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Poems md Verses.

Carol Norton is a Christian Scientist. q
devout follower OF Mrs. Eddy. though his
poems not quite SO bad as the poems
written by his spiritual mentor. Mr.. Nor
ton. however. has relatives Of poetic ac-
complshments. his mother having been a
cousin of Longfellow. Mr.. Norton's be-
liefs and aspirations, which find expression
in his poems. are somewhat as follows:
Love, not creeds will be the religion OF the
new Christianity. Scientific religion will
take the place OF dogmatic mysticism, and
spirituality, genuine and natural. VIII take
the place of materiality and mortal specu-
lation. Works rather than beliefs VIII
distinguish Christian activity. Christ viii
be, more than ever before. the central ng-
ure in all reformatory. and healing work.
and immortality will be reduced TO or COM
pretended as a demonstrable divine sci
ence. This stanza is representative or the
work IS a whole:
20 thou who art all in Unity,
May We Thy creatures be;
Like Thee, one I'm diversity,
Yet one as born In Thee.
From Thee the whole creation springs:
or Thee, and in Thy Mind. IL lives.
All things are thoughts In substance Mind,
Their nature, like Thine own, divine,
Their Being-immortality."
Dana Estes & Co., Boston.
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A Daughter of the Sioux.

The vogue of Gen. Charles King has been
something to marvel at for decade, but
still through all the almost humorous
that wins attention at least for the time.
King knows the West, and he knows army
post life, and he knows how to tell GER
tain kind of a story well. His Indians are
only generation removed from Buffalo
Bill, and they very real Indians. hav-
ing little of "Cooperism' about them.
These elements are used skillfully In "A
Daughter of the Sioux, the latest tale
from his pen. General King has an opinion
about Indians which may contain strong
element of truth, an opinion which he re-
iterates In every novel-that, for the most
part, they are devils done in red. He never
neglects an opportunity to talk Indignantly
of the mawkish Sentimentality prevalent
in the East whenever the army finds 1t
necessary to exert little strenuous dis
cipline, and he puts his side-the side or
the army and the scout-well. General
King has little use also for the rustler. the
species of cattlemen that is half outlaw,
hesitating between the range and the high
way. To them he ascribes not few of
the Indian outbreaks in recent years.
"A Daughter of the Sioux is much the
same kind of tale as Fort Frayne, "A
Garrison Tangle," "Trumpeter Fred and
others. In it are Captain Blake, Ray and
characters that King created In some of
the latest of his books. is Lieut.. Beverly
Field. who becomes involved in queer tan
giles through his passion for daughter of
the Sioux. The book is worth reading.
King never lacks plot, and the complexi-
ties of this one are somewhat fascinating.
They unfold satisfactorily for the charac-
tiers in the story and for the reader. The
Hobart Company, New York.
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One of the first impressions one gets from
Miss Eliza Scdmores book of this title is
that II is truthful-that ii is written by one
so accustomed to travel that the mere en-
thusiasm of travelling is curbed in favor of
accurate description. This is, of course. q
distinct advantage to one who reads for
information, though 1t may detract from
the glamour of the India one sees I'm Kip
ling and other story writer's. But on the
other hand Miss Scidmore avoids the kind
of writing one finds in the missionary
stories of India In short, the next best
thing to visit to the real India is a
perusal of Miss Scidmore's book In her
preface she says: 1T can hardly be said
with literalness that one enjoys India. = 1
had not expected TO enjoy it, and it proved
itself despite its color and picturesqueness
quite as melancholy and depressing coun-
try as L had thought it would be; but so
absorb ingly interesting, so packed with
problems, so replete with miracles accom-
plished by alien rule. so ripe with possibili-
ties that one soon overlooked the unneces-
sary hardships and discomforts of travel
travel as plain and primitive as in the
Klondike or IL the country had been
conquered only within this decade" The
author says the worst hotels In the world
are in India; that tourists ordinarily take
the shortest route across India, and that
a month or six weeks is the average stay
She says that new India for the tourist
will date from the great durbar at Delhi
in 1903, and India, which has been a winter
preserve for visiting English will be dis
covered and opened TO larger clientele
which will find travel there as possible and
luxurious as that in Egypt. Travel will
then also be as expensive as that in Egypt.
India is large-equal In area and population
to all Europe without Russia, but the
author introduces her readers only to as
much as they would probably care to see.
Miss Scidmore writes with the authority OF
. witness Of the incidents Of her subject
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HAPPY SAN FRANCISCO!

