Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 337, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1900 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1900.

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Washington; d. c-Rig House, Ebbitt House and Wlllard's Hotel. Among the latest enterprises of Chicago is the holding up of street cars by thugs. This, In the opinion of one Chicago paper. Is the culmination of the reign of violence. The yellow yarn about the scheme of a few rich men to control the gold output Of the world should have been announced before the presidential election to have attracted any attention. The statement that the Democrats In the New Jersey Legislature will vote for exPresldent Cleveland for United States senator shows that in that State, at least, the Democratic party has enough of Mr. Bryan. The National Afro-American Council has taken step3 to bring before the Supreme Court of the United States cases to test the validity cf the constitutional amendments of States which havp disfranchised the colored people. The result will be watched with Interest. If any considerable number of Democratic managers assume that declaring against Mr. Bryan will cause him to let go they are doomed to disappointment. He cannot be enjoined. The only way to get rid of him Is to take him by the throat. j The three counties of Pennsylvania which were the arena of the anthracite coal strike gavo large majorities for McKinley at the late election. One county which gave 1,600 Democratic majority two years ago, gave McKinley nearly as largo a majority this year. Ex-Mayor Quincy, of Boston, -who has made a study of municipal government, thinks that one of the most useful reforms would be to establish a rrlmary election vrhlch shall be conducted for both parties at the same time and Just a3 much under public regulation and under the control of the law as the main election. This is the tendency of the best thought of the time. Not the least Important feature of the army bill Is that -which provides for the raising of fifteen Filipino regiments. American officers report that there are thousands of Filipinos who are eager to Join the fedtral army who would be most effective soldiers. Such regiments will be officered by men now In tho service in the Philippines. Ex-Senator Gorman's tinkering of the Hull army bill in 1S0S has cost the country 515,374.000. Mr. Gorman and his Democratic friends, to show that they are opposed to a standing army, insisted that 33,000 volunteers for a period of less than two years be sent to the Philippines. These men will cost $300 each more than If they had been regularly enlisted In the United States army. Tho town of Ottawa, Ivan., has an ordinance requiring that loaves of bread hall weigh sixteen ounces, with a fine of $-1 If they do not. Recently a baker sold leaves weighing eighteen ounces. The learned justice construed such sale of tread to be a violation of the ordinance and enforced the penalty. This Is evidence that tho spirit of Populism has not been banished In Ottawa. It Is said that Secretary Hay now has In his possession the written acceptance of Russia, France and Japan of his plan of settling the Chinese Question, and it is confidently expected the other two powers, England and Germany, will signify their acceptance within a few days. This will be another distinct triumph for American diplomacy, and ought to make China a fast friend of the United States. A popular ballot for mayor that Is being conducted by the New York Tribune shows Hon. Seth Low away ahead as first choice, but one man writes that he could not vote for Low because he is president of Columbia University, which gave Carl Schurz an LL. D. degree some ten years ago. That alone," he says, "would prevent rne from voting for Mr. Low. I would be afraid that Mr. Schurz would have something to do in the government of the city, and his record of being a chronic nuisance from the time of Abraham Lincoln down to the dolng3 of the last few months, is enough for me." That man has a good memory. The good roads movement Is enjoying quite a "boom" since the recent convention In Chicago. Secretary; Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, Fays he will Include a good mads appropriation of $130.00') In his estimate, and the President has given assurance that he will make favorable mention of the subject in his message. The appropriation. If made, would be disbursed through tho Bureau of Road Inquiry created by Congress several years

ago and attached to the Department of Agriculture. Tho subject is one of more natlon.'i.! importance than most people Imagine. President Stuyvesant Fish, of the Illinois Central Railroad, has written a letter in which he gays: "I know that the absence of good roads Is costing the people of this country annually about as much money as they pay for all the freights hindled by all the railroads. It has been learned that to move the freights of the country costs $7iTT.f .), while it cost the farmers of tho country &u,((rv to do their hauling last year. It costs our farmers about 23 cents a ton to haul loads over our roads, while In Europe It costs only 81-3 cents a ton." A practical and progressive people should not allow this condition to continue.

