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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-08

Mr.. White-I heard Mr.. Rhymsr re-
fer to the moon, last night, as the pale
moon. Why should the moon be pale?
Mrs. White-I suppose staying out so
late nights,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-08

Crimson beak-What were you pun
ishing your office boy for when came
in? ..
Penman the editorl-I was whip
ping him for stealing butt of my
cigar that | laid in the window.
II see; you were beating the devil
about the stump"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-08

Mame-I hope you didn't let that
Mr.. Huggins put his arm about your
Mabel-WhyY Is there anything the
matter with his arm?
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-08

The Father-Mr. Huggins, heard
you smacking your lips in the other
room. l hope that you haven't been
taking anything2
The Young Man (glancing at the
daughter Yes, sir; l have been TAX
ing something. But they were not my
own lips that you heard me smacking.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-07-08

Insist on having what you call for
when you go to buy Hood g Sarsaparilla
the one true blood purifier and nerve
tonic.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
9ENyIDNEY LANIER'S
9ESW WORK IS NOW
BEGINNING TO WIN ITS
LONG OVERDUE FAME

must pass from the face, must pass rom the
face of the sun,
Old Want is awake and agog, every wrinkle afrown,
The worker must pass to his work in the terrible
town,
But fear not nay, fear not the thing to be done
am strong with the strength of my lord, the sun!
How dark how dark soever the race that must
needs be runl
1 am lit with the sun.
Oh, never the mast-high run of the seas
OF traffic shall hide thee;
Never the hellcolored smoke Of the factories hide
thee:
Never the reek of the times fen politics hide thee,
And ever my heart through the night shall with
knowledge abide thee,
And ever by day shall my spirit as one that hath
tried thee
Labor at leisure, in art till yonder beside thee
My soul shall float, friend sun,
The day being done.
Fitting last words for man whose whole life
was triumph of the inner light over outward
darkness. GRACE S. MUssER
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

other famous animals, told to the well-known
little bow who is the recipient of the old
negro's condolences. 1t was formerly issued as
a square book, but is now reset and made q
companion to Kipling's jungle books.
Austin Dobson has prepared another series
the third-of his Eighteenth Century Wig
nettes." The contents of the new volume are
of a very varied character and will include:
exit Roscius," CDR. Mead's Library Groa
leys .'Londres," Polly Honeycombe,"
Thomas Gent, Printer; "The Adventures
of Five Days." ''Fielding's Library" Cam.
bridge, the Everything; "The Oficina AT.
buteana," Matthew Prior" etc. The work
will be published in London by Messrs. Chatto
& Windus, but will not appear for some little
time.
One of the most interesting of forthcoming
volumes will be the work dealing with the
Brontes, on which C. K. Shorter has now been
for some time engaged. He has had the advan.
tage not merely of severalinterviews with, but
is also receiving from, MrNicholls, Charlotte
Bronte's still surviving husband, a number of
MSS. which the latter had always hitherto de.
cined to part with. Mr.. Shorter differs from
Mrs. Gaskell and some other Bronte students
in their judgment with relation to Branwell,
regarding whose life story and that of the
gifted sisters of Haworth parsonage there will
be much that is both new and interesting n
the volume, which will appear in the autumn.
Brentano's OF New York announce for early
publication 'ShortSuit Whist" by Val w.
Starnes. The short-suit game ontemplates
the endowment of the intermediate cards of
all suits, trumps included, with winning prop
critics, by taking advantage of their position
in tenace, by underplay, and by strengthening
leads which shall be judieiously fnessed by
the partner. 1t also prefers making ones own
and partners trumps separately on the master
cards OF the enemy, when the opportunity oc-
ours, instead of having them fall together.
This is the pioneer volume in Its especial field,
for since the advent of "Cavendish" and Pole,
all writer's on whist, with the exception of
Foster, have advocated the Iong-suit game TO
the exclusion of all other forms of whist
strategy.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
49, NROMISE OF THE
4HN AGES--SOME
BLANK VERSE DEDICATED
TO JOSEPH LIE CONTE

