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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29

rooms. nine by twelve feet. a large kitchen
fer the use of all, and two ample dining
rooms in which each family have separate
cupboards. and some have private dining
rooms.
The steamer is propelled by 80 horse
power engines and is forty feet wide and
Dos feet long A chapel large enough TO ac-
commodate all the families on board is sit
uated on the second deck
These people boast of band OF twenty
two pieces composed of both men and wom-
en. and they make a feature of the music
furnished for their meetings, or give open
air concerts on deck which are enjoyed by
many listeners on shore. They have a
large band wagon, I'm which they ride
slowly through the streets displaying ban
ners calling attention to the time and place
of meetings. Visitors have access TO the
boat and are cordially shown through, but
a free-will offering of . cents is expected.
snd this is used for helping the poor and
defraying expenses, one of which was a
splendid machine shop fitted up on board.
This sort of mission work accOmplishes a
great deal among a class that could hardly
be reached in other ways. and these happy
missionaries find that there is much need
ing their attention along the large rivers.
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Abusing Local Color.

F. T. Cooper, in the Bookman.
The truth is that while there may be a
great deal of magic in a name, the vital
thing is the way in which it is used Peo-
pie do not live habitually under the
shadow of their historic buildings. Men do
not commonly propose to the women they
love in Central Park or Washington square
or the foyer of the opera house. They pass
the crucial moments of their lives indoors,
and the majority of them die quietly and
decently in their own beds. The veteran
New Yorker in his daily journey from
house to office passes the various city land
marks unconscious of their existence, and
leaves his car instinctively, almost mechan-
ically, when the proper station is reached.
The author who leaves his hero standing
uncomfortably on Fifth avenue Wall
street while he digresses TO give you a
picture of ST. Patricks or Trinity Church
simply for the sake of reminding you that
they exist is adding not local color but
tediousness to his book. "A golden rule for
novelists to follow would be to put in no
local descriptions unless they bore direct
relation to the plot by the temperament Of
the characters. For instance, q catalogue
of the elevated stations from Park place to
Forty-secand street would usually be in
tolerable; but imagine man. bent an
errand of life and death, counting every
minute of the journey, mentally measuring
the distance to each successive station,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29

George Moore, in Lippincott's Magazine.
"Anna Karenina" is Tolstoy's worst book,
and it is perhaps the ugliest book ever writ
ten. 1t is without truth or beauty; it is
written like scientific treatise. The artist
has grown so callous that he does not seem
to have perceived that if the story were
to be written at all it should be written
without descriptions of externals, as he
wrote my Confession" He has grown so
callouS that he makes no attempt to adapt
his style to his subject, and his description
of externals in Resurrection is more ag-
gressively external than in any of his other
books. The story is Uttered with descrip-
tions-the appearance of every juryman is
described, and one pauses 10 wonder why
he was at such pains to tell us that a GER
tain woman's neck sweated. and to wonder
why we are told the legs of fowl-a fowl
that is killed for dinner ten minutes after
are black and feathery. Age has not soft
ened the cold eye that saw so clearly at
thirty. TolStoy writes at seventy as he
wrote at thirty. His mind is like a steel
blue lake rejecting only birchen trees
meager pines, rocks and MOSES, wind
driven clouds, shadow-shapen, conscience
stricken souls wringing their hands; and
the shores of the lake filed with the
voices of these agonized souls questioning
one another as to the meaning of life and
art, and the cries of these spirits are so
piercing that they disturb the happy
spirits that dwell in the valley of pleasure
BILE waters.
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ion, is in striking, contrast with the tradi-
ional nervous scratching of the authors

