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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09
THE USE OF LIBRARIES.

Pratt Institute, New York, which has
school for the training of librarians, Is
about to extend its work by a course of
lectures for the benefit of club women,
teachers and busy people, on works OF ref
erence in the library. This is very COM
mendable undertaking, and it would be
well IL the example could be followed
wherever there is a public library. Com
paratively few home libraries contain any
works OF reference beyond a dictionary
and possibly general encyclopedia. These
are useful. even indispensable. but they are
not all; yet many an intelligent man and
woman is unacquainted with the almost
innumerable compendiuins of history, SCI
ence and other classes of knowledge, the
anthologies, the digests, the biographical
dictionaries. the books of quotations, the
compilations of facts of all sorts, the in
dexes and other guides to literature. and SO
on. Or, if they ere aware that such works
exist, their information is too indefinite
to be Of value to them. Often in this un-
certainty they are timid about pursuing
their Investigations, for it is a fact that
not a few persons hesitate about making
their wants known in a public library, not
withstanding the readiness of well-qualified
attendants to assist them in their re-
searches. If they knew precisely the books
or the character of the books needed they
would lose this hesitation. 1t is not SO
much the storage of facts in the mind as
the knowing exactly where to find the
facts when they are wanted that consti-
tutes one of the most valuable results of
education. If the inquirer is not suffi-
GENTLY advanced in scholarship to be able
to go to the original authorities, then he
must depend upon the digests and compen-
deeper these digests will serve as his guide
AS a matter of fact. in this busy world,
few persons have an exhaustive knowledge
of many subjects. They must depend for
| much Of their information upon abridg-
| ments and condensations. II they know
where and how to find these they are fairly
well equipped for the intellectual exigencies
| of everyday life 1t is reflection upon
the intelligence not to know, when ques-
| ton of fact is under consideration; not to
know how to find out is frequently quite
another matter.
1t is we'll known to librarians that large
proportion of the patrons of a library do
not know how to use 1t to their best ad-
vantage, and that nowhere are they at a
greater loss than where reference books
are concerned Perhaps the Pratt Insti-
tute enterprise will result in what Nigh,
be called a general library extension
course of instruction among the classes
of persons it is trying to reach. Fortunate.
| ly school children, under present methods
OF education, and the direction of thei,
teachers. are acquiring the right familiar.
ity with libraries. They are learning where
to find the information they need.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09
ABOUT PEOPLE AND TH1Nas.

Andrew Carnegie's private secretaI: saws
that during July, August and September
Mr.. Carnegie received from four Kindred
to five hundred applications for assistance
In the establishment OF free libraries
Miss Mary Andrews, daughter of ex-
Sheriff Robert N. Andrews, of Hanilton.
o., has been elected pastor of the Aniver-
sahst Churcn al Kansas city, Mo-, tSe first
woman pastor the city has ever had
King Edwards second daughter. Pftncess
Charles Of Denmark. is making a !. recess
in literature, from a royalist STANDPOINT.
She has written book, but 1t has n:s been
printed 1t Is circulated in manuscript
among the crowned heads Of Europf
Colonel Marchand. of Fashoda fsAne. is
about to be presented by his Frenfh ad-
mirers with a map Of Africa, done !, blue
enamel. with the two routes followed by
him in his explorations done in brifiants.
Fashoda will be marked by lars3s dia-
mond.
The Pope has been happy in legaesss. II
has been reckoned that during his :sontif-
icate sum of more than 5000 900 hsf been
beQueathed 10 him In various WAYS. Gem ofr
having come to him In one xear % ~.
10000.
Rudyard KipIine il probably tbs arx,
poet to have one OF his works form "a item
In governments cable bfl. Htk ION,
Lady Of the Shows" wasy 4 b said. s,an1eI
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09
The World We Live In.

