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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-25

ryy Zones Abstracter. Correct abstracts made
Il from me original records upon the shortest no
tice a small amount paid for j abstract OF ill-e
IN v0uF land may save Your home and prove wise
economy Correspondence solicited Once east
Side 0f public square, one door north OF FnllLp
County Bank, Phiilipsburgl Kansas ~
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-25

We notice that n. w. Pyles has furn-
ished- his Office with an elegant watch
makers bench. The case is walnut,
curtain cover and has automatic locks.
1t is very convenient and enables Mr..
Pyles to do better work and in less time
than he has heretofore been able to do.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-25

E71IHU DAVIS. Attorney OF Law. 0Mce, south
II East Corner Public Square, Plllip souis'
Kansas
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-25

n W.IIare- n D., phVslcI8T ana Surgeon
u Special attention given 20 the diseases Of So
nen once south side public square, F1li-lPs
8urgh. Kansas
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

Ia G,,.,. Al, Tt.lf..- q Il 7 (,
S,,,,a,.,a l,.,,,,.t .5s,,....,.....,,.1 D.,
raaentatirss and afIieors - H.
ARM oal w. na;l tbai,. -
sa,.ts :, tl.z=.,.l.......,,.,a "a -,
tar.J end laf, = disu;faa ard. ,
hpt sftar tbat tka rnsb ea,,,, and
notw;tbstos l;aa tba most nnrfact
arrangements for tie preservation
If or6ar "a man got AMY with II
VhoIo caat ~ ,,nromplel sbirt he
,,,s r,rf,nato
Tho nra.il4nt Wa assisted hv
Miss Cleveland ona tho wives of
tha C.L;,a4 Officers and tho ro-
cant;on ooaollaa IN snIanJor. o,y
eyor hoforo he'll
After the prasidenf's rac.ntion
the lodie- Of the Cabinet Officers
rano;ra.l ~ tba;r homes aud tbor,
roeo;,,oa E. tla ,.os+ - ~. a,,.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Notice for I.mbIIcnIion.
LAsp OrFIcE Ar HARRISON, Arm. !
Dec, Z, 1875.


Dec, Z, 1875.
Ncticc ia hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice If his ityu-
ton TO make iual proof I'M support or his
claim. and TINT mjA proof will ire udr ho.
fore Register mi Receiver ~ Harrison,
Arkunspa, uu Jan. M, 1856, VIZ.
Joseph a, Hawkins ma Entry No 1904,
rpr the . uuard ul $50 iJ2ln, lG@,. and
numrs the following with al"t IN provo vi.
continuous residence upon, and cultivation
Of wil lmd, viz; 1J White, G.. W.
simmons, stephen frigad aad JAS, Shaw
all OF Lead Hin, Ark.
Thos, j. White ma Entry No. 800 for
tllq "a NV SIS re and no Sw 10 2ln liw, aud
namc, the following witue5sca topruyp his
continuous r. sidcucc upon, md cultivation
Of sail land. viz; -. W. Simmur,. H. g..
Hawkins, stephen Friend aud William
iorum, ail of Load Hill, Ark.
.Ins W. Simmons ira Entry No. j}5l,
for the "a sw 8 and NO NV aud NV NJ lO2lu
INV, and names the following wtnr,.c. 10
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation Of nil land. via. 7. j. White,
J. :. Hawkins, stephen Friend and JAS
Shaw, nil of lcud lIill Ark.
JOHN MURPHY, Register.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Notice OF Final Proof.


LAND OFFICE, Harrison. Ark.
Dee 1885.
Complaint hgyiug been catered ut this
Office by john Z. Nanny against Edward
Gilly FOR abandoning his Homestead Entry.
No. 7l79, dated n Jan. lsS2, upon the y
II. | <. WIS ction q, Township Is NJ,
Range 4 Nv. for the Use mud benefit ofnd .
joining farm: S $ L and S ! \ W Sc "a
IL II in Marlou County Arkansas, with n
view to cancellation Of said entry; tho said
patico are hereby summoned to appear Mt
lhisOhica on the % day Of January 1896 Mt
10 O'clock A. NJ, to respond and furnish
testimony concerning auid alleged abandon
mcnt.
JoIS Mummy, Register,
A. /. kfSd. Receiver.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Nouicc OF Fnsl Proof.
LAND OFFICE Al HARRISON, NHK,0 I
II,1 ~ 1.aE ?

