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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08
LITERARY NOTES.

Over one-auarter of a million copies Of
The Crisis have been sold since its pub-
LEGATION on May %.
What object to in Whitman's way Of
writing" once observed Bayard TAYLOR 70
reviewer, lis that it is not a way of writ
ing" "a wiz
Ibsen has almost completely recovered
from his illness. but his phycicians do not
yet allow him to do any brain work. 50
that When the Dead awake" remains his
last effort.
George Eliots literary productiveness
was not great In twenty years she wrote
but eight novels, which is in sharp contras,
to the two hundred of George Sand. The
latter received for her work about COO 0oT
francs, or 100000 For her eight Geor@e
Eliot received much more than this gettiSo
Tor Daniel Derondar alone $4,000, and
about the same for ''Middlemarch'
Mrs. Sherwood, writing from AiS-Ies-
Bains. to the New York Times. SAYS OF
Mrs. Clayton Glyn. author of THE Visits
Of Elizabeth" that she is beautiful with
auburn hair and sweet, small figure. that
she leads a quiet home life at Sheeripp
Hall, Essex. with her husband, Mr.. CLAW
ton Glyn, and two little girls; that she i
fond of rural life. and that in season she Is
very fashionable, etc, in London"
Henry b. Fuller has left the realm OF ex-
tended novels since the welcome given eth.
Last Refuge" and is devoting his entire
attention to tales of about twenty thousand
words each, three Of which he now has ON
the stocks. Before appearing in book form,
they will be given the reading nuhIiI
through the medium of one of the me-
zines. Their subjects are entirely ora W.
from local contemporaneous history.
DR.. Conan Doyle is nothing If not am
phatic in his advice 10 an author friapd
who asked his opinion as to facts n vb,o,
the latter thought he ought TO adhere -
writing a story. Damn the facts,p ouoth
the doctor-novelist. II know nothing So
stale. fat and Improbable as mere facts :,
for the purposes OF fiction they ara -,
gives and impede the stride of fancy tn
may compute the pounds avOirdupois Of 49,
moon, but they cannot draw IN dow, -. ~ \
a purple thread as Fancy can 49,, mtt Z
facts. Bah! BY the help OF Fancy 90 "isL
allot his hours to Mohammed on -, 80
the lost Plead and set her lover nv he,
sidei' " mel
Miss Braddon has published more tba,
sixty novels since 1862. Previous to trvins
literature. however. Miss Braddon anrssrsl
on the stage. One authority says tina, m,
future novelist made her debut at N.
Brighton Theater Royal in 1857. and the,
during the five following months she ,,,
personated as many as fiftv-eiehf cha =
setefs. aef stage name was Mary Leyton
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

stone, who gave out hostile predictions.
sioners show that they soon came to the
conclusion that the Davis government could
expect little or nothing Of the British gov
eminent AS the war was prolonged, the
dissatisfaction of the Confederate commits
sioners became more and more pronounced.
one Of them declaring in an official paper
that the British Ministry was bound to the
United States. With France It was differ
ent Napoleon III, the most contemplate
character who has ruled nation in mod
ern times-insincsrs, unreliable and con-
scienceless-would have acknowledged the
Confederacy as an independent power II
Great Britain and other powers had joined.
He was jealous OF the power OF the United
States because he had designs on Mexico.
Fortunately for US, he found no hackers of
his proposition OF interference. Fooled in
that, he plotted with the Confederate COM
nissioners to afford them favors in viola
ton OF the duties of neutrals, while they In
turn promised him aid in establishing
Napoleonic dynasty In Mexico. But toward
he trifled with the representatives Of the
Davis government.
The part Of Mr.. Callahan's book which
has most interest for readers in this part
of the country is contained in those chap
tiers which give the Confederate operations
in Canada against the United States from
the point Of view Of the Confederate leaders
as shown by their correspondence. The
representatives of the Davis government
went to Canada to start fire in the rear
of the Union armies. The attacks which
the Confederate commissioners made were
so bold that Lord PalmerSton declared that
things had been done of which the United
States had a right to complain" Confed-
crate agents and copperheads sent tie Con-
federate commissioners in Canada reports
which caused them to notify the Richmond
government that ''tne passions out of which
revolutions have been created were alive,
and that Tin Indiana and Illinois majority
were hostile to the Lincoln administration"
Holcombe, the writer, urged the employ
ment Of money and talent in those States In
1863 and 1864 without stint. to give the
brooding resentment the proportions OF an
archy." Arms were to be introduced and
the leading press subsidized. Great things
were expected from the Sons Of Liberty. In
the diplomatic correspondence reference
was made to a list Of prominent men in the
North who were in correspondence with the
Confederates in Canada and otherwise pro-
noting the cause of the rebels. Fortunate
ly for those men, that list was destroyed.
But the confidence expressed in the GER
tainty of counter revolution against the
Lincoln government in Indiana, Illinois and
Ohio did much to prolong the war during
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08
CRITICISM OF HARPER.
Ministers Are Angry Over His "BibIs
study sunday" Plans.

NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-Resentment.
amounting in some quarters 20 Indignation,
obtains over matter recently sent out by.
the Institute Of Sacred Literature, which
is an adjunct Of the University Of Chicago.
This institution has had for some years,
various schemes In hand for the double
purpose Of helping religion and advertising
the university, and one Of them is a Bible
study Sunday. This year the institute
mailed its literature very widely: il is said
to almost every Protestant pastor in the
whole country. There was a letter signed
by President William r. Harper. In which
Sept. 10 is suggested as the date, and 4
offer is made Of some outline sermons.
These sermons are about the Bible and
the necessity of studying il. and were writ
ten by the Methodist Bishop Vincent who
was formerly identified with Chautauoua:
the Rev Or. Amory h Bradford the pas
tor OF the large Congregational Church in
MOntcla1r, y. J.: the Rev DR. George r.
PurVes, who succeeded DR. John Hall in the
pastorate of the Fifth-avenue Presbyterian
church, New York; the Rev DR.. o. r. Gil
ford pastor of the most wide-awake BaD-
list Church IN Buffalo; Prof. Marcus Dods
me ScotGn commentators, and President
Hall, CT Union Theological Seminary.
The resentment. now rather general
comes from the causes. Ministers are saw
ing they teach the Bible every Sunday:
that is what they are paid 10 do They
preach it in their sermons and nave Il
Taught IN their Sunday schools. That 2
Bible study Sunday is necessary they very
much doubt, save as every Sunday is such
and they deprecate the observation-disclosures
Of special Sundays. A second cause u
complaint is the selection OF men whose
sermons are offered. The orthodox peODls
look askance at President Harper u
course and say il is fitting that OF six SER
mons he offers four of them should be by
men Who are popularity supposed not TO b.
heve all or that Bible they urge others 10
study: But these are minor objections
Inc indignation arises from the sermon
stun. IN England the preparation OF SER
mons By others than those who preach
them has amounted to a scandal. Ministers
are not, apparently, writing 10 the instl-
tute TO show their feeling, for inquiry from
its conductors brings from them the in
formation that their Bible study Sunday
scheme Is well received and is 10 be a great
success. But ministers are writing 70 re-
lgious papers and expressing their indigna-
ton in not mild terms. Some charge the
offer with being little better than a temp
tation TO palm of ideas OF others as their
own. Others express wonder whether they
are known 10 be doing their sermon writing
so badly that IL IS needful for Somebody
uninvited, 20 help them out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

