Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 210, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1901 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1001.

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Both telephones 221 The man who does not hope that the report that the steel company and the Amalgamated Association have come to an understanding can well doubt If he Is a good citizen. Those papers that were calling Mr. Bryan "the peerless leader" a, year ago are net warranted in turning tlfelr praise into ridicule by putting the words in quotation marks. The rapid progress and near approach to fc settlement of the steel strike made since the leaders cn both sides came together in conference creates surprise that they did not do so sooner. There Is one lot of land in the annex to Oklahoma to every thirteen names registered. One chance in thirteen will leave many disappointments, but ndt so many as has the ratio of 16 to 1. Mr. Taggart's command of the English language may not be as extensive as that of the greatest writers, but he knows quite enough to make a plain and explicit refusal of the nomination of mayor if he wants to. It Is not often that a public oilicial has as good ground for using strong language as Attorney General Taylor had In the insanity inquest matter, and it will be generally admitted that he improved the opportunity. That the Mayor Carter Harrison league. Of Chicago, has declared for the Kansas City platform and eulogized Mr. Bryan is In the nature of a surprise, as the mayor lia3 been regarded as hostile to the lG-to-l champion. Senator Tillman, in inducing the South Carolina Democratic state committee to turn Senator McLaurin out of the party, has fairly opened himself to the charge of being afraid to meet the latter in an open canvass. It Is evident that the two able bodies in Alabama and Virg':: a, assembled to disfranchise the negro voter, are finding the task a most difficult one. The net that will catch the entire negro vote is sure to enmesh a large number of whites. Senator McLaurin. of South Carolina, loes not propose to be read out of the Democrat!; party without striking hack. He is said to be preparing an announcement which, to use his 'own language, "will split the Democrat ie party wide open in this State." The namos of four ox-representatives in j Congress from Kansas appear in the list of those seeking the Oklahoma lands by lot a circumstance which warrant's the opinion that more men go out of Congress without the means of earning a living than from the san.e number of men engaged in any other legitimate bu.-iness. Among the other disreputable thing of which th Pennsylvania Senate was guilty was to make an arrangement that the dsks and ehalrs the Senators oeeupiod during the session should be sent to them ht thrir honns. Thus far seven anti-Quay Republicans and thrc-e Democrats have ent the furniture b.u-k to the Statelouse. Mr. YVu Tinfang admits that he Is homelick and would like to visit China for a while, but he adds that he would like to return to the United States, for "I like the American people, and thry have always appealed to me in every way." If popularizing himself with a people and defending his own government with Intelligence und tact are requisites of a good mird.-ter Mr. Wu is a first-class one. Lord Salisbury's rt-cent gloomy and alrnost foreboding utterances sin to have an explanation in the statement now made that thei Hritl!-h government has decided to withdraw To.ijO troops from South Africa tt aieet a new peril In IniU. Whether thl

1 a threatened uprising of the natives, or an aggressive movement by Russia, it must be serious to call for the dispatch of so many troops from South Africa. TAGIiAKT'S TACTICS. It Is not possible for any one who Is at all familiar with Mayor T. part's methods to doubt that he expects another nomination. He is simply repeating the tactics of two years ago. Time and again he declared that ho was not a candidate in lSX. and that he did not want th" nomination. Then the men who ho! 1 ofhee under him and whose bread and butter depend upon an extension of the rule of Taggart, came forth with the appeal thr.t his nomination was essential to party success. The primaries were held and nearly every delegate was for the renomlnatlon of the mayor. It was the most spontaneous piece of work ever witnessed so spontaneous, in fact, that most people will always suspect that Mr. Taggart himself pulled the wires which made all of the puppets dance. There are half a dozen Democrats who would be eager candidates for the Democratic nomination if they did not know that the mayor really desires the nomination and will have it. Those Democrats do not purpose to be defeated, and, at the same time, incur the enmity of the mayor and his office-holders. They are hoping that the day may come when Mr. Taggart will conclude that he has had enough, or that by heing acquiescent he may permit them to have some little place in the indefinite future. So it is likely to happen that no man who is a well-known Democrat will be on the primary ticket against Mr. Taggart. and that the hundreds of employes will do their utmost to brins out a large vote for him to show his amazing popularity. There is but one possibility for Mr. Taggart absolutely refusing to accept a fourth nomination, and that is that he may be defeated in a fourth campaign. If he were prudent he would decline, but the mayor's rare luck may laI him to place such faith in his success that he may believe that he cannot be defeated. It is probable the mayor's faith in his Invincibility may make him reckless. He came unpleasantly near defeat at the last election. Indeed, many believe that he escaped defeat by the adroit manipulation of friends after the polls had been closed. The narrow plurality of when the Republicans were not in so good fighting condition as now, should make the muyor hesitate. "Whether or not he accepts the nomination of the party Is a matter of indifference to Republicans, but most people know that he as much expects and desires a fourth nomination as he did the second in 1S97.

