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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19
Admiral Porter.

James Russell Solely. formerly assistant
secretary Of the navy. Is the author OF this
exhaustive biography OF one Of our greatest
bined in himself many OF the qualities that
go to make a great commander. He was
superior as an organizer, and in this. as In
everything else. he looked to results. His
two great objects were celebrity and efficien-
cy. He cared little about methods. He was
tied down to no routine. If he got the SUBJ
stance he did not much concern himself
about the form. His keen eye was always
on essentials. Nothing was too minute for
him IL il had an important bearing re-
suits. The faculty Of taking In the whole
OF a large field OF view at a glance, and at
the same time giving minute application to
details, was characteristic OF all Porter's
work In his command OF the Mississippi
squadron and In his treatment of the great
question of New Orleans and the lower Mis-
sissippi he proved this. To him was intrust-
ed the entire command OF the service afioat
from Cincinnati and St Louis to New Or
leans. as well as that on all the tributaries
o. the Ohio and the Mississippi or all
these operations, at points near or distant.
he kept the threads in his own hands. He
used his subordinates freely and confidently,
and knew how TO get the best work out OF
them. Admiral Ammen said Of him: He
generous In his instincts and DESTROYS
OF doing justice 10 every one under his COM
mand-a feeling which Is, I'm fact. almost
universal with great leaders of men, wheth-
er afioat or ashore" Mr.. Solely has careful
ly prepared his material for this book. and
has given the subject such thorough treat
ment that it is an important contribution
to Appleton's Great Commanders series. ID.
Appleton & Co., New York.
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The Heart OF Hyacinth.

pretty, clean and delicate fancy char
acterizes the stories Of Onoto watanna. the
Japanese young woman who wrote "A Jap
anese Nightingale" There is girlish use
of adjectives that the critical may object
to. and also an immature style. both OF
which are overlooked in the naivete and
grace that show in the relating. The story
itself is simple. but with more plot than
the native Japanese story. This story In
Americanized Japanese. though II has no
historical element. Hyacinth Is an Ameri-
can girl born in Japan and reared by
Madame Aoi. The latter is the mother or
Kamawaza, the son of the japanese wom-
an by an English father. The boy and girl
grow up together in the town OF Matsu-
shima until Kamawaza Is sent TO England
to school according to his fathers dying
wishes. When, after four years. the boy
returns Hyacinth scarcely knows him In
his English clothes. A new and maturer
friendship arises. Hyacinth barely escapes
marriage with Japanese before she real
ICES her love for Kamawaza- The mystery
of her birth is cleared away. and. though
she is thoroughly Japanese In training, she
enjoys the tender sentiments or love In tho
way the girls OF her race enjoy them.
There Is a dainty comedy element I'm the
story that enlivens the romantic episodes.
a Japanese artist, Kiyokichi Sano has IL
Illustrated the book with appropriate pic
lures and marginal decorations. Harper a
Brothers, New York
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After reading Myrtle Reeds delightful
"spinster Book" and 1.-The Love Letters OF
a Musician" one might predict that should
she try her hand at fiction, her story would
suit the caramel school, OF readers. But
this novel is more pretentious piece az
work, though not completely successful
one. Historical fiction of the pioneer per.
iod seems In some respects too crude for
the fine touch OF Miss Reed The story
develops in Fort Dearborn, the present site
of Chicago. at the time of the war or islz.
The central incident Is the abandonment
of the fort at the outbreak OF the war.
when most OF the garrison lost their lives
in an Indian massacre. The romantic ele-
ment is furnished by two among those who
survive the massacre. fitfuliy capricious
girl and the lover whom she chooses. They
continue TO battle with the wilderness and
prepares the way for the westward expan-
sion of the Nation. Miss Reed has not
added 10 her distinction for individuality
by writing this story. IL seems 70 q re-
viewer that IA the many historical ro-
mances that are being written the roman
tic element absorbs entirely too much in
terest IL Is easier 10 write a love story. OF
course but the market Is already glutted
with this kind OF product. The intended
realism rs for the most part. false realism.
with a glamour thrown over the trials and
hardshlps OF the pioneers. Where Is the
novelist who VIII give us u genuinely real
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SOME OF THE new BOOKS
The sherrods.

