The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-04
CURRENT MAGAZINES.

| ing continuous interest in politics and for dis
| senInating informal alton aud instruction on 20
| Hticai questions-a work which the ordinary
| campaign clubs cannot accomplish. The excel
ton 10 John 5. Wise, of Virginia, who, while al
| hitting the advantage of such Cubs IN the
Northern States. doubts the.s utility in his own,
for the reason that the Sou hern Democracy is
not doomed on the advocacy of any principle,
but represents agglomeration of prsju1icss
against the Republican party and the negroes
| Whatever tends TO the active pr of Re
| publicanism; whatever makes the negro promi-
nent q political worker, is loulated, he says
| to excite the passions of the Dsme cracy OF the
region and infame them to greater activity
rather than to enlist their attention and inquiry
as to whether Republcanism may not
| be right after all. For this and for other
reasons which he mentions, Mr.. Wise regards
| the Republican 'still hunt" as more effective
| In Virginia than ostentatious display of organi
zation Lleutenant-governor Robertson speaks
/ for lndiana, and speaks in enthusiastic terms OF
| the work of the Lincoln League "Of such an
organization. State or national" he says, "the
Republicans of Indiana have no fear To them
| IL means,the diffusion of the latest information
| on political AFFAIRS intelligent action upon the
! information, promptness and uniformity of
/ action, better and more general knowledge of
! the wants of the party and the means supply
| them, and such intelligent work as will mean
/ the best results" Other political papers in this
/ issue 1.-THE Presidents Puzzle-the Surplus"
| by Andrew Carnegie; tine Two Messages by
| JohnP. Irish; Contraction and the Remedy"
| by Senator W. NJ Stewart, and '.The Increase
| of the Standing Army" by Murat Halstead.
The later article does not relate TO the military
forces, but TO the proposed government control
| of the telegraph and the consequent increase OF
| outstanding army of the civil service. 1t is
needlefs to say that Mr.. Halstsad is opposed to
the. movement. The gist os MIR. Irisns
paper may be gathered from the con-
Guiding paragraph. in which he says:
Standing for the fireside interests of his coun-
no
plume, nor armor, for Truth goes forth naked
to battle. while falsehood needs sword and
shirt of mail" Other contributions Judas
Iseariot.R by Moncure d. CONWAY: Reasoning
Power OF Animals" by Edmund Kirke; The Lii
one Side of the Lion Question" phase of the
Iudian problem. by Gail Hamilton; Art and
Morality" by Robert G. Ingersoll; and THE
Genius of Battle" by anonymous writer
Thespublishers announce that Hon. W. E. Glad
stone will contribute to early number of the
Review an article on the religious opinions of
Colonel 1ngersolL
Mr.. John c. Ropes follows his stu dies of Ma
poleon with a paper in the March Scribner
the. Campaign of Waterloo" These articles
aremade particularly interesting by reason of
thevaluable collection of portraits in the
thor's possession, and which uDed in IL
distractions. The "reminiscences contributed by
Mrs. James T. Fields, under the title, "A Shelf
of Old Books" are entertaining. Leigh Hunt is
the subject of the chapter, with incidental refer
encss to Keats and Shelly. portraits of the three
being given. A scientific article OF practical
character is Frank Leonard Pope's paper on
.sThs Electric Motor and its Applications"
Robert Louis Stevensons essay "Beggars"
contains some reflections charity It's bestow-
al and acceptance, which do not usually present
themselves to the minds of those who give,
either by their own hand. through associa-
ton. OF the art of giving he says:
,qSratitude without familiarity gratitude 9TH
erwise than nameless element in friend
ship, is thing near to hatred that do not
care to split the difference Until find man
who is pleased to receive obligations. shall con-
tinue to question the tact of those who
eager TO confer them. What art it is, to give,
dvep TO our nearest friends! and what a test of
manners to received How, upon either side. we
smuggle away the obligation, blushing for each
other: how bluff and dull we make the giver;
howhasty. how falsely cheerful, the recelver
And vet an act of such difficulty and distress
between near friends it is supposed we can per-
form to total stranger and leave the man
transfxed with grateful emotions. The last
thing you can do to a is to burden him
with an obligation. and it is what we propose to
begin with! But let us not be deceived: unless
he il totally degraded to his trade, anger jars
in his inside, and he CRATES his teeth at our
gratuity."
Wide Awake for March opens with a pathetic
little story of war times entitled "A Stray
Shot '.Bob's Breakfast" the story which fol-
lows, Is much more cheerful Wide Awake is
sometimes open to the criticism of being too
visibly instructive to be thoroughly enjoyable
to young readers, but where the instr ucton is go
deftly sngar-coated as in Mrs. Sherwood's serial,
Those Cousins of MabePs." no objection be
raised. Lessons in morals, well as IN maid
enfy department and the etiquette of fashiona- 4
BILE life, are interviewer with this story. Mrs.
Uptouecontributes a third paper in her series of
Children of the White House." the family of
President jefferson being described. An inter
estine article is from the pen of Helen NJ. Wins
low. and describes the success of an experiment.
of the Massachusetts horticultural Society In
giving ont plants 10 the poor children of Boston
for cultivation in their windows in connection
with prizes for the most thrifty plants. In this
number is announced series of ninety four
prizes for contributions suitable for publication
in Wide Awake. The contribution be
essay, poem. story or humorous trife. Publish
ers1 d. Lothrop & Co, Boston
An espeeially interesting feature of the March
Harper is the opening article descriptive of
Spanish Art and Artists" II is chiefly bio g
raphy of Fortuny. Charles Dudley Warner
writes entertainingIy of the "Great West his
studies having peculiar interest as being the
i'm pressionsiof a cultivated New Highlander who.
FOR the first, realizes the extent of his native
country. Ina chapter entitled "a Little Swiss
Soiourn," ". d. Howells concludes the series of
European sketches Miss Anna Dawes under
the title Of IAN Unknown Nation" describes
the progress toward civilization made by the in
nabitants of Indian Territory. Other articles
are IA Gypsy Fair in Surrey" "Chess in Amer
ica," "A New England Vagabond." "a Visit 10
Colonial Estate" and canadian Voyageurs on
the Saguenay," together with the usual compile
menr of fiction and poetry.
All the departments of the Art Amateur
interesting to the casual reader. from the mote
Book" and art gossip to the studies of furniture,
while to those who seek its pages for instruction
it must bs even more satisfactory The Febru-
airy number contains some beautiful designs for
wood-carving. a full page study of orchids,
colored study of a child's head from water col
or by Ellen Welby, besides supplement- sheets
with designs for embroidery. china painting, etc.
The March number is equally rich in designs
The colored supplement- is a beautiful study of |
gladioli for decorative panel screen. A |
double-page study of hydraneeas and portr ait
Of Alaxardar the Graat enlaroed frnnn an |