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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1900. 5 AT ea son's The "S Of "Odds and Ends," "Broken Lines," Irregular and Incomplete Color or Size Assortments' "Discarded Brands," ''Salesmen's Sample Lines," etc., etc., MUST ALL BE CLOSED OUT Prior to our usual inventory in December, and we shall make very low i prices toeffect a prompt and thorough clearance. I We continue to maintain fairly complete lines more nearly un proken than will be found in many competing markets of seasonable i ' merchandise in present active demand. HIBBEN, HOLLWBG & CO. Dry Goods, Notions, Woolens, Etc. (EXCLI'SIVELY W13 OPPKK 14,'JOO Knox County, Ind 4 felt It. R. Common Stock. Indianapolis Fire Insurance Co. Stock. ndlana Title Guaranty ft Loan Co. Stock. Price and particulars upon application. CAMPBELL, WILD & CO, 205 Stevenson Building. INVALID'S RUBBER CiOODS. lA.tr Deds, Pillow and Chair Cushions, Hospital nrs, (Jrlnals, Bed Fans. Fountain and Hulb rinses. Hot Water Bottles. Stomach Tubes kd bhowtr Batb. ith Cabinets. WM. IL ARMSTRONO & CO.. fcl'HGICAL 1NSTIIVMKT MAKE118 H and 228 S. Meridian street. Indianapolis. Ir.d. tiaracters, weaknesses and follies of the shlonable women who frequent her ace. As a business manager she has a rewd and tactful Irishman, a man uress- akcr with a genius for form and color, id the knack of making himself indis- nsable to the -fashionable customers, le dressmaker herself is one of the most ttonlshins characters In the story, which mtalns some bright dialogue, some con ntlonal phases of fashionable life clev- Jy described and some frivolous pas ses of the "off -color" kind. It 13 writ n by "Rita" and published by F. M. tickles & Co. The Life of Henry George. Henry George was one of the remarkable en of this period, not because he con futed much to the world's knowledge -j any direction, but because he was a man i wonderful intellectuality and rare force i argument who devoted his life to a hob the single tax. This book by his son lis of what his father Hd the books ho rote, tho audiences he adriressed and the fluence he exerted. It i panegyric. Still, I nry George must be regarded as a most markable man. in that he carried au encea with hin' and made converts to his eory. His sudden and sensational death, st before the municipal election in New rk In 1M7. added much to the fame of enry George, but with his death his cause gan to decline. Published by Doubleday : McClure Company. New York. Xeiveat England. fs the title of a book by Henry D. Lloyd, man who has attracte-.i some attention by veral socialistic book?, such as "Wealth jainst Commonwealth." In search oT an ?al government Mr. Lloyd visited New aland to find it "th2 best in the world." -Operation is the system and all men rk. The workmen are the contractors. ;ry naturally .such a man as Mr. Lloyd w but one side that based upon his the y of co-operation or socialism. The other It such an enthusiast Is incapable of elng, however honest he may be. The ok may be Interesting reading, but it is t a valuable contribution to sociology, ibllshed by Doubleday, Pago & Co., New rk. The Footstep of n Throne. In "The Footsteps of a Throne," Max jmbertcn keeps the Interest of his read stretched to the highest pitch from first last. The exciting scenes amid brilliant jssian palaces one day and In political isons the next would be almost too try- T were it not for the presence of the ralnating, dogged, persevering English in, determined to win his Russian prin ?s In spite of all. And he does it a'nst such odds as only Russian politics n contrive. It Is a most absorbing, rid story. Published by D. Appleton & .. New York. Biahoi Pendle. n "Bishop Pendle" the author, Fergus tme, lias written a somewhat longer ry than Is his wont. It Is one which s more Into character study than do n of his previous books: take, for in- Made from pure cream of tartar. i Safeguards the food against alum. F - t mrmim. w c cr-r3 to ra!:h cf thz prgrrrt day. BONDS Fair wen th er. VZ0 THE Accumulation" WHOLESALE) stance. "The Mysteries of a Hansom Cab." and "The Silent House In Pimlico," which depend altogether on the plot and the stirring, ingeniou.; action for their devel opment. This last novel is In no wise less spirited and complicated in plot, though It reminds one more of such older writers cs Trollope and Iteade. The book will be lound both interesting and enter taining, especially to readers devoted to the older sehool of tiction. Hand, McNally Co., Chicago. The Story of Sidney. This is a book of 50 pages, written by Edward C. Towne and published by G. W. Dillingham & Co., New York. Mr. Towne Is as sound upon the money question as another man bearing that name Is un sound. The book is what it claims to be the story of money from earliest times to the present. The writer's theory is "gold bimetallism." which is a single gold stand ard with silver as subsidiary and exchange able for gold by reason of Its limited Issue. Those who desire information on this topic will find "The Story of Money" easy read- lng. as Mr. Towne'a treatment of the sub ject is singularly free from abstract dis cussion. Pieture Song for Little Folks. This is a most attractive collection of songs, the music of which is written by G. Alfred Grant Shaeffer, and the illustM. tlcns by De Kalb, both of whom have done their work in a very artistic manner. The authors and tho publishers, II. F. Chandler Co., are all of Chicago. in "A Georgian Bungalow," Frances Courtenay Baylor has written a charming littlo