Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 285, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1903 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MOND AT, OCTOBER 12, 1903.

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Louthaln & Jackson. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets, and A. Smith. 1CJ Champa street. DAYTON, a J. V. Wllkie, 33 South Jefferson street. . COLUMBUS. O. Viaduct News Stand. 2S0 Hit a street. When la a graft not a gTaft? When it is worked by a reform candidate. To rote a straight Republican ticket tomorrow make the X inside the circle with the eagle device, and nowhere else. That a candidate for Council voted in favor of extending switch facilities to large Industrial establishments should be a reason for voting for him. It has been at least a week or two since We heard anything from the garrulous Mr. Keach. After to-morrow he will have plenty to say, telling what struck him. The heaviest investors la the Democratic campaign fund art said to ba Holt, Keach and Taggart but they are accustomed to taking. long chances on gambling propositions. Had this campaign been a short one the bluff and bluster of the Democrats and their loquacious assistants might have carried the day, but fortunately the people have had time to look into the facts. When Senator Fairbanks says "the Democratic party has never administered the financial affairs of the city in as businesslike and commendable a manner" as Mayor Bookweiter has done. It means something. The new theory of the common law, rprung by the News, that any custom that has been in existence for some time is lawful, would. If generally recognized by the . courts, legalize all the "grafting" that has been going on la American cities. The movement for the open shop will ' probably win in the long run because it is right, And because it is wrong to deny a man the right to work unlcs3 he is willing to surrender his individuality to an organization. But intemperate language and hot-headed action on the part of the advocates of the open shop will not help the movement. The labor leaders whom ,they are opposing learned the unwisdom of that long ago. A f6w years ago there was considerable comment on the fact that the Russian gov ernment had "salted down" an emergency fund of $100.000.000 to be used in case of war. Now it is discovered to have dwln died to considerably less than half the amount named, and the Czar has appointed a commission to Investigate tho matter. The lack of an ample war fund may tend to bring about a peaceable solution of the Uanchurian question. Just about the silliest bugaboo that has been scared up in this campaign Is the story that the Consumers' Gas Trust is to be sold out to the Indianapolis Gas Com pany, and that the Book waiter administration is responsible for the proposed deal. It Is the lat ditch of a very desperate campaign, characterized from start to finish by that sort of stuff fed daily to the public, apparently on the theory that a great maJerity of the people of Indianapolis have become feeble-minded. It Is, of course, but natural that salaried reformers should support Holtzman, for bis election would mean a tremendous demand for reform and more salaries two years hence.' but how men of Intelligence, with no other interest than the hope; of good government, can be fooled into Imagining that an administration under the guidance of the eld Democratic gang, through one of f jelr . most subservient henchmen, "could not be worse" than tho present administration is beyond the ken of ordinary mortals. The German vote is always the conservative vote in any community and is always cast in favor of , a sound business policy. Gtrmans believe In paying debts rather than making them. They believe In living within one's income instead of borrowing money on interest. They never did favor Thomas Taggarfs policy of making temporary loans, and It is believed they will vote their approval of Mayor Bookwalter's policy of doing away with such loans, keeping the city's expenditures wlthlaits income and reducing the debt. Be careful not to lose your vote after you enter the. voting booth by mutilating your ballot. The law la very strict a requiring ballots with "distinguishing marks" oq them to be rejected. The safest plan Is to vote the straight Republican ticket by making a single X in the circle with the eagle device, but if you wish to vote a mixed ticket, make no mark at all In the large circle at the top of the ticket, aut place the X in the small square oppo,

site the name of each candidate you. wish" to vote for. If you get your marks mixed the ballot will be rejected; therefore it is safer as well as easier to vote a straight ticket. ALL SHOULD VOTG. As is natural in a campaign where there is so much of doubt about what is the right thing to do and dissatisfaction with party tickets among party members there is a prospect for a large stay-at-home vote, which the Journal hopes will not materialize. It is a rather poor citizen that cannot make up his mind in some direction, and it is a cowardly proposition to stay away from the poll3 merely to have the privilege of disclaiming responsibility for what may happen under the next administration.