an au(jimi:t for colli:;i: AT II Limes. The perennial discussion as to the merits and demerits of college athletics has a new argument on the merit side in a series of experiments recently concluded by Dr. J. W. Seaver, director of the Yale gymnasium. The doctor's prejudices would naturally be In favor of athletics, but this tihouid not discredit a statement of facts. Ills experiments covered the physical condition of 2.057 Yale undergraduates and about 20,000 students of twenty other universities in different parts of the country a basis broad enough, one would think, to be fair. A surprising result of the investigation is Dr. Seaver's statement that the most common physical defect of a serious nature found among students on their entrance to college is the various forms of spinal curvature, of which that known as lateral curvature is the most serious and frequent. This Is surprising, because the average young American of the student age appears to be conspicuously free from any trouble of that kind, but the experiments showed that out of 2.0C7 Yale students examined no less than 117 had lateral spinal curvature. Applying the athletic test It was found that of this number thirty-eight were close students, sixtytight were ordinary and only eleven were athletes. The figures seem to furnish a strong argument in favor of athletics as a prevention or cure for the particular physical defect referred to. An interesting inquiry in another direction would be as to te original cause of the spinal curvature. If It was the result of Improper sitting or training in graded or academic school days that is a matter deserving attention. As to the merits of athletics the truth probably lies, as usual, between the two extremes. Exercise within reasonable limits is benelicial. but, carried to an extreme or made the chief end of college life, it is injurious. POLITICAL (JIIOIMSM. A curious feature of current discussion Is a revival of the attacks on Alexander Hamilton. It seema to be a necessity of the situation that the narrow-minded factionists who are trying to make an issue of what they call imperialism should attack every person, dead or alive, who has favored a government strong enough to make Itself respected by Its friends and feared by its enemies. Hamilton favored such a government; therefore, although he has been dead nearly a hundred years, his memory is attacked. Circumstances have required President McKinley to exercise the reserve powers of th" Constitution with a strong ham!, therefore the little Americans pretend to see in "MeKInl.yism'1 the reproduction of "Hamiltonianiim." If they flared to attnek the memory cl Abraham Lincoln they would put "Lincolnltm" in the same category, for Hamilton never advocated as strong a government as Lincoln administered. If the papers which are now attacking the memory of Hamilton should succeed in so far obliterating the truth of historj- as to have their views generally accented it would be a complete demonstration of the Ingratitude of republics, for, with the single exception of George Washington, no other man did as much to bring about the establishment of our present form of government as Alexander Hamilton. One of the earliest advocates of independence, be ipoke and wrote In favor of separation b fore Jefferson ever uttered a word on the subject. In August, 1773. Jefferson said: "1 would rather be in dependence on Great Urltain than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation." At that time Hamilton had published pamphlets which had given a great Impulse to the cause of independence. "When the war began he was already in command of an artillery company and was among the first to get in action. He served during the entire war, most of the time on Washington's staff, and always with the latter's fullest confidence. He was one of the earliest advocates of a constitutional convention, whs the leader of the constitutional party in New VorU and a. delegate from that State. He favored a strong government, but not, u$ has been falsely charstd. a monarchical

government. It is true that he admired the Rritish Constitution and government, as many do now, but his admiration for the riritlsh government was no greater than v as Jefferson's for the revolutionary government of France. When it came to the question of the adoption of the Constitution by the States Hamilton at once assumed the leadership of the constitutional party, and. by his pen did more t.-.an any other person to secure its adoption. He conceived and started the "Federalist" and wrote fifty-one out of the eighty-five papers in that celebrated publication, and assisted in writing twelve others. In these pnpers he discussed every feature of the Constitution with consummate ability, and presented arguments for its adoption that have never been answered. It is doubtful if the Constitution would have been adopted but for these papers. When Washington came to form his first Cabinet he made Hamilton secretary of the treasury, and during the next five years he did the work that lies at the foundation of our system of administration and gave life and meaning to the Constitution. A mere enumeration of his public services in this and other capacities would fill columns of the Journal, but it is only designed to refresh tho public mind regarding the record of one of the bravest soldiers, most eloquent orators, most forcible writers and greatest statesmen of the revolutionary period. The attack on his memory is brutal and disgraceful to those engaged in it. It is a demonstration of political phoulism for which American politics furnishes no parallel. Tlin TIICOLOGY OF HATE. Rev. W. D. Leach, of Chicago, seems to be sharing the notoriety of Professor Trigg, of Chicago University, who declared that yellow-covered novels are better literature than the hymns sung in the churches, by declaring at a camp-meeting that he expects to be lonesome In heaven because there will be so few men in that abode of the righteous, to which he is confident he will go. He declares that very few men will get to heaven. He says that "men lie under the trees on Sunday and smoke cigars while women crowd into the tents and listen to sermons." Consequently, to use his own play of words, he is certain that "most men will go to not to heaven." He knows, however, that he is going to heaven, even if all other men with whom he associates go to that place of punishment which ia so large a part of his personal theology. Mr. Leach asks "Why don't men go to church and become Christians?" He holds that church-going and being Christians are synonymous terms. Perhaps they should be. One of tine reasons why many men do not go to church is that the irrational talk of such men as Mr. Leach either disgusts or offends. The largt-r part of the clergy is composed of men who are imbued with Christian charity, but there are enough narrow bigots who preach a theology not found in the Sermon on the Mount. Theiv little minds; are filled with the spirit of hate and retribution. They hate the men who will not listen to thm, and if bodily persecution was practiced as In the .undeveloped periods of Christian teaching, they would visit those who would not listen with corporal punishment. Some of them are such strangers to the Christian spirit that they are facetious in their remarks about the place to which they would rend all those who do not accept their leadership. Many years ago a higher authority than Mr. Leach, looking out upon distressed humanity with the compassion of God, said: "In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." Mr. Leach and those like him seem net to have been impressed with these words of infilnite love and compassion, designed to awaken in the hearts of mankind a hope and a love which the fear of his coarse if not profane threats cannot awaken. Having read the words of the Master they will not listen to one who has none of the Master's spirit. Why do those who have the ordaining of Christian preachers s nd men forth who have not the Christian spirit?

