localities and institutions of particular interest in old New York. The subjects treated in the several papers are “Slavery in New Y'ork,” “Tammany Hall,” “Old Prisons and Punishments.” "The New York Press in the Eighteenth Century.” “Bowling Green,” “New Amsterdam Family Names,” “Old Taverns and Posting Inns.” “The Doctor in Old New York,” “Early Schools and Schoolmasters.” “The Battle of Harlem Heights,” "The Neutral Ground.” Each of these papers is by a competent hand, and while they do not form a consecutive history, they make a group of narratives interesting in themselves and of great value as a starting point for exhaustive historical study. The work was compiled and edited by four New York women, Maud Wilder Goodwin, Alice Carrington Royce, Ruth Putnam and Eva Palmer Brownell, and it is well done. It is a mine of curious information regarding early New York. New' Y'ork: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

Sundown Leflnrr. Mr. Frederick Remington seems to find as good subjects in the West for his pen as he does for his pencil and brush. “Sundown Leflare,” just issued by Harper & Brothers, consists of five of Mr. Remington’s supposititious interview s with a half-breed scout. The stories are written as cleverly as the illustrations are drawn. The character of “Sundown Lefiare” is one that has not before been treated as Mr. Remington has handled his subject. The stories of the “Great Medicine Horse” and of “How Order No. 6 went Through” are wonderfully well told. The latter is a tale of how “Sundown” was almost starved and frozen to death in carrying an order between two frontier posts. It abounds in most picturesque profanity and Includes a very realistic description of “Sundown’s” delirium, as told by himself, when all the Indians seemed to come down from the sky and try to fight him. And Mr. Remington has hit upon anew idea in having his scout tell one of his love affairs. It is a very odd love story, and old Leflare tells it in a very odd way. The stories are all worth reading. and as the pictures are all by Remington, of course they are worth seeing. About Music Uisicinn*. Two little volumes c .1, respectively, “By the Way About and “By the Way About Musicians,” are collections of short essays on music and art in general, by William Foster Apthorp, the well-known Boston critic, and, as the title pages say, taken “from the programme books of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.” While these essays are to a certain extent technical they are of so much general interest that readers who are not musicians may find much entertainment, not to say instruction, in them. He talks about “Impressionism” in music, “Habit” in music. ‘‘Music and the Eye,” “Plagiarism," “Medicinal Music," “People Who Hate Music.” “Some Popular Fallacies,” “Musical Slips,” etc. In the volume about musicians he gossips pleasantly about composers living and dead, offers some musical reminiscences of Boston thirty years ago, has some random thoughts on artists in general, and concludes with some “Gleanings from the Court Library in Utopia.” The two little hooks are very readable and may well find a place in* every musician’s library. Published by Copeland, Day & Cos., Boston. The Tribune AI ma.it ne. One of the first statistical annuals to be issued, the Tribune Almanac, has maintained the reputation for accuracy established in its early years. It is an authority on election figures and other political data, but does not confine its information to these subjects. The number for 1899, just issued, contains, among other matter, the Constitution of the United States, the charter of the Greater New' Y'ork, a complete history of the war with Spain, including the treaty of the joint commission in Paris, and the monetary systems of the world, the war-revenue bill, a complete summary of acts passed to date by the present Congress, history of the annexation of Hawaii, proceediogs of the Canada-United States conference, and the names and salaries of government officials. 'This valuable hook of reference should he on every business man's desk. Price, 25 cents. The Child of I’leHHiire. This story, translated from the Italian of Gabriel d'Annunzio by Georgina Harding, has an introduction by Arthur Symons, in which it is attempted to show that d’Annunzio is really a poet writing in prose and dealing, as great, poets may be. and always have been permitted to do, with the primal sensations and passions of humanity. No amount of fine writing, however, will convince a healthy-minded reader that this story is anything more than the study of a degenerate, a depraved voluptuary, by a degenerate. it is not, like “The Triumph of Death,” an earlier translation from the same author, redeemed by line descriptive passages. Published by George G. Richmond & Son, New Y’ork. Short Stories. “Tales from the Land of Manana” ts a collection of short stories by G. CunynghamCunningham. The stories aro about people and things in Mexico, and are written in a clever and entertainting vein. Beside the local coloring, which shows to the reader that the author has been on the spot, there is a plentiful sprinkling of Spanish words and ejaculations. As there is no glossary for the benefit of those who do not understand Spanish, one lias to rely upon the genteel sound of the author’s hyphenated name for assurance that these Spanish Interpolations are not things that should not he there. The stories are lively and moat of the characters romantic. The Editor Publishing Company. Cincinnati. Told of n Mummy. “The Prince of Gravas.” by Alfred C. Fleckenatein. is a very clever story, which opens in the first chapter with a German savant who is unwrapping a mummy. By some psychological feat which is not explained In detail the savant lives over the

