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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
The BibliOmaniac's Reward.
The Book Lover.

me bOOh IONer
1.-THE joy is In the chase" said the biblio-
maniac 1.-THE reward of the long. weary
chase lies in the finds that turn up In the
most unexpected places. To dig through a
stall full of dust-oovered literary refuse Of
fered at cents apiece and find at the bot
tom some rare precious, unappreciated vol
ume, kind of Cinderella waiting for the
prince, that is the most-no. there is some
thing even better the finding of gold where
no gold Is looked for. Let me tell you what
happened to a friend of mine, book fiend
like myself, not long ago.
He was travelling In Switzerland and
CHANGED into little out-of-the-way hosiery
where tourists were comparatively scarce.
1t was a very primitive affair, but they had
bathroom, strange to say, with a tub as
large as boat. Near the window In that
room stood a shaving table, and on il lay
a book from which one of the pasteboard
covers had been torn off. It's purpose was
evidently to furnish paper on which the
shaver could wipe the suds from his razor
Faithful to the instinct of the book
lover, my friend picked up the volume. The
first glance he threw at it's exposed title
page nearly caused him to cry out loud. II
was piece Of Americana of the rarest
kind. work printed in this country long
fore he started for Europe my friend had
attended an auction sale at which he saw
more than $500 paid for an imperfect copy
OF the same work. And this copy was COM
plete, for the loss of the cover meant moth
:" 1T was the only time in my life that ]
became guilty Of a theft my friend con-
fessed afterward. L ran off with my find in
a state of mind bordering on intoxication,
and the worst part Of it was that far from
feeling any conscientious scruples about
taking the book. / glowed with pride at
having saved such treasure from the de-
struction to which 1t had been doomed by
chance and ignorance"
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school the tuition is given free to any young
man who will take up the work of teach
ing The only expense he will be required
to pay is his table board. When one OF
these young men enters the college he takes
upon himself life work; he is not, how
ever. held by any vow or pledge, but Il is
understood that when he enters the college
he assumes task for life II after enter
ing the normal school he should change his
rlind and not desire TO become teacher
or any time during his life he should wish
to give up the occupation. ne can relieve
himself OF all obligation by paying his tut
ton To the college. IL takes five years TO
complete the normal course with the
Lutherans. The largest college OF this kind
Is located at Addison, ILL.,. and there Is also
one I'm New York One OF the principal
things that the teachers are required to
learn Is music, for II Is they who play the
organs In the churches and train the choirs
The salaries received by these men are not
large, and IL Ii were not for their loyalty
TO the church. any OF them could earn more
money in any other walk of life. In this
city there are eight teachers.
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matter to crisis and retrieve the prestige
which she has lost to Russia in Lhassa So
stealthily has Russian influence spread over
Thibet that few even in England realize
the gravity of the situation. Early i'm 1900,
prior to the Boxer outbreak, at the signing
OF the now famous secret Canton agree
ment, Russia engaged TO protect the terri
torial integrity OF the empire of China prop
er in return for full liberty to exploit the
Mongolia and Turkestan. How the Mus
a story of petty official and court intrigue
from the Himalayas TO the Pei-ho In Thi-
bet. particularly, was the problem difficult.
Not only the land largely unexplored
but the people and its rulers were unlike
any others in the world.
The Dalai-Lama. high priest and pre-
tended pope TO the entire Buddhist world
ruled the theocratic state with absolute
sway. and acknowledged not even the SUI
zerainty OF the Chinese Emperor. who had
bartered away the right 10 enter the lama's
land. BY diplomacy OF almost unexampled
subtlety, however. the agents of the Car
1900 the chancellor of the Dala.-Lama ten
dered to the Russian plenipotentiary, the
symbolic presents due to the Lord and
Guardian of the Buddhist Faith" title
formerly held by the Chinese Emperor
which had laid dormant for ten years The
prestige I'm Asia thus bestowed on the
monarch at st. Petersburg was comparable
TO that enjoyed by the ruler holding the
title OF Holy Roman Emperor In medieval
Europe.
Thibets independence not being recog-
nized by the powers, the Gar then sought
to have his moral advantage made legal by
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courses on through college. but the priest
OF each church hes absolute control of
the school connected with II. Through him
all OF the expenses are paid and the funds
collected. and he ALEC sees that the school
Is provided with teachers.
The funds TO conduct these schools are
partly raised by the parents of each child
paying a nominal tuition, but If their finan-
cial circumstances are not sufficient, their
child e not turned away. But this fund by
no means covers the expenses for main
tanning the school. and in most cases 1t Is
found that IL makes only about half of the
required amount To illustrate: One of the
most prominent and prosperous Catholic
churches in the city has a school which IS
maintained at the cost Of $1,000 year.
The tuition paid for the pupils attending
amounts 10 s2,000, and the remaining $1,000
has to be made up from the general church
fund This deficit in all instances is made
up from this fund at the end Of each year.
The per capita cost at which the Catholic
schools are supported is SO, and this is con-
siderabiy less than that of either the city
schools or the Lutheran. In the former
case II Is 1881, while with the latter it is
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confirmation from the Chinese Emperor.
To accomplish this he favored the intrigues
of the grand chancellor, fung Lu' at
Picking. A daughter of the chancellor was
married to Prince Chun, and a niece to the
newly proclaimed heir apparent Pu-iun
Since then Yung Lu has been plotting TO
place his niece's husband, Pu-lun, on the
throne. The Empress dowager. Yung Lu.
and all the foreigner-hatins contingent re-
allied that the execution OF this scneme
might bring down European in aisl on
Car, whose interests were vitality opposed
to the opening of China. The Car de-
manded his price. which Yung L,u paid IN
Thibet There are four parts to this doc
ument.-The Russian Deal
II is stipulated that, in the event or any
trouble arising in Thibet. Russian, in order
to protect her frontiers" shall dispatch
troops. after notifying China Should there
be apprehension OF third power contIiv-
ing trouble in Thibet Russia and CHINA
bind themselves to cooperate in SUCH meas
ure as may be deemed advisable TO repress
the disturbance. Liberty of worship Is ac-
corded the Russian orthodox and Lamaist
faiths but all other rd rss0a asa are eo PTbbet
shall be given gradually an independent IN
ner administration, Russia and China snar-
ing the work. Russia undertakes the re-
organization of the military on european
model, and China is in charge or the eco
nomic development Of the country-tnat Is
to say, Chinese merchants are TO nave
This convention signed, Thibet became IN
fact and name Russian province, CONNER
cial privileges alone being reserved 10
China. For the first time in history, too,
English and Russian borders met. Eng
lands policy of protecting her Eastern pos
sessions by intermediate or buffer states
fell in respect to 1900 miles of her frontier
Owing to the proximity of Thibet to India
the change is more of a menace than would
be even the extension OF Siberia to the Him
alayas. The Dalai Lama's claims as pom
tiff of Pan-Buddhism are gradually being
accepted by the Buddhist clergy of Assam
and Burma, both in British India. and MS
influence is growing at a marvellous rate.
1t is estimated that in these two provinces
above five million persons acknowledge him
as supreme. 1t is almost an exact repro
duction of the papel power in medieval Eu-
rope. The result has been only what could
have been foreseen. Treaties with England
have been ignored. English emissaries
have been treated with scorn at Lhassa
and English missionaries pillaged and ex-
posed to vultures on the hills. The Dalai
Lama refused to treat with Colonel Young
husband when he journeyed into Thibet
recently until he and his mission returned
TO Indian territory. He fortified his camp.
refused to move, and is bringing reinforce
ments 10 decide the issue.
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OIL and Literature.

