Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 287, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 October 1901 — Page 4

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CINCINNATX-J. I:. lUwley & Co.. 114 . ine Mret. LOL'ISVIELK C. T. Ierini?. northwest corner of Third and JtrTersun streets, and LuuUvlhe lioolt Co.. 2-4 Fourth avenue. feT. I.OUIS Ur.i. n News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C HIkk House. ELbltt House and thi Fairfax IP.tfl. The remarks of Colonel English to the police Saturday night will meet with the cordial approval of all who desire an efficient, disciplined and intelligent force. A Democratic correspondent in Washington finds fault with the President because he did not consult the Democratic senators cf Alabama before lie nominated cx-dov-rnor Jone?, of that State, fur district Judge; but ho had the cordial indorsement cf Hooker Washington. In view oj his large private business interests and the fact that he is not in politics fo revenue, Captain English deserved credit for accepting the position of chairman of the Hoard of Public Safet. The conditions a:e Mich that ho can bo of service to the public and to the Republican party, and no doubt that is his motive. The "Washington mind seems to see nothing In public affairs but patronage. Consequently, when prominent men visit the President, the Washington imagination makes the object of the visit the seeking of office, when, as a matter of fact, patronage is not discussed. With the President office Is an incident to government, not its cole end. The statement that Senator Burton, of Kansas, was refused recognition by the President because his first recommendation for district attorney was not acceptable is not true. The attorney general reported adversely upon the senator's first selection and the President asked the senator to suggest another name, which he did. The President should exercise some discretion in such matters. Tho Milwaukee Sentinel does not sympathize with the flippant criticisms of Senator Beveridge for his recent tour around the world. "Foreign problems, diplomatic and commercial, of the greatest moment and complexity," it says, "are likely to confront this country in the near future, and first-hand information of the kind sought by the studious and conscientious Indiana senator will be an important factor In their satisfactory solution." Kvery rensible person would take this view, and the fact that President Roosevelt has held several conferences lately with Senator BeveriJge should silence the little critics. If tho temporary selection of Mr. Magaiire for the Hoard of Futile Works should be made a remanent nomination it v:ould probably meet with general approval. The law requires that the office should be filled by a Democrat, and a Democrat Mr. Maguire is and always has been. To select a Democrat who claims to have voted for the Republican mayor is not in accordance with the Intent of tho charter. The selection of a man to represent a party really because he represents the mayor rather than the party opposed to the mayor is not one which gives the party of the opposition representation on a board, which is the intent of the charter. The suggestion of several papers that the murderer of President McKinley shall not become the object of public notoriety or curiosity is a good one. Thus far he has been denied to those who would bo visitors, and it is hoped that this course will be continued to tho end. If ho has any confession to make he can give it to the prison officers. For the rest, he should not be heard of by the public, and his execution should not be exploited in any manner. It would be better if the date if his execution should not be made public, even after it shall occur. Any opportunity for him to win notoriety w iji inspire some other wretch to achieve a like notorietj'. Absolute oblivion from the hour of sentence will discourage anarchism. Few such murderers can bear the thought of secret martyrdom. As long ago as lv Mr. Blaine, who was then considering the subject of trusts, declared that Great Hritaiu Is plastered all over with them." A Lmdon correspondent of a New England economic monthly gives some facts showing that the declaration made years ago i- true. This correspondent says that "the sewing thread industry In (Ireat Britain i" literally a tru.-t. The cotton spinners' association, the dyers' association and the v..o!ti industries have their own arrangements to keep up prices, called the Wool Combers' Association." The Calico Printers Association is the largest textile combination in Creat IJritain. Th president of the .Manchester Chamber of Commerce, sh aking l.it May, Faid that "within the l.if two and nrc-1; alf cars combinations had been e, Tec ted in thirteen Industries more or P ss connected nith the textile trade, the total number of firms absorbed being Jt:. and tlnj actual capital in the consolidation ,",1,'k, or $17. .CM'" Two combinations control the iJiHtrit utio.t of coal in Jmdon. (Juu and armor platf manufacturers have a trust of thfc owtf- There la a combination in the

Hritisa chemical trade, in the oil trade, among the wall paper makers, the soap makers, the comb makers and so on right through every trade in the country. Sir Thomas Upton is the head of a gigantic combination of grocery stores capitalized at the equivalent of Jli,'. ". One of his large furniture stores yielded its shareholders li" per cent, during the nine years it has ben in existence. The trust was a well-established policy in Great Britain before thought of in this country. In fact, it would seem that we borrowed the scheme from Great Rritain. n etw i : i : c a m pa u:s. While political campaigns are less personal and relentless than they were a few years ago, most people of fair intelligence muat experience a sense of relief when the votes are counted and the result is known. The arraying of the larger part of the men of a community Into two hostile armies for several weeks is not a pkasant thing for the contemplation of the large number of people who desire harmony and general good feeling. Still, these

