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PICTURES OF
CHILD WORLD
The Hoosier Poet's $
New Book
James Whitcomb Riley Junes
His hyre to the old-Jime
Memories

James Whitcomb Riley's new book will be
issued simultaneously in this country and in
England tomorrow. "a Child-World" is its
title. Unlike Mr.. Rileys previous books, this
volume is nota collection OF poems but con-
tinuous narrative in verse of child-lor e, old
home delights and happenings in the early
life of the author.
The opening lines in the volume thus de-
scribe the old homestead:
Set Just one side the center of a small
But very hopeful Indiana town
The upper story looking squarely down
Upon the main street and the main hig hway
From east TO west-historic in its day,
known as the National road-od-timers all
Who linger yet will happily recall
1t as the scheme and handlwork as well
AS property of Uncle sam, and tell
OF its Importance. "long and long afore
Railroads wuz ever dreamt OF! Furthermore
The reminiscent first inhabitants
VIII make that old road blossom with romance
OF snowy caravans, in long parade
OF covered vehicles of every grade
From ox-cart of most primitive design
To Conestoga wagons with their fine
Deep-chested. six-horse teams in heavy gear,
High names and Ginning bells-to childish ears
And eye enhancing as the gittering train
OF some sunsmitten pageant of old Spain.
Beside the wood-house with broad branch es free,
Yet close above the roof, an apple-tree
known as the "Prinee's Harvest'-Magic phrase! !
That was a boys own tree, in many waysl-
Its girth and height eet both for the caress
of his bare legs and his amhitIousness;
And then its apples, humoring his whim
Seemed Just to fairly hurry ripe for him
Even in June impetuous as he,
They dropped 10 meet him. halfway up the tree.
And, o, their bruised sweet faces, where they
feH!-
And hol the lips that feigned to 'kss them well''
Mr.. Riley since ne became renowned bought
back this house from the strangers into whose
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While any day that gave the children Noey
was notable and dear, the narrative records
his advent one day when the two little BOYS.
Jointly and Bud, garbed as for holiday. were
going back TO Noey's house with him:
And by the time that each
Had one of Noey's Misunderstanding their speech
And coyly anxious, in their new ATTIRE
To wake the comment of their mute desire
Noey seemed rendered voceless. Quite while
They watched him furtively. He seemed to smile
AS though he would conceal it; and they saw
Him look away, ana his lips purse and draw
In curious twitching spasms, as though he might
BE whispering-while in his eye the white
Predominated strangely. Then the spell
Gave way, and his pent speech burst audible:
i'They wuz two stylish little boys and they wuz
mighty bold ones.
Had two new pairs o. britches made out o. their
daddy's old onesP,
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USEFUL KNO WLEDGE.

THE STORY OF ELECTRICITY = BY John
Munro. New York; D. Appleton & Co., pub
lishers- For sale by William Doxey; cloth,
price 40 cents.
In Appleuon's Library of Useful Stories this
is the latest volume, and its author is promi-
nent English authority on the subject of
which he treats. In a simple and interesting
manner he discusses the electricity of friction,
of chemistry, of heat and OF magnetism, cleo
trolysis, the telegraph and telephone, electric
light and heat, electric power and the minor
uses of electricity. There are 172 illustra-
tions in the book, which contains 185 pages.
The work has been altered so as to adapt it to
the practical requirements OF American
readers
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The SUMS GIFT TO EARTH.

WHAT is ELECTRICITY? By John Trow-
bridge, SD. New York: d. Appleton & Co.,
publishers: For sale by William Doxey; CLOTH
price 81 so.
This is another valuable contribution to the
international Scientific series. The author is
a lecturer on the applications of science to the
useful arts at Harvard University. In the
book before US, containing over 800 pages, he
seeks to give the general reader an idea of the
present direction of investig alton in the sci
ence of electricity. In his preface the author
states that, being often asked the question,
"What is electrieity?" he has endeavored in
this volume TO give in popular manner the
views up to date of scientific men in regard to
the matter. According to modern ideas the
continuance of all life Oh earth is due to the
electrical energy which We receive from the
sun; and physics in general can be defined as
that subject which treats of the transforma
tons of energy. / have therefore prese nted
the varied phenomena of electricity in su eh q
manner that the reader can perceive the
physicists reasons for supposing that all space
is filed with medium which transmits elec-
tro-magnetic waves to us from the sum-
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
EONESICK
LOVE the woodlands when the light Is breakin
Within the pearly c1oud1ets far away,
And the sweet birds, their cozy nests forsaking,
In softest 1ove-notes te1 of newborn day.


