Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 335, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1899.

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Rejected manuscripts will not he returned unless postage la Inclosed for that purpoee. THE IXDIAXAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at th following places: KEW YORK Astor House. CHICACO-raTmer House. P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI-.. R. Hawlcy & Co., 151 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deer! nr. northwest corner ef Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Book Co., 2C Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C-R!g?s House. Ebbltt House and WUIard's Hotel. If Congress falls to pass the new monetary bill before the holiday adjournment it will miss a golden opportunity. The contention between four men over the minority leadership of the House might be settled by giving each, of the aspirants a week about. The Kentucky Idea of a popular election Is that It should be conducted like a vendettathe longer It lasts the more excitement It affords . The receipts of the treasury for November were $3,500,000 in excess of thee expenditures of the government. The era of surpluses has returned. The charge that the Kentucky militia intimidated anybody on election day is Improbable because it never intimidated anybody on any other day. It is said that some of the Republican congressmen from the West wild oppose the new monetary bilL Tho Journal hopes no member from Indiana will do so. To Its credit the Georgia Legislature will have nothing to do with the proposition to disfranchise colored Illiterates and at the same time allow white Illiterates to vote. Present indications aro that Representative Roberts, of Utah, will be seated on the regularity of his certificate of election and afterwards unseated on a charge of polygamy. When Senates Teller predicts that silver will be the foremost issue next year the wish is doubtless father to the thought. He has put himself in such a position that with that issue eliminated he Is without a party. There Is no previous question or other form of. closure In the United States Senate, but the gold standard majority in that body should find a way to put a quick stop to the gabble of silver senators in opposition to tho new monetary bill. SSBBSSBBBMSBBBBBBBBBBlBSSSSSBBBMMBBSMSSWaS BtBBBSBSBB In the opinion of many people the declaration of Richard Croker that Mr. Bryan will be the Democratic candidate for President seems not only to settle the controversy, but has silenced the theory of Bryan men who were denouncing Croker and his ten-dollar banquet a few short months ago. Nothing can stop American soldiers. The battle of Lookout Mountain was fought above the clouds, that of Missionary Ridge ou a steep mountain side, and Colonel Bell's routing of the Insurgent Filipinos was on a mountain top so Inaccessible that they had not even deemed It necessary to fortify. Mr. Bryan's publisher announces that Mr. Bryan's profits from sales of his books have been 340,000, which he has invested in United States registered 4 per cent, bonds In the name of his wife. A 310.000 bondholder would have been denounced as bloated a few years ago by many of Bryan's present admirers. The decision of the sliver Republican executive committee to hold a national convention at the same time and place with the Democratic and Populist conventions should be satisfactory to Republicans. The thing to do Is to corral all the political cranks and faddists In one party and smash them all at one blow. It Is conceded In European political circles that Emperor William achieved a stroke of diplomatic tact In returning from England by way of Holland. By calling on Queen Wllhelmlna "after visiting Queen Victoria he deprived the first visit of much of It3 political significance. Kaiser William Is something of a diplomat himself. Admiral Dewey hopes that Agulnaldo will escape, as the disposition which must be made of him Pi the event of his capture niay be a troublesome matter. If he should be confined In prison year after year, or be under guard, his companions would try to make him a martyr. Out of the Philippines and his own man, he would soon be forgotten. An Irish priest in Chicago has opened a school for the instruction of children In Gaelic, the ancient language of Ireland. It Is the first school of the kind attempted in the United States and will probably be the last, as it is not needed and can have but little patronage. Modern English is much better for American children than ancient Irish. An examination of the books of W. II. Miller, the missing head of the so-called Franklin Syndicate, shows that during the last thirty-three days preceding the exposure $C3),Cij was taken In and $213,839 paid out in running expenses and "dividends." leaving a net profit during that period of J401.S.S5. It was Uarnum who said "the world likes to fce humbugged."

