Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 302, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 October 1900 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1900.

THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1900.

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TUB INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: NEW York Astor House and Fifth-avenue CHICAGO Palmer House, P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. CINCINNATI J. R. Hawley & Co., 134 Vine ft t rt-c JwOULSVILLE C. T. Deering. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Hook Co., 2ii Fourth avenue. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C Rl;s House, Ebbltt House and WUlard's Hotel. Mr. Bryan might show how the tariff helps the ce trust or the Standard Oil corporation. Those Tagal officers who bury American eo!diers alive are putting the devotion of their champions to a severe test. There are thousands of men comparing the present with four years ago. Out of Euch comparsions will come thousands of McKinley votes. Because they are patriotic citizens, who desire the public welfare, anti-Bryan men should make some sacrifice to help on the work the present week. The result of Mr. Bryan's personally con ducted campaigning tour is not likely to lead to a repetition of it by any future candidate for President, Mr. Bryan repeats his blunder of two weeks ago by returning to the arms of Croker. There are Democrats who declare that It was not necessary. The man" who says he has so much tox do that he cannot give any time to the campaign will recall the fact that four years ago he had time and nothing else. The press of the country has rendered a great public service in giving the widest publicity possible to Bryan's speeches. They have made thousands of Republican votes. The fact that the Indiana Democratic managers have $00,000 of the vile money of Tammany should lead Republicans to In creased efforts the remaining week of the campaign. Every wage-earner Is sure of a season of full employment and good wages if Me Klnley shall be re-elected, but he cannot say he Is certain of either should Mr. Bry an be elected. All of the Bryan pluralities, with two or three exceptions, are in States which will not cast half their votes, either because elections are farces or the opposition vote is disfranchised. If all the anti-Bryan voters who read the Journal will put forth their best efforts to secure a new supporter of the McT-rinley ticket, they will neutralize the Influence of the Croker money sent to Indiana. It happens that quite a number of enthusiastic voters lose their votes by announcing their preferences In the voting booth. Silence is often, better than speech, but in the voting booth it is Imperative. If the Bryanlc creed of hate had been preached In the anthracite coal region there would have been a carnival of lawlessness and bloodshed instead of a settlement which will fill the mines with men to-day. The voter who puts a cross In the circle with the party Insignia and then puts a cross to the left of one or more names simply disfranchises himself. Several thousand men have made such mistakes every State election. John R. McLean, of Washington, has sent word to his Democratic friends In Cincinnati that he "will be home in a few days," and her- It is in the last week of the campaign. Mr. McLean's barrel attachment, so potential a year ago, will not leave Washington. The silver mines are owned by a limited Lumber of corporations, and. according to Mr. Bryan, are trusts. Still, he Is said to have been in the pay of the organization owning the silver mines prior to his nomination In to travel over the country,

urging that the outptit of those so-called trusts should be stamped at double Its value by the United States. To-day he is at heart in the interest of the sliver bullion corporations. riti:ACIII(i HATE AMI DESPAIR. The larger part of the recent speeches of Mr. Bryan are appeals to the prejudice and passions of wage-earners to distrust and hate those who employ. This sort of demagogy has become so large a part of Mr. Bryan's oratory that papers not Republican have protested against his attempts to array one "class" of the people against another. The Washington Tort Is one of these papers which have turned upon Mr. Bryan for the vicious character of his speeches, as follows: He has conspicuously failed to keep up to the standard of his notification speech. He has given ground for the charge made by a distinguished gold standard Democrat that "Mr. Bryan is preaching the gospel of hate. Voicing that, he appeals to the envious, the discontented, the improvident, the Incompetent, and the unworthy idle."

Sometimes Ignoring, at other times deny ing, the stupendous fact of such prosper ity as this nor any other country ever saw before, Mr. Bryan goes Whirling through the States making speeches intended to array class against class, the poor against the rich, the wage-worker against the employer. Seemingly unaware that time and events have annihilated all the theories of his I80t campaign, and swept away all of the predictions he made in advocacy of free silver, he now appears with other theories still more untenable, other prophecies even more sinister. Speaking to the farmers, who have certainly had their full share of the prosperity of the last three, years, he says: "The man who drove blr.ck slaves years ago Is not half so merciless as the man who drives white slaves to-day with his mortgages." The man who Is said to have a controlling interest in the Post Is a Democratic excongressman from Ohio, and there Is every reason to believe he would gladly support a conservative Democratic candidate, but he cannot silently listen to .Mr. Bryan, now that "he appears with other theories more untenable" than the free coinage of silver and "other prophecies even more sinister." The Post, noting the facts showing "the presence of an all-pervading and abounding