ton, is in striking, contrast with the tradi-
tional nervous scratching of the authors
pen.
A great many of the writer's of the
present day use writing machines, but few,
or none, habitually stand while at work.
Mr.. Ellis declares, however, that he finds
this easiest. 1t Is less physically firing
and the habit has become so strong that
now his mind seems to work more clearly
and swiftly when he stands. Literally he
has written dozens of books In this way.
Mr.. Ellis is easily one of the most pro-
life authors Of to-day. The biographical
dictionaries. in which his name appears,
usually mention twelve or fifteen of his
volumes and then add that he is the author
of some fifty other juveniles Not only in
the number of his books, but in the great
variety of their subjects, is his wo~ re-
markable. He has written histories, tn
metics and physiologies, as well as . ON.
The writing of a story seldom occupies
him more than three weeks. He let's the
plot of a story simmer in his brain until
he is thoroughly familiar with it, and when
he begins to write he can count with as
surance on turning out about 5000 words
day. He made his best record when writ
ing THE Uncrowning of a King" a story
of King Philips war. This tale was writ
ten at the Delaware Water Gap in eleven
days, including the time spent in revision.
This was an average of about $500 words
day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29

Gay WOrk OONe-ilOne mas mdue
the advancement during the last ten years
that has characterized the growth and
enlargement of the scope of book-publish-
ing.
The last decade has recorded an almost
entire change in this business. 1t was not
a great many years ago-not at a time SO
distant that it cannot be remembered by
many people-that books were thing sepa-
rate and apart from the life of the great
majority Of the people. Books there were
of course, large numbers of them, and
well-bound many of them, but such a
thing as a library in the home of family
in very moderate circumstances was not
to be found often. Books are now a part
Of almost every home.
Probably no business of long standing
has increased in so great proportion dur
ing the last decade as that of book-publish-
ing" said Lee Burns, manager of the Bobbs-
Merrill Compahy's publication department.
"A quarter Of century ago the man who
loved and collected books was a man apart
from most men, and he was looked upon
with some awe by his fellow-men. To-
day the appreciation of books is so univer-
sal that the man who does not have at
least a small library is the exception.
BEAUTY OF WORKMANSHIP.
This increase in the distribution of books
has resulted in a corresponding beauty in
their workmanship and of the skill en-
tering into their manufacture. Handmade
papers that will last the century through
are being used for the better editions; the
finest materials are being used for the bind
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Literary Notes.

According to a recent dispatch from Rus
STA, Count Tolstoy has written a treatise
on Shakespeare. In this, 1t is said, he crit
icicises the works Of the dramatist rather
adversely"
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the author. is an
exclusive man, who makes few friends.
One day Mark Twain sent him a book and
wrote on the fiy-leaf: '"ro Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, from his only friend Mark Twain. %
The Book Monthly tells the story of Mr..
John Morley and his great book on Glad
stone. He was asked. when he had finished
1t, whether he did not feel relieved. Yes
was his answer. Il am very thankful-and
very lonely"
Mr.. Howells is eager to father a new
noun, "garruler.'' For examples: People
begin to say, and not without reason, in a
world so hurried and wearied as this: .Ah,
here he is again with his recollections!'
Well. At least, the listener will own
that the garruler Of we may make a noun
which is simply crying out for creation)
has most tempting occasion. ."
Mrs. Margaret Deland. author of "Old
Chester Tales" and DIR. Lavendar's Peo-
ple,' has frequently been asked the real
identity of the village of Old Chester, which
is becoming as familiar Crawford in the
annals of fiction. Old Chester itself the
author says, is founded ON the real town of
Manchester, Pa, and the Mercer allued to
in the Tales is Pittsburg. Mrs. Deland
is native OF Allegheny, of which old Man
chester is a suburb.
In Margaret Deland's "Dr. Lavendar's
People" occurs a story in which a poor
young girl sacrifices large sum of money
upon a delicate point OF honor. greatly to
the joy of DR.. Lavendar. Now Mrs. De-
land has received newspaper clipping re-
lating recent event OF like nature in In
diana. where the actual hero of the affair
young man. relinquished a small for
tune TO avoid dissensions in his family. The
sender of the clipping added: PLEASE show
Ii to DR.. Lavendar'
The writer, says the New York Tribune.
who fancies that he would like TO collabor-
ate with somebody would do we'll to take
warning from a recent instance and be-
ware lest he choose a collaboration better
known than he is himself. Mr.. Joseph Con-
rad and Mr.. Ford MADDOX Huffer have re-
Gently written together a novel called 'Ro-
nance" The reviewers of the book in
England persistently put Mr.. Conrad in
the foreground. In some cases one would
imagine, from what they say. that Mr.. Con-
rad alone had written the book.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29
Books of To-Day are Gems of
>>t>>,s>the Publishers Art%>>>>ss
NeGNr