pastora of country life in Georgia among a transplanted English family, re lating their experiences in adjusting them selves to the somewhat less formal life than that to which they have heretofore been accustomed. Published by Houghton. Mifflin & Co., Boston. On the AVInK of Occasions. Such is the title of five short stories by Joel Chandler Harris, the authorship being assurance of their excellence. The longest of these stories is entitled "The Kidnaping of President Lincoln." Three Georgians started North to kidnap Mr. Lincoln, but they were so pleased with him and he was so much like one of their own people that thj abandoned their conspiracy. "Billy Sanders," one of the party, is a well-drawn character. The other stories are "Why the Confederacy Failed." "The Trouble of Martin Coy." "The Whims of Captain Mc Carthy" and "Providence in It." Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. The Story of Dago. This pretty story by Annie Fellows Johnston is one of the Cozy Corner series. Dago is a very clever monkey, and in eight conversations held with the "mirror mon key" ho tells many pleasant stories about the motherless children of the house Stuart. Phil and little Elsie and also about his own mischievous pranks, which are constantly getting the children into trouble. It Is finally decided that Dago must be returned to his old master, and he goes joyfully back ,to the vines and trots, the warmth and sunshine of Cali fornia, The author understands the double art of writing for children and about them Boston: L. C. Page & Co. Adventures In Toylnnd. A lady marionette in a toy shop who, when wound up, dances gayly with her partner tells a little girl, the niece of the keeper of the shop, that toys can only talk to a mortal once in a lifetime, and that the power of speech lasts from a fortnight to three weeks. The lonely little girl begs for some stories about toys, a new story for every day while the talking power lasts, whereupon the marionette relates the fantastic tales found in the book about the lives, loves and adventures of toy rabbits, mice, dolls, elephants, etc The story Is by Kdith King Hail, the Illustrations by Alice H. "Woodward. Chicago: The JamJe-son-IIiggins Company. The Handsome Drandons. Katherine Tynan has added another to her list of charming Irish romances and calls the book "The Handsome Brandons. The story deals with boys and .girls of the Brandon family, whose fortunes have fallen into decay, but who retain all the charms and graces that have been handed down from generations of gentlemen and gentle women. The characters are all delightful boys and girls, and their love affairs are enjoyable for their sweetness and sim plicity. It is a thoroughly healthy story and just the kind of a book to be placed in the hands of yovuig men and women. A C McClurg Sc Co. The Harden of Christopher. "The Burden of Christopher," by Flor ence Converse Is a most Interesting story of the co-operative experiment tried by a large-hearted manufacturer among the twelve hundred employes in his shoe fac tories. While the result is not satisfac tory for the master, for the men the author says: "But right and wrong are not complex facts to slmplo minds, and eleven years of brotherly love make men se through a glass less darkly." The novel is more than entertaining; the reader feeJs the vital throb of this yet unsolved problem. Houghton, Mifllin & Co., Boston. Tlie llojscle and IlcKKle Stories. Boggi-3 and Reggie are twin brothers who have many Interesting childish experiences, and whatever one of them says and does the other one says and does. This style of fitory telling by the repetition of words and Ideas Is well adapted to the ooxnpre- henslon of very young children and is much used by the author, Gertrude Smith, In the various stories she- writes for little ones. Very little folks will thoroughly en joy these stories of Roggie and Reggie and the pretty colored pictures Illustrating them. New York: Harper & Brothers. A Mawter of Life. This story, by Zola M. Eoyle, is founded upon the mysterious power of hypnotism over the physical, mental and moral life. The tale, while Interesting and entertain ing, would be somewhat vague and uncer tain, leaving the reader groping In the dark as to what this mysterious force is. were it not for the introduction by Prof. John D. Quackentos, of Columbia Uni versity. In it he tells something of hyp notism from a scientific and practical standpoint. Published by G. YV Dilling ham is Co., Boston. The Sticklt Minister IVooinpr. Mr. Crockett first captured his "public" with his "Sticklt Minister" volume seven years ago. Since then he has shown his powers in many different ways, but In the minds of many his vein of quietly pathetic and humorous short stories shows him at his best. The fifteen tales in this volume to which "The Sticklt Minister's Wooing" gives its title, are homely stories of Scotch life and character of a kind in which the author excels. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company. The Valley of the Great Shndorr. "The Valley of the Great Shadow" is the title of a sweet little love story written by Anna E. Iloldsworth. It Is a pathetic tale, though it ends happily. The scene 13 laid among the upper Alps, in one of the fa mous health reports where the bitter fight of life and death for the poor victims of consumption goes on. YVhile there is sorrow, still a great deal of sunshine pervades the book, anc" It is appealingly human in its tone. Published by Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. I'ndcr the Great Bear. This Is a new story by the veteran writer of juvenile stories, Kirk Munroc, author of "The Flamingo Feather," etc. Tho tale is laid in the extreme north, within tho Arctic circle, and the scenes and perils described are from - the author's own observation. The hero, a ycung mining engineer, is shipwrecked, and afterwards has a series of exciting experiences on icebergs and with Indians and Eskimos. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Boston Roys of 1775. This is a new story by James Otis, who is the author of several good boys' stories of a semi-historical character. This one is laid in the period just preceding the out break of the revolutionary war and deals with the adventures of some partiotic buys in and ' around Boston and some others who were not patriots. It Is re lated as by one of the actors In the first person, and depicts some new phases of an Interesting period. Boston: Dana Estes & Co. Little Folks Annual. This is a collection of stories and poem3 for little people. Happy will be the chil dren who find the book in their stockings on Christmas morning, for it is sure to be a source of joy for many days to come. Its stories and poems are of a kind to arouse and develop in very young children an intelligent and loving interest in birds, animals, trees, plants and flowers, and to lead them into the pleasant paths of nature Etudy. Boston: Dana Estes & Co. The Young: Bandmaster. Capt. Ralph Bonehill has written many juvenile stories which are popular. "The Young Bandmaster" Is a complete story in Itself, but forms the fourth volume of a Ferles entitled "Flag of Freedom Series." The scene shifts from the United States to Cuba, and the hero is a brave lad. who, from being a musician and bandmaster, becomes a soldier and has interesting ex periences in both capacities. New York: The Mershon Company. Friend or Foe. The history of New England during the war of 1S12 furnishes some interesting pas sages. The scene of this story by Frank S. Child is laid in a typical old town of Connecticut, and it introduces some histor ical persons and incidents, which throw light upon the Hartford convention and other events of the period. The story has an interest of its own aside from the his torical incidents. Boston: Houghton, Mif flin & Co. The Yonnj? Gnnhenrer. The scene of this story for boys is laid in that period of colonial history known in America as "King George's war." In which the English and French intrigued and fought, for possession of what is now known as Nova Scotia, then called Acadia, "the neutral ground." It is a stirring story and a good companion piece for "The "Wood ranker," by tho same author. G. Waldo Browne. Boston: L. C. Page & Co. A Goif'Hook. "Golf Don'ts." by II. L Fitzpatrick, pub lishers Doubleday. Page & Co., a small, well-printed volume bound in red silk, for which the somewhat extravagant price of $2 is asked, contains little of the rules or etiquette of the game which Is not more tersely given in the N. G. A. rules, but which will be found to have its use, since in the form of "Dont's" it may reach many to whom "Rules" would never appeal. Why .ot? "Why Not?" Is a story of the religious perplexities which confront a community of young people trying to live the higher life consecrated to good works, rather than the worldly life devoted to good times. While, somewhat narrow in its point of view, the book is Interesting and instructive in many ways. The author, Is Myra Goodwin Plantz, and tho publishers are Jennings & Pye, Cincinnati. The Boy Duck Hunters. In this book for boys Frank E. Kellogg tells some interesting stories about gun ning, and at the same time conveys much information concerning the habitats and habits of different kinds of ducks, the man ner of hunting them, how to handle a gun, etc. There is also a chapter on wild geese and one on prairie chickens. It is pub lished in holiday style by Dana Estes & Co., Boston. Half Portion!. The attractive collection of r-hort stories (which might rather be called sketches) of society episodes, entitled "Half Por tions," is brought out by Life Publishing Company. They are by various authors and illustrated by such clever artists as W. Jj. Jacobs, W. H. Hyde and others. Any one of them will furnish a pleasant half hour to the reader. Life Publishing Company: New York. vln the Hands of the Iledconts. Everett T. Tomlinson, author of several patriotic stories for boys, offers a new one. "In the Hands of the Redcoats" is a tale of the Jersey ship and the Jersey shore in the dajs of the revolution. The story is founded on facts and portrays vividly the experiences and sufferings of some of the humbler patriots of the trying period in which the scene is laid. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The Princess of Hearts. "Now it is not generally known that the King and Queen of Hearts had, beside their son Jack, a lovely little daughter called Joan." From this opening sentence of "The Princess of Hearts" one may rightly infer that it is a fairy story for children. It is prettily illustrated and bound in holi day style. Chicago: Jamleson-Hlggins Company. A Little Puritan's First Christmas. This story Is instructive as well as en tertaining to th young reader, for whom it was written by Edith Robinson. She has carefully .