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Legislatures for fifty years have refused to admit the Vincennes University claim why should this body Ignore such an array of precedents? Under the leadership of Governor Odell the tax rate for State purposes In New Vtrk will be reduced one-half, but the grafters are made unhappy. If those persons who are Interested in grafting schemes upon the treasury should 4euve the lobbies of the Legislature, the State's business could bo attended to. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert may be de nounced by a few men, but, all over the ß-ate, the people who are not directly in terested in the normal school scheme are ipplauding him. At the last the opponents of the ship fcvbsldy bill seemed to be the most sorrow ful mourners about its deathbed, but they will bo more afflicted If the death of the subsidy bill shall lead to the death of tho river and harbor bill, as is now predicted. Representative Bishop says the people are opposed to tho bills, "threa of a kind," which the Senate has passed, calling for 54C&.0CO. There is no doubt of it; but their promoters say by their acts, as the dead Vanderollt did not say, "the people be " Captain Carter, now In prison at Fort Leavenworth, should make up his mind to serve his sentence. He lost hundreds of thousands oC public fundi, paying the money to contractors who had not earned 1L It; view of such facts It is absurd for him to rave about hi innocence. The North American Company, which uccceds the Oregon and Transcontinental, and Is controlled by the J. Pierpont Mor jan interest, started out by reducing its xpltal stock from nearly $19,000,000 to 112, JöO.OOO. Thla was done to put the company on a hardpan basis. When such successful managers of large properties wring 70 per :ent. of water out of their Inflated capital ization, others may well consider the wis dom of like action. Attention is called to a communication In this I$sue of the Journal, from Mr. C. W. Ldgerton, of Fort Wayne, relative to a pending bill which proposes to legalize all laws and ordinances passed and all acts done by town, township and school officers In Indiana since the year 1SS1. Mr. Edger- toa thinks, and probably with reason, that the real object of the act is concealed under its sweeping phraseology. If there Is any particular town or transaction which right ly calls for a legalizing act of this kind, such legislation can be easily and quickly obtained upon a statement of facts to the Legislature, but a sweeping act like the one referred to is so suggestive of some sinister purpose as to call for rigid Inquiry. The position of the President In regard to an extra session of Congress Is said to bo that If the constitutional convention of Cuba concludes its work and submits it to this government within the next two or three weeks he will call an extra session to consider the situation. The President is right In this position. The question of th present and future relations of the United EtLtes to Cuba Is one of great Importance. Ihe President, under the general war powers of the Constitution, has carried the rerponslbllity alone quite as long as he could be expected to. He his performed Ms duty well, and accomplished a great onä good work in Cuba. Ndw, the timn having come when the people are about to adept a constitution and define their rela tiers to the United States, it Is tho duty of Vi'PSXesa to divide the responsibility of th situation with the lTesMcnt. The Interests irvolved are far too important to be sub ordinate to any question of expense, of personal inconvenience or anything of that k;nd. Congress has a duty t perform a3 well as the President, and he should exer clre his" cons tltutional power cf calling It t'-gether to divide with him a responsibility y'lilch he has borne alone fully long enough. i It is cause of frequent complaint that th limited sessions cf the Legislature are too much devoted to consideration of bills which aro not of great public Importance, to the nesSect of natters which affect the general welfare. It was stated by un ofllcial, a few jays ?lnce, that several measures deemed mportant by the Hoard of Tax Corcmli iloners could not be brought to the con tlJcration of the Legislature because bo many members were interested in special measures. Ir Instance, a combination Ii the Senate, as nine-tenths of the intclli Ct-nt people of the Slate believe, has pushed through that body the bill creat !r.:j the Columbus epileptic vlllase, th "moral obligation" bill In favor or VI n ".z:z University ana the Fcheme to ere. ) n normal school which Is not needed " r'r:::z C:zzwA to f2:IUUto It: valuation of property and the assessment of taxes, to reduce the cost of school sup plies by a state board, to create county boards of education and like measures of public Importance must wait. Two-thirds of the session Is over, and yet few meas ures of general Importance have received final action In both branches. Such being the case, neither branch can afford to waste time over local and doubtful schemes the general purpose of which is to loot the treasury. TIIIl PRIMARY nLECTIOX HILL. Representative T.Ishop, of Morgan county, 13 reported as saying that the House has made a mistake in regard to the primary election bill by limiting Its operation to Marion county. When state and county conventions, boards of trade and commer cial clubs, and when eight of every ten Intelligent citizens who are party men with out personal interest in manipulating pri maries for revenue are In favor of the measure as presented to the House, it is evident that Mr. Bishop is right in his Judgment. Unfortunately, the mass of cit izens who desire such legislation have affairs of their own to which they must attend. They havo no time in which to persuade legislators that such a law Is needed. On the other hand, those who have a personal interest in manipulating primaries are often men, who havo time to impress their views upon members of the Legislature either personally or by letter. They are in position to speak of such matters as a primary election bill, and very naturally they assume to speak for the party and the public generally. There is a growing sentiment that the In telligent voters In a party are better qual ified to select candidates by voting di rectly