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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

Herr Won Boehm- Bawerk's volume in confuta-
ton Of the theories Of Karl Marx has Just been
brought out in English In London The writer
of an interesting notice in The Saturday Re
view" notes that most Socialists take their Marx
very much on trust. He adds;
Mr. George Bernard Shaw once told US that
he engaged on a certain occasion In criti-
cising the Capital before an audience Of angry
Social Democrats They yelled 10 him 10 read
Marx and be convinced. He told them he had
read the Capital right through. and asked
how many OF them had done the same. Not one
among that audience of Marxists was able TO
confess the fact. Truly they have an excuse.
for all the heaviness and badness and general
distastefuness which distinguish the average
wr,'.~ on political economy, and all the head
ST. g x invoutions and bottOmess profanity
v h,.. are the mark Of the German philosopher
are combined in Karl Marx, and the perusal Of
his work is indeed q WEAKNESS Of the hesh.
Faith without sight is remarkably In evidence
in another direction Marks great work was
divided into three volumes but only the first
was published until some years after his death.
For a long time the faithful had but a partial
explanation Of the MARKHAM system TO feed upon.
and the onslaught OF the sceptics was met by
the assertion that any apparent contradictions
In Volume | would be satisfactorily solved In
the other volumes. The automatic. fundamental
doctrine of the first volume. Il will be rernem-
bered was that the whole value Of commodities
was based on the labor embodied in them: and
from this law of value deduced the further
dcsJna that commodities must exchange In pro-
portion TO the quantity Of labor which they con-
tain; while as a matter Of dsagreeable fact the
ordinary man spends much OF his thought In
bewailing the greater pay whch others receive
for less work than he does or TO take cur
rent example the wheat selling to-day at twice
the price equally good wheat commanded a
couple OF years ago, has not had an hours more
labor expended Its sowing and harvesting.
But Marx admitted that the facts OF the mar
ket refuted this part of his doctrine. He laid
down the dogma of surplus value. which is the
pront falling to the capitalist from his sxplota-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
LITERARY NOTES.

There is a story that at the end OF meal az
Haydons house Keats proposed a toast In these
terms: "DishOnor to the memory OF Newton
The guests stared at him in questioning sur
prise and Wordsworth asked for an explana-
ton. 1T is." answered Keats. because he
destroyed the poetry of the rainbow by reduc-
ing It to a prism!' And the artists all drank
with one consent confusion TO the savant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

A scientific edition OF the works OF Russian
authors In chronological succession has been
undertaken by the Imperial Academy Of Sci
ence 81 Petersburg. The department of the
Russian Language and Literature is IN charge
Of the scheme A Biographical sketch OF each
author will be included in the works.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

Surprise has been expressed that the AshDurn-
ham First Folio Shakespeare brought only
81 925 at the recent sale. 1t was supposed that
not less than $4,000 would be realized from II.
The reason given is that after It was catalogued
two or three small blemishes were discovered
which were thought 70 detract from It's value.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

NJ Gennadius is writing a life Of Gladstone IN
Greek The book is 10 have special reference
TO the Engshman's action in the affairs OF
Greece and the East.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

copaiian clergyman and had signed such a
petition, it is very doubtful whether the
matter would ever have come up formally
before his diocesan convention, and the gen.
eral convention of the Episcopal Church is
always too busy to take cognizance of the
doings of individual rectors.
There has been a perceptible drift from
the Presbyterian Church TO the Episcopal
Church in the city of New York. The Jour-
nal has no figures at hand, but this drift is
vouched for by persons who enjoy oppor-
tunities for observing such phenomena. No
doubt social influence accounts for this in
some measure. TIE Episcopal Church is
strong in New York-strong enough for its
observance of Lent for instance, TO infiu-
ence a general suspension of social activity
between Ash Wednesday and Easter in the
metropolis. Moreover, the Episcopal Church
in the diocese of New York is well admin
istered and maintains many costly edifces,
where care is taken to render the services
attractively. 1t is likely that neither DIR.
Briggs nor Dr. McGiffert is of the emo
tional kind of people who would be attracted
by lturgical worship. A great many people
are, however, drawn by this very thing, and
no doubt many more will, in the future,
come under the spell of an orderly type of
religious exercise, with an accompaniment
of Vestments lights and good music.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
sHREps AND pArCHEs-