-leaned the facts on which it is based from the famous Diary of Judge Bewail, the witch-hanging judge of Plym outh. Published by L. C. Page : Co., Boston. For Very Little Folk. "What Did the Black Cat Do? Guess," by Margaret Johnson, Is a story for very little children la a dozen "guesses" about what the famous black cat did and is told partly in words -and partly by pictures. Mamma can read the words and the little boy or girl will be delighted to help along by chiming In at the right time with the picture word. Boston:. Dana Estes & Co. The Christmas Angel, This book, which is written and il lustrated by Katherine Pyle, is as quaintly attractive as only she can make it. Littlo Mary's entrance into Wonderland, where all the toys are allv1 even the Noah's Ark ani mals thriving on green excelsior will de light the childish mind. Published by Lit tle, Brown Co., Boston. Her Very Best. Amy E. Blanchard, author of several good stories for girls, sends them a new one. The scene of this one shifts from a Southern State tQ New York city, and the heroine Is a girl' who does her very best to carve out a career for herself and suct cccds. The story carries a romance and ends with two weddings. Philadelphia: J. B. LIpplncott Company. Fortune Hunters of the Philippines. This stcry by Louis Charles relate3 the Imaginary adventures of three boys, broth ers, who ian away from home, made their way to San Francisco, and thence to the Philippines, where they had some wonder ful experiences with a burning mountain, a treasure cave, etc., and finally got safely home again. New York: The Mcrshon Company. Ada Vernimm, Actress. The story of "Ada Vernham, Actress," will please those who are fond of trashy and sensational ' reading. It relates the darker, shadier side of Etage life, with its ups and downs, its trials and tempta tions, and is neither healthy in tone nor entertaining to read. L. C. Page & Co., Boston. Chatterbox. The regularity with which for many years past Dana Estes & Co., of Boston, have brought out that prince of picture books "Chatterbox" must be an unusual delight to little folks. "Chatterbox" for l!h) 13 on the same line and fully up to the standard of Its predecessors. The Little Colonel's Ilonse Party. Children's house parties are apt to be Interesting affairs, and this story by Annie F. Johnston tells about a very pretty one given at a fine old country place in Ken tucky. It is a story that will interest chil dren. Boston: L. C. Page & Co. Ted's Littlo Dear. The Ted of this story is a small boy, his little dear is a small dog, and the story, which is written by Harriet A. Cheever for small children, makes a small volume, which is published by Dana Estes & Co., Boston. College Son ks. "Songs of All the Colleges," published by Hinds & Noble, New York, is the best col lection of college songs yet Issued, contain ing, as it docs, all of the old-fashioned and many of the new. Current Periodicals. A review of the work of the late Max Müller, with an estimate of its character and value, is contributed to the current number of the Open Court (Chicago), by Thomas J. McCormack. A fine portrait of Muller forms the frontispiece of the magazine. Considerable space Is taken ud In the December issue of Brush and Pencil, the handsome Chicago art magazine, by a de scriptive account, with illustrations, of the Pittsburg art exhibition. Another artcle treats of the American artists' exhibition at Chicago. The Christmas number of Collier's Week ly has two two-page Illustrations In color which are triumphs In this line of art. Oth er pictorial features are of an unusual qual ity, and the number as a whole is not one to be passed by In making a choice of holi day literature. Table Talk both teaches and illustrates the art of good cooking and of wise and economical living. It is a valuable as sistant to housekeepers. The Journal's readers can obtain a free sample copy by addressing the Table Talk Publishing Com pany, Philadelphia. Christmas is the central thought of the Woman's Home Companion for December. Chief among its holiday features are a number of short stories of especially good quality. Tho very handsome corner de sign by Relyea combines up-to-date fash ions and Christmas traditions in a clever way. Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald, of tho M. E. Church, South, contributes the leading ar ticle in the American Illustrated Methodist Magazine for Dccembr ' "On Asbury's Trail in the Land of the Sky." The article is illustrated from photographs cf scenes In the picturesque mountain districts of North Carolina. The Bohemian is the title borne by a I little Boston magazine, the first number of which has just appeared. Although it is. brought out by the manager of the Bos ton Boot and Shoe Recorder, it is not a trado paper, but is entirely literary In character. It contains a number of clever and entertaining short stories. The Successful American, that useful periodical which tells about the careers and methods of business and professional men of prominence, now living, contains In its current issue sketches of John Philip Sousa, Alexander J. Cassatt, Clarence Hun gerford Mackay. Isaac IL Clothier, Thomas F. Walsh, Rev. Thomas J. Ducey and many others. Marguerite Merington, tho well-known dramatist, has converted the famous "Cranford" story of Mrs. Gaskell's into a play for the Ladles' Home Journal. In the evolution she has been remarkably successful in preserving the atmosphere of Cranford and of most convincingly re producing the quiet life and the individual, harmless peculiarities of the maiden ladies and the charm of their courtesy. The play is for amateur presentation. Probably the feature of the December Bookman which will attract most read ers, especially if they belong to the writ ing