There was but one thing for the half dozen leaders who call themselves Silver Republicans to do in their conference, and they did It. That thing was to demand that silver be kept to the front as an issue la poo, with Mr. Bryan as the Democratic I

candidate. They left the Republican party because it would not make silver the leading Issue, and should the Democrats declare that silver is no longer an issue they must either return to the Republican fold or go over to the Democrats. If they should do the latter they would be lost, as all their distinctive character lies In the fact that they call themselves Sliver Republicans. Those Democrats who have Just resolved at Chicago that the silver issue must be pushed to the rear will not so much appreciate the stand which the Silver Republicans have just taken as they did in 1S0G, since that loud demand for 16 to 1 will prove embarrassing. But the silverltes who masqueraded a3 Silver Republicans in li cannot make that Imposture effective In 1000, even if they have committees and hold a national convention. THE DAY AFTER. The official Thanksgiving day of is past, with a long procession of others before it. Families have come together, some of them scattered and from long distances; the young father and mother have been welcomed by the old ones, the children have had their day, and the baby has been made much of. The turkey has: been carved and eaten, and the mince and pumpkin pies and other viands have been duly disposed of. Some people have gone to church, some have played football, and a great many have enjoyed themselves without doing either. A large majority of people, all, except the very vicious, the very miserable, or tho very ungrateful, have felt thankful in their own way, some to Him whom they regard as the giver of all blessings, and others to what they regard as the good luck or good management that has enabled them to do as well for themselves and their families as they have done. Gratitude is an elevating emotion, even if it has no spiritual aspect. It Is, In fact, a phase of religion whether the person feeling it recognizes it as such or not. " TIs better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all," says Tennyson, and no doubt it Is better to have felt thankful, even without any conscious recognition of the divine source of blessings, than not to have felt thankful at all. Gratitude and prayer do not help the Almighty any, and it is doubtful if they influence Him. He can get along without them. But they help the individual. Terhaps the establishment of an official Thanksgiving day once a year, when the President, the Governor of each State, the press and the pulpit remind people that it is their uty to be thankful, has a tendency to make them less so during the rest of the year. It la related that a certain individual who had-an academic belief in the efficacy of prayer, but who did not do much at the business, tacked a printed prayer at the head of his bed, and wrote underneath: "Lord, these are my sentiments." The only improvement on this would be a nickel-ln-the-slot praying machine or one constructed on the principle of the voting machine, by which a person, by simply pressing a button, could record a straight prayer or a scratched one at pleasure. But it is doubtful if that would develop the sense of gratitude or benefit the individual much. It is even doubtful If machine voting is as conducive to the development of personal patriotism and good citizenship as voting by ballot. There was something peculiarly gratifying and soothing to Individual pride In the old-fashioned way of going to the polls with a straight ticket in one's hand or pocket, untouched by any stamp or pencil, a virgin ballot, as It were, representing the voter's share In the government, of which no challenger or board of canvassers, and neither angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, could deprive him. The voting machine lacks this personal element, and of course so would a praying machine or a nlckel-in-the-slot machine for expressing gratitude. But the question is whether the establishment of an official Thanksgiving day once a year does not tend to make people less thankful than they ought to be the rest of the year. Gratitude has been defined as a lively sense of favors to come. There is reason to believe that there is more of that kind of gratitude prevalent during most of the year than there is of the other kind. Does the official Thanksgiving day tend to promote it? Do people think because they indulge in the luxury of feeling thankful one day In the year that they can afford to be ungrateful the rest of tne year? Because one gives a dollar to charity on the last Thursday In November, has one a right to be close-fisted all the other Thursdays and ail the other days of the year? Obviously rot, and If any reader of the Journal notes this disposition in his or her case, let him or her be warned to meet it at the threshold. The only safe rule In such cases Is "Obsta princlplls" withstand the beginnings. It needs no argument to prove that we have just as much to be thankful for on the other 204 days of the year as we have on Thanksgiving day as great a country and as good a government, as much liberty and prosperity, as many blessings, privileges and advantages and while one cannot expect to have roast turkey and mince pie every day In the year, even if one were foolish enough to desire it, ono can be thankful on much plainer living. Therefore, let us be. thankful that while Thanksgiving day Is past, there are others.

CEX. GRANT AS A SLAVEHOLDER. An article In the news columns of the Journal of Tuesday, giving an outline of Mrs. Grant's autobiography, made her say: "General Grant was a slaveholder, and so were his people. Indeed, we owned slaves ourselves when the war broke out ; our house and field servants were slaves, and so was tho nurse who was rearing our children." This Is doubtless correct, although It seems strange to think of the man who brought the war for the suppression of the slaveholders rebellion to a successful conclusion as himself a slaveholder. It must be remembered, however, that In ante-war times no particular moral stigma attached to the owning of slaves, although many perso'ns who owned them by Inheritance refused to buy or sell them. It is no doubt true, though Mrs. Grant does not so state, that the only slaves General Grant ever owned were such as he received as part of her dowry when he married her. Her father. General Dent, wasa native of Maryland and a wealthy merchant of St. Louis, and afterwards a gentleman farmer near that city. Of course, he owned slaves, and no doubt when Captain Grant married his daughter, in ISIS, he gave them

a few house sen-ants, and afterwards probably some field servants. It is not at all likely that General Grant ever bought or sold a slave, but there were few young men of that period who would have declined to own them, from principle. If they came as a gift with a wife. If he owned any slaves when the war broke out, as Mrs. Grant is reported as saying, they must have been hired out in St. Louis, as they could not have been with him at Galena, III., where he went In April, 1SG0, to become a clerk in his father's hardware and leather store. The father was at that time in Covington, Ky. In a letter to Gen. James G. Wilson, written from Frankfort March 0, 1SC8, he said: "After Ulysses's farming and real-estate experiments in St. Louis county. Mo., failed to be self-sup-porting he came to me at this place (Covington) for advice and assistance. I referred him to Simpson, my next oldest son, who had charge of my Galena business, and who was staying with me on account of ill health. Simpson sent him to the Galena store, to stay until something else might turn up In his favor, and told him he must confine his wajits within $S0O a year, and that if that would not support him he must draw what it lacked from the rent of his house and the hire of his negroes in St. Louis." From this it appears he did own slaves at that time. About a year after he went to Galena something did "turn up in his favor" in a way that doubtless drove all thought of his slaves out of his mind. It is not likely he ever realized a cent on them. There Is nothing in his record or career to show that he ever believed in the institution of slavery as such.

