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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
Literary NOtes.


"John Ward, Preacher" by Mrs. De-
land. is said TO have reached ITS h1ty-h1th
thousand.
A new story by Amelie Rives, entitled
Barbara Dering will be issued by the
LippincOtts.
The Scribners will add pr. Hollands
Bitter Sweet" and "Kathrina" to their
Cameo Series.
Roberts Brothers have nearly ready the
complete Poems of Philip BOurke Mar
ston. edited by Mrs. Louise Chandler
MOulton.
Joel Chandler Harris, author Of the
Uncle Remus" sketches. was born on
the African coast, whittier his parents
had gone as missionaries.
Mr.. Formers Marital Claims" new
story by Richlrd Malcolm Johnston,
which is accompanied by a few short
stories. will be the last book in ID. Apple
ton & Co.'S dainty summer ssries for the
current year.
Pertinently to the present vogue of the
Kelley cure. DIR. T. D. Crothers discusses
in the Popular Science Monthly for Octo-
Der the merits of the various specifies for
the cure of inebriety that have claimed
attention at different times.
DR.. Conan Doyle says about historical
novels that a man must have an enthusi-
asm for the age about which he is writ
ing. He must think 1t a great Ole, and
then he must go deliberately to work to
reeonctruct it. Then his is splendid
joy"
The Scribners have in press "The Cam
paign of Waterloo" by John G. Ropes
with an atlas; Spanish Cities" by DR..
Charles A. Stoddard; Poems of Rod and
Gun" by Ernest McGaffey, illustrated
by Herbert Butler; and the complete
poems of Mrs. Julia r. @. Dorr.
The special edition of "Old Italian
Masters" with the engrayings by Mr..
Timothy Cole, to be published by the
Century Company, IN October, is to con-
at $175.00 a set, instead of 175 sets at
$1.75 each. as quoted In our issue of
August 9th.
Miss Constance Fenimore Woolson is
now living quietly in Oxford, where she
has made many delightful friends Few
people who read her charming stories and
sketches and note her keen appreciation
of clever word-play would suspect that
she is very deaf.
Macmillan e. Co. hope to have Mr..
Bryce's latest edition of his American
Commonwealth" ready by October LIST.
They also announce "The Beauties of
Nature and the Wonders of the World"
by Sir John Lubbock; and History of
Early English Literature" by the Rev.
Stopford A. Brooke.
The Easy Chair" which Mr.. George
William Curtis filled so long and so well
in Harper's Magazine, is probably to re-
main forever vacant. The New York
Sun states that there is an installment
written by Mr.. Curtis now in hand for
the October number, and that on the con-
clusion Of the current volume the depart
ment will be omitted. Mr. Henry M.
Alden. editor of Harper's Magazine. said:
1T IL difficult to imagine an Easy Chair
without Mr.. Curtis to fill it,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
Books and Newspapers.

A serious aspect of the book question is
Indicated by the falling off Of the sale of
books in the country bookstores. 1t is
that books are being replaced by news
papers and periodicals; that is, of course,
relatively, for the weekly publication lists
of the world are still enormous and in
creasing. 1t is probably true that the re-
spect for a book as a book has declined
with the public. This may arise from the
fact that so many things are put in
covers which are not books, and that a
large proportion of so-called books, 1T
GLIDING the majority of novels and OF
books of travel, are not so well written
as the columns of the ordinary news
paper but it is more likely due 10 a GER
tain haste and Impotence in the modern
mind to come at information quickly,
that which leads men to snatch their
mental food from a newspaper para
graph, and often to be content with read
ing only the headlines of that paragraph.
There is also a desire TO find an easy
cut to knowledge which induces women
20 meet in clubs twice week to hear
some bright woman, who has read the
newspapers, tell them the news of the
day. These paid and professional news
readers or vendors are popular with those
who cannot afford quarter Of an hour
q day 10 glance at newspaper, and to re-
feet for five minutes more upon the mean
ing of the intelligence of the whole planet
which is daily spread before them. But
for women who like to strengthen their
minds by investigating for themselves,
and not to be fed with o spoon, and for
most men, there are visible reasons why
newspapers and magazines are more read
than books. There is more good writing
ia the newspapers and periodicals, at
least in this country, than there used TO
b0.
Some of the brightest and best-in-
formed and trained minds In the land
give their entire time and energy 10 the
daily VDd weekly press. They do this I'M
get better pay for this work than they
could get, with few exceptions, for writ
ing books. The newspaper is pushed as a
commercial enterprise as it never was
before, and it cen afford TO command the
best talent to swell its circulation. upon
which its profit from advertising de-
ponds. BY this demand, doubtless, the
higher, the spontaneous, literature loses,
but the ephemeral gains in quality and
ability TO satisfy the wants of the reading
public. The authors of books, as a rule,
have been inadequately paid for their
labors. 1t is no reproach to them if they
desire better pay and larger public. 1t
was always dignihed 20 write for a first
class review or any periodical of char
acter, but it is within the memory of this
generation when the public saw with
shock Of surprise the names of men of
letters of high rank advertised as con-
tributors to weekly paper Charles
Dudley Warner in Harper's Magazine for
September.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
r,r r,vrs-R1cHMoNp VA, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER IS, 1902


