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becomes as picturesque and vivid as
her presentations of more modern life.
Rome is as plastic in her hands as
Carlingford.
The present volume is divided into
four books. The first, entitled "Hon-
orable Women Not a Few" deals with
Christian Rome of the fourth century
and the place in 1t of certain Christian
ladies and their circle. The second
book, 1.-THE Popes Who Made the Pa
pacy," deals with Gregory the Great,
Hildebrand, Gregory VII. and limo
cent III The third book, which is in
Mrs. Oliphant's very best vein, deals
with the brief period of Rienzi's power.
The fourth book sketches the achieve
ments of those popes who made the
beauty of the city and left it substan-
TALLY as the modern traveller finds 1t.
The greater part Of the illustrations
are by Joseph Pennell, the charm Of
whose work in this sort is too we'll
known to need restating.
(''The Makers of Modern Rome" BY Mrs
Oliphant. New York. Macmillan CO. So.
Fol sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
In books, as in men and women,
strength excuses multitude OIL IdullS.
THE Years That the Locust Hath
Eaten" is essentially strong book,
and the impression of vital force it con-
veys is not Iessened by the fact that
its strenuousness is always high
pitched and at times almost hysterical.
1t is the story Of a life that was
thrown away. and it Is told In way
to wiring the readers heart very eff
fectually. 1t is impossible not to share
the authors love and hate of her char
acters or to get out of ones share of
participation in the tragedy of Pris-
ella Momerie's life. The control which
Miss HOldsworth exercises over her
readers emotions is unusual in modern
literature, and the young, to whom the
shedding of tears is delicious misery
will welcome the book in its entirety.
The older reader will recoil a little
from the insistent appeal to his SYM
pathy just as he recoilS in real life be-
fore an overwhelming amount of I'M
happiness, and will perhaps demand
that the writer exercise her unusual
power upon different material. hap
py book, or even a book like life itself
in which a certain percentage Of com
fort accompanies even irretrievable
tragedy, which should be as coercing as
this one iS,would be a great boon to the
reading world and would not be fal
from a great novel. In addition to hel
strength in the handling of the tragic
elements in sordid life, Miss Holds
worth has the gift Of clever dialogue
and ability to draw convincing ant
life-like characters. Her power is suf
ficfent to carry her far, and no on
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HERD IN THE YELLOWSTONE
PARK IS RAPIDLY DISAP-
PEARING.
LESS THAN A HUNDRED LEFT.
CONGRESS ASKED TO BRING THE
HERD TO WASHINGTON FOR
PRESERVATION.
THE MILLIONS of THE PAS,
The Great Southern Herd and How
1t Was Externainated-Men
Made Fortunes.

Copyrighted, 1886. bsi Frank C. carpenter1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The scien-
lists of Washington are much alarmed
at the possible extinction of the huf-
falo. Mr.. Langley, the head Of the
Smithsonian institute, does not think
that there are as many as 100 buffaloes
left in the United States. There are
few here IN the national park, and
small herd at Philadelphia. Austin
Corbin, the New York millionaire, has
several and it may be that there are
some small scattering herds in differ
ent parts Of the West. Of coufse,
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BOOKS Of THE HOUR.
POWERFUL AND PATHETIC NOVEL
OF MODERN LIFE IN LON
MAKERS OF ROME DISCUSSED.
SEVERAL RECENT hooks OF
VERsE-THE POEMS OF ERN-
EST M,GAFFEY.
HTHE HEAD OF a HUNDRED."
Translation of ZOIa's Novel of the
Markets - The Brown Ambas-
sador-Literary Notes.
MAKERS OF ROME DISCUSSED.
.THE HEAD OF A HUNDRED"