for them in lawfully conducted pri maries than are delegates elected, when thero Is a contest, by men who are coaxed or hired to vote in precinct after precinct, and who xften represent their own inter ests. The mass of voters care very lit tle about the election of precinct commit tees In legal primary elections, as is pro posed, by the bill of Senator Joss, but they do desire to havo the privilege of going to a primary election held underthe forms of law and voting for the men whom they would have for candidates for mayor, coun cllmen, county officers and even congress men. In this city and L other cities in ndlana such party voters have no voice and could have no voice in the selection of candidates under the present vicious pri mary system. It has been stated as an objection to the Minturn bill that it will involve the county of Marion in an expense equal to that of holding an election. It need not; n fact, the candidates must pay a part of the expense. But If the cost should be equal to that of a regular election, the result would be worth it to thoseX who desire reforms In local government. Nor s It true that a Democratic mayor will appoint the primary election officers in this city, since the bill distinctly provides that these officers shall be eiected by the city Council. THE COVTIIOL OF THE FITTEST. The statement of Dr. Lyman Abbott, in a lecture in Boston the past week, that "the barbaric dog has no right to the man ger when tho Anglo-Saxon ox' desires to feed" Is likely to call forth Indignant pro test from thoso persons .who sustain the theory that to hold and use a territory is the inherent right of those who find themselves in possession of It regardless of their misuse of it or unfitness to main tain civilized government. Nevertheless, whatever may be our sentiments as a the oretical quality, the practice of the Ameri can people from the earliest settlement until the present time has been to drive the barbaric dog from the manger that the civilized cx may feed. Our policy in thl3 continent towards the Indians, the more it is considered in regard to the well being of the race, has less ground for crit icism. It is absurd to say that a few hundred thousand aborigines had the right to North America when the millions of civilized peoples needed It as an arena for the development of the highest civiliza tion. Along this same line much Is now being said of the sacredness of the sovereignty of the people of Cuba and the Philip pines over the territory they occupy. There are those who boldly declare that we must recognize and respect the sovereignty of the people of Cuba to establish inde pendent government, no matter If instead of stable government revolutions should take the place of elections. Sovereignty, un less the exercise of it by the ruling power lr.sures the liberty and security of the Individual, is an evil rather than a good. Spain exercised the right of sovereignty over Cuba, but Its exercise was so unjust tc the Cubans and so troublesome to the United States that Congress destroyed it by making war upon Spain. Suppose, as fecms probable, that the Cubans aro in capable of maintaining a stable govern ment that will give the people security and protect the material Interests In the inland, is the United States to permit Cuba to become another Santo Domingo or Colombia simply because of sentimental scruples about the sacredness of sovereign ty as applied to that people? It Is said that the peace of Europe Is the law of Europe. Certainly, sovereignty does not hinder the combined powers of Europe from checking sovereign govern ments or nations in their designs. Victor ious Russia was compelled by the powers to stop at the doors of Constantinople and agree to a treaty not to make a sep arate treaty with Turkey. Tho Crimean war was fought and the treaty of Paris made to deny Russia the right to males parate arrangements with Turkey and the llalkan states. Sovereign Turkey, only a few years ago, was compelled by the decree of the powers to desist In the pur poso to conquer Greece and place hard conditions upon that government. To-day, by an avowal of the Monroe doctrine, th United States has practically made Itself tho protector of the sovereignty cf the nations In this hemisphere by warning Europe that it cannot take the territory of any of them. Thus we r-ive assumed, and Europe has admitted, the primacy of tho United States In the new world. The same conditions should obtain here as in Europe: peace should be the law of the i-.ew world. For that reason, Cuba, ft which the United States has given sov ereignty, can have no right to assume an independenco which will involve the Irland In revolutions or In intrigues with Europe. Under the name of sovereignly we cannot permit Cuba to assume the pow- c:3 Cilice l:zr.z to a treat nitl: tta bankrupting its people and probably In volving It in war. It must stand In the same relation to the United States that Pclglum, a minor nation, hold3 to the Euro pean powers. P.elgium is sovereign and Irdependent, but Its neutrality and pro tection are guaranteed by Great Britain. The United States cannot consent to sec Cuba involved In a war with a European power, because it would end In the Island passing under foreign control In violation of the Monroe doctrine and in disregard cf -ur Interests. For the peace of America and in recognition of the Independence which is the gift of this people, as Well as for the well-being of the Cubans, the United States should insist upoft a recog nition of rights which we cannot waive and of common interests which Cuba cannot ignore. A WARXIXG TO COXGRESS. Senators iiale and Lodge deserve credit for the strong and earnest protests they made on Thursday agalns the steady in crease in appropriations by Congress. A Republican Congress need not pay much attention to such protests by Democratic members, for they are actuated by insin cere and unfriendly motives, but when they come from honored leaders of the party and trom the party press it Is time to heed the warning. Congress should not deceive itself. The people are not indiffer ent to their own Interests nor to the act3 of their representatives. They know this is a great country and they iavor liberal provision for the support of the govern ment and all necessary expenditures, but they are getting