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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
LOVE AND WAR.

THE SCARLET COAT-By Clinton Ross. Stone
d Kimball. New York. Price 81 25 For sale
by William Doxey, Palace Hotel. City.
This is a story of the American Revolution
ary War. 1t describes the siege and capitula-
tion of Yorktown when the British army
marched out between the lines OF French and
American soldiers to the tune of the ''World
Turned Upside Down.
The main interest in the story lies in the
love affair and the adven lures of Captain
Kenneth. While on his way to Governor JEFF
ferson bearing important dispatches from
General de la Fayette his horse gets lame in
the darkness and rain and mud. He seeks
shelter in a neighboring Virglnian mansion,
where he finds himself Unexpectedly in the
company of scarlet-coated young officer and
his sister. They are both Virginians and both
Tories. Soon afterward the British colonel
Tarleton arrives and takes Kenneth prisoner
He escapes by climbing through the big old
fashioned chimney. Shortly afterward the
Tory girl is captured and Kenneth volunteers
to be her escort home. He falls in love with
his fair enemy. They carry on very active
verbal hostilities on this ana several other oc-
casions, but in the end. when Washington cap
lures the British army, Captain Kenneth cap
lures the heart of the Tory girl and all ends
happily.
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AN EXTRA GOOD ONE

ROMANY OF THE SHOWS BY Gilbert
Parker. New York: Stone & KimbalL For sale
by William Doxey Palace Hotel; pric ST 20.
This can be recommended to the reader with
out any hesitation. IT is clean as the white
snow of the. far north, where its characters
lived, ana is written with a coloring as warm
as crimson. 1t is collection of short stories OF
happenings in lands whose cold has made
them an outer wilderness. A. brief description
of one of these stories will give some idea OF
what the book is like: "Three Commandments
in the Vulgar Tongue" tells the story of
young man in the service of the Hudson Bay
Company. who offended the governor OF the
company and was sent by him to take charge
of a lonely post q thousand miles from any
where, and there for quarter of a century
"Hved like uog on the porch of the world"
This man Fawdor was thought to have splen-
did prospects OF rising in the company's SER
vice. One summer the governor broughrehis
niece ana nephew out to make a tour of the
great lakes. The nephew is described as a
young man ''who had mind sfor raiilery and
was now and again guilty of some
witty impertinenee; but this was hard
to bring home. to him, for he could
assume fine childlike look when he pleased
confusing to his accpsers' He was one who
takes pleasure in dropping nettles more 10
see the weakness OF human nature than from
malice" The niece is described as "a girl
who had face that would be. finer old than
young" Fawdor is intrusted to take charge
of the expedition" On the trip he has the
misfortune to differ with the governor, who
is wellread man and proud of his reading,
about quotation from Shakespeare. This
piques the governor and leads to Fawdor's
banishment to far-of post in Labrador,
where he is forgotten by the tyrant. After
twenty-five years the governor dies. Phen
came letter from the niece, of Which a part
is thus described by Fawdor: Then came
another thing SO strange that it seems like the
laughter of the angels at US. And, dear Mr.
Fawdor, you were both wrong in. that quota
tion.' She was right" Twenty-Five years be-
fore the worldly wise nephew of the governor
had told Fawdor: "Id give hundred editions
the lie, but I'd read the text according to my
chief officer. The words of King are always
wise while his head is on"
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a way OF acting good-uaturedly Oppressive to
their ardor. AS she expresses it, she "knew
'ow to guard her honor without 'arshness"
One night she is trying to slip by Captain
O'Balls room to that OF his rival, Mr.. Cooper
"with the coffee-cup in one 'and and me shoes
in the other, so that Mr.. Cooper shouldn't
ear" But her stealthy steps are heard by the
keen ears of jealousy and big row between
the rivals results. She pacified them tempo
rarily, but that night "afyer we'd all gone 10
bed they fought duel down in the 'all." No
body was killed, but says the distracting
widow, "There would ave been, but hurried
down just as l was-in Case like that you
can't tn nix of what you ave on-and there 1
was begging them not to bloodshed, in my
nighigown, with embroidered ruffies and pink
felt slippers" That calmed them; but "they
'ated each other after that"
Whoever would be made merry with an
hours reading let him try this book.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
DEBT LEADS TO DISHONOR.