Baltimore American.
A note Of alarm has been sounded in the
literary world. The statement has been
made through the public press that James
Lane Allen. the gentle. reincarnated Haw-
thorne. of Kentucky, has been successful
in an oil investment and has come into
large fortune
If this is so Ii is to be regretted, indeed
Not that the public, who have read and
loved Mr.. Aliens work. begrudge him the
physical and mental comfort that must
come from his newfound wealth. for surely
a man of the tastes and proclivities of Mr..
Allen can in many ways add to his tenn
poral happiness by a proper application OF
much money. But the world is somewhat
selfish. and o how wise IL mas known
men before. 1t has stood and watched a
man struggle and produce good things un,
til II has taken pity on his struggle ana
given him much that he thought ne hao
1t has almost invariably been sorry. The
beautiful and good and useful things the
man had been doing suddenly ceased TO
come. The reward within his grasp ne
sat down TO gloat over IL, forgetting the
task that had been before so necessarily
all-absorbing.
The world has seen such men before, ana
ii fears for Mr.. Allen. 1t fears that no
more of the pretty little tales so close to
natures heart will be written IL 1ears
that the wealth IL has inadvertently ana
in moment of weak indulgence
vouchsafed to the sweet-singing prose-poet
may interpose obstacles between him ana
the sources of his inspiration II fears that
his ear may not be so close 10 the harp
strings of the life men spurn, but always
love-the life of soil and the flowers ana
the birds. 1t fears for all this. and with
reason. For il has seen men similarly en-
treated. and has seen few who proved an
exception to the rule.
Men do not strive for what they think
themselves to be striving for. They think
they want wealth. fame. etc. They do not.
They want 10 strive. The lust for striving
is in them. and they self-hypnotized
into believing they are working for tangible
reward. They feel divine dissatisfaction,
and attribute il to lack of something
which other have. But when once
those apparently coveted things are placed
within their grasp. and the new toys have
been fingered awhile. the dissatisfaction re-
turns in trebled force and they know the
truth, but are too human to apply II.
Let hope. for the sake of the real Mr..
Allen and for the sake of the world of let
tiers. that James Lane Allen has not won a
fortune in oil.
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music Is very successful with the boys, and
by beginning with them when they are
young and not permitting them TO strain
their voices, as they become older they
make quite good singers. With the girls
Instrumental music is the more popular,
although many of them take vocal instruc-
ton. The piano is the principal instrument
taught, but In some of the schools the
Italian harp and violin find much favor
All OF the classical music is taught in the
higher grades, and where the student fol-
lows this course through his whole school
life he will f1nd in the end that he will have
thorough musical education. In this
branch the study is not confined to any
particular class OF music. but embraces
that OF all the best composers. Even the
students who do not pursue their studies
after their first communion. and who are
not musicians. find that they have a knowl-
edge OF music which far surpasses that pos
sessed by the ordinary individual and is a
source Of satisfaction In after years. In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
Good Books Bound to Succeed.