alarmed at ihe steady and progressive increase of appropriations and are demanding that Congress call a halt. It has gone too far already, &nd should go backward instead of forward on the same line. The increase In public expenditures during the last quarter of a century has been out of all proportion to the legitimate needs of the government. The amounts carried by the appropriation bills have in creased by leaps ana bounds until the to tal has reached a really alarming figure. What are we going to do about it? The thing for Congress to do is to call a halt and substitute a policy of retrenchment for the prevailing one of extravagance. -'We are rushing along," said Senator Lodge, "to the billion dollar mark in our appro priations, and wo have got to draw ihe line." Senator Hale warned Congress af.ainst piling up extravagant appropria tions and said: "When the people onco realize the situation, those who are re sponsible for these expenditures will call upon the rocks and mountains to hide them from the wratn of t.e people." These are r.ot the vaporings of Democratic politi cians; they are the honest warnings of trusted Republican leaders. The Journal repeats and emphasizes them. It Is time for Congress not only to call a halt, but to inaugurate a policy of severe retrenchment. The Russian tariff edict relative to Amer ican products does not necessarily fore shadow ill feeling between the two coun tries, but it may mark the beginning of a tariff war and perhaps of strained trado relations. The edict is evidently Intended as retaliation for the decision of the secre tary of the treasury imposing double duty on sugar Imported from Russia under the provision of the tariff law which requires that to be done on sugar Imported from any country that pays a bounty for its ex portation. There seems to be involved a question of fact whether Russia really does pay an export bounty on sugar. How ever, the imposition of the extra duty on our part is promptly followed by an in crease of 50 per cent, in the duties on a large line of American manufactures im ported into Russia, Including steam pumps, machine tools, steam engines, bicycles, dynamos, sewing machines, etc. Our ex ports to Russia in these lines have in creased very rapidly during the last few years and now constitute a large Item in our foreign trade. The matter Is of suffi cient importance to justify prompt investi gation, with a view, if possible, to early adjustment. A bill which ought not to have passed the Senate, and which should be killed in the House, is Senate bill No. 84, providing that a person who has been convicted and sen tenced under a criminal charge may be re leased on ball pending an appeal to the Su preme Court. The effect of the passage of this bill would be to multiply the delays and uncertainties of the law and to in crease the chances, already too numerous, for criminals to escape justice. As the law now stands an appeal to the Supreme Court does not stay the execution of the sentence in a criminal case, except where the punishment is to be death. The Wood bill would practically stay execution of sentence In all eases where the punisnmcnt is imprisonment by admitting the defend ant to give bail. The effect would be to en courage crime by adding to the avenues of escape and to promote appeals to the Su preme Court for the sole purpose of hinder ing and defeating Justice. The administra tion of criminal law is lax enough already without still further weakening It by legis lation in the Interest of criminals. As a rule very little reliance is placed upon the complaints of persons who have been dismissed from positions made against those who have dispensed with their serv ices. Now and then there is an exception, but it is as rare as any exception to a general rule. When not made for political considerations it is fair to assume that subordinates are removed because of their Inefficiency, since under nonpartisan ad ministration it is not probable that the official responsible for administration would discharge a subordinate who had. proved himself to be competent and faithful. Out of position, such men naturally nurse their removal as a grievance and often seek re venge. Even if truthful, little matters are magnified, and, if untruthful, as unfaithful men usually are, they make stories to the injury of the official with whom they de sire to get even. I1TDIA2TA EDITORIAL 270TES. In one respect this will be a better year than 1000. Bryan will not be nominated at Kansas City this year. Rockport Jour nal. , Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, who is talk lrg bo loudly about women being under the iron heel of man. should bo told that most men wear rubber heels nowadays. PlaLn- fleld Progress. The conviction of George Riy. of Shelby vllle, for fraud and general boodling, !s enly an example of what might be done In eeveral communities wnere toIiticaI sen timent Is one-sided. Richmond Item. If the Muncle normal school is such a fine thing it is wondered why the people of that enterprislrij; city do not try to keep It Instead of shoving it off on the State to maintain. The State already has enough ci cui CUto Institutions and tnera b r.3 good reason why it should assume the responsibility for the support of the Mun cie normal. The bill should be killed by the Legislature. Logansport Journal. Logansport Is the latest city to take up the fight against the use of trading stamps. Let the good work proceed. Nine-tenths of the concerns in the stamp business are irresponsible, and do not re deem their pledges. Goshen Times. In Iowa 137 new banks were organized last year, and yet Iowa is not the stamp ing ground of the bloated capitalist. It is a State of small cities and a great ag ricultural industry, where the farmers think It Is better to use the banks than to abuse them. Terre Haute Express. Kansas people may select one of three courses. They may enforce the prohibi tion law; they may repeal it, or, they may continue their public confession that they sre and have been since 1SS0 the most un truthful and hypocritical gang that ever claimed relationship wiut the American People. Lafayette Journal. President McKinley is right In his con tention that to Congress belongs the duty of deciding when our authority shall be withdrawn from Cuba. K was Congress that ordered