.MEETING OF CONGHESS. The short session of Congress which begins to-day and ends March 4 has so much important business before it that it will bo necessary for It to work industriously to finish it. Two measures are of imperative importance; the reorganization of the army and the reduction of the revenues. It would seem that these should take precedence of all others. In addition to the appropriation bills these two measures. If they should be opposed in the Senate, will exhaust most of the time. Next In importance is the Nicaragua canal bilL The announcement Just made that a treaty has been negotiated with Nicaragua which practically cedes to the United States the territory which will be needed for the canal will apparently remove some of the obstacles to construction which confronted the project during the last session, when a political opposition was developed to the treaty with Great Britain by which that portion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty relative to the construction of a canal was modified. It would seem that the announced treaty might obviate the necessity of the proposed treaty with Great Britain. Another measure which will be pushed with energy by its friends Is the ship-subsidy bill. Even If 'it is important it is one of the measures that can wait. Unless some Democrats support the subsidy bill there Is good reason to believe the present measure cannot be passed In the House. If a few Republicans like Mr. Overstreet are opposed to It, it will be defeated. The last session of Congress was devoted so much to political maneuvering that less was accomplished than should have been. The gold standard law was enacted, but the files of tha Record show that most of what passes for debate was political harangue designed to affect the Impending campaign. It will be different this session. There will be less politics and more business. CONCERNING SOME RELIGIONS. A dispatch from San Francisco a few days ago announced the arrival there of a Buddhist nun known as Sister Saughmitta, who proposes to speak throughout the country in behalf of her chosen faith. In other words, she comes here as a Buddhist missionary. It has not been long since an American convert to Mohammedanism In New York announced his intention of starting on a lecture tour of the country in the interest of that faith. Both of these religions are so little known in this country that most persons who hear them mentioned are apt to think they are obsolete faiths or philosophical wrecks, but In reality they are very much alive In certain parts of the world, and very extensive ones, too. .The two together number about half as many followers as does Christianity, Including under this designation all Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic and Greek Churches. Latest statistics estimate the number of Mohammedans at 176,831,00); Buddhists, 147,000,(1110; and Christians of all denominations 477.0S0.13S. Of the latter, 2C0.SG6,533 are Catholics, 113,237,625 are Protestants, and 9S,016,000 belong to the Orthodox Greek Church. It will be seen, therefore, that Buddhism and Mohammedanism both outnumber all Protestant denominations combined, and the two together have nearly as many followers as the Catholic Church. Because these religions are not at our doors It must not bo supposed they are not great and potent factors In the world's religious life. Nor are they dying out. Buddhism is as distinctly tho dominant religion of India, Cochin" China, Burmah, Tartary, and parts of China and Japan as Christianity Is of America. The same may be said of Mohammedanism In Aslaand Africa, and as long as these countries continue to Increase in population their religions will prevail. Christianity has made very little impression upon them. In Asia there are 100,500,000 Mohammedans to 3,007,230 Catholics and a paltry C22.730 Protestants, while in Africa there are 3(',000,000 Mohammedans to 2.C5G.0OO Catholics and 1.7H.0S0 Protestants. Even Russia has nearly as many Mohammedans as Protestants 3,000,000 of the former to 3,400,000 of the late tor. After all the efforts that have been made to Christianize Turkey there are only 11.000 Protestants in that country to 2.70S.0OO Mohammedans. In Bulgaria and Roumella the. statistics do not show a single Protestant, while one has 571,000 Mohammedans and the other 240,000. Not only does Islamism number its followers by tho hundred millions, but In recent years it has shown something like the virility that made It once and for a long time, the most expansive and aggressive of all religions. In the last few decades It has shown something like a revlvnl. A recent writer says: By careful calculations, based on the absolutely reliable publications of the Indian government in the '"Census of India," the following increase In Mohammedanism is to be recorded in different parts of the empire, in the period KM-iyjl In the Madras presidency, an increase from l.:33,57t to 2.250,3S6 persons; in the Bombay presidency an ndvanc? of nearly 14 per cent, of the population; in Assam, an increase of nearly 11 per cent.; in tho Punjab, of 10 per cent.; in Bengal and the northwest provinces, of from 7 to 8 per cent. The whole of British India, Inclusive of the tributary states, contained, in the year ISM. 2i).130.030 inhabitants, of whom 4:).32.701 were Mohammedans; and 1n the year 1M1. 2,002,0.so Inhabitants, of whom 57,001,7 were Mohammedans. A religion that Is growing faster than population cannot be said to be dying out. The foregoing figures show that Mohammedanism is growing in India very much faster than Christianity. The same is true of other parts of Asia. In Burmah, for Instance, from 1VSI to ptfl the number of Mohammedans Increased from 1CS.SSI to 210,04;, representing nearly 23 per hammedanism is in Africa, where it number of Mohammedans increased from 30,-

(iOO.oo") in 1SS2 to 02,000,000 in IS'7. This Increase alone is three times as great as all the Protestants In tho whole of Asia. But the most remarkable growth of Mohammedanism is in Africa where it numbers about SO.OOf.OOO followers out of a population of about 200, 0 JO, 000. Islamism is aggressively preached In the dark continent and the sometlmts heathen natives embrace It eagerly. In that country, as in the Asiatic countries above named, it Is lar outstripping Christianity, Including both Catholicism and Protestantism. An? this is true in some districts where Christian missions have gained a firm footing. Thirty years ago Islamism was entirely unknown in Sierra Leone and Lagos, while now about one-third of the population are Mohammedans. And it is an immense improvement over heathenism nnd a great advance toward cIviliz?.tIon, for it forbids many heathenish practices and Inculates cleanliness, chastity, belief in and daily worship of one God, reading of the Koran, etc., and is distinctly promotive of better government than the savage or tribal. Thus it appears that both Buddhism and Mohammedanism are fully holding their own among the vast populations where they have so long been the dominant religions, while the latter Is spreading and making converts at a surprising rate. It does not follow, however, that either of them will spread Into western CTJuntrles or efforts to plant them in America will meet with any success. Religions, like governments, are an outgrowth and expression of racial characteristics, and It would be as Impossible to establish an Oriental religion in this country" as an Oriental form of government. A few Americans have pretended or tried to make themselves believe that they were Buddhists, and the faith really has some attractions, but Its adoption by any person in the western world Is merely a species of cranklsra. There are a great many thousands of unchrlstlanIzed Americans who are vastly Inferior morally to devout Mohammedans, but it would be hard to convince them of the fact. The Buddhist and Mohammedan missionary efforts will have no success In this country.

