Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 June 1898 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1898.

NEW BOOKS.

I'nforeneen Tcndrnci«» of I>emocracy. The essays on Democracy in its various phases by E. L* Godkin, editor of the Evening Post, New York, which have appeared from time to tii*fe in the Atlantic Monthly, have attracted' more than passing attention; therefore, it is eminently fitting that these essays, all more or leas related, should be brought together In book ,form. These essays Jo not attempt to describe democracy, but to describe some of th» departures it has made from the ways which its ear.’kr promoters expected it to follow. Mr. Oodkln thinks that nearly all of the philosophers, from Tocqueville down, and especially the English Radicals of the earlier part of the century, would be surpriald by some of its developments. The first essay attempts to show what & democracy should be by comparing our democracy with other democracies. Its title is "Former Democracies,•’ and, as with lormer writers who have treated the same theme, Greece and Rome are the "horrible examples - ’ used. "The Nominating System,” the second essay, is not a description of our nominating system, for the writer very Justly argues that it wculd be hardly possible to write & better description of the actual machinery of our nominating system than Mr. James Bryce in his "American Commonwealth.” Instead, Mr. Godkin stops to V>int out the evl19 of our nominating system, evils which are pretty well recognized and generally understood. As to the remedy for existing abuses Mr. Godkin says: The first condition of the successful removal of an abuse is its general recognition as actual. After tills comes search for something to take its place. 1 think, from what I obaerve In the press, that this recognition has come, or is coming very rapidly, and that we shall before long see the beginning, at least, of the search. In some States, already, legislation for the reform of *he primary is under consideration. In Michigan, a bill now in the Legislature purposes to abolish nominating conventions and e-m-pel the primaries to nominate, which would strike a serious blow at the power of the boss, if voters could be got to attend. y' The third essay deals with "The Decline of Legislatures,” a fruitful subject for discussion and one to which *tho writer has dona full Justice. The fourth essay, "Reoullarttiee of American Municipal Government,” deals with the very questions which our municipal reformers are trying to understand—how, with all the precedent we had to guide us, with all the advantages we had in the beginning, we allowed corruption to take such a strong hold on our rminielpallUes. He show# that the municipalities are Che direct creations of the people, and that municipal charters, instead of being rigid and inflexible constitutions, are the expression of popular thought. He says: This Is as much as saying that in talk- , ing of the municipal question we describe''a state of the popular mind, and not a state of law. Charters are nowhere else in the world an expression of popular thought as much as in America. They are merely what people believe or permit at any given period. Very often they are well adapted to our needs, like the late New York charter, but fall to give satisfaction, because, having provided the charter, we take no pains to secure competent officials. Finding that It does not work well, we seek a remedy by making a change in its provisions rather than to the men who administer it. In this way our municipal woes are perpetuated, and we continue to write and talk of charters as if they were selfacting machines instead of certain ways of doing business. No municipal reform will last long or prove efficient without a strong and healthy public spirit behind ft. With this almost any charter would prove efficient. The essay on "PuhUc Oplnlon ,, will be found to be one of the most entertaining and Instructive In the volume. The writer diecusses the question of how public opinion is molded in a democracy and he thinks that at present our public opinion is molded by economic rather than by religious or moral or political consideration*. He thinks, in spKe of "yellow” Journalism, that the newspaper give* the best-expression of public opinion, saying: The nearest approach we can make to wtiat " ter of "reading sure way, but thpre is no other. It Is true, often lamentably true, that the only idea most foreigners and observers get of a nation’s mode of thought and standards of duty and excellence, and in short of its manners and morals, comes through reading tta periodicals. To the outsider the newspaper press Is the nation talking about itself. Nations are known to other nations mainly through their press. They used to be known more by their public men; but the class of public men who represent a country is besoming every day smaller, and public men speak less than formerly; with us they can scarcely be said to speak at all. But Mr. Godkin Is far from giving unstinted praise to the American newspapers. He avers that: Newspapers are made to sell; and for this purpose there is nothing better than war. War means daily sensation and excitement. On this almost any kind of newspaper may Hve and make money. Whether the war brings victory or defeat makes little difference. The 1m portant thing 1* that in war every moment may bring important and exciting news—news which doe* not need to be accurate or to bear sifting. What makes it most marketable is that U Is probable and agreeable, although disagreeable . news sella nearly as well In the tumuh of & great war, when the rules of evidence are suspended by passion or anxiety. Invention, too. Is easy, and bus its value, and is pretty sure never to be punished. Some newspapers, which find it difficult to make a livelihood in times of peace, made fortunes in our last war, and It may be said that, as a rule.'troublous times are best for a newspaper proprietor. The concluding eseay, dealing with "The Australian Democracy,” is useful only for the purposes of comparison with our own Government. These essays, however, make up. a volume that is worth the serious and thoughtful consideration of every American. They are carefully written, well thought-out stud lee in our philosophy of government, and If the lesson* that are here pointed out were heeded there can be no mams- of doubt that our country would be greatly benefited by it. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Cm Indianapolis: The Bowen-Mer-rlll Company.)

