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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15
What Mnisie knew.

Henry James'S novel bearing the above
title was mentioned in the Journal from
time to time during it's publication in the
Chap Book as a serial. 1t is said that the
author first intended it as a two-part maya
zine story, but that it expanded itself in
spite of him. However that may be, it
makes rather a formidable volume of 470
pages. 1t is not clear at the end of the
tale what Maisie really knew, but if she
even had a glimmering of the meaning of
the life that went on about her she pos
sessed a most unchildlike knowledge
Maise's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bedie Far
ange, obtained a divorce for the best of
reasons on each side. The court ruled that
the child was to spend half of each year
in the custody of her father, the other half
in charge of her mother. The mother, who
presently married certain Sir Claude, Sc
cured the services of snuffy Miss Wix
as governess for the child. AT the end of
the half year, when Maisie went to her
father, she was put in charge of pretty
Miss OvermOre who finally, as conces-
sion to conventionality, married Mr.. Far
ange and>became Maise's stepmother. The
child therefore was provided with TOUR
parents, and, as 1t CHANGED, the only one
who had a genuine affection for her was
Sir Claude, although she was in demand
by the others as sort OF token, OF re-
Spectability. 1t turned out, presently, lnat
Sir Claude and his wife drifted apart, she
to the society of more ardent ADMIRERS, ne
to that of the second Mrs. Farange. Inese
two eventually left England and went to
the continent to await divorce DEGREES that
would legalize their union. 1t will thus be
seen that life must have seemed rather
complicated to Maisie though 1t Is nowhere
shown that the veil of her childish limo
cence was entirely torn apart and the in
iuuity of her elders entirely revealed 10
Ter. That she must have seen it dimly is
intimated at the last, however when she
with Sir Claude he must leave Mrs. Far
ange. but there is also room for the infer
ence that she makes the condition out of
childish jealousy Naturally, he does not
agree and she goes reluctantly out of the
Immoral surroundings into the permanent
companionship of the v.rtuous but far from
engaging Miss Wix. 1t is a study of
very unchildlike child life but it Is very
skillfully done. 1t proves anew Mr.. James,
literary and artistic power. but leaves re-
gret that he had not chosen a more agree
able theme.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15
BOOKS OF THE TIME.
France Under Louis XIV, a Valuable
Contribution to French History.

This work is in the nature of a continual
ton of a previous one by the same author,
James B. Perkins. In France Under the
Regency he gave a review of the reign
of Louis XIV. In the present work he deals
with the reign of Louis XIV 1t is an i'm
portant contribution to historical literature
relating to France. The period treated of
is an. interesting one historically. In his
opening chapter the author says: "At the
close of the regency of the Duke of Orleans
(this was in 1928. when Louis XIV was but
a boy of thirteen) the old regime in France
was still in vigor; the government of the
country, the general social and intellectual
condition of the people were such as they
long had been. Fifty-one years later Louis
XIV ended his inglorious reign; the old
regime was then the verge of dissolu-
ton, the beliefs and hopes of the French
people had suffered more change than in
the century preceding the economical con-
dition of the country had been greatly mod
flied; a new literature had arisen, new ideas
were found in books, were discussed in the
salons and debated on the streets; the de-
ditions, for laws which should improve the
lot of the poor and should allow to all
This altered u9 Society. the governmei iii
preserved the same outward form,
needed no prophet to discern that II
lions which seemed as firmly rooted as Sc
of the Modes and Persians when Louis - "
was proclaimed the great were nearing their
end when Louis XIV lay on his deathbed.
The French revolution Q791-92), like the 9TH
er great events of history, Sprang from no
accident or sudden caprice; political rev.
olution followed an intellectual revolution"
The reign of Louis XIV was an age of license
and immortality. For nineteen years La
Pompadour practically governed y France
through her ability to amuse the King. To
her succeeded another mistress, doomed to
die on the ScaffoId amid the excavations of
the people. Yet it was an age that pro-
duced Richelieu, a Mirabeau and other
strong characters. This work deals largely
with the moral tendencies of the period,
and the author shows fine skill in marshall
ing events and defining their relation to the
evolution of history. The numerous notes
and references throughout the work indi-
cate thOroughness of research and leave the
impression that the author has mastered his
subject The work makes two handsome
volumes, and is published by Houghton
Miffiin & Co., Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15
Like n Gallant LndY.