New York Evening Post.
A newspaper becomes hardened 70 the
most extraordinary appeals for aid. and the
applicant who succeeds in eliciting the
slightest expressions OF establishment from
an editor deserves at least whatever cred
IL may attach TO originality Two such
cases have come TO our notice in the past
week. In the first instance a young Ger
man painter whose remarkable talent finds
no sufficient outlet under German condi-
tions," and who would be glad TO dedicate
his unusual gift to the service OF ''our fair
land" desires the support Of an American
woman of wealth, who will adopt him as a
and in the spectacle OF his unfolding genius
all this in the best of form, and on the
best of paper. The certain suspicion OF
indigency In this request cannot be said 10
characterize the second, which is reprinted
from the personal column OF q morning
contemporary:
"A man whose life is a martyrdom owing
to the lack Of means, which prevents his
marrying the woman he loves, and whose
life would be complete happiness IL he could
make $4,000 during the next six weeks,
would lend himself at the risk OF his life,
for the above amount, to any experience
whatsoever, on condition that IL benefit hui
mainly"
The man who stakes his life against a
competence certainly commands greater re-
spect than he who pledges only his excep-
tionai genius, and We believe that the ex-
perimenter (for experience" surely means
experiment. who should look up this case
would ind a better return for his curiOs-
| ity than the wealthy American woman who
should adopt the hampered German painter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09
STUDY IN EMPIRE BUILDING.

Our war with Spain produced quite
crop Of ephemeral literature of the kind
done by newspaper correspondents and
done over into books. together with some
war stories and light novels with scenes
laid in the new possessions. The political
status of the latter and their relations
to the federal government have been
considerably discussed without exhausting
il. An entirely new phase of the sub
ject is presented in a work entitled 1.-The
Administration of Dependencies" by AL
pheus H. Snow. formerly of this city. AS
might be inferred from the title, the work
is not confined to consideration Of the re-
lations between our new island possessions
and the federal government, but it dis
cusses the whole question of the admins
tration of dependencies by other govern
ments, especially by those of France and
Great Britain. and attempts TO show what
the trainers of our Constitution meant by
the clause which gives Congress power Ito
dispose of and make all needful rules and
regulations respecting the territory or
other property belonging to the United
States" AS the Constitution was framed
almost simultaneously with the enactment
by Congress OF the ordinance OF 1851 for
the government of the Northwest Terri
tory as a dependency of the American
Union, IL Is fair TO conclude that the clause
referred to must have been intended to ex-
press. or at least to outline. the views
of the trainers as to the true principles
of the administration Of dependencies.
Starting out with this view the author
directed his researches 10 ascertaining the
origin and history OF the administration
Of the dependencies by different govern
ments as indicative OF the views probably
held by the trainers OF the Constitution
This investigation involved an examina
ton OF French history from 1900 to 1857. ane
of British history from the inception o.
| the American colonies in 1884, In which
| year Queen Elizabeth granted a charter fo
| Carolina to Sir Walter Raleigh. down Il
and through the revolutionary period. Thei
| followed an examination of the American
British and European theory and practic
on the subject from the adoption OF tn
Constitution until the present time. to dis
| cover to what extent the principles outlines
by the territorial clause In the Constitu
ton had been recognized and followed. Tn
work b. therefore. q study of the evolutiol
of the idea Of federal empire or imperis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

No religious movement Of modern times
has presented as many strange features
as that now going on among the Douk-
hobors In Canada 1t has been compared
to the crusades of the middle ages, but
those had an objective point, while the
march Of these Russian fanatics is an aim
less wandering. Perhaps the most curious
phase of the movement is the feature of
their faith that makes them attach such
sacredness to animals and animal life that
they not only refuse to use anything de-
rived from animals, but even to employ
them as beasts Of burden. Sympathy for
dumb brutes is usually regarded as an at
tribute of refined natures. yet the Douk-
hobors are ignorant and uncouth people.
An individual who should act as they do
would be deemed a fit subject for lunatic
asylum, but that Judgment could hardly
be passed on over a thousand people at
once. The movement shows that human
nature is still a mystery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

