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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

This volume is made up from a course of
lectures delivered by Prof Arlo Bates I'M
der the auspices of the Lowell Institute
and as revised somewhat for publication,
forms a series of delightful essays free from
all suggestion of the textbook They could
only be written by one who loves, as well
as knows books, and they not only deal
with a literary theme, but have distinct
literary charm Of their own. There are
eighteen of these essays, and each Is COM
plete in itself, but together they form
volume of value to the student and of in
terest to readers seeking only intellectual
qualification 1t is not that there is any
thing especially new in these papers-other
writers have perhaps said the same things
In other ways-but there is a frankness of
expression and an impression conveyed OF
genuine interest in his subject on the part
of the author that give them an unusual at
traction The pages throughout tempt to
quotation the reading aloud 10 Sympa-
thetic listeners-and what better test OF the
entertaining quality of book can be made
than this? OF love for literature Prof
Bates says in the chapter entitled why
We Study Literature I'VE know how i'm
possible it is ever completely to blend our
consciousness for the smallest instant with
that of any other human being. The near
est approach 10 this Is the sharing with
another some common feeling. There are
blissful moments when some other is alb
sorbed in the same emotion as that which
we feel-when we seem TO be one with the
heart and the mind of another creature be-
caese the same strong passion sways as
both These are the mountain tops of *
istence. These are the times waicn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

stand out in our remembrance as those In
which life has touched In seeming the d.
vine Impossible. Ii Is of the greatest rarity,
however, that we find. even In our closest
friends. that comprehensive and delicate
sympathy for which We long. Indeed, such
Is human egotism that il is all but impoS-
sible for any one TO so far abandon his
own personality as 10 enter fully into. the
more delicate and Intangible feeling of his
fellow. A friend is another self. accord
ing 10 the proverb, but Ii is apt TO be him.
self, not yourself. To find sympathy which
comes from a knowledge that our inmost
emotions are shared we turn TO books Es-
pecialiy Is this true in bereavement and
sorrow. OF genuineness in literature he
says: Mankind tests art by universal ex-
perience. If an author has really felt what
ne has written, If what he sets down has
been actual to him in imagination. whether
actual In experience or not. readers recog-
nize this and receive his work. that il
lives If he has affected feeling. If he
slammed emotion. the whole Is sure to
ring false and the world soon tires of his
writings Immediate popular judgment Of
a book is pretty generally wrong; ultimate
general estimate Is invariably correct" OF
the classics he says frankly: We piously
pretend that We all read the masterpieces
of literature. while. as q rule. we do not;
and the plain fact is that few Of us dare
rebuke our neighhors lest we bring to light
els which busy people read for entertain
ment he says, happily: There are plenty
or writer's too, like William Black and
Clark Russell and Conan Doyle. concerning
the lasting value of whose stories there
might easily be question. yet who do often
contriVe to be healthily amusing and who
furnish the means of creating a pleasant
and restful vacuity in lives otherwise too
tulL But the book 81 Nuld be read as a
whole, not in fragments 1t presents the
laws of literature in literary guise. not as a
dry manual. and because of its form will
nave more influence with students-though
all Of its conclusions may not be accepted
than the work which analyses and dissects
and deals only with technicalities of the
writer's art. Published by Houghton, Milf
fin & Co., Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

If the advocates of a double standard of
value ever succeed in winning on this issue
they should turn their attention next to Sc
curing a double standard of measurement
AS now established the yard is a very ar
bitrary and intiex. bic s,andard-always thir-
ty-six inches in hard times, good times and
all kinds of times. 1t makes no difference
what the demand for yard measures may
be or how inadequate the supply may be
to the demand, the standard remains I'M
changed. the same old thirty-six inches
Under such a standard as this the rich
grow richer and the poor grow poorer; at
least, enterprising men of loose principles
could make good deal more money if they
could buy at one yard measurement and
sell at another. If the Bryanites ever win
on the double-standard-of-va question
they should strike for double standard of
measurement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

Mrs. Hearst's plan for the further en-
dowment of the University of California is
highly commended by the London papers.
Some of them are unable to understand how
so liberal a proposition can come from a
private individual. The Spectator, says
dispatch, ''discourses at length on the strik-
ing contrasts in America, where so many
men of wealth, whose mony has been de-
rived from coal, iron or railways, are not
governed merely by unitarian conditions
when they endow the public with their sur
plus wealth. 1t is not surprising that for
eigners should not be able to understand
the American habit of making large gifts
for literary, educational or art purposes, es-
pecially when so many such gifts come
from persons who have not enjoyed the adj
vantages of liberal education and are not
supposed to be interested in such matters.
In European countries such institutions are
mainly endowed and supported by the gov
eminent while here some of our best coll
leges and finest libraries and art galleries
owe their existence and support to the gem
erosity of individuals who, in many cases,
have accumulated wealth by their own eff
forts. 1t is the American way and dis
tinct feature of republican institutions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17
A FRUITFUL LAW.

