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St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
SsTHE DAMNATION OF THERON
WARE" A NOVEL BY HAIR
OLD FREDERIC.
THE EBBING OF THE TIDE"
TWO VALUABLE NEW PUBLICA-
TIONS UPON RELIGIOUS
SUBJECTS.
"Diana,s HuntinG,v "The Farmer
and the LOrd,v "In the Day OF
dversity''-LiteraryN Notes.

''The Damnation of Theron Ware"
is very striking and unusual novel.
The lines laid down by the author for
its construction are the lines of a great
novel, and this intention alone in these
days of insignificant and unmeaning
fiction, should draw attention to the
book. A great novel, however, is not
easily written, and there will doubtless
be much discussion pro and con before
the public settles to its satisfaction
the exact place in literature Of Mr.
Frederic's venture. Its merits are of
the sort that arouse in the readers
mind a desire to protest and criticise
rather than to applaud, but the criti-
cism is bound to be upon the highest
plane. The book is a serious and sig
niffcant piece of work, and commands
respectful consideration
Mr.. Frederic has depicted the proc
ess of degeneration, imperceptible and
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
GEN. FITZ HUGH LEE.
our New Consul at Havana Has Seen
Plenty of Fighting.

Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, our new consul gen.
eral to Cuba, is man who has seen hotter
hght1ng even than is now going on in the
Pearl of the Antilles" It was probably for
this reason, in part at least, that Gen. Lee
was selected.
He Is fighter himself and comes from a
FAMILY Of fighters. He is-a grandson of Light
Horse Harry Lee, of Revolutionary fame and
nephew of Gen. Robert e. Lee He was
born at Clermont, Fairfax county Va, in
1885. At the age OF twenty one he was grad
uated from the United States military acade-
my, and was commissioned second lieutenant
in the Second cavalry. He was at once sent
into active service against the Indians in the
West, and was severely wounded. He re-
covered, and at the outbreak of the rebellion
he was stationed at West Point as an instruc-
tor Of cavalry. Promptly resigning his COM
mission, he exchanged his blue uniform for
gray one and entered the Confederate army
as an adjutant general of Ewelfs brigade.
From the very beginning Of hostilites until
the time when he surrendered his sword, in
April, 1865, to Gen. Meade, he was almost
constantly in the saddle. He was made heu-
tenant colonel, and later colonel Of the First
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
$780, For sale by the st. Paul Book and
Stationery company

The criticism of the Old Testament
in the past twenty years has no doubt
profoundly modified the intellectual life
of the Christian churches. 1t has been
an invasion of the scientific spirit that
has contended, inch by inch, with ira
ditional dogma, and science has carried
the day, If we may judge by the num-
Der and quality of the works which ex
hibit that method. This little book
by the professor of Old Testament
history in Konigsberg is not a work
of a creative character, but belongs
to the useful class Of secondary works
which interpret in a clear and concise
way the voluminous and often tedious
and didactic works of the greater mas
ters. The style is clear and flowing,
the translator uses the English idiom,
and both in form and substance, 1.-THE
Prophets of Israeli will appeal to the
intelligent reader who has not time nor
interest to make a complete study of
modern Biblical criticism. The author
points out the vast importance of the
reign of Josiah as the crucial time in
Hebrew history, and also succeeds in
showing that the inner conflict between
priest and prophet in Israel eliminated
III inc mastery Oh tne sacred cult Dy tIle
book of Deuteronomy.
(''The Prophets of Israel" by Carl Helm
ich Corvill. Translated by Sutton F. Cork
ran. Chicago. The Open Court Publishing
company. 81. For sale by the St. Paul Book
and Stationery company0
DR.. Paul Carus, in a sympathetic
spirit, if not in one distinctly crit
ical and scientific, has prepared a
the purpose Of making Buddhism both
easy and attractive to the Western
mind. Those who are familiar with
the literature from which this little
compilation has been made will note
that the editor has done rather more
than he gives himself credit for In the
matter Of production. Indeed, he is
entitled to be called the new Buddha
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
A GOOD JOKE.
Three Newborn Babies Put Into One
Bed and They Got Mixed.