THE DISTUR11IG ELEMENT IX CUBA Strange as it may seem, the President's plan for organizing a republican form of government In Cuba which shall Include all classes and factions who Inhabit the island was not received with favor at the outset. The planters, the capitalists and the Spanish families held off because they did not desire to have anything to do with the Cubans. Co their side, the Cubans who were either engaged in or sympathized with the Insurrection Insisted that every man who was loyal to the Spanish government during the revolution shall be disfranchised and prohibited from holding office. These two factions could not conceive of a government In which both should share the 'benefits. It Is said that the hostility is gradually subsiding, and that by the time the people shall be called upon to vote upon any important question all will be eager to participate without serious objection. Under the present military regime the conservative classes, planters, merchants and others who have business and Industrial Interests In Cuba have taken no part In the government, being satisfied with the policy pursued, but now that civil government Is talked of, these people are organizing. Their representatives have been to see the President and expressed their opinions. They are not so eager for independence, because they fear the consequences should the Cubans who have been revolutionists come to power. They would prefer that the United States should exercise . some power of supervision over the island for some time. This policy does not 6ult the large element that may .be called soldiers of fortune the men who hold meetings, issue protests and threaten bloodshed if an independent government is not given them at an early day. They have no interest In the Industry or the prosperity of the Island. Because the Americans drove out the Spaniards they assume that they have an undisputed right to rule tho island, which means to plunder it by being taxed and the Issue of bonds. It may be expected that this element will give the United States considerable trouble. Already they are protesting against the President's Idea of a civil government and threatening war If any policy Is adopted which will deprive them of an- opportunity to misrule Cuba and make it another Central American republic. If any element in Congress should be so unwise as to encourage the element that is now protesting against the establishment of a civil government our troubles in Cuba, will be but begun. For this latitude, yesterday was an Ideal day for Thanksgiving. The day was so perfect that those who delight In football can make a claim that Thanksgiving could not have been the delightful day it was If it were not Intended for football. The day was indeed a holiday, with a suspension of business in this city, except about the railroads, which caused the trains to be crowded with people taking advantage of the reduced rates. The faces of the people told the story of the prosperous season for all and their appreciation of a holiday. Its like has never before been seen. The Milwaukee Sentinel calls attention to the fact that the anarchist Most Is lecturing in that city under the auspices of an association In sympathy with his views, and adds that the police should keep an eye on the organization, lest in some unexpected season it should break forth as it did in 1SS6 In Chicago. The public security demands that such men be prohibited from speaking on the ground that it incites lawlessness and murder. Free speech should not cover the advocacy of pillage and assassination. General Wood's recommendation that the American army in Cuba be reduced 20 per cent. Is in accordance with his generally wise and conservative administration in Santiago. Such a reduction will reduce expenses and be a practical assurance to Cubans of t!je intention of the United States to withdraw from the island entirely as soon as the work of pacification and reconstruction Is complete. Some papers aro discussing what to do with Agulnaldo. The first thing to do Is to catch him or drive him out of the Philippines, and perhaps the latter would be the best solution of the question. If captured he would be a white elephant on our hands and a living text for his American sympathizers. As a penniless fugitive and man without a country ho would not be an inspiring object. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. A Talented Dodger. "Dick Duffies Is an awful dude, isn't he?" "I think fo; he can play football and not get his chrysanthemum mussed." Her Slave. I cannot do without you; frown or smile. But promise you will linger' yet awhile; I'll bow before you as mv Queen sublime. If only you will have my meals on time. Only Herself to Riame. Mrs. Dibbs Madame Chic. I pay you

more than Mrs. Hibbs, and yet you put more style into her frocks. Madame Chic Well, Mrs. Dibbs. that's what you get for being so easy to please. Ilnrvcnt. Though nuts be scarce within the wood, The chestnut crop is always good. A Protest. "Dicky, you must not come to dinner without your necktie." "Aw Pa you're gittin too refined." When young Terry Hale, of Portland, Conn., center rush on the Yale eleven, left heme to play In the Yale-Princeton game, his parents delcared that If he returned without being maimed or crippled they would give a Thanksgiving dinner to all the Methodists In Portland. The young man came back with only a black eye and tho old folks gave a two days' banquet. Thus good cometh out of evil, and feasting from a black eye. THE GULLIBLE PUBLIC.

