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In a volume of nearly four hundred pages,
published by the Cambridge University Press.
OF which Messrs. Macmillan q Co. are the New
York agents, we have n concise and trustworthy
sketch Of The Revolutionary and NdpolcDnic Era
by J. II. ROSE, the Cambridge University
extension lecturer in modern history. This book
IL framed on u new plan. The authors chief
aim is to set forth the influence of French ideas
and policy on Europe, to indicate. in other
words, the intcrdependencc of the French
revolution and the European revolution. Pass.
ing over unimportant details. he everywhere
endeavors to concentrate attention upon those
events and crises which had most to do with the
formation OF the present European system, and
to show the connection. too often ignored, be-
tween the earlier and later phases OF the upris-
ing In France. From this point of view IL will he
found that the earliest chapters of this work are
the most useful. Among the questions here dis
cussed, those which deserve particular attention
are as follows: How did II happen that other
European Governments delayed so long to check
the overthrow OF monarchy in France: was the
lot of the common people in France worse or
better than 1t was Ia other parts of Europe;
how came 1t to pass that n violent revolution
was substituted for the pacific and c~onstitu-
tional reform which so competent an eyewitness
as Thomas jefferson deemed possible: and
finally. were there good grounds for the policy
of opposition TO revolutionary France upon
which William Pitt finally entered
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weddings, and the art Of dressing and looking
beautiful. Whatever physical gifts she may
have are carefully cultivated. Afterward she is
taught TO handle musical Instruments. At 2 or
q years OF age she attends banquets. chiefly as
9 drum player. We are told that she Il then the
most charming little creature imaginable, and
already knows how to Ill your wine cup exactly
full with q single toss Of the bottle, and without
splitting a drop between two taps Of her drum.
Thereafter. her discipline becomes more cruel.
Her voice may be flexible enough. but lacks the
requisite strength. She Ia made, accordingly,
In the iciest hours Of winter nights TO ascend to
the roof Of her dwelling house, and there TO
sing and play till the voice dies in her throat.
The desired result Is an atrocious cold; after
a period OF hoaree whispering, her voice changes
its tone and strengthens. She Is now ready to
become q public singer and dancer. In this ca
pacity, she makes her first appearance at the age
OF ~ or ~. II pretty and skilfull, her services
will be much in demand. and her time literally
paid for. Then only do her purchasers begin to
reimburse themselves for the expense and trou-
bic OF her training. For many years more. all
that she earns must pass into their hands. She
can own nothing. not even her clothes.
At II or IL she has made her artistic reputa-
tion. She has been at many hundreds Of enter
tainments and knows by sight all the important
personages Of her city, the character OF each.
II niStOTN OF Ill. IteT nIe nus Decn CHltlly "
night life; rarely has she seen the sun rise since
she became a dancer. She has learned TO drink
wine without ever losing her head. and to fast
for seven or eight hours without ever feeling the
worse. She has had many lovers. To a certain
extent she Is FREQ to smile upon whom she
pleases; but she has been well taught, above
all else, to use her power OF charm for
her own advantage. She hopes TO find some
body able and willing to buy her freedom, which
as the author suggests, will almost
certainly thereafter discover many new and ex-
cellent meanings in those Buddhist texts that
tell about the foolishness Of love and the Inn
permanency Of all human relationships. AT this
point OF her career Mr.. Hearn leaves the geisha,
merely noting that thereafter her story is apt to
prove unpleasant unless she die young. Should
that happen, however, she will have the obse-
qules Of her class, aud her memory will be pre-
by divers curious rites.
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cURroU US FEArUR rs oFAcrUAL Ltrr
A Bnn In = Deep Cosi Mine

