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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1899.

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PKOFESSOR LAV9BUN'S VIEWS. The slot of Prof*a*or Laughltn’e address before the AnU-ImperialIfllc League, at Chicago. Saturday ulgnt. was that we are wrong In refusing to the Ftltplnos all terms except absolute and unconditional surrender, and that we ought to grant independence to them under our protection. He thought that if we ohould offer the Filipinos Independence the war would end at cnce. Here Is the mistake that Is made by so many of our amtexpafislonlats. They assume that all trouble would be ended as soon as the Aguinaldo party had Its way. Powibly they are right. But men who know anything of the Philippine character all seem to agree that any concession or compromise made at the present time would be taken as a confession of weakness. Their opinion is worth many Laughlin theories. But it may be said that this makes r.o difference — that it Is of no importance what the Filipinos think of us or how they manage their own affairs under an Independent government. This would be true if it were proposed to turn things entirely over to the Filipinos, and to wash our hands of the whole business. But Professor Laughlin proposes no such poMcy. He says: Why do we cot grant Independence to the Filipinos under our protection as wo have to the Cubans? But what sort of protectorate could we BMClntaln over a people who thought that they had by their own efforts, conquered their independence from us? Under such condition* we should have neither the respect nor the gratitude of the Filipinos. No that, if our protectorate were to be of any value at all it would have to be enforced. possibly by violence, and it would certainly be a very decided limitation on IndepeBdenee. Looking at the subject from the American point of view. It seems to us that the result to be aimed at—though we do not eay It can be reached—li absolute independence for the islands without any protectorate at all. Independence under a protectorate would not be independence, and it may be very seriously doubted whether It would satisfy Aguinaldo. With absolute Independence we should have no responsibtllty ah all. If we retain entlre^control ever the Islands ws should be able to fulfill all International obligations. With a protectorate, on .the other hand, we should have all the responsibility and a limited power. Ail these things must be considered. As we view the case, the only safe way for us to confer Independence on these people is not as a concession, but as an absolutely free gift from the victors to the vanquished. As for the Cuban precedent, we have only to remark that the Cubans have not yet gained their Independence. One thought more. Professor Laughlin i*y«: Ws must Infer from repeated acts that our government has no Intention whatever of giving the Filipinos their Independence. I challenge any one to mention a word or an act which even aquints at such a policy. We do not recall that anything has been ■sm that would warrant the FlHplnos in believing that they were to have independ • jence. But they have been expressly proraJaed all the Independence that Professor Laughlin thinks they ought to have. He asks, as ws have seen, “why we do not grant Independence to the Filipinos under onr protection, as we have to the Cubans?" But this Is about what the President s commission guaranteed to them. In Its proclamation of April 4 last the commlss’on said: To the Filipino people will be granted the most ample liberty and self-government reconcilable with the maintenance of a wise. Just, stable, effective and economical administration of public affairs and compatible with the sovereign and International rights and the obligations of the United State*. Professor Laughlin thinks that the Ftllpinoa ought to have independence under an American protectorate: the administration has promised them *elt-government under an American pi electorate—and Just as much self-government an they Blow themselves caps hie of carrying on. On the whole, the President seem* to have adopted the Laughlin policy, only the two men differ a* to the time and method of cartying it into effect. Under neither plan would the IsUnds be Independent. Under either plan they would ultimately secure self-government.

EUROPEAN POLITICS. The visit of M Deleasee, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs to St. Petersburg. has started the tongues of the gossips. It is said by them, for example, that the question of a European, or rather a continental alliance against the United States is under consideration. The Herman Emperor Is reported to have approached France with a proposition of this sort, and, 11 Is said, that before going into the scheme France wants to know whether the Russian alliance Is of any value, and to what extent It may he retied on. If She find* that alliance worthless U Is supposed that she win be glad to join handk with Germany. Moreover, it Is suggested that the French government want* to aecure the consent of Russia to this move. But If the reports of the new ipeper ut-

terances and of public sentiment msy be trusted, Russia la likely to prove a Jealous partner. Though the French minister has been most cordially metvo,V It is said that there Is a etrong feeling against the admission of any other power Into -the Franco-Russlan alliance, and some resentment against the increasing friendship between France and Germany. We do not suppose that there is the slightest danger of a continental combination against the United States. During the agitation over the Armenian atrocities we saw how impossible It was to secure anything like harmony of action among the great powers. France can not. at present, get along without Russia, and Russia does not share, to any considerable extent, the fear which Germany seems to lave of this country-. There la little reason to doubt that the German Emperor would be glad to put himself at the bead of a powerful antiAmerican combination, but it Is not probable that even hla hostility goes beyond a wish to check the United States diplomatically, At the same time It is only the part of prudence to remember that the proved military and naval strength of this country has excited some alarm In Europe.

