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feminine logic. If it be true that travel would
be greatly increased If a low step were at
tached to passenger cars, and inventor
can Prove it. she will see all the agents of
railroad companies tumbling over each other
in their eagoness to secure the profitable
attachment, regardless Of the sex of its in
ventor. But she will have some trouble in
convincing hard-hearted and businesslike
railroad managers that a woman who
wanted to go anywhere ever stayed at
home because it was a long step from the
ground to the car that would cary her.
This notion that the work of women is dis
eliminated against merely because it is
such. and regardless of its value and i'm
portance. is so childish that it creates a
doubt as to whether one cherishing it can
invent anything of consequence. 1t is this
sort Of unreasonable complaint and argu-
ment that does SO much to retscd the indus
trial development OF women. 1t does not
commend their cause to the skeptical.
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havoc with her own more simple, If equally
artistic. literary form.
John Strange Winter was not the first
nom de plume OF Mrs. Stannard. For sew
eral years she signed herself Violet
Whyte,' and before she was thirty had
written and published forty-two novelettes
under that pSeudonym- She finally chose a
masculine nom de plume on the advice OF
her publishers, who thought that the story
OF Cavalry Life" which she was about
to publish. would be better received IL it
were thought that the author was a man.
Lord Tennyson is busy at the present
time in writing a life of his father. This
is naturally a somewhat difficult and deli
cate task, seeing how large a number OF
prominent public men who are still living
friends. Lord Tennyson has ample mate
nal, no doubt, at his command, and or all
men living he is most qualified IN many re-
spectS TO carry out the task. The Laure-
ate during his lifetime had no greater adj
mirer OF his suberb work than his own son,
and Hallam Tennyson was his constant and
devoted associate for many years before
his death.
Mr.. Thomas Bailey Aldrich is described
by the Book Buyer as working in the
early morning in a study high above the
smoke Of Boston. 1.-The books here are
Chiefly books OF reference This Is a work
shop. nothing more; but order Is its first
law, and all the surroundings denote the
care bestowed upon the work before il re-
celves the publishers imprint. Neatly piled
upon the window ledge are the proofs OF
MS latest volume, scored over and over
again with corrections. He is never weary
OF reVlsion; on the contrary, he believes
thorougnly IN that long, patient search for
the best word Of which the u%nthinking
reader little dreams."
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cause to fear that the Haughville man
would find no relief If the matter of sup
pressing the topical song were put to pub
lie vote. But. however this may be, an
sother point at once presents itself: 1t is no.
where shown that the agony caused to the
Haughville man by the songs of his neigh
boris girls grows out of the fact that he
is highly cultivated in a musical way. 1t
may be that his comprehension of the art
of the heavenly maid is of so rudimentary
or Midway Plaisance a sort that it has not
yet reached even the "Papa-Won't-Buy-Me-
a-Bowwow'' level. If the latter be the case,
shall he be allowed to check the progress
of a fine art by causing the arrest of pu-
pills in its primary department? With such
liberty granted to any unmusical or highly
developed musical person, what would be-
come of the theory that one of the civiliz-
ing agencies of the world is education in
music? How can vocal art advance if those
who practice it are in danger of being
hauled to tie police station on complaint
of any individual who doesn't like their
style? 1t is true that the Indianapolis po-
lice could be trusted not to arrest any
tuneful member of the local four hundred,
but with the awful possibility that a chief
may sometime be chosen who is not in $50
ciety' even the four hundred will not be
safe.
II Sc or1xr s,,ct @I,o% -, 80 AD,,ll
be extended to the H~aughville man and his
suffering kind. They deserve sympathy, for
they suffer deeply, no doubt, since few will
deny that the songs he complains of have
in them great possibilities of woe and are
capable Of driving men to crime. But at
the present stage of musical development
they must suffer and be strong, contenting
themselves as best they can in the inspir-
ing thought that it is for ARTS sake"
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to a feeble but independent state by an
abuse of the authority Of the United States
be undone by restoring the legitimate gov
ernment?" He adds: Anything short Of
that will not. 1 respectfully submit. satisfy
the demands of Justice" Thus we have the
humiliating and disgraceful spectacle of an
American Secretary of State recommending
that the government of the United States
shall lend itself to the destruction Of a
government formed by the best elements
in Hawaii and the restoration of a mon
archy with a tyrannical and h~alf-civilized
woman for Queen. This is the most dis
graceful recommendation ever made by an
American Secretary of State. 1t is a cow
ardly abandonment of American ideas and
American interests and a base betrayal Of
American citizens.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Joaquin Miller has been writing what
is described as "a poetical romance and
it is to be called THE Building of the City
Beautiful"
The Life of Dean Stanley" which has
been in process of compilation for twelve
years, is to be published in the course of
the winter.
Mr.. Bowells is to publish his literary
"reminiscences in a series of articles en-
titled 'Men and Letters The papers are
to appear in Harpers.
vi. lola, it is said, has ben offered, and
has refused, the sum of 10000 for the copy
right Of his three forthcoming books on
Lourdes, Paris and Rome.
Mr.. Frank Stockton's new serial story
consists of a series of letters describing the
foreign travels of the novel-reading serv-
ant, Pomona of "Rudder Grange"
Mr.. Glider has recently declared that so
far from the Century turning a cold Shout
der to new writers, he thinks IL has erred
in trying to fan feeble flames of talent"
An interesting feature of Scribner's Mag
azine during the coming year will be a
novel by George Meredith, which will bear
the title OF IAN Amazing Marriage" and
is declared 10 be a brilliant piece of work.
DR.. Holmes is said to be still at work on
his autobiography. and 1t is to be hoped
that instead of leaving it to be published
posthumously he will issue il while he is
still alive to hear the praises which Ii is
sure to win.
The bound volume of Harper's Young
People for 1898 will be ready about Nov.
%. It will contain 904 pages OF entertaining
stories. anecdotes, practical articles and
Illustrations. 1t is a standard holiday gift
to American boys and girls, and Is always
popular because always new.
Miss Mary E. Wilkins. whose literary
style is. according TO herself. easily iniu-
enced by what she happens TO have most
recently or most largely read, confesses a
positive ignorance concerning the work OF
New England's intellectual idol. Emerson.
She has always feared. ii is said, that the
spell OF the poet-ph.losopher would play
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VOCAL MUSIC AND SOCIAL ETHICS.

