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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-11
THE CHEERFUL OUTLOOK.

Unless all indications are deceptive, the
business and industrial situation never gave
more abundant promise OF a continuation Of
the business activity which began in 1891.
For years it has been said that the eondi-
ton Of the iron market is a sure measure Of
business activity. If that were the case
twenty-five years ago the demand for iron
must Re a truer indication Of the condition
Of the business Of the country. for the rea-
son that the uses TO which iron is put have
multiplied in the past few years. The con-
dition OF the iron trade was never better
in this country. The output of pigiron
during 1902 will reach 100000 tons, nearly
100000 tors more than last year And
yet with this increase, which means more
than double the output of 1886. there is
practically no stock on hand. The same is
true Of steel rails and architectural iron
The mills have orders for months in adj
vance, and considerable iron and steel has
been imported the past few weeks. All the
other larger industries are prosperous, the
demand for clothing, shoes and all the sta
pies being active.
in most parts of the country has given a
wonderful impetus to business. While the
/ aggregate of the winter wheat crop will
not be as large as last year, the spring
wheat promises to make it up. An enor-
nous corn crop may now be said to be as
/ sured. AM this fact has inspired a con-
! hdence that no one other feature of pro-
/ I,o -
are somewhat exaggerated as to the pros
| pect for corn, but after a liberal allow
/ ance for the play of the imagination the
yield Of the most important crop will be
! enormous. The prospects for cotton gener-
ally are most favorable. OF vegetables,
which were nearly all cut off in this part of
the country last year, there is an abund-
ance. With the exception of meats, which,
because of the scarcity of cattle. will con-
tinue to be high. the cost Of living the
coming year will be less than in the past.
The reports from the larger distributing
centers are TO the effect that the dull period
during June. July and August has been
fall and winter business is well under way.
The local reports regarding business con-
ditions were never more favorable. Several
business men who nave been in southern
Indiana the past two weeks assert that
that part of the State has never been so
prosperous 1t is now. A man
who sells and makes a class of goods
which are not regarded as necessaries of
life remarked one day last week that '1t
is no trouble to sell goods this year" Doubt
less that remark is more or less true OF
all departments of trade. Growers can
probably be found if hunt should be made
for them, but they are not standing in the
chief places as they were a few years ago.
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Heretofore those roads have been taxed
on a valuation Of S52.sOO a mile. but when
they were merged into the Northern Sc
curities Company at a value 200 per cent.
higher, the Governor OF Montana advised
the State Board of Equalization TO in
crease the assessments 10 the value put
upon them in the merger. The tax board
did not increase the valuation 300 per cent,
but it did advance it 1s6 per cent. thus
adding $40 900 TO the revenues OF the State.
1t seems that Montana has made a prece-
cent which may be followed by other
States in regard to corporations doing bust
ness in other States under New Jersey
charters, which enable them TO put enor-
nous values on their stock. the larger part
Of which Is water. At any rate. the mana
gers Of corporations which have. like the
Rock Island Railroad Company, given 500
in bonds and $40 in stock for a share of the
old stock. are not in a position to protest
If the stock should be put at their valua
tions for purposes of taxation.
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Ernest Seton-Thompson has given an i'm
petus TO class of literature that will ever
be popular. Few persons resist the
temptation Of reading stories about wild
animals. especially if the author be a close
student of nature and weave his wool of
fiction so skillfully across the warp of facts
that the filing may not be regarded as the
whole of the finished web. IN other words,
the weaver of a good animal story must
have studied the animal he writes about,
must have visited its haunts, must know
the woods the hills, valleys and plains and
the streams, and this knowledge must form
the groundwork OF his narrative. What
fiction there be should not be dominant.
SetonThompson understands the art of
furnishing facts without hiding them, and
other writer's striving to do likewise.
William Davenport Hurlburt, author of
Forest Neighbors," is not a SetonThomp-
son, mainly because he lacks the literary
finish of the American pioneer OF animal
stories but no one who reads Mr.. Hurl-
burts book will doubt that he has gathered
his facts from nature. No minute detail in
the lives of the beaver. trout, lynx, porcu-
pine, loon and buck, of which the author
tells, is omitted. The habits and character
istics OF all are described in terms that
children can understand. 1t is TO be re-
GREETED however, that Mr.. Hurlburt has
marred his beaver story with such a sug-
gestive pun as this: IF they could have
spoken they would probably have said that
the place was dam site better than any
other they had seen" There also are some
Crudities in the book, but the stories, in the
main, are we'll told.
Mr.. Hurlburt says he secured his knowl-
edge of the animals he writes about in the
woods of northern Michigan, about thirty
years ago, when the shores OF the Glimmer-
glass, a little wild lake, were defined by
the primeval forest Bears, wolves,
beavers, deer and lynx had not then been
thinned out by the trapper and white
hunter, and the water courses were the
rendezvous of all water fowl. The biog-
raphy of the beaver is especially interest
ing, for it tells how the busy animal dams
a stream, builds its house secures it's food,
and the care ii takes to protect itself and
family. The fate of the ''porky' (porcu-
pine) and the king Of the trout stream, the
strenuous life led by the Canadian lynx,
the adventures of a loon and the making
Of the Glimmerglass buck, all narrated in
story form, are worth reading, and will be
appreciated by every man and boy who is
interested in wild creatures. Mcclure,
| Phillips & Co. New York.
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Among the Publishers.