AS TO UIUTISH SUBSIDIES. An Interesting and seasonable article aprears In the December Forum entitled "The Development of British Shipping," by Benjamin Taylor, who is connected with the Glasgow (Scotland) Herald. Those who favor the proposed subsidy for ships by the United States charge that this and similar articles are Inspired by British ship owners. They tlo not, however, present my evidence to sustain their charges. In the article referred to Mr. Taylor follows the course of the development of British supremacy on the seas and comes to the conclusion that subsidies have contributed nothing to the development of England's merchant marine. At the present time the British government pays no subsidies except to mail steamers, and those, the writ er asserts, are paid on a basis of exacting a service that costs the shipowners more than they get out of it. The mail steamers carry comparatively little of tho vast tonnage transported under the British ensign, the bulk of it being carried by what are known as tramp ships, which receive no subsidy whatever. To its mail steamers England pays less than a million pounds to seven companies owning 160 ships. In th course of. the article the writer calls attention to the policy of other nations. France is the only country which pays a direct subsidy both on ships and merchandise, hut Its merchant marine has not been increased. The shipping of Norway, and. even that of Spain since the war has increased without any bounty. Mr. Taylor says that the White Star line does not make itsmoney out of Its ships which are paid for mall carrying, but out of its nonsubsidized ships engaged In the general carriage of merchandise. At a time when every American shipyard is crowded with orders the proposition for a subsidy that will affect only a few lines seems inopportune, to say the least. In several directions it Is probable that the British shipowner has the advantage. His local taxes are not as heavy and he pays smaller wages. Nor can there be any serious disadvantage In allowing foreign shipowners to do our ocean carrying. We have prospered while the foreign carriage has been going on these thirty years. From a balance of trade always against us when our wooden sailing vessels did a large part of the ocean carrying we have reached a position where the balance of trade Is always hundreds of millions annually In our favor. With British carriage our foreign trade has expanded miraculously, so there is no longer an argument that American ships are necessary to extend our foreign trade. Besides, why not give other nations the means of paying a part of the trade balance against them by carrying our goods to foreign lands? The vote of all the States In the presidential election, official with the exception of two or three, which are presumably correct, shows that President McKinley received 7,2G3.2C6, compared with 7,104,77a In 1S06, and that Mr. Bryan received 6.413.3S7, compared with 6,502,925 in 1896. While the President's vote was 158.4S7 more than in 1SP6, Mr. Bryan's vote was 87,533 less. This Is a surprise, since it was generally believed that while Mr. Bryan would not hold his own In the electoral vote his popular vote would be materially Increased. This is one of the most hopeful indications of the campaign, because it shows that the Bryan party Is not as large now as it was four years ago. If the leaders in New York and other Eastern States had not taken more pains to get out a full vote than In 1SD6, when most of them did nothing, the Bryan vote would have been much smaller. The falling off of the vote in the distinctively Southern States 223.000 is one of the most significant facts in the result. The Southern Democrats did not care enough for Mr. Bryan to come out and vote for him. In all of the newer States of the West and on the Pacific coast Mr. Bryan lost votes, showing that the section which was weakest in Republican votes In 1S06 was as decidedly Republican as New England. Officers of the United Mine Workers Association say the present year has been the most prosperous in Its history, the membership having reached 250,000. It Is said the next national convention, to be held in this city, Jan. 21. will b the largest ever held. A Pittsburg paper says the officers there fear that this city has not a hall sufficiently large to accommodate the delegates. The laws of the organization say that each 100 miners or fraction thereof

are entitled to one delegate to the national convention. No delegate .can represent more than 500 miners. Should there be sent a delegate from each 100 miners the delegates will be 2.500 Ftrong, and such an army of delegates would" leave very little room for spectators, of which Indiana, Illinois and Ohio always furnish sufficient to swell the crowd to a very large number at the convention. Estimates of attendance on such occasions are not apt to be realized, and It Is probable that Tomlinson Hall will be found amply large. Maryland seems to be badly in need of a good election law and reformation In political morals. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says that In the counties on the Eastern Shore the buying and selling of votes has become an open and estabv llshed practice of both parties, and that the purchased votes are not those of negroes and Illiterates alone, but of well-to-do and fairly well-educated people. In a county with a voting population of 5,000 each party expects to spend from $13,0) to $20.000 on election day, and, out of the number who are paid for voting, says the correspondent, there are almost as many who can read and write as there are of those who do not know the letters of the alphabet. The existence of such a condition Is a disgrace to the people of the entire State.

