Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 168, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 June 1901 — Page 4

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Notice to Tourists. bribers leaving the city for a period during the- urrm-r can have the Dally and Sun-lay Journal mailed to ary address In th United States or Canada v.lthout extra ehaijfe. vThe addrei will be changed as often a desired. Both telephone A contemporary speaks of Canafla'f- I'anAmericanism. If wanting the whole of the United States is Pan-American, Canada has all the symptoms of such a desire. Democrats do hot care whether Mr. Eryan eleclares against a third nomination or not, but they would like to have him declare against a third term of the Chicago platform,. Now that CMlles. the last important Filipino leader, has concluded that it is not wcrth while to be a guerrilla any longer, thef armed opposition to American rule in the Philippine; is over. Mayor Tom Johnson Is finding that the role of reformer Is not the easy one he had expected. Kven a mayor has to be in Office some time before he can be dictator. Mr. Johnson should get pointers from Mr. T. Taggart before he goe. any further. An Indeterminate sentence of from two to twenty years and a verdict of manslaughter when the evidence showed deliberate murder, as was the result in a cage tried In Delaware county last week, is not a penalty to make life-taking a monstrous offense. There can be no doubt that Mr. Wanarr.aker has put the mayor of Philadelphia In a tight place by offering $2.500,000 for a franchise since given away, and the mayor's statement that he did not open the Utter making the offer because it did not come to him through proper channels will cot help him. Senator Pettlgrew said to a Kansas City reportsr that he had been offered I1S.000 a year to become the president of a railroad company, but he declined because he could make more In stock speculation. Mr. Pettigrew can no longer rail at Wall street; the abolition of the Supreme Court is what lie Is now shouting for. Five or six years ago ex-Governor Fingree was more quoted In the papers than most any man In the country, and all those vho hail as a leader the man whose acts and words make him conspicuous were shouting his praise. During the past two years ho has so passed from the public gaze that he would have been quite forgotten If his serious Illness In a foreign land had not recalled his name. . "While Oklahoma has been blessed with teveral good crops, a correspondent of the Kansas City Star, who has been visiting that region, finds that the great success and prosperity of the country are due to the fact that no settler could get more than ICO acres, which gave the country a large liumber of farmers who till their own i farms. There may be combinations In other Industries, but real success in farming comes to those who till small farms Intelligently. It Is very doubtful if there has been a change of sentiment sufficient to warrant a movement on the part of prominent Chinese merchants in this country to attempt the repeal of the exclusion act. They are a peaceful and Industrial people, but they are not consumers, and a people that can live on next to nothing would hoard wages to be taken back to China, while the products cf that sort of labor would have no market. Instead of opening the country to the Chinese we should make it Impossible for Europe's cheap-living surplus of population tD enter our ports. If the report Is true that the Pennsylvania and other Karte rn railroad companies have purchased the plant of the Pennsylvania Company, the most extensive In the country outside the United States Steel Corporation, in order to protect themselves against the demands of the last-named company, an Industrial struggle of large proportion is at hand. Hcfore Mr. Carnegie retired from the company ho demanded special rats of the Pennsylvania Railroad under threat of an independent line to the seaboard. If the Pennsylvania and several other railroad corporations have joined to protect themselves agalr.st such exactlor.f and the prices the billion-dollar combinations may impose for steel the public may Lc benefited by the conflict. Every time General Kitchener makes a report telling ;ven cf the capture by the Eoers of a British uupply wagon, a number Of American papers take the dispatch aj a text and Jeer at the general, predict hla eventual failure and advise him to admit at once that he can never win. When be reports a substantial victory, as noted in yesterday's dispatches, these papers are Heat. With them U Is a mere matte- of

sympathy with his opponents. But, on the ether hand, the observers of events who have watched Kitchener's career and are familiar with his patience, his tenacity of purpose and his qualities as a soldier have not the smallest doubt that if properly supported by the authorities at home he will bring victory to the Dritl-h arms. The Uriti.-ih in South Africa have been at a disadvantage In some respects from the beginning, but In spite of this they have made prosres-s. In fact, the war, as such, has been practically over for several months, thv strongest Boer lenders having escaped or ben captured, and their troops scattered. The lighting now going on ia with thce scattered detachments, and the result can only be of one kind. The end may bp delayed, but when it comes it will be the" British who will dictate terms.