Readers Of Mrs. Oliphant's volumes
about Florence and Venice will hail
with delight the appearance Of 1.-The
Makers of Modern Rome" The
strength of Mrs. Oliphant as novelist
is also her charm as a historical writer.
She approaches every subject from the
side of its human interest and makes
the desert of fact blossom with the
rose of her insight into life and char
acter She recreates for US the So
ciety of a remote period and the indi-
Vidual elements composing it so that it
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who reads this novel will fail to be in
terested in what she may choose to do
next.
('The Years That the Locust Hath Eaten. y
By Annie E. Holdsworth. New York. Mac
milan & Co. S1.25. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company
"Ah there are so many average men,,
sings the author of ''Whiffs From Wild
Meadows"
Should not poet now and then
Make songs to glad these average mem?
When the question is put SO fairly
and the poet himself limits his ambi-
tion so wisely, it is impossible for the
critic to frown and face him with a
negative. Mr.. Foss has a good deal
of skill in concocting songs for the av-
erage man. as the present volume
shows. He chooses homely themes, oft
en- domestic in their character, and his
treatment of them is marked by hu-
NOR and common sense, saving quail
ties which are sometimes absent from
more pretentiOus verse.
Poems Of the Farm is a volume
of verse selected and illustrated by AL
fred r. Eastman. The selections, which
have been made with excellent taste,
are designed to reaWaken an apprecla-
| tion of the beauty and picturesqueness
| of the old-time farm life. The illus
trations are very attractive, and the
volume is handsomely gotten up.
C'Whiffs From Wild Meadows By S. w.
FCss. $1.25. Poems of the Farm" Collected
by A. r. Eastman, $3.50 For sale by the st.
Paul Book and Stationery company0
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On Our Book Table.
ROCKS

From the st. Paul Book and Stationery
D. Appleton & Co. New York. Stone
pastures by Eleanor Stuart. % cents. "A
30 cents successors to the Title by Mrs.
L. B. Walford. 30 cents
G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York. "A Prin-
cess of the Gutter by L. T. Meade. $l.29.
Russian Portraits by the Vicomte Mel
chior de Vogue. 80 cents.
]. B. Lippincott company. Philadelphia A
Point of Conscience" by The Duchess. 81.
From the publishers:
Rand McNally & Co. Chicago. 1.-The Sea-
Wolves, 4" by Max Pemberton. 80 cents.
MAGAZINES.
North American Review. New York.
The Lark William Doxey & Co. San
Francisco. >,-,.
The Art Amateur Montague Marks. New
York.
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FUR BUYERS

who enough to take advantage Of the
disastrous year the furriers have had will be wise
You can pick up elegant Seal Garment or Fur
Cape from us NOW at less than the cost of the
skins in it. Anybody who has the money and
wants a Fur Garment or Overcoat for next year
will use good judgment in buying now for never
have Good Furs been offered so low, and 1--WE hope)
never will be again.
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Dodd, Mead & Co. publish the poems
of Ernest McGaffey in a pretty binding
whose delicate and graceful decorations
are an earnest of the contents of the
volume. Mr. McGaffey's muse is a
pensive, dainty lady, not unlike one Of
the water lily nymphs upon the cover,
though perhaps the comparison hardly
does justice to the vehemence Of some
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the stations. The railroads shipped
them east by the millions of pounds.
In 1872 more than 10000 600 pounds were
shipped over the Atchison, Topeka 81
Santa Fe road, and this road in 1874
handled nearly 1000, 900 pounds. The
bones were sold by the ton, to be
ground up for fertilizer. In some cases
they were crushed before shipment,
and crushed bones were worth $18 a
ton, while the uncrushed sold for S12
per ton. The meat of most Of these
buffalOes went to waste. 1t seldom
brought more than two or three cents
a pound, and 1t was chiefly Of value
when dried or jerked Jerked meat
sometimes brought as high as 10 cents
per pound, the tongues being worth
much more.
DOMESTICATION OF BUFFALOEs.
1t will be surprising to many to
know that the buffalo can be domesti-
Gated. Had the government prohibited
the killing of wild buffalOes years ago
and provided in some way that they
might be captured and bred for
domestic uses, the United States would
today be hundreds Of millions Of dol
lars richer and there would be a new
breed Of cattle used by man. The male
buffalo crosses readily with the Op-
is shown that the half-breeds are much
harder than the ordinary stock. much
larger and that they produce good meat
and milk. BUffalOes have been used aS
oxen. They are easily tanned and they
could have been Of great value in log
ging camps and for the hauling of
heavy burdens. They do not need
much to eat, subsisting on the same
things as other cattle and being much
faster and more active than the ordi-
nary OK. Half-breed buffalOes can
stand the cold of the open prairie dur
ing our severest winters where the
thermometer is from thirty to forty
degrees below zero. They are very
prolific, the COWS having calves every
year. Such animals are almost az
large as the buffalo, being covered with
the same woolly hair though the hair
is not so long nor so thick. When 1t
is remembered today that q buffalo
hide is worth at least 800, it can be
seen that the having of herd Of buff
faloes, Of which the increase would be
regularly estimated, would be Of no
small value to the owner.
The bringing Of the buffaloes to
Washington viii be a very good in
Vestment for the government. AS they
stand they are worth thousand dol
lars apiece, and there is no doubt that
any increase of the herd will bring this
amount from the Geological Garden
OF this and other countries. The buf-
faloes which are already here have
shown by their increase that the cli-
mate of Washington is perfectly adapt
ed to them. They are thriving and
| with the addition Of those in the Yel-
! lowstone it is believed that the herd
can be perpetuated. Such action as
| congress takes upon the matter, how
| ever, should be done at once, as a
single party of vandal hunters may
| wipe out the herd at almost any
moment Frank G.. Carpenter.
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NEW SKIRTS