the war with Spain, to end the deplorable conditions in Cuba, and it should be the same authority that passes on the Cuban constitution. Vlncenne3 Commercial. Indiana to-day mourns by the earthly tabernacle of one who, by the develop ment of the rare genius wRh which he was. endowed, won for nimself fame in the world of letters and added lustre to the lame of the State Of his choice. Maurice Thompson is dead In the flesh, but in hi3 "Alice of Old Vincennes." and his other vicrks, which have delighted thousands, h; will live forever. Anderson Bulletin. There's a law-abiding saloon keeper over in Greencastle. A band of 'Jarrle-Nation-esque good women invaded his place of business and began to sing hymns. He courteously called their attention to the fact that they were violating the Nichol son law and politely informed them that he was compelled to prohibit their vocal demonstration. Naturally the ladles were much astonished at this reproof, but they graciously obeyed the saloon keeper and the law. Muncle News. ... FE0H HITHER AND YON. An Oniinoa Choice. Cleveland Tlaln Dealer. "Jim. the bartender, must be going out of business." . "What makes you think so?" "He's Just gone and married a woman with a hatchet face." Partially Correct Dlaßno!. Chicago Tribune. "I den't like your heart action." the doctor said, applying the stethoscope again. "You have had some trouble with angina pectoris." "You're partly right, doctor," sheepishly an swered the young man. '"Only that ain't her name." How Truth Got In the'Well. Chicago Times-Herald. "Pa," asked little Georgie, "how did truth get Into the weJl?" "Oh, I dunno," his pa replied, "unless she was thrown in by some fellow who was expecting: a visit from the tax assessor. Now keep quiet; I want to read about Mrs. Nation." Infantile Pessimism. Puck. Aunt Emma Well, Mary, I haven't seen you for a long time. I hear that you have a little sister at your house. I suppose she cries some times. V Little Mary Cries? Well, I should say she does! Why, I never saw any one that appeared to look on the dark side of things as she does! Immersion. Detroit Journal. "Go bury thy sorrow!" said I. The man bowed his head and went his way. That night I came upon him drinking heavily. "Is this the way you bury your sorrow?" I said. "Hush! this Is a burial at sea!" said the man, with a bitter, haunting smile. , , , I felt much pity for him; hereupon,' and would have had something had he asked me. DENIED BY ROOSEVELT SENSATIONAL STORIES ABOUT HIS AD VENTURES ARE ALL FAKES. Written liy Persons Who Were Not Within Hundreds of Mile of Him SavV No llenra or Wolves. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., Feb. 17. Governor Roosevelt was in Colorado Springs to-day, the guest of P. B. Stewart, vho was one of the members of the hunt ing party In Rio Blanco county during the first three weeks of the hunting. Gov ernor Roosevelt is in the most excellent health and spirits, and will return to the East in perfect condition for the arduous cuties upon which he Is to enter so soon. His time until the Inauguration will be taken up with attending to his vast corre spondence, the accumulation of six weeks. A public reception will be tendered him In this city to-morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock He expressed the desire that nothing m the nature of a banquet be held, and the leception will be simply a public informal handshaking occasion, granted to the peo ple of Colorado Spring3 by the Vice Presi dentelect because of the extremely friend ly feeling that has sprung up between them. Governor Roosevelt is much an noyed over, the hair-raising stories that have been circulated concerning his hunt ing experiences. To a representative of the Associated Press he gave the following statement to-day: "No correspondent of any newspaper, no man who wrote to, or gave any information to any newspaper, was .within forty mllej of where I was hunting at any time dur ing the live weeks I was out. The sensa tional stories, such as those describing ad Ventures with bears and wolves, were de liberate and willful fabrications, and, I un derstand, were written by men who were t:ot within hundreds of miles of where 1 v.as. We did not see a bear or wolf on the ntlre trip Aside from lynx and f mailer game our hunting wa3 confined to hunting the so-called mountain lions cr panthers. I got twelve of them. I never erjoyrd a holiday more. I have never been cut with a better hunter than John Goff. His hounds are, without exception, the best I have ever seen for the work. "As I am obliged to go East in view cf the nearness of the inauguration, I am. much to my regret, unable to address the State Legislature. I cannot sufficiently ex press my appreciation of the generous cour tesy and hospitality with which I have been treated in Colorado, and I shall eagerly hail the first chance to again come to this State." NEED A STRONG NAVY. , W Jo Views of Gen. Fitxhngh Lee May Be Soon Retired. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 17.-Colonel Fitzhugh Lee, talking to the Kansas City Military Order of the Loyal Legion, at a dinner at the Coates House, held In mem cry of the anniversary of the destruction cf the battleship Maine, said: 'The Amer lean navy Is a pride to the Nation, and it should be looked after, for it will be of importance if ever there should be a war with a foreign nation in the future. No nation could send an army to this country and be successful. And we want a navy that will be a lieferte as sure and strong. Anent his appointment as brigadier gen eral In the regular army and the' report mat he would be retired in the near-fu iure. General Lee said: "How long do I expect to remain In the active service? It may be for a year and It may be for ever." and then he added, seriously, that next summer probably would be a. little more d-irtnite. Mrs. Lee and her daughter accompanied the general here, and left to day for iluachuca. A. 