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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

In hard times Russell Sage is said to have
stood cash run on himself Of 100000 in
one day.
The children of Simon Hernsheim, of New
Orleans. will donate $4,000 to the Fisk Free
and Public Library. in memory Of their
father.
Nine. Adelina Patti. who has been stay
ing in Switzerland. thinks Of adopting a
youthful niece. In November she is to sing
at concert in London
The Empress Dowager Of China Is sixty
four years OF age. Her title runs as
follows: 'Tzu-hsi- observation-disclosures
chuang-cheng-s houkung -chin-hsien chang
hsi."
One OF the largest landed proprietors in
Europe is the Prince of Schwarzenberg, who
owns 2O7.371 hectares of land in Austria b.
hernia and Bavaria. AS many as 296 differ
ent industries carried on in them, Civ
ing employment to 7,1OS persons, of whom
], $50 are females.
The late Empress Elizabeth left a, vast
fortune She had a much larger civil list
than she ever spent, and her surplus in
come was judiciously laid out in purchasing
very cheap but is now covered with build
ings, and enormously valuable.
Lord Salisbury has a powerful lifegua-d
ever at his side. There is at Hatfield A
cherished breed Of faithful hounds OF i'm
mense strength and bulldog tenacity. One
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A rev days ago in a speech at Stettin
emperor William said, "Germany's futura
is on the sea-" The declaration has hean
commented on far and wide as of nm
usual slgnihcance because it is thought
10 De the keynote 70 his future policy In
this connection it is reported that the Fm-
peror's brother, Prince Henry. who Is in
command of the German fleet in the Orient
viii not return home, as was intended. hnt
VIII remain to look out for German inter-
ests In other words, the brother of the
emperor Is waiting the course of events
Inc latest news represents that Germany
prefers that the United States shall hold
the Philippines; but the German people have
rot always been in accord with the Young
Emperor and his Anticipated ideas of the
divine right of kings to do as they please
Why is Emperor William declaring at this
time that "Germany's future is on the sea >,
and why is a member of the royal family
spending months within easy reach of the
Philippines? 1t is a pertinent question, and
one full of interest for the people of this
country. Is the Emperor expecting that
something may happen in China. or is he
awaiting the action or nonaction of the
peace commission? 1t has been more than
intimated that Spain hopes for the backing
of Germany in resisting the demands of the
United States in regard to the Philippines
There may be no ground for the hopes Of
Spain, and then again there may be- EN-
peror William knows the politics of the
world. He knows that the President has
made special demand for portion of the
Philippines and that Spain change her poll
Icy in the other portion. There is every rea-
son TO believe that William would like to
have Spain reject the demands of the United
States or cause long delay. The indica-
tons are that Spain has adopted the tactics
Of delay. waiting for something to turn up.
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HIuStrafed Rihle.

In this age of illustrations and Illuminated
editions of standard works it is natural
that the Bible should come in for its share
of this kind of attention. The text is i'm
mutually fixed. and, thanks to it's simplic-
ity, it does not require much enlightenment,
yet with many persons illustrations convey
on impression more vivid than that pro-
duced by printed words. Among all the IL
Illustrated editions of the Bible probably the
best is the Teachers edition or New Il
Illuminated Holy Bible' published by the
American Bible House, of New York and
Philadelphia Aside from the illustrations
the text is accompanied by special features
of value to students and teachers includ-
ing marginal references, the ''Self-pronounc-
ing" feature, copious concordance, maps
and numerous helps to the study of the
Scriptures. The Typography and mechanical
execution of this edition are also in the
finest style of bookmaking art but it's dis
tinctive feature are the Illustrations. These
number nearly six hundred and are the
original works of prominent and capable
artists guided by theologians and archaic
ologists of ability and renown. Many of
them are beautiful as mere specimens of
art work, and their helpfulness to the text.
at least for many persons, cannot be
doubted So far as layman may Judge
they seem to be historically accurate and
to breathe the true religious spirit of the
text. AS an illustrated edition of the Bible
1t is not likely this one will ever be sur
passed.
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BOOKS OF THE TIME.
David Harum.