The New Amsterdam Book Company an
nounces the immediate publication of a
new edition Of Matthew ArnoId's great
masterpiece, Literature and Dogma" 1t
will be the second title in their new Com
monwealth Library.
The title of Booker T. Washington's new
book was changed from The Building Of
Character TO Character Building" shortly
before publication. The former title was
found to be pre-empted. The publishers
Doubleday. Page & Co, have issued the
new book uniform with up from Slavery"
which is now in its twenty-fifth thousand.
Dodd. Mead & CO. will issue in the fall a
new novel by Mrs. Amelia Z. Barr. entitled,
"a Song OF a Single Note" The action
of the story takes place in New York city
during the revolutionary war, and forms
a connecting link between Mrs. Bars ear
lier books THE Bow OF Orange Ribbon"
and The Maid of Maiden Lane" the three
novels, taken together. covering nearly a
century of life in the metropolis.
Little Brown & Co.'S fall fiction includes
THE Pharaoh and the Priest" translated
from the original Polish of Alexander Glov-
atski by jeremiah Curtin; THE Queen OF
Quelparte, by Archer Butler Hubert;
Tower or Throne, Romance or the Girl
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Souvenirs of Paris ExpOsitiOn.

While in m my particulars the Paris Elk
position was not equal to expectations, 1T is
generally admitted that its exhibits of
perfor character. They at least well rep
resented continental art. not only in the
specimen works of the old masters and in
antiques but especially in modern produc-
tons. Inasmuch as comparatively few art
lovers were privileged to visit the exposi-
ton an illustrated review of the works
displayed must naturally interest them
Illustrations are less satisfactory than
originals, but they serve the purpose of
giving an idea of the actual exhibits and
IN themselves may be worthy OF admlra-
ton. Messrs. George Barrie & Son, the
Philadelphia publishers, undertook TO fur
nish souvenir of the exposition in the
shape of reproductions of The leading art
exhibits and have succeeded admirably
The work. which has been mentioned from
tine TO time in these columns, is now COM
plete in twenty-five parts. 1t bears the
title Chefs DOeuVre of the Exposition
Universelle." and altogether is a handsome
and valuable production. a good idea can
be obtained from its pages of the charac-
teristics of the art of different European
countries and of the progress being made in
various lines of work-painting, sculpture,
decoration etc. The illustrations, which are
made after different processes, are of ex-
cellent quality. Full-page photographers,
etchings and color plates lend variety and
attraCtiveness. The later numbers are given
up largely TO the decorative arts-bronzes,
pottery furniture, and carvings being the
subjects of reproduction. The accompany
ing text is carefully prepared and deals
not only with the art work but with the
artists who produced 1t. The work Is
handsomely printed and is pictorial treas
IRE hOuSp
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Must Have Kingly Qualities.

