The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-02

Theodore L. Cuyler. An incidental para
graph describes the difficulty experienced
by 7. B. Aldrich in finding an editor who
would accept his now famous poem Baby
Belle" Only a real lover of books could
serve as editor OF this magazine. which Is
published at 30 East Twenty-first street.
New York city.
Outing continues to lead the magazines
and other periodicals that cater to lovers OF
outdoor life. 1t is better edited and IL
Illustrated than ever. and its sketches and
stories of travel. adventure and sport
writer's. Charles T. w. Mielatz's
article on tarpon fishing in the February
number is interesting and instructive, and
the authors pictures of the king OF game
fishes as IL leaps from the water are real
istic enough to make the reader wish he
was having a hand in the sport. "Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Mississippi Bear Hunt"
by Lindsay Denison, one OF the correspond
ents who accompanied the presidential par
ty, is a well written review of incidents
of the hunt with photographs by Mr..
Denison. Caspar Whitney, editor OF Out
ing. announces that Prof. Edwin Check
ley has been engaged to conduct physical
and culture department for men and
women. beginning with the March number.
Henry LOOMS Nelson is disposed at ali
times to take a gloomy view Of American
public affairs. and IL is therefore not sur
prising TO find that in his article on ''The
Overshadowing Senate I'm the February
Century he sets forth what he regards as
a danger TO the continued existence OF our
democratic plan of government. Unques-
tionably, however, many OF the facts he
sets forth are true and TO be thoughtfully
considered. A Poe revival is in progress.
but even so il is not easy TO see why mat
ter so uninteresting-with much OF IL irrel-
evant-should be given so much Importance
the "Poe-Chivers Papers, the second
installment OF which appears in this num-
Der. An interesting story of adventure Is
William Gage Ewings "khartum TO Cairo
in an Adirondack Canoe. An article which
will attract much attention rs Frank VIII
bert Stokes's account of the aurora borealis
as seen in the Asiatic regions with the re-
markable illustrations In color accompany
ing. The fiction OF the number Is OF aver
age merit
The February Engineering Magazine is
unusually interesting to the lay mind. Har-
rington Emerson's THE Opening of the
Territory of Alaska" reads more like a
story than a plain portrayal of facts. 1t
shows that not alone mining, but agricul-
ture waits on the development OF trans
portation facilities to become a great in
dustry and support vast population. Not
less interesting than the text is the series
of photographs with which the article is
embellished. Another very interesting and
profusely illustrated article Is Paul
Letheules description of the harness.
ing of French Alpine mountain streams
and the turning OF their power into cleo
trical energy. The usual array OF technical
papers on mining, engineering and shop
management is presented. and in the review
of the engineering press is a long excerpt
from w. Francis Goodrichs paper on
Modern Refuse Destructors," read before
the Manchester section OF the English In
stitution of Electrical Engineers Much
space is given to mining and metailurgy.
The most notable article in the February
number of McClure's Magazine is the ac-
count of Finsens discovery OF the curative
effects of light on disease, notably that
hideous malady, lupus, and the not less
dreaded one cancer. The discovery is one
OF several years ago. and is well
known TO the medical profession, but COM
paratively little information concerning IL
has reached the public generally. Ex-
tended mention was made i'm Sundays
Journal OF the feature OF Finsen's re-
searches relating to the effect of red light
on smallpox. Miss Tarbelfs exceedingly
interesting history of the Standard Oil
Company reaches its fourth chapter and
is an account of the formation OF the Re-
finers' Association" Will III. Low contrib
utes the first of series of papers on "A
Century OF Painting in America" Francis
T.. Nichols tells the story OF the employ
ment of children in the coal regions, and
Robert T.. Peary gives the last chapter OF
the account of his experiences I'm the Arc
tic regions. The fiction consists of several
short stories of fair merit.
The Worlds Work for February justifes
the publishers i'm assuming comprehen-
sive name. The magazines March OF
Events" is a brief but satisfactory account
of what has been going on in the world OF
progress and human interest during the
previous month. The work which the world
has been doing begins with an article, THE
United States Steel Corporations Profit
sharing Plan" Next Is an deliberately IL
Illustrated paper entitled THE New Navy
at Work" This is followed by contribu-
Libraries. IAN Era OF Thrift in the Mid
die West shows what has taken place
among the agricultural people In the newer
States as Kansas and Nebraska. IL H. the
story of industrial independence. Trolley
Lines and the Railroad System" is an ar
ticle showing that I'm the Eastern States
the steam railroad companies are absorbing
DDS" 1.-The Work of Japanese Crafts
man" and a description OF an American
watch factory are among the other articles.
The special features OF the current NUM-
Der OF the Review OF Reviews are charac-
ter sketches OF Abram s. Hewitt by Ed
ward NJ Shepard. and OF Mrs. Alice Free
man Palmer by George Perry Morris. with
PORTRAITS; an illustrated article on Henry
G.. Marquand as an American Art Patron"
by Ernest Knsufft: articles on the latest
Developments in wireless telegraphy. by
A. Frederick Collins. and the new cables
across the Pacific. by Thomas &. Martin.
with maps and other Illustrations: an ec-
count OF the remarkable coal deposits OF
our great Northwest, by Frank A. Wilder:
q paper on "1relands Emancipation" by
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