love the forest lone, when noon Is regning
Within the bound1ess, deep blue dome above
And ripping rils, ha1-joyous, half complaining
Sing on in Natures melody of love.
But ah, at eve, as days last light is fading,
AS shadows dark o'erspread the sunset dome,
As night-ve1s fall, the land with darkness shading,
My heart grows sad, call IN vain for home.
IT'S them when warblng birds have hused their singing
And hastened homeward to their cory nest;
When Nature's bells their requiems sad ringing,
For days last light, soft dying in the west;
When, through the twi1g ght air so hushed and st1y
The crickets voice proclaims the day Is done;
When droops her head In rest the virgin lily
And brighteyed stars come twinking one by one
An, It then that thoughts of home steal o'er me,
AS lone watch the lingering daylight die;
IT'S then that strange, Wild fancies rise before me,
With every changefu1 c1oud that passes by.
For see, each wildwood child at home is s1umbering,
1.-THE fox IN hole, the little bird In nest"
While alone the crue1, dark hours Numbering,
Beneath fair but foreign sky must rest.
And through the night how oft from sleep waken,
When ali is hushed and twnkGng worlds shine bright;
In sleep, IN waking lonely and torsaken,
For home Ger longing. Oh the cruel night!
The night OH restless night though stars shining
And fair Dana's bower is bright and gay;
For far-oH lands my homesick heart is pinng,
And longing for the dawn Of genial day.
Home, home sacred spot, for thee Pm signing,
Had but wings, DER boundless, moaning sea
I'd fly, earth mid dreams lying,
Nor pause to rest ti1 had flown to thee E. B. c.
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A STUDY IN PINK.

BIJOU's COURTSHTPs. From the French OF
"Gyp." New York; F. rennyson Neely, pub
Usher. For sale by Emporium Book Depart
ment; cloth, price rs cents.
II you want an insight into the manners and
customs of Parisian society, If you like a
smart, racy gossipy style and have further
more taste for light satire and don't mind
an occasional episode of nature character
istically French you will hardly be displeased
with Gyp's latest novel as translated by
Katherine Berry di Zerega. There is the va
riety of light comedy and heavy tragedy in
this story of the love affairs of beautiful girl
with sunshiny marriage for a conclusion.
The book is gilt-topped with pink rose design
on the cover. The illustrations are by S. B.
Aspell.
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THRoNED IN HER RocKINa.oHA
], youth. to just Gu. loose and eat and ea.l

OF youth to just cut loose and eat and eati
The swooning-sweet aroma haunting all
The house-upstairs and down-porch, parlor, hall
And sittin G. -room-invading even where
The Hired Man shifts in. the orchard air
And pauses in his pruning of the trees
To note the min utely and to-sneeze.
happy portrayal in the new book is that of
Noey Bixler, one of those lads who can do just
anything possible for a boy to do, doing all
those things which make boy overwhelm-
ingly popular with his companions. This
awkward, oveTgrown youngster is primarily an
artisan, a manufacturer of toy-wagons, bows
and arrows, stills and the like, with which he
delights his little friends. The mysteries of
the woods and the depths of the creeks are
no mys teries at all to him. He is a wonderful
lad, knowing so much and doing so much, and
yet destitute as to any musical taste-he can
only whistle bass" Mr.. Riley evidently ap-
preciates the boyhood law of compensation.
Who ever knew a lad, otherwise gifted that
could whistle well? Noey Bixler's pucker-
music is regarded as phenomenally un-
melodious" by Cousin Rufus who knew notes,
while Uncle Mart vouchsafed that's
Noey couldn't whistle '.Bonny Doom"
Even; and. he'd bet. couldn't carry a tune
If it had handles to it,
The creative hand of Noey at last brings him
great measure of fame; his masterpiece in
snow is praised in song. the apprentice poet of
the town honoring the work with pane
gyric scroll Of rhyme" 1t was an artist indeed
that painted grapes so natural the birds
pecked at them, but what are the critics to say
of the boy who makes a snow man $50 fierce
and sassy that the children had to "git ust
to him. before they ceased to be afraid2 In
the frosty tudio of the dooryard this work of
sculptured snow evolves itself faster than any
s.one ever chased by Grecian chisel, yet the
processes are none the less fascinating because
they merely produce snow man-fnished off
with eyes made of walnuts and whiskers
wrought of buggy cushion stuffin'.
But the old Snow Man
What dubious delight
He grew at last when spring came on
And days waxed warm and bright
Alone he stoodS-all kfth and kin
OF snow and icewere gone.
hero of heros makei-
Let marble melt and fade,
But never you-you old Snow Man
That Noey Bixler madei
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ROMHNCE OF
jim OLD WORLD
James Cowan's Tale
About Mars
The Story Of an English Miller and
Some Classic Myths of
the Celt

