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Evening star., 1898-08-16
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tiles and then handing the country over TO
Congress. but Congress is the making
power. and the executive has not trcnched
on its prerogatives hairs breadth.-Terre
Haute Mail.
We do not believe in war If it can be
avoided. but by the eternal we can see no
other honorable way of getting satisfaction
for the 266 brave lives that were sacrificed
with the Maine by Spanish treachery and
hatred.-Crown Point Register.
However much we may have deplored war,
if it comes, it will be the duty. the patriotic
duty of every citizen to uphold the Presi-
dent and those in authority in whatever
steps may be taken to maintain the honor
or the country and the glory of the flag.
-Middletown News.
Now that the country is face to face vita
a war proposition. it must be gratifying TO
the average citizen to know that its fnan-
cial condition is highly satisfactory and to
contrast 1t with what might have been
had the free silver proposition carried in
1895 and the country been placed upon
silver basis.-LoSansport Journal.
After about week of the mbecility of
Congress- as exemplified in both houses, the
people of the United States are constrained
to believe that the executive is wiser and
OF the legislative branches of the govern
ment The public is settling down to the
conviction that President McKineys plan
should be promptly adopted. and nobody be-
1eVeS that further playing of politics should
be tolerated.-FOrt Wayne News.
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THE COAL QUESTION.

That the question of coal supply is all
ready an important factor in the situation
is shown by an occurrence at Norfolk as
cur war ships. the Massachusetts, the
Brooklyn and the Texas. waited at Norfolk
until 2 O'Clock in the afternoon of Satur-
day for coal which had been ordered of the
government contractors the day before and
should have been ready for delivery by s
o'clock Oil Friday night. This was bad
enough, and in emergency might have
proved very serious, but the cause of the
delay made it worse This was that the
contractors had been engaged in loading
5000 tons of coal on board of an English
merchant steamer destined for the Cape
Verde islands and for use by the Spanish
fleet. This was, to say the least an I'M
patriotic proceeding on the part of an
American coal dealer having contract
with the government. AS state of war
does not exist coal is not yet coatraband
of war and the English steamer did not
commit any offense in loading with coal for
the Spanish. The offense was on the part
of the contractor at Norfolk in selling to
them. thus furnishing material aid to a
prospective enemy of the United States and
compelling our own ships to wait several
hours at a critical time for their supply.
The naval officers were justly incensed and
after some correspondence by wire with the
authorities at Washington the British
steamer was detained on the point of de-
parture and the order for her sailing was
finally countermanded The dispatch indi-
Gates that this was brought about through
the purchase of the ship and cargo by the
United States government. 1t must have
been accomplished by some friendly pro-
cess, as the government could not detain
the steamer on the ground that coal was
contrabaEd. The .stoppage of this ship
ment will doubtless prevent future ones and
thus materially lessen the Spanish coal sup
ply at the Cape Verde islands The supply
on this side of the ocean is likely to be linn
Porto Rico, since it is announced that
Great Britain has decided to declare coal
contraband of war as soon as war begins
AS United States ships will be entirely indie
pendent of British ports for their coal this
order will not affect them while it may
prove very embarrassing to Spain. AS we
shall probably have possession of Cuba and
Porto Rico within two or three weeks after
hostilities commence. and with them all of
SPANS coal supply on this side of the
ocean. her ships may become useless for
lack OF fuel provided they ever reach this
side Of the Atlantic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18

on Complications in Measles. "The
Hygiene Of Childhood" Mothers and
Daughters preservation of the Teeth.
Legal Rights of Mother and Child "a
Doctors Talk with Mothers" "The Kinder
garten in the Home" and The Question of
the ChHds Dress.
A war poem by Rudyard Kipling, especial
ly opposite to the present crisis, will appear
in McCmres Magazine for May. 1t is de-
scribed as treating with all of Kiplng's
wonderful sweep and subtlevy of the tor
pedo, with its strength of twice three hun
dred horse
THE doom bolt in; the darkness. freed
The mine that splits the main"
The latest bundle of leaflets on nature
study prepared by the faculty of Purdue
University arc on the following topics: "A
Study of. Our Insect Enemies" "A Talk
About Water Drops" Climate in Some of
Its Relations to Daily Life THE Germi-
nation of Seeds Our Insect Friends, -
Butter making for Young People" About
The Work of Water" They are intended
especially for the use of children in the
schools in rural districts but some of them
are at least well adapted for city schools
and would afford great aid to teachers.
The National Geographic Magazine for
April is a Klondike number and as it is
issued by the National Geographic Society
at Washington the information it contains
may be accepted as accurate. Topics of the
various papers are: 1.-THE Northwest Passes
to the Yukon Overland Routes to the
Kl0ndike. The Future of the Yukon Gold
fields" Notes on the Wild Fowl and Game
of Alaska" "A Yukon Pioneer, Alaska
and It's Mineral Resources. THE Civil
Government of Alaska" Possibilities of
Agriculture in Alaska" a large map issued
by the United States Geological Survey and
showing the gold and coal fields is feature
of the number.
The International Studio for April has
many beautiful and suggestive art reproduc-
tions, with less than usual of that form of
art which is beyond the comprehension of
the ordinary observer. The frontispiece, a
color plate by Granville Fell, representing
March," is of the latter class however.
1t shows a woman with wind-blown dra-
peries and impossible hair floating about her
head and a scared hare at her feet. 1t is
hardly probable, though that the artist
meant TO perpetrate a pictorial pun in
volving March hares" A paper. "Decora-
tive Art in Paris has some designs in
furniture, wall paper and ornaments that
are worth studying. color plate shows a
decoration in enameled tiles for a bath
room ii is the work of Charpentier and Au-
bert, and is a revelation of what can be
done i'll this line. Some pleasing designs In
boolkbnding are shown. In the chapter of
Studio Talk some notes are given of the
arts and studio crafts exhibition recently
held at Berlin. The supplemental chapter
relating to American art is unimportant
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CURRENT PERIODICALS.
London Figaro.

