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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-04-22

LAxoL is the best medicine for children
Doctors recommend il 10 the place OF Cas-
tor Oil
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-04-22

I R.a.n. Nlefoee Killer For
.sIas Mar fsfnusa' MAn'1'''''
lie.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02
The heavy iron bells,

The heavy iron bells,
Hear the tolling OF the bells;
Hear the knells,
How horrible a monody there fioaAa
From their throats!
How | shrdder at the notes
From the melancholy Threats
OF the bells, OF the bells!
Il did not publish the above lines q.
hrst, for | do not believe, even to this
Gay, that they possess any extraordi-
nary merit AS might be expected.
the author became incensed, and afto.
an unsatisfactory explanation on my
part as To why the poem was not pub.
llshed, wrote a second version, moro
elaborate and extensive than the orig
inal, which | likewise declined To
publish. Explanations and outbursts
of indignation were again in order.
though they We're all forgotten upon
my acceptance and PRONUNCIATION Of
third version, none other than The
Bells we know today"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02

Thus talking, she bowed me into a
small, comforoable-looking room, lined
with books and softly carpeted.
This Is one of our libraries" she
explained. The countess will receive
you here. as other visitors might dis
turb you in the arawing-room. Par
don me-" and her steady gaze had
something OF compassion in it, "but
you do not look well. Can send you
some wine?"
declined this offer with many ex-
presslons OF gratitude, and assured her
was perfectly well. She hesitated.
and at last said, anxiously:
Il trust you were not offended at
my remark concerning Nina Romani S
marriage with you? / fear was too
hasty?'
Not so, madame" l answered, with
oil the earnestnes5 | telt. Nothing is
more pleasant to me than a frank
opinion frankly spoken. | have been
81 accustomed TO deception--"He |
broke on and addea hastily, Pray do
not think me capable of Judging you
wrongly"
She seemed relieved, and smiling
that shanowy, Hitting smile of hers,
she left me.
surely she was "a good woman,
thought, and vaguely wondered about
her past history--that past which she
had buried forever under "a mountain
OF prayers. What han she been like
when young-before she had shut her
self within the convent walls-before
she had set the cIucitix like seal on
her heart? Had she ever trapped a
mans soul and strangled it with lies 4?
fancied mother look was too pure
ana candid; yet who could tell? Were
not Nina's eyes trained to appear as
though they held the very soul of
truth?
few minutes passed | heard the
fresh voices of children singing in the
next room:
ou Went lie petit Gesu?
Ce joli bouton lie rose
Qui fieurit, enfant cheri
Sur lie occur de notre mere Marie. -
Then came soft rustic Of silken
garments, the aoor opened, and my
wife entered.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02
FIGHTING A BIG TRUST.
Young jewish Girl Making War %
the Cigarette Combine.

Rebecca Sholtakoff, young He
brew girl residing on the east side az
New York, known as the Jewish quar-
ter. is ut the head OF a strike among
her sisters against the great cigarette
trust FOR living wages. She has charge
OF the girls who are doing picket duty.
ana Is greatly encouraging her CO.
workers by her fiery speeches and hard
work. The nonunion men find IL diff
cult to resist her pleadngs TO quit
ground in the neighborhood that she
will win the fight against the manu.
facturers. The headquarters OF the
strikers the in Harmonic hall. 1873
Ludlow street, where pretty Rebecca
and Secretary Youner encourage them
with speeches.
During the long hours of lnaction.
when the girls get tired sitting around
waiting for something definite to turu
up, they while away the hours by
dancing and oftentimes their voices
may be heard filling the hall with the
melody of some popular tune. Tho
51i was Originally SJdteu against
Manufactures Scbemcker OF AZ Essex
street and 1t Is generally believed
that If he yields the other manufac-
turers will follow In his footsteps.
Rebecca Sbotakoff seems to have in
her veins some Of the red blood OF
Louise Michael. but II her cause is a
just one she should have the wrongs
she Is trying TO assuage righted
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02
POE'S BELLS. Il"

The late John Sartain Of Philadel-
phla was the original publisher Of
Poe's poem ''The Bells" in his maya
zine in 1s4S. 1t appears that the eyoiu-
ton Of she poem as 1t stands was the
result OF the rejection Of two preyi-
Gus drafts. Mr.. Sartafn's own account
is as follows THE famous poem Of
The Bells was first published In Sar-
tains Magazine. ] received three
versions Of the poem, The first copy
was a congIomeratlon q jingling
words constructed in fifteen meaning
LEGS lines. II ran as follows.
THE bells, hear the bells,
The merry wedding bells
The little silver bells;
How fairy-like a monody there
swells
From the silyer-tinkling cells Of the
bellsl
The bells, ali, the bells.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02
NUN RATHER THAN WIFE.
Cleveland Girl Takes Effective Means
of Avoiding Unwelcome Suit.