There is point in the objection of an exchange to a law compelling counties to purchase voting machines that it would lead the manufacturers to put up the price.' In this connection it may be said that the State should not be limited to one manufacture. A voting machine Is not so intricate that the inventive genius of the American may not devise a half dozen machines which will answer every requirement. At the present time there are several machines offered to the public. If there is to be any general use for them, it would be well for the Legislature to provide for testing the qualities of all those offered for sale. It is believed that a conference of Republican members of Congress to be held early in the session to decide upon measures of legislation will agree upon an amendment to the gold standard act of the last session providing for the interchangeability of all forms of money. This is the provision Indorsed by Representative Overstreet as stated in the Sunday Journal. Its adoption would remove all questions of the stability of the gold standard and obviate such discussion as arose between Secretary Gage and several correspondents last summer. Democrats declare that they made no special effort to elect township trustees, nevertheless, they elected about 70) of the 1,112 in the State and will control enough in several counties to give them the election of county superintendents. If this was done without design the Democratic managers should trust more to luck. It is known that in some parts of the State Democratic candidates for township offices offered to trade Democratic votes to Republicans for Republican votes for county officers. The city of Memphis, Tennessee's gateway to the South and Southwest, is not making any undue stir in the world, but with quiet push and enterprise is going steadily up the iatfder Of prosperity. The bank clearings statement, an infallible Index of progress, shows that November, with a total of $1S,5S3,G01, exceeded the figures of a year ago by 1,191,171, and the previous high record. In March, 1S92, by $1,193,011. And Memphis may be taken as a fair index to conditions in the South. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. Family Courage. He A man ought to be able to say "no." She Yes; especially when he has been told that the mince pies won't go round twice. The White Lieht of InvenliunMoii. "They say these rummage sales circulate germs." "Of course; the mania for rummage Is a germ itself." Duplicates Avoided. He This is the third letter of refusal I have received from you. She What are you complaining of? No twocf them aro alike. Tto Limited in Sphere. "Alarm clocks are no good." "Why do you say so?" "I was carrying one under my arm when that thief stole my pooketbook.". Ily Hie Society It nie. Father-If you would get started earlier In the evening you'd get home earlier. -Eleanor Why, pa, I'd be ashamed to be seen starting out anywhere until after 3 o'clock. A Victim of III Tendencies. "Why didn't you accept Mrs. Tompkins's Invitation to dinner?" ( "Oh. I'm so forgetful; it would be Just my luck to be a day late and pet turkey-hash." INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES. The French people are putting their feet deeper into trouble by their reception of Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic. England will not take kindly to such effusive demonstrations of welcome. Elkhart Review. Mr. Towne thinks the policy of Democracy Is "judicious opportunism," an idea that probably he borrows from Holye, an old writer on card playing, who taught that you should never throw away a trick. Terre Haute Express. Comes now Parks Martin in a new suit of clothes are they the outward and visibe sign of an invisible and inward metastasis? and says he knows nothing of anything partisan, and. asked if the Democratic state committee will meet soon, answereth brusquely, "Not that I know of." This is funny. Muncie News. McKInley's plurality in Wisconsin is 106,002. This Is about 3,000 more than it was In 15. and Is the largest ever accorded to any candidate In Wisconsin. It will be remembered that Wisconsin is one of the States that the Kansas mathematician. J. G. Johnson, claimed as one of the Western States that would "surely" be carried for Bryan. South Bend Times (Dem.) As Abdul Hamid refuses an exequatur to Mr. Norton, who has been appointed our consul at Harpoot. the latter has been Instructed to get alo.rg without one and proceed to his post and to business. It will then be the Sultan's privilege to take such further action aB he thinks he may venture upon. We will plaster him all over with consuls three deep If he does not soon develop a more amiable disposition. Fort Wayne Sentinel. With all the election machinery in their own hands, with ail tho fraud practiced by corrupt election officers, appointed with an eye to their fitness for such work, the Democratic Goebelltes of Kentucky only succeeded in giving the beneficiary of CJoebel's dealh. Beckham, a plurality of 3.553. A fair vote, a fair count and a full vote permitted would have elected Yerkes by a large majorfty. Rut no such thing can happen in Kentucky. Batesville Tribune. In the last ten decades the increase of czüx tcade has averaged about one million

more than the Increase of the decade just before It. If this law holds for the next ten decades the increase In population during the next century, taking the 13,315,43i increase of the past decade as a basis, will be 143.134.540. This added to the existing population of 76,2.'3,220 will give a grand total at the census for the year of grace 2000 of 21.44!.7GO souls. It will be of interest to those of us who are still living at that time to observe how nearly true these figures will be. New Castle Courier. Newspaper reports from Washington indicate that the ship subsidy bill will probably pass at the coming session of Congress. If so. it will give to American ship owners about $3.000.000 annually for several years in order to promote ocean traffic in American bottoms. We believe the Republicans should have a care and go slow In this matter, as the American people are not clear on the question as yet and believe there is a "job" In the business. So far as we can see, there Is not much protection to American capital or ' labor in this subsidy business, but a clean gift to some fortunate ship builders and owners. Nobles vi lie Ledger.