Births took place recently in two colored
families living in the same house at the same
time. The fortunate father of the single child
thought he could afford to laugh at the poor
wretch who became possessed Of twins. So
he had the three children placed together in
one bed, and the other poor mans horror
when he was told that his wife had given birth
to triplets may be better imagined than de-
scribed. But in the sequel the brilliant hu-
morist was faced with a situation which even
he did not contemplate. The children were
all very much Of a color, and each exhibited
that remarkable uniformity Of expression
which usually characterizes extreme infancy.
The consequence was that when the time ar
rived to explain the joke, the women in attend
ance found 1t absolutely impossible to tell
which was which t'other. The puzzle has not
yet been satisfactorily solved, and the respect
i've parents remain in perplexing and unhap-
py state Of doubt, and do not know what to do.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
Literary Notes.

The literary men of Russia are yery much
excited about a villager who is personally
OF no consequence whatever, but who has
taken to writing stories of village life and
character, and has displayed such genius
that he is expected to rank among the best
writer's of his country. His name is still
unknown on this side of the Atlantic.
McClure's Magazine for May will have an
article by the eminent surgeon, Dr. w. w
Keen, indicating the uses already possible,
as well as those likely to become possible
soon, of the Rcentgen rays in the study and
cure of human deformities, injuries and dis
eases. The article will be fully illustrated
from photographs taken by the new process.
In the ''Vailima Table-Talk" published in
the May Scribner's, it is told that Robert
Louis stevenson, when asked about the
training of a young writer, said: ''If he
can't spend an afternoon turning a single
phrase he had better give UP the profession
Of literature"
In the May number of The Century Miss
Ellie R. Scidmore writes of the present
aspect of THE Alaska Boundary Question !"
Miss Scidmore shows that the acceptance
OF the Cameron line, which is put forward
by. the Dominion government, would not only
take from the United States several rich
mineral sections, but its most unique scenic
possessions. The Stkine river would CO.
miles long," the Taku inlet, Glacier bay
and, finally, the great Muir glacier itself
This would prevent United States steamers
from landing passengers in this region, just
as the Canadian excursion steamer has teen
debarred for want of a custom-house
One Of the cleverest things in the current
number of the Pail Mall Magazine is Mr..
w. l.. Alden's story of "a Practical Ma
hatma" The popularity of Mr. Alden with
the English editors proves that American
humor is on the way to be comprehended in
Great Britain.
The April Cosmopolis contains the last in
stallment of ''Weir of Hermiston,'' the great
novel Stevenson left unfinished. There is
promised for the May number a critical
study of the book by Prof. Sidney CoIvin,
which will contain an authentic account OF
the intended course and issue of the story
from the point where 1t was broken off by
the authors death. The Olympian games
are discussed in two languages and the
French section contains in lie Champion" a
short story by ]. H. Rosny, one of the most
convincing and pathetic recitals OF the suf-
fering of physical weakness in the presence
of brutal, tyrannical. physical strength that
has ever been written.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
The Maple Leaf to It's Friends,

The Chicago Great Western Railway now
gives Through Free Chair Car Service be-
tween Minneapolis, st. Paul, Des Moines, St
Joseph and Kansas City In addition to its
Free Chair Car Service to Chicago on evening
trains. This scores a big point for travellers
economy and ease. Tickets at Maple Leaf Of
fees, corner Robert and Fifth streets, or Union
DeDot St Paul.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
Snakes Cannot Hurt Elm.

The Secretary bird, specimen of which
is to be seen in the Geological gardens, lives
upon snakes when 1t can get them and In
South Africa IT rs used sfor the purpose Of
thinning the nuhabers ofkthe deadly pun ad-
der The bird has extreHsIy long and scaly
legs. against Nhaed the venom Of the SER
pent is powerless,
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26