Miss Matte McQuaad OF Cleveland.
says she will become "a nun because
her employer proposed marriage to
her. j. j. Denemark is the name Of
the young man who has so curiously
changed the current of Miss McQuaid's
life lie Is the chief stakeholder and
manager of the Cleveland Electric
Enlarging Company. Miss McQuaid
was his typewriter. Mr.. Denemark
being unmarried and willing to change
MS condition in that respect, dis
covered not only that his typewriter
was pretty but that she was modest
ana intelligent as we'll, and that there
was every reason to believe that she
would make him an excellent wifa
he accordingly asked her to marry
him. To Miss McQuaid the PROPOSE
ton seemed to come as something aw-
ful and astounding She was shocked
beyond measure. She refused in
stantly and peremptorily and then she
threw up her position and left him.
Mr. Denemark after few weeks
managed to induce her to come back
she supposing that the managers mad.
ness was dead forever. But 1t was
only slumbering. Denemark again
confessed his love and begged the girl
TO marry him. Miss McQuaid this
Tune seemed genuinely Mortified. She
again refused him and again left HIS
service. The matter seemed to rankle
SUI angely In her heart. For a number
OF days she seemed restless and dis
turbea. She had always been of a
religious turn of mind and In her per-
turbed condition her thoughts ran in
that direction. Without word of
warning she announced that she was
golhg to be nun, ana went out to
the Ursulie convent
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02
CHAPTER XXVIl.

She approached with her usual
panther-like grace and supple move
ment, her red lips parted in charm
ing smile.
So good of you to comet" she be-
gan, holding out her two hanas as
though she invited an embrace; and
on Christmas morning tool" She
paused, and Seeing that did not move
or speak, she regarded me with some
alarm. What is the NATTER" she
asked, in fainter tones; has anything
happened
| looked at her. saw that she was
full of sudden fear. | made no at
tempt to soothe her, | merely placed
a chair.
Sit GOWN" | said, gravely. Il am
the bearer OF bad news"
She sunk into the chair as though
unnerved, and gazed at me with terri
fled eyes. She trembled. Watching
her keenly, | observed all these out
ward signs OF trepidation with deep
satisfaction. | saw plainly what was
han seized her-the dread that | had
found out her treachery. so indeed
had, but the time had not yet come
for her to know it, Meanwhile she
suffered suffered acutely with that
gnawing terror ana suspense eating
into her soul. said nothing.
waited for her to speak. After a pause,
during which her cheeks had lost
their delicate bloom, she said, forcing
a smile as she spoke
Bad news? You surprise me! What
can it be? Some unpleasantness with
Guino? Have you seen him"
Il have seen him." | answered, in
the same formal and serious tone; Il
have just left him. He sends you
this" and | held out my diamond ring
that ! han drawn off the dead mans
finger
If she had been pale before, she grew
complexion faded for the moment into
awful haggardness. She took the ring
with fingers that shook visibly and
We're icy cold. There was no attempt
at smiling now. She drew sharp
quick breath; she thought | knew all
was again silent. She looked at the
diamond signet with a bewildered air
u do not understand" she muir
INJURED, petulantly. II gave him this
as remembrance OF his friend, my
husband; why does he return it2'
Selr-tortured criminal ! STUDIED her
with q dark amusement, but answered
nothing Suddenly she looked up at
me and her eyes filled with tears.
why are you so cold and strange,
Cesare?' she pleaded. in sort of
plaintive whimper. DO not stand
there like a gloomy sentinel; kiss me
and tell me at once what has hap
pened."
Kiss her, so soon after kissing
the dead hand Of her lover! No,
could not and would not ] remained
standing whore ! was, inflexibly silent.
She glanced at me again, very tlmidly,
and whimpered afresh
"Ah, you do not love mel" she
murmured. You could not be 50 stern
ana silent II you loved me! II there
is indeed any bad news, you ought 10
break II to me gently and kindly. /,
thought you would always make
everything easy for me"
Such has been my endeayor,
ma0ame.' ] said, interrupting her
complaint. From your own state
ment. | judged that your adopted
brother Guido FerIari. had rendered
himself obnoxious TO you. ! promised
that | would silence him-you remem-
ber i have kept my word. He Is
sileneed-
She started.
To be Continued
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02

