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Washington St. 1 A Beta Telephones. Indiana Religious Items rORTLAVD The Sunday afternoon meeUng In thla city, which Ui hwi conducted for turn or Sfrcrai wet It will to-morrow ba oren meeting, to which both men and women ara lnrlted. Th ikr will ba thaRT. Z.

Mower, of Wuncla. FOVTH Pf'ND Tha Initial tt and prlvata of tha Kw Hopa-Jona omnn, one cf tno nt nptuht avr built In tha lTnltel at tM fltit Prebrtrliv church of ttita city. riven yatrday Tha rrrn will ba computed In a frw daya and turned ovitr to tha church by th donor. Joaepo Oilvr. jrrrrnPOWIIXtt Tha Brr.

Dr. John Brry U-nklna, formerly ractor of tha Churrh of the at Chicago, will preach at 8U J-aul Kiilncotial church la thla city Sunday inr-mip and at New Albany at night. Saturday he and hU wife av addreaaea at ft. I'eul tha Tral oilaslonary ao-eietlea cf tha city. rLUFFTOM Tha ReT.

Mr. Lorlnir ti been ant here frir th purpoM cf eompletln the cne'ruoiion cf tha Krea Wethodmt church, wlil. project vu bandoned by tha conwre-truinn after tha bulldin waa about ona-third corr.i mU-d. In addition ta raining caah, ub-ar'iion of a certain of cement ar belnar aekej, and bualneaa men arc aiM'-' from twenty-Ova to fifty. CRAWror.riSVILLB Crawfora-vUla Aerla No.

l'nw will hold Ita fourth annual memorial ervlca Sunday aftarnnon at Muolo HaU In honor, of the. daad membera of tha I'reeldent. Dlmar U. Bryan, of Franklin Col-lese, alU deliver aa addra to-morrow after rm at tha Flmt VI. E.

church under tha au.i lee of tha Toun( J.ten'a Chriatlan Aaao-rtntion. It wlil ba tue meeting for man cf tha aerlea that hue ben held thla Winter turoutfh Y. M. A. auaiiloea.

ELKHART Tha annual eaxelon cf tha Indiana Conferanra ff the Jvanfrell'al ta I will be held In thla city, beginning In tha lirat chuich next Thursday. Auxiliary meet aarller In the weak. Special jiuuiio aarxlcea wlil bln fcunlay morning, when the lltv. 8. l'iur, of lndlanapolia.

residing elder of that district, will preach itH' ri. C. Jtreyfnxle. of Hea.hng. will praaMa over tna conference, which will ba potable In the that It will ba the first In whlrh laymen will have seats, voice and votes In tha There will be one pre-, ailing elder ti eiect to succeed tha Hev.

X. I. tpelchar, of Olney. 111. It Ought to Ba.

(Baltimore American. Maesgar The play mint go. TThy, tha are crying quarts over It. Critic but mere waeying la no ery-tear-Judge by. i aw I wa A iJ.

fcf a Uw f- a 4 ea 9 aa 3 -a. Tr 0 1 i You arc invited to place your sayings and investments at 4 interest witiV Indiana School News OREErVCA8TTJS-T. JT. Moll, of Indlananolla. who waa graduated from DcPaow with tha Class of lSiO.

will apeak before tha DePauw law club next Monday evening. Tha first meeting for the spring terra wlil ba bald at tha big ma Chi fraternity bona. EIOOMLNQTON' W. H. Janklna.

Hbrarlaa of Indiana University, will spend tha ooming summer aod next faU In Europe. Ha will leave at tha close of tha present oollage Tsar to Join Mrs. Jenkins, who la now visiting tha European capital. Vtr. Jenkins's former home waa In Richmond.

NeW rivnfiM. New London high school consists of tha fol- cuiior, uuna awenworxny, Ma bel Wilson. A lta Ehrman, John RaUlff. Omar 5 TaylorTXaa TurUy. Verae Tatar and Allan Undley.

Tha eommancament address wUl ba given by Robert J. Aisy on Wlil I'ELANIV-The teachers 'of ths Whlta-Und schooU gave a school exhibit last Thora-day Every pupil In school had aoma of hla work oa exhibition. Nine-tenths of tha patrons cams to se ths work. Tha high school commencement will ba held May 1L President B. 7Z 1 Collaga, W1U deUvar tha class addraas.