Never despair; but if you do, work on in
despair.-Burke
Woman will be the last thing civilized by
man.-George Meredith.
The shortest way to do many things is to
do only one thing at a time-cecil.
The trouble with the man of few words
generally is that he is so reiterative.-Puck.
When we know what is expected of us
we generally feel that it is too much.
All mankind does not love a lover the
Record. iiii-o hlcaso
There are many portions of QUO vadis''
almost es as plain spoken as the Bible.-Atchi-
Women who love are plenty, but
woman's friendship is worth fft1 xvomen,s
lovc-Philadelphia Times.
1t is more difficult and calls for higher
energies of soul to live a MARTYR than 10
die one.-Horace Mann
One reason why there are so many pen-
MES in every collection is because we have
no smaller coin.-Rams Horn
In case of war some kind-hearted man
could help the country by getting I'D dia-
lecl regiment. Y Emma Carleton.
evidences mast be terribly fond of arith-
metic. You will notice that they. are always
muluply1ng.-Boston Transcript.
A man never sees all that his mother has
JccIl 10 MIN l1II IT too late 10 Lot her
know that he sees it.--W. d. HoweIis ''e-
The over-clever woman is inst about as
disagreeable an individual AZ vou ara met,
to meet in this world.-Femjriine Obssrver
Some people will go off on Measure tr;ns
this summer, and others viii oct h,,are,sd
for 81 weekly on a farm.-Somerville Ionr-
nal 't'0 'ouA
"nen you get TO a state where clothes
do not count half as much as good r,aaIs
you can rest assured Won ara eet+,n.- ga
Philadelphia Times. se'Sins oiu-
''Quigley always kisses his wife ON sn-
tering and leaving the house > ..yes. o,,aar
how habit clings to & man fsr,t stoS. 1st;I
delphia North American - - ma
An Atchison widower gives AZ HE exc,,sa
for wanting to masrv again that ba xva,,a
s 81 shlnS % take his mind OF greving for
MS nrst wife.-Atchlson Glcse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

inclined to assume TOO heavy responsible
ties. 1t has BECOME the. custom of mankind.
through their poets, their painters and
their sentimental writer's, to put upon
women the entire responsibility for the
moral and physical welfare OF the race;
it is very beautiful idea viewed in one
sense, but it is not in strict accordance
with facts. The pateruai ancestors have
heavy share in this responsibility, and,
the most scientific of 'schild study" and
bring to bear all possible learning and the
wisest of rules and regulations, they can
not always bring up the child in the way
il should go. Training does much and it is
well that mothers, and likewise fathers,
should be wise, but it is also well TO re-
member that if perverse nature asserts it
self the fault is not necessarily that of
improper training. There is room for COM
fort to unscientifc parents, too, in the
reflection that children who have been jul
diciously spanked and wholesomely neg
lected and have grown up in a haphazard
way without a suspicion that ''child
science exists have turned out a credit TO
themselves and their relatives On the other
hand, as everybody knows the child who
is brought up by most faultless rule and
system may go wrong in the end. Given
heritage of good health and the best care
that earnest, honest and wellintentioned
parents can throw around him, and the
child has fairly good equipment, even if
the mother has not organized" and stu
died her duties as a profession. Some re-
sponsibility may safely be laid upon ma
ture or Providence. Meanwhile it seems
doubtful if any woman can possibly master
all the ologies and isms covered by the
sixty addresses of the coming congress, so
1T is probable that the youthful prodigies
expected to follow from such education will
not soon cause the world to wonder.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
SCIENTIFIC.