Tin: puny or photiictiox. Thofe pai-rs which see the breaking up cf tli3 party in the division of Republican sentiment as to whether the tariff shall be modified or stand as it is. until a later day are consulting their hope rather than their Judgment. The Republican party holds to the policy of retaining the American markets for the American producer. Holding to that policy, great manufacturing interests have been built up. Because hißh duties were imposed on iron, years ago, the United States makes th prices of iron and steel for the world. Those prices are from DO to 73 per cent, lower than they were when the policy was adopted. There is loss division of sentiment in the Republican party upon the policy of protection than there is in any party upon any important question. On the issue between free trade or Its disguise, tariff reform, as a naked propositon, protection is stronger than the Republican party. When it comes to the application of the principle of protection to a tariff or revenue law there has always been a division of opinion, but not such a division as prevented the party in and nut of Congress from getting together. The question now in the Republican party is not between protection and free trade, but whether cr not the time has come to so modify some of the duties as to apply; better to the changed conditions. That question is always open to discussion, and those publications in the Kast trade rather than Republican papers which afllrm that those are not Republicans who discuss the propriety of modification of duties are out of harmony with the men who speak for the Republican party. Papers like the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Inter Ocean are more likely to reflect the sentiment of the Republican voters of the middle West than is the Economist ami the secretary of the Home Market Club of Boston. It Is an impertinence for any interest to declare that so good and usetul a Republican as Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin, has been or :s a traitor because he raised the question of the propriety of reducing the duties on products made by extensive combinations. Representative Tawney, of Minnesuta, will not br rejected as a Republican because he lelieves that it may be well to make some changes in the tariff. The statements coming from Washington to the effect that Speaker Henderson may be defeated unless he pledges himself to drop from the ways and means committee some of the best members, like Mr. Babeock. because the American Economist does not hold his views, would be offensive if they were not ridiculous. It will not be wise to modify the tariff until the bearing of present duties upon the industries and the interests of the country are fully understood, tut it will always be in order for Republicans to open discussion upon the general subject. In the meantime, let it be understood that no harm can come to the Republican party because a difference of sentiment appears in the discussion of the effect of the present tariff. The Republican party is for the protection of all Industries that by their prominence and prospects are entitled to it. Sirrin amatkuiis. Tho coterie of rumor makers who are trying to make the people believethat the friends of Senator Fairbanks arc making war upon Senator Beveridge should stand together, since, if they do not, they will rum their vocation. From the quality of their falsehoods one might suggest to them that some adept in the line of misrepresentation which they affect be secured, to tho end' that their stories may have an air of probability. They are amateurs, and dull at that. For instance, the amateur who made the story published in the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune on Saturday, In his ambition to excel his fellows, gave out a fabrication that discredits the work of his associates for two or three weeks. It is a most improbable story, so much so that if the author did not intend It as a joke he Is entirely unfit for tho vocation of a political Munchausen. This story is to the effect that at a secret conference' of Republicans held lately It was decided that If Senator Fairbanks Is to have the support of the Republicans of the State In the next national convention he must not be a candidate for re-election to the Senate in 1103. The maker of this stupid story says this result was reached at a recent conference in this city attended by Governor Durbln, Representative Landls and other well-known Republicans. The really capable romancer would have made sure that all of the parties to whom he gives names were In Indianapolis recently. He would not have had Mr. Landis here when he has not been in the State for two weeks unless he returned after the dispatch saying that he attended a conference here was printed. It is pcarcely necessary to say that no conference of the kind was ever held, and if the person who wrote the dispatch ever believed It he is the victim of practical Jokers who are content with small game. There is no conflict between Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge. and the columns of weak falsehoods and surmi?es which have been printed to that effect will mislead no sensible person. There have been no conferences regarding Mr. Falrbanks's successor, since, to use the prediction of Governor Durbln when In New York, "Senator Fairbanks will be his own successor by the desire of the Republican party, and no other man will be seriously spoken of." Last Thursday night the Carter II. Harlison League, which was organized to boom that gentleman for President, held a meeting, and among the speakers was John G. Ccburn, who said: We are of the people. We are not of th silk-stocking variety. You must know that to be a successful Democrat you should Luve a little devil In you. There is no place in the Republican party for the hobo, the sulooti Veper. the burslar and the horsethief. They will have to find' rest in the partv of the peoplethe Democratic party raid I think you will make a mistake if you

k!ck a fellow because he backslides once In a while. That sort of Democracy can be declared in Chicago, bat Mr. Coburn would not be welcome outside of the slums and their lawless element, which seems to believe in Mayor Harrison. As far as the Journal is able to Judge, the proposed agreement between the Board of Public Works and the lnterurban railway companies is fair for both sides. Of course, there are, those who will criticise, and there will be others who will snarl at any arrangement that could be made. Sometimes the growlers frighten officials.