If there ever was a legislative measure
which could fairly be called IA fruitful law
it is the Dingley tariff law. It's fruits con-
sist in the vindication it is furnishing of the
principle and policy of protection and of the
promises of its trainers and expectations of
its supporters. The policy of protection was
never so fairly and distinctly in issue as it
was in the last presidential campaign. Dur
ing Mr.. Clevelands first administration it
had been attacked but not overthrown. 1t
continued during the Harrison administra-
ton, resulting in a period of wonderful
prosperity. 1t was not reversed till the sec
ond administration of Cleveland when the
passage of the Wilson-Gorman law ushered
in a period of the greatest business prostra-
ton and distress the country had ever
known. Before that there had been nothing
tection-no free-trade criterion by which it
could be judged. The operation of the Will
son-Gorman bill furnished such a criterion,
and after three years experience of tariff
for revenue only the people decided in 1896
to return to protection. Then it became
necessary to clear away the wreckage of the
Wilson German law. enact new one and
begin de novo. The passage of the Ding
ley law was a risky experiment. Business
was dead, the revenues of the government
were far short of it's expenditures, conf
dence was destroyed and the army of unem-
ployed was the largest ever known. The
trainers of the Dingley law and in a sense
the entire Republican party risked their
reputation that it would increase the reve-
revive and greatly reduce the number of UNI
employed workmen. If it had failed in any
of these respects it would have disappointed
it's friends and justified it's opponents in
pronouncing it failure, but it has fulfilled
every prediction and expectation. 1t has not
been on the statute books long enough to
bring the full fruits of an adequate pro-
tective policy-not five months yet-but al
ready it is lifting the treasury out of the
slough of despond into which it was plunged
by Democratic free-trade unkering. AL
ready the revenues have largely increased,
confidence is being restored, business is re-
viving, mills and factories have been
started, new industries are springing up and
old ones being enlarged and there are many
thousands more persons earning wages to-
day than at any time during the past four
years. The tin-plate industry, which the
free-traders thought they had killed, is
rapidly becoming one of the great industries
of the country. and from present indications
IT will not be long till the beet sugar in
dustry will be well established Farmers
are getting better prices for their wool than
they have for years past. are also the
manufacturers who turn it into fabrics.
Money has come out of its hiding and
boarding places and is seeking profitable in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

In reply TO suggestion by the Journal
that the public school buildings, instead of
being numbered, should be named for per-
sons of national observation-disclosures SOL
dlers, publicists, authors, etc.-a member
OF the School Board writes that they have
already commenced naming the buildings
after local educators and purpose continu-
ing to do so. The plan suggested by the
Journal would be far preferable, because
1t would utilize the names Of persons adj
judged great by universal consent or by
history. instead of leaving the matter to
the arbitrary Judgment of the board. Under
the latter plan it is only a question of
time when the board will make some very
unfit selections. What names will they ever
be likely to select as suitable or suggestive
as Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Longfel-
low, Whittier Lowell, Hawthorne, Irving,
Cooper and many others almost equally as
well known? The plan proposed by the
board is much too narrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

vestment. Every branch of trade shows
great Improvement over year ago. with a
prospect of still greater Improvement next
season. The railroads, many of which re-
ported a freight car famine last fall are
anticipating great business next year.
II these results are experienced after the
Ding,ey law has been in force only five
months, what may be expected after 1t has
been in operation long enough to have dem
onstrated its full effect? Already it is a
fruitful law, but it promises to be still more
abundantly So 1t is indicating the policy
of protection and the expectations of its
trainers and supporters in a remarkable
deoree
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

The author of this story, Helen Black
mar Maxwell deals with what Is new
theme for a novelist. namely, the race pref
udice felt by English residents of India
toward the half-breeds known as Eurasians.
Born Of a union of European and a native,
the unfortunate Eurasian is repudiated by
the English and unclaimed by the Indian
people. Being thus cast out. his worst quail
tiles are apt to develop, and he often mer-
its the dislike which is felt for him in any
case The author does not undertake the
cause Of these ill-treated people as race,
but by presenting the case of one individual
shows what are their possibilities under fa-
vorable conditions. She has her material
we'll in hand, showing familiarity with the
scene of the story and with the character
istics of the natives whom she brings into
tho narrative, as well as with those OF the
more conventional English people. If the
situations are now and then improbable, as,
for instance, the lofty altruism OF the wit
er Of the letter in the opening chapter, the
interest is none the less, but Is well sus-
tanned to the end The book, though writ
ten by an American, will probably hnd read
ers both in England and India, where the
particular phase of the race question: OF
which it treats is best UNDERSTOOD. PUB
lished by Dodd, Mead q Co.. New YORK.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17
A Hero in Homespun.