People who remember things relating to Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, are extending his biography, giving the other side of his character. They relate that some years ago Mr. Johnson appeared in Cleveland and purchased a bankrupt street railway for a trifling sum. This he boomed and finally watered the stock and sold it to investors at an immense profit. Since the Cleveland incident. Mr. Johnson lias repeated the trick so often that he is a millionaire of the variety whose wealth is expressed by eight figures. Now Mr. Johnson has returned to Cleveland in the guise of a reformer, intent on booming his political fortunes. He had himself elected mayor. One of his first acts was to have the vaporized slocks of the street railway which he sold raised to the price for wnleh he sold It. The stocks had hardly earned a fair dividend to this time, but now that the property is taxed at the Johnson watered value the shareholders will receive very small or no dividends whatever. Thus Mayor Johnson has used his victims twice to his advantage first to fill his pockets and next to advertise himself as a reformer. A recent eiisp.-.tch from Manila said that native Filipinos were protesting against the new city charter as loss liberal thap the old Spanish government. A later dispatch says that the charter provides "for a government which is closely patterned after that of the city of Washington. There is to be a board of three commissioners appointed by and subject to the authority of the central government, with legislative and executive authority. There will be municipal departments and an advisory board representing various districts. The latter will be appointed by the general board and will act as an intermediary between the main body and the general public." Judge Taft, chairman of the Philippine commission, denies that under this charter the people would be deprived of any rights they have ever enjoyed. As Washington is the best governed city In the United States, Manila will not be badly off with a government patterned after that of Washington. The Chicago Tribune thi.ks tho recent scandalous revelations In the Insanity trust affair in this city "afford convincing proof of "the mischievous nature of the law allowing fee in Insanity cases." It Is plain that greed was the prime motive In this case and that the fee system suggested the scheme, but it is not quite clear how any law could be made operative without fees. What is needed is a higher standard of personal and official integrity. A woman in Ohio has brought a suit against a man for breach of promise. The

defendant admits that he promised to marry the plaintiff eight years ago. but claims that conditions have so changed during the intervening years that he Is relieved of his pledge, since at the time of the engagement the woman weighed 123 pounds, but now she tips the beem at 313 pounds, which is more than twice his weight. The decision of the court has not been announced. lEOil HITHER AND YON.