ing, and types and decorations are especial
ly cut for many volumes so that they will
harmonic with the spirit of the text
Fiction. of course. is and always will be
In the greatest demand A good story, with
reader far from the realms of business, or
introducing him to delightful people and to
exciting adventures is thing that will al
ways be worth while The price of good
novel is even less, in many instances, than
a theater ticket. and. unlike the play, a
book may be enjoyed over and over again
without any additional compensation.
Twenty years ago most of the novels
read by Americans were written by Eng
lishmen. To-day most authors in favor in
this country are Americans; many of them
are from the central West. John Fox, jr..
and James Lane Allen are Kentuckians.
Indiana is the home of Meredith Nicholson
and Booth Harrington. Frederick s. Isham
whose delightful romance, Under the
Rose has been one of the successes of
the year, lives in Detroit, while Winston
Churchill is from st. Louis. Chicago also
has a circle of writer's whose books are
read wherever the English language is
spoken. Most prominent among whom are
Emerson Hough, the author of the 'Missis-
sippi Bubble George AIDE, George Horton,
Mrs. Margaret Horton Potter and George
Barr McCutcheon One of the most popular
novels of the year is The Fortunes of
F'if,' little story of French life by Molly
Elliott SeaweI
A DISTINCT ADVANCE.
'In recent years there has been a dis
tinct advance in the art of good book
making, as applied especially to books for
children. We all remember the crude
illustrations and gaudy coloring that mark
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29

Puck.
(which did de Lord make first, Brudder
Johnson. de hen or de egg?"
DE hen, OBJ kose-de egg comes from
de hen"
''Yaia; but de hen comes from de egg,
too
Now, see var, Brudder Jefferson-ef de
Lord had made dc egg fust. he'd had 10
make a incubator 10 hatch it, a sawmill
20 get de wood 70 de incubator a tin
mine To- de tin a winder-glass factory TO
de glass, a cotton mill TO de cotton battin'
a steam-heatin plant TO de heat and
drug store 70 a Thermometer 10 tell de
temper ture. besides getting de permission
o. some wallkin' delegate TO operate dem
Industries, an takin chances on de egg
hatchin' at dat No, no. Brudder Jefferson.
de Lord dun simply make de hen first. and
An rackon he didn't make a colored man
81 year or two after
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29
Furniture, Carpets
Stoves
w. HI. ME - SENGHR
2OI East vashfngton Street

ed the books of our childhood days. The
theory Of the publishers of these books at
that time, If. indeed, they had any theory
at all In the matter, seemed 10 be that
child would not appreciate good drawing
and color harmony. The modern and better
way of putting the best art of the day
into children's books is shown this year In
two beautiful examples Of book making
one. The Enchanted Island of Yew.' a
most charming fairy story by the prince OF
story-tellers, L. Frank Baum; the other.
'Troubador Tales by Evaleen Stein,
which is illustrated by such noted artists
as Maxfield Parrish, Virginia Keep and
Bernard Rosenmeyer Another of the most
delightful books for children is Songs of
the Trees ty Mary Y. Robinson, of In
dianapolis.
.The most notable book of poems to be
brought out this year will be James Whit
comb Riley's forthcoming volume. His
Pas Romance which is a most delightful
account. told by small boy. of the court
ship of his father and mother. The volume
will contain about forty entirely new
poems 1t will not only be charmingly IL
Illustrated by Will vawter. but will contain
a new portrait of John Cecil Clay. the ia
nous pastel artist
GIFT BOOKS.
"Of the gift books especially designed for
Christmas one of the most beautiful
has been published i'm Indianapolis. This
is Howard Chandler Christy's deliberately
illustrated edition OF The Courtship OF
Miles Standish. His Interpretation OF the
Puritan courtship surpasses all his pre-
vious work.
"For many years it has been Mr.. Chris
tvs ambition to illustrate this poem. His
family is OF New England origin. one OF his
ancestors came over IL the Mayfiower it.
self. So the beautiful love story I'm Long,
fellows poem has had peculiar appeal 20
Mr.. Christy. His painstaking attention to
detail In this work has resulted I'm a series
OF remarkable Illustrations that will be
appreciated by every lover OF the things
beautiful.
"A book that is particularly appropriate
at this time is a description OF Jerusalem
at the time of Christ written by Mrs Lew
Wallace. under the title, The City OF the
King. The book is very fully illustrated
from photographs taken In the Holy Land.
THE year 1893 will be the banner year
I'm the history of book publishing. Never
before have many beautiful books been
made and never before have people been
buSFinS them SO literally as this year"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29
MANY MILITARY BOOKS.
Obviously Enough, Kansas City Is
Their Publication Center.
Kansas City Journal.