GREEXFTELTV-Tha commencement of tha est land high school was held last night at Weatland. near this city. Ths address was Prealdent of Oakland City College. Tha graduates were Alma Jackson. I earl Lester Foster.

Chaises, Romack, Pol Holding and Grant Holt. The common school commencement will baheld la each township, beginning, next NOBfJCSVIIXE. March r. Prof. Raymond Longley Is making rapid advancement as an Instructor In tha mathematical department pf Yale University.

After flnlahln a course In Butler College in Woe Professor Longley entered Chicago University and completed his tudlea in ImX. Upon the recommendation of tha faculty of that Institution ha received a trial as tutor at Vale. He made a favorable Impression at. tha beginning. Last evening a letter was received here by Mr.

and Mrs. W. K. Longley, parents of Professor Longley, say. Ing -that tha young man had bean advanced over seven other members of the faculty In ths mathematical department to first assistant professor.

Knew His Business. Chicago News. "Pay." said tha old farmer, anaerlngly, to tha city chap who waa working In his gardsn, "what air yew agoln' do when yaw git through dlggln'f" "Put a parous plaster on my back.1 replied the amateur soil disturber. iu iTvi ba to the no the to a at is the of i I LAST BMETIlIu'' OF EAR TO-MORROW DR. THOMAS 'CLARY WILL BE THE SPEAKER.

SPECIAL MUSICAL PROGRAM The last "Big; Meeting" of tha year will held to-morrow afternoon In English' Opera-house, aad It promises to ba the banner event the aeries. Dr. Thomas McCIary, of Minneapolis. will be speaker and his subject will be "The Mission of Mirth In Tha musical program will be tha most pretentious yet given and will include a band of thirty-five pieces, violin solos by Miss Olive KUer, a bass solo by Dwlght Murphy eongs by Robert Deunlng. the boy sopranojand Miss Arthur I Ward soprano, and numbers by a chorus of sixteen toIccs under the direction, of Professor R.

B. Rudy. Requests have been made at several times during the "Big Meetings" of past years asking that women be permitted attend some of the meetings, and for first time the privilege will be granted to-morrow. Every man will be permitted to bring one woman. There will be reserved seats except for those who have worked at the meetings all the year and also the signal corps, which will ba present in uniform.

The doors will-open earlier than the usual o'clock tomorrow and a special request la -made that care be taken in the corridors to, avoid crowding. i ii THINKS OYER LIVING. Father Gives Up 8earch Irrthe bash River. Special to The Indianapolis Newa LOQAN8PORT, March 27. Tha police have given up their attempt to find tha body jot Arthur I Boyer.

of Chicago, to tha Wabash river. In this city. Tha father, who waa here assisting in search, baa gone back to Chicago, convlnoed, that hls-son Is living. Boyer, who was divorced from Ms wife in Chicago about a year ages Wednesday morn-Ins; rushed from the home of Miss Agnes O'Connor. No.

214 Berkley street, this city, whom he was engaged to be married in May, and plunged Into the Wabash river. I While the river was being dragged yesterday, the father waa Informed by the night operator at the Wabash station, that a batless man had boarded the 4 o'clock east-bound train Wednesday morning, having bought a ticket to Peru. The father went to Peru and as Boyer is wholesale harness dealer in Chicago, he went to a harnesa store. The proprietor said a man who represented himself as harness agent for a Chicago house, waa in the store Wednesday, and continuing, he exclaimed: i0 7 know, you look enough like him to be his fathery From the description of the man, the father is convinced the agent waa his son. Miss "O'Connor is convinced that he dead.

She spends much time along river, hoping toflnd hla body. BRAZIL WOMEN TO WORK. Will Make Every Effort for City Beautiful. Special to The Indianapolis News.1 BRAZIL. March 27.