i Whllo there may be no path open that is absolutely right there is surely one path that is nearer right than the others, and it is the duty of the good citizen to help with his vote that which he believes will come nearest to the right. There never was an election in which any large number of people had the opportunity to vote for Ideal men and ideal principles. It is always more or less of a compromise at best. The Journal does not believe that Mr. Bookwalter's administration has been ideal, but it is very certain that it has been a much better administration than was given by the last Democratic mayor, Mr. Tag gart, and a much better administration in every way than was given by the other Democratic 'predecessor. Judge Sullivan. Yet Judge Sullivan is one of the best citizens of Indianapolis and .there can be no doubt that he went into the mayor's office with the best intentions, lie was a stronger character, of higher reputation and possessed of greater intelligence than the present Democratic candidate, Mr. Holtzman; but he had to look to the Democratic party for support and guidance and his administration thus became a failure, morally and financially. The same Democratic politicians, Sterling R. Holt, Thomas Taggart and James L. Keach, who made it impossible for Judge Sullivan to give a clean ad ministration, are again in control of the Democratic party and in absolute control of its candidate, Mr. Holtzman. Not only could we hope for no better administration with these politicians in power, but we should be very certain of one much worse in every particular. Mr. Hitz is an unknown quantity. His first and greatest handicap is the practical impossibility of electing him, and if he could be elected it would be a very dubious prop osition to put such men as Newlln and McWhlrter in power. ' Mr. Cookwalter offers the only tangible hope of anything like good government In Indianapolis. He took charge of affairs with an empty treasury and with .a large floating debt; with streets and city property la a miserable condition; with a demoralized police force and all forms of vice rampant. He has vastly Improved physical and financial conditions, and while he has not suppressed all forms of vice nor at tempted tg suppress all and this has been the Journal's only, objection to his admin istration it is beyond dispute that gam bling, in all Its suppressive forms, has been driven out, and that there is better enforcement of the liquor laws than there was under either Sullivan or Taggart and bet ter than there would be under Holtzman. EASTERN WAR CLOUD. To be exact, there are two war clouds in the East, both of threatening aspect that which hangs over the Balkans and the one that Is concentrating over Manchuria, It is difficult to say which of these is most threatening at this moment or which is most likely to lead up to complications that will precipitate war. As yet the powers do not regard the wholesale massacres and retaliations going on In Macedonia as war. These are simply a domestic rebellion, a sort of family quarrel to which the powers politely shut their eyes. When Bulgaria Joins in, as she is liable to at any moment, there will be technical war and it may involve the larger powers. In the, farther East the Russo-Japanese situation would ' be critical were it net for the overwhelming disparity of the disputants. In view of Russia's greatly superior resources war with Japan would seem impossible were it not that the latter really considers herself quite able to cope with Russia and is full of fight. Japan is 'hot a contemptible power, and with the spirit of Jingoism now prevalent there she would be able to put up a stiff fight and perhaps make things interesting for Russia for. a while, especially on the sea, but the Interest could not last very long, and as to the final outcome there could be no doubt. This on the theory that the European powers would keep hands off. Japan doubtless expects that Great Britain would come to her aid in a war with Russia, but that is by no means certain. The treaty between Great Britain and Japan, which created much talk when it was formed, is not a very binding one. It pledges both to observe the independence and territorial integrity of China and Korea, and to refrain from any aggressive tendencies in cither country. It declares that either of them may take such measures as may be Indispensable In order to safeguard their interests In China or Korea if threatened either by internal disturbance or outside aggression. It further provides that if either party in the defense of its interests as above described should become Involved in war with another power, the other will maintain a strict neutrality and use its ef forts to prevent other powers from joining in hostilities against its ally. But if any other power should Join In hostilities against either ally, the other, party will come to its assistance, will conduct the war in common and make peace in mutual agreement. Under this treaty Great Britain is under no obligation whatever to come to the assistance of Japan In a war with Russia alone. On the contrary, her treaty obligation, as long as there are only two belligerents, is to maintain a strict neutrality and endeavor to prevent other powers from taking sides against Japan. Only in the event of some other power Joining with Russia in hostilities against Japan would Great Britain be bound to come to the latter's assistance. It is evident, therefore, that the situation in which Great Britain, would be bound by the treaty to come to the assistance of Japan is rather remote and that Japan may be counting too much on British backing. That In a war with Russia alone Japan would have Great Britain's good wishes and moral support is unquestioned, tut these would not help much, and it is safe to predict that Great Britain will not go any further unless the strict letter of the treaty requires her to. Great Britain is in no condition at present to engage in a foreign war, and will not do

so if the can possibly avoid It. If she finds" that Jt.pan is banking too much on her supposed treaty obligations to come to Japan's assistance in a war with Russia she will probably call her ally's attention ' to the fact that she is only bound to come to her assistance In the event of some other power Joining Russia. Yet, considering Russia's inflexible policy and the prevalent jingoism in Japan it must be admitted that the war cloud in the farther East Is decidedly threatening. FR03I A PARTY POINT OF VIEW. If there is a Republican in Indianapolis who really believes that the election of Mr. Holtzman would not be claimed as n Demo-