The st. Bernard oak. at Cunfin, France.
was planted in 1910. Its trunk is hollow and
twenty-five feet in circumference
Noninhammable artificial silk is produced
by German chemist by using, instead of
the usual nitrated cellulose a solution of
purified celulose in sulphophosphoric acid.
Dental carries, Professor WInkler affirms,
may be reduced one-half by medicines taken
internally, creosote being an effective pre-
ventive. Much decay may be avoided by
cleanliness of mouth and teeth and the use
of magnesia, especially at night, when acid
ity prevails.
The disagreeabIe odor often acquired by
water in open reservoirs has been lately
shown to be due in many cases to vegetable
growths, and not always, as has been sup
posed, TO decomposing organic matter. Va
rious minute plants are now known to inn
part both unpleasant odor and taste to such
water.
Snow statues are the achievement of a
French sculptor-Pierre Roche-throueh
scientific means. Within the statue. which
is of copper. is placed vessel containing
liquefied carbonic acid, whose slow avapo-
ration generates great cold and condolences
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
A SAMPLE OF YELLOW BRUTALITY.

While the present pays the blood of war,
it's hard if the future cannot pay the
bonds.
WAR is destructive" murmurs our Presi-
dent, wringing his note-slgning fingers.
True; war is destructive
And destruction is consumption, and con-
sumption means production, and produce
ton means pay and work and wages for
everybody in the land.
Which is what we are here for.
1t is to be hoped that we can begin to
drub Spain and spend the billion dollars in
cident thereunto within a week, and Con-
gress is earnestly advised against permit
ting any horror-howling on McKinley's part
to intrude itself upon this programme to
shed black Spanish blood.
There cannot be too much war with Spain
too soon.
The foregoing is a sample of the edito-
rial utterances of the king of yellow news
papers, the New Jork Journal. Who of
''the present" will pay the blood? Not the
sons of the millionaire publishers of
the New York Journal on the contrary,
three months hence, should war bring re-
action, the same paper will be denouncng
as butchers those who are responsible for
its direction. Day after day this paper de-
nounces that commercial greed which is OPP
posed to war, but what sort of greed can
that be called which gloats over a consump-
ton of the products of labor consequent
upon destruction which involves the lives of
thousands of Americans and the suspense
and anguish of those whose kindred will be
in the thick of this destruction? There can
be no destruction of war that does not in
volve as the greatest factor the killing and
wounding> of men; but the editorial degen-
crate who wrote the foregoing and the Mr..
Hearst who inspired such hideous ferocity
declare that there cannot be too much war
with Spain because the greater the destruc-
ton of life and property, the more work
and pay there will be for those who remain
at home.
There should be no surprise that such a
paper is being cast out of reputable read
ing-rooms and that many reputable news
dealers refuse to sell it, All honor to ex-
President Cleveland for his open rebuke,
and to Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt for his expression of contempt for
its censure. The wonder is that decent peo-
pie everywhere do not refuse to patronize
such paper.
Yellow journalism in a mild form we have
had for some time, and in two or three
large cities it has been profitable, but the
recklessness and madness of these papers
in recent days Indicate that they are the
victims of their own wickedness and are
working their own destruction
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

AS is known TO readers of the Consttu-
ton. Congress alone has the power to de-
care war but the President can bring about
a situation which will make declaration
of war almost inevitable. He may do this
by executive acts or by his manner of lay
ing the facts before Congress. A war mes
sage from the President may have almost a
compelling effect on Congress. This was the
case in the war of 1912. England's aggres-
sons had been going on for some years, UNI
til finally on June /, 1872, President Madi-
son sent special message to Congress, in
which, after making a strong presentation
of facts. he said:
Whether the United States shall continue
passive under these progressive usurpations
and these accommodating wrongs, or. oppos-
ing force to force in defense of their ma
the hands of the Almighty Disposer of
Events, avoiding all connections which
might entangle 1T in the contest, or views
of other powers, and preserving a constant
readiness to concur in an honorable re-
establishment of peace and friendship, is a
solemn question which the Constitution
wisely confides to the legislative department
of the government. In recommending it to
their early deliberations l am happy in the
assurance that the decision will be worthy
the enlightened and patriotic councils of a
VirtuOus, a free and powerful nation.
This is not very well phrased, but it was
plain invitation to Congress to declare
war. Yet it took Congress more than two
weeks to reach decision. On June Is a bill
which had passed both houses, declaring
war, was signed by the President and he
proclaimed hostilities the next day. His
message brought Congress to the point of
action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

