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The Democratic admirers of Aguinaldo In this country seem determined to die In the last ditch, but they forget that they .will be classed In history with torles and copperheads. Notwithstanding the plausible explanation given for the recall of Minister Loomis Xrom Venezuela, It looks very much as If diplomatic relations were to be broken, at least temporarily. When Charles A. Towne declared that the capture of Aguinaldo "is the outcome of treachery and a shame to America," his zeal against his own country's cause made hin a fit object for ridicule. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Dem.), noting the expressions of Bryan, Lentz. Pettigrew and Towne regarding the capture of Aguinaldo, declares that "no party accepting such leaders can tvln a national contest, and no party tolerating them thould win a national contest." The Chicago Record-Herald, which Is giving Mayor Harrison its support for mayor, gives the names of thirty-three candidates for aldermen who should receive the support of good citizens. Of the thirty-three, twenty-six are the regular Republican candidates. Nevertheless, Mayor Harrison's machine is supporting the candldates who are denounced as boodlers. The London report that Italy may retire from the triple alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy is regarded as a serious matter In political circles in Europe, since Its retirement from the alliance means a new alliance with France and probably Russia. Italy Is nearly bankrupt as a government because it has been making expenditures for a navy such as only a first-class nation can afford. Those who are conversant with Boston iiames will find that with two exceptions those who participated in the anti-imperialistic meeting in that city Saturday night are men who have been noted as faultfinders and who have held themselves too good to belong to a political party. Except in some meeting like the one of Saturday night they take no part in public affairs. Having been a volunteer and officer himself it is not surprising that President McKinley should be keenly appreciative of the cervices and merits of that class. The regulars are all right, but it must bo remembered there are others. A live country that wishes to maintain an efficient army must, have an open door for the admission of distinguished merit other than that of the technical school. General Wheaton, who has Just been promoted io be major general in the regular army, Is not a West Pointer, but rose from the ranks. He began his military career as a first sergeant in an Illinois regiment of volunteers in the civil war. was appointed captain in the regular army at the close of the war and has gained every promotion sine on merit. Such cases are as creditable to our army system as they are to the individual. The Indications in St. Louis point to a fraudulent election en Tuesday. Two grand Juries have declared that the registration lists contain thousands of fictitious nams placed there by the Democratic officials who ire In control tinder the Nesbit law, vhUh is the Go b.i law fur St. Louis. An election by stuffVd ballot boxes is not the first entry that should be made for the exposition to which a Republican Congress voted Republican leaders in Chicago say that with an honest election and fair count they will elect their mayor to-morrow by 0 to n.rirt majority. The cry of "fraud" is pretty well worn, yet Mayor Harrison Is in a position to list' fraud very effectively, r.d is under string temptation to do so. His defeat to-morrow would probably end his political caret, r, while his third elec tlon might put h!ra in line for higher Democrat if honors. The reward conferred on General Punpton is enhanced by the promptness with which It came. If the President had delayed Ions it would have looked as if he was hesitating as to the propriety of the act. General MacArthur said in his official report: "Funstun's reward should be signal and immediate with General Wheaton. who recommends Funston's retention in the volunteers until he can be appointed a brigadier general of regulars." The President followed the suggestion by promoting both at once, and the country will approve. Elections will occur to-morrow In several lar cities. In Chicago Carter llar-

rison, the present incumbent of the office, is a candidate for re-election as mayor with the chances In favor of his election, though the Republicans da not concede It. In St. Louis there are six tickets, though the fight is narrowed down to three, with the result doubtful bctw cen the straight Republican and straight Democratic tickets. In Tole.Jo "Golden Rule Sam" Jones is a candidate for re-electfon. but the Republicans

expect to win. In Cleveland the contest has been very warm and the result is In doubt. Col. Tom L. Johnson, the Democratic candidate, says he will be elected by a comfortable majority, but the Republicans predict his defeat by n.O) to 4.0J. All of these elections will turn mainly on local or personal Issues, though their results will tell in the next general election. THE VOTZ.NG-MACIIINE LAW. Immediately after the election people were so exasperated at the slow counting and the minor errors that the demand for voting machines was very earnest and general. Doubtless the feeling is very much the same now; if it Is not It would be If an election had just been hdd. The Legislature, however, acting in harmony with the generally expressed opinion, passed a law which makes It possible for counties to purchase and use voting machines. This act provides for the appointment of a voting-machine commission by the Governor, one of whom shall be a mechanical expert, who will be paid by the owners of the machines asking for an examination into their merits. No county or municipal olficer can purchase a machine which Is not approved by the commission. The machines selected must secure absolute secrecy in voting to the voter and have arrangements for seven full party tickets. The uiw further provides that if a voter Is so captious about candidates that no name on the seven tickets suits him, he can write out a ballot and deposit it in a receptacle connected with the voting machine. To prevent inferior machines being sold to county commissioners the law requires that the party1 selling them shall give bonds to keep them in working order for live years. One of the distinctive