THE UNJUST STEwARD-By Mrs. Oiphant.
]. Lipp!Dcott Company, Philade phia; price
81 70. For sale by Joseph A. Hofmann 12O SUIT
ter street, City.
Scotch story, teaching that well-meaning
character with many noble traits can be
strangely mixed with frailty and dishonor. In
this tale the minister owes a debt which he is
tempted. while in sore straits TO let go unpaid
by a worldly wise inactivity of his tongue at a
time when brave and thorough honesty would
have spoken out.
This prevarication is compared to that of the
unjust steward in the New Testament parable,
upon which the pastor has bestowed much re-
fection. His stricken conscience tries to con-
sole itself with the thought that the sin of act
ually sitting down quickly and writing 80
when the debt was really 100 was not
actually committed, but the similarity of the
offense gradually forces itself upon his con-
sciousness, and then he realizes what hell
means
Speaking of the Calvinistic creed the author
ess says that the literary class holds it as the
origin of all evil but she has not found it to
be so, perhaps because dogmatic tenets hold,
after all, but small place in human hearts,
and the milk of human kindness flows inde-
pendent of all the rules of theology"
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
VERY wORDY.

LOST COUNTESS FALKA-By Richard Henry
Savage. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago and
New ork.
This is written in very STACY styie-"the
villain still pursued her. sort of staginess
There is such profusion OF adjectives crowd
ing each other through the sentences that the
mind gets almost dizzy with the swirl OF them.
Nearly every paragraph is wildly decamatory.
On every page the exclamation points appear
as thick as falling water drops on a rainy day.
There is such continuous attempt at being
dramatic that the mind wearies of It, ANY,
where you open the book such exciting elo-
quence as this can be found: ''One sudden
suspicion, one single alarm, and the poor
child's tender body would be thrown out in
fragments carrion TO their dogs Else, de-
graded, dishonored she would be sent off to be
the sport of some brutal Pasha, such as the
beastly Vail of Erzeroumr'
His face as pale as marble Serge Soltykoff
bore the senseless woman into the open door
of the nearest lodge. Denton, quick-witted
and alert, his senses tuned to the crash of bat
tie and the scapes OF the field, had caught the
startled cry, my Godl That man herer and he
sprang quickly down the sculptured staircase
In search of the tall intruder who had seemed
to menace the Austrian beauty"
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
H ONE NOGUCHI,. THE
sSNk JAPANESE POET, IS
DEFENDED FROM A
CHARGE OF PLAGIARISM.