The father Of the late Sir. charles BRANDING Wins.
death took place recently, wins was the sion
father ofthe p irl OF Jersey, was. IN the paimy devs =,
the Goa. trade = member ~ all association known !,
the Grand Allies" When coal ives won in tho 10.
forth cciuery In 1899, Mr.. Branding and his tsrtre,,
rtSe a grand subterrancan ball. The ballroom v,,
situated At a depth Of nearly 100 feet. aud wa, In
the share Of the letter l., the Width being Is feet. the
base ~ feet, and the perpendicular height Is fsct.
seats were paced around the ,ides, the floor wa.
dried and tagged. and the Whole p'acs Illuminated.
The company began TO descend In appropriate
dresses about $3.50 In the morning. and continued to
arrive TIL I in the afternoon. The mon engaged In
the work, their wives and daughters aud sweetheart.
several neighbors, the proprietors and ngcntS. and
sundry friends Of both seKcs who had courage I,
avaII themselves Of the privilege. all found their WA,
20 the bottom OF the shaft. Immediately ON their ar.
rival they proceeded to the extremity 81 the dritt 10
the face Of the coal, where each person hewed n ricrs
as a memento OF the visit and then returned to the
ballroom. Dancing was continued TIL 2 o'clock In the
afternoon. No distinction was made. and ladies ioin.
ed in the general dance with pitmen's daughters. An
returned in safety and In nice, clean, and we'll lined
baskets. Between goo aud 800 persons were present,
nearly one.hslf Of them being Of the female sex.
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VII.

Such is the geishas role; but what is her
veritahle existence beyond the circle ~ the ban
quot life; what are her thoughts, her emutions.
her secret self? Replying evasively Ia this
question, the author tells us that. in every dwell
ing which IA band Of gelshas occupy there is
placed in an alcOve the image of a kitten erect,
one paw Outstretched as II inviting. whence its
name. The Reckoning Kitten" II is the genius
loci; il is supposed to bring good fortune, the
patronage OF the rich, the favor OF banquet Civ
ers. They who know. however. the soul ~ the
geisha aver that the semblaHce of The image
Is the semblance OF herself playful and
pretty, soft and young, 1.-THE aud caress-
ing, and cruel as a devouring fire. IL seems
also that worse than this may be said of her;
that In her shadow treads the God of Poverty.
and that the Fox-women are her sisters; that
she Is the ruin OF youth, the waster OF
fortunes, the destroyer OF families; that she
knows love only as the source of the follies
which are her game, and grows rich upon the
substance OF men WHOSE E-=vSS she has made;
that she is the most consummate OF pretty hypo-
critics, the most dangerous ~ schemers, the
most Unsuitable OF mercenaries, the most pitt
less OF mistresses. Whether all this be true or
no, the geisha is undoubtedly by profession a
creature OF prey. She is what she has been
made in answer 20 the foolish human desire for
the illusion OF love. mixed on the one hand with
south anu grace Out On tue othei' without re-
grets or RESPONSIBILITIES; wherefore she mas
been taught, besides the well-known japanese
game OF ken, TO play at hearts. To play, how
ever, with a geishA any game more serious
than ken Is held 10 be displeasing 10 the gods.
IL appears that the dancing girl begins her
career as 4 slave, a pretty child bought from
miserably poor parents under a contract. &C
cording 10 which her services may be claimed
by the purchaser for eighteen, twenty, or even
thirty-hve years. She is fed, clothed. and
trained in a house occupied only BY gelshas.
and she passes the rest OF her childhood under
severe discipline. She is taught etiquette,
grace, polite speech; she has daily lessons in
dancing; and she is obliged 10 learn by heart =
multitude Of songs with their airs. AlSO she
must learn games. the service Of baRQuets and
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Why Mr.. Dixon Work. q. Night.