are recurring conditions which cannot bo avoided, because it is tho natural result of representative government that there shall be two or more parties which take opposite skies on political questions and will very naturally become moro or less absorbed in an election as the questions appear more or less important. Hut, while in these days we have as exciting campaigns as did our predecessors fifty or seventy-five years ago, personal enndties and virulence have largely passed away. It is probable that the Blaine-Cleveland campaign, so full of malignant personal misrepresentation on both sides, made the sensible people of this country heartily ashamed of such disgraceful methods. Decause such methods have not been re sorted to in subsequent presidential campaigns there is reason to conclude that they will never disgrace another presidential campaign. Years ago, any man who ran for a high office would be adjudged, by a foreigner who listened to campaign speeches., moro deserving of a term in the penitentiary than an honorablo public position. We have dropped this disreputable habit, for the most part. A man can run for Congress now without the fear that Iiis wife will be traduced or his father accused of horse stealing. Ills record may be torn to pieces and perverted, but if he bears a fair reputation as a man his character will not be assailed. Doubtless vile things are yet said of candidates in little knots of men, tut no one. has the hardihood to declare them in open day or print them in a paper which reputable people read. When one goes back to the days of George Washington and Andrew Jackson vililication of personal character is found the chief work of the campaigner. It is safe to say that political differences do not r.ow make men prominent in opposing parties persona! enemies, as was once the case. In the Senate the most cordial relations exist between men who belong to different parties. Some of the most emotional tributes to the late President have been offered by those to whom he was politically opposed. It is well that it is so, not only in public life, but In communities. It would bo an evil If political differences should forever divide communities and neighborhoods, preventing that unity which is essential to their wellbeing. It is fortunate that the country has so many fraternal organizations which bring men together whom politics might keep apart, and that the inlfuences are multiplying which draw men together who are politically opposed; that tho fact of a common citizenship, the heritage of all, is more and more the national cement. All must feel relief when a campaign is over and men are free to resume their natural relations as friends and neighbors without thought of political differences that should keep them apart. A f. It K AT AVOItK IN GOOD II AMIS. A correspondent of a city paper writing from Porto Rico expresses the opinion that a, great mistake Is made by the continued teaching of Spanish in the public schools He says "English U only a side issue In tho educational system of the island," and thinks that "if this had been reversed Porto Rico would bo much further advanced to day." The correspondent probably writes from Inadequate knowledge of educational methods In general and superficial infor mation regarding the conditions in Porto Rico. The school system of the island is in very competent hands, and the methods that are being pursued are much more like ly to be wise and well adapted to existing conditions than those which a casual and superficial observer who 13 not a trained educator might adopt. No government was ever confronted, with more serious and difficult problems than this government Is in educating the people of Its new possessions in the English language and In American principles, ideas and methods. The maintenance of law and order and tho establishment of civil government are simple and easy com pared with the task of educating and Americanizing the people. Not to speak of the inert mass of illiteracy, tho result of generations of Inherited Ignorance, there are innumerable difficulties of race, language, religion and tradition which have to be overcome before the old can be rooted out and the new implanted. It has not been difficult to establish the authority of the United States in these new possessions, but to educate the people will be a work ff generations. It should be enough to know that the matter is in competent hands and that a good beginning has been made. In his first annual report, submitted May 1, l')l, Governor Allen said: Of the 322 h) children of scholastic age enly about 2 000 have yet been gathered into the schoolrooms, leaving the enormous number of :M.o yet unprovided for. The magnitude o? this work is startling. It tannot be accomplished in a day or a year, liven were the necessary funds in reach, ihe mere routine work of organization and enrollment would require months to complete It. There are engaged in thM work, besides the commissioner ami hu ollice force, amounting to thirteen men. sixteen supervisors and T'.S teachers. These teachrs are dildcd into four classes first, piineipais. of whom there are thirty-nine; sccnd. llngllsh teuhers. of whom there are 121: third, graded teachers, of whom there are fourth, rural teachers, of whom there are W. The teachers of English are. lor the most part. Americans: the others are natives of Porto Rico. Nearly all of the teachers are competent persons and discharge thflr duties faithfully. Tho-t. teachers who have come from the contimiit are generally doing ivood work; 1 ut let n young person come to Povto Rico seeking employment as a teacher. expecting to amass wealth rapidly, or merely for the hake of novelty. They will surely be disappointed or soon grow weary of their surr. undinL's and outlive their usefulness. What Is urgently needed In this connection is a Hrst-cla normal school !or the education of native teachers and to lit t hem for the great wnr.c of properly educating their Illiterate countrymen. The sixteen supervisor" are all English, and there are 111 English teachers besides. The substitution of Spanish for English is

not the most important work at hand. That will come in time. The first duty Is the lessening of Illiteracy, and this can be done by instruction in Spanish as well, or ven better, than in English. The rooting out of a language or the substitution of one language for another Is one of the most difficult tasks that any government can undertake, and should be managed carefully and tactfully. It always takes a considerable length of time and often causes serious trouble. Time is an important ally in the work, and it should be enough for tho government to know that gradual progress is being made in this regard. These remarks apply to the Philippines as well as to Porto Rico. All accounts agree that the people of the islands, especially of the latter, are exceedingly anxious to learn English, and that is sufficient assurance that they will do so in time. Meanwhile it Is just as well that the warfare upon Illiteracy should be conducted for a few years principally in the Spanish language, because the people, being familiar with that language, can be ap