No city in the United States compares
with Kansas City as a publication center
for the issuance OF military textbooks and
military literary works generally. So de-
clared Col. A L. Wagner, assistant adtutant
general Of the United States army, and de-
tailed as assistant commandant at the
Leavenworth, yesterday. Colonel Wagner,
who is an author of international repute
himself. was here comforting with his pub
Usher regarding some new works which he
will issue, and revising some old ones
which are to be reissued in later editions.
kansas City leads the United States in
this line" said the colonel. speaking of
world. Its military textbooks are used all
over the United States and in foreign coun-
tries. and its line is the finest know. This
Is distinction better known to the army
than to the civilian, perhaps but it is well
60 remember that the same city that fur
nishes the fighting men of the United States,
and might say or the world, with mater
tal food, I'm the way of bacon and the like,
also furnishes the mental pabulum as well.
The fame of Kansas City for both mental
and material food is International"
Colonel Wagner also paid his respects to
the average history In unmeasured
terms on account of its lack OF detail in
describing battles and other war move
ments. Such books. he says, are valueIess
10 soldier. For, while they give with all
needful accuracy the general outlines of a
war. and tell which side won in particular
battles, they do not tell how the victory
was obtained, nor go into detail in tactical
maneuvers- They will state that such and
such a command met the enemy bravely
and overcame them, but as to telling
whether IL advanced in column, brigade
front, as skirmishers, or any other way,
which would AFFORD a clew as to why ii
won. the books are silent. This is the infor-
nation that a military man wants, and IL
Is best found said he. in minor histories of
separate commands. These generally tell,
and IL it were not for the company and
Yegtmental histories OF the civil war the
tactics OF that great conflict would be I'M
known. To such matters he gives partic-
ular attention In his books, with such palms.
taking accuracy that he described yester-
day how IL took him month OF close read
ing in the rebellion records TO enable him
to write dozen pages in one OF his recent
works.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29
FurOr Scribendi.

Mothers got the writing fever,
Fathers had Ii for a year,
Sisters dairy" on the subject
Brother says the pens his sphere.
Uncle's always planning essays,
Aunt Is busy making rhymes,
Grandma's writing "Recollections;"
N.Y. but these are learned times!
Niece is editing a paper,
Nephew'S got the sporting page,
Cousins got the social column;
Writing! Writings all the rage!
Cook has quit to write up menus,
Housemaid-she skipped out to-day,
Says that she can write novel
Just good Bertha Clay.
Coachman says he's sick and tired
Holding reins for other folks,
He's resigned-he's found his mission
Going TO write up funny jokes.
Seamstress left to write up fashions,
Washerwoman winks her eye.
Says that she scribble poems
While the clothes are getting dry.
Teachers writing nature sketches.
Lawyers making legal notes.
Politicians filling volumes
On the crime of buying votes.
Everybody. everybody
Ramping after fame and pef-
Gosh too have caught the spirit
Going to turn a scribe myself.
Susie NJ. Best, in Leslie's Monthly.
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Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
An unusual method of literary compo-
sition may be observed in the study of Ed
ward s. Ellis, the veteran author of books
for children, who lives at Montclair, N.
]. There. on any working day, Mr.. Ellis
will be found, a tall, commanding figure
standing in front of high table on which
rests a typewriting machine. Rapidly his
fingers touch the keys and the sharp click
ety-click-click, scarcely interrupted for
single moment during the hours of compost
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29
In the Literary World
Book he Men Who Book and the
% Concerning Authors nd Their -