'P.. where Mrs. Lee en., tnr- Yf-v health nnaal T ...a. . I to vzzznz. RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Paris. Grant Allen, who died recently, prob ably was the most versatile Engllsn writ er of the last decade. Ho knew how to write delightful, clean fiction; his short stories were always entertaining, his sketches never lacked Interest and usually Impressed the reader with the belief that they were true word pictures of what tne writer saw and heard; hi3 natura nistory articles showed he was a thorough stu dent of biology, and his work entitled "Paris" (printed In two volumes) proved he had a marvelous knowledge of the churches, art galleries and other places of interest In the French metropolis. In fact, if he had written nothing else, "Paris" would have kept his name long in mem ory after his dfeath. The work is not a guide book; there is nothing In it that savors of Baedeker. If might properly be called "an expert review of the many works of art to be found In Paris." but it is really more than a mere review; it is critical, technical and descriptive. Mr. Allen spent thirty-five years in foreign travel, and much of this time was devoted to studying the architecture, sculpture, painting and minor arts of the countries he visited. He was therefore well quali fied to Judge good from bad, and his con clusions should have greater weight than the hastily-formed opinions of many so called critics. Mr. Allen, in his preface, disclaimed any pretense of posing as a connoisseur or an art critic, but tne reader of his work will say he was both, and that he was too modest to claim genius in either line. The first volume tells of the origin of Paris (old and new), the He de la Cite, tne Palais de Justice, the Salnte Chapelle, Notre Dame, the Roman Palace, the Musee de Cluny, the hill of Ste. Genevieve, the Louvre, the Salle des Prlmitifs, the Salle- Duchatel, the Salon Caree, the Long Gal lery, the German, English and French schools, and hints on the paintings on the Louvre. The second volume treats of the Madonnas In the Louvre, tells how to study the paintings in the Louvre, describes and explains the various collections of sculp tureclassical. Renaissance and modern and has chapters on the modern city, the great boulevards, the Faubourg St. Ger main, and St. Denis, with a "conclusion devoted to places of historic interest out side the great city." No city in the world has furnished more material for history than Paris. There is something of globe-wide interest In every church and public building, and each notable painting is either founded on an historic incident or is a part of his tory itself. All this has been explained by Mr. Allen, who said, in describing his method: "A church, as a rule, is built over the body of relics of a particular saint, in whose special honor it was originally erected. That saint was usually one of great local importance at the moment of its erection, or was peculiarly implored against plague, foreign enemies or some other pressing or dreaded misfortune. In dealing with such a church, then, I en deavor, to show what were the circum stances which led to Its erection, and what memorials of these circumstances it still retains. In other cases it may derive its origin from some special monastic body. Whenever I have to deal wuh such a church I try as far as possible to ex hibit the effects which its origin had on Its architecture and decoration, to trace the Image of the patron saint in sculp ture or stained glass throughout the iao ric, and to set forth the connection of the whole design with time and place, with order and purpose." Concerning paintings Its author said he intended his work to be mainly historical, antiquarian and, above all, explanatory. His criticisms are those of tho most au thoritative experts. What he aimed at. he said, was "to put the intelligent reader in such a position that he may judge for himself of the aesthetic beauty and suc cess of the object before him. To recog nize the fact that this is a Perseus and Andromeda, that a St. Barbara enthroned. the other an obscure episode in the legend of St. Philip, is not art criticism, but it is often an almost indispensable prelude to the formation of a right and sound Judg ment. We must know what the artist was trying to represent before we can feel sure what measure of success he has attained in his, representation." The books will prove of great value to tourists who wish to "do" Paris In a few weeks, and they also will be found inter esting to people who never expect to cross the sea, but who desire to know some thing about the greatest art treasure city In the we rld. Both volumes are generously Illustrated. L. C. Page & Co., Boston. Farmer Brown and the Birds Under this title Frances M. Fox tells a story which is at once original, Instructive and charming. It is a story with a pur pose, the purpose being to show what good friends of man birds are and how poorly their friendship and services are repaid. The plan of the story Is simple and unique. Farmer Brown, a really kind-hearted and good-natured farmer, shoots at a pilfering crow and accidentally kills n wren. The birds regard it as a causeless murder and court Is convened to try the farmer for the crime. All the birds are given names and personalities. The bluejay, the meadow lark, the robin, the brown thrush, the bluebird, the oriole and many others at tend the court The court consisted of a long-eared owl as Justice of the peace, a hawk owl as associate Judgeand five other owls as a court of appeals. The bluejay acted as prosecuting attorney and the spar row hawk was appointed to defend farmer Brown. The raven acted as sheriff. Twelve common birds were Impaneled as a Jury. Many witnesses were examined, in cluding Jim Crow, who gave his address as "tenth story, tree number 15, Pine Grove avenue," and his occupation as "state food inspector. The kingbird gave his occupa tion as Inspector of bee hives. The song sparrow lived In dry grass cottage, on meadow path, and belonged to a concert company. The oriole lived la swinging cradle cottage. Branch street, near the cornfield. The meadow lark said: "They call me professor of entomology, and my home is arched cottage, on Grass lane. Many other witnesses were ezamined. some testifying for and some against farmer Brown. He was finally found guilty and sentenced to have his eyes Decked out. Sparrow Hawk, his counsel, appealed, and the court or appeals, consisting or Justice Great Horned Owl and Associate Justices Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Acadian Owl and Screech Owl affirmed the verdict and sen tence. Then Sparrow Hawk appealed to the eagle, king of all the birds. The eagle