Like Gallant Lady is the rather re-
markable title of a novel by Kate Cleary.
from the press of Way & Williams Chi
cago 1t is the story of young woman
of wealth and refinement who goes from
Chicago to visit her brother on a Nebraska
ranch, her purpose being to investigate the
sudden and mysterious death of her lover.
She finds out more than she expected, name
Iy, that he had been good deal of rascal
and had engaged in a conspiracy to defraud
an insurance company. His crime had car
ried it's own punishment, however, Tor a.
drug taken to cause temporary simula-
ton of death had produced insanity and he
became a hopeless lunatic and was In an
asylum instead of his grave. The hero or
the tale is an English ranchman, who Is IN
troduced in the first chapter with this solilo-
guy: when | have enough money 10 make
the foks-barring mother, God bless her!-
consider me respectable, III go home, mar
nv Edith and live happy ever after.
''Ediths" name does not appear again, but
the Englishman promptly falls in love with
the young woman from Chicago, and in the
final chapter with long series of adven-
lures, both are seen in vanishing perspec-
tive on the rear platform of train, pre-
sumably married. An attempt is inciden-
tally made by the writer to show the hard
ships and dreariness of rural life in Ne
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15
Anecisixe Battle.

The battle of Franklin one of the
conflicts of the war which has never been
given the Importance which attaches to 1t.
This is because it was followed by the
greater battle of Nashville. 1t is evident,
now, in the light of all the information
which has been contributed by the Confed-
crates that it was in the battle of Franklin
that the spirit of Hoods army was so brok-
en- that its defeat and practical humiliation
at Nashville followed. But two corps of
Thomass army were at Franklin, the
Twenty-third, commanded by Gen. ]. d.
Cox, and the Fourth, commanded by Gen.
Stanley, U. S. A. The Union troops held
a fortified line on the south side of the Har-
peth river, outside the town of Franklin,
either flank resting on the river. 1t was a
hazardous position, as in the event of de-
,feat the whole army would have been cap
tured. If it had been taken, all the
trains CT those corps would have been sac
rifced. There were some fortihcations
about the town and others were hastily
thrown up Upon these troops and fortified
lines Hood threw his whole force in sue
cessive lines of battle. The battle was not
begun until very late, Nov. 80, but the re-
suit was that of the Federals at Fredericks-
burg and many other points, where armies
hurled themselves against a smaller force
behind entertainments, where one man had
a better chance of success than four in the
aSSaulting columns. Hood, minus leg and
ARM worn out and broken, directed the
assaults lying with his head upon a saddle,
and from a point where he could not see
the attack. Upon the entrenched lines
Hoods army was hurled and thrown back
repulsed until it could not again be rallied.
The Federal loss was insignificant, but the
Confederate loss was greater than that of
the Federals at Fredericksburg, or at the
battle of Chickamauga.s The volume which
General Cox has just published, and which
is issued by Scribner's Sons, New York,
gives clear and vivid account of this de-
cisive battle. 1t also affords General STAN
ley occasion to write a savage letter assail-
ing General Cox in recent issue of the
New York Sun. 1t is an outbreak of an old
quarrel, in which General Stanley takes ex-
ception to the statements of General Cox
that General Schofield made him command
ant of the line for putting the troops in po-
stion. To this General Stanley takes ex-
ception, insisting that he was in command
of his own corps until after he was wound
ed There seems no real cause for the quar-
rel which General Cox takes up in his book,
and in which the general reader can have
no interest. General Coxs description of
the situation and of the battle makes the
book well worth reading by those who take
an interest in accounts of battles which
were decisive. Franklin was 1.-The beginning
of the end of Hoods army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

One of the questions which must soon be
considered in this State is what shall be
done with prison labor. Already many con-
victs are idle, and many more will be- In
stead of being self-sustaining, the prisons
will become a charge to the State. If the
few hundred men in the prisons should be
distributed among several industries their
product would not materially affect the
market. A half dozen shiploads of foreign
merchandise would crowd out the product
of a much larger number of American Ia
borers and mechanics than all the prison
labor of the country, yet most labor leaders
are inclined to free trade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

1t is said that when Colonel DENLY, pres
ent United States minister to China, went
to his post. twelve years ago, the Emperor
would not receive him except as the repre-
sentative Of a vassal, and required that he
should perform the koW-tow, which is 70
bow down on the hands and knees and
strike the forehead nine times upon the
floor in the presence of the throne. AS the
British, German, French and other Eu-
ropean ministers were required to do the
same thing, the United States minister
could do it without any special humiliation.
Since then the various ministers, by joint
action, have succeeded in convincing the
Emperor that their respective governments
are not his vassals and the kow-tow has
been dispensed with.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

The most important European news is
that Germany has agreed to supply the
army and navy of Turkey in a manner to
make it a potent factor In European af-
fairs, for which Turkey agrees to keep ESQ.,
600 men under arms, ready to move at
moments notice against Russia. 1t may be
doubted If there is any truth in the report,
but there are more impossible things, now
that Turkey, without revenues, has shown
that it can put 100000 fighting men into the
field At any rate, since Turkeys demon
stration of power against Greece, it can
scarcely be left out of the list of great
powers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