Diplomacy" from the French of Count
Benedetu, who was French ambassa
dor to the court of Berlin in the years
preceding the Franco-Prussian war,
and was held UP to the indignation of
his country as having failed to foresee
understand the eandidature of Prince
Leopold of Hohenzollern to the Span
ish crown, and the understanding ar
rived at between Prussia and Russia.
The present volume contains restate-
ment of his justification OF himself
against these charges, and essays, from
a diplomatic standpoint, upon 'The
Emperor William l. and Prince Bis
mark, ''The Triple Alliance" and
Armed Peace and It's Consequences" Z"
which will be Of great interest to all
students of contemporary European
history.
C'Studes in Diplomacy" by Comte Bene-
detti. New York Macmillan & Co. So. For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
The theme Of "Diana's Hunting Is
the wooing of middle-aged Adonis
with a wife and family to whom he is
devoted, by a theatrical Venus who
really wants to be good. The story
is rather absurd, for at no time does
the reader take Mr.. Horsham and Di-
ana Meredith seriously. There is not
an ounce of genuine feeling of any sort
in the book, and the heroics of Horsh-
ans renunciation Of a thing he really
doesn't want, lack, on this account,
the high moral tone their author per-
haps intended them to have.
People who have nothing new or
strong or fine to say about human
conduct, especially human righteous
ness, ought to be restrained by law
from treading upon what should be
holy ground. Earnestness and conyic-
ton are the first requisites for writ
ing such a story as Robert Buchanan
evidently proposed to himself, but
failed in executing-and the next requi-
site is art
C'Dianas Hunting by Robert Buchanan.
New York T. A. Stokes company. Is cents
For sale by the St. Paul Book and Stationery
company.)
''The Farmer and the Lord" is a
wholesome and refreshing little vol
ume by the Rev. George II. Hepworth
whose Hiram Colts Religion was so
widely read at the time of it's appear
ance. Mr.. Hepworth is also known to
a large circle of readers as the author
Of the brief and pointed sermons which
appear weekly on the editorial page Of
the New York Sunday Herald. The
story is the simple one Of the turning
from atheism of hard-headed old
farmer, who became conscious in ad-
versity Of the presence of a God Of
whom he had been unaware in happier
days. Like everything which the au-
thor writes, it is clearly and happily
expressed, and of a robust and invig-
Grating goodness.
('fThe Farmer and the Lord New York.
E. P. Dutton & Co. rs cents)
''In the Day of Adversity' is another
novel in the very long list that tells
Of wars and the strange death of
kings. 1t is well written and interest
ing. and can be cordially commended
to the never satisfied seeker after
tales Of adventure, who, like the
daughters Of the horse leech, criSd
always "Give, give"
D I'm the Day of Adyersity,'' by John
Bioundelle-Burton. New York. D. Appleton
& Co. 80 cents. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company
-Cornelia Atwood Pratt.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
Wonderful MechanicaI Feat.

The story of a feat in mechanical skill of
wonderful delicacy is told in Iron Age An
expert mechanic is said to have taken a COM
mon sewing needle of medium size, 15s inches
long, and drilled hole through its entire
length, from eye to point, the hole being Just
large enough to admit of the passage of very
fine hair.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
The st. Paul Gas Light Companx

viii make gas connections during the months
of May, June and July, of this year, without
charge, under certain conditions, and request
that applications for service be made as early
as possible in order to give us time to provide
mains for streets not already pfped.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
MAGAZINES.
Cnsnnnnlis New Yor

Cosmopolis. New York. international
News company.
Godey's Magazine. New York. Cooley Pub
fishing company.
The Ladies' Home Journal. Philadelphia.
The Curtis company.
The Strand Magazine. New York. The
International News company.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26
On Our Book Table,
ROCKS

From st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany:
Macmillan & Co., New York: "The United
States of America by Edward Claiming.
H.50. "The Brook" "Idyls of the King"
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 40 cents each.
t'Stories of the Irish Peasantry,'' VOL H., by
William Carleton. 81 80.
d. Appleton G. Co., New York: "a Flash
Of Summer" by Mrs. W. X. Clifford. 30
cents
Houghton, Miffiin & Co., Boston, Mass:
''Spring Notes From Tennessee" by Brad
ford Torrey. 81. .25. 'The Republic Of Child
hood vol. II. "Froebel's Occupations" By
Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald
Smith. 81.
The record-union., 1896-04-18
AFTER THE BALL.

What Happened to a Girl Who Took a
Drink With Her ''Feller."
Officers Fisher and Wilson found a
young woman of about 20 years stag
gering about at Fourth and x streets
about daylight yesterday morning and
took her to the police station. Her
clothing was in a bedraggled condl-
ton, and she had evidently renewed
her acquaintance with the pavement
on several occasions.
The girl would not give her name,
and when she had partially slept Off
the effects of what she had drank she
wanted to go home and was allowed
to do so. Her home is in the northern
part Of the city, and she was taken
there.
She said that on the preceding even
ing she had accompanied a young man
to ball at some place near Brighton,
and on the way home they stopped at
a wayside resort and each had a drink.
That was the last thing she remem-
bered. She supposes her escort drove
her to town and dropped" her some
where on the street short time be-
fore the officers found her.
Her appearance indicated that she
had had pretty rough experience, but
she made no more serious accusation
against her companion than stated
above.
Officer Taylor does not take any
stock in the girls story. He says he
saw her hanging about the Gold Dust
saloon on Thursday night, and is salts
fed her Brighton story is false.
The record-union., 1896-04-18
PERSONAL MENTION.