Tfcs Megnlng of Education. This volume of addresses and essays by Nicholas Murray Butler brings a very vital and illuminating philosophy to bear uoon some of the most practical questions in modern education. Professor Butler holds the chair of - “philosophy sod education” in Columbia University. It augurs well when these two department* are joined in fact as well as in name. It should be & matter of great encouragement to us to realise thst education Is being rapidly delivered from blind, reckless experimentation and is acquiring the dignity of a philosophy and a science*. The present volume includes the following addresses and essay*, prepared primarily for various educational associations and Journals: "The Meaning of Education,” ""What Knowledge is of Most Worth?” “Is There a New Education r* "Democracy and Education," "The American College and the American University,” "The Function of the Secondary School,” "The Reform of Secondary Education in the United States.” In the first address on “The Meaning of Education,” Professor Butler claims that education means the gradual adjustment of tbs child to his environment, to the spiritual possessions of the race, and that these poaieseions are at least five-fold—the scientific Inheritance, the literary Inheritance, the aesthetic inheritance, the Institutional inheritance and the religious inheritance. And the meaning of this five-fold inheritance is unfolded in a large and suggestive way. In this view education is neither pedantic nor technical; It is vital and human and universal. The address upon “Democracy and Education” Indicates the author's aocial interests. “The difficulties of democracy

are the opportunitiei of education,” he declares. "If our education be sound, if It lay due emphasis on individual sponsibillty for social and political progress. If ft counteract the anarchistic tendencies that grow out of selfishness and greed, if It promote a patriotism that reaches farther than militant Jingoism and gunboats, then we may cease to have any doubt as to the perpetuity and integrity of our institutions.’ In the address "Is There a New Education?” Professor Butler discusses and duplies at some length the two Herbartian principles on apperception and interest which are rapidly becoming the psychological foundation of our modern education In the primary and secondary grades, and which Professor Butler believes to be capable of a more thorough and extended application to the higher

education.

Some wise things are also said touching the very unphilosophlcal break in our system of education represented by the entrance examinations for college which now have no counterpart in the passage from college to university nor from secondary to grammar or grammar to high school. This last vestige of a false educational principle. Professor Butler believes, should be obliterated from our system of education. The volume is of great interest not alone to professional teachers, but to every man and woman w-ho Is interested in education, who loves his children, his republic and mankind. (New York: The Maemffan Company. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company.) French Literature of To-I>ay. In the preface to the volume "French Literature of To-Day,” the author, Yetta Blaze de Bury says: "To run a connecting thread through the sketches contained in this book were a futile task,’ and when one sees that the French writers treated of run the gamut from Pierre Loti to Paul Verlaine with such intermediary names as Guy de Maupassant, Zola, Edmond de Goncourt, Charcot, Paul Bourget, Eugene Melchoir de Vogue, Ferdinand Brunetiere, Jules Lemaitre, Anatole France and Madame Blanc Bentzon, it is not difficult to agree with the author’s statement. The essays on these notable personages in French letters are, as it were, portraits of their characters and works. Among these names will be found masters of contemporaneous French literature, and the author avers that her purpose in setting them thus before American readers has been an effort to win for these some slight return of the esteem in which the French cherish the names of Emerson, Hawthorne, Poe and Longfellow. She has sought here to make the essence of the French literary genius felt by America. It would doubtless be a vast discouragement to the author If she could realize in very truth the slight acquaintance possessed by the great American readjng public with a majority of the names here set down. Outside of a very limited circle, wl#, in America, can be said to know Verlaine, Melchoir de Vogue or Edmond de Goncourt? Zola we know slightly, often through most horrible translations; some few of the short stories of De Maupassant have had vogue In this country; we recognize the name of Anatole France and perhaps of Jules Lemaitre; we know Bourget through his American books and his French books with American characters, and we know more of Brunetiere since his course of lectures in this country. There can be no doubt but that we ought to know more of these men and women, that we should be at least in a position to discuss them intelligently, and, therefore, this volume may fulfill Its mission in giving those who read it a desire to i know more of the best French writers of yesterday and to-day. We should judge a Frenchman an ignorant fellow who knew nothing of James, ol^Howells, or Harte, or Twain, yet the position these men hold in the mind and heart of Americans is not more important than the esteem in which the peopie written about in this volume are held In France. The essays are all very thorough, condensed, full of information. It is most interesting to hear the author's summing up on Zola: Ibsen’s conclusions are the more desperate; Tolstoi’s conclusions the more cruel; Zola’s conclusions the more brutal. Immoral, philosophically speaking, they are not. For the "Kreutzer Sonata,” "Nana,” "L’Aesommoir” or "Ghoets” are none of th^m the apology, but the dire and bitter condemnation of vice. The philosophical side of a book, however, belongs to a few; the majority do not rise above the story. When the story is horror-striking or revolting the reader turns away, going no further. But what then? Is the naturalism of the writer too forcible, or is the reader not strong enough to pear the truth? • • * Why/ not, then, with Voltaire, lay the fault at the door of the “bad reader”? The reader, however, departs scatheless; the writer remains to bear the burden. Writers of Zola’s power survive the shock; this is their revenge. It matters not which particular on? of these essays the reader chances upon, he will be struck, at any point, by the author’s intimate and familiar acquaintance with French lettera Take this, from the essay on Anatole French; It has a wealth of literary knowledge be-

