The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-06
JANUARY MAGAZINES.

JANUARY MAGAZINES.
The Forum is particularly happy in its choice
of topics of practical. living interest for discus
sion. Among the noticeable contributions to
the january issue is the argument by Hon.
Henry L. Dawes against the admission of Utaa
as a State. s.shau We Call Him Mastera" by
Professor Lesley; 1.-THE Congestion of Cities"
by Edward E. Hale, and ssWnat Shall the Pub
lie Schools Teacha' by Rev. j. NJ Savage. Mr.
Savages article refers to the question of religion
in the schools, and his summing up of the mat
ter is that the last remnant or trace of any re-
Hgious teaching should be taken out of the pub
lie schools for two reasons, either of which ia
amply sufficient. OF these reasons he says.
II would have the last trace or remnant of
any religious teaching taken out of the public
schools and that for two great reasons either
of which is amply sufficient In the first place.
as already shown at some length, while conduct
in this world is vital to the welfare of the state
it is of the states business to establish an
insurance bureau for the safety of souls after
they have passed beyond the limits of the
state 8 jurisdiction. And, in the next place. so
long as Protestant tradition keeps up-what is
hardly more than a farce-the semblance of
religious teaching in the schools, a weapon
ready-made is put into the hands of the Ro-
manist enemies of our whole public school sys-
tenn. The Romanist has a right to complain
when his child is compelled either to stay away
from school or else be subjected to kind of So
called religious training in which he does not
believe. But if the schools were made purely
secular, as in justice they ought to be, he might
indeed continue to complain but he would no
longer have right to do SO. He could no
longer arouse public sympathy as against a
manifest injustice. To day. and as against the
schools as at present managed, he has a case
a strong one; and this it is that threatens the
safety of our system"
Consular Service" Moncure d. Conway tells of
Books that Have Helped Me-" Rev. Arthur L.
Pierson offers strong argument in favor OF free
churches, and Dickinson S. Miller considers Mr..
Gladstones claims to greatness. his conclusion
being that the distinguished Englishman lacks
some of the essential qualifications of statesman
contributes a philosophic article 1.-The Debt
of the Old World to the New" He says: 1.-THE
old and the new are alike needed. The man of
the new world must gain by looking back to the
rock whence he was hewn and to the hole of the
pit whence he was digged. And the man of the
old world gains no less by seeing what men of
his own stock have done IN new-found lands,
how they have won for the common speech, the
common law, the common memories a range
which, in physical extent, the old world could
never have supplied. We of the old world trust st
Europe is still far distant; but if it ever should
come we shall have what our forefathers in past
ages had not the wider lands of new Europe
to fall back on"
An interesting study of the differences in the
language spoken by Americans and English is
contributed to Popular Science Monthly by
Theo FL. kellogg under the head of "English
Phonology." After considering the variations
from the original sounds in the utterance of GER
tain letters, and the departure from the English
standard in the matter of emphasis infections
and vocal timbre, the writer concludes as fol-
lows:
81. That in keeping with the logic of past
events in other languages American English in
new physical and moral environment has I'M
dergone radical modification of vocal type.
~. That Americans not be expected to
conform to British customs SO far as mere en-
phasis, infections, and timbre of voice are con-
cerned.
70. There are cogent reasons for efforts to
keep the fundamental sounds of the language
alike in the two countries and it is the duty of
all educated persons to correct such provincial
Or unauthorized utterances OF the vowel sounds
as have been here described and to strive to
preserve the purity of the mother-tongue. IL
this article shall serve to awaken interest in
this important subject, or to aid anyin It's study
its object will have been fulfilled"
In the Climate of the Lake Regions" Bella
Hubbard undertakes to make clear the relations
which exist between the variations of the water
levels and the rain fall and in defining their
periodicities. It is elaborate exposition of a
complex theme and of interest chiefly to those
who have made study of .meteorology. IN :
THE Outcome of the Granger Movement
Charles W. Pierson describes the rise and de-
cline of that organization. So little is heard of
the grangers that it is something of a sur
are in existence, notably in the New England
States. In the absence of any great underlying
principle to account for this the writer concludes
that the members are drawn together chiefly by
social needs and says:
''The most enthusiastic grangers at present
are the farmers wives and daughters. who
attracted by the social opportunities In fact
the order seems to be going back to the educa-
tional and social basis of the founders. and it's
boasts are no longer cooperative ventures SO
much grange buildings and libraries. and the
States N
these directions, and in what it has done to heal
sectional differences between North and South,
the grange can boast its best achievements
Other contributions to the January issue are
Governmental Interference with Production
and Distribution.n by Hon. DayidA. Wells;
Joseph LIE Conte;~ Railroads and Railroad
Centers," by Appleton Morgan; RACE and
Language" by Horatio Hale. s. /
No more remarkable contributions have ap-
peared in any recent magazine than those in
the Century by George KEENAN, on the wrongs
and sufferings of Russian political prisoners.
In the January issue he paints an appalling pict- .
ure of the crowded and unsanitary condition of
the prisons. and of the treatment to which refined
and delicate men and women are subjected by
brutal jailers. The fact that the first paper of
the series was ordered by the Russian liter
airy censor to be stricken out of all copies of the
magazine received in that country is its Town
commentary the Importance and truth of tho
statements made The January installment of
the history of Lincoln treats of the formation of
his Cabinet. A matter of especial interest to
Indianians is Mr.. LincoIns explanation of his
reason for choosing Caleb B. Smith as one of his
advisers instead of Schuyler Colfax. Professor
Atwater continues his papers on the chemistry
OF food and gives attention to the pecuniary
economy of food. His remarks on the subject
are illustrated with tables and diagrams show
ing the amounts of actual nutrients in different
food materials. Rev. Philip Schaff writes of the
eatacombs of Rome w j. Stllman contributes
an interesting sketch of John Ruskin- A por-
trait of Ruskn forms the frontispiece Other
articles are 1.-THE Upper Missouri and the Great
Falls a biographical sketch of John Gilbert,
..Meistersehaft in Three Acts a production by
Mark Twain, evidently intended as a comedy.
A dialect poem, "The Old Man and JIM" by Mr..
ber Among the "Open Letters is a brief but