recently compiled table, giving
the number Of communications per
and the number OF sub
scribers in each Of a number of Euro
pcan and Asiatic countries. based on
the statistics OF the year 1886 gives on
analysis some very interesting and
surprising figures. II Is har1 TO be-
lieye that in Japan the number OF calls
per subscriber Is Creates, ing 4499,
and this lead Is followed in their
respective order by Austria, Germany,
Belgium and France. The number OF
Instruments in service is greatest In
Germany, namely, ,137, followed by
Sweden France. Switzerland and
Austria Great Britain Is not included
in this table.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02

Beggar hey poor sick wife at
spare me a quarter ter git suthin' ter
give her an appetite?
Lady Why yes; but what are YOU
going to give her?
Beggar I'm goin' ter advertise an
git her a job Dere Is nothin like
work ter give "a woman an appetite.
Judge.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-12-02
TELEPHONE FIGURES

Chicago has 1900 phones, 81. Low
Z 900, San Francisco 10000, these be
ing the three largest systems In tho
west
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

must be assisted and preserved by devoted
second self wiser than he and he must serve,
adore despair of and finally surprise himself
into winning the most lovely, capricious, loyal,
impetuous of women. 1t is just such story
that Miss Whitley retclls in her Falcon OF
Lang6ac" The best rules of romance she FOL
lows with unusual appreciation, tact and gusto.
Her description still gives fresh zest to the MD
night flight the solitary inn, the churlish land
lord the sinister stranger, the laundering serNi-
tor even to the gallant nobleman and his brave
retinue of gentlemen. one fault, however, mars
the concluding chapters of Miss Whitely's work
Toward the end she allows herself to crowd, to
hurry-if for the moment, one may use report
ers slang-to telescope her facts
Mr. Dawson's Middle Grayness" is the old
story of the hare and the tortoise. The hare
in this case-Mr. Dawson is certainly severe on
hints q brilliant young fellow, bound to get
on in the world by the traditional English meth
ode of Parliament and social prestige. Fortu-
nateIv for Mr.. DaWsons moral he trips just as
be seems to be reaching his goal The tortoise
is a retcent, supplemented younger brother
who maintains his resolve to be Bohemian
against all the appeals Of a wealthy uncle Inc
goal is the love Of buoyant sympathetic IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

OF atmospheres, so to speak Where the romance
should move smoothly on its own legs 1t capers
curiousH, first In the world OF an uneducated
sailor and then in that Of man with prac-
tised eye for all the luxurious elements In MOD
ern civilization. Where the author Is to be con-
graduated Is in his evolution Of little drama
so piquant and adventurous that his hybrid
method of writing is forgiven, If not forgotten.
Christine Is an attractive young animal Inc
epthet is used advisedly. She grows up under
circumstances which are calculated to confirm
rather than to change the gypsy-hke traits Oh
her earliest years, and from beginning to end
her actions seem to spring not so much from
her heart or mind from the involuntary IN
stincts Of wild creature of the woods. There Is
a good ending to the book, good because 1t is
neither happy nor unhappy, but lifelike, and
therefore, trine mysterious.
Fortunately, there is one kind Of romance
the idyl-whch survives unchanged to this day
The form is perennial Such a story "Amand's
Masterpiece" by Mr.. Larned for instance,
is old yet so youthful in its theme and it's
spirit that it appeals to an adult reader much
a twice-tod tale appeals to child. In the
love which Armand, the artist Of the monastery,
feels for Angela the betrOthed of the king, and
in their medieval Southern surroundings, there
is nothing new except those subtle distinctions
Of character and circumstance which human
history never fails To adopt, even when it most
closely repeats itself. Mr.. Larned is poetic, imag-
NATIVE. romantic picturesque. but what most
appeals To the critic in his work is his tact.
Without the obtrusion Of one false note, he has
varied a familiar theme to make ii his own.
If the testimony of generations be worth any
thing tie human heart demands a vast deal Of
conventionality in historical fiction; and he de-
mand. on second thought, seems reasonable.
There must be- Il manly, generous hero, with a
marvellous capacity for getting into scrapes; he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01
lar life." At least this makes for wholesome liv-
ing. Not all the people, however, hold to all

