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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

FAITH IN LITERATURE INDIsPENsA-
BILE TO AN AUTHOR.
Doubt Expressed as to Whether Stu
dents Read-Concerning Sacred
Literature.

All good literature must be written In
faith. says writer in the Academy. That
is its necessary condition. The writer's
appeal is not immediate like an actors or an
orators or even like painters, a sculptor's
or a musicians. Its form is invisible, and
in modern times usually inaudible too. 1t
works solely upon the homely mind. and
has no outward aid. Nor can its effect be
tested by anything like the demonstrations
OF theater. novelist once saw a young
person. blush over one of his books. An
emperor once saw a dull person laughing
over Don Quixote. But such visible ex-
pressions of emotion are rare. and in these
days of print the author himself can hardly
ever hope to witness them. That is why
he Of all working people needs most faith.
He has to cast his bread upon the waters,
but it is extremely unlikely that he will
find it again after many days. And with
out driving metaphor too far we may say
that the better the bread, the less chance
he has of finding il. Instances are almost
too obvious but let us take the highest OF
all and remember that II was only by mere
fiuke that Shakspeare's best plays were even
thought worth preserving. Or, to take the
case of Blake again, what chance OF recog-
milton had the Songs of Innocence" in
1883? Within thirty or forty years
Charles Lamb and Wordsworth had discov-
cred them. Within another fifty or
sixty years after that they became
the common property of all who love liter
allure; but by what faith In beauty and in
mans ultimate recognition of beauty must
the poet have been inspired who, at the
time when English verse had perhaps
touched its lowest point, could raise the
song of THE Echoing Green" or THE
Chimney-sweeper." or THE Divine Image,
or that song of Might" with it's meter of
subtle and varying beauty. For hundred
and fifty years nothing to compare with
such things had been heard in England,
and the world around Blake was con-
temptuously deaf to them. He could only
write in faith that some day human beings
would again be born with minds sufficiently
like his own to perceive the beauty OF his
work To remove a mountain is trivial
task compared with the confidence in so
vast a change; and yet the change came.
1t is this faith in the ultimate similarity
of great minds which makes great literature
possible, for not even genius could produce
without the hope that at some time It's
work would be taken at it's value. An
evidence for the faith may be seen in the
popularity Of all the work of the highest
genius-that il appears capable of growth,
no matter how old IL has become. There
are passages in Homer and Shakespeare
which 1t has been impossible for the world
to appreciate or understand till this very
moment. They appear to have been grow
ing with the world, so much more can the
world discover in them now than at any
past time. This is why the works and
teachings Of the highest genius are rightly
called immortal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08
Contagious Literary Diseases.
Gunton's Magazine.