Minneapolis Tribune.
There is something pathetic about the de-
sire of King Edward to impress his per-
sonality upon the government of England
and to perpetuate his name by some acts
worth remembering. This is declared by
his eagerness to be crowned and his evident
wish to make the ceremony impressive. 1t
appeared as plainly in his positive inter
ference to end the Boer war and in his
desire 10 do something to ameliOrate the
condition of the Irish people. Now comes
a palmer sign i'm the announcement of his
purpose tC dissolve Parliament well as
to reconstruct the ministry. He wants a
Parliament as we'll as a Cabinet OF his own,
different from his mothers and disassO-
ciated from her in the public mind. With
the aid of this, it is thought he Will try
10 frame a policy of government, so far as
a constitutional monarch may have a pol
icy, which will be known in history as his
own All this is as natural as possible,
and higher motives than vanity must have
part in 1t; but what mOurnful light II
throws on his patience and self-repressiOn
during his sixty years as Prince of Wales.
The man who can wait through two gener-
atoms. without showing Impotence or envy,
for the chance 20 do what King Edward is
planning now must have some kingly quail
tiles.
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The Chicago Tribune declares what it
seems everyone with fair intelligence must
know, namely, that "the repeal of the
duty on cattle and meats cannot lower the
price Of cattle below point profitable TO
the cattle raiser. because the visible supply
outside the United States is not large
enough to fiji the demand created by the
recent scarcity OF cattle" 1t is a fact that
the cattle raisers IN this country are not
threatened by the possibility Of the foreign
or domestic supply becoming so great with
IN a few years that the market price of
meat viii not be sufficient inducement TO
men to engage in raising live stock. The
industry was abandoned 10 some extent a
few years ago when the herds OF the West
ern ranges glutted the market. but with
the Increase in population at home and the
broadening OF the foreign market. there
can be no immediate danger OF such a sur
plus as viii make cattle raising Improbable
IN the middle West. 1t is said that the
business Is picking up in several States OF
the middle West. stimulated by the better
asllsq Gun 20 uononpoHuI sq, pus ssoILd
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THE CUBAN LOAN.
Grave Menace to the Stability of in
dependent Government.

Milwaukee Sentinel.
Under the Plat amendment to the Cuban
Constitution the United States is by neces-
sary inference given power in certain con-
tingencies TO interfere with the action OF
the Cuban government. One of these con-
tingencies is the contracting of a debt by
the said government which cannot be
taken care of out of the surplus of the
ordinary revenues of the island over and
above the amount used in defraying the
current public expenses. 1t should be re-
membered furthermore in this connection,
that such expenses are to some extent de-
termined by the proviso in the Platt amend
ment that the system of sanitation estab-
lished under American control shall be
kept up. The cities of Cuba must not under
any circumstances whatever be allowed 10
relapse into their former condition of pest
holes and sinks of physical corruption.
and no undue economies in the matter or
sanitation can be permitted.
Yesterdays advices show that the Cuban
Congress has authorized the proposed loan
of S35,000,0o0. the great bulk of which is
to go to paying off war debts. Is this loan
permissible under the Piatt amendment?
While there is some disagreement in cur
rent estimates Of the degree of economic
depression in the island authorities are
agreed that such depression exists, and
that industrial affairs generally are at a
low ebb. Cubans are unable to market
their staples. They are in consequence
unable TO buy as they would like, and the
customs receipts Of the island have there
fore fallen off heavily within the past few
months. Under American control of Cuban
customs the average daily receipts were
SAL coo. Latterly they have sunk to about
one-fourth OF that amount and on some
days have been as low as $1,000. Cuban
revenues, then. out of which current eX-
penses, including those of sanitation, must
be paid. and interest on any public debt as
sumed, together with sinking fund, be
ing off. Whether so large a loan as the
one just authorized be advisable or per-
MISSILE is a delicate question, and there
are those who will regard the proposal as
savoring pretty strongly of a raid on the
meager resources Of the new republic
The reduction of Cuban revenues has, OF
| course, necessitated economies in public
| expenditure. and in this connection the dis
| quieting report comes from Washington
! that the sanitary system established by
i General Wood in Havana and Santiago is
! being neglected. This is entirely credible
! since the system is expensive. and If the
| Cubans cannot sell their products they
| will have no money TO spend on it. The in
consistency and rank injustice of our owl
| present attitude in the matter is, or should
| be, plain a pikestaff BY the Plat
/ amendment we enforce upon the CubanS
| mainly for our own benefit, costly stan
dards of sanitation which we refuse then
| the means of living up to-
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Foods for the Fat.