Comment on the Brooklyn "Get-RIch-Qulck" Scheme. fNew York Financier. A remarkable Instance of the gullibility of the average public Is afforded In the case of a so-called financial syndicate which is operating In Brooklyn, N. Y.,on the lines originated by the E. S. Dean Company, now "lost to sight, but to memory dear" to eight or ten thousand victims at least, scattered from Maine to California, The latest "get-rlch-qulck" syndicate Is even more audacious in Its operations than the Dean crowd of swindlers. It promises, and has paid up to this time, 10 per cent, dividends weekly, and by holding out a hope of permanent returns at that rate has- Induced thousands of people to place their money with it. The receipts, according to newspaper report, have been enormous, ranging as high as $$1,000 dally. The nominal head of tho concern, one William F. Miller, is a young man about twenty-three years of age, who until the notoriety thrust upon him by the publicity attending the operations of the syndicate, was utterly unknown, even in his Immediate neighborhood. Yet his assertion that he is able to make a profit of 520 per cent, by stock speculationIs swallowed as readily as though It came from tho shrewdest and best known stock operator In Wall street. Of course, no man of ordinary sense believes that it is possible to make that percentage, even under the guidance of the most experienced mind on the Stock Exchange. That it can be done over a period of three years, as Miller claims, is a proposition too absurd for serious consideration. A simple calculation will serve to show that had Miller started several years since with a solitary $100, compounding it week after week at 10 per cent., he now would have been In possession of all the visible property of the United States. That he found it necessary by means of expensive advertising to seek aid from servant girls and poor wage-earners shows rather co-e:us:vei" that Mr. Miller is both a liar and a fraud. this point we wished to discuss, however. Miller's rainbow promises do not Interest the readers of the Financier, except in their capacity of guardians of other people's money. To this extent they have a direct concern in the scoundrels who prey on the credulity of the uninformed, and as the losses will fall inevitably on many persons who can ill afford to part with a portion of their hardearned savings, it is to be hoped that officers In banks which carry funds of this character will interest themselves enough In the matter to explain to Intending Investors in Miller's scheme the utter fallacy of the whole thing, and the certain disaster that will overtake late comers. We are aware that In large institutions this would prove an impossible task, but an explanatory caret hung before the paying teller's window, or published in the home papers, might go far toward protecting the ignorant. The remarks printed in these columns two or three weeks ago, regarding the acceptance of advertising offered the newspapers oy financial frauds, hold especially true in-thls -connection. No selfrespecting bank should allow for a moment the printing of its rfftme In a newspaper which publishes advertising of the Miller syndicate order. The signal. apathy of the two stock exchanges in New Y'ork city over the free use of their names by Miller, is another matter that appears qnrer to the average observer. Miller is not making his profits out of exchange speculation, and probably has not purchased a share of stock for his customers since he began business. This could be demonstrated by half an hour's Investigation, but up to the present time neither of the New York exchanges has made an efiort to set itself clear before the public. The consequence will be that when the crasn comes the exchanges will be classed by the dupes as part and parcel of the swindle, and another howl will go up over the rapacity of the "money power." In view of what Is happening every day, the fact that six million of votes were cast in 1S against an honest dollar does not appear so extraordinary after all. There Is an old adage "once bitten, twice shy," but the success achieved by Miller and other scoundrels of like Ilk, seems to disprove It. Note Since the above article was written the Miller syndicate has gone to pieces, the chief conspirator Is a fugitive from justice, and one accomplice Is In jail. As similar syndicates are beginning operations, we have concluded to publish the editorial as originally .written. Readers can substitute now names for that of Miller, as they appear. The truth applies to all alike. The Cable Needed. Philadelphia Record. It Is said that the secretary of war will recommend the construction of a cable line between the Pacific coast and the Philippine islands. This Is a form of annexation which would be of the utmost practical use. The cable, like a ring In the nose of a bull. Is of great emergent efficacy as a means of government. The immediate appointment of civil governors for Cuba and Porto Rico is also recommended, and the requirement of educational and property qualifications as the basis of suffrage. It is undoubtedly along these lines that civil government must be established In the Spanish islands, the Islanders being given as large a share as possible in the management of all their affairs consistent with the conservation of cJ-der and the protection of life and property. Concerning Jefferson. New York Mall and Express. That was a comforting assurance which Joseph Jefferson lately gave to his countless admirers. He took occasion to refer to the report crediting him with the Intention of retiring from the stage for the purpose of denying It. He asserted that he intended to go on playing as long as the public would patronize him. Good. Why should Jefferson leave the stage when as yet he is "the unwasted contemporary of his own prime?" I recollect hearing one of his devotees say to him that he was surprised that he didn't wear a bigger hat. "Why a bigger hat?" Jefferson inquired. "Well," the devotee explained, "If as many people all over the country were as . fond of me as they are fond of you, I'm sure I'd have a tremendous big head." Jefferson was silent for a moment and then, in his winning manner, he said. "Wouldn't that spoil it all?" The Democratic "Way. a Kansas City Star. Even at this late day, were President McKinley by any improbable chance to reverse his policy in regard to the Philippines and to recommend the, withdrawal of the American army from the Islands, the Democratic party would arie In a body and denounce the administration for its treachery and Its cowardice. The fact that that is what it now pretends to desire would make no difference, should the President decide to pursue that course. The w,hole cry against expansion Is animated by the foolish notion that the Democrats must oppose whatever the Republicans favor, which suggests that a political organization has nothing better to offer than obstinate disagreementfor the sake of disagreement with a party that is strong enough with the people to control the government. The Voting: Machine. Committee Report to Ithaca (N. Y.) Common Council. - The voting machine Is a simple, reliable, durable and convenient apparatus for Its purpose. The machine compels the deposit of a perfect and accurate ballot cf

the form chosen by the voter. It restricts the voter absolutely to the limits of the law and permits him freedom as absolute in voting within that limit. Blank and defective ballots, the usual fault of ordinary methods of voting, are entirely done away with, and no man loses his vote through defect of the system or fault of his own if he votes at all. The disfranchised voter becomes unknown. Fraudulent voting is impossible, as well as errors in voting. The vote cast Is registered vote by vote with absolute accuracy and certainty. The result can be declared immediately upon the close of the polls, having been already completely counted. The cost of the system is so much less than that of the old method that the machines usually pay for themselves In from three to seven years. THEIR OWN BUSINESS.

