Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 335, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1902 — Page 4

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The Lincoln Assssslnslion. The Journsl of Sunday, Dec. 7, will contain the first Installment of a hitherto unprlnted narrative of the conspiracy that culminated in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by J. WUke Booth. Samuel Bland Arnold. one of the convicted conspirators, died recently In Maryland, leaving this history of the plot to kidnap Mr. Lincoln, which culminated In hi death. It deals with the formation of the plot, the arrest of the conspirators, the execution of some and the Imprisonment of others, at the Dry Tortugas. with statements of alleged cruelties to ahich they were there subjected. The narrative will begin in the Sunday Journal and will be continued from day to day until completed, which will be Dec. 20. When prime beeves of 1,200 to 1.600 pounds are selling in Chicago at $7 to 17.40 a hundred, and medium beef steers at 15 to $6.85, it should not take a practical person a long time to discover why the prices of beef continue high. If the American Economist and other trade publications will look over the platforms adopted by Republican State conventions last summer they will find that all except four declared for a reciprocal treaty with Cuba. It seems to be a fact which they have overlooked. Indications are that the agreement of the Brussels sugar convention which provides for the abolition of all bounties on sugars exported by European producers will go into effect next September. It is said that this agreement will curtail the production or beet sugar in Europe, and naturally in crease the price. Already the tendency of prices is upward. A careful compilation of the fatal and severe casualties of football shows fifteen deaths, and more than one hundred severe Injuries, ranging from concussion of the brain and insanity down the list through injured spines, crushed skulls, broken legs and arms to such lesser injuries as the tearing loose of ribs and the breaking of ear drams. If such a loss of life and limb should occur In the suppression of a riot. what a clamor would he raised! "The Canucks," meaning the Canadians, says an exchange, "do not want reciprocity with the United States." They never did. They have demanded everything for noth ing. They desire the markets naturally belonging to the northern and eastern farm ers, of our lumbermen and fishermen, for which they have nothing to give In return The fact is. the Canadians have learned that there is no chance for a reciprocal treaty between them the United States, now that they have given Great Britain a 33 per cent, preferential duty. For a few million people scattered along our northern border from coast to coast, the Cana dians attract altogether too much attention. Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, chairman of the interstate-commerce committee, has proposed a novel plan for dealing with trusts, which is the taxing of watered stock. He believes that if a tax were imposed upon stock which has no substantial value it would wipe out the most objectionable feature of the modem combinations. He would have the collectors of internal revenue fix a value upon stock in such corporations which represents no actual value, which shall be taxed sufficiently high to make it impossible for those who hold it to retain It. If practicable, this would be a simple method of compelling corporations to conform their issues of stocks to such as represent an actual paid-up value. Banker Sellgman's visit to Washington has put a new phase on the proposed settlement of the British and German claims against Venezuela. There could be no objection to an American banker acting as a middleman between those governments and helping Venezuela to wipe out her indebtedness by an issue of bonds, but asking the United States to guarantee the loan is a very different matter. The United States should not becrme an indorser for Venezuela in any manner nor to any extent whatever. It is enough for this government to guarantee her territorial integrity against European aggression without assuming any financial responsibility. There is nothing unfriendly in the action of the British government closing its ports against cattle shipped from the infected New England States. The action is justified by that of this government, and it would not have bean surprising if the interdict bad Included all American ports. The cattle Interests of Great Britain are too Important to admit of taking any risks. Only a short time ago the Argentine Republic was shipping a great many cattle to Liverpool. While several ships loaded with an word was carried

ahead of thorn that there was a cattle dls ease In the Argentine Republic, and when

the vessels got there they found every British port closed against them. The shi;.s had to put to sea, slaughter their cattle in mid-ocean, and throw them overboard. American cattle growers may congratulate themselves that in this case the British interdict did not include all American ports. THE STATE Al DITOR'S REPORT. Two or three points In the report of State Auditor Hart deserve special attention. One of these Is that Indiana has a cheap but effective State government. Under the direction of the auditor of state are two branches which in most States are operated as separate bureaus insurance and banking. It Is safe to say with such auditors as Mr. Daily and Mr. Hart these two Im portant Interests could not have been more Intelligently and effectively cared for. In no State has insurance, both life and fire, been placed upon a sounder basis than it has in this State by the two auditors named. The same can be said of State banking, which now includes building and loan associations. This excellent service has been obtained at a cost not to exceed onetenth of what separate insurance and banking bureaus would and do cost in other States where the requirements upon such officials are not greater. It Is well to dwell upon this fact because in nearly every legislature movements are made to create an insurance department, with a Superin tendent at a salary of $3.500. a deputy at half that compensation and three or four clerks and stenographers. Other States where there is no more business in connection with insurance pay 125.000 more annually to maintain an Insurance bureau. The same Is true of a railroad commission. It is not needed since, so far as taxation Is concerned, the Tax Commission can act. When it comes to Inspection no company will take the risk of defective bridges, while the coroner is the officer to