This story by Mr.. George Barr Nc
Cutcheon Is quite different In character
from his ''Graustark'' and "Craneycrow."
He does not deal with imaginary king
doms and the love affairs Of princesses.
but has for his theme a OF bigamy
of the present day. The man In the case
is an artist OF native talent and good i'm
pulses. but OF moral nature so weak that
ne Is beneath contempt and at no time
arouses the sympathy his creator
seems occasionally to feel for him. He
marries country girl OF many charms
of person and character. to whom he Is
represented as being devotedly attached
When he tries his fortunes I'm the city and
becomes newspaper illustrator he falls
swiftly IN love with an equally charming
and deserving young woman OF high social
standing, who thinks him a bachelor, and
IN Few months marries her. He has
neither the wit nor the courage 10 lead
double life successfully for any length OF
time, and discovery Is inevitable Wife
number one comes to town, finds her way
10 his residence, meets wife number two
and the secret Is disclosed. The wives
faint simultaneously: while they lie uncon-
scious the husband comes in and kisses
them both. Here is what IS evidently in
tended to be a dramatic climax. but IL 10
precisely where the reader who has any
sense OF humor lays down his book and
laughs. The picture of the two women
stretched out stiff while the man who has
victimized them says a double farewell Is
irresistible In his effort 10 be tragic the
author has made his final scene ridiculous.
The entire tale, indeed, Is melodramatic.
There are some good touches I'm the por-
trayals OF country people and country life.
but in making the entire community in
GLIDING the minister, eyil-minded persecu-
tors of the deserted wife the author fails
to be convincing. The meeting OF neighbor
at the pastors house TO take action against
the woman is a most improbable incident.
Nor is the character of the bigamist con-
vincingly drawn; the reader feels that this
weak creature has neither the force nor the
daring sufficient to carry out such crime,
however he may be inclined TO do So The
story has been running as q serial In the
Bookman, Dodd. Mead e. Co., New York.
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the Shipbuilding Company long enough TO
qualify as a director. and then had in
dorsed the stock in blank and handed 1t
back. This was called qualifying as d.
rector. after which the dummies took part
in the meetings OF directors, voted on i'm
portant matters, increasing the company's
capital stock from 100000 to si5.OooooO.
voting to issue bonds to the amount OF
s2s.OooOoo to pay for plants. etc. OF course,
they were acting under orders and without
any knowledge of the business the con-
sequences Of their acts. Somebody pulled
the strings and they voted. They testified
that they did not pay for the single share
of stock which they owned for a short
time, and did not know who did pay for it.
When they were no longer needed as dunn
mics they Endorsed the stock certificate in
blank and turned 1t back to the company
without receiving anything for it, as they
had paid nothing for it,
This kind of "skulduggery' is consid-
cred legitimate under the laws of New
Jersey and among high-class promoters and
financiers of New York. To plain citizen
of average sense and honesty it looks like
a rascally conspiracy to defraud. Many
banks have failed or have been wrecked
by dishonest officials through the incom-
petence or neglect Of dummy directors who
allowed themselves to be manipulated and
controlled for fraudulent purposes. Thou
sands of honest men and women have suf-
fered through the incompetence or neglect
of directors who did not direct. But these
dummy directors in the Shipbuilding Com
pany were worse than ignorant or incom-
petent directors, because they lent them
selves willingly to a plan to deceive and
defraud the public. If they had their de-
serts they would be in the penitentiary,
together with the promoters of the scheme
to which they lent themselves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