life of the mummy, and the ensuing chapters are full of interest. There is war. and love, and treason, and the hero of the story, or dream, is successful In his battles and marries the queen, only to he slain immediately afterward by an assassin. Then the German savant wakes up. The story is quite interesting. George W. Jacobs & Cos., Philadelphia. House* of Olhk*. "Houses of Glass,” by Wallace Lloyd, M. IX. is a philosophical romance, according to its subtitle, and herein Mr. Uoyri shown originality by attempting to combine hardheaded philosophy with the tender passion. The object of the story is, according to the preface, to show the importance of "a union based on the moral, physical and spiritual affinity of man and woman." The story i full of incident, and some little adventure, and in the main is well told. G. W. Dillingham & Cos. Latitude 11. This volume by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield is a romance of the West Indies in the year 1821. It is primarily a book of adventure, and a very good one. Probably the most interesting feature is the part devoted to the uneann.v rites of the voodoo worshipers, t.lthough Mrs. Ufowninsiiieid brings in the pirates occasionally in a very readable way. The book is illustrated from wash drawings by George Gibts. D. Appleton & Cos. The Merchant l'rint e of C'ornvllle. Since M. Rostand, author of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” was accused of having stolen some of his scenes and ideas from "The Merchant Prince of Cornville,” the author of the latter work, Mr. Samuel Eberly Gross, has issued his play in such a form that the public may judge for itself of the merits of the case. The similarity of the two prdouetions is said to lie in the baicony scene, but this resemblance seems obscure to the reader who lacks a personal interest in the matter, and it is not easy to see how Mr. Gross is to sustain his claim in any court. R. R. Donnelly & Cos., Chicago. A Story of the Ukraine. “The White Lady of Khaminavatka” is the title of a tale of love, romance, intrigue and wild adventure in Russia. The author, Richard Henry Savage, uses the exclamation point as his favorite punctuation mark and thereby lends the peculiar characteristic to his pages which causes a certain class of readers to at once select his books its exciting. Published by Rand, McNally & Cos. C’nni'dlnn Poem*. A most attractive little book is “Phil-o-rum’s Canoe” and ‘ Madeleine Verchere,” two poems by William Henry Drummond. The first is in the French-Canadian dialect, w’hile the second, in plainer English, is a, story of Madeleine Verehere’s heroism. The htok is handsomely illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. New Periodical*. A series of illustrated articles on the Paris exposition is a special feature of the Parisian. A feature of the February Critic is “Thackeray at Charterhouse,” with original sketches by Thackeray and reproductions of his schoolboy manuscripts. Paul Leicester Ford’s new serial, entitled “Janice Meredith; a Story of the Revolution,” begins in the current number of Collier’s Weekly. It is profusely illustrated under the direction of Howard Pyle. The New York Ledger, in its monthly form, bears little resemblance to the old weekly story paper so familiar to the publid for many years, but in changing, as times and fashions in periodicals change, it becomes a magazine quite as good in its way as it was in the old form. It has also the attraction of costing but 50 cents a year. Houghton. Mifflin & Cos., of Bostor, Mass., the publishers of the Atlantic Monthly, announce a special rate to new subscribers of 50 cents for a trial subscription to the Atlantic Monthly for three issues. The Atlantic never was stronger or lietter than it is to-day. and this offer affords an excellent opportunity for new readers' to become acquainted with the magazine. The Eclectic Magazine and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, which has been enlarged to 160 pages since its consolidation, is new one of the most attractive of American magazines, typographically. The February number is especially strong in its literary features, as it contains a striking lecture by M. Ferdinand Bruneliere on “Art and Morality,” Lord Rosebery's recent address on "Literary Statesmen,” and the Edinburgh Review’s estimate of Thackeray. It has anew department of “Books and Authors.”