Untitled tu It. Ohio Stato Journal. Client By what right sre you keeping that 53,000 damapts you recovered for me? Lawyer Didn't you tell me in the first place that all you wanted was satisfaction? Keep Dry. Puck. M.idfre She Just pores around the beach all the time and never thinks of going in the water. Marjorie I don't hlame her. bhe wears one of those ba-.fclees Lathing suits. With the Dumb Anlranl. Chicago Record-Herald. Automobile Say, jou've got the advantage of me. Horse How so? Automobile Why, when files bite you you can kick and let folks know it. An Object. Life. "It's wonderful nowadays how much money Is given away to the utterly helplesi and deservlr.K." "Isn't It? It wouldn't be surprising if some one endowed the Democratic party." The Distinction of AVenlth. Philadelphia Prc-ss. Towne I notice you usually pronounce It "appendiceetis," and yet you speak cf Knight's casa as "appendleytis." Browne O yes, you see, Knight was operated upon privately by a hish-priceu surseon. As It's Wrote. She calls herself Cathryn Mae, And yet there are tosips who sae Catherine Mary's her name, Yn fcupportyng whych claym They ynsyst she wa cfcrystened that wae. Philadelphia Press. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Eevery year relatives of Robert Louis Stevenson in Scotland send a crown and cross of heather from that country which are placed on his grave in Samoa. The City Council of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has refused to allow the streets to be sprinkled on Sunday, on the ground that It would be a profanation of the Sabbath. Tanner, of fasting fame, now sixty-eight years old, has challenged the brewers of Denver to a fasting contest. Six men are to drink beer only and he is to drink water. The brewers have agreed to the contest. W. I. Ruchanan, director general of the Pan-American exposition, refuses to become V.-.f head of the Louisana Purchase Imposition at St. Louis. He says that he is in need of a rest, and that he shall go to South America to take It. The will of James E. Yeatman, who died at St. Louis last week, shows that he lived up to the theory that it is a disgrace to die rich. Though he was once a wealthy man. he gave everything to charity except a small library and some furniture and bric-a-brac. The Duchess of Marlborough Is more than ever a favorite in England, and is now seen frequently at the more prominent social functions. Society welcomes the young representative of the Vanderbilts as much for her personal qualities as for her wealth, which has been put to such good use from an English standpoint in the restoration and maintenance of Rlenheim. A binder in the Kansas wheat fields will cut fifteen acres a day, and the cost of running it is 40 cents an acre. Therefore, a man who is running fifteen binders Is at a considerable expense about $le0 every day. The cost of harvesting a cro; of wheat, from sowing to threshing, is figured as follows: Ploughing and harrowing. Cl; seeding and drilling. $1.50; etitting. $1.25: threshing. $l.7;; hauling. 51.5U; total. $7. The farm help Is paid 12 a clay, and is expected to work from nun up to dusk, with double pay for nights or Sundays. No writer in the past century has ever had to suffer such abuse or misunderstanding as the great Norwegian dramatist, Henrik Ibsen, who is happily recoering from his serious fitness. Although Ibsen Is best known in England and the United States as a dramatist, the Norwegians love him also as a poet. Edward Grieg has set some of his most beautiful muuie to Ibsen's lyrics, and "Peer Gynt" is full of romance and ardor of the singer. Ibsen used to take an eccentric delight in wearing the pink of lashion. His tics, his coat, his shots and his hat have always been irreproachable. It is said that only two women in the United States may use the malls without paying for the privilege. These women are widows of former Presidents. They are Mrs. Julia D. Grant, and Mrs. Lucretia A. Garfield. A franked letter goes through the mails without postage, bearln?; their signature, either stamped or written upon the envelopes. All mail matter sent byMrs. Garfield and Mrs. Grunt under their respective written autograph signatures, and all mall matter sent to these two women, will be carried free during their lives. No signature or marks are necessary to the fiee carriage of mall matter to either of these women, the address being sufficient. Mrs. Garfield has enjoyed the. prKilege since lS'il, and Mrs. Grant since 1SS6. WASHINGTON IN SUMMER. Thoughts I nap I red by the Capital and ItN Environment. Occasional Corresi ondence of the Journal. WASHINGTON. July 2G. This city of "magnificent distances" is deserted by the President, most of the Cabinet officers, the chief army officers, the diplomatic corps ;md by the members of Congress, during the heated term. In the government buildings we find only the routine clerks, a part of whom are away also. In the hotels there are a few stranded office-seekers, some lazy bell boys and a clerk. The boarding house and servant populations, together with a middle class of citizens who cannot get away, pack the street cars each evening in a mad rush for the parks and the country In quest of a cooling breeze and a respite, for a few hours, from the routine duties of the day and the sweltering heat of the city. The o:her day I vent out to Mount Vernon.' What a beautiful spot it is! General Washington, being a civil engineer, must have known the country well, and he showed his good ense in selecting the beäi spot in this locality upon which to spend his last days, and In locating an attractive place for the pilgrims of generations yet unborn to come and worship at the tomb of the father of their country. While pissing through our magnificent Congressional Library building, here in the city, I was int realised to a Mr. Washington, whose great, great-grandfather was a brother of George Washington. This man's lather sold Mount Veinon to the association which now controls it. He maintains that the homestead aj it now stands i practically as it was when George Washington died. He says that the rooms, the walls, the general appearance