cratic victory and made to do effective work in the next county, state and national elections, ho Is greatly mistaken, livery time that Mr. Taggart ran for mayor he ran professedly on local issues and his personal popularity, yet each time his election was claimed as a party victory with important political influence and was heralded throughout the country as such. Two days after Mr. Taggart s first election, in 1S03, when national politics had been kept out of sight during the campaign, the Sentinel copied an article from a Democratic paper in Pittsburg saying: There is great encouragement for the DemocratsMn the news this morning about the city election yesterday in Indianapolis, the home of ex-President Harrison. True, It was a local election, but Mr. Harrison had given to the canvass a national Inter est and Importance by recently writing a public letter favoring the election of the Republican candidate for mayor, yet tne Democratic candidate was elected by an overwhelming majority. The Sentinel commented exultlngly on this and said Mr. Taggarfs election cer tainly did Indicate somewhat of the prob abilities of the presidential election year. Two days after Mr. Taggarfs last election the Sentinel copied approvingly an article from an outside Democratic paper which said his election meant something more than his personal popularity or the potency of local issues, and claimed it as evidence that "Indianai is returning to its former condition of an always debatable if not a Democratic State." The Pittsburg paper above quoted was mistaken in saying that ex-Fresldent Harrison had given interest to the canvass by writing a public letter. What he said was in the form of an interview. The candidates for mayor in 1&5 were Preston C: Trusler and Thomas Taggart. In the interview General Harrison 'deprecated the attacks which some persons were making against the Republican candidate on account of his connection with previous campaigns. "Well," said General Harrison, "such considerations may have an appropriate weight in party conventions, but when any feeling of personal resentment can only be gratified by the sacrifice of the true interests of the city it ought to be euppressed. On sober second thought no man wiii be satisfied with himself .if he allows such influences to direct his vote." General Harrison knew the Importance of a Republican victory in Indianapolis in its bearing on state elections, and he was the last man to advise Republicans to go to the Democratic party for reform. He voted at a great many elections in this city, and it is believed he always voted a straight Republican ticket. THE FINANCIAL RECORD. There has been no clearer statement of Mayor Bookwalter's financial record than that made by Senator Fairbanks in his Tomlinson Hall speech Saturday night. As some readers of the Journal may not have read the whole speech in the Sunday issue, the part referred to is reprinted: When Mayor Bookwalter came into power he found a cash balance in the general fund of $20,000. I use round numbers. He also found $73,000 of matured and unpaid bills, which should have been discharged In the preceding months of August and September, and also $li)5,000 of temporary loans due banks and trust companies. within forty-five days after he took his oath of office. Such debts were due to the vicious system of temporary loans, which was sharply and universally condemned. In due time the amount represented by these temporary loans was wisely funded Into emergency bonds of 1901, bearing per cent. Interest, and maturing during an average period of Ave years from the date of their issue. Twenty-five thousand dollars of the par value of these bonds has been paid In cash and canceled, and $10,000 additional will be paid on Jan. 1, next, out of revenue already provided. In addition to the above payments, other bonds, amounting to $58,000, have been paid and canceled, thus making the actual reduction of the bonded debt exiting and created to meet obligations existing when the present mayor came into power, $53,000. The net actual Increase of bonds on account of old debts amounts to $112,000. Bonds were issued by Mayor Bookwalter amounting to $30,000 to aid in building mark et houses now In use. The total cost of their construction was $3S,000, so that It is obvious that $3,000 of the amount has been paid from current revenues, no more bonds being issued than were reasonably necessary. Other bonds have been Issued by the mayor as follows: ror the construe tlon 'of the Fall creek bridge, $65.000; for building boulevards, $100,000. These bonds or the proceeds of such as have been sold are in the treasury with which to begin the work for which they were authorized These last three items, including market houses constructed and bonds and cash provided for building bridge and construct ing boulevards, constitute assets amount ing to $203.000. The city has obtained and will obtain needed and lasting Improvements for the expenditures made, and they will be made from these funds. No portion will be needed to meet current expenses of the government, such expenses being provided for through a system or equitable taxation Senator Fairbanks is a business man, and when he talks finance he knows what he Is talking about. The foregoing statement shows that it was made upon full information and it Justifies Senator Falrbanks's assertion that "the record is a creditable one, deserving praise, not censure." A FEEBLE DEFENSE. On practically the last day of the cam palgn the principal organ of the Keach Holt-Polster combination has come for ward with a feeble effort to justify the raid made by their puppet candidate, Mr. Holtzman, on the county treasury to the tune of $2,300 immediately after his second elec tion as prosecutor in 1S32. The defense is based upon an alleged law of 1S69, giving Marion county the right to establish 4a criminal court and pay -the judge and prosecutlng attorney thereof from the county treasury. The News declares that 4he law has never been repealed, though It does not appear in any copy of the Revised Statutes! How utterly absurd. Any law enacted by the Legislature repeals not only by implication, but in direct terms all former laws in conflict therewith, and this statute was, of course, repealed by the statute of 1SS1, under which the Marlon Criminal Court operates, and under which both the judge and the prosecuting attorney drew their pay from the State. Nobody ever heard of any of the prosecutors since that time failing to draw their pay from the State, nor has anybody since that time heard of a Judge of the Criminal Court drawing one salary from the county and another from the State. This extra $500 per year, drawn by Holtzman, was a "graft" pure and simple, and It does not make It better that