Chicago schoolhouses get thoroughly
scrubbed only three times a year. The au-
thorities say they cannot afford the money
to clean them oftener. What with the mud
and coal smoke that make life in Chicago
such burden the condition of the school
houses in the long intervals between scrub
bings is a thing hardly to be described.
The Chicago Woman's Club took notice of
the state of affairs the other day, and in
momentary indignation had one of the
buildings cleaned up at it's own expense.
This reform movement might have been
continued, but 1.-The next day it showed. -
and the condition of that school was so dis
couraging that the woman's club threw up
it's hands in despair and would have no
more of it. Life in Chicago is, indeed, one
of many trials.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
DIR. BRIGGS AND THE EPISCO-
DALIANS,

DR. Briggs for many years the stormy
netrel of the Presbyterian Church, has at
last withdrawn from that communion and
been formally received as layman in the
Episcopal Church he signifies his inten-
ton of becoming a priest in the Episcopal
Church and will, it is said, shortly take
the first step. by becoming deacon. There
are intimations that several other distin-
guished Presbyterians, Dr. McGiffert, OF
Union Theological Seminary, and DR..
Shields. of Princeton, being among them,
will follow DR.. Briggs into the Episcopal
Church.
We are likely to hear good deal about
these changes. if the predictions in regard
to them prove correct. great many Epis-
copalians will view with alarm the passing
of DR.. Briggs from the Presbyterian Church
into their own communion. Curiously
enough. this change comes at a time when
the high church party, as it is commonly
called within the American branch Of the
Anglican Church, is particularly active.
alert and successful. BY high churchmen
the accession of DR.. Briggs will not, in
spite of his scholarly attachments, be
viewed with a great deal of satisfaction.
Both the Apostles and Nicene creeds,
which are a part Of the liturgy prescribed
for the Episcopal Church, epitomize doc
trines which have heretofore been wholly
repugnant to the ideas of Drs. Briggs and
McGifert. DIR. Briggs has VIGOROUSLY talk
en- a destructive attitude toward the super
natural in Christianity. 1t might be thought
Unitarianism than to Episcopalianism, but
the fact that he was presented for con-
firmation in Grace Church, and presumably
by DIR. Huntington, the distinguished rector
of that parish, leads TO the belief that he
understands perfectly the obligations in
Cured by his acceptance of confirmation
When DIR. Briggs comes to be ordained
deacon he must answer afirmatively the
question, do you unfeignedly believe all
the canoncal scriptures of the Old and
New Testament" Has Dr. Briggs changed
his mind and will he be able to make the
answer Indicated in the Prayer Book?
Bishop Potter has very successfully dealt
with the different types of churchmen found
in his diocese. Between Father Ritchie, the
scholarly rector of ST. Ignatius Church, and
a leader in the Catholic. party, and the
Rev. Heber Newton, rector of All Souls,
and an eccentric broad churchman. there is
room, no doubt. for DIR. Briggs. DR.. Shields
brought upon himself the wrath of his
church by signing his name 10 an applica-
ton for liquor license at Princeton One
can understand how DR.. Shields would find
a larger liberty in the Episcopal Church
than in the Presbyterian or Methodist
Churches in the exercise of his judgment
ia such matters. II he had been an 1pls-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