GunlOn s Magazine.
Contagious diseases in the body fiction
are different from contagious diseases in
the human body in one important respect.
While the patient in either case may be-
come infected without his knowledge, too
often, indeed, the literary man becomes
diseased through his own deliberate effort
Scientific vaccination does not offer par
allel, for that Intentional contamination is
done safeguard against greater evil.
The fiction writer injects the poison into
his style with no worthy end in view, fire.
quently with the sole aim OF making there
by a bid for popularity. Nowhere is 1t
more true that what is one mans meat is
another mans poison than in the art, or,
rather in the craft, of fiction making, for
the consideration of artistic fiction is set
aside for the moment. 1t is the failure to
recognize this almost self-evident truth
that allows of the rapacious school Of
sharks that follows every successful ven-
ture in literature. Elizabeth writes her
Garden, and Immediately half the wives
of suburban clerks, and many of the clerks
themselves. If of literary proclivities. ring
their small changes their anvils ut
terly unconscious that, while Elizabeth
strikes steel, both their hammers and their
anvils are or worm-eaten wood.
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New York Tribune.
Cosmo Hamilton wants to know why
English publishers shy at strength" If
they have had bad seasons of late, he thinks,
it is because, owing to their ''old maidish
fear" they have driven novelists to the
production of poor stuff Authors are
afraid to write of things as they are, and
are obliged to hedge" One of the publish
ers promptly writes to the Academy and
Literature, in which the inquiry appeared,
to state that he will go his knees from
Bedford street to Waterloo Bridge and back
il Mr. Hamiton-or any other person-will
bring him really strong manuscript Now
the qualities of real strength, he adds.
ARE truth, breadth and gentleness; also the
ability Off needfuD to touch things unsavory
and yet keep clean hands. When the
strength of writer's jargon' begins to
merely dream Of such a standard, 1t is
possible that the English publishers of
nowadays may become less 'timid.' We
fear that the publisher has the better of
the argument. Mr.. Hamilton protests that
by strength he does not mean "gIoating and
promiscuous excursions into the filthy" that
he means 1.-The sincere and honest treatment
of subjects that may enter into the every
day life of interesting people, good bad and
indifferent" But he seems to forget that this
sincere and honest work constantly fails to
give the impression of truth, breadth and
genteness," that, in a word, it lacks
strength.
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The new British blue book gives the aver
age weekly wages of fifteen skilled trades
at $1,000 in London and s1SD in New
York.
In the United States nearly thirteen Of
every 10000 inhabitants are studying at col
leges of university status. The number in
Great Britain is less than five.
Figures recently published in Christiana
show that the amount of money sent home
from the United States by immigrants
from Norway last year was s37S0,000
1t is reported that 2,573 out of 1854 con-
gregational ministers in England and Wales
are total abstainers. while in Ireland and
Scotland the proportion is stin larger
The annual loss from the burning Of
buildings IN the United States Is about
$135. 000, 600, not including the cost OF insur-
ance and the appliances for fire protection.
There was a decrease of over 30 per cent.
in the exports of cheese from the United
States in the fiscal year ending June 80,
1903, as compared with the year preceding.
The results of the change from steam to
electricical power on New Yorks elevated
railways are reduction of cost per pas
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he wires above by means of poles and

the wires above by means of poles and
wires.
The system OF switches that is now being
constructed at Pennsylvania and Ohio
streets is said TO be one of the most elab-
crate snd intricate pieces Of work of its
kind in the United States. IL is known as
guaranteed construction, and is being done
by the Lorain Steel Company, Of Johns
town. Pa. Switches FOR lines running in
five different directions are being placed.
and the whole intersection Of the streets
presents a veritable tangle of tracks. 1t is
interesting to note that connections are
being provided for lines on Ohio street,
which Is to be the entrance route into the
new terminal station, at Market and Illi-
nois streets
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

Washington Post.
A certain Washington author has been
having interesting correspondence with
a firm Of British publishers and il may be
helpful to other writer's to hear about it,
Several years ago the firm asked the author
to submit book to them. He complied
with their request. expecting the terms Of
payment usual on this side of the water
q certain sum down and a small royalty on
every book sold. He received forty pounds
for book he'd put in six months writing,
and not one cent royalty. Lately, the same
firm wrote 10 him again:
I'VE have sold 10000 copies of your book, :"
they said. land should be glad TO bring out
another from your pen. In view OF the sue
cess OF the former book we are disposed
10 make more liberal terms with you and
VIII offer you fifty pounds for the serial
book. dramatic and colonial rights to a new
novel;
America is not only the land OF the free
and the home of the brave; it's the land
where people who write books get some
thing besides fame for their pains, and ur-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

