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families I'm the city. and as 1t was part
of the plan 20 ascertain the sectarian af-
filiations or preferences of the people, the
returns are tabulated In that way. They
are complete as to 121 ,253 families, and they
show that of this number the Roman
Catholic families greatly outnumber any
other single denomination. There are 3o.29o
Catholic families against 1903 Methodist.
1906 Episcopalian. 80 Presbyterian. 9,si1
Lutheran, and so on down TO very small
numbers. AS usual. the solidarity Of the
Catholic Church makes 1t show up strong
as against the various Protestant sects.
II is somewhat surprising to find In the
original City of Brotherly Love only 6SS
Quaker families out of total of 121. 256
1t is also somewhat surprising to find in
so old and cultured a city sixty-eight
families representing a denomination COM
monty supposed to be found only In the
backwoods. namely, the Dunkards, and
255 families representing the almost equally
obscure sect of Mennonites. All the fore
going figures represent one-half OF the to-
tai enumeration. the other half not having
been tabulated.
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Ex-Secretary Olney thinks the United
States ought to hold and govern the Phil
ippines, though he would not have favored
taking them in the first instance. and be-
leves they will be a burden to us finan-
cially. Time alone can determine their
worth, either commercially or otherwise.
If they should ever become a burden or
prove to be not worth holding, the United
States can always dispose of them for
more than they cost. The reader of mod
ern history. however, will find that ma
tons are very loath to part with posses
sions once acquired, valueless as they may
appear to be. Spain has never parted with
foot of territory except from necessity,
enforced by revolution or conquest. Great
Britain has not parted with any since she
lost the American colonies, and has added
enormously to her possessions Germany
and France have fought more than once
over Alsace and Lorraine, which have
passed from one to the other and back
again. Russia gets all she can and holds
all she gets All the European powers are
striving to get larger holdings in Africa
and new ones in China. 1t would be strange
if the United States should be the first
great power to set the example of the vol
untary surrender OF territory once ac-
uuired =,
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The full edition of the works OF the late
George Warrington Stevens, which the
Blackwoods are preparing to publish, will
include a number OF literary essays which
their author published anonymously
Mr.. Anthony Hope has been elected chair
man Of the English Authors Society for
the year now begun. He Is at present busy
with his new novel, ''Tristram OF Blent,"
which is to be published first In one OF the
illustrated magazines.
Henry James Is out with a denial that he
dictates his stories. He says that he writes
every word of them. and writes them many
times before they go to the publisher. He
believes that no good work can come of
dictation.
In a recent letter Mrs. Louise Chandler
Moulton says of Miss Vawter's new book
of stories Of children. "Of Such Is the
Kingdom: "It seems simply incredible
that this fascinating book should be the
work of two unframed literary young
sters'-print and pictures are alike delight
full My warmest congratulations to them ;"
lola intends to close his literary career
with three more novels. Travail" Yer
lite" and Justice" The last-named Is. he
says. to be a Utopian romance. lyrical
apotheosis OF humanity in its onward
march toward goodness and beauty. After
that Is finished. he writes. Il shall rest. /
am dreaming OF settling In the Balearic
isles-a wonderful region In delightful che
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mate. Then I shall SEEK TO forget that
am somebody and spend my last years en-
joying nature"
There is a pleasant little story about
Ruskin. told by a friend who once visited
him at Brentwood: las was his custom.
he showed me. as a departing guest many
OF his priceless treasures OF missals. books.
manuscripts. cases of drawing. etc. I'm his
sanctum, and his last words 10 me were
pointing TO a row OF small volumes on the
shelves of a principal bookcasel: Please
remember when / am dead that the post Of
honor in my library is held ~ Maria Edge
worths writings, which were the delight
of my childhood-as they still are.
Miss Mary E. wilkins is quoted in Har-
per's Bazaar as saying of the new novel
which she is writing that "the story seems
is rather realistic. but not grimly so. its
pathos being cheerful rather than tragic.