inquire into the causes of accidents. Another important subject which Auditor Hart discusses is the evil of delinquent taxes. If such taxes have been reduced in Marlon county by Treasurer Koehne and all taxes are collected In Fayette county, nearly all taxes assessed in other counties can be collected. The real cause of much of the tax delinquency is that county treasurers dislike the unpopularity which attaches to an officer who is persistent in pushing those who would avoid paying their share for the support of local government. Because Treasurer Koehne has vigorously pursued delinquents he has been charged with making all that he could out of the office. One of the reasons given for voting against Mr. Ensley in the late campaign was that he would retain the subordinates of Mr. Koehne who have relestlessly pushed the collection f delinquent taxes. It is natural that a county treasurer who is a candidate for re-election should not desire to make himself unpopular with several hundred voters by pushing the payment of delinquent taxes. If the Constitution should be so changed that the term of the county treasurer would be four years like those of the county auditor and clerk, and that such officer should not be eligible for reelection, there would be less delinquent taxes. Auditor Hart is of opinion that the Tax Commission has authority, under proper legislation, to compel the payment of delinquent taxes. The suggestion is certainly entitled to the consideration of the Legislature. THE MEETING OF CONGRESS. The second session of the present Congress will begin to-day and must close March 4. It has but three months In which to do business,, if it should get down to work in earnest. It is not expected that much of great importance will be done during the session beyond clearing up a few matters which are pending and the enactment of the appropriation bills, which are necessary to keep the machinery of government In motion. Two questions which were prominent, if not uppermost, during the first session have been practically settled. One of these is the policy to be pursued with reference to the Philippines. Much of the time of the Senate was taken in debating the policy of the administration in the Philippines, but when the bill became a law, and now that affairs there are so much more satisfactory than was anticipated, that question is admitted to be settled by the opposition's silence regarding it in the last campaign. The other topic that was finally disposed of Is the isthmus canal, unless the government of Colombia proves more foolish in its opposition than might reasonably be expected. The President will doubtless urge the ratification of a treaty with Cuba, which the country favors outside of a few Interested parties. It is possible that some action may be taken in relation to trusts along the line suggested by the attorney general, but It is a subject which will call forth so much discussion that there will not be time for perfecting and enacting a new law. Tariff legislation is not probable, since anything like a revision of schedules requires time. It has been announced that the message of the President will not be presented to Congress until to-morrow. The President Is ready, but the House, it is said, will adjourn upon the announcement of the death of two or three of its members. AS VIKWED IN lm V. Rev. Frank H. Levering, formerly an attorney of this city and now a missionary in India, sends the Journal a copy of the Madras Mail of Oct. 23, containing editorial comments on an article by Mayor Townsend, a British manufacturer at Madras, on "The American Industrial Peril." Mayor Townsend spent some time making an inspection of Knglish and American factories, and he concludes that while American methods are undoubtedly more progressive than British there is no reason why British manufacturers should give up the fight for industrial supremacy. He thinks that as far as intrinsic excellence Is concerned American machinery does nt surpass British machinery, "but the output oDtnlned from the former is far larger."' That certainly argues either superior machinery or superior workmen. "What Mayor Townsend contends," says the Madras paper, "is that American competition can, after all, be grappled with and equaled, if not surpassed, by any firm that can and will adopt the best of the American methods and rest them on the substratum of British workmanship. He remarks that if it were necessary to express in one word th' often-discussed but never dettned 'secret' of American success, it can beat be given in the word 'breadth more breadth of views as to the needs of modern industries, more breadth in their development, more breadth tn moetlng all those

needs in the fullest manner compatible with future profit." It must be remarked again

that this characterize tlon of American methods virtually admits their superiority. It is interesting to find "the American industrial peril" intelligently discussed in one of Great Britain's distant colonies, and while the Madras paper shows its pro-British feeling it does not attempt to conceal the fact that the "peril" is a real thing. This cannot be denied when the product of our oil refineries illuminates Mohammedan temples; when American bridges span the Nile and rivers in the Transvaal and Australia; when American locomotives an- running on American rails in many foreign countries; when American capital a:id enterprise are about to underlay London with electric car lines; when our prepared foods are consumed In every part of the globe, and when American manufacturers are Invading all markets. In a letter calling attention to the article in the Madras paper Mr. Levering says: "The whole British world is stirred over the growing influence of America in the commercial and industrial world. American manufactures are being sold out here in India in an ever-increasing volume. The advertisements In the daily papers Indicate that the demand for them is growing rapidly." A contested election case In Clay county has raised the question whether the election officers In one precinct were Justified in rejecting several ballots because the voters had made the cross on the rooster's head or tail. The Journal is of opinion that in the absence of other evidence Indicative of fraud the ballots so marked were valid and should have been counted. The law makes no other provision in regard to the manner of voting a straight ticket, except that the X shall be made within the circle at the head of the ticket and not elsewhere. It does not say the X shall be made above the device or below it, or on the white part of the circle. If it Is within the circle the law is