Milwaukee Sentinel.

Milwaukee Sentinel.
San Francisco is the best governed Of
any city in the world" said former Alder
man A. E. Smith, Of Milwaukee, in the
lobby of the Hotel Pfster yesterday Mr..
Smith has been travelling along the Pacific
coast cities for several months in the inter-
ests of Eastern capitalists who are engaged
in building electric railroads, and has come
into close contact with the municipalities.
1.-The California metropolis has a population
of upward Of four hundred thousand" con-
tinued Mr.. Smith, "and they have not a
dollar of city debit
What" exclaime a Milwaukee taxpayer.
That's what said-not dollar Of city
debt. What is more, the rate of taxation
is not to exceed per cent. of the valuation,
and the valuation Is not to exceed from 40
to 80 per cent. of the real valuation. Z. f.
Schmidt, a Republican, who was indorsed
by the labor party, is the mayor. He has
fairs, and is good-looking own
Rose. They do not have board of alder
men or a common council, as we do here.
eighteen supervisors elected by the city at
large. You see. the city and county govern
ment is consolidated. San Francisco is seven
most beautiful city in the United States; the
people are the most hospitable 1 ever met.
They energetic, industrious and pros
porous, and the future of the city Is unlim-
tied. The only thing they lack on the coast
is manufacturing industries, but these are
coming. now that the oil wells have been
developed and oil can be used for fuel. Coal
was too expensive.
There has been an average of thirty
thousand strangers day in San Francisco
during the last year. and they will average
$l0 a day In their expenditures, which has
a tendency to liven matters up considerably.
The climate Is grand, and people live out
of doors. Market street at night is like
State street in Chicago during the busiest
hours of the day.
THE Pacific Steamship Company is using
all human ingenuity TO turn out boats fast
enough to accommodate the constantly in
creasing Asiatic trade. and the city is grow
ing at a rapid rate The buifding Industries
are active, and there are at the present
time $500 apartment buildings and flats in
course of erection. Labor is scarce and
high.
"Some idea of the wine industry of Cal
ifornia may be formed from the fact that a
wine cask in the Italian-Swiss colony was
cleaned out a short time ago and forty
eight couples danced on the bottom of the
cask. while the orchestra occupied a plat
form built I'D on one side"
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statement is going the rounds that an
organization of veterans is preparing to
make war on Pension Commissioner Ware.
The organization is the Union Veteran
Union. an organization instituted for the
one purpose of agitating an increase of
pensions by political methods. 1t is not the
Grand Army nor any relation to it. 1t met
in Washington last September when the
National Encampment was in session there
and made an unseemly spectacle of itself
by its internal dissensions. A man at the
head of Ii cannot be deposed, and he con-
ceived that he can form a political organi-
zation composed of all the old soldiers and
their relatives who can elect a Congress
that will provide for unlimited pensions
While there are always men who will be
dissatisfied with the administration of the
Pension Bureau because there are thou
sands whose claims are not and cannot be
allowed. it is safe to say that Captain Ware
is giving very general satisfaction He mas
removed all the officials who are objection
able to veterans and is pushing the work
of the bureau with zeal.
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The advocates and promoters of Sunday
baseball have no reason TO be surprised
that the game set for yesterday was pre-
vented by the order of local court. IL
there are many advocates of Sunday base
ball there are also many who oppose 1t. and
the latter have the immense advantage of
having the law on their side. The advo-
Gates OF Sunday ball made a strenuous eff
fort to have the law repealed. and failed.
The fact that they tried to have the law
repealed showed they recognized its eff
cacy The Journal is we'll aware that Sun
day ball is desired by a very large number
probably a majority OF people, but as long
as the law against it remains unrepealed 4,
should be enforced. The fact that il is ig-
nored or violated in one city or In many is
no reason why it should be In this city
even though a majority of the citizens
might ask that 1t be ignored. The Journal
would not only have been quite willing to
see the law against Sunday ball repealed
but believed then, as IT does now. that Il
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-27
Ethics Of the Body.