Are coming every day. and have some very
nice things at low prices-skirts from to yards
around, and at prices from $3. so to $500, Our
Skirts ARE RIGHT.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09

Miss Dorothy Dene was for many years
Leightons fayorite model. and from her he
painted many of his most famous figures.
She came to this country two years ago, and
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09
Mrs. winsIow,s Soothing syrup.

Is an OLD and WELL-TRIED REMEDY. and
for over FIFTY YEARS has been used by
millions OF mothers for their CHILDREN
while CUTTING TEETH with perfect success.
1t soothes the child, softeus the gums, re-
duces Inflammation. allays all pain, cures
wind collie, is very pleasant TO the taste. and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Sold by
druggists in every part OF the world. PRICE
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE. Be
sure and ask for MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTH-
ING SYRUP and take no other kind. AZ
mothers viii find 1t the Best Medicine to uss
during the teethiug period
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09

The February number of the Lark has
found its way to our table. The Lark-is
lark. 1t is a five-cent periodical published
in San Francisco. Cheerful cheek is the
characteristic of all successful five-cent pc
riodicals, and the Lark has its full share OF
this engaging quality, but is by no means
dependent upon this unsupported attribute
which is well. Check is not the thing to
stand on. eve present this sentiment free OF
charge to the editor as worthy of his muse)
The journal contains some very fetching
drollery, and here and there among Its ex-
quisitely funny morsels of verse will be found
one that is exquisite without being funny.
Perhaps the Lyric Muse is blind, and STUN
bled unaware dams cette, galere;' or perhaps
she recognized that good fOoling is as rare
as good verse, and finds the society dis
tinguished. To deprive the Lark's less Sc
rious lyrics of their illustrations is to take
away rs per cent of their point, but we can
not forbear quoting this gem OF childish
meditation, which suggests Stevenson, from
the current number:
''The window has four little panes;
But one have l;
The window-panes are in its sash
1 wonder why!"
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! aIaIfl rice !! /!

We have made prices the Cloaks that are better
named in the store than in the papers, If you have
for a Cloak for February NJ arch and April and
want a GENUINE bargain, come and see US.
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Notes.

Francis Belamy, who for nearly six years
was one of the editors of the Youths Com
panion has been added to the editorial staff
of the Ladies' Home Journal as one of Mr..
Bok's principal associates. The new editor is
a cousin of Edward Belamy author Of
Looking Backward
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appeared on the stage at the Theater of Arts
and Letters, but her beauty created more i'm
preston than did her dramatic art.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09

It is announced on Mr.. Clemens own au-
thority at last that he is the author of the
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" now
in process of publication in Harpers Maga-
zine.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09

degeneration: Reply to Max Nordau,"
by an anonymous author, with introduction
by Prof Nicholas Murray Butler, of Colum-
bia.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09

OF Stephen Cranes RED Badge Of Cour
age,'' the Saturday Review says: 1--WE wish
to draw our readers attention to it at once,
as containing. in our opinion, the most real
istic description ever published of modern
war from the purely subjective standpoint
of a private soldier
The Saturday Review evidently does not re-
gard Mr.. Crane as a symbolist Some people
do. 1t certainly speaks well for the vigor
and intention of his work that, whether you
look at it upside down right side up, it
seems to mean something, and mean it
seriously.
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We have an elegant lot of Cloth Cloaks still on
our racks, mostly all hgh-class goods and very
desirable. Many of these were bought in Decem-
ber at half-pr and all Of them be bought
by you at less than
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09

:iessrs. q. P. Putnam's Sons announce
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09

Laird & Lee issue a new edition Of
"Conl1lin's Handy Manual" a small
volume of useful information, said to
contain a million facts. They also
publish Priceless Recipes" a collec-
ton of tried formulas for the house
hold and all trades.
C'Conklin's Handy Manual Of Useful Infor-
nation" 80 cents" Lees Priceless Recipes
so cents. Chicago. Laird & Lee)
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09