complied with. Making the mark on a particular part of the device, .ither the rooster or the eagle, might be part of a fraudulent scheme, but it Is just as likely to be due to thoughtlessness or to the desire of some enthusiastic voter to emphasize his choice. Because the X touches the device or is made directly upon it or on any part of It, election officers are not Justified in rejecting the ballot without outside evidence of fraud. It is the policy of the law to count every vote where the will of the votei is ascertainable. unless there is some distinguishing mark on the ballot or some violation of law In other respects. Placing the X directly on the device is not a violation of the law. The fact that the conference of Republican State senators made provision for an inquiry into the fitness of candidates for clerks, doorkeepers and othT positions at the disposal of the Senate seems not to have attracted the attention to which It is entitled. In the first place, it is a denial of the assumption that any person should have a position in the public service, regardl ss of his qualifications. It is a declaration that it is not enough that an applicant is backed by influential men and has rendered the party some service. Such indorsement and such claims should count, but not until character and fitness are established. For an engrossing clerk, for instance, it should be shown that he Is a man of Integrity, that he can write a good hand, and has the experience that will make him an accurate copyist. The next delegation of foreigners to visit this country in search of information will be a large number of German farmers who will como to study American agricultural methods. The visit has been arranged for by the German embassy at Washington through the German Department of Agriculture. The visitors will spend about three months in this country visiting the great centers of dairy Inelustry, the horse-breeding and cattle-breeding sections, the fruit farms of California, the wheat farms of the Dakotas and Minnesota, the stockyards, etc. No doubt the German farmers can learn a great deal from American methods, but the people who are trying to establish the beet-sugar industry in this country might get valuable pointers from them. THE HUMORISTS. A Reflection. Chicago Po6t. "I see the scoundrel In your face!" exclaimed the angry man. "That." replied the other, calmly, "Is a personal reflection." When the angry man had figured this out he hs evn angrier. Same Thing. Chicasro Tribune. "But we can't snare a special train fnr any such purpose as that," objected the superintendent of the road. "We need every engine we've got now, for moving the crops." "That's all right." eagerly assented che spokesman of the committee. "We want it for the use of Secretary Hay." An l niil. Boston Post. "Good morning, sir," said a stranger accosting Rip Van Winkle, as the latter came down out of the mountains from his twenty-year tleep. "and how are you feeling this morning?" "I am feeling bum very bum." replied Rip, In the usual grumbling way of mankind; "why, I never slept a wink all night." Sot the Itischt Kind. New York Sun. John Smith was about to be sacrificed, when Pocahontas intervened. "CaVt you see." she NtnSti "that he is not the kind of breakfast food they advertised? He would only be an Indian meal." Perceiving that he was not ready to serve, the braves desisted, and woman's wit once more won the day. A Distinction. Baltimore American. "What is your occupation?" "I haven't any." "What! you mean to tell me a big lout of a fellow like you don't work?" Oh. yes, sir. I work in a box factory." "Well, don't you en'' that an occupation?" "No. lr. I only get f3 a week; that's no occupation, that's a Job." One of Life's Mysteries. Chicago Record -Herald. Half a dosn small boys were thinking of the strange thing of life the other day. when one of them said: "They" one thing seems quetr. My pa goes to the barber shop to get shaved nearly every day. and other men hast to go three or four times a week right along too. and I should think God would catch on after while and not let 'em grow no more." Dot If Btiyn a Dollar's Worth. Springfield Republican. A further fall In the price of silver makes our silver dollar look quite decidedly like 30 cents. Its actual bullion worth Is now very cIom to that figure. To be exact, the silver In a silver dollar to-day is worth SX cents.

SOME OF THE NEW BOOKS

The Bible for Children. The translators of the King James version of the Bible turned every part and every line of It Into English, as it was their task and duty to do. They were to translate, not to expurgate, amend, condense or edit. Thus it follows that the complete Bible contains some things that children cannot comprehend and some that are not suitable for young minds. "The Bible for Children" is an attempt to bring Into close relation with the life of children all of the rich material that is treasured up In the Bible without any of the surplusage. It gives almost in the exact language of the complete Bible all the re ligious parts, all the vivid narratives, the Bible stories, the poetry, the propheci es, the life and ministry of Christ all that is calculated to interest children and all that they can understand and assimilate. "The liible for Children" is abridged and arranged from the Fible of all the ages, and it contains all of the original that is appropriate to their moral range. What for the child can be only a weariness, like lists of unpronounceable names and long descriptions of buildings and cf elaborate ceremonies; or unintelligible, like the intricate symbolism of obscure visions; or needless, like the repetition of parallel narratives; or unprofitable for other reasons, such things as these have been left out. Verse divisions have been discarded ana a new system of chapters introduced which makes the narrative run consecutively and gives fresh interest to the book even for adults. The main work of selecting and arranging has been done with admirable judgment and skill by Mrs. Joseph B. Gilder, aided by Professor Faquane, of the Union Theological Seminary. A notable feature of the book and one that cannot fail to enhance its attractiveness for the young is the introduction of twenty-four full-page illustrations from sacred pictures bv the old masters. These fine pictures illustrate the text in a way calculated to deepen its Impression on youthful minds. The book will undoubtedly contribute to the extension of Bible reading and knowledge among the young. The Rev. Dr Francis Brown contributes a preface and Bishop Potter an introduction. Published by the Century Company. The Lnst Word. "The Last