• hind it:

If it may be said of Brunetiere that he is the Bonaparte of our criticism, of Lemaitre that he is Its Mazarin for penetration and subtlety, one may say of Anatole France, neglecting examples of statesmen In the comparison, that he is the Voltaire of hi* epoch, a Voltaire whose philosophy is to be felt in his fanciful writings, a Voltaire whose nerve breaks out in his nouvelles and criticisms, a Voltaire without a Frederick; and vet who know*? perhaps one would not have to seek far among the correspondents of our author in order* to And the Intellectual email-change of the King of Prussia, And this on Paul Verlaine has the same full mind behind it: What wHl

temporary

classic, still

a secondary question, in truth, which the future alone can settle. The centuries have their mysteries. Ronsard and Marot were only awakened out of their prolonged classic sleep—prolonged since Corneille and R&clne—toy romanticism. Rosseau and Madame de Stael scattered over our national path pollen of the picturesque which brought to the French mind the memory at Ronsard’s “aubeplne*” and "roseea" and Villon’s "clalre de luna” Taste turned to evocation, and the sixteenth century reappeared. With Verlaine the evolution has

not stopped.

There Is, indeed, much to learn about modern French literature from this book. It is a particularly interesting study, and not the least interesting of the points insisted on is that there is in France a clean, honest, earnest literature, free from salaciousness and eroticism. amid which the yellow-backed French novel, as we popularly know it, has no part or place. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Indianapolis; The Bowen-Merrill Company.)

“Pendennls.” The scond volume of the new, biographical edition of the works of W. M. Thackeray is devoted to ’’Peudennis,” and while the type, binding and general appearance of rhie volume are to be coinmended, its chief attraction for lovers of Thackeray will lie in the biograptoca! Introduction by the great novelist's daughter, Mro. Ritchie. Peculiar interest attaches to this novel of Thackeray's, as there has grown up ip the minds ot Thackeray’s lovere a belief, which may be right or wrong, that, as Dickens put much of hts autobiography Into "David Copperfield,” so did Thackeray put much of himself Into this, the most cheerful of ^.his books. There are one or two thing* Utn Mrs. Ritchie’s introduction which support this theory', slight they may be, but convincing, nevertheless. When Thack* eray was at Charterhouse in 1S2S, we find him writing to his mother: Valentine’s Day. but 1 have had no valentince*. Doctor Russell has been fierce to-day, yea, and full of anger. * • • I have got four hours of delightful Doctor Russell to-day before roe: Is It not felicitous? Every day he begins at me: "Thackeray, Thackeray! you are an idle,

profligates shuffling boy (because your friend* are going! to take you away' In

May).”