Various problems of art, social ethics and
Individual morality are involved in the case
reported in the Journal yesterday, where a
citizen Of Haughvile wanted his neighbours
daughters arrested for singing songs that
offended his ear. These young women, it
great deal. Their songs are all of that
sprightly kind which a large number of per-
sons find entertaining. not only on account
of their tunes, but of their words. The fact
that another very large class of people who
consider themselves musical knows these
songs only to condemn them raises the
question whether or not there should be a
musical censor in each community, whose
duty 1t should be to decide what songs the
~neighbors' girls may be permitted to MARBLE
and what should be silenced in the interests
query as to who shall fix the standard.
Disciples of the Wagner cult might insist
that only airs from their great masters
operas are worthy of being recognized; but
as 1T Is not every nelSHDOT , girl VINO Is
equal to the part of Elsa or Isolde"
or "Brunhilde.' this ruling would at once
arouse opposition. Admirers of other COM
posers might put in their claims, but how
shall the censor decide between Rossini
and Verdi-and Gilbert and Sullivan? Or
will popular opinion permit him to bar out
DeKoven? And by what light shall he de-
eide that the Last Rose of Summer made
classic by Patti. is permissible. while NC
Ginty," annie Rooney" "Boom-de-ay,
and After the Ball. are not? Or shall
there only be gospel songs? 1t may be urged
by devotees of the classic in musical COM
position that art has fixed the standard,
but shall the voice of the people not be
heard. and is there not some reason for be-
lief that the great majority would choose
the variety of music suns by the merry
girls of Haughville rather than French or
Italian operate airs? AS the populace Is
not governed by senatorial courtesy. which
! permits the minority to fIibuster. thAre is
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The Flower Mission Fair.

The Flower Mission is Offering an ad-
mirable programme for its annual enter
tainment this week. In addition to the
usual attractions the ladies in charge have
arranged for several dramatic and social
features, and also for a series of high-class
concerts which will be one of the musical
treats of the season. In securing the Nor
dica company they have shown much en-
terprise, but have also assumed a financial
responsibility which the public should
promptly lift from their shoulders. To
many persons, even among those benevo-
lently disposed, a fair for the sale of things
useful or ornamental has no attractions.
but they can attend the concerts, sure of
entertainment, and with the satisfaction OF
knowing that they have contributed to a
good cause at the same time. The day has
long since gone by when the utility of the
Flower Mission could be doubted. 1t is a
very practical and important charity, as all
who nave any knowledge of its workings
can testify. 1t is not one of those organ
izations whose cumbrous machinery in
wolves the expenditure of five dollars in
placing one where the donor meant it to
go, but every cent is spent directly for the
benefit Of the sick and unfortunate. The
needs Of the society will never be greater
than this winter, and il is now with an
empty treasury. owing TO the loss of it's
reserve fund through the Haughey bank
failure. The members have labored hard
10 make their fair a success. and they de-
serve great credit for their efforts and
warm support from the community. The
old objection brought up by masculine crit
les against all fairs has been made H. re-
lation to this, namely, that II the original
outlay and voluntary contributions OF those
interested were put into the treasury ut
once, labor would be saved and an equal
profit realized. but this is not true, as every
one who has been engaged in charity work
knows. Many can contribute their labor to
the getting up of a fair who can give no
money. Others can be induced to take an
interest in benevolent enterprises only by
onDortnnitv 10 rarticiDate In a gay and So
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1t is probable that the street improve
ments lave attracted to the city a consid-
cradle number of men whose ability to
labor ends with such useful but limited
work. If that is the case. those who have
not brought families with them will re-
turn to their former homes. Under the
present conditions it is of the first impor-
lance that when any relief is given or
when work shall be resumed on the streets.
only those who have u residence in the
city should be employed. This may seem
selfish at first sight, but it is a forethought
which Is dictated by the most charitable
motives. The unemployed in smaller places
can better be given the means Of subsist-
ence where they live than to go to cities
already overcrowded. Farmers can find
profitable employment for a few men in
making permanent improvements at a time
when wages are not an object. Large
cities are the last places to which the I'M
employed should go in such seasons as this
for employment. In this city, which is In
as favorable condition as any of it's size,
there are several thousand men out of en-
ployment, and some of them are in need of
bread for their families.
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sHREDs AND PATCHES.