conspicuous characteristic OF recent
American fiction is an increasing tendency
to subordinate plot or story to the realistic
portrayal of some of the types of American
life and manners. In a general way 1t may
be said that the most successful American
novels in recent years have been
local studies, pictures of particular types
and places, like those of New Orleans by
Mr.. Gable, of New England by Miss
Wilkins and Miss Jewett, and others that
might be named. In this category comes
David Harum, a Story of American Life,
by Edward N. WeStcott. The scene of the
story is laid in central New York where the
author was born and brought up, and he
seems to have become thoroughly saturated
with the local atmosphere and social char
acteristics. The story has not much plot,
though love story runs through 1t which
is characterized by sympathetic treatment
and constantly increasing interest. The
central figure, and interesting one, is
David Harum, an old country banker dry.
quaint and somewhat illiterate, but full OF
worldly wisdom, good feeling and genuine
humor. notable feature of the book is
the sunny atmosphere which pervades it
and the conspicuous absence of the affecta-
ton of pessmism which mars so many
stories. There is a good deal of York state"
dialect in the book but it fits we'll. New
York: d. Appleton & Co.
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That is a startling discovery made by a
French surgeon and published with ap-
proval by the London Medical Journal re-
garding the operation and effect of
guillotining. 1t has been universally sup
posed that. decapitation by this process was
followed by instantaneous cessation of sem
sation. This has been used as an argument
in favor of that method of execution in
preference to hanging. But the French sur
geon claims to have discovered that
guillotining does not Immediately affect the
brain and therefore does not instantly de-
stroy sensation. He says that while decapi-
tation causes an immediate discharge of
blood from the larger vessels of the neck
there is hardly any drawn from the circula-
ton in the Uranium, and that this continues
to nourish the brain for a full hour after
decapitation, during which the victim re-
tains, so far as the head is concerned, the
senses of hearing, smelling and sight. If
this is true we have the extraordinary fact
of a decapitated persons trunk being dead
while his head retains, for an hour or more
some distinct functions of life. 1t is not
for layman to deny the possibility Of
such thing when it is stated by medical
authority, but it seems as incredible as it is
horrible.
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The Lady of Casten March.

writer who has made something of a.
study of Welsh history. or at least tried
to unravel it, says: ITO give some idea Of
1t let one take all that he has read about
the highlands under the clan system, about
the Scottish borders in the old DAYS of the
RAIDERS and about the Ireland of the Pale
10 these add something which outdid them
all as fostering turbulence namely. the
Welsh Lordships Marcher." which for CEN
turles welded the chief influence over the
Englsh crown on the one hand and the
fortunes Of Ireland on the other; making
asilways FOR the profit of the strong hand
snake all these together into inextrica BILE
CONFUSION and the result will give some
idea OF the Wales of Tudor times" This
turbulent condition is portrayed in ''The
Lady or Castell March," novel by Owen
Hnoscomyl. 1t is a story of stirring incl
dent and wild adventure and so skilIfulIv
told, no acquaintance with Welsh history
topography or language is needed in
order TO enjoy 1t. New York: Doubleday q
Mcclure Company -
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Germs increased from sl14.oH.1s7 in 1852 to
ss4s. 77s,sSs in 1893. The returns for 1898 are,
of course. incomplete, but they show that
the failures during the third quarter of 1898
were $50. as against 4.ols in the third quar-
reminded that 1893 was the beginning of the
Cleveland panic caused by Democratic sue
cess in 1892 and the prospect of free-trade
tariff legislation. The statement is based on
cold commercial facts. but it is remark
able demonstration Of the difference be-
tween Republican and Democratic policies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

