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number of the Century likely to attract the
attention of the reader is new story by
Chester Bailey Fernald, author OF "The Cat
and the Cherub' and "The Parlous Wilderness
OF Ephraim," writer whose literary work is
identified with this magazine. The title is
THE Lights of Sitka," and it exhibits this
already versatile story-teler in an entirely new
vein. 1t is told in sailors lingo. The number
also contains novelette, of wholly different
sort by Hamlin Garland, entitled "a Girl OF
Modern Tyre" and depicting life in Western
town. II has striking pictures by Thulstrup.
The installment of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell 'sserial,
"Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker" deals with
Hugh's waywardness and the subsequent re-
action toward a more serious and stable life.
General Horace Porter, in his Campaigning
with Grant" continues his series of anecdotes,
incidents and descriptions of the movement
upon Richmond in 1864. and there is picture
by the late c. S. Reinhart of Grants passage
to the left on the night OF the third day in the
Wilderness. paper richly illustrated by
Mr.. Castaigne on "Public Spirit in Modern
Athens" is contributed by D. BIkelas, as the
leading literary man OF Greece. Mr.. Cas-
taigne's illustrations, which were made in
Athens especially for this article, take a.wide
range and deal with Socrates in the Streets
of Athens" "The Pnyx," "The Acropolls at
Sunset" "The Academy" and other character
istic scenes of Athens. R. w. Glider contrib
utes poem, entitled "The Parthenon by
Moonlight" "Napoleon's Interest in the Bat
tie of New Orleans is the subject of a short
article by William Hugh Robarts, which in
cludes description OF the battle by General
Jackson, which, it is believed, has not before
appeared in English, and which was shown to
Napoleon himself by James Monroe, after
ward President Captain Alfred T. Mahan,
the distinguished writer on naval affairs, con-
tributes paper on "Nelson in the Battle of
the Nile" with pictures, portraits, MAPS ETC.,
graphically setting forth this engagement.
Among other articles in the number ara:
''Lenbach, the Painter OF Bismarck" by Edith
Coues; speech and Speech-reading for the
Deaf" by John Dutton Wright; 1.-THE Ladies
OF Llangollen," by Helen NJ. North, all of them
illustrated, and "The Absurdity OF War;" by E.
l.. GodkiQ,
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FOR PASTORS.

THE AMBASSADOR OF CHRIsT-By James
(CardInaD Gibbons. John Murphy & Co, Bati-
more and New York or sale by the Emporium
Book Department, City.
Though this work was written specially for
for priests and ministers, the Cardinal hopes
that it 'will be acceptable TO students of civil
professions, to literary men and to a wide
circle of the general community" The dig
Iiity and responsibility of the Christian min
istry is the theme hepe treated by this learned
and widely respected dignitary of the Roman
Catholic church. The Archbishop observes in
his preface that 'rabid bigotry is not plant
that fourishes on Columbian soil. Those
ebullitions of unreasoning hatred toward
the Catholic church are not congenial to the
American character. They are generally
aroused and fomented by aliens as yet i'll ac-
quainted with our constitution, which guar
antees TO all freedom of conscience"
Speaking of that class of citizens who, while
bearing no i'll will to Catholics, yet sincerely
regard with dislike and suspicion that religion,
he says, their animosity is no evidence of
their hostility to Catholic doctrines, but rather
to what they believe to be SUCH"
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NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