prosperity," asks Mr. Bryan why he makes such remarks as these: A man can't be blamed if he Is compelled to keep his nose on the grindstone, but he can be blamed If he keens his nose on the grindstone of his own accord. The poor are coming to the Democratic party because the Democratic p;irty wants to make it possible for a poor man to look forward to the day when he can be an In dependent man and have enough laid by for a rainy day. It Is unnecessary to dwell upon the fallacy and the wickedness of such remarks as the foregoing. They carry the impres sion that all labor Is an evil to be escaped; that, by some means which involves the avoidance of labor and the destruction of Industrial conditions, all men may have a competency with Idleness. Some one has called such mischievous and w!cV?d ut terances "the gospel of hate." It is rather the battlecry of discontent and desolation. taking Joy and hope from the human heart and substituting despair and the evil pas slons which are its offspring. It is the ap peal to lawlessness out of which comes anarchy." Believed by communities the Bryan declarations would destroy co-opera tlon between labor and capital, banishing all good will and harmony. Such seeds as Mr. Bryan Js sowing, falling Into Ignorant and ill-balanced minds, lead them to Tegard the employer as an enemy to be destroyed. A QUESTION OF VERACITY. William E. Curtis, the well-known' correspondent of the Chicago Record, is a man who tells the truth. It Is his stock in the newspaper business, and very valuable stock it has been to him. In judgment ho may err as do other men, but when he states a thing as a fact It can be accepted as he states It. In the Chicago Record of Saturday Mr. Curtis made the following statement: The $50,000 Bichard Croker gave Tom Taggart, and which the latter brought home in his gripsack two v?eeks ago. is to-day Barely planted In one of the In dlanapolls banks and will not be touched until the day of distribution. The news of this windfall, first published In the Record, created intense excitement among the local Democratic leaders. Many of them have taken the trouble to come to Indianapolis to ascertain the truth of the story and If possible to pet a line on their share of the funds. Mr. Taggart, naturally annoyed by the importunities of his vis itors, has told everybody that he hasn't got a cent. That story would have been accurate four years ago. Mayor Taggart denied in the Journal that he had received money from Croker, and the question of veracity 13 raised between Mr. Curtis and the Indiana committeeman. If Mr. Curtis is correct, Mr. Taggart has, or had, a few days ago, $50,000 of cash which he obtained of Tammany leaders or agents. Of this Mr. Curtis is positive. Republicans are warned to be on their guard. The Croker money will be put. where it will do the most good. As for the Taggart henchmen all over the State, they can say with the "Matchless One," "Great is Tammany, and Croker is its Prophet." Secretary Root, in his speech. In a most courteous manner, quoted "My friend, Mr. Schurz," very much to the latter's confusion. When President Grant desired to annex San Domingo, Mr. Schurz, as senator from Missouri, was bitterly hostile to the treaty, as he was to whatever President Grant did or suggested. In a speech on Jan. 11, 1S71, on the Saa Domingo treaty, Mr. Schurz said: Read that history, read that of all other tropical countries, and then show me a single Instance of the successful establishment and peaceable maintenance, for a respectable period, of Republican institutions, based upon popular self-government, under a tropical sun. To show me one, do not confine your search to the West Indies; look for it anywhere else on the face of the globe in tropical latitudes. I challenge senators to point their ringers to a single one. There is none, sir! The tropical sun Inflames the Imagination to Inordinate activity and develops the government of the passions. The consequences are natural, and there Is a tendency to govern by force Instead of by argument: revolutions are of chronic occurrence, like volcanic outbreaks, and you will find political life continually oscilllating between two extremesliberty, which there means anarchy, and order, which there means despotism. Now Mr. Schurz seems to have forgotten the facts of history which were so forceful In 1ST1, since he declares belief In the capacity of the Filipinos for self-government. The Southern States can furnish the Bryan party in the North with orators, because there are no elections in fact In the South. Tillman, who Is shocking Indiana people with his indecencies, boasts that the majority of those who would be voters in South Carolina have been deprived of the right of suffrage. In other States of the South in which those who are not Democrats have not been disfranchised, they are counted out. Consequently the leaders come here to preach Bryanism. As for the remainder of the orators, how many of them are Democrats with a record? Towne docs not profess to bo a Democrat, while

Altgeld is a Democrat whom the older Dem

