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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14
Gin eintrd9liGes asFdn3@en.

Die Gran3oieu bsabf9tigeu. Seon
yticot, Der ben erfen 3abat III ibr
Sano einfGbrte. bur6 ein DentmaI 3u
beremigen. Grunb bierau Idge tuobl
nor, benn gficot bat, ipeun ou1 unbe,
nuBt, benz franJ6ff6en etaate bur@
bic SabafpFan3e tine riefse @innabme.
quele Deri@afft. 1860 itidte er ais
trana6iiiber @efanbter aus portugal
ben erfen Sabatiamen nod paris an
bic Gbniein &atbnrine BON Mebici,
unb bereits fe93ig Sabre fpdier (1621)
ftibrte Raroinal Ri@eIieu bic Sabats
fteuer In Grantrein elm. 8is 1897
tuuroe biefe auf 40 Sous fhr bic 100
pfnnb $abat feii9sfebte 6teuer BON
8enera!sG sGinan5pa@tamt (fermes du
roi) erhoben, ranH ging ibre giutrei.
bung fir ben jdbrIiGen getrog BON
250. 600 Livres tournois (194, ,450 Wf. J
ouf einen priuat. steuerpd9ter Homens
Ssnet iiber. 17l0 mar bic BaGtium.
me fur bic Sabltfeuer bereits ouf 4
Nilliouen 2iures eefiegen. ylunmebr
giug bic @rbebung tpieoer auf oos 6i>
ilanapa9tamt ilber. psl6es bis 1890,
obgIei@ bic Stsusr in ben ssabren bon
1719--1730 rubie, einea Reinseninn
bon 6 glilionen ersielte. tpdbrsnb Der
StaatsfaRe bon 162l-1790 runb 235
Willionen aus Der 3obaiItensr SugsHof,
fen tparen. 1891 uurbe lsbtere aber.
mols aufgeboben. big Napoieon /. i'm
Sabre 1910 bas Sabatmonopol tpiebers
berfellte. Safslbe bra6te benz trfen
3aiierrei@e cine 5umme BON 80. $780,.
842 Granes Elm. 1880 belief fid bic
Sabaiiteuer auF IS Milliouen unb In
ben fOleenben fiinf3ig Sabreu iiieg He
bis auf 242 Mllioren idbrIidb. Sm
8dn3en bat Re Grantrei@ bis beute 8
Wiilliarben (9O00 Ni0iOneu) Grancs
eingebra9t.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14
Bro6er aueemeiner 2lusperfauf,
AMsrcrkanf llnter allen Mmstaenden