features of the actis that the precinct for the voting machine snail contain six hundred voters, or nearly two and a half times as many voters as is the maximum number under the present law. If the voting machine were adopted in Marion county its 240 precincts would be reduced to eighty or ninety, and in the city of Indianapolis to about sixty-five or seventy. Thus the compensation of election officers would be reduced about twothirds. The further provisions of the bill relate to the manner of voting and of making returns. The State has a law which Insures the purchase of the best machines in the market If the County Commlsioners will take the responsibility of purchasing them. Unless there has been a change In public sentiment since the last election, the voters of Indiana are In favor of the adoption of voting-machines. This 13 particularly the case, in the cities, and more densely populated portions of the State. Now Is the time to ngltate the subject in order to have the machine in use in November, 1W2. TIII2 rAX-AJIEHICAN MOVEMENT. Two events will occur during the present year to mark the Increasing friendliness, or. to tise a French phrase, the r'approchement, of the republics of North, Central and South America. These are the ran-American Exposition at Buffalo, which will open May 1, and the international conference of American republics to be held at Mexico City next October. Both events are the natural though somewhat slow outgrowth of the International conference ef American states held at Washington in October, 1SS:. This conference became known as the Tan-American Congress. It was held on the invitation of the United States, and included representatives from seventeen states of Central and South America and ten from the United States. The congress was called to discuss plan.? of settling international disputes and also of establishing closer commercial relations and extending trade between the various countries. Before assembling as a congress the delegates were taken on a tour of the country to give them an idea of the extent and resources of the United States. On that tour they visited this city and were handsomely entertained here. After traveling C.000 miles they returned to Washington, where the congress remained in session several weeks. Its proceedings resulted in extending a knowledge of the commercial states of the various countries and the publication of an extensive series of debates and recommendations. It also resulted in the establishment of the Bureau of American Republics, with headquarters at Washington, wh'ch has been very serviceable in collecting and distributing information concerning the American republics. The Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo U a direct result of this movement, and is expected to draw the interest of all the North and South American nations. The Congress of American Republics to be held In Mexico City will be very much like that held in Washington in 1S:. It i? called by the Mexican government, which has appropriated $75,i0 for the purpose of entertaining the delegates, and will act as host on the occasion, as this government did at the first congress. . 11 of the leading South American republics have already appointed delegates to the congress, some of them including their ministers at Washington, and President McKinley has just appointed five delegate s to r present the United States. With the cxjeriencc of the former tf ngress and the widening knowledge of t.eent years it Is probable the results of this second congress will be even more interesting than those of the first one. The slcnificr.nee of this movement is Its tendency to bring about a better politic 1 understanding and closer trade relations amonrr all American republics. The accomplishment of this result has been facilitated by the final expulsion of Spain from the western hemisphere. Her possession of Cub i pave her a sort of prestige and Kverage by which she was able to perpetuate a good deal of her traditional influence over the South American republics an 1 even to some extent in Mexico. But even that slender cord is now severed. That Spv.ln is reluctant to surrender this influence nnd that she still Indulges some hope of re-establishing It is shown by the fac. that at a conference of Latin-American states recently held in Madrid, on the Invitation of Spain, she made very friendly overtures for the establishment of closer relatlons with them. It is not likely these overtures will succeed, for in the light of current events the South American states must see that their true Interests, political as wellNas commercial, lie la cultivating ; closer relations with the great Republic of

the north, whose political Influence and growing trade are now conspicuous factors in the world's progress. It looks now as if the Pan-American movement might become a marked feature of this progress during the twentieth century. II ELATE I) IIVT COMFORTING. The Journal has received a copy of a

pamphlet issued by the Philippine Information Society, giving an account of "the outbreak of hostilities" about Manila Feb. 4, 1S. This, society was organized to intercut persons in informing themselves accurately about the state of affairs In the Philippines and to circulate accurate Information by informal conversation and by Inducing others to study the facts collected. The oJPicers of the society are gentlemen who belong to the dead rather than the quick, and who take themselves so seriously that the Irreverent may be tempted to ridicule them. They are doubtless in earnest when lhey assume that no others than themselves and like serious gentlemen with abundant leisure can get at the facts In regard to any subject. Now, it has been settled to the satisfaction of most people by the reports of army officers and the Investigation of the first Philippine commission that the Filipinos were responsible for the outbreak which was followed by war. True, the anti-Imperialists and a class of politicians who assume that any outlandish person and enemy of Americans is better able to tell the truth than officers of our army have insisted that our army made the attack, but those Americans who believe reputable Americans are not of that opinion. But now It is settled once for all in the estimation of the officers of the Philippine Information Society. With the air of men who have made an original discovery the officers of