'"Fo her who spent the first years Of our
married life with me in the mountains of
Kentucky and Tennessee, and whose pres
ence and inspiration abide to this day." is
the dedication of "a Hero in Homespun
by William E. Barton. The story is enc of
the loyal South. being framed upon events
of the civil war. The hero is a stalwart
specimen of a Southern highlander, or
mountaineer, whose homespun covers
brave and loyal heart. AT "frolic at Han
sens he meets pretty Kentucky girl and
makes an enemy of hot-headed rival and
rebel. Both Of these incidents have 4 con-
trolling influence on his later life. He be-
comes a soldier and bears a part in the
fighting around Knoxville, Murfreesboro
and Lookout Mountain. When the Union
forces are withdrawn from Cumberland
gap he deserts that he may share the rate
of his defenselesS people. When ne Volun-
tarily returns to his regiment he is tried
court-martial is a strongly dramatic pas
sage. The entire story is realistic of war,
and the picture of Elizabeth Casey riding
alone at night through the mountain fast
nesseS and rebel outpoSts to warn The Union
forces of Kirby Smiths intended descent
renee for such things did occur during the
war in that section of the country In re-
spect of construction and literary workman
ship the book might perhaps be criticised,
but it abounds in stirring events and dra-
matte episodes, and any one who begins
reading it will be apt to finish 1t. The
thread of romance carried through 1t lends
additional interest and even harm Ohizes. in
a way. with the war scenes. New York:
LamSOn, Wolfe & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17
A Creole Belle thew York.
New York Special.


Miss Vera Boarman, the young beauty
from New Orleans who has captured the
Aston Observation-Disclosures set, is of the
creole type. Her eyes are lustrously dark,
her skin creamy white and her hair brown
with just dash of gold. She is petite and
pretty in figure. and her mental graces are
no less attire ctive than her personal charms
She speaks French as fuently as she does
English. Miss Boarman is the daughter of
a wealthy New Orleans merchant Her
mother is a descendant of one of the old
French families of the Crescent City, and
while the Boarmans are not rich they oc-
cupy a notable place in Southern society
Two years ago Miss Boarman was crowned
Queen Proteus. The Knights of Proteus is
one of the mystic societies of New Orleans
that take part in the carnival annually. She
passed two summers at Narragansett Pier,
and was one of the beauties of that resort
She attended the recent cotillon given by
Mrs. John Jacob Aston and her friends, and
fairly divided honors with Miss Fiji Potter,
the young daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. James
Brown Potter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

That foreign steamship companies are
fighting the immigration bill now before the
Senate should cause no surprise. Those for
eign corporatios have for years fought
every restriction upon their importation Of
good bad and indifferent people to the
United States. 1t is matter of evidence
that some of these companies made a bust
ness of dumping foreign paupers in our
coast cities for the passage money. Those
companies fought the present immigration
law excluding paUpers, contract laborers
and criminals. They are a little more
cautious now about bringing the prohibited
classes, because they are forced to take
them back at their own expense. These
companies exert a powerful influence in
New York city-so powerful that Mr..
Cleveland vetoed a bill similar to that
which Mr.. Fairbanks has presented in the
Senate. Many of the men who opposed the
pending immigration bill have a habit of
denouncing foreign interference, and par
ticularly foreign finance. The confirmation
of Mr.. Powderly is opposed by the foreign
steamship companies because, commits
Sioner of immigration, he will see that the
restriction laws are vigorously enforced.
There is no more insolent meddlng with
our affairs by foreigners than that of the
steamship companies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

are all men in active business who make
some personal sacrifice in leaving home
that they defray their own expenses and
have no other end to serve but the public
welfare, the attendance already assured is
remarkable. The coming convention is like
~ to attract as much attention by reason
of its personal and representative charac-
ter as the first one did, and its action will
doubtless be equally effective in promoting
the cause of currency reform
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

There was time when Mr.. Adams Earl
who died in Lafayette on Saturday, would
have been more missed in state affairs, es-
pecially in large business enterprises, than
he will be now. He had, in a measure,
outlived his days of leadership, being in
his seventy-ninth year, but for a long time
he was widely known as one of the force
full men Of the State. He was broad and
liberal man, and up to the time of his
death was justly regarded as one of Lafay-
cites foremost citizens
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

It would require a powerful effort of the
Imagination to conceive of the head of the
government of valuable island and impcr-
tant strategic point like Hawaii going to
London to ask Great Britain to accept it as
gift, with possibility of refusal on her
part. That is the object of President Dole's
visit to Washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17
The God Yutxo.