proached and educated on that side more easily than they can on the English side. Especially should the elementary branches be taught for the present in Spanish. Rut English is not being neglected. Tiie commissioner of education says In his last annual report: The law provides that the teachers of English shall be selected by the commissioner of education and assigned to such duties in the respective cities as he may find it necessary and best for the interest of the schools. This provision is made necessary by the fact that in many of the larger cities the teachers of English are detailed to give specific instruction in the English language In the different grades, from the primary to the highest grade. It also enables the English teacher to take charge of the primary grade in the smaller places during morning hours, and to give instruction in the English language in the other grades during the afternoon session. In addition to this many of the American teachers in the smaller towns give special lessons in the evenings and on Saturdays in the English language. One of them writes: "I have In my evening class a lawyer, a doctor, two planters, the teachers of the city, and a number of young clerks in the stores." Thus It will be seen that English Is not neglected in the Porto Ptican schools, and that the adults are learning it as fast as could be expected. It Is Important that the American people should understand these facts aright, and should not get the impression that educational interests In our new possessions are in the hands of incompetent persons. The administration is doing its duty in this, as In other respects. aiom;v for HlVCItS am IIAIIIIORS. Tho holding of a river and harbor improvement convention and the touring of the country by members of the committee of the last House :a committee which places appropriations where they will do the most good in insuring the passage of the appropriation bill should prepare the country to see the House vote a very large amount to harbor and river making. The only hope for the failure of this combination is that any plan which the convention anl the other claimants can agree upon will call for so large an amount of money that Congress will be appalled. The very large appropriation bill which was killed in the Senate by being talked to death by exSenator Carter will probably furnish a pretext for the passage of a larger bill during the next session. While a large appropriation bill for rivers and harbors was not passed by the last Congress, it is nevertheless a fact that large amounts were appropriated in the sundry civil appropriation and the deficiency bills to carry on improvements already contracted for. Consequently, instead of no appropriation being made for rivers and harbors by Congress for the present year, $15,700,003.73 was voted to carry forward improvements under contract. The expenditure of public money for the improvement of the harbors of great cities or through which Immense shipments are madi, or to improve the navigation of the larger rivers and waterways like the Ohio and Mississippi and the rivers connecting the northern lakes, meets with general approval. On tho other hand, the expenditure of money to make harbors that cities may be built and to make channels for rivers where there is little water, or for rivers which can never command more than a small local traffic, is unwise and demoralizing. It has been often represented that appropriations are often asked for and sometimes obtained that the money may be expended to give employment to a few people in the locality for which the appropriation is asked for or made. Railway transportation has been made so cheap in recent years, and is so much more reliable than river transportation, that, except on the larger rivers, no amount of expenditure In clearing channels can turn traffic from the railway to rivers which cannot be utilized more than a few months in the year. It Is hoped that the day is not far distant when Congress will drop the present system of placing appropriations so as to obtain sufficient support for a bill to pass it, and make an appropriation of a gross amount to be expended in the discretion of a competent board of engineers. Those who take more than a passing interest in the wider politics of nations aro note surprised to learn from Mr. William E. Curtis, who has been studying conditions in Russia, that the present Emperor Nicholas is a progressive ruler and anxious to better the condition of his subjects. Most of our Impressions regarding the government of Russia are derived from British sources. In u way the two governments and peoples are suspicious rivals. Both are land grabbers in the Orient. Great Britain believes that Russia would like to break its power in India and that Russia lias designs upon the territory of China. If such a calamity should befall Europe as a war, Great Britain and Russia are likely to be the participants. For these and other reasons the British press can see no good in the Russian government. It was the latent ill-will and distrust existing between Great Britain and Russia which made tin negotiations of the powers concerning China slow and perplexing. Some writers who have traveled in Russia have found favor and money by putting the Russian government in the worst possible light. Russians who have published books in America have assailed ithe institutions of their own country. That the Russian government has been at times innuman in its treatment of political offenders cannot be denied, but these offenders have often conspired against the government and thlife of the Emperor. Emieror Nicholas led in the movement to Induce the nations to dharm, but he was given little credit for iL. Now Mr. Carter shows that he Is earnestly striving to better the condition of his .subjects, having already established a

modern code for civil and criminal procedure in the courts.