The Lippincotts have made a lucky fnd
in the CORRESPONDENCE between Charles
Lamb and Robert Lloyd, which is promised
at once. Robert Lloyd was brother TO the
Charles Lloyd who. with Lamb and Cole
ridge, issued an early volume of poems
He was a rather morbid character and died
young. leaving little work of an enduring
kind. Robert Lloyd's correspondence with
Lamb gives a view by rew angle into the
hospitable London menage OF the Lambs
Gen. Henry B. Darlington, United States
army, retired, who at one time was secre-
tary to Washington Irving, has written a
which will t be published soon sS by f@msGn
Wolfe & Co. 1t is said that Washington
Irving once advised General Darlington
then rot quite so advanced in rank to write
a book treating Washington as a military
subject. New light will be thrown on the
conducting of some of Washington's cam
paigns obtained from research into some
original and rare documents both in Europe
and this country.
Some of the additional autumn announce
ments of d. Appleton Co. are Cannon
and Camera" sea and land battles of the
Spanish-American war in Cuba, camp life
and the return OF the soldiers, by John c.
Hemment, war artist at the front. with over
fifty illustrations from photographs taken
by the author: Porto Rico. an illustrated
handbook for travellers, investors and others,
by Frederick A. Ober; Latitude Nineteen
Degrees" a romance of the West Indies
in 1921. by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield;
'.Paleface and Redskin'' and other stories
for boys and girls, by F. Anstey. author Of
Messrs. T. Y Crowen & Co. announce for
immediate publication THE Land of the
Pigmies," by Capt. Guy Burrows. The
author, who is now captain commandant in
the service of the Congo Free State, spent
many months in the hitherto UNEMPLOYED re-
gons now known as the district of the up
per Uelle between the McBooEer and the
Aruwimi rivers. No white man had ever
before visited the cannibal tribes that dwell
there and very little was known about the
pgmies except that their existence
definitely proved Captain Burrows lived
among them and had unique opportunity
of studying their manners and customs.
Fer first year the Doubleday & Mcclure
Company may fairly be said to have estab-
lshed an unusually strong list of books.
Their catalogue includes, besides the Kip
ling volume of short stories, Henry Georges
complete works, Jokai's 1.-The Nameiess
Castle" Nellie Blanchans very successful
Bird Ncighbors," now in its twentieth
terf1y Book" Stephen Cranes The Open
Boat" Grant Aliens Flashlights
Nature transla ton of Edmond Rostands
famous "Cyrano de Bergerac, Miss Will
kinss 1.-The People of Our Neighborhood."
DR.. George Adams Smiths Life of Henry
Drummond," the dainty Temple Dickens
as well as volumes by Mrs. Burton Harri-
son, Joseph Hooking. Samuel j. Parsons,
General Miles, Colonel Waring and so on
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What are Spain and the Emperor wait
ing for? They know that an election Is
pending in the United States. They would
interpret the defeat of the Presidents
party by the election of a House opposed
to him and his policy as disapproval of
his course in regard to the Philippines. and
even in regard to Cuba and Porto Rico.
Such a defeat would mean that Spain would
not agree to cede us any portion of the
Philippines. not even enough for coaling
station, and that the Emperor might be en-
boldened to back Spain in such refusal on
the ground that the people of this country
had rejected the Presidents policy in the
election. Would not the assumption be
logical conclusion?
Are the voters Of Indiana willing to have
the stars and stripes pulled down in Manila?
Are they in frame of mind to see the
Spanish authorities assume an air of in
science toward this government? If they do
not care for such humiliation they may be
sure of having it to the utmost by neglect
ing to go to the polls Nov. s, thus failing
to sustain the candidates of the party that
has Endorsed the policy of the President in
regard to the future of the possessions
which it has been believed the United States
has wrested from Spain.
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STATE PRESS OPINION.