Great Mount st. Bernard, in Switzerland,
from which 1t takes it's name. According TO
the traditions of this place 1t was a cross
between a mastin and a Danish bull bitch.
Early in the nineteenth century the breed
was so nearly exterminated that a cross
with the Newfoundland was had. Since
then the st. Bernards have become much
modified because Of many years of breeding
solely for such points size. imposing APP
pearance, straight legs, large feet and
so on.
Are chains OF very large size, such as
those hitched to the anchors of a ship. made
oy machinery or by hands,. NJ. A.
By hand. as each link has TO be welded,
though machine presses may assist in bend
ing the bars from which the links are
shaped, and sometimes the welding is done
with power-driven hammers. Even with
such aids the product is not to be classed
as machine-made chain, which includes only
smaller chain. most OF it not larger than
inch-long links.
Are adobe houses found in any other
country on earth than Mexico? 2 Did In
dams make iron tools or weapons before the
whites came?-Eight.
They are very common in the arid and
semi-arid regions of this country. Sun-dried
brick very similar to the adobe are used
in other dry countries. and have been used
for great many centuries. 2. No; they
still were but little removed from the stone
age, and what metal implements they had
were copper. This metal they found in
native masses and hammered rudely into
the desired shapes.
How is the powder magazine located and
constructed in an up-tO-date bdttleShip?
H. K. l..
1t is put well below the water line, and
remote from engines and boilers. 1t is a
water-tight compartment with steel walls
lined with fireproof material. Sometimes
an air space is left between double walls,
and often there are fiues for taking away
heated air and for fetching IN chilled air
from the vessels refrigeratiEg plant, these
last being used chiefly when the ship is in
the tropics. Means of flooding with water
and of drawing the water off are provided
All lights are secured in boxes that can be
entered only from outside the magazine.
VIII you tell me something of the govern
ment of Brazil? 2. Who is now it's Presi-
dent?-W. NJ.
1t is a republic with constitution modelled
after that of the United States, and diff
fering from the latter chiefly in the nearly
complete autonomy given to the individual
| States. President senators and representa-
tives are elected by popular vote, for four,
! nine and three years, respectively, the fran
chise resting with male citizens over TWEEN
ty-one, soldiers, illiterates, beggars and
members of religious orders excepted.
| States have their own governors, legisla-
lures and judicial systems, and the federal
government may take hand in local af-
fairs only for repelling invasion, for pre-
serving republican government or for en-
forcing federal regulations. The tendency
of the States to keep federal control re-
duced is marked, especially the part of
those far removed from the national capital
2. Francisco de p. r. Alves
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08
Authors and Reviewers.

The Bookman, having taken pains to
sound a number of well-known authors
on their opinions of reviews and reviewers
in the long run, prints in the November
issue the replies, from which the following
extracts are taken:
James Lane Allen writes: Some critics
seem to understand my books, and some
do not; but the general result of all crit
icism has been q very fair and just appre-
citation of any book that / have ever writ
ten"
Owen Wister, after some serious talk
sums up his frame of mind in a delicious
piece of nonsense, which he had from some
one in Boston:
The dog is In the bedstead,
The cat Is in the lake,
The cow is in the hammock
What difference does 1t make?
Mrs. Atherton's dictum is: my own ex-
perience, from first to last, proves that all
reviews might just as well remain unwrit-
ten
From f. Marion Crawford: so far as
/ am aware. l have more to be grateful
for than to resent in what has been writ
ten about my work..
Jack London says: mot one reviewer in
fifty ever mentions an underlying meaning
in my books. much less shows that he un-
derstands the underlying meaning. But
this may be my fault, not theirs"
Charles Major replies: Reviewers, I be-
lieve, as rule are honest, and honesty,
after all. leaveneth the whole lump"
Stewart Edward White expresses his
gratitude as follows: Reviewers are the
meanings of my books. / don't understand
them myself until am told about them in
the public prints. Usually l try to tell a
straightforward story of things as L see
them, after which 1t is gratifying, curious,
and interesting to see what the ingenious
get out OF 1T. 1t makes me feel profound
work out the development of those quail
itieS.''
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biography, and yet it is not large recon-
pense when the time and labor involved are
considered For purposes or comparison"
adds the same paper, there is the Amer
lean instance of John G. Nicolay and John
Hay who are credited with receiving the
same sum, $4,000. from the publishers for
colr1, published in 1890. From his biog-
raphy of Lincoln, issued soon after the war,
DR.. Holland realized about $4,000. James
G. Blaines Twenty Years in Congress
brought its author $4,000. General Grants
family received something like $4,000 from
his memoirs"
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can be altogether dispensed with-may
America yet enter the number,-but there
Is no instance-and. In the nature of things.
there can be none-where the latter can
safely be dismissed. Language is at best
but the inadequate expression OF a far more
important element-the literature makes the
language and not the language the liter.
allure. Examples are plenty and Scotland
Is one of them
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New York World.
1t is reported that John Morley received
from the publishers a fee of $4,000 for his
Life of Gladstone" just published This
is the largest sum ever paid for a copyright
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til that author decides that the prestige of
British patronage is worth more TO him
than paltry royalties, his books will con-
tinue to be published in his native land.
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Better Than "a King.