ocrats denounce as an Anarchist. Even Mr. Bryan himself did not vote for Mr. -Cleveand In 1SD2. George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, is traveling about because he is not wanted by Democrats in Massachusetts. With the exception of ex-Senator Hill, not a Democrat of national reputa tion prior to the advent of Bryan has been in Indiana to speak. Who are the eading men In the Bryan campaign? Bry an in the West ana croker in me iisl. Brian's only hoe is In the ability of Cro ker, with his millions derived from black mailing officials, corporations and vile resorts, to carry New York. Altgeld has be come the most conspicuous Bryan orator in this part of the country, after Towne. The Kansas City platform, on which onethird of Mr. Bryan stands, attempwS to create the Impression that trusts are private monopolies. It says: Private monopolies are Indefensible and intolerable. They destroy competition, control the price of all material and of the finished product, thus robbing Dotn. pro ducer and consumer. The disnonesi nalterlnir with the trust evil by the Republlcan party in state and national plat forms is conclusive proof of tne trutn oi the charge that trusts are the legitimate product of Republican policies. We pledge the Democratic party to an unceas ing warfare in Nation, State ana city against private monopoly in every form. In almost every speech that Mr. Bryan has made he has followed this idea of confounding trusts and corporations and denouncing them all alike as "private monopolies." The only private monopolies that ever existed in this country are patent rights and copyrights. To call a railroad, a bank, or an incorporated manufacturing company a private monopoly shows inexcusable Ignorance or malicious purpose. The fact that an individual, a firm or a corporation manages to undersell all competitors does not constitute a private monopoly. Charles Francis Adams put the point very clearly in his address at Chicago, when he said: Look at monopolies from an historical standpoint. We have none in this country, but go with me to Europe. Go to France and look at the salt monopoly. If a woman takes a little salt water and evaporates it to get the salt an officer comes along and takes it from her. Go to England, where a box of matches Is taken from you If you happen to have one in your possession when you enter the country from any other. Tobacco cannot be taken into many countries in any form. The word monopoly, as it is applied in this country, has a very different meaning. It holds that a man is a monopolist if he makes things so cheap that others cannot compete with him. If somebody were to ask Mr. Bryan what he means by "a private monopoly" he could not tell. He would talk glibly at and around and about the question, but he would not answer it because he could not. . In the United States Senate, on Jan. 31, 1S31, Daniel Webster drew the following vivid picture: "The natural hatred of the poor against the rich!" "The danger of a moneyed aristocracy!" "A power as great and dangerous as that resisted by the revolution!" "A call to a new Declaration of Independence!" Sir, I admonish the people against the object of outcries like these. I admonish every industrious laborer in the country to be on his guard against such delusion. The attempt is to play off his passions against his interests, and to prevail on him in the name of liberty to destroy all the fruits of liberty. In the name of patriotism to in jure and afflict his country. And whoever has the wickedness to conceive and the hardihood to avow a purpose to break down what has been found in forty years' experience essential to the protection of all in terests, by arraying one class against an other, and by acting on such a principle as that the poor always hate the rich, shows himself the reckless enemy of all. An enemy to his whole country, to all classes, and to every man In it, he deserves to be marked especially as the poor mans curse! Not a reader of the Journal will fail to recognize the man whom Daniel Webster so faithfully portrayed years ago, so the Journal will not mention his name. There are twenty-four names on the bal lot for Marlon county, consequently the voter who undertakes to vote for some men on both tickets has quite a task before him Those who have such an intention will do well to find out how they will proceed. The better way Is to put the cross in the circle with the eagle, and in no other place. The fact that Bryan organs have thrown out the insinuation that President Mitchell, because he sought to settle the great strike. was bribed by Mark Hanna, betrays the disappointment of a class of Bryan dema gogues that the strike did not culminate in bloodshed and general distress. What a nice lot they are! SSMBSBIMB "The paramount issue in this campaign Is Bryanism, and Bryanism means: In the sphere of civic honesty, Crokerism; In finance, Pettlgrewlsm; as regards liberty and order, Altgeldlsm; as regards an honest ballot, Gobellsm; as regards our foreign policy, Aguinaldoism." Roosevelt. South Carolina has nine electoral votes and Indiana fifteen, but if the electoral votes were based upon tho popular vote, and South Carolina should have nine, Indiana would have eighty-three! And yet Tillman comes to Indiana to teach us politics. If Mr. Bryan thinks he can repair the breaks he made the last time he was in Indiana by another trip through the State he 13 mistaken. The "abounding prosperity" is against him, no matter how large his crowds may be. "The presence of all-pervading and abounding prosperity" Is the silent and potent factor. It does not proclaim Itself on the stump, but in the home and in the blessings which follow industry and plenty. New Albany has an Informal organization of men and women whose object it Is to inculcate and encourage State pride, and to Inform themselves thoroughly on Indiana history and literature. The members hold no meetings, but circulate reciprocally such Indiana books and historical articles as they possess or collect. In compliment to Mr. Meredith Nicholson's new book on Indiana writers this New Albany club calls Itself "The Hooslers." s BUBBLES IN THE AIR. A Neighborhood Catastrophe. "Dicky, did Mrs. Ditbs ask you why we weren't coming ever to spend the evening?" "Yes, ma; an' I told her y had a nother invitation 'at y liked better." The Gift of Shaklm? Hands. "You haven't any pronounced political opinions, have you, Iligrx?" "Oh. yes; I think every political candidate ought to be ambUextrous." Locating the IteMponitlliillty. "Have you any definite outllnt for conversation. Clementine?" "Yes; when people call on me I exert myself; when I cüU en them 1 don't." o Use to Shirk. Don't shirk your troubles; If you do, the unwind deed you'll surely rue; for, as you rvJ,

with fell tread cornea one to rile his ca your bead.