George p. Brett, in the Outlook.
Some years before the day when inter-
national copyright came, with its blessings
to American as well as to European au-
thors. L recollect, being then I'm the i'm
porting business. that We received a con-
signment from London publisher of a few
hundred copies of one of the outdoor books
"a new field at that time, or compara-
lively new. although now there are so
many, perhaps too many, examples of this
kind OF literature. No one in the Office. I
remember, thought very much of the book,
perhaps the general feeling being. more
than anything else, that the English, after
all. could not do this sort of book well
from the American standpoint No copies
of the book were sent out for review IL was
never advertised, and yet in the course of
few weeks additional copies were or
dered and then, by and by. a Boston book
seller, who has discovered" think more
books of worth than any other dealer in
the country, sent over for two hundred and
fifty copies, and eventually nearly one hun
dred thousand were disposed of without
either advertising or mention in the news
papers of any sort. The reorinters finally
got hold of the book, they did i'm those
days of almost everything that was worth
while, and have no doubt that more than
half million copies of the work have
been disposed of in this country: but in
connection with the preceding paragraph.
the thing / want to call attention to is the
fact that nearly one hundred thousand cop
les were sold of the authors edition. for
the most part imported from abroad with
out any of the ordinary channels of COM
municatfon with the public being used for
the benefit of the book
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about SIS. The teachers in these schools
all receive pay for their work, and while
the salaries are not large their living is
furnished them, and what money they earn
Is practically above all expenses.
The scope OF education that the Catholic
schools cover Is similar in most respects
to that of the public schools. They en-
deavOr to make the studies parallel those
of the common schools, so that the students
can enter them after taking their first COM
munion IL they so desire. The first COM
munion is taken at the thirteenth year, and
the pupils enter the ninth grade first
high school year, of the public schools
The system OF the Catholic schools is
so perfected that it is not necessary
for the pupils to enter those conducted
by the city to receive complete education
After they have finished their primary
courses, which takes them to their first
communion, they enter the Catholic
High School, of which there are two in the
city. Catechism and biblical history are
taught through the whole educational
course 1t takes four years to go through
the high school branches. and this prepares
the student for the Catholic colleges. There
are no colleges located in the city. but there
are quite number in this country, the
principal ones being in Baltimore and
Washington. -
The Catholic schools here desire to give
their pupils complete education which fits
them for any business or profession with
Qua having to go TO those conducted by the
city. Lately stenography and other practi-
cal branches of instruction have been In
troduced. Also much time is given to
writing. The vertical handwriting, which
was at one time so popular, has been done
away with, and what is known as the mus
cular movement has taken its place. The
reason the former was abandoned was
owing TO the numerous complaints that
came from business men from all over the
city, they claiming that the slansing let
tiers make the heater appearance and are
much easier read. 1T is also the aim in
these schools to cultivate a small hand
writing because it is much more suitable
for business purposes. 1t has been found
that by giving so much attention to this
branch the pupils can easily command good
positions and are advanced quite rapidly In
business houses.
MUSIC A STRONG FEATURE.
Much attention too, is given to both vocal
and Instrumental music. This department
Z has always been conspicuous in Catholic
education. and consequently some OF the
these schools II has been found that vocal
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BaIIade of Banished Books.

