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The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-09
Beautiful Dream, Goodbye.

Here is the summer. with all her sweets
The summer. with song and sigh:
For Joy of living the worlds heart beats:
But a voice in the garlanded wales and
streetS:-
Beautiful dream, goodbye!'
Here is the summer. that weaves for all
Colors OF perfect sky:
In pink and purple the blossoms fall;
But out from the rain o. them-over all,-
Beautiful dream, Goodbyev'
And the world is green, and the world IS
wide,
And the great stars wheel on high;
But ever a voice where the world-dreams
abife-
over the stress OF the storm and the
tide
Beautiful dream, eoOdbyev'
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-09
a July Citizen

head:
But gimme Mister July en- de watermelon
red!
Don't keer fer all de roses-fer all de birds
dat sing:
Gimme Mister July en- do melon what he
brIngl
July time in Georgy! Dat de time fer
Melon bust wide open, en- de juice a
flowin' freel
Des take all De sweetness dey sens you In
de spring;
Gimme Mister July en- de melon what ne
briugi
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PlUnk0tf' SlA8ff8r

For The Constitution.
Another Fourth is upon us and there Ii
wars and rumors of wars. but
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-09

VIZ WANT YoU-The Consultation vssvs AGENT
rtevery ro.toffce I'm America Asenfs outhf Tree
end gooI terms II yOs are not In a club ~e want
you 10 act g. AGENT al your ofic>- Write IA
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-09

Idle words that wished to write.
For the world Is sweet with the grace
That dwells with the shadowless eyes Of
light
And the beautiful haunting face!
Sweet song hath followed her steps in
flight,
And the dreams are in the placel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
The British-BOer War.

The complete title of this book is ''War I'm
South Africa and the Dark Continent. from
Savagery to Civilization" Its author is
William Harding, for twelve years cable
editor of the Associated Press and for two
years resident in Africa. He is a trained
collector of facts and a practiced writer.
The early history of Africa, including its
first exploration by whites, occupies only a
few paragraphs, but, beginning with the
early struggles of the Beers, their great
tricks or migratory movements, and down
to the beginning of the present war, the
book is a very comprehensive presentation
of facts. The author dwells at length upon
the Beers, their habits and peculiarities
as viewed from different standpoints lead
ing up to the Beers disputes with Great
Britain, the famous Jameson raid, the
preparations for war on both sides, the
struggle between the British secretary of
state for the colonies, Mr.. Joseph Cham
berlain and President Kruger, and, finally,
the war itself. Perhaps Ii might be said
that the distinctive feature of the book is
the minuteness and care with which the
author presents the early as we'll as the
immediate causes of the war He also
in the war drama, descriptions of the
besieged towns, and many valuable facts
relative TO the geography and resources of
the country. The book is copiously illus
trated with photographers. many of which
are very interesting. The book shows evil
dent marks of hasty preparation, but 1t
certainly contains much interesting mat
ter. The author does not attempt to con-
ceal his sympathy with the Beers. The
book is published a subscription work
by the Dominion Company, 33f Dearborn
street, Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

One who should infer from the title of
this book that II refers to bees would not
be mistaken. 1t treats of the bee struc-.
turally and temperamentally, physically
and morally, in action and in repose. at
work and at leisure. in literature and his
tory. The author has evidently made an
exhaustive study Of the subject, and the
result Is an interesting and instructive
compilation of bee science. learning litera-
ture and tradition. Probably no more
complete description has ever been printed
of the structure. habits and methods of the
bee, while its place in literature has GER
tainly never been more interestingly set
forth. One is surprised TO find how much
recognition the little insect and its work
have he'd in literature from the earliest
times. even from the prehistoric period of
Hindu and Egyptian literature to our own
times. The book closes with chapter on
bee culture at present, in which the mod
ern. up-to-date bee receives due recogni-
ton, and its last word is quoted from
Emerson's Humble Bee:''
/ will follow thee alone.
Thou animated torrid zone!
Zigzag steerer, desert cheerer,
Let me chase thy flying lines;
Keep me nearer, me thy hearer,
Singing over shrubs and vines.
The book is published in attractive form
by A. c. McClurg & Co., Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