The final scene in the great historical
drama, the liberation of Cuba, was enacted
on Saturday, when the two companies Of
American artillery. which have been in
charge Of the Santa Clara batteries until
their final disposition could be determined,
departed. There were some perfunctory
ceremonies, but not much of a crowd of
people to witness the departure, and no.
ticeable absence of cheering or other dem
onstration Of enthusiasm in greeting the
American troops. They were the last rep
resentatives of the force that gave the
Cubans freedom from the hardships of
Spanish rule. but undoubtedly the Cubans
were glad to see them go.
Had the American troops earned the ILL
concealed dislike of the Cubans by excuses
such as soldiers have usually been given to
in the occupation of alien territory there
would be nothing unusual about this, but
such has not been the case. Never were
the inhabitants of occupied territory
treated with more consideration by soldiers,
even when that territory was our own and
the soldiers engaged in peaceful maneuvers.
The Cuban attitude is not at all Of recent
growth. For decades these people had been
indulging in intermittent warfare for free
Cuba and appealing to the American gov
eminent for aid in their fight. When con-
ditiops grew unbearable we started on a
mission of liberation. While the war with
Spain was in progress Cuban soldiers were
almost as scarce as snowballs in midsum-
mer, but, when the fighting was over and
the battles Won, they seemed to rise up out
of the ground in numbers. And from the
very first they seemed almost as suspicious
of American troops as of Spaniards. 1t
was difficult for them to understand that
our purpose was anything other than to
hold the island for our own. Time and
events have demonstrated that the Ameri-
can purpose and performance were so
purely humanitarian as to seem almost
quixotic, but the Cuban people have never
got over their dislike for the troops that
liberated them. 1t affords curious in
stance of the race prejudice that always
has and always will make one race sus-
picious and intolerant OF another when they
| come in contact in any considerable num-
| berS.
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civilization Is not fond Of parading them.
Occasionally, however, man like Ibsen
picks some of them up and exhibits them
I'm all their monstrous ugliness to the pub
lie through the medium OF the stage. and
then the critics begin to wonder IL this man
be not really a great genius. Certainly he
is a genius to be able to make this sort of
thing at all tolerable; but the grotesque
can. in the long run, never occupy any
higher place in the dramatic than it does
in the plastic art.
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She Was Indignant.

New York Times.
Silence as of a ton of Ice stretched between
them on the sofa.
AT length she spoke.
Mr. Snifen," she observed, 'are you aware
that one hand of the Bartholdi statue measures
sixteen feet five inches?'
80 I have heard" he nodded, happy to be
addressed again.
1.-The thickness OF the head. from ear to ear"
she pursued Jelly, lis ten feet"
YES"
1.-The nose is four feet six inches long"
'Yes"
''The mouth is three feet across"
81 believe So"
''The waist thirty-fve feet around"
Yves"
Then will you kindly explain" she continued
cistantly. as she rose to leave the room, will
you kindly explain why you stated, in the poem
which you addressed to me, that I reminded
you OF the Goddess of Liberty?'
With these indignant words she swept away
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lila andl RenuhlIcan.

Shelbyville. Qnd.) Republican.
Charles Major has closed contract by
cablegram with Ellen Terry and Alice Neil
son for the dramatic right 10 Dorothy
Vernon on the English stage. and il is
said that the royalty equals that which is
being received for When Knighthood was
I'm Flower" Dorothy Vernon" is being
produced in this country under the direc-
ton of Fred Zimmerman, with Miss Bertha
Galland as the star Mr.. Major has
authorized the translation of when
knghthood was In Flower In the Italian
language, 10 be produced in Italy. The
story has also been translated In Ger
man. and Is now running as serial In a
Stuttgart magazine. The play Is also being
staged In Australia Dorothy Vernon" is
also being translated In German.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

Thus far Mr.. Hoffman has followed the
usual and natural habit of the politician in
apportioning out offices among the most
ers. the while he is making very glib
promises of giving reasonable reform ad-
ministration. Possibly he expects to con-
vert them to reform ways. Just as some Of
the Republicans supporting him expected
to change his nature and methods by their
srpnorf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19
Mysterious Road.