From the Chicago Daily Inter OCEAN.
WooDsoNynLE, KY, Oct 2s.-One OF the most 70
spected citizens here Is George W.. Dixon. He Is .
farmer and as years old. In 1888 he was stricken in
the harvest neld and taken home 10 die. He could
talk and was conscious, but his body from his neck
was rigid and appeared TO be freezing with cold. His
mother for lack Of better medicine. gave him a bottle
OF csmphor, His body soon recovered its natural
conditions, but his head seemed burning with fever.
Under a physicians care he recovered, with one sin.
gular exception. Ever since, II he exposes himself tn
sunshine, whether or no It Ia hot, his body becomes
rigid. IL Is equally bad for him TO be in bright moon.
light For many years he has slept all day and dons
his work at night. ploughing and sowing. On very
bright nights he either remained indoors or carried Q
shade. In all other respects he Is like his fellows.
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II seems that from this primary etiquette OF
the smile there has been developed a secondary
etiquette, the observance of which has frequent
ly impelled foreigners to form cruel judgments
as TO japanese sensibility. IL is the native Gus
tom that whenever "A painful or shocking fact
must be told, the announcement should be made
by the sufferer with a smile, though, OF course.
the reverse rule is observed in condoling with
the sufferer. The graver the subject, the more
accentuated the smile; and when the matter Is
very unpleasant TO the person speaking OF it. the
ever bitterly the mother who has lost her first
born may have wept at the funeral, 1t is proba-
BILE that, il In your service. she will tell Of her be-
reayement with a smile. Like the IsFaelite
preacher, she holds that there is a time to
weep and a time TO laugh The author says
that IL was long before he could under
stand how il was possible for those whom
he believed to have loved a person recent
ly dead to announce that death with a
laugh. Yet the laugh was politensss carried TO
the utmost point of self-abnegation. 1t signided
This you might hOnOrably think to be
an unhappy event; pray do not suffer Your SUI
DeriOrity to be concerned about 80 inferior a
matter. and pardon the necessity which causes
US 70 outrage good manners by speaking about
such an AFFAIR at all" In a word. the key 70 the
mystery Of the most unaccountablc smiles OF he
japanese is their pOliteness. The servant sen
fenced 10 dismissal for . fault prOstrates him
self, ana asks for pardon with a smile. His
smile indicates the very reverse Of eAllouSnsSs
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quicken the ethical sense, transmitted a. = trait
ancestral. Even as n Japanese infant inherits
such ability TO handle a writing brush, az never
can be acquired by Western fingers, 20 docs IL in.
herit ethical sympnthies totally different from
our own. Ask a class OF Japanese students. young
men Of II 10 10, to tell their dearest wishes. and.
II they have confidence in the questloner, per-
haps nine out Of ten will answer: ITO
die for his Majesty, our Emperor" How
much this sense OF loyalty has been
weakened in such great centres as Toxic
by the new sgnosticism and the rapid growth
Of other nineteenth century ideas among the
student class Mr.. Hearn will not pretend 10 say;
but he afirms that in the country IL remains as
natural to buyhood ms joy. tnreasoning II also
IL, unlike tho loyal sentiments of modern Euro
peans, which are the result Of mature knowledge
and settled conviction. Never does the japanese
youth ask himself why; the duty of self-sacrince
is the all-suficing motive. Such ecstatlc loynltyis
apart Of the national life IL is, Mr.. Hearn asserts,
In the blood. inherent as the impulse OF the ant TO
perish for its little republic, unconscious rs the
loyalty of bees to their queen. The readiness to
sacrifice nne's own life for loyalty's sake, for the
sake Of n superior. for the sake of honor. seems
to have been q national characteristic from the
earliest period OF Japan's Independent existence.
Long before the epoch of established feudalism,
when honorable suicide became a matter Of rigid
clilutbNt. VI NdTTiOTb OHl1, Dub even lot
women and little children. the giving ones life
for ones prince. even when the sacrifice could
avail nothing, was held a sacred duty. An i'm
pressive instance is cited from AN carly period.
But thousands Of equally strong cxamples could
be quoted from later Japanese history. including
many which have occurred within the memory
OF the living. Nor was II for persons alone that
to die might become n sacred duty; In certain
contingencies. conscience held IL scarcely less
H duty to die for n purely personal conviction;
and he who held any opinion which he believed
Of paramount Importance would, when other
means failed, write his views in a letter Of
farewell. and then take his own life, in
order to call attention 10 his beliefs.
and to prove their sincerity. Such an
instance took place in 1901 in Toxic. when n
young lieutenant OF militia killed himself by
hari kari In n cemetery. leaving q letter stating,
as the reason for his act, his wish to force pub
lie recognition of the danger to japanese indie
pendence from the growth OF Russian mower in
the North Pacific. A much more touching sac
rifice In May of the same year, a sacrifice con-
ceived in the purest and most innocent spirit of
loyalty, was that of the young girl Yoke Hata-
keyana, who. after the attempt was made to
the Czarewitch. travelled from
Toxic To Kyoto. and there killed herself merely
rs II vicnrious atonement for the incident which
had caused shame to Japan and grief to his
Sacred Majesty, the Emperor.
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,bsir number and uncertainty. rather than bur
dsn.ome from their weight. In brief. while
feudalism was socially and politically more
oppressive sewhe on the continent 10 was
financially more burdensome in France than IN
any other country. except Prussis, owing 70 eo-
senteeism. French mobiles did not reside among
their dependents, save In the west and nortn-
west Of France, and II was in these very perts
that the peasants rose in defence OF their priestt
and mobiles when the patrisrchal life was threat
ened by the innovations Of the revolutionists
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Her Hal Trimmed ~Ith saoks.