,,-.u-o,,.,., .,tll he nsrblighed IN two volumes
of five hundred or six hundred pages each
OF browning, what Sir NJ. Il. Grant Duff.
in his, Notes from Diary" calls cap
ital story is told by Arthur Russell
Browning, ii seems, was lately introduced
to the Chinese anibassador-the introducer,
who acted also as interpreter. observing
that they were both poets In the course
of conversation. Browning asked now much
poetry his Excellency haa W ,d s,, F t,l
Of poetry does your .Excellency cultivate
''Chiefiy the engmatical." replied the other.
I'VE felt doubiy brothers after that, was
Browning's subsequent comment.
According tcpa London letter in the Book
Buy. Mr.. Rider Haggard, though little
discussed, still has an enormous army Of
readers. king SOlcmon's Mines is to be
published in sixpenny, form as Lorna
king SooFnon's Mines have already been
issued the number of copies running into
based on She" was produced in Buda-
Pesth, so that Mr.. Haggard's fame Is not
merely English He fortunately published
King SoIoTnon's Mines" on a royalty. Mr.,
Haggard leads the life of a quiet country
gentleman and does not pose IN Londons
literary circles.
Leon Daudet IS writing biography OF
his father After its publication, the note
books of the novelist will probably be given
to the world. They contain some most
curious indications of Alphonse Daudet's
methods of work. and of the mental phases
through which he passed while writing his
books. He noted down in them all the inn
pressions. The converse tions, anecdotes and
philosophical considerations That occurred
to him from time to time and were likely
to serve him in the construction of his
plots and the delineation of his characters.
One of the last notes that he made Just
before leaving his old apartment in the Rue
de Bellechasse had a peculiarly prophetic
tone about it: Il fear removals. The house
dreamed of; the table set; malady; death"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

The announcement is made that Mr.. Hal
dane McFall, Sarah Grand's" stepson, has
written a novel. Sarah Grand, it will be
remembered, is the author of that once
much-tallSed-of book, 1.-The Heavenly
Twins. There is no law to prevent Mr..
McFall from following in his stepmother's
literary footsteps. but the desirability of
such a law naturally suggest itself. For
the certainty with which near and remote
relatives of a successful author drop into
literature is becoming one of the inevitable
and wearisome developments of the literary
world. Commonly they bear the same name
as the successful member of the family,
and evidently hope, by reason of the name,
to share in the popularity. Commonly, also,
what they write is not worth reading. Mr..
McFall is not open to the charge of trading
upon his stepmother's reputation, since mis-
name is not the same, and he may have
produced 81 novel that is worth while, but
the chances are against it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

The fear that the National Guard in the
different States would be made part of the
regular army, thus displacing the officers
who have given their time for years to
building up the state organizations, caused
the elimination of a large part of the mill
tary bill before the House and the reference
of the rest of it back to the committee on
military affairs. A few days ago the Jour
bill on the ground that it would not only be
an injustice to officers and men, but that
it would ultimately destroy the guard The
Journal has received so many combinations
of it's views that it can reiterate those OBJ
jections with confidence. No man fit to be
an officer of the guard would accept COM
mission with tho understanding that he
would be supplanted by an officer of the
United States army in the event the troops
were called into active service, and no man
of spirit and ambition would enlist in the
guard when it should be understood that,
in the event of active service, his career
would end as a noncommissioned officer.
Further, no man who is not connected with
the National Guard should be made an off,
Ger so long as there are men in the guard
of character and capacity for the position.
Above all things, there should be no max
ing of political colonels as during the early
years of the late war
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

has made its appearance on Indianapolis
thoroughfares, and it is not thing of
beauty. Speaking of this new fashion in
female attire the New York Ledger makes
the bold suggestion that as such skirts must
necessarily carry about with. them innugn-
cradle bacilli, bacteria, microbes and in
fusoria of every description. they are men,
ace tn the community, and health boards
are quite able to forbid such an outrage.
Fancy the feelings of our very best society
If the Health Board should regard it as
nuisancei
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

A correspondents Of Harpers Weekly who
has been in Cuba finds from the official
reports from three towns that the death
rate because OF Weylers reconcentrado
policy has been 354 in every 1000 Into the
town Of Guines, containing 5000 inhabi-
tants. 5000 reconcentrados were driven. OF
this aggregate of 15,oO0 people, 6SS7 died in
eleven months 10 Dec / Into San Nicolas,
with 1900 inhabitants, 1900 reconcentrados
were driven. In the eleven months which
ended with November LIP died. BY far
the greater part of the deaths were among
the reconcentrados, the rate being esti-
mated at 700 TO each 1000 for tie full year.
This is the result of Weyler's policy, which
the present Spanish Ministry las just re-
voi.ed in the expectation of depriving the
United States of any cause for interference
in Cuba