The April number of the Locomotive Fire
mems Magazine includes naval supple
ment. with illustrations showing the interior
construction of battle ships.
Mr.. Alfred f. Potts, of indianapolis, has
a paper in the April number of the NUM-
cIpal Engineering Magazine on "A Success
full Substitute for Municipal Ownership"
WANT Ads" and employment bureaus,
in their relation to the day laborer out of
a job will be depicted in the May INSTALL
ment Of THE Workers i'm Scribner's Ken
yon Cox and Russell Sturgis will discuss
The Value of the Photograph as an adj
junct to modern art in the same issue.
The Easter number of the New York
Ledger is very attractive. The cover has
figure emblematc of Purity" exquisitely
beautiful. exquisite in attitude. holding in
her left hand and breathing the perfume of
the lily. The Ledger maintains its Old-time
reputation as family story paper above
reproach
Mr.. Henry Newbot, the young English
poet whose -AdmiraIs All was by many
critics counted the best addition to English
literature last year. contributes a swinging
ballad. Gillespie. TO the May Atlantic;
Mr.. Stephen Phillips. whose verse was
crowned by the London Academy, writes
a noteworthy poem, After Rain.
An entertaining series OF papers In early
numbers of the Atlantic will be Librarian
spoffords Washington "Reminiscences"
The first one which appears i'm May is de-
voted To Peter Force. the patriotic historian
and William p Fessenden. the senator and
secretary and gives token of much spicy
and instructive matter to follow.
The Chicago White City Art Company is
sues simultaneously It's second quarterly
number of Art Idols and its monthly Great
Pictures The first contains six fine studies
from the nude by well-knoNn Paris artists:
the other besides several female figures
tori Of a tl
worlds fair and of a group of statuary ON
the fair grounds,
The Trained Motherhood Magazine Is very
practical It's April issue contains articles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18

This book by Ii. G. Wells, resembles
1.-THE Invisible Man" by the same author.
in that it is a story of what might be called
an impossible possibility. 1t is at once fan
tastic and realistic. vivid account of hap
penings and events which even the imagina-
ton can scarcely grasp. THE War OF the
Worlds purports TO describe conflict be-
tween the inhabitants of Mars and those
of earth, or rather those of England. in
which the former are nearly victorious. The
story opens with some semi-scientife OBJ
servations intended to show the possibility
of such a conflict. Then, according to the
author, a great light, in 1894. was seen on
the Illuminated part of the disk of Mars,
was perhaps the casting of the huge gun
from which shells were fired at the earth.
Across the forty million miles of void ten
shells We're thrown from the smaller, older
and colder planet to our own more deslr-
able World-and thrown with such precision
that all of them fell in the Immediate neigh
borhood of London. These shells or cylin-
ders being about thirty yards in diameter,
each contained number OF the invaders
together with the strange implements of
war that made them resstless. In all, fifty
MartianS arriVed-a small invading force
to attack England. but they came near sub
jugating the island and were only prevented
from doing so by the microbes. germs and
bacteria which in turn attacked them.
There are no bacteria in Mars says the
author land directly these invaders arr
rived. directly they drank and fed, our
microscopic allies began TO work their over
throw. The Martians were slain by the pu-
trefactive and disease bacteria. against
which their systems were unprepared. The
description of this weird conflict and of the
awfully destructive engines of war used by
the Martians makes fantastic story or
considerable inhuman interest. The Illus
trations are of the supernatural kind. har-
e. brothers.
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revenue and increase Of illicit distilling was
very marked. During forty-three month";;
that the tax was 81 per gallon the entire
revenue from this source was $75,95S,2ll.
Then tho tax was reduced to 30 cents gall
lon, and during the forty-eight months this
rate was in force the revenue was S1dl,5S9,
ss5 In June 1872. the tax was raised TO 20
cents gallon; in March. 1875, to 80 cents.
and in August 1894 to s1.1O. All things con-
sidered the present tax of $ll0 gallon is
higher than 81 a gallon was thrty-iive years
ago, and many persons who arc in posi-
ton to judge believe that lower tax would
yield more revenue. At all events, there is
no talk Of an increase
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18
BOOKS OF THE TIME.
Dreamers of the Ghetto. "a study OF
the Jewish People.

