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FtCrtcr. nCtcrAtSs L
The origin OF the very cheap and doubtfni
stories called dime novels and OF the matter
In the very cheap family papers Is moro or
less OF a mystery to most people. Tho Dead
wood Dick series and books OF that character
are usually without the names OF publishing
houses or bear the names OF publishing
houses not In existence. The authors OF these
stories are unknown to the world ana THIS
kind Of literature Is printed with as much con-
cealmen as 10 IL were New York green goods
Down in an east side street. near one OF the
large and we'll known cheap publishing houses,
is the birthplace OF much Of this kind OF litern'
ture. Up stairs in an old-fashioned. red-brick
building are tho offices and machinery for
creating and publishing q yellow back ana
stereotyping the matter that goes Into many
OF tho story papers that find their way to every
rural and hamlet Post once In the country.
Not only are stories printed here and made
into pot metal for the cheap papers elsewhere.
bntthe building contains oiiices Tor the authors
ps .hs new 81 ft tSs s sad . tore boilers a'"a
In two or three small rooms are, z dozen
or SO OF men seated at desks, Maintaining the
them wear glasses and hold the blue penoil
behind their ears and labor. with Ions, manu-
s 81 others are running thFHngh, 6 pri ~
base OF a new plot. Many OF these stories are
already had a large circulation.
The most OF the stories. however. are bought
by this concern from the large publishing
house near by and other cheap story publish
ing houses. Tons Of cheap and trifinE fiction
annually ulate at these large publishing
houses. and much OF 1t Ia OF no use to them.
This shop or mill has been created to. utilize
1t by putting 1t upon the market. and that ac-
counts in a largo measure why there 10 50
much OF this kind Of literature. The demand
has been largely created by the facilities for
making tho cheap and very doubtful story:
mot one person. In twenty who writes stories
for publication by tho cheaper houses ever
sees himself in print. and not one In fifty who
aims higher. 1t seems to me. at times. that
almost the whole population Of the, country 10
trying to write stories. Nine-tenths' OF. these
storlos IRE blood curdllng or are total nom
sense. and this shop gets. the choice o.. tn?
rubbish that no reputable house could AFFORD
This shop is perhaps the only publishing
house IN the city absolutely independent OK
tho author and writer. 1t is In. literature the
ragpicker and the ash-barrel sitter. Some OF
its ,stereotypes for family story papers are
creditable. however. as those publications go.
to the public. Being, independent Of the story
ence and persistence. The story writer who
has failed everywhere else would come. here
rather than have his tale never see tho light.
1 know that some story writer's In New York
who have failed to do even creditable work
have dIifted into writing cheap rot for q liv.
ing. Then. too. this sort OF literature is never
advertised in places OF intelligence. Intellt.
gent prejudice Is against II, even IL It's circula.
tion docs not violate the law"
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their willingness to insure the life Of Herr
Wippehen against oil the dangers Of war upon
the most reasonable conditions.
Yesterday. at IL o'clock Ia the forenoon.
Herr Wippchen set out on his journey. favored
bT the most glorious weather. In the evening
We had his fret report from Bornsu In small
TOW near Berlinl. which We here publish:
"'BEnNAu. May 3. 1877.
After travelling for two hours I arrived here.
and In this friendly littlo town I found rooms
far from the deafcnlnG noiso OF the railway.
where 1 can devote myself with leisure to my
task. 1t Is my purpose to give you n battle Of
some Dimensions every day. Certain It Is that
the position OF Bernau Is decidedly favorable
to my enterprise. for not only is It possible 10
take the train for the battlefield twice n day.
but also to write to Berlin much more fire.
Q~uently.
Or the train IL was the opinion Of many
that tho die had been cast. and that the temple
OF Janus would not be sheathed again for weeks
to come. Indeed. ut tho "Kaiserhof." the night
before We left. we were quite unanimous about
that.
] am sorry TO say that I am not supplied