Word," by Alice MacGowan, is the story, told by herself, of the experience of Carrington West, a young girl from Texas, brought to New York city by a big newspaper. She comes "fresh and green from Texas pastures." too "broncho" to feel any awe of her editors, whom she treats much as she has been accustomed to treat the cowboys. Her wit and beauty enslave the president of the publishing company in the second chapter, and throughout the rest of the book she is the bright paxticu lar star of the office. Her contributions, signed "Young Lochinvar." are always pronounced "rattling good stuff." and when her love affairs reach such an engrossing stage that she has neither heart nor time to be brilliant, the devoted fashion notes illustrator presents ht r with a packet of type-written articles got up in imitation of her piquant style, and begs that she make him happy by using them whenever at loss for material. The book has a purpose. The writer takes it very seriously and evidently wishes the reader to do likewise. She draws a man, admirable in every way except in his old-fashioned attitude toward women, and makes him madly in love with a typical independent, ambitious, present-day girl. The real story is of the trials and tribulations these two people, In every other way s -mlngly bom for one another, must go through before the man is brought to the woman's point of view and peace restored. The situation is really an Interesting one and the author is careful to bring enough force to bear on the poor man to save him from weakness in changing his mind. The story cannot fail to entertain. The writer has a fresh, racy, original style which, however, is sadly in need of toning; her freshness is often mere smartness, her raciness. coarse, and her originality far-fetched and ridiculous. She repeatedly violates good taste and lapses in grammar are not infrequent. The writer is evidently young, yet It Is equally evident that she is clever. The beauty of the portraits of Carrington West with which the book is illustrated go a long way toward making the reader forgive the pertness and roughness of some of the heroine's remarks. L. C Page & Co., publishers. Spw Yorkt Old nnd New. Rufus R. Wilson is one of the writers who has contributed in an Interesting and valuable way to the preservation of early American history. The field is a large one, and the working of it did not begin any too soon, for the materials of histor:- decay very rapidly. Mr. Wilson's "Ran bles In Colonial Byways" showed taste for investigation in this field and this book emphasizes it. "New York: Old and New, Its Story. Streets and Landmarks," is a successful attempt to condense a large amount of history Into smail space. In two moderate-sized volumes it sets forth the moving and uncommon story of New York's growth from a Dutch trading hamlet to the second city In the world, and relates some part of the wealth of topographical and personal incident which have accompanied the evolution. This implies a sort of blending of history with the small talk of generations in such a way as to make a consecutive narrative of the working of social and political forces, and the Idea has been well carried out In the two handsome volumes which constitute this work. Volume 1 covers the period of Dutch rule under the head of "New Amsterdam and Its Burghers." followed by "The Sway of the English" and "New York as a Fr e City." while Volume 2 describes the transitional period in which New York passed from a provincial town to a metropolitan city. Volume 1 contains most of interest for the student of history, while Volume Z is of special interest to those who wish to know modern New York and the New York of to-day. The entire work Is done In good literary style and the atmosphere is that of romance mingled with municipal progress. The text is accompanied by many engravings of historic features. Primarily the book is one for natives of New York and their descendants, but it possesses interest for all students of local history, and even for general readers. Philadelphia: J. B. Llpplncott Company. Around the Capital with I nele Hank. This book describes the national capital from a new point of view. The author, Thomas Fleming, has sought to mingle fun with facts and inject humor into sober description. There is also a good deal of satire in the portrayals of men and things. "Uncle Hank" is Henry Slocum, "as fine a specimen of Yankee manhood as it was possible to find." Living in a typical village, he visits Washington for the first time and his wise and witty comments are quite a feature of the book. The rest consists of more or less accurate descriptions of the prominent features of Washington, interspersed with keen and cutting hi is As this: "One cannot go about the streets without running into a Supreme Court Justice, an admiral, a general, a Pullman car porter or some one equally great: and it is not at all safe to address a stranger on the street as colonel, lest he should prove to be a general." Or this: "Washington is often referred to as the city of magnificent distance?. Whether this is a compliment or stigma has never been fully determined. One thing is certain there is a magnificent distance between the United States senator and the common citizen In the estimation of the former." In spite of a tendency to flippancy the descriptive parts re fairly good and Cncle Hank's comment: are oft ii amusing. The numerous illustra :ions bosv dt on caricature, but some of those of public men are clever. New Y rk: The Nutshell Publishing Company. Anions the Grent Masters of Warfare. Walter Rowlands, art critic and collector, has brought together in this book many reproductions of famous paintings that represent scenes In the lives of same of the world's great warriors, and has written I text full of historical interest about the men whose names have "filled the sounding trump of fame " The volume Is the lat of the "Grea Masters" series, the publishers of which are Dana Estes A Co., Boston. The Mine FlOWVr. Henry Van Dyke, whose volume of short stories. "The Ruling Passion," demonstrated that he was master of that form of literature, hag. under the title of "The Blue Flower." given to the world a book of nine more brief tales that relate to each other and were sutjfested to the author by a Ml of imaginative work of the German writer Novalis, which he freely translates and offers as a reason why he has written them. As a whole he says they are "the story of the search for happiness, which is

life." and thev give him opportunity for a play of imagination that is charming. The book is beautifully illustrated. Charles Scrlbner's Sons-, New York.