This book. by+I. zangwill, is series OF
studies of the Jewish people intended, pre-
sumably. for the enlightenment of the gem
tiles as to the purposes, principles and in
SEPARATIONS of tho Hebrews. The work is not
in the form Of story but is in detached
chapters. each treating of some phase of
life among these people since the estab-
lishment of the Ghetto i'm the sixteenth
century. Some OF the "dreamers' are who'll
~ imaginary and used to illustrate. the
truths the author desires TO present; others
are historic personages Heine. for exam
pie. The first sketch, "A Child of the
Ghetto" is Il wonderfully graphic account
of the life of a child i'm the Venetian Jewry
and of the religious customs of the people.
1t has an especial earnestness and intensity
as IT, indeed, it were a bit of autobiography
The next sketch. Joseph the Dreamer, IS
one, the author explains, in which the sub
ject is the artistic IMPLICATION of many souls
through which the great Ghetto dream. has
passed. 1t is the story of a youth of re-
hgious nature and intense earnestness.
who is converted to Christianity and is nlied
with u passionate zeal for the conversion
of mis- people. lie becomes a franciscan
monk and his preaching draws multitudes
of people TO hear him, but no Jews are
among them, Tor they Scorn ana ueSplso
him; TO them, even to his father and
mother, he is as one dead. He finally sacrl-
fees his life for them, but they know him
not In a sense all the personages repre-
scented are "dreamers." Mr.. Zangwill con-
SiderS this habit or Characterization Oh
the race growing out cf centuries or isoia-
ton. Such persons are not really vision
aries for they may have keen interest
i'm ordinary, affairs but they indulge in
imaginative flights which are at once, ac-
cording to the authors theory, admiraoie
and source of danger. These pictures OF
are tragic They bear the impress of truth,
and. the history of the Jews has been IN
Rut the character of the race. its condi-
ton and its possibilities are set forth IN
these studies with great power. Mr.. Fang
will has done a service to his people IN pro-
ducing this work. Published by Harper q
BROTHERS, New York.
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Heirloom. in Miniature.

A very pretty conception is we'll carried
out in a work entitled 'Heirooms In Minia-
lures" by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton.
It is collection of photogravure facsimiles
of miniature portraits done by the best
painters of colonial, revolutionary and mod
ern times, and now treasured as family
heirlooms. The author says she started out
with the idea of gathering some interesting
and representative American miniatures and
accompanying them with brief record of
the individuals whom they represent, but in
the course of her researches and corre-
spondence with families owning valued
heirlooms in miniatures, so much of interest
was brought to light with regard to early
American painters that the book grew into
a chronicle of the sayings and doings of the
artists. as well as of those whom they por-
trayed. This charging of the scope OF the
book has added to its interest, for the rem
iniScences and anecdotes of various artists
thus brought to light possess historic value
well as interest. since some OF them were
progress in the arts and sciences, as wei
as with her colonial and revolutionary life
The collection contains photographers OF
about ninety miniature portraits of noted
Americans men and women, done by Eng
lish or American artists. The engravngs
are not eolored, but they convey an excel
lent idea of the originals. The text is inter-
esting containing chapters on early Amer
lean art, the beauty of our grandmothers,
end-of- the-century artists, etc, with q spe-
cial chapter on .'Miniature Painting as an
Art" by Emily Drayton Taylor. The book
is handsomely printed and bound. Phila-
delphia: j. b. Lippincott Company.
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simon Dale.