commmutea tne sentence to an order that on a certain day all birds of every kind. character and descr'ptlon should leave farmer Brown's farm and appear there no more. The carrying out of this order caused the farmer's crops to become a prey to ougs, worms, grassnoppers and insects and he was almost ruined. Finally he died and the birds sang above his grave. Then the eagle revoked his order, the birds all returned to the Brown farm and it pros pered again. This simple Ftory is told in a quaint, numorou3 style ana equally well calculated to interest adult and young readers. No prettier piea rnr birds has been written. Boston:. L. C. Page & Co. The Furniture of Onr Forefathers. This is a timely book because it throws light on a subject in which many per sons are interested. Whatever throws light on the domestic life, everyday habits and home environments of other times Is of true value, and if It relates to our ances tors It has personal interest. This book by Esther Singleton presents for the first time a clear and comprehensive account for the amateur of the different styles the Puritan, home-made things, the nuaint Dutch belongings, the rich furnUh Ings of the Southern colonial mans!ons the ways of telling genuine things, histor ical associations of special pieces, techni f.al details, values and marks, and much other unwritten lore relating to the fur nlture used by our ancestors. Before writ lng the book the author traveled through tho New England, middle and Southern States, and in many places had reproduced for the first time notable pieces of furni ture, some of which have peculiar historl- Ical or personal associations. Some of the Illustrations, which are numerous, are very beautiful, representing pieces of fur niture that range all the way from plain and simple to masFive, gorgeous and unlouc. Then there are (torrlptive chapters on beds, carpets, glass, par lor furniture, chamber furniture, kitchen utensils, cabinets, chests, chairs, etc., all of which are Illustrated. The work, which In Its complete form will make a larrro c-i curstuoü3 tccX will to l::":J li eight parts, each containing thirty or forty. llustrations done In the finest style of modern art. Part I. which is at hand, is devoted to "Virlginla and the South. Sev enteenth Century; Carveu Oak and Wal nut." Part II will treat of "Philadelphia and the South in the Eighteenth Century." and so on. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. The Blnks Family. A subtitle of this story by John Strange Winter designates it as "The Story of a Social Revolution." It depicts also a so cial revolution. The Blnks family is a typi cal English one of the middle class, the head of the family being a sort" of 'hustler" who begins as a milkman, then becomes a dairyman and owner of cows. finally a property owner and quite a well- to-do person. He is. withal, a good hearted, manly sort of man, and his wife s a true helpmeet and rood woman, ineir daughters are good girls and pretty, though reared in an atmosphere of milk cows. The story, which purports to be related by one of the daughters, tells in an in nocent, artless way how the family grad ually ros in the social scale through various degrees of honest vulgarity until they reached a point where they were able to live in a handsome country place. where they supported the local charities, subscribed to the hunt. etc. Finally, the girls are married off well, one of them to a rich banker, and the story ends hap pily. As a social study and picture of English middle life it is interesting. New York: G. W. Dillingham Company. The Fourth Generation. .In the preface of this book Sir Walter Besant says In regard to the text ou which this story' is founded: "Visiting the iniquity of the fathers unto the third and fourth generation" that here Is a question which has never been fully answered. "Every man mu3t rind his own answer, or must acknowledge sorrowfully that he can find none. I venture to offer in these pages an answer that satisfies myself. It substitutes consequence for punishment, and puts ef fect that follows cause in place ot penal ties." The hero of this story. Leonard Can- paigne, already an M. P., has been brought up in entire ignorance or tne various mis fortunes and crimes which have occurred in his family for the last three generations. This knowledge comes to him in a perfect avalanche after one of his dutiful visits to his enigmatical great-grandfather, who has lived for over seventy years without speaking to a living soul. The story is in genious, and It is not necessary to aaa that it is well told; it has also a brevity in argument and detail the lack of which in some of his earlier stories make the author's books somewhat wearisome. Pub lished by the Frederick A. Stokes Company, New lork. The Human Hair. This is believed to be the only book devoted exclusively to the subject indicat ed in the title which treats it at all com pletely. The object of the work is to pre sent to the public, in easily intelligible form, all the facts of any importance con cerning the human hair, and particularly those which pertain to the cause, preven tion and cure of the conditions ana ens- eases which result in injury to and often total loss of it. With this idea the author gives in nontechnical language a large amount of practical information on the lines indicated. The book possesses interest for every person concerned in the cure of hair diseases, or in the care and preser vation of the hair, and the chapters re lating to the arrangement and care of ladles' hair and to hair dyeing and bleach ing are of special interest to women. The author, J. R. Stitson, is evidently an ex pert in every phase of the subject. New York: .The Maple Publishing Company. X The Laborer and III Hire. This work treats of the ever live and ever perplexing question of the relation between capital and labor and the result ant questions of wages, supply and demand. distribution, etc. It is an earnest and honest attempt to reconstruct some of the accepted principles of political economy and make a practical application of them to existing conditions. The author, I. M. Shanklln, makes no concealment of the fact that his sympathies are entirely with the wage earners, as Is natural, he having for many years "belonged to that class him self. The book Is a