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the benefit to us OF printing it, for it lay on
his hands for long time, or until Bret
Harte achieved great prominence among
Cahfornians. and then it seems he must
have asked him to edit it, for it appeare d
in print with his name as editor
"And you were not consulted ?" asked
in amaZement.
"No''
''Well, tell me about it." exclaimed
eager for this remarkable curiosity of lit.
erature.
"There is no more to tell. Mr.. Harte
simply appeared as editor and as the pre-
sumabie compiler. Our names were not
mentioned in connection with it.'
"And you received neither credit nor
income from it?'
"It always passed as Harte's collection.
do not know as much credit could attach
to 1T, and l do not suppose it more than
paid its expenses, even with his name to
float it,"
You are very charitable" grum bled :;
then | walked about the room rather fast
for few minutes to exhaust the propel-
ling force in my feet.
Equity is a roguish thing" quoted
Mrs. G. Equity is according to the
conscience OF him that is chancellor"
"Yes," l retorted; 81 agree with Sancho
Panza, that every one is as Goo made
him, and oftentimes a great deal worse -
FRANCES FULLER VICToR
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friends. neglec. their near relations, and
utterly ignore their poor ones. Here Mrs.
Eowe deals stroke at certain class of
modern novelistS:
Romance is full of such shameful action
and let me say mere in passing, that in nv
opinion romance often wears off our horror of
what is wicked and heartless by showing it as
q permanent and recognized element of So
eiety. This is the reverse OF What 1t should do.
Butin these days it so exceeds lis Office in the
hunt after the exhausted suseeptibilities OF q
novel-reading public that it really thumps
upon our aversion toviee until II wears it out
have heard on good authority that people
of wealth and position in our large cities
sometimes deposit their aged and helpless par
ents In asylums, where they may have all that
money can buy for them, but nothing of what
gratitude and affection should give them.
How detestable such course IS need not say ;
my present business IS 10 say lhat IL Is far from
polite.
disregard of real connections which involve
real obligations, this is said in the way of
advice:
If you are rich take up your poor relations.
Assist them at least to find the way of earning
competence. Use the power you have to
bring them within the sphere OF all that is re-
fining. You can embellish the world to them
and them 10 the world. Do so, and you will be-
respected by those whose respect is valuable.
on the contrary, repudlate tnose VINO really
laugh at you and despise you. 1t Is clever and
Gun ming enough to find out your secret, and
when it has done SO, it Will expose you pitt
lessly.
OF men who, away from home, are an
noyed at the very thought of their own
parentage; of the young man at college,
whose sister may be working In factory
to keep him there, and who bushes with
shame at tne thought OF his relationship,
Mrs. Howe says:
Oh, shame upon the man or woman of us
who is guilty of such behavior as this! These
relatives are people to be proud of, as we
should know if we had the heart to know what
is true, good and loyel. Even were il not SO,
were your relative criminal, never deny the
bond of nature. Stand beside him in the dock
or at the gallows. You have illustrious prece-
dents for such association in one whom men
worship, but forget to initiate.
Here is little picture of what we term
polite society:
Polite society bases itself upon exclusions
IN this it partly appeals to that antagonism of
our nature through which the desire to possess
something IS greatly exaggerated by the diff
Guilty OF becoming possessed or IT. III every one
can come to your house, no one you think,
will consider it great object of desire to go
there. Theories OF supply and demand come
in here. People would GLADLY destroy things
that give pleasure in order to enhance their
value in the hands of the few.
The iustifable side of exclusion is
choice, the selection of ones associates
Society may decree that those who come
of certain set Of families; that those who
have certain education, and, above all, a
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people desire to know what is perfectly and
beautifully polite. And l feel sure that more
knowledge in this direction would save us
from the vulgarity of worshiping rank and
wealth.
Who have been the polite spirits of our day?
l can mention two of them-Mr. Longfellow
ana Mr. Emerson-as persons in whose pres
ence it was impossible 10 be rude But our
young people of to-day consider the great for
tunes rather than the great examples. r 4
Where worldliness gives the tone to charac-
ter 1t aorrupts the source of good manners,
and the outward polish is purchased by the in
ward corruption Of the heart.
The crucial experiment of character is found
in the transition from modest competency to
conspicuous wealth and fashion. Most of us
may desire this, but should rather say, dread
It, L have seen such sweetness and beauty
i'm paired by the process, such REIMBURSEMENT
of the genuine, such gradual adoption of the
false and meretricious.
Mrs. Howe asks that, in the new world
OF society, we shall lay aside altogether
the theory Of human superiority as con-
ferred by special birth or fortune and rec
ognize in all people human right, capacity
and dignity.
and with it the persuasion that the society of
good people is always good society, let us or
ganize our circles by real tastes and SYM
pathies. Those who love art can follow it to-
gether; those who love business, and science,
and theology, and belles-lettres, can group
themselves harmoniousiy around the object
which especially attracts them.
The authoress does not think the man.
ners OF so-called polite society are so polite
TO-DAY as they were half-century ago,
and she remarks:
Young women of fashion seem to me to have
lost in dignity OF character and in general tone
and culture. Young men of fashion seem to
regard young ladies with less esteem and defer
ence, and a general cheap and easy standard
of manners is the result.
On the other hand, outside this charmed
circle of fashion, l find the tone of taste and
culture much higher than I remember it to
have been in my youth. find women leading
nobler and better lives, filling larger and
higher places, enjoying the upper air of
thought where they used to rest upon the very
soil OF domestic care and detail. SO the COM
munity gains, although one class loses, and
tt@t, remember, the class which assumes to
give to the rest the standard of taste.
There are six other essays in the volume,
which is finely printed on heavy paper,
and which contains an excellent portrait
OF the venerable Mrs. Howe. Hanson,
Wolfe & Co.. publishers, Boston and New
York. For sale at all bookstores
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AN EXCELLENT KNAvE,