It is gratifying to learn that the railroads are again to put an end vto rate wars. This old familiar tale has not been heard for several months, but every one knew it would come along. Thö ruins of the Chicago grand stand that fell down because the people on It stamped their feet testify to the stupidity of the builders. It would seem that by this time a Chicago architect ought to be able to allow for Chicago's feet. Indianapolis Is making progress. It Is marked by the abandonment of the moonlight schedule. PROM HITHER AND YON. His Pa Explains. Puck. Bobby Pa, when does a man get too old to learn? Father When he gets too old to marry, my son. The Paradoxical Joker. Life. "Confound Plotts, he's never happy unless he's playinfc a practical joke on some unfortunate." "Yes. He's never comfortable unless everybody else 1 uncomfortable." Strength. Judge. Mrs. Farmer Whlf!Wree Wa-nl, Josh, did yew leave that firkin o' butter at the grocer's? Josh WhlffletreeYf s, mother; nnd he said he'd give ua two months' credit nn the strength of It. A "Warning. 0 Maude nd Sarah, should you ever go To playing Juliet and Romeo, No nit on o;irth the verdict can diminish 1 tell you now, I see your dismal linish. Chicago Post. Evidence to the Contrary. Chicago Iieoord-IleralJ. Citizen Madame, why do you persist in punching me with your umbrella? Madame I want to make you look round so I can thank you for Riving me your seat. Now, sir, don't you go off and say that women haven't any manners. Her Idea of It. Washington .Star. "Charley, dear." said young Mrs. Torkins, "I r.ish you would save up your money and buy a yacht." "What for?" "We need so many things for the table. And winning races seems sueh a cheap way to get silverware." INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES. A Chicago justice fined a man and a woman for kissing in public. The man got $." the woman $10. This precedent arouses several Interesting questions, besides showing that it is more wicked for a woman than a man to kiss. Anderson Bulletin. Tom Johnson's friends Insist that he is the man the people want for President. The theory la that at lest 6 000.000 voters are eager to ca?t their ballots for a mountebank, and that Tom has exceptional claims on their support. Cravford3ville Journal. Presidential bees have become very busy in the bonnets of statesmen, major and minor, since Tuesday. It's up to Mr. Bryan to follow a good example and explicitly declare himseif opposed to a third nomination, but it is liKely to pass him. Mundo News. Mr. Bryan observes that the Democratic reorganlzers "are those who are enjoying the special favors of the present administration." Perhaps Mr. Bryan means "blessings" instead of "favors. " He is compelled to do that himself, though he makes u wry lace over It. Delphi Journal. It is said that since 'Squire Stader has commenced to fine bicycle riders for riding on the sidewalk that he has quit riding on tho sidewalk himself. Every one knows that it is the 'squire's duty to fine where the law has been violated, and no one would want him to give up a long-established practice. Columbus Republican. Ii the Central Union Telephone Company had given its patrons cheaper 'phones from the start it would not have had opposition or occasion now to collect $3.ouu.inm for operating purposes, but, as in the case of the local traction company, absence of competition made "the heurt grow fonder" of the almighty dollar. Fort Wayne JournalGazette. Judge Allen, of Marlon county, lias declared tho mortgage exemption law invalid. He says that it conflicts with the Constitution, whicli provides that no property except for scientific, educational, municipal or charitable purposes shall be exempt from taxation. This seems to be a reasonable interpretation of the Constitution and the lav.. Xoblesville Ledger. Cleveland coquetted with a third term until he divided the party in 151K. If he had declined promptly, as Mr. McKinley does, there would not have arisen an administration and anti-administration faction in the party. Doubtless a man who could have united all elements would have been the nominee, and Mr. McKinley would not now be in the White House. Evansvllle Courier (D&m.) President McKinley declined the third term surreptlously tendered him by Congressman Grosvenor. The President says his only ambition Is to serve acceptably through the administration to which the popi have elected him. The sentiment Is a noble one.. However, the election of Fairbanks will place the countrj- in a condition that will mke it unnecessary for any one to feel in the least uneasy as to the conduct of national affairs. Marion Tribune. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Two of the three sons of the late Admiral Raphael Semmes. of the Confederate service, have been judges on the Alabama bench for the last twenty-five years. The other son Is a practicing lawyer. "When I was a young man, studying for the ministry." said the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, the other day. "I came to the conclusion that it was a good time for a man to retire from the pastorate of a church when he got to be forty. When I got to be forty I changed my mind, und thought fifty was the proper age for retiring; then I later came to tee things differently, and decided that when I was sixty I should drop the work. But I don't give the matter any thought now." Paul Way land Bartlett, the sculptor, who has established his studio in one of the eastern suburbs of Washington, has received a letter from the French government accepting his statue of .Lafayette, wnich Is ihe gift to France cf o.iXO.UjO American schoolchildren Mr nrtUtfu t design was the successful one before the American juiy, una lie was required by the French government to erect his statue in planter on the site allotted for it in the court of the Louvre, where the French jury finally passed ua it. Many theories have been put forward with regard to King Edward's choice of name; that is. the dropping of the appellation "Albert." It is. however, no secret that the King never liked the name of "Albert." and It was only in deference to his mother's wish that he signed himself "Albert Edward." More than once he asked to be allowed to sign himself "Edward." but the Queen was obdurate. The King knew that the name of "Albert" would not be congenial to the British nation, and as soon as Queen Victoria had passed away he communicated his wish to be known as Edward VII to Lord Salisbury. Emile Zola, who is sixty-one years of age, once had a hard strutglo for existence. For eighteen months h starved in, the streets

of Paris. He never read a newspaper because he could not afford to buy one; he ne'ver entered a cafe; he never smoked.' He speaks of this time as one of the most utter misery, "without money, without work, without position, starving most of the time and dressed In rags." If ever he had a copper he would spend it on a candle, and with this he would sit through the night in h!s garret reading or writing books, it is different now. Not long ago he refused an offer of $100.000 for three books. One of the most remarkable memories of which there Is any record is that of Richard C. GUI, the veteran superintendent of the model department in the Patent Office at Washington. It is estimated that there are more than wo.ono models in Mr. Gill's department. Mr. Gill has not only learned the workings of each individual model, but he remembers each so perfectly that he can describe- its workings from memory without bothering to hunt up the model itsif. He knows the year the model was received, who the inventor was and other Information regarding the invention. A writer in the London Chronicle tells a story of tho famous scout, Maj:r Burnham. and his escape from the Boors after Sauna's Post. He had been placed In a bullock wagon at the head of the Boer column, but by a series of ingenious artifices he contrived to get placed in the last of the long line of wagons, whence he held an uninterrupted view of the Boer rear guard. Waiting until nightfall, and watching the opportunity, he managed to drop over the front of the wagon and remained fiat on 'the ground until the wagon had passed over him, when he swiftly and stealthily crawled away, ultimately making his way back to the British lines. NEGRO DISFRANCHISEMENT.