LAND OFFICE Al HARRISON, NEK,
Dec. ", 1850.
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has ilcd nmi"" q. his in.
tention to make Email proof IN supported his
claim, and that said proof will be made be.
fore The Eogj5tcrand Rrrcjycr Of tho Land
Office nj HARRISON, Ark, on Feb. Il, 1886.
viz;
William Wilkinson HID Eo nv No j77O
Gar the w SO So w % NV ne soc 23tp 10n
r Tvs. ard names the following witnesses
10 prove hiS continuous rrsidcn 90 upon, and
~ ,ivalion OF, snid land riz; 4. =. Frazier
+. NJ. Brown, n. j. Mainlrd and ". Bo.
gle, Ill Of Iolvillr, Ark
y. Taylor Frazier IRA Entry No, AR,
for tho So ne ne 70 - nl sws8 lan NV
and names the following Witnesses Ia prove
his continuous residence up,n pnd ru'liya.
ton n, .ad land. VIZ william NiIlin,
SON, 4. VI. Brown, y, j. Muiuard and w..
Bug'c, M of Yollyillc. Ark, ....
JOHN MURPHY, Register,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

can sit under our own vines and
peach trees and III MAY eat greene
apples, ripe strawberries and lee
cream, all at one aud the same
time. While We have mild eli
mate We have sufficient frost 10
CONCEAL our waters and IN atmos-
phero that So well preserves fruit
all kinds OF fruit keep IN season
for considerable length of time,
thereby giving VS. many advantages
in fruit growing Many valuable
species Of fruit, such as the GaY
Garland Peach, Shannon, PippiH,
Arkansas Black and Whitewater
Apple which have gained enyiable
regulations, and many more ml-
noticed varieties, whose regulations
for quality are now smouldering
in darkness, waiting only for the
flame of opportunity to lire them
to u blaze.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Whisky Again.

|. The Banner Turns up again this
week with itsl usual advocacy of
the license system interspersed
with the same odd diiig-dong com
corning the unfairness Of the
inns in handling the question
without gloves. We have come
Itoilpok upon allof this us u laatter
Iof course; no one who differs with
Observation-Disclosures treats
IIfaiHyYf This complaint has been
conferred against 4 every journal
winch has seen fit TO take issue
with him, and We should feel
llsli6htdd dill he fail to poke this
I fayorite grievance mt us occasion
Hallv But lot as rake about in his
traw4stackof mClencholymusii1gB
Handaphk out the few grains of M
Igummt which ii maycontain
He denies having spoken con-
temptuously OF our ladies'; such
may not have been his intention
but he certainly did couch his
thoughts in language which was
generally construed in that man
nor Whom he advises our ladies'
to be practical and not emotional,
! it is but y waste of space; the man
ner in which they have taken hold
of this question has been entirely
too practical to suit the purposes
of our whisky men. And while
we think of it is not the man
who believes that he must have
whisky, no matter what the con
sequences, extremely emotional
rather than reasonable or practi-
ell? W..
Z,
He attributes much of our NOR
bl8nl, sQcial. Improvement to re-
ligious and educational Influences,
and ye gre glad to have him od-
NIT 50 much but when no says
that the whisky towns have done as
well hois mistaken perhaps hon
estly ,butpevcrtheless badlymis-
taken. ,..- .ri
He believes that fines etc, aris-
ing from the enforcement OF this
law are not equal to the license
which might be paid in, but is UNI
able to give figures in any way
substNntiating such q position.
That the costof prosecution does
not approach the amountof income
Is proyenby the recent case against
DR. Ciipsop in which the fine
amounted to over ten times the
cost Of prosecution, and quite rs
much as would bereceived ms the
annual license of IA saloon That
by license rthe toWnBould be ben
etittod, whereas nowit is not, is
justtthe point in the case where
-all parties differ. ... #.
In conclusion he says his chief
notiouis "reyenue.' certainly a
very lofty phin upon which to
base a. plinciple. He does not
think there viii he more whisky
drunk here with saloons than with
out thtm; but it i&s hardlyIaIikclr
thatlsnloon men would be 50 any,
ioUs forljcense voare they Of such
an opinion
From his standpoint uudoubted-
~ high license is in every way
preferable to prohibition" but
were he to search carefully within
himself for his reasons and give
them without SO much Cheap
cant and hypocrisy we are in
clinod to think his honest sinccri-
ty would make him an object Of
riditulo II not contempt
The rNLs has ever honestly .
the sale us we'll ms use OF
whisky believing It injurious TO
the health, morals and prosperity
of our community. We cunuot
advise tllo abandonment ~ amy
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Notice Of FInaIprOof.
LAND OFFICE At UANRIsoN. AuN.
Dec. Us, 1888.