History scarcely affords a parallel to the case of Gen. Sir Redvers Buiier, who so completely demolished himself by one speech. His military record in South Africa was not the best, but his government and friends were standing by him and he would have come out all right but for his suicidal speech. As a British paper puts it: "He talked garrulously about coincidences and dealt freely in innuendoes, but he was merciless In attacking his own reputation." If hospitality is measurable by weight. Sir Thomas Lipton will probably be overcome by the Chicago Athletic Association's sdft of a silver loving cup weighing eighteen pounds. He recently failed to "lift" a cup weighing not nearly as much. WORK OF THE HUMORISTS. A Tip In Time. November Smart Fet. He Do you know, I am fixlnj to fail in love with you. She Well, be caroful. Th man I marry will l ave to be pretty well fixd. Good Word for lllni. Boston Transcript. Mrs. JayneR I don't think much of Mr. Spavin. They say he doesn't treat his wife well at all. Mrs. Bry tie That may be; tut just see how splendidly he treats all tho other women. A Guide to Pronunciation. The trouble with people like CzoIrosz, (Remember, this Jingle's not ol bosz) I that In the ranks Of tho murderouä cranks. You'll find that they never w ill ol wosz. Baltimore American. CnrryiiiB It Too 1'nr. Puck. He You know, they traced hosses two weeks ago an' Loth cf 'em says they're puffectly satisfied. She Land sakes! You'd think folks'd step lyin when they git through tradin the hosses, wouldn't you? Xo Doubts "Whatever. Glasgow Times. Mistress Did you tell the lady I was out?" ' "Servant Girl Yes, ma'am. Mistress Did she seem to have any doubt about it?" Servant Girl No, ma'crn; she said she knew you wasn't. The Guyed Guide. Life. The guide was guiding a ruy. As tho guide guided the guy, the guide guyed the guy until the guy would no longer be guyed by a guile whom he had hired not to guy, but to guide. So the guyed guy guyed the guide. No wonder every one guyed the guyed guide guiding a guyed guy. OPPOSED TO WAR. Open Letter from Wcntern VenrljMeetiiiK of the Friend Church. To Our Brethren in Christ of Other Denominations: God seems to have' committed to us as a church a testimony against violence of every description. There are times when particular doctrines need special enforcement. We believe that now is a moment when we should appeal to you. God said to Noah: "The earth is filled with violence through them (men), and behold I will destroy them with the earth." iCJen. vi, 13.) Does it not look as if, between armament, conscription, lust for gold and like selfishness, we are approach ing to almost as bad a condition as In Xoah'a time? The evil of armament Is fastened upon the United States, and may be closely followed by coast fortification. Steel rails at $30 a ton are of no interest to an cight-million-dollar business combination in comparison with armor plate at a ton. And, without the Christian people lift up their hearts to God and their voices to men to check this greed upon the public treasury, coast fortification will follow with its attendant evils. England is now being schooled, too, and in all human probability will shortly have to accept conscription to fill her depleted military ranks. Listen to what the defenders of conscription admit regarding it in France: Mr. Drumont, the editor of the Libre Parole, a leader of the Nationalist party, says: "Compulsory military service, far from being a school of morals, is a school of drunkenness, of idleness and debauchery. 1 deem the universal ndlitary service one of the greatest, and it Is sometimes one of the saddest, sacrirtces that our country calls upon us to bear. I know of few spectacles more saddening than that of the young peasant taken from his field or his village and thrown for three years into the barracks. All thes sons of the soil, who would in time have married some honest woman, and given to France a new race of strong and wholesome men. return to their homes all more or less diseased having lost all notions of God and respect for woman having lost the taste for their former honest work by the wearisome and meaningless fatigues of the barracks." Even the Roman Church father, Forbes, said: "The family in France gives to the army a young man clean in mind and body; the army gives back the same young man steeped to the very lips in debauchery, suffering from diseases and degrading vices." And the Abbe Crestey, In a work entitled "Without God." calls the barracks "A hothouse of corruption and moral infection." The United States is being deluged with a foreign element; how necessary that we fulfill every rule the Lord Jesus kit us, and are kept perfect under Ills blood, our sins being remembered no more against us forever. Do we not all believe that Jesti3 Christ's blood was the last drop that was necessary to be spilled for the race? Ought not all Christians to testify to this by both word and practice? On undisputed authority we know of the refined cruel methods resorted to in the. South African war "to subjugate" the "conquered Christians." On good authority we are informed that to satisfy the lust of the soldiers at Manila the United States government' medical department is licensing and periodically examining those who ought to bo sisters, wives and mothers. Ought not these things to almost put both these governments beyond the pale of Christianity and should not all followers of the Lord Jesus everywhere blush with shame if they do not enter a protest e gainst such actions? Our church, the Friends, when wo think of the mighty power of God, should be humiliated and humbled under a sense of the little we have done to extend the knowledge of Him. But we as a people must freely admit and testify to the greatness of the testimony against violence that Christ taught, and we thank Him continually that though wars of all kinds have been waged amongst and around us lor the past two hundred and filty years, yet lie has spared the lives of our loyal members, almost without exception, and enabled us at this time to hear this testimony before you, our fellow-comrades in the work of the p. reparation of the Bride of Christ. Some will say we mu-t aid in the governments of the world. Our Lord said: "I pray not for the world, but for them thou ha&t given me; for they are mine. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through Thy truth." (Jno. xvli, i. IS. 17.) Wars, iolenee, etc., may continue until "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms oZ our Lord, and of ilia Christ." (.Rev. x:, 11, 15.) But we believe our Lord Jesus Christ never by word or act aided or abetted or showed hlnistlf lespoiif-ible for any violence, and said, "As thou has sent me unto the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them aho which shall heihve on me through their word." (jno. xvli. ls,o Tills link us of tiie present completely with Him when 0:1 earth, and to ever continue Ills conquest in this earth. We ari yours in Christian fellowship and in all the intensity of love of the (Jos 1 I. LEWIS E. STOUT, Clerk for the Meeting. Plainlleld. Ind.. Ovt. lu.