Sentiment Agulust It Is Growing; In 3Inny Southern State. Hartford Courant: To-morrow, at nbon, the one hundred men chosen by the. .people of Virginia to revise the State's Constitution will come together in Richmond. Eighty-nine of them call themselves Democrats; eleven were elected as Republicans. Sixty of them are college-bred men; thirty-six are graduates of the University of Virginia. One senator of the United States will sit In the convention, one congressman, eight legislators, eight judges. Twenty-seven delegates hold public offices of one sort and another, forty-eight aro ex-ofiicchoid-cts, twenty-five never held office. Out of eighty-seven members of the convention who have given their "pedigrees." fortvelght are lawyers, seventeen farmers, seven merchants, three bankers, two ministers, two doctors, two college professors, two editors, two civil engineers and two manufacturers. The chief task of the convention will be to llsfranchtso as manv of the present negro voters 43 possible. That's what it's for. The task would have been an easier one If the Democratic State convention had not promised tr.at no Illiterate white voter shall be disfranchised. This makes difficulties. The Richmond Dispatch feels pretty sure that the convention will not deprive the negroes of their present equal share of the school money?, but it looks for a good deal of discussion about the schools. Also about taxation, the judiciary, the expense of criminal prosecutions, the. fee system, and other matters. Whether the completed work of the convention is to be submitted to the present electorate of Virginia seems to have been left, thus far, an open qutsticn. At Montgomery. Ala., another convention is "at grips" with the disfranchisement problem. In a letter to the Montgomery Advertiser, an ex-Governor of the Stale, Hon. Thomas G. Jones, earnestly advises the delegates to do nothing to bring Alabama into collision with the Constitution, Congress ami the Supreme Court of the l'nitt'd State. He takes up one proposed plan after another for examination, and shows that it won't do. "The brain of man," he says, "cannot conceive of qualifications which, without violating the Constitution, will shear political power from the negro as a race, and at the same time confer the right of suffrage on all white men, save these convicted of crime." The convention must just do the best it can under the actual conditlonst lie says. it must postpone the literacy test for the present, in the interest of the illiterate white voters. What the ex-Governor suggests is a small . . property qualification, with a Provision that citizens havfhg no real property and' pnyinr no taxes may qualify by making a little contribution to the school fund, and another provision that every year a small number of persons may be admitted to the electorate, upon the recommendation of the grand Jury, by popular vote. This will let in a good many black citizens, he ac.mlts. "I do not believe." he writes, "that it Is for the jjood of either race that the negro race should be shut out from all hope, and that every individual of the race, no matter what his good character, intelligence and interest in the community, shall be forever debarred from qualifying himself to vote in a government which taxes him. punishes him, regulates all his concerns, and In case of need, would demand of him to give his life in its defense." The Hon. Leonidas L. Livingston is sorry about the Virginians and Alabamians. He fears as a Southerner and Democrat that they axe heading toward trouble. Georgia is all right as things are he says. Any man over twenty-one who refrains from felony, registers and pays his taxes his poll tax, if he owes the State nothing more can vote there; and the system works nicely. Congressman Livingston has no use at all for any disfranchisement constitutional convention in the State of Georgia. Grout 3Iau in Georsin. Philadelphia Record. A man from Georgia, one of the delegates to the industrial convention, was talking yesterday about Hoke Smith. "Down In our State." said the Georgian, "the namo of Hoke Smith Is held In veneration. Apropos of this they tell a story about a couple of crackers' who were sitting on a rail fence, talKing politics. It was when Hoke Smith was serving as secretary of the Interior in nx-Preiddent Cleveland's Cabinet. 'Hoko Smith's a great man, sun.' said ono cracker. Yaas, he's a great man, but he ain't as grtat a man as Grovcr Cleveland.' said the oth r. 'Yes, suh, Hoke Smith's a gieatah man than Grover Cleveland.' 'Wall, ah reckon be ain't us great a man as Gen'l Robe't E. Lee.' 'Yaas. suh. Hoke Smith's a greatah man than Geni Robe't E. Lee.' 'Ah reckon he ain't es groat a man es JefC'son Davis." 'Yaas. suh. Hoke Smith's a greatah man than Jeff'scn Davis.' A long pause followed and each chewe-d meditathely. iioko Smith ain't cs great es God.' lt markeil the doubting cracker. This argument seemed a clincher, but the other cracker proved equal to it. He spat copiously and then drawled out: 'Mcbbe not: mebbe not. But Hoke Smith's a young man yltl' " They Arc A'ot So DHn.M Boston Advertiser. Ex-Senator Pettigrcw of North Dakota, is not so "down" on corporations as he was, since he has become a bloated goldbug in connection with the Northern Pacific Railroad. Ex-Senator Towne. of Minnesota, has seen a new light (kerosene oil light) on the subject of soulless monopolies since lie became promoter and piincipal stockholder In the Export Oil and Pipe Line Company, of Texas, with a capital of JS.OOO.O , and a good understanding with the Standard Oil trust. But plutocrats in general will elo well not to count too continently on converting Bryan from the error of his ways in like manner. It docs not always work so. For instance, the richer Tom Johnson grew, out of street car monopolies, the more loudly he proclaimed that monopoly is robbery. Public Right Must He Regarded. Omaha Bee. The striking machinists have a larse strike fund and other labor organizations are pledging moral and financial support. The employers are airo raiding a fund which runs up into the millions to fight the strikers. While all this waste of millions already created Is going on. there Is the loss of further millions which labor, if employed, would create. Public as well as private rights are involved in such controversies, which fact the "parties should be made to understand. Competition Always Will Ilnle. Minneapolis Tribune. A challenge has been flung down to the steel trust by the Pennsylvania Railway Company, which has bought a steel concern of its . own, and is now in a position to block any exorbitant prices by the big combination. It will not be long before competition will govern in every line of trade and manufacturing, and on a moro Immense scale than ever befor.