F. T. Nicely publishes a paper-bound
edition Of THE Fat and the Thin" ="
being a translation of Zola's lie Ven
tre de Paris" a novel ninety-nine hum
dredths of which consists Of descrip-
tions of the different varieties of food
for sale in the Central Markets Of
Paris.
(s'The Fat and the Thin" BY Emile Zola-
New York. F. T. Neely. 80 cents.)
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-23
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Tyndale Palmer, the agent, who recsnt-
ly brought suit for damages against
about 100 of the leading newspapers OF
the United States charging libel in hsv-
ing pubished an article alleging dis
honest transactions on hts part, yester-
ay recei ved verdict Of six aud one-Quar-
ter cents against the Leader Publishing
Company of Pittsbu rg, Pa. His suit
was for $50, 00o.
A Madrid despatch says: AT q meeting
of the cabinet today Cleveland s message
to Congress was discussed. The matter
was viewed in all its aspects. 1t was
agreed that as the references TO Cuba in
the message affect the Cortes, they must
be read before that body.
Harry Frizzell, the youth who shot
Mrs. Edith Caldon Young Wednesday at
Plymouth. N. H. sand then attempted to
kill himsaif WAS placed under arrest
Tuesday afternoon, the charge being at
tempt to murder. Frizzsu will be ar
raigned as soon as his health will per-
nit He is improving, as is his Intended
victim, Mrs. Young.
A small band of mon carrying re.
publican flag, assembled Tuesday at
Novalda, province of Alicante, Spain.
When called upon to disperse by the gen.
darmes, they refused to do so. The gen.
darmes fred upon them, killing seven.
The Spanish cabinet at IT'S meeting
Tuesday, decidsd to make no diplomatic
reply to President. .Cleveland's message.
Word was reached from Hannibal,
Mo-. that Ak Congressman W. ii. Hatch
is dying of Bright's disease.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-23

Passenger Monks say: Il am all rlart' /.
The mate came up and looked a' ths eae
compass. l could see bis face W eno
binacle light. 1t was white. sbahulng
| at the W heal, the witness looked snIoa&n L
the window and saw heap OF ciopning
on the floor in this dark room oooupi,so
by the captain. He had one hanu pn ~ ene
wheel. Waen the witness went TO Che
wheel he heard what Geemed 70 co d
gurgling sound coming from tho oapil'
Witness said that Brown had to5u a
story about killing man ia Rotterussn'
and getting clear by playing INSANITY.
Witness said Brown used the wore III
sanity" (When on the stand brown
claimed that he did not know the mean-
ing of the word insenjty.)
The witness said there was talk Oh
barrel of kerosene aboard, and brown
suggested that il be spilled on the cargo
and set on fire. Witness took charge OF
the vessel after the captains death, nav
ing been appointed first inate by bram;
Witness said that he had seen the wheel
lashed by Capt Nash. The vessel was
sailing free and the wheel was lashea
five minutes. He once said: We sus-
pected Brown on account OF his behavior,
he behaved so badly" Brown said to
throw the bodies overheard. When Brown
WAS at the wheel he wore a blue nannel
shirt, white trousers with blue stripes,
a pair of slippers and white hat. The
day after the murder the witness saw
the shirt and trousers drying and the
shirt was the same that the witness had
seen being washed the Sunday befors.
On redirect examination the witness
repeated the kerosene story, stating that
just before the night of the murder
Brown said to him: "There's barrel of
kerosene on the ship and it would not
take long to spill it over the cargo and
Ses 1t on fire."
Folke WATSON was recalled and asked
few questions about the steering OF the
vessel under certain conditions. Frank
Lobae was recalled and questioned as to
the previous testimony.
Ur. Frank W. Draper of Bosten,a grad
uate from Harvard Medical school and
q professor there now, was put on the
stand He is an expert on deaths caused
by violence. Mr.. H0ar questioned him
ms to the probable death Of q man under
similar circumstances as those surround
ing Capt. -Nash's death. DR.. Draper said
that death must have been caused by an
instrument like an axe and IL was not
necessarily instantaneous. He gave ex-
pert testimony ON the result of the blows
dealt to such person as Capt. Mash and
under similar circumstances; aaSo as to
the flow and squirting Of any blood that
might ccme as a resUlt OF auch blows
He described the manner and time Of
blood olosting and blood stains. He said
that blows would not make anything
but a thud. Mr.. Cotter closely cross-ex
amined DR.. Draper. He asked him if
the assailant could escape blood under
the conditions described. He said, 81
think so.'' However he thought per-
son would be likely to get spattered.
The prosecution announced that the
governments evidence WAS all in.
The counsel for the defence announced
that they were physically unable to mako
their opening tonight and the court ad-
lourned until Q. 30 tomorrow morning.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-23
In THE HOUSE.