The Anarchist is only a crank with a turn
for the worse.-Philadelphia Times.
Black chrysanthemums are all the wear
with Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
A question agitating England is shall
women smoke? They may if they chews,
too.-Philadelphia Times.
A boy when asked what the text was.
answered. MANY are cold, but few are
frozen ."-Newburyport News.
Ex-President Harrison feels called upon
to tip his hat whenever the Ohio election Is
Observation-Disclosures Post.
1 have spent my life in seeing people die.
not of their ailments, but OF that great and
incurable disease. the want Of money.-Bal-
FAC.
Florists are producing chrysanthemums
so large these days that they make poetic
and useful chest protectors.-Atchison
Globe.
Cranks appear to be peculiarly a United
States product. Canadian winters are too
frigid for their successful propagation here.
Toronto Globe.
In a food in Holland in 1880 there were
100000 drowned. This disaster had never
been equaled until last NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Plain Dealer QDem)
Another of our American girls is TO wed
an English aristocrat. OF course lit is a
pure love match" 1t Is easy 10 fall in love
with an ~earl.-Boston Journal
If Governor Tillman expects TO make a
success of the saloon business in South
Carolina he must be prepared 20 crush
down all rivals. Competition is not the
life of the whisky trade-Chicago Tribune.
"Whatebbah you does" said Uncle Eben
to his eldest boy. 'doan be sahcastic. Er
man dat keeps allus tryin' ter shoot folly ez
she flies run er heap o. resk OBJ bein' hurt
by de kick OBJ his w gun-"-Washington
Star.
Cholly-I should hate TO marry such a
bright woman. Why. last week her hus-
band sent her q telegram saying ne should
stay late at the office, and she sent an an
swer TO the club that she would sit Up Till
three."-Life.
What shall we do with our cranks?"
asks a contemporary. Well. here In the
East re usually lcck them UP. But In the
far West they sometimes send them 10 the
United States Senate or make them State
| Globe-
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TREE

AT the recent meeting of the Indiana Hor-
read on '"Tree Planting" in which the
writer stated that forests of Indiana were
fast disappearing and urged that the people
be induced to adopt systematic tree plant
ing. The subject is worthy of attention for
economic, hygienic and esthetic reasons. It
is true that the forests of Indiana are fast
disappearing. Every year sees a steady
contraction of their extent, and at the pres
emit rate of destruction it will not be many
years till the primitive forests will have en-
tirely disappeared. All the countries of
forts are made to preserve and restore the
forests. Here nothing of the kind is done.
In this, as in many other respects, we are
wasteful, improvident and short-sighted.
When our forests are gone many serious
disadvantages will ensue which it will take
a long time to remove. Ever since the State
was settled people have been destroying
trees with little or no thought of replacing
them. 1t is time for the latter work to
begin. There is a reasonable amount of
tree planting in the cities and towns,
though very little care is taken to protect or
preserve them after they are planted, but
in the country there is none. There are
thousands of miles of country roads in the
State without a tree on either side to give
its grateful shade to the traveller.
Indiana should have an Arbor Day, and
it should be observed. No man should go
through life without planting at least one
tree, and the more the better. 1t is worth
every mans while to have that much of a
tie with mother earth, that much partner
ship with nature.
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Henry Barton's house is situated on both
sides OF the line between Mahoning and
Columbiana counties Ohio. Heretofore he
has been permitted to vote in the former
county, but this year he was challenged
because he lived in two counties. A COM
mittee was sent to Barton's house TO see
In which county he slept. 1t was found
the head of his bed was in Columbiana
county, whereat he was denied the privi-
iege OF voting in Mahoning. the assumption
being that the head does the voting, which
does not hold good every year.
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At the present time there are many
people travelling the roads who are not
professional tramps, but are men who
would gladly earn their bread if opportunity
Is given. Such men Will gladly work to pay
for food and shelter, but the professional
tramp will do neither. Herein is the differ
ence between the two classes, and that diff
ference will enable people to assist the real
~ deserving and turn away the professional
tramp.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JoURNAL
SIXTEEN PAGES
WarninG.