Bloomington World.
AS one leaves Chicago and comes on the
Monon well down this side of Burnside,
there stretches for miles paralleling it on
the east side another railroad around which
there hangs profound mystery. Ask one
of the train crew what road is that and he
will tell you, 81 don't know" No trains
are ever seen running on it, A great mas
sive drawbridge stands open, with the APP
pearance of never having been used since
1t was built 1t has no trains; no trains,
no train crews, no section men are seen.
No one knows to whom It belongs, where
it goes TO or If it is completed, and yet 1t
has been there for years. 1t is perhaps
one of the strangest freaks In American
railrOading.
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should Get Together.
vmour Und.) Republican

Seymour Qnd.) Republican.
Many Republicans voted for Hoffman be-
cause of personal grievances held against
the Republican candidate. With them 1t
was anything to beat Bcokwalter. Some Of
the '.reformers" gave the support to Holtz-
man instead of to Hitz. the real reform can
didate Along the line of reform" they have
gained nothing and knew at the time they
would gain nothing in the way of reform. In
fact we predict that time will prove that
they made matters worse for Ii will be the
old Taggart crowd in control again. Re
formers have never accomplished any
thing for reform by aiding In the cleo
ton of q Democrat. III so when and where?
Though the old Republicans OF Indianapolis
lost out in this election. they should now get
together and line UP for the next contest.
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Potatoes Will Go I'D.

North Manchester Journal.
Potatoes will be high this season. Farm
ers throughout this State report the crop
very short and that owing TO the wet
weather during the past month. potatoes
planted on low lands are rotted and the
rainfall being unusually heavy has seri-
ously Inconvenience the farmer in har-
veSting his crop. The individual who has
been so fortunate as TO escape the scarcity
OF this popular vegetable can command a
big price for his crop.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

esting article in the Sunday Journal con-
corning Menelik shows him to be a man
of unusual force of character and natural
endowments. Abyssinia is country of
great natural resources. and as the En-
peror is DESTROYS OF establishing trade re-
of consular representative with quasi
diplomatic powers may result in quite a
stroke OF business.
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Shelbyville Republican.
We often wonder why it is that men have
not sense enough to know when they have
got enough-enough property and money.
Here men by the hundreds all over the
country at fifty or sixty years of age
worth from $4,000 to $4,000, owners of the
best farms in the world. working and
shaving year in and year out to make
more money and buy more land, when the
very best they can make out of the Job
Is ten years or so of fret and worry then
funeral and the probating of a will and
a scattering of all their hard earnings.
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Time loans in New York have fallen to
an easy interest charge and there is prac-
tcally no demand for call loans. In the
midst of the crop-moving season this IS
very fair indication that there is plenty OF
money In the country for legitimate bust
ness needs. II the banks were always as
careful as they have been during the past
six months there would never be enough
funds for any other kind OF needs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19
Poor Wheat Crop.
Xincennes Canital

Vincennes Capital
The yield of wheat in great many local.
tiles in Indiana has been small this year,
and along with this failure has been a
great loss because of poor quality. Most
of the Indiana wheat-growers have raised
enough wheat to furnish their families
with bread and still have a surplus for
sale. Millers complain of the poor quality
of the grain and farmers are advised to
be careful to select none but the best quail
lty OF seed for sowing this fall. Good seed
Will produce strong, vigorous plants in
good soil and much loss by winter killing
and rust disease will thus be avoided
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19
The Age of Elizabeth.

New York Sun.
Elizabeth holding the last tete-a-tete with
Mary Stuart.
"At any rate" said the virgin Queen, ct shall
give my to the age"
well. you ought to- retorted Mary, "you look
every day of it,
Realizing the jig was up. Mary retired to make
her will.
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Big Pecan Crop.