other prosecutors did the same thing, until' the County Council looked Into the matter and cut it off. But the most preposterous proposition advanced by the News in defense of Holtzman's action is the attempted application of the theory that a custom that has existed many years should be presumed to have originated in law, whether the law has dropped out of sight or not. It is the first example the Journal recalls of an effort to compensate officers whote offices were created by constitutional or statutory enactment on common law theories. Mr. Holtzman was operating as the News declares, under the law of 1S8L but it fails to state that the law under which he operated defined his salary very specifically to be

paid from the state treasury, repealing the statute giving him and the Judge of the Criminal Court salaries from the county. Former Mayor Taggart, who Is now in the city, is reported as saying: Unless the Republicans steal the election after the polls close Tuesday evening the Democrats will certainly win. The only hope the Republicans have is to steal a victory a.ter the votes are cast. Mr. Taggarfs prediction that the Democrats will certainly win unless counted out is not worth a fig. As a political prophet he is not only utterly discredited, but has been rendered ridiculous time and again by predictions that showed a surprising lack of information and judgment. His assertion that "the only hope the Republicans have is to steal a victory after the votes are cast" Is an insult to Democratic election officers as well as to Republican. A man of Mr. Taggarfs supposed Intelligence ought to be ashamed to give out a statement of that kind. THE HUM0BISTS. SInde Up for It Then. Cincinnati Times-Star. "How did you discover that Van Major was one of the r.o-breakfast advocate T" "I invited him out to lunch with me." Caution. Detroit Free Press. She Candidly, do you care a rap whether I appear well or not? He (cautiously) "What kind of a wrap? Why lie Liked It. Boston Transcript. Henley So you liked my brother's singing at the vaudeville show last evening? And yet some people say he can't sing at all! Bentley He can't. That's what makes It so interesting when he tries to. Very Odd. New York Weekly. Jinks Remarkable thing In the raper this morning an account of an American citizen who has been ill treated by a foreign govern ment. Winks What's remarkable about it? Jinks He has a name I can pronounce. An Illustration. Chicago News. "Did it ever occur to you," queried the easygoing philosopher, "that people do not appreciate the things they can get without trouble?" "Sure," replied th man who was long on worldly wisdom. "According to statistics, fully 75 per cent, of the inhabitants of South Dakota have never filed an application for divorce." Repair Shop-Persiflage. Automobile Magazine. "I lead a hard life," said the emery wheel. "So do I," said the file. "I am up against it all the time." "Poverty oppresses mc," said the tire pump. I neve- can blow myself." "Quit your growling," said the Injured sprock et. "You put my teeth on edge." "What a bcre." said the drill. And the seance closed with a spirit level. It was on the square. An Interesting Sequel. Washington Star; "I'wlsht I knowed whether there was any sequel to that prodigal son story," said Farmer Corntossel, as he looked through the open door at the young man who was swinging In a ham mock, smoking a cigarette. "What do you mean?" asked his wife. "I'd kind o' like to know whether the original prodigal son settled down an' went to work steady, or whether he got Into the habit o makin' them trips once or twice a year." Prunes The Last Phase. New York Evening Sun. A joke may be carried too far. Suppose that a man likes prunes. He cannot get them at a boarding house, because prunes have been joshed from all the boarding tables. What follows, then? The man is obliged to. go out and choose a wife, just so he may have prunes for his breakfast occasionally. It Is thus that Sombre Tragedy often follows closely In Comedy's footsteps, and Nemesis is already pursuing many a Miserable Writer of Humor. GLEANINGS FROM STATE PKESS. Tjp Grass Creek Way. Rochester Republican. Addis Frushour and family, of Lucern, Sundayed with Mrs. Hines. Snlamonia Netrs. Portland Commercial Review. Tony Somers says he likes to go to the fairs, especially if he has company that is in harmony wun nis tastes. Interesting to the Girls. Welch Correspondence Portland Commer cial Review. There are several new rigs up in this vicinity. Rebuke. Cicero New Era. Ed GIntert went a hlckorynut hunting Sunday instead of going to Sunday school. Ed, Sunday isn't the day to go "hlckorynut hunting; wait until Monday. Miss Cute's Movements. Portland Commercial Review. Miss Cute Kissel, of Lynn, was In the city Tuesday. She changed cars here for Lima. O., where she will visit with her gen 1 tleman friend ior some time. Theory as to Eggers. Roachdale News. L. T. Buchanan saw Oscar Eggers up north of Indianapolis Saturday and Sun day; he wonders what took him there as he is no preacher; a gin ne guesses. Unfortunate Situation. Linton Record. Somebody stole Will Aydelotte's pants from Mahan's store and now he is going about without them. Will would consider it a great favor If the person who got them would return tnem. Young Mr. Denney's "Spots."' Portland Commercial Review. Mayor Denney's brother, who was so se verely injured in a football game and class war at Purdue University several days ago. Is getting along nicely and will recover. He was only injured in spots, as follows; Collar bone broken, shoulder dislocated. Knee aisiocaiea ana a xoe iracturea. Riverside Episode. Rushville American. The ycung couple who were returning home from Flatrock Church the other night did not know some one was close enough to hear what was going on. A young lady by the name of Myrtle made the remark that she was sweet sixteen and had never

been kissed by a " boy. The young man, Claude, was not slow in taking the hint, so