with the necessary maps. The geography I
had when l went to school is rather old. and
tho map OF Turkey Is partly torn out.
1t was a capital idea to send me here.
There Is no denying the fact that a war corre-
spondent should not be constantly seen In the
streets OF the city where his reports are
printed. r'' enclose my hrst letter from
the battlefield. and at the same time I would
ask you to send ne a couple OF those new gold
fve-mark pieces which the Inhabitants Of
Bernau are anxious to see.'"
There follow for q time at regular intervals
descriptions OF appalling battles between the
Turks and Russians, forwarded from Bernau.
Then ensues o prolonged silence. which pro-
vokes not only suspicion. but the following re-.
NOR STRANGE on the part Of the editor:
To Herr Wipprh.n at Bernas:
Since tho Sd you have no. sent us o single
skirmlsh. for VIC presume you do not expect
us to look upon your request for q further re-
nittance. with which We unfortunately COM
plis;.. in the light Of q war report. You seem
to take the Oriental complication as an oppor-
tunity to live in the country at our expense.
Do you think this Is acting like our own corre-
spondent2 II SO. you mistake. II we do not
receive one Of the bloodiest battles by return
post. we shall look about for another war cor
respondent. 1t was only yesterday that one
OF the profession offered his services. declar-
Ing his readiness to furnish us with war at
five pfonnige a line. We wish to bring this to
your notice. saluting you in the firm expecta-
ton OF O desperate conflict Yours cordially"
NJ. W. Ii.
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Bat once. IN winter time. 'tis trus.
tdid what I perhaps must rue;
a eountryman. 10 Keep him warm
I'VE had Just then . snowy stormy
Had put some straw into his shoes;
To bite II I could not refuse;
And 40 flor hunger was my lav)
Itook. or stole. . angle straw"
"Tberei say no morel' the Fox exclaimed
"For want OF straw that man was famed.
His feet were bitten by the frost.
Tia probable his life was lost.
Twas theft and murdor-No replyi
Your psnsncc Ia. that you must die"
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HOLLAND. Jan. 11.-Last night the house OF
Thomas Purdy, about three miles from this
city. was burned. Mr.. Purdy was an old
years His great passion was the collection Of
curios. He had q museum Of ores. minerals,
s %SIs' 70: sh %Sisb iha 4. a1. s 5sliss, S Ri dSo and I'd, tpL:
said the oollseti9n wa, worth thrice that Only
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His Majesty the King. with his most sublime
spouse the Queen. had their heads cut on
But whom you hear the red guillotine march
drummed you understand IL correctly for the
nrst time. and you know the how and the why.
Madame. Il IL indeed n wonderful march.
II thrilled through marrow and bone whom l
first heard II. and was glad when 1 forgot It
The recollection OF the Ruillotine march. "a
ira, by one OF those abrupt transitions from
humor to pathos and back again to humor.
which are characteristic OF Heine. brings back
n scene In a lecture room at G0ttingen. where
Napoleon, after his downfall. was roundly
berated by q certain Professor saaifeld.
"How could l." asks Hsinc. who had beon
tho pupil OF a man who had
through the Revolution and the Empire. hear
the Emperor cursed? The Emperor. the
Emperor. the great Emperor The Emperor
is dead. On a waste island In the Atlantic
Ocean is his grave: and he for whom the world
was too narrow lies quietly under n little hill
lock, whore i've weeping willows hang their
green heads. and q little brook. murmuring
sorrowfully. ripples by. There is no inscrlp-
ton on his tomb: but Clio. with . Just pen.
has written thereon invisible words which will
resound. like spirit tones. through thousands
OF years.
Britannia! the sea Is thine. But the sea
has not water enough to wash away tho shame
with which the death OF that mighty one has
covered thee. And he was thy guest and had
seated himself by thy hearth.
'.Strangc! A terrible destiny has already
overtaken the three greatest enemies OF the
Emperor. Londonderry has cut his throat.
Louis XVIII. has rotted away on his throne.
and Prof. Saalfeld is still professor In Got
tingen."
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eer,r.. Humer.