This is the title of a new novel by J.
Fitzgerald Malloy author OF "a Modern
Magician" and it is issued as No. 40 of the
Belmore series by Lowell, Coryell & Co.,
New York. The scenes are laid in Eng
land and the book deals with English So
ciety. The exclusive set fall over each
other for a season to honor a man who
seems to outshine his fellows. but who
turns out to be deep-dyed villain in
clever disguise. The crimes he committed
are laid at the door of an innocent and
honest man, whom society cast out and
Stunned until the real criminal was un-
masked in the very midst of the charmed
circle. The innocent man triumphs in the
end, but has learned to value society's
fealty and favors at their proper worth.
Paper covers: price so cents
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LITERARY NOTES.

The complete novel in the March issue
of Lippincott's is "a Whim and Chance, ~
by William 7. Nichols. 1t turns on a cir
cumstance peculiar but not without prece-
dent in real life, the effort to find clews to
property which has mysteriously disap-
peared with the owners death. Clare E.
Robie sketches sharply and not admiringly
the portrait of "a Labor Leader" Other
short stories, both agreeably light, are
Mis- Pettigrew's Silver Tea-set," by Judith
Spencer, and Henry" by Mary Stewart
Cutting.
Miss Elizabeth Phipps Trains new
be issued in serial form. Miss Train made
hit last year with IA Social Highway.
man," and there will be considerable in
terest in her forthcoming work.
Father Stafford is regarded as the
best story that has been written by
Anthony Hope. 1t is now being dram
matized, and will soon be presented on
E. H. Sothern or Nat Goodwin. This work
is issued in Neely's Prismatic Library,
buckram, gilt top, 75 cents.
Very few people realize how popular q
flower the carnation has become. The
consumption each winter in New York
exceeds, fifteen millions OF cut flowers.
The culture of carnations will be explained
| in Scribners Magazine for March by J. HI.
Connolly. The illustrations are to be
printed in color.
Godey's Magazine for March is filled
with matter that is timely. beautiful and
interesting. Perhaps the most absorbing
are two biographical articles; one :" The
Life of Cecil Rhodes" and the other called
1.-The Senorita of the Sword! being
descriptive of Jaquarina, the Spanish
American swordswoman who has defeated
the cracks of the United States and English
armies, and who will represent America in
the Olympic game, this spring.
The edition of the works of Bishop But
Ter, upon which Mr.. Gladstone has for
some time been engaged, will be published
during the spring by the Clarendon Press.
W. III. MaIlock, whose Labor and the
Popular Welfare" aroused so much inter-
est, has written new volume of ESSAYS.
in which he discusses such topics as the
distribution of wealth (controverting the
principles laid down by Karl Marx5, the
minimum of humane living, wages, the
products of work, and the census and the
people.
An interesting little book has lust been
published, called German Songs of To
Day." and edited, with an introduction
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most solemn oath that he would murder
every American he should chance to meet
less courage, and rendered desperate by a
burning sense OF disgrace which will cease
only with his life, he will doubtless keep his
word.
In another place is this hint Of Mark
Twain's Jumping Frog: 1--WE stopped at
frog. You cannot think how comicaI it
looked hopping about the bar, quite as
much at home as tame squirrel would
have been."
For the preservation of these ''fies in
am Der" the so-called early writers of Cali
fornia should have been willing to ac-
knowledge their Indebtedness to the vet
earlier scniel" who took notes with SO
much discrimination, and out of which