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This is doubtless the most practical and convenient plan, but it brings oddly contrasted productions and men of different centuries into close juxtaposition. In Volume 6, for instance, John Fisher (fifteenth century), on "The Jeopardy of Daily Life," is close neighbor to Frederick Frelinghuysen (nineteenth century), on "Universal Suffrage." Gregory of Xazianus (fourth century) is shoulder to shoulder with Frank W. Gunsaulus, of Chicago, and the twentieth century. General Benjamin Harrison appears in this volume, and Is represented by his inaugural address. The series of ten volumes Is now complete and together forms a most attractive and valuable work. In it arc found a great number of orations not hitherto easily accessible, yet to which reference is often desirable for historical purposes, or to explain allusions In contemporary literature. The compilation has been made upon the whole with good judgment and discrimination. It may be questioned whether the merit of some very recent speeches justifies their inclusion here, the perspective of time being needed with orations as well as with books to test their lasting quailties, but it is perhaps well to give such speeches the benefit of the doubt. The name of Justice David J. Brewer is given as editor of the work, with Edward A. Allen and .Villlam Schuyler as associate editors, and while it is not likely that Justice Brewer gave much personal attention to the matter, it is safe to assume that he has not attached nis name to the compilation without being satisfied of its quality. A brief biographical sketch cf the author of each speech accompanies his oration. Each volume contains a number of excellent Illustrations portraits or copies of historic paintings. Th volumes have a substantial binding and are a desirable addition to any library, public or privaie. Ferd V. Kaiser, publisher. St. Louis. Indian Basketry. " A great many persons take an Interest in baskets made by Indians, but mainly because of their oddity and their variety of form and color, and not because they are specimens of a genuine art. It is only the few who realize that in these baskets may be traced the history and development of a primitive race, and that in form and design the curious handiwork has a symbolism which ks of grez.t Importance to archaeologists and ethnologists, besides opening the door to a store of myth and legend fascinating to all who read. These few have found in Indian basketjs as great significance and as distinct an art as are now recognized in tho rugs and other textile fabrics of the Orient. George Wharton James, author of a number of books dealing with far Western topics, has made a study of basketry for many years, and gives the result of his observations in a volume which is the first and only comprehensive and satisfactory work on the subject for popular use. and must be recognized as an authority. His studies have been pursued in the Southwest and on -the Pacific coast as far north as Alaska. He goes into Iiis theme exhaustively, but makes his narrative as interesting as romance. And. ns a matter of fact, the romance, the religion, the very individuality of the makers is represented in these baskets to whoever Is keen enough to read the meaning of the intricate design?. "The more the intelligent and conscientious collector studies his baskets the more they will mean to him," the author says. Question them and they will tell you many thlntys. As you sit alone with them they will bring up pictures of forest, desert, canyon and village, where humble huts shelter simple and poetic people people who are as yet near to Nature's heart. They will tell you of art and religious aspirations and longings, of a nation's struggling from the lower to the higher. They will reveal the steps of progress and the methods followed by our own ancestry as they evolved from savagery to civilization." The volume contains three hundred illustrations, many of them having been originally made at great expense for use in government scientific publications. It is an important and useful contribution to ethnological lore. Published by Henry Malkan, No. 1 William street. New York. 111 Letters. This volume, by Julien Gordon (Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger), bears as a subtitle "The Passion of Love." It is made up of a series of letters supposed to have been written by a man to a woman. She is an artist, and he falls in love with her through seeing one of her paintings and long before he meets her In person. His first, second and third communications are mere notes, with the pending of a book as an excuse. In Letter G he Is saying of one preceding: "So the Utter was lost. It seems to me that I could have hurled the earth from its axis to get back that letter from a stranger's hand; the thought that any eye but one should look on it is pure agony. I cannot rewrite it; I might as well try te re-call the blood my heart lost yesterday. But my heart is still strenuous, still loyal, though I thought It would bre-ak this morning." In Letter 10 he savs: "It is 4 o'clock in the morning. I cannot sleep. I have been lying with my eyes shut, looking nt you. I have turned my face due southeast, in the direction where you are sleeping. I have murmured your name, and I have tried with a great effort to force my spirit through the walls of brick and stone, that it might look down upon you. sleeping and breathe upon your cheek." In Letter 13 is this wail: "Eight o'clock four hours more! The postman has come and gone. Still not a line from you. My God: don't you evr mean to write to me again? Must I live through another day like yesterday? Have mercy." Most days he did not have to do without l.er letters. In No. S3 of his own he tells of one just received from her that "lies like a red-hot coal close to my heart, my darling." All this before he had seen her! Before writing the forty-sixth letter they