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The times., 1897-11-07
Frnm pinkerton Archives.

A little volume of True Detective
Stories, from the Pinkeiton Archives .
comes to exempIify the old adage that
truth is stranger than fiction. 1t has
often occurred to us that these shrewd,
sharp-scented men W no make pla ythng
ofmystery have stored way, inthat Granny
Of the mind where momory is custodian, q
rare abundance of experience for Ieca sting
into story form. Cleveland Moffett has
possessed himself Of some OF the most i'm
portant memorabilia Of the Pinkerton de
tectives and has written q series of true
stories aIsorbiugly interesting. They re
fleet the practical directness or the Sleuths
in tie economical style, unburdened with
a single supeTnuous or unnecessary word
This Characteristic of the diction, If fol-
lowed closely, viii be found conspicuous
throughout the book.
The principal stories describe the Incl
dents and explain the mystery surround
ing the Northampton, Mass, bank rob
berry Of January, 1876, case which re-
vealed the treachery of one Of the most
expert and trusted employees OF proni-
nent safe tnanufactory; the Susquehanna
express robbery, which involved $4,000
in small bills en- route to be paid the EN-
ployes of the Erie Railroad shops, at Sus-
quehanna, Pa; the Pollock diamond rob
berry, wherein cne man demanded and Sc
cured about $4,000 worth of diamond,
from New York salesman, while thirteer
other people in the car lodged behind the
seats; the cbliteration Of the Renos; the
famous Rock Island express robbery, oi
March, 1886, and the American Exchange
robbery, In 1893, in New York.
The last case was most trying on thu
unrayellng powers OF the Pinkertous. Tw,
bank messengers, shadowed by bank de
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OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE BIG BORN TREASURE; Tale Of
Rocky Mountain Adventure. BY John
F. Cargill. Chicago: A. c. MoClnrg
& Co. Washington: Ballantyne &
Sons. $1.50.
THE BORDER WARS OFNEW ENGLAND,
commonly called King Williams and
Queen Anne's wars. By Samuel Adams
Drake. New York: Charles scribner' s
Sons. Washington: Woodward s Lu-
throp. $1.50.
THE FALL OF A SPARROW; a novel.
BY M G. Balfour. Hudson Library
New York:G 2 Putnam sSons. WASH
irgton: Brentano. Paper, 90 cents.
THE CLASH OF ARMS; romance. BY
John Blouudelle Burton. Appleton s
Town and Country Library. All book
sellers. Paper, 90 cents.
IN GODS COUNTRY: d Southern romance
BY D. Higbee. New York: American
Publishing Corporation. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop. $i.0Q
The times., 1897-11-07

At the graduating exercises of the Amer
lean Academy Of Dramatic Arts In New
YORK, last spring, Mr. Fred Williams,
the veteran stage manager or the L y.eum
TheateT, said to the pupils To be actors
you mast always be students. You must
continue To learn, continue 70 study and
the instruction You baye had here has
only been intended to enable you to know
how - study for yourselves This idea
of the real meaning of study is seldom
brought before pupils; it is not ost+n
grasped even then. There is u furCible
paragraph in a recent number Of Har-
per Weekly which teachers ought 20 tn
press upon their pupils:
There are people women generaly-who
form what may be called tine class habit,
becoming members Of class after class
and sitting quiescent while a thin stream
from the deep WeliOf knOwiedgse Dlays upon
their minds in an attractive spray for some
hours each week. ANY waters from this
lovely source VIII, however slender The
tapping-piper contain some vivifying power,
and SOME good is necessarily gained aud
carried away. But when no impulse has
been reused that leads 10 following This
stream back to its source, no delight in
discovery, no longing 70 lave the Whole
bOuy In the deeper waters, II Rise and
seek for yourselves has not been behind
every word then the single lecture or group
of lectures, whichever IL may be, is q dis
tiuct failure; and more than that-it has
done harm, for ib has in all likelihood salts
fled the minds of the audience with the idea
that they are working, whereas they are
not working any more than the baby
works when 10 opens its mouth for food-
not so much sometimes, for the child must
digest the food given it. whereas victims
or the class ma bit too often escape doing
even so much as that for themselves.
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"rhe Mrstery Of choice..