Current Periodicals. Meredith Nicholson contributes to the Atlantic Monthly for December a memorial sketch of Edward Eggleston with an estimate of his work. The Woman's Home Companion for December has a pretty Christmas design on Its cover, and the contents are largely devoted to Christmas interests articles on the making of holiday gifts, the holiday spirit, etc. An exception to these is a very readable account, by Edward C. Clark, of the famous "Streeterville war" In Chicago. The number is an excellent one The December number of Harper's Bazar Is given a Christmas character by Its cover design, its illustrations, some of them in color, and by several of the stories and sketches and special holiday contributions. A set of four pictures in color, representing "Christmas with the Children." cleverly and completely tell the story of Christmas day. The issue is a handsome one. Gelet Burgess contributes an amusing article to the December number of Good Housekeeping on the trials, tribulations and pleasures of a bachelor's housekeeping. This Issue of the magazine has many other contributions of interest, among them papers on "Colonial Cookery," "Child Portraiture." "Good Furniture," "The Critic in the Kitchen, fhe Higher Life." "The Boy's Room." and a variety of domesticlore, talks about Christmas gifts, etc. The distinguishing characteristic of this magazine is its practical common sense. The Christmas number of the House Beautiful (Herbert S. Stone. Chicago) has as a special attraction a reproduction of a li'olbein drawing in red chalk, a facsimile of the original, the subject being Jane Seymour, wife of Henry the Eighth. A series of twelves of these portrait reproductions is to be given for especial use as household decoration. Among the conirlbutions to this number are papers on "Simplicity In Furniture Design." "The Flower Beautiful." "An Ideal Kitchen." "Home Economics" and "Concerning Samplers." The Literary Digest for Nov. 22 contains. among other timely articles, symposiums upon the following subjects: "Imputing Free Trade Ideas to the President," "Reflections on the Molineaux Case," "Chicago Teachers and the Federation of Labor." "Growth of the Socialist Vote." "Results of the Minnesota Direct Primaries." "Joseph Chamberlain's Trip to South Africa," "Edward VII as a Moral Example." "Disobedience at the Vatican." "Coming Struggle of Socialism with Clericalism in Germanv." "Lowell's Influence in England." "Rise of the Nature Writers." "The German Language in America," "Debt of the Republic to the Preacher," "How the Bible Came Down to Us." "Is Coal a Bacterial Product?" "How the Plague Travels" and "Steam Versus Electricity." The Cosmopolitan for December is fully up to the standard so long maintained by that popular publication, it is noteworthy for the appearance as a writer on wild animals of HJalmar Hjorth Boyesen 2d. son of the essayist and novelist who was formerly editor of the magazdne. It is patent that Mr. Boyesen his "written up" the Bostock shows, and an account of the killing of Natiaon, in the Cyclorama building, gives the article a local flavor. The most striking contribution Is Julian H'awthorne's "Hearne's Romance." a psychological story that takes the reader back to the geologic ages. Edmund Frederick's very artistic frontispiece is an illustration for this story. There is a character sketch of Cora Urquhart Potter and a continuation of the "Captains of Industry" series, with a number of other good stories, sketches and discussions. Country Life In America, Doubleday, Page & Co.'s beautiful and interesting monthly magazine, has issued a double number for December, a Christmas Annual, which Is a credit to its publishers. The illustrations are distinctively American, portraying many features of winter sports, such as skating, snow-shoeing and ice yachting. It contains a poem by Rudyard Kepllng. "Pan in Vermont;" a Christinas story; a description of some beautiful Florida homes; an article on winter firesides, with many pic tures of beautiful fireplaces in charming houses; and in addition to all this there are several loose illustrated supplements that are worthy of preservation. The spirit of outdoors pervades the whole number. and if one can read it and not want to enjoy the pleasures of country life, one is hopelessly submissive to the Imprisonment of the city and has smothered every openair instinct. The special features of the December number of the Review of Reviews are character sketches of Governor Odell, of New York; Dr. Andrew 1). White, who has just retired from the German ambassador ship, and the late Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Illustrated articles on "The Mission of Dr. Lorenz to American Children," by Dr. V. P. Gibney ; "The Great Ship Combine," by Winthrop L Marvin: "The Giant Growth of the Soo. by Cy Warman; "ine Consolidation of Country Schools." by Superin tendent Frank Neison and William B Shaw; and "An Alabama Negro School." bv Oswald Garrison vlilard; and a con cisely written paper on "New Japan: the Schoolmaster of Asia," by John Barrett The department devoted to new books has special articles on the history, biography, economics, religious literature and iiction of the season, with a survey of "The Season's Books for the Young," by Ernest Knaufft. Conan Doyle's "Adventures of the Brigadier Gerard" Is the best thing In the December Strand, but the garrulous old soldier of the First Empire is too egotistical to be always entertaining, or even amusing. Arthur Lord's third paper on "The American Cartoonist and His Work" is very readable, especially for those with the black of a pencil or the smear of printers' ink on their fingers. Frederick Dolman has an article on "Gems of the World's Galleries." illustrated with half-tones of, some of the