had met, and he says: "You exhale love; vou are u Mower. I should think that all little birds and lovely Insects, like butterflies, must circle around you in the springtime.'' In Letter 91 he says: "One tear of yours kills me with sadness. One touch of your hand thrills me with an ecstasy that makes me yearn to live forever." There are 115 letters made tip of this sort of hysterical twaddle, and it is hard to imagine the condition of mind of on who reads them all. D. Appleton & Co.. publishers. The Fonrth Estate. As a story there Is little to be commended in "The Fourth Estate," but as a sample of bright, humorous writing the book ranks high. A. Pa!aeio Valdes, the author, has been likened to Thomas Hardy, but the Spaniard Is unlike the Englishman In style and treatment of characters. There Is a similarity, however,' in the fact that both writers deem It necessary to trench on forbidden ground to enhance the interest of their stories among readers whose bent of mind is toward the salacious. Valdes would not have detracted from the merit of his buolc had ho made the escapade? of Venturita and the lustful old duke less prominent, nor would he have lost anything had the visit of Pablo to Valeriana's hoir.e been less sueestlve. The scene of the story is a Spanish seaport on the Bay of Biscay, am tho chief characters (aside from ..e noisy politicians who engage in amusing wordy warfare over every public trivially, from the laying of a cobble stone to the construction of a slaughter house) are Gonzalo, an athletic young man, who promises to marry the meek Cecilia, but jilts her for the more voluptuous sister Venturita: Dona Paula, mother of the girls; Senor Belinchon, their father; Pablo, a weak. vaJn son; hi "flames;" the Duke of Tornos. the villain of the story; Dona Brlglda and Don Jamie. Cecilia is a strange girl something like those who figure In Sunday-school stories one who seemingly delights to turn the other cheek to be smitten. She Is the antithesis of her sister Venturita. The latter Is a born coquette, stooping to anything

to gain her desire: vain, passionate and immoral, who finally drives her husband to suicide. There is a vein of comedy running through the book that will be sure to please every reader. The Alcaldes are characters worth studying. The controversies in the newspapers are also amusing. Rachel Challice Is the translator of "The Fourth Estate," and Brentano, New York, the publisher.

The Internntleinnl Year Rook. The International Year Book for ir"-0, published by Dodd, Mead & Co.. is a book of 1.000 pages. It Is a wonderfully full compendium of the world's progress during the last year of the century; indeed, it may by called one of the miracles of book-making. Such a result could only have been secured by employing specialists to prepare the matter under the different heads. No topic of interest during the year has been so unimportant as to be passed over, while the subjects that have attracted general attention are fully treated, not only by relating what has taken place, but by giving an outline of the current discussion. Even government receives attention, and all events affecting any portion of the world are touched upon. Of the larger topics, such as the outbreak in China and the action of the powers, the full history is given. In such a book one would look for the condensed history and achievements of every American State, but he would scarcely expect that the far away isles of the sea would find more than a mention, but concerning these and, in fact, concerning every topic of any considerable interest, something can here be found. Taking a few topics alphabetically, one mav grasp the completeness of the work. Thus: "Hawaii," "Hay," "Haytl." "Hazleton," "Hazen," "Heating." Again one finds "Iowa." "Ireland." "Ireland. Church of." "Iron and Steel." "Irrigation." "Isthmian Canal Commission." "Italian Literature." "Italy." "Ito." "Ivory Coast." etc. This list shows the range of the work. A special feature is the progress of the nineteenth century, treated by a score of specialists a volume in itself. Accurate maps of the portions of the world in which the leading events of the year took place are given, and more than fifty pictures of men, places and inventions add to the value of the volume. If anything has occurred the past year that the reader canot find in this volume, he may be certain that it is a matter of little consequence. Even the volumes of the United States census are forestalled by giving the population of cities, towns and townships. The Mnsrle Seven, "The Magic Seven" is the title of a little volume by Lida A. Churchill dealing with mental healing and with the utilizing of the mental powers to the best advantage in all the affairs of life. The "magic seven" are the seven rules leading to this self-control, a chapter being given to each. The chapter titles are as follows: "How to Center Yourself," "How to Go Into the Silence," "How to Concentrate the Mind," "How to Command Opulence." "IIow to Use the Will," "How to Insure Perfect Health. "How to Ask and Receive." Hero is the way to have perfect health: "Say in sllence: 'I will have perfect health. I will be in constant connection with the great Health Source. I will to have only such companions, thoughts, surroundings, practices, as will give me the God vitality, power and peace.' Sit upright. Place your hands on your knees, the fingers slightly drawn over the edge of the knee-pan. Draw in a long, full breath, which you can bear, letting the abdomen expand to its full limit. Hold the breath as long as possible. White drawing in and holding, keep the idea that you are taking in Life. Strength. Vitality, using any of these words which you choose. When letting out the breath, so you can hear it, hold th idea that you can hear It. hold the idea that your weakness Is going out with it. See that with the outgoing breath the abdomen is drawn completely iu. This exercise will assist you materially