fraternity. Is the series of biographical sketches, with accompanying portraits, of the editors of leading magazines. It is in teresting to have such glimpses of the men and women who rule the destinies of in numerable manuscripts which the writers fondly hope is literature. Some of these editors really look quite human. Crawford county, in which is found that great natural wonder, Wyandotte cave, is given first place In the latest issue of the Indianian. In connection with the histori cal sketch of the county Is a description of the cave, with accompanying map. . A biographical sketch of the late William II. English, by William II. Smith, and a sketch of the talented, but ill-fated Arthur MIddleton Reeves, by William Dudley Foulke, are features of the number. Good Housekeeping is one of the most practical and useful of the periodicals de voted to domestic affairs, dealing, as it does, with many household problems out side of kitchen and dining room. The cur rent number contains talks on topics of interest to women with Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mrs. Livermore, Mrs. Sev erance and Mrs. Stoddard all women whose memories reach back to the first half of the century. Considerable space is given to Christmas topics. In the Criterion for December Mr. Vance Thompson writes of "The City of the Damned," by which he means Paris. Not that Paris itself is damned, but that an element of its population, which Mr. Thompson seems to have been Investigat ing, is so squalid and miserable, so reek ing with crime and all things vile that It 13 to be classed as damned. An orlnlon of the theater from the manager's point of view, an account of some singers who broke down, a review of the new plays, and several pleasing Christmas stories and sketches are features of this excellent num ber. Amelia E. Barr contributes the complete novel to tho December number of Lippin cctt. It is a rleasant. tale of Scotch life entitled "Souls of Passage." Agnes Rep plier ha been making a study of adver tisements and presents the results in the shape of an amusing essay. "An Anti Masonic Mystification" is an account by Henry Charles Lea of a curious historical episode, occuring during the last century in France. John Morris Elllcott, lieutenant. U. S. N., tells how. the art of war Is taught by the playing of a strategic war game in the Naval War College at New port, R. I. Two other short stories make up the number. Handwriting analysis has played an Im portant part in some of the most famous criminal cases latelj-, and In the December Home Magazine Theodore Waters tells how the handwriting experts base their decisions as to whether handwriting is genuine or assumed. Mr. Waters gets his Information from William J. Kinsley, the celebrated expert of the Dr. Kennedy, Moll neux and Rice will cases. It seems it is ab solutely impossible for any one to make a successful forgery- There are so many ways of detecting it that it is a mathemat ical certainty that the fraud will be discov ered sooner or later. Mr. Waters tells how this is done in a most interesting way. The Ladies' Home Journal for December opens with a two-act, forty-flve-mlnute play, adapted from Louise M. Alcott's story of "Little Mon." Mrs. Lew W'allace contributes a sketch entitled "Jerusalem as We See It To-day." "Two Women's (lifts of Twenty-five Millions" is the title given to a brief description of tho Cali fornia University's endowment by Mre. Stanford and Mrs. Hearst. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps offers the first installment of a story dealing with the servant-girl question. Mr. Charles Major has another "Blue River Bear Story.". There is a va riety of Christmas reading and numerous special illustrations, two of which. "The Traveling Shoemaker," by W. L. Taylor, and "When the Circus Comes to Town," by A. B. Frost, are well worth studying. The December (Christmas) number of the Critic Is probably the finest number of that magazine ever issued. Among the contributors are Mrs. James T. Fields, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Miss Marguerite Mering ton, Miss Edith M. Thomas, Miss Agnes Repplier, Miss Cornelia Atwood Pratt, Messrs. William Archer, Hamilton W. Mabie. Andiew Lang. Joseph B. Gilder, and Christian Brinton. The Critic excels in portraiture, and In this number are full page portraits cf Miss Mary Johnston, Dr. S. Wier Mitchell. Messrs. Edward Noyes Wcstcott. Winston Churchill, Robert Grant, Charles Major, and Paul L. Ford, with facsimile reproductions from the manuscript of their famous novels. Be sides these are also full-page portraits of Mrs. Siddons, Miss Kemble, Miss Llltford, Mfss Jane Austen, Mrs. Browning, and Rt. Hon. John Morley. The frontispiece of the number is a portrait of Miss Maude Adams as L'Aiglon drawn from life by Mr. Ernest Haskell and reproduced in color. The Cosmopolitan Magazine was fortu nate enough to secure Sir Robert Hart's ac count of the experiences of the Peking le gations during the siege, and the article Is a feature of the December issue. The story is told without unnecessary verbiage, and gives a clear and comprehensive idea of the conditions in Peking before and during the siege. "The Way that He Took," Rudyard Kipling's two-part story, is concluded In this number. It is an account of the in competence of a superior officer In charge of British troops in South Africa. If the Incompetents had their way probably no writing men would be allowed to come to that part of the world while war is going on. Their inefficiency has been pointed out