they have drawn to themselves the recog-
milton and remuneration accorded TO orig
inal inventors.
Something of this sort said when I re-
turned the volumes to Mrs. c., who only
smiled deprecatingly, as if she had said,
ut is useless to demand justice in world
governed chiefly by injustice" Then the
talk reverted to poetry and l made a COM
ment on the contents of little volume
called "Outcroppings," remarking that the
editor, Bret Harte, had not included
among the early poets a certain lady, of
whom A. D. Richardson, when he was out
mere, Sdiu SHE Hdu WIittcn HlIei pOcIIlS ludu
any contained in Harte's collection, and he
wondered that there was nothing of hers
in his book.
"That omission can account for" was
the reply. 1.-The writeryou mention was
not on the coast at the time the compila-
ton was made, so she could not come in
among the 'Outcroppings' of the earliest
period of California poets"
But" / said, ''she was here to my
knowledge when the book was published"
Every true; but the book was compiled
before her advent, as 1 happen to know,
because myself and another writer, whose
nom de plume was Red Ridinghood, put
the contents together. 1t was a little
venture of ours, which we placed in the
hands of Mr.. Roman, then a large book
seller, to publish. l suppose he doubted
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certain income, shall associate on terms oi
equality. With this decree there comes to
foolish human nature certain irrational
desire to penetrate the charmed circle.
The attempt to do this encounters resistance
there is pushing in and showing out-coaxing
and wheedling on the one hand, and cold de.
nial or reluctant assent on the other. So q
fight is perpetually going on in the realm o1
fashion. Those not yet recognized are always
crowdng in. Those first in occupation are
endeavoring to crowd these out. In the end
perseverance usually conquers.
But neither OF these processes Is polite
neither the crowding in nor the crowding out
and this last especially, as many of those
who are in were once out, and are trying to
keep other people from doing what they then
selves have been very glad to do
There is an obvious advantage in society's
possession of a recognized standard of propri.
ETY. in general department; but the law OF
good breeding should nowhere be merely for
NAL, nor should its application be petty and
captious. The externals of responsibility are
most easily aped when they are of the perma
nent and stereotyped kind, and may be used to
fresh, gracious Inspiration of a pure, good
heart is unmistakable and cannot be success.
fully counterfei.ed.
Mrs. Howe says that young persons
should be desirous of learning from older
ones what should and what should not be
done on the ground of general decorum
and good taste. In her youth she asked
counsel Of her elders. Nowadays grand
mother must ask her granddaughter
whether such or such thing is to be con-
sidered "good form,'' to which thelatter
will often reply, "Oh. dear! no."
The authoress declares that among the
traces of its original barbafism that society
keeps is lack of respect for labor, wherever
that lack exists, and it is deemed very incon.
sistent too that those who must be intel.
lectualIy looked up to should be So
ciaIly looked down upon. Again, as to
good manners:
One result of our not being well instructed
in the nature of politeness is that we go to the
been modestly bred think they shall acquire
manners by consorting with the worlds great
people, and in this way often unlearn Wha,
they already know of "good" manners instead
of adding to their knowledge.
wish that could oitener see in our young
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LIVED TO CAST HIS VOTE.
Pathet Incid ent of the Contest for Sem
ator From Kentucky.