When Pendenmis left Grey-friars, it will be remembered that he was fetched away from his academic studies by his uncle. Major Pendennis. Pen, who has been put on to construe a Greek play, makes a sad blunder or two, when the awful chief breaks out upon him: "Pendennis, sir, your idleness is incorrigible, and your stupidity beyond example. You are a disgrace to your school and to your family, and I have no doubt will prove so in after life to y'our country-." Mrs. Ritchie gives us some delightful glimpses of the real world from which Thackeray drew his fairy-world. She says: I have often heard the story of a little girl living in Brighton, a charming little girl, with dark eyes and curly brown hair; of how she came running into the room and said her name was Laura, and how my father then and there made her godmother to his new herofhe. She was the youngest of the three daughters of Horace Smith, of the "Rejected Addresses.” Little Laura married Mr. John Round, and died still young, still darkeyed, gay and charming. Then ^he tells also of a visitor who used to come to Kensington in the very early' days of Pendennis. He was a rather short, good-looking young man, with a fair, placid face. This was a^oung literary man. Just beginning his career; his name was Charles Lamb Kenny, and we were told that he was to be the henr> of the new book, or rather, that the hero was to look like Mr. Kenny. Of Costigan we have heard from the author himself, who in his “Roundabout Papers” describes him walking straight out of the book into Evans's one evening. There is given an interesting letter from Thackeray to his mother, written some time in 1848. He proposes to go to sea, or somewhere where he could work upon Pendennis. He writes: In October you will be at Brighton. I wonder whether you will take a house with three extra room* in it. so that we, could stow into it coming down. I should think that for £60 a year one might easily find such a one. As for the dignity, I don't believe it matters a pinch of snuff. Tom Carlyle lives in perfect dignity in a little £40 house at Chelsea, with a snuffy Scotch maid to open the door, and the best company in England ringing at It. It is only the second or third chop great folks who care about show. “And why don’t you live with a maid yourself?” I think I hear somebody saying. Well, I can’t; I want a man to be going my own messages, which occupy him pretty well. There must be a cook, and a woman about the children, and that horse Is the best doctor I get in London; In fine, there are a hundred good reasons for a lazy, liberal, not extravagant. but costly way of life. "Pendennis” was finished in 1860. Mrs. Ritchie It Is Who says that “Pendennis” Is the most cheerful of her father’s books. "Vanity Fair” is frim, tn« “Newcomes” sad. “Pendennis” begins In good spirits and ends happily and in good

spirits.

Even Altamont, who was to have been so severely punished, is let off at the critical moment, and is saved by clinging to a water pipe, the last thing, indeed, to which Colonel Altamont might have been expected to cling. Helen dies, it Is true, but she passes hway m her son’s arms, with a blessing on her lips, and what happier fate could any Helen hope for! I can remember the morning Helen died. My father was at his study in Young street, sitting at the table at which he wrote. It stood in the middle of the room, and he used to sit facing the door. I was going into the room, but he motioned me away. An hour afterward he came into oulr schoolroom half-laughing, half-asnamed, and said to us: “I do not know what James can have thought of me when he came In with the tax-gatherer just after you left and found me blubbering over Helen Pendennis’s death. In one of the Brookfield letters my father writes of my little sister: “M. says, ’Oh. papa, do make her well again; she can have a regular doctor, and be almoet dead, and then will come a homeopathic doctor, who will make her well, you know.’ ” There Is much of the same sort of reminiscence that is very delightful in Mrs. Ritchie's introduction; we get a glimpse of the real Dr. Portman, of the real Harry Foker and of Madame Frisby in reel life. We get, moreover, a closer look into the life of Thackeray than we have ever been permitted before, and if these introductions could be gathered into a separate volume, it would not be surprising if every Thackeray lover should want to possess one. (New York: Harper & Brothers. Indianapolis: The BowenMerrill Company.) The Pilgrim* in Their Three Homes. "All English-speaking people ought to know the difference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans. The Pilgnma separated church and state. They believed in the right and power of the Christian people to govern themselves, and they ^-believed this when, even in England, it was dangerous to breathe such an idea. They were bunted out of their homeland into the Dutch republic, where conscience was free. Thence they crossed the stormy ocean and began on American soil the experiment of self-govern-

ment.”

This is the opening sentence of a very charming book by Dr. William Elliot Griffl* upon the Pilgrims in their three homesv-EnglaJid, ^Holland and America. Tfie book is written in a Style and manner which will make th© book interesting to young people, and the publishers have not only included it In their Riverside histories for young people. but have also published it in a somewhat larger and more elaborate form. Into the story of the Pilgrims is woven much material of intereet regardthe lands in which they lived—the social manners and customs, food and dress, customs and superstitions. The book is another prodf that hirtory may be made interesting and attractive. The mc«t obvious blemish of th© book is a too frequent retertnee on the part of the author to place* and persons which were connected with "my own ancestry " That flllial obligation Is sufficiently fulfilled in the inscription to the book. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company.) Gladstone. A man that meant a nation, whose strong word „ , . Swayed the weak will of peoples and was heard Like a god's voice decreeing, whose strong hand ' , ' Caught the stern reins of empire In command, , , ^ ,, , And plotted for the good of humankind As some men scheme fis evil. Richard L© Gallienne in Collier s Weekly. The Periodicals and Literary Notes. "Torpedoes and Torpedo Boats” is the subject of the leading paper In the June number of Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly. Another timely article is "The Naval Militia.” by Charles Sydney Clark. The first of a series of important articles in “Manual Training” appears in th© June number of Appleton’s Popular ^ience Monthly. It also contains a somewhat unusual essay by Prof. W. H. Hudson. of Stanford University, entitled "Veracity.” Current Literature for June has two war editorials, a second interesting collection of war verse and contributions from F. Hopkinson Smith, John Russell Young, Vernon Lee, James Lane Allen and others. Col. John Hay is the “The American Poet of To-day” written up and quoted this month. We have received a large war atlas, published by A. C, Shewey, of Chicago, which, besides giving maps of the localities where there is any liability of a