FOREIGN TRADE. The Need of n Governmental Department for IU Extension. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The German people are the most highly developed merchants and manufacturers in the civilized world to-day. This Is true despite the fact that during recent months they have been overreaching themselves, and also despite the fact that we of the United States have reached the banner reriod in material prosperity. Germany's development has been organic according to a system. It has been measurably governmental. Our development has been individualpersonal and rarely organic, excepting where It has been associated with great trusts or other large organizations. Within twenty-five years and that is a better period by which to judge than two or three all German manufactures and German exports have developed much more rapidly in a relative way than those of either England or America. The exports of Germany have been of the particularly wealth-giving kind, that which takes material and puts it in useful and beautiful shapes and sells It for a good price. In 1876 Germany was low In the scale of manufacturing and selling. She took up the question systematically. She taught the people in her public schools how to make the definite, useful thing and how to sell it. Germany is academic commercially as well as in professional, literary and artistic lines. England has suffered very greatly at her hands, much more so than this country. Germany has cut largely into England's trade in the SpanishAmerican countries, which we have never seriously courted. The conservatism of England has not recently been able to cope with the adaptability of Germany in matters of business. At the present time we are complacent and self-satisfied because we are prosperous, because our exports so largeiy exceed our imports. Germany is not complacent. She is eager. England is struggling and is adopting German methods. We need not do that, excepting in so far as we should demand the strong arm of the government in yet further extensions of foreign trade. We need such an organization for that specific purpose to be able to cope with foreign countries. The German government, as is also that of England, Is one giant business organization. It looks first to the welfare of Its merchants and manufacturers. Government In other forms is incidental. The governmental organization of this country is strong only In its local relations. It Is relatively weak in its foreign relations. What we need and what we must have, in order to provide for the greatest good of the greatest number, is a department of foreign trade as a distinct and organic branch of our government. The organization of the State Department and the consular service has always been inefficient and relatively weak along the lines mentioned. The millers of this country were sufferers for years because of treatment in matters of slow deliveries of flour into Great Britain. This fact was not discovered by any member of the consular service, which is not organized for that purpose, until it was absolutely forced upon them, not by our people, but by the English merchants. This effort on their part was organized by a gentleman from this city. There were years when makers of Hour from other countries could get from 20 to 23 cents more a barrel for their flour than could our millers on the mere question of prompt delivery alone. In l&d I was In Paris, and early in the spring of that year discovered that France was going to be short of wheat, as she was by 100,000.000 bushels. I cabled the fact to Minneapolis, received instructions, visited the brokers a few hours during each week, and within a short time lOO.Ooo barrels of flour a month from the United States were going into Paris. I was studying .along another line, and this work was merely incidental and took very little time. The French millers discovered what was being done, appealed to the government, and after a very hard fight in the Chamber of Deputies the millers succeeded, as against the people, in having the duty on flour greatly raised, without a corresponding Increase In wheat tariff. I went to the American consul in Paris before this measure passed, laid the situation before him and asked him to take it up, but he said that he did not have time. I relate this fact to indicate what can be done, even by one who was not adequately equipped for that kind of work, and who did it incidentally and with small expenditure of time. An organization which would reach all over the world where transportation is a commercial possibility, having for its sole purpose the extension of American business, could accomplish magnificent results. The competition of foreign countries will In time have to be met In some such way. The Germans and the English are even now increasing business more rapidly in Cuba than are we. The same will continue to be true of the Philippines under tho present organization of the commercial administration of our- government. We have the opportunity of earing for this added territory. We will bear the expense and the other countries will laugh In their sleeves and get the principal benefits. Our great prosperity has come about through natural means, and not through organized effort. In time of peace prepare for war. In time of prosperity we may prepare against the evil day. We will have to right particularly the organized eflort of Germany, and our Involuntary expansion, which was incidental and not premeditated or organized, will, if properly taken advantage of by a proper commercial and governmental