There is a man going about the State
under various aliases, pretending to be
the travelling agent Of the Journal. He is
q fraud. The last heard of him. he had gone
to Richmond from Millville, Ind.
Mr. w. S. King is the only authorized
agent for this paper, and he is always pro-
vided with letters fully Identifying himself
as our representative. Pay no money to
any stranger who cannot satisfy you that
he Is what he claims to be.
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He Told the Trufh.

"Bliggets has sold his horse for $3.50"
rs that so? Why, he told me that he
loved that animal as much as he did any
member of his own family, and here he
mas let him go for that small amount"
"Still, that doesn't disprove what he said.
L believe Bliggets would be willing to part
with any member of his family for even a
less amount than that"
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Good Advice.

She has discarded me-" walled the young
man. Il have half a notion to shoot myself"
When you entertain such an idea as
that" replied the sage, you are underes-
tmating your affection"
Don't you mean overestimating?"
wen, you may be overestimating its in
tensity, but not its quantity. Just you
wait awhile and you will find you have
love enough left for half a dozen girls"
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strange as it may seem, George Gould,
son or the late Jay Gould, favors an in
come tax, on the ground that it is about
the only way the proper amount of taxes
can be got out of the rich. In making
this statement. however, he has the Wander
bits in view, as he says that he pays as
much personal property tax as the two
heads of that family.
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If Indianapolis had a local orchestra equal
to the proper rendition of high-class music
there would be no difficulty in making the
May music festival a permanent feature.
This would draw many people here every
year and give the city the most desirable
kind of advertising. What public-spirted
citizens will move in the matter?
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Her SuNnici0n.

First Feminine Visitor-Why, Lou, just
come here. Here is a chrysanthemum with
a distinct camphor odor.
Second Feminine Visitor-So it has. I
wonder if it hasn't been kept packed ever
since the show of last winter?
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cial entertainment. And, above all, human
nature is SO constituted that the average
mar and woman like TO get something for
their money, even when they are giving 1t
for charity's sake. They will be getting a
good deal for their dollars In this case,
and cannot invest them more usefully.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-12

The latest calculation is that the q, 800, 900
admission fees taken at the worlds fair
represented over 4,OOO.OOO different individu-
ais. If many more had gone from this
State a dollar would nave come to be quite
a curiosity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-12

The revolution which overthrow the mon
archy in Hawaii was bloodless. The one
which Secretary Gresham invites to restore
the monarchy and an unworthy Queen will
not be accomplished without bloodshed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-12

A number Of Harvard graduates have
written letters to Boston papers criticising
its president for making a political speech.
The point is well taken; such veal politi-
cal illusions as those Of the president of
Harvard are not creditable to the institu-
ton which graduated such vigorous men as
Charles Sumner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-12

The price of silver fell off a little directly
after the repeal of the Sherman law. but
during the past week the price has adj
vanced three cents an ounce. Evidently,
where.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-12

1t is hoped by all patriotic Americans
that President Cleveland and Secretary
Gresham will not unite with Great Britain,
Germany Spain and Italy to restore mon
sumo that they will not.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-12

Just now no energy which can be used to
relieve the want and suffering in Indian
apolis should be wasted in tracing the
cause. Relief is the urgent duty of the
hour.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-12

The Cleveland administration began by
hauling down the American flag in Hawaii,
and it bids fair to end by re-establishing a
corrupt monarchy.
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Here and there a college is attempting to
discipline sophomores for their cruelty to
there is a police court. If such offenders
are taken before them and sent to Jail for
a hundred days, the senseless custom Of
hazing would be broken up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-12

II there is rioting and bloodshed in Homo
lulu the responsibility will be on Grover
Cleveland and his Secretary of State.
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When a declaration by Congress that
there shall he nc tariff legislation for two
would give employment to half the idle
men and women of the country. the re-
fusal of the leaders not to do so seems
little less than downright cruelty.
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BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
She Remembered Well.

He-Do you remember the evening we be-
came engaged?
She-Of course I do. That was the first
time / ever wore a four-in-hand tie.
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An inventor" n presumably the in
ventor of the continuance she tells about.
writes TO the Woman's Journal complain
exception. refuse to adopt the patent ''car
step and barrier" a woman's invention.
This is an adjustable low step for passen-
intended fcr the benefit and convenience of
women travellers. Its adoption would great
ly increase travel the Woman's Journal cor
cars is a cruel and unnecessary deprivation.
yet railroad companies reject 1t because 1t
was invented by q woman. This is truly