Rev. George Dana Boardman has writ
ten a religious-scientific sermon which Is
printed in book form by the ]. B. Lippin-
colt Company, Philadelphia. Any one who
brings science and religion into closer re-
lation performs a much-needed service.
Science broadens religion and religion hu-
manizes science. Mr.. Boardman speaks
from the common viewpoint of the scien-
tific Christian" He does not believe that
science and religion are antithetic, but
that they are compemental; that science
is the natural side OF religion and religion
the spiritual side of science. An epitome or
his discourse Is this-that blood Is the
symbol Of life, not of death; that II is the
biological, scientific basis of the Christian
doctrine OF atonement (at-one-menO; that
science inexorably holds one to orthodoxy
in the pivotal article of the Christian re-
ligion. The author refers to Christ as fol-
lowing the medical profession in restoring
from sickness, and continues: This be-
nefcent service of physical amelioration
still belongs to the Christian church OF to-
day. Too long has the church been spend
Ing her brains, her pens, her lungs on tech
nical questions Of church order. liturgy.
historic episcopate, relation OF baptism to
communion, etc. But with the birth of
the scientific spirit-a spirit which busies
itself with the phenomena and sequences
OF nature and the uses to which natural
forces may be applied-the attention Of the
church began to be directed to the physical
needs of mankind Even modern material
ism, In the very fact of making so much
OF environment, is a return to the practice
of Jesus Christ himself" This book may
be commended to the clergy as well as to
the laity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-27

This book, dealing with millionaire house,
ten by Mary Elizabeth Carter, who, ac-
cording to a predatory note, Is a deserter
from the ranks of experimenting house,
keepers of such establishments. In this
volume one may learn something about the
machinery necessary to keep the home of a
nabob in operation-how many servants are
necessary what their duties are, what the
routine of the household, and incidentally.
what are the duties of the mistress OF such
a home. If this lady is experienced and
knows her own position, she never inter-
feres with any rules or orders OF the one
to whom she has assigned the management
of her stablishment-that is, the house
keeper. Zone conversant with the pro-
prieties. therefore, who knows how TO con-
duct herself in her own house. enjoys i'm
munity from hampering household cares"
chapter is given to each of the leading
functiOnaries that make the wheels go
round in such home-the housekeeper. the
lady's maid the housemaid, the butler. the
chef, the valet, etc. Attention Is given 10
the mistress's wardrobe and gimpses are
afforded of the smart set when IL dimes. A
good many moral observations are scat
tered through the pages, and the impress
sion is given that the neutrality-suspicious.
does not entirely approve of the millionaire
class and its manner of living. However
persons with an interest i'm knowing how
millionaires' homes are conducted or those
having ambition to enter the circle can
satisfy their curiosity as to details in this
volume. Published by the Appletons.
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Youth.