Washington to Baltimore on election day
to see how the American people elect their
national and state officers. He expressed
surprise at the orderliness and fairness with
which the election was conducted and at
the popular interest THAT is the differ
ence between your system and ours" he
said with us the masses seldom take in
terest in elections. unless it is to create dis
turbances at the polls. brandish revolvers
and intimidate voters from all parties in
Discriminatory" The American way 1:
much the best, but Latin races seem unable
to comprehend IT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

1t may be assumed that after reading the
addresses of President Eliot, of Harvard
University, before the association of school
teachers in Connecticut two or three weeks
ago and his address to meeting of Metho-
dist ministers last week in Boston, that
no Society established for the purpose Of
the mutual admiration of its members will
invite the placid and mild-speaking head
of Harvard to address it. Doubtless the
Connecticut teachers expected DR.. Eliot
would congratulate them on the progress
which has been made in recent years in
the methods Of public instruction and the
good work they were doing to enlighten
the world. They must have been shocked
when the learned LID. told them that
the country would be quite as well off with
out the public school and that the evils
which the public school had not eradicated
and the evils it had intensified are greater
than the good 1t has accomplished.
DR.. Eliot's address to the Methodists must
have been so exasperating as to lead the
preachers to suspect that it was delivered
for that purpose. Not content with criti-
cising Methodism, President Eliot declared
that while labor is the best thing for man
the Christian church recognizes as a divine
| expression that labor is curse. II the
learned doctor had carefully read the ac-
| count of the Punishment of Adam and Eve
| from the Garden of Eden he could have de-
rived a different Interpretation than that
which he gave the Methodist preachers,
| namely, that because idleness had proved
| an evil thing for our first parents, He sent
them forth to toll as the best thing. Be-
yond doubt it is true that, so far as any
men or church give out the idea that the
| expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
to the end that they and the rest Of US
should eat bread in the sweat of the brow.
was a calamity, is preaching pernicious
| heresy which needs to be counteracted by
every influence.
| AS for the Methodist Church. II is far
greater power for good than are the In
fluences of many universities. 1t may be
that Methodist enthusiasm, which Presi-
dent Eliot criticised, has its Objectionable
features and that the good OF the worked
up revival is more than Offset by the reac-
ton; nevertheless Methodism is one OF the
great moral forces in the world. The Meth
odist circuit rider was always on the skirm-
ish line Of advancing civilization when thu
country was settling. and the Methodis'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

case on the technicalities raised by the
demurrer and assigned it for argument on
its merits.
AS TO the answer now died by Colorado
the dispatch says:
In general. all the allegations of the bill
OF complaint are denied. and IL is set forth
that the appropriations Of water COM
planned of were made in accordance
with and in reliance upof the doctrine
respecting the appropriation OF the wafer
or the natural streams for beneficial uses,
the arid region of the United States at the
time or said appropriations, and whicn,
by the recognition and approval or the
United States, has at all times been the
law applicable TO the public lands In said
arid region" 1t is urged that the people
of Kansas have themselves recognized the
necessity or the use of the water OF the
streams for the purpose OF irrigation by
so using the water themselves
1t is general rule of law that an in
dividual riparian owner cannot be deprived
of his rights to the waters OF a river by
others who live on the stream above him.
That substantially is the contention of
Kansas in this case, while the contention
sovereignty and the right of State to
do what its Constitution says it may do,
irrespective of the possible effect on the
interests of other States or of their citi-
zens. The question as to the right of in
dividuals resident in the same State has
been decided quite often, but 1t has never
been raised before between States. Its de-
cision will deal with fundamental princi-
pies of the Constitution
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