bemertte, baB ftin Bid gu Der Sbar
ber 9apeQe 5uridhos.
Bollen mir nod einmal biueingeben?
fr0gte fe Ieife, unb bsibe f9ritten bic
Stufen empor unb traten no9maIs In
bic Gapsqe. Nbip taiete an ben Sar.
fDpbaB nie5er unb berbara ibr @eRGt
einige Iugenblide lang auf benz Granae
bon @albgriiu, ben ite sebraf1t bate.
Walter bIidte auf lie berab, uno ibm mar,
als ffdnben He bei0e Dor ieinem Batter
unb als ld9elte biefer Re ar.
Nls Nolp F6 erbob, iab fie ibm ernit
unb inuig IN bas @eR9t, itnb berlieB
baum, in6em He f9meigenb ueben ibm
ber i@ritt, bic Rapelle. sic trdten bius
aus In ben itillen 5erbffabenb, Der 6ims
mel fammte In solbieem purpur iiber
ibnen, bic sonue beriant binter benz
blauen Wal6freifen, tpeI1er ben 6oris
5Dnt ebf@lob, unb bic 8lode Der fleinen
Sorffir@e beannn bas MbenbI6uteu.
Bie feierlidD, lagte Molp, inbem Re
bor oem @inganse Der @ruft feben
blieb. Bl6bli9 uanbte He fid tpiez
Der @atter 5u. Bon nun ON fn5 mir
Treunbe, um es ftir bas gauge 2eben 3u
bleiben, eripiberte er.
Sic nefelie an i1rem Singer, BON
suel&em Re eiaen gnlbeneH Sting nit
einem blauen Stein abifreifte.
Nebmen Sic bieien @ing sur Crime
rnng OH beute, iaste He, Ct ftammt bon
neiner Wutter Der, uub id babe ibn
bis beute iteis getragen, erif an elmer
9stte, Oanu ON Singer. g1ebmen Sic.
Iber Ablpl rief Walter erfreu! unb
bod uuf4lhfig, Oh er bas elgentbtms
li9e @eI9ent annebmeu folle.
Sd fiir@te, ct tpirb BEL Sbnen pers
miBt tuerben, iagte er, un he bur9 lein
30aern ni6t su berlsben.
>, tuer 5Ollte i'm bermiHen, mid Febt
1tiemanb 10 genau on, ertpioerte fie nit
einenn MnHug bon Bitterteit.
Ut nabm ben &ing aus ibrer 6aao,
oie er nod einige 9lugenbIide fefbieIt,
irdbreub He bic StHfen binabl1ritlen
Anb tiber ben QirGbof ginaen.
sd bante Sbuen, NbIp, Der Sting
tDir0 mir cine febr liebe Grinnerung
fetn, fagie Malter NIT etuas gepreBter
6timnie. tudbrenb fie 10 babingingen,
ober i'd bdtte biefen Nbenb au9 obne
ben Hing niGt nerge1en.
sic ld9eIie unb ON ber 3irGbDfstbHr
nabmen He Nbf9ieb bon einonber. Sie
@ruftfcpelle lag unsefdbr ouf balbem
Wege awifGen' ROIlin unb gi1bof, He
tOnnien baber beibe bor b0lliger Guns
telbeit 3u 0aufe iein.
Ablp fiibIte ii9 an 6ieiem Ibenb Iebr
glhdli9, un0 ba Ne li9 niGt ausFtres
den tOunte, true he bic 3uderboie In
Den pFerbeitaa unb fiitterte nit i1rem
SnbaIt ibre Deti9isbenen i9uar3en unb
braunen 2iebIinge.
Sa freut R6 bed elm lebsnbige8 @e.
len nit mir, iDena ouG aus eiuem ans
6eren @run0e. Iaste fie, bic Sdlle ber
pferof, tDeIde ibr ben 3uder aus Der
0anb nnbmen, iireiGeInb.
Mit Walier freute lid Nieman6. go,
ct mar f6 feIbR ni6t tlar, oh bos Sc.
fiibI. bas ibH, tpenn er on abIp 6a9ie,
erfdlte, eigeutli6 6reube mar. Aber
er oahte piel on he on bieIem NbeBb,
unb er NOR babel lfi1er uno trdumeris
fGer als iemoIs.
LEortietuna folet,l
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14
11nterImdum8en itber ben &1ertb ber
ferattifCf1en 8rannfphle.

vfNS%vN*N~t$%1$S~
ginen erfreuIi@ea 8eleg oaftir, baB
bic wobitbdtige Wirtianlfeit unb ber
praftif9e Nuben, tpelGen BITE geologii@e
8eb6rbe far bie Staats Snferefeu in
Nusf9t fellt, bereits anfangen, Mners
tennung unb Mhrbigung 3u fabea,
eiebt Elm @efebuori@las, tDel9er Dor
&ursem In Nutin einsebra9t tporben
ilf. 9erielbe beautragt, BOB aus BEN
Gtaaisf@ab bic @umme bon So, 900 au
0em 3med bepilligt tperbe. Ner1ude
nit ber i'm gan3en Sertidrs sSifritt bon
SeIas 70 bdufig Dortommenben Brauu>
foble an3ufellen unb bur9 He ausfinbig
3u MAIDEN, Oh ber teranif6e 2ignitf9aB
ni6t als 8rennmoteriaI ftir inbuftrielle
3wede pernenott merben tann.
Die sJreie prefe" bat i6on su Der.
iGiebenen Malen barauf bingemieien,
BOB bic 8rauntoble in Grantrei9 unb
Seutf0lanb 5u 8riquetts 3uIammsrgts
preBt wit6, tpeI9e elm portrefFi1ss
9ei3material fir inbuftrielIe unterneb.
mungen aller 4rt biIben, un6 baB bic
biel before terantl6e grauntobIe alIer
Worausf6t nod Elm nod biel beiIeres
0ei3mittel lietern tpirb, befonbers aud
fhr bic @iiensSnbuftris, ui9t bIoB fRr
bic oifteranifGe, ioaoern au9 fur bic
oes @entralzS lzSiitriftes In ben Counties
9lauo, Malon &C.
Slider LIT, haB bos staatsselb taum
1u einem beReren 3msde peransgabt
werben f6uute, als 3u benz, einem 10
ausR9tsreiGen unb nubenberipre@enbe
Jnbufriespeig 3ur @ntpidluug au Der.
belfen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14