organization, inure very largely to our benefit. Under such a body, vying with the individual efforts of the people of this country, we may extend our trade as far as we care to reach. Expansion is a natural human instinct. No party or parties can resist the natural Impulse of all people and all bodies to expand. There were thirteen original States. Now there are more. What force could have withstood this movement? We will live to realize that the expansion. Incidental a3 it was, growing out of the Spanish war is one of the happiest things In a material way which ever came to this country. It will afford an outlet for our surplus fields. It will afford a market for surplus manufacturing machinery and remunerative employment to a growing population. The history of the recent election Indicates the spirit of our people in such matters. It indicates that they cannot be Influenced by the literature of the egg beater or the oratory of the syllabub churn. LOUIS H. GIBSON. Indianapolis, Dec. 1. John IIny Diplomacy. Philadelphia Manufacturer. There isn't, in all human history, a series of diplomatic successes surpassing. If there U one that equals, John Hay's recent achievements with the Chinese. It was honest, manly, intelligent, patriotic and American. Its effects will reach further than any one can see, at this moment. How much It means, not only to us, but to Asia, is beyond any one's power to estimate. No one who knew the man ever lost faith In him. How hard was his task will never be known till the entire tale of intrigue is unraveled and written out. His name Is to go Into history with that of Germany's and England's great chancellors and prime ministers. Turkey Chose nn Evil Ilonr. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. The haughty Turk had better beware how he trifles with the United States in November. About Thanksgiving tim Americans have no mercy on Turkey.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS. The Theater nnd It People, Frnnkljn lIIes'N Xmt Work. This Is an interesting book by a competent hand. Its author is Franklyn Fyles, dramatic critic of the New York Sun, and the book itself presents an account of theaters and theatrical people, plays and players, including various phases of the business In front of and on the stage and behind the scenes that will interest all who care to get some Inside views of the histrionic profession. This is done In a straightforward, dignified style and in a manner that shows familiarity with the subject and a practiced hand in writing. Among the chapter headings are "The Making of Actors," "The Young Women," "The Theatrical Man of Business," "The Writing of a Play," "Author's Gains and Losses," "The Rehearsal of a Play," "Points in First Performances," etc. In the chapter on "The Making of Actors" the author says: "The majority of new people in stageland are young men and women of education and refinement. They come from all kinds of families in the social scale. Two girls made their debuts us sisters In a play. They had been chosen for their similarity in iooks and manners. In reality one was the orphan daughter of a stableman and the other the heiress of a millionaire. A young actor In the same company was the grandson of a President of the United States and a second was a beau from a purse-proud family. Both were university men. A third, the son of a rural clergyman, had worked as a waiter in an eating house while preparing for the dramatic profession. But all these five were alike in being ladles or gentlemen In the best sense of the term. They had been graduated from a dramatic school at the same time and had obtained their first stage employment together in these minor parts of a play." It seems that most of the people who go on the stage nowadays have taken a course or had at least some instruction in a dramatic school where elocution, pantomime, gesture and facial expression are taught. "A class In dramatic expression," says the author, "Is sometimes a funny sight. It may consist of a room full of young men and women striking extravagant poses In unison and simultaneously making strange noises. Or they may be prostrating themselves on the floor, to He there sprawling like swimmers and crying out like lunatics. They are practicing a system of stage culture. A row of pupils making faces of love, hate and other intense feelings accompanied by highly emotional exclamations is probably a more singular educational exhibit than can be found in any other institution or learning." There is much more of Interest in this chapter concerning the training of actors. In regard to playwrights' gains and losses we learn that an author's royalty on a play is hardly ever less than 5 per cent., and ordinarily it increases with the amount of money taken in. "Perhaps as good terms as any American playwright has obtained are 5 per cent, of each week's gross receipts up to $3,000, 10 per cent, of the next $2,ooo, 13 per cent. of the next f2.000. 20 per cent, of the next $2.000 and 2S per cent, of all over $3.000. It is only with a rare success that the income reaches the highest figure given. More than one native drama has earned $100.0 for its author. Perhaps a dozen have yielded $30.(00 each, three times as many $25.000 and r. goodly number $10.000." There is other interesting information concerning the earnings of playwrights and players and many instructive or amusing passages concerning different phases of theatrical life. The book is calculated to interest a large class of readers. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.