IRON tf IfHNtot Stehihg JOURNAL
A winnegance woman HIT on a style OF bonnet dee.
Grafton the other evening that she probably will have
no dinculty In keeping exclusively, While In ; MILL
ner's store a tall loop Of ribbon on her hat caught IRE
In the gas Jet. IL did not blaze, but there was a lttIa
coal OF nre that spread along the ribbon, and a. sha
walked down Centre street the smoke rose from her
head like the smoke from a locomotive. Al the next
store she visited they smelled smoke ana b.Sab 10
look around 10 md the nrs, and nnaIIy located ths
trouble upon the unfortunate lady's head.
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L.

In a chapter of this volume. the author dis
cusses with exceeding delicacy and grace n ques-
tionable feature of Japanese civilization. We
refer to the so-called geisha or dancing girls,
who. at banquets, dance and sing, pour the wine,
and in all ways attractive. yet decorous. minis
ter to the entertainment OF the guests. They do
not appear, ii seems, until several dishes have
been emptied. and several cups OF sake have
been absorbed. Then all at once, with a little
burst Of laughter, a number of young girls enter,
make the customary prostration OF greeting,
glide into the open space between the ranks of the
guests, and begin TO serve the wine with a grace
and dexterity OF which no common maid is capa-
bic. They are pretty: they are clad in very costly
robes OF silk: they are girdled like queens: and
the beautifully dressed hair of each is
decked with fresh flowers. with wonderful
combs and pins, and with curious ornaments OF
gold. They greet the stranger as II they had al
ways known him; they jest, laugh, and utter
funny little cries. Some form an orchestra:
others, singly or In pairs, perform the dance. It
may be swift and merry. consisting wholly Of
graceful posturing, but more frequently 1t is
rather like acting than like what we call dane
ing-acting accompanied with extraordinary
waving OF sleeves and fans, and with a play OF
eyes and features, sweet. subtle. subdued, Who'll
ly Oriental. There are more voluptuous dances
known TO the geisha, but, upon ordinary
occasions, and before refined audiences,
they portray, for the most part, beauti-
full japanese traditions, at intervals sing
ing ancient Chinese choruses which express
a natural emotion with u few exquisite words.
IL is further to be noted that, Notwithstanding
all the apparent comradeship which is soon es-
tablished between guest and geisha, a certain
rigid decorum is invariably preserved at a
Japanese banquet. However flushed with wine
a native guest may have become, you will never
see him attempt to caress a girl; he never fo~-
gets that she appears at the festivities only rs
IA human flower, to be looked at. not TO be
touched. The familiarity which foreign tour
lists in Japan frequently permit themselves with
geishas, or with waiter girls, though endured
with smiling faces, is really much disliked. and
considered by native observers an evidence Of
extreme vulgarity.
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Wrote His WIN o. . Hou...


IRON me florida Hhaes Union.
One OF the queer Documents In the omce NJ, ,hs
County Judge Is a viii on . piece Of unp.inted DI.nE
hve feet long and one foot Wide. IN. nl.nk =.
sawed out q the house Of Mr.. Arnold, living a shoTx
distance from the city. IL wAs = para Of the wau. ON
a bed 0S the wall a man named John N. orBri.n .hon,
ars, Arnold nefFlehdsd. died. but before he died he
wrote on the plank, In pencil, these words,
Mn Arnold, God bless her shau
ne eft $500 The will Is probably the most unhandv
document 10 Ole In all OF Duval county.
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o..

