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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-11

circulation. At the present time. when
there is no fear about the stability of the
gold standard. not dollar Of those green
backs outstanding will be brought to the
treasury for exchange for gold. During
the past few months more than 90 per cent.
of the revenues collected by the United
States was paid in gold. The remainder
was i'm silver certificates. The smallest
fraction was in greenbacks and that frac-
ton the holders OF gold anxious to OBJ
tain for their yellow coins But suppose
that the treasury held $5o,OOo.oOO of green
backs and holder of gold should take a
million dollars of that metal and get a
million dollars of greenbacks in return, no
currency would be lost by the transaction.
since the million of the treasury's stock is
in gold and the million of greenbacks taken
out of the treasury goes into circulation,
while the gold takes it's place in the treas
ury. This involves no contraction.
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Gleanincs from Nature.

Professor Stanley Coulter, of Purdue UNI
versity. has vigorously condemned an ex-
tensive series of supplementary nature read
ing books used in the public schools, be-
cause OF their mawkish sentimentality.
They teach neither morals nor natural his
tory. Their authors are not naturalists;
they get their facts at second hand; they
do not lead children tc either love or OBJ
serve nature. No such charge will ever be
brought against the "Gleanings from Ma
ture." written by the State geologist OF In,
diana, Mr.. w. S. Blatchley, and just issued
by the Nature Publishing Company. or IN
dianapolis. 1t is a fourth reader sized book
of some $50 pages, with abundant lllustra-
lions and costing presumably about 81. II
is a perfectly safe book to order for any
one of the 100000 boys and girls on the
farms of Indiana" to whom il is dedicated.
1t should be in every teachers reading CIR
Gle and accessible to every natural history
class in our public schools.
Indiana is happy in having for the frst
time in it's history a State geologist who Is
also a trained and working naturalist an
authority on entomology and ornltnoiogy,
as we'll as an efficient head of the state
Department of Geology and Natural Re-
sources. Only such nature student ana
lover could have written this charming
volume about our winter birds, our snakes,
an extended history of our Indiana caves.
Oriental roach, the American cockroach.
the Pennsylvania roach and the Croton bug
and it's treatment. There are chapters on
Twelve Winter Birds" Brown county
gold blind fishes. and the March spring
flowers.
Mr.. Blatchley hears the inner music and
sees more than the form and substance, Tut
does not attempt introspection and philoso-
ply like Thoreau, or literary effects as
with Burroughs and Maurice Thompson
his work is direct and practical; his feet
on the earth, his style lucid, fervid and al
ways readable and instructive. This book
tells, In brief, more things that amateur
naturalists-and every boy and most adults
are Such-delight to know, and should
know, about the plant and animal life of
Indiana. than any other book extant. Mr..
Blatchley, who has done so much for our
State botany, ornithOlogy and entomology,
as evidenced in his splendid State reports.
is to be congratulated upon this series OF
nature essays, now accessible to school and
farm boys, to teachers and nature lovers
A. W. b.
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Thomas Nelson Page has written a
Christmas story which is especially in
tended for the benefit of men and women
of wealth who have allowed selfish cares
and interests to drive out all thought Of
the service they might render to their less
fortunate fellow-beings and who have lost
the holiday spirit entirely. Bergman Liv-
ingstone is man of this kind. He is
mddle-aged man, unmarried, and with a
fortune which runs into seven figures.
gained by his own efforts. Every energy
wealth, until suddenly circumstances con-
spire to give him a mental shock that
awakenS him to the narrownesS of his life.
The transformation Is rapid. He borrows
his bookkeeper's little girl, and with her
as Santa Claus's partner" they buy out a
toy shop and leave the gifts at chil~ren's
hospital. Then, with more gifts for the
little girl and her brothers and sisters, the
lifting of mortgage from the bookkeeper's
home, a gorgeous Christmas tree, ETC.. the
rich broker begins what promises to be a
career that will scatter some Of his riches
and benefit the needy the exercise o. the
beneficence benefting himself mentally
and morally. 1t is the conventional Christ
mas idea, the Dickens Christmas tale
brought down to date, and besides the NOR
al meant for the wealthy, has enough Of
story to make 1t interesting to young read
ers. The book is illustrated In colors and
handsomely printed. Charles Scribner's
Sons, publishers
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Mrs. Burnett's new novel, THE De Will
loughby Claim" published by the Serb
ners. promises to have a great success. the
first edition having been sold before pup
LEGATION.
The Becky Sharp edition of Thackeray's
"yanity Fair Is meeting with the ready
demand which the publishers. Messrs- Har-
per q. Brothers, anticipated for IL A hrst
large edition was exhausted before the day
of publication arrived.
The November reports OF the wholesale
bookselIing trade in England show that
Anthony Hopes Kings Mirror" Miss +.
II. Fowler's Corner OF the West" and "A
Double Thread" by ISIS y. L. Fowler.
hold the first second and third place in
public favor among the novels OF the sea-
son.
Appleton's Holiday Bulletin. which Is
most deliberately illustrated. appears this
year in a new cover printed in colors- IL
contains forty-eight pages. and IS In itself
practically a holiday book number, contain
ing a large number OF attractive pictorial
features and a vast amount of timely Ut
erary information. IL is distributed gratu-
itously by ID. Appleton * Co.
The Macmillan Company announces that
''Via Crucis" is In its thirty-fifth thousand.
II has been published just thirty-four days.
The Macmillans have secured the publish
ing rights OF those OF Mr.. Aliens books
which have hitherto been rssoltshed by
Messrs Harper * Brothers. This gives
them the control OF the whole OF Mr.. AL
lens works issued up TO the present. and
makes possible uniform edition.
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THE STATES BIRTHDAY.