The four February issues of the Youth’s Companion will contain, among other features, an article by the late Dan Rice, in two parts, entitled, “Fifty Years with a’ Menagerie;” a story by Salford F. Hamp, the Western writer, entitled “Walter's Fight with Indians;” Mary T. Earle’s serial story, “The Flag on the Hilltop,” describing life on the Ohio river border during tha civil war; a tale of frontier adventure entitled “The Cradle of Andy Le Darge;” Robert Barr’s story of the war of 1812, "The First Speculator,” and a schoolboy’s story, "To Coventry and Rack,” by W. T. Nichols. Another feature of interest will be “Art Students in New York,” by G. W. Breek, former president of the New York, Art Students' League, who offers some good advice to prospective students of art. In an article in Literature on the letter “r” Mr. W. D. Howells tells his own experience and how, in his own case, a change of environment changed his speech. “I have heard Mark. Twain,” says Mr. Howells, “who was born in Missouri, sound the "r” with as strong a twist as I do, or alas! did, for 1 have lived so long in the Last that I have lost the pure accent of southern Ohio, where, as my confiding youth was persuaded, the. best English in the world was spoken. I should not even now eall a checkered adder a checkad adda, as they do in New Hampshire, but I am afraid that I should rot give tlie “r” in these words the true dental wrench; and, shall I confess it, t have so disused myself to my native shibboleth that when l hear it in the theater, as I sometimes do, on the lips of untutored genius fresh from my own section. 1 involuntarily clap my hand to my jaw.” Publishers' Note*. Charles Scribner’s Sons in a few w'ceks will bring out two important books of travel and adventure. One is William Harvey Brown’s "On the South African Frontier,” ar.d tho other is “In the Klondike; with an Account of a Winter's Journey to Dawson,” by Frederick Palmer. R. R. Russell (New York) will issue immediately a profusely illustrated and handsomely bound edition of “Trelawny of the Wells,” Arthur W. Pinero’s latest comedietta, which Is being presented in New York with such success. Anew and Improved edition of “Phi! May’s Sketch Book,” in new binding is announced, and anew edition of /'Cyrano de Bergera \” by M. Rostand (authorized translation), with illustrations by Ernest Haskel. Mr. Whistler’s new book, “The Baronet and the Butterfly,” is also announced for immediate publication. Dodd, spring publication the following books: A new novel by Amelia E. Barr, entitled “1. Thou and the Other One;" a collection of stories by Ira S. Dodd, entitled “The Songs of the Rappahannock:” Ruskin’s letters to Rossetti and others of his contemporaries (one of the most important contributions to recent Ruskin literature); Joubert’s “Thoughts,” translated into English, with a 1 reface by Mrs. Humphrey Ward, and a r.ew volume of poems by Paul Dunbar, the author of "Lyrics of Lowly Life.” AFTER SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS Needle Pusses, 111 rough n Man’* Body and In Finally Kxlrneteri. WEJST WINSTED. Conn., Jan. 29.—Egbert T. Butler, the oldest citizen of Norfolk. who says he was never confined to his bed one day by sickness, to-day had a needle removed w’hich has been in his body three-quarters of a century. During that time the needle traveled constantly, visiting almost every part of Mr. Butler’s body. Thirty years ago, while it was working through Mr. Butler’s lungs, he lost weight rapidly, and attending physicians said it© was dying of consumption. He regained his health nearly as fast as he lost it. Eleven years ago. while the needle was passing through his left knee, he was unable to bear any weight on the knee tor nearly three months. A few nights ago Mr. Butler was awakened in the night by a sharp, pricking pain in his left foot below the ankle. The only outward sign was a small red spot about the size of a pin s head. Finally the ankle ccmmeneed to swell and the pain Intensified. To-day surgeons opened the affect eel at kle and took out a needle which Mr. Butler swallowed seventy-five years ago. It was black owing to Its long concealment. Physicians fear, blood poteonlng, J