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s.arface Charley Dead.


There is much sorrow among the Mo
doc Indians on the Quawpav- reserva-
ton. in the Indian Territory, four miles
northwest of this city. Their head chief,
Scarface Charley, is dead. He died yes
terday, after lingering illness of several
months duration, and which the physi-
can pronounced consumption, says
Seneca mo correspondent of the ST.
Louis Globe Democrat His hair and
beard were streaked with gray, on his ar
rival at the reservation, - or . years
ago.
Since residing there he has been
farmer in small way, aud has always
been peaceful and law-abiding. Some
years ago he profsssed religion, and since
that time had been leader in the church
and Sunday school and respected by
Indians and whites alike. 4 private
graveyard contains the rem aims of three
of his children. The tombstones can be
seen from the door of his residence. lie
leaves widow and three children and
the remnant of the once famous Modoc
tribe 10 mourn his death. lie will prob
ably be succeeded 10y Chief Yellow Ham
mer.
..searface Charley was the last surri-
-,-.e Nfosloe ,varriors
vor of the small banu u 49,, eI.
whose cruel massacre Of Brig. Gen. Can
by and the Rev. DIR. Thomas. in the lava
beds of Northern California in 1873,
shocked the civilized worl |. Gen. Can
by. DR.. Thomas and Indian Inspector \ i.
b. Meacham, acting rs peace commis-
sion to treat with the hostile Modocs,
under Capt. Jack, met the Indians at a
point agreed upon, unarmed and without
military escort, and, alters few moments
conversation, wereset upon by the savs-
ges. Gen. Candy and DIR. Thomas were
instantly killed and Meacham was left
for dead upon the spot, but he was sut-
se1uently rescued and recovered. Four
of the Indian chiefs who instigated the
massacre-Capt. Jack, Scouchin, Black
Dave and Black Jim-were afterwards
captured by Gen. JEFF c. Davis COM
mand, and, after trial 10y a military COM
mission were hanged at Fort klamath,
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ment is not to be congratulated. There is
relief In the reflection that "a Man of Two
Minds" is altogether fiction. This is a fact
which the author kindly impresses upon
the reader from the first page to the last.
Some authors adroitly clothe their charac-
tiers with such human qualities and such
natural proclivities that the reader seems
to know them as if they existed IN veritable
flesh and blood. Not so with Francis Til
lou Buck. His characters are mere shad-
ows that seem to pass across the disk OF an
obscurely lighted magic lantern, and that
at last disappear into airy nothingness, like
a will-o'-the-wisp or the phantom of a dis
solving view. Published by the Merriam
Company, 81 Fifth avenue, New York.
Price 81
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JOHN BOLTON'S CONTEST.
He Wants More Than $4,000
From His Grandfather'S
Estate.
Charges That James R. Bolton Was
Unduly Influenced Against His
Son.

The will of James R. Bolton, which has
been probated, and under the terms OF
which the estate has been distributed, Is
being contested by John R. Bolton,
grandson of the testator. The grounds for
the contest are undue influence and I'M
soundness of mind.
James R. Bolton died on January %,
1890. He left an estate valued at 100000.
Three days after his death Daniel Rogers
and Robert C. Bolton flied for probate
will dated January %, 1888. Attached to
the will were two codicils, one dated April
6, 1889, and the other October %, 1889.
Rogers and Robert Bolton were named as
executors. The will was admitted to pro-
bate, the estate was distributed on jan
uary D. 1894. and on May %, 1894, the ex-
ecutors were discharged.
The petitioner is the 13-year-old son
of John NJ. Bolton, deceased, who was a
son of James R. Bolton, the testator, and
ne mas several brothers and sisters, all un-
der age. In mis- petition he AYERS that
prior to the execution OF his will James
Bolton was afflicted with paralysis and
paresls, and that he was not in a mental
condition to sign any document much
less will disposing of an estate worth
$5OO,CO0. 1t is also averred that Bolton
was for long time, while mentally weak,
under the influence of Rogers, Robert
Bolton, Eutemia Estraca. Mary A. Bolton
and Frances P. Melliss. To these the bulk
of the property was bequeathed. These
requests, he alleges, were secured by arti-
flee and influence, for they forced him to
sign the will and the codicils as drawn.
Only very small portion of the estate, a
piece OF real estate valued at $4,000, was
all that was left to John NJ. Bolton and his
family. This amount out of $500, 900 es-
tate, 1t is claimed, is but an insignificant
sum, and not at all like what the testator
would have left had be not been influenced
against John NJ. Bolton and his family.
The petitioners pray that the will adj
mitted to probate be declared not to be the
last will of James r. Bolton; that its pro-
bate be revoked; that the order of distri-
button be vacated, and that an admins
traitor be appointed until the estate can be
properly distributed.
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CHAINED TO EARTH.