most famous painting's. There is a story by W. W. Jacobs, and Will Owen has Illustrated with the same faces and figures that he puts into all his illustrations, and which would be recogniz d as his if suddenly met in the mountains of Tibet. An article on London "Stalls" by Leonard Larkin is Interesting, and there is the usual department of "Curiosities." illustrated by "freak" or "fake" photographs. Four illustrations in color by Howard Pyle, representing the travels of the soul. form the introduction to the December Century. The meaning- of them perhaps would not be very clear to the casual observer, were the label lacking, but many other illustrations in the number are of a merit and quality unmistakable even to those unable to admire all the developments of modern art. An article on day nurseries, an aatronomleal paper, a little talk by Dr. A Weir Mitchell on "Heroism in Everyday Life." a sketch of Frederick W. Robertson and Henry Loomis Nelson's article on the Steel Trust are the more serious contributions to the number. Short stories. W -eral of them of good quality, occupy a good deal of space in the number. The first installment of a story by Alice Caldwell llegan. "Lovey Mary." brings in the famous "cabbage patch" once more. A musical song In nero dialect. "De Appile Tree," Is by Joel Chandler Harris. In the December issue of MeClure's Magazine is an article by John Mitchell, the labor leader, on the coal strike. It is. of course, a special plea in favor of the action of the miners, and is interesting as an expression of the author's personal opinion, but it contains little that has rmt already been given to the public by htm during the progress of the strike and the subsequent proceedings before the commission. A second chapter of Miss Tarbell's "Rise ot t laStandard Oil Company" traces the ftrst movements of the organization, and Is In14 resting as showing how a trust was established in the days when such a combination was . experimental. John La Far we writes of Durer and his art. and Lincoln Steffens of "The American Man on Horseback." the : iter being an account of the "bronchobusting" contest at Denver for the eh plonship of the w.rld. Among half a dozen short stories, "Thursday at Three." by David Graham Phillips, may be mentioned as .specially entertaining. "A Christmas Present for a Lady." by Myra Kelly, is a clever sketch. Harper's Magazine for December makes Its appearance In a very handsome cover made in imitation of tree calf. Within there is a mass of advertising and a good deal of miscellaneous reading matter, mostly fic tion. The opening article is made up of critical comment on "King Lear," by Algernon Charles Swinburne. The illustrations, one of them In color, are by Abbey. ajid are striking. A somewhat tragic story by Mark Twain Is of the class ending with an unanswered query. An article on Captain Kldd shows that famous pirate to

be a much misunderstood person. The illustrations in color, after paintings by Howard Pyle. form one of the distinctive features of the Issue. Booth Tarkington con

tributes a sketch relating to social life in the Middle West, part of which has already been reproduced in the Journal. Mrs. Humphry Ward's "Lady Roses Daughter still maintains its strength and interest and seems Ukelv to prove one of that lady s moat attractive and popular novels. A dramatic poem by V. D. Howells is called The Mother." Dr Ales llrdiicka writ, s of "The Aztecs of Yesterday and To-day." The remainder of the number Is largely made up of short stories by well-known writers, one of the cleverest being by Edith Wharton. The Atlantic Monthly for December has no holiday cover and no elaborate and costly Illustrations or ornamentation, no Christmas "features" whateiver, in fact; but it is full of good reading. The number opens with a thoughtful and truly patriotic paper by President Woodrow Wilson on "The Ideals of America." This is followed by a pleasantly discursive essay by Thomas Bailey Aldrieh, one of the few authors who has the fault of writing too little. Francis H. Nichols, whose extended personal observation and acquaintance in China enables him to speak with authority, explains Chinese dislike of Christianity. C. Hanford Henderson contributes "Some Impressions of Porto Rico and H r Schools" impressions that in the main are favorable. In a carefully prepared paper Ambrose P. Winston presents with much fairness both sides of the vexed question involved in the relations of the trade union and the superior workman. P. T. McGrath considers "the Atlantic Fisheries tjuestion." Zltkala-Sa. a young Indian woman, tells why she is a pagan; Ellen Durall discourses about "Women's Heroes." There are a number of poems, including "Two Sonnets from the Hebrew." by Josephine Dodge Daskam, and several book reviews. Of the two or three short stories, one, "Whar's My Christmas?" Is a pathetic and suggestive tale, recounting the fortunes of an exslave, now a pauper, who wonders If the gift of freedom has repaid him for the loss of Christmas. Another story. "The Unconscious Plagiarist," by Fanny Kemble Johnson, may have a hidden meaning to Justify its publication, but this is not discernible on a first reading. Among? the Publishers. "The Right Princess" (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.). the first novel founded on Christian Science, is now in its fifteenth thousand. It is considered to be Clara Louise Burnham's best story. The Scribners announce for immediate publication a book by Mrs. Isobel Strong J d Lloyd Osbourne to be entitled "Memories of Valllma." It will be freely illustrated from photographs in the possession of Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Strong and Mr. Osbourne. Nixon Waterman is about to put forth a new volume entitled "In Merry