without mercy by various newspaper corre spondents and keen-eyed story-writers. Other Interesting articles are a review of the development and history of the Nation's capital during the century, an illustrated description of a county fair, "Some Ex amples of Spanish Wood Carving." "Life and Art In Warsaw." and a "Study of Beauty," the last by that autocrat of liter ature and aesthetics, Harry Thurston Peck. Short stories are by Grant Allen, Maarten Maartens and Edgar Saltus. The Atlantic Monthly opens with some hitherto unpublished verses by James Rus sell Loweli. They were written as in scriptions in gift books. The "Story of a New England Town," told by John Flske, relates to Middletown, Conn., and was originally delivered as an address on the 250th anniversary of the founding of the town. In "War as a Moral Medicine," Gold win Smith argues that war does not tend to the advantage of the nation or the Individual. "The Dominance of the Crowd' is an essay by Gerald Stanley Lee on the manner In which the crowd principle controls commerce, religion, to clal life, education, thought, In this mod ern day. A. Maurice Low contributes a pleasant study of contemporary life In Washington, "the city of leisure." "Art In Language," by President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of tho University of California, is an essay on the use of words which should be read by all who think of litera ture as a thing which may be produced without preliminary training or special preparation. Waldo S. Pratt writes of "New Ideals In Musical Education." "The Best Isthmian Canal." according to Gen eral Henry L. Abbott, is by the Panama route, and under the above title he tells why. "An Ode to Instrumental Music," by Owen Wlster, Is a poem read at the dedication of the now Symphony Hall in Boston in October last. The fiction of the number Includes Installments of Miss Jew ett's historical story. "Th Tory Lover," and of Mrs. Wiggins's "Penelops's ltlsh Experiences;" also several short stories, one of which, by John Buchan, is a ghost story of an unusually "creepy" kind. The Atlantis can be relied on to furnish enter tainment for the most exacting readers. The first thing that will be looked at on opening Harper's Christmas number are tho color studies by Howard Pyle, which accom pany "The Pilgrimage of Truth," a fable translated from the Danish by Jacob Rlls. As drawings they are of course meritorious, and as specimens of color printing quite out of the common. Nothing has been more remarkable in the development of illus trated art than the rapid Improvement in tho quality of color printing. The first thing likely to be read is the "Easy Chair," which, after having long been empty, is now occupied by W. D. Howells. Probably no writer could so well take Mr. Curtls's place as Mr. Howells, for the attitude of the latter toward the world is of the semi cynical, yet kindly tolerant, one that char acterized the other. The new occupant's Introductory address to the public is grace fully made, and gives promise that this once attractive feature of the magazine will resume its old-time charm, or, rather, will take a new and distinct charm. Hard ly less graceful is Mr. Henry M. Alden's tribute to Mr. Howells in the "Editors Study," a department which will hence forth be conducted by this long-time editor of the magazine. The other literary features of tho number are especially attractive. Among them is a short story by Thomas Hardy. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, who aoes so little writing of late, also contributes a short story. The fiction Includes several other short stories and the final chapter of Mrs. Ward's "Eleanor." There is a study of Bernhardt and Coquelln, by Henri Fou quier, and a clever essay on "Parents," toy E. S. Martin. A number of poems and bits of Christmas prose go to make up a beauti ful holiday number. The Century Magazine has chosen Mil ton's Ode on the Nativity wherewith to celebrate Christmas, and has made for it a series of remarkable illustrations in color. The drawings, by F. V. Du Mond, are wonderfully decorative, while the color ing is of a richness and purity seldom seen. Separate blocks have been used for each of the six colors, and four additional tints have been produced In printing them. It Is a notable achievement in illustrative art. The literary features of the number are also of good quality. A good deal of space is occupied by fiction, L. B. Wal ford and Henry James being among the contributors of short stories. The serials are Hamlin Garland's "Her Mountain Lover," and Bertha Runkle's 'The Helmet of Navarre." There Is a paper by Augus tine Birrell, Illustrated by Andre Cas tagne, descriptive of a trip down the Rhine. A little essay by the late Charles Dudley Warner on "The Iursuit of Hap piness" pleasantly recalls that writer. Professor Thwing's article some months aj?o discussing the results of a test of biblical knowledge applied to college stu dents attracted the attention of Rev. T. T. Munger, of Hampton Institute, and he caused the test to be tried upon the negro students ere, using the same series of questions. The result showed that the Hampton students averaged correct an swers to TT per cent, of the questions asked, whereas the young white men of the West ern college averaged 43 per cent., and th white girls from an Eastern college 4'3 per cent. The negro receives considerable at tention In this number, Jerome Dowd, a Southerner, making some practical sug gestions and pointing out paths of hops for the race. Paul Lawrence Dunbar has a grim poem caUed "The Ilaunttd Oal?' a tree on which a blight has been cast be cause of the hanging of a negro without formality of trial upon one of Its limbs. "What More than Wages?" is the sig nificant title nf an article by William Howe Tolman, in which he tells what employers in various places are doing to make life pleasanter for their employes. Two ar ticles relate to the siege of Peking. INCREASE IN EXPORTS OUt TRADE WITH CI I1A, PORTO UICO AND OT1ICK ISLANDS. Valne of Goods Shopped Han Crown from $17,000,000 In 1S07 to Abont f 50,000,000 in 10OO. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Dec 9. Exports from the United States to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine, Hawaiian and Samoan islands wil aggregate $50,000.000 in the year 1900, against $41,000,000 In 1839, $19,000.000 in 1S93 and $17,000,000 in 1S97. This enormous growth is shared by each of the islands named, but is especially apparent in. the case of Porto Rico, to which the exports in the year 1900 under the new Porto Rlcan act will show an Increase of about 50 per cenL as compared with last year and 100 per cent, as compared with preceding years. The above figures are necessarily esti mates so far as they relate to November and December of the present year, but a study of the actual figures of the preced ing months of 1900 and the corresponding months of 1S99 and 1S93 justifies an estimate which brings the exports to Porto Rico in the calendar year 1900 up to $5,400,000; to Cuba, $26,000,000; to the Philippines, $1- 500,000; to the Hawaiian Islands, $15,000.000, and to the Samoan islands and Guam, J-'OO.-000, making the grand total of $50.100.000 of exports to these islands in 1900, compared with $41,5S1,0S4 in 185, $19.171,342 in 189s and $16,922,205 in 11Ü97. In every case our exports to these islands In the year 1900 will exceed those in preceding years. To Cuba the ex ports of the year will be double the aver age annual exports to that island except during the fiscal years 1892. 1S93 and 1&94. when the reciprocity treaty with Spain largely Increased our sales to that island. To Porto Rico the exports Of the year will bo double those of any preceding year ex cept 1899 and will exceed that year by 50 per cent. To the Hawaiian islands, esti mating figures of the closing months of the year upon those of the earlier months and other obtainable data, the exports of the year are more than double those of any preceding year except 1899. To the Philip pines the figures for 1900 will be double those of 1899 and more than ten times the highest figure in any earlier year. To the Samoan Islands tho total will bo double that of any preceding year. Comparing our exports to the islands above mentioned with those in the great reciprocity year 1893, when our exports to Cuba were double those of years immediately preceding the reciprocity act, it will be seen that our total in 1900 greatly exceeds that of the greatest of the reciprocity years. Tho to tal exports to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Hawaiian and Philippine islands in 1S93 were $28,094,047, and, as above Indicated, will in 1900 amount to $50,000,000 in round terms. Denmark's Foreign Trade. WASHINGTON, Dec 9. Frank II. Hitchcock, chief of the section of foreign markets of the Agricultural Department, has Issued a special bulletin on the subject of the trade of Denmark which has de veloped steadily in exports of dairy and other farm products. The bulletin says the foreign trade oX Denmark during 1S98 amounted to more than $300,000,000. The im ports were valued as high as $123.874.758, exceeding all previous records, and the ex port?, with a value of $$7,464,660, were larger than in any of the preceding years ex cept 1897. Denmark's exports are chiefly agricultural. The articles Imported are chiefly Indian corn, amounting to 18.396.167 bushels In 1S93; butter amounting to 37,- 172.227 pounds, much of the low-priced but ter from the United States, oil cake and meal coffee, cereals, and cotton, which In creased from 2,144,041 pounds in 1S92 to 25,- 337.228 in 1898. SCAITDAIS AT TOKIO. Japan Becoming: Civilized An Anti Cruelty Crusade Started by the Press. Correspondence of the Associated Press. YOKOHAMA, Nov. 20, via San Francisco, Dec. 9. The whole empire Is ringing with the Tokio municipal scandals. The worst feature of the case is the involvement of one of the Cabinet ministers. Tarty feel ing runs high, and It is at present impossi ble to predict the outcome. The Association of Japanese Journalists has started an anti-cruelty crusade, hav ing for its Impulse the extraordinary si lence of the European and American pa pers on the Russian and French outrages, especially the massacre by .the forces of the former nation upon the Amur river. It is noted by the foreign press here as somewhat extraordinary that the chief protest against these cruelties should ema nate from a "heathen" nation and from one to which the western world was only a short time ago reading moral lessons upon barbarity and administering the Fe verest rebukes for its want of a civilized spirit and methods in the conduct of war fare. The Buddhists have been stirred into unwonted activity by the Chinese fdtua tron. One evidence of this Is the issuance of an excellently written pamphlet In Eng lish entitled "An appeal to all eccleslasts in the world," asking the latter to revlsa their methods of missionary work so as to help China, instead of seeking to over throw her social life and thus bring on moral chaos. Rear Admiral