DAYBREAK-A Romance of an Old World. By
James Cowan. New York: George n. Rich
mond & Co., publishers.
Considering the recent successes of Alvan
Clark & Sons in casting larger object-glasses
than was once thought possible, and their
assertion that they can place no limit to the
size these glasses may attain in the future, the
author wonders if it is presumption to believe
that "the day will dawn when this world will
know whether Mars or Venus is inhabited" !"
We are taken on balloon trip to Mars, where
q race of people is found In Q far more ad-
vanced state of civilization and society than
is the case on our terrestrial planet. One
of the pleasant peculiarities of the Marian
character is an entire absence of dis
agreeable curiosity. The Marian race is
highly developed physically, mentally, spirit
ually, and the reader learns how the
high standard was reached through
the application of wisdom to the lessons of eX-
perience. 1t is learned that Mars has, far
back in its history, suffered from the same in
dustrial, political and social troubles that now
are felt upon the earth; but Mars has over
come all these difficulties, settlement being
reached by the people turning over all busi-
ness, industrial and professional, to the gov
ernment, going Mr.. Bellamy several points
better. The author believes in the habi tabi
ity OF other worlds, and this volume hints at a
possible solution of the question OF whether
the earth alone, among all the planets of the
heavens, was chosen by God for the peculiar
honor read of in the gospel story. The visitors
from the earth learn that Mars has a history
of a savior quite like the Christ OF our own
planet. Simply to suit the purposes of his
story the author has made the analogy be-
tween the earth and Mars quite close, such
analogy however, not being matter of his
belief The situations are exaggerated to re-
lieye the book of dullness.
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hands it had passed, and the improvements
made by them have taken from it much of its
early quaint appearance. 1t has been remod-
eled, but not restored-only as the artis has
restored 1t in the frontispiece. Not a great
distance away is the "Old Swimmin' Hole"
and other scenes almost as familiar to the
reading public as TO the poet himself At this
old homestead Mr.. Riley introduces the reader
10 "a Child-World" and the deliciousness of
The liquid, dripping songs Of orchard birds
The wee bass of tae bees
With lucent deeps Of silence afterwards;
The gay clandestine whisperings Of the breeze
And glad leaves of the trees.
Before the poet makes you acquainted with
those around him in his childhood he leads
you about the premises and points out cher
ished spots: The old woodhouse with its old
workbench and tools, ''The children's vain
possession by pretense." And then you ac-
company him to the stable-yard and enjoy
with him the striking humor in the gambols
of colt:
Home in his stall "old sorrel" munched his hay
And oats and corn, and switched The flies away,
In a repose Of patience good 10 see,
An earnest Of the gentIest pedigree
With half pathetic eye sometimes he gazed
Upon the gambos Of colt that grazed
Abound the edges Of the lot outside
And kicked at nothing suddenly, and tried
TO act grown-up and graceful and high-bred,
But dropped k'whopi and scraped the buggy-shed,
Leaving a tuft OF woolly, foxy hair
Under the sharp end of gate hinge there.
Then, all ignobly scrambling 10 his feet
And whinneying Whitney like bIeat,
He would pursue himself around the lot
And-do the whole thing over, like as notl
The old-home life and "the five happy little
Hoosier chaps inhabiting this wee world" are
delightful child studies. Riley's description
of them displays more than ever his rare
insight into the habits and minds OF children.
At times in his previous verse he seems to
have reached the acme of tender affection,
touching exquisitely on the love of mother
and child, for instance. But IL is not recalled
that he has ever before brought the mother
into poem in such sweet fashion as in this
chain of childhood stories:
shrined in her sanctity Of home and love,
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read it; SO will an elder person. 1t is pure and
elevating; there is something good in every
line of it, and its charm holds from beginning
to end. Besides being handsomely printed on
heavy paper the book is profusely illus straied
with drawings by Gordon Browne and w. H. C.
GrOOme.
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AN ENGLISH COUNTRY TALE.