this society have Issued a pamphlet of seventy pages, which contains nothing that was not printed months ago, and which has been , printed several times during the past j-ear, in which they deliberately and with evident solemnity make the following declaration: As to which of these opposing claims is borne out by the facts, the editors would say that after a careful study of all the accessible evidence they find that according to the most authoritative statements the outbreak occurred as the result of a trespass by four armed Filipinos on territory admitted by the Filipino in command to b within the jurisdiction of the United States. The action of the Filipino trespassers seems to have been an Instance of bad discipline in the insurgent army. Certainly it was not crdered on that date by the Insurgent leaders, although the Indications are that the leaders had planned to attack in a few days. The claim that our forces Instigated the attack for the purpose of securing the votes necessary to ratify the treaty Is absolutely unsupported by any evidence which has come to the attention of the editors. The foregoing is not in the nature of news; It is not as Important as the officers or editors of the serious Boston society, and there Is no seriousness so ponderously serious as that of a Boston serious association, but it should settle forever the last doubt as to responsibility for the outbreak at Manila more than two years ago. If Aguinaldo's attack was a little premature, he had planned it for a few days later, as people of fairly alert comprehension knew about two years ago. Still, this delayed and ponderous delivery is comforting. The report from Manila, purporting to give details of plunder and robbery In the quartermaster and commissary departments of the army, If true, will rouse deep Indignation throughout the country and bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of atl self-respecting citizens of the Republic. The United States in its present foreign policy is on trial in the eyes of the world, and the crimes of our representatives In Cuba and those now charged in the Philippines will evoke a sneer of contempt from European powers that would rejoice in our failure. Public opinion in the United States will emphatically demand an immediate and searching inquiry and the prompt Infliction of the law's severest penalty on every man whose action shall be proved to have brought disgrace to himself, dishonor to the army and shame to the Nation. The "Louisiana purchase" comprised the territory now embraced In the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas. Louisiana, a iarge part of Minnesota, Missouri, Montana. Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, and the Indian Territory and Oklahoma. The "purchase," by the census of 1000. contained 11.372.1S0 inhabitants, 1.027.75 square miles, 1G5.S75,3T acres under cultivation, worth $3,193, 4Gl,20I, and farm products and live stock worth $1,S7G.1S1.431. Its mineral products last year were worth $2T0.;mXU2.S and its manufactures $1.0f'ß,332.611. Its taxable wealth is $5.616.642.K2V. This vast empire cost the United States llo.OW.OOO. but when he purchased it some of the fathers of the men in Massachusetts who are denouncing the policy of controlling the Philippines denounced Jefferson for his action. The receipts of the Indianapolis postoffico during the year which closed Saturday were. $5.CthS.I3, which, compared with the receipts for the year 1SW ($223.S.'W.30), show a gain in eleven years of S2S2.132.13 a gain ol 12G per cent. The gain in receipts from 1SSS to l:Cö for the whole country was M per cent., which Indicates that the gain for the whole country during twelve years was 32 per cent, less than that of Indianapolis during eleven years. After allowance is made for every other factor contributing to the remarkable increase of the postage receipts in Indianapolis, the most important one is the large Increase in tha volume oi business of all kinds. Americans who go abroad during the comlrrg summer will have a chance to visit an International exhibition which, less noisy and pretentious than that at Paris last year, will be scarcely less Interesting. This will be at Glasgow, the second city of the British Empire, the headquarters of British shipbuilding, engineering nnd Iron work, and the greatest art center of any city In the United Kingdom. The Glasgow exhibition will be the greatest ever held In Britain, and with its large patronage by foreign nations, will be well worth a visit by American tourists. It opens early In May, nnd will continue during the summer. The so-called Anti-Imperialist League Is circulating documents to prove that Aguinaldo was really an ally of the United States, and that making war on him was an act of treachery. Admiral Dewey says he has all the letters and documents covering that subject, and "when they are published It will be perfectly clear that no obligation rested upon the American forces to treat the Filipinos as allies." Of course, the Boston gentlemen who are making so much noise on the subject do not care for the facts, but us a contribution to

recent history the admiral should make them public When a professor f languages In the Chicago Institute is found dead at his home with the gas turned on by carelessness or accident it will not do to attribute all deaths in city hotels under like circumstances to bucolic Ignorance. Gas Is a very volatile agent. PROM HITHER AND YON.