THE PROMISE OF THE AGES Ia poem) By
Charles Augustus Keeler.
In blank-verSe poem of fifty pages Mr..
Keeler has attempted to present the struggles
of an earnest mind with some of the modern
problems; and, in the personality of the
Prophet, to exhibit these questions they
pass through the mind of the idealist. AS to
the basis upon which the poet proceeds, he re-
marks in his introduction that ''The law of
evolution forms the keynote of this latter
nineteenth century II is the principle of
transformation, of growth, of progress. 1t has
profoundly modified our thought in all fields
of observation and speculation, reconstructing
the foundations of science and challenging
the dogmas OF religion. IN striking contrast
to this modern conception of the origin of the
forms OF existence is the more venerable doc
trine of a divine creation, executed con-
sciously by the volition of Sod in order that
his love might find expression in tangible
form. The clash of these two opinions, with
their innumerable side-issues, is termed the
conflict of science and religion. If religion is
to prevail in this conflict, it will be at the
price of certain concessions popularity deemed
OF intrinsic Importance, and especially by the
surrender of all which cannot be defended by
reason, namely: the miraculous"
Mr.. Keeler observes that the frank use of the
subject-matter of science in poetry may be
called into question, but he believes that a
justification for this is found in the recogni-
ton of love as the animating principle be-
meath all the conflict and tumult of the ages
The poem recognizes the principle of eYolu-
ton, but seeks to transcend this with the
higher thought of the ultimate reality of the
spirit 1t is an attempt at a synthess of the
essen tial ideas of Darwin and Emerson. The
poem is dedicated to Berkeley's eminent phil
osopher, Joseph LIE Conte, in the following
lines:
Seeker. whose science o'ermasters the spirits
despair
Teacher. whose truth mounts to heaven in worship
Prophet, whose deeds are witness of faith, free
and strong
Not tender vain tribute to thee do pledge thee
my song.
But to gain from thy life and thy1ove benediction
dear friend,
To haow my labor with graces thy presence can
lend.
Mr.. Keeler's wide fame as scientist and
author, and his rank as poet of more than
ordinary merit, will commend this small
volume to the distinguished consideration OF
an extensive circle of readers. He sings of the
immortality of the soul and his verses contain
many passages of beauty. The impressive last
words OF the dying prophet near the close OF
the poem breathe a powerful sermon in them
selves:
Mans love is the hearts loye-man's work and
his lore
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
HOW LONG WILL 1T List z


Lights from the windows are cleaning and
glancing,
Music and laughter are echoing near,
Save where the twain move apart from the
dancing
Uttering vows each was longing TO hear.
Tender his tones in their low modulation
Timidly downward her glances are cast;
Eyes matched with sapphire, cheeks with
carnation,
Fair is the picture-how long will it last?
Think when old Time OF all jokers the GRIM
NEST,
Whitens the tresses and furrows the brow,
Changing the forms that are lithest and
slimmest-
viii your affections be steady as now?'
True that to-day, in its ardent devotion,
Love takes no heed of the future or past
Curbing and checking the tide of emotion.
Prudence should whisper, Chow long will
it last %
All were in vain, though the caution be
needed,
Prudence is ne'er the companion of outh !;
Passion for aye leaves unnoticed, unheeded,
Warnings of wisdom and promptings of
truth,
Forging the fetters that bind them together,
Gliding the hours thet are flying SO fast;
Careless OF sunlight or stormiest weather,
Love never questions, 'tHow long will it
last?" L. E. L.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