Rochester Post-Express.
King Edward has caused II to be an
nounced that His Majesty rtver expresses
an opinion on political mattsrs except by
the advice OF minister's and RIVER interferes
with legislation" Ii may be Gaore fun 10 be
king, but IL Is safe TO say hat the Hon.
Joseph G.. Cannon. next s&saker OF the
House, wouldn't trade jobs With him.
&. w. KRIEl
English Blockt
Wholesale. Retail
Main Cigar StosA.
100 Monument pl3sa
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Is there any way by which a man can
prevent his widow from getting one-third
OF his estate at his death If his widow has
heirs Nv. NJ
Under the Indiana law she is entitled to
one-third OF his estate after legal claims
against it are settled. If she is second
wife. and there are children by the first
wife. she has only a life title in his portion
OF the property. The fact that she may
have heirs does not affect the question.
Did President Roosevelt have a college
or common-school education? Is he from
"well-to-dO. rich or poor family? Had
his family any social standing OF inpor-
lance? Is he refined and cultured?-E. S. ID.
He Is a graduate OF Harvard University.
He comes OF a weil-to-do family, which has
been OF good social standing for many gen.
erations, or as far back as anything is
known OF IL. lie Is a man OF refinement
and culture. the author OF many books.
You should take a day off and read up
about your President.
When and where did the ST. Bernard dog
originate?-S ID.
At the Alpine shelter for travellers on
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EnnIlrh HInrL

Main Cigar StofA.
ios Monument pl3sa
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Retail
The Grit-advocate., 1903-12-04
FORESTRY AND
LAND COMMISSION

Washington, DC, Dec. president
Roosevelt yesterday appointed as an
executive commission Messrs. w. A.
Richards, commissioner of the general
land office, Clifford Pinchot, chief for
ester, Agricultural Department, and
Frederick H. Newell chief engineer of
the Geological Survey. The commits
sion is instructed to make thorough
Investigation into the status of forest
ry, irrigation, land laws, use Of public
domain and other western questions,
and recommend to the President what
course should be taken through execu-
tive action and by legislation to best
serve those interested in these mat
ters.
In his message to the Fifty-seventh
Congress, President Roosevelt recon-
mended congressional legislation for
the appointment of such commission
and during the session of Congress SEN
ator Warren introduced a resolution
authorizing it's creation. The public
lands committee failed to report the
resolution and no results were secured.
At the commencement of the present
session Senator Warren re-introduced
the resolution, providing for commits
government service requiring them to
investigate the land laws and western
conditions and to report their findings
to Congress.
The commission appointed yesterday
will report directly to the President
and while its conclusions will not be
available in time to be utilized by him
in his forthcoming message to Con-
gress, 1t is expected they will be Of
great value in determining legislation
before the close of Congress and guild
ing the President and secretary of the
interior when called upon to act on
questions where given jurisdiction un-
der existing laws, such as forest re-
serve extensions and creations, or re-
strictions, granting or restricting graz
ing privileges, Withdrawing lands from
entry, and similar matters.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-12-04
THE KANSAS EIGHT HOUR LAW IS
SUSTAINED BY SUPREME COURT