1t is said that the "atrocious crime of
being young man" will not be pulAed
with extreme severity against Senator Bev-
eridge by the gray-haired assemblage at
the capital. In fact, it has been almost
MISUNDERSTANDING Standard.
Judge Morris is told to his teeth that
If the grand jury finds indictments, it
will be seen to that no convictions are had
square look at Judge Morris does not
discover single line in his face that would
indicate a disposition to run.-Shelbyyille
Republican.
Congressman Sibley, Pennsylvania
Democrat, administers a rebuke to his par
ty that ought to be effective. He makes it
plain that party, to commend itself to
thinking men, must have some policies of
its own other than to object and obstruct.-
Seymour Republican.
Be it chickenpox or smallpox at Clay
City, Secretary Hurry cannot be too highly
commended for establishing a quarantine
there. If it is chickenpox, no harm has been
done, while If 1t is smallpox, the spreading
of an awful contagion is being prevented
When in doubt, take the trick.-Crawfords-
vile Journal.
So far there is every indication that ev-
cry Indiana Republican congressman will
be renominated by reclamation. This is
the part of wisdom. The Hoosier Repub-
lican delegation is a strong one: by keep
ing Ii there, in a few years Indiana will
secure the position Of pre-eminence she has
never yet obtained owing to the foolish
habit OF retiring a man as soon as he be-
comes able to accomplish something for his
district. for a new man who. however able.
lacks the prestige of several years service.
-Muncie Morning News.
A new directory of Indianapolis indicates
a population Of 20i.5ls. The census of 1890
gave Indianapolis. including the suburbs
which have since been annexed. a popula-
ton OF about 1l5,000 Thus IL is shown that
the capital city has nearly doubled its popu-
lation in ten years. Its growth has not
only been large, but ii has been substan-
tial Its magnificent business blocks and
busy streets show the wonderful growth to
any observer. The State at large will also
show large growth in population and great
development of trade and manufacturing
industries. All these are due largely TO
natural gas and to the general prosperous
conditions of the COMPREHENSIVE Led
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

the Philippines. comparatively unworked
field, make common cause and labor there
only as Christians, and not as Methodists,
or Baptists, or Presbyterians, or Luther
ans, or Episcopalians. or members of any
other denomination? In this country the
differences between the sects are well un-
ways be minor differences of belief in re-
ligious as well as other matters-but it is
not to be expected that an alien people will
comprehend the relative unimportance OF
these variations of doctrines. Inasmuch
they are really unessential why not omit
even the distinguishing UNCONVENTIONAL
names and send missionaries simply as
teachers of the religion of Christ?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

The opening of the electric railroad line
from this city to Greenwood is an event
both of present and prospective interest. 1t
will promote the development of a good
section of country and be the forerunner
of many similar lines. Fifty years ago
there were not 500 miles of steam railroad
in Indiana, and electricity as motive
power was not dreamed of. Now there are
5000 miles of steam railroad, and the build
ing Of electric roads has begun at a rate
that foreshadows great development in the
future. Electric lines can never compete
with steam lines in heavy freight or
through travel, but they are evidently des-
tined to play large part in the develop
ment of local travel Indiana is peculiarly
adapted to their construction and the next
few decades will doubtless see a great in
crease in their mileage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
boundaries,

There is a good deal of truth in Mr.. Car
negie's eulogy of poverty. Ne believes 1t
is healthy discipline and would not abolish
it, 'Tt will indeed be sad day." he says,
when poverty is no longer with us. Where
will your inventor. your artist, your philan-
thropist, your reformer-in fact, anybody of
note come from then? They come from the
ranks of the poor. God does not call his
great men from the ranks of the rich"
Ones first impulse is to say it is very easy
for the possessor of millions to talk that
way, but, really, is 1t not substantially
true? Poverty is hard to bear and carries
with Ii many discomforts and often real
suffering Moreover it is often an incentive
to crime. Yet it has it's compensations in
the directions indicated by Mr.. Carnegie.
1t is an incentive to honorable ambition
and effort oftener than it is to crime, and
ii goes hand In hand with necessity as the
mother of invention. discovery and prog
ress. In this country, at least, it is true
that majority of the great men and the
successful men in all walks of life rise
from the ranks of the comparatively poor.
To be born with silver spoon in ones
mouth is a poor incentive to effort, and
the worst possible augury of success In
life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
MISSIONARIES TO PHILIPPINES.

Missionary societies of the various Protes-
tant denominations are now preparing to
send representatives to the Philippines to
engage in the work OF Outstanding the
natives. AS all the natives who have come
under the direct influence of the Spanish are
already faithful aonerents of one branch of
the Christian faith 1t seems hardly neces-
sary to disturb their belief by endeavoring
TO teach them the doctrines OF other sects
There are enough raw savages on the
various islands TO occupy the attention OF
all the missionaries who go TO that region.
Ii is unfortunate that In this work OF evan
gelization some agreement cannot be
reached among the numerous Protestant
denominations whereby all the sectarian
differences can be set aside and ignored in
dealing with the heather. and only the
Christian principles common TO all instilled
into their minds. There is no doubt that
the number OF sects represented in Japan.
China and other mission fields. and the not
infrequent manifestations of antagonism
among the various representatives thereof
have puzzled and repealed the people meant
to be benefited. and greatly checked the
progress Of Christian ideas. Why not, In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
Upon the recommendation of the at