iect, his statesmanship and his qualifications
as writer will make this standard work
Miss Edgeworth's well-known story "Helen''
is to be included in Messrs. Macmillan's stand
ard Novels. 1t Will have an introduction by
Mrs. Ritchie. Thackeray's daughter, and illus
trations by Miss Chris Hammond.
new edition of the late Mrs. Lambs "his-
tory of New York; has been prepared for
Messrs. A. S. Barnes & Co. by Mrs. Burton Har-
rison, who has added chapter on the ex-
ternals of the mod ern city, with illustrat tions.
This chapter will be published separately,
also, in the same style as the whole work.
rhymes of the States," by Garrett New
kirk, with Harry Fenns illustrations, will be
issued by he Century Company in October.
1t is geographical aid TO young people, con-
tanning brief facts of the importance regarding
the different States of the Union and novel
illustrations, which will help boys and girls to
remember the salient features of each State.
Joel Chandler Harris has revived his ''Daddy
Jake, the Runaway" which was issued several
years ago, and new edition in attractive form
will be published by the Century Company in
the autumn. 1t contains a number of stories
of Brer Bar, Brer Terrapin, Brer Fox and
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

to rare books, prints, carvings and tapestries
hidden away in monasteries and other places
inaccessible to the ordinary tourist.
M. Tissot has made careful studies in the
Talmud and in the writings of Josepbus. In
connection with his work he has also made
new translation OF the Latin text of the
Vulgate The Latin and French texts are pre-
sented side by side, and the pictures are fully
explained in the notes which accompany
them.
Appended is a technical description of the
book, translated from the original French:
1.-The work will be composed of two volumes
of about 600 pages each, illustrated with 365
auuarelIes by Tissot, and about $50 explica-
tory sketches-character-he costumes and
landscapes after nature-friezes, ornamental
letters and tail-pieces, designed by the artist.
"Of the 365 aquarelles, which are repro
duced in color by the newest processes giving
absolute fac-similes of the originals, 329 are
interspersed with the text and SO outside the
same, of which latter 16 are drawn on copper
plate and reproduced in tint.
"The text is printed in Elzevir ty pc, specially
cast, with explanatory designs engraved on
wood.
''Each volume will be numbered and will
bear the name of the subscriber"
AS we have shown the work is a monumental
one. This being the case it would not be
reasonable to expect that it would be within
the reach OF every ones purchase. The first
twenty copies on specially made Japan paper
are listed at 5000 francs each, or, roughly,
$1,000 These have all been bought u by
wealthy biblophiles. The remaining copies of
the edition, to tie numb of $50, will be sup
Piled at 1900 francs or $500. The cost of pre-
pairing the work, therefore, could hardly have
been less than quarter of million of dollars.
TUE iS jndahtpd
for view OF the advance sheets of Tissots
work.
NJ A. G. Drandar has finished circumstan-
tial account OF the political history of Bulgaria
from 1876 down to the present time.
Two volumes edited from the notes of lee
lures of G. G. Robertson, late Grote professor
in University College, London, are in prepara-
ton for Murray's University Extension Series.
One is entitled Element of Philosophy" the
other elements of Psychology
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

General Lew Wallace and Marie Corelli, again,
tried to treat the same subject, using scrip
turaI background, but with leavening OF
fiction. For the painters there are the works
of Rubens, of Rembrandt and OF numerous
others. But it must be confessed that the
works of all these have been the means of
creating in the public mind a vast aggrega-
tion of what, for want of better term, can be
called false images or impressions. 1t has
been left for painter of today, NJ. James j.
Tissot of Paris, to give to the world a truthful
representation of the life and times of Christ
to disengage it, as far as possible, from a mass
of conventional legendary lore, at once in-
accurate and misleading.
NJ. Tissot's work had a eurious origin. He
returned in March, 1887, from a visit to Je-
rusalem, with few sketches that he had made
in the Holy Land. These he showed to his
father, pious Catholic. The parent, regard
ing the work of the son, remarked that the
sketches banished many cherished illusions
derived from q study of the Bible and con-
temptation of some of the works of the old
masters Tssot the younger then conceived
the idea of returning to Palestine and of max
ing, from actual typographical and other OBJ
seryations, a series of paintings illustrative of
the life of Christ. Eight years were to be de-
voted to this gigantic work.
The results of his journey, or some of them,
were exhibited in the Salon of 1894. The en-
thusiasm and interest they aroused was Won
derful, even for Paris. Day after day the pic
lures were surrounded by admirlng crowds,
and it was quickly recognized that here, at
lasi, was a man who had reproduced with
Iifelike accuracy the ex xternal setting OF the
events recorded in the gospels
The advance sheets OF Tissot's "Life of
Christ" just issued, bear witness to the pains
taken by the artist in the matter of accuracy.
Scene after scene is presented with whit
would seem almost the power of seer. Here
we see the ornate temples and houses of the
Herods and the simpler and more harmonious
lines of older buildings; there wonderful
study of the Pharisee and the publican. Some
of these pictures are very small, yet the appli-
cation of a powerful glass only serves to reveal
in them new beauties. The painter has been
greatly assisted in his work by the fact thai he
is himself scholar, besides being a devout
Catholic. For these reasons he has had access
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
WOUNDER IND HEALER.