QUESTIONS ABOUT NATURAL OAS. The Inquiry by the joint committee of the Commercial Club and the Board of Trade Into the natural gas situation may have wide reaching results. The committee has already learned something from the source of supply. It has given attention to the experience of Pittsburg and other cities In the Pennsylvania and Ohio gas fields. It has gathered a large mass of data bearing on different phases of the question, from which ft is to be hoped that some conclusions fruitful In suggestion may be drawn. It Is urged with much force that the adoption of meters by Indianapolis alone would have little effect In a general way In preserving gas from waste. We are Inclined to th: belief that, standing alone, Indianapolis would not accomplish nearly so much as Is predicted by adopting the measurement system. The Indiana gas field Is gradually contracting. All the lines are pointing to the same center; artdrawing from the same reservoir. If Indianapolis alone seeks to employ economical means of consumption, while all the rest of the cities and towns of the State that burn gas continue to use wasteful methods, will our action have much effect in prolonging the life of gas? It seems to us, with our present knowledge, that the effect would be very slight. But it is only fair to say that State Gas Supervisor Leach thinks that Indianapolis would save a great deal of gas for Its future use by the adoption of this method. In Indianapolis consumers are facing a condition that gradually grows more unpleasant. Not only are those who have connections uncertain as to whether they will have gaa or not, but those .who are not connected, those who build new houses, can not secure connection, the companies saying that there is not enough gas to supply those already connected. The effect of thia Is widening. Natural gas connections are figuring In thq rental value of houses;. In the value of real estate Itself, and where there is no prospect of gas connections the value is declining. The companies declare that they oan do no more with a dimin - ishing supply, as prodigally used as when It seemed Inexhaustible, than has been done, and that only a change In the system of consumption will provide for present patrons, or extend service to those not connected. Pittsburg had much higher contract rates than Indianapolis. A change to the meter system brought a reduction In cost to the consumer, according to the figures received by the committee, of about 20 per cent. This was on a basis of 25 cents a 1,000 cubic feet. A charge of 20 cents a thousand In Indianapolis would Increase the present contract rates about 21 per cent., it Is estimated roughly, and they would be approximately about what Pittsburg now pays by meter. Pittsburg was a pioneer In the meter system. It adopted the system without watting for others to adopt Jt, assuming that the field controlled by the Pittsburg companies could be preserved If wasteful use of the supply ceased. Gradually the example of Pittsburg h >s been followed and meters have been adopted by the towns and cities supplied by the Pennsylvania field ^ Pittsburg seems to have an ample supply.

THE COUNTY INSASlf ASYLUM. The building of the new county insane asylum, as shown In The News Saturday has much to commend it. We have heretofore commended the whole project. We think the commissioners did wisely In purchasing grounds for this home for the incurable insane, and we trust they will-be equally wise In erecting the home. The building proposed will take 3,000,000 bricks, for the commissioner! intend to make It fire-proof. A building so built is costly, but H Is not extravagant, for all such buildings ought thus to be built. But would not a one-story building be better? It is, we believe, conceded that the best buildings for the Insane are one-story buildings — the cottage plan, as it Is called. The building as proposed by the county commissioners is virtually a three-story building, the first fioor being raised a half-story, while the roof is also utilised in a way. We have thus the objectionable features of a basement and an attic, which, if occupied^ is not pleasant, and if unoccupied. Is waste room, while the elevation of the main floor from the ground makes a deal of going up and down steps that is not necessary. There 1s plenty of room at the new location for a building of the most approved kind. Such a building would, perhaps, take no more material than the building as proposed, and perhaps cost no more, possibly less. It seems to us that it would be a bet. ter building. It should be remembered that this is to be the home of the Incurable insane. Whatever will make the surroundings pleasantest should be done. No two or three-story building can be as perfectly ventilated as a one-story building. In the one-story, or cottage plan, the kitchen Is removed to one side, and the fumes from it do not contaminate the rest of the structure. With a building built story on story the best of ventilation can not avoid this. And be It further remembered whatever caution be taken to make a building fire-proof, there Is always danger of fire- In a one-story building this danger is reduced to a minimum, and the chances of escape are raised to a :aaxlmum, while In a building *t*ry on story the chances of escape are lessened and the chances of fire Increased- Considera-

tions of safety, of better ventilation, of greater comfort point to the desirability of a one-story building. We would not dogmatise on this subject, but with th* desire that the new project shall bo most successful we offer these suggestions. We urge that the eommlsstoners give them full weight and satisfy themselves and the community as to what plan is wisest.

THE DENOCBATIC NOMINA TIONS. The Democratic nomination of councilmen on Saturday averaged fairly well from a public'point of view. From a political point of view, if we may credit the opinions of wiseacres. It was in part an anti-administration achievement. This view sees In the choice particularly of the candidates of the South Side an expression that Is not favorable to the mayor and his stewardship. If this view is correct, the result Is to be regarded as something in the nature of a revolution. And it is likewise in the nature of a revolution as bringing In new blood against old blood — new men being preferred over rome that have been officers for years, who were candidates for continuance in office. If value may be given to judgment in the lump, it can be said that, as a whole, the nominations are fair. The nomination of Mr. Smith has nothing In particular to recommend it if Judgment Is based on his work in the Council hitherto. Mr. Garrard’s nomination in the Second ward. while, of course. he can have no hope of election, is a good one. Mr. Horan, who was nominated in the Fifth ward, is a thoroughly good choice. Dr. Moffett, John Martin and Samuel Perrott, the nominees In the Sixth. Seventh and Eighth wards, are good, capable man. Mr. Reilly in the Ninth ward is a salobn-keeper. Mr. Moriarity in the Tenth ward, who is another new man, has a reputation for honesty. He is also a saloon-keeper. Mr. Kelly, who was nominated in the Eleventh ward, is a bar-tender. Mr, McGrew, the choice of the Twelfth ward. Is well spoken of, and has beer, a fairly good councilman. Mr. Bernauer, chosen In the Thirteenth ward, has a negative record In the Council. Mr. Knight, nominated in the Fourteenth ward, has had an excellent record in the Council. Hin nomination Is a good one. Mr. Higgins, the “commodore,” again nominated to represent the Fifteenth ward, is hard to classify. Better men might be nominated, and much worse. As a whole, the nominations, while fair, have the characteristics of being representative of some new blood, and of being In the nature of a warning to Mayor Taggart and his administration.