lar life" At least this makes for wholesome liv-
ing. Not all the people, however, hold to all
the tenets OF worship. The white elephant re-
ceives less devotion according as the rank Of
the man before him ascends. 1.-THE gentlemen Of
The court who attended us throughout our visits
in the palace incosure," writes Professor Som
merville, assured us that they did not worship
these sacred white elephants, but that, believing
In the doctrine of metempsychosis 0he transmit
grafton OF souls), they accept the theory that the
souls OF the greater. wiser and most hoy have
In their transmigrated state, passed into the
bodies Of several species OF white animals. Ger
tain pure white birds believed to be the domi-
Giles of the noble saints whose bodies have been
cremated and whose spirits have returned, by
this inexplicable metempsychosis. to exert a
beneficial influence on those who are tarryng in
this vale of shadows. They do not recognize
deity in a white elephant, but have learned, Sim
ply through tradition, to regard them as the tene-
ments of the transmigrated spirits of their wis
est and purest ancestors. Therefore, they rever-
ence and tenderly minister to all their wants
Professor Sommerville adds that the elephants
are not literally white. OF the four he saw there
was only one that approached whiteness, and he
got further than a granite gray.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01
RECENT FICTION.
SOME ENGAGING ROMANCES.

MY LORD DUKE BY, f; W; IIornung, Duo
decmo PIP. vi, 29s. Charles scribrers Sons
SWEET REvENGE; 4 Romance Of the civil War
& Brothers.
CHRISTINE OF THE HILLS. Fly Man, Penn
beron. DuodocimO PIP. 2S Dodd. Mead u CO.
AMANDs MASTERP!EcE: a R9m naannscS Of nn the
decmo, PIP 23 Charles Scrib1ers Sons.
THE FALCON OF LANGEAC. BY Isabel Whitley.
Duodecmo PIP 227. Boston: Copeland Day.
MIDDLE GRAYNESS by A. j. Dawson 01 of iiaSG
HELL FER SARTAIN" AND OTHER STORIES.
BY John Fox jr. Duodecimo. Up. III Harper
& Brothers
Mr. Hornung has the art Of making an impos-
sbe story interesting. His Australian larrlKih'
in the best of good nature, accepts the RESPONSE
bilities of an English dukedom. learns to WOO
a maid according to fine old English traditions
and when honor dictates shoulders his pack
again for his Australian hut He is not the sort
oc character to please Mr.. Howells or MI james
but he is attractive sort of hero, notwl'h-
standing For this hero and the reader as well,
q diplomatic mamma, chivalrc daughter
well-ntentioned minor poet ard graceful old
rou6 suffice to plot innumerable surprises, when
MI Hornung treats with the most contagious oil
animal sprits With these resources, he mas
written all that he aims to write-a capital
fantasy.
There is surprise enough in MI MitcheI
Sweet Revenge" to keep the emotions Oh
tenterhooks through 20 pages OF brisk reading
The hero is a gentleman, placed by the ViclS-
STUDIES of the Civil War in false POSITION
Helen q high-spirted heroine. laboring under
mistaken impresson Jaqueline toSpoy III
search of escapades: Buch. a codling in search
OF experience and Ginger, a negro with mis-
leading name. Against them is leagued heh-
tucky band of guerillas Under the Inspiration
of the two martial herOines, guerrilla warfare
becomes not only exciting, but charming
Mature taste would ask but one thing more
from Mr. Mitchell. He should flavor his tale
with wit and humor. From his tedious course
OF reading in realistic fiction. the modern reader
has learned at least this much: that ronahces
are for the most part. diversions ana merely
divisions and he likes authors of romances all
tbe better for avowng the fact
"Christine Of the Hills l. a good story that
narrowly escapes being spoiled in the telling
Mr. Pemberton has romantic fancy ana mas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