Boston city is filled with woe,
Boston booilovers writhe in pain;
Bibliomaniacs to and fro
Rush from the shops to their homes again.
What has happened? The reasons plain
Thus the municipal court DEGREES
There are certain books that are vicious an,
vain,
These not good for the Bostonese'
Those we treasure the most. you know,
Leather binding. with crack and stain;
Vellum and parchment, on row,
Volumes we've bartered our souls to gain;
First editions of La Fontaine.
Rubelaisian comedies
And the tales OF Margaret Queen of Spain
These are not good for the Bostonese,
Chaucer, and poor Jean Jacques Rousseau
Great we were but your stars must wane;
And thou. o mighty Boccaccio.
Mussuccio, too. and all your train,
Now your works we must all dsdain-
You are too bold for times like these
Much it goes against the grain.
You are not good for the Bostonese!
Il Envoi.--
Princes of Tale-teliers! We would fain
Have you all in our libraries
But in the Hub you may not remain
You not good for the Bostonese.
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TURN LIGHT ON Tibet.
Civilization Knocking Doors OF
Great Lama's Land.
New York Commercial Advertiser


New York Commercial Advertiser.
Close observers of the far Eastern situa-
ton inclined to view the impending
conflict between Anglo-Indian troops and
the Russo-Thibetan forces as almost as por-
tentous the cloud over Manchuria
and Corea. One Of the results may be to
lay bare to the outside world the mysteries
of the land of the Lama, which have been
so closely guarded for years.
A small British force is fortified at
Gyangtse. 80 miles from Lhassa, the Thi-
betan capital, and large reinforcements,
under Colonel Younghusband. are marching
TO their support. Rifles. furnished presum-
ably by Russia. are being distributed to
the native warriors. Priests OF the theo-
cratic kingdom. whom the people believe to
be reincarnations of Buddhistic saints, have
consulted the oracles, and declared this a
propitious year for war and are exhorting
the people TO rise and drive the English
from the land.
The heroic policy adopted by the Indian
Office il taken TO mean that England has
at last taken alarm at the drift of things
three years and IL determined to bring the
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What Do People Readf