Wheat is going out of the country and
gold coming in at such a rate as to make
sound-mOney converts from the free-Silver
ranks every day.-Greensburg Review.
If the Republicans are to blame for the
few mistakes made in conducting the recent
credited with all the glorious achievements
Orleans Examiner.
A Republican victory this fall will mean
to Spain and other foreign countries that we
mean to stand firmly by the administration,
and that the. results gained by the sword
will not be frittered away in negotiation
-Cannelton Enquirer.
1t is said that large quantity of wind
bags will be used by Hobson in raising the
Spanish battle ship, the Christopher Colon.
Now this would seem to be a golden oppor-
tunity to utilize William Jennings Bryan.
-Elwood Call-Leader
The men who declared that the war of
Abraham Lincoln was a failure are the
same stripe as those who now denounce the
one which was directed by William McKin-
ley. And they have the contempt of the
public now as they had it fredericksburg
ton Gazette.
The school of experience is the best thing
to put children, men and nations right. 1t
was this which made many Democrats vote
for Mckinley in 1896, and it is this which
will cause many more to vote for Republic
an state and national legislatures this fall.
Fowler Republican.
1t is extremely disappointing to Demo-
cratic hopes TO have the Indiana soldiers
returning in good trim, ruddy. manly and
brave. The party that always opens a
calamity box at the beginning of campaign
would prefer to have them starving. abused
and helpless.-Mt- Vernon Republican.
DR.. John Clark Ridpath imagines the
proprietors of the Arena discontinued its
publication because his terrific assaults on
the money power were undermining the
foundas.on OF Faneuil Hall and fremont
Temple. Next it win be reported that the
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Harper's Round Table.


This is the story related in the issue OF
ing the deed it chronicled:
"One of the bravest deeds ever witnessed
IN Madras was performed yesterday by
young sailor of the Boston clipper Hur-
karu. He had been ntrusted with a letter
by Captain Shipman, of the Hurkaru to
send off. to his ship by cetamaran The
captain had met with an accident, and was
unable to reach the shore in person. When
the boy arrived at the pier he found plenty
or boatmen, but the surf was running so
high that the most daring of them de-
clined to make the venture. The boy offered
as much as LOCO rupees to the man who
would deliver the letter. but could find no
body who would risk his life 1t was evil
cent from the appearance of the sky that
the cyclone was about to begin. and it
seemed like counting certain death to at
tempt the perilous feat.
Inc gallant young sailor borrowed a
SOU ester from an English seaman giving
IN return his own sun topee. and putting
tied 1t firmly to his head. He then pur-
chased for ten rupees eight annas a cata-
maran and paddle from a fisherman, and
was soon embarked on it. and battling with
the surf. At least half a dozen times he
was hurled back on the beach. Fortune.
however, favored him. Taking advantage
OF a. smooth spell, he darted out and by
splendid struggle got outside of the line
of breakers. and padded out in the direc-
from the pier and we are informed that
he was observed to reach his vessel just
as the storm smote her. We trust that the
good news will be confirmed by the safe
return OF the ship to port All honor to
TINS gallant young Yankee"
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The Republicans have thirty-fourf sena-
tors now. and elected one on Saturday in
Oregon, who will take his seat March
4, 1893. Legislatures which have been or
are to be elected in November will have
twenty-six senators to elect. The Republic
an congressional committee claims nine of
the twenty-six as certainly Republican and
comedies eight to the Democrats. Those
which the committee puts down as doubt
full are those OF Nebraska. wyoming, West
Virginia Delaware, New York. New Jer-
sey. Indiana, Washington and California.
If the Republicans elect in one OF these
doubtful States. they will have a majority
in the Senate The chances are that the
Republicans will carry several OF the Leg
islatures which the Republican congress
sional committee has put in the doubtful
list
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case has been appealed. he declares that
the old soldiers will cast their votes.--Wa-
bash Plain Dealer.
When Congressman Robinson voted in
Congress to scale down the money with
which pensions are paid to free silver
basis he proved most conclusively that he
was no friend OF the soldiers whose votes
he is now so industriously seeking TO win.
Mr.. Robinson, himself. in his campaign
speeches, claimed that the adoption of free
silver would decrease the purchasing power
of money and thereby raise prices, and yet,
the soldiers pensions. he voted to make
them payable in dollars based upon a sill
yer standard instead of the kind they now
receive, every one Of which is as good as
gold. No soldier, whatever his politics may
be, can afford to cast his vote for a candi-
date for Congress who would thus scale
down his pension or wages by debasing the
money in which they are paid.-Steuben
Republican
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Pioneer women of New York.