It seems to be the opinion of all who at
tended the recent State conference of chart
ties and correction that it was the most
successful and profitable one yet held. The
object Of these conferences is TO bring to-
gether the managers and officials of the
gtate ajtitutions. members of the Board
|of Stat Charities. superintendent of coun-
|ty infirmaries and jails--in short. all who
are engaged in penal. correctional and re-
formatory work. and by discussion aud ex-
change Of idees develop new lines of prog
ress That they have been very beneficial
there can be M, doubt. In connection with
the progressive legislation Of the last few
PEARS and the excellent work of the Board
|of State Charities and its efficient secretary.
par Ernest p BickneII. they have contrib
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

Lord Salisbury's speech at the Guildhall
banquet few days ago is criticised with
various degrees of disfavor. A press dis
patch says it again proved him to be past
master of saying nothing in many soothing
words" One well-known English CORE
spondent says: THE whole thing was, at
its best, but the brief blither of tired old
man cowed by younger and fiercer per-
sonality," while another says ut was
rainfall after long drought for the CONT
mental press, but it was merely a passing
shower of misty words" The sum of it all
is that Lord Salisbury is growing timid
with age and losing his grip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15
~rhe Best Men on Earth.v
New York Independent.

New Y DIX independent.
If saloon keepers are indeed "the best
men on earth" as the mayor of Indian
apols himself one of them. asserts, we
shall have to revise our ethical systems so
as to represent the worst as the best and
the best as the worst. 1t would seem to be
nobler to make a man drunk than to help
him to keep sober; to minister to the in
diligence of his appetiteS than to influence
him to control them; to start him on the
road to the almshouse or states prison
than to encourage him to thrift, industry
and uprightness. If saloons are the best
places on earth, homes and schoolhouses
and churches must be the worst, they are
so widely different.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

uted materially towards placing Indiana in
the front rank of progress in the care of her
criminal and dependent classes. Thanks to
wise and humane laws. and the cordial and
intelligent cooperation of her executive
officers and all who have to do with the
enforcement of these laws the State has
progressed and is still progressing in this
respect to an extent that is attracting at
tention from other States. and should stir
the pride of all her people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

SO long as the negotiations between Sir
WiIfrid Laurier and Secretary Sherman are
confined to an exchange of courtesies and
to preliminary declarations Canadian reci-
procity will go on swimmingly, but when
they reach the point where the articles
must be named which Canada will admit
from the United States on better terms
than those of any other country, the trying
time viii come
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

The New York Press, which supported
General Tracy, and which yet declares that
he is the best man ever offered the voters
of New York. says that Senator Plat is
the cause of the Republican troubles by in
sisting upon being a leader when he has
not the capacity to be such. 1t declares
that the Republicans had no choice but to
put a candidate for mayor in the field,
hat Platt's leadership had put the party in
IA position where half of it could not be
brought to the support of any ticket.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to
virtue" said a French wit. The Missouri
train robbers who disguised themselves as
women before Tagging the train paid high
tribute to the virtue of the sex, arguing
that the engineer would not suspect wom-
an of any wrong.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

It is said those officials engaged in the
work of treaty making are asking one an
other what that clause in the reciprocity
section of the Dlngley bill means which
says: And when any such treaty shall
have been ratified by the Senate and APP
proved by Congress-" The Constitution re-
quires treaties to be ratified by two
thirds vote of the Senate. but says nothing
about approval by Congress. The House
must always vote any money necessary to
carry treaty into effect. but beyond that
Its approval is not necessary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

Tom Reeds rigid rules for parliamentary
government are having their effect in that
boisterous body known as the Reichsrath.
If American football regulations had
reached Austria in advance of Reeds rul-
ings. the result would have been too terri
BILE to contemplate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

The Boston Transcript informs it's readers
that Congressman Dolliver, of Iowa, who
made a hit at the Home Market Club ban
quet last night, is not exactly the hero of
a single speech. Hardly. He has been
noted in the West for his oratory for years
past, but Boston has just discovered him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

The possibilities of electricity seem all
most endless. Experiments at the Massa-
chusetts experiment station show that the
growth and maturity of vegetables, fruits
and flowers can be greatly stimulated by
it and the percentage of sugar in sugar
beets increased fully % per cent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

Governor Leedy. of Kansas, in his
Thanksgiving proclamation. asks the people
to be thankful that the State is not any
worse than it is. That is one ray of hope
that will never vanish, and it is a good
thing to tie to-in Kansas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

Ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant, who was the
Tammany organizer in the late campaign,
has written letter, in which he says that
Mr.. Bryan is false prophet when he
claims that the Democrats can carry New
York on the Chicago platform. Mr.. Grant
says the trouble with Mr.. Bryan is that
he cannot take things as they are. The sit
uation has changed since 1896, and the Tam
many Democrats recognize the fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15
"Reminiscences by Dean Farrnr.

men l Have Known" is the appropriate
title of a book of personal "reminiscences by
the Rev. f. w. Farrar Dean of Canter-
bury. Every man or woman of cultivated
intelligence" he says. takes an interest in
seeing men of unquestioned greatness. the
chief figures In the age in which
they lived" Next to seeing with ones own
eyes comes the pleasure of seeing and
knowing notable personages through the
eyes of another, especially If he be culti-
waited and accurate observer like Dean Far
rar He was thrown in contact with most
of the great men of the Victorian era. and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

There should be no surprise that Great
Britain cannot hold her own in the worlds
trade. as the figures of the past twelve
years, recently published, show. Paying
higher wages than any other European ma
ton. it opens its markets free to all the
countries which have the advantage of
lower wages p
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

Kansas CITY Journal.

KANSAS CITY JUuIIIdI.
In the list of questions propounded to APP
plicants for teachers certificates by the
Kansas state superintendent of public in
struction was the following: Name a
distinguished American authoress and give
the title of her principal work of fiction"
One of the applicants merted a certificate
by naming Mrs. w. j. Bryan as the most
noted authoress in the United States. and
gave as the title of her best-known work
of fiction 1.-The Life of William Jennings
IQv.x,a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

Several Republican papers in .Pennsyl-
vania take pains to remark that because
the Prohibition candidate for state office
received 100000 votes it must not be in
ferred that the prohibition sentiment is in
creasing in that State. They claim that
Republicans voted for the Prohibition cam
didate to express their dissatisfaction with
the Republican candidate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

In order to become an accessory to a
crime person must have assisted in some
way in committing the crime; must have
been cognizant of the intention to do the
deed, or must have aided in concealing the
guilt of the perpetrator of the offense-that
is unless the person involved be a criminal
LAWYER
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

Happiness as Found in Forethought
minus Fearthought" is a study in menticul-
ture, by Horace Fletcher, of Chicago Stone
that happiness may be secured by a proper
control OF mental states; in other words.
that with means already secured there is
a way to individual happiness under exist
ing conditions. and also that the present
acceleration of progress and certain al
ready accomplished tests of possible indus
trial and economic reform, coupled with an
optimism that has for it's motto, All can
be. and, therefore. shall be weI not only
promises but assures to mankind, in a not
remote, future. equal opportuni les for Sc
curing happiness by means altogether hon.
est and altruistic." Fear he regards as the
greatest impeachment 10 contentment now
fear of the future of illness. poverty, mis-
fortune, of calamities that may never come.
The elimination OF fear in the mind of the
patient is one OF the ends most sought for
by Christian scientists, as they say that al
most all acute diseases can thus be cured.
gument by which the author endeavors to
prove that the prevailing dread of the I'M
knoWaDle may be overcome, but he con-
GUIDES thus: Education can do much. but
1t Is useless to expect the total eradication
of fear without the aid and guidance of the
religious principle. Fear is the cry of the
wounded selfhood for something he has
suffered or lost, or is about to lose. Per-
feet love casteth out fear'-the perfect love
OF COD ana the neighhOr He who is in
bondage to the senses has everything to
dread. He alone IS free from apprehenSlOnS
whose heart and mind are stayed in the
living God. lie truly sits under his own
vine and fig tree, with none to make him
afraid. -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

Mr.. N. Peck--I notice that a good many of
the papers are dropping the me" from
programme, making it program"
Mrs. N. Peck-Well, you don't drop me
from the program in this house. Not much.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

The undertakers are hoping the good
weather will continue while the hunting
season lasts. They charge just as much for
burying a mans hair and bloody collar
button as they do for a whole corpse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

In one of the assembly districts in New
York city the representatives of the Repub
lican organization have invited all voters
who believe in Republican principles to en-
roll for participation in the primaries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

The Eastern press has remarked to
Colonel Watterson, of the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal that he is a national issue. and
has no right to fall into the rear on the
local defeat of a national issue. The point
is well taken
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

The President has announced that he will
not make any more appointments to Offices
which require bonds until alters Congress
convenes. This is to avoid the incon-
venience of executing two bonds. one now
and another when the appointment should
be confirmed by the Senate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-15

If Premier Laurier came to this country
to learn for himself whether there is any
powerful but secret movement on foot here
for the annexation of Canada he can go
back with all apprehension on the subject
removed. Americans are willing to give
manifest destiny its time