Washington, Dec. 1.-The United
States Supreme Court yesterday af-
firmed the constitutionalty of the
eight-hour law of the state Of Kansas
regulating labor on public works. JUS
tice Harlan said in handing down the
opinion, that il the statute is mischiev-
Gus, the responsibility rests with the
Legislatures, and not the courts. Chief
Justice Fuller and Justices Brewer and
Peckham dissented.
The Kansas law whose validity was
brought into question in the suit was
enacted in 1891 and provided that eight
hours should constitute a days work
for workmen employed by or on behalf
Of the state, or by any county or city
or other municipality in the state. 1t
also prohibits contractors from requir-
Ing laborers engaged on work for the
state to perform more than eight
hours labor in a day. Both fine and
Imprisonment are provided for viola
ton of the law.
The case decided yesterday was that
of W. w. Atkins vs.. the state Of Kan
sas. Atkins had a contract with the
corporation OF Kansas City, Kansas, for
paving, and he was charged with re-
The Grit-advocate., 1903-12-04
But One Furnace RUNNING.

Pueblo, Colo, Dec 1.-Most Of the
$500 men thrown out of employment
by suspension at the Colorado Fuel and
Iron steel plant have left the city
Those who were discharged with the
closing down of the wire and bolt mills
last Saturday night received their pay
yesterday and left for eastern points
There are now only about 500 men at
work in the entire plant. most of
whom are employed by contractors
who are building blast furnaces and
perfecting other contract work inside
the yards.
Blast furnace G continues operation
and is producing spiegel, and this is
the only one of the long row Of fur
naces in which machinery is going
Several expert mechanics are employed
in overahuling the rail mill and rod
mill and other machinery of the plant
The open-hearth furnace is being re-
lined and furnace E is being over
hauled. All furnaces are being kept
warm and could be placed in operation
within twenty-four hours. Blast fur
mace c will not continue long in oper-
alton, only until the material now on
hand Is run through the mill.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-12-04

quiring workingman named Reese to
labor ten hours day. He was prose-
cuted in the state courts, where the
decisions were uniformly against him.
Atkins appealed from the decision OF
the State Supreme Court to the Fed
eral Supreme Court, alleging that the
statute is in violation of the first sec
tion of the fourteenth amendment OF
the constitution. in that It denied him
due protection of the law and deprived
him of his property without due pro-
cess.
Referring to the only other decision
of the court on the eight-hour question,
that of Holden VS.. Hardy, in which the
court sustained the law of Utah fixing
an eight-hour day for miners employed
underground. Justice Harlan called at
tention to the fact that while the Utah
case involved private interests. the
present case involves employment On
public works only.
The opinion was based on the theory
that all the municipalities of a state
are the creations of the state; that
work for them is of a public character
and does not infringe on the personal
liberty of any one.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-12-04

Denver, Dec. IA News special
from Louisville. Colo, last night says:
The full dinner pail brigade of the
Northern coal fields returned to the
mines at the blowing of the whistles
this morning, and the wheels OF indus
Gy commenced turning once again.
Tho idleness at the mines that has en-
sued for the past three weeks was
broken. Amid the shouts OF the min
ers at 4:42 this afternoon the first
train load of coal that has left Louis
Vile for about three weeks pulled out
Of the yards for Denver 1t consisted
OF twenty cars Of lump and slack.
The output of the Northern field was
not as large as was expected. 1t would
not reach over 1000 tons. Several of
tho miners did not wish to start to
work. as 1t is the last day of the
month. but all will be digging to-mor-
row. The machine men had not cut
sufficient coal for all the miners TO
load. so some had to come home.
There was slight furry at the Mon
arch mine. at Mitchell, this morning
on account of the wage scale. The
new scale places the Monarch mine
In the Louisville district, and makes
tho price 38 cents per ton for loading
coal after the machines. where it had
been 40 cents per ton before the strike.
On account Of the roof being hard to
timber Mr. Mitchell has always paid