In an octave volume Of 43o pages Mr.. HANS
MUiiER-UAsESov has collected and translated
. LARGE number OF examples OF Tie Hrmor Of
tyomanY tScribn or course no such ro-
rertory OF extracts was ever completely salts
factory. even to tho author. Tho abundance
OF material from which to choose and the mar
row space at Ills disposal compel him to omit
many characteristics excerpts. which. as he
knows. may seem TO many OF his readers moro
worthy Of selection than some which he has
included In his volume. On the whole. how
ever. In this instance the work OF the compiler
haa been well performed. almost every type
and phase OF German humor being happily
Illustrated. Wo cannot say as much for the
translation. 90 far ms the poetry is concerned.
Especially Is the attempt TO render certain
lines OF Heine into English verso n failure.
Tho versions Of the prose extracts are better
done. though here also either the translator or
the proof reader is charceable with a good
many plumbers.
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! W.

Next to Nelson. the most famous OF the Eng
lish naval commanders OF this epoch. was Sir
John Jervis. created Earl 81. Vincent for his
memorable victory off the cape Of that name.
In this battle. which took place on Feb. II
1907. the British had fifteen ships and tho
Spanish twenty-seven. Both Nelson and Col
lingwood were Captains under Jervis. and bore
distinguished parts in the engagement. In
the popular eye Nelson was the most striking
figure in this battle. because. with u seventy
four. he carried drst a Spanish ship OF eighty
guns. and then another OF H. guns: hut
Can't. Mahan points out that this splendid ey-
hibition Of lighting capacity on Nelson's part
detracts in no way from the credit due to the
Commandor-in-Chief: any more than it did
from Nelson's own fame that the Captain Of the
leading ship at the Nile conceived on the spur
ofthe momentthe happy thought OF passing in.
side the French line. To Jervis alone belongs
the honor OF attacking q greatly preponderant
force. as we'll as OF the correct and adequate
combination by which he hoped to snatch VIC
tory from superior numbers. He was fortu-
nate. Of course. In having such q lieutenant:
but the whole responsibility aud the
who'll original plan was his To him,
too. was primarily due the admit
rabls efficiency of the English feet
which removed from his enterprise the re-
proach OF rashness. In the judgment OF the
author of this narrative peculiar credit is duo
to Jsrvis because at q critical conjuncture he
could rise above his own anxieties and local
responsibilities to think OF the needs OF his
country. and was willing to risk his own repu-
tstion to support her prestige As the dawn Of
morning light shons on the Spanish feet Jer-
VI WAsAAaSAta 60" xsesgy y vssy $780,
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VI.

Julius Stettenheim. who was born at Ham
burg some sixty years ago. and Is now living
at Berlin. is best known as the editor OF the
Wespen aud the Mnnoristishes Deutschland.
Among innumerable humorous compositions.
perhaps the most successful has been his
War Correspondence" parts OF which are
translated In the book before US. We repro
ducs the editorial Introduction to the letters
and two Of the epistles which subsequently,
passed:
"Ths natural and justlnabls mistrust which
the reading public brings TO bear upon pub
lished reports from military headquarters has
caused us TO send our extra special corre-
spondent. Herr Wippchen. whose presence has
already graced several official festivities at the
porter brewery. as we'll as two general assem-
blies OF the Architects Club. to be an syowit-
ness upon the field occupied Just now by the
Oriental question.
No sooner was our intention made public
than four managers Of the most renowned life
Insurance companies applied to N. DECLARING
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Capt. Mahan traces in detail the stops By
which the fine naval service which had been
created In France und or Louis XVI. was broken
down. and he also examines the Ultimate effect
OF maritime incspacity upon the French en-
pirs. The overwhelming destruction OF the
sss-powsr OF Francs and Spain ct Trafalgar Was
undoubtedly . principal factor IA the nnal re-
suits attained q Lsipsis aAa q WAsskless uVAA
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tiai TO England at this moment" It has In
deed been said that q further pursuit OF the
feet so disgracefully beaten would have in-
creased the British triumph: but Jcryis was
net the man to risk q substantial success Sc
curcly held for q doubtful further gain. The
victory essential to Great Britain had been
won and the worthlessness OF the Spanish
navy had been laid bare. II was enough that
fifteen British ships had dashed into the midst
OF twenty. seven enemies. had collared and
dragged out four Of the biggest and severely
handled the rest. With st. Vincent began q
series OF naval achievements which throw the
great deeds OF earlier days into obscurity.
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We shall illustrate the scope and tho value
Of the book before us. mainly by extracts from
Richter. Home. Bogumil Goltz. and julius
Ststtonheim. to which may be added. II we have
space. instances OF university and newspaper
humor. We would begin. however. with An ex-
tract from O metrical translation OF q fable
written by Hugo Won Trimberg. who lived In the
last half OF the thirteenth century. 1t lie evident
that under tho figures OF tho wolf. the fox. and
the ass. the author is depicting the parts play
ed In medieval society by the mobiles. the cler-
~. and the common people. According q to this
fable. tho wolf and the fox. being on q pilgrim
age to Rome. overlook tho ass. and thence
forth tho thres Jared forward together. Pres
emily the wolf. however. suggested that It
might spare the Pope some trouble II the three
pilgrims confessed each other. He proposed
accordingly hat each should describe his
greatest sin. and SO. passing over triies, he
acknowledged tho one deed that gave his con-
science pain.
"'Tis this-there dwslt beside the Rhine
man who lived by feeding swine
BE- He had . SOW who rsmblsd wide
while all her pigs with hunger cried.
punished her In such q way
y That never more she went astrAy.
Her little oneA deserted now.
OFT moved my pity. III avow:
ended all their wees one night
' Now let my Punishment 10 iiyhtw
"wsIi." said the Fox. "your sin was small
And hardly can for penance call:
For such . venIal transsression
You've made amends by this confession.
Aad now I'll do a. you have done
or all my sins I'll name but onsI
man such noisy fowls would keep
~ That ne enc near his house could sleep;
The crowinEs Of his chAnticlssr
Disturbed the country Tar aud near.
Distracted by the noise. one night
went and stepped bis growing quite.
But this feat ended net the matter
The hens began 10 crow and chatter
Asd % che dsss ] slightly ras)
killed them and yhsir chickens. tee"
well" taid the Wolf. 10 hush that din
Was surely NO alarming sin:
Abstain from poultry for three days.
And. II you like. amend your wayA
Bat now the Ass must be confessed.
Donkey. how FAR have you transsrssssdr'
An r. sAia the Asa with dismal bray.
"Yos know hsys not much 10 ssyi
For ] have tSiisa from day y day.
And dsns for master ssrstes seod.
sanytAs water. eosa. sAa sss4
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-23
The Congressional Summary.

