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INTENDED
HORTICULTURAL AND INDUS
TRIAL EXHIBITION
III January 1897.

The St. Croix ITortieultIr lI Society, count
ing on similar liberal support to that which
was Afforded in regard to the exhibition Of
January this year, hopes to hold q second
exhibition on Thursday the 14th of january
next.
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pleasure or profit, is asked, to make the IN
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Trans iOr.
NOTICE.

\AIIIH permission Of the Landplysicna
wv Mrs. j. JENSEN will act as Midwife
in CIristianstcd's LIST district during my
sickness.
Christiansted the 9Th Octbr. 1896.
L.. NIELSEN,
Distri let AidwVe.
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INDIAN LEGENDS.

"The Siwash; Life, Tales, and Legends
OF Puget Sound and the Pacific North
west" is the title of volume just issued
by the Calvert Publishing Company, Seat
tie, Wash. II is in paper covers, ITO pages,
and is fully illustrated. The editor. j. A.
Costello, is Seattle journalist, and his
excuse for the book is that lit is the first
attempt to depict the life or ethnology of
the maze of Indian tribes on Puget
Sound" Mr.. Costello's aim, he Declares
was 10 attain as nearly as possible the
facts in every instance, in order that read
ers might arrive at q proper understand
ing OF the natives of that country, as they
were found by the first whites to arrive.
Much of the work is compilation of his
torical and other matter. The material
was largely drawn from old pioneers and
the more intelligent natives, and as oppor-
tunities for obtaining such matter will not
last many years longer, the editor and
compiler hopes that his volume will find
welcome place In the homes OF the country
where the Siwash once tlourished. Many
of the tales and legends remind one Of bits
of Greek mythology.
The volume on the whole is interesting.
The Indians are gradually disappearing
and it seems deplorable that so little is to-
day known, in a literary sense, concerning
the aboTiginals of the great West This
book, undoubtedly, rescues many tales
from what would otherwise be certain OBJ
hvion. An age or two hence the Indian
himself Will be a story of other times. Mr..
Costello is entitled to credit for his ser.
vices in assuring the preservation of these
tales and legends.
The legend of THE Thunder bird" is one
of the many that Mr.. Costello has col
lected. That legend, which he briefly re-
lates, has been put into experimental
verse by the reviewer and the result is
given below. 1t is substantially faithful
to the original story whatever literary de-
fects it may have. The Thunder bird"
may be set down as a fair example OF the
Siwash myth. And here it IS, with apollo
gies to the shade of Longfellow:
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"THE ONE WHO LOOKED ON"