Following; tne movement started by the members the Women's Literary Society in Frankfort, the literary societies of this city have' revived their movement looking to the beautifying of Brasil. Last summer these -women, obtaining cooperation of the city authorities, started a monthly "cleaning day when each person was urged to clean his premises and the streets about them. The work progressed and the citizens generally responded to the call, with the result that Brazil at once one of the cleanest cities in iniUm. Following this the women began planting flowers on bare tracts of land about the city, and also saw that Vacant lots were cultivated. They have begun this scaoon wun even more elaborate plana.

aMeMVekM a A -n DR. THOMAS MoCLARY. 1 -v lil --r. I IMSiMUPe Ifl -i jl sii tli2 Enact, most delicious cmd pastry; conveys to food THE -INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1909. REVIEW OF THE LATEST BOOKS MAKING many books, wa are I told on high authority, there is I II no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

The last year, says the Dial, In tha book world has been one of energetic production and of comparatively languid demand for tha product, Tn my opinion, declares Gerald Duckworth, the London publisher, "there are too many authors, too many books published, and too many "The market was flooded with mechanical fiction. avers another publisher, "and the publlo detected the grinding of the machine. Overproduction is, happily, a fault that tends to correct itself; superfluous producers are crowded out, and only ths fittest survive in the world of books as in that. of shoes or pianos or any pother necessities or luxuries. One rather encouraging sign of the season, in London at least, was tha demand for a few books of worth and eminence like Lord Money's "Gladstone" In lta less expensive edition and Quean Victoria's "Letters" works which are thought to have been at any rate partly responsible for the lessened demand In other fields of literature.

There might ba a worse catastrophe than a falling-off in the desire for mechanical fiction and other machine-made books. Professor Munsterberg, in tha Atlantic Monthly, attributes the slump in the book market to the disappearance of tha book shop. But, notwithstanding the cleverness with which he develops hla thesis, it is self-evident that the book shop would not have disappeared tad there been -a demand for it. Saving tna learned professor's respect, does he not confuse tha effect with the cause? a a News comes from London of tha celebration of Sir John Tennlel's ninetieth birthday on February 28. As the illustrator of "Alice in hie Work touches literature as closely as it is associated with politics and statesmanship by the cartoons that he contributed to Punch through a long aeries of years.

"Tour readers, says correspondent! of the Times, "will rejoice to hear that he enjoys good health, although his eye is sadly failing, and ha rarely leaves hla room now. Few except his friends may know that, owing to a mishap in his youth, bis work was done through fifty years or more by tha help of his left eye, tha other being nearly sightless. And what wonderful work he did! And what great service to the state, although how few may aeem to know of it! A classical quotation is now as rare aa eggs of dodos, especially perhapa in the columns of a newspaper. Else our old friend, 'Segnius might perhaps here come in handily. Still, it may be hinted that, were aoma of Sir John's drawings seen in certain of our board schools, they might help to save our small boys from becoming Little And if the cartoons which did good service in the mutiny were seen now in Calcutta and Bombay, they might check the scheming baboos and their allies here In EC Stephens." a Not many readers know that "William DeMorgan, author: of "Joseph Vance," "Alice-f or-ehorf and "Somehow Good." has a middle name.

In an article in the Outlook. Edward Varrall Lucas gives soma Interesting facta regarding tha De-Morgan family. Tha novelist's father, Augustus DeMorgan, "wrote Sir John Har-schell: "As to the little deeaDeMogor- gon it la not the first time." My old friend Parish (tha professor's son) could not call me anything else; It went against his conscience tip to the day of his death. 'But why is the gentleman not called DaMo-g organ 7 -1 am constantly tempted to make a mistake in one Ureek name, because In the second-hand book lists it always comes after mine. Look into any 'book list' of a miscellaneous character and you will see the succession following Demoivre, DeMorgan, Later Mr.

Lucas shows how the novelist of to-day became possessed of the middle name of "Augustus DeMorgan, who waa tha son of Lieutenant-Colonel Morgan, an officer in the Indian army, waa born at Madura in the Madras presidency lu 1S06. He married Sophia, the daughter of a very remarkable and courageous man of some prominence in his day William Krend, of Cambridge, from whom our Mr. DeMorgan takea hie name, William Frend, who waa born in 17S7. waa educated for the church, and became rector of Madlngly, near Cambridge, where he waa tutor. It was while he held thia living that ha became converted to Unitarianism, and his subsequent publications on this creed, together with certain attacks on the.

church liturgy, led to prosecution by the university; and he waa removed from the office of tutor and required to leave Cambridge. The trial caused considerable public feeling, not only in Cambridge, but elsewhere, and, whatever opinion was held of Frend a action, no one. doubted his integrity of conscience. On settling in London Frend became an actuary for an insurance company, and died in U4L He waa a man of unusual Intelligence and much humor, and was incidentally one of, the pioneers of penny postage." Over Bemerton's. "Over Bemerton's" not a particularly illuminating title, you may think, especially if you have read novels ad nauseam.