L you can guess what happened. GBOWN IN INDIANA. Stocking Up for Winter. Porfland Commercial Review. Hickorynuts are very plentiful this season. Most everyone has spent a day or so laying in a winter's supply. Dusy Tree. Worthlngton Times. John Hanson has a peach tree in his door yard which has ripe peaches on its limbs and also a crop of gTeen fruit about the sue ot marbles. Nine to the Peck. Plymouth Tribune. Frank Long, of Twin Lakes, brought nine nice smooth potatoes to Plymouth today that filled a peck measure. They were of the Empire variety. Lota of Watermelons. Worthlngton Times. The towns of Oaktown, Busseron and Emi3on, in Sullivan county, shipped 1,936 carloads of watermelons, for which the growers realized JG0.SÖ5. An Alfalfa Field. Bloomfield News. J. B. Heaton has had four acres in alfalfa for a couple of years and "during the past season he has cut from it four crops that made in all over twenty tons. Jefferson County Fruit. Madison Courier. Mr. Fred Hitz is packing his crop of 400 barrels of Kelfer pears and 300 barrels of apples. Mr. Hitz has one Keifer that measures fourteen inches in circumference. Big Potatoes. Lagrange Standard. Samuel Neff left at the Standard office four big Rural New Yorker potatoes that weighed together four pounds and fourteen ounces. They are handsome fellows. The Turkey Crop. Bedford Mail. ' Reports are that the turkey crop will bo a small one this year. A great many young turkeys were sold early in the year for "fryers," and the chances are for a turkey famine and high prices this fall. Monthly Raspberries. Bloomfield News. Mrs. Emma Hill kindly remembered the News last Thursday with a plate of fine red raspberries Just picked from the vines. The fruit was well formed and delicious. She gathers a cron each month till Novem ber from this variety. From Ten Pounds of Seed. Northwest Indlanlan. Mr. H. Shirk planted ten pounds of po tatoes last year and planted the result of the same this year and received a yield of 105 bushels. The above is a potato ob tained from New York. A ratio of 630 pounds to every pound planted in two years. Testing His Land. Union City Times. A farmer near Clay City, In order to test the productive resources of a piece of gTound which he had Just brought into cultivation, measured off one-fourth of an acre, which he seeded in onions, and from which he marketed ninety bushels, at 60 cents a bushel, realizing $54, equal to $216 an acre, four times the value of the land Itself. Big Beet. West Lebanon Gazette. D. T. Ferguson, of the Crow's Grove, brought some samples of the kinds of prod ucts raised on hi farm to this office Mon day. One sample was a turnip beet, though where It derives Its name of turnip is a mystery, as this sample is nine inches in diameter and twenty-eight inches in cir cumference. As a Hoosier i would com monly put it, "it's a whopper." The beet appears to be perfectly solid and has not attained the stage as yet where the meat becomes woody. It Is a beet but we don't see where it can be beat. A Domesticated Eagle. Bloomlngton (111.) Pantagraph. Havana, Mason county, has one of the greatest curiosities in America, if not in the world. Mr. Damarin, county treasurer. has a pet golden eagle, one that stays in the Courthouse park without being caeed. He is at liberty to go when and where he pleases. Mr. Damarin feeds his pet twice a day. He can go up to him and stroke him. Just as he would a cat or dog. When the street carnival was in Havana last week the eagle was the greatest attraction there. This is the history of the bird. A son of J. Wiley Smith, who lives about eight miles southwest of Mason City, near the Sanga mon bottom, shot ana crippled him last fall and took him home and kept him until spring, when his son Berry brought him to Havana and put him In a squirrel cage. But as that was too small and he could not learn to fly, as one of his wings had been shot, Smith had the business men and the county officers donate enough to build a cage about twelve feet square, and he was kept in that about six weeks. Mr. Damarin fed and tamed him. He had a stump of a tree put In the large tree and the eagle stays on tnat tree all the time. when not nymg or wanting in tne park. As the cage was still not large enough to let him fly, they took the cage away to give him his liberty, uut tne bird won't leave. He eats fresh beef, kidneys or liver or live rabbits. After Taking. New Castle (Ind.) Courler. An Indianapolis paper last Saturday con tained a four-column patent medicine dys pepsia advertisement and as the "feature" of the nd. appeared the blooming counte nance of M. A. Moreland, of this city as a remarkable example of "after taking." In the advertisement Mr. Moreland says he got an appetite like a hound after taking tne medicine ana after a few months use his best friends 'scarcely recognized him. Thf Courier has not seen Mr. Moreland for three or four days but if the picture in the ad. is a correct one the medicine has surely aone wonaers, ror neaiy all those caverns seem to have disappeared from his face and his picture shows him to be a boy again. llenplng Coals Otherwise Peaches. Northwest Indlanlan. A prominent fruit grower hereabouts had a happy idea the other day and is still hugging himself over the working out of it all. For a long time ne has had an out-of-town debtor who owed him a consider able sum and he has been unable to collect the same. The farmers peaches this year have been unsually fine, so one day he packed a bushel of his finest and largest ones and sent them off to the delinquent friend. The scheme worked like a charm and promptly back came a letter of thanks for the peaches ana likewise a check for the sum he was owing. Now the farmer's friends call him Solomon. Bryan Set the Example. Elkhart (Ind.) Review. ' We have only a very .general jnd limited sympathy with W. J. Bryan in the lack of filial duty which his daughter displayed In her marriage. He has set before her in all his public life an example of utter disregard of others' rights and a selfish following of his own wishes. The girl may have made a mistake. The coming years will tell, but she merely followed an example of her father to do what she wanted, regardless of others' wishes or rights. In family life the evil tempers of parents come home to roost. It Takes Nerve. Rushville American. It tak;s nerve for the Indianapolis Democracy to even try to throw mud at the administration of Mayor Bookwalter, of that city, who Is a candidate for re-election, when one stops to remember how deep In the slough the last Taggart administra tion dragged that fair city. Well, What Does? Cicero (Ind.) New Era. A certain young lady of this neighborhood wants to know what makes the corn grow so rapidly.

