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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
The Gates of Song.

A beautiful volume comes from the press
of Estes, Lauriat & Co.. Boston, contain
ing $50 sonnets by Lloyd Miffiin The book
bears the title, The Gates of Song" No
man can write $50 great sonnets and in
collection of that number poor ones may be
expected, whoever be the poet, but the av-
erage of Mr. Mullins work is surprisingly
high and the number of really good poems
in the rather daring volume is remarka-
BILE. Here is an original conception of the
origin of night:
Chaos of old, was Gods dominion;
Twas His beloved child His own first born;
And He was aged ere the thought of morn
Shook the sheer Sleeps of black Oblivion.
Then all the works of darkness being done
Through countless aeOnS hOpeleSSly fOrlorn,
out to the very utmost verge and bourn
God at the last, reluctantly, made the Sun.
He loved the darkness still for it was old ::
he gr1eVed to see his eldest child take
flight;
And when His fiat lux the death knell
tOlled,
AS the doomed darkness backward by Him
rolled
He snatched a remnant flying into light
And strewed It with the stars, and called
1t Night"
An example of his pastoral sonnets is
The Evening Breeze:
The light is waning, and the gentle air
Iouches ine ShailoW pools along the shore
Not roughly but as il it still forbore
To spoil that mirrored surface sleeping fair.
The water lilies seem to have no care,
But dream on in their silence; and the oar
Sleeps in the batteau by the sycamore.
L feel the zephyrs breath that here and
there
Bends the poised arrowheads and inter-
locks
Gently their barbs; and on the maple,
shows
The under silver of its leaves. and goes
Landward so family that the tw1ttering
fiOckS
OF small birds settling down upon the
rocks
Cease, in the dusk, their soft adagios."
He sacrifices sense to sound occasionally,
as when in an invocation to the poppy he
calls it elusive spirit of the vague 1nane."
The exieencies of verse demanded some
thing to rhyme with chain" and nothing
more convenient offered. THE old remem-
berable barn has an awkward sound. Il
queiled." he says In lines describing a meet
ing with the prince of darkness, obviously
meaning that he "quailed." 1t is charity
to assume that this is a typographical err
rOr. The book has a qozen beautiful full
page Illustrations from drawings by Thomas
Moran. A decollete portrait of the author
which serves as the frontspiece is hardly
in the best of taste.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

Papers in other States have noted, the
shooting of a child by a preacher in some
church in this State who fired at some
toughs who were disturbing his meeting
1t is referred to by one as the Hoosier
method" The Journal may be permitted to
say that very much the larger part of the
preachers in this State do not display pis-
tolls upon the pulpit, and that religious
meetings are as infrequently disturbed in
Indiana as elsewhere. Once in a while, here
as elsewhere. a rowing person may come
from another State and undertake to
preach and do it so ridiculously that boys
may jeer at him, but such things are no
more common in Indiana than in any other
State
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
The New Harrison Tomb.
Cincinnati Enquirer.


The new tomb of the Harrisons at North
Bend is just completed, and is a massive,
substantial structure, much larger and
more secure than the former edifice of
brick and mortar that for long a time
guarded the honored dust of our pioneer
President. The new tomb is built of deep
blue lower silurian limestone. laid in black
cement, and the deep doorway, with the
word Harrison" carved on the Intel now
faces the east instead of the south, as in
the old tomb. The interior is strongly built
of brick and stone, the foundations extend
ing far down into the ground. the receiving
vaults being in tiers on three sides. When
ex-PreSident Harrison visited the ancestral
tomb in May it was decided TO replace the
old structure which was quite insecure,
and the arrangements for the same were
placed in the hands of Colonel d. w. Nc
Chung and Mrs Eaton, of North Bend the
ex-President's sister. Plans for additional
improvements have been drawn up by
Plympton. the architect, and it is probable
that they will shortly be added to the
structure, making it an extremely ornate
edifce The site of the tomb is on the
wooded brow of steep, grassy promon-
tory overlooking the great bend of the
river and the village nesting al the bottom
of the slope. one of the most beautiful
spots in the Ohio valley. and is kept in eX-
uuisite order under the superintendent of
Mrs Eaton whose beautifully situated
home is but a mile away, on the opposite
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
The Federnl Courts.