Upon the recommendation of the attor-
ney general, President Mckinley has re-
fused to exercise executive clemency in
the cases of two dealers who removed the
labels from oleomargarine and sold 1t
for butter. They were convicted In a
lower court nearly two years ago and sem
fenced to fine and imprisonment The case
came to the Supreme Court on appeal. and
that tribunal affirmed the judgment. Then
the defendants counsel asked the President
to pardon them. In his opinion on the case
the attorney general said:
Not only is the dignity of the law to be
upheld against such persistent violations,
but the public is entitled to protection by
the salutary influence of stern punishment
against fraud and deception. by which the
petitioners We're enabled to impose upon
innocent purchasers as genuine butter a
counterfeit article.
All laws should be enforced, and there
can be no question to the justice OF the
law that forbids imitation butter being
sold as genuine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
Silas Mariner.

Dodd. Mead & Co. issue a new edition of
this novel of George Eliot's in attractive
form, with illustrations by Reginald Birch
Probably the question as to which is the
best of this authors works will never be
settled, but many readers class this tale of
rural life as their favorite. Certainly there
are descriptive passages and bits OF char
acter drawing in this book not excelled in
her other productions. There is no better
test of the quality of a book than that IL
can be read more than once. Whoever has
read George Eliot's books but once has not
got out of them all they contain. They will
bear more than one re-reading, and IL is a
pleasure to come upon one of them after
the flood of commonplace fiction, so much
of which is scarce worth the readers time
for one perusal. 1t is happy thought of
the publishers to call attention TO them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

Rome. where he gets at once into the social
life of the American colony and resident
diplomats. He falls in love with an Amer
lean girl. handsome and rich. and she likes
him. too. but, as he is poor. he hesitates TO
tell his love. A rich and INSCRIPTIONS
American rival circulates malicious stories
about the captain that temporarily destroy
his social standing and make him desperate.
He accepts a commission in the Egyptian
army, and, after a while. returns 10 Eu-
rope on a years leave of absence. Here
he learns that he has fallen heir 10 for
tune, and, to complete his good luck. he
meets and wins the girl he has loved in
Rome and routs his former rival and de-
famer The story is on the melodramatic
order. but has action. mystery and love-
making enough to make it interesting.
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

The Buckeyes opinion Of his own State
was pretty we'll set forth some days ago
at a Florida resort, when gentleman from
the far southland asked citizen of Ohio
If Ohio was not west of Pennsylvania.
YES" replied the Buckeye with gesture
of superiority, ''in fact Pennsylvania is a
sort of rural suburb of Ohio" us it a grain
raising Slater" well. it used to be, but
they've turned it all into one vast live
stock farm now, owing to the fact that it
has become the duty of that State. with
what little aid Indiana can afford. to fur
nish statesmen for the whole United States,
to say nothing of the rest of the world"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

This is a story by Coulson kornahan,
author of "A Dead Mans Diary" etc. Like
his other stories, "Scoundrels G. Co." is
tale of mystery and crime. In a brief
preface the author says it has no purpose
more serious than to while away an hour
or two by yarn" 1t serves that purpose
by relating series of remarkable adven-
lures by which the narrator, for IL is told
in the first person, discovered the secrets
and then became a member of gang OF
scoundrels that had endless ramifications
and committed endless crimes. The mar
rator turns spy upon them and finally
succeeds in landing the ringieaders In
that pertains to mystery, and, while the
occurrences related are obviously the most
extravagant kind of fiction, the story holds
the attention of the reader, though 1t
comes near being open to the criticism or
making crime attractive. Chicago: Herbert
S. Stone & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
Briton and Boer.

This is not exactly new contribution
to the literature OF the subject of which
ii treats, but it is an interesting one. 1t
is not new only because the papers which
compose the volume have been previously
published in the North American Review.
The book contains nine papers on both
such noted writers as the Hon. James
Bryce. NJ. p, Max Nordau. Andrew Car
negie and others. In their collected form
the papers constitute valuable hand
book or the entire South African situation.
The book contains an excellent map OF
the Boer republic and a number of illustra-
tions and portraits. New York: Harper
& Brothers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
The Woman,s Exchange.

This story, by Ruth McEnery Stuart, is
republished by the Harpers in a series
entitled Little Books by Famous Au-
thors." "The womans' Exchange" is a
quaint and pretty story about two spinster
sisters, Southern ladies of good family.
who, being in reduced circumstances after
the war, started womans exchange as
means of earning a livelihood. Their
successful experience Is amusingly de-
scribed. Finally, good fortune comes to
them in the sale TO the government OF a
large collection of mounted birds. which
their deceased brother had made and the
vaIue OF which they did not know till an
agent of the government informed them
There is not much to the story. but IL is
well told.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
Just About a Boy.