SOME BOOKS OF THE TIME The Late Professor John FUke'd Life EverlnMt ing. Had Dr. Fiske lived it is not likely that this little volume, containing a single lecture once delivered at Harvard University, would ever have seen the light. But after a famous man is dead publishers lay hold of all his letters and other odds and ends and put them in print for the money that is in them. This little book contains eightyseven pages, and a full price would be 113 cents instead of 51. Dr. Fiske lived and died an evolutionisthe was a high priest of that faith and the most religious one of the coterie German or English. He published in his lifetime three small volumes from his peculiar standpoint, entitltxl "God, Man and Nature." He insisted that. God was not a person, but a presence or a rower, immanent and not apart from nature and humanity. He also believed in an unseen world that is the title of one of his books, and the substance of this posthumous volume, "Life Everlasting," is that while as yet v.e have no scientific proof of a future life, still it is not improbable or unlikely that this, our twentieth century, will witness such proof. Dr. Fiske's position is that we have no conception of a soul without a body any more than of a thought without a brain, or speech without a voice, and while he does not deny that there may be life without organization, still he Insists that we have no proof of it and no faculties adequate to comprehend it even If we had such proof. He hopes, however, before A. D. 2000 that science will so far advance in its researches that it will furnish us sufficient data upon which to predicate the great proposition, "There is a life beyond the grave." Meanwhile this great thinker (for such Professor Fiske was) insists that this life is not worth the living without such a

supplementary life. It is freely conceded that there are innumerable drawbacks and disappointments even in a successful life, let alone the failures; still, in the writer's opinion, Professor Fiske is wrong and this life of ours is grandly wor.h the living, even though "Death ends all." What so beautiful as childhood or so impressive as if brave man bravely struggling with life's problems, or so delightful us the mother of a happy family, or the family itself, or the serenity of old age? What so splendid as humanity with its marvelous achievements? A healthy life usefully lived is within every person's grasp and such a life is always worth all it costs regardless of the future. Un loubtedly immortality is a glorious gain so much so that the struggle for it is one of the noblest of human efforts, still that does not prove that this life is not worth the living separated from the life to come. CJreat nations have grandly wrought without any or with small conception of a future life. The world owes some of its greatest debts to Greece and Rome, yet these people had no ideas of the hereafter except the most vague and unsatisfactory. If Socrates gave us an argument for immortality, a far greater man Julius Caesar denied it. The great bulk of the world's work is accomplished without a thought in its workers' minds of anything but the present. Let us be fair towards science. It has no place for faith. "Faith begins where reason ends." It deals only in facts. Its method is rigorous demonstration. Except Huxley, its great apostles made no attacks upon faith. No one was more tolerant in this regard than Charles Darwin, nor have I ever found a word of censure upon the pages of Dr. Fiske. His constant effort is to include a future life In the great truths of evolution. Simplicity itself could not be more simple than the time-honored Christian's belief In the life hereafter. It teaches that within this perishable tenement of our bodies dwells an imperishable soul, and that this soul is in no sense whatever material. Can we have thought without a brain or sight without an eye? So far as this world and body is concerned, no; but why should not this old soul take on new organs when free from this present body. As Tennyson puts it: "It may be that no life is found Which, only to one body bound. Falls off, but cycles always round." Our Christian belief is that this soul of ours is in its essence of the same nature as Its Creator; that there are only two elements in this universe, "spirit and matter;" that God is the spirit and therefore invisible and eternal, while matter is the seen and temporal. While we cannot conceive of thought without a brain no more than speech without a tongue, still it is not the brain that thinks nor the tongue which talks. Back of bram and tongue Is the Master our soul which uses botli as instruments. The fact that no one ever saw this master with bodily eye by no means proves that it is not real. And then Christianity teaches us that we have an historical demonstration that spirit is Lord and survives matter, and is independent of its laws in our Savior, who set aside the laws of birth and death, and who has gone before, but will come again to judge the world in righteousness and justice. In the meantime His followers carve upon the memorial stone of their dead the lovely and hopeful words, "Tili He Comes." Professor Fiske ignores this belief, which has been for thousands of years the consolation of untold millions, because he is a scientist and looks at this question exclusively from a scientific standpoint. He. properly alludes to the universal belief in both God and future lives as part of our human instincts, and In the books above named shows, or tries to show, that such beliefs are not wholly unscientific. The vast superiority of Christianity over science In this matter hereafter Is illus trated In these words, "to die is gain," so current among its disciples. With science, to live worthily is the only certain gain. Over in London recently the Methodists held a world-wide conference in John Wesley's Chapel, and beside the grave in which he has now slept for over a century. Let us put Wesley and Fiske side by side. While Wesley was much the greater man, Fiske wa9 one of our foremost Americans. I shall never forget the long talk I once had with him, and his absolute sincerity, as well as mental brilliancy. His reminiscences of Spencer, Huxley and Darwin, that mighty triumvirate of intellectual kings, were delightful. Was death any gain to Dr. Fiske? Was it not rather the profoundest of all losses forever to stay his beautiful pen and the working of his splendid brain? According to the teachings of this book, misnamed "Life Kverlasting," there is no proof whatever of the future life. But with John Wesley life was a beginning and a preparation, while death was simply an incident. The best part of life with him was the life to come. How beautiful is the literature of the tomb as expressed by the lips of faith! llow gladly we turn from the uncertainties and vagueness of the conclusion of such superb intellects and poets, such as Brownning, Tennyson and Shelley, to tho unknown and forgotten writers of our hymn books, with their joyous certainties born of faith as to the hereafter. If we begin (uoting them we should never stop. Surnce it to say that they, one and ail. without the faintest hesitation, announce that death is a door which opens into a kintrdom the glories of which no human brain has ever conceived or human pen ever wirtten. As against the "We don't know" of science, with all its splendid discoveries and great Intellects, the old faith triumphantly puts its "To die is gain." is not the splendid promise of Christianity, supported by so many analogies which Dr. Fiske dwells upon, better than the negr.tive of science? H. P. BALDWIN. Who' Who In America. About two years ago A. N. Marquis Ä: Co., of Chicago, published under the above title a volume of brief biographies of notable living Americans, men and women. The title was adopted from an English publication. "Who's Who," which has been issued in successive editions for more than fifty years, but which is confined almost exclusively to English men and women. Marquis &, Co. '3 publication was the first of its kind ever issued in this country not the first biographical dictionary or cyclopedia, but the .Irst one confined exclusively to contemporary people. Notwithstanding the obvious difficulties in the compilation of such a work so as to secure thoroughness, and accuracy the first edition of "Who's Who in America'" proved !0 popular and valuable as a book of reference and ready information that a ci oml and greatly enlarged edition has been found advisable, and it will probably become a permanent work of annual or biennial publication. The extent of the enlargement of the present edition over the first otic may be inferred from the fact tint the number of biographical ags 1 increns. i from b-'7 In tl. first edition to l.o i inf. present one. and tiie number of names from to II, .V.l. Of the H.rt"2 names in the first edition 732 have been omitted from the present one either on account of death or for other reasons, and most of the biographies tarried from the first to the second edition have been revised and improved.