ator From Kentucky.
Seven hours after voting for the man of
his choice before the Democratic Senatorial
caucus Isaac Wilson, Representative from
| Nelson County, passed calmly from the
exciting scenes of earth. Truth seldom
| tells tale of such noble loyalty to a friend
and comrade as that which was exhibited
by the dead legislator. He was brought to
the capital upon u dying bed, realizing
that he would never rise from it again and
expressing only the one desire that he
should live long enough to do something
toward the success of his friend. Senator
Blackburn.
Mr.. Wilson died at o'clock this morn
ing IN mis- room at the Capital Hotel, and
surrounded by the relatives who had been
summoned by telegraph. A year ago he
weighed It's pounds. but his corpse is a
mere shadow, wasting disease of the
stomach nav ing slowly eaten his life away.
There were strong objections on the part
of his fam lily and of Senator Blackburn,
but he was determined to come at all haz-
ards. He knew and said that the hard
trip would shorten his life, but he declared
that he preferred to take the risk and help
his friend.
After he was brought here last Monday
one of the first callers was Senator Black
burn, who fought side by side with him
for four years. The Senator was deeply
moved and expressed regret that Mr.. Wil@
son had not listened to his request and re-
mained at home. 1t was believed that he
would die in day or two.
II have no fear of dying, Senator" he
said, "and you must not think that you
will fail to receive my vote in the caucus,
for am determined to live un til it is held,
and shall exert every force of my nature
to keep the breath within my body until
Senator Fulton has cast my proxy for
you. Then l shall resign myself to the
inevitable"
Mr.. Wilson hung between life and death,
the end being expected at any moment,
but he insisted that he would be alive to
cast his vote, which was done last night.
Senator Fulton, lifelong friend, re-
turned to the room and assured him that
the vote of Isaac Wilson had been cast for
]. @. 8. Blackburn. He closed his eyes
and sank rapidly to his death.-Frankfore
Dispatch to Louisville Courier Journal.
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Is POLITE SOCIETY POLITE?

That famous leader among women, Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe, has collected nun ber
OF her hapers which were written for her
popular audiences and which were read in
many parts of the country before the
physical weakness of old age caused a
cessation of the work of the authoress in
the lecture field. "With the burthen of
increasing years" says Mrs. Howe, "the
freedom of locomotion naturally tends to
diminish, and | must be thankful to be read
where L have in other days been heard.
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PATRIOTIC QUOTATIONS.

The Whitaker g. Ray Company Of this
City have published a neat little volume
of Patriotic Quotations." complied from
original sources by Harr Wagner, editor of
the Western Journal of Education. Over
200 authors are represented in the work,
which is designated for use IN the public
schools. The book appears to be very
good thing from which to select memory
lessons for pupils. The price in boards is
40 cents; paper covers, 25 cents.
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The Woman's Manual.

Harriete K. Shattucks work, "The
Woman's Manual of Parliamentary Law
has been revised and enlarged, and the
sixth edition, more clear and more elabo-
rate than the earlier ones, has been issued
by Lee & Shepard, Boston. The volume
is handsomely gotten up, and the price,
cloth-bound, is 70 cents. The book is re-
plete with practical illustrations especially
adapted to Women's ORGANIZATIONS
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THE ovERLAND's NEW COVER.

Rounsevelle Wildman is giving his best
efforts to the proper development of the
Overland Monthly. The March number
of this magazine has cover by Boeringer
that is sufficiently characteristic of the
Pacific Coast to please q representative
committee from the Society of Pioneers
1t represents an Indian in standing pos
ture, holding in his hands the talismanic
insignia of the aboriginal medicine man.
The page is further embellished with rep
reservations of Indian pottery and carv-
ings. For several months the Overland 8
covers have been devoted to Indian scenes,
the cover for February being by L. May
nard Dixon, we'll known to readers of THE
GAEL by his excellent work in these col
umns, introducing the idea of the passing
of the buffalo. The theme of the tragedy
is well carried out.
The recent exhibition of the San Fran
cisco Arts and Crafts receives considerable
attention, particularly that section devoted
to posters. There is also an article on the
modern poster craze. with illustrations,
including one of The CALLS posters. The
Overland consistently sticks to its motto,
namely. that it is Western magazine, de-
voted to Western subjects and interests.
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ALDEN'S LIVING TOPICS CYCLIC
PEDIA.