This is the age of novels, and every
cause, creed and controversy produces its
story with a moral as regularly as it pro-
duces its arguments and polemics. 1t is
in the nature of the age, therefore, that
the present war on the church of Rome
waged by the A. P. A. has inspired the
writing of romance to teach the doctrines
and conceptions of the attacking party.
The story is by California author, Jane
Woodworth- Bruner, and bears the title
Chained to Earth" 1t is more of an
extravaganza than anything else. Three
spirits dwelling in another planet came to
this one in order to lead an earth life. Two
OF them became Protestants and the third
Catholic The incidents of the tale are
of the character that are generally at
tributed to the Catholic priesthood by
their opponents of the most decided type.
The work can hardly be called literature
1t was intended 20 present the PapaI
church as an infamous institution, and to
the extent of the authors powers this has
been done without regard to anything else.
"Chained to Earth" Jane Woodwor tn
Bruner. Chicago and San Franci SEQ,
Worth Publishing Company; price so
cents
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collar the swag." But let US pursue the

collar the swag." But let US pursue the
conversation:
Hardspur-King or prince, his moneys ours
Brasker-For we need money more than we need
bread
The first declaration sounds like choice
passage from a Bowery-dive version of
Robin Hood; but the admission by Bras
ker is something startling. The author
! leaves US in vague doubt at this point.
He throws no ray of light on the purpose
for which the money was needed. 1t may
be supposed, however, that the villains
had tired of ordinary fare and were re-
solved at all hazards, to wrest from their
sovereign the price OF pie.
The wicked twain approach the King
with drawn swords; the monaTch's purse is
yielded up and then in a conversation
which follows his Majesty declares him
self, shows his slgnet-rlng and pardons the
offending pair on their promise TO do his
bidding. The villains are then employed
to steal the Kings daughter from the
palace and impriSon her in the brass cage,
that she may starve to death.
In plotting the destruction of his daugh-
ter, Dame, the King makes his offense
more heinous by ruthlessly slaughterIng
English grammar. Witness this assault
on the Anglo-Saxon tongue:
Apollo does decree that 1
Shalt never b. father, and DEGREES
That Dame shalt become mother, and
This son OF hers shall STAY the King of Argos.
The brass cage is built; the villains seize
the daughter and rush her into the death
trap. Just then an earthquake takes place.
Zeus, the pagan god, having witnessed the
prelude to the tragic deed, cracks the
earth in his rage.
After hurting a thunderbolt, which plows
a furrow across the face of Argos, Zeus up
braids Hardspur in most undienified and
commonplace terms and then listens to
this gem OF prayer from the robber:
0 King Of gods, and all Gods deeds pray,
Beseech thee spare a victim of
Necessity. Else I'd hied to Sistine Chapel
And in the earthquake had my pater noster
Well waded through.
This is exceedingly rich. The Lords
prayer, according to the New Testament.
IN the mouth of a pagan Greek a thousand
years before the Christian era.
Zeus rescues Dame, wooes her, makes
her his queen; son is born to her, and
mother and child miraculously escape the
King S wrath, and flee to a strange land.
Arrived at the gate of manhood, the son
performs feats of strength like another
Theseus or Hercules. He returns to Argos,
where, IN throwing quoits, he accidentally
hits and kills the King, and then himself
takes hold of the monarchy.
In turning over the pages of Mr.. Walk
er's book one is almost sure to recall the
couplet of Byron:
'Tis pleasant sure to see ones name In print
books book, although there's nothing in t.
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JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