Secretary Of State Brown went to San
Francisco yesterday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. P. Drexler Of San
Francisco are guests at the Golden
Eagle.
Misses M. B. Cotton, X. V. Cotton and
c. A. Cotton are registered at the Col
den Eagle as from Yosemite.
Mrs Carrie A. Wright of Minneapolis,
formerly Mrs. Silas Whitcomb OF this
county is visiting Mrs ]. L. Huntoon.
Antonia Rolf, daughter Of Mrs. M.
Rolf and the late Henry Rolf, left for
Halla, Westphalia, Germany, on Thurs
day.
Hon. William Beckman leaves for the
Los Angeles Fiesta this morning. Mrs
Beckman and party are already in the
City Of the Angels.
B. X. Bloch has returned from the
East, where he had been for the past
two months Mrs. Bloch will not return
until some time In May.
Albert Gallatin, Jr., and Horatio +.
Livermore of the Sacramento Electric
Gas and Railway Company came UP
from San Francisco last night and are
at the Golden Eagle.
The record-union., 1896-04-18

The big, hearty, healthy man is contin.
ual irritation to his dyspeptic friend. One
man in a hundred is perfectly healthy.
The other % have some digestive trouble,
and perhaps more than 50 per cent. of
these could trace their trouble to that most
prevalent evil-constipation. It's simple
thing of itself, but like many simple things,
il may grow and become complicated.
Constipation is the root of nine-tenths of
the sickness of men, and of large proper
ton of the sickness of women. 1t can be
cured. It can be cured easily, naturally
and quickly There is no reason save that
of carelessness why it should cause the
trouble that it does. Nature is continually
working as hard as she can to throw of I'M
purities, and to force out poisonous refuse
matter Nature is not a dray-horse and
should not be overworked. Nature is sys-
tematic Some little thing may interfere
with the system and cause serious derange-
ment The removal of this little impedi
ment sets the wheels working again with
out any trouble.
This is exactly what DR.. Pierce's pleasant
Pellets do. They assist nature in a gents
healthful efficient way. There is nothiAg
violent about their action, and yet It is 1st
as certain as if it were twice as violent
The use of the Pellets " doesn't derange
the system in any way, and once it Is in
order, you can stop taking tAem. There
are INSCRIPTIONS druggists, who will tell
you that something else is ":xst as good. /"
They are mistaken -or worse. Whether
they are ignorant or untruthful matters
little to you if you do not get the Pei
1ets." 1paist on getting what you ask sox
The record-union., 1896-04-18
SACRAMENTO 1s,

excellent taste and with clear enunci-
alton in a style that brought her an in
sistant encore, and Myron Wolf gave
some humorous recitations that fairly
captured his audience. Mrs. Moeller
sang when You Are Near, Love-" in
excellent voice and with artistic taste,
and was forced to respond to an encore.
c. N. Post responded in his happiest
vein to 1.-The Ladies' and DR.. G. B. N.
Glow replied in behalf of the ladies
most humorously. A fine vocal solo by
E. S. Elkus was followed by splen-
did recitation by Miss Edith Howe and
the assembly then sang "Auld Lang
Syne" and America" and bade each
other good night. Among those pres
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N. Larkin Mrs Addie
Carter, Mr.. and Mrs. G. n. Post, Miss
Lille Crowell, Mr. and Mrs. John H.
catcher, Miss Hattie McKillip, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred. Trout, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H.
Holmes, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Terry,
Frank T. Johnson, Miss Zoe Johnson. E.
D. McCabe, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. B. N. Glow,
Miss frankie SpaldinG, Miss Lizzie Ber-
nard, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank D. Ryan,
Miss Rose Ryan, w. 0. Bowers, Mrs.
Moeller, Mr.. and Mrs. F.. Steinmann, DR..
j. NJ Nelson, E. S. Elkus, Hymn. Wolf,
Miss Mabel Steinman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Bergman, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred.
adams, Miss F'ranenholz, J. j. Dwyer,
Miss Ida Ing, Mr. and Mrs. J. w
Hughes, Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. Scheppel-
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 7. Barton
Miss Minnie Branstetter, DR.. f. D. Tyr
rell, Mr.. and Mrs. E. G Weinrich, Miss
Helen Lindley, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Seadler, Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Govan,
Miss JEANNE Govan, J. E. Robie, Isaac
Joseph, Miss Eta Joseph, Miss Lena
Joseph, F. w. Kiesel, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
A Crouch, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gray
Miss Klebitz, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Baker
Mrs. Meyer Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Scott, Miss Alice Roo-, Mrs. Douglas, r.
T. Cohn, Miss Florence Doane, Frank
Caraganoro. Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Dolan
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Stone, Mr.. and Mrs
George Jackson Miss Nettie Scott, Will
lam Beckman, E. Myron Wolf, Miss
Edith Howe, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Lipman.
The record-union., 1896-04-18
now offered to her she deserves to sink
to the level Of cross roads settlement