But If you have previous, acquaintance with the author, EL V. Lucas, you. know that, whatever "Over Bemerton's" means, it doubtless means something interesting, and you are only too glad to sit for a while on his magic tapestry. With reason for in no time you are whisked out of yourself and into such pleasant surroundings that you would fain linger there. "Over Bemerton's" is the kind of book to read laaily before the open fire, a pipe handy by.

Bemerton's is a second-hand bookseller's shop in London, and "over Bemerton's" rooms Mr. Kent Falconer, gentleman. After thirty strenuous years of office work in Buenos Aires he has retired from business with enough money for his simple needs and returned to his home city. At fifty-five he is still young at heart and delightfully companionable. Aa for his life thia is what he tells the ghoet-of-his-youth about it: "I read a good deal.

I visit my friends. I walk about and 'talk to people. What should I do?" 'Do you ever ret drunk? he asked. "Certainly not I said. "No, I thought be replied.

Nothing so enterprising. Tou keep on the aafe And we are glad that Kent Falconer steers a middle course, otherwise he never would have bad time to make so many delightful reflections on life and to read the "bed books," from which he skims so much humor and philosophy for our de-lection. Now "Over Bemerton's" is a unique book. The author Is never hurried, never strenuous, and lets his hero talk Just as much as he pleases. For several chapters he talks about the above mentioned "bed books." books which Mr.

Falconer, being troubled with insomnia. borrows from Bemerton's -and reads to put himself to sleep. He makes us ac quainted with the literary anecdotes of John Nichols, with an English road fox. witn the "Naval rtecoiiections or James Anthony Gardner." But the book he ta fondest of Is "A Chinese Biographical Dic tionary, from which he quotes at length, and why we are not bored it la hard to telL But Mr. Falconer talks mora of life than of literature, and after his lone ab sence from London finds material for many an apt comparison Dei ween ma or to-day and yesterday.

And we have aald all this without mentioning perhapa the best tning in tne dook, me character drawing. A most interesting lot of people pass in and out of the pages. First in importance and interest is Mr. Falconer's tep-sisters fatrfily, with the lovable daughter Naomi aa its flower. Next, his boyhood friends, dear Agnes Gold, and the irreproachable Mr.

Trlrt. Then there is bis Mrs. Duckle. with a husband who is proud, of being a head waiter, yet "considers" Tchaikovsky's "Pathetic Symphony" the most beautiful thing he has ever heard. Mrs.

Duckie is further distinguished by being the mother of Herbert, a popular music hall singer and of Be-trice, dresser to Miss Axure Verity, the famous actress. The glimpse tha.t we have of the fair Asure is most charming. When we are almost through with the story we discover a somewhat disconcerting fact it has a plot and we feel a little resentful. Of course, Mr. Kent Falconer admires Naomi.

'Who wouldn't? Naomi is adorable. But somehow it doesn't occur to us that it Is this kind of story until we are "rlKht up against It." New Tork: The MacMUlan AMBITIOUS WOMAN DEPICTED i WW 'v. Jt B. V. E.

F. Benson's latest novel of. British realism and human frailty "The there is made a very interesting study of a type of ambitious woman who. it is hoped, is rather aa exception than an exemplification of a class. Lucia Grim-eon is almost certain to remind the follower of her rising and falling fortunes of that last century climber." Becky Sbarpe.

But tha differences between tha two are temperamental aa well as resultant from tha differing periods in which they live, Lucia, like Becky, twice betrays tha confidence of her moat loyal friend. In thla case Maud is a considerable Improvement upon tha amiable Amelia. But Lucia haa a vulnerable heel which Becky lacks. After a marriage prompted by ambition, her amour ia one of passion and abandonment which the Judge West's Opinion. "Judge West'a Opinion," as reported by a neighbor, la full of interest.