strong plea for Jus tice to labor and laborers, and for a practical remedy for the hardships to which they are subjected under the pres ent order of things. Washington: The Neale Company. Musical Studies and Silhouette. In this work students and lovers of music will find the divine art treated from a high point of view. It treats of the philosophy rather than the technique of music and seeks to present the sociological element in tho nature, story and effects of the art of melody. The line of treatment may be inferred from the chapter headings, which are "Sociology in Music," "Realism and Idealism in Music," "Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies," "Italian Music and the Last Two Operas of Verdi," "Three Sym bolic Operas," "The Italian Sources of the 'Orpheus of Gluck," 'The Exotic in Mu &ic," "Silhouettes of Musicians." The book is translated from the French of Camllle Bellalgne, and published by Dodd, Mead & Co. The Love of Landry. Not content with the laurels won as a writer of verse, Paul Lawrence Dunbar presents a second novel to the world wlijch ho calls "The Love of Landry." It is a love story which grows and blossoms on a Western ranch. The heroine is a New York girl whose physician has ordered the Western climate and out-of-door life for her health, and comes West, where she meets the hero, a somewhat quixotic but entirely likable young man, who has come to work on the ranch, of which he Is part owner. The story is prettily told and quite readable, though Mr. Dunbar is evidently more of a poet than a novelist. Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. Gwynett of Thornhaagh. This novel, by Frederick W. Hayes, is a sort of sequel to "A Kent Squire," .by the same author, In that it begins where the other left off and details a succession of dramatic events that grew out of a certain alleged royal intrigue. The scene of the story Is laid In the early part of the eighteenth century, shifting from Eng land to' the continent, and it introduces f ome historic characters of the twriod. The plot is :nysterious and complicated enoi gh to excite the interest of tho . reader, and the story Is full of romantic and stirring adventure. New York: The F. M. Luptou Publishing Company. , The Soul of the Street. The half dozen stories by Norman Dun can which form this volume have a dis tinctly original touch In them. They relate to the Syrian quarter in New York, a locality little known, and Introduce some interesting Oriental characters and phases of life. There is a queer commingling of Oriental and American atmosphre in the stories, and an equally odd mixture of tragedy an4 comedy that gives them a pe culiar sort of interest. New York: Mc Clure. Phillips & Co. Ills Lordship Puppy. This Is a pretty story for very young readers. Its two heroes being a sweet baby boy and an equally r.weet puppy dog, of which he became the delighted possessor. At first' the puppy belonged to a titled nobleman, but he was so mischievous that he had to be given away, and it was his good fortune to fall into the hands of a little master who appreciated him. The Flory discloses a sympathetic feeling f degs as well as for children. Philadel phia: The l'enn Publishing Company. The Road to Nowhere, The author of this very entertaining and unique child's book, Livingston B. Morse, dedicates it to "Alice In Wonderland." and. indeed. "The Road to Nowhere" is a story of somewhat the same type. The talking animals and human llowera are very clev erly Illustrated by Edna Morse. It is a bcok children will love and "grown ups" will like to read to tnem. Published by Harper & Urothers. New York. On Life' Stairway. Mr. Frederic Laurence Knowles, author of this volume of verse, is well known in the literary world, both by Ms own pame and ly a pseudonym. He has done some peod editorial work and written excellent khort ioems. This volume contains nearlv I a tur.Cre-4, ctouniir.j r,itii rir.3 tfcsu-iisj poetically expressed. Boston: L. C. Pag & Co. ThrouRh Old It owe' Olmim. Through Old 'Rose Glarres" I the tltla of an entertaining collection of short stories by Mary Tracy Earl?. Most of the events 0 are enacted in Virginia, and th chivalrous devotion of the Southern gentleman to tho women he knows and loves Is well depleted. The book contains elsht tales and la pub lished by Houghton, Mllfiin tc Co., Boston, Current Periodicals. "The German Idea of a Gentleman" the title of a short paper in the Interna tional Magazine (Chicago) for February, by Carina Campbell Kaglesfield. What sh-j has to say is of interest as boirir.g on the influences of men's mfnds and characterj of their environment and political life. The American Kitchen Magazine, pub lished in Boston, and of which Mrs, Mary J. Lincoln, a teacher of cookery, Is one of the editors, is a practical little period ical, and contains much matter relating to domestic affairs which cannot fail to be of use even to the experienced house keeper. Brush and Percll, the Chicago art maga zine, improves with each issue, and is tak ing a place among the leading periodi cals of its class. The current issue con tains a number of most pleasing illustra tions. The editor, Frederick W. Morton, Is the author of an Illustrated paper treat ing of Charles Dana Gibson and hl3 art. The opening number for the new year of Poet-Lore (quarterly) opens with a tal in verse, "The Chariot of Fire," by James Edgar Smith. This Is followed by a short play In four cts, by N. II. Musselrnan. It contains rauch conversation and not much action. There are essays on "Poetic Interpretation of Naturo." "Early Colonial Poets." "Sijakspeare's Fidelity to History" and "Santayena on Browning." The study programme relates to "Macbeth." Among the reviews, is one of American poetry of the past year. The Bookman for February contains nothing of especial Interest, perhaps be cause there Is a lull In literary activity and writers are lying quiet waiting on their publishers, or looking for Inspiration to re newed efforts. There is a good deal of gos sip about authors and their plans Mrs. Athcrton, Winston Chui-chill, Conan Doyle, Gracü Denlo Litchfield and others. Amonj the books reviewed are Marion Crawford's "Rulers of the South." Mrs. Steel s "Thi Hosts of the Lord," Lafcadio Hearn'a "Shadowings." Norman Duncan's "Tha Soul of tho Street" and