John Cotton Dana, in the Outlook.
Every roadside fence is now a primer
for the passer-by, every trolley car Is a
first reader to the traveller, and every
boarding a treatise on zoology. manufac-
lures and social problems. To-day, most
read a little, If only the signs and posters
some read newspapers-probably ten to
twenty millions of the forty millions who
could read them If they would. few read
novels; IL the most popular novel finds only
a million buyers in a country where forty
millions could read it if they would, who
can say that novel readers are more than
a few? A very few, possibly two or three
millions, read standard literature and Sc
rious contributions to thought and knowl-
edge. Surely the procession of readers
grows larger every year. relatively as well
as absolutely.
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An Italian Novelist.

Philadelphia Press.
Mathilde Serao, the best-known Italian
woman novelist. accomplishes. in her tire
less career, what might comfortably fill
the lives of several workers. With poverty
as her initial portion. she has literally won
her way to the top of the ladder and has
wealth. fame and unnumbered friends The
daughter of an exile from the ancient Bour-
bon government of the new Sicilies. she
began her career as telegraph operator
and worked her way up"
She is one OF the chief contributors to
an important daily newspaper in Naples
Every day her piquant chronicle, written
for women, appears over the pseudonym of
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In the Literary World
Something About Books the Write Books and
% Matt ming and -

"Masconi' (Mosquitoes.) She has her own
review besides. the Settimana, which is
under her supervision, both in a financial
and editorial way.
Moreover she leads a busy social life,
is interested in many Charities. She has
her own yacht, upon which she entertains
all the celebrities of Europe who visit her
home city. She is great traveller, going
10 Rome. where the dowager Queen re-
ceives her; to Florence, where her firm
friend, Eleanor Duse, welcomes her; to
Venice, where Countess De Montgomery
where she is adored After her busy day
she has only the night to write her widely
read novels.
Yet with all these things on her head.
she never neElects her duties as the mother
OF a family. She has five children-four
boys, the oldest eighteen, and girl OF
thirteen. In figure she is short rather
stout, and has thick, wavy hair.
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Everybody'S Magazine
Ruskin University. at Glen Ellyn. ILL.,. Is
a thoroughly modern institution, with no
medieval moss on IL. At Ruskin the young
women study that fascinating science, 1.-The
psychology OF husbands" Now a chair OF
dressmaking has been established. and Mrs.
Goldzier, of Chicago. has been asked to MI
IL. Ii Mrs. Goldzier does her duty, and the
fair young Ruskinites learn 10 make their
dresses skillfully and inexpepsively. statues
of her will be erected by grateful people,
and no Ruskinian maid can escape matri-
mony Every girl. rich or poor, should be
n competent dressmaker. gf she marries q
rich man, her knowledge OF the art will en-
able her to exercise an intelligent SUPER
vision over her dressmakers. II she marrics
q poor man. she will win his undying adj
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Can Dine In Midafr.
Brooklyn Eagle.

There are TO be many changes In the old
Ferris wheel that was one Of the most pop
ular things at the Columbian Exposition at
Chicago, when the machine is taken to the
St Louis Exposition. The work of shipping
II Is well under way and IL will be but a
short time before II will be on its new foun-
dalton. The weight Of the parts is said to
be about 4, 800 tons. There will be great
ly increased number Of electric lights scat
tered about the framework and IL is prom
ised that a searchlight will be placed on
each car. Passengers may at all times
choose in what direction its rays shall be
sent. Another arrangement will allow the
chartertng Of cars for an evening and
dining tables can be placed on board and
meals served while the car is whirled
around. Anyone who knows the quality of
the heat In st. Louis in midsummer will
appreciate the blessing this arrangement
will be to visitors with the price. In erect
ing the wheel eight foundation piers OF
concrete each 20x25 feet. will be installed.
The piers will rest on hard pan,' the
1,500-horse power engine must have sub
stantial base and rest on concrete.