Princeton Clarion News.
Farmers in southern Indiana and Illinois
report the pecan crop this year above the
average. There are several large pecan
farms along the Ohio and Wabash rivers.
The trees are fuller and the nuts are larger
than last year and the yield in some sec
tions viii be the largest in many years.
me crop VIII not be harvested until the
first heavy frost. The hickory nut crop
Is also said to be good. The shellbarks,
however, are not as numerous as in past
years.
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Not a Friend of JERSEYS.

Button Chronicle.
A Wells county farmer, who is authority
on live stock, was asked the other day
what he thought of the Jersey cow
WELL was the answer, 'if a man is too
poor to own a good cow and too id proud
to milk goat Jersey is all right for
him."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

The resolution to be presented by the
United Nine Workers to the coming con-
vention OF the American Federation Of
Labor. to the effect that application must
be made TO the federation before strike
IS entered upon. IL moral or financial sup
port is to be expected from that body. is a
very proper move. Indeed. any move is
proper that viii make men think twice
before entering upon a strike
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

Huntington Herald.
Senator Fairbanks's idea of prompt mail
delivery in the rural districts Of Indiana
will hardly meet with general favor He
proposes to have the farmers letters
opened in the postoffices upon arrival and
communicated by phone to the address
This would make private business public
property and probably prove a source of
trouble rather than of convenience And
there are postmasters who are already
overworked reading the postal cards that
pass through their hands.
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1t is hoped Mr.. Reach will not permit
his recent success to interfere with his
pursuit of the villain who forged that
doubtless secure. by application to the
News, the services OF Mr. Stahl, OF ST.
Louis. Mr.. Stahl it will be remembered,
gave very entertaining performance, last
summer, in detecting things
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Proud of His Potatoes.

Winchester Journal.
Dave Auker believes he is the champion
potato raiser of Randolph county. He has
placed on exhibition in this office seven
samples, of which twenty-six filled half
bushel They are of the rural New York
err variety. and are not only large but
very fine looking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

With the Alaskan boundary dispute out
OF the way. We shall probably never have
another one with Canada. The settlement
Of the boundary line in the Northeast oc-
cupisd many years, and caused much fric-
ton. as did also that OF the Northwest
later. With the Alaskan boundary set
tied It is not perceived how any similar
dispute can arise in the future.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

1t Is rather unusual week just now
that does not see something of a boost in
the price of crude oil. Oil is oil in these
parts, but II may be said for the benefit
OF gudgeons that there is no stock of pro-
ducing companies on the market at any
thing like reasonable prices. Those that
have good leases have discounted their sue
cess for some years TO come.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

Marshall Field. of Chicago. who has just
returned from Europe, predicts the ulti-
mate success of Mr.. Chamberlains tariff
policy. to the detriment of American ex-
ports 1t Is pretty sure to be adopted in
time because 1t is clearly for British in
terests. and If it does not result in pro-
noting them at the expense OF those of
her commercial rivals. its advocates will
be sadly disappointed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

Ordinarily when an animal freak is born
on farm. the farmer kills IL and lets it
60 at that. but occasionally some Snowman
gets hold OF one OF these monstrosities and
exhibits II to gather in the dimes of a
certain morbidly curious grade OF human
ity. There are moral freaks in the world
Mn plenty. but nobody has the right TO kill
hem unless they commit overt crime. but
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The Farmer I'm Luck.
Huntington Herald.

Huntington Herald.
The farmer is nearer out of the reach
of trusts than any other man in the
world. He can burn his own wood, eat his
own meat, eggs, mutton and Johnny cake
and sleep under a roof that is not mort
gagged to any corporation. Feel blue? No:
the farmer is the happiest man in the uni
verse.
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What She Would Do.

New York Weekly.
Mr. Timmidd-How would girl feel If she re-
ceived a proposal by letter?
Friend-If she didn't care for you, she'd feel
lnsulted.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. she did for me?'
shed say yes by telegraph
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

A great deal has been heard from time
to time about the large operations and
brilliant prospects of the International
Bank and Trust Company of America, To-
Gated in Mexico City. Its failure, an
nounced in yesterdays dispatches, will
probably catch many Americans doing
business In Mexico.