The loose custom known in New York
as common law marriages dependent sim
ply on publicly living together, will be
restricted by new law. From and after
next January those who wish to dispense
with clergyman, alderman and justice
must have two witnesses to sign their
names to a written contract of marriage.
to which the contracting parties must
themselves subscribe. The instrument
must be acknowledged by the persons to
be married in the same manner as is re-
Quired for the acknowledgment OF the con-
veyanee of real estate, and must likewise
be recorded This divests marriage of all
romance and makes 1t civil contract, but
il IS al advance on the custom which
made marriage dependent on mere cohab-
itation.
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formed which issues medical degrees for
the small sum of $40 each. They were pur-
chased presumably by quacks and others
who wished to pose as regular physicians
and to pretend to the right TO practice
medicine. The average person. seeing an
elaborate diploma signed, sealed and hang
ing on an office wall. assumes that its
owner is qualified according to the speci-
fcations of the document, and asks no
further questions. 1t is TO protect the
public against such impostors as these
that stringent medical laws are passed in
some States-Indiana, for example-call-
ing for an examination Of all credentials
by an authorized board. But fraudulent
medical degrees are not the only ones for
which there is ready sale An institution
calling itself the National University Of
Chicago" makes doctors of divinity" with
the greatest OF ease, and New Jersey
minister who has been investigating it,
aff1rms that three so-called doctors in
his own presbytery bought their degrees
there. In view of the fact that genuine
degrees are bestowed by institutions right
fully qualified to give them with free
dom that makes them cheap possession
and little valued usually, either by their
possessors or the public. it seems strange
that any persons could be found willing to
pay for the spurious article. 1t seems,
however, that degrees may be greatly COW
eted by those who have them not, and
that the imitation will serve If the genu-
inc cannot be obtained. The traffic betrays
queer weakness in human nature.
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Iuter weakness IN human nature.

Mckinley and / are enemies. have moth
ing good to say about him, and, under the
circumstances, do not care to say anything
bad. am Indifferent to the whole matter.
A Baltimore paper having printed the
foregoing as the expression of Senator We'll
Hngton on hearing of the shooting of the
President. he refused either to confirm or
deny the statement when it was shown him.
Thus the senator stands with the Anar-
chists as one Of those Indifferent to the
assassination of the President. The senator
is disgruntled place-seeker. 1t has fire.
quently been noticed that the disappointed
place-seeker nourishes a hatred as bitter as
that Of the Anarchist. If Senator yelling
ton made the foregoing brutal remark, the
Senate. when it meets. should expel him
without delay.
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and though now known as Miss NJ. =.
Braddon. She is really Mrs Maxwell and a
widow.
Miss Margaret Horton Potter the authDr
of ..The House Of dc Msilly.' is the daugf-
fer of a wealthy and distinguished Chicaso
man. This is her third book. and the his
tory Of her literary work as perhaps Is
remarkable as that Of any American authtr
of recent years. At the age Of seventet N
Miss Potter wrote a novel Of Chicago ts
called "a Social Lion" The book attracted
much attention and Miss Potter becarl .
known throughout the country as WuQ 2
Of insight and ability. The next year she
nublished a book entitled, u ncanonizec. 20
treating OF life at court Rad in the Catho .ic
monasteries in England during the reign %
King John The difference OF treatment t.e
Equally acute knowledge and interpretaut IN
of life at two such different times aAd
places again bore witness 10 the talent pf
the author. Now, at the age or twenty,
Miss Potter has written The House az g
Maillv" which depicts life in France al! .
the American colonies in the middle OF e
eighteenth century with the same remar +
able Verisimilitude.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08
RECALLS THE CASE OF GARFIELD

It is just twenty years since President
Garfield died from the bullet of an assassin
he was shot on July ?. 1851, and died on
the 18th of September following-and that
case and the present one have some points
OF resemblance. Mr.. Garfield was just
starting for two weeks outing in New
England. and was shot in the railway depot
at Washington, while Mr.. Mckinley was
Just concluding a recreative visit at Buff
falo. Both were taken unawares ard each
received two bullet wounds. In both in
stances the assassin was Immediately seized
and overDowere6. In Mr.. Garfield's case
one Of the shots was harmless. striking him
in the arm, while the other penetrated q
vital part. IA the present case one of the
wounds was harmless. while the other is
serious though evidently not as serions a.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