Robert w. Chambers has written some
good things. His King in Yellow and " led
Republic W ece not unworthy of their colors,
and his King and Few Dukes was not
ignoble, In spite of its name. His latest
book bears the strange title, "The Mystery
Of Choice" and the reading, SO far as inter
est carried and patience permitted, left us
with the l1EpI ession that at least the earlier
portions OF the book are all mystery with
no choice.
Inferential style is q vigorous stimnlant
TO a reader except when the story teller be-
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a New Story by Paul Leicester Ford.

A New Story by Paul Leicester Ford.
Love and literature hearts and quills-
there are the essential mgr edients of Paul
Leicester Ford's new novel, The Story
OF an Untold Love- 1t is q long cry from
the practical hardness of modern politics
to the vagueness of literary folk, STEPPED in
love matters and their own professional!
problems, but this is the flight which Nj.
Ford makes from tie story Of Sterling to
the tale of Hartmann The atmospheres
of the two books are as different as
writer seeking for contrast could have made
them.
The diary form is used in unraveling the
story. The hero is the writer, and he al
dresses the woman whom he loves ana
finally marries. The style has the sweet
cning qualities which at once beget calm
ness in the heart and i warm love for the
narrator. This is the coalition Of the au-
thor and ms nero, for the writer must
feel aud be as he writes to infuSe such
reality to his pages. But he only uses the
Uendec chords long enough to establish the
heart aspect of his story. He deviates
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Anelie Rives.

Amelie RIves, the Princess Troubetzko'
is Deliberately or instinctively sensational
she has strivcn for it in nearly everything
she has eyerw ritten, and nearly always she
has attained it. The brilliancy of her at
tainments is not eelipseG, however, by the
glitter of these ill-advised reachings foI
the extraordinary. No one ever put aside a
bonS by the Virginian that he did not have
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problems of our social environment. The
pity OF IL is, though, that the story wtllnot
reach the Beth Bushes, and even if 1t should
1T would be only an enigma to them
Summed upin single word, Eat Not Thy
Heart is a pOlemie on contentment. 1t is
beautifully made book. tChicago Her
bert A. Stone & Co. Washington: Bren-
tano. $1.25.)
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1t seems as II the literary serial par ex
celeUce OF 1898 VIII appear in ScIibner's.
1t cores from the pen Of Thomas Nelson
Page IN .'Red Rock, a story Of Rect.u-
struction,' he gives US his first long novel.
1t is story CT the period when the Old
South had lost itself and the new South
had not yet found itself. The author is
authority for the statement that he has
worked on the story during four years.
He may be pardoned for believing that
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NOTES AND QUERIES.

What word or words OF the English Iars
guage mas no vowel? A. Ii. 3.
Thereis no word in the English languages
without u vowel.
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In his Life OF Gladstone" Justin Nc.
Carthy speaks OF Queen Victoria as the
only constitutional sovereign v no ever sat
on the throne OF England" WAY and how
Is she the IlrsI or only constitutional SOW
ereign? 5. W.
Because al Of her predecessors tried 20
govern England personally II they did
not Ike to do as their ministers or as Par
lament wanted them 70 do, they tried u
get along without Parliament or by chang
ing their ministers Queen Victoria has
never tried TO do SO; she has done az
Parliament wished, and has accepted the
l-aders OF Parliament as her advisers, even
though her personal inciinations may have
been opposed TO them
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accommodating an admirable list. One of the
most promising OF their forthcoming pub
iications is to be Life of Henry
Drummond,' by George Adams Smith.
The times., 1897-11-07