Indiana became a State Dec. IL, 1876
eighty three years ago to-day. The census
taken to ascertain If the territory con-
tanned the $4,000 inhabitants which the or
chance creating the Territory of Indiana
required before the people could be granted
statehood showed a population of 63, $50. of
which PIP were voters. Congress passed
the enabling act April 10. 1916. authorizing
the election of delegates to convention
to form a Constitution. That enabling act
was drawn by friends of the Territory who
looked out for the interests of the people,
securing. among other things. one section
of the thirty-six in each township for the
building up of public school system. The
election of delegates was held the first
Monday in May, and the convention met
in Corydon June 10, 1916. The qualification
of voters for delegates was citizenship. one
years residence and the payment of a
county or territorial tax. The first State
Legislature met on Nov. A. 1915. and on Dec.
IL following President Madison signed the
resolutions which recognized Indiana as a
State. The growth of Indiana, all things
considered, has been most remarkable 1t
was a country covered with impenetrable
forests. and. unlike the prairie States TO
the west on which the soil was awaiting
the immigrant, Indiana had to be dragged
out of the forests and the swamps. To-day,
more than any other State of the North
west, it is witness to what years of toll,
ha rdshin and courapa ON the mart Of n
people can do. AT the outset its growth
was slow because of the many obstacles,
which included Indians, trackless forests
and the difficulty of communication. AS
State it is one of the creations of the CEN
fury which will close with 1900. Indeed, it
the miracles which the perseverance of
man. urged by his necessities, has worked
out.
What are now the more populous por-
lions of the State were forests and swamps
when Indiana became State eighty-three
years ago. The territory covered by In
dianapolis was a swamp covered with trees
and underbrush. Its site was arbitrary
bat as we see the city to-day its selection
was fortunate. And so of other portions Of
the State now the most populous and fer
tile. Other States have acquired a larger
population in fewer years. but no one Of
them has to-day a better form of State
government, better system of public in
struction, more general intelligence or more
diversified interests that aid to make it
sustain a population. Indiana has few men
| of great wealth. but 1t can De said that it
has fewer hopeless poor. 1t is a State in
which no person who will work need go
| hungry. That is great thing to say for
any State
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OF Such Is the Kingdom.