/ may call II Ellen. though I wanted the
title to be The Unit of Destiny. but no.
body seems to understand what mean by
that so perhaps i shall give Ii up. / do
not know when IL will be finished, for
will not limit myself with II. as ! have
often done with my stories" The scene OF
the story is laid in the shoe factory OF a
large American city.
The following account Of Thackeray's
quaint habits in writing novel is from
a very small. neat hand. and used slips of
note paper. These he would often gather
up and put in his coat pocket, leaving his
secretary at work, and stroll down to the
Athenaeum Club. Here, If he could get a
comfortable table and was not waylaid by
any gossip, to whom he was always ready
to give an attentive ear. he would pull out
his slips and carry his story a few steps
further. In an hour or two he would again
collect the scattered papers and go on TO
the Garrick Club where. If not interrupted.
he would resume his writing. This habit
Of composing I'm public frightened many Of
the old club fogies, who thought they were
being caricatured for posterity. and no
doubt helped to get him blackballed at the
Travellers"
A writer in New York paper offers this
Renaissance: "A very impecunious literary
most exciting story which gave promise Of
being just the sort of thing which reauers
of the Ledger used TO like. The story was
accepted and ran on uninterruptedly and
very successfully for about four weeks.
when all of a sudden the authors invention
gave out. For the life of him he could not
go on with the tale. and he had to go to
Mr.. Bonner and say SO frankly. The next
number of the Ledger appeared without
the expected instalment of the story, but
with a brief note to the effect that, owing
to the sudden illness of its author, it's fur
ther publication was temporarily suspend
ed. This was to give that. embarrassed
person a chance to recover his inspiration.
Mr.. Bonner asked him to dinner. took MIN
driving and in various ways tried to brace
him up for further work, but Ii was of no
use. He simply could not go on, and so
the rest of the story never saw the light"
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CHANGES IN THE TRANsyAAL.

Enthusiasts in England are reported as
declaring that the successes of the British
in South Africa the past week mark "the
beginning of the end There is reason to
believe that this is not the case. The sue
cesses have been marked, but no great bat
tie has been fought. 1t would. consequent
ly be more accurate to say that the events
That is, they mark the end of the agrees
sive operations of the Beers in British ter
ritory and of whatever advantage they de-
rived from that situation. The promptness
of the Beers In anticipating British inva-
sion by taking the offensive and invading
British territory, while Britain hoped to
win by diplomacy. gave the Beers the ad-
vantage at the outset. That advantage
they have lost, and what they have lost is
of material advantage to the British. Still,
the Beers have great natural advantages,
the most important of which is that they
hold interior lines which belong to those
who are on the defensive in their own
country. 1t is very largely with the Beers
&c choose the battle ground and to utilize
their forces by concentration. This advan-
tage. however. can be nullified by superior
strategy. which in the end seems to have
given the British the advantage obtained
during the past week.
That the end will come, and that 1t will
come by the success of the British. even
those who champion the cause of the Beers
now practically confess when they ask that
the United States offer mediation. That
the end will come sooner than seemed pos
sible few weeks ago Is now apparent
And this suggests an inquiry as TO what
the end of the war may bring to the Kru-
ger government. which has been called a
republic by those who ignore facts. II the
Kruger government had been a republic
there would have been no war. Perhaps II
Is nearer the truth to say that there would
have been no war IL Kruger and his adj
visers had not wanted it. Republics and
equal rights have been regarded as synon-
ymous terms. In republic the majority
must rule; In the Transvaal the minority
rules. because the Beers were in minority
when the war broke out. The Kruger gov
eminent threw the entire burden of it's
rule upon the outlander. He paid the
expenses OF the government and received
nothing for his money. The outlander mi
her paid millions year as a tax upon dy-
Mantle used in his industry. The Boer
farmer did not pay 10 per cent. OF the
taxes. All the benefits of the government
representation Every grant made by Kru-
ger was to the people of his own national
family. Because the Beers had very little
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ONE EFFECT OF WAR.
Interferes with Matrimonial Pros
poets Of British Maids.

London Letter in New York Nail and Ex-
press.