Locomotive Engineers Have Learned the Value of Minding It. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "As far as the Locomotive Brotherhood of Engineers is concerned," said Mr. P. M. Arthur yesterday after he had read a newspaper dispatch referring to certain demands by the employes of the Big Four, "there is no complaint. We had an understanding with the Big Four about two months ago and our people have no grievances. What is our attitude regarding the grievances of other trainmen? Well, we have none. It has paid our organization to attend to Its own affairs. Strikes at best are expensive luxuries. The C, B. & Q. stride cost U3 over li.WW, wj alcne and then proved nothing; but the fallacy of striking. Of course, the railway company didn't make much money by it. The stock ran down from H7 to to, and the loss of receipts ought to go a good ways toward paying the public debt of Cleve.and, but all that didn't do our organization any good. A strike can only succeed whero the strikers cannot be replaced by other men. Since making an i agreement with the Lig Four we arranged matters with the Santa Fe and the D., L. & W. No, we can get along without striking and without threatening to strike. All that Is wanted is a little common sense on' both sides, a little forbearance, a little yie.ding and compromising. Yes, there are instances when one side will not meet the other, utterly refusing to listen to the other side. In such cases, hard as it may seem, I still hold that a strike is useless if there aro others to take the places of the strikers. Stiil. I'm not advising others. The locomotive engineers are attending strictly to their own knitting and are doing well by it." Growing Power of the Mormons. Boston Transcript. The Roberts case In the House of Representatives is likely to unfold a harrowing tale. Mormonlsm rather than Roberts will really be on trial. The extent of the Mormon menace to our civilization is probably not fully realized. The general Impression Is that Mormonism is losing ground before the infiux o gentiles. Tma was the case up to statehooa. but since tnen arfairs have taken a dirierent turn and the Mormons are more than ever ascenaant. As a state Utah can do many things to make conditions uncomforabie for the gentnes that It could not do while under the control of the Lnited States government, in territorial days, for example, county -'commissioners received 7 per diem for their services, which was enough to procure good talent from the gentue population. The gtavO Legislature promptly reuueed tne compensation to J1.25 a day, which is ample lor the slow-going Mormons, and so leaves these important, local oflices in their hands. Tne Mormon population is increasing faster than the genine tnrough me immigration that comes from their missionary journeys and because of their greater birth rate. This Is a good time for the federal government to snow what it intends to do with the Mormon problem in Its new phase, and use will probably be made of the opportunity. Henri's Blunder. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Kentuckians have usually been considered the bravest of tho brave, but, according to Hank Watterson, they are so cowardly that thousands of them were frightened away from the polls in Louisville between the ' by the calling out of ninety militiamen . three hours after the polls had closed. Hank seems to have mistaken nis individual terrot for a universal panic. Queer Condition of Affairs. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It Is rather amusing to find the two republics of South Africa, with a combined ! white population of less than 300,000. issuing proclamations annexing sections of the BrltisnTcolonies and changing the names of tpwns Natal and Cape Colony In honor Of JJoerieaders. The sensation Is a novel one for the British empire, which Is accustomed to take the lead In the annexation business. .o Logical Deduction. i Minneapolis Tribune. Th'o Sac and Fox Indians of Iowa threaten to revolt against the government which supports them virtually In idleness because they object to certain regulations for the betterment of their condition. Having withdrawn their consent to be governed, therefore these Indians should not be coerced Into obedience, but should oe anowea to uo as they please. SBMSVBrBBiSBSBBBSBSBSSsSSSSVSBSSBBBBSBBBSfcMSlSSBBBSBBSBBBSWBSt The American Way. Chicago Daily News. A medical writer in a London magazine claims that man's supremacy in the animal world Is due to his feet rather than to his head. At the same time American haberdashers and shoemakers affirm the American foot is constantly Increasing. 1 rom these encouraging statements it appears that Americans are advancing with both feet. A Suggested Cure. Chicago News. P Initiation rltc3 at the Eastern Indiana Normal Institute destroyed a students sense of hearing and endangered his life. Another candidate was left tied to a tombstone In the cemetery all night. If some of these educational degenerates were tied to a whipping post they might alter their views of the "fun" of such proceedings. The Cloud in Sight. Omaha Bee. Senator Gorman Is said to be preparing to serve notice on the Nebraska candidate that he is not the only timber in the party suitable for entry In the presidential race. With a two-thirds rule in force and so shrewd a politician as Gorman In charge of the opposition the road-to the nomination may become as rough as a corduroy. A Matter of Minorities. Milwaukee Sentinel. Tho r-inHnnatl Enquirer continues to re iterate that the next Governor of Ohio will be a minority Governor, but if Mr. McLean should be placed under oath he would doubtless admit that a minority Governor , has some claim of public Indorsement which is not possessed by the defeated candidate. Lacked tbe Ileal Courage. "Washington