A New Ilook on Slinkupenre. Hamilton Wright Mable, one of the editors of the Outlook, a Shakspearlan scholar and enthusiast, and an essayist of note, has written a book that will delight all lovers of the greatest of English poets. It is called "William Shakspeare, Poet, Dramatist and Man," and is a delightful connected story of the life and times and work of the "Spokesman of a race," as he fitly puts it. The results of the -wonderful labors of the scholars who followed the clews that led to the few absolute facts known of the great man, have been drawn upon by Mr. Mable and put into his charming narrative. There Is much that is in doubt about what Shakspeare, the man. did, and how he lived nnd loved and died; but this very speculative, inferential talk Is Intensely interesting, when indulged In by an author who loves his theme and lias taken the trouble to know all that has been written about his subject, and spent months of his time in Stratford-on-Avon and Warwickshire and London, where he absorbed the local color, so to speak, of the haunts of the poet. Aided by the profuse illustrations of everything connected with Shakspeare one can easily take this book and imagine the details of his life. Loth Jn country and city. They may not be entirely accurate, but they are charming. The house where he was born, the school he attended, the Anne Hathaway cottage where he made love, the church in which he is burled all these are suggestive of the many things on which tha imagination loves to dwell. The Forest of Arden is still there to woo the fancy; the pathways about Stratford and the placij Avon suggest only the quiet charm they must have possessed three hundred years ago, when Shakspeare was under their spell. The critical and historical portion of this book, as It relates to the early efforts of the poet and later work of the dramatist, is scholarly and interesting; but there is not space to give here more than a hint of the great value of the author's studies concerning Shakspeare's apprenticeship, his development as a poet, playwright, and his final work on the group of three plays, commonly classed as romances. The book is superbly printed, illustrated, indexed and bound in moss-green suede kid, and it will make a very appropriate present for Christmas. Price, $G. The Macmillan Company, publishers, NewYork. Some Jnvenile. The publishers continue their efforts to Interest young readers as well as the older ones. Among the juveniles recently received are "Doris and Her Dog Rodney." by Lily F. Wesselhoeft, author of a number of animal stories, this one being the story of a little motherless girl and a beautiful St. Bernard dog. "A Little Girl In India," by Harriet A. Cheever, is a fascinating story for children, giving a great deal of Information about Oriental ways and customs. "Tom's Boy" is a story about a typical small boy for very young readers, by the author of "Miss Toosey's Mission." All of the foregoing are published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston. "The Adventures of Joel Pepper." by Margaret Sydney, carries on the story of Joel, one of the "Five Little Peppers." introduced In a series of volumes by the same author, treating of the Pepper family. This one is a story of a well-meaning, heedless and lovable small boy. Published by the Lothrop Publishing Company, Boston. "Jack Among the Indians," by Grover B. Gtinnell, author of "Jack, the Young Ranchman," Is a stirring story concerning the adventures and experience of a boy who spent a summer on the plams, when there were buffaloes and Indians there, and who lived with the Indians ail h anted buffaloes and bears. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. "The First Capture," by Henry Castlemon. a popular writer for young people, tells the story of the battle of Lexington and the hauling down of the British flag, in which a Yankee boy here bore a part and captured a BriMsa sehe oner. Published by the Saalii?ld Publishing Company, Akron, O. All of these are bright, wholesome stories. 31 r a. Cornelina Dook. To the Kdltor of the Indianapolis Journal: Mrs. Edward G. Cornelius, of this city, who published about a year ago the little volume entitled "Crumbs" has received many beautiful testimonials from far and near, telling her of the helpfulness ami cheer it has brought to the writers. The following are some of the expressions received by Mrs. Cornelius: "Your little book is so fuli of such rich gems of thought, so pure and helpful I could not lay It aside until I had finished it, and then wished for more." Another wrote: "A little whitewinged messenger full of comfort came into our home a few days ago." Another says: "The little book brought not only comfort, but pleasure and profit as well." Another: "Your dear little book with its simple, lovely verses are so full of hope and faith in our heavenly Father that just now. In the time of oxir deep sorrow, they come to us all with peculiar appropriateness." a little boy whose mother is dead, after hearing the. little book read was asked which of all the poem he liked best. He promptly replied. "A Mother's Prayer to Her Ived Ones." This little book would make a pretty gift for anyone, yours cr'cld. Cun day cchool tticttra vtd L"V3 rc:J tla

volume have purchased them for their entire clashes. The preface of the little book describes its mission. "Crumbs" can be obtained at . the Bowcn-Merrill Company book store.

In Hoatlle lied. Two dare-devil young Americans, in quest of Information of value to General Washington and the colonial army tc which they belong, and Impersonating British ofT.cera whom they have captured and robbed of uniforms and papers, ride pell-mell into Philadelphia, at that time occupied by General Howe and the BrltlFh army. Their adventures and hairbreadth escapes from detection form the story of "In Hostile Red." as told by J. A. Altshelcr. Tho Americans meet among the British officers some of the most delightful fellows in the world, and are also Introduced to the sturdy old rebel John Desmond and his charming daughter Mary, whose avowed Torvlsm. so greatly in contrast to her fathers anttBrltlsh sentiments, weaves around her a mystery which is clearM up in the most surprising fashion. Wildfoct. the American partisan, and his band of rangers, who worry the British and goad them almost to desperation by capturing their provision trains or by daring rushes upon the forces by night, add greatly to the spirited romance. Tho story is quick in action and full of both humorous and thrilling dramatic situations. Doubleday, Page & Co. An I'liaorinl Soctnlint. It would be difficult to Imagine a more unlovely person than the principal character (It would