Our contemporary, the Red Bluff
Sentinel" has been in q bad way. and
il is now to the front explaining. The
editor is sick. He placed the foreman
in charge and went between the sheets
to fight out the attack. The "Senti-
nel'' is Republican; the foreman. how
ever, is Democrat. He forgot him
self, says the Sentinel" and sent the
paper off on Democratic trail, much
to the disgust Of the editor, who will re-
turn to his task with the record OF a
good many issues of his paper staring
at him with a Democratic grin. Inc
foreman now "gets. in" and explains,
but he only makes matters worse by
saying that he felt free to pile In any
thing that would "fill up. we sug-
gest to our contemporary, when 1t trims
ship again, to try what virtue there is
in a stout club in the hands of the ed
itor. The Bakersfield Californian" ad-
vises the use of the club in all cases of
retraction, as sit is always loaded and
does not muss up the floor as does a
shotgun" Doubtless it Will serve
equally we'll in the cases OF foremen
who emulate the example of the late
"John Phoenix"
The record-union., 1896-04-18
WEST POINT EXAMINATION.

A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
for the appointment and admission OF
Cadet for the Second Congressional Dis
trict of California TO The United States
Military Academy at West Point will be
held in the city of Sacramento on SAT
URDAY, May 9, 1896 commencing at 8
o clock a. M, at the office of the Sacra-
mento Business College, corner Ninth and
X streets. Applicants will be examined in
reading, writing, photography, arithmetic,
grammar, geography and history. The
examination will be conducted by Pro
fessors E. c. Atkinson and j. II. Pond.
Applicants will also have to pass a phys
icai examination before DR.. G. NJ. Dixon,
No 1909 Seventh street, on or before the
9th day of May The applicant having the
highest general average in such eXanlina-
ton will be appointed Cadet by Congress
man Grove L. Johnson; the one having the
second highest general average will be APP
pointed alternate. Both appointee and al
ternate will have to present themselves
at West Point by June 13, 1896, to take the
Official examination. In case the appointee
fails to pass, the alternate will, if quail
fed. receive the appointment. For fur
ther information address FRANK F. AT
KNSON, P. o. box 301. Sacramento. Cal.
The record-union., 1896-04-18
A DISCOVERY.

They have discovered In San Fran
cisco that the competition Of the Ca
madam Pacific Railway with the Amer
ican transcontinental railroads is very
damaging to California interests. Just
how the San Francisco people were
awakened to realization of the fact Is
not stated but at last they have dis
covered what railroad men have urged
upon their attention for some years.
Products Of California are actually sent
up the coast by steamer and thence
shipped over the British rails and back
unto the United States cheaper than
American roads can possibly carry the
goods. That is the allegation, and it
comes from the anti-railway camp
Of howlers and vilifiers, and not from
the railroad people themselves.
Here we have one of the chief papers
in the business of attempting to crush
the life out of the pioneer American
transcontinental line declaring that the
Canadian Pacific road holds the whip
hand in transcontinental freight busi-
ness That the result is, vast sums
communities, and business that ought
communities and business that ought
to be done on American roads and con-
tribute to the general prosperity is done
on the foreign road, and to the injury
Of California interests all around. This
Is due to the bonded privilege. The
Canadian road is SO enormously en-
dowed, so supported by the English
Government, and so fortified by it's
character as a military road. that the
American roads cannot compete with it
on a fair business level Though dis
corning people have been telling San
Francisco Of all these facts for a long
time, they secured no hearing. Now,
however, the truth has dawned upon
the metropolis, and we have the Call, /"
for instance, lamenting and declaring
that the Canadian Pacific, under the
bonding privilege, is the enemy Of Cal
ifornia. And so the truth has at last
penetrated the intelligence Of the very
people who have aided to the utmost
Of their ability this enemy Of California
to cripple the California lines.