After the ordinary novels of exaggerated
emotions told with the straining for effect
that clears passion to tatters," it is pleas
ant to come upon some story of quiet life,
having within it suggestions of deep and
true feeling. Such is the story told in
''The One Who Looked On" Nothing
could be more simple than the structure OF
the tale. 1t is merely the narrative of the
unfolding OF the character of an excep-
tionallv strong man, who beneath man.
ner OF cold reserve conceaIs the emotions,
but does not stltie the current, of warm
and noble disposition.
The characters are few and the incidents
are in no respect extraordinary. The
whole interest of the work lies in the man
ne in whichsthe real nature of the hero is
developed and becomes clear to a young
girl who tells the course of his love and is
1.-THE one who looked on.' The styIe, in
harmony with the narrative, has the charm
of graceful simplicity and gives the book
literary value much above the standard
of the average novel of the day. T"The
One Who Looked On" F. f. Montresor,
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famous Committee of Public Safety, of
which Robesplerre was q member, carried
on their deliberations. By this means he
gained access TO certain information,
which IS put forth in the pages Of the
book. 1t is stated in the preface that such
information was neither very new nor
/ very important; that the name Hesdin is
hcutous one, and finally that the frag
ment was perhaps intended Tor the private
uses OF the party to whom it was adj
dressed.
In many places throughout this "diary"
there are blanks or breaks which make it
extremely difficult for the reader to peruse
II as connected narrative. The many
references 10 contemporary English essay
lsts would warrant presum ption that the
author was an Englishman, or at least a
| WeIl-trayeled and weIl-read individual.
VINO thoroughly appreciated the situation
IA rance during Robespierre's admins
trauon. This idea is borne out by numer-
Gus lootnotes Enthusiastically British.
a noou OF light IS thrown on the condi-
ton or Parls and Parisians in 1794-95. I'm
der date OF March the writer saws:
IL was enacted last autumn that the leading
SHeacJis Snoulq give three times week TRACE
ales OF a republican character, and the recent
AL OF Ioulon has been made The subiect of a !
drama, to which went last night. II would
have been Missed off the stage st tho Y,ost
trumpeTy fair in England Cer+oin |
boxes are reserved for the Government :
Mollere, Noltalre, Racine and all the old drs.
metists are suspected OF aristocrncv Fven
when Greek or Roman subjects are represent ted
the heather gods are made to speak the Ian
guage Of the heroes OF the Bastlle (Robespierre.
Danton, etc.. And Brutus is forbidden to cal
Cesar monsieur. W
Two months later the author gives some
account of the trial of the Princess fnroh.
ably Nine. Elizabeth, sister of Louis XVII |
he describes the unfortunate woman a.
acting with Christian fortitude in facing
her enemies. Her judges are compared
in intelligence ana probity to stable
boys" though it is admitted that their
audiences in the courtrooms clamored
aloud for blood, and would permit no
leniency.
The diary" betrays evidence of both
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HEALTH LAWS,
BILIoU5NESS.
TESS.
Too much bile is biliousness.

Too much bile is biliousness.
Biliousness may come from your over
loading your stomach.
~
Biliousness may come from a chronic
liver complaint; in any event use joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
Sick headaches result from a bilious at
tack and are cured by the use of joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
A dark-yellow, muddy skin is unnatural
1t is the sign of biliousness; clear it with
joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
~
Liver spots are dark-brown spots. They
frequently covsr the different portions of
the body-are' the result of liver com
plant. Drive them away by the use of
joys Vegetable SarsapariIla.
Unrelieved biliousness leads to iaundice.
Just before you get too yellow use joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
When you are melancholy. irritable and
cranky your liver is disordered and YOU
should use joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
x*
Early morning cocktails go straight to
the liver and result in biliousness; YOU
ought to use joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla
instead of the cocktail.
x**
Fruits and vegetables are especially good
to eat when you are bilious, but be moder-
ate, even in the use of joys Vegetable
Sarsaparilla.
Moderation is longevity.
An lmmoderate person may live long,
but would live longer had he been mod
crate.
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LITERARY NOTES.

1t is reported that Count Tolstoi's Gamma
Karenira" has been dramatzed in French
and that IN the last act the heroine is run
over by railway train in full sight of the
audience.
Mrs. Humphry Ward lives, when in
the country, at Aldbury, a sleepy English
village of 500 people, under the Chiitern
Hills Mrs. Wards residence IS called
Stacks House."
Mrs. George Augustus Sala has init
mated that she proposes to write the story
Of her husbands life. The announcement
is made to prevent the publication of IN
authorized biographies.
Mr.. Baring-Gould thinks out many TO
his plots lying in bed. The foundations of
more than one story have been developed
in single sleepless night. He makes no
notes except brief sketch of each chapter.
Rhoda Broughton is still living at Ok
| ford, stately, charming woman, Just be-
ginning the autumn oflife. She rarely goes
| to London now, but is always pleased to
| welcome her literary friends to her home
| in the classic old university town.
| Robert Louis Stevenson's history of his
| own family will appear in the forthcoming
edition of his works now being prepared
in Edinburgh. 1t ends with the great
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'CENSION.