John kendrick Bangs, whose portrait
may be found on this page of THE CALL, is
best known as the author of that laughable
trayesty, ga Houseboat on the Styx."
His reputation as a writer is quite of recent
date, though he has been known for some
years as the editor of and an occasional
contributor to New York Life.
Mr.. Bangs was born in Yonkers. N. Y,
in 1862. In 1883 he was graduated a bach
elor of philosophy from the School Of
Political Science of Columbia College.
For year and half he studied Iaw-as
he puts it-"at long range"
Dlsliking his legal studies he entered
the service OF Harper & Bros, in 1883, to
take charge of the humorous department
OF their periodicals, which position he still
holds.
In 1885, shortly after his marriage, Mr..
Bangs made heightened stay in Eng
land, where his first book, "Roger Gamer
New Waggings of Old Tales, )" "Kather-
Inc" and "Mephistopheles," the latter
Two Inv OF which were successfully dramatized,
HIS hrst substantial success, however, was
with the publication of "Coffee and Re-
partee," which is now in its fortieth
thousand.
Other books published since that time
~. =, pohSS nave ueeu 1OpplelOn s
Client" brought out by London house :;
The Water Ghost" "The Idiot" "Mr.
Bonaparte of Corsica" "A Household on
the Styx. "a Rebellious Heroine" which
will appear in Harper's next issue, and
Three Weeks in Politics"
Inc "Honseboat on the Styx," already
mentioned. is one of the latest and best of
MI. Bangs works. In this he recounts
the dolngs, OF a select body of immortal
ghosts, who organize themselves into a
CLUB Tor mutual intercourse and social ben
eht; Here We find old Charon the steward
ana general manager of an association
which generously permits such diverse
characters as Demosthenes and Dr. John
son, Confucius and Lord Bacon, Nero and
onaKespeare, Emerson and P. T. Barnum
to hold sweet converse.
10 get the full benefit of these gentle
mems conversation it would be well for
the reader TO take up Marion Crawford 5
WIN the Immortals." A perusal of this,
loilowed by Household on the Styx, y
possesses sort of educational value, mas
much as 1t affords favorable opportunity
1or comparing the work of two literary
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most of all. as he had studied the Bible
considerably, and he took great pleasure in
camping where be imagined Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob camped and fed their
tiocks by the River Jordan
The author visits Egypt and climbs the
pyramids; goes to Athens, and muses. on
the Acropolis; journeys to Rome, where
the wonders daze him; rramps to Naples,
and then takes 1.-TWO days trip to Vesu-
vius and Pompeii, which cost him only 40
cents; got glimpses of the darker quar-
tiers of Paris and London, and returned
home seemingly with as much satisfac-
.lon as might be entertained by one gifted
to view IN classic light the vast history
breathing monuments of ancient glory,
near which the scholars of the world have
loved to lineer.
Mr.. Meredith's descriptions of cities and
places are hardly worth the reading. He
mas learned something about the foreign
pauper classes and not much else of conse-
quence. Nevertheless, the book, as a
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HORACE EATON WALKER i

II GRACE EATON WALKER is
I'll the name OF the latest aspirant
for honors N the realm of poesy.
n X II we judge correctly. Mr.. Walker
is a man of wealth and leisure; OF
wealth because no publisher could be so lost
to his interests as to issue volume of Mr..
Walkers poems on speculation; while
only a man OF means could afford the ex-
pensive pleasure of exposing his literary
shortcomings in the very best style of the
printer; and of leisure, because it must
have required an inconceivable amount of
time to put so many words into so many
shapes under the sole inspiration of get
ting together lines and rhymes and pages
enough to make a good-sized book.
The most pretentious thing in Mr.
Walkers volume is a dramatic poem"
entitled "The King of Argos" Mytho-
logical stories are tortured into service and
in the mouths of some of the classical
characters up-to-date slang is almost as
common as it is on Tar Flat or the Bowery.
The King of Argos has daughter, but
prays valnly for a son. "a ghost" reveals
TO him the fact that he will die sonless;
that the daughter will give birth to a son
who will kill his royal grandfather and
reign in Argos. The old King decides to
kill off that daughter right speedily.
I'm starve her stomach lot by lot, lis tn e
poetic resolve that he comes to. Mr..
Walker then makes his ancient history
monarch boast OF being
Such king
AS never ancient history found greater.
Argos, having hit upon a plan of de-
struction that suits him, cries out:
Ye powers OF hell and all satanic regions,
I've done il.
He has concluded to build "a brazen
tomb for living corpses." and starts out to
ind the brazier, who bears the familiar
name of Faldaff. Two heavy villains.
bent on robbery, dog the Kings steps.
Where went he, Brasker2" asks Hard
spur, the first villain.
Just through the grove, Sir Hard
spur" is the response, which goes to show
the wretched taste OF modern nobility in
copying knightly titles from ancient
rogues. 1t now seems. plain, too, that the
surname Of Hotspur, given to Harry Percy,
the valiant rebel" Of Shakespeare: s
Henry w. was simply an idea borrowed
from the Argolian name of Hardspur.
What matters it, lord or beggar, if he
have the stuff" queries Brasker The
Togues OF Argos were very much addicted
TO the use of slang, according to Mr..
walker. Perhaps he can also trace to an
origin with Brasker and his fellow-rascals
such expressions as ''dowse the glim" and
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"Cape of Storms" Percival Pollard illus.
trates it in the lives of a young man and a
young woman who walk the primsose
paths of pleasure and acquire equally all
the experience that mutable loves can give.
The heroine and the hero having been
lovers in youth, meet after their various
experiences, and finding the old love still
strong within them, make a mutual con-
fession of their "unworthiness' and re-
celve mutual pardon. Afterward thew
marry to live happily, according TO the
example set in the old-time ovel, and the
moral is made clear that woman NAV
live as free as man lives and suffer no
more shock to her womanh hood than he
does to his manhood.
The subordinate characters of the story
are mainly artists and journalists of Chi
cago and q fascinating married woman
who likes to have clever men around her
and asp1res to have salon. The book is
mainly made up of conversations, and in
all these there is an evident effort at wit,
satire. cynicism and general brilliancy,
but the success achieved is Just barely suf.
hcient. to keep the story entertaining
enough to be pastime. The incidents
are few and there is no attempt to give
them dramatic force except in one in
stance. Despite the rather risky nature of
the plot there is nothing at all risky in the
story as told, and it will have the usual
vogue OF novels that claim to portray Chi.
cago society as 1t is. T"Cape of Storms"
Perclval Pollard, The Echo, Chicago.l
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A new edition of "Ouida's" charming
little story, published by R. F. Fenno &
Co., New York. 1t is got up in very
dainty style, yellow and silver prevailing
in the binding.
feature is made of the illustrations.
some OF which are really exquisite. The
pictures are half-tone reproductions of
wash drawings, and serve to illuminate
the text in a very satisfactory manner.
New York: r. f. Fenno d Co.
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A Pretty Good College Yell,