Three or four years ago readers of the
Outlook, which only occasionally publishes
fiction, found in one OF it's issues short
story called Youth" written by Joseph
Conrad Probably few of them had ever
read anything by this writer before. per-
haps had never heard of him, for though
he had then published volume or two he
was not we'll known. So they began this
tale with indifference and lack of expecta-
ton. but ended IL with amazement. with
new sensation. II thrilled them; II was
something new and fresh and virile-quite
out of the common. They remembered the
story the impression of IL remained. put
tell it or clearly describe its charm they
could not for the interest lay rather In the
manner of its telling by the author than
in its incidents. In analysis IL was stuoy
of youth: 1t contained the very spirit OF
youth; the hopeful. buoyant, irrepressioie
belief of youth in itself and the future.
1t was told by a man who knows the sea
as few men know the land; he also knows
men and he understands the soul OF the
man who is yet young. III was a ho.apie
and inspiring story, but until now, wnen
1T has at last been included in volume
to which it gives the title, 1t has been
known to but limited number of readers
The author has published at least two books
since the appearance of Youth In perl
odical-"Lord jim and '"ryphoon'-and is
better known than he was. so that readers
who are familiar with them and with what
he can do will need only to be told that he
has issued new volume. In the flood or
commonplace fiction the appearance OF so
unusual a tale Youth" is an event.
In the book are two other stories-"Heart
of Darkness and The End of the Teth-
er''-each striking in its way. Mr.. Conrad s
effects are produced in quiet way; moth
ing could be further removed from the
melodramatic, yet there is an intensity of
interest in his tales that causes sense of
breathlessness. His style is admirable, his
command of English mastery and his books
curiously enough, he is of Polish birth.
and has spent large part of his life, not In
the study of language, but in following the
sea. His publishers are Mcclure, Phillips
4 Co., New York.
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Andrew Carnegie's gife Of sl.5OOOO0 for a
building and library for The Hague tri-
bunal is one Of the finest he has made.
The manner In which the gift is made,
through the minister OF The Netherlands at
Washington. and the provision for the ad-
ministrasion or the trust by the govern
ment Of Holland. tends to dignity the gift
The building Is to be called the Temple OF
Peace. and is to be a permanent home fol-
the tribunal created by the international
treaty Of July -. ls9e From 1895 to the
beginning Of the year 1902 Mr. Carnegie had
gfven for public. literary and educational
purposes ss7.2l2.s23. During last year and
the first three months OF this year he in
creased this total TO about So, 900, with.
out including the recent gift OF $500, 600 e
Tuskegee Institute or this one to Tn,
Hague tribunal. He is making a record.
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New York Letter.


The big battleship Indiana arrived at the
navy yard to-day, and one Of the first
functions on board after she was moored
was the reading to her four hundred men
of the findings of the court-martial in the
case of the mutineers on the Isle de Luzon
The three leaders of the mutiny, who were
sentenced to Imprisonment for from five,
three and two years respectively, were
aboard the Indiana, having been taken on
at Pensacola, Fla, where the court martial
was held. Just before the Isle de Luzon
reached the Suez canal on her way home
the firemen, to the number of about sixty,
struck on account of the quality of the
food supplied them, and were Joined by
some of the deck hands. The trouble.
which looked serious for a time, was
quelled by the officers, and the ringleaders
were brought in irons to Pensacola, where
the court-martial was ordered.
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The expulsion of Mormon missionaries
By two Of the German states may cause
diplomatic correspondence. There are over
two hundred of the missionaries. all native
or naturalized Americans. and therefore
entitled to protection as American citizens.
Every state has right to exclude or expel
obnoxious persons from its borders for any
reason satisfactory to itself. but IL they
claim the protection Of their own govern
ment. the one expelling them must expect
to be called on for an assignment of rea-
sons The case possesses the elements of
an interesting correspondence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-27

So deeply did General Grant impress his
rars qualities upon many OF the men OF his
times that April q will not pass without
being recalled as his birthday. In the full
est sense OF the word General Grant was a
great man. hut many Of his corntrymen did
not fully appreciate his greatness until
after his death. This II because SO many
men judge mans greatness by his ca
pacity for public speaking Few men could
think closer or put his thoughts into clearer
o. more condensed sentences than could
0enerai Grant He also lacked the I'M
certain quality called magnetism Because
% vas neither magnetic nor an orator. 1t
eeok years for people to appreciate his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-27

The sale OF the 100000 issue of boulevard
80 per cent. thirty-year bonds at pre-
MUM Of $243 shows that the city's credit is
"A No. l. The bonds are the more desir-
able because. under an act of the last Leg
islature. now In force. all municipal bonds
issued from and after April % are exempt
from taxation And, by the way. this ex-
emption from taxation applies to all classes
of county. city and township bonds. includ-
Ing gravel road and ditch bonds issued by
counties, and street improvement bonds
issued by cities and towns.
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Marjorie.