In "'Cension" Maude Mason Adams
has given us a simple love tale and sketch
of ranch life near Paso del Norte. Cen
sion, the young daughter of a wealthy and
easy-going rancher, is passionately in love
with Eduardo Lerma, bold, handsome
man of 80. She is simple, pu re, trustful,
beautiful, in direct contrast to the man on
whom she bestows her love. He is a liar,
thief and hypocrite, and cares for Cension
only as he would for an exquisite wild
flower, to be plucked, scented and trampled
in the dust. Eduardo is thought to have
another love, and one night 'Cension goes,
accompanied only by her dog, to a dance
hall in Del Norte to see her rival. Eduardo
explains his falseness away very gllbly;
but his evil suggestions glance from the
girl as from shining armor, and in the end
her brother saves her from the villains
wiles by proving him to be robber, de-
serter of wife and children and would be
murderer. There are some striking scenes
in the tale, which is well illustrated. Pub
lished by HARPER Il Brothers, New York.
For sale by William Doxev
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sations expressed in the kind of English
spoken by the "black fellows" as the
natives are called by the settlers.
The country is not depicted as a para
disc. In describing the arrival of Miss
TregaskiSs at a new town at the END OF q
railway line, it is said:
Sh looked out on dusty road bordered by
zinc houses with patches OF brown grass and
here and there parched gidia tree between
the Enclosures The very vegetation gave an
IMPRESSION OF thirst and glare An hibiscus
shrub Haunting its RED blossoms was an offense
TO the eye, which found relief only in q
green passion vine, or native cucumber, strug-
Cling up bough shade OF wtheIed branches.
The zinc buildings threw out cruel diamond
CLEANS. All the houses of Cedar Hill were of
zinc. They had travelled up the line TO each
successive terminus, and as the line went west
ward would be packed up and carried to the
next township. There was q store, q zinc lock
up, few dwelling huts, ana ali the rest OF the
buildings were pubic-houses. Fifteen there
were in ell-each with its due complement OF
rowdies, bullock-drivers fencers, shearers,
stoekmen, diggers, shepherds ION the burst"
8 northern township. An odd background for
lady VINO somehow gave the ldea thaI she
had been born and brought up among all the
subtleties OF an old-world civilization.
Tue region beyond the railway, in the dis
trict where Mrs. Tregaskiss went to live on her
husband S sheep range, was even more oesolate
than Cedar Hill and, of course, there was no
companiOnship in IL for woman OF rehne-
ment Speaking OF the land ana OF her IoneI-
ness in il she said:
81 want sympathy. I wish SOUL spirit, intellect
10 come and surround me. And there IS
nothing-nothing, but coarse. cruel flesh and
blood, beef and mutton, parched DGTreh
ground. Earth--earthl fit only to bury
corpse in. Nothing but everlasting gum tree,
everlasting gibis scrub everlasting dry plain.
She stretched out her hands TO the forest and
the distant level which touched the sky. IT'S
awful, isn't il? 1t is hornble-so big, SO lonely
and so deadV"
The dialect of the black fellows is fairly
well expressed in this example:
Ming was playing with a doll, acting the
tragedy OF "debil-debil." The child's lmagina-
ton, fed by the legends of the blacks camp,
had OF late been exercising itself upon this
mythical parsonage. "Kail Here, you picka-
nlnny, you stop inside there" rehearsed Ming,
putting her doll in the center OF circle de-
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s1wAsH LEGEND OF PUGET SOUND.