Tost. "Brave Bill" Anthony didn't possess sufficient courage to face the battle of life. Powder, lead and cold steel are not the only materials by which heroes aro constructed and cowards developed. Remarkable Confession. Chicago Chronicle (Dcm.) The phenomenon of high prices and high wages Is declared by leaders the most obstinate difficulty confronting the Democratic party in the coming campaign. The Worst of It. Detroit Journal. One of the worst things about war Is the enormous fund of war stories which a very little active service will provide the average man with. In the Same Basket. Milwaukee Sentinel. The professional lobbyist promotes honest legislation to about tbe same degree that the walking delegate promotes honest in dustry. A Present of a House. Chicago Record. Dewey can appreciate the old-time minstrel joke about the man who was presented with a house a brick at a time.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Via Crncis, Marlon Crawford's Latest Contribution to Fiction. Marlon Crawford never- wrote a dull novel, and though he Is the author of many books, never repeated himself. For this latest story he has taken a theme far apart from that of any other of his works, and has made out of it what some will consider his greatest creation. "Via Crucls" Is a tale of the Second Crusade the one of which Bernard of Clalrvaux was the prophet, and which was undertaken by Louis VII of France. Eleanor, the beautiful Queen of France, Is the real heroine of the tale, and Gilbert Warde, an English soldier of fortune, the hero. Eleanor accompanies the army with her train ot ladies, and with all the state and the trappings belonging to court life. It is a brilliant pageant at the beginning of tho Journey, and the authoi manes us sec it as he does, lie is not an apostle of realism; it Is his Imagination and his poetic sense la prose writer may be richly endowed with this sense though he never write a line of rhyme), which enable him to picture this cavalcade and its attendant features In a way to bring it vhialy before the minds of his readers. Ills historical characters, unlike the personages In many historical novels, are more thas. mere lay figures; they stand out vividly. This is especially true of Queen Eleanor and of Henry Plantagenet, though the latter, a mere boy, appears but brietly on the scene, and to a somewhat less degree of the King and of the Abbot of Clalrvaux. Probably no one who reads this story will be able hereafter to read the his tot y of that period without finding the pages enlivened by the Crawford portraits of Louis and Eleanor, and by Crawford's accounts of the customs, occupations, amusements and thoughts of the men and women of the middle ages. Here Is the way the Queen first appeared to Gilbert Warde: lier face and her throat, uncovered to the strong morning light, were of a texture as ricniy clear as tne tinted leaves of young orange blossoms in May ana like the flowers themselves Etbiiit-a to rejoice in air ana sun, in ucw auu rain, periccteu, not marred, Dy tne toucn of hetU ana coia. lne stratum white tnroat rose like a column from the neck to tne doncate lobe of the lauiuess ear, ana a generously moot-led line sprang in a clear curve of beauty to tne sudaen rounaing of tne ivory chin, cieit in the mlatt by nature s supreme touch. Low on her foren.ad tne neavy waves of ner hair were drawn back to each slue under the api,le-grecn covercnitf that was kept in place by the crown of state. But she wore no wimple and the broad waves r.owtu down upon her shoulders and hung behind her like a heavy mantle. And they were ot that marvelous living hue that the westering sun casts through oak leaves on an ancient wail in autumn. All in her tace was of light, from her hair to her white forehead, from her forehead to her radiant eyes, deeper than sapphires, brighter than mountain springs; from the peachblossom bloom of her cheeks to the living coral of her lips." And here Is a picture of the holy abbot, whose beauty was of soul, not body: "A straight, thin figure came into sight, clad In a monk's frock scarcely less darzJlnir white than the marvelous upturned face. In the glorious autumn sunshine, Bernard of Clair vaux moved ltke the supernal vision cf a heavenly oream. Ills head thrown back, the delicate silver-fair beard scarcely shading the spiritual outlines of an almost divine face, his !ott blue eyes looked upward, filled with a light not earthly; the transparent brow and the almost emaciated cheeks were luminously pale and seemed to shed a radiance of their 'n." The author has evidently studied the chronicles of the period long and carefully, and has arranged the setting of his tale in strict accord with facts. There is a convincing air of accuracy in the smaller details that does not accompany hastily-written fiction, and the reader has the feeling, when laying the volume down, of knowing more of the spirit and life of that faroff time than ever before. But with all this there is no visible effort at Instruction on the part of the author, nor an undue proportion of actual history. The romance is woven In bo skillfully as to seem as truthful as the rest. If a doubt as to the verity arises it is In making Gilbert, the Englishman, of such stern stuff that be falls to succumb to the overtures of the beautiful Queen, who Is enamored of him his own sweetheart, one of the Queen's ladles, Hieing a shadowy creature In comparison. But Gilbert is a worthy knight, who fights bravely and loves truly; the Queen repents of her unwomanly course, and honor rules with both In the end. The story Is a genuine contribution to literature, and will add to 'Mr. Crawford's already high reputation as a novelist. The illustrations, by Louis Loeb. are for the most part good. Published by the Macmillan Comrany, New York.