in concentrating the mind and adducing sleep." People who have a fancy for experimenting with occult forces may find this book suggestive. The Alliance Publishing Company, New York. Prince Rupert. There Is little to say either for or against "Prince Rupert, the Buccaneer." recently from the press of the Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Cutcliffe Hyne, whose latest book it is, will add nothing to his fame or laurels by its production. A novel, to be acceptable, must "point a noral or adorn a tale," and this book teaches no lesson, affords scant entertainment and i. not even well written. "The Lost Continent" was overdrawn, but the reader could forgive the fact in its vigor of action, its coherent plot and the remoteness of the period of which it treated. "Captain Kettle," too. had a virility all its own, and pleasing qualities which are sadly missing in the story of this caddish swashbuckler. Prince Rupert. With the advent of the "silly season." however, the book may find a certain vogue, though it can hardly be long lived. Many of its faults could be forgiven If It had a satisfactory ending, but it has none at all; reader, actors and action are left hopelessly "in the air," and the wonder is, when and how terra firma Is to be safely reached. The White Cottage. "Zack," otherwise Miss Gwendolen Keats, is a writer of unquestionable strength and talent. Her short stories, one or two volumes of which she has published, show ability, but this more sustained piece of work marks progress. In "The Whito Cottage," as in her earlier tales, she deals with humble people in rural England, and in this, as in the others, she shows preference for the sad and tragic. But this, unlike the rest, is lightened by touches of genuine humor. It is the story of a woman wne chooses the least deserving of two lovers a rascal, in short and who clings to him to the last, though he wrongs her shamefully. Why she does this is shown with admirable art in the insight the author gives inte the characters of the three. Thn literary style of the book is wonderfully clear cut. There Is nothing superlluous. and every paragraph tells. For American readers the harsh dialect of the rustics is a drawback. There is reason to look to Miss Keats for something yet more striking in the line of fiction. The book is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. I'nilemtuillea. In this volume of short stories the author, Mary E. Wilklns. has dealt with certain resemblances between animals and human beings and between flowers and human beings. They are not "studies" of animals in the Seton-Thompson sense, but treat of the cat, the dog, the horse, the squirrel, the parrot, and so on ia a waymore fanciful than scientific, yet which has a realism that gives them charm. There Is the monkey which had a kinship to the boy. the pHrrot which had an occult sympathy with his mistress, the "bouncing bet" which, in itr ragged, straggling ways, was like the untidy owner of the houte before which It grew; the peony, loved by the woman who was large and red and unrefined all these and other resemblances are brought eut in the clear way and with the sure touch that Mary Wllkins knows. The story of the domestic cat in a state of i.ature is extremely clever, ho well is the animal's individuality brought out and so ciosely Is he put in touch with the human tramps with whom he associates. Only an artist in literature could have written these I'enelflpe'H Irinli Experience. All readers of those two delightful books, "Penelope in England" and "Penelope In Scotland," in which are related the adventures of the three women, "Penelope." "Fancesca" and "Salemlna," will welcome this volume telling cf the travels of the same congenial three In Ireland. Notwithstanding" the sprishtünoss of the author's style and disposition to discover the humorous in what she sees, there Is a good deal of serious comment on conditions and people in these pages, together with effective bits of description of the things one would like to see and bitR of suggestive historical lore. Nowhere is it dull, though possibly the interest may not be so fully sustained as In the preceding volumes. The love affair of the sedate and elderly Salemlna forms the sentimental intent of the narrative. It Is an entertaining book, and well adapted for summer reading. Houghton, Miaiin c Co.. publishers. Practleal Golf. This work is by Walter J. Travis, amateur golf champion of the United States. Mr. Travis is net only a player, but a student of the principles of tho game, and In this manual he endeavors to teach golf as a science as well as a pastime. It is a very practical work, describing in detail every feature of the game and the methods to be followed by the player at very

stroke. The author deals especially with golf as affected by tho climate and noil of America. Besides instructions to the player, all ef which ar; supplemented by graphic illustrations, directions are Riven as to the liyins-er.it of courses and the management of clubs. Official rules ct the National Golf Associations are given, and much general information relating to the game. It is a work of value to the expert player as weil as to the beginner. Harper & Bros., publishers. A Donk for FUherinen. This book, entitled "Fly-Rods and FlyTackle," and written by Henry P. Weils 13 a new edition of an already standard work. It is an elaborate production by an experienced angler, and goes into all th-5 minutiae and the mysteries of the fisherman's art in a way which leaves nothing for the besinne r but to put the teaching Into practice. Incidentally there is a goi deal of entomology, also considerable botany and woodcraft involved. The book is the work of an enthusiast and is very practical and technical. It is an authority on the subjeet of which it treats and must be of much value to the sportsman. Numerous illustrations and diagrams add to iu usefulness. Published by Harper &. Bros., New York.