breathing sigh of relief that no one gets
on or off at Eighth street, dreading the
usual shopping crowd at Twenty-third-and
the more the novelist fingers over the de-
tails. the longer drawn out he makes ms
picture, just so much more does he In
tensify our sense of the mans anxiety.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29

ALL lines of business which have
something of the artistic in them
businesses which are something
more than merely getting the
DAYS work done-none has made
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-01-15
A Good Thing

German Syrup is the special prescrip.
ton of DR. A Boschee, a celebrated Ger.
man physician, and is acknowledged
to he one of the most fortunate discov-
cries in medicine. 1t quickly cures
coughs, colds and all lung troubles OF
the severest nature, removing, as il
does, the cause of the affection and
leaving the parts in strong and
healthy condition. 1t is not an exper
mental medicine, but has stood the
test of years, giving satisfaction in
every case, which its rapidly increasing
sale every season confirms. Two mill.
ion bottles sold annually. Boschee's
German Syrup was introduced in the
United States in 1868, and is now sold
in every town and village in the civil
lied world. Three doses will relieve
any ordinary cough. Price Is cents.
q S Osborne,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-01-15

Of running water loaded with
sediment, into a ditch or canal
where the velocity was percept-
IDLY checked. Now sediment
airy deposits are properly cared
for there.
Shaler says: "The inundated
lands that lie on the alluvial
plains of our great rivers are
due to the frequency of the
floods which rise above the
channel of the river. AS it is
we'll known, these fluviatile
plains are highest near the
margin of the river and slope
thence toward the hills which
bound the valley. The waters
from these back swamps are
with difficulty discharged, for
any small stream which may
cut through the elevated strip
next to the river is likely to be
from time to time closed by the
sediments of the main stream.
Generally the drainage of these
swamps is affected by a gentle
drift of waters, parallel to the
river, which goes on until the
volume is great enough land
far enough) to secure a per-
manent exit to the main
stream"
Here, we have the usual
method of draining river-swamp
land, and a graphic description
of the misfortune that overlook
the bitches from Dry, Round
and Garner lakes. In each in
stance the water of the main
stream backed up and filled the
entire length of the ditch with
deposits.
The proper balancing of a
ditch with reference to capacity,
slope, and outlet is not always
an easy problem. ,Fhe working
success of drainage system
depends upon an equalization
of the governing forces and
this equalization must depend
upon a positive knowledge of
the laws of water agencies.
Farmer.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-01-15
ELkHORN CO. GIVES CHAD.
RON Y. M. C.. A. BUILDING,
Buys $4,000 Building For
Purpose.

The management of the F. b.
& M. V. Railroad Company has
given the city of Chadron, Neb.
a magnificent Y. M. C. A. head
quarters, the final touches hav-
ing been given the deal yester-
day. The Company buys a 8
story brick building Originally
erected for hotel purposes and
donates the sum of $4,000 to be
expended in putting the build
ing in repair and fitting it up
for the purposes intended. The
members of the Y. M. C. A. of
that city have aged to expend
the sum of $4,000 in furnishing
and equipping the building.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-01-15
A Marvellous Invention

Wonders never cease. A machine
has been invented that will cut, paste
and hang wall paper. The field of in
vention and discoveries seems to be
unlimited. Notable among the great
discoveries is DR. Kings New Dis
covery tor consumption. 1t has done
= world of good for weak lungs aud
saved many a life. Thousands have
used it and conquered grip. bronchitis.
pneumonia and consumption. Their
general verdict is: "It's the best and
most reliable medicine for throat and
lung troubles" Every so: and 81 90
bAttle is guaranteed by Elliott u Har-
Wy Druggist. Trial bottles free.
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