The experience had in the compilation of the first edition has enabled the publishers and editors to make many Improvements in this one. which seems to be about as nearly perfect as such a work cculd be made. Among the nearly 11..7"0 names In the volume one will find that of nearly every living American, man or woman, that has achieved prominence or distinction in any walk of life. The necrology list contains the names of nearly notable persons who died in 1', and there are valuable chapters on educational statistics and birth and residence statistics. The book should be In the hands of every person desirous of keeping In touch with the time in which we live. Its chief editor is Mr. John W. Leonard, a noted journalist, author and lecturer, who Is exceedingly well qualified for the work. The FIrM Jlen In the Moon. In this story Mr. II. G. Wells whose untrammeled imagination loves to disport itself among strange conditions and to conjure up weird pictures of what might be has allowed his fancy free sweep in the moon. The result is a highly original and somewhat remarkable account of life and conditions on that planet. The tale is told by a young Mr. Bedford, who, being for reasons of his own in a remots part of rural England, there became acquainted with an amateur scientist named Ca vor, who, by chance. In his chemical experiments, stumbled upon a substance over which the law of gravitation had no power. This meant immense possibilities in the way of exclusive rights, adaptation to various uses and consequent wealth, and Bedford at once constituted himself Cavor's partner. Not being affected by tho power of gravity, this new composition, which was called cavorlte, had a tendency to rise and float off in the air. By way of experiment Cavor had a large glass sphere built, encased it with steel shutters covered with cavorite, equipped the interior with electrical and chemical arrangements for providing light, heat, oxygen, etc.; also with a supply of concentrated food. He and Bedford then entered, closed the one entrance and lloated away into space. In the course of time they landed upon the moon, which they found so cold that air was frozen so that it took the appearance of snow. The surface of the moon, as seen from the interior of tiieir sphere, was barren and desolate. When the sun rose conditions quickly changed. The air thawed out, rose up first in a gray mist, then be

came clear. The men emerged from their sphere, finding the atmosphere light and at first somewhat difficult to breathe, but evidently with an unusually large propoition of oxygen. They found conditions different from those of earth. Owing to the thinness of tho air and the quantity of oxygen they moved easily. The same exertion that would carry them across a yardwide ditch on earth would carry them over a . thirty-foot chasm on the moon. Presently, as the sun came up higher, they discovered that vegetation had begun to show Itself upon the bleak surface of the moon. They saw seeds open, roots pushed out, leaves thrust forth and growth proceed with Incredible swiftness. The moon's day being as long as fourteen of the earth's days, it presently dawned upon them that on each of such days vege tation sprouted, grew to maturity and was cut down bv the cold of each successive night. They were horrible growths, spongy, pulpy, of many colors and of singular shapes. They became jungles, almost forests, and the men, wandering carelessly about, lost sight of their glass sphere. While they were anxiously hunting it there was a ciang of metal, great gates in a valley opened, and out of the interior of the moon came some enormous and horrible animals, at once dubbed "mooncalves" by the strangers. These mooncalves, which devoured the vegetation, were in charge of creatures which might be human, since they had legs, arms, heads and eyes. They had, however, no faces. These creatures the men from earth called Selenltes. The sphere could not be found, and so many Selenltes made their appearance that the strangern were presently discovered, captured and taken into the moon caverns. Here they found vast machinery at work and endless caverns and tunnels, all lighted with a blue phosphorescent light. After various adventures they managed to escape, and. taking the return track, came again to the surface, at one point passing a cavern where mooncalves were being butchered and prepared for food. At Ihe surface again the men undertook a systematic search for the sphere. Bedford -found it, and, having reason to believe that Cavor had been captured and killed, entered It, touched the necessary buttons, shot into space and returned to earth, taking with him as proof of his experience