The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-13
CURRENT MAGAZINES.

In the North American Review Cardinal
Gibbons discourses in dignified but forci-
Bile way on the duties of citizen to his
country. He dwells especially on the dan
gers growing out of corrupt voting. and
urges the necessity of pure ballot II
American institutions are to be preserved.
Thomas Nelson Page presents the Southern
view of the negro question he predicts
that the negro ia &c in America Will eventu-
ally dIsappear-"not in generation or
century; it may take several centuries
The means will be natural. Certain por-
tions of the Southern States Will Tor
awhile. perhaps. be almost given up TO him.
but in time he Will be crowded out even
there. Africa may take q part. Mexico and
South America part; the rest will. as the
country fills up. as life grows harder and
competition fiercer. become difused ana
will disappear. q portion by absorption into
the stronger race. the residue Dy PERISH
ing under conditions of life unsulteu 10
him." Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, chairman
of the House committee on naval affairs,
disputes the advantages of the reciprocity
system as established under the Mckinney
law. The problems involved IN the lmmi-
grafton question are we'll handled Dy hon.
John b. Weber, United States Commas
sioner of immigration. and Charles Stewart
Smith, of the New York Chamber of Com
merce. Governor Winans. OF Michigan,
defends the system now In force In ms
State of choosing presidential electors.
Madame Adame, the noted French writer.
talks of French Girls" and their life and
prainlng. Under the title. The Modern
Cart of Thespls." w. II. Crane. the actor;
talks of the theatrical star" system. ana
predicts its continuance. He thinks that
stock companies in the various cities will
be during @ long period the exception
rather than the rule. A third paper on
The Olympian Religion" by Mi. Glad.
stone, discussion of Money and Usury,'
by Henry Clews, and variety OF Notes
and Comments" complete the contents of
the number.
The Engineering Magazine has for It's
contributors practical scientists and men
skilled in all departments of mechanics.
but aside from the technical Importance OF
its articles 1t contains much that is of in
terest to the general reader. The April
number opens with the first of series of
papers on 1.-The Future Worlds Highways"
in which will be pointed out the CONNER
cial Importance of lines of water-trsns-
portstion to be formed by connections
made between the great lakes and the
Gulf of Mexico. and the lakes and the AT
lantic. This article Is followed by dis
cussion of the question, do Waterways
fractions of the number is hand
somely illustrated article on Prospect
Park. BROOKLYN. One of the most
important contributions is that of Leon
Mead describing the admirable work done
by the New York Trades Schools in fitting
young men for nearly all the mechanical
trades. IL is declared, contrary TO the
usual belief. that by this system more eifi-
premiership method. Other papers are
Public Ore-sampling-works "Pessimism
of Modern Architecture" Worthless Gov
eminent Engineering" "Evils of Municipal
Government Building Railroad in the
Made' World Building. New York.
great deal of attention is now being
given to the public roads of the country by
writers for the press. but no more graphic
account of their condition and needs has
appeared than the article IN the April
Century. by Isaac b. Potter. The illustra-
tions showing the contrast between high
ways in Europe and the steeets just out
side of our largest cities are an object les
son in themselves. Edmund Clarence
Stedman continues his study of the nature
and elements of poetry. In spite of the
flood of Washington literature that the
periodicals have furnished recently, the
paper on The Mother and Birthplace of
ten by Ella Bassett w ash ington, a descend
ant. Among other contributions are Tho
Wyoming in the Straits of Shlmonoseki,"
THE Total Solar Eclipse of 1888" Fish
Ocean Postal Service" The fiction is COM
posed of serials by Kipling and Ballestier,
Hamlin, Garland. and NJ. +. Angus. Topics
discussed editorIally are: THE First Pres
idential Election Under Ballot Reform"
and 1.-The New Electoral College,"
1t IS rather curious taste that leads the
managers of the New England Magazine to
place it's brightest and most original edi-
torial department.. "ln a corner at Dods-
ley's," among the advertisements. It is
not secure greater number of readers in
that position than elsewhere. since every
body is sure to look at the advertising
pages of a magazine. whatever else he may
read. Mr.. Walter Blackburn Harte, the
himself that he has the leading article"
In each Issue. In the April number he
pays q very generous tribute to James
WhItcomb Riley and his work. Musical
readers will be interested in S. b. Whit
ney's article on the "Surpliced Boy Choirs
of America" Helen Leah Reed writes OF
''Women's Work in Astronomy at Har-
ward" In Early Visitors to Chicago
early French explorers made a settlement
on the spot where the great city now
stands. Other contributions are of local
rather than general interest.
The Arena for April gives the place of
honor to the Farmers Alliance. portrait
of President l.. l.. Polk forming the fronts
piece, and on illustrated article on the AL
lance and its leaders being the only one
embellished by illustrations. Frederick l..
Hoffman gives some interesting facts
and figures in q paper. vital Sta
tistics of the Negro" The statement
is made that the liability of the
negro 70 death in almost double that of the
white race. and that under equally favor
Ity or power of resistance equal to the
whites. Other topics discussed are THE
Money Question" "VoIapnk." Rational
Views of Heaven and He'll" THE Speaker
in England and America" "Pontitex Max
mus" and "A Remarkable Psychical Ex-
perience." A chapter of a serial by Ham
lin Garland and Southern dialect sketch
by Will Allen Dromgoole form tho fiction
of the number.
ticle by William Henry Bishop on IAN
American at Home in Europe" 1t is a
practical account of house-hunting and
housekeeping in Brittany and Paris and
accompanying experiences. The informa-
tion given is of sort that can be made
useful by Americans who contemp plate Iiv-
ing abroad. An important paber is con-
tributed by Judge T. NJ. Cooley on Federal
Taxation of l. otteries." Antoinette Ogden
writes In m entertaining way of "a Drive