AT THE GATE OF THE FOLD BY J. s..
Fletcher. New York: The Macmillan Com
pany, publishers; cloth, price 81 rs.
A rare, good story this, far better than the
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
IN THE DAYS OF THE PRETENDER

DENOUNCED BY j. Bioundele-Burton. New
York: d. e. Appleton & Co., publishers: paper,
price so cents.
Here is presented another strong picture of
life in France and England during the days of
the Pretender. The story is told in a popular
and interesting manner. The hero loves q
refugee from England whom he has met in
France, but is prevented from marrying her
through the intrigues of a man who succeeds
in winning her through deceit. She, learning
of the deception, ana the husband fearing
that she would return to her old love, de-
nounces him to the English authorities as
Jacobite and enemy of the King, but the hero
escapes and the denouncer meets the just
deserts of his treachery.
Messrs. Laird & Lee, the Chicago publishers,
have issued new edition of Wilkie Collins
"The Woman in White" at the popular price
of so cents.
Miss Marion Hill has written short seria
for girls "June's Garden" which will appear
in the new volume of ST. Nicholas beginning
with the November number. Miss Hill is a
young San Francisco girl and is the daughter
of Barton Hill, the well-known Shakesperean
actor and stage manager.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

A CONSPIRACY OF THE CARBONARI. By
Louise Muhbach. New York: f. Tennyson
Nicely, publisher. For sale by Emporium Book
Department; cloth, price rs cents
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Stories of gold strikes at Cripple
Creek have revived those ancient lie.
gends of accidental mineral finds
which lends such a glamour to the av-
ocation of the prospector. If one can
find an old miner with an unoccupied
hair an hour, lies rare and picturesque
and sufficient in number to freight a
train can be had for the asking. Col.
Thomas Jefferson Maloney, now an
operator in Cripple Creek properties,
has been through all the flush times
Colorado has known, and has likewise
frightened his belt for lack OF Il more
satisfactory dinner at those times
when Colorado was not so flush.
There have been no such strikes in
the last five or six years." said Col.
Maloney, "as we used to have in the
good old days when old man Tabor
grub-staked the two German shoemak-
ers, Hook and Richie. and went to sleep
in his clothes two nights afterward a
millionaire owner of the Little Pitts
burg. 1t was hard getting him to bed,
too. I think he would have been cele-
brating the strike yet if the boys had
not c~hloroformed him. Now when a
man makes a find he goes and covers
1t up until he can CON his neighbors
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
HEEDED THE LESSON
And Took Precautions to Prevent
RepetitiOn of Anothcr's Ente


The temperance apostle was walking
along the sidewalk. serene in the con,
sciorsDess Of his w goodness. when
a we'll dressed man stopped him and
shock his hand.
Guess YOU don't remember me-
said the well dressed man.
"Why-ah-'
Three years ago | attended one of
your meetings and heard you draw q
graphic picture of the able mechanic
whose children went ragged, while the
children of the saloonkeeper, with
who'll he spent his wages. were dress,
ed in silks. The story fitted my EAST
TO a r."
And YOU rcfOrmed?'
SHOULD say | did reform. Went into
the saloon business myself."-Cincin.
natl Enquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

The captain of the English ship
Allerton is Of the opinion that the
Nicaragua canal is already in exist
ence. His ship started from Caleta
Buena, on the west coast of South
America, nineteen days ahead of the
American ship Willie Rosenfeld, but
the Rosenfeld reached New York sew
eral hours ahead of the Allerton. The
captain of the British ship declares
that the American took a short cut.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Hungary will celebrate her milIeni-
al anniversary this year. She is to
have an exposition at Buda- Pesth
showing her advance in the sciences
and arts. There. are 10000 Hungari-
ans in this country who might find it
interesting to run owe and compare
the millenial exposition Of the old
country with the n which really
closed the first century Of the new
the worlds fair.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
Conflicting Complaints