a heavy gold chain with which his ankles had been bound by the Selenltes and two gold crowbars he had snatched up to defend himself with. This, it might seem, would end the remarkable narrative, but the later happenings growing out of the adventure are even more marvelous. What they are must be left for the reader who cares to learn more of the strange Inhabitants of the moon to discover for himself. The incidents are related with the air of plausibility which makes Mr. Wells's stories so impressive. The tale is an entertaining variation from the conventional novel, and is worth reading If only to see to what lengths a gifted imagination may go. One who begins the book is sure to follow the singular fortunes of the two adventurers to the e nd. Numerous illustration by E. Hering, an artist who has evidently studied the text closely, add greatly to the weirdness of the story. The book, which is handsomely printed. Is published by the Bowen-Merrill Company. The Renr. of Blue River. This book, by Mr. Charles Major, author of "When Knighthood was in Flower," will not add to his reputation as a novelist, because it is not a novel, but it gives him an established place as a skillful and delightful writer of stories of a realistic eort for boys. The scene of the stories is laid, according to the opening paragraph: "Away back in the 'twenties when Indiana was a baby State, and great forests of tall trees and tangled underbrush darkened what are now her bright plains and sunny hüls." At that time "there stood upon the east bank of Big Blue river, a mile or two north of that point where that stream crosses the Michigan road, a cozy log cabin of two rooms one front and one back." At that time the Big Blue river was full of fish, and bears were frequently encountered In the woods. The cabin above referred to was occupied by a family named Brent, and the oldest boy of the family, Raiser, lourtecn or fifteen years of age. is the hero of these stories. They tell how he hunted or was hunted by bears, and how he killed several under different circumstances. There Is also an .account of a wolf hunt and other forest adventures of Raiser; all of which are related In a style that sounds very true and real, and all I of which possess real Interest. The stories j nre sure to be popular among young read- ! ers, and their pictures of early pioneer life in Indiana will interest edder ones. No ! 1. ... . L. 4 1 : . . j . 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 ooy mat ocgius 10 reau tne hook win law to finish it. New York: Doubleday & MeClure Company. Jnek Hueer. x The scene of this story by Henry Somerville Is laid In a typical Western prairie town, and Its hero, who has the name part, is t he leading young man of the town, a bright, dashing young fellow, a little inclined to be fast, but not vicious, and with a substratum of good sense and good principle that insures his coming out all right. The heroines are some typical women and girls, all of whom like Jack, and some of the young ones love him. One day the tow n is surprised to learn tht Jack has been studying law and he-en admitted to the bar. Soen afterward his friends start a political boom in his favor and be is nominated for ofiiee. He makes a brilliant campaign, but at the close and Just before election day the disappearance of a young girl starts .1 false story about him, which, in order to shield others, he pays no attention to. and which causes his defeat. However, the truth comes out immediately afterwards. Jack Is vindicated and the story ends with his engagement to the girl of his choice. It has not much action; but the character drawing is good and the pictures of small Western town life and people are clever. The story is well written and rt ads smoothly. New York: McClure. Phillips & Co. KiimIbii KnlKhtley. This is tiie first of fifteen short stories er. Hated in look form by the Frederit k A. S okes Company and giving Its name to the volume. The collection Is by A. E. W. Mason, and nearly all the stories deal with English army s.nd navy life. Good stories, too most of them but short stories artrare ly acceptable to the reefing public in book form. That grat body prefers paving P'i or 15 or cen.s for a magazine in which are several short stories to paying J or H.od for ever so handsome a hook with a dozen or moro short stories, which it may or may not have read. The book is Jp attractive form, and would look well on the parlor table or the library shelves, and is capable of furnishing many separate hours of nK too arduous entertainment.

"Ensign KnUhtley and Other Storie," by A. E. W. Mason. The Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, publishers.