The convention which framed the Consti-
tuition of the United States could not have
completed it's purpose, the formation of a
more perfect union, without providing for
a separate federal judiciary. The instru-
ment which they framed was a compact
between States which, parting with many
of the attributes of sovereignty bestowed
them upon the new central government.
Necessarily, in the course of time, ques-
tons would arise between these States and
the general government, questions also be-
tween the States themselvs and between
citizens of different States. which could not
be submitted for solution to the court of
any one State. These questions could only
eral government, whose decisions could
bind all the States For these and other
important reasons a federal judiciary was
necessary. AS now organized the system
includes the Supreme Court of the United
States the Circuit Court of Appeals, the
Circuit Court, the district courts, the Court
of Claims, the Court Of the District of CO.
ganizaion and methods of these courts are
clearly set forth in a work entitled THE
Federal Courts; Their Organization Juris-
diction and Procedure" by United States
Circuit Judge c. II. Simonton. The work
is comprehensive in character and entirely
covers the ground indicated in it's title II
viii be found very useful 10 lawyers who
practice or who expect to practice in the
federal courts. and is also well adapted
study of law forms part of the course
1t has an excellent index. The work Is pub
lished by the b. +. Johnson Publishing
Company, Richmond, Va. Price, $1.50.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

There are suggestions in the statement
of an eX-Confederate regarding the hold
ing of the national encampment of the
Grand Army in Richmond, Va, which are
entitled to consideration. Richmond was
the capital of the Confederacy and is the
capital of the State most devastated by
the war. The wounds of defeat are heal
ing. Those who fought the Union are COM
ing to see that the Union is best for all.
Still, it is but human that men who once
loved a cause that is dead and to whom
the memories of the struggle are sacred
will not be drawn nearer to existing condi-
lions by the exultant demonstrations of the
Grand Army which recall defeat. The eX-
confederate who offers these objections is
now loyal man, but who can blame him if
he objects to oratory and music which re-
call defeat? The time has come when
many people in the North who were zeal
Gus Union men can see some things the
eX-confederate sees them. The Northern
man can put himself in the ex-confeder-
ate'S place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

1t is hoped that Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, chairman of the Bryan national
committee, and Senator Vest, the denounc-
er of trusts. have not agreed with men,
bers of the Sugar Trust and other motor
ious persons to form a cotton-baling trust
which is designed to monopolize the cotton
trade in the same manner the Standard Oil
and the Sugar Trusts moncpolize oil and
sugar. Such is the report, and there is no
denial Are there no righteous reformers
in the land?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

President Lawrence, of the Wool-grow-
ers' Association, is reported as being much
dissatisfied with the wool tariff. 1t would
be difficult to satisfy Mr.. Lawrence unless
should be put in jeopardy. The wool duty
adds millions of dollars to the value of
each years clip because the home product
is below the consumption of our mills. In
stead of competing with foreign WOOL
growers without a duty, the American
wool-grower has a duty ranging from
Z to IL cents pound. There is reason to
believe that between free wool and the
duty of the Mckinley law, the producer
will be reasonably satisfied with the lat
ter The difficulty with Judge Lawrence is
that he cannot see any other interest than
that of growing wool.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
After Her Death.