,ors,v She was timd, diilident
..The work is, of course, new o, 10 me Of
said Mrs. v, 'and L kho" no'ne ar
the habits of mind OF these "1 I'M ,r1f
,,+b,t wouId appeal to them. in1 sua
,d,,roor mo seems so wide that L evh.
'r,,dod tho more direct and plnin L Inaue
INV condemnation of their e'h h'loi'' u
conduct the better. =. oou 7 snoke
"At the window OF eacn eeii "a told
kindly but firmly to the occupah', nc" i;ra and
h Ell, 7 had come to talk about her NE a iid
nci ..s,,iross One of them was stond
a III dumb. Two were really abusive;
1 ~ foaI eure that one OF the four OF h'e
,,,;tb whom / talked was impressed ny
the truths told her. - H. CONTINUED
.n,,,t believe it to be useless. Between
- and them there certainly IL a great
Sulf and do not see how 1t Is 10 DE
co The two women walked in silence for
= while. and then Mrs. saiu'
What did you 90 ,-.5 .ho o.t,o-
"Oh, so little! e1claiihep rue ILL., nar
~ only went so one cell. L saw poor
matte woman who had been convicted
- larceny. Her defense was that her
otld was starving, and so her sentence
',,as ligbt When / saw her l Thought
WaS ~ he where She is if God had given
me- n black skin, and poverty and nun
cry child -" ,.a;,
'aRidiculousr' said Mrs. V. indlg-
,ontIv You could never have been
'N God only knows. At any rate could
not preach to her. 80 l only talked VI
her child, and told her about my NIUE
lack. and said how sorry / was she
conld not be with her baby. L am gong
10 see it, and shall go tomorrow 10 teii
her about it." r.
Mrs. V visited the prison twice az
Ter this first interview and lectured the
women: but finding that she was received
colby. she abandoned them, and ever
after spoke Of the criminal classes as
Mrs. C looked after the poor black
babv while It's mother was in prison.
When the woman was released she TOOK
her into her house, contrary to Mrs.
VS. advice, and gave her work and
home. r.
II cannot think she will steal from
me-" she said, smiling. She taught ana
watched over her as tenderly as a sister.
The moor thief is now a member OF the
Methodist Church, earnest and hopeful
in her struggle to do right and to make
man of her boy.
We cannot stand upon height ana
order our brother out of vice.
Christ. let us remember, when he
blessed the weak and helped the wicked,
first laid His loving hands upon them
Youths Companion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
The Greatest Fool.

Rishop Hall tells us that there was
certain nobleman who kept Tool or
lester Ia common occurrence in, great
families in former days., 70 whom he one
day gave a staff, with a charge to keep
If hi he should meet with one who was
a greater fool than himself. Not many
Years after the nobleman was i'll and
near death. The jester came to see him,
and his lordship said to him: Il must
soon leave you" And where are you
coin asked the fool. Into another
World" replied his lOrdshiP: And when e.,
viii you come again-within ;, MONTH
mo" "Within a year," No" When
tben9" 'sNeyer." 'Neverw said the
lester. "and what provision hast thou
made for thy entertainment there where
thou goest?" None at all" NO" said
me fool; none at ALL Here, then, take
my staff, for with all my folly, am not
guilty of any such folly as this.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
.ppnoPRrATE SUNDAY READING.
v.,,.,or q. nm Educative Foros-The Great
est Of Foois-Two Ways OF Doing
Good-Sotes.
IN THE DEAD HAND.