Mood; a Book of Cheerful Rhymes." It will contain over a hundred poems, mostly humorous, and all in the cheerful vein characteristic of Waterman. Forbes & Co., Boston, issue the new book. The G. W. Dillingham Company announces the fourth edition of "A Speckled Bird," running it into the one-hundred-and-twenty-fifth thousand; a second edition of "Denslow's Night Before Christmas," making the thirtieth thousand, and a third edition of Grace Duffle Boylan's "The Kiss of Glory." "The Century of Sonnets" Is an anthology of the most beautiful sonnets in the world's literature. The compiler, Mrs. Herriek, has performed her task with admirable judgment. The book deserves much praise. It is handsomely printed and dec orated, with an artistic binding of vellum boards, stamped in gold, and tied with tapes. Elder & Shepard, of San Francisco, are bringing out special bookish editions on Japan vellum of David Starr Jordan's "The Philosophy of Despair," Gelett Burgess's "The Romance of the Commonplace," Wallace Irwin's "The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum " and "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, jr.," and George Eli Hall's "A Balloon Ascension at Midnight." G. P. Putnam's Sons have just published "The Hudson River from Ocean to Source," by Edgar Mayhew Bacon; "The Romance of the Colorado River," a complete account of the first discovery and of the explorations from 1510 to the present time, with particular reference to the two voyages of Powell through the line of the great canons, by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh; "The Life and Times of Robert Hariey, Earl of Oxford," together with a study of the literary and political conditions of the age of Queen Anne. "Unitarianism in America" Is the comprehensive title under which a history of its origin and development Is issued by the American Cnitarian Association, Boston, in an octavo volume of nearly 500 pages, with twenty full-page illustrations. The author is George Willis Cooke, a member of the American Historical Association and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The purpose of this work Is to present a complete record of the origin and growth of Unitarianism in this country as it has organized Itself for missionary, educational and philanthropic efforts. D. Appleton & Co. have just published Vol. Ill In the Expansion of the Republic series, "Ohio and Her Western Reserve, with a Story of Three States Leading to the Latter from Connecticut by Way of Wyoming; Its Wars and Massacre," by Alfred Mathews; "A Virginia Girl in the Civil War," the authentic experience of Äirs. ixasn. a Confederate major's wife: "Through the Heart of Patagonia." bv Hesketh Prichard, with Illustrations from drawings by J. G. Millals; "The Romance or My Childhood and Youth," by Mme. Adam (Juliette Lambert), and a volume of verse entitled "The Sailing of the Long Ships and Others Poems," by Henry NewDOll. The Hon. John W. Foster, who has had a longer connection with the American diplomatic service than any man except John Quincy -Adams, has written an Important book entitled "American Diplomacy in the Orient." which will be published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. In the spring of 1SW3. The book will contain a review of the early American Intercourse with China, the policy observed toward that country, the opening of Japan, the political history and annexation of Hawaii, the relation of the United States to the later history of China. Japan, Korea. Samoa and the results of the Spanish war in the far East. A seventh revised edition of Mr. Foster's "A Century of American Diplomacy" has just been published owing to the steady demand for this book. Many New Editions. London Mail. The most astonishing feature of modern publishing is the lavish supply of new editions of classic books, which we are agreed in supposing everyone reads, and which, at any rate, "no gentleman's library should be without." Once upon a time it was a very serious matter to undertake the issue of an edition. A publisher took it. so to speak, as a religious ceremony, and the public talked of It and reviewed it for years afterwards. But nowadays, with cheaper printing and cheaper paper and more economical methods of binding, publishers think nothing of new editions. These are taken in the stride of a day. There are two attractions to the publisher in the approved classics. In the first place he will have to pay no royalties. Secondly, he can always reckon on a certain demand. Prices have gone down and readers have grown more numerous; and most people are tempted by pocket editions at two shillings or half a crown net, nicely printed and prettily bound. In addition, the publisher usually looks out an "editor" who. by annotation or by a biographical or critical introduction, will help to catch the wandering eye. In this way he "ropes in" to him many of the admirers of the editor also. For example, who would not buy an edition of Dickens under the charge of Mr. Kipling, or of Scott under Mr. Barrie. even If neither should pen a line of original matter? A fihostly Toast. Literary Bulletin. Reginald B. Birch, who did those capital illustrations for Robert W. Chambers's new child's book "Outdoorland." had an odd experience in Munich when he was an art student there. He and a number of fellow-students finding themselves low in pocket concluded to organise a club which might serve to keep their spirits up under however depressing circumstances. Mr. Birch nameu it trie Tapley Club in honor of Dickens's cheerful "Mark,"' and It was arranged that they should dine yearly at a certain Morien restaurant. If any member should be absent It was agreed that his plate should be laid, his beer' poured, his health drunk exactly a if be were srestBl.