Another commodity that is disappearing
with a result that is equally tragic Is the
eligible young man. Mothers with daugh-
tiers are in despair over the scarcity of any
thing in the way OF masculines who remain
to pay attention to the fair young things
on whom the joys of the world are just
dawning. All the young men. or a very fair
percentage of them, haye Joined their regi-
ment and gone 10 the font, or have volun-
teered for the service. The result as re-
CARDS the matrimonial market is appalling.
and the slump has caused the ruin OF a
good many tender hopes and hearts. II IL
extraordinary. In fact. the number of ways
in which that PARKWAY war in South Africa
is making itself keenly felt in every corner
of Great Britain. We notice IL perhaps
more in London than in other parts of the
country. for here We have IL always before
lily appreciated. In shops OF all kinds. In
Offices and I'm banks, one notices the diff
ference. There Is a scarcity OF men every
where. In fact, IL is the one uppermost de-
mind nowadays to be OF 10 the Cape. and
no thought Of mother or sweetheart will ex-
tinguish the martial enthusiasm. Even In
such humble paths those trod by the
numbering buses one notices the difference.
Sometimes You have 20 wait for FIVE OF
six minutes for a vehicle 10 taAe YOU. say
so far as Piccadilly Circus. Furious ques-
tions as 10 why one Is kept waiting so
long between stages only brings forth the
answer that appears 10 be on the IT'D or
every ones tongue. THE war. miss. Half
ductors is OF, while they've taken most OF
our wages 10 put In the war fund.
A not altogether pleasant expression
creeping across the face OF the informant
makes you aware that he Is possessed OF
certain type OF sardonic humor that gives
him a thorough grasp OF the situation
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to do with the legislation the government
of the Transvaal was the government Of
Kruger for the few admitted to his cir
Gle. He was. in fact. an absolute ruler.
such notifications of the so-called repub-
lie as will confer upon all inhabitants of
the country some of the CAPABILITIES which
pertain to popular government. There is
no reason why these changes cannot be
brought about at early day, IL Mr..
Kruger can be induced to relinquish his
autocracy
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One OF the criticisms upon the infantry
figure that has been put up at the base of
the soldiers monument is that the gov
eminent did not issue the style OF hat
which appears on the head OF the figure.
That is true; the quartermaster's depart
ment did not do much In the way OF sup
plying hats during the war for the Union
Now and then a regiment was fitted out
with an antiquated hat. but that was a
rare occurrence The forage cap was the
headgear generally issued; and. for the
purpose for which IT was intended IL was
about as useless an affair as could be de-
vised, affording no protection from the
elements. The men generally furnished
themselves some sort OF hat during cam
pzsgns, even II they were forced 10 wear
the fatigue cap when in winter quarters
or during long periods OF inactivity The
infantryman who could picked up a broad
brimmed soft hat, so that the hat upon the
figure Is that which well represents the
hat the real infantryman wore when he
cosld get II. The dress generally, the
trousers inside the stockings. the general
absence OF the regulation harness" as 1.
was called, is that of the infantryman in
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ranged and with few MODERN improve
they are constantly in need of repair, offer.
as a rule. the only choice; and even TO
have a choice is by some anxious but
fastidious home seekers considered fortu-
nate. BY way OF providing for this class
of residents numerous apartment houses
are being built, but these. admirable
though they are in some respects. do not
supply the general want. They are not in
harmony with the Indianapolis idea OF
home. which is that of a house set in
piece of ground by itself. They are not
suited to the needs OF families with chill
dren nor to the exigencies of long sum-
mer when a veranda or dooryard adds
greatly to the enjoyment of life. What is
needed are small houses Of modern de-
sign, we'll built, with the best of plumb
ing and with the conveniences that would
be put in If the owner were to occupy
them-houses that would rent for mod
crate sums and yet afford the comforts
TO which people OF moderate incomes are
rightfully entitled. 1t is not necessary or
even desirable that such houses be built
down town. The old-time village notion
that eight ten squares from Washing
ton street was long distance is pretty
well outworn. With trolley cars and BIZ
cycles three miles from that point Is a.
distance no greater now than Sixteenth
street was when the mule-car system was
in vogue. Facilities for transportation are
constantly improving, and the tendency in
all cities is toward suburban residence.