WASHINGTON, Oct 23.-The senate Satur-
day passed house joint resolution dis
posing for charitable purposes of funds OF
the Mormon church now in the hands of
the receiver. PETER completed his free sill
yer speech and Jones Of Nevada continued
his. Voorhees, asked him to yield for an
executive session, and Jones agreed. say
Ing his speech would require three or four
days. After executive session the senate
took recess until 10 o'clock this morning,
The house passed bill to divide the
eastern judicial district of Michigan into
northern aud southern divisions. The Nc
Garrahan bill was withdrawn owing to
the absence Of a quorum, which also pre-
vented the passage Of the printing bill
which vas reported to the house from
committee of the whole
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-23
ANARCHISTS MEET AT CHICAGO.
They DO Not Gather at the Art Institute,
HoMever-MhN They M.et.


EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Oct. 23.-Charles L.
James, the anarchistic litterateur. was in
terviewed on the dispatch from New York
about prohibited meeting of anarchists
being held in Chicago. He said it was
held, but not to organize destructive
agencies. Its purpose was to improve the
system of communication between diff
ferent points in the world and that object
was accomplished. Said James: NO, Car
ter Harrison did not know anything about
it. Major McClaughrey told Mr.. Holmes
that public meetings would be allowed,
but secret meetings would not be; but we
wanted secret meeting and we had it.
1T is not true that Prince krapotkin was
there; neither was Johann Most there;
neither was Mrs. Parsons there, but she
was too well known to the police and re-
porters. The first meeting was held Sept.
81. About thirty were present. They rep
resented most Of the countries of Europe.
Canada was also represented and there
was even an American Indian in the as
semblaCe Van Orlum, Miss pecleyre and
Mrs. Holmes were there. No, there was
no dynamite in the party
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-23
Had a PeriInus Ride.

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-One of the elevators
in the Manufacturer building at the
Worlds fair with, fourteen passen gers, af.
ter dropping at its usual rate for time
suddenly let 90 and dropped to within
thirty feet of the floor at a terrific speed.
There it stopped and the passengers, glad
they were alive, but feeling very sick and
very angry, had to be taken out on a lad
der. The cause has not been intelligibly
announced yet, but the car was stopped by
a safety device that acted just as it was in.
tended it should act. No one was hurt
but there was great excitement.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-23
Ire DEAD AT BATTLE CREEK.
Some More of the Bodies Identified
Everybody Against wooley.