II. S. Merrimaa'i "Isle of Unrest." Everybody's Magazine has begun an in- teresting series of articles tilling the ex perience of a young New Yorker, who de cided to move out of the city and make a permanent country home. Among other features of the number is a paper on "The Government of a Great City," by Bird S. Coler, controller of New York city. Litera ture about animals being in order, A. R. Dunmore contributes to it something a little out of the common, being a study of th? habits and characteristics of a beavci in confinement at the Washington National Zoological Garden. In "Photography as i Fine Art," the progress made in the art 11 traced. In its new shape the Literary Era (Henry x. coates uo .fniiaaeipnia), promise to take a leading place among the periodi cals dealing with books, their makers and. literary topics generally. William S, Walsh has in the February Issue a pape on "Chap Books and Chappie Books." un der which latter appropriate title he classes such publications as "The Philistine." Mr. Elbert Hubbard will not like this. True t: the instincts of Its Philadelphia editors. th4 magazine departs somewhat from th strictly literary field and conducts a genea logical department. It is edited by Thomaa Allen Glenn, and is at present dealing with Welsh ancestry. Le Modes is a new monthly fashion mag azine, published in Paris and handled in this country by Manzl, Joyant & Co., ITC Fifth avenue. New York. Its text Is en tirely in French. Its costume plates and illustrations, some of them in color, are much superior in artistic merit to those found in most periodicals of the class. It is of the same size and elaborate make up as Le Theatre, including colored plates and a cover in colors. Each number will contain a summary of fashionable events, . articles on the painters of woman, acces sories to the toilet. Interior furnishings and decoration, together with a full re view of the fashions and sports and out door pastimes. M. De Witte, Russian minister of finance, suddenly become an object of interept ti Americans, will be the subject of a paper by Henry Norman in the forthcoming issu of Scribncr's Magazine. De Witte Is re garded as the most powerful political man in the empire. Mr. Norman has recently returned from a visit to St. Petersburg, and writes of existing conditions. The nevi economic and industrial Russia is a crea tion of this man. and a recent dlrpatcä says: "His love of peace, his determination to develop Russia's internal resources, and his pronounced American sympathies arc m sufficient reasons why the world, and espe-' daily America, should congratulate Kus sia." More recent dispatches indicate that his love for America will not be allowed bj him to stand in the way of Russia's inter ests. Pearson's Magazine for March 'opens wltl an Illustrated article showing the curioui shapes taken by water when thrown from a bucket to the ground. The eye hardly re alizes these forms and thcr variety, &c quickly do they pass, but they are caught by the camera. "Wheeling on the Bottom ol the Sea" Is the title of an article by C. MV McGovem, which professes to give an ac count of a tour of a submarine boat in ths neighborhood of New York. It sounds ai if the author had allowed his imagination free scope, and the reader is left in doubl as to whether the boat described Is an actual creation or not, but the story is an entertaining one, nevertheless. An nrtlcl by William Douglas, superintendent of ma rine police of Glasgow, describes Bertillon'i new system of detecting criminals by ac curate description. It is a system which re quires that the detective shall have studied facial peculiarities and the features of th face so that he knows precisely what sort of nose, or mouth, or ear is meant by th Bertillon method of description. Florida is the subject of the second pajer In the "Story-of-the-States" series projected by this magazine. It Is written by Earl Mays,, and summarizes not only the past history of that commonwealth, but Ra present con ditions. It Is profusely illustrated. "Why the Giraffe Has a Long Neck" is the title Of a paper by Louis Robinson, M D., in which this and similar problems in thi animal world are answered scientifically. A paper on "Historic Mysteries," an ac count of the way Japanrt-e gardener manipulate the stems of plants, mäkln; them grow into grotesque shapes, and several short stories of good quality, maki up a very entertaining number. With the Publishers. A novel by n. new writer will be "Th Herltagi of Unrest.". by Gwendolen Ovtr ton, which the Macmillan Company wi!l publish In a few weeks. It is a novel I fror tier and army life, the fcnr rf which is laid in the Scuthv.-c.-t at the time of th serious Indian troubles under Geronlmo, in the late sevontlts nnd early eif-hti, "Henry Bourland the Passing of the Cav alier." Is the title of a novel from ths wriift house by Albert ElmT Hanccck, another new writer. It is a story of th civil war. "Five Months In a Madhouse" Is the tltli of a little paper-covered volume l.sued by the Press Exchange Company, Worl building. New York. It gives what pur ports to be the experiences of a patient In an Insane asylum near Baltimore. He doet not deny having been insane for a tim: but asserts that he suffered from th brutality and neglect of untrained attend ants, and that the physician n charge dij net listen to his complaint. He recoKnlzes the !act that the statemtnts of one wh3 bears the stlsma of having once been in sane are not copFidered trustworthy, and protests against the injurtlcc. Laird & Lee are Issuing a new entirely revised edition of their famous "Edison's Handy Cyclopedia and Universal Atlas.' Iho figures from the census of 1J era given in full, together with all details con cerning the pro-id; ntal election; exhaus tive notices f Hawaii. Prt ltlco and the Philippine., with lateM ftitt!tlos ar? ali ireluded. The reapportionment bill for thj I'nited States House of Representatives la glen a page, and the articles concerning every State and Territory hive Wen cart. iully corrected up ti Jäte. These a. r? ,nlv a few of th? hundreds of "ubjocts thtt render this book, with its fifty rcnr-j in lcr. a. useful reference wot k. i'iolLJ Cloth, CS cents. Maurice Thnnpti's works .f fiction in the order of tht ir ribllc.ition afe "Horsier MaicV ii "WUthcry cf ,rc! y