Miss Clara Vawter. of Greenfield, Ind,
has the rare gift of being able to write for
children stories which have the elusive
charm belonging to tales told at the fire.
side by mothers and elder sisters possess
ing the happy faculty of improvisation.
Miss Vawters stories are for the wee little
people whose imaginations soar far above
improbabilities that might disturb older
folk. and they have I'm them the hopeful.
happy spirit Of childhood. The stories are
about little children, of course-the for
tunes and experiences of Annita and
jamie Philip and Elsie. youngsters at the
age when much that is marvellous pre-
sents itself that nothing seems impossible.
Consequently, when they expect a rabbit
turkey in city backyard. IL becomes the
bounden duty of parents or friends to save
this infantile faith by placing eggs in the
rabbits nest and a turkey In the clumsy
trap. In The Reformation OF Biddy' no
grown person has a hand. that. wise hen
being equal to managing her own AFFAIRS;
but the proceedings of the pin-show Will
appeal to the mature reader whose memory
recalls similar entertainments in his own
time. The story Of Annita's cat and the
story of the oak tree are less realistic. per-
haps, but they are such as children like to
hear. The utter simplicity OF the little
tales Is t.eir great charm. and II the young
author can retain the secret of this as she
gains more experience In the technicalities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-11

Professional critics of literature ind
many faults in this first and greatest work
of Charlotte Bronte, but 1t has In 1t, never
theless, the power to please one genera
ton Of readers after another. It's force and
passion and intensity made its first pub
LEGATION an event in the field of fiction, and
these qualities have not been equaled In
any single novel of the innumerable list
published since. 1t has In IT an element
likely to keep it on the book-lover's shelf
of favorite volumes wnen later. much
talked-of productions of more artistic writ
ers have been forgotten Probably no ap-
preciative reader of Jane Eyre ever laid
the volume down without sympathetic
thought of the author, and II was happy
thought of the publishers to preface this
"Haworth Edition" with a biographical
sketch of Miss Bronte and an estimate OF
her work. This introduction is written by
Mrs. Humphry Ward. and though she
shows an intellectual comprehension OF the
qualities Of the young woman OF Haworth
and of her work. she takes a somewhat
patronizing attitude toward both. Mrs.
Wards mental makeup is so dissimilar
that she could hardly be expected to have
a sympathetic understanding of so intense
a nature as that of Miss Bronte, and II is
a matter for some regret that another
choice of biographer had not been made.
The volume is handsome one and will be
followed by the other works of Charlotte
Bronte and Of her two sisters. Harper &
Brothers, publishers.
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AN INSPIRING INCIDENT.

While the Annapolis players in the foot
ball game between the military and naval
cadets were tumbling about the field on
the occasion of the recent game awaiting
the appearance Of their rivals, the band
which came with them began to play the
"Star-spangled Banner" At once every ca
Diet within sound of the music, sailor or
soldier, stood at attention and uncov-
cred, as is the rule at those schools. Ev-
cry other military or naval officer present
obeyed the instincts of his training. There
at the audience of nearly $1,000 persons
stood In silence and in an attitude of re-
spect until the music ceased. 1t need not
be said that 1t was an impressive scene and
a lesson that will be long remembered.
The incident recalls the fact that the
committees of the Loyal Legion. the Sons
Of the Revolution and other patriotic So
cieties are making renewed effort to induce
Congress to make law which will pre-
vent the dissertation of the national flag.
There are those who ridicule the idea, but
the sentiment is growing that the symbol
of great nation. recalling it's struggles,
its victories. its power and its protection
should not be used as a trademark for a
brand of beer. bacon. or for any private
purpose OF like character. Other countries
whose people have less cause to show their
regard for national emblems protect them
from what many regard as dissertation.
Certainly the children in public schools
which have a flag exercise can be taught
to venerate the flag Oh the United States.
Two years ago, when the subject was under
discussion in a veteran organization, the
veneI able Admiral Gherardi. presiding.
said For nearly forty years have sa-
luted the flag of the United States uncov-
cred and in the attitude Of reverence. To
me 1t is sacred emblem. On one occasion
to which was invited it was used as a
carpet. but could not walk across it. his
may be sentiment. but it is part of my
being" 1t may be sentiment, but the man
who carries 1t in his heart is certain to be q
good American citizen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-11