$z.S6l.191: and Indiana, 6.sS1,fD pounds.
worth s44.65s. There Is some tobacco pro-
duced In almost every Northern sate- In
1900 even Minnesota produced ~. IA pounds
and Nebraska 5.765 pounds. Matte stood
at the foot of the list. with 80 pouaSis- In
diana stood twelfth in order Of production.
though she produced less than IsSr cent
OF the total crop. The total receipts by
the government from the internal Sevenue
tax on tobacco from all sources dusing the
fiscal year ended June 30. 1900, amounted to
$50. OF, o07. In the calendar year 1s4o there
were 1859 registered manufacturers Of to-
bacco, including plug, smoking. cigarette
and snuff manufacturers, and these were
1856 cigar and 30S cigarette factories. Thus
it will be seen that the weed" occupies a
place of considerable Importance among
our domestic products and industries. AS
to the number Of those who USE il the
Journal has no information.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

The latest phase in the line of strikes
very naturally appears in Chicago-a strike
OF the pupils. or large part Of them. in
the schools because they do not approve of
change which has been made in their
teachers The plan of the leaders I'm the
strike is to prevent pupils from attending
the schools. To that end the school build
ings are ''pickcted'' to prevent pupils from
entering. The leaders expect that the
School Board will submit and restore the
former teachers The worst feature OF the
rebellion is that the parents are behind the
pupils The Bohemian element seems to
be prominent in this novel scheme to break
up a large school. which may explain this
exhibition o. lawlessness. Such resistance
very naturally comes from a class OF for
eigners who inherit hatred to constituted
authority.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

A writer in the Atlantic Monthly thinks
for them. I'VE cannot hope to reform the
arts from the outside he says; reform in
art, as in life. must come from within"
Well. II the rate of progress in Manhattan
keeps up we shall all soon be artistically re-
free art lectures In that city in October
was no less than 1890. 1t is u good place
to begin the education. There is great
need OF IL In New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

Church. with It's devotion. its charities ana
its colleges, stands among the first OF the
agencies which are making the world bet
ter. 1t is open to criticism. but its CEN
fury and a half of great usefulness in this
country should protect it from such whole
sale denunciation as the president OF Har-
ward administered to 1t when speaking to
the Methodist preachers of Boston. No
wonder that some of them were carried
away with rage because they could not
realize that the venerable president of Har-
ward was having fun with them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

The Louisville Courier-Journal says the
largest single transaction in leaf tobacco
that has ever occurred in that city has
just been closed, being the purchase of
1880 hogsheads at $4,000. Another pur-
chase Of 1,0lS hogsheads was made at the
same time by the same company. Large
as these transactions were, they represent
but a small part of the aggregate trade.
Though not one OF the most important,
tobacco occupies no mean place among
American products. According to the last
census, the entire crop of the United States
in 1900 was sss.ls pounds. valued at
s56.993003. We export a large amount Of
tobacco. but we also manufacture great
quantities. In 1900 we manufactured 49,
901 .s7s pounds OF chewing tobacco. Is. sos 81
pounds of SNUFF, 6.176,5e6, 4z cigars, and
3,25s. 71s. sos cigarettes. Most Of the tobacco
produced in this country is raised in the
Southern States, Kentucky leading, with
North Carolina second and Virginia third.
but considerable amount is produced in
the North. In 1900 Connecticut, which
raises peculiar quality Of good tobacco,
produced 16,s3o.77o pounds. worth $s.o74oe7:
Wisconsin, produced x.too.<so pounds. worth
s2,sss.oo1; Ohio. eb.ss7.1oo pounds. uersh
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

that there IL no place to which the Span
ish friars can be sent. In Spain there Is
much opposition to the clergy because 1t
constitutes from 10 to Is per cent. OF the
entire population. The church officials pos
sess vast estates which do not pay taxes.
from which they derive enormous reve-
nues Moreover the people are compelled
to pay large sums to the church. which is
a great burden The Liberal party is
pledged to curtail the exactions Of the
church and to reduce the number of monks
and priests. Consequently. IL the friars III
the Philippines should be ordered back to
Spain the Vatican would add fresh troubles
where they are already embarrassing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