Luckily, indianapolis has room in which
to spread indefinitely and yet retain its
distinctive parklike character. A great
deal of building of one sort and another
is being planned for this season. Are there
no capitalists looking for a place for in
vestment who will make beginning at
least toward supplying the demand in
question? The returns on such investment
may not be large. possibly, but they will
at least be sure. Real estate agents will
testify that such houses never stand va
MT
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EXPORT OF WHISKY.
Reasons for Discrediting Figures Civ
en- by Prohibitfonists.

W. e. Curtis. In Chicago Record.
There seems to be extraordinary misap-
prehension about the quantity of liquor ex-
ported from the United States to foreign
countries. For example. have to-day re-
ceived letter from Prohibitionist editor
who says that one distillery in Kentucky
shipped over 100000 worth of whisky to
China, Japan and the Philippine islands
last year and sent 5000 barrels TO the Phil
ippines in November. The total export OF
whisky to all countries during the month
of November was only 2i.0S7 gallons val
ued at s36.47l. so that my Prohibitionist
friend must have been misinformed.
received a letter the other day from a
clergyman in southern Michigan saying
that he was pained to learn from the coll
umns OF a certain Prohibition paper that
several million dollars worth OF whisky
had been shipped last December TO the
Congo valley with the consent OF our gov
eminent. and he deplored the day when q
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REAL SHAME OF "sAPH0."
Ii Lies i'm the Attitude of the New
York Public Toward the Drama.
New York Press.

New York Press.
The mess In which lax dramatic stand
ard and a couple OF dirty newspapers have
been allowed to involve a masterpiece OF
correct literary art and relentlessly severe
morality is not particularly creditable TO US
as a community representative of a ma
ton. Alphonse Daudet's "Sapho" was.
like everything that this high-minded and
scrupulously clean Frenchman wrote on
the subject so largely uppermost In French
literature, a profound sermon on the I'M
utterable fairness and unproftableness OF
the pursuit of the pleasures OF the appe-
titles. "Sapho" is ballad OF burdens with
its solemn envoy:
Princes, and We whom pleasure quicken
Heed well my rhyme before your pleas
ure tire.
For life is sweet, but after life is death.
This Is the end OF every mans desire"
Much stronger than the conventional
end of a sinner in a coffin is that which
the close OF the novel presents as the end
Of this mans desires. 1t is the sinner In
a hot Mediterranean port waiting his
steamer TO n wretched South American
consulate. He has broken with his be-
trothed, he has broken with his family, he
slain his self-respect, and when she
for whom he has done IL all.
and whose oompanionship is to make
up for what he has lost. writes him at the
last moment that she is not going 10 a
country where women grow old quickly
and will return to a convict lover who has
promised TO marry her. the ballad Is COM
plete. The end of a certain kind of La Vie
Parisienne, whose utter emptiness IL was
Daudets mission to expose. stands pitiless-
ly revealed in the dull glare Of the Med
fine book a noble work OF art. designed
only, like all French works OF art for the
inspection of the mature minded.
That is Sapho of the French novel. In
the dramatized version for the American
stage there are only such outlines as APP
pear in noisy, vulgar brutalized but not
indecent caricature, according 10 the WELL
The purpose of the denouement to which
the whole work relentlessly draws, in the
manner of the literary master, is utterly
lost. We know that after number OF
daring scenes Fanny lie Grand leaves
her lover, but of the significance OF the act
of the mans gradual degradation and
final disappointment is left untold. IL can
not be told TO the sort OF American audi
ence attracted TO a play which draws by
reason OF its bad name. That sort of audi
ence does not read Daudet, and IL would be
a casting of pearls before swine to seek 10
interpret his truer meanings TO IL. -i =
And that is the disgrace OF IL. IL Is the
fact that the only "SaphO' which can be
profitably produced in this country is the
sort upon which the yellow journal can
descend in an outcast's ecstasy at finding
something viler than herself; something at
which even she thinks she can point the
finger of scorn.