They tell the tale unsmlling.
Old men their hours beguiling
As they can;
Each annual September,
They sadden who remember
IRkermann.
Yet OF that field one story
shines through the gloom and glory
OF the fight;
over the lannon's roaring
There sings n larksong, soaring
Out of sight.
AIoof where men lay bleeding
In fatal pain, whose pleading
Made no cry;
Shot-pierced and sabre-smltten'
A young and gallant Briton
Crept to die.
A sunset there they found him,
With the red snow around nlh'
And his hand
Laid on the Book whose healihS
All hearts to heaven appealing
Understand.
And meath his frozen fingers,
Those words whose hope outllngers
Human strife,
Glowed Ike a stars reflection,
al am the Resurrection
And the Life"
Comrades to burial bore him,
But not deaths rendlng tore MIN
From his prize;
For in his hand caressing
Still clung the leaf whose blessing
Closed his eyes
q Christian song supernal,
Words sweetest, Love eternal
Ever said.
Peace at your 6all comes nyihg'
And they who clasp you, dying
Are not dead
Theron Brown, in Youths Companion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
su,nburnc H.rr.ck and shakespeare.

Mr.. Swinburne's preface might be
made the text of several interesting dis
cussions. Herrick's fate In literature
is passing strange. On the one hand, the
most melodious of English songsters IS
delivered to the archaeolOgist and the
folk-lorist as a body for dissection; on
the other hand, his sweet, clear verses
are made the theme Of the rbetorlcal-lm-
pressionists' impressions. Mr.: SWIM
burne, like Mr.. Henley and Mr.. Pal-
grave. has chosen the better part-to In
dicate rather than translate the charm
of Herrck at his best charm, he says,
so Incompatible and so inimitable that
even English poetry can boast Of nothing
quite like it or worthy to be named after
it, Unfortunately he has marred this
most generous tribute by the addition OF
n somewhat debatabe opinion. He places
Herrick above Shakespeare as song
wright: 'Shakespeares last song, the ex-
quisite and magnificent overture TO Inc
Two Noble Kinsmen," is hardly so hmpld
in its flow, so liquid in its melody as the
two great songs in "valentinian;. but
Herrick, our last poet of that incompara-
bic age or generation, has matched them
again ard again OF course, any
one is justified in arguing that
these things do not go chronologically,
and that the dirge in 'Cymbeline Ito
choose single example where more
might be offered is at least as exquisite
and magnificent as the overture But
there is no disputing Mr.. Swlnburnes
main contention, that Herrick is the
greatest song writer-as surely as Shake
speare is the greatest dramatist-of the
English race Nor are we disposed to
raise objections to the limitation he lays
upon Herrick's powers Che lives simply
by virtue of his songs; his more ambitious
or pretentious lyrics are merely magnii,-
fed or prolonged and elaborated songs)
because, although we do not accept the
second proposition, in view Of the Fare
well to Sack and the Farewell 10 Poe
try it is perfectly true that as crea-
tive and inventive singer he surpassess
ali his rivals in quantity of good work
In other words he wrote songs marvel
scarcely so much elaborated songs as
comparative failures.-Theodore Watts,
in The Athenaeum.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
Mighty Poor.

We asked an old colored preacher the
other day how his church was getting on,
and his answer was: Mighty poor,
mighty poor. brudder." We ventured to
ask the trouble, and he replied:
'De cieties, de cieties: Day is tist
DRAWN all de fairness and marrow outen
de body an bones OBJ de blessed Lord s
body. We can't do muffin widout de
ciety. Oar is de Iincum Getty, wild Sis
ter Jones an Brudder Brown to run it;
Sister Williams mus march in front OBJ
de Daughters of Rebecca. Den dar is
of Ham an de Liberian Ladies"
"Wel, you have the brethren to help
in the church." we suggested.
''No. sab. Dere am de Masons, de Odd
FelIers, de Sons of Ham an de Okla
homa Promise Land Pilgrims. Why,
brudder. by de time de brudders and sis
tiers pays all de dues an tends all de
meetin's dere is muffin left for Mount
Pisgah church but jist de cob; de corn
has all been shelled off an frowed to
desc speckled chickens. Arkansas Bap-
fist,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
In Dollars and Cents.