AS TOR'S AMBITION. Mr. Astor does not seem to be any more popular in the country of his adoption than he was in the country of his birth. But It is thought that there is a chanco for him in politics. At any rate, it will be interesting to study hts efforts to get a peerage or to break into Parliament. The London correspondent of the New York World says: It is quite understood here that his ambition, by heavily subsidizing the Tory party funds, is to get a title in a few years. All that is merely a matter of money. A milliop dollars judiciously expended on the election funds would certainly secure him a peerage aftef some years. Nor will there be any difficulty. If he wants to enter Parliament, as there is a Conservative member there now who was only naturalized the day preceding his nomination. We said, in commenting on Mr. Astor’s transfer of allegiance, that he had evidently found that England Is more of a rich man’s country than is the United States. Now we shall learn whether money is more powerful In politics there than it is here. Though Mr. Astor served a term in the New York Legislature, and was minister to Italy, he failed in h& effort to get into Congress; and it is known that he never secured the political recognition to which he thought he was entitled. Now we shall see whether the people of England are more appreciative. The correspondent of the World may do them an injustice, but we suppose there is little doubt that Mr. Astor will use his money for all it Is worth. He would make a fine Tory member. for he would be more radically conservative than the stupidest peer of the realm.

IS IT COURAGE OR RASHNESS f Mr. Bryan will not be accused by his bitterest enemy of being a coward.* He announces his intention of going to Kentucky for the purpose of making speeches for Goebel. There Is ro special reason why he should do this, for he could have stayed away without causing the slightest comment. Therefore, it would seem as though In this case Mr. Bryan was showing rashness rather than courage. He will certainly turn many Kentucky Democrats against him, no matter what the result of the election may be. among them many of his most ardetvt supporters. Nor, as we understand it, is the question of free silver Involved. Both factions are supposed to be favorable to the Chicago platform. If there Is any such question. Mr. Bryan will put himself in a peculiar position. For he Is going to support the candidate favored by the Louisville Courier-Journal, which opposed him vigorously three years ago. But his presence In the Kentucky campaign will lend to it an added plcturesqueness. It will also give to it an added bitterness. The situation, from the Democratic point of view, Is bad enough as it Is. It certainly will not be helped by Mr. Bryan's participation in the campaign. There are times when a man can well afford to keep silent without laying himself open to the imputation of cowardice. And no one Is bound to hunt trouble or to get into every fight he hears of. But Mr. Bryan knows his own business best, and If he wishes to take such desperate chances, his opponents surely have no cause to complain. On the contrary, they will admire his pluck, and will give him the credit which is his due as one of the very few politicians who are not afraid to say what they think on all occasions, or to meet frankly and boldly every Issue that arises. That phase of Mr. Bryan’s char* acter, at least, Is worthy of all admiration. Sir Wilfrid Laurier doesn’t mean it. so It is said. We can now begin to appreciate how the people of Great Britain ft el when some of our Senators twist the lion's tall. Now comes Richard Croker, "boas'’ of Tammany Hall, and declares that he was driven away from this country by the newspapers. Has bis bide, then, been pierced? This Is encouraging for the

newspapers. Croker further says that English newspapers do not interfere with a man's “private affairs." Perhaps Croker’s Idea of a good newspaper la one that would let him sandbag New York to hts heart's content without making any, outcry. ‘ The English papers are not saying very nice things about William Waldorf Astor. Your average Briton does not have high respect for a man that quits.

There were forty-six or forty-seven passengers on the car that ran off a trestle at Bridgeport, Conn., yesterday. The car was probably built to hold only one-hslf as many. Will there ever come a time when human life will be valued as highly as a few dollars and cents?

We guess Astor, late of New York, will learn that he who pouts and runs away may live to pout another day.

There were whole cnapters of terrible cesualities yesterday due, in the main, to the fact that those having human life in their keeping valued that life cheap. Western money, largely, will move crops this year. Mr. Bryan will have to stop talking about the dominant influence of Wall street, too. If the Sentinel does not want to faM in with Carlisle's propositions, it had better net print them. They are tad for the cause of “bimetallism.” The Drexels, it is said, may follow Astor. Has Astor started a “wave"?

The fool hat rocks the boat Is again In evidence. He fried it on the river Patapsco Saturday, with the usual results. The number of victims was five.

If “hydra-headed monster’’ belong* to the Populists, “Juggernaut" is the exclusive property of the Prohibitionists. At least two Republican papers of Denver are printing caricatures of Bryan on the front page. Nothing could better Illustrate the change that has taken place in '"dorado toward silver.

Astor can not get away from his butcher ancestor by way of Spain. Even if the butcher was a descendant of a Spanish noble family —which he was not - he was still a butcher.

Ex-Governor Stone, of Missouri, deuirts an interview that appeared In the New York Herald. Which is worse, 'dilej tante” or yellow journalism? The trial of Dreyfus begins to-day; also a trial of Dreyfus’s enemies. Ex-Mayor Strong Is quoted as saying that McKinley and Hobart will be the next Republican nominees. It requires no great amount of prescience to make such a prediction. Great Br.tain is said to be Increasing her military forces in British Columbia. This io no modus vivendi.