Athletic trainers are almost universally putting their men on Postum Food Cofifee in place of coffee, owing to the effect of coffee on the heart j and the certainty of it inducing shortness of breath in j time of exertion.

conflict between the forces of the United States and Spain, gives two comprehensive pages of statistics of the United States, Sp.tin and Cuba, with details of the history, officials, area, population, instruction, finance, the army and navy of

these countries

The Pali Mall Magazine, whose illustrations lie with those of any popular magazine In this country, has an unusually attractive table of contents for June. There Is a choice quantify of fiction, a continuation of Hope's "Rui*ert of Hentzau ’ and Sir Walter Besant resumes his, interesting studies of south London. The third volume of William Laird Clowes' “History of the Royal Navy,” which Little. Brown & Co, will probably publish In June, will cover the voyages, discoveries, naval campaigns and civil history' of the navy from 1T14 to 1802. a period which saw the rise of Nelson, and Includes the battle of the Nile and the battle of Copenhagen. The Bookman for June contains portraits of Kassandra Vivaria, Norman Hapgood, Egerton Castle, Robert Herrick, Grover Flint, F. Hopkinson Smith and many others. There is an article on Thomas Sergeant Perry and one on James Payn. Many new books are reviewed. and there are literary letters from London and Paris. "U.ndergraduate Life at Vassar” is described in the June Scribner's by Miss Margaret Sherwood, a graduate who is familiar with the life not only at Vassar, but at other women's colleges. Orson Lowell has made a series of original drawings to dluttrate the article. The drawings for the Wellesley, Vassar and Smith articles are being exhibited in succession at those colleges. On account of the special timeliness of the June Century, the day of issue was pushed forward from June 1 to May 28. The number contains a paper on “The Spanish Armada,” with an Introduction by Captain Mahan; "Ten Months with the Cuban Insurgents,” written by a major in the Cuban army, and an article by the electrician of the torpedo division in the Confederate navy, who laid the mine which blew up the first gunboat ever destroyed by this means. Outing for June is an excellent number. Leading features include “Cupid cn Wheels,” a complete story, by Caroline Shelley; "The Yale Corinthian Yacht Club,” by Frederick Coonley; "Canadian Golf,” by John P. Roche, and “The Atlantic Yacht Club,” by A. J. Kenealy. In ”A People's Play-ground,” Ed VV. Sandys pleasantly describes the Muskoka Highlands, while stories of. bass fishing, blue fishing, egg hunting in Alaska and other Interesting sketches lend variety. James Barnes, whose stories on American naval history are well known, has written some naval songs—songs of “Jack o'turret” as contrasted with “Jack o’forc’sle.” They appear in the June number of McClure's Magazine, which is a special war number, with pictures of Cuban scenes and people, Manila pictures, portraits of the “Fighting Leaders,” and with timely articles by General Miles and General Fitzfiugh Lee. The number has a special war cover, designed by Kenyon Cox. The Bee Is a new weekly illustrated paper, Issued in New York. It has many colored illustration*, clever cartoons and bright article*. It doe* not purport to be humorous, yet it has a few things that are really funny, and it* editorial comments are bright and readable. A remarkable thing about the Bee is that appended to all of the colored plates is the name “Cory,” which signifies that the be*t and most attractive part of this new paper is the work of an Indiana man, Mr. F. Y. Cory, formerly connected with the Western Horseman. The Critic has asked its readers to decide on what branch of contemporary Frencn literature they would like to read an essay by Mr. Brunetiere. When the distinguished critic .was in the country a year ago, he promised to write out « for the Critic his five Lenox Lyceum lectures, but has never found an opportunity of doing so, and now proposes instead that he be asked to write a single essay in place of the five papers promised. The choice of subjects lies between history, the drama, poetry, criticism and the novel. We have received from Levey Bros. & Co., of this city, a copy of a “Political Hand-Book of Indiana,” a small volume, bound i» leather, which contains much useful information in a readily-acceeslble form. It gives the list of State committeemeni, give® the vote for presidential electors by counties, pluralities by counties, vote by legislative districts, a list of the Republican newspapers of the State, the. Stale officials, Indiana State judiciary, members of the Sixtieth General Assembly, Governors and Senators from Jndiana, and a mass of Information of a similar character. With No. 1 of the eighth volume Current History takes up the war with Spain, illustrating the various events with maps and portraits. Among other subjects treated are: The political problems in the Orient, Hawaiian and Behring Sea questions, problems arising out of the Greco-Turkish war, general situation in Europe, working of the Dingley tariff, Dreyfus case, currency reform, relations of the powers in Africa, rush to the Klondike, United States and Canadian politics, general busings situation, labor and social problems In various countries, progess of science and mechanical invention, etc., etc. The work is of value to all students of political and social problems of our day. “Intervention and the Recognition of Cuban Independence" is the subject of a paper by Prof. A. S. Hershey, of the Indiana University, in the May Annals of the American Academy. The author discusses the bearing of international law upon intervention, the relation of the Monroe doctrine to intervention, and the demand for intervention on the ground of humanity. He reviews the history of Spanish cruelty and misgovernment. The whole paper is one of the best defenses of the present course of the United States that lias yet aj>neered.\ Among the other subjects discussed in this number, are the recent leas-, oy Philadelphia of its gas-workfe to a private company, railway passenger fares and w'hy they have not declined like freight rates, and the new primary election law of New York. There are the usual departments. In 1861. the Atlantic Monthly showed its spirit by putting upon its covers and title pages the flag of the Union, in place of the effigy of John Winthrop, its original emblem, while its real patriotism w'as evidenced by the character of the contributions which enriched its pages. In the number for June the Atlantic publishes the same flag on its cover, and gives the place of honor to a calm, judicial, but patriotic summary of our Cuban relations with Spain. The Atlantic finds the collision to have been inevitable between the medieval methods of Spain and the highly civilized ideals and strong ethical sentiment of the United States. Prof. Ira N. Hollis, of Harvard, formerly ( a distinguished engineer of the navy, and a designee of warships, follows with a timely as well as clear and comprehensible explanation of the nature and struct-