Smith College has no yell" It's presi-
dent announced this officially some time
ago, but the young ladies of the college
are sometimes, in moments of excitement.
eaId to utter a cry which runs thus
"Rah, rah, rah - Soph-i-ah = Smith -
"Sophia Smith was the founder of the
college, and if this is not q college yell,
what is it ?-Hartford Times.
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CAPE OF STORMS.

The doctrine that the laws of morality
are the same for men as for women has
been the keynote of many novel in these
later days, and various have been the
methods of expounding it. In new story,
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Mrs. Loveu wbite Amounted.

The board of managers of the Woman's
Congress Association was augmented ct its
meeting yesterday by the appointment of Mrs.
Lowell White. The ladies spent the afternoon
the first three days of the congress. They re-
ported much enthusiasm in the progress of
their plans.
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A MAN OF TWO MINDS.

Francis Tillou Buck is the author of a
little book entitled GA Man of Two
Minds" The book is little in every way
in plot, in merit, in dramatic interest and
IN size. This last is its redeeming quality.
The story begins as if 1t were intended for
Sunday-school library, but the writer
(unconsciously perhaps) before the close
OF his task ventures upon the borderland
OF theme that is permitted only to the
masters OF literature. The scene between
Alfred Sheldon and the notorious Mrs.
Mills, for instance, is scarcely to be recon-
mended for perusal by unreasonable
boys and girls, and the point sought to be
enforced is neither true nor healthful The
affection of Supplemented maiden, the
pure love of true woman, may not be
properly measured by the paroxysms of
an amorous woman of the world, who has
wearied OF her own lawfully welded mate
and is casting about to ensnare the hus-
bands and sweethearts of other women.
L he author who attempts such measure
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Y'I.I<gN wv G lA@
The author dishes up dozen sonnets to
spring. Here is one fractional example:
Has summer such loneliness? or fall?
Or autumn with his hoary fields Of grain7
It is possible that Mr.. Walker is color
blind. In this part of the world the
autumn gralnfield is as yellow as Mr..
Walkers poetry. Mr.. Walker is original,
however in having the fall come between
summer and autumn.
If Horace Eaton Walker threatens to
print any more volumes of the sort we
have partially reviewed, Sir Galahad will
be doing a very kindly thing, in literary
sense, If he complies with the poetaster's
prayer and gives him a cupful-aye, a
bucketful if need be, of the "solace" that
Mr. Walker bankers after in the followin g
strain:
o, what is life that can be so sad?
o. what is death that comfortessf
o, let me drain thy cup, Sir Galahad-
Dare let me drain it, in my loves distress.
[Claremont, n. II. George I. Putnam
& Col
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THE NURNBERG STOVE.

Americans. 1t is also warranted to cure
the sharDest known nit of the blues
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| whole, may prove interesting as a literary
curiosity; [Chicago: Laird g. Lee. Price,
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HENRY NORMAN, AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST.

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