The title of this book is not very ex-
plicit, but perhaps Ii is just as much so as
any that could have been selected, for the
book itself is somewhat discursive, though
very pleasant reading. Its author is w. s.
Phillips, whose pseudonym is "El Co
mancho." Just About a Boy is a collec-
ton of stories and sketches of hunting
and fishing of camping and outdoor life.
in which the author has for companion a
typical Western boy about fourteen years
old, who knows more about the
woods and about hunting and fish,
ing than the author does. He makes
the boy interesting and attractive. keeping
him in the center of the picture all the
time, and the sketches are so good in them
selves and so well told as to hold the at
tention of adults, as well as of young
readers. Aside from the stories, one is
glad to make the acquaintance of such a
bow Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
A Flower of the Wilderness.

The scene of this pretty story, by Mrs
A. G. Plympton, author of Dear Daughter
Dorothy" etc, is laid in very early Mass
achusetts colonial times. The heroine is a
little English maid of twelve years. who
became orphan by the death of her
mother after they came to the colony and
was adopted in a minister's family. Here
she makes friends with everybody and
becomes the chosen confidante of de-
lightful old man, botanist who spends
much time in the woods. Through her
friendship with him and her own childish
heroism she is enabled to render an es-
sential service to the community in which
she lived A mystery that surrounds the
little maids ancestry on her fathers side
is finally solved by the discovery that she
was the daughter of an old English no
bleman by her mothers first marriage,
and she finally returned to England to the
distress of all her friends. 1t is simple
story and prettily told in the quaint style
of Puritan colonial times. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
The Stepmother.

In this story Mrs. Alexander represents
a stepmother as a bond OF union between a
father and young son toward whom the
parent had cherished an unnatural antipa-
thy. In the process OF bringing the two to-
gether the second wife becomes estranged
for time from her husband because of her
refusal TO neglect the child. but there Is an
IL Is an unusual but not improbable situa-
ton, and is very well handled by the
thor. Ii is. on the whole, a readable tale.
Published by the ]. b. Lppincott Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

A short time ago, when the librarian of
an automobile Congress thought he was
extravagant and unreasonable. but when
he explained that he wanted to use the
vehicle for delivering and collecting books
at members residences. for which he now
uses a horse and carriage at public ex-
pense. they thought it an excellent sugges-
ton. Congress never sees anything un-
reasonable in an expenditure for its own
comfort or convenience.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

This is a collection of very short stories,
sketches and essays. by Charles b. LOOMS.
whose work is known 10 many readers
in the humorous departments of the Cen
fury. and in Puck and other avowedly
humorous papers. There are forty pieces
in all. beginning with the little story. The
Four-Masted Cat-Boat." and ending with
THE Proper Care Of Flies" They en-
brace a variety OF topics. but are all alike
in their exaggerated fiction and humor-
Gus nonsense, or nonsensical husnor. as
the reader might please 10 term IL. The
book is good entertainment for idle hours.
The Century Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

Anti-expansionists who claim that the
United States never had any ground for
very strong reasons may exist which the
government cannot make public There is
reason to believe that the attituA of GER
tain European powers and the certainty
that II the United States did not take the
Philippines they would. was controlling
factor in the case. but for obvious reasons
the government cannot make any official
declaration on the subject.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

Anna Alice Chaplin. known as an in
,terpreter Of Wagner, offers new book in
that line entitled ''Wotan. Siegfried and
Brunhilde." 1t is a sympathetic story OF
the three principal characters OF the Me
belungenlied, in which the author seems
to have caught the essence OF Wagner's
spirit on both the literary and the musical
side. She interprets this spirit in way
that appeals to all who can feel and think.
whether they are musically educated up
to Wagner or not. New York: Harper d
Brothers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

Quite number of claims are pending be-
fore Congress for depredations on private
property by volunteer soldiers camped at
Chickamauga at the beginning of the war
with Spain. A Georgia congressman. whose
district includes Chickamauga, says:
There were 10000 regulars camped there
for time and there never was complaint
from bur citizens about them But the vol
unteers committed numerous depredations
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

Attention has been called by the Journal
to the merits OF the Home Reading Book
Series" published by ID. Appleton & Co.
1t consists OF works by experts and SCI
entists on particular subjects or branches
of natural science. which are treated i'm a
way TO interest young readers. Late adj
ditions TO the series are THE Insect
World" by DIR. Clarence NJ. Weed, and
THE Family OF the SUM-" by Edward s.
Holden, one treating OF insects and the
other OF astronomy. in simple. attractive
manner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22

On Saturday the representatives of the
coal miners are reported TO have laid aside
with cries of derision resolution advo-
eating the free and unlimited coinage of
silver. At any rate, the resolution was
emphatically tabled. Four years ago it is
altogether probable that the same repre-
sentatives would have Endorsed 16 to /.
They evidently have become satisfied that
silver is a dead issue. The wonder is that
a majority of the Democrats in Indiana
still cling to an exploded heresy.