The god Yutzo is japanese ivory figure
carved in the year 763 1, came into the
possession of Lord Gilhooley'' at very
recent date through purchase. After taking
it home the owner was naturally very much
astonished to hear the little image address
him in a musical voice. But after recover
ing from the surprise he fell into CONVEX
sation and learned that the figure was the
home of an intelligent spirit. and would be
such until a future Karmic change Occa-
sionally the spirit gathered psychic force
enough to speak. Taking advantage OF the
opportunity Gilhooey listened carefully for
many nights, and. in order to share what
he heard with the world finally wrote the
ssE,pigrarns OF Yu 20 nd has row pun ned
them. These epigrams sound very much
like those coined by newspaper humorlsts.
but are more impressive from the taet that
fhev are printed in ornamental type on
brown paper The volume Is bound IN
brown denim and looks ike q ragged sehooi-
book Published by the Frederick A. Stokes
COroDauV New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

Molly Elliot Seawen has made a very pref
ty little story out of material that lends
itself well to picturesque romance, namely.
French aristocrats exiled in Scotland in
1898 and Scotch people with whom they
came in contact. Lady Betty was or
scotch blood but her lover was soldier
of France, and though fate separated them
and they lived their lives apart, her lite
was one of such heroism aid self-Sacrince.
and he. by the memory of her. was so en-
nobled that the tale. though tenderly pa
thetic is not one of real sadness. Che IL
Illustrations are by De Thulstrup. Charles
Scribner's Sons, publishers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

Ex-senator David B. Hill, of New York.
has finally declared that he voted for Bryan
for President, but he seems to have con-
fessed it that he might add that Boss Crok-
er ran off to London 10 escape voting for
the 16-to-1 man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

The action of the Springfield, ILL.,, grand
jury in indicting the coal companies that
attempted to form combine to control
the price of that very necessary product
presents a good example that may well be
followed elsewhere and at the same time
serve as a warning to those who contem-
plate similar attempts to take advantage
of the consumers of such products
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

The New York Journal uses a double
column editorial to emphasize the fact that
the Sugar Trust is the backbone of the
opposition to the annexation of Hawaii 1t
predicts that when the vote is taken 1t will
appear that all the votes against the
treaty will be those of the senators from
Havemeyer," which means the greedy,
swollen and impudent Sugar Trust, whose
interference at Washington is humiliating."
When the vote is taken. it will appear that
most of the votes against the treaty We're
given by senators of the New York Jour
nails faction OF the Democratic party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

Very naturally, the reduction in the post
office force in several Eastern cities pro-
vokes great outcry, but it is not necessary
10 assert that it has been done in the inter-
est of rural distribution, because such is not
the case. Those larger cities have had more
than their share in the past.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

The fact that the people of Havana are
showing their dislike of Blanco and are de-
handing the return of the Weyler policy
BODIES no good for the Spanish Ministry,
which could not, IL it would, restore the
policy which has caused 100000 people to be
threatened by death from starvation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

While Letter jr., is distinguishing him
self in the wheat market, Ignatius Donnelly
continues to bull the Bacon stock His lat
est claim. up to date Is that his universal
genius wrote Don Quixote,' and it is
rumored that the authorship of the book
Of Job is next to be claimed. Anyway
Bacon didn't write "a rag, and a bone, and
a hank of hair" There are some things
DonnellY dare not claim
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

should take in curtailing expenses is to
discontinue certain mail trains run almost
exclusively to promote the interests Of
newspapers in a few large cities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17
Quantity and Intensity.

Watts-It strikes me that all this racket
about the civil-service is uncalled for. Only
the officeholders and officeseekers are in
terested in it.
Potts-I guess you are right-but, hully
gee! Just think how intensely they are in
terestedl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

according to the Financial Chronicle. the
gross earnings of 1SS railroads during the
year 1897 were $6O2 2S6 OPS, against $564 516 9Os
In 1896, an increase of $s7,719,119. One must
be very blind or very prejudiced not to see
an evidence Of prosperity in these figures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

From present indications the monetary
convention which is to meet here on the
18th inst. will be even larger and more rep
resentative of the business interests of the
country than the one OF last January. In
the first convention there were 3O4 delegates
from commercial organizations in l09 cities.
Up to the present time the local committee
has been notified of the election of 247 dele
gates from about eighty cities, with many
yet to hear from. Considering that the
work Is purely voluntary. that the delegates
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

The New York Times, which should be
a good judge, declares that "Allen o. Myers.
of Ohio. is the most disreputable Of a very
disreputable gang of politicians" and that
every American citizen should resent his
rowdy insoIence to the President
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

A New York paper remarks that Senator
committee. Senator Smith, of New Jersey,
and Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia,
knocked at the door of Boss Cookers club
one day last week. This indicates the Demo-
cratic drift