Insatlifactory. Chicago Xfws. "I'm goin' to leave, mum,' announced the housemaid to her mistress. "Why, I've ben dein half your work myself in order to induce you to stay," replied the lady. "Isn't that enough?" "Yes'm." answered the Rlrl. "But your half of it ain't done to suit me." III Syntein. Baltimore American. "Rut." we said to the Great Poet, "do you understand your own poems?" "Ah!" he replied, with the light of inspiration In his eyes. I leave all such matters to the critics." Then the Great Poet wrote two yards of an eric for the Sunday Yeller, and excused himself, as he had an engagement with the photographer. Her lllxhteou Indignation. Philadelphia Press. She Sister Mary called to-day, and she says eh telephoned to Kashem's drusr J-tore yesterday and afked them to deliver a message to me, but they wouldn't. I'll never deal there again. He Rut. my dear, that's three blocks away; besides, I didn't know you dealt there. She But I do. I've bought postage stamps there quite frequently. Fauler to Point One Out. Chicago Tribune. "If I mistake not. my dear." said the highbrowed, spectacled, scholarly-looking person, "I heard you speak of somebody a little while ago as a 'slob.' May I ask what a slob is?" "A slob. Uncle Rosea, is a slob h do you see that man fitting over there, chewing tobacco the man who stepped on my dress and nearly tore it off me when we were coming Into the car? Well, he's a slob." CitNte. Detroit Journal. The Heifer quivered as to her lips. "Once a scrub, always a scrub!' fhe sighed. "Oh. mamma!" "Yes. daughter!" said the Cow, cadiy. "The only way a scrub may become a thoroughbred, imported Jersey, so far af I know, is to be killed by the cars and have suit for her value brought against the company!" Caste! Than which nothing is more inexorable! INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES. ' Senator Piatt and the Emperor of Russia seem to be the victims of insubordination among their subjects. Fort Wayne Sentinel. The announcement that J. Hamilton Lewis is to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President is at least indicative of a free-for-all. Delphi Journal. There is a new map of the United States fresh from the press. It is a different looking affair from the one that was current before the Republican party started an improvement boom for the country. MarIon Tribune. Kentucky may consider Itself fortunate that she was admitted into the Union befere her ability to govern herself peaceably was brought into question. Anderson Herald. The Elks should let Mrs. Nation slide as being a "dead one" and turn their energies toward securing Aguinaldo as an attraction for the Fourth of July. Crawfordsvllle Journal. Editor Bryan is not having such howling success with his little Commoner. The erstwhile candidate poses his publication as a newspaper when there is not a news item appears In It that is not swaybacked with a political load. As a pamphlet the Commoner is all right, but as a newspaper It Is away off its base. Starke County Republican. It is within the right of the Southern States to limit the franchise by a reasonable educational qualification, but they must expect to suffer the consequences in a reduced representation In the national counsels. If a man has not sufficient intelligence to be permitted to cast his vote at an election he is not of sufficient importance to give Increased representation to his State. This is a plain proposition, reasonable and easily understood. Vincennes Commercial. Warden Shldeler, of the Michigan City prison, Is disgusted with the printed paragraph that George M. Ray is to enjoy the special privilege of editing his paper from his cell, and takes very decided objection to the rumor In giving public denial. In a statement by the Michigan City Dispatch it is said: "Convict Ray has no more liberties at the prison than any ether prisoner. He is shown no special favors. He is not allowed to do any editorial work for any paper and must observe all prison rules Just the same as any other prisoner. Ray may have been made a pet and have been shown favors by the sherilf of his county, because of politics, but he is shown no favors at the prison." Lafayette Courier. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Mrs. Hetty Green was in Boston the other day, and when invited to attend a theater, declined. saying that, Jhoufrh she is the richest woman in this country, she "hadn't any clothes good enough." The sculptor Prince Troubetzkoi. husband of Amclie Hives, is now completing a statue of "Tolstoi on Horseback." The famous writer's ill-health during the past few weeks has compelled the sculptor to do much of his work indoors Instead of In the open air as formerly. Edmund Clarence Stedman has been selected by the Yale corporation to write the commemorative ode for the Y'ale bicentennial next October. The corporation has also selected Justice David J. Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, to ttcliver the commemorative oration. Each Is a lale alumnus. There are four Bothas among the leaders of the Boers, and they are brothers. The eldest Is Gen. Philip Botha. Commandant General Louis Botha is "the" Botha. Commandant (now acting general) Christian Botha Is the Botha with whom General Holier bad th interview last June. The fourth brother is a Botha who has not come before the public. A novel feature of Mrs. Langtry's new London theater will be two boxes at the rear of the dress circle, whose occupants will be practically Invisible to the rest of the house. These are to be called "mourniiig boxes." and are Intended for the use e.f persons "who, owing to domestic bereavement, prefer that their presence in the theater should not be generally known." A writer in a magazine has this to say regarding the game of golf: "Gawf is a great game, but shiver me niblicks if I think it comes up to tiddledy-winks." It Is played "with a couple of farms, a river or so, two or three sand hüls, a number of implements resembling dentists' tools, a i strange language, much like HIndoostani. any old domes and a large assortment of oaths." Andrew Carnegie has been so much In the news lately In connection with various great enterprises that few people have noticed the way he is ageing. A friend of the millionaire who saw him recently for the titht time in a year says he shows plainly the flight of time and the stress of work. His hair is white and his skin, formerly ruddy and brown, has taken on a pink an J white tint, although It still looks healthy. The sum of $00,OX, to be known as the Robert Collyer fund, has Just been given to the Meadvllle Theological School, Pennsylvania, by a wealthy man of New York city. The announcement was made at the meeting of the New York League of Unitarian Women, held in the Church of the Savior. In Brooklyn. The league supports at this school a woman who Is studying for the ministry, and since the previous meeting $K has been hent and $25 pledged tor her benUlt.