= eein 6er3 au oetIieren 1T bic bette
Wrt 3u ehtbedea, baB man ems bat.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14
LeOrtistnns fOlst.l
0ie @rippe inicher hnI

MdbrenD Der oJnFnenba sGpihemie hes Iestsn Sanres
srptes I'D Or. 4tnss Neue Gntpe6uns aesen S6pinbs
iu4t, 6uen nnb GrtdItnng ais has bette 6etlnitte.
Dte WtbetluEeen her ptelen, bic es tenubfen beItd
ttgten has DtejeIben betameu ntt nur baib iSrIeiC
teruns, icnbern bas fIebel hnerleb aud feine {iin
men Ra6ptrfuneeu. Ggr erlu@en STE, NIT SttIln
WetteI eine grcbe bu MAIDEN uHb mir seten Sbnen be
rerben. Das DeitteI Sat nldt lenes Gle6en Bel aus
fallen BON @rtpre ober irseno einem Salss aeblfppfs
cher 0uneenleiheu.
RrcbeHaiGeu fret BET Dreib, 1bompicn & 60 Gan
Antcnie. 0rcBe Slalhen so Senls unb 81 90.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14
Gotaler3 10 eifeI.

uniuerfitdts profe1or tom Morsen
nod einem ibm ju gbrsn beranfinlteteI
NbIdiebscOmmefs) /: SEPT ueiB i'd
mobrbafiia ni6t msbr, bnb' i6 seHern
nit bem Oberbargermeiifer S6moais
getruRfeu unb bem pe6el cine Maul.
i4eue gegebea, ooer - um8efebrt!
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14
BmdlenS ggrnteasealbe.

Die bette ealte ber @elt fur S3aitte,
0uetiduneea, Gef4iuiite, Giebsr. uu6 9ants
Masf@las, GIeGte, seiprunsene Sdnbe, Grsf.
bralen unb ale Sauttransbeiten !; turirt ed.
u,nrrboiOen ober tsiae gs3ablaas. gSlIise
Satisfaction gorantirt cher bas gcI6 nirb
surii6srRattet 2b Gents bic S&a@tel. Bum
Berfanf In allen Gpotbesea. Dtti6, fbomps
fon e go., Whole;ale.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14

Der eIenbe 3uifanb Der amerita=
nitden Gloite DirO am 8e5en burd)
oas SSol9enbe illuitrirt: Ser 8eiammfs
psrib bes i'm oersansenen Sabre bur6
ame'ltanlI6e 6dfen asbenben Smpcris
uno @gpOrts betrug $l,654, ,433, 1873,
wooon nun 1922 023, ,679 nit ameritas
ntl6su S4iffen befbrbert ruroen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14
gsie III nies

8ir bieten einbuuSert Dollars SeIcbnumg
fur iebsn GaIl BON Satazrb, ber ni9t bur9 Gin.
nebmen bon $alss Sfatarrt fur oehsilt berben
fann
8. 3. Sbsueh & Co., Giseutbimer,
Solebo, Ohio.
Bir, sic llntsrSeidnsten baben 8. .. gbenes
felt btn lesten .C Sabren sefannt unb balten
ibn fir bolliommeu ebrsnbaft in allen De.
fhdftsbanblungeu unb fnantien befdbiat,
alle bon feincr 6irmo einseeansenen 8erbinb.
li6teiten gu erfiiIen.
Bef & gruag, @rObbanbeIs Grosuiifem,
&oIebo, ObiO.
B a atbina, ainuau& MARTIN, Grob.
anoels.DrOsuiffen, GoleSo, SbIp.
Saa's Ratarrb tfrr Hirb innsrIid5 aenommer
uno pirft bireit auf bas Blut uno Sic idlIei.
migen OberRdden bss SpRems. 3euanife
frei usrianOt. Yrtis rs gents fir bic EISfde.
gsrtauft bon aDeu apVtbetsra.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14

sdslide Greie Yreiie fiir seras
eri9eint
NIT 0usna6me oes Soantass
unb foftet
$1,000 fiir Oas Sabr Dber $3.50
fitr 3 WDnate.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14
Ser banbertiabrtse eiebesbrief.