SMASH LEGEND OF PUGET SOUND.
List, degenerate Siwash children:
Ye who blush when The traditions
OF your fathers, men Of power,
Great OF mind and great OF bo1y,
Rise ike conlured sprites to shame YOU
IN your weak and vile submission
To The man of tongue, the paleface-
List the legend of the Hahness
sung OF old by great Pultawund,
vi Chlnooks the peerless singer.
Now all songs are of the white man.
And all books are OF his making.
List. the While 1 tell the legend
sung when Slwash fame was golden,
Eons gone, so sang Pultawund,
Ioo7ux, gliding toward the northland
(too-lux, Oft yclept the south wind,
cared OF his long excursion
FROM the land of deathless flowers.
eak with hunger having Travelled,
Haiting not, DER regions barren,
Met the SiwaBh ogresS. Quoots- Hooi
Saying, 81 Will bring thee perfumes
II my hunger thou appeasest"
Quoth the ogress, "Ply the fishnet,
purchasing thy food with labor
For the sea would fain be rid OF
Many fishes that disturb him.
Ioo-lu1 dragged the net and straightwav
caught 1.-THE little whale" the grampus:
Raised his knife TO cut it OPEN
w hen the ogress cried, beware thee!
Pierce not with thy knife or rue thee!
With the sharp shell from the seashore
split the fish, but cut not crosswayslp
Too-luT, needing not the warning,
Cut across its side the grampus:
stopped 10 slice the tempting blubber-
But his heart grew faint within him,
STRAINED his eyeballs at their sockets,
a nd he trembled as the leaf does
When he blows his breath upon it
lie had scorned the cry OF Quoots-H ooI.
with his blade had wrought the evil.
Io' the grampus gan expanding
Changed, like magic, in q twinkling,
10 bird of such proportions
That, in mounting to the heavens,
Wings outspread, the sky was dhrkened
And the sun obscured completely,
And the noise made by the wing. flaps
Shook the earth, deep-awed and gloomy.
Thus the Thunder bird, called Hahness.
Rose on earth TO live forever.
Never T0olux TO the northiand
Comes to meet the Wintry ogress,
But, from distant hills appearing,
Swoops the Hahness DER the valleys.
Spreads his wings and earth is darkened.
While the heaven, full OF sorrow,
Inconsolable in absence
vi the sun, her bright-eyed lover
walls, and tears fall in her anguish;
Till the Thunder-bird takes pity,
Folds his wings and sinks to silence,
When the earth smiles in reflection
Of the smiling OF the heaven.
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FOR ARMENIA.
Mass to Protest Against the
Atrocities to Be Held at Metro
politan Temple.

A mass-meeting will be held in Metro
politan Temple tomorrow evening, Janu-
airy 13, at o'clock, to protest against
Turkish barbarities; to appeal to the
powers of Europe and our Government to
stop the slaughter CT Christians; to de-
mand the protection of American life and
property.
All citizens who love justice and the
honor of the American name are invited to
attend.
His Honor Mayor SutIo will preside. s.
N. Shortridge will make the principal adj
dress; John Bonner will make an histor-
ical statement: speeches by Bishops Good
sell and Nichols, Rabbi Voorsanger and
Drs. Stebbins, Monitor and others.
The committee in charge consists of II.
G. Minton, DID,, w. d. Williams. DID,,
Thomas FilbeD, DID,, George E. Walk,
ID, Rabbi Voorsanger. Rev. H. N.
Bevier.
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New York: D. Appleton & Co. For sale
by William Doxey. Price, cloth, 81 25.1
FOND OF LITERATURE.

1t may be that one day the house of Van
derbilt will rival that of the Astors in a
literary as well as social way. William
Waldorf has taken his family name out
of commerce and stocks and written it on
the roll of authors. Emily Vanderbilt
Sloane has compiled volume of extracts,
which is entitled Ideals" The Young
woman recently entered society, but did
not permit routs and balls and such
affairs to keep her from the literary work
she had marked out, which is partly repre-
sented in ideals" Miss Sloane is the
daughter of William Douglas Sloane and a
granddaughter of the late William H.
Vanderbilt. Her sister, Adele, was mar
ried to James Abercrombie Burden Jr.
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utes an article on San Leandro Lake, CIV
ing an account of the great water supply
system through large part of Alameda
County.
DR.. William L. Phelps of Yale announces
that the novels which he will discuss in
his popular course on popular fiction dur
ing this year include the following books:
1.-The Children of the World" by Heyse;
dame Care" by Sudermann; IA House
OF Gentlefolkn eliza" by Turgenev;
Karenina," by Tolstoy; "Where Love Is
There God Is Also" by ToIstoy; 'Pan
Michael" by Sienkiewiez; 'Synnove Sol
bakken," by Bjornson; "In Gods WAY"
by Biornson; Jack" by Daudet; IAN
Iceland Fisherman" by Lott; 1.-THE Crime
of Sylvester Bonnard, by France. In tn is
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ture and are so diligently cultivat-
ing it that Australian books are no longer
rarites. Among the authors who have
given Us pictures of bush life on the big
ranges OF that country none have made
them more vivid or interesting than Mrs.
Campbell-Praed and her new novel, Mrs.
Tregaskiss Will be welcomed by wide
circle OF readers, to whom she is already
well and favorably known.
The story is the old familiar one of an
unhappy woman welded to one man and
in love with another. There is nothing
new in the treatment OF the problems of
life that grow out of this situation, nor is
there anything in the characteristics OF
the various persOnages to give new IN
terest to the conventional solution of the
old difficulty. Mrs. Campbell-Praed, like
so many other writers, shrinks from the
logical conclusion of her own work and
when she has brought her story to the
crisis where the heroine promises TO aban-
don her husband and elOpe with her lover
she turns the enterprise aside by an accl-
dent in the nick of time TO save the lovers
from that immoral proceeding.
To those readers who do not feel an in
terest in love story simply because il IS
love story, the attractions Of the book Will
be found mainly in the descriptions OF
Australian scenery and the narration of
incidents peculiar to Australian life. To
those who delight in dialect there will be
further pleasure in the fact that a consid-
cradle amount OF space IS given TO CONVEX
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achievement OF his grandfather's life in
the building of the Bell Rock lighthouse.