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Book Triumphant. A volume of essays by Mrs. Carina Campbell Englesfield. of Indianapolis, appears among: the spring output of books. Mrs. Englesfield is well known in local club circles as the author of papers of merit quite beyond the ordinary club essay. The seven papers making up this collection have been gathered from the Chautauquan. Sei. Culture and other magazines in which they were first printed. As the felicitous title, "Books Triumphant," indicates, they deal with literary themes. It Is difficult in brief space to give a comprehensive and satisfactory estimate of a volume of this character. Each essay is complete In itself, each deals with a distinct and separate line of literary though., and necessarily, as in all such collections, differing degreea of Interest attach to the several papers the difference in this instance depending rather on the individual reader's preference as to theme rather than on the author's treatment of the subjects. In general, it may be said that the essays are thoughtful, well considered and well expressed, the outcome, evidently, of wide reading, a reflective mind and a discriminating taste in literature. The first essay, which gives the title to the volume, discusses the "triumphant," the immortal, books. In defining them she says: "The line separating the triumphant from militant books is a very irregular one, at timts so slight as scarcely to be perceived, and we are in doubt on wnich side the book stands. Mathew Arnold's three estimates may aid us somewhat In fixing the status ot a book the first being the measure of rtrength and Joy we derive from the book, the second the historical, and the third the personal estimate. Yet one thing is certain no book is Immortal to us if it does not triumph serenely over the first estimate. We must derive some positive pleasure, some good from the book, must be uplifted and cheered by it. Dr. Johnson put the matter in a nutshell when he said: A book should teach us either to enjoy life or endure it.' " In thi3 connection is given incidentally this definition of the purpose of fiction: "The office of literature, broadly stated, is enjoyment, and to Insure this laudable end there must be, alas! too frequently, forgetlulness of self. It is auch a good thing to forget ourselves, our duties, our wasted lives, our petty ambitions, the hurry and rush of things, and live in the satisfying realm of a book! This is the function, above all others, of the novel, and the sole reason for its being. The novel which for the time makes us banish sorrow, disappointment and failure does a very gracious thing, and its influence on our lives, at least, is supreme." In "A World Literature" the possibility Is considered of bringing the masterpieces of all literatures and all times into such form that they may be used by the student, not only to increase his knowledge and pleasure and widen his horizon, but that thereby he may be aided to acquire a mastery of his own style and subject matter. The third paper, "A Plea for Autobiography," will meet the approval of the many who have an especial liking for that form of literature. The author takes what is probably the correct view, however, when she says: "I doubt whether we shall ever see anv iirmrovpmpnt rrmdr In

the writing of autobiography, though it is certain that the number of such works will continue to increase as cur curiosity to know the writers, who interest us, continues to grow. But the field has changed and my notion is that we must go to the novel to And, real confessions and perfectly truthful histories of men's souls. We have the same eagerness to fathom the secret of a man's inner life, the same curiosity to see motives and springs of action unfolded; human nature is nowise different in this latter e-nd of the nineteenth century, but we are not so simple, so outspoken, so innocently vain as were the men and women of a younger generation. The heart Is as interesting to-day as it was when St. Augustine penned the fiery record of his tumultuous experience, but we prefer to mask the histories of our souls !n the garb of fictitious character, and when personal experience burns at white heat and we are driven by an inexorable force to unburden ourselves, we do not write confessions a la Rousseau, but rather take nur snnu tr tu publisher in the guise of a novel. This isv ine reason wny the day of great autobiographies is gone by, and if ever again a man is driven to pour out his secrets without reserve or shame, it will not be done with the purpose of publication in view, but rather to relieve the terrible tension of mind and open an outlet for the surchanged agony of the soul." In this essay quoted from are manv pleasant allusions to and quotations from autobiographies of note. In "A National American Literature" the author treats of the beginnings and growth of American literature and It highest achievements. The Beneficence of Limitation" is an optimistic study of life's conditions, trials and compensations. Its, place in this volume is justified by tlfe bearing an adherence to the sane, cheerful and revential. If not religious, attitude has in preventing decadence in art and literature. "A study of our limitations," the author says, "conduces to clearer knowledge of our own natures and enables us the more practically to handle our resources. It leads also to a belief in the wisdom of existing things, to a helpful optimism and away from the pernicious influence of the pessimism which hangs like a baleful cloud over the minds of so many to-day. Optimism Is a plain inference of the existence of God, nnd it is a hopeful tendency of the times that it is also gradually creeping into our creeds." In "The Influence of War on Literature" Mrs. Eaglesfield follows the course of history down to the present time to show what an inspiration war has been to writ ers of ail classes, but particularly to poets. "It has been said." she remarks, "that the poetry of occasion is not the finished product of art; that it is rather impassioned oratory set to tempestuous music; out it would be a dePcate and diifi cult point to decide. Does the recent war poetry or such artistic and careful workers as Edith Thomas. Imogen Guinev. Robert Underwood Johnson and Meredith Nicholson show a falling off in finish? I think not; rather the force given by the enthuiasm of the war and by the love for their theme has added a human note and a warmer sympathy which might have been absent in the dull and uninspiring days of The final essay deals with "German Humor. and. contrary to the common view, the author holds that it really ex ists to a considerable extent and of fair quality, and is to be discovered In the literature of the eountrv. While the excerpts given above