In this story Mr.. Anthony Hope, turning
away from the imaginary kingdom of Ruri-
tania. draws his inspiration from actual his
tory and offers a romance Of the time or
Charles the Second-that merry monarch
himself. with members of his court and the
frail but fascinating Mistress Eleanor
Gwyn, figuring therein. Simon Dale, ex-
cepting in name. differs in no respect from
MIR. Rassendyl. temporarily of zenda, being
a person of true gentlemanly instincts and
of bold and adventurous disposition. espe-
cialIy in the cause of q fair lady in distress.
Mr.. Dale is not without faults, being some
what tickle and disposed to divide his af-
fections his inclination being the strongest
toward Nell Gwyn. And, indeed, so deity
is the character of this lady drawn that
the reader of this tale feels her charm as
well as Simon and finds her the most In
teresting parsonage of the company. part
ing from her with some of the regret that
he feels when his approaching marriage
makes such course desirable. There is plenty
of adventure. but none of tragic sort,
and. while the story does not profess his
torical accuracy, the authors picture of
the men and manners of the period to which
so much interest-of rather an unaccount-
able sort-has always attached is probably
as near to truth as that of another. lie
has made. at least, a very readable book.
Published by the Frederick A. Stokes COM
pany. New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18

When did Senator Jones, of Nevada, get
into position that he should be put in the
list of Republicans voting for the Turpie-
Foraker amendment? Senator Jones is an
able man, but, representing Nevada, he
declared himself an Independent some time
since. He is not a man to abuse the Presi-
dent, and should not be classed with Can
non Pettigrew and the like. The other SEN
ator Jones. the chairman of the Democratic
national committee. showed that he resents
the imputation that Mr.. Bryan influenced
him to vote for recognition when he stated
that he was compelled to do so because the
President did not use the word 'independ-
cnt' in the place of stable, as applied to
the future government of Cuba
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18

In the enthusiasm of the hour the young
man who should wave the flag of Cuba or
any other nationality in the face of an
American audience could be excused on the
ground of thoughtIessness, but when man
of mature years and particularly one who
claims to be the leader of a great party
waves the flag of the Republic of Cuba be-
fore an audience he betrays a fondness for
sensation that deserves general condemna-
the apostle of 16 to 1, Mr.. Bryan keeps him.
self before the public, not by advocating
Cuban independence, but by waving a Gu
ban flag before an audience. Imagine, if
one can, Washington, jackson, Lincoln or
Grant waving the flag of a foreign nation
in the face of an American audience, Dur
ing the last years of Jacksons admnistra-
tio1 free Texas was political cry, but,
because he believed in free Texas, one
would soon have thought of Jackson
waving the flag of Great Britain before an
audience as the Lone Star" of Texas
When Abram S. Hewitt, of New York as
mayor, refused to permit the flags of for
eign nations 10 be displayed from the flag
staff of the City Hall on days of foreign
celebrations he was applauded by all
thoughtful people in the country who appre-
ciate the idea of nationality Tammany
howled and an Italian society denounced
but country-respecting, fag-loving people
applauded. Mr.. Bryan should go back to
his corpse of 16 to / and resume his profess
sional wake over his dead
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Poems by Lloyd Mimin.

Mr.. Lloyd Miffiin. whose volume Of SON
nets. AT the Gates of Song attracted Ia
vorable attention, has published another
volume of verse. THE Slopes of Helicon.
and Other Poems This volume will settle
the question whether sonnet writer of dis
tinction can also be lyrist for ii contains
many short poems OF distinctly lyrical form
and decided merit. The volume. which is of
medium size contains nearly one hundred
poems of varying length. but none very
long, and embracing wiue and original
range of topics. They are classified under
the heads The slopes of Helcon'' or clas-
steal themes: "Pastorals," or poems of ma
ture. "Sonnets: Beneath the Ravens
Wing" somher and tragic poems: Arrows
of Eros. love poems and minor Chords.
poems of pathos and sentiment. Many OF
the short poems would bear quoting if space
permitted. The tone of the book is high.
the literary workmanship of q superior or
der and the whole IS real contribution
TO American literature. The volume is
tastefully illustrated and published In at
tractive form by Estes q Lauriat. Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18

It has been limited that the liberation of
Cuba and Porto Rico from Spanish rule
might result in the establishment of a new
republic including these islands and San
Domingo as well. The idea is a broad one.
and worthy Of the best minds that can be
brought to bear on it. The islands have
MANY common interests and traditions. Gen.
Gomez is a native of Porto Rico and his
wife of Cuba. and he is as much interested
in the independence of ono island MS the
other The United States could well afford
to give encouragement to the establishment
OF an island republic.
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resolutions was judicious one. 1t declares:
THAT the United States hereby disclaims
any disposition or Intention to exercise SOW
ereignty. jurisdiction or control over said
island. except for the pacihcation thereof,
and asserts it's determination when that is
accomplished to leave the government and
control of the island to its people" This is
the first official declaration of the kind that
has been made by Congress, and it should
put an end to European comment that inter-
vention by the United States is simply an
nexation In disguise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18

The revenue measure which is said to have
been agreed upon in the event of war in
wolves an increase of the present internal
revenue tax on beer. chewing tobacco,
cigars and cigarettes All these articles can
stand an increase, and in the case of beer
at least it should be continued until the
public debt IS paid. Not that beer or the
makers of it deserve harsh treatment from
the government. but it is an article which
can carry stiff tax and as long as the
government needs extra revenue it should
do so