After Her Death, the Story of a Sum
mer," is published by Roberts Brothers,
Boston. The author, whose name. for some
reason, IS not given on the title page,
though her other books are mentioned, is
writer. and the dead friend to whom the
narrative relates is understood to be Miss
Kate Field. 1t is a psychological exper-
ence, the author believing that she had di-
rect communication with Miss Fields spirit
after the latters death. Miss Whiting is
not Spiritualist in the ordinary sense of
the term, though she admits having had a
special interest in things occult but she be-
lieves in telepathy and various other man
genuineness is to most minds not clearly
established. The tale is interesting, how
ever, as showing q modern tendency Of
thought in regard to such matters. The
little volume is intended as a memorial to
Miss Field, and is eulogistc to an ex-
IRENE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

For several weeks past there has scarcely
been a pleasant Sunday without an eXcur-
sion to this city over some line of railroad.
Indianapolis is a quiet city on Sundays and
there is not much to see here on that day
beyond the fine streets, the public build
ings and the soldiers monument Many of
the excursionists take in Fairview or
Broad Ripple, both of which furnish pleas
ant rides and views of the residence por-
ton of the city. The monument eXcitcs
the admiration of all beholders, and great
numbers view the city from its top. When
the improvements and surroundings of the
monument are completed it will be in itself
an attraction worth long trip to see for
the first time by any one and an object les
son in art that will be an educator for gen
erations to come.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
In shaksnenre,s Time.

Students of Shakespeare will find much
interesting matter concerning the England
and English people of his day in THE Peo-
pie for Whom Shakespeare Wrote" by
Charles Dudley Warner. The work is a
study of the daily life of the people in the
EliZabethan age-their costumes. the varie-
ty Of dress. the style of house in which
they lived, the peculiar fancies of the age,
etc. 1t is compiled from the old chronicles.
some of them by Englishmen, many by for
eigners who visited England at that time,
and it makes interesting reading in itself
as a picture of the daily life of that time.
aside from achieving the main purpose
elucidation of many of the more or less
obscure parts of Shakspeare's dramas. The
us to enter into full sympathetic enjoy
ment of Shakspeare's plays, as the people
of his own day did. be accepted as a
is one that every collector of Shakspearean
literature should possess.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
The NiebeIungIied.

The story of Wagner's Niebelungled Is
told in straightforward way for children
in a volume entitled THE Story of the
Rhinegod," by Anna A. Chaplin Indeed
the mythical story is made so clear and
simple that the book can be read with in
terest by adults who wish to know the
story as an interpreter of the operas. The
book is divided into parts which corre-
Chaplin, in an Introductory part has given
a remarkably clear idea in a few words
of the very complicated series of tradl-
tons from which Wagner made his operas,
and the same clearness runs through the
account, which is lightened frequently by
the more important music motifs" Some
times the author uses the text of the opera,
allowing it to tell the story itself. Harper
e, Brothers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
Other Books received.

1.-THE Story of Extinct Civilizations of the
East" by Robert Z. Anderson. d. Apple-
ton & Co.
"A Book of New Songs to Old Tunes.'
second series. Chicago: Laird a. Lee.
"A Vintage of Verse" by Clarence Urmy,
author of "A Rosary of Rhyme" San
Francisco: William DoXey.
THE Conquest of the Sioux" by S. c..
Gilman. New edition. Indianapolis: Bow
en-Merrill Company.
THE Island Lily" an idyl of the the
cago: Donohue & Henneberry.
THE Railway Builder" a handbook for
estimating the cost Of American railway
construction and equipment by William J.
Nichols Fifth edition. Philadelphia. j..
b. Lippincott Company.
THE Incas. the Children of the Sun, =
by Eric Pape. New York: G. P. Putnam's
Sons
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

THE Dungeons of Old Paris" by Tighe
Hopkins, is a beautifully printed and illus
trated volume but it tells a story that
shames humanity and makes the blood run
cold 1t is the story of the historic prisons
of Paris, the Conciergerie, the dungeons
of Vincennes. the Great Chatelet, the Tenn
pie, Bicetre, st. Pelagie, the Abbave, the
Luxembourg, the Bastile and La Roquette.
These were the kings prisons. but there
were others where minor officials and even
church prolates condemned persons who
had offended them 10 perpetual iinprlson-
ment. 1t is dark and grewsome story
which the author tells. In his Introductory
chapter h6 says: There are no more NOV
ing or pitiful objects in the annals of
France than the victims of criminal JUS
tice in every age. Slit the curtain OF cob
web that has formed over the narrow
grille of the dungeon put back on their
shrill hinges the double and triple doors Of
the cell peer into the hole that ventilates
the conical oubliette and one may see once
more under what conditions life was inn
possible, and amid what surroundings death
was a blessing, in the days when Paris
was studded with prisons, when every alb
bot was free to wall up his monks alive.
and every seigneur TO erect a gallows in
his own courtyard" Those who wish TO re-
view grewsome pictures of hell on
earth. scarcely second 10 any ever con-
ceiyed by man--can turn these pages. The
story Is concisely and clearly told. with
no seeming effort to add a horror but tell
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
Publishers, NOfes.