Shade 9f the Bauble, another fad maya
zine II IS to he called L'Enfant Terrible,
anG it win be devoted TO ''hUmor for
humor sake" The editors are Mr. Gelett
Burgess. late Of the Lark, and Mr.. Oliver
IlerfOrd. epigramInaust OF the Players, and
Mr.. james Jeffrey Roche Once week the
editors are to dine together, and on this
evening the matter for the next number Ct
the publication both text and Illustrations
VIII be conceived and expressed on paper,
the staff being pledged lot to leave the
room until the entire copy is ready for tas
printer.
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Another volume of Tom Halls vers de
societe will appear the last of this month
from the press of E. R. Herrick & Co.
when Hears Are Trumps" had five
editions the year it was issued. The new
volume will be called When Love Laughs. >
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1. Please tell me how to mix paint for
the different colOrs in portrait work. ,.
what should / put on the charcoal after
the outline has been tira Wn SO as not 70
get it mixed with the paint3 a Reader.
We cannot give lessons in portrait paint
ing IN a newspaper The best thing for
YOU IS TO take lessons from SEINE competenc
teacher, ycu can get a handbook Of poF-
trait painting from any dealer In artists
materials, bot IL win not help sou 50 much
as Instruction from a teacher .. In water
color portraits the outlines are in blue or
India INK Ia oil portraits, the outlines are
In charcoal and afe brushed OFF almost en-
urely, leaving only faint lines which arc
covered when the c2lors are pot On and
mix with the coiors.
The times., 1897-11-07

Is the steamship Great Eastern stn IL
existence? FL.
We entnk -. Tor few months ago it wss
laid up at Glasgow, Scotland covered
with y1sterS announcing cheap suits na,ia
By sone enterprising tailor. and used " thin
as an advertising exhibition.
The times., 1897-11-07

S. R. Crockett has been silent for some
time, but We shall soon have his The
Woraan OF Fortune" Information about
this book Is scarce but single line from
a foreign correspondent says, American
women win be Interested in the picture
of their countrywomen given by him in his
new story
The times., 1897-11-07

Can an inventor after filing an appIiCa-
ton for a patent make a royalty contract
aud have MS goods manufactured by some
one else? =. farmer posting bis land
and not having q notice published In the
paper, is the posting as good as II he had
notice published? j. F.
He may assign the whole OF part Of
the patent Jcany QUE he chooses; may yman-
Fracture uader it,or may lease the right to
manufacture under II TO some one else
that IS. as YOU say, may make royalty
contract. . He must comply strictly with
the law-absyluteIy and fully
The times., 1897-11-07

On May 10, 1875, more than year be-
fore 1T adopted the Declaration. It sab
until december IL, 1875. the session last
ing o82 days.
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What is the greatest fortification in the
world? Z. B.

what is the greatest fortincation in the
world? E. K.
Probably Gibraltar. by its position, is
the strongest fortification in the world;
ut present it is gaTrisoned by seven bat
teries of artillery each Of 16O officers and
men, four companies Of fortress engineers,
each Of 125 officers and iaeD, and two
battalions (regiH ents, we should call
thenJ OF Infantry, each OF 1857 officers
ami men; total force Of about 3,S14
officers and men. The town OF Span
dau, near Perrin, where the waT-chest OF
the German empire is kept, is very
strongly fortified place, not 30 strong by
nature as Gibraltar, but with a larger
garrison. Perhaps Metz or StrasburE
should coIu1 next to Gihraltar-both ara
very strong places.
The times., 1897-11-07

Who is the father of King George OF
Greece? K. NJ.
King Christian X of Denmark. The King
of Greece Is the second sou or the Danisi,
King He was elected king ia 1868, after
the deposition OF King otho ID 562 aud
the refusal OU Tie british government "a
let Prince Alfred OF England take the
throne. King George was originally Prince
WiIlissa oI SChlesW-1g- Hoisteln- sender UUrss-
Glucksburg-
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When did the Continental Congress tnaa
adopted the Declaration oil Independence
convene? Saltwater.
The times., 1897-11-07

1T is his best Mr.. and Mrs. Page have
returned from abroad and are settled
in their new home on New Hampshire
avenue.
The times., 1897-11-07

What is the standing OF our army among
the other armies of the world2 ?. How
many generals cOmand tie army and wilas
are the names IN wnichJney Tank3 3. How
many soldiers in our standing army? F.
B. {.
Our army is so small that it is not 70 be
compared with she army of any European
cuunJrr except taat Of Greece; that ooun-
Try alone has smaller army than We,
We have three major generals and six
brigadieT * neralsiH commander our army,
exclusive Of brigadier generals on tos
staff, or whom there are ten The major
generals are Nelson 4 Miles commanding
tpe Army; Wesley Merritt, and John Z
Brooke. The brigadier generals are: FL
well 5 OL.s, John J CoppiugeF William
r. ShafLer. James f. Wade. William NJ.
Graham and Henry c. Merriam. ,. Tho
Army consists OF 25.0O0 men, with ALAS
officers and professors and 81 cadets
at the Military Academy.
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Are there any statistics showing What
nrm Is the largest exporter OF Ame rican
cotton. j. W. y.
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LITERARY NOTES.