Translation Of an Arabic song.
Thy witching look is like a two-edged SWORD
To pierce his heart by whom thou art sur
veyed;
Thy rosy lips the precious balm afford
To heal the wound thy keen-edged sword has
made.
am its victim; l have felt the steel:
Ny heart now rankles with the smarting
pain;
Give me thy lips the bitter wound to heal
Thy lips to kiss and am whole again.
Chambers Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
ACROSS THE SUNLIT LIND

Come, love, across the sunlit land
AS blithe as dryad dancing free,
While time slips by like silver sand
Within the glass of memory.
Ere winter, in his reckless glee,
Blights all the bloom with ruthless hand,
Come, love, across the sunlit land,
As blithe as dryad dancing freel
And all the years of life shall be
Like peaceful wales that wide expand
To meet bright untroubled sea
By radiant azure arches spanned;
Come, love, across the sunlit land,
AS blithe as dryad dancing freel
CLINTON ScoLLARD.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
GROWING OLD.

is 1t parting with the roundness
OF the smoothly rounded cheek7
Is it losing from the dimples
Half the flashing joy they speakf
Is it fading of the luster
From the wavy golden hair?
Is it finding on the forehead
Craven lines of thought and care?
is 1t dropping-as the roseleaves
Drop their sweetness, overblown-
Household names that once were dearer,
More familiar than our own?
Is 1t meeting on the pathway
Faces strange andglances cold.
While the soul, with moan and shiver,
Whispers sadly, "Growing old"f
On the gradual sloping pathway,
AS the passing years decline,
Cleans golden lovelight, falling
Far from upper heights divine;
And the shadows from that brightness
Wrap them softly in their fold,
Who unto celestial whiteness
Walk. by way OF growing DID,"
LEI.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

Lead through some landscape low;
We pass, and think we see
The earth's fixed surface flee
Alas, Time stays-we gol
Once in the days of old,
Your locks were curling gold,
And mine had shamed the crow.
Now in the selfsame stage,
We've reached the silver age;
Time goes, you say?-ah no!
Once when my voice was strong,
! filed the woods with song,
To praise your "rose" and snow;
Ny bird, that sang, is dead;
Where are your roses fed?
Alas, Time says-we go!
See in what traversed ways,
What backward fate delays
The hopes we used to know;
Where are our old desires?-
All, where those vanished fires?
Time goes, you say?-ah mol
How far, how far, o Sweet,
The grass Dehind our feet
Lies in the even-glowi
Now, on the forward way,
Let us fold hands. and prayl
Alas, Time stays-we go!
AUSTIN DoBsoN.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
FKTE.

Two shall be born the whole wide world apart,
And speak in different tongues, and have no
thought
Each of the others being, and no heed.
And these DER unknown seas to unknown
lands
Shall cross, escaping wreck detying death;
And, all unconsciously, shape every act
And bend each wandering step to this one
end
That one day out of darkness they shall meet
And read life's meaning in each others eyes.
And two shall walk some narrow way OF life,
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
A NEW LIFE OF CHRIST.