To the Literary Editor Of the Cdtt-DEAR SIR:
would request the privilege of your columns
TO answer the charges of plagiarism brought
against the young japanese poet, Yone
Noguchi, by the Rev. Jay Thomas Hud-
son of Oakland. My claims to hearing
in the matter are fourfold: to-wit as friend
of Mr.. Noguchi as q collaboration with Gelett
Burgess in the editing and publishing of Mr..
Noguchi's poems, as devout admirer of Poe
upon whose poems the charges are based, and
as contemner OF plagiarism and plagiarists
! am moved 20 reply to the attack upon my
friend by an appreciation of his ideas an6.
ideals which are both elevated above the COM
mon, and hope to show that this is not an ex-
ception to the rule that there are two sides to
every question.
Mr.. Hudson cites a poem by Mr.. Noguchi
pointing out parallelisms between it and ssThe
Sleeper" by Poe. The similarity is marked,
the apparent plagiarism undeniable, yet
plagiarism it is not, as think may be proved.
There is nothing in the charges that Mr.. Bur-
CESS, myself and others did not know. When
Mr.. Noguchi's poems were first given to the
public by Mr. Burgessin the Lark, called Mr.
Noguchis attention to the phrases he had eyi-
IDENTIFY learned from reading Poe, and pointed
out the inevitable misjudgment they would
earn for him in the eyes OF critics. Although
unaware of his indebtedness to Poe he readily
acknowledged the possibility OF such similari-
ties, which, however he insisted should stand,
since, as far as he was concerned, the poem
was complete, and the words used expressed
to the full his thought, which was not Poe's,
but essentially his own. There are reasons
why we should judge this young Japanese
writer differently from those who are born
and bred 10 cur own tongue, and my defense
of him is founded upon something more than
the partiality Of friendship.
i maintain that there is nothing in the
charge ana this disclaimer that may not be
reconciled If one or two peculiar aspects of the
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case are taken into account. Primarily the
manner of Mr.. Noguchi's education should go
far to establish this claim. His remarkableyo yo-
cabulary has been acquired through wide
reading of English poetry, which has
been. to him rich mine and from which he
has taken words to utilize them with results
that are often marvellous. But if he take oos-
sdmer from Tennyson instead of from the
dictionary, or surgefuI from Whitman instead
OF from Roget's "Tnesaurus,' shall we accuse
him of plagiarism? AS he has taken single
words SO has he unwittingly appropriated col.
locations of words and phrases which he fl Is
in here and there to express his individual
thoughts, innocent of the fact that therein
he is committing what, from the viewpoint of
cold, narrow criticism, is literary sin. His
Innocence has been his misfortune for it cam
not be expected that all will understand him
as those well acquainted with him do.
The phrases in the poem cited are undoubt-
edly from Poe, and the poem was undoubtedly
written when they were fresh in his mind but
il was one of his earliest attempts put ont be-
fore he developed the strongly individual
style that his later work evidences SO well
aware was he of its shortcomings that he
wished to withdraw it from the Philistine but
correspondence extending over several
months failed to get for him the return of his
manuscript, and the poem was finally pub-
lished against his Will. The discourtesv IN
which he was subjected in the matter by Mr..
Ebert Hubbard of the Philistine has since
been ventlated in several Eastern papers. In
later poems of Mr.. Noguehi which have ap-
peared from time 10 time in the Lark and
have been quoted p YOUR columns, the author
abundantly demonstrates his ability to stand
alone. and his collected writings under the
title of "Seen and Unseen," which are to be
published shortly, will convince even Mr..
Hudson of the strength and originality of his
talent. / am, dear sir, very truly yours,
PORTER GARSFTr
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ousy and estrangement follow. Next come
two Mormon saints 10 try to work on the wife's
unhappiness and induce her TO go away. They
get most laughable and terrible Punishment
from Mic, which is described in one of the
richest scenes of the story.
The end is beautiful recon ciliation be-
tween husband and wife after Mic has rea-
soned over the situation and remarked to
himself. ~ might have had Reuben's wife
come and lessoned her some" "Why didn't 1
forgive her when she asked?' s'Why didn't 1
kiss herr"
The other story, "Alfred's Wife," tells how
the wife left Alfred to live with another man.
Alfred restrains his desire to kill the seducer
by the consideration that the death would
leave the woman destitute, as neither he nor
her father would take her to his home again.
utwhen The scoundrel forsakes her Alfred fol-
lows him up and shoots him through the
heart
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
MID SYLVAN SCENES.