Beardslee, U. S. N is the recipient of many attentions from the Japanese, as he was a member of Perry's expedition, having been a midshipman at the time the landing was made at Urugua. In connection with his visit a movement Is on foot to mark by some fitting monu ment the spot made historic in the annals of the empire. HAWAII'S LABOR PE0BLE1I. Orientals Leaving IslandsOpposition to Importing Negrroes. HONOLULU, Dec. 2. Statistics of lmml gration for the past six months show that there is a considerable movement of Orien tals away from the Islands. During the past three months the departures of Jap anese for Japan have exceeded tho arrivals by over 700, and over 400 more Chinese have gone home than have come here. The steamer Oarangl, from Victoria, this week brought the first lot of laborers that have been received here for some time, only eighty were in the lot, but it is understood more will come if these make a favorable report. The question of getting negro labor from the Southern American States Is being warmly discussed. There Is great opposi tion to importing negroes in some quarters. Delegate Wilcox has declared himself strongly opposed to It and he will work against It. He declares that If negroes are brought here it means the end of the Hawaiian race. This city has Just passed through the heaviest rainstorm experienced in many years. Five and a half inches of rain fell in twelve hours on the night of Nov. 27, and the result was some large floods In the residence district. Sirs. Wlnlow' Soothing Syrnp Han been used over fifty year by minion." of mothers for their children whll teething with perfect success. It uothc the chll.l, soften th g-ums, allays rain, cures wind colle, rtjrulata the bowels, anJ i the best remedy for diarrhea, whether arllnjj from teething or other causs. For fcale by druKglrt in every frt of the world. He sure and ttsk for Mrs. Yinslor' JSoothinj Syrup. 2S ctnts a bottle. Terrible to weak lunjr Is this inclement fez eon. 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ATKINS & CO. Saws Manufacturers and Re pairers of all kinds of Office and Factory, South and Illinois Sts. Indianapolis, Ind. CI li kJCL BELTING and SÄ W ö EMERY WHEELS , SPECIALTIES OF W. B. Barry Saw and Supply Co, 122 S. PEN'N. 8T. All kinds of Saws repaired. EDUCATIONAL. r iiAinrpn nni i pn 1234 Methods copyrighted. Tims and monej sartd. Second largest In ths world. VICTIMS OF FOOTBALL SEASON'S RECORD AT CHICAGO AXD XOIITIIWESTEHX UNIVERSITIES. Twelve Men Serionaly or Painfully In Jnrcd tit the Former and Ten Ath- . letes Hart nt the Latter. CHICAGO, Dec. 9.A census of th crippled has been taken at the University of Chicago and at Northwestern. During the brief football season twelve men wcro periously or painfully injured at the Uni versity of Chicago, while at Northwestern ten a'thletes received hurts which put them temporarily out of the game. The injuries range from ruptured blood vessels to broken bones and torn ligaments. Tho list follows: University of Chicago W. C. CAREY, displacement of th heart. CAPTAIN KELLOCO SPEED, anklö sprained, cut over eye. FRANK OOODENOW. ankle broken. JAMES H. 1 1 EN It V. hand broken. A. W. PLACE, shoulder dislocated. W. H. ELDREDGE. sprained ankle, kne dislocated. HARVEY II. LORD, ankle sprained. Z. R. PETTIT. tendons of shoulder torn. C. W. ERWIN, tendons of left leg torn. G. II. GARRET, blood vessel in arm broken. ELVIN SNYDER, blood vessel In ear broken. A. II. HORTON, blood vessel In ear broken. Northwestern University. HENRY HANSEN, rib broken. C. E. DIETZ, finger broken, shoulder strained. J. E. SMILEY, ligaments of slioulder torn. C. II. WARD, ankle sprained. J. A. DAVIDSON, shoulder wrenched. A. J. ELLIOTT, ankle Fpralnod. FRANK 1JREEDIN, elbow sprained. C. A. DAIRD, both shoulders wrenched. V. N. MACHESNEY, muscle in leg stiffened. 11. M. SCHRAUDENBACH, ligaments la leg torn. WILL WED AGAIN. James) G. Dlaine to Mnrry Hear Ad in Ira 1 IIIchhorn'M DnDRbter, WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. An engagement shortly to be announced is that of Miss Martha Illchborn, daughter of Rear Ad miral and Mrs. Philip Illchborn. and Mr. James G. Elaine, youngest son of the late secretary of state. Miss Illchborn was pre sented to society several seasons ago and has been a reigning belle ever since. Ry many admirers she is regarded as the mot beautiful young woman in Washington. She is tall, with a Juno-like figure, has perfect features, soft brown hair, large blue eyes and exquisite coloring. It is said of her that she has carried off more favors from cotillons than any Washington boll of the period. Mr. lllalne has resided since hi father's death chleriy in Washington with his moth er and sister. Mrs. Harriet Uiane Reale, For a time he was In the army, but an es capade in Honolulu led to his retirement. Young Blaine has settled down since his first wife, now tho wife of Doctor Rull, of New York, divorced him. He Is in the em ploy of the Pennsylvania Railroad and hat also done considerable work for a Repub lican newspaper in New York. He Is said to be ambitious to achieve a reputation In Journalism, and It has been reported that he would associate himself with a Wa?h ington newspaper as political editor. The wedding of Miss Illchborn and young Mr. Rlalne will take rlace during the win ter, but the date has not ytt been fixed. X Common Want. Baltimore American. One touch of nature makes the vi:t.:,! world kin. Hlsh and lowly everywhere can sympathise with the autocrat cf r.ll the Rusiis la. fcli Ur.ira ts c t: ' ; to cat.