in S3ege6in lebt eth liraItes Witter.
den. bas benz nit ner &ebilion ber
Bolts3dblun9sbesen bei.aatsn goms
mlhdr gar eigenartige WittbeiIuuaen
aus i5rem &tben rlafbte. Die @reifin
IT bic 1l4ldbrige Ttau Better ssselei unb
giebt zen "a. DECEMBER 1776 ais ihr
@eburts6atllm an. Dor SO eSQbrett
uno swar an 80. Ottober 1902, trQt
he, 26 Sabre alt, in ben beiIiaen gbe.
+ ttanb. 1T iebod felt elmer langeu Geibe
bon SQbren bertpittmet. 9lIs Der got1t.
mtildr ias 3infmer that, fano er bic
be9betoete Grau I'm 2ebni ifubl Rben;
aus ibrenl BON un36bIigen isurtbeu
bur95ogfnen Nntlibe blidteu atpsi nod
oan3 Iebbafte Iugen benz gintretenben
entgegen. Grau Selei it,eiate aum Ga.
tfe, Der he gu ibrem bDben MIter Be,
gltidnhnf6te, lie munbere fid nur, baB'
man fIe bel Der, 8elfs3dbluag nidt'per
gef1en bdbe. 0o fe eigentlid aor uid1t
mebr 3urlbeutigen Welt geb6re. rno
nun eradblte He BON ibrem peritorbeueu
Manne, Der, ME iie fagte, nod iebt Ies
ben fonnte, tpenn ct li9 ni1t IeiGtfin.
MIG etfdltet uno ben Sob gefunben
bdtie.
Mu6 bon einem ibrer gnteI, ,peId,er
au6 fdOa ldneft nibt mebr auf grben
tpanbelt, wubte bic 8reifin oiei 6d,6.
nes 3u fa9ea: er iei elm tiibner Meiters.
mann eeDeieu unb babe f1 mdbreub
bsr nngatii@en &ebolution tDie Elm Oelb
gel6lasen. Gum 5dIuRe bereitete oos
iteinalte Miiiter9en benz gommiffdr
nod eine belonOere ueberrai@uug. Sic
0ffaete bic 3ii@Iabe. sog baraus elm
bersilbtes glatt papisr unb belt es
benz @ommifdr bin. ,Oas mar Der
eriie 2iebesbrief Den i'd erbieIt1, fprad5
fie unb eiit lei9tes 2dGeIn erbelIte bas
bur@far@ts @eHd6t. Der Rommii5dr
mari einen Bid auf bas Hlatt; es trua
on Der GpiBe bic Sabres3abI 1890.
rMit IA Sabren sen erifen 2lebesbrief"
iagie Der RommiRdr; .ba Daren sic
gepiB elm febr f96nes Ndb9ens1 =
yNb. f90ner f6on als beute!" ernis
berte Jrau peter tDebmlitbig unb foItete
bas persiIbte Document TorefdItig tpies
Der 5uiammen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14

Dor einisen Sabren fineen Chamber.
lain & SO. in Des Woines, Soma, an,
einen 0ufen 5prup aA fabrislren.
Na@ frlrSer 3eit geluannen iie bic
ueber3eugung, ooB bas Gabritot bag
Bette mar, weIdes nod ie fit 6ufteu,
Grtdltungen uuo grout angeboien
tpuroe. I'm Rd einer olIsemeinen 8..
liebtbeit 81 erFreuen, NOR es uDtbis, baB
Die Wenf9beit bic oor3iigIi1en gigeu.
f9aIten fenuen lerne. esbre fiionfen
9ollnungea ginsen In grftlung. Sebt
merben idbrlid lbsr brsibun6ertiau.
lsnb Glaf6en @bamber.oins @cugb
@emebD bertauft uEb alsemein ols bas
bette Mittel auerlannt. giner ffarfeu
gtfdltung III bamii l9aelIer abaubeI.
Ten, als nit ireenb einem au6eren Wlit.
tel. gu berfaufeu bei a. Cohen & Co.,
3altsper & SoH unb alien bebeutenben
9r0guiifeu.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14

Wur bel seIunben poRen fam
man fib trant laden.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-02-14

= gs muB ni6t serabe @arnepaI
fein, treHn fi9 6ralien mastiren iolleu.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
Herbert spencer,s Views.