A''N' ~ 'AnN q 4ANNNl0'Nf hNN.
Dec. Us, 1885.
Notice ia hereby given Tint the follow.
named settler has iilod notice oi hs inlsu-
ton to make iiual proof I'm support Of his
cIoimt aud that said proof will be made be-
foro the Register and Receiver ut Harrison
Arlausua, w Feb L. 1896
Jesse Batcpau Il'd Entry No. 45gg ft
the ~ nwt nd w nct see Il p I'm r Civ.
mud nanos the following witnesses to provo
his continuous residence upon. and rutiva.
tun OF snid land VIZ. I,nnc PcndIcy,
Choncey sawyer, II, p. Rel md William
tHnI, Hliol liili Top Arb
John MURPHY, Register.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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civil service appointment; but il
was not known at the Department
that he was a colored man till he
appeared with his notice of APP
pointment in hand for assignment
to duty. There is scarcely a De
Iportment, with the exception OF
the Post Office which heretofore
! has been an exception, thas has
not one or more colorcd clerks in
| it. In the Treasury Department
colored man fills one of the most
responsible desks. the work of
which demands complex and accu-
rate calculations, and he has re-
Gently been promoted in salary.
These men attend to their duties
faithfully, are respectful in their
demeanor and do not seek social
intercourse with the other clerks
,,i,,-,d o,l no,,.,o,o,tl,. +lo;,.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Warming Order. Boone Circuit
Court, February term 1886.

n. v. Rua PPrf1
ugWr.l' ! Waning Order
VI. T., Ru.- Dat.
Thrdcf'rnnt, NJ r.. Eo,. i. wnrnel ~
appear m iIlis Cont within thirty dnrs and
answer tho complaint Of thepluin,iH D. D..
Rrs.
lhi, an tay OF December, - lsS5
~ ~ Mtu,S.. GhrA
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Tr. W. Aursh
KEGRINiST G NBLLWRIcNT,
Carpenter and Builder,
ATknusns.

Building mills, aver.hot wheels. setting
up md repairing machinery speciality.
Persons desiring To- order machinery. OF to
have mills or houscs or ans Kind buill aro
especially requested Co call uu or address
mr iafro making orjrri pi rorlrurtF Al
.Yrk dFuu ut llV lHfra
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

TnE number Of commissions Is
sued to fomth-elass postlaastet /.
since the 18th Of last March Is lBs
l25,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09


n \, h9 3, is the progress Of
Prohibition moro gratifying than
in Chs good Old ,eqWmog--wealth Of
Georgia Like ArkpPsass. Georgia
Is 9 Local Option state and eoup-
ty BY county the prohibitionists
have made their way Hcross it,
conqucrlng as they went They
had already captured more than
one hundred of the one hundred
and tIlirty-eight counties. Allan
Ia was almost the lost stronghold
81 the so-cplled rum power. but
ibE city, the busiest, noisest. most
ptoWgssiYe town Of the South,
-eemsdabout as unlikely ms New
York or Baltimore 10 vote out of
oaieiepcf one 81 its most powerful
and profitable interests, Yet the
ProhibitionietS Won Atlanta, and
-till tho good cause Roes marching
orl Nay God Last-h ,is day
vlrn Arkpo~a- can Iloo o SINH
lurIrgoid
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

I CORR Esp0NDFNT 0f the H0HHef
this weok, says some hard things
ab,ut Congressman Peel, aud
slieaka in m1stenthusiastie man
rtcr about tn possibility Of sending
CHi. Guhtor to Congress from this
,Iistritt next term.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

TIM Springfield HcroIfs mug
nifeent twoNe-pagc ney- year's
edition is a fine example Of the en-
terprise Of that journal, As well
as conclusive proof of the assist
aneewhich may be rendered to a
growing city and country by a live
newspaper. From it's figures We
learn that Springfield now has a
population OF 29,000,and for build
ing improvements alone hos spent
this. year S95S,QQ0 an increase
oven l6Slol Sl6O,oDO ...aI.e 80
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09


lHE Congress of the Gated
States might be called b. any per
sou esnically disposed the law
yers paradise According 10 the
new Congressional Directory there
prq two hundred and eight-siX
lawyers in the present Congress,
The number, in fact, will probably
exceed this figure, as not 2 few Of
the members neglect to give their
pYqeatjop in the brief biograR4i-
cal sketch, they have furnished to
Major Ben. Perley Ppore, the vet
eran .compilerof the Directory.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09
Paints, Varnishes, Dye Stuff8,

T',lre Spices, and E2R'uGEiat~' S$undrie~-
And all Goods usually kcptin tirbt.class Drug Store.
Pure Wines Liquors for Medical Uses Also full
Complete Stock OF Cutlery.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