Corpulent people universally lament their
overweight, and the majority are ready to
do anything to rid themselves of super
huous flesh except to try the starvation
plan. Yet it is admitted by all who have
investigated the subject that a strict
dietetic course is the only safe and sure
method of reducing the weight. The gen.
eral impression is that such a course in
wolves a practical abandonment of all the
pleasures of the table, and as stout people
are. as a rule especially addicted to such
pleasures it is but natural that they should
hesitate to deny themselves all agreeable
food even for the sake of lessening their
bulk. Moreover, many persons so afflicted
are unable to learn definitely what foods
they should avoid and what they should
eat and often when they adopt spesial
diet find ii to be OF no avail. The ordinary
medical practitioner does not make study
of dietetlcs and is therefore unable &c adj
wise the patient wisely. DR.. Nathaniel Ed
ward YOrke-Davis, of the Royal College of
Physicians of London has written treat
Use entitled Foods for the Fat" for popu-
lar rather than professional use, and gives
a vast amount Of practical information
concerning physical conditions, diets, the
qualities and effects of different foods, the
amounts required. etc. A properly arranged
dietary. will, he says, permanently and
certainly reduce the flesh at the rate Of
from four TO eight pounds n week, and the
patient need not at any time suffer from
hunger. He gives chapter to equity con-
ditions and points out that stout persons
suffering from govt require entirely diff
ferent treatment from other obese patients.
Because of its information concerning
foods the book, which is, by the way, in Its
twelfth edition, is Of interest to the general
reader, but is of course, of particular value
TO the class intended to be benefited. The
diet tables are prepared with a London
market I'm view and include many articles
not procurable in this country, but substi-
tutes having the same qualities can no
doubt be easily found. The book is pub
lished in this country by Brentano's, New
York.
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DisgracefuI Conditions.
Milwaukee Sentinel

Milwaukee Sentinel
The news that band of Yaqui Indians
swooped down upon ranch in Arizona and
fought desperately for food again calls at
tention to the fact that some Of these wards
of the United States are not in an envia-
BILE position. Dispatcher announce that
after a desperate and bloody combat the
Indians were overwhelmed and compelled
TO surrender. In the band were several
squaws who fought with the ferocity of
wild animals" These poor creatures il is
said, were driven frantic by hunger and
thirst-and yet white men who knew their
condition did not hesitate TO open fire upon
them. For years there has been a feud be-
tween the Indians and the ranchmen Of
Arizona Attention has frequently been
called to the condition OF certain tribes
that live on the desert and that are every
year reduced TO starvation. In the past
these Indians have been prosecuted bv
white men who covet their lands and who
hold the opinion that the only good Indian
is a dead There has been too much
laxity in dealing with these insignificant
little Indian fights. Most of them are a
disgrace TO the white men.
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Current Periodicals.