Those reviewers who are taking Ebert Hub
bard's latest book seriously are having rather
bad time of it. "The Legacy" has the genial
breeZiness, the quaint good humor that char
acterizes all of Mr.. Hubbards works, and 1t
must be admitted that it has an air of serious
ness that is very deceptive There is mean
ing in the work, but its riddle will, hardly be
read by those who fancy there is fool mas
querading as philosopher, nor even by that
other class of reviewers who are in such haste
to proclaim to the world that here is q philoso-
pher playing the fool.
The situation about which the story turns is
9th novel and funny. Harvard professor
and a Harvard post graduate. gone crazy over
Wall-street speculation, take to the prairie
with Rattlesnake Pete, an Ibsenesque compos-
lite of Buffalo Bill, Davy Crockett, Big-foot
Wallace and Mary's little lamb. He is no
more absurd than Professor Wilson, the stu
dents, post and under graduate. and all the
women who float through the narrative, but
he is very hard for the reviewers to take care
of, and their varying treatment of him must
give the author not little fun. The professor
and his assistants strike curio mine in Colo
rado and dig themselves into health and hap
piness until civilization again claims them,
when the professor turns the farce into trag-
edy by committing suicide.
There are a good many capital bits in the
book, and Mr.. Hubbard's good humor almost,
but not quite, takes the sting out of the lash
that he has well in nand for certain human
follies. Mrs. Wilson is little overdrawn.
The worthy lady is tiresome enough without
her "damnable iteration" of her own mani
ties and one may question the good taste of
introducing real characters into fiction, but
the cleverness of the work must be granted.
That the book is geographically unique
goes without saying, for it comes from the
Roycroft Printing Shop, the queer little coun-
try printing office at East Aurora, n. Y, where
the most beautiful books in the world are just
now making. Handmade paper, fabricated
title pages on japanese vellum, exquisite
initials and ornaments all the dainty, dexter
Gus human hand-work that no machine-made
thing can approach go to making the Roycrott
books, and they are things for book lovers to
handle tenderly and ioyfuIly. The Legacy is
in two volumes, bound in bottie-green chamois
leather, lined with antique silk. This work,
too, is done by hand. carefully and lovingly,
and the artistic result is necessarily beautiful.
The output of the Royeroft shop is necessarily
limited. 1t is not manufactured for the bar
gain counters, but Roycroft book is some
thing to be kept for its beauty and its worth,
and we have seen no finer example of the
shops work than the two volumes OF The
Legacy. Roycroft Printing Shop, East Aurora,
N. Y. Price So.
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have fed They were also asked what the
consequences would have been If Reno with
the seven troops had followed the Uncpapas
and OgalaIlas when they turned ana went
down 10 the assistance OF the Indians in the
village, and they candidly admitted that they
would have been between two fires. In other
words, the battle was lost twice, not by the ac-
tion of Custer, however, for his command
fought gallantly as long as it lasted and he
had given proper and judicious orders TO the
other commands
at is not expected that five troops could
have whipped that body of Indians, neither is
it believed that that Dody of Indians could
have whipped twelve troops OF the Seventh
Cavalry under Custer's command, or if his or
ders had been promptly executed. The fact
that after Clusters five troops had been ami
hiIated the Indians who came back and en-
gagged the seven troops were repulsed, and
that they failed TO dislodge the troops, is
proof that the force was amply strong if it
had only acted in full concert. No command
ing officer can win victories with seven
twelfths of his command remaining out oil the
engagement when within sound OF his rifle
shots. Grouchy did not come up to the sound
of the guns but Blucher did, and the his
toric Waterloo was the result"
In his chapter about game in the great
West, General Miles relates an adventure Of
Captain Frank D. Baldwin while hunting buf-
falo. The captain was mounted on an un-
trained horse, which did not understand
Quick lodging. Instantly after being shot the
chased buffai 0 wheeled, placed his horns be-
meath the fanks OF the horse ard threw both
him ana his rider clear over his head. The
horse was killed, but the captain only
stunned. Another adventure of Captain
Baldwin's was in being chased 10y wolves for
twenty miles He escaped only by riding his
horse 10 death.
The general tells of his acquaintance with
the noted hunter, Buffalo BILL" somewhat
less known as William +. Cody. HE was at
that time young man in the twentes, tall,
stalwart and of magnificent physique, one of
the handsomest and most powerful men have
ever known, with locks OF golden hue, large,
brilliant, dark eyes and perfect features. He
was daring rider and q most expert rifeman.
He exeelled in the rush after game and could
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peat, then, that l have isolated myself in
this matter as much through my religious
conscience as through my literary con-
science. and also through my respect for
the phenomenon itself, having made it
my law to admit no such outside influence
into the sphere OF my inspiration, and
wishing 10 keep my work absolutely my
own and personal"
Like Sardou Hugo believed that spirit
ualism was fitting subject for the stage.
In 1888 he suggested to Autenor Jelly that
it would be an admirable scheme to estab-
lish what he styled fantastic theater,"
but unfortunately the plan was not carried
out, lowing 10 the pigheadedness of the
directors" Phantoms, Hugo thought.
might just as reasonably be called upon
to play part on the stage as human
beings, and be was fond of citing as good
example the apparition OF the commander
IN Moliere's don Juan"
The news that this great poet believed
in the existence and influence of occult
forces and was to a great extent believer
in spiritualism, while it has caused much
surprise in France, has also given great
pleasure to the numerous French mystics
and anti-materiaiis;s "If Hugo and Sar-
dou believe in spiritualism," say these
latter, "it surely Will not be hard to per-
suade the multitude that spirits exist and
are potent influence for good and evil"
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THE GIRLS AND THE PRINCE.