History is generally written by men who
dwell on politics, wars and the exploits Of
their own sex. Household affairs, womens
influence social customs and manners, are
seldom chronicled, and are only to be dis
covered underlying what are deemed the
important events of life, more by inference
than from anything that is actually written
about them Yet the matters thus usually
neglected by historians are really important
on account of the light they throw on per-
sonal character, social life and the inside
history of times and events For this reason
a history of that kind is rather a refreshing
departure from the ordinary. Such a one,
in a measure, is 1.-The Goede Vrouw of
Mana-ha-ta at Home and in Society,"" by
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, The book
is the result of researches into the lives
of the women who, by their industry, cOur-
age and piety, helped to create the Dutch
colonies in the new world which eventually
became New York. In other words it is
a record of the characters and lives of the
pioneer women from Holland who assisted
in founding great fortunes and aristocratic
families in the Empire State. Among the
families named are the De Peysters, the
Van Cortlands, the Van Rensselaers, the
Schuylers, the Rutgers, the Livingstons and
others familiar in New York history. The
book abounds with personal anecdote and
pictures of social life and events that con-
tribute materially to a knowledge of the
history of the times. New York: Charles
ScribnerS Sons
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Military Europe.

Last year Major General Miles. command
er Of the United States army, visited the
chief countries of Europe for the purpose
OF studying, in the interests Of the United
States government the military conditions
OF Europe and the war between Greece and
Turkey Visiting these countries as the
commencing general Of the United States
ceptional for. meeting public men and OBJ
serving the conditions Of the various armies
ana navies or Europe. The story of his
trip and observations is related in q voI,,nas
entitled Military Europe" 1t is related
IN good narrative style and receives addi-
tlonal interest from a number of excellent
pnotogravure Illustrations of notable scenes
civil as well as military. 1t is published bv
the Doubleday & Mcclure Company
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of these is the premier's close friend and ac-
companies him in his walks about Hatfield.
So faithful a guardian is he that Lord sans
bury with a touch of his characteristic
playful irony, has called him Pnaroan
because he will not let the people go.
The French police commissioners who al
ways had the task of watching over the En-
press when she was in France, was called
to her presence once. and she asked him to
stop the arrangements made for her safety.
DO not follow me in my walks, she SAID;
"stay in Mentone, watch over the emperor,
whose life is precious to his subjects am
a stranger, and an unhappy mother no one
will hurt me. / may become the victim OF
an accident. but you cannot stop stone
that may fall upon me. Other dangers 90
not threaten me, but pray watch over the
Emperor. He is good and noble, and MS
heart and mind are equally great.
Major Marchand, the French officer at
Fashoda, is described as a modest and re-
firing little man. At school he was known
as 1.-The mouse because of his unobtrusive
character He is not particularly clever.
but very plodding and determined in quiet
in life has been his talent for keeping on
good terms with the most exacSing noTl-
ties, and that without FORGETTING eli
esteem. At the same time his frlen ave
never been able to make out exact now
far his self-suppression is natural ant now
far it is the result of calculation. He mas
been known, though at very long Intervals,
which took those present completely aDack
He is besides, an almost romantic believer
in the future of France as colonizing
power.
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The Pittsburg Dispatch. noting the evil
dent backwardness of the Spanish to get
out Of Cuba. is right when it says that 1.-The
way to impress the Spaniards with the fu-
tility of longer delay may be to bring them
face to face with the readiness of United
States army to sail for Cuba and the re-
concentration of the United States fleet
near Havana" AS to the hardness of the
Spaniards, that may in part be due to the
fact that number of newspapers which
had so much to say about remembering
the Maine now seem to be very indifferent
regarding the results of the war when they
take the side of men clamoring to be mus
tered out.