of the house, the old-fashioned fireplaces, much of the plastering and some of the frescoing have never been disturbed. Of course, the people who have charge out there told us all that. Rut one is liable to receive the statements of those guides und attendants of historical places with considerable allowance. As one studies the situation of our National Capital and its unattractive surroundings he must regret the concatenation of circumstances that decided the bounds of what is known as the "District of Columbia." But history explains it. It was politics. Hamilton, who was the peerless statesman of those times, did not favor the place. Rut he believed that the basis of good government required that the individual colonies or States should pay thlr debts. This was fundamental, and In order to secure action that would bring this about he was compelled to sacrifice a lesser principle. Washlnpton cl:y stand where It does to-day as the result of a compromise. And that reminds us of one of the first "trusts" organised unC-r our present form of government. TUs trust was vrcanizul

more than a century ago, here In Washington. It was constituted of Thomas Jefferson, a member of the Cabinet; Mr. Monroe, a member of the United States Senate, and Mr. Madison, a member of the House. Mr. Jefferson was jealous of HamUton. Hamilton had great power with the President and with Congress. Jefferson believed in the principle of personal liberty and States rights, while Hamilton and Washington believed in the sovereignty of the federal government. Thre is undoubted evidence that Jefferson. Madison and Monroe formed a coalition to break down the policy of Washington and the Influence of Hamilton. Jefferson was seven or eight years older than Madison, and Madison some years older than Monroe. If Jefferson should become President and serve eight years. Madison would be in line, then Monroe. Madison had to reverse his principles in order to enter this combination. This he did with celerity and some grace. The trust carried out its ambition, each member became President of the United States. The principles for which it stood obtained for a number of years. These men made lifa miserable for Washington through the nineties, until his death. It was charged then, as now. that the federal party and It3 leaders were aiming at an empire. Rut It will turn out now us then, that there Is nothing In the charge. There was a higher power controlling then, and there is a higher power in control now. 1 could not but think of some of these things as I stood beneath the stars and stripes, floating above the dust of our revered and patriotic first President. R. V. H.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS. In Search of Mademoiselle. This is a stirring story of love, war and adventure. The author, George Gibbs, is an artist, a painter by profession, but his first essay at novel writing shows unmistakable aptitude in that direction. The story deals with the romantic and highly picturesque episode in early American history of the struggle between the French and Spanish for possession of Florida. This furnishes the background for a charming story of the love of an Englishman for a young woman of a French Huguenot family, who has been exiled from her native land, and whom he meets and courts under extraordinary circumstances. The story is laid during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, of England. The hero, the Englishman referred to, having had some experience of the sea and d siring a life of adventure, ships on an English privateer. In the ship's first encounter with a Spanish vessel, which is captured, the Englishman rescues the beautiful mademoiselle and her mother, who were prisoners of the Spaniards. Then the scene shifts to France and thence to the new world, whither a party of Huguenots go to seek a home in Florida. Mademoiselle Diane is of the party, and thus she and the Englishman are again thrown together. Arrived at Florida the story follows historic lines, and the adventures with Indians and Spaniards are described in a glowing style, seme of the characters end incidents being historic. The story ends with the marriage of the Englishman and the beautiful mademoiselle and their return to France. It is full of action and is told in a style that conveys the atmosphere of the period. It should rank among the best of the historical novels of the period. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co. The Diary of n Freshman. This story is an account of the experiences of a young student during his first year of college, life at Harvard. He comes from the West and finds many things that are new to him aside from the college routine and methods. Theaters, late suppers, and various frivolous amusements and occupations take his attention away from his studies and lectures until he Is brought up with a round turn by examinations which he fails to rass. He is put on probation and given another chance, which he Improved to better advantage. The narrative is in the first person, being, as the title indicates, in the form of a tliaiy kept by the youth himself. It is admirably done, and is at once amusinfc and illuir-inatlve. Young readers will find it entertaining because of .the pranks played by the student and his friends and the ridiculous adventures in which they became involved. Parents of college boys will j;et from its pages the point of view taken by their, sons and also gain an Insighr into the influences surrounolng them. Thse influences, as shown here, are, on the whole, good rather than bad, and if the youth have manly qualities the outcome depends mainly on himself. The book is a clever and realistic addition to the literature of college life. It is the second production of the author, Charles M. Flandrau, his orst b:Ir.? a volume of sketches called "Harvard Episodes." Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. The Improvement of Town n nd Cities The purpose of this work, by Charles M. Robinson, Is not to give an exhaustive discussion of the subject of improvement of towns and cities, but to review the field of modern effort, to pick out the salient points, to declare the best that has been done along eery line and to encourage further effort by showing the results achieved In some localities. The author Is an authority on the subjects treated of. Among the topics discussed, are the laying out of streets, street paving, cleaning and lighting, the construction of bridges, burial of wires, establishment and care of parks and drives, art and architecture, u?e and care of trees and other kindred topics. In the chapter on street plans the author commends Kn Improved center, with dl erging diagonal streets, and says: "Indianapolis, with several diagonal streets focussing at a given point, has been called a well planned city for America, where most cities have grown from villagts whose one distinctive feature is a broad main street, long and straight." Of the paving exposition held In this city in IV.'O the author says: "This was the first of its kind, but it attracted more than five hundred ctHcial representatives of other American cities." The interest in tre-planting shown in this city is also commended. The nook is full of instruction for those who are Interested in the development of a higher urban life through municipal Improvements. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. John WiiiHlovr. This story, by Henry D. Northrop, belongs to the school of which "David Harum" was the beginning a school that deals with plain, everyday people and events in a pliln, everyday fashion. There is something in the' faithful portrayal of real life that interests, even without much plot or action. The central character in this story, John Winslov, is a typical American farmer, quaint, honest, kindhearted, shrewd, and quite a man of affairs. The other characters give an impression of being drawn from life, and the story has movement enough of a certain kind to hold the filteret. The opening chapter Introduces tome fishing experience, in which a village landlord says: "Gentlemen, you can't always tell what yer luck is to be; sometimes lisn won t bite fer anybody, unless it is Parson Goodwin. I've heard say that there's two things thst's very cnsartln'; trie's the weather an' the other's politics, but you ouj-'ht t' add fishin'. I've known the parson to set half a day on a lo? without gettln' a bite, an' at the end of that time never move a muscle, but look as contented as an ox turned out to pstur'. 'All right, he says. 'I'm lishin' just the same; ve can't hurry Providence.' " There is nothing in the story to attract critical readers, but it is whoiescrr.e. New i'ork: G. W. Dillingham Compr.ny. The Lion's II rood. Ancient history supplies the theme of this story by Duffleii Osborne, and a classic atmosphere pervades Its pages. Readers of ancient history may remember that the sons of the old Carthagenlan leader, Hamilcar. were called "the lion's brood." and as children they were sworn enemies of Home. Hannibal took his oath on the altar at th ago of nine, and became leader ot tho Carthapenian armies at twentyeight, afterward to be one of the greatest generals of ali time. The scene of the story is laid during Hannibal's famous Italian campaign, and th-. historical atmosphere of the period, emphasized by the introduction of some historical characters. Is well maintained. Although the story is pervaded by a fierce martial spirit, barbaric at times, it carries a romance which. In spite of time and distance, holda the attention by sheer force of human passion. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Clayton Hallosrell. This Is another contribution to the list I of historical novels, though history fur nishes the background rather than the foreground. It Is a story of the revolutionary wpr period, the scenes being laid in Morrlstown, N. J., and iclnity, where Washington had established his headquar

ters after the battle of Princeton, in June, 1777. The country abounded with Tories, both ai mles were full of spies of both sexes, and social iife was. honeycombed with political Intrigues. The hero of the story. Clayton Hallowtll. is nn officer in the Continental army, and the plot turns largely on the incident of his being nearly caught in the tells of a fascinating woman who was a spy in the service of tho British commander, trying to discover the secret of Washington's coming campaign. The officer has a narrow escape from being fatally enmeshed, but his loyalty and strength of mind save him. The military movements and the social entertainments of the period furnish contrasting material for quite a clever story of love an 1 war and plenty of dramatic situations. It is a first storv by Frances W. Van Praag and is published by R. F. Fenno & Co., New Y'ork. Every One Ilia Own Way. The title of this volume, unlike those of many recent works of fiction, has an obvious applicability to the contents. The book is made up of a number of sketches whose general drift is to show that, though people look upon life from many and various points of view, each individual mayget as much enjoyment from existence and as rightfully as if he accepted the standard set by any other Individual or by any class, and governed himself by it. The propensity of the average man to set up a standard by which he Judges every other man. and the futility and narrowness of such Judgments are presented with much skill. The author, Edith Wyatt, possesses a keen sense of humor and the knack of portraying character with what artists would call "a few simple lines." The scheme of each and all of the sketches is laid in Chicago, but as the interest depends on the characters rather than on local color, the latter is etf no especial consequence. The stories are of ciuite unusual merit, and are likely to so establish the author's reputation that her next venture will meet an expectant welcome. McClure, Phillips & Co., publishers.