Publishers of The Chicago Magazine of
Music announce that it will be issued only
ten months in the year. publication being
suspended during July and August
The National Magazine (Boston) for
August contains a short story by Caroline
Hunt Latta, of Indianapolis An excellent
portrait of Senator Fairbanks embellishes
the number.
In these days of applied science in the
education of youth it would be strange if so
obvious means of instruction as a school
garden should long be neglected by the
disciples of Froebel. Lydia Southland writes
for the New England Magazine an account
of this latest departure in education, and
furnishes a very readable article.
Masters In Art consists of a series of
monographs, issued in the form of a month
ly magazine. Each number, complete in
itself illustrates and thoroughly describes
and criticises the work, and relates the
life of one of the great painters of the
world. The current number deals with the
work of Jean-Marc Natter, of the French
school. Besides a portrait of the artist
it contains reproductions of his paintings.
1t is published by the Bates & Guild Co.,
Boston.
Senator Plat, of Connecticut, outlines
"Cuba's Claim upon the United States
very clearly in the first pages of the North
American Review for August. Sidney
Brooks presents a view of THE Marquis
of Salisbury" who has just retired from
public life, showing that in essential feat
ures he is an ADLER man than Mr. Glad
stone, or any other British statesman OF
his period Hon. John Charlton, a mem
Der of the Canadian Parliament in an ar
ticle entitled British Preferential Rule
and Imperial Defense labors to impress
his readers that Canada has claims upor
the United States and will do something
desperate if they are not recognized. Mrs
Gertrude Atherton, who is the great-grand-
niece of Benjamin Franklin, tells of the
trouble she has been to to find the mother
of Alexander Hamilton. Mr. James Ray
mond Perry gives an account of the con
stitution of Carnegie, when the worlC
shall reach the stage where a State O.
Carnegie" will be preferred to the United
|
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SURPRISED BY PENSION FIGURES
Commissioner Ware to study the
Spanish War Applications.

Washington Letter in New York Even
ing Post.
The figures recently presented in these
dispatches showing how the claims for pen
sions of volunteer soldiers of the Spanish
war far outnumber those filed by regulars,
and also that those regiments which saw
little or no fighting far exceed in their
claims those which met actual service, and
lost some of their comrades in killed and
wounded, have been brought to the atten-
ton of Pension Commissioner Ware, in
whose bureau they were compiled He is
described as astonished, saying that the
the figures are far more striking than he
had imagined.
Until some of my clerks examine into
the records of other regiments" said Col.
Ware, Il shall be at a loss to explain the
great number of applications. 1t is. of
course, possible that when these volunteer
regiments returned from Cuba the men
suffering from the effects of a tropical
climate; and felt that their health was per-
manently impaired. Claims are doubtless
filed on this supposition by men who have
since recovered their health completely
An examination of the records of the vol
unteers shows that Western and Southern
regiments have been much less active than
the Northern and Eastern ones in their eff
fort to get pensions The Kentuckians
have filed many claims, but Texans and
other SOutherners further off have thought
less dDOul SeehlUS feueTdl ala. Inc re-
turned Californians have made relatively
few applications; but the Eighth Ohio regf-
ment, which landed in Cuba with 1880 mem
bers. is responsible for 705 pension claims
the part of survivors and relatives Of
! deceased members. 1t is said that a com
! pany which served in a volunteer regiment
/ from another Northern State had as its
! captain a pension attorney who utilized his
professional experience on leaving the ser
! vice to secure application for pension
| from nearly every member. The Ninth
| Massachusetts has filed 7O5 claims the exact
number of the Eighth Ohio, and they head
the list
The Seventh United States Infantry reg
| ulars with a record of "a killed and 90
wounded, has filed only three fourths as
many claims as either Of these volunteer
| rppirneptc
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Cap and Gown.

Clever things and amusing things often
appear in college periodicals. Sometimes
these productions have literary merit and
promise, often they have not. but in spite
Of their crudeness and other faults they
express such spirit of youth as TO give
them charm all their own. L. c. Page
& Co.. of Boston, have published sew
eral volumes Of selections from these pc
riodicals and have just added another TO
the series. which bears the general title,
cap and Gown" This volume, which is
Is compiled by r. l.. Paget The list of
periodicals upon which he has drawn is
long and includes those from Eastern,
Western and Southern colleges Oddly
enough, IT has nothing credited 10 any In
diana college magazine. Can IL be that the
students at the Indiana institutions arc