GOOD SHORT STORIES. Caster’s Joke on Osborn. [Chicago Record.] The late Charles Osborn, the New York broker, and General Custer were Intimate friends, and Osborn annually visited the general at his camp on the plains. During one of the Indian campaigns he invited Osborn and a party of friends out to Kansas, and after giving them a buffalo hunt, arranged a novel experience in the way of an Indian scare. As Osborn was lyirvg in his tent one night firing was heard at the outposts and the rapid rid-’ ing of pickets. “Boots and saddles” was the order in the disturbed atmosphere of the night, and Custer appeared to Osborn loaded with rifle, two revolvers, a saber and a scalping knife. "Charley,” hg said, in his quick, nervous way, “you jmust defend yourself. Sitting Bull and i Flea-ln-Your-Boots, with Wiggle-Tall-Jim and Scalp-Lock Skowheg&n, are on us in force. I didn't want to alarm you before, but the safety of my command is my first duty. Things look serious. If wc don’t meet again. God bless you.” The broker fell on his knees. "My God, Custer.” he cried, "only get me out of this! I'll carry 1,000,000 shares of Western Unloh for you into the firm to get me home. Orly save me.” But Custer was gone, and the camp by shrewd arrangement burst Into a blaze, and shots, oaths and vrar-whoops were Intermixed, until suddenly a painted object loomed on Osborn’s sight, and something was flung ir4o his face—a human scalp. He dropped to the ground, said the Lord's prayer, backward, forward and sideways, until the noise died away, and there was exposed a lighted supper table, with this explanation on a trans^(Krn’s treat!" A Captain that Seised Occasions. [Chicago Record.] Robert Smalls, the colored politician and cx-Congressmsn of South Carolina, tells a good story in answer to the Democratic politcians who want to divide the negro vote. “It always reminds me,” he says, “of a man called Captain Jack, who used to run a flatboat on the river down its my country and was one of the smartest men I ever "Captain Jack was going down the river ore Sunday, and hia boat got stuck on a sandbar right opposite a colored Methodist church. He tried every way he coidd to budge her, but she was fast, and ttv^e was no way to get her off except by sinking the stern until tl»e hew was free, and then shoving her around into the current. The minute Captain Jack heard the singing end praying up at the meeting house be saw a way to get out of his scrape. He rent up a colored messenger to announce that he had come to Jesus and wanted to hold a prayer meeting on his boat. All the darkies from the church came down, and Captain Jack meantime got seats fixed for them in the stern. They crowded back there singing, praying and blessing the Lord for bringing Captain Jack to the mourners’ bench. Meanwhile the hands on the boat were working to shove her off. It did not take long In shout half an hour she was floating In the stream. Then turning around to hi® guest*. Captain Jack shouted- “Get off here now, every one of you blank blank niggers. This prayer meeting is over.” General Smalls argued that such was the way In which the Democratic j>arty desired to divide the colored vote. Found by Sanl. [ Argonaut] In 18«4 a regiment of Confederates from South Carolina were marching north to join Lee. While In North Carolina they camped one day on two opposite hills, between which a road ran. It happened that an old Methodist preacher, a strong Un-on-1st, lived in that vicinity. Early the next morning the preacher mounted his mu.e and trotted down the road, meaning to pass through the camp to show bis contempt for the “rebels." He was a very old man, with a stern face and long, white beard, which, taken with his white hair, gave him an appearance decidedly patriarchal. “Hullo, fellows, here comes Father Abraham!’’ called one soldier to a comrade on the opposite hill, as th* old man rode between them. "No, he Isn’t,” shouted back the other; “he's Father Jacob!*’ The oiu parson stopped and shook the finger of scorn at the laughing soldiers. “I am neither Father Abraham nor Father Jacob! he cried. A knot of soldiers gathered about him. "Well, who are you, then?” persisted his tormentor. “It is no use for you to deny you are out of the Old Testament somewhere.” The old man rose in his stirrups and waved hia hand toward the camp In comprehensive contempt. “Yes. I am out of the Old Testament sure enough.” he roared. ’Tm Saul, the son of Kish, looking for his father's asses, and I’ve found them." To Keep Bread Fresh. Loaves of bread can be kept fresh for som* time by a Boston man’s patart package, which is made of waxed paper or other air and waterproof material, the bread being placed «n the package and •ealed up while the loaf Is at a temperature of about » degrees.

Toward the Deep. Let the lilies flaunt their graee*. ftlnce the s< Iden hearts which bide In the folded buds’ era braces Will adorn a richer tide Statelier nwt.na.wlli sweep the lake When the cygnet* quit the brake T\hera ibe Undines lave their fa«* tin espied. More melodious Junes are sleeping In the lingering linnet's throat. And a brighter dawn la peeping Where the sunset aureoles float! When the plaintive minor dies AM the grand creecendoe rise. Deeper rapture onward sweeping. Note by note. And. ae Sulla's rebel minion Vaunted more the rising sun love may turn on listless pinion When the xenith well 1* won. Spelled by eome diviner glow Which affection yet may know. Since through even hearts Hercynian Danube* run. Hence I watt till, through the hushes j Which thy latent passions keep. Like some roey dream that blushes On the russet bough of sleep. I»ve shall leap and greet my own With an ardor yet unknown, Ae th# deep bom river rushes Toward the deep. —Charles J. Bayne. In The Bookman.

“Grace for Light. When we were little chllder we had a quare we# house. Away up in the heather by the head o' Brsbla' burn; The hare* we'd see them scootin’, an’ we’d hear the crowin' grouse. An' when we'd all be in at night ye'd not get room to turn. The youngest two She'd put to bed. thg'.r face* to the wall. An’ the lav# of u* could sit aroun*. just anywhere we might: Herself ’ud taka the rush-dip an’ light it for us all, An' "Ood be thanked!” ehe would say— "now we have a light.”

Then we be to quet the laughin' an’ pushln'

on the floor.

An' think on One who called us to come

pipe down, an’ eay the

; Inins on i/ne i an’ be forgiven; self ’ud put his i good word more.