invented an interesting plot, with a suiilcleht
number of surprises in it to keep the reader
attention firmly tc the end. But instead OF
telling The tale himself he has chosen to put IL
into the mouth of an old boatman without chang
ing its style, without observing the fact that
his supposititious narrator ought, at least, 10
stick to his natural mode of speech The egregi-
GUS Andrea, starting off as quaint scamp with
no other virtue than profound devotion TO the
heroine Of the book. no sooner gets really
launched into her history than he meditates and
discourses in the exact manner Of Mr.. Pember-
ton himself. This results in a constant confusion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

Mot there is in a strict sense none. The or
SANITATION of the story is as vague, as hay, as
the title.
There is one character in Mr.. Fox's new book
which appeals more or less wildly to the I'M
agination. This is Abe Shivers. the rascally
medder who turns up in every episode on Hell
Fer Sartain." and in his quiet, whispering way
makes more trouble than any other or the
mountainoers Eventually he dies, as the result
of his own precious notwithstanding. All the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

SOPHISTICATED Trottie, won at last by Bohemian
steadness of principle. None Of these charac-
tiers, however, can compare in interest with the
old beachcomber, driven by his sins into OBJ
security and hardship in the Australian bush
Mr. Dawson is sensitive to the tone, the color OF
every scene he describes whether it be hut IN
the bush or a gala party on the Thames, but II
is only among the lonely surroundings or the
hcachcomber that he eXcites curiosity. AS for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

same. Mr. Fox should have kept him alive. for
he was his trump card. The stories need such
figure. They are all picturesque little sketches,
and each one has tolerably dramatic point, but
the flavor Of unmstakable originality is missing
and the sympathetic reader is thrown back upon
such fragments of characterization as Mr.. Fox
has provided in the of Abe. one other
merit this book undoubtedly possesses the merit
Of brevity. Perhaps "A Purple Rhododendron,"
the concluding story, does not Illustrate this
virtue. 1t is a trifle long drawn out, and on
other counts it is disappointing, the sentiment
being somewhat mushy and the descriptions too
rhetorical But elsewhere Mr.. Fox is commend
ably direct and concise. He apparently recog-
nizes the fact that the dialect narrative must
nowadays get over the ground more rapidly than
was demanded in its heyday. some eight or ten
years ago and he rounds out his stories with an
expedition that is perhaps the best feature of his
work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

The Harpers have in press a book by John
Corbin which ought to be of interest to boys
and their parents, too. 1t is called "SchoolbOy
Life in England" and aims to give complete
account of Elton, Harrow, Rugby and Win
chester The relations between master and
pupil dormitory life and other intimate details
Of the subject are extensively treated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

volumed biography of Phillips Brooks, written
by Professor A. V. c. Allen. 1t will include con-
siderable correspondence and will be illustrated
The publishing of books always languishes in
the summer time, but the present season beats
all records for persistent dulness and though
heaps of new things ire in the press for the
autumn there is little of major Importance on
the horizon. Hallam Tennyson's life of his father
is the chief book in sight. That is not due untii
October. What the novel of the year Will be
remains to be Nothing startling is prom
ised. But for that matter the novel of the year
is commonly surprise
A great deal is heard nowadays about "The
London Daily Chronicle" but the talk is chiefly
about its correspondents, such as Mr.. Henry
Norman, and little is said about the editor-in-
chief Mr.. Massingham enjoys the distinction
of being not only of the most successful, but
one OF the youngest of London journalists. His
first work in the English capital was done as
the correspondent of n paper in Norwich, ing
native town. He had gone straight from school
into the office of that journal, and when M
came up to London he continued his connection
with it, At the same time he was engaged by
one of the press agencies but before long Il. +.
O'COnnOr employed him as assistant editor OK
the star" and in this post he won his spurs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01
LITERARY NOTES.

f. p. Dutton & Co. promise for the fall two
volumed biography of Phillips Brooks, written
by Professor A. V. G.. Allen 1t will include con-
siderable correspondence and will be illustrated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

Mrs. Steel has written volume of short
stories dealing with Indian life. 1t is expected
to appear in the fall