The Inland Publishing Company CTerre
Haute) has just ISSUED ISSUED, Literary ray Art: a
Noble of Indianapolis
A new book by Rev. Arthur T. Pierson,
entitled Shall We Continue in SIM" con-
tains the substance of addresses delivered
by him in Great Britain and Ireland. The
addresses are strong and spiritual; Tho
book is published by the Baker e. TAYLOR
Company No. East Sixteenth street, New
York.
Fifth avenue, New York, the Journal has
received white and Satin Homespun." a
story by Katrina Trask: NO Place for
"Simon Ryan, the Peterite." a story by
Rev Augustus Jessop; Songs after Work, )"
a volume Of verse by Louis G. Magee.
The Journal has received from Flood e
Vile lie Pa. imperial Germany, a Critical
Study of Fact and Character" by Sid
ney Whitman; The Social Spirit in Amer
lea" by Prof. G. X. Henderson; Roman
Life in Pliny's Time" by Maurice Peleson,
translated from the French by Maud Will
rope" by Oliver j. Thatcher; Roman and
Medieaval Art" by w II. Goodyear. These
works are issued IN the series OF Chautan;
qua Reading Circle literature and are bound
in uniform style and illustrated
The Macmillan Company win publish the
sole authorized English version of lola
Ills Excellency." There are many who
would like to see for themselves to what
the great novelist owes his reputation, for
power and charm of diction, yet who dread
making a choice among his novels lest
they should come upon pages IN which his
realism is carried 10 an objectionable de-
gree Such readers should take up HIS
Excellency." referred TO above. II is OF high
literary merit, more political than social,
and could have been composed only By one
thoroughly conVersant with French MIS-
tory, French legislation and political ca
reers of the leading men and women OF the
French empire under Napoleon III. mo
Macmiilans announce a holiday book en-
titled Singing Verses for Children. 1t
will contain q group OF eighteen songs, SET
10 music and illustrated They are designed
TO be sung BY children as Well as TO chill
dren.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

source of congratulation among their
friends. Miss Marie McNaughton, the trans
lator in French. who passed the difficult
examination over eighteen competitors, was
born in Michigan. Her mother, DR.. Clara
McNaughton, is a dentist by profession and
has given her daughter the advantage OF
Paris. Miss Mary Kirk, the translator in
Portuguese, is a native Of Clearfeld county,
Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Swarth-
more College, and especially gifted in Ian
guages Later she became teacher in the
leading wOmans college in Rio de Janeiro,
the Collegio Americana Brazileiro.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

The exports of corn the last fiscal year
were greatly in excess of those of any pre-
vious year. This year the export promises
to be even larger than last year. All at
tempts to induce the people of Europe to
consume corn failed until about six years
ago. In 1891, when the price of wheat was
high, the first success was achieved in in
ducing Europeans to use corn as food. Up
to that time they believed that it was fit
for food for animals only, but, when taught
to cook it properly, they began to appre-
ciate it. 1t seems that the more they eat
it the better they like it. The very large
export of corn last year was due to its
cheapness in comparison with wheat. This
year wheat will be much higher than last
year, while corn will not be very much
higher. Under these conditions it may be
expected that the demand for corn will be
much greater. If wheat shall advance to
81 a bushel the export of corn will be far
in excess of previous years. In other
words, corn SENS to have attained the po-
sition of a substitute for wheat in the for
eign markets to an extent that, in the
course of a few years, its price will affect
the price of wheat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
In SimnkinsviIIe.

Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart, who has be-
come known as a writer of good short
stories of Southern life, has a new volume
entitled 'In Simkinsville." 1t is a series Of
character sketches, seven in number,
among the whites IN the South. The sto-
ries are largely in dialect the strong fea-
ture of Mrs. Stuart's writing. She knows
how to use it effectively and besides this
the stories are marked by genuine feeling
and quiet humor. Harper & Brothers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

100000 q day. If such are the results
under the present conditions, when the
warehouses are crowded with goods i'm
ported under the lower German duties, by
which $S2. Coo. 400 were lost. the present law
will afford ample revenue under normal
conditions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

Major Lee could have had the name of
his Democratic competitor left off the tick
ct in one of the counties of the Fourth dis
trict because of noncompliance with the
election law, but he insisted that the peo-
pie should not be deprived of a choice be-
tween two candidates. and Mr.. Griffith s
name is on the ticket Major Lee is right
but how many Democrats would have done
the same thing in regard to a Republican
competitor?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

When Mr.. Spreckels, of California, or
ganized beet-sugar company the other
day with 100000 of capital he did not do
1t TO pose as a public benefactor, but be-
cause there is money in the enterprise
which is all the better for the industry in
this country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

An unusual number of candidates for the
honor of commander-in-chiefo of the Grand
Army have been named. Ohio has named
Past Department Commander Mack. Penn
sylvania will present a man for the first
time in years. and now Illinois presents
Col James A. Sexton. New England has
was in the service six months as member
of a band
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

The Upton Advocate hears that the Hon.
Joseph B. Cheadle is already in the field
In the Ninth district as free-silver candi-
date pure and simple. The fact is there
is nothing else for him, as several Demo-
Gratis are seeking the Democratic nominal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

The report that a lawyer in Jefferson
vile who has held office as a Republican
but failed to get another place from that
organization has come out for the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in the Fourth
district neither surprises nor alarms Re-
publicans. The only reason for man to
change from sound money to silverism now
is failure 20 get Office from Republicans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

A county Democratic paper laments that
the Dingley law will enhance the cost Of
living. Possibly, but the man who has been
on half-employment four years and who
now has full employment because of the
new tariff can stand a little enhancement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

Money seems to be getting into circula-
ton again. Last week for three or four
successive days bonds amounting to $4,000
600 were sold in New York, not far from
SIC, 600 900 in all, not including $10,00O000 Of
New York city bonds All this money will
find it's way through various channels into
the hands of the people
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
A Long Walk.

Watts-Oh, come, now! You can't make
me believe that it is fifteen minutes walk
from your front door to the gate.
Figg-Well, l know it takes Laura and
her young man that long, when he starts
home"
"Ohi'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

The jubilant tone in the prediction of the
United States silver commission in Europe
that 1t would soon make an announcement
which would startle the world is not war
ranted by the British response that that
government is not yet ready to deal with
international bimetallsm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

A recent interview of Senator Teller indi
Gates that he carries as much woe in his
heart as any living American citizen. The
advance in the price of wheat he seems
to regard very much in the nature of a
narsonal affront
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
Too Early.
Now York Mail and Exnress.

New York Mail and Express.
1t is too early to give Balloonist Andree
up for lost, as some Respondent scientists
are already doing. The daring voyager
is a courageous man. and having a good
balloon. a good boat and plenty Of pro-
visions and clothing the chances are
largely in favor of his being still in the
land of the living Six months hence if
he isn't heard from in the meantime, there
will be cause for apprehension, but not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09
Two Novels.

F. Tennyson Nicely issues THE Malachite
Cross" by Frank II. Norton, and "A Gar
rison Tangle," by Captain King, in his
paper series. The first is a tale of adven-
ture Of the time of Napoleon III, and the
events take place in Paris and later in New
York The Garrison Tangle" story is in
Captain Kings best style and is full OF
INT