Ha la a village philosopher, whose opinions are wise and wittily expressed. As to his personality, the Neighbor "When tha Judge came through tha cemetery, mopping himself with a generous cambric, hla lace suggested a cross between tha faces of Daniel Webster and Charles Darwin, pictures of whom I had Just put up on my little parlor wall, to give the place a tone of Intellectuality." So one ia not surprised that a man who looks like that should have all aorta ef wise ideas. There is a little thread' of narrative hero, but moat of the book ia composed of the Judge's "rulings" on various phases of life. Judge West is an optimist, but not one of the irritating kind. He haa faith in God, but bases it upon reason.

Saya he: "The fun in sailing is when the breesa keepa your hand hard on the tiller, and your eye close on the sheets, and the long course wooes you. A slack sail and a voyage between bathhouses inspires nobody. So is life." So be thinks happi-neaa predominate, that many of our miseries exist only in fancy, that people borrow trouble; he would have us realise the necessity of adapting ourselves to circum-atancee. The majority of diseases are those which people bring upon themselves by soma overindulgence, or by some criminal neglect of tha well-known laws of health. In a delightful chapter there is a brilliant discussion of George Romanes and his philosophy: and a pleasant pas-saga tells of the village lady Betsy Bunnell, and her remarks on such widely different subjects aa digestion and the Christian Endeavor Society.

Altogether, one may find many a pleasant half hour In company with Judge West, (New York: Tha Fleming H. Revell Company.) Play "The Analysis of Play Construction and Dramatio Principle," by W. T. Price, la designed as a text-book of systematica instruction In ths art of playwritlng. It la tha most extensive work of tha kind aver published, and ia the first, of a aeries of volumes used In a method of Instruction.

It discusses and formulates dramatic principle anew and brings the study down to the methods used In the workshop of the practical dramatist of to-day. In the opening-chapter it la contended that by no possibility can any human being be born a playwright, that is, bora with a knowledge of the technique of the art This must be learned. Mr. Price ia the author of "Tha Technique of the Drama," and this new work is wonderfully illuminative and valuable. (New Tork: W.

T. Price, 1440 Broadway 4 777 Trolley Folly. A Eleven ahort stories by Henry Wallace Phillips are assembled under the title of "Trolley Folly." the name of the first tale In the collection. Mr. Phillips, of will be remembered for' hla "xved Saunders" stories and.

by the more discriminating reader, for his little sketch, "The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch." The stories now assembled are in humorous vein for the most psrt; one or two of them, however, are cast in more serious mold. All are interesting and entertain-big far better tn every resnect than the average short story of Hj day. Indianapolis: Bobbe-Merrill Co,) NEW BOOKS A list and brief description of new pub-" llcations received by The News for More extended mention and criticism will be made later of all books in tha list whose Importance warrants further notice: Fiction. THE LITTLE GODS. A Masque of the Far East.

By Rowland Thomas. (Little, Brown Aertee of sketches of Filipino Ufa. the first chapter being Mr. Thomas's "Fagaa," which won the prize In Collier's contest of several years ago. THE PERFUME OF" THE LADT IN BLACK.

By Gaston Leroux. (Brentano'a.) Another tale of tragic occurrences outcome by the author of 'The Mystery of The Tallow Room." continuing the mysteries of the characters In that extremely sensational novel, MUCH ADO ABOUT PETER. By Jean Webster. (Doubleday, Paga A Co,) A humorous story of the eccentricities of servant Ufa, written by the author of "Whan Patty Went to College. THE CORDS OF VANITY.

By James Branch Cabell. Doubleday. Page A Co.) Described as aa account of "th heart affairs of a fanciful genius" who was at least a renins In bis appreclstlon of the fair aex. -THE BUTLER'S STORY. By Arthur Train.

tCharte Sons). Tha hero ia the butler himself, and he tells his own story In the first person. Aa stated on the title page, we are given bis "reflections, observations and experiences." Illustrations are furnlehed by F. C. Yohn.

ONE FAIR DAUGHTER. By Frederic P. Ladd. (Mitchell Kennerley.) The author of "The Woman Pays," makea further fictional revelation of certain phase of New York Ufa It Is described as "a strikingly unusual story of the usual and Universal three. THE WHIPS OF TIME.