be a misnomer to call him the "hero") in "An Unsocial Socialist." He deserts his wife six weeks after marriage in ordfcr to carry out his socialistic plans. He masquerades under an absurd name as a country rustic, and spends most of his time making love to the girls in a neighboring seminary; he is Indirectly resionsible for his young wife's untimely death, and refuses even to do her the empty honor of attending her funeral, although he is in London at the time. One fails to comprehend why he selected one of two young women when he made his second matrimonial venture, since It was apparently a matter of entire indifference to him which one should have the honor of bearing his name. His socialistic plans amount to nothing in the long run. in spite of his avowed principles and the erratic mode of life by which he sought to show his devotion to them. The author, t;. Bernard Shaw, says many good and true things In the book on sociological questions, but the story, as such, is distinctly an unpleasant one. New York: Brentano'. The WorldlitiKR. "The Worldlings." by Leonard Merrick, Is a novel of compelling Interest from the first word to the last. It Is singularly clear cut and convincing in style, occasionally epigrammatic, but never jcdantic. Maurice Blake is a strong, likible man, led by stress of circumstane s and a sudden fierce temptation to take a fal"Hi step, the consequences of which lead him ta England, where the story develops ami! the fashionable life of London. The author has fully demonstrated the fact that mankind is neither all pure white nor all Jet black, but a more or less pleasing mlxturo of both a comfortable gray. The heroin is a high-bred, high-spirited girl.- whose growing knowledge of herself ami of all but the mere fringe of life is drawn In a manner to excile the admiration of th reader, especially the feminine reader. The end of the story Is happy but unexpected, the complications being solved in so simple and e-onslstent n way as to inj felartllng. One puts down the book feeling that it is people, not characters, which have been so engrossing. Doubleday, Page & Co. Father Anthony. "Father Anthony" is the touching story of a conscience, and in it is vividly depicted the struggle between priestly duty and deep brotherly love. Father Anthony Is a young Roman Catholic priest, whose elder brother Is accused of murder and brought to trial for the crime. The real culprit, who was wounded at the time of the murder, thinking he was about to die, has admitted his guilt to the young priest under the seal of the confessional. - At the trial a word from Father Anthony would clear the brother he so dearly loves, but he does not utter it, since he is bound by his vow to God not to disclose tho secrets of the confessional. The real culprit finally admits his guilt on his deathbed and Michael Creenan Is free, but the struggle between love and duty has been too much for pcntle Father Anthony, an-1 in a few months he passes away. Mr. Robert Buchanan is thoroughly familiar with Irish life and character and writes sympathetically of both. New York: G. W. Dillingham Company. A Prince of A ready. - This story, by Arthur Henry, is most delightful in Its purity and simplicity, and from the open fields, the convent, inclosuro and the old-fashioned garden come draughts of idyllic romance which are truly refreshing. The story opens with two children, who, born and raised on a river Island Just out of sight tf the city of Terrysburg, weave great fancies of fairyland to amuse themselves, and live in that realm of imagination so dear to all children. The story follows, in a delicate, sweet way, the life of the girl Hilda, who. after the death of her mother. Is adopted by a rich old clubman of the city and placed with Mr. Mott, a gardener, and his daughter Primrose; tells of her simple young life, her convent days, and finally ends with a delightful love scene among the ptnsles, sweet-williams and geraniums of the old garden aKut which the great city has grown and gradually surrounded with its walls. Doubleday, Page fc Co. The filrl and the Governor. Under this title Mr. Charles Warren relates In a very entertaining way nine stories of political life as een from the standpoint of the state committee and the Governor's chamber, and gives glimpses of lobbying and wire-pulling which are very Interesting. The central figure about which the stories revolve Is "Governor Clinton." a man so much stronger than his party that he dares brave the rik of defeat by dealing with questions, bills and measures according to the dictate of his own conscience, and hot according to the mandates of party leaders and lobbyists. Of course, he reaps his Just reward, as he deserves, even to being elected to a third term. The incidents are always interesting and often dramatic, and Mr. Warren brings Into the stories Just enough of the women folk to show what Influence for the good woman can have upon politics If she chooses to exert It. Charles Scrlbncr's Sons. The Iale of the Winds. This recent book, by S. R. Crockett, Is, as the subtitle sets forth, "A Romance of Scotland and the West Indies In the Seventeenth Century." The hero, yoang Philip Stansfleld, encounters many and amazing adventures in Scotland, where tho action begins and ends, on the sea and the Islands of the Spanish main. The book H written in Mr. Crockett' usual fertile anl imaginative style and will appeal to those readers who delight in tales of adventure well seasoned with strong drink, deed of daring and personal courage, much cruelty and recklessness and the final downfall and dramatic end of the wjrfced characters. The love affairs of Phllln end charming Anna Marks, of Mrs. Stanvfteld and Umphrey Spurway, the manly English owner of the cloth mills, supply the needful sentiment to counterbalance the dark and tragic side of the tale. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company. Buttling for Atlanta. This Is the third volume in the Youn Kentuckians series by Byron A. Dunn. The first story of the series pens with a vivid picture of the discordant conditions prevailing in Kentucky in ISCO-fil, and en!s with the capture of Fort Donelson; the second carries on the tory of the young hero from the hlege of Corinth, through tho battles of Stone River. lVrryvllle and Chlckamauga. to the storming of Lookout and Missionary Ridge; and th! one plvcs details of the brilliant campaign 'in vkhk'U the Union forces under G-nera! Shcrmr.n encountered the Confederate force. csmmandtNl at first by General Joseph E. Ji-h1;-ston. nnd later by General Hood. Tl.; hero of the story, now oll ercun to I . soldier In the Union r rr-. y. v-5 r' ' Ley fcsro cf tlzz tr.-o r" ; : "