Of Omar nu n Tlore. I say the thin? as said before Of AVa-ner o' nol?y flights; Omar's all right the only bore Lies in the Omar-ltes. Where the Horse Still Holds HI Own. "Do you think the automobile will do In the army?" "Oh. I suppose It will haul soldiers around all right; but. say, you can't lead one of there machinos along draped In crepe at a military fu neral." BOTTENEST TRUST OF ALL. About the rottenest trust of all is Bry an's trust in Croker. Minneapolis Tribune. Even the men who declare so loudly that Colonel Bryan , is "honest" and "sincere" close their mouths and take on a far-away look when they are asked about that alliance with Boss Croker and the Tammany organization. Nebraska State Journal. Uncle Dick's hatband Is no name for the queerness of the Bryan-Croker-Hlll-Coler campaign in this State. There are at least four 'separate and antagonistic games be ing piayea under the so-called Democratic canvas, and the game that has the fewest backers is Bryan's. Nobody cares a button what becomes of the Nebraska Infliction. Buffalo Commercial. Mr. Bryan has certainly made a great mistake in allowing himself to appear In New York under Tammany auspices and championed by Croker. It would bo hard to tell which the people of that State fear most Bryanism or Crokerism. He has, however, not hesitated to thoroughly Iden tify himself with Croker. .He has declared that "great is Tammany, and Croker Is its prophet," and. further, that "Croker is nil right." Bryanism and Crokerism are bad enough when either one is taken by itself, but Bryanism and Crokerism combined constitute a dose which not even the New York Democracy can stomach. Min neapolis Journal. . I keep on talking day and night. And, tho I'm soon to perish, My company is out of sight And breeds one thought to cherish I rm no longer in my youth; I'm going to get a soaker. But It is comforting, forsooth, , To know I'll croak with Croker. From Unpublished Ballads of the De feated (Nov. .C, 1300), in Chicago Journal. JOHNSON'S PREDICAMENT. The City Controller nnd Ills Troubles Over Natural Cum Ilillx. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: If you were ever in a predicament, dear editor, you are prepared to say with me that it is a very unenjoyable experience, and to sympathize with Controller John son, who just now Is wrestling with one. Webster says a predicament is "an unfortunate and trying position," and that is Controller Johnson's condition, with an emphasis on the matter of paying that bill for gas at the engine houses. It seems that the gas furnished those very coldest days last winter was not sufficient to keep the houses comfortable, and the city had to buy coal to supplement the gas, and he wants the gas company to deduct the amount paid for coal. Evidently he wants to do the right thing in the case, at least the politic thing, not the political, In any offensive sense, but to do what will most inure to the city's benefit in the long run. Whether he is considering the rights and the good of the party of the second part is not so manifest, though no good can come to any party through any transaction that works a wrong to the other party. Of course I do not propose any cx cathedra decision of a case that is likely to be left with the courts, yet I would like to suggest a thing or two from the standpoint of a layman. Evidently, as I see it, if the gas company agreed to keep the engine houses comfortably warm In all weathers it should pay for the coal used. But if it did it certainly did not agree to keen them more than comfortably warm at any time, or, In other words, no more gas was to be used at any time than enough to meet tho contract; yet, as a matter of fact, every engine house in the city has kept the gas at full pressure in moderate weather, keeping doors and windows open to let the surplus heat escape, and, for that matter, this is the uniform custom of the army of opponents to selling gas by measure. It occurs to me, simply as a matter of equity, even if the contract was to furnish heat for the coldest days as well as the warmer, it is hardly the fair thing to exact the pound of flesh in such a case without taking Into account the willful waste which the company has at present no means to prevent. Kights In such cases cannot all be on one side, and consumers who keep their fires burning day and night, summer and. winter, as they would never think of doing if they paid by measurement, are certainly not in condition to exact the cost of coal used on the few extremely cold days. What cold law, as administered by the courts, may say I do not know; I am speaking only of- the equity In the case, not to mention the cheek required to make such a demand trom such consumers. But it Is not the engine houses alone that "try" the controller; behind them lie the schoolhouses and other city properties, and then comes the army of private consumers, whose rebates, In some cases, would be more than the gas bills for the whole year, bringing the company In debt. That strikes me as unfair, yet It i3 the logic of the controller's contention. Obviously the proper remedy for this ill is to buy and sell natural gas by measure. as we do the artificial, but that is clearly an impossibility while the matter rests with the consumers, who have so soft a snap under the present ordinances. The candidate for the Council who would propose meters would not get a corporal's guard In any ward. What then? The case is not hopeless, by any means, either as to the city's houses or private residences. I think that one of our local courts, if not the Supreme Court also, has decided that you cannot compel the company to furnish gas when It has none to furnish. What then? The companies last winter made a fair proposition to all complainers: "Disconnect and we will refund the money not yet earned." Not one accepted the offer. They were like the Ured man in the fable, who laid off his burden and called for death. When death came and asked what he. wanted the tired man answered: "To help me take up this burden again." Every man knows that, compared with any other luel, counting convenience and all. at the present prices of gas, it does not, for domestic use, cost half what any other fuel would cost, even if for a week or a month or even three months in the winter. It has to be supplemented with coal. There Is no comparison during the mild weather of winter or the spring and autumn months, and even when low in extremely cold weather, from Inevitable and natural causes, in addition to wasteful consumption, any given amount of heat is cheaper than the corresponding amount from any other fuel. This is why those who complained of the lack of sufficient gas to meet the unusual emergencies of a few winter days would not accept the offer of the companies