do not convey an adequate idea of the scope of these essays, tney may serve to indicate their drift and general quality. The book is a dignified and meritorious addition to current literature. F. Tennyson Necly Company, publishers. Abraham Lincoln: Hin Donk. The little volume to which this title is given really has none of its own, yet It possesses rare historic value and Is an entirely unique bit of work in the bookmaking line. Briefly, it is an exact reproduction and facsimile of a pocket memorandum or blank book which Abraham Lincoln used as a scranbook In which to paste certain extracts from some of his speeches bear ing cn the slavery question, accompanying them with some notes and comments. The imitation ol the original blank book is perfect, even to the worn pliable cover and a number of blank leaves on .which there Is no writing. The printed extracts which Mr. Lincoln pasted in the book are reproduced exactly by some photo process. The first page In the book has the following: in Mr. Lincoln's handwriting: "The following extracts are taken from various speeches of mine delivered at various times and places, and I believe they contain the substance of all I have ever said about 'negro equality." The first three are from my answers to Judge Douglas. Oct. K KjI, at Peoria." This is followed by the extracts numbered one to three, and occupying tlx pages. Then comes the following note by Mr. Lincoln: "The fourth extract is from a speech delivered June 2tJ. 1S57, at Springfield." This extract fills one page. Then comes this note by Mr. Lincoln: "The following, marked five, is from my speech at Chicago. July 10. ls"S. Because garbled extracts are often taken from this speech I have fciven the whole which touches 'negro equality. " This extract fills six pages. Then another note: "The following, marked six. was brought in immediately after reading the first extract in this scrapbook in the first Joint meeting with Judge Douglas. Aug. 21. 1SCS. at Ottawa." Then extract fills one page. Then a final note: "The following, marked seven, is from my speech In the fourth joint meeting. Sept. 18. 1S38. at Charleston." Following this extract is a facsimile of a letter written bv Mr. Lincoln to hi friend Hon. J. K Brown, amplifying some points in the printed extracts and Fhowing why he had collected and preserved them In this form. All these notes wer written and tho little scray-

book compiled by Mr. Lincoln after his celebrated debate with Mr. Douglas, of course, but while he was still practicing law at Springfield. An Interesting fertur of the book is a statement, by J. McCr.n Davis, of the political conditions existing In which icG to the Lincoln-Douglas contest. The possessor of this odd bl; of book-making may lee, that he has, if not a personal souvenir of Mr. Lincoln, at least nn exact facsimile e.f a bjok which he handled and made. New York: McClure, Phillips Sz Co. The Scntlmeiitnllnta. With the beginning of the present year Harper & Brothers inaugurated the unique undertaking of Issuing a scries of novels by new American writers at the rate of one a month, making twelve during the year. The novels were to depict scen?s and characters of different sections of the country, and were to be strictly American. The first of the series, "Eastover Courthouse." appeared in January. The second, "The Sentimentalists," was Issued in February. It is by Arthur Stanwood Pier, a young Harvard graduate and author of some short magazine stories. If the series keeps up to the standard of these two stories it will be a success, for. while they are not great novels, they are bright and entertaining. "The Sentimentalists" Is a novel of contemporary American life as It is, or as the author sees it, in some of Its varied aspects. The scene shifts from Boston to a town in Missouri and back again to Boston, introducing some cultured jeople. some mercenary ones, some vulgarlv ambitious and seme socially aspiring ones. The author has a good knack of making his characters rfvp.il thcmcaivoc ivithnnt cumber

some descriptions of them. While "Tho sentimentalists" is a thoroughly American story it is not calculated to make American readers proud of all of their countrymen. For a first novel, the story gives decided promise. Choirs nnd Choral 3Innlc. As chorus-singing is the sphere of mu sical activity which now belongs legiti mately to amateurs, and choral music the class of music for the performance of which the public Is almost entirely dependent on amateurs, the question as to how chorus singing and choral music came to be what they are Is one of interest, both for singers and listeners. To throw light on the subject is the purpose of this book by Arthur Mees, a conductor of wide repu tation. It is primarily a book Jor the ama teur, which will tell him something about the beerinnincs and the course of develop ment of chorus singing, the origin and con stitution of choirs, the organization or singing societies, the qualities" necessary to an efficient chorus singer or conductor, itc. The book shows thorough prac tical knowledge of the subject, isew lorK: Charles Scribner's Sons. Curious Cnreer of ItoIrlrk Campbell. This Is an historical novel, the scene being principally laid in Scotland, where the hero fights for the Young Pretender. He is in the great fight at Culloden, hl3 motive being not politics so much as love for an ardent little Jacobite girl above him In station. After the battle of Culloden he migrates to the new world, where, as an officer in the French army, he takes part In the struggle between the French and English for possession of "New France." The war scenes are Interspersed with trading' and exploring adventures among Indians, which, with some Interesting love passages, give plenty of variety to a welltold story. The author. Jean N. Mcllwraith, is a Canadian, whose "History of Canada" doubtless aided in. preparing her lor this, her first historical romance. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. nnrhnrn. This is one of Mrs. Alexander's romantic stories. Barbara, the heroine, is the legitimate daughter of a British peer, though she does not find it out till she Is a grown young woman. Her mother, of humble birth but respectable and legally married, died when Barbara was little, and she Is brought up by an aunt. Having to rain a livelihood, she first learns dressmaking, and then goes out as lady's- maid. Meanwhile the father dies, and finally the story of her birth comes out, and by the aid of I lawyers she comes into a vast estate. Her career from lady's maid to peeress furnishes material for a romantic if somewhat improbable story, in which a number of amiable and interesting characters are introduced, and Barbara herself is made quite an attractive heroine. Philadelphia: J. B. LIppincott Company. A KIdk'n Power. The kingdom of Navarre, which has furnished the scene for so many historical novels, is the scene of this one by Hamilton Drummond. However, the scene moves from Navarre into Spain in describing a Journey which the King, with two gentlemen of his court and a valet, made Into that country. The party traveled incognito, but managed, nevertheless, to have many adventures and fall into some dangerous predicaments. In the end, however, all come out safely after some fierce fighting, and the pretty love story which runs through the volume has a fit conclusion. The story is told in the usual mediaeval style used in stories of this class. New Y'ork: Doubleday, Page & Co. American Biography. Recent additions to the "Riverside Biographical Series." which is being published by Houghton. Mifflin & Co., are "William Penn," by George Hodges; "Thomas Jefferson," by H. C. Merwln. and "Peter Cooper," by R. W. Raymond. The volumes composing this series are brief studies of great Americans, the aim in each being to combine completeness of portraiture and character drawing with clearness, simplicity and brevity. Each volume has a good frontispiece portrait of the subject, and they tell about all that any general reader need wish to know concerning the person treated of. The different volumes are bound in uniform style and are a very handy size to hold and read. Saint Loufi. This is not a history of the well-known city situated on the Mississippi, but of the person in whose honor the city was named Louis IX, King of France, known in history as Saint Louis the Most Christian King. Opening with a brief sketch of tho kingdom of France before the accession of Louis IX, there follows an account of the period of his minority, and then, in sueocssive chapters, of the great and stirring events of his reign, including the war with England beginning in 1241. the crusade in Egypt, the sojourn in Palestine from 12.V) to 12Ö1. the second crusade, etc. The book Is written by Frederick Perry, an English scholar, and published in Putnam's "Heroes of the Nations" series. The Hover Kays Out Went. This Is the fourth volume of the "Hover Boys" series by Arthur M. Winfield, the previous volumes of which have been rcpu-lar-wlth young readers. These In succession dealt with the Rover boys at school, on the ocean, and in the jungle. Ir. this volume the scene shifts to the West, whither the three boys go on a search for the lost gold mine belonging to their father. They have all sorts of adventures in mountains and mining camps, and are finally successful. It is a story that will interest young Americans, though they should beware of catching the "out West" fever. New Y'ork: The Mershon Company. Love nnd Honor. The scene of this story is !aid In the period beginning after th? French revolution and extending through various campaigns of the Napoleonic wars, closing with a peaceful scene c-n a fair.lly est U. in Germany. The story shifts from one eountrv to another, and the chi -acter Hi -.-of different nationalities, making the p! t and action rather confused, but the story has movement enough to hold the reader's attention. The author. M. E Carr, dedicates it gratefully "to A. S.. without whoso aid this story could not have been written." So valuable a collaborator deserved to have his or her name written out In full. New Y'ork: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Oat for HimlneftM. This story was begun by that prince of Juvenile writers, Mr. Horatio Alger, Jr.. before his death, and was finished by Arthur M. Winfield in accordance with Mr. Alsrer' suggestion. It relates the hups and rrlhars which befell a fcturdy country boy o:' hUh moral aiM. who. by the harsh t'tn of bis stepfather, is rciupditil to leave what, had once lx-en the best of

hemes, and go forth into the world to m.ik his own way. whkh. by sU.idy adbcjvn to right principle and right action, he d.fJ successfully. Jt i- n st.ry for fccya. New York: The M-rrh;.; Company. A IUln,j Hero. Mrs. Alexander, whose stories invariably possess the entertaining quality, offers a new one. "A Missing Hero" has for th most part a South African background, thus deriving a sort of timeliness :ro:n current events. As usual. th author manages to Intro. luce s me exciting incidents along with a Kcnulne romance, and gives her story the always popular feature of a happy etiding. It is very Ensllsh. but none the le-,s readable for that. New York: R. F. Fenno & Co.

Current Periodicals. The April number of the American Quen contains five prize articles on the Interesting topic. "What Does a Woman Admire Most in a Man?" "The Much Misunderstood Biscuit of tha South" Is a contribution to Table Talk by Leonora Beck Ellis, an able Southern writer. It will interest housekeepers of tha North and South. "Concerning the Delicatessen," "A Little Chapter on Mushrooms" and "For the Gardens" are but brief mention of the several practical articles in this number. Specimen copies of this useful little household publication are sent free on application. , An intimate and entertaining budget of "Personal Reminiscences of Queen Victoria" will appear in the April Century. It Is anonymous, neither the nationality nop the sex of the writer being revealed, the only clew to his or her identity being this statement: "I saw her (the Queen) constantly In the summer of iv6, during my four weeks peep into English court life, while temporarily forming a part of the suite ef an illustrious personage, a guest of the Queen's at Osborne House." The first article in the April number of tho Ledger Monthly is entitled "Easter Morn at Bethlehem," by Rufus Rockwell Wilson, with Illustrations by William L. Hudson. This article describes the quMnt Easter services of the Moravians. The Ledger Monthly is an excellent family magazine. It contains reading matter for every member of the family circle, and a larg number of photographic illutrations anl drawings by well-known artists, which accompany and embellish the articles and stories. Two of the