Mrs. James Brown Potter's latest Sorm of
public entertainment is what sfss calls
'cantillating." and her admirers aye talk
ing of it as If it were something Entirely
new and original with her. A cantil4 ton, 1t
appears. is a recitation of rfem or
lyrical drama to the accompaniment Of
music. As a matter of fact, this sort of
musical recitation was common .Swo or
three centuries ago, and is by no me ,ns un-
known in the present day. An indianapolis
lady, indeed, as is very we'll known, re-
cites in this manner, greatly to the pleasure
of her hearers; but so far as kndgn she
does not call her performance canrslating.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

Parsons Magaz

PearsonS Magazine.
Often my tattooing has served a useful
purpose in identification. A captain Of the
Royal Horse Guards who was killed in the
first Matabele war was identified after
many long days by my work; while in the
second Matabel- war a tattoo mark that
had made actually saved the life OF a
client.
This gentleman had fallen into the hands
of the Matabele, VINO had decided TO put
him TO death in a fanciful and unpleasant
manner. But my client bethought him OF
his tattoo mark-a huge, grim devil that
had worked on his back. Pointing this out
10 his captors ne declared that this devil
was his own particular evil spirit, and that
IL they killed him IL would haunt them for
evermore. A short sentence I'm Arabic char
acters on the sword arm is popular among
travellers OF all kinds. as 1T acts as a pass
word in the far East. and wherever the
words can be read. Jack tars are all strong
believers In the use of tattooing for the
purpose OF Identification In case OF death
by drowning, and you will find on every
sailors arm crude designs OF anchors.
hearts or lovers knots. These are tattooed
by the men themselves. in two colors. with
stick.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

The rebellion IN a Catholic church IN
Manila against the religious teachers
placed over the members IS the first DEM
onstration of native congregation against
rule OF the Spanish friars- In a church
whose communicates are so ooedient to the
orders OF the clergy the outbreak in Ma
pils has = serious import. Doubtless the
reason the Vatican has not taken steps to
remove the friars and to place other re-
Iisiou teachers IN their place is ths fact
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

DIR. Weir Mitchell. in a recent letter to
q class OF nurses, said: 1.-The character of
the intelligence of the doctor is OF less
moment than that of the nurse. After the
doctor prescribes he goes. but she remains. ("
Inasmuch as the nurse is required to fol-
low the Doctors instructions implicitly. on
pain OF losing her professional standing 1t
would seem to be of considerable moment,
hoh
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

London Chronicle

LONDON Chronicle
We are reminded by a correspondent that
fall Is not tie only word Of which the
Americans have preserved the old English
meaning. According to the late Mr.. Rich
ard A. Proctor the phrase. II guess" 10
English ears so ridiculous. is really identi-
cal with the old expression 81 wis.," mean
Ing Il know" The word guess" has
changed its meaning entirely sn England.
but has partly preserved IL in America,
where. OF course. the native says. Il
Of uncertainay There are q many iss other ex-
amples OF words that have played fast ana
loose with e" and ''w." such as guaro...
IAN and verien. guard" and ware
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09
Juvenile RetOrt.

Baptist Commonwealth.
Mary, aged five, taking her dinner at her
grandmother's. and had asked for some Sic.
Have patience" said her grandmother
(which would you rather have" assed her
grandfather. patience or pie?"
"Pier replied Mary, decidedly.
"But there might not be any left for ms." said
her grandfather.
But" said Mary. there would be 4 Ie pa
tience grandad."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
THAT seems to be castle or house n some
kind" observed the visitor at the art exhibition
peering up at painting near the ceilir.. land
the name of it is on the bottom of thes frame
but can't make it out at this distance"
NO." responded the luckless painter Of the
picture, who happened to be standing nee. "you
can't read the title clear to my manso} in the
sly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

The hero of one of the new historical
novels is represented as having boSne the
following titles: Count of SAKE, Tarshal
general Of France. Duke of CourlfSad and
Semigallia, Knight Of the Most NJ ole Or
der Of Merit, Knight Of the Most n, Ole Or
der of the White Eagle, knight of 81 Louis,
Knight of st. Stanislaus and of mars5 other
noble orders. They seem to haze had
liners in those days, too.