Many have been the attempts of writer's and
painters in the past to present an accurate
idea of the figure of Christ and the personages
of bis time. More especially has it been the
favorite theme with literary men. In this
connection we have had the splendid works of
chdeacon Farrar and Ernest Renan, whose
ideas ran rather in the direction of essayists
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

Is the spirits assertion of freedom and life;
Mans hope is the hearts hope-man's faith and
his trust
Is the spirits belief in the beauty of truth;
Mans truth is the SOULS truth-the SOULS truth is
whole TRUTH
And tn whole truth is God with his loving of man.
Mans love is the Lords love-man's WORK and
his lore
Is the Lords mighty planning revealed in his
sons;
Mans hope is the Lords hope-man's faith and
his trust
Is the faith of the Lord in the beauty of truth;
Mans truth is the Lords truth, that smites the
hearts chords truth,
And the hearts chords ringing with Gods love
for man.
THE MODERN READERS BIBLE. Genesis
Ecclesiastcus. New York: The Macmillan
Company. For sale by William Doxey; price
so cents EACH
These two little books are part OF SERIES
The Modern Rea1ers Bible is attempt, and
very successful one, to place the revised
version OF the Testament in such form that
the historical, orstorical statistical and epic
portions shall be easy of access to the general
reader.
To read the Bible is, of course, simple mat
ter but to read it with appreciation is made
somewhat difficult by iRtricacies of style, and,
as the editor notes in his preface to the Book
of Genesis, by the differences in the form in
which books are presented in ancient and in
modern literature. Professor Moulton, under
whose scholarly supervision this series of aids
to the study of the Scriptures has been issued,
happily describes the manner in which the
average reader of the Bible is handicapped,
by saying that while books presented in such
shape will be read, they will not be read with
zest. 1.-THE constant necessity of mentally
allowing for difference of literary form
makes such reading resemble the use of q
microscope with an imperfectly adjusted
focus; by thin king it is possible to make out
what the blurred picture should be, but the
observers attention wearies, and all the while
a turn or two OF wheel would give clear
vision"
To this we can add that Professor Moultou
has given the necessary turn of wheel Be.
sides the undoubted scholarly character of
the work, there is that in it which betokens
labor OF love, undertaken in a reverent spirit.
Than this nothing more need be said to indi.
cate its value, both TO students and to the
general reader.
According to the eightieth annual report of
the American Bible Society, its total issues, at
home and abroad, for the year ending March
81 last, amounted to / ,750, ,2S3 copies. The
issues of the society during the eighty years
of its existence amount to 81 ,705, ,84i copies.
Every man should read the advertisementrof
Thomas Slater on page 21 of this paper.
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THE PARADOX OF TIVE.

Time goes. you say? All no!
Alas, Time ssys, we go;
Or else, were this not so,
What need To chain the hours,
For youth were always ours?
Time goes, you say? Ah mol
Ours is the eyes deceit
OF men whose flying feet
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
SERORGOTTEN VERSE
A@A CULLED FROM A
SCRAPBOOK MORE THAN
THIRTY YEARS OLD

So nearly side by side that should one turn
Ever so little space TO left or right
They needs must stand acknowledged face to
face.
AND yet with wistful eyes that never meet,
With cropping hands that never clasp, and lips
Calling in vain to ears that never hear,
They seek each other all their weary DAYS
And die unsatlsfied. And this is Fate.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

Henry Hardwicke, a member of the New
York bar, has written history of "Oratory
and Orators" which he will publish soon.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

Anatole France, the French academician, has
written preface to long poem by NJ. Leon
Heley. The poem, entitled "Mentis," is to ap-
pear very shortly.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

The Hon. James Bryces Impressions oi
South Africa will soon be published in book
form. Four of these articles appeared In the
Century. Mr.. Bryce's knowledge of the SUBJ
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
LITERARY NOTES.

1t is hoped that the first and second vol
umes of Gibbons unpublished works will be
ready this autumn.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

John Strange Winter has finished a Eew
tory which will be published shortly. The
title OF it is not announced yet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30
GS5NN ITALIAN PROSE
sNss REALIST
WITH A VIVIDNESS LIKE
EDGAR ALLAN POE

iect, his statesmanship and his qualifications
as writer will make this a standard work.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

Every man should read the advertisementEof
Thomas Slater on page 81 Of this paper.
The evening times., 1896-08-22
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