ure of the modern battleship; her powers of injury and conditions at safety; with a forecast of what may be expected from our leviathans in action, and what elements in them are as yet untested and uncertain quantities. but concluding after all, what Admffal Dewey has already proved at Manila, that the qualities of the men who man them must after all remain the determining element. "What Shall We Do With the Conquered Islands?” is the title of an able article by Senator J. T. Morgan, in the North American Review for June. Herbert Putnam, president of the American Library Association, treats of "The Relation of Free Public Libraries to the Community”; "Should au Income Tax Be Re-established?” Is a question of national import discussed by the Hon. George-'3. Boutwell, formerly Secretary of the Treasury; an interesting article is "Which Shall Domlnate—Saxon or Slav? by the Hon. David Mills. Canadian Minister of Justice; this number also contains the fifth and concluding installmemv of Sir William Howard’s "Recollections of the Civil War.” Among the short articles are: "The Pulpit and the v\ ir. by the Rev. Edgar G. Murphy; “Rehabilitated Upper Chambers,” by Edward Porrltt; “Our Export of Corn.” by John M. Stahl; "The Sweating System. by the Rev. F. J. C. IV*>ran, and "Strategical Value of the Philippines,” by Truxtun Beale. The fifty-fifth volume of the Century, containing the monthly numbers of the magazine from November to April, has just made its appearance. A glance at the table of contents shows what a wide field has been covered. There are fou r articles about Andree, one of theni written by Jonas Standling. the Stockholm Journali«t, giving the description by an eye-witness of “Andree s Flight into the Unknown.” There is also an account of the message sent by carrier-pigeon from the aeronaut, the only word received from him since his departure. R. Talbot Kelly, the English artlrt. is represented by tw'o papers, strikingly illustrated, telling of life "In the Desert with the Bedouin.” In the series of “’Heroes and Peace” there are illustrated articles on "Every-Day Heroism,” and "Heroes of the Life-Saving Service,” by Gustav Kobfce, and "Heroes Who Fight Fire.” by Jacob A. Rlls. Two articles on the new gold fields describe “The River Trip to the Klondike,” by John Sidney Webb, and “The Rush to the Klondike Over the Mountain Passes," by Edward 8. Curtis. Five notable papers by Mrs. Sara Y. Stevenson are devoted to "Maximillian, His Allies and Enemies.” Mrs. Stevenson was in Mexico at the time of the French intervention, and she write* of the brief and pitiful career of the Emperor from intimate acquaintance with the course of events. Mr. V. C. Scott O’Connor has contributed two articles concerning the life of Tennyson at his Isle of Wight home, illustrated with reproductions of Mrs. *Canieron’s remarkable photographs. The famous seafight in 1879 between Chilean and Peruvian warships is described by Claude H. Wetmore, and Theodore Roosevelt discusses “Fights between Ironclads,” with reference to their priority and significance. In the way of art therefore number Cole fr< articles von Uhde. engravings from Gilbert ’Stuart’s portraits of women: and illustrations by Castaigne of the Mammoth Cave, the Seven Wonders of the World, and for "The Steerage of To-Day.” The fiction of the volume includes Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell’s "Adventures of Francois”; Mrs. Burton Harrison’s "Good Americans”; eight "Gallops,” by the Century’s new writer, David Gray, and many short stories, Including two by Chester Bailey Femald, author of ‘The Cat and the Cherub,” and John Luther Long’s striking tale of Japan, “Madame Butterfly.” (New York: The Century Company. Price, in gUt cloth. $3.00.) Books Received. Seven Months & Prisoner. By J. V. Hadley. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. Thirty Strange Stories. By H. G. Wells. New York: Harper & Bros. The History of Pendennis. By W. M. Thackeray. New York: Harper & Bros. The General-Manager’s Story. By Herbert E. Hamblen. New York: The Macmillan Co. The Forest Lovers. By Maurice Hewlett. New York: The Macmillan Co. Her Ladyship's Elephant. By David Dwight Weils. New York: Henry Holt & Co. The Century Magazine, Nov. 1897 to April,' 1898. New York: The Century Co. A New Astronomy. By David P. Todd. New York: American Book Company. A Champion in the Seventies. By Edith A. Barnett. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone * Co. A Revolutionary Love Story. By Ellen Olney Kirk. Chicago: H. S. Stone & Co. Plays, Pleasant and Unpleasant. Vol. I and II. By Bernard Shaw. Chicago: H. S. Stone & Co. Conklin’s Manual In the German Language. Chicago: Laird & Lee. American and Oriental Series—Manila and the Philippine Islands. San Francisco. The J. Dewing Company. Pearce Amerson's Will. By Richard Malcolm Johnson. Chicago: Way & Williams.