Year after year they met, sometimes

two. three places vacant as the members scattered to their various life vocations till finally Mr. Birch had the mournful pleasure of dining alone at a table laid for eight. Ight plates, eight mugs of foaming beer. Then Mr. Birch, true to his vows, arose and crank a ghostly health to his absent mates while the other diners In the restaurant shrugged their shoulders and said under their breaths. "Poor fellow. Mad." Anthor of "Eternnllasn. Literary Bulletin. Orlando J. Smith was born June 14. 1842, near Terre Haute, Ind. He was educated in country schools and in Asbury (now Da Pauw) University. In April. 18. he enlisted as a private soldier In the Sixteenth Indiana Infantry and served through the civil war, rising gradually to the rank of major in the Sixth Indiana Cavalry. He was wounded and captured near Atlanta Aug. 3. lt4. and was mustered out of service in Stptemnvr. lvtf He was In journalIsm in Terr. Haute until I7$. when ho went to v hieago as editor and publisher of the Chicago Express. He founded the American Press Association In 188 and is now Its president and geraral manag r. being located in New Turk city. He has given many years of study to his booh "Eternalism." which has won the interested attention of such eminent critics as Prof. N. S. Shaler, Andrew Lang and Paul Car us. ONE OF MASON'S STORIES. ilovr he Illinois Senator Hrachrt President Harrison. Chicago Tost. "Speaking of Mason," remarked another politician, "reminds me of the time he used one of his stories to thaw the icy reserve with which Ben Harrison used to envelop himself when he was President. it was along In IS, the year Harrison was inaugurated, and the Democrats were still holding down the federal offices in Chicago. The months slipped by and Harrison showed no disposition to make the appointments which would give the hungry faithful places at the public crib. The Illinois senators and the congressmen had coaxed and implored the President to hurry up and appoint the Republicans to the fat berths held by the Democrats, but the most they got from the imperturable little man In the White House was the calm assurance thai he would attend to their cases when he reached them. "Mason was then a member of the House from the old Thlrtl district, and was backing Chris Mamer for collector of internal revenue. I know that sounds odd in the light of recent events. It seems funny that Mason should support a cog in the machine which he is now so bitterly fighting, but It was a fact then, for Mason considered Mamer his friend, as Mamer had declined to run for Congress against him. Anyway, Mason decided to try his hand at urging President Harrison to appoint the waiting Chicago Republicans to the Jobs which the Democrats had held for four years. "The President at that time uaed to go to Deer Park, in the Cumberland mountains, for a day or so and Mason trailed him there and was Invited to dine with him. Harrison, of course, knew the purpose of his visit and showed no more disposition to grant the request of the Illinois crowd than before. After dinner the President relaxed a little and Mason finally got to telling stories. He told one about an old Illinois farmer who died and left the farm to the favorite son. while the rest of the children were out In the cold. The son took possession of the homestead and settled down to make something of a not very Matt, ring prospect. The other children contested the will and fought the case In the courts year after year. It took all the money the son could wring out of the place to pay the court costs, lawyers' fees, etc. The case was continued time after ttme until It seemed that if the son won the farm in the end It would not be worth the expense. "One day when the son came home from town his wife came to the door to ask the same old question if the case was settled yet. " 'No. Mandy. they got another continuance.' answered the discouraged heir, 'and It took all the money I got for the hogs to pay the lawyers This pesky lawsuit la costing so much that I'm almost sorry sometimes that pap died.' "Wall. Mason told that yarn in a way that tickled Harrison. He saw the point that the Chicago federal jobs were hanging fire so long that the Republicans out here were almost sorry that they had elected him President. " 'I asked you not to talk about jobs,' said President Harrison, 'but if you fellows feel that way about it I guens you needn't wait any longer. I will make those Chicago appointments this week.' And he did, too." ORGANIZED PLAY. Interest Manifested in Indianapolis Educational Method. New York Sun. Blessings on the man or was it some god or demigod or wise woman? that Invented child-study, child-psychology and other boons! The facilities, all the modern conveniences, so to speak, now at the service of the lucky children of to-day are marvelous, all but incredible. For example, look at grand old Indianapolis, the Hoosier Paris. In the Indianapolis schools "the play of the children at recess has been 'organized.' " So many minutes for gymnastics, so many for ping pong, so many for tag and hoop, and so on. Every child plays on schedule time, has to live and play according to a time table. Three minutes with the bean bags, 2Vfc at the skipping rope. Organised labor, organised play! We are working, we are playing in a grand and wondrous time. It is one of the many regrets of all of us who are growing old that we cannot live to see the triumphs of civilisation our prophetic mu1s fort Children have been brought up according to wrong methods. In the dark forward and abysm of time shines a great light. Our dim eyes behold Automatic Children. They are wound up like a clock. They are their own time punch and strike the hours, quarters and halves. They play eighteen different games In fifteen minutes, adjusting their own machinery. Do you want 'em to sing? Press the accordion arrangement and vox humana attachment in their midsts. if you please. Do you want to hear em name the Presidents, the Roman emperors, the principal rivers, mountains, metals? Connect the wires. These are the finest mechanical toys ever invented. Their works run down at 6:17 p. m. Then the little ones undress, fall Into bed and cover themselves automatically. Mother can go off to the club If there is any noise In the nursery, punbh the offender next day by refusing to wind him up. Still, if he is big enough to be a stem-winder, what can you do? We. who foretold the Automatic Servant, now foretell the Automatic ChHd. Will he have as much fun as his predecessor ? Why not? Self-love will teach him to appreciate his mechanical make-up and his plsy will be much more efficiently "organised" than is now possible, even in Indianapolis. Of Indiana Orlffln. Nebraska State Journal Down In Indiana a big mill is working night and day. grinding corn-cobs and the cob flour is shipped away, nobody knows what for or whither. There is a great of deadly g(sip about this new The cons. nus of opinion, however, seems to be that a new breakfast food will soon (lush out In the advertising columns of the morning newspapers. The Klatat Hind of C harity. Boston Advertiser. The Worcester police every year distribute turkeys among the poor. They do not do it in blue coat or brass buttons, either, but go about In citizens' clothes. That Is tha beat way to carry out any charity of the kind. IIa It Hand . Salt Lake Tribune. Mr. Bryan says the weekly is the paper that will exert Influence In politics tn future, and for a small sum he can show yon the weekly Clsaallrd. Detroit Free Press. General domes appears to be the J. Pierpont Theodore Morgan Rosevelt of Cuba whan there are strike to settln.