The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-25
NYE'S STORY OF AMERICA.
FOTetaStG Of a Remarkable Book
Which is Soon TO Appear.

Liar.
(Copyright)
New York, Feb. 24.-There is a clever
bit of dialogue in a noticeable contribu-
ton to Current Literature-a slender
romance entitled, "a Bundle of Life
which reads in this way: -" Very in
teresting,' remarked Sir Ventry; but in
teresting things are never true.
And the truth is only con-
vincing when told by an experienced
liar, observed Nicholas" Now the cyni-
cal accuracy of these remarks is admirably
illustrated in new History Of the
United States" which the experienced
author of Forty Liars and Other Lies"
the truthful Bill Nye-is about to bring
forth through the house of Lippincotts
philadelphia
The historical method employed by Mr..
Nye is sufficiently described in his prefa-
tory apology, which goes on to say that:
"Facts in a nude state are not liable
crlminally, any more than bright and
beautiful children commit a felony by
being born thus 1t is our
object to humanize our history and deal
with people past and present people who
ate ana possibly drank: people who were
succeed in this way we are content. II
not, we know whose fault it will be, but
will not get mad and swear about it.
The history sets out, quite regularly, with
brief account of the adventures of
Columbus when he appeared as q sup
plant at court.
The in,Cryi-w," we are told, was en-
couraginc until the matter of money
necessary for The trip was touched upon.
MA ~ yr~ne in olra
sadly OF the public surplus. He said that
there were 500 still cue on his own salary
aud the palace had not been painted for
eight years. BE had taken orders on the
store till he was tired Of IL. Our meat
bill, - said he taking or his crown and
MASKING q hornet on the wall, is sixty
days over due We owe the hired girl for
three weeks; and how are we going to
get funds enough to do any discovering,
when you remember that we have got TO
pay for an extra session this fail for the
purpose Of making money plentyH But
Isabella came and sat by him in her
winning way and with the moistened
corner of her handkerchief rem owed a
spot Of maple syrup from the ermine
trimming Oh his reigning gown. She patted
his hand, and, with her gentle voice,
chCered him and told him that if he would
economic and so without CHARS or wine,
n
saved enough to tit Columbus out. A few
weeks later he had saved $3.50 in this way.
The queen then went at twilight and
pawned a large bredstpiu, and, although
her chest was very sensitive to cold, she
went without it all the following winter.
in order that Columbus might discover
America before immigration set in here
'Colum bus now began 10 select steamer
chairs and rugs. He had already Sc
saHf fNea ina faF l.,
and on the. Sd day of August 1892, he
sailed from Palos. Soon his men began to
murrnur, and 10 pick on him, and to oc-
cupy his steamer-chair when he wanted
to use it himself. They even got to max
ing chalk marks on the deck and com
pelling him to pay a shilling before he
could cross them. Finally he discovered
land, and was succeeded as sovernor by
Bobadilla;' the author stating in lumi-
nous foOt-nOte that he has "refraued
from announcing the death of Columbus,
which occurred May 20, 1906, at Vallado-
lid, the funeral taking place from his late
residence, because dislike to give need
less pain" Mr. Nye bestows but scant
notice upon subsequent discoveries Cor
tee, he declares, was one of the coarsest
men who visited this country. HE was
especially lawless and cruel to the Peru
VANS; recognizing the Peruvian at once
WlIn
great indignity instead of using other
things which he had with him" Once
the bank examiner came to ex-
anime the Cortez bank He
impaired pleasing favor on the
following day TO the soup. "Ribaut dis
covered South Carolina, and left thirty
men to hold it. They were at that time
the only white men from Mexico TO the
North Pole, and keen business man
could have bought the whole thing, In
dams and all, for good team and a jug
of nepenthe. But why repine ?"
1t was an odd sight, according to the
historian, TO witness one of these early
colonists coming home after a long hard
day hunting for pearls, as he asked his
wife if she would be good enough to pull
an arrow out of some place which he
could not reach himself A fair impress
sion of the ancient manner in which the
narrative is written may be gained from
the following passage, with which the
second chapter is brought to thrilling
close:
This chapter brings us to the time
when settlements were made as follows
"The French at Port Royal, N S., 1905
"The English at Jamestown, 1907.
"The French at Quebec, 1908
"The Dutch at New York. 1913
''The English at Plymouth, 1920.
Foot note.
The authors thanks are due to the follow.
ing books Of reference, which added to his
retentive memory, have made the foregoing
statements accurate yet pleasing:
A summer IN England with II. w. Beecher.
BY j. b. Reed
Russells Digest OF the Laws Of Minnesota.
with Price List OF Members
Outdoor and Bug Life in America. BY
Chilblalny, Chief Of the Umatilla.
Why / am an Indian. BY S Bull With
Notes by ole Bull and Introduction by John
Bull
The Pilgrims, itappears. were an honest
people, but money matters were rather
panicky with them, and
They were kept busy digging clans to
sustain life IN order TO raise Indian corn
enough TO give them sufficient strength to
pull CLANS enough the following winter to
get them through until the next corn crop
should give them strength to dig for clans
again. Thus a trip 10 London and the
Isle of Wight looked farther and farther
away. y p Speaking of clans, " adds
the author, sit is said by some of the fore
fathers that the Cape Cod menu did not
go beyond Goldfish, croquettes until the
beginning Of the nth century, when pie
was added by act of Legislature. CLANS are
not so restless if eaten without the bris-
ket, which is said to lie hard on the
stomach. (See DR.. Dunn's Family Ply
stefan and Horse Doctor''D Concluding
his chapter on Plymouth Colony, MIR. Nye
is reminded in Looking over the lives Of
our foretathers who came from England.
] am not surprised that, with all the Eng
lish people who have recently come TO
this country, have never seen a fore
father