Exasperated Citizen-Look here. I
want to make Il complaint against
your COMPOUNDED cable cars. Yester-
day / got caught in a blockade and had
to sit and wait nearly an hour.
Superintendent-That's just like you
fellows, never satisfied. Why, anotb-
err man just came in and complained
that the cars went so fast he couldn't
get On.--Iifp.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

At the recent meeting of the Nation.
al Editorial association in Florida II
was suggested that a home for disa,
bled editors be established in that
state. But whoever would occupy it'll
When the average editor can't work
any more he is ready to die directly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Siberia and Greenland, it is claimed,
have both at some far-distant period,
occupied a position OIL the earth's sur
face that was tropical in every partic'
ular.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

The directors of the Kew Gardens,
In London, have adopted a regulation
which compels the young lady garden,
ers Of the institution to wear trousers,
This has brought on a discussion as to
whether boomers will fill the bill. All
London pants for a decision in regard
to the matter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

An Illustrated monthly for the fireside,
garden and farm. Premiums with every
subscription; so cents worth of flower or
vegetable seeds with each yearly subscrip-
ton, which costs only 30 cents. Cash and
prize premisms for agents. Write for free
sample copies and premium lists. Address
american Home and Garden st. Paul,
Mimi,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

The doctors of Spokane have been
seriously discussing the danger of
spreading infectious diseases by way
Of the practitioners beard, and n
learned and Observation-Disclosures
member Of the fraternity gives 1t as
his opinion that there is no danger if.
the physician let's the wind blow
through his whiskers freely after WIS.,
iting a patient.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

S~enator-elect Wellington is certainly
the youngest-looking man for his age
who ever got into the United States
senate, or else the newspaper pictures
Of him are taken from photographs
taken in his early childhood.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
Sound nOctriue

"Josiar." said Mrs. Corntossel, as her
husband came In from feeding the pigs,
what is the Monroe doctrine?"
The Monroe doctrine, Mandy he
replied, after a moments thought, lis q
principle which lays down tibet jes' be-
we don't put both feet in the
trough ourselves is no sign tibet we're
goin' to Encourage others to do it,
Washington Star.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

The South American republics are
not all they should be. But they are
far better than If they were kingdoms
or colonial provinces. They deserve
sympathy and encouragement from
Americans, not supercilious criticism.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

1t took a little Philadelphia fireman,
after all, to smash Corbett's gentle,
manly countenance. 1t was hard on
the fireman, who got a tumble down
stairs for his pains, but he will have
the secret gratitude of a large number
Of people who are too we'll bred to
admit 1t.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Authority the way, D~eepvoice
there is a point to which l should like
to call your attention.
Deepvoice 0he viilainl-Well?
Auth0r-Where | make the heroine
say to you. "Do your worst" | do not
intend the remark to be a stage direc,
ton in regard to your acting.-Truth,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Two United States men-of-war are
out hunting for Cuban flibusters. In
ternational law and comfy often I'M
pose most distasteful duties, and such
work as this is one Of them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

II Is stated that Prince Henry Of
Battenberg was not popular with the
English people, but perhaps the fact
that a threnody will be written for
him by the new laureate will soften
aversion into pity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

The New York Advertiser says the
accident to the ocean liner st. Paul
was not due to racing, but admits that
all the great transatlantic liners race
when thrown together on the same
voyage. If they do, it is about time
for the n or the authorities to
put a stop to such a dangerous prac.
fice.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

The John Brown farm is now the
property Of the State Of New York.
and it is gratifying to add that it was
acquired without calling on the ma
tional treasury for an appropriation or
passing around the hat in New Jersey
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

The New Hampshire bank commits
sioners report a falling off of between
$4,000, 600 and $4.OOO.OO0 in the saw
ings deposits of the state during the
fiscal year.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Black is the fashionable color for the
winter season in London. AT a recent
ball four of the most fashionable wom-
en- were attired in elegant gowns of
black, of various materials.