Herbert Spencer lives in a quiet,
charming way among his books and
friendsin London. He still has views"
in fact his seventy years of life seem to
have made these views somewhat more
pronounced than ever. Possibly the
effects Of advancing age May be seen In
his inclination to take the dark side Of
things.
Mr.. Spencer has lately expressed his
apprehension that society was going to
the dogs. He believes state socialism
is the alarming danger that now threat
ems mankind. State socialism will be
the destruction Of individual liberty.
When individual liberty Of thought and
action goes, all is gone that makes life
worth living. From state socialism
mankind will drift into military despQt.
ism. 1t 10 the next step. Then will
come the downfall of nations and pande-
monium will be let loose. There will be
a terrible struggle. from which America
cannot hope to escape
In our republic, as elsewhere, Herbert
Spencer sees the state absorbing more
and more the individual activity of man,
and 'fntermeddling in all manner Of
ways in what should be private enter
prise" Some day the people will awake
to the fact that the state has absorbed
the individual utterly. 1t Is then that
the struggle viii begin, the terrific strug-
gle of the individual to regain his lost
rights.
Mr.. Spencer is the worlds champion
of individual liberty, such liberty as few
men, even in republic, have any con-
ception Of, and at present he thinks he
SECS that the drift is entirely away from
the freedom OF the individual. He sage
the American believes he is free, but that
he is not at all 80.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
For one Of the few times in the histor

For one of the few times in the histor,
of this country farmers have literally
been able to take advantage of the sc
called harvest MOON" the first full
moon of September, which is supposed
to be particular blessing to ths agri-
culturists of Europe, enabling them to
work at night and SO get their wheat in.
This season it was SO furiously hot in
South Dakota for few days that farm.
ers could not run their thrashing ma.
chimes. Consequently they rested dur
ing the heated hours Of the day, and
merrily started up their thrashing ma
chimes by moonlight. The harvest moon
has been believed for ages to be special
dispensation Of providence to enable
farmers to get their wheat cut. But it ID
Of no use to American farmers. because
their harvest is over before the autumn
perigee of the moon, which brings ii
some 26, 900 miles nearer the earth than
it is at its greatest distance from Us.
This is why the September full moon
looks so large and bright. But its ap
pearance at the time Of the European
harvest must, ON the whole, probably be
taken as coincidence rather than spe
cial providence.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
Colored Omceholders.

The colored brethren Of Ohio, like
other Ohio men, generally get their
share Of what is going, not excepting
political offices. Ohio was one of the
first states to elect colored men to her
legislature This fall the colored voters
required something of pledge from the
Republican party that in the distribu-
ton OF them ere Offices" they would
not be forgotten.
Meantime it may not be out of place
to mention that at present, in the Dis
trict of Columbia alone, 1906 colored
persons, mostly men. hold Office under
the United States government. These
colored officeholders draw annually from
the United States treasury in salaries
81, $40 1868, which is not so bad
The negroes are mostly employed az
messengers, janitors porters, etc. Com
paratively few have arrived at the dig
nifty of clerkship. not SO much perhaps
because of want of capacity as because
Of the greater 'fuence of the white man
and brother in gaining the ear of the
appointing power John M. Langston,
the colored ex-congressman Of Virginia,
has compiled table of the colored office.
holders at Washington, with their sal.
aries, as follows
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13

Canadian bred horses have the name
Of being superior to those Of the United
States. So has Canadian cheese. Can
ada has a larger wheat growing ter
ritory than the United States. and much
Of it is not yet under cultivation The
mother country has done all in her
power to send immigration to Canada
instead OF the United States. So has
Canada herself The mines of Nova
Scotia and some Of the other provinces
are rich in gold, coal and iron. The
government has paid out $4,000. 600 in
the last ten years to aid emigration to
Manitoba and British Columbia.
The Canadian provinces were empow-
cred to ursss Into confederation In
1867. They dropped in one after an
other till the union was finished in 1873
In 1871 the total population of the con-
solidatsd provinces was 3,6S6. 500. Now,
twenty years later, with ali the favoring
natural advantages named, the total
population Of the united Dominion Of
Canada Ia 4.Se3,34A In twenty years
Canada has added less than million
and quarter to her population II tho
population Of Canada could keep up.
with the increase Of the national debt,
the Dominion would now be booming
country, for In the twenty years named
she has added over $3.50, 100000 to her
national indebtedness, increasing IL
from $a1 per capita to $50. In the same
time the United States national debt has
gone down from 900 per capita twenty
years ago to $12.S7 per capita at present
The wide gap cannot be explained BY
difference Of climate, cold weather or
etc. In the past ten years New England
has gained in population Ills per cent.
Step just across the air line separating
New England from our neighbor on the
north, and you fnd an increase in the
same time Of only LII per cent. The
moment a traveller crosses this line he
finds curious difference. Canadians
seem strangely slow and behind the
times. AS compared with the people Of
the states they are what the stage coach
is to the lightning express train.
What makes the difference, anyhow
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
Great Day in Great Britain.