The Receptive Candidate. [Detroit Journal.] ‘Til not run for offlue.” "But what if the office seeks the man?” "I’ll not run for it, I tell you.”

Straw Hats Our 98c

Men’s Straw Hats are winners. We have the Rough Straw Yacht —the very latest Eastern novelty—in this lot, for 98c. You can not match these goods for less than $1.25 or $1.50 elsewhere.

DANBURY HAT CO No 8 ^ ast Washington St SIGN OF THE. BIG GLASS HAT>

BRONCHITIS CURED ? Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey Is the best cough remedy we have ever used. My wife had a severe case of bronchitis and throat trouble, and a sample bottle relieved her to such an extent that I bought a dollar bottle for her, and she is now almost fully recovered. We will never be without Dr. Bell's Pine/Tar-Honey in our house.—T. A. Wilburn, Taylorsville,

Ky.

For sale by all druggists. Be sure you get DR. BELL’S PINE-TAR-HONEY.

of each. Every guaranteed pure. The prices are

Tea

A CLEAN CHAIN ft**/ NINC WHEEL ALWAYS READY. DUST

S CLEAN. ISV RUNAND NAIN

Drop us postal, or call telephone 2318, and we will send a wheel, with case attached, for examination. We call for your bicycle and return it In twenty-four hours, fitted and war-

ranted.

The

Frost Gear Case Co. 446-448 8. XBBXDIAJT ST.

•mart's Dyspepsia Tamms cuts ayspspsia.

stomach e*t*

? 60c and finest $1.00.

H. H. LEE.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. Chautauqua, Chautauqua Lake, X. Y. Don’t make summer plane until you have investigated Chautauqua There’s no other resort like it. Families find it Just what they are looking for. It Is a delightful place for children. and interests grown people. “Not a duil day all summer." No danger from war or yellow fever, because an interior resort, and situated at high altitude. Good hotel. Many cottages. Send for Illustrated pamphlet. W. A. DUNCAN. Secretary, Chautauo.ua. N. Y. SUMMER SCHOOL Business University, When Building. Electric fans. Call or write for special Information.

E. J. HEEB, President.

Qarpet EnthUsiasrp nuns mn This weeK

wonder—there is such an endless, array of beautiful new styles. Tte Pieces Real Basins! ' Th€ ^CtUaT StFarghitPorWaFd Kind!

And no

THESE PI1ICES GIVE CHOICE OF ALL OUR NEWEST STYLES. NOTHING HELD BACK.