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Monnn Vnnnn. As a writer of drama Maurice Maeterlinck Is at once individual and universal, the highest compliment which can be paid him. He has been called "the Belgian Shakspeare," but this term has not much fitness. Shakspeare write his plays to be acted in the theater, and the boards were always in his mind; hence, there is organic connection between the stage and his plays. Maeterlinck writes for publication and posterity, and with the purpose usually of elucidating some aesthetic or moral principle. He docs not have the sensual enjoyment in the exercise of his technical skill that Shakspeare had, but finds this enjoyment more in the Inherent value of the situations of the play's story. Of contemporary world dramatists he ranks with the best. He is less poetic in the language than Stephen Phillips, more general in theme than Pinero, has less detailed technical skill than Rostand, but makes a more single and uniform emotional impression than any of them. He ranks with lbscn and Kuirene Brieux in raising. cameo-like, the feeling and thought of his play above Its mechanical structure. Monna Vanna is not the least of his powerful dramas. The theme of the play Is the author's conception of the highest ideal of love. Pisa Is being besieged by the army of Florence and its inhabitants are starving. Prinzivalle, commander of the Florentine troops, sends word to Guido, commander in Pisa, that if he will send his wife, Vanna, to submit herself to him he will send provisions to supply tho distressed people. Guido will not consent, but Monna Vanna, with pity and syn: pathy In her heart, agrees to go after the council of Piza has agreed. Vanna enters Prinzivalle's tent. The dialogue here is worked out simoly and effec tively. After brief conversation Prinzivalle shows her the herds of cattle and wagons of produce, sends them into the city and returns to the dialogue. He discovers himself to her as her lover In their youth, declares the passion of years, but respects the sanctily of her marriage tie. nawng reasons, on account of tho treason in Florence, for deserting his army, he goes with Vanna into Pisa, where he expects refuge and the friendship of Vanna's hus band. The husband, crazed with grief ana mad with doubt, will not believe that Prinzivalle has respected Vanna's virtue and orders Prinzivalle's detention in a dungeon. Then she turns to Prinzivalle, realizing her husband's delinquency In shattering her ideals of hospital ity and truth, and declares her love ior Frlnzivalle. Here the drama ends. Maeterlinck has made so neutral a story, so far as principle is concerned, that a hair's breadth either way would mane vanna a virtuous woman or the reverse. It(Is really the old question of the sexes told, with all the psychological influences powerfully suggested. There is a vast difference between Vanna and Iris, of Pinero's play, yet there Is a question whether the former was not by disposition mere what the latter was by circumstances. The simplicity of this play makes it great. Harper and Brothers, New York. Letters from n. Chinese Official. If one had ever questioned the essential culture of the highest Mongolian types or questioned the Ideals of the Mongolian race, the Chinese and Japanese in particular, he would feel convinced after reading these letters, that these people deserve to stand in ethical and aesthetic matters along with the best Caucasians. Better language, combining the poetical and the practical, . could not be written by any Englishman or American now living. The little book is written to suggest the contrast between Eastern and Western Ideal3. What is at stake in the development of the American Republic, the author says, is nothing less than the success or failure of Western civilization. America is in a preeminent degTee representative of the West. What could be more beautifully earnest and eloquent than the statement of the issue as put by this unknown Chinaman: "Is that which created the religion, the art, the speculation of the past; that unsatiable hunger for eternity, which, by a sacramental mystery, has transsubrftantiated into the heavenly essence of the ideal, the base and quotidian elements of the actual; that spirit of unquenchable aspiration which has assumed in its tirek-ss quest for embodiment, forms so- alluring, so terrible, soxdlvine, which has luxuriated In the Jungle of Hindoo myths, blossomed in the pantheon of the Greeks, suffered on the cross, perished at the stake, wasted in the cloister and the cell, which has given life to marble, substance to color, struc ture to fugitive sound; which has fash loned a palace of fire and cloud to inhabit for its desire, and deemed it, for its beauty, more dear and more real than kingdoms of iron and gold Is that hunger, in the future as in the past, to harass and hunt us from our homes? Is that spirit to urge as of old the reluctant wheels of our destiny? Or are we to fill our belly with the husks of comfort, security and peace? To crush in the dust under our judgment car that delicate character? Are we to be spirits or intelligent brutes; men or mere machines? That is the question now put to the nations of the West, and preeminently to the people of these States." He says of America, "Over her unencumbered plains the germs of industry ranges unchallenged, naked, unashamed." The Oriental quality of his language Is matched only by the richness of his thought, his learning and the broadly human interest of his meaning. So long as Chinese "semlclvillgatlon" can produce such as he, the West need not be concerned about Eastern moral salvation. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York. The Spinner Family. Alice Jean Patterson is a wizard In a way. She has taken the most repulsive creatures of nature, dressed them In a garb of loveliness and presented them to the reading world as the most wonderful and interesting things found in the science of biology. "The Spinner Family" is the spider family, which the author has studied day and night, at all seasons and under all conditions. To most persons the spider is an insect to be shunned and dreaded a crawling thing that brings a shudder to the nervous woman. Yet, under the light of science, this Insect is not as harmful as the mosquito. It is true it has a poison sac, but the poison is used to kill its prey. Few persons in the north ever suffer from the bite of a spider; the poison Is too weak to affect the blood of human beings. In warm countries, however, the bite of the tarantula Is sometimes dangerous, just the same as the bite of a snake in a hot country is. more dangerous than. the bite of reptiles in temperate latitudes. Spiders always try to hide from mankind, while the obnoxious mosquito is ever on the lookout for human prey. Alice Jean Patterson describes the habits of the Fphler In an .entertaining way. She tells how Mrs. Epdra spins her silk threads, how she finds out things in the world, how she builds her house and what it is used for and how she secures her food. There are interesting chaDters on the hunchbacks, mimics, tentmakers, house spiders, silk combers. Jumpers, flyers, baby spinners and the gentlemen of the family. The ingenuity, patience, skill and craftsmanship of the spider is astonishing. The book will be of especial Interest to young people. Almost every page has an Illustration by Bruce Horsfall. A. C. McClurg & Co.; Chicago. The Long Mght. Stanley Weyman's new book, though not up to the standard of "A Gentleman of France," is at least worth reading. If perfection of plot requires only the element of suspense in the extreme, this plot Is surely perfect; it is impossible to foretell the outcome until the last chapters are reached. On this very account the book Is Interesting. However, any one who takes it up expecting to delight in a swordsman hero such as the one In "Under the Red Robe" aud other like novels. Is doomed to disappointment. Stanley Wevman's heroes seem to have sobered down and become less pugnacious. The advantage gained is. doubtful. Eliminate from the character of Weymsn's usual hero the propensity for dueling and the hair-splitting sense of honor, and you have Claude Merclcr not very much of anything. The heroine Is the ordinary kind, hish and noble. Incapable of wrong-doing. The book has, however, one character worthy of attention. Caesar Basterga, who serves as villain, comes very near to being something like a man. McClure, rhlllips & Co., New York. Old New England "The Romances of Old Churches. New England Churches," by Mary C. Crawford, Is a gos sipy, entertaining account of meeting houses and ministers more or less familiar to the traveler and general reader. It Is the story side of the churches and not their fktnrv Thfl author has done a laudable work In showing that color and adventure.

pure passion and sweet human love may as often be found in the life story of the Christian minister as in the dashing hero of swashbuckling romance. Some of the greatest men our country has produced have been sheltered by the humble parsonage roofs of New England. Also some of the most tender and endearing of women have been the sweethearts and life companions of these men. Under the chapter heading. "A Prerevolutlonary Belle," Mrs.

Crawford tells the story of. Elizabeth Whit man. Another chapter is "The ooing or Esther Edwards." "A Colonial Friar Laurence" is the Rev. Arthur Browne, lirst rtrtor of St. John's Church, Portsmouth. N. H. "Courtship According to Samuel Sewall," "John Eliot and His Indians" and "Parson Smith's Daughter Abigail" are other chapters. There are Included in the book selections from the letters of John and Abigail Adams and correspondence from "The Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks." The volume is well Illustrated and will particularly interest ministers of to-tlay. . The New England parsons were not prigs, or, if they w ere sometimes, their priggishness is excluded from this book. L. c. Page &. Co., Boston. A Sequence In Hearts. There is one thing that can truthfully be said about "A Sequence in Hearts" decidedly it is unique. It is Miss Mary Moss's third venture in fiction, and, in some respects, her best. The characters are sharply drawn, and each has an individualism of its own. The time of the story is the lato anthracite miners' strike and the hero is an independent operator, who takes pity on the sufferings of the wives and children of the strikers and provides rations for them against the wishes of his wife, a pretty but weak woman, wno does not deserve the love bestowed on her by her husband. The heroine is Marian Genge, who is in love with Killian Orth, the hero, and who would have thrown herself into his arms, even after his marriage, if she had betu eucouraged. In this cae, however, love was blind. Orth seemingly did not know that Marian's passion was a smoldering fire that needed only a gentle breeze to fan it into a dangerous flame; in fact, he seemed to be too much wrapped up In his pretty wife to see things lu Marian's light. Marian has several suitors for her hand and linally marries an old judge, after rejecting a wealthy young man. It was a case of pique. Perhaps the most interesting character in the book Is Romola West, an artist, au eccentric woman, who lacks beauty, but also is in love with the hero. She is exceedingly clever, and her sayings, sharp and