The good things in the world are all
WAYS cheapest; spring water costs less
than whiskey; box of cigars WIN buy
three Bibles; a State election costs more
than a revival of religion; you can sleep
in church every Sabbath morning lor
nothing, but nap in a Pullman car costs esi
you 81 every time; the circus taxes ni y,
cents, the theatre. 81, but the missionary !5
horse SCOOPS in 81, 900 the first day, while
the church bazaar lasts a week, works
twenty-five or thirty Of the best women
in America nearly to death, and comes
ont $40 in debt.-R. ]. Burdette.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
Magazine Literature.

A year or two ago the Century Maya
zine announced editorially the number of
manuscripts that had been submitted to
IL for publication in the course of twelve
months. Our recollection is that the aver
age number TO be examined daily was
about fifty, allowing three hundred work
Ing days to the year. In other words,
there was more matter submitted every
day than would suffice TO occupy the
available space Of monthly edition. We
suppose that the Harper, Scribner, At
lantic. Uppincott and Cosmopolitan mag
ezines are all suffering from like en-
barrassnient Of riches, and it is evident
that vast deal OF good matter is neces-
sarlly refused. II 10 impossible, az the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18

coo,,rv after remarked. touching this
noint TO nae all the beautiful ana ira
grant flowers of an extensive ana apun-
dant garden in making up single oou'
ouet The author Of a rejected poem,
essay. descriptive article, sketch or Story
is not obliged, therefore, TO conciuue 'n I
his work has been pronounced WhoiIy w
void of merit by the magazine can can
iners o. manuscript prviesssiy'nal ,bot
!, had heen surprised to discover that
there was such a large number oil ehce4-
lent writers in this country; 49,.
THAT multitude We should say, now
ovs,r IA NOT so great in proportion to the
nonulntion of the country as 10 the mum
her Of frst,class magazines. Say, 10 DE
oIite within the limit, that the popula-
tion of the United States is only SHY
Eve millions. Then, If only one III every
ten thousand of the inhabitants oI tlns
renuhiic is capable of doing good literary
work we have here body OF o'oOU
,yritors anv one Of whom might, without
nresumntion. submit at least one manu-
scrint 10 some one OF the magazines We
have mentioned in the course of year.
Now / 200 contributions would be more
than could be used 10y all those maya
zines together in that length of time; but,
if so many could be used, there would De
left $500 rejected addresses Ihs Is
sad showing for the ambitious out II
does not cover the whole ground for dis
couragement. II must strike every one
that IL anything like as many as nifty
manuscripts are examined daily by one
magazine they must be hastily examined.
OF course we must not suppose that the
best six thousand writers IN the country
are all engaged In writing for magazines,
or even that they would, all together,
submit as many as six thousand manu-
scripts for publication in any one year.
But while the ambitious writer remem-
hers that many of his competitors, proba-
bly the majority Of them, can produce
nothing that a magazine editor mlgh1
not properly dismiss at a glance, he must
also remember that be is competing with
others who have won their spurs-wrlters
of distinction. whose contributions are ac-
cepted almost without glance. Every
habitual reader of the magazines must
have grown familiar with certain names
from the frequency with which he mas
seen them in the list of contributors III
his favorite periodicals. Many OF these
names are little known beyond the CIR
Gle of magazine readers; but they are tle
names of the writer's who have won the
favor of the editors (deservedly, in al
most every instance), and who sadly d.
minish the space that would otherwise
be available for the compositions of I'M
known writers. How great, then, are
the odds against the unknown writer?
We should say that everything depends
upon the degree and direction OF his
talent. or better yet, Of his genius lie
may fail again and again; but he VIII DE
discovered sooner or later if he really has
something of the right sort to say. and
if he knows how to say it.--New Orleans
Picayune.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
Two Ways.

In thes. days, when so many sincere
people are trying to help their weaker
brothers, this incident, true in every de-
tail, may have its significance and use.
Three years ago the pastor of city
church appealed to the members of his
congregation to take a more active part
in helping the poor and the criminal
classes. The next day two young mar
ried women, wealthy and gently bred,
went to him in response to his appeal
He sent them to the women's ward of
the city prison. They went together,
separated after being taken to the ward
by an attendant. and in an hour or two
met again at the gate.
Tel me. how you were received. and
what yos i'd" said Mira c., anx.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18

Zululand now has a monthly Church pa
per. One hundred and fifty thousand
copies of the leafet, The Church and
Her Ways" have been printed and circu-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-14
AVON TO THE ~FLATHEAD.