81. G. Wells 1.-The Invisible Man" re
viewed in another column, has been ap-
pearing in Pearson's Weekly, in England
1t viii doubtless have record sale The
scientific scholarship of this author, coupled
with his literary accomplishments. en-
ables him 10 give astonishing yerislmil-
tudt TO hig tales of scientific freaks at
preseut his THE War OF the Worlds is
Interesting readers OF the Cosmopolitan.
He is gifted narrator, and one of these
days story OF his-"The Invisible Man"
may do twill arouse an interest in his
several engrossing bits OF original fic-
ticn which are gathering dust on their
publishers shelves. No one iii search OF
insniriting romance should overlook The
Time Machine sThe Wonderful Visit
or "The Wheels OF Chance"
Nj Wells is an Ehglishnan. To repre-
sentative of Tie Sketch he recently said.
4 have hal novel of commonplace people
in hand Tor some time, and l Continue u
work at attintermittently. il Itis called Love
and Mr.. Lewisbam.' But / shall prob.
ably not finish 1t for some time, as l am
also working at romance Of The inlIefs-
date future, somewhat on the lines OF Mr..
Bellamys Looking Backward. But 1t
is by no leans political Utopia TIE story
is rather a horoscope l hore 10 finish IL
BY the end OF the year, but it has takea
me from the beginning Of May until now
to do half have given my tine eatirely y
to it, hut ! find myself getting more and
more anxious about the quality Of ny
work, ana ] was never a quick worker
except under pressure of stern ecessity.
This last is good news, as we were be
ginning To fear that the publishers We're
going to run Mr.. Wells remarkable abili.
ties to earth.
Mr. Wells is twenty-nine years OF age,
and was born at Bromley, in Kent, where
his education began. He studied SCI.
ence, chiefly zoology ana geology, at the
Royal College OF Science, and took the
degree of B.sc. in the University Of Lon
don, with konors in both these subjects
The times., 1897-11-07

From the secretary OF the principal
Cotton Exchange, that in New York, you
probably could learn the name and address
OF the principal cotton exporting firm. r,
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Fracucaly t'Iere are no chances Ior hiul.
All the Important clerical work is in the
hands Of Englisbmen, and the NEGROES do
the hasd Iaoor aud such skilled labor az
there is TO ~ done. An A nierieah could not
compete with them
The times., 1897-11-07

Can a man enlist in the United States
Army the same day ne gets his natuTaiiza-
ton papers. ffHOt, hOT long must ne nave
had them before ne can enlist?
ke ma enIlst ine Gay Ie gets Dis final
papers The rule Is now tlat he ust be
a citizen; there Is 10 law which declares
how long he must have been one before he
can enlist.
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What are the chances for a man going
70 Bermuda? j 5 s.
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l. What is the salary OF an engineer IN
the Army? >, What is the salary OF 3
cadet? 3. How long does a CADET take 10
gra duaie2 t. How long must he server
Capt Jack.
An oTfio-r in the Engineer Corps Of the
Army is paid according to his rank. A
second lieutenant gets S1,40O; q firs5
lieutenant. $500; a captain S1,sOU;
a major, $4,000; a Lieutenant colonel,
$4,000: a colonel. $500: a brigadier
general, $500. For each five years
service .nere is an increase Of pay, so a
colonel really gets S4.50O instead OF
$4,000 .. A cadets pay IS $40 year.
3. The course at Vest Point requires four
years. 4. He agrees % serve eight yeaIs.
As Tule the Government is willing TO
let man resign within that time. but
only as a matter OF favor.
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A correspondent informs rs that state
ment made in this column last week that
there is no general record or the RevOiu-
tionary soldiers is somewhat misleading.
He adds that IL M. johnson, 10 whose
question We replied, win Communicate With
the Record and Pension Div isioR of the
War Department ne win be aoandantly sat-
isfied that the record he asked for dOes
exist
The times., 1897-11-07