By Arabella Kenealy. (Little, Brown A Co. A tale of exciting Incident and. adventure t7 BENSON. earlier heroine never knew.

Consequent ly her descent is like the fall of Lucifer, sudden, swift and far. She ia left apparently without tha resilience to rise again to any bight and wa take our leave of her where we first find leading the life of deadly monotony and blighting limitations in tha provincial home of her girlhood. Mr." Benson haa taken his usual care In detailing phases of upper and: middle class life with which he and moat of us are more or less familiar and i ha succeeds even more happily than usual in giving these familiar phases tha charm of humorous humanity. Lucia's 1 maiden aunts knd her encyclopedic husband are such reel creations aa not to seem creations at alt Lucia herself is vivid, vital, but with a has of radiance in her high spirits and her supreme gift of enjoyment that at times renders her almost vague to tha vision. Tha book ia undoubtedly one of tha author's beet.

(New Tork: Doubleday. Page Co.) The Strawberry Handkercbiet Another story of society In tha New Tork sf long age haa oome from tha pea of Amelia E. Barr. Like tha Dutch tiles they resemble, Mrs, Ban's stories are much of a pattern they are not at all stimulating, but are pleasantly readable, if perchance you are eighteen aad somewhat romantic, In "Tha Strawberry Handkerchief" Mrs. Barr give a picture of the household of Janaen Van Vroom, a retired Dutch sea captain of old New Tork, Tha time ia Just previous to tha revolution, when the patriotic, New Yorkers rose In their wrath over tha passing of tha stamp act, Jensen and his son Arent are among tha most fiery 'Of the patriots, and do all la their power to zorwara the destruction of the odious stamps and to get the law repealed, Agalnat thia patriotic background Mrs.

Barr haa set her romantic lovers, Virginia Van Vroom, and her cloae friend. Lady Rose Harley, with Jorts Artavelt and Arent Van Vroom aa their chosen knights, all endowed with every charm of youth and beauty. There ia besides another lover the one Virginia's father haa chosen for her and sworn that aha shall marry. And when Dutch daughter seta herself against Dutch father then comes a tug of war. And tha strawberry handkerchief? What haa that to do with the story? At thia time all tha London lovers of fashion affected a strawberry handkerchief as a love token, bewitched aa they were by Garrick's Othello.

The fashion merely strayed across the water. It la tha fata of Virginia's strawberry handkerchief on which the story turns. Mrs. Barr has a gift for sketching Dutch interiors, of people as well as houses. Her typical Dutchmen are of such sturdy, honest, obstinate Dutchness and withal are so.

besprinkled with kindliness that they are good to meet. And the winning Dutch mothers with their dainty daughters it really is almost as pleasant to linger with them aa to wander through a Dutch garden. And if Mrs. Barr haa not given ua a picture of life, she has certainly led ua to a pleasant corner of her particular part of fairyland. (New Tork: Dodd.

Mead A Co.) 7 Peace and Happiness. Tha art of tha preacher is said to ba that of saying the obvious thing in a new way. Lord Avebury, better known as Sir John Lubbock, in a volume entitled "Peace and Happiness," says tha obvious thing In tha old, old way. Ha never rises higher than "Ba virtuoue and you will be happy." Wa will admit this at once if it will save ua tha reading of four hundred pages. Tne method of composing thia book is apparent.

His lordship haa a series of pigeon-holes labeled "Happiness," "Contentment." "Adversity," and so on through the virtues. When, in his reading, he comes across a good thing, be puts It in the right pigeon-hole. When the holes are full he takea out the passages, puts them together rather clumsily, and makes a book on peace and happiness. For instance. In an -old, neglected volume, by one William Shakespeare, -he.

finds a passage beginning, "Sweet are tha usee of adversity." People ought to read that, so, in it goes, with four pages of elaboration. Quotations occupy about half of tha The other half might well be spared. (New Tork: The MacmlUan Company.) OF THE WEEK among English people aad ia the English country. THE 8 TORY OF THTRZA- By Alios Brows, (Houghton, Mifflin A Co.) The story of a woman's life from childhood onward through the storm and stress of bitter experience, For ths Young. THE BOB 8 CAVE.