Mr.. Justin Huntly Mccarthy has been a
foe to drowsiness and has written more
than passably good tales. but not a leaf
has been added to his crown by Marjorie
A rafting good tale of adventures In
strange lands and seas might have been
made Of the book, but after starting well
Mr.. McCarthy's muse failed him and al
lowed him merely to All pages. The book
is not badly written. 1t simply lacks a
good plot and blood and bone characters,
quite enough, however, to damn IT,
The hero of the tale. Raphael Crownin-
shield. comes to manhood in a little English
seaport. dreaming all the while of brave
deeds on the sea. He forms a friendship
with an ideal sort OF young man. Lancelot
Amber, who has an ideal sort of sister.
The two have an ideal sort of sea captain
uncle who has his brain filled with the
ideal OF a Utopia to be established by him.
self. The story Of how these voyage to-
ward their prospective Utopia, of how
their plans are thwarted by the treachery
of one Cornelys Jensen, master mariner
of how loyalty triumphed in the end over
faithlessness makes the book. Naturally
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-27
The New BOY nj Dnle.

This is a boys story, though Of interest
TO girls as we'll The author. Charles Ed
ward Rich. is thoroughly at home in a
boys boarding school life. where most OF
the scenes OF the tale are laid. The young
hero, Giovanni Martin, is stolen from his
parents when very young; he escapes from
his captor, joins a circus. and. by series
of fortunate circumstances, lands In the
Dale School. The story is full of boyish
adventures and pranks. and sure to please
young readers. The illustrations, by Flor
ence Scovei Shinn are cleverly done. Har-
per q Brothers, New York.
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The latest move Of collateral relatives to
gain control of the person and estate of the
unfortunate Moses Fowler Chase shows
that there are flank movements in litiga-
ton as well as In war. The lay public has
little concern with the technicaiities Of law,
but II II were allowed to decide this case
from common-sense and common justice
point of view, 1t would give the guardian
ship of the young man to his father
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Triumphs of Science.

The latest publication In the Youths COM
panion series is '"Triumphs of Science" be-
ing collection of short essays on scientific
discoveries by their discoveries and mas
tiers. 1.-The Story OF the Atlantic Gable"
by Cyrus W. Field Astronomical Pho
Biography" by c. A. Young; How War
ships Are Built" by Hilary A. Herbert,
show the trend of this valuable little VOL
ume. which can be read with benefit by
young and old alike The series is pub
lished by CHM & Co., of Boston, and the
volume edited by Nj. A l. Lane.
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Chicago Record-Herald.
II read somewhere the other day." said Mr..
Henpeck. that one of the big mercantile cor
porations pays certain man $1,000 for each
idea he furnishes. Georgei I'd like to have
chance Of that kind"
Wretch exclaimed Mrs. Henpeck, do you
want your innocent wife and children to starve?'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-27

General Tyner expresses establishment
that the postmaster general and other high
officials should have acted as they did in
his case. and thinks they have lost their
heads. This is probably because he has
lost his-a humiliation he might have
avoided IL he had not acted on bad advice
and permitted members of his family to
compromise him before the public.
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high qualities as a soldier. statesman and
a man. In recent years he has been re-
ceiving the credit his due. but has any one
heard anything very creditable of the men
President?
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and tells her story In a pleasantly col
loquial style. Her vivid picture Of the
greatest sight In the world"-5o.000 Brah-
minis bathing and praying each dawn IN
the Tai Mahal by moonlight. her humor-
Gus account OF the oyerrated nautch dance
are all excellently done. Since the orient
Is being invaded more and more by Ameri-
can travellers the appearance of this book
from the Century Company's press is
timely
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BACK to the Woods.

Probably there are readers who think
the sketches by Hugh McHugh are funny.
though his latest production. Back TO the
Woods" is a continuation of the cheap
slang and sporty incidents which abound
i'm ''John Henry" Its Up to You ard
others of the same class. Published by the
G. w. Dillingham; Company, New York