British school children this September
went for the first day in their lives to 8
free school. Never until this year Of
grace, 1891, has the Briton known the
meaning of a true public school, al
though he might have learned all about
it from America long ago If he had only
been willing to acknowledge that he did
not know everything already. It is to
be noted particularly, too. that this gift
comes from Tory government instead
of a Liberal one. In the future this fact
OF giving free schools to the British pub
lie will constitute the finest feather in
the cap OF the Salisbury government
Yet, like all great days, that which be.
gan the new educational era in Great
Britain was little disappointing. The
very thing which showed how sorely
such schools were needed was the fact
that only a few Of the parents even
knew that the schools were to be free
henceforth- Thousands Of the young
ones entered the school doors with the
usual fees in their hands and there was
scarcely any increase Of attendance At
all Plainly, the masses Of the English
people do not read the papers. The fact
had been published far and wide fos
months that school fees were abolished,
but only the fewest number Of parents
knew Of it. Imagine such state of az
fairs in Americal Well. let us hope free
schools will produce nation Of news
paper readers in Great Britain.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
The Great American Novelist.

It is fact that never before were go
many stories by American writers poured
upon book publishers and into the news
paper Offices 1t seems indeed as if
every fourth person in the land, and par
ticularly every fourth woman, were
writing novels or short stories. They
are mostly love stories, the author rec
ognizing that no work of fiction can
have a reasonable excuse for being un-
less it deals with the grand passion.
This is the first part of the statement.
The second part is that not one in TWEEN
ty of the stories is worth putting into
print They are nearly all the work Of
amateurs, those just trying their infant
wings on the atmosphere of authorship.
Almost without exception the stories are
commonplace, and show not a spark OF
talent in this field.
There is yet another point to be men
toned. 1t is that never before proba-
bly, was there such demand for purely
American stories. The fact that a ro-
nance is a translation from another lam
guage, or even that it is an English tale,
is against it in the popular mind. The
novel reading public now wants purely
American fiction The short stories
which we have appropriated SO long
from English magazines have palled at
length on the American taste. Where
is the native writer who will charm his
thousands of readers with purely Amer
lean fiction, short stories and long? The
country waits for him.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
Campaign Songs.

It lie fact that political party has
often foated itself into power by simply
happening to hit upon good campaign
song. The old stirring strains Of "Tippe-
canoe and Tyler too," in 1910, are well
remembered yet by many veteran who
trained with the ancient Wing party.
During the war. Rally Round the
Flag, Boys" caused many doubling
young hero to enlist. So did Tramp,
Tramp, the Boys Are Marching" Above
all, Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn
of the Republic" fred the patriotic soul.
But great occasions produce great
songs and great men. We have not had
since the war any political or patriotic
song that stirred the soul as the old
ones used to do.
In Ohio there has been much march
ing to and fro under the Republican
banner to the tune of 'Uncle Sam. is do
ing business at the same old stand. y
This air has swing and rhythm to il
that are very catching.
In New York the Republicans have
got hold Of something almost equally
taking, a song set to the music OF
marching Through Georgia." and are
making it ring up hill and down dale.
1t is true that General Sherman was sc
tired of this air that he called it ''that
blasted old tune" or words to that eff
feet, and hoped he would never hear il
again. But with the multitude it never
wears out. 1t rings in the popular cal
sleeping or waking.
The New York Democracy have Q
royal opportunity, which they have moi
yet properly utilized, in the name Of
their candidate for governor, Roswell P.
Flower. But in many of the states it is
safe to say that party could win which
could get composer to make for it Q
magnificent campaign song.