.AirssSs Bahp,and Ballog, open
eslpp a lime saloon III Rerrysille
qnthe- lst Of the year The peo-
pie of this quiet little village were
beaten ON this question this year
by subtprfugo, but it is safe to
predict that. they will do better
next time, ar HzH#z =#E
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

linz inauguration of fitzhugh
hssas Governor Of Virginia on
Sew Year was II brilliant event.
being celebrated all OVERTIME State
as the death knell OF Mahonism
sDi-the openingmp oil a. bright
prospect for The Virginia demee-
mtryIaI tt 6egaes a.Hz#= =
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

'PREsIpES1' Edgar Of the A. L.
University has written to our
t0hhty I6qse carnutt informing
hnlf tIiat Bo6ne county is entitled
10. iiine Beneficiary md Xix normal
scholarships Of (which but five
Have been filed. He says the
University was never in a more
satisfactory condition, and urges
our young people to take aayant-
Age Of this excellent opportunity
which gives a complete educational
course simply for the asking
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09


,'HHE Billings AClrcrfiser says,
l1'he fishing in White River this
winter has been the best for years
At thf mouth of Roark, sixtv-five
men were busy one day with for
tv1.Seihs and gigs taking in FISH.
.fveteran sportsman says that it
Was impossible to thrust n gig to
the bottom of the river on account
oi the MASSES " fish. One man
killed q thousand pounds of fish in
attsy, mo SEEMING was allowed. y,
-gda,' hHI l.-sysl5p.l-- H.g-
aFHE, fillowing is aastatement Of
thu public interestbdaring debt,
as shown by the Treasurer's nc
cMut m the first of the yeah! Plin-
cipal, 81, 960T7SB60; interest, $13,-
31S,339 ; total debt, principal and
interest; 81 ,S&S7f3, fl5t debts, less
aStaahble cash, 81 ,6A, 473,6
debt, less cash in treasury Decent
her LIST, ~ 1872, 5H, 100; decrease
ofdebt during December, 9,0s9,
$40, available cash in treasury,
%la5,35a60l; total cash III treas
uTy s,t94. 36L, 954, .e-."'H .i-.t
a.Ia6 uit, 10 t1e'a ...|
SENATOR jackson, of Tenn $500,
has revived the one-term view by
ppesnnting in the tmted States
Sqhste proposed amendment to
the constitution extending the
preaidenBs term to six years and
renderingrhim ineligible for re-
elodtiblA This il sound policy
and should bpcoms Law ere the
close Of the present session. 1t
oIers,aosure 5rure for the mmer-.
GUS q)olitieai evils which have
Sprang from the second-terln as
piratiops of of our late presi-
dents .... r.
..a{ uu[ t..s.a ''f...
IN h9State is the progress Of
IN az wy. r " II ..
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-01-09

j, r, Nrssts, Eapoa.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-05
How u Treat Chi.eren.

Four good rules are given ~
Gertrude r. Lewis in The Interior:
/. Do not promise punishment for .
certain offense without giving it, il need
DO, and do not delay it; fear, . we'll as
hope, deferred maketh the heart sick
and the temper sou Do not refer to
it again. and never send q child hungry
to bed for any ofense. It is a crime
against the child's health and welfare.
q. Do not "fb. If you don't want
your child to do SO. / saw . child
punished on the End day OF April for
Il ling the white lie" her elders had
told the day before. Many a mother
would he Mortified at being thought
untrnthful who doesn't hesitate to tell
q falsahood to get something away
from . child OF paeify it when papa
leaves. Do you suppose the child does
not soon see through your subterfugas?
3. Let the meum and tuum in the
household be strongly defined, and do
not force generosity. Let exact Justice
come first, and insist only upon thai,
always giving the child due apprecia-
ii n for all it's little sacrifices. A very
good rula Of division was that adopted
by two sisters. One divided, the other
took her choice. Yon can rest assured
there Was never o candy moro in one
lie than in the ether, and much distress
Of mind was saved thereby.
A. II you want your little boy to
cordially detest tho little fellow next
door, throw the laster's virtues at him
on evcry occasion.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-05