LOVE IN THE sBACKwooDs-By Langdon
Elwyn Mitchell Harper IL Bros. New York.
Price 81 25. For sale by a. M. Roberts son. Post
street, City.
This book con tains two stories, 1.-TWO Nor
mons From Muddiety" and "Alfreds Wife,
The scene is laid in West Virginia. The first
has been published in Harper's Magazine, and
the second appeared in the Century under the
name Of Lucinda
The first of these stories. to use a common
colloquialism, is "rich." gigantic back
woodsIhan, who o is a widower with a. weak
digestion and a strong appetite, grows weary
of his lonely life and decides to ride to a
neighboring settlement and get him wife.
He "just ereckoned he'd ride across and see il
she looked the same as she did that day,' -
when years before he had admired her as n
pretty child. The girl chosen, Delissa, "could
do most anything that was no use to DO She
looked frail, but whipcord wasn't in it." After
months courtship the backwoodsman Sc
cured his prize and carried her home TO his
log cabin She was happy, for this was her
dream of a happy life, which she had formed
from reading tne life of Daniel toone and
simi ar tales.
The first night at their cabin home Mic Barr.
the husband, asks his wife to cook some sup
per for them. "Of course will" she replied
"but can't" Now Mic Barr himself was 'sthe
elumsiest creature in the world where ylctuas
were concerned" He taught her all he knew
aboul the culinary arts and then she settled
down to ruin his digestive apparatus as a reg
ular business. Mic could not eat her food ana
began to get SO hungry that he could feel
the .'rayin in the back of his head" He was
a kind man, however, "and had no mind that
she should guess how empty he was" ''If she
tried her best to Cook for him he certainly
must try his best to eat what sne prepared"
but abe wishes to God his hens would lay"
Desperate hunger drives Mic to go get his
dinners away from home His wife misunder-
stands his visits to another woman and ieal-
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

speak in it, the fashion is set for perfect food
OF imitators. Take story which told in ordi-
nary everyday English would interest nobody
very much and change the most commonplace
expressions about the weather into broad
Scotch, and Immediately it has q fascination.
No doubt the profits of this method OF story
making are very large, and SO long as real
genius does something in this line occasion
ally to keep the fad going these profits will
cOntiuua
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
DONE IN DIALECT.

ROBERT ERQUHART-By Gabriel Setoun. R. F.
Femme & Co.; price 81. New York: For sale by
William Doxey, Palace Hotel, City.
This is another of the many books written
after the style OF J. NJ. Barries successful
stories. Because the Scottish dialect is so
pleasing when Barrie makes his characters
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
NO REPENTANCE WITHOUT RES.
TITUTION,

JAMES; OR VIRTUE REWARDED. Anony-
nous. Stone II Kimball, New York Price
81 So For sale by William Doxey, Palace Ho-
tel. City.
The title of this book must be used in IRONY.
1t should otherwise be called "Rascality Re-
warded," for James, who is a consummate ras-
cal, ends his les of betrayals by getting
farm and the farmers daughter for a wife.
with the addition of the respect of his neigh
bors, and his ''walk is considered the most
edifying in the State of Illinois," The virtu-
Gus wife of his former days of prosperous ras-
cality gets the worst of the story.
The story is rather commonplace, forcing
upon the readers attention q lot of contempti-
BILE, petty people, who are not worth the know
ing. Tom Walton and his wife are exceptions,
but there is not enough of them to to make
q full offset TO the weary. unbrilliant wick
edness of the others. The books main merit
is the writer's exceeding iuency. Some pages
of it are worth the reading just for the sake OF
the great flow of language. If the author had
known q better story his abundance OF words
wherewith to tell 1t might have made combi-
nation of considerable literary charm.
Conan Doyle's new novel. "Rodney Stone,"
will be publis he'd Immediately by d. Appleton
g. Co. The Prince and Beau Brummei, the
dandies of Brighton and the heroes of the
prize-ring reappear in the pages of the stirring
and fascinating romance.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

"The Seven Seas" is the title of Rudyard Kip
ling's new volume of poems. which is pub
lished by D. Appleton & Co. Mr.. Kipling's
new volume is one of special Importance, in
that it represents in an admirable and eonc,u-
stve manner not only the verse of the soldiers
life, but also the poetry of patriotism, of ad-
venture and OF the sea, and of modern field,
to be termed roughly the romance of applied
science. which the author has made his own.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-07
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You feel it yourself.
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-07
WAS IT ATTEMPTED ROBBERY ?