Washington, December 22.-The House
went into ootnmittee of the whole, Mr..
Hepburn, Republi of Iowa. in the
chair, to further consider the legislative,
execusve and judicial appropriation
bal, the appropriation for the civil ser
vice comm ission, being the pending ques-
tion.
MIR. Baker, Republican of New Hamp-
shire, spoke upon the proposed amend
ment authorizing the heads Of the de-
partmenps to reappoint to places with
out examination. employees who may ne
discharged for oause not affecting their
moral character or efficiency. The pres
ent law, he said, was not reform. LII had
been passed under misrepresentation and
exeousion In deceit. 1t had never been
honest or sincere.
Mr.. Brosius, Republican OF Pennsyl-
vania, chairman OF the committee on
civil service reform and Tetrenchment,
replied 10 thegoTitieisms made by the pre-
oeding speakers and his defense OF the
merit system aroused number OF mem
bers, the usual animated colliquy attend
ing civil service discussion, for short
time raging on the floor. he said the
criticisms made up on the law nad tnelr
origin In the fact that the merit sy atem
had not been extended over tine Wnole ser
vice. They were the result of the remnant
of spoils system still remaining. An in
vestiRation made at the close OF the last
session had shown that of 81. 600 offices
under the classified service. only " in
oumbents were reported below the aver
age standard of efficiency. Mr.. BFosius
stated that he would not retain any part
of the civil service under the spoils sJs-
tem, believing it to be "intrinslcaiiy
bad, iniquitous, negotiable and ahso-
lutely vermicular." While msndlng
the action of President Cleveland ia his
recent order extending the classiEed seq
vice. sMr. Brosi1s denounced In unmeas-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-23
Another Chicago Firm Goes Under.

Chicago, Decem Der 22.-Angus s.
Gendele, one of the largest contracting
firms in this city, have gone into liquf.
dation. At.1 O'Clock this afternoon bill
for a receiver IVES filed and Judge Hor-
ten appointed VIM. Hill to take charge
of the concern. According to the state
ment made by the attorneys the firms
assets are $500, 900, with liabilities Of
$3.50, 00O. The concern was a heavy debtor
of the National Bank of Illinois, and 1t
is claimed owed the institution over
5000, 600. The contractors have offices in
the Security building and are largely in
terested in the work of the drainage
canal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-23
CROWN LAVENDER SALTS.
45 CENTS
HAYS /: PHARMACY.
AN ITALIAN BANKER ABscoNDs.
His Customers Were Poor People of His
Own Country.

New York, December 22.-Marcello
q. Baralati, a well-known Italian ban
ker. has mysteriously left the city, leav-
ing several hundred depositors and cred
itors to mourn his departure. The sheriff
is in charge of Baralati's banking estab-
lishment. The absoonding banker con-
Quoted two houses, one at 30 Mulberry
street and the other at $50 East l2Sd
street. They were run nnder the name
of M. II. Baralati e. Co.
4 Most Of the depositors were poor Ital-
ians laborers and when 1T became known
among them that he had failed there
was the widest excitement. Immense
crowds of ulamoriDg laborers swarmed
about the banks and threats of violence
were heard on all sides. 1t is supposed
that Baralati dscampsd with betwee n
$50, coo and S75, 600. Before disappearing
he assigned to Caesar Cont, another
italian banker of 35 Broadway, all the
fixtures and furniture in the banks.
Baralati has been in the banking bust
ness in this city for several years and was
considered thoroughly honest by tae
business men with whom he dealt.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-23
southern Free Traders Want Protection

Southern Free Traders Want Protection
on Lumber.
Savannah, Ga, December ga meet
ing of the manufacturers of yellow pine
lumber was held here today for the pur-
pose of taking steps to present the views
of the luRbermen to Congress on the
subject of q tariff on lumber. The meet
ing was very strongly in favor of the
restoring of the tariff Of So per thousand.
The lumbermen present were all Deno-
orats and most of them believers In free
trade. Several stated that they found
it dit1iouIt for some time to reconcile be-
lief iu free trade with the advocacy Of a
tariff on their special product. When
they considered that all tho machinery
and supplies of every character, used In
their business were taxed by the govern
ment at from 25 to so per cent, they con-
sidered it only just that this should be
equalized by a duty on lumber. A COM
mittee was appointed to memorable Con
gress on the subject.