The Philadelphia Times independently
says there can be nothing but commenda-
ton of the rule of the House which brings
fixes the time for taking the vote. The
majority is responsible for legislation, and
it should make rules which will give it
power 70 decide which measures are the
more important and bring them to consid-
Grafton, and TO bring them to a vote after
a proper period has been devoted to de-
bate. All that the minority can ask is that
it be given opportunity to debate the bills
and offer limited number of amendments.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-11

Messrs. Little, Brown & Co. issue AL
phonse Daudet's NOVELETTE, Nabob''-in
two volumes. The translation is by George
Burnham Ives. An Introduction by Bran
der Matthews is comprehensive estimate
of the authors quality and rank, and of
the characteristics of his work Mr.. Mat
thews says: while a novel of Balzac's is
often no more than an analysis of charac-
ter, and while novel of Zola's is a mas
sive epic of human endeavor. novel of
Daudet's is a gallery of pictures, brushed
in with the sweep and certainty of q mas
er-hand-portraits, landscapes with fig
ures marines battle-pieces bits of genre
views of Paris. And the views of Paris
outnumber the others, and almost outyalue
them also. Mr.. Henry James has noted
that The Nabob' is full of episodes
which are above all, pages of execution
triumphs Of translation. The author has
drawn UP a list of the Partisan solemn
ties, and painted the portrait or given a
summary, of each of them. The opening
Chaise, debate in the Chamber of Depu-
ties. the premiere of a new play at favor
lite theater, furnish him with so many OPP
portunities for his gymnastics of observa-
ton And The Nabob,' adds Mr. Mat
thews. sis only little more richly decorat-
ed than the Immortal and 'Numa Rou-
mestan' and Kings in Exile" In concIu-
sion, Mr.. Matthews says: "Daudet may
lack the poignant intensity of Balzac, the
lyric sweep Of Hugo, the immense archi-
tectural strength of NJ. lola. the implaca-
BILE dfsinterestedness of Flaubert, the mar
velous concentration of Maupassant. but
he has more human than any of them and
more charm-more sincerity than any but
Flaubert. His is. perhaps. a rarer COM
bination. than any of them-the gift of
STORYTELLING. the power of character-draw-
ing, the grasp Of emotional situation, the
faculty Of analysis, the feeling for form.
the sense of style. an unfailing and human
interest In his fellow-nen and an ire
as he saw 1t with his own eyes" The vol
umes are handsomely printed and bound.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-11

A leading Democratic paper in the State,
which is frantic at the prospect of another
16 to campaign. has printed the following
extract from the Declaration of Independ
ence at the head OF its editorial columns
for weeks as Democratic doctrine:
I'VE hold these truths to be self-evident;
that all men are created equal: that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
inalienable rights; that among these are
he liberty and the pursuit of happiness:
that to secure these rights, governments
are instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent OF the gov
erned."
The phrase "glittering generalities' was
applied TO the foregoing by a New En-
gland man in 1855, when he was fighting
the new Republican party. The Demo-
cratic party was the champion of slavery
from 1874 until there was slavery TO
champion. Four Democratic Legislatures
In the South have made constitutional
amendments in an unusual manner for no
other purpose than to disfranchise colored
citizens. 1t is hard case to be compelled
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Indianapolis Photographers.

Adolph Witteman, $50 Adams street,
Brooklyn, has issued a souvenir album of
photogra phic views in and about Indianap-
oils. The Soldiers Monument. the State
house, the courthouse. hotels. bird's-eye
view from top of monument. bits Of resi-
dence streets. Scottish Rite. Majestic and
Stevenson buildings, Union Station, public
library and Propylaeum are among the
pictures given. Some slight errors are To
be noted among them the labelling OF n
glimpse of the canal as ''the Erie Canal"
Pennsylvania street, also. is down as
Pennsylvania avenue" Two very attrac-
tive pages are view on the Cycle Path"
and 1.-THE Country Club" The book makes
attractive souvenir for visitors to carry
away. The same firm issues decorative
mailing cards with Indianapolis views on
their face, after the fashion in vogue in
Europe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-11