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New clerk-What,s that for?


The strenuous life consists in working so
hard you haven't time to find fault with
those who have an easier time than you
have.
People who are humorous amuse us: peo-
pie who have no sense of humor amuse US,
too.
Charity. sad to say, is too often only the
tolerance we feel for the msdemeanors Of
people we like.
Some women spend one-half their lives in
making a quilt of 1000 pieces. and the other
half in Dragging about 1t.
Discussions arise, not from what people
mean, but from what other people think
they mean.
Hope paints lovely pictures, and she
realizes on them about in proportion as
other artists do.
Amiable women are sometimes amiable
because they have decided positively to
have their own way about everything.
Imagination is the root of much evil; man
often spends what he has in anticipation Of
what he only expects to get.
What we eat determines what We are; it
also determines what the doctor and the
druggist will do to US.
A woman is never any older than she
looks in her photograph taken ten years
ago.
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Washington Special.

Washington Special.
According 20 the report Of the librarian OF
Congress. Herbert Putnam, that institution
now contains in its general collection 10000
volumes In addition thereto $4,000 PAM
phlets and duplicates are I'm the library.
The copyright business OF the congressional
library has grown TO a very large proper
ton receipts from that source during the
wear having been SIS 267 The expense Of
maintaining this branch OF the institution
is $4,000 a year. The librarian asks for q
considerable increase for travelling ex-
penses. and calls attention 10 the fact that
material for a great library comes from
all over the civilized world. making Il nee
essary oftentimes TO 80 long distances
on library business He also wants Con-
eress to buy him an automobile 10 cost
81 S45 If Congress grants all the requests
Librarian Putnam makes Il viii have 10
appropriate about $4,000. which II probably
will not go
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Mr.. Lew Wallace. jr., has timely and
Instructive article IN last weeks Outlook
entitled Church Property in Our Recent
Acquisitions" Mr.. Wallace holds that the
church properly in the Philippines being
really the property OF the crown when
Spain ceded the islands to the United
States is now the property OF this govern
ment. and sustains his views by decisions
Of the Supreme Court and State courts and
acts Of Congress. Such being the case. Mr..
Wallace would have the proceeds or these
church estates and properties devoted to
the establishment OF system OF common
schools
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The bill which the Senate has passed
without division. giving Hawaii a rudi-
make IL a Territory in the sense that Okla
hoIna and New Mexico are Territories.
That is. there is nothing IN the measure
which implies right to statehood. Even
II Hawaii were made Territory, as is
New Mexico. 1t could not get into the
Union as a State. which is the assumption
OF many. New Mexico has been Territory
nearly fifty years.
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Congressman Bailey of Texas writes to
Harper's Bazaar to say that women fail as
parliamentarians because the feminine
temperament is constitutionally opposed to
the perfect mental poise absolutely indis-
pensable to success in governing delibera-
tive body" And now 1900 women's clubs,
whose respective presidents are such rigid
parliamentarians that they can offer ex-
Speaker Reed points, are giving indiscreet
Congressman Bailey the merry ha, ha! He
can never run for President and get their
Votes
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An Advertising scheme.
Milwaukee Sentinel.

Milwaukee Sentinel.
Thus the attack upon ''Sapho" has for
its motive desire TO advertise two news
papers, and one of it's effects is to adver-
tise the actress and the play. Further
more. the battlefield is New York. which
has, for years, given a welcome TO plays
which can by no imaginable standard. IL
the production of '.Sapho' is to be stopped
by the police, be judged unobjectionable.
Many of these plays have been not only
immoral which "Sapho' may be. but vul-
gar, which ''Sapho'' is not OF course. peo-
pie may say that reform is reform, even IL
belated. that few wars against crying evils
have been started soon as the evil be-
gan to cry, that Jeremy Golfers Short
View of the immortality and Profaneness
of the English Stage" would have been
quite as opposite had IL been published
earlier than in 1888 But these and similar
remarks do not alter the fact that New
York has endured worse shows than
"Sapho" and that the present campaign
had its origin in an advertising scheme.