Hlmsel

good word more.

May the Lamb o’ God lead us all to the

Light o’ Heaven!”

There’ a v.-heen things that ueed to be an'

B has had

len:

many a sight;

The nine Glens of Antrim can show y#

But not the quare we# house where we lived

up Brabla’ way.

Nor a. child In all the nine Glens that knows

the grace for light.

-Moira O’Neill, In the Spectator.

SCRAPS. Samuel F. Langham has been coroner of the city of London for fifty years. Herod is the name of the judge who sits In Police Court in Chanute. Kas. "Do yer be’ave there’s luck in a horseshoe. Dennis?” “Not a bit. Norah hung wan over the childer’s cradle an’ it fell an’ bruk his nose.”—Boston Commercial Bulletin. The reports from Maine, as usual, at this time of year, eay that the pheasants are tearing up gardens, deer are ruining crops, and bears are robbing pig sties. The shrewd inn-keepers use the old bait with great success.—Pittsburg Dispatch. One of the queer freaks of the Bangor (Me.) police grist the other day was an Intoxicated man, who went Into a leading hotel and telephoned himself for the patrol wagon. When it came he climbed in and rode over to the City Hall to be locked up. An odd monument was desired by an elderly maiden lady who died a few weaks ago In Athlcne, Ireland. She left a fortune of £27,000 to be spent in the erection of a church, provided that her body should be converted Into ashes and used in making the mortar for building the edifice. Whale* are thick on the Scottish coast this summer. At Sand in the Shetlands, a shoal of seventy-one bottle-nosed whales was driver, ashore and captured in one day. It was the first time in forty-four years that whales had appeared there, though In former time® they stranded frequently The Chinese Emperor must never turn a corner when out for a drive. If he is seized with a fancy to drive out, which, fortunately, does not occur often, as It means enormous expe;»ses, all the streets must be made straight; if any houses Interfere they are promptly swept away, while even a dried-up water course must be spanned with a bridge. “I think it would be a good plan to send Willie up Into the country for a month,” suggested Willie's father. "He's never been on a farm, and it would be rather a novel experience for him.” “No. you don’t.” interrupted Willie. ’Tve heard all about the country, and I’m not going anywhere where they have thrashing machines. It's bad enough when it’s done by hand.”—Chicago Post. In a storm at Elizabeth, N. J.. a tree in a cemetery fell and laid bare the grave of Morris Hatfield, a former magistrate of Elizabeth, who died in 1872. Parts of the wood of the coffin adhered to the roots of the tree. Several other graves were disturbed, leaving visible the bones of the dead, some of which were carried off by relic-seekers before the police interfered and cleared the churchyard. Scientific knowledge has been perverted to the uses of blackmail by a Gratz (Austria) medical student, who endeavored to obtain 10,000 florins from a rich old lady by threatening to open a bottle of assorted deadly bacilli In her room If she did not pay up. When arrested, bottles stolen from the bacteriological laboratory and containing the microbes of several diseases were found In his possession. The “shining privilege” on a New York Xorry-boat line is a valuable one, and the person who acquires it Is compelled to pay a good round sum. Then he employs boys to labor for him at $5 a week. The Staten Island ferry line ishining privilege, for Instance, is in the hands of a padrone named Vincent Catoggio, who pays $3,500 a year for it. He clears at least $12,000 a year from his management of the bootbiacking Industry.—New York Letter. Cherrapunjl in Assam, northeast of Calcutta, has the reputation of being the wettest place in the earth, the average annual rainfall being 493.15 inches, while It has the record of one month In which 147.17 Inches fell. This year It seems bound to beat all previous records, 267.84 inches of rain having fallen between January 1 and the middle of June, five months and a half, while 73.79 inches, ever six feet of water, fell in a single week. A down-town resident who has a bright little daughter told an anecdote yesterday which he thought showed great caution and a certain force of character. While out taking a walk the precocious child and her father encountered a big St. Bernard dog promenading beside Its owner. The Utile one evinced a strong desire to pat the dog as she passed, but evidently changed her mind. When they had passed the little one said to her astonished father; “8ay, papa won’t yo* pat that dog? I want to see if he bites.” Philadelphia Record. People all over the United States who happen to have been to the dentist in the last ten years or so. and have come away with lots of “bridge work” in their mouths, need feel no nervousness over the legai finding that ‘ the International Tooth Crown Company is entitled to royalties on Its patent for such work. Although these royalties amount to something like $10,000,000. and the company will try to collect them. It Is the dentists who will have to pay—if they can—and there will be no call on their patrons to give up their tooth crowns or their teeth.—Philadelphia Times. A curious fishing wheel Is used on the Columbia river, near Portland, Ore. It Is fixed near the bank of the river, a place being selected where the river is most rapid. The wheel consists of three receivers. These are inclosed on three side* bv wire netting, and, as the wheel revolves by means of the current, each receiver Is submerged beneath the water and scoops up the salmon as they Jump up the rapids. The receiver then continues on Its upward Journey, the salmon meanwhile slipping down toward the axle of the wheel, until at last, when It becomes perpendicular, the fish Is shot Into a wooden slide. From this point It slips Into the longer wooden slide and is hurled downward into a boat These wheels catch thousands of fish dally. A reward of 1.0W marks is offered for the capture of a murdarer named Ooenezi, who murdered a widow and her s'epdaughter two years ago. He Is wanted not merely for punishment, but In order that be may give information as to which woman he killed first. Each had made a will leaving everything she owned to the other, and it turns out that the property amounts to more than a million marks, and should go to one of two unrelated sets of heirs. The German courts have been unwilling to solve the puzzle by any presumptions of law when the real facts may be ascertained at any time by the capture of the murderer, and are holding the money, a proceeding whose legality seems to toe considered doubtful.—London Letter New York Sun.