and disconnect. Let me, as a peacemaker, suggest a way out of the "unfortunate nnd trying position" of our controller. His legal adviser suggests the payment of the bill without rebate. I Ii hesitates, because the schoolhouses will follow. Well, let them follow; pay both bills and then disconnect and take the coal. We private consumers had to pay in advance or get no gas. and we were so well pleased with our contract, although we had to buy coal to help out, that wo would not take back our money and disconnect, and I notice that we have been walking up to the captain's office asking to take the same chances for another winter. As to meters, that is an impossibility at present; It may co:ne later on. in answer to the logic of events; meanwhile, we consumers are not dependent on the companies; wo can disconnect whenever we want to and let the gas magnates whistle. That will be better than to pay for gas we think we ought to have and growl because we do not get ell we want.' Meanwhile, 1 am not sure but the companies already have the means at hand to prevent the willful waste of what belongs to everybody if the honesty of those who do the wasting will not restrain them. If they have not, I am sure the Council or the Legislature will give that power whenever asked, if a feasible method of detection is presented. The legislature nas aireaay, in two or three cases, so restricted the waste of gas as to reduce it to a minimum except the waste In domestic use, not in Indianapolis only, but everywhere. W hlle a man aspir ing to the Council or the Legislature will pledge opposition to meters, no one will agree to protect the species of thievery that Is thinly concealed by the common apology of using more gas than is paid for. Indianapolis. Oct. 27. U. L. SEE.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS. China's Only Hope. This book Is translated from the Chinese and Its author Is Prince Chang Chlh Tung, one of the most powerful and progressive of the Chinese viceroys, one of the most learned and eminent men In China, and one of the recently appointed commissioners on the part of China to negotiate with the western powers. The book differs from most Chinese literature in that instead of dealing with a dead past or with dying philosophies and religions it deals with live questions and Interests. Its author has been characterized as proforeign, but that is hardly correct. As an eminent Chinese statesman believing In China for the Chinese he favors the introduction and adoption of some western Ideas, methods and plans of progress, but he would have it done by Chinese and not by foreigners. He believes that "China's Only Hope" lies In her entering on a march of progress of her own and carving out a future for herself instead of having it thrust upon her. In other words, while the author believes In many foreign Ideas he does not believe In foreigners, at least for China. Nevertheless, he has been one of the foremost advocates of progress, and

there is little doubt that this book had much to do In bringing about the anti-foreign protest which furnished a pretext for the coup d'etat by which the Empress dowager resumed power and which later gave rise to the Boxer movement. The book was Indorsed by the Emperor Kwang Su with his imperial rescript and Is said to have had a very wide circulation among the reading class in China. That its author is Chinese to the backbone may be inferred from the following passage: "Examine," he says, "the history of China for 2,000 years back and then compare it with the western history of fifty years. Docs the government of thest foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty and honesty as ours? Although China is not so Wealthy and powerful as the West, her people, of whatever condition, rich or poor, high or low, all enjoy a perfect freedom and a happy life. Not so with all the Inhabitants of western lands. Their governments may be strong, but the lower classes of the people are miserable, unhappy, and maliciously wronged. These governments certainly cannot be compared with our China." It Is well, sometimes, to see ourselves as others see us. In the main, however, it is evident the author tries to be fair to the outside countries and peoples, and the book is a strong appeal to Jiis government and people to adopt the progressive features of western civilization and methods. His treatment of religious toleration is admirable, and might almost be published as a religious tract. He deprecates all religious persecutions as wrong and impolitic. The way to advance Confucianism, In his opinion, Is to "reform the government and not everlastingly combat other religions." As a sample of his vigorous style, take the following: "The anti-reformers may be roughly divided into three classes: First, the conservatives, who are stuck In the mud of antiquity. The mischief wrought by these obstructionists may be readily perceived. Second, the slow-bellles of Chinese officialdom, who in case of reform would be compelled to bestir themselves, and who would be held responsible for the outlay of money and men necessary for changes. The secret machinations of these befuddled, indolent, slippery nepotists thwart all schemes of reform. They give out that it is 'not convenient," and In order to cloak their evil deeds rehearse the old story, the usual evasive drivel about 'old custom.' And if we attempt to discover what this precious old custom in the matter of education and government is, there will be remonstrances on all sides. Old custom is a bugaboo, a password to lying and deceit. Third, the hypocrites." For a Chinese statesman this is plain talk, and "the slow-bellies of Chinese officialdom" Is a very picturesque expression. The book is altogether a remarkable one, and one can well understand that it must have caused a sensation in China. It Is translated from the Chinese by Samuel I. Woodbridge and published by the Fleming H. Revell Company, New York and Chicago. The Lawyer's Alcove. This book will surprise persons who think there Is no possible connection between the law and poetry, or that lawyers have never written verse. In reality they have written a great deal of verse, and some very good. "The Lawyer's Alcove," by Ina Russell Warren, is a selection from the whole field of English poetry of over a hundred of the best poems by lawyers, for lawyers and about lawyers. Among those by famous writers are: Shakspeare's "Sonnet CXXXIV." Blackstone's "A Lawyers f arewell to His Muse," "Justice," by John Qulncy Adams; Landor's "At the Buckinsham Spssinns-" "Tho Judicial Court of Venus,", by Jonathan Swift; Saxe's "Briefless Darrister" and his "The Lawyer's Valentin-' . "Cpnpn l Average," by William Allen Butler; 'Thy festival or Justice," by Carleton. and Riley's "Lawyer and