achievement OF his grandfather's life in
the building of the Bell Rock lighthouse.
Notwithstanding her many duties as
editor of Harper's Bazaar Mrs. Sangster
finds time to do much outside work. She
has a regular department in Harpers
Round Table. and now it is announced
that she has just written serial story that
will be published in that periodical.
The Land of.Sun shine pronounces Rider
Haggard's ''lIeart of the World" a steor-
geously readable book" but before doing
so remarks that Mr.. Haggard conscien.
tiously misspells two-thirds of the Spanish
words he uses, and misuses fair share of
the rest, and this is his least blunder."
Stanley ]. Weyman, whose 'sRed Cock
ade" has been one of the most successful
of recent novels, has given up his inten-
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fined by tiny heaps of twigs, which she called
her fires She had seen Claribel light fires
around the playground 10 keep debil-debil
away. Mummy, my make plenty fire, and
suppose debil-debil look after pickaninny he
sit down alongside fire and pickaninny quite
sale. Cobbon old, that fellow debil-debi.
Cobbou cold-like it, mummy. Ba'al, he got
him possum rug. Budgery frenzy mean very
good ire No touch Ning's piekaninny."
The incidents OF the story include de-
scription OF drought in the cattle country,
a strike of the shepherds, forest fire,
a camping-out picnic and the usual
scenes OF life remote from civilization.
The picture given of Australian life is not
wholly attractive, and yet /: has charms
for those who like freedom and adven-
ture. 1t was not the right environment
for Mrs. Tregaskiss and she came near TO
making a wreck of her life before she es-
capped it. Mrs. Camp belI-Praed, however,
was kind to her heroine, and after many
sorrows closed her career in Australia by
giving her legacy of 100000 and allowing
her to return to England with her hus-
band. thoroughly reformed.
l"Mrs. Tregaskiss,' a novel of Anglo
Australian life; Mrs. Campbell Praed. D.
Appleton & Co., New York. Price so cents.
For sale by William Doxey.
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haste and carelessness in its composition.
The writing is apparently that of an edu-
Gated man too pressed for time to pay
much atten ion to such matters of detail
as literary style or elegance of diction.
New York: Harper & Bros For sale by
PaYot Unham 81 Co
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list most of the modern schools and kinds
of fiction are represented, in so far, at
least. as foreign writers are concerned. In
the course of the term DR.. Phelps will also
lecture on Ibsen and his influence on the
novel.
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THE JOURNAL OF A SPY IN PARIS.

A late book, published by Harper &
Bros. 1t is fragment, both commencing
and ending abruptly. The name or the title
page Raoul Hesdin, affords no clew to the
identity of the writer of the original, it
being translated from the French.
1t appears that during the Reign of
Terror this Hesdin was permitted to work
in the Tuilleries in a room near which the