Inder the Redwood. This collection of ten short stories by Bret Harte adds another to the very long list of books by this prolific writer. How many stories he has written it is impossible to say, but it is very certain that much use has not caused his pen to lose its cunning. There is a charm about these latest stories that belonged to the first. Not all are of equal interest, of course, but each and all have that quality which causes the reader to go to the end when he has once begun any of the ten. Conditions such as he describes no longer exist in California, perhaps, but so far as the reader is concerned the element of realism is there, and is sufficient. The book, which is published by Houghton, Mithin & Co., is in uniform style with former volumes. The World's Work. The first six numbers of the magazine, Tho World's Work, have been gathered into a very handsome and attractive volume, which bears as a subtitle "A History of Our Time." This is true much in the sense that it is true of a collection of newspapers. The World's Work has dealt with matters ot ilve and current Interest, with especial attention to our national industries ami their development, and to the thought bearing lireclly and Indirectly upon the world'a activltie-s. The practical takes the leni in this magazine, which has made a distinct place for itself in a field which seemed already fully occupied. Doubled-, Pago & Co., New York. Min Prltehnrd'M WcddtnK Trip. Clara Louise Burnham has given to the public a book somewhat out of her usual vein in "Miss Pritchard's Wedding Trip." It might be called a traveler's story or a story of travel; the love element Is there, but it is evidently secondary with the author. As is usual with Miss Ilurnham's work the' tale Is delightfully told, and Is one to bo added to the list for summer reading, for the young persons as well as for the "grown-ups." The book will especially arpcal to those readers who have visited the places eleseribed. Published by Houghton, Mithin & Co. Current Periodical. An unpublished diary by Francis Parkman, the great historian, will appear In the July Scribner's. It is his account of a journey made through and around Lake George in 1S42. It is said to be full of his acute and satirical observations of men and nature. The four issues of the Youth's Companion to be published in June will contain nearly twenty stories, one of these, "The Great Scoop," by Molly Elliott Seawell, being a serial story of life in a newspaper office. Among the contributors of these stories will be Harriet Prescott SiofTord, Charles Tenney Jackson. Parker Bartlett. John D. Sherman. Sophie Swett, T. S. Van Dyk and Will Allen Dromgoole. The novelette in the July Smart Set la a lively tale by Molly Elliott geawcll, author of "The Sprightly Romance of Marsac." It is entitled "Papa! Bouchard." and Is really a French farce. It Is probable that an adaptation of It will be neen later on the stage. There Is the usual variety of short stories, sketches, verses and humorous bits. Among the short stories is one for which the author, Erin Graham, received a 5100 prize. Among the contributors are Edgar Fawc'tt, Julien Gordon, Elizabeth Duer and R. K. Munklttiick. Rowena New Burford, of Indianapolis, contributes a humorous skit dealing with the experience of a Frenchman when taking his first lesson in golf. re-arson's Magazine for July contains a variety of good fiction no less than seven short stories and the first installment of a serial by II. G. Wells. The Wells story is called "The Sea Lady," the "lady" in the case being a mermaid who affected to be drowning, was rescued by a young man and imposed herself upon his family in a way very embarrassing to them. An article that will please boys is an Illustrated account of some remarkable hoop-rolling. Kumatology is a word which has to do with waves and wave structure, and the subject is treated by Marcus TIndal in a most interesting way. Benjamin-Constant and his work form the subject of the opening paper of the number. Ojher contributions of Interest are a character rketch of King (car. of Sweden and Norway, an account of "A Moving Village," and a paper descriptive of the native habitations of America. Swimmers will be Interested in the article entitled "Diving as a line irt.' In addition to the fiction already mentioned is an amusing tale inten!.'! especially for children. Altogether the July Pearson's offers much entertainment. The Spring number of Municipal Affairs, just out, is Riven up entirely to a bibliography of the world's literature on municipal problems. It is compiled Ly Robert C. Brooks, of Cornell University, and contains entries of over li.oci" books, pamphlets, government reports, documents and magazine articbs published n the United States, Great Britain and colonies, France, Germany, Italy. Holland. Belgium. Spain. Portugal, Russia, Switzerland and many other countries. The- author list contains nearly 4.000 names and 7.5'i rcf rences. Titles are arranged topically, so that one may find In a moment what has been written on any and every murihipal njhjret. Classification is also made according to countrie-s and eitles. Among the principal topics are: "Housing," eoverlag nine pages; "Finance," live; "Water Supplies." seven; "Transit Facilities." eight: "Lighting." nine; "Municipal Control and Ownership," thirteen: "London ' occupies nineteen pages; "Paris." seven; "Ch!c.go.' five; "Boston." five; "Berlin." five; "New York." twenty-six; "France," five; "Germany." six; "United States," nine; "United Kingdom." fifteen, etc. Th" importance attaching to these questions and tli growing desire among people ir.tere .! in the development of their towns und cities to be informel upon them make thi crmplU tion of especial timeliness and value. With the PnMIfthrr. "A Sailor's Log." the autobiography of Rear Admiral Kcbh y D. Evans, has provel so popular that the Apple-tons announce; the sixth edition th!.? within four weeks ot the original publication. Sir Edwin Arnold has b-en blind for a year or more. Since the visitation of his blindness, Fir Edwin has dictated an epic poem of about four thousand Ilr.es. Its subject is the circ jrrnav;gatlcn of Africa by the Phoenicians ix hundred yearn before Christ. It !s entitled "The Voyage of Ithobal." and wl'.l -oon be i-eutd by the G. W. Dillingham Company. Cassell & Co., London and New York, have just added to their series of "Work Handbooks" a volume on "Taxidermy." In these lr0 pa$es are Included clear anl .uccir.ct direction In the nrt of preparing and preserving the gklns e.f birds, mammals and fi.-h. and of sturfing and mounting them ho as to Impart to thfm " eu close a resemblance to the ilvlr.g Torrn a? possible. Mrs. Henrietta Dar.a Skinner, whose new novel, "Heart and Soul," Is in course of publication by Harper & Brothers, li the daughter of Richard Henry Dana, Jr., who wrote the famous "Two Y'ears Be ' fore the Mast." Mrs. Skinner's grand- ' father was R. 11. Dar.a. the elder, author of "The Buccaneer." and at one time editor of the North American Review, wherefore It may be inferred that this author lj an example of hereditary genius. In l$7i Mrs. Skinner published her "Letters frora a French Convent." Mrs. Skinner's "EaI'iritu Santo" was mot favorably received