tho Territory Of Washington n 1883.
Woman suffrage, limited .tp school
elections, has been conferred IN several
Of the States, to wit: Women may
vote at school meetings In Kansas,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, Vermont,
and in the Territory of Dakota; ut
school elections in Colorado and Min.
nesotal for members OF school com.
mittees in Massachusetts, and at meet
ings in Michigan and New York II they
are taxpayers. Widows and unmarried
women may vote in Idaho Territory as
to special district taxes II they hold
taxable property. In Oregon widows
having children and taxable property
may vote at school meetings. In Indi-
ana widows or unmarried women not
minors, who pay taxes aud are listed
as parents, guardians, or heads of fami.
lies, may vote at school meetings. In
Kentucky any white widow, having q
child Of school age, is a qualified school
voter; il she has no child, but is q tax
payer, she may vote on the question Of
taxes. The British Parliament, by an
act approved Aug. 2, 1869. granted the
municipal franchise to women in Eng
land and Wales. and by an act approved
in 1870 extended the privilege Of voting
for school boards to rate-payers, in
Guiding women; further, June B, 1881,
an act extended the municipal franchise
in Scotland to unmarried women and
widows. Prior to the passage Of these
acts women holding property had, by
the custom of London and the custom
Of some other parts of England, certain
rights Of suffrage in municipal affairs.
In the Isle of Man have the
privilege Of voting for the members Of
the governing assembly. -IntersOcean
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-05
Incky Men Who Get Rich.

Some men do have luck in this world,
for a fact, said a seedy-looking individual,
who had taken a 15-cent lunch on State
street, near Harrison, and who now stood
in front of the Palmer House manipulating
his tootbpick. but l amt one Of them.
"In my time l have invested many a good
thousand dollars in mining stocks, and
never made o hit yet. A hit was what I
needed to make about as bad as anybody
ever needed it, but I couldn't make one.
Nov, just look at Marshall Field. He
hasn't been suffering for a dollar for a good
while. Yet a few years ago, in settling
with a country merchant. he was induced to
take 5000 worth of stock in the Chrysolite
Mine.
He didn't VAN to take the stock and Of
fered to make a big discount for cash, but
the country merchant was hard up, and SO
the dicker was made.
Field took the stock, put it away in his
SAFE, and in seven years has drawn $50, 600
from it in dividends.
i've heard, too, though l don't know how
true it is, that about all the money he ever
invested in mining property was his profits
from his first venture.
He has almost invariably been lucky.
and has probably made more money out of
silver mines on a similar investment than
any other man in Chicago. A rich man
for luck, every time. '-Chicago Herald.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-05
They Alwau Bite.

A eood,lookiua, we'll. behsvsd So gsr
had been stopping IN q eonttry own ~ tnls
State for three or four days, whsn one Gay,
rs a dozen mel were hanging the
hotel doors, a humble youth with white eye
brows and lowered head passed along, Lead
ing a calf. Both travelled as II 1t was an
every day thing, but no n thought OF this
until afterwards. -,
Bowl" called the stranger from the hotel
steps, what 10 you asx for that ca1'
Wont sell him."
How much does he weight.
Nigh upon lG0 pounds.
1T can't be. Gentlemen, I'd like to wager
that ! can come nearer that calls weight
than any of you" ,
Adozen citizens got up and walked around
the calf and squinted their eyes and men-
tally estimated. Then a sort of pool was
formed to scoop the stranger, and $25 was
contributed. There were eleven gnesses to
his one, and they ranged from LAT to loS
pounds. He guessed 1854, and when the
animal WAS placed on the scales the stranger
was only two ounces short. As he raked in
the pot and the boy and the calf passed
on a man drove up in a buggy and called
out:
This ere game has been played all over
the country, and it's time to move on some
body! Where's the William"
Here l am, answered the stranger.
Il arrest you! Get into my buggy"
His satchel was ready and he got in, and
it was a whole day before the villagers found
out that the man with the buggy was a on
federate employed to do that very thing
Detroit Free Press.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-05-05
The Penalty OF Fame.

Miss Lilly Curry, the young and pretty
autloress, whose name has been mentioned
in the papers frequently in connection with
q novel called "The Bohemian Tragedy
soon to be issued, is undergoing a penalty
Of fame. She is flooded with letters from
cranky young men, bachelors and widowers.
/ met her III a book store the other day on
Broadway. She said that many Of her let
tiers contained fattering offers Of marriage.
AThose written by widowers are more to
the point, mentioning how much they are
worth, and asking me to set n day. The
bachelors are careful and prosy in their
epistles, and the young men are extremely
sentimental. They usually begin i'll this
monotonous way: no doubt you will be
surprised to receive q letter from a total
stranger But / am not surprised. What
about my novel? All, well, / leave my
publishers to do the booming. They are
more capable of predicting the success OF
books than authors, because they have more
experience. Every young author, | pre-
sumo feels more or less that his book will
create o sublime sensation in the literary
world. I try not to have much feeling on
the subject at all."-Mail and Express.