Ceiling Breaking ut the Post Office Causes
Some Excitement
Some excitement was caused this morn
ing by a report that an attempt had been
made to burglarze the post office. The re
port was due to discovery made by the em-
ployes when they entered the place this
morning. There was an opening in the
ceiling about Al feet long and Is inches wide,
which had been made from the apartment
over the post Office. This apartment is the
second from the corner of Oak street, front
ing on Main street, and was formerly occu-
pied by the Friendship Social Club, but has
been vacant for long time. The post Office
people concluded that the burglars were
frightened away before making n sufficient
opening to allow the lowering Of one Of their
number into the post Office. Several young
men say they practiccd with the Scanlan-
Durkin Company in the theatre part of the
building until 1l;3O last night and saw no
suspicious characters. Alex. Strouso says he
was at his pool room on the nearest opposite
corner to the building until o'clock this
morning and saw nothing to arouse his
suspicious. The police made frequent trips
in the neighborhood last night and this morn
ing, but did not have their suspicious aroused,
and the watchman in the First National
Bank, which is Immediately next to the post
office, heard nothing.
Postmaster Mellet is of the impression that
the attempt was made by some bungliug local
crooks and says they may have secreted
themselves in the building some time during
the day. p. J. Ferguson, the owner of the
building, scouts the idea of an attempted
robbery. He says he was III the room over
the post Office with II gas filter yesterday
afternoon and saw that an opening made in
the flooring some time ago to make gas CON
ncctiOns had been left uncovered. 1t is his
belief that some frequentcr of the building
strayed into the room last night and acci-
dentally stepped into the opening, breaking
the ceiling of the post office room. Post
master Melet says burglars would gain
nothing in the office. They could only
cause inconvenience by either scattering or
destroying mail matter
Hundreds of precious little ones owe their
lives to Dr. Thomas Electric Oil, the
sovereign cure for Group and all other throat
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-07
The storm in New Jersey.

JERSEY CITY, Feb. THE wind and
rain caused considerable damage and trou.
bic along the Jersey coast and throughout
the state From every part of the state
came reports of delayed traffic, damage to
houses and barns and washed out roads.
In some places trolley cars stopped run
hing entirely Trains on all the railroads,
with the exception Of the Pennsylvania,
were behind. The salt marshes of Hudson
and Bergen counties were flooded and the
railroad tracks were barely above water
From Marion, back of Jersey City, where
the waters of the Passaic and Hackensacl5
met, as far as could be seen, there was not
a sight of the earth on tho lowlands ex-
cepJ the embankments Of the railroads.
Along the Atlantic coast from Cape May
to tho Highland the sea beat with terrible
fury against the sands and bluffs and
caused considerable alteration in the coast
line. Along the Delaware river tho dam
age was considerable, the rush of water
being greater than the spring freshet
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-07
HIS BIGGEST CONTRACS
Contractor Dakin of Syracuse Tells
Of the Final Success of Big
Undertaking.
tFront tle Syracuse [N N Post.)


Mr' George Dakin is a well.known con-
tractor and resident of Syracuse, and
representative business man of shat city.
our representative found him oversee.
ing the sewer work at the Arsenal and in
the following interview he describes how
he has finally completed the birgest con.
tract he has ever undertaken
Mr.. Dakin, doesn't your businass ov.
pose you to many unhealthy conditions9"
Yes, am continually Catching cold r
Does it affect your general healtb?"
1t has brought on kidney disorders F"
Have you been troubled from thaA
source any length of time2"
think it started during the war. in
which took an active part, and every
cold catch has aggravated il"
What were the symptoms
Lamo back and trouble with the kid
ney organism. have doctored for years
and used all kinds of remedies | heard of,
without relief. My case is as follows
some little time ago | was in very
bad condition, hardly able to hobblo.
around; ! had been in Madison County6
looking after contract there for the state
| got very wet, and, as usual. was laid up.
was simply twisted way around am.
doubled up on one side; when attempted
10 stand up it seemed as though would
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gone. am perfectly well, and no traces
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Price, 80 cents per box; for sale by ali
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