The Journal does not know the names of
the jurors who set two Of the Bungaloo
gang free when the testimony convicted
them; but this much ii is necessary to
say, namely, that such tenderness for Grim
inals is calculated to encourage lawless-
ness. 1t may be necessary to exercise more
care as to the men selected for jury lists
1t might be well for the judge to tell such
jury that they stand in the attitude of
those who ignore lew and evidence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

1t is announced that the instructors in
the Chicago University will hereafter call
each other mister instead of professor
This may displease Professor Triggs. but
the change is an excellent one. There was
a time when the title professor desig-
mated able and scholarly men in colleges
and universities. II now IL could be re-
stricted to the teachers in high schools or
the heads Of large schools IL would be well
enough. But the word has been made
prof" and applies to all sorts Of men, many
of whom are useful 10 society, while others
are simply Quacks. and quacks of the most
disreputsble quality. Mister might not
At Professor Triggs, but he might be given
the title ''poet-killer."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

Those who are so filed with Indignation
at the attempt on the Presidents life that
they declare a desire to lynch the assassin
and cut him into Inch pieces" should read
the Presidents words when he saw his
would-be murderer on the floor. Raising
his right hand, red with his own blood
and placing 1t on the shoulder of his Sec
rotary, the President said: LET no one
hurt him." Leave him to the law, but let
the law hereafter make the professed
Anarchist felon
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Denver Times.
The man who was dining with the family for
the first time began the conversation.
Wasn't that the dinner bell that just rang?"
the stranger asked.
Yes replied the old friend OF the family
Then where's the host going? 1 just saw him
pass down the hall with his overcoat on
THAT wasn't an overcoat; it was a mackin-
tosh. We going to have roast duck
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

All the world admires the man who dis
plays the highest courage and self-control
in the presence of the greatest and most
sudden personal danger. So the world In
tears admires to-day the President who
said, as soon as he was shot: MY wife
be careful about her." and then, of the
assassin, let no one hurt him." and fur
Their, Il am sorry to have been the cause
of trouble to the exposition
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

II VIII be noticed that the assassin who
shot the President, Czolgosz, is a native
born American. brought up in the midst Of
the educational advantages of Detroit.
Probably he never was abroad. but learned
the fiend-making heresies in one of the best
of our cities. 1t would be useful as a warn
ing If it could be ascertained how he was
taught in all the grades of anarchism until
he graduated an assassin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

Already a demand is made for greater
care in preventing dangerous foreigners
from coming into the country. It is well.
but, unfortunately, the Presidents assas-
sin is not foreigner, but a weak-minded
fellow who imbibed his murderous pro-
pensity from home teachers. He put into
force the class hatred which others have
taught. The teacher or the feeble-minded
pupil-which is the more responsible?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

1t should be recorded in history that an
American-born negro was the first person
20 grapple with the miscreant who shot
President Mckinley, and that he knocked
the revolver from the assassins hand as
he was trying to shoot again. The negro's
name should be given
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08
Then He Gave Up.

Philadelphia Press.
What is your age?' asked the great coarse
business man Of the applicant for the position
OF cashier.
''well-er-I can't tell you that" she replied.
''Do you know what day you were born on?''
ooh, yes, was born on a Sunday"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

1t may be suggested to the Corporal Tan
ner coterie. which has organized to assail
the President in the meeting of the Ma
tional Encampment of the Grand Army this
week, because he has not yielded to their
demands in respect to pensions. that the
season is inopportune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

The question of succession in case of the
death or disability of the President Of the
United States is so clearly provided for by
the constitution and laws that the subject
is not worth discussing. except as a mat
ter of popular information. The death of
the highest official cannot affect the sta
bility Of the government more than that of
the humblest citizen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