Child." The book has an introduction by Hon. Chauncev M. Depew, in which he says: "The members of the bar will highly prize a book whicn has garnered within its covers the best thought of the muse upon their profession. The law student will find a delightful and unexpected view of the work he has selected for his career. The lover of th-j law will discover here the lines, for which elsewhere he might long search in vain, to adorn his lectures or finish his speech, and the critic the no'e which will help his efforts." There aiv some admirable illustrations, and the volume Is a good specimen of bookmaklng, mechanically as well as textually. New York: Doubleday, Tage & Co. Memoirs of Conutes Potockn. The life of Countess Potocka, a member of the Polish royal family and an enthusiastic patriot, embraced nearly all of the nineteenth century, and during a large part of it she was a witness of or participant in great events, court Intrigues, social functions, military movements, etc. Thi3 volume contains her reminiscences of people and events. Apart from her pictures of Napoleon I and of many other famous characters, the narrative reveals a charming personality, Gallic in its clever quickness and perception, yet of a nature always pure and womanly, in spite of the times and the surroundings. As a personal narrative of past events and regarding distinguished people who have long since left the stage of action. It possesses a strange sort of interest, and throws much side light upon history. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company. A Child of Glee. The author of this book. Miss A. G. Plympton, has written a number of pretty stories for children, of which "Dear Daughter Dorothy" is perhaps best known. The full title of the present one Is "A Child of Glee, and How She Saved the Queen." It deals with the adventures of a little Yankee girl, who is traveling in Europe with her father, and is about to witness the coronation of a chihl queen In the Kingdom of Averill, wherever that may be. The Ittle girl's father is made prisoner of state and she becomes the playmate of the little queen and has many remarkable adventures. It Is a quaint and pretty story, and a good deal of history is interwoven with it. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. Sigurd F.ckdal's II ride. A subtitle of this story, which designates It as "A Romance of the Far North." scarcely prepares the reader for the arctic atmosphere that pervades it, for it opens In Scandinavia and includes a voyage to the north nole. But climate is no bar to love. and this is as ardent a love story as if it were laid in the tropics. The author is evidently familiar with Scandinavian scenery, and the winters among the snowdrift and the icy atmosphere of tho mountain solitudes are described with remarkable skill. The story has strong dramatic in terest. It is translated from the German of Richard oss by Mary G. Safford. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. A Little Girl iu Old Washington. This story might be called a companion piece to "A Little Girl in Old New York." by the same author, Amanda M. Doug las. The scene is laid in Washington in the eariy part of the century, when the national capital was a small village, with a very Southern atmosphere and great social airs. The characters are all Southern hnrn!nr of Washington hv th llHt, lsh in the war of 1S12 furnishes one of the

Incidents of the story. It is written for girls, and is a wholesome story, with pleasant bits of local history. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.

American Fight and Fighters. In this volume the author, Cyrus T. Brady, presents new accounts of some of the most remarkable of the great battles, heroic achievements and desperate under takings In early American history. No attempt has been made to give a consecutive history of any war, but some of the great and leading incidents of the first five wars of the United States, from that of the Revolution to that of 1S12, inclusive, are described. The stories are vTl! written and the book fairly overflows with patriotism. It is an excellent book to put in the hands of young Americans. New York: McClurc, Phillips & Co. Dr. Dn man's "Wife. This unusual novel is translated from the Hungarian of Maurus Jokai by F. Stcinitz. Like all of this author's stories It Is dramatic and picturesque, dealing with a marriage under a misapprehension, which is not dispelled till years afterward. The opening scene of a railroad wreck and the wild times of stock speculation during the Franco-Prussian war offer themes peculiarly suited to Dr. Jokai s graphic nnd dramatic style. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company. An It la to He. Under this title Mrs. Cora Linn Daniels, author of "The Bronze Buddha," gives her theory and views regarding the present life and future existence. That part of her philosophy which relates to the present life is wholesome, cheerful and optimistic, and her views relative to spiritualism, immortality and kindred topics are such as will xrobably carry comfort to many persons. The general tone of the book is religious and elevating. . Boston: Little, Brown & Co. The Dishonor of Frank Scott. The hero of this novel, the son of an English lord, engaged to marry the daughter of an English army officer, during a voyage to India meets a young woman who Is going out to wed an Indian potentate. To save her from such a fate he involves her and himself in situations which develop a complicated! plot. It is rather a painful story, but strong and well written. New York: Harper & Brothers. Clinrmliifr Itenee. This seems to be a first novel, the author being Arabella Kenealy. It Is a story of English life in which the plot turns on the love affairs and final engagement and not very happy marriage of a pretty girl whose social career begins as soon as her school career ends. The story is well written, moves rapidly and possesses the entertaining quality. New York: Harper & Brothers. Other Books Received. "Aunt Hannah and Seth," a clever story of boy life and character, by James Otis. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. "The Mystery of Madeline Le Blanc," a story of the French revolution of 1S30, by Max Ehrman. Cambridge. Mass. The Co-operative Publishing Company. "Expansion," an essay by Theodore Marburg, treating the -subject historically and ethically, and favoring the retention of the Philippines. Baltimore: John Murphy Company. "The Dancing Master," a clean, wholesome and pathetic story, translated from the French of Adrien Chabot, by Pauline W. Sill. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. "Helena's Wonderland," containing three pretty stories for children, concerning wonders of the sea, by Frances H. White. Published by L. C. Page & Co., Boston, in Cozy Corner series. "A Christmas Tree Scholar and Other Stories," containing eleven bright stroies for children, by Frances Bent Dellingham, relating to eleven different holidays. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. "Flowers in the Pave," a collection of papers by Charles M. Skinner, concerning cut-of-door topics and studies, partly new and partly reprinted from the Century Magazine and other periodicals. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Current Periodical. A novelette by Booth Tarkington, author of "The Gentleman from Indiana," will appear in Harper's Magazine early in the year. The Youth's Companion of Oct. 23 contains an illustrated list of prizes offered to subscribers a list which must be very attractive to the Juvenile readers of this admirable weekly. Everybody's Magazine for November has a clever story by Robert Barr, called "The Wizard of Wall Street." "The Third Degree" is an account of a punishment, not ordered by the court, which Is suffered by New York criminals. A paper on the Emperor of China, an account of "The American Watch Industry," an installment of Stuart Robson's reminiscences, and a paper on "Microbes and Disease" are other features of this excellent magazine. The first number of a little New York magazine entitled The Literary Collector contains a variety of Information of interest to book lovers. It gives considerable space, naturally enough, to the McKee library sale, which. In view of the rare volumes it contains. Is a noteworthy event. "Collecting as an Educator is another article of importance. The magazine also contains fresh literary gossip, an article on gold-tooling, one on Charles and Mary Lamb's poetry, and talk on other especially bookish matters. Good Housekeeping, which magazine is "conducted in the interests of the higher life of the household," opens Its November number with a paper by Elbert Hubbard on "The Art of Living." Other contributions deal with "A Fall Wedding." "Color and Harmony In Furnishing." "The Problem of the Boys," "The Speaking Voice" and "Baby's Upbringing." There Is also a variety of domestic lore. This is one of the best of the long list of magazines dealing with household and family affairs. Published in Springfield, Mass. Ernest Seton-Thompson, the artist, naturalist and author, is to contribute a series of most interesting articles to The Ladies Home Journal. They may be called an autobiography of the author of "Wild Animals I have Known." as they will recount his experiences and encounters with all sorts of voracious animals that inhabit the American wilds the mos; Interesting features of a life filled with exploit and adventure. The articles will be illustrated by Mr. Thompson's own drawings of his friends of forest and plain. The Woman's Home Companion (Springfield. O.) for November contains considerable Thanksgiving day literature among its attractions. Other features are a paper on "The Greatest Sunday School in the World," a second article by Hubert Grant on "Heroes and v Heroines," a paper on "The Social Sphere of Mexican Women." "The Diary of a New York Girl." Lillian Bell's impressions of the Oberammergau Passion Play, some club literature and a variety of excellent fiction. A special feature is the notes of "The Aguinaldo March," the war music of the lnsurrecto army In the Philippines. The Home Companion Is a carefully edited family magazine. The Bookkeeper is, as its name Indicates, a magazine for business men. It is the of ficial organ of the National Association of Accountants and Bookkeepers. It deals with all the practical topics connected with the keeping of business accounts of every sort, the table of contents of the current issue Indicating the character of the itri odical. Among the subjects discussed are "Foreign Exchange," "The Mall Order Business." "Tales of the Credit Man." "Both Sides of the Ledger." "Company Sinking Funds." "The Voucher System." "First Practice of Bookkeeping." "Com mercial Paper" and "Some Fallings of tlie Retail Merchant." The magazine is pub lished in Detroit. Mr. George E. Hcberts, the director of the United States Mint, has a very practi cal article In the November Forum on the question "Can There Be a Good Trust?" The article can hardly help being t,ollt!cal in its trend, but Mr. Roberts has been very fair and impartial in his treatment of it. He defines the nature of a trust and its right to exist, and shows that the forI mation of trusts depends upon ths in stlnct to compete and the desire of Cuc'a

man to surpass hi fJ!ow. He declares that it Is Impossible to nren: the people

at largo from sharlnR in tl.e r.dvantares brought on by the combination of capital, and proves that the court? have ab-p!y gon very far In defining the rights f l ho public as regaids monopolistic pov cr. ' Rev. Char!e3 M. Sheldon, whose story, "In His Steps." has had n sale of more than four million ccpk?. has hern maklnj a special study of the servant-girl question. A new story from his pen. entitle "Horn to Serve." Is -the result. Critics who have read the manuscript predict that It will be as popular as any of his former stories. He will read the tory in Berkeley Temple, Boston, on four successive evenings, during the first week in December, and in Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, where Dr. Hillis is pator. during the ee ond week. The proceeds of the readings will be used to establish a training chl for servants in Topeka, Kan. The stoiy will be published as a serial, beginning Dec. 6, In the Christian Endeavor World. The Century in 1.1 will have a series of articles on "Railroads and Railroad Men." The author. Major Charles De Lano Hine, is a graduate of West Point, who rer'gned as an officer of the army to become a freight brakeman. from which position he rose through various grades to that of general superintendent, besides finding time to serve as an officer of volunteers la the Santiago campaign. Major Hine is now in the service of the interstate commission as a railroad expert, and has exceptional opportunities for obtaining Information. Some of the great materal achievements of the nineteenth century will be celebrated in the Century Magazine next year. The steel industry In the United States will be treated by IYofessor Thurston, of Cornell, and the mining, transportation and milling of Iron will be the subject of several articles. The Ladles' Home Journal for November has on Its cover a very pleasing representation of an autumn bride in white gown and veil. The opening article is the story of tha career of a famous Boston beauty, Emily, Marshall. In the same issue Clifford Howard continues "The Story of a Young Man." Charles Major Ms "Blue River Bear Stories." Elizabeth Stuart Phelps her serial. "The Successors