A Sequel to The Boys of Bob's HUL" By Charles Pierce Burton. (Henry Holt Co.) Chronicling the outdoor games and exploits of a group of healthy boys. A sequel to 'The Boys of Bob's HU1." with illustrations by Victor Perard. WITTER WHITEHEAD'S OWJt STORY. By Henry Gardner Hunting.

(Henry Holt A Co.) A startling robbery plot and Ita outcome, in which the boy hero plays the role of detective and abows courage and a capacity for quick action. Miscellaneous. CHRISTIAN SCIEXCS IV THE LIGHT OF HOLY SCRIPTURE. By I. M.

Haldcman. (Fleming H. Revell Company.) The author claims that thla ia a cloae and accurate analysis of Christ is a Science and its doctrines, which he aaya la "one of the greatest religious perils of the day." Hla one object la "to show that Christian Science Is wholly outside the Bible and haa no right to the name THE GOVERNMENT OF EUROPEAN CITIES. By William Bennett Munro. tThe Macmlllan Company.) A general explanation of th structure and functions of the city governments in three European countries.

France. Prussia and England. The author Is assistant professor of government In Harvard University. THK CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF GOD. By William Newton Clarke.

(Charles Be Tinner's Sons.) Tn the International Theologtral Library. The author Is professor In Coljrate University, and he make complete presentation of the conceptton of God aa set forth by the Christian religion. BEST SELLING BOOKS. Tha six books which have sold best In the order of demand during the month, according to the Bookman, are: X. "64-40 or Fight." Hough.

(Bobbs-MerrilL) 2. "The Trail of tha Lonesome Pine." Fox. (Scrlbner.) "Septimus." Locke. (Lane.) 4. Smith.

(Scrlbner.) 5. "The Red Mouse," Osborne, (Dodd. Mead.) a. "The Missloner." Orpenhelrrv (Little. Brown.) Hoosier History.

The field of early Indiana history has been pretty thoroughly traversed and opened. Much valuable material was lost beyond recovery through failure to preserve it by those who should have done so while It was still available, but that which waa preserved has been so thoroughly utilised that little original material remains. Old records, documents and. newspaper files have been gone over and dished up In various forms, and. with tha lapaa of time, little remains in the way of personal reminiscences.

But there is a good deal of scattered material which ta worth compiling. A good work of this kind, fortified by soma personal reminiscences and a little new matter, haa been dona by Mrs. Julia Henderson Levering in "Historic Indiana; being chapters in the history of tha Hoosier State 'from the romantlo period of foreign exploration and dominion through pioneer days and perloda of peaceful progress to the present time." The use of the term "Hooler State" in the title bespeaks the author's sympathy with the subject, and the book beara Internal evidence of having been written by one who la proud of the State and Its history. The author is a daughter of Albert Henderson, who was born tn Indiana Territory the year before its admission as a State, and who came of good old Carolina Quaker stock. Her mother also came of a pioneer family so that on both sides she Inherited a love for the early traditions of the State, and through her wide acquaintance acquired some personal reminiscences and anecdotes of interest.

Concerning the early hiatory of what ia now Indiana, covering the period of tha French exploration, British occupation and American conquest, there is little that is new to be said, but tha author makea good use of the materiala at hand and presents them in very readable shape. 1 Tne cnapter, now epanuui nu Affected Indiana," treats that phase of colonial history interestingly, but the author falls into a mistake when, describing tha purchase of Louisiana Territory, aha says: "Jefferson was President at the time, but he had nothing to do with thia purchase." On the contrary, ha had very much to do with it, and stretched his constitutional authority to the utmost to consummate and clinch It, Coming to tha history of Indiana proper, covering the territorial and State periods, the author haa molded into an interesting consecutive narrative scattered materials drawn from a variety of sources, and, in their collected form, making a graphic picture of the development of the State and tha progress of the people. The work Svea evldenoa of affectionate interest in a aublect and of a State pride which helps to invest every phase of the sub ject wun aue importance. me cnaptera on tha clones ra and their mode of living. on the early churches, on tha develop ment of transportation from the trau ana the canoe to the trolley car.