L shot him for an example" said the
assassin yesterday, land I hope he dies;
the man who succeeds him must not be a
slave to capital. or he will perish, too.''
Here we are at the motive Of this weak
minded assassin. He has been studying
the cartoons and reading the declarations
of such papers as the Chicago American
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

Although the schools do not open io1
two weeks. teachers are getting nome Iloi"
mountain and lake and seashore- A"es
have had a long resting spell, and slouio
be we'll equipped physically and mel taiiy
70 res11rna their work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

II all human beings had sound inteIlects.
the preaching OF the heresy CT hate and
Jealousy could be tolerated. but. unfortu-
nateIy. there are many persons who have
wheels in their heads which ere out of
gear-more OF them. in fact. than We may
imagine Those are the persons who are
made dangerous.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

As Anarchists are the enemies Of all gov
ernments ii might be well To form an in
ternational bureau TO enable the police of
all countries TO keep in touch regarding
the personality of the leaders. They are
the reptiles Of society against whom. like
snakes. every mans hand should be turned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

''WeH dressed IN the ordinary clothes of
a mechanic" is a line from the description
OF the assassin. This is the only country
in the wide world in which a man is well
dressed when ne wears the ordinary
clothes of a mechanic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08
He CouIdn't Help IL.

Baltimore American.
My first husband gave me the marble hear''
said the Fat Lady, but we were very hapP-
IT don't SEQ how you could be- said the west
half OF the Siamese Twins.
He was the Ossifed Man." explained the Fat
Lady.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

IL may do no harm during this season
OF general prosperity 10 have a person
preach the class jealousy which lies at
the bottom of hatred Of the government,
but rantsr Of that class has been speak
ing in this city for two or three weeks
nearly every evening
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

The suggestion OF ex-Attorney General
President should be made act of trea-
son punishable by death is a sound one.
Should the President recover. the penalty
in New York would be but ten years in
the peniteutiary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

AS Buffalo is four degrees farther north
than Washington. the President is better
OF there than he would be at the national
capital After President Garfield had been
under treatment at Washington more than
two months he was removed on account Of
the heat. and at great risk. to Long Branch,
which is not nearly as far north as Buffalo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

From a political point o. view the pres
ent situation emphasizes the Importance OF
electing for Vice President a man who is
ut. in an emergency, to become President.
This is a consideration that should never
be lost sight OF. and happily, in the present
case il was not.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

OF history that the mar who was private
secretary to President Lincoln when he was
assassinated is now secretary of state un-
der President Mckinney.
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A Grave situation.

Brooklyn Eagle.
Rastus johnson (after shooting ARRAY, weak
ly)-Oh, boss, Use done TO, TO suah!
Doctor Sawbones-Nonsensei 1 can't find
scratch on you anywhere
Rastus Johnson (desperately)-Yo' can't: On,
Lordy Lordyi Den Use shot internally
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Her Real Preference.

Chicago Tribune.
Mabel-Here's writer on health who says we
mustn't eat pickles at all
Irene-Oh. well, I don't really care for them.
II 1 can have all the chalk and all the slate
pencils I want 1 don't care If / never see a
pickle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

The advocates OF free silver predicted that
the adoption Of the gold standard would
cause a currency famine. yet the amount
OF gold alone in the United States at the
present time is equal in volume to the total
amount OF money in the country fifteen
years ago. without including silver and pa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08

History is made rapidly nowadays One
day the worlds press comments on Presi-
dent McKinleys speech a. the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition. and the next his at
tempted assassination
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Laundry Machine Trust,

CHICAGO. Sept. 7.-Arranf ements havs
been completed FOR the combination OF the
laundry machine manufacturers OF the
country under one company TO he called
the American Laundry Machine AIanufac-
S eHrinE company with capital OF SIC. 500
~ mere are eieven concerns IA the COM
The mein plant will be located I'm Chica 20.
,rns the principal domestic and foreign
sxnsc, VII =, oe supplsd. The combination Is
atlng expenses. 's i4 ~Se'