Everybody Against wooley.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. 23.-Some
more of the bodies of unfortunates who
met death in the Grand Trunk wreck have
been identified and to date the following
is correct list: Miss A w. Workman,
of New York city; Mrs. Eveline A. Aid
rich, of Edwardsburg, Mich; James G.
Workman, - years old, of New York
city; James w. Beardslee, of Watkins, n.
Y; William w. Henry, Of East Green
wich, n. Y; Edwin j. Magoon, Walwick,
r. l.; Mrs Albert Bradley, Simcoe, Ont;
Thomas r. Stringer, Port Dover, Ont;
Frank H. Smith, Fort Plain. n. Y; Chas.
c. Van Dasen, Sprout Brook. n. Y; Mrs.
Charles c. Van Dusen, Sprout Brook, N.
Y; Thomas A. McGarvey, London, Ont.
A list of the injured who have gone to
their homes is: John c. Stewart, wife
and daughters, OF Dalton, Ills; T. j. Mon
roe and George Shackleton, Of Auburn, N.
Y; j. S. Archbell, of Evanston, Ills; w.
A. Ryerse, of Port Dover. Ont, and c. F.
Adams, of Buffalo, n. Y.
Archbell and William L. Wilson, both
of Evanston, Ills, were supposed to be
dead and so reported, but both are alive
and only slightly wounded. They are
probably the only passengers in that car
found-W. Williams. of Ontario, Canada
He was taken to private house badly in
jured in the back.
Albert H. Bradley, of Toronto, Ont, an
other of the injured, is dead. He was
cashier in the Bank Of Commerce in that
city and his demise swells the number of
deaths to twenty eight. All the other in
jured are doing well except Mrs. Henry
Vance, who Will probably die. There are
now fourteen unidentified bodies, but it is
known that Mrs. a. X. Warner, OF Brock
port, y. Y, and Mrs. J. Wood, Of Odessa,
y. Y, are among the number.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers hustled until they found bonds
man for Wooley, and he has been released.
Public sentiment Is very strong against
| him and railway men attribute the horror
to his inexpl cable conductor. Conductor
John Burke, of the wrecked train, puts
the entire blame on Wooley. Burke had
a close call for his own life and is severely
hurt He is very positive the fault lays
with Wooley.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-23
SERIOUS HEAD-oN COLLISION.
Two Trains Come Together in Ohio Badl,
Hurting Six Persons.

LIMA, o., Oct %. A bad wreck
occurred on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago railway in a
dense fog at Monroeville, west of this
city. The westbound vestibule train was
running in several sections and the second
one was standing at a switch near Mon
roeville when an eastbound train ran into
it, wrecking both engines. Engineer Cow
an, of the westbound train, was frightfully
scalded, Fireman Bailey badly hurt and
Brakeman Hunt probably fatally injured.
Two passengers were seriously hurt-Mrs.
Anna Smith, of West Jackson, and Miss
Nettie Wilson, of Allegheny, Pa. Bag
gagemaster Stevens, Of the westbound
train, was also seriously, possibly fatally
hurt. The wounded trainmen were taken
TO Fort Wayne, Ind
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-23

Even though the compromise bill he
brought in to-day there is little prospect
of concluding the consideration of the
question before the latter part of the week.
Jones of Nevada, who has spoken already
on three different days, will require sew
eral more days to conclude his remarks.
Teller also has on hand speech which he
began two or three weeks since, which he
would like an opportunity TO complete.
There are others of the silver advocates
VINO are similarly situated. They will be
given an opportunity to present the mat.
ter Drepared.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-23
The Local Markets.
GRAIN, ETC.

GRAIN, ETC.
Wheau-60e.
Corn-New, 35336c old, 4O942c.
New o4ts-26c.
Hay-Timothy, $40; uplsnd, ss1slO; slough,
$685.; baled, SS49.
PRODUCE.
Butter-Fsir 10 choice, 2Sl @25c; creamery, sc.
Eggs-Fresh, 2ccG22c-
Poultry-Chickens, lSc; turkeys i.h ducks
12hc; geese, l0c.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
Apples-s3 0O1S5.OOper bb
Potatoes-60c.
Onions-50c per bu.
Turnips-5Oc per bu.
LIVE STOCK
Catle-Butchers pay for corn fed steers
4g4Mc; COWS and heifeIs, 2HI3Lc calves
405c.
HOgs-5hc.
Sheep-5c.
FUEL.
Coal-Soft, 10c; hard, $50.
Wood-Sawed, IS 25; cord Si25.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-23
Nomination. fPostmas,ers.

WASHINGTON, Oct 23.-The president
has nominated the following postmasters:
William T. Wallace, Assumption, Ills;
Benjamin w. Pope, Duquoin, his; David
c. Can'ner, Monticello, Ills; Albert Gill
more, Sheldon, Ills; Charles A. Bline,
Corydon, Ind; Robert J. Gardner, Aurora,
Ind; john II. Howell, Eagle Grove, Ia. {;
Marcus D. Case, Manchester; Mich; Rob
ert Mooney, Ontonagon, Mich; Michael g.
McGeehan, Hurley, Wis