special articles in the April number of McClurc's Magazine are fitting to this season. The first of these Is a story of the beaver, written by William Davenport Hulbert after a long study ot the animal in its home amid the wilds. The author's account is made complete bv a series of pictures drawn by A. ltadriyffo Dupmore, an artist sent into tha beaver country for this purpose. The secon 1 article is bv Martha MeC'ulloch-Willlam on "Plowing." An historical article of importance is by Ida M. Tarbell. entitled "Disbanding the Confederate Army." The Woman's Home Companion for April opens with an Illustrated article on "England's New Queen and Her Hobbles." These hobbies are very simple feminine and domestic ones. Stage-struck girls will read with Interest what Mrs. Leslie Carter has to say about "The Actress and Her Rewards." A noble character, an unselfish disposition, good looks and a good voice seem to be the chief requisites, according to this authority. A good deal of space is given to Easter topics. The various well-edited household departments make this periodical a useful one in the family. The portrait of Mr. George Barr M escutcheon, author of "Graustark." a clever novel which was reviewed In the Journal last week, appears on the first page of ths April Bookman. After the fashion of Indiana men when they enter the field of literature he has acquired prominence at once. The next portrait Is that of Harold McGrath, whose novel. "The Puppet Crown." has been attracting attention as a serial publication and is about to be published In book form by the Bowen-MerrM Company. A sketch of Mr. McGrath shows that he. like Mr. McCutcheon. Is a young newspaper man, being an attache of a Syracuse. N. Y, paper. Harper's Weekly of March SO contains two pages devoted to pictures taken at the funeral of General Harrison. Another feature of this issue is the first of a series of four articles by the Rev. Francis E. Clark. D. D.. president of Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor. These articles arn entitled. "A New Way Around an Old World." and are taken from Dr. Clark's new book, "A New Way Around an Old World." just published by Harper & Brothers. This number contains a piige devoted to reproductions of some samples of the work of Edwin A. Abbey, the American artist, who has been commissioned by King Edward VII to paint the only official picture that will be made of his coronation scene in Westminster Abbey. , The first page of the Ladles' Home Journal for April Is given up to a drawing by W. L. Taylor, entitled "The Barn-raising as a Social Event." It is a realistic study, true to the time It represents. Some women cause people to flee from them when they begin to tell their tales of woe concerning their servant girls, some women get paid for such talk. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps is now at the thirteenth chapter of her miseries in this line, and thirteenth girl. Rebecca Gratz. the Philadelphia Jewess, who, tradition says, was tha original of the "Rebecca" In Scott's "IvanIlOe, IS lllc ruyjiri. "A hi; America's beautiful women. There are manv pages in this number especially attractive to the feminine eye which is intent on personal or household embellishment. Tho Independent, of which the late Maurice Thompson was literary editor, publisher in Its issue of May 2S a story by him entitled "Jere Jones's Ride." The scene is laid in the South just after tha war. This story, together with a poem and two nature articles found among the author's papers after his death, were obtained through the kindness of Mrs. Thompson. The poem will b printed tn the Decoration day number. May 2:uh. an I is in praise of the valor and patriotism of tho soldiers of both the blue and the pray. One of the nature article Is on the "Golden Wings Woodpecker" (to appear Mav 2): the other is entitled "Rocked, in the Wind's Cradle." and Js Faid to be one of the most brilliant articles ever written by Mr. Thompson. It describes a solitary fishing and hunting trip In which the author suspended his hammock from the top cf a tree and there slept very night for two weeks. One night a storm came up and the description of It Is thriving. This article will appear Jure . Prof. Harry Thurston Peck ccntrib'ttrs to the Bookman quite an elabor.-.te and exhaustive study of Anthony Trollope. He classes him as of the three masters In realism, Balzac and Thackeray being tha others. Professor IVck, In another department of the magazine warts deeply indignant over the "yellowness" cf the newspapers which condemned Admiral Sampson for his snobbish !:ttcr In regard t Gur.r.er Morgan. Professor Peck, as v.Uht have been expected, agrees ith th admiral. There Is an interesting chapter of: reminiscences of Horace Greeley, written by a veteran Journalist. Norman Happoo-t writes discriminatingly of th 1 rurrer-.t drama. Rufus Rockwell Wüsr.n contribute another chapter cf Interesting taU f foreign authors who have i.-ited this eountrv. George MacD'.r.ald. Charles Kings !ey and Thomas Hughes among U. rest. An article, especlallv notable for I's illustrations is descriptive of New Orlen" as It was when George W. Cable wrote nbnat it. The description and sketches ;:re by Walter Hale. The tlepartm nt of "Chront-le and Comment" in this issue is Int-rt stirg. as usual. Harper's Magazine is especially fortunate in its serial stories thl ytar. Gilbf.-t Parker's "Right of Way" is hnieihliij quite out of the common til i Je. ply Interesting, while Mi.'s WÜkins's "The Por- ; lion of Labor" gives promise of being hjr far her b-st work. The April i-sue has a number of short stories, all but er.. c r two of which are rather' aniateurhh. Mark Twain's "Exttaets from Adam's Diary" 1 a strained and doubtful piece of humor If it is humor. It Is safe to say that If it had come to the editors a the production of an unknown writer they would have promptly and properly rejected it. Mark Twal must have a cute lest even at this lite dJV he may damnge Isis irputalloit a a humorist. Daughters of two celebrities figure among the contributor to this number Hildegarde Hawthorne, whos father is Julian, who was the i on of Nathdr.!t l, und Helen Hay. whose father Is r crelary of state. Mis Hawthorn aprer twtrv. In lact. as the author ,t m-oy ;iV,l .i poem. The po.-m is tl: belter t Tvi1. P; rbapi tt'e atlWe vl.!oh v-jq wr.. t a..,vt attention In th t.uir.t.-r 1 an ci u:il. U