Butte, Anaconda and Helena ought
to build a railroad from Avon to the
Flathead this year. AS The INDEpEND-
N has shown in recent articles the
capitalists and business men of Helena
are ready to do their share. Our es-
teemed contemporary, the Butte Miner,
assures us that the merchants and
miners OF Butte are ready to do their
part. We have no doubt that the peo-
pie of Anaconda would gladly avail
themselves of an offer to cooperate in
the undertaking. Who will be the first
to lead off in the movement? Helena is
pretty busy these days in getting the
Castle road under way, but her hands
are not SO full but that she can do her
part. Will not III enterprising friends
III Butte take the initiative and appoint
a committee of business mon to confer
with a like committee on the part o
Helena and Anaconda? We offer thu
as a suggestion to u progressive con
temporary, the Miner, which manifest
a broad and liberal spirit in all matters
that concern the prosperity of our state
Let Butte start the ball and Helena vii
help to keep it rolling. We believe tn
money to build the road can be raise,
in thirty days If the right men take hol,
OF it.
Butte, Anaconda and Helena all wan
the cheap coal, wood and lumber tina
-t-~ - TJs
is no room for argument about the nd
visibility OF such an enterprise; it woul,
pay. 1t would be from the start one c
the most profitable railroads in tn
country. There is money enough i
the three communities to build it.
This is one of the interests that all tn
towns have in common. They ma
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-14
PERSONAL.

@. E. Gable. Of Butte, is stopping at The
Helena.
A. G. Quaintancs, Of Livingston. is in
Helena. 9 #w
John Murphy, Of Avon. is . visitor in
Helena.
Tom McTague. Of Deer Lodge, was in
Helena yesterday.
G. w. Webb, of Washington, D. c., is
registered at The Helena.
John Gleason, of Wolf Creek, is regis-
tered at the Grand Central.
P. I. Walsh and Stephen Preise, Of Nei-
hart, are among the Meagher county people
in Helena. .,%
Mrs. NJ. E. White, for Tonolo. Ill.,, was
among the departures via the Great North
ern yesterday.
Mrs. Fannie H. G.. Childs, of Chicago, is
n visitor in Helena, and ID stopping with
the family Of Col. 9. d. Curtis.
Hon. s. b. Clayberg is expected to return
to Helena tomorrow from his European
business trip in connection with the sap
phire deal.
e. Anderson, for Kansas City. r. "A.
Trimble, for st. Paul. and George N. Fits,
for Denver, were among the departures
over the Union Pacific yesterday. \
James Moore, for Chicago, Henry Rich
ards, for New York, John Bukovak, for
Bremen, Germany, A. G. Magnus, for Chi
cago, II. L. Lester and wife, for st. Louis,
G. Fl. Burroughs and wife, for st. Paul,
were among the departures over the North
ern Pacific yesterday.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-14

visit Montana upon his return from the
Pacific coast. No man deserves more
from his fellow men than this generous
and unwaarying benefaotor Of mankind.
The home for union printers, erected
through his foresight and generosity ut
Colorado Springs, will long endure %
his best monument. Not only the
printers Of Montana, but every man,
and child within our borders
would be glad to Join IN = greeting to
this noble philanthropist, Mr.. Childs
will return over the Northern Pacific
read the latter part Of next month, and
we sincerely hope he will consent to
tarry q few days among us.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-14

COLORADO is steadily moving ahead Of
Montana in inducing immigration to its
irrigated agricultural valleys. A com
pany has recently purchased 15,OC0
acres of land in San Luis Valley and is
negotiating for an additional 10000
acres. During the summer a colony of
two hundred Dutch families will be set
tied upon these lands. The Dutch are
among the very best people who seek
u shores. They readily adapt them
selves to our institutions and become
Industrious, thrifty and law abiding
citizens. They like the colony plan of
settlement. In this way they are
enabled to form their own surroundings,
enjoy each others society, and avoid
that isolation which makes the life Of
the individual farmer, far from neigh
bors and friends, SO monotonous and
lonely. On q small scale the colony
plan is being tried at Manhattan, in
this state, where a score of Dutch fami-
lies have settled. We should have
thousands of such families n our great
valleys and we can get them here if
organized effort is made. There is no
more tempting inducement to capital at
the present time than investment in
such colonization enterprises.
Montana will never be a we'll popu-
lated state unless immigration is
brought here through organized effort
Tho colony plan is the only one for a
country like this where irrigation is
necessary and experience has showr
that colonies do not come spontaneously
They must be induced to come.