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[Written for Ihe Indianapolis News.] In reply to one of the ’’Questions and Answers" In Tuesday s News, the writer would suggest that Brunetiere’s “Manual," recommended by The News. Is rather too academic for a person not thoroughly familiar with French writers. M. Brunetlere Is the champion of tradition, and while an incomparable authority, his “Manual" is too full of the subtleties of dialects. It Is a formidable volume, more useful as a reference book. The author begins with the middle ages and ends with Dumas fils. He divides his subjects into epochs, and the student can delve Into an admirably-arranged mass of data, but of no particular Interest to a beginner tn French literature. There are at least a half-dozen works easier to read. America has had three Frenchmen of letters to lecture at her colleges. M. Rene Doumic was the first one, and his book on "Contemporary French Novelists,” published by T. Y. Crowell, contains many admirable readable articles on the modern French writers. He gives careful studies of De Maupassant—that admirable psychological writer, who paints so strongly the lowest side of man—and Pierre Loti. Loti’s work, with Us Oriental coloring, and its word painting, Is so hard to analyze that the study is not entirely satisfying, but It 1* probably as near to a study of Lott as is possible. Loti has such a keen, poetic instinct and so great ideality that his work is elusive. M. Doumic’s article on Huysman deserves the attention of all French students. M. Huysman is an ardent Investigator of occult questions, even if he has a reputation as a morally untidy artist. M. Douralc’s article on Zola Is too Individualistic to satisfy, as Is his article on Rene Bazin. M. Doumic has such a contempt for Zola, personally, that he can only feee his ‘‘bourgeois” personality, and fails to note his wonderful word-painting and drawing of crowds. It Is as a painter of crowds and masses that Zola will live. M. Doumic Inclines to the individualistic camp, and his book la really "personal opinion.” He possesses keen wit and irony, so the work is very Interesting. A* Zola is the most conspicuous living French author, a careful study of him is to be appreciated. Slmktevrtc*’* Stady of Zola. Henry Sienklewicz has written an admirable story of Zola, published in “So Runs the World Away." He says that the one French writer to remain immovable and serious In his pessimism Is Emile Zola. Sienklewicz calls attention to the searching for new essence and new form in the last books of Bourgec, Rod, Barres, Des-jardin-Rlmbaud. Verlaine, Heredia, Mallartne and others. Sienklewicz admirably defines Zola’s attitude toward France and the world, end also Zola’s methods. Hardly one of the young writers of France has not shot his arrow at society. Paul Adam, the strongest prose writer of them all, has published a dozen volumes dealing with problems in anareny. Octave Mirteau, Henri M&zel, Henri de Rignter. Maurice Barres. are all victimt of their vocabularies. These younger writers, while enjoying fine living themselves, appreciate the many fine phrases to be made with anarchistic sentimenta, so that they allow the!r eloquence to run away with th'*m. The absence of such prominent names as Anatole France, Gyp. Lavedan (the author of “Catherine”) and Prevost, from M. Doumic’s pages is to be regretted. Anatole France. Lavedan and Gyp are the three most skeptical satirists of contemporary French society. Praise and respect for Anatole France Increase with each volume he gives the public. Edouard Rod. M. Edouerd Rod was the third eminent Frenchman of letters to address the American colleges, his predecessors being Doumic and Brimetiere. Rod lectured at several of the leading American colleges this spring. His admirable work, “Nouvelles Etudes du XIXme Siecle” fnot yet Enqueued) is an admirable study. He has a very comprehensive article on Anatolo France and his indulgent Ironies. Whether as critic or novelist, M. Rod is always the moralist, combined with the cosmopolitan and the psycnolngim. He is said to be a follower of De Stendhal, and his first ••vork wa* dedicated to Zola, but that was his last work in the realistic school. Of his novels his "Sense of Soul” probably presents him at his best. Prof. Benjamin Wells, in his “Century of French Fiction" (lately published by Dodd, Mead & Co.), gives a brief review of 688 novels and short stories, with all the essential biographical information of 115 authors. Mr. Vance Thompson is probably one of the best authorities In the United States on modern French writers, his knowledge being from personal acquaintance and appreciation. He is soon to publish a volume of “French Portraits" that should be Invaluable. The table of contents Is said to Include Paul Verlaine, the absinthe poet; Stephene Maiiarme, the translator of Poe; Emile Verhaeron and his stormy verse; Catulie Mendes, Jean Richopln, Pierre Luoys and many others. Mile. Rosine Melle has compiled a small readable book of selections and biographical notices from French authors'. Her book, "Contemporary French Writers, ’ published by Ginn & Co., Is extremely useful to the student, even though It was published in 1893. Her selections among philosophers are Talne and Renan; among naturalists, Flaubert, the Goncourts (M Doumic’s pet aversions), Zola, De Maupassant, Daudet, Richepln, Catulie Mendes and Rene Maizeroy; Bourget is the only psychologist she notices, probably because psychology Is such a modern study, and her book is seven years old. Among the Idealists and Independents she deals with Dumas fils. Octave FeulIIet, Jules Cla retie, Andre Theurtet (noted for his "healthy” tone), Pierre Loti. Francois Coppee (whose “For the Crown” was played In New York and London) and Georges Ohnet. Among the critics and journalists she deals with Sarcey (who died about two months ago), Lem litre Anatole France, Paul Arene and Emile Bergerat. "Gyp” is the only “modern” spirit mentioned, and Maurice Barres is the single egoist noted. Women In Freaek Llteratare. Women shine with particular brilliancy In French literature. The political salon of Mme. de Stael has been replaced by another of different name but equal meaning, the literary salon of Mroe. Adam, the brilliant editor and founder of the Nouvelle Revut. Mme. Adam writes for the educated classes. Mme. Severine Is a fellow-worker of Mme. Adam, and their views are exactly opposite. Mme. Sevorine is radical and aggressive, preaching the emancipation of the workingman in picturesque language. She writes for the ignorant, not for the educated classes. Judith Gautier (daughter of Theophile Gautier) has had a book crowned by the French Academy—"L Usurpateur.” Mile. Gautier was married many years ago to Catulie Mendes, but the marriage was unhappy. They have a daughter eighteen or nineteen years old. Mme. Judith Gautier has inherited her father's color sense, hts love for the remote and his feeling for the dramatic. Bhe Is at her best in poetic prose. "Gyp." La Comtesse de Martel, is the most satirical writer in French literature to-day. She Is always entertaining. She Is a grande dame and always writes like one. She abominates Jews, the bicycle, the new woman, and the republic. She belongs to tbe vanished past of the second empire. She is witty and audacious, a fashionable woman, an intrepid sportswoman. and lives In great style. She was the witty creator of “Petit Bob,” a story of an absurdly precocious French boy, disrespectful, saucy but amusing. This creation of “Little Bob” made her famous. Her pictures of society are unequaled. While studying women of French literature. George Sand should be carefully considered, as she was really the first modern expounder of freed im for women. Modern French prose Is largely a crea-