Was the French peasant toward the close OF
the ancien regime better of than were his
cOunterparts elsewhere in continental Europe ?
Undoubtedly, his plight was bad enough. Taine
has reckoned that q French peasant out of every
100 francs OF income would have TO pay So in
taxes To the State, IA to his lord, IA for tithes, and.
out OF the remaining 10, TO satisfy the excise
mar and to support life, Nevertheless. the
French peasant was far freer socially than the
serfs of Germany, Italy, and Spain: and, in
Prussia, where the burdens OF a vigorous and ag-
gressive monarchy were added to those Of feu-
dslism, the peasants had to bear heavier pecuui-
AIRY loads even than those OF central France. In
Brandenbnrg, II appears that for thirty acres Of
land yieldinR9 A crowns, the peasant often had to
pay TO the State Scrowns. without counting what
he owed 10 the lord and to the clergy. The feudal
system. moreover, retained its vitality in Prus-
sa longer than in France, where the old feudal
privileges had outlived the duties which had gone
hand in hand with them. In the small states Of
Central and Southern Europe, feudalism had not
lost all Its governing powers. and, in the Haps-
burg dOminions. the mobiles had successfully re-
sisted the premature attempts OF Joseph II. to
merge their governing functions in the Geo
trail power. In all these countries feudAlism
was still a stern reality. The feudal govern
ment by the German, Italian, or Spanish
mobiles pressed harder on their dependents or
serfs than Was the case In France. where serf-
dom still existed only in the provinces recently
acquired from the empire, to wit. Alsace,
Franehe COmte, and Lorraine. The Ger
man or Italian peasant was still tied to
the soil and might be brought back by
force, II he escaped. On the other hand,
In Prussia feudalism involved a beneficial pro
lection Of the weak by the strong. In France
there was hardly anywhere any such Deepen
dsRoe on a resident protector; only a number OF
complex dues survived, payable 70 a lord rarely
seen on ais estate. Absentesism converted the
tenure into the most irritating form Of copy
hold. the fsOdl duss being eXAsDeTAtinE from
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Real Lead for The Heavy vnIaIa.


ELrKIA' o., Oct. 2s.-Ths cOlored people Of LOraia
gave an amateur performance entitled Two Lovers"
al the Odd Fellows Hall In that place last night. 10
was largely attended. In one OF the scenes one OF the
lovers Is surprised by his rival talking to the object
OF his affections anu is promptly shot, presumably
with a blank cartridge. but the gun was loaded with
bullets, ana Harry Carroll was shot In the side. neAs
the heart. His condition Is critical. The performances
broke up In confusion after the shooting,
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Why WINS 1t that during the nearly three criti-
cal and decisive years which followed the meet
ing or the States General in May, 1850. other
European soverelgns did nothing to shield the
French monarchy from violent subyersion =? MIR.
Rose has wisely ~prefaced his little work by an
outline of the contemporaneous and very CON-
plicuted struggles in Eastern and Central Eu-
rope. In order to correct the prevalent miscon.
ception that the French revolution was the ONLY
question then occupying the attention OF states.
men. On the contrary, the aggressive designs
OF Joseph IL. and Catherine II. on Turkey and
Poland riveted their gaze almost exclusively ON
the East, and the troubles in France were. down
to the midsummer of 1901. regarded as impor.
tant only because they RELOCATED her 10 a mas
sive role in the European imbroclio 10, wing
the Eastern powers free for their designs nm The
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F.nom IA. PAiLnd.lnalni

Ffo~ hs FAiadeiPAta Pubie Ledger.
mas a. lAAt secured something from oAe d
hes 1sfoE Heh John n. Hear n Rushvns. -
and hk sAAEs astasa hia a
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brush for tho ideal shape Of the stroke equally
along a. entire length from head 10 tail. Nor
is the art OF the stroke all; the art Of their com
bination is that which produces the enchant-
ment often 20 as TO sstohish the Japanese them
selves. Mr.. Hearn found IL not surprising, con-
siderinR the strangely personal, animate.
~esoteric aspect Of japanese lettering, that there
should be wonderful legends OF calieraphy, re-
lstlng how words written by holy experts be-
came incarnate. and descended from their
tablets TO hold converse with mankind.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-19
YnLAaco vIEMs

Large Tracts Bong subdlvided--Bond
Limit Beached
Felasco, Texas. March l1-Recorded
sales Of real estate in this county during
the past week foot up SSl6S2.5O
Nearly all the transactions represented
Subdivision Of large tracts formerly raehes
and plantations mat have been cut ~
for sale 70 farmers
Consul FREQ opp Of Rreslau. Germany,
IS trying TO ind Joseph Fleiseher. VINO
was IN Velasco and Houston several
moAdhs ago. FlelscheFs flther having
died and left him considerable sum Of
money
The new settlers on the Wharton league,
"a lew miles from NelascO, are buildlng q
school house and church and have applied
l9r postOfhce, Eighteen months ago
mere we're only two or three families IN
that neiEhhorhood.
Bishop Kinsolylng OF the Episcopal
cRhrch VIII hold conformation services at
the Velasco city hail April T.
me steel draw bridge ordered built by
me county commissioners across the Bra
eos at Columbia Will be 22s feet long.
The suit between the county and the