The statement that 1.-THE rumor that John
Smith had beaten his wife has been found
to be without foundation Is always dam
aging to John Smith, especially II that
statement is the first public one that has
appeared. Likewise the publication OF
statement TO the effect that the two In
diana senator's are not at swords points.
when no one having right TO an opinion
had even thought that they were, Is en-
barrassing to the two toga-wearers and
misleading TO the public. Both senator's
are gentlemen I'm all that the word implies.
are friends. fellow-townsmen, public spir-
fled. and. above all. they are men OF both
wisdom and ambition. with the welfare OF
the State very much at heart. Let US have
no more denials in advance OF accusations.
No culprit can be given trial before a
warrant has been issued for his arrest.
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SaragOssa.

'Saragossa'' is the sixth volume of
series of historical novels by B. Perez
Galdos, which begins with Trafalgar" and
closes with The Battle Of the Arapiles."
The story IL founded on the siege Of Sara
gossa, which occurred during the French
peninsular war, which lasted from 1907 to
1914 Napoleon had compelled the Spanish
King, Ferdinand VII, to abdicate the
throne and bestowed the crown upon his
brother Joseph; but the Spanish subjects
refused TO accept Joseph as their ruler, and
then followed a struggle for national ex-
istence on the part of Spain against
the encroachments of the French
which was not ended until the
Duke OF Wellington delivered Spain out
of the hands of the French. AT the siege
of Saragossa the Spaniards fought desper-
ately, but without common purpose or di-
rection. 1t was during this siege that the
incident occurred which made the Maid of
Saragossa' famous in song and story.
The French army had made a breach in
the wall of the city and poured in upon its
defenders a deadly fire. causing a panic in
the ranks of the Spaniards, who threw
down their arms and fled in dismay. In
vain the leaders tried to drive the terror
stricken soldiers back to the broken wall.
AT this moment the figure of a slender girl
of twenty-five years made her way among
the fleeing men. leaping over the dead and
wounded which lay among the heaps OF
earth, ruins and abandoned guns, straight
to the horrible breach. The sight OF this
defenseless girl neryed the men to action
and they returned TO the abandoned spot
and compelled the enemy TO retire. Man
uela Sanchez. or the Maid of Saragossa.
| appears as a minor character in the story
| as type of the Saragossa women rather
| than single character. Perhaps the best
drawn characters are those OF the valiant
| citizen. Don Jose de Montoria. the despised
miser Candida and his beautiful daughter
| Mariquilla. The suffering of the inhabit-
ants of the besieged city, and the bravery
and valor of the citizens and soldiers is
wonderfully realistic. The love AFFAIR
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Little Journeys.

have been to the homes or eminent paint
ers. These pleasant little essays or sketches
do not deal much with dry biographical de-
tail. but do afford a good deal Of interest,"
ing information concerning the subjects.
and are written in a style to attract a class
of readers not much given 10 serious litera-
ture. A chapter each is given to Michael
Angelo, Rembrandt, Rubens. Meissonnier.
Titan, Van Dyck. Fortuny. AIRY Seheffer.
Millet. Joshua Reynolds Landseer and
parchment paper and reproductions from
some OF their works form the Illustrations.
The volume is most desirable as a holiday
gift. Published by G.. L. Putnam's Sons.
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A number of ministers in Nebraska have
been ordered committed to Jail, where
they will play games of nasal checkers un-
til further notice. These gentlemen had
written a letter to the court, a sort of
round robin, as it were, with the purpose
and intent to influence the judge in a pend
ing decision. 1t is safe to say that in this
instance the history of the apostle and
his midnight Jail delivery will not be re-
peated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-11

Betty Leicester" is an old acquaintance
Of the readers of Miss Sarah Orne Jewett's
books. She is young American girl whose
mother is dead and who has spent consid-
cradle time in England with her father.
who is a scientist. This particular Christ
mas is spent at 'Danesly Castle" a very
grand place, and the story is about her ex-
periences there. There is no apparent ef
fort on the authors part to teach lesson.
but young readers Of this pleasant little
tale are likely to learn. unconsciously.
something of good manners and good NOR
ais. Houghton, Mifflin d Co.