on the early achnola. evtnc cloae study of and sympathy with tha subject- Pioneer life had lta hardships and perils, but it had alart lta com forte. "Tha applea that ware roasted before ths fire." aava the author, "and the potatoes and corn which were roasted in their Jackets In the ashes, bad a flavor fit for an epicure, ine noe or jonnny oaks' waa baked on a smooth board in front of tha fire, and tha meat was roaated on a soit or broiled on tha coal a When a family became prosperous they would have a Dutch oven built of brick. or of clay and bowlders. In shape these were long, moundlike affaire, and some time had great caldrons set in tne top, for making apple butter or rendering lard.

sire waa ouiit in. mis oven, ana wnea waa thoroughly, neatea tne nre was scraped out, the space waa swept and garnished, and the rows of bread and pies were put in to bake, "There were few cook stoves, or stoves of any kind, within tha State before 185 to 1S30. Tha furniture of the cabins was all mad of riven logs, put together with wooden pins. The bedsteads were made by driving posts in tha floor and pegs into the walls; from these, cords or straps of deerhide were drawn over and across in place of springs. This network held the boughs and afterward th great eather beds, which were tha pride of every housekeeper's heart.

Many of the children born on tha frontier were rocked In a poplar trough, such as were made for use in sugar camp." Other phases of pioneer life are described in a similar spirit. It was a toilsome life, but some of the early settlers found time to read a little, as witness th following extract from the private Journal of a newcomer among the pioneer mothers: "December We killed a beef to-day, the neighbors helping. December 4. I was very much engaged in trying out my tallow. To-day I dipped candles and finished The Vicar of Wakefield.

December i To-day I commenced to read "The Life of Washington' and I borrowed a singing book. Have been trying to make a bonnet. The cotton we raised serves a very good purpose for candle-wlcklng when "Being a frontier mother," says the author, "in addition to all her toll, aha taught her children their lessons, before there were any schools. Had there been lees labor and no terror of the aavages, wild beasts and snakes, nor anxiety over wasting fevers, still the isolation and homesickness in the wilderness would have been enough to make the stoutest heart quail before the undertaking." Tet the peopling of the country went on and the State contrived to be built up. The chapter on "The Trail" contains some Interesting facta concerning old-time transportation methods and the development of modern ones.

Writing of the fiat-boating period when it waa so much easier to float down tha Ohio and Mississippi rivers than to get home again, the author aays: "Henry T. Sample, a voter-k an pork packer, tola tne writer mat ne had walked from New Orleans to the Wabash country sixteen times." Speaking of the effect of th opening of the Wabash canal aha says: "Before the canal was built wheat sold in Indiana for 37 to 45 cents a bushel and com from 10 to 20 cents a bushel, while at the same time for. their Imports Indiana farmers paid J10 a barrel for salt and 2S to 86 cents a "pound for sugar." i A Putnam county settler says that prior to the completion of the canal ha hauled a load of wheat to Hamilton county, Ohio, a distance of 150 miles, for which he received 88 cents a bushel. In less than two years after the canal was opened wheat advanced to SO cents a bushel and a alt could be bought for leas than $4 a barrel. Of passenger traffic by the canal, she says: "The passenger packets ran regularly, proceeding in a most leisurely way, stopping at every wharf for produce and passengers.

The little towns on the way could be recon-noitered during the delay of taking on and putting off freight, and one could call on a friend or conclude a business transaction before the next stage of the Journey was begun. Weary with the monotony of the Journey, travelers often strolled along the towpaths ahead of the boat, while it was going through the locks, and they would gather berries or wild flowers along the banks. It it chanced to in the autumn, they sometimes went nuttinff in the nearby forests." In this pleasant narrative style the story of Indiana is brought clear down to very recent times, including an account of progressive legislation during tiie last few years. The author has a hsppy way of filling in general outlines with illuminative details, and if she la sometimes discursive in her style, the eplsnde contribute to the main narrative. The interest and value of the book are enhanced by a number of illustrations of Indiana socnerv and bulldlnsrs mad from old pintinxs and photographs.

The chapter on a-tlon in Indiana." beginning, with the first school taught in the Territory and Including a history of the present school system and the various Colleges, Is one of the best In the book. Kither throucli a faulty memory or careless proofreading the author is made to sneak of one of the most eminent of early Indiana educntors as Prof. John Q. Morrison. ltitead of John (New York: U.

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