This Is unique publication which will
be appreciated by readers who wish to
keep track of the worlds progress in all
Important lines of activity and knowledge.
1t deals with such items as one would nat
urally look for in frst-class cyclopedia
were it up-to-date. The average reader
probably inquiries more about things
touching the past three years than con-
cerning the preceding three centuries.
To pics are treated in alphabetical order,
and as often as the alphabet is covered a
new series will begin and the same course
be resumed. Each bound volume contains
an appendix, bringing all important mat
tiers preceding close up to the date of pub
lication. Volume one, just issued, covers
from Abbas to Boysen, is in excellent,
handy form and the price is so cents. John
b. Alden, publisher, New York.
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THE CHILD VOICE IN SINGING

This book, by F. E. Howard, Supervisor of
Music in the Public Schools of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, is very timely, in view of the fact
that vocal music is now almost universally
taught in our public schools, and that thou
sands of teachers are required to give daily
drill in singing, who, while well equipped
in other respects, are for various reasons
! placed at considerable disadvantage in
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teaching music. There is also strong
tendency in the Episcopal church to re-
place the quartet and chorus choirs with
surpliced choirs in which boys sing the
soprano, hence organists and choir
masters will welcome a treatise which
helps to clear away the difficulties attend
ant upon training boys voices. The
illogical characteristics of the child voice,
and draws sharp contrasts between it and
the adult woman S voice. He claims that
the rough, strident tone so commonly
heard from children is a misuse of the
voice and productive of harmful physical
effects and that it also deadens musical
sensibility. We recommend it to the at
tention of teachers, singers and others.
Published by Edgar S. W erner, New
YORK; bound in cloth. S1l
Sharp County record., 1896-05-15
Ddrning ClU6 Is IHe latest

New Hampshire woman
have organized a darning
club. On a certain day Of
each week the members wend
their way to the home Of the
hostess for the occasion, and
they take their darning wit h
them. They work together
around a large table, on
which each has piled the
articles she has brought
with her. Stockings are
most in evidence, but all
sorts Of garment modestly
appear before the session is
over. Some oncreadS aloud,
conversation has an occaslo-
nal inning, and at five o'clock
the club members go proudly
home, refreshed and with
the weeks darning thorou-
ghly and pleasantly done --
Ex.
Sharp County record., 1896-05-15
His Opinion Of OLd Mdids.

II find that the older
women grow the more they
love to be Aattered," quoth
a cynical old bachelor, land
when they become really
passe you cannot lay it on
thick enough, They will
swallow everything that is
told to them. How it makes
me laugh to see the old
beaux and fine ladies bowling
and smirking and compli-
menting each other in the
same strain that they adopted
when they were fresh and
blooming twenty-five years
ago. without apparently re-
alizing that time has played
havoc with the WOman's
charms and that the manly
proportions of the youths
have been changed into the
ridiculous figures and bald
heads of advanced middle
age.
"And yet a woman who
has once been a beauty will
believe she is a beauty to her
dying day, andI have heard
these elderly danes discuss
what is becoming as eagerly
as a group Of dcbutantes.
Poor old thing, l cannot
help thinking to nrySels after
all it is a merciful Provide-ee==;
that permits us to dance, as
it were, on the edge OF a
grave, and tofeel the instinct
Of eternal youth, notwith-
standing the increasing
deGrenituae Of our, bodiesr'
FIX.
Sharp County record., 1896-05-15

In his speech at Hardy
Hon, ], H, Harrod made this
timely reference to a matter
that interests every citizen
of the State.
Zone Of, the most impor-
tant questions before the
people of Arkansas is that Of
immigration, Here is a
country than which there is
none fairer under the sun,
and other state officials to
make these boundless resour'
ces known to the world, !
have travelled in the rich
agricultural sections Of Ohio
and Illinois where land sells
from $50 to 500 per
and here in Arkansas
better land is selling for $40
an acre, People outside of