GOOD ALL-WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS 39c A YARD

FINEST ALL-WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS 39c A YARD

GOOD TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS 47^ A YARD

EXTRA QUALITY TAPESTRY BRUSSELS 39c a YARD \

FINEST TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS 63c A YARD

FINE WILTON VELVET CARPETS 86c A YARD

FINE AXMINSTER CARPETS 86c A YARD

NOT ONE OLD STYLE IN ANY OF THESE LOTS, U

SALE CPNTTNUES AU THTS WEEK Tft TaUTor Carpet (§

26 and 28

West Wash!nglen

Street

BUY THE GENUINE SYRUP OF FIGS CALIFORP^RQ^YRUP CO. tW~ NOTE THE NAME.

AMUSEMENTS.

Superfluous Hair on the face is embarrtsslilg and annoying. Dermatologist JOHN H. WOODBURY, 127 W. Forty-second et.. New York, removes it, if light by depilatory, if strong by electricity. Consultation free.

PAIR BANK Refined Vaudeville*. Superb Band Concert. MATINEE WED. AND SAT.. AT S P. M. Down-town ticket office. Bates House Drug Store 10 CUrTS-A2>lKXMXO*-10 CXNTfi Bicycles and carriage* checked free at the Illlnola-street entrance.

A RUSH, A CRUSH! A resistless torrent of trade, underselling without parallel. The greatest value-giving in Indianapolis goes on continually here. The crowds come for reasons—pure price reasons.

BROAD RirPLE PARK THEATER Maekny Comic Opcrn Company In CHIMES OP NORMANDY TO-NIGHT, Still. Prices—10c, 20c, Me. Reserved seats on sal* at C. M. Warner A Co.’s, 14 E. Washington st. At Woodruff Place Band Concert and Feast of Lanterns Admission, 10 cents. Carriages admltttd free. Bicycles checked. Benefit Free Kindergartens. In case of bad weather postponed to Thursday night.

A Wringer Furor This Wringer retails for no less than $2.25. They have white rubber rolls and are excellently constructed. We sell only one to each person; will sell none to dealers. Till all are sold you can have one for 98c

We’ll do many things in bargain-giving during this Smoke Sale that are marvelous. You Have the Privilege of Our Equitable Credit System which allows you to pay a little each week or month —just as cheap as if you paid all cash.

KISSEL’S OPENING Wednesday Bvsnlnf, Jon* •

Bicycle Suit* Swell Patterns, All-Wool, Extra blgr value* for the price, 94*00 RUBENS'© BATES HOUSE CLOTHING PARLOR 110 W. Washington fit.

SUMMER RESORTS.

JTITK ENGLE SIDE, Bench Haven, N. J. •user* I* every reesset. Me eMeieblees bey ter ■alllee Halil**. Special ratal tar

Sea* ter eenvealr.

R. *. KNOL* « SON,

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133-135 W. Washington St

32-34 36 Kentucky Ave.

KAILROAD TIMM CARD.

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trains enter

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She recommended them.

That stenographer and typewriter who bo* been with 700 so lone te a mighty pretty woman by the way; I notice that she appears to be always well. Her carriage is erect; her way* are brisk. She he* good color, an4

her eyes are always bright.

What you say 1* true. For two succeedve year* she ha* not failed one day la her attendance at the office and hoe never onoe been even late in the

morning—but she takes Ripens Tabalee.

What does * person with a temperament of steal and a constitution e. iron, a* yon describe and a* she seems, want of a patent medicine t That is what 1 asked her one day. and she said: ** Samettanea I do have a headache, and that is what I take Ripens Tubule* for. I don’t know the | cauao of the trouble, but I do know that I oan get rid of a headache shortly after taking a Tabule, and that is the result 1 want to ocean*. 1 plish. She Bays they are all the manufacturers claim for them.

A new style packet containing ten Rlpan a Tabules In a paper carton (without Staae) Is now for aaie at some drug rtorea-FOH FIVE CENTS. This low-priced sort Is intended for the poor and the economical. One dozen of the flve-oent cartons UJO tabule#) can be had by mail by sending 48 cents to the RIPAN'9 CHEMICAL COMPANY. No. 10 Spruce street.

New York—or a single carton (ten tabules) will be Bent for 6 cent*.

Director.

PxmrowrE.

Director. PoasiDEirr.

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*„ CM., CHI. A rr. LOUIS R*Y. Ind'pla Dlv—Penan. Line*. Fostero ex dy s 5:80 Lim mall, dy s d •«! Columbus accom ......AW Blcbmond aceom Day ex. dy.6tOO yi^«Pren, dy• ■ ..<:6B Chlengo Dlv—Pen no- Lines. Lonlsvtll* Dlv—Pennn. Lines. t* mK & IrrJSl£2 * c^-.vr.n ^r<3r- x -» Ind’pl* A Vincennes. ^^•!:.?r,-i8iaygvsr.da VandaHn Line. Bt L ex, dy. d «

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