of Mary the First," and "Joslah Allen's Wife" funnily narrates the Incidents of her fourth visit. Edward Bok forcibly contends that the Americans show execrable taste in furnishing their houses, and "An American Mother" convicts the Americans of having bad manners. "The Future of the White House." "The Man Who Wrote Narcissus." "Waiting for the Mail" a pase drawing by A. B. Frost and "How Aunt Sally Brought Down the House." a short story, are some of the other features. The true story of a whole company of modern Monte Cristos is to be found in Douglas White's "Yankee Millionaires Irt South America," a prominent article In Alnslee's Magazine for November. "Tho Battle of the Cities." by Arthur I. Street, is an exciting description of the commercial war that is waged incessantlv throughout the United States. "Chinese rartlei and Their Leaders," by Prof. Isaac T. Headland, contains much Interesting Information, of which a curious sample Is the news that Li Hung Chang's colossal fortune Is mostly invested in pawnshops. "Russia's March to the East," by Anna Northend Benjamin, Is a' readable account of the experiences and impressions of a J young American newspaper woman who crossed Siberia alone. The magazine has a varied lot of fiction, including the first of a new series of mystery stories. In Alnslee's the reader is always sure to get his money's worth of entertainment. With the November number, the Ledger Monthly enters the field o the dollar magazines, and It Is likely to prove a strong competitor to others already established. Hall Calne's new story, "Jan, the Iceland er," begins in the November number. This Is the only story that Hall Calne has writ ten for publication this year. Our Amer ican Thanksgiving" is described by I 'heb W. Humphreys, and Illustrated by ictor Perard. "Doris Kingsley. Child and Col onist" is the title of a new serial by Emma Rayner. author of "Free to Serve, whic'i begins in this number. There are short stories by Jeannette Scott Benton, E. M. Bo wye r, M. B. Thrasher, Morris Wade aui Kate Whiting Patch. Among the miscel laneous articles is one entitled "Unique Women Bread Winners," by John Livingfcton Wright, with many portalts of prom inent women. "The American Army and Navy In China," Is an illustrated article by Waldon Fawcett. "Old Colonial and His toric Churches," by Richard Cramer, is the subject of a well-illustrated article describing the old churches of the country. The Delineator Is distinctively a fashion magazine, but latterly It Is giving its read ers some excellent literary features. Edith M. Thomas malies a striking contribution to the November number with a four-page story in verse entitled "The Enchanted Ring." This is fittingly illustrated w;in very artistic borders by J. Allen St. John. Miss Lina Beard, sister of Dan IVard. th cartoonist, under the heading of "Pastimes for Convalescing Children, also, touches the Halloween period. There Is a thoroughly bright story in the November Delineator which will be of Interest to ail college girls and boys, as well as thos who enjoy pure sentiment. It is called "The Romance of a Co-Ed." The stronficst fashion detail in this issue is that w'.:ch draws attention to military shoulders as tho vogue for women during the coming winter. The present tendency in dress is to produce an athletic appearance in women by means of military shoulders, the dl;i at the waist-line, and the higher line for the bust than has prevailed during the past summer. All of this is made clear la the November Delineator. In selecting a periodical for joung people no wiser choice could be made than the monthly magazine Success. It is truly "a Journal of Inspiration, progress and selfhelp," as it3 subtitle claims. It does not run exclusively or even largely to fiction, but is first of all practical in its purpose, and is full of information and suggestion to boys and girls and young men and women looking forward to business or professional careers. Contributions from successful business men appear from time to time, giving bits from their own experience and useful advice. Topics in the November Issue indicate the character of the matter. Among them are: "The Buffetlngs of Early Genius," "Persistent Purpose." "The Fire that Kindles Power." "King Coal nnd Ills Realm," "The Career of Home Life," "Children in Business Life," "Self-help Clubs and Colleges," "Hints on Self-Improvement," "How a Senator Was Made." "Personal Bravery" and "The Improvement in Girls." Success Is published at University building. Washington square. New York city. The November Pearson's contains twenty articles and stories, illustrated with 10 pictures. The fiction includes thirty-two pages of II. Rider Haggard's new historical romance, "Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch," a war story, a sea story, a love story, a ghost story'. d derive story, a story of passion and a story of .-adventure. Othjr leatur are "The History of the American Slave." by James S. Metcalfe; "Under Water Photography" (a description of the enly fruitful experiments ever made with a camera under water : "Tii Ship That Flies," an illustrated acour.t by an eyewitness of the first really successful attempt at aerial navigation: "The First Traverse of Afiica." an account of a remarkable feat just performed of traversing the African continent from south to north: "The Scientific Burglar;" "A Capital That Moves." a remarkable feature of Abvssinlan court life; "Observing Three Eclipses." the experiences of a fatuous astronomer in India. I.np!and and North Carolina, and "Whalebacks." an inter ing account of the strangest fleet In the world, owned by John D. Rockefeller. The International Art Association. Vkith headquarters in Chicago, has recognized the need of a systematic, comprehensive and illustrated instruction in the fine arts, and to that end has begun the publication, in magazine form, of a series of "University Lessons" dealing with the s-uhj.-cts. Information on art In each of Its several departments Is to l found in all great libraries, but such libraries arc nit accessible to a large class of erscii! who would like to gain some knowledge la that line, nor ! they always know how to pursue their investigations Intelligently when the way is -pen to them. There Is much Interest In the subject In the women's clubs and classes of the country, and. in fact, this scries of publications is the ouigrowth of a movement headed by Mrs. Herman J. Hall, chairman of the art committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and also chairman of the art committee of the Illinois Federation uf Clubs. Progress, as the monthly Issue is called, undertakes to furnish Instruction on the fine aits la their development and history. The first number, which is handsomely Illustrated,