Splritnnl Knowing A subtitle of this little work by Theodore F. Seward designates it as "Bible Sunshine; the Spiritual Gospel of Jesus Christ." It Is a discussion of the religious ideas and impulses that are finding expression in the various movements known as Christian Science, divine healing and mental healing. To quote from the author: "The phrase spiritual knowing' is the keynote of thought and life in the twentieth century. The American people are unconsciously dividing themselves into two classes those whose ideal is "the strenuous life' of vigor, energy, activity, dominion and material prosperity, and those whose ideal is the spiritual life with the human will surrendered to the supreme eternal will. To apply the law of spiritual knowing to the varied experiences cf life, and to the interpretation of the sacred Scriptures is the purpose of this book." The author has evidently made a study of the subject and presents it in a manner at once impressive and attractive. New Y'ork: Funk & Wagnalls Company. Orations and Eu of I'. J. Phelps. The orations and essays contained in this volume have been selected from a large number of the posthumous works of the late Hon. Edward T. Phelps, lawyer, diplomat and statesman. No American Jurist of recent times has stood higher than Mr. Phelps did. As president of the American Bar Association, professor of law at Y'ale and one cf the government counsel in the court of arbitration in the Bering sea controversy he became widely known to the legal profession, lie was an accomplished scholar and diplomat, and a forcible speaker and elegant writer. The orations and essays in this volume cover a wide range of subjects, professional. literary and biographical, all treated in a clear and forei -ful style. Many of the addresses and essays have permanent value and the collection is a fitting memorial of the man. The volume opens wiih a memoir and character sketch of Mr. Phelps by ex-Governor Stewart, of Vermont. New York: Harper ic Brothers. The Seeon! Hook ot Rirtls. Olive Thome Miller's "First Book of Birds" declt with the habits and characteristics of birds In general. In this "Second Rook of Birds" she specializes and describes the traits, tendencies and peculiarities of different families of American birds the thrushes, the gnat-catchers, the Chickadees, the wagtails, the cuckoos, the o.vls, etc By way of preliminary, she explains what a bird "family" is; then she describes the types of each, tells where they may be found and how recognize.!, illustrating her descriptions with anecdotes showing the Intelligence of birds or their imitative or mischievous qualities. The book is well adapted to the use of beginners in bird studies, as the descriptions ary simple and dear and contain no superfiuous matter. Eight color plates and sixteen other full-page illustrations add to the value of the volume. Houghton, MilHin & Co., publishers. American Biography. The Riverside biographical series, which is being published by Houghton, Mifllin &. Co., contemplates brief biographies of celebrated Americans, written In a crisp and condensed style, but containing all material facts. Each volume contains about loo pages, with a photogravure portrait of the subject. Nos. 7. 8 and 9 of the series, now ut hand, contain biographies, respectively, of Gen. V. S. Grant, by Walter Allen; of Lewis and Clark, the American explorers, by W. R. Lighton. and of Chief Justice John Marshall, by James B. Thayer. These small volumes are suitable for school reading. Evrydny Hi reis. Mr. Bradford Torrey, author of several books of nature Interest and an authority on birds, offers a new one. "Everyday Birds" Is a collection of sketches of a number of well-known birds, some biographical and others general in character. Without at all pretending to be a comprehensive work on ornithology, it is an interesting bird-study book. It treats in a pleasant way of nearly twenty different common varieties of birds and has illustrations of most of them. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Following: Christ. This little volume is a reprint of articles which originally appeared in the Philadelphia Ledger. The author is the Rev. Floyd W. Tompkins, rector of an Episcopalian church in Philadelphia, find the book i3 a compilation of practical thoughts for dally Christian living. They are intended as an aid to spiritual life. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs Co. A Point to Be Remembered. London Leader. We announced yesterday, on excellent authority, impending developments of a startling kind in South Africa, and at the same time we referred to the remarkable. language used by Lord Onslow at the New Zealand dinner a few weeks ago. We have ciHd the passage before, but as it appears to be unfamiliar to som of our readers, It may well be given again: "There was a dh-position to forget that we were now onlyentering upon the severest portion of the winter in South Africa. June and July inf month for th r?cor and most favorable tor the British troops, I . i i wno were mureu io uhiimuii una accustomed to a cold climate. Theiefore y,ought not to look too pessimistically on the position of affairs in South ATriea. At the fame time he did not for a moment suggest that it might not be possible that if the war were to be carried on beyond the period of winter a different position of affairs would have io be faced. But if that were so he could only say in the Norman French to which they were accustomed in Parliament. 'Le roi s'avisera.' " The language Is no doubt somewhat crvptic. But In view of Lord On-low's official position It is certainly not to be Ignored. Shaffer Probably oted It. Nebraska State Journal. Shaffer, the preacher president cf the Amalgamated Steel and Iron Workers, threatens, If the administration doesn't do something to help the strike and punish the "trust" of Pierpont Morgan, which declares that any man who works in any of its shops may be union or nonunion to mi it himtelf, he will quit the Republican party. There is one thing that Shaffer and the unions back of him have doubtless taken n:le of. When the Democracy is In the saddle there are no more labor strikes to speak of. On the contrary. It Js the "trust fir manufacturing corporation that strikes. Perhaps it ts that oitcutnstance that impresses the mind cf the sapient Shaffer with the idea that the Democratic party is Inimical to truats and that the Republicans are- the friends of concentrated capital.