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Mon of Edgar Allen Poe. who was Frenched by Stephene Maiiarme. Americans discredit Poe. but accept his disciples. So also has Walt Whitman been to a great extent the Inspiration of modern French poetry. Perking critics discredit Whitman, but waste adjectives on his pupils. It would be grotesque If It were not pathetic. An attention to style is almost as characteristic of French writers In general as the lack of It Is characteristic of English and American writers. Very few French authors but are journalist*. The features of the Parisian press are (1) the feullleton; (3) the topical essay, called the chronlque. and (8) the signatures to the articles. The columns of Sarcey and Anatole France, In Le Temps; Jules Lemaitre, tn the Journal des Debats^Albert Wolf, Emile Bergerat and Paul Desjardins, in Le Figaro; Henri Fouquler, Octave Mlrbeau and many others, are features of Paris papers. French Newspapers. A study of French newspapers 1« essential to a literary knowledge of France. French newspapers come very near to being good literature. There Is no community of news in the French press. The obtaining of news Is a go-as-you-please competition. This adds materially to the interest of each paper. After you have read ten. you can always buy an eleventh or twelfth and get more news. The whole news of the world is not brutally thrown at you at once, as in America. Paris journalists say the Parisians do not care for news. They want gossip. Political rumors. lendlr« themselves to distortion, are eagerly sought. Paris has more newspapers than any other city of the world. And In no other city is the press so untrustworthy In news. In France there is no association corresponding to the Associated Press In America. Several years ago, Le Courrler du Solr (Evening Courier), a 3-cent evening paper, with 200,000 circulation, edited by Edmond Blanc, disclosed many celebrated blackmailing practices of Parisian editors, and the result was tha: many Parisian editors found themselves in jail for their corrupt practices. The Solr contains & prodigious amount of railway advertising. It Is opposed to Dreyfus. It is published In three successive editions, from 8:30 to 10 o'clock. In a literary sense, the Figaro, under the direction of M. Francis Magnard, has always had first place. Magnard Is obstinately Renanlst and dlUetante. “Official” items are a specialty of Le Temps, and the Journal des Debats. Le Temps Is the leading afteronon paper, has a circulation of 50,000, and is sold at 3 cents. It constantly supports the government in all issues. M. Hebrard Is the editor, and gives more “provincial” news than any other Parisian paper. Any news In France outside of Paria is •■provincial ' news. He also gives considerable space to cablegrams and foreign news correspondence. Le Temps is the soberest, richest paper of Paris. It is more Important than the great morning papers. In addition to Its r ‘oftlclaT' news, M. Jules Lemaitre's contributions on dramatic subjects to Le Journal des Debate are of next Importance on that paper. It has a circulation of 30,000, and sells for 2 cents. Its politics are moderately Republican. La Patrle Is an evening paper with 85.000 circulation, and sells for a cent. It la opposed to Dreyfus, and its one motto Is, “France, France, France—France for the French.” It Is ultra patriotic. The four leading morning papers are (1) the Figaro, (2) Le Sollel. an Orleanlst penny paper, with 100.000 circulation, ind edited by M. Herve, (3) L’Eelair, a penny paper with 150,000 circulation, and (4) Lo Matin, a 2-cent paper, with 50,000 circulation, Lo Matin supports the government in all matters, and both L’Eclair and Le Matin have considerable “news" for French papers. In addition to Le Sollel the Orleantsts have another more aristocratic organ—I^e Gaulols. It sells for 3 cents and has a circulation of 33,000. It is the organ of aristocratic society, and the Castellanes, and its news consists in the movements of duchesses. Arthur Meyer Is the editor. Le Petit Journal is a small paper published for the massea. with a circulation of nearly 1,500,000. It circulates all over France. It owes half its success to the two sensational and sentimental feuillctons which form one-half its reading matter. Its lavish use of such words a* “serpent,’’ "French reptile," “betrayer.” "imbecile," is truly wonderful. It is idIted by M. Marinonl. It Is opposed to Dreyfus, and has no political affiliations. M. Clemenceau la the editor of a paper established to fight the cause of Dreyfus. It is a penny paper, with a circulation of 80,000, and is called Justice, or some such name. Henri Rochefort, the editor of L’lntransigeant, was exiled to London for his socialistic utterances. His paper Is antiDreyfus, sells for a penny, and has a circulation of 200.000, Rochefort looked after the' policy of the paper in London as well as he did while in Paris. Paul de Cassagn&c Is the editor of the Bonapartlst organ. L’Autorite, which has a circulation of about 60,000. d< ! ^ ari * is, a 2-cent paper with 40.000 clrculatlpn. It Is a republican paper. and is the organ of the army. The Echo Is also literary, and is devoted to the demi-monde, as is also one of the second-class morning papers, Gtl Bias The Monde and Unlvers are Catholic paLa Petite Republique is the leading aociallstic paper. It has a circulation of 60.000 and sells for a cent. mlZ Mondes (The Review of Two Worlds) is the most famous French magaalne-a kind of literature "of flourish to any great extent in Franc*. Paris has several weekAU French papen, superabound tn personal opinion. attach scrent importance to the Bourse, the ex^hange of money and international stocks, ^hey are all small, and the evening papers have headlines of the “yellow” variety. Th* > 'iC*i. u n u ^J 1 T n Tb* Parisian editor* do not seem to be able to get out a New York net-aid in appearance. In Pari* the unenlightened pan reads only one paper, and the unenlightened man of this class usually reads only Le Temps. He Is » sort of New York Tribune reader. It is said tbe Bookman has In preparation a series ’f articles on the foreign press. It will be a very welcome publication, as such matter 1* scarce. And real study of French literature must Include a study of th* Parisian press. 