When the Prince of Wales was in America in
1860 he was a young man of 10 and un-
married. Naturally, the American girls were
deeply interested in him, and period of the
most romantic excitement ensued in all the
cities. Every subteriuge to dance with the
young Prince was resorted to, and members OF
his party were bribed 10 arrange waltz with
the heir apparent. The most unusual ex-
pedients were resorted to by girls. His bag
gage was kissed as it was put aboard the cars.
and when he left hotel room women would
rush in and carry away in bottles the water in
which he had washed his face. Church people
forgot themselves ana stood on the cushions Of
the pews in order to see the royal visitor.
On every hand it was a season of excitement,
and balls, dinners, ietes and receptions ruled.
One of the Princes party was Stephen Fiske,
who was delegated by the elder James Gordon
Bennett OF the New York Herald to remain
with the Prince while he was in America.
Naturally Mr.. Fiske saw ell the incidents OF His
Highness' tour. Taking lik ng to the Alneri-
can journalist the young Prince saw that he was
present upon all occasions. Now Mr.. FislSe
has written out the whole story, and it will
| form the January installment of the La
dies Home Journals series of ''Great Personal
Events Illustrations of some of the great
scenes have been made, and these will be
given with the article in the January Journal.
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PLANTATION LIFE

AN ARKANSAS PLANTER-By Opie Real.
Rand, Men ally & Co.. Chicago and New York.
For sale by William Doxey, Palace Hotel, City.
The old, proud, honorable and independent
race of plantation-owners and their families
is portrayed in this book with manner as of
one who has made loving study of those old
days and lordly ways. The scene is on the
Arkansas River below Little Rock. 'Their
country was comparatively new, but their
fathers came mostly from Virginia and their
whisky came wholly from Kentucky" The
her oine OF the story forms sentimental al
tachment TO consumptiye and marries him
despite her fathers pleading and opposition.
The author gets rid of the invalid by letting
him die early in the tale, and in the end the
wi dow marries perfect giant in health,
st ature and strength.
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PICTURES OF A PASSING RACE

In the large and interesting volume just
publishel of the recollections of General Mel
son A. Miles, short general review of which
was given in these columns last week, there
are number OF good anecdotes, especially
about Indian warfare and illustrative of Indian
character, and there are a number of carefully
formed opinions expressed, all OF which are of
unusual interest when We consider the emil
nence of the source from which they come
Some brief selections from among these will
give the reader an idea OF what valuable and
entertaining book the general has written
about his personal experiences.
Prominent among the features which will be
noted with close attention is his studious un-
rayeling of the mystery of the famous Custer
fight, from which no white man escaped to
make report. General Miles, from careful
examination of the ground and of the army
orders and reports, together with colleetin a
the accounts OF the Indians who were engaged
in the conflict and analyzing and verifying
these by comparing them with other evi-
dences, has been able to write q history of that
terrible disaster perhaps almost as accurate as
If Custer himself had come back from the dead
to tell of that fatal day of heroism and of cow
ardice. His testimony in favor of Custer both
as a man and an able commander is without
wavering doubt, and his condemnation of
Reno, while wholly without the aid of Yitu-
perative adjectives, is like the scientific
ally planned attack of a capable mill
tary chieftain-cool, terrible and deci-
sive. "The distance across the valley
from the position first occupied by Reno,
where Custer undoubtedly expected him to re-
main, and the position where Custer's COM
mand fought is not more than two miles
Rife shots from one would cross the line of
fire from the other. In other words, an enemy
between the two commands would have been
under the fire OF both. Had Reno remained in
that position it would have enabled Ben teen
to 'co4ne on and 10 'be quick as he had been
ordered and as he was doing. 1T would have
brought him into position and into action be-
tween the two commands of Custer and Reno.
when asked what would have been the re-
suit If Reno had not retreated the Indians
frankly said that if he had not run they would
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The Oldest ones of all the old
Are those who would look young;
For they will always fret and seold,
When ages sign is hung.
The old in years who live among
Those younger in their hearts,
VIII find themselves remaining young
Long after youth departs.
AS long as women cling TO youth.
And disregard their age,
They never can be old, forsooth-
Their youth fills up the page.
Yes, some are old before their tine-
Old age usurps their youth;
And some are young beyond their prime
Unless they hide the truth.
Washington Post.
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WHERE Simplicity is ART.

NOBLE BLOOD-By Ernst Won WiIdenbruch
F. Tennyson Nicely, New York. For sale by the
Emporium Book Department, City.
This little story of a noble and most lovable
boy by an officer of the German army is pub
lished in the same volume with one called "A
West Point Parallel" by Captain Charles King
of the United States army. The cleyerness of
it is concealed by its seeming simplicity of
narration. We are made by the art of it to
love the brave and tender-hearted cadet, de-
scribed as if he had really lived and fought
and suffered as the old colonel in the story
tells abouti it. The book contains lesson in
true manliness that reminds one of the writ
ings of Thomas Hughes.
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When Is a Woman Old :?