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DHMOCH ATIC" HH ANC Ili:s WILL THY to mm(;r. tiieih ihi-fi:iii:i Will Hold ViiIIoiibI I nlty Coaventloi nt Masonic Hall, l!rgtntilii This) Mornlnu. DELEGATES FROM MANY STATES itF,PHi:si;vriG noTii Chicago au MMtlM.riEI.l) (31 S.) FACTIONS. Eugene y. Dehs and the .Millionaire Wiltshire Expected to Reach the City Before .Meeting: Oneus. Nearly cne hundred men, the Advance ruard of the Social Democracy delegates, who will meet In convention at the Masonic Hall to-day. arrived at the Grand Hotel yesterday. They are the men who desire to build a platform for the S-c!?l Democracy to govern the destiny of the United States after the term of President McKinley. There are delegates here from all parts of the country and before the convention ii called to order thl morning it Is estimated that there will be fully men present to take part in the deliberations of the leader of the party. The convention to be held this week will go down in the history of Social Democracy as the National Unity Convention, th prime object being for the representative t of the two factions of that party to meet and smoke the pipe of peace, and affiliate in one organization. The Social Democracy divided during the last presidential campaign and the leaders of the two factloni issued a call not long ago for a meeting of the delegates of the two factions In Indianapolis July 2?. The split in the party was due to quarreling factions and came about through tha effort to effect a fusion with the "Kangaroo" Socialist Labor party, which was cempesed of seeeders from the regular or De Icon Socialist I-abor patty of Now York, and which held a national nominating convention at Rochester and sent n committee to the Indianapolis convention in llo0, at which Debs was nominated as th presidential candidate. A fusion on tho P residential candidate was effected, but soon there were charges o brcken pledges and bad faith Tilth the result that a second national headquarters was opened at Sprincfield. Mass.. with which the Eastern Socialist element allied. DEBS ON LABOR SOCIALISTS. Since then the Eastrrn organization has had branches throughout the country and in some of the States it has a larger membership than the Chicago organization, which is supposed to be the regular organization of the party. The Socialist Labor party has declined to send de legates to this convention. Eugene V. Dobs, in speaking of the Indiarapolls convention at Tern- Haute, Saturday, said: "The Socialist Lahor pnrty alone decdnes to participate in the coming convention at Indianaixdis. This Is to b regretted, and yet, perhaps, it may le better. But thj fact that the convention was acrd to by practical unanimity would seem to ind' cate that the two separate clunir. are ready to unite in a grand army and that henceforth factional strife is to be silenced. The bitter experiences of the past were perhaps necessary to a more thorough, compact and liscipllr.fi! party, and M wo shall profit by it a new er;' in the Socialist movement in th United States will date from the Indianapolis convention." Mr. Debs. Gaylerd Wilshire. the Los Angeles, Cal., millionaire Soeiali.-t. and other prominent Socialists had not arrived last night but are expected this morning. Delegates here last night stated that there are many plans for the reorganization, but all can be. divided into two classes the strong, centra'iy controlled and national organization, with a dues-paying membership as in a secret society, and the other the State autonomy with no national executive board or national headquarters to support except In presidential years. There promises to be a sharp dIcussSem In the convention on the plans to be adopted. GOV E R N M E NT O WN ERSHI P. The delegates in the city last night expressed themselves as heartily In favor of a reorganization of the two factions and said there would be no difficulty in agreeing on the plans of reorganization. Delegates present from nearly all the States from Maine to California and Santiago Igltilus, of Porto Rico, ere in sympathy with the movement for a unity organization. There will be many subjects discussed at tlie convention this week. One. of the principal matters up for discussion will be the amending of the party platform. E. Val Putnam, of St. Louis, said last evening that there would be no radical changes recommended in the platform, but several amendments will be made. The most important will be the changing of the platlorm regarding the demands cf the party so as to make the distinction clear between public and private ownership of railroad and other big corporations, advocated by the Socialist party. Mr. Putnam said the platform would be amended so as to define more clearly the demands of the party. He said the Socialists do not mean that the corporations should be controlled by the working class under a "capitalistic administration." but that the working class thould control the corporations under a government controlled by the working class. The delegates present last evening met at the Grand Hotel for the purpose of selectlug a chairman to convene tin convention this morning. b:t they Mod to make a selection. The matter was postponed ur this morning. 'lh .vt.wa .,i a p- rmanent chairman will be an Important one in view of the character of the meeting and the questions to be dlfCU3sed. Indiana delegates to the Social Democratic convention met In Reichwein's Hall yesterday afternoon to discuss plans lor forming a more complete organization, to raise funds for propaganda, to familiarize the membership with th- presei t and future iveds of the party and to m.sko the acquaint:.rce of each ether. In the last instance the meeting wis a success, but after a few informal ili.-rusioi.s it was decided to postpone the meeting of the State elcle gates until after the national convention had concluded Its bu-!;ies. Keep Your Eye on Ittot. Sprins.leld RepuUican. The Independent. It may be observed, reaches cdltoriilly this week the same conclusion the Republican r-i(hcd some tlm ago regarding th- secr.-tary of w.4.r. Eli'nC Root. It ranks him "beyond a doubt." President McKir ley's chief adviser." thf most forceful and n st c.ispicu-i.s im-ni- ' ber of ih Cnblr.t. The Independent go.? farther than thi. and sis thit, ta::ir: the President. Mr. Ro. t is now "perhjs the most conspicuous figure in American public life." t this rate thcr- is no iti. son why Mr. R-ot should not assume presidential proportions In connection with v. vs r.ext KepubU.-an t'onnnaticn. His h.u.. is already being irdudet in the lit of available candidates. '1 he San FranciseM Argonaut last week mention d him sc c, .rid in the Republic-til giu, of presidential poMl bill ties. Should He Warmly Welcomed. Boston Journal, General Gaselee, tho British commander in China, Is to pars through the United States on his way back to Rutland. Sotn fitting occaflon should te fcund for pressing to him. on his way. American up preclatlon of his bearing toward An.erlca officers and holdb rs at Peking. The MIeiit Men. prlncfi?ld Republican. Rear Admiral Sampson in three days hat talked more to thv newspapers than before in all the time be ha lived. Thi se f iUnt men sooner or later open up. And wheu it comes, lt b a torrent.