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The Emperor Francis Joseph has Instructed the keeper of tha purse to Invest a large part of hla personal fortune In house property tn Budapest. William Dean Howells does not believe that he was born with literary talent ”1 came." he say*, “of a reading race, which has always loved literature. My inclination was to read rather than to write.” Dr. Max Breuer, a former surgeon in the imperial army of Germany, but who Is now practicing his profession tn Buffalo, has just been decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor for saving the life of a French seaman. He was on board a German vessel, and. hearing that a French seaman was on board a Britiahship suffering from a wound In the arm. he at once went to the man’s a sale lance. He amputated the arm, and so saved the sailor's life. This prompt action came to the notice of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, with the result that the German doctor has been decorated. The English agent of a New York curio collector is said to have acquired from a private source a characteristic letter from the Duke of Wellington. It waa written in response to an appeal for assistance by one of Napoleon’s soldiers, who had lost a leg at Waterloo, and was living in destitute circumstances In London. The letter reads thus: "Strathfleldsaye, April 10, 1844.—In reply to Pierre Terront, the Duke of Wellington expresses hts sympathy with a brave soldier of the army of Napoleon Bonaparte, who waa disabled at Waterloo, and has pleasure in sending him a £5 Bank of England note.” Ex-Senator Sprague, divorced husband of the late Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague. Is said to be very wealthy. Hla home at Narragansett pier Is one of the show homes of that famous locality, and he dispenses hospitality there with a lavish hand. For a number of year* he has traveled extensively, and his home Is filled with rare and curious articles from many lands. In the winter of 1898 he visited Washington, and for the first time In a quarter of a century went upon the floor of the Senate. HI* meeting at that time with hla three children, whom he had not seen for many years, made a deep impression upon him.—Washington Letter Chicago Journal. Not long ago an office boy In one of the great newspaper offices came grinning Into the room occupied by the Sunday editor. "There's a man outside," he said, "who won't give his name." “Why didn’t you ask him for his card?” the Sunday editor asked. “I did.” said the boy, “and this is what he handed me." Tbe boy laughed again and placed a *mall slip of pasteboard on the editor's desk. On it was the neat pen drawing of a brownie. Then did the editor smile. “You dunce,” he said to the boy, "that Is the gentleman s .card. It’s Palmer Cox. father of the brownies." So it waa. Mr. Cox has a most happy way of putting his quaint little people on his cards and on the cards of his friends.—Philadelphia Post. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has received a souvenir of her Inauguration which is unique. The committee of the Netherlands Journalistenkring have spent months of patient labor collecting all that was written by foreign journalists present at the Inauguration festivities in September last, and the result is five large volume* bound in morocco leather, arid filled with cuttings and Illustration* from every journal and paper represented. The magnificent albums, ornamented on every page with original headings, borders and appropriate devices, are as unlike the ordinary teccptacle for newspaper cuttings as can possibly be Imagined, and it la not surprising to hear that the young Queen has studied their pages with Interest.—New York Post. Pestiferous Higher Criticism* [New York Po*t.J The Home Magazine recalls a good story which Dr. Newman Hall used to tell on the lecture platform. An illiterate negro preacher said to his congregation: •’My brethren, when de fust man. Adam, was made, he was made ob wet clay, and set up agin de palings to dry." "Do you say." said one of the congregation, “dat Adam was made ob wet clay, an’ set up agin de palings to dry?” “Ye*, sar, I do." ^‘Who made the palings?’' "Sit down, sar," said the preacher, sternly; “such questions as dat would upset any uyatem of theology." — 11 ‘ CT-- — Knew What Had Happened. [Chicago Post.} "The man who goes around taking snap shots of everybody ought to be lynchedr he exclaimed, with some feeling. "He is beyond the pale of civilisation! He Is an enemy to mankind!” "I suppose,’’ replied the cynic, pleasantly. “that you had to pay one of them to have a plate destroyed."

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