What are the methods used in distiu-
gushing wrought iron frCn steel heamsf
2. How are castings, rolled beams and rods
tested il the mill Of field2
One method is chemical analysis; anOth'r
is by t.e use Of the crushing and breaking
test, stee, resisting breaking strain twice
as great rs that that iron win resist and
a crushing strainsiX or rseFen times asgreat.
A substance that hardens on being heated
and cooled quickly in cold water, and on be-
Ing reheated and cooled slowly hecome1
soft, is steel; substance that does not re-
spond thus is not steel 2. Castings by
examination anc assay; beams and rods
by crushing and breaking tests,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-21

two hundred dollars q share, or ten
times it's value at the close Of the a
This enhanced value is greatly the re-
suit Of the high frPights and fares the
people, the owners of the road and
children of O1ase who sacrificed 30
much to build it, (4nd others) who
have reCeivd a very small proportion
of il or they have made. These mil
lions having been collested in taxes
from the generation that is passed,
while their children have stuff 3red pri
walton and poverty, and their money
thus invested, as good as buried for
nearly 80 years, and which at simple
interest would have doubled itself or
over.
Aud now aforeign syndicate, created
in England, and q power to be dreaded
more than the power OF King George
the Third and his allies which cost our
ancestors SO much suffering, blood and
money TO throw eff, has by the power
of their gold (she same that bought
Benedict Arnold) secured the perma-
nent control of this great State work at
O nominal value and at a time and IN a
manner contrary to right and justice.
And if they continue the use Of their
power in the future as in the past
African slavery OF the past is no name
for what the American people are to
suffer In the future, Take the railroad
commission, for instance, which ema-
mated from the people, how this power
has pacRed that body with trained
friends or to their interests so
that they stick like teaches to a pleInO
ric subject and have to be pulled eff by
great efforts
The people sovereign yet and will
sustain those in their eff ees who DO
right or they will charge officers or
abolish the Offices from the Supreme
Court of the United States down to
constable of q township, for they have
learned that Of two things must
! go-that ia, either the money power or
the voting power; while they Will make
no war on legitimate gains they will
not submit longer to the unbounded
avarice of hat power that makes mil
Iionaires by the thousands and paupers
by the millions in a single generation.
Very respectfully submitted.
JNO. T. FORD.
R--@-A-- N HOOS
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INsuRINe A

That there may be such a thing as
carrying insurance too far is indicated
by the case of MIR. Mulcahy and Mr..
Mulhooly, two Irish gentlemen Though
they were known to be great friends,
thep were one day observed to pass
each other on the street without a
greeting.
"Wny, Mulcahy," friend asked in
astonishment, ''have you and Mulhooly
q~uarreliedG"
That we have noti" said Mr.. Null.
cahy, with -earnestness.
"'rnere seem8d Co be a GOODNESS be-
tween you wnen you passed just now"
That's the insurance of u friend
ship"
81 don't understand"
"Whoy, thin, it's this way: Mulhooly
and / are thai devoted to wan another
that we can'C bear the oidea at q quar-
rel, an as we are both moighty quick.
timpered, we've resolved not to shpake
to wan another at allI'-Ex.
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build up one industry at the expero.
of another.
Cd We believe that the money of ~.
country should be kept as much &c
possible in the hands of the reorio
and hence we demand that all Netionol
and State revenues shall be limitaG -
the necessary expenses of the govern
ment economically and honestly Al.
ministered.
(e) We demand that postal SAVING,
banks be established by the govern.
ment for the safe deposit of SAVING,
of the people, and to facilitate eY.
change.
% We are ~unalterably opposed IN
the issue, by the United States, of in,
terest- bearing bonds. and demand the
payment of all coin obligations of tho
United States, as provided by exist;no
laws, in either gold or silver coin. at
the option of the government and not
at the option of the creditor.
TRANSPORTATION.
now owned by aliens should be "a.
voting population, and that Senators
from each shall be elected by the
people of the district.
DISTRICT LEGISLATION.
Relying upon the good, common
sense of the American people, and be-
lieving that a majority of them, when
uninfuenced by party prejudice, will
vote right on all questions submitted to
them on their merit; and, further, to
effectually annihilate the pernicious
lobby in legislation, we demand direct
legislation by means of the initiative
and referendum.
r. A. SOUTHWORTH.
Sec'y-Treas. N. f. a. and l. q.