Poetry of American Wit and Humor. Compilations of verse seem to be a literary fashion this season. A collection of tributes to books and another containing expressions of many poets on the theme love have lately rassed through the reviewer's hands. This latest volume contains the humorous utterances of American verse writers. The compiler, R. L. Paget, had no lack of material from which to select, for many writers usually given to serious work bubble over now and then In gay rhyme. Holmes and Fax, Mr. Paget says, were really the pioneers In the field, but their verse was not distinctively American, and might have been written, for the most, in the mother country. A newer school, of H hichLowtllani tietllarto were the deans followed; the "Figlow Parers" of the first and the California ballads of the latter, he thinks, stood for a type of humor worlds removed from that which was dominant a century earlier. "Its success and point were not dependent on pun and epigram and metrical polish, but rather on Its homely truth to fact In the depiction of novel, though perfectly real condl tlons of American life. The most original type of our subsequent humorous poetry has been of similar character. We have become aware that there is no necessity for torturing language Into fantastic shapes, for resorting to the conventional devices of European humorists. There Is a surplus of Irresistible fun In the present condU tlons of our great multiform people, -and when Riley gives us the Hoosler, Fobs the Yankee farmer, Irvine Russell the negro. Leland and Follen Adams the German-American, the whole world laughs not at us, but with us." Out of the mass of material at his command the editor has made his selections with good Judgment, and nearly everybody's favorites in this line of verse are likely to be found In the volume. It opens, properly enough, with Harte's "Heathen Chinee," and ends, also properly enough, with Will Carleton's lines on "The New Church Organ." James Whitcomb Riley's name frequently apiears, as do C. F. Adams, S. W. l oss, R. J. Burdette, It. K. Munklttrlck and C. G. Leland. Many other writers have one or two poems each, and the collection may, on the whole, be regarded as a satisfactory and representative one. The book is typographically attractive. L. C. Page & Co., Boston, publishers. Romance of Lndvvlg II, of Dararla. When, shortly before midday on March 10, 18C1, c tolling bell announced the death of Maximilian fl. King of Bavaria, a deep gloom fell upon the city of Munich and there was mourning throughout the country. Every one felt not only that a good King had ra?ed away, but that the future of Bavaria was now placed in somewhat Incompetent hands. A ruler of only eighteen years of age was not a very sure guide to depenl upon &t a time when the state of Europe was causing grave anxiety. All these doubts and fears, however, were forgotten when the young King, In deep grief and mourning, and surrounded by the rrinces of the blood and the nobles of the land, appeared before his subjects as chief mourner at his father's grave. Ills extreme youth, his wonderful beauty and the deep-seated expres-lon of grief upon his face made Instant capture of the good German burghers and their families, and the hearts of all present went out in pity and affection to their new sovereign. This young King was Ludwig II. the story of whose life and reign is told In this volume of nearly three hundred pages, by Frances Gerard. It Is a strangely Interesting story, full of sadness and romance, and strong contrasts of sunshine and darkness. It Is indeed a royal tragedy, relieved by occasional glimpses of royal happiness and admirable qualities. Ludwig II, as is now generally known, bad a taint of Insanity, and finally committed suicide by drowning htmselt In Starnberg lake, where a flag still marks the spot. This happened In 1SS6. and the sad fate of the unfortunate King, and his virtues before his Intellect became clouded, are still affectionately recalled by the people of Bavaria, The narrative of his whimsical reign, of his eccentricities, of his love for and patronage of music and the drama, and of his public and private life makes an Interesting story, and one calculated to make many healthy, happy and well regulated people thank God they are not kings. New York: Dodd. Mead & Co. For Love's Sweet Sake. In a recent review la these columns mention was made of the difficulty encountered by a compiler ot poetical tributes to the charms of books. In that comparatively few writers have L-en inspired by the theme. It is different with

the sentiment of love, for all poets hare sung of love In one way or another. The compiler of sentimental verse should hav bad an cay task in making up a volume without going far afleld, but in this collection by G. Hembert Westley some cf the best-known names are conspicuous by their absence. Even Tennyscn and Drowning, whose love lyrics are among the sweetest and truest English literature affords, are not quoted. Of the poems given the honor of a place are some that ml;ht Letter bo omitted, as, tor Instance, the anonymous lines beginning: "To look for thee sljrh for thee cry for the Under my breath; To clasp but a shout where thy head hath laid. It Is death." But a compiler always has an ungrateful task, since his taste Is sure to conflict with that of some of his readers. Mr. Westley might have culled more discriminatingly, but he has, nevertheless, gathered together many beautiful expressions of the tender sentiment In ail Its varying moods. The volume is likely to meet the requirements of both Joyous and melancholy young lovers who seek language other than their own in which to speak the love that "begins with music and with song. And ends with sorrow and with sighs ere long. The book is handsomely printed and bound. Published by Lc-e & Shepard. Boston. Two Books by 3IIss Pool. ' The stories ot the late Maria Louise Tool ars greatly admired by many readers, and though the author never attained the fame ot some others who devote themselves t? portrayals of New England life and character. It Is not too much to say that she comes nearer to the truth In her pictures. In some respects, than do the other Writers. Comparatively little has been written about Miss Fool herself, and a biographical sketch which Introduces a volume of her short stories, published by II. S. Stone. & Co. . Chicago, will be welcomed by those who wish to know something of her personality. The volume bears the title, "A Widower and Some Spinsters," and the stories making up the collection have appeared heretofore in various periodicals. They are clever and amusing. "Little Bermuda" Is a Juvenile story by Miss Pool, and comes from the press of L. C. Page & Co.. Boston. It deals with three little girls whom fate brought together on the Island of Bermuda two of them merely visitors, the other a child of English parents, born there. There Is not much incident, but some glimpses are given of the Island and the manners of life theie. It Is probably one of the early productions of the author, perhaps never offered by her for publication, Barbara's Ileritase. The complete title of this book, by D. H. Hoyt, Is "Barbara's Heritage; or. Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters." It la a story of some American girls who go abroad under fortunate circumstances and make the rounds ot the picture galleries of Italy, not in a frivolour but In a studious and appreciative way. The book is full of high Ideals of life and study, and rich with Information regarding the best ways of studying the works of the otd Italian masters In the Italian cities where they may be found to-day. In addition to its appreciative decrlp tlons of works of art It carries a pretty roraancs that ends In the engagement of one of the girls to be married. "Barbara's Heritage" Is a book that can be read with equal pleasure by roungand old, and with its beautiful Illustrations would make an appropriate gift book for a girl of artistic tastes' Boston: W. A. Wilde & Co. To London Town. One might suppose from the title of this book that it is a story of descriptive travel to and about the city of London, tut it Is a purely lm. aginative work, a novel by Arthur Morrison. The title Is verified, however. In that the story opens in the country, where everything Is beautiful, and shifts to the great city, where it culminates In drunkenness, fighting and crime. The author's treatment of the slums of London impresses the reader that he knows what he Is talking about. . These pictures are not attractive, but they are realistic and Impressive, and tho story possesses Interest besides. Taken In connection with two other stories by the same author, "Tales of Mean Streets" and "A Child ot the Jago." It presents what would seem to be a complete picture of life in the eastern parts of London. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone U Co. The Yellow Danger. This Is not a treatise on the yellow fever, but a highly imaginative supposititious account of what might happen if the division of the Chlneso empire should estrange all European countries. For an Insult offered to Yen How, a Chinese doctor and diplomat, by an English girl, and Private Brabant, of the British army, the insulted Chinaman plots revenge against the whole of Europe. The empires of China and Japan combine against the great powers, who are at enmity with each other, and, taking advantage of a general war, the hordes of the East Invade the West by land, scattering death and destruo tion in their path. As an Imaginative extravaganta It Is a good piece of work. It Is written by M. P. Shlel, author of "Prince Zaleskl." and published by It. F. Fenno & Co.. New York. Autobiography of a Child. An autobiography devoted exclusively to the period of childhood is something unique la literature. This one, by Hannah Lynch, an English author ot some note, begins with the day she first walked and ends at the age of twelve years. It Is either wriut It purports to be, an actual autobiography and rial reminiscences, or It Is an excellent piece of fiction. Internal evidence Indicates quite clearly that it Is tho former, a noticeable feature being the author's disagreeable and almost shuddering memories of a harsh mother and grandmother. The book la well written, and the sketches of child life and emotions are well drawn, but it does not possess much interest for tne general reader. New York: Dodd. Mead & Co. Lalla Ilookh. The fact that every now and then there appears a new edition of some English classic of a past generation is pleasing evidence that tbe endless stream of new books has not entirely swept away all appreciation of old ones. In the latter class, pertaining to the realm of purely romantic and imaginative poetry, belongs Thomas Moore's "Lalla Itookh." Of the poem itself nothing need be said, as Its merit are sufflclently well under stood. A new edition of It Is published by Dana, Estes & Co., ot Boston, in a form worthy of the poem. The text and explanatory notes make a volume of 2j pages, printed on heavy calendared paper, and beautifully illustrated. It would make a pretty gift book. Amateur l'liotojiraphr. Amateur photography Is becoming so popular and is so deserving of encouragement that a practical guide for thinners in the business should be welcome. That this little work, by W. I. L. Adams, has met a want is shown by the fact that it has reached a fifth edition. It treats of photographic apraratua and material, and the mechanical details of the work in a way that ought to prove very helpful to thoss desiring to master the art. New York: The Baker St Taylor Co. Sbakspeare's Country. This unique and attractive little volume, by Bertram C A. Wlndle. Is a memorial of places and objects legendarily associated with Shakspeare, and therefore Interesting to visitor. Including Stratford-on-Avon, more remote villages of the district. Warwick, etc. There Is no alhi. slon to Shakspeare's life In London. The book contains a great dal of Information In small spare and Is a valuable contribution to fchakspeariana. Boston: L. C. Page St Co. The Romancers. This Is a translation by Mary Hendee of "Lea Romanesques," by Edmond Rostand, author of "Cyrano de Bergtrac." It Is ons of his earlier plays, and Is an artistic little three-act comedy, of which the stage direction says "the seen may be laid anywhere, provided the costumes are pretty." Rooks Received. "The Penalties of Taste." fix essays by Norman Rri lge. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co. "Consolation and Other Poems." by Msry Bassett Huss-y. Published by Charles V. Moultoa, Buffalo. N. T. "Harum-Scarum Joe," by Will Allen Drumgoole, a story for boys about one of them. Bos ton: Dana. Eates 6c Co. "Little King Davie." a story for very young readers, by Nellie Hellls. Published In Coay Comer nertes by L. C. Page Co.. Boston. "The Story of the Living Machine." by II. W. Coan. a comr"ct treatise on biology and ths laws of life. New York: D. Appleton & Co. "A Little Daurhter of Liberty," a story for

I little girls, by Edith Hobinon. IssueO in ths Cozy Corner series by L. C. Page Si Co... Bo ton. The Mirror of Perfection." Wing the cldett life of Faint Francis or. Assesi extant. trinstM from the l.atln by frrtastlan Evans. Rubton: L, C. Page & Co. Harold's Quests." by John W. Troeger. a boy'a studies In natural history and Insect life. Published In the Home Reading Books series by L. Appleton c Co., New York..