satirical, at times, brighten th story. As already said, the book is unique in ltd plot and tangle of love affairs. It is clean and witty throughout. J. B. LIpplucott Company, Philadelphia, By the Author of "Captain Kettle.' Those who are partial to sea stories will be much pleased with "McTodd," the latest collection from the pen of Cutcllffe Hyne. They are stories, not from the point of view of the old tar, but from that of the engineer. McTodd tells the tales in his own way, and whatever faults of construction the stories contain they only serve to make the engineer more lifelike. The plots are original and lack the sameness of "Further Adventures of Captain Kettle." The Scotchman's queer, humorous philosophy must prove extremely attractive to the American reader: "I'd have married that girl, but I hadn't a shilling in my pocket. Eh, well, there are times when a man can look back upon poverty and ken it's been a useful thing to him." The Macmillan Compajiy, New York. The Yellow Crayon. There are many novels not essentially different from this by E. Phillips Oppenhelm. "The Yellow Crayon" shows a vivid Imagination, which is not well euough restrained to be as artistic as could be desired. The story deals with clever and unscrupulous men, fighting against one invincible schemer, whose cool forethought is not to bo circumvented by the most wily attacks. There is much unnecessary secrecy, obviously thrown In for the purpose of keepiug the reader in suspense, a purpose which is well enough in itself,, but which is here accomplished by means that are too artificial. It is not to be denied, however, that the story is thrilling, and one with which a few hours may be pleasantly passed. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. Childhood Classics. iThe compiler of this book has rendered a real service in rescuing from oblivion and publishing in collected form a large number of nursery rhymes and children's stories In verse and prose that have passed into folk lore, but have never been all printed together before. The collection includes all of the "Mother Goose" rhymes, together with many other nursery rhymes, such as "The House that Jack Built," "The Three Bears," "The Burial of Poor Cock Robin," etc. Of prose stories there are "Cinderella," "Blue Beard." "Little Red Ridlrg Hood," and others. All of these are prettily illustrated. A collection of child games rounds out a charming book for very young children. Chicago: Laird & Lee. Esperanto. "Esperanto" Is the "auxiliary international language" of Professor Zamenhof. The book in hand Is a grammar of the language. The language is "indorsed by Count Tolstoy' and the late Max Muller. It Is engaging $0,000 students in France, many classes are forming in Great Britain, now first introduced into America." The language is very simple and easily learned. If ever we have an international languago It will probably be based on the method of Esperanto. Great things were predicted for Volapuk, but it went the way of all fads. Esperanto will probably go the samt way. Compiled by J. C. O'Connor. Fleming 11. Revell oc Co., New York. Tales from Wonderland. Nine short stories for children, translated from the German of Rudolph Baumbach, are appropriately styled "Tales from Wonderland" because they relate to the region of the Thuringlan forest of central Ger many, near which the author has lived all his life. He is an author of wide celebrity in Germany and these stories show a power of imagination and simplicity of treatment that suggest Hans Andersen. They appeal vividly to the Imagination of young readers and are far superior to the ordinary run of fairy tals. They are translated by Holen Dole and published by A. Lovell & Co., New York. A Parish, of Two. This Is a story told in letters that pa?s between a clubman and his friend, a cleric. The letters- of one are Interesting and clever, the others are badly done and overstrained. These Individuals, cloyed with social life, pronounce upoa the virtue of womankind to the destruction of their belief In woman's virtue. If for no other reason than this the book should be condemned. The characters are stagy, cynicaL brilliant, or what not other than normal, wholesome people, and are not such as gentle folk would care to associate with la life or fiction. The Joint authors are Henry Goelet McVickar and Percy Collins. The Lothrop Publishing Company, Boston. Stories by Bret Harte.. "Trent's Tru? t and Other Stories" is the title of the final volume of an edition cf Bret Harte's stories Issued by Houuhton, Mifliln & Co. The edition consists of fortytwo volumes. In this final cne the tltls story occupies almost half the look and presents a mystery which would have Interested Sherlock Holmes. This is follow d by six other stories, somewhat shorter, all of which are vp to the author's ?taudard as the most original and entertaining" short story writer of recent years. The volumes of this edition are in uniform style and would make a handsome addition to any library. Hints to Golfers. This book on golf is modestly named, for it is more than hints to golfers. It is an elaborate and exhaustive treatment cf the principles and practice of the game by one who is a master of it. The name of the author is given as "XiMack." but his identity is not known further than that he is an American. Players of the game regard this as the best book on the subject that has been printed. It is published by the Baker & Taylor Company. Nevr York. The Sultnn of Sulu. If George Ade had not written anything but "The Sultaa of Sulu" he would hold a high and secure place as a humorist, for it is an exceedingly clever performance In ' the llae of extravagant humor and comedy.