Afloat with Old Glory. This book possesses the merit of distinct originality in that It 1 a story of the s : written in verse. The author. Rev. Henry V. Warren, has been prtatbing for forty years. When quite young he enlisted In tii United States navy, and on the United States ship of the line Columbus he sailed on a long cruise around the world and afterwards took part in the Mexican war. In "Afloat with Old Glory" he relates his experiences and describes conditions as thev were on a United States wooden and sailing man-of-war fifty years ago. In really good vers1 and excellent descriptive style he gives a series of word pictures of sea life in old times that are well worth reading. The experiences deserve to be recalled, and thev lose none of their interest by being told "in verse. New York: The Abbey Press. .Invenllf. L. C. Page & Co., Boston, issue quite a list of stories for loys and girls, including "Tilda Jane." by Marshall Saunders, a story which originally appeared as a serial in the Youths' Companion, and is now issued in book form, with illustrations by Clifford Carleton; "prince Harold," a fairy story of the approved type, in which a charming young prince is "the hero of many interesting adventures. The following are published I ti the eVzv Corner Series:" "Madame Liberality," bv Juliana Ilorat'.a Ewing; "A Small! Small Child." by E. Livingston Prescott: "A Bad Penny." by John T. Wheelrtght; "The Fairy of the Rhene," by A. Comyns Carr; "Catty and ' " by Frances E. Crompton. The five last named are new additions to the charming "Cozy Corner Series," and are all rrettily illustrated. A Daughter of Mytery. A subtitle of this story, by R. N. Silver, designates it as "a sensational story of modern life." and such it certainly is. The main plot turns on the experience of the heroine, an apparently poor girl, with a mystery about her birth, whose unscrupulous step-uncle plots successfully for a long time to prevent her from coming into possession of an immense fortune left her by her father, but which she finally gets possession of. The situations in the book are novel, and it Is full of incident, including such as pertains to a romantic love affair. The scene of the story is laid in England. Boston: L. C. Page & Co. The Centiloqiilo. Laird & Lee, of Chicago, have issued In one volume a celebrated Spanish poem entitled "El Centiloquio." by the Marquis of Santillana, and a collection of Spanish proverbs. The poem Is a Spanish classic, and has been compared to Fenelon's "Ad ventures of Telemaclius." It is published in the original Spanish, while the proverbs are given in both Spanish and English. The poem, which Is a classic of the middle ages, is east in a very elevated tone, and the proverbs contain many rich nuggets of human wisdom. The book has particular interest for those who are studying the Spanish language, and its value is enhanced by a vocabulary. The Teller. Edward Noyes Wcstcott, the author of "David Harum." left another novel which Is now published under the title of "The Teller." In it the author makes good use of his experience as a bank officer. The volume contains a number of letters left by Mr. West cot t In regard to the novel and other matters and a biography written bv his friend, Mr. Heerrrmns. "The Teller" does not amount to much as a story, but it, as well as the letters, shows touches of originality and genius. New York: D. Appleton & Co. A Witmnn Alone. Again Mrs. Clifford has proved her knowledge of life and men in this trio of stories, one long and two quite short sketches. Ai In the "Love Letters of a Worldly Woman." it is the inner life which Is strongly depicted, and, although the lives portrayed are unhappy ones, the author knows human nature so well and tells her tales ho forcefully that there is pleasure In reading them. D. Appleton Ac Co. The Gordon Mystery. This is a detective story cleverly conceived and well worked out. The unraveling of "The Gordon Mystery" makes quite a network of plot and counter plot in which many interesting types of character are depicted. A moral lesson is conveyed by the final triumph of justice over rascality. New York: F. Tennyson Neely. IJrief .Mention. "The Fireflies' Glow." a collection of short and pretty stories for children, including eighteen original ones and ten translated from the German by Alice Rogers Moore. New York: F. Tennyson Neely Company. "Equal Partners," an Interesting detective story by Howard Fielding, which is full of surprises and reaches an exciting climax by natural methods and incidents that leave a strong impression. New York: G. W. Dillingham Company. From the Abbey Pres comes "Old Glory a romance of Baltimore, laid during the war of 1S12. and Including among Its Incidents the invasion and burning of Washington by the British and the bombardment of Fort McIIenry in the harbor of Baltimore.. "The Story of Monsieur Taul de Fere, by Anthony E. Wills, begins in Ix)ndon and shifts to 1'aris, where the life of a leader in the frivolous society of the French capital is vividly depicted with sensational accompaniments and interesting complications. New York: The Abbey Press. Current Periodleals. A drawing by Miss Alice Woods appetri In the October Century. It bears the tltla. "Starting for the Antipodes." The current number of Harper's Weekly contains the opening chapters of a new story by Mr. S. R. Crockett, entitled "Th Dark of the Moon " In bis entertaining article entitled "A Horse-fair Pilgrimage," in the current Scribnr. E. S. Nadal pays a casual compliment to the Terre Haute track. Little Folks Is a very dainty magazine with delightful little stories Just suited for wee people, and pictures that they can understand, whether they can read the accompanying text or not. It Is published by S. E. Casslno & Co., Boston. The "abandoned farm" figures a good deal in current literature and is always Interesting to that Innumerable company of people who yearn for rural life at least in fair weather. In the Century Magazine William Henry Bishop tells how lie "restored" the house on such a farm consisting of eight acres, making it habitable and picturesque. Helen C. Candee's paper in the Century or. women's clubs is not likely to be especially pleasing to club members. In spite of her praise of club there is evident disposition to sneer at women who seek stlfculture In that way, and she pats upon the shoulder the other women who consider themselves normal and have no interest In clubland. Mr. F. Hopklnson Smith's mot arrbitiou s'ory. "The Fortun m of Oliver I loin." will begin In the November Scribner's. It deals with the career of a young artist who comes to New York to set k fam- In his profession. Theodore Roosevt It's second article. "With the Cougar llcuni. in the November Scribner's. will conta:n s..n;e stirring descriptions of ougar hunting. Everybody's Magazine, which Is amors; the best of the 10-cent monthlies gives a good deal of its space in the October number to various phases of the Pan-American Exposition. J. P. Mowbray's "Makii g of a Country Home" continue to be intersting. Everybody's has opened a department in which it prints practical suggestions for the benefit of iititraiced worntn who wish to make money. It was rather a singular coincidence that brought the name of Theodore Roo..--!i into promine-nce in several October magazines, either i.s a c ntributor or as a subject for other writers simulnnou.l y with Ms suhlen political advai c-:n 11t. M.ia. xines being "made up" long before thtir publication made such prominence purely acclde:tul. Especial interest, therefore, attaches to the tlrt of his serlc of hunting papers In Scrlbner, anJ many popl will read it who haw not before givtn

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