This query on my window hung:
"When is woman old?'
1t clings to me, ana long has clung-
The answer must be told
All, some are old before halfway,
Ana some are never old;
For these but laugh LIES cares away,
While those both fret and scold!
And yet it is no easy task,
However we'll controlled,
To answer one, if she should ask
"When is woman old?'
The young ones never ask you, sir,
The answer to unfold
The old ones only ask you, sir,
"When is woman old?"
Conceited ones are never So
Unhappy ones too soon;
But wise ones love life's morning glow,
And prize its afternoon.
The graceful ones are still young,
And those alone are old
Who try 10 make themselves look young
When age has taken hold.
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COMMONPLACE AND TRIVIAL

A PROFESSIONAL LovER-By Gyp F. Ten
nyson Nelly, New y ork. For sale by the EN-
porium Book Department, City.
This is little book translated from the
French, aud the story told entirely in dialogue
is verify worldly and commonplace There are
dukes and duchesses, but their conversation
is not brilliant nor edifJing The cover is
decorated with many hearts upon string
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wind that croons amongst the leafy trees,
And dies away in whispers faint and sweet
pale young moon, whose slender silver bow
CreepS slowly up beyond the purple hull;
And seems 10 absorb the golden afterglow
Within the far horizon lingering STILL
An open lattice and the. scent of musk;
Then, through the slumbrous hush of earth
and sky,
A tender mother-voice that in the dusk
Sings to babe some old-world lullaby.
E. MATHEsoN.
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Loves Transformation.

No more unto the myths of old
Sweet Love delighted clings,
For Love rides on bicycle,
And Love has lost his wings.
No more the romance of the past
A pleasing thrill imparts,
For Love upon bicycle
Now chases human heartsl
Alasl the happy. happy days!
But-cool my burning brow;
For Love wheels down the dusty ways,
And Loves scorcher now!
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luton is to place all wild tribes under mill
tary government with United States officers
in full control and with laws and courts estab-
lished by Congress specially for Indian needs.
He quotes one of the wisest of the red war
riors, Chief Joseph. as saying: 'The greatest
want OF the Indian is system of law by which
controversies between Indians and white men
can be settled without appealing to physical
fOroa
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After Sunset.

One tremulous star above the deepening west; !;
The plash of waves upona quiet beach;
4 sleepy twitter from some hidden nest
Amidst the clustered ivy, out of reach.
The sheep-bell's tinkle from the daisied Ieas
The rhythmic fall OF MISUNDERSTANDING
feet
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Stephen Crane. the author of 1.-THE Red
Badge of Courage" has written vivid story
of border life, which the Century will print.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-16
A CRISIS IS UPON THE PARTY.


The Question is Shall 1t Live or -0ies
Compared with this every other is
sue sinks into insignificance. We have
got to devote ourselves strictly to busi-
ness - and that business is the - de-
Tense of the life of the party.
A traveller stopped at a house, on a
country road, to ask his way. He
raped but got no response. He heard
however singular noises, as II
struggling was going on within, and
the furniture was being thrown about.
Receiving no reply to a second and
third rapping he pushed open the door.
There he saw a man and woman
struggling together, with their hands in
each others hair. while tables and
chairs were upset in all directions.
He timidly asked: "Who is the mas
ter of this house?"
The woman hit the man another
blow in the eye, and replied: "That is
just what we are trying to settle!"
And that is just what we are trying
to settle Shall the party be led by
those who want it to live or by those
who want it to die?
When that issue is determined there
will be peace in the family-but not
till then.
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Why Not:

WASHINGTON, D. c., June "a
number of silver Republican congress-
men will leave for Chicago the latter
part of the week to be present at the
preliminary meeting called by the sill
yer men for the purpose of organizing
a full-f1edged silver Republican party
From the report received the silver
men say that they expect a good rep
resentation from nearly all the states
Besides the regular delegates from
each state there will probably be other
prominent silver men present from diff
ferent parts of the union, and a COM
plete and wide-awake organization will
be effected at the meeting.
1t is a great pity the Free-Silver Re-
publicans have not some jackassical
traitor to go round making speeches
and telling them they must give up
their name and "prejudices" and fuse
with the Democrats; and at the same
time claiming to be first-class Free
Silver Republican,!
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contraction and Sound money" And
l have got them all"
Imevitable.

lneV1taDle.
Representative government is dis
NAL failure. Direct legislation is the
only means of deliverance from the
oligarchy of wealth that has demon
strated it's ability to buy congresses,
legislatures, judges, and even MAORI
ties in closely contested elections
Representative, (Okla)
This is the kind of talk that carries
conviction to the minds of all who
desire government of, by and for the
people. Will tho Representative help
place the peoples party under this sys-
tenn? If sogcome to Nashville July
4, 1897, and dont be afraid that the
peoples representatives may endorse
some despotit party boss while they are
about it. g
Shoals Referendum: If the popular
government is to live it must rest upon
the people. Amy one who has been,
during the past twenty-five years a
member of our State Legislature, will
concede tha representative govern
ment is failure" We need a change
or the whole thing will tumble into
chaos. Is IT
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