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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15
True story of Little Brooches"


A dark rainy night in April, 1868 COR
thereaboutsjit cannot have been more than
year aside from that, a district minis
terial association was in session in New
Virginia, Iowa. The Rev Henry Heacock
tnow located Somewhere in Northern Cali
fornial had just stepped to the stand and
was giving out the hymn:
Forever with the Lord!
Amenl So let it be-
when nan named Proudfoot burst into
the church crying:
"A horse! Fol- Gods sake, hOrsei"
de had driven his gon up 5othe church
steps, and handed out his wife and pa
rents, but just as he reached TO take his
little four-year- boy, from the back
of the wagon the horses stampeded and
were gone in the darkness
The meeting " as broken up and the con-
gregation (among them Mr.. Win ans)
started out TO follow the runaways- The
night was impenetrably black; the rain and
the Iowa mud made anything like track
ing imposs ible The searchers swept
con centric circles in the direction in
which the horses were headed, and in that
fenceless prairie, through mire and gloom,
they floundered on.
At last, 9ssibly half a mile from town,
they came upon the runaways. One horse
W as down in the head of a gully. the other
| upon the hank. the wagon half overturned
behind them. But the child was not there.
Round about they searched for the pre-
! sImably tramp,ed lad, but no trace was to
/ he found Their impoverished torches
| were burning out. A Mr.. Reed remembered
/ an unused cabin half a mile across tho
/ fields. and led a party thither to find dry
material for new torches. A flock OF
| about fifty sheep had taken refuge in the
| cabin from the storm, and their bleating
/ served to guide the searchers. But when
they at last found the place they could not
/ open the door.
man was boosted up. crawled into the
gable and broughtout thetorchwoOd. When
he crawIed out he said:
IT thought I heard a voice in there"
No one believ edit; it must have been some
note OF the bIeating sheep; but ne insisted
At last they forced the reluctant door. and
10, in tie middle of the flock, sitting on n
box. was the lost child. He did notin real
| life say;
81 want a chaw OF terbacker,
And that's what's the matter OF me-"
He simply said: Here am. papa quite
/ unabashed by his experience.
How had he come there in the night across
the uncompasSed fields, so far from the
! spilled wagon? God knowsi Perhaps he
heard the voice of the sleep in the storm,
and followed 1t. And how did he pass the
door which excited men could barely force?
For that Mr.. Tinans says: Il suppose the
door may have been open when he came,
I
whore he sat, closed it, and that the rain
swelIed it So that it was difficult to open.
At any rate, look upon il as a Providence
10y natural means We came forth with
the child from the cabin singing The old
long-meter doxology, and his mother and
his grandparents weeping and praying
away hack in town heard us, and knew
that all was well.-Land of Sun shine
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15
A Steel Age.

We ride to New York on a steel roadover
steel bridges, stay at steel frame hotel.
and take d steel steamship TO England, a
country whose civilization rests on steel
Cur farmers use steel pIows, our mer-
chants steel safes, our manufacturers steel
boilers and steel water-wheels, our car
penters steel nails, and our soldiers fire
steel guns from behind steel shields Steel
nails are 50 cheap thatif carpenter drops
ono it is not worth while to pick It
up, for ten seconds of his time is wor tn
more than the nail They are so cheap
that it pays to lose them--Hartford Cour-
ant
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

bury shows the traitorous hand and at
tempts to capture the ship. He reckoned
without the bravery and alertness OF his
captain. Thorndyke felled him with u
swift blow, and found pa pers on bis per-
son showing him TO be spy OF Sir Henry
Clinton. As he had I'D clearing papers to
show thc lcgitimateness of his expedition,
and as the British were boarding his side,
he effected coup byreversing the colors
aud introducing himself as Lounsbury'
friend OF Clinton, and is captor OF the
Yankee vessel on which he was sailing.
1t lost hirn his ship but it saved him his
life and gave him en- trance into the
eGcmy's line Thus he hecamea professional
spy lie called himself free lance, and at
once found himself immersed in flood or
adventure III was on the qui yive during
the three months of the narrative. ana III
that time he won a dear wife while doing
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

He has had a wide acquaintance with act
ors. For he has put upon the stage and
consequently he has rehearsed some plays
which had an immense success. Princess
Zilah,' Les Mascadins' and Marceau.'
But he has had an opportunity of study
ing them still more closely since he has
been the manager of the Coincide Franchise,
for he has constantly to bear with their
foibles and their eccentricities, at the same
time that he has learned to esteem their
great and sterling qualities. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

feature story in the Sunday magazine
OF one of Gotham's yellow-kid journals.
1t is sweepingly imaginative and electri-
flying In its daring inyentiveness. Jules
Verne is out-Verncd completely, and ca
mile Fiammarion Is sent to his corner weak
and gasping. In the middle ofthe book there
is history of America from 1 1886 to 1880.
Tt sets out a social and economic revoiu-
ton, which reads fluently, and reorganizes
things, to the satisfaction of the writer.
The balance of the book reminds one, in it's
theme. o: BellaiIy.
Mr.. Rosewater is ambitious and palpably
studious. To at least one young fogy ne is
overwhelming To follow him would De
to plunge into a swirlng cataract, or at
least to court q sick headaches The get
up OF the book suggests that It, however.
reaches class for whom it is intended.
and that S the rnotley and impressiona BILE
unread class, who travel a couple OF times
IN a lifetime and take those occasions to
choose their literature under the willin g
guidance of that accomplished literary
mentor, the train boy. New York: F.
Tenneyson Medley. Washington: Bren-
tano.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15
Not Peace. But strtfe.

Sweetheart 1 used TO question, ere you
came,
What thing this was that tore the name
of Dve.
And, fash'ning from dreanlfancies, from
the fame
OF mighty loves now dead, and from
above
Seeking light immortal, at length
Built for myself a dainty wild wood
nest,
4 harmony Of beauty and of strength,
A fairy spot with fragrantflo flowers dressed.
Where bird-songs echoed in the golden
air
And summer sunshine cleaned athwars
the treesl
There, hand in hand with One, knowing
not care,
L wandered happy as the morning breeze.
But now that you are here.
My love, the truth see,
How God lives in our love. Kidding us fight
Wrong, sorrow, and to rear,
BY our own JOY. the free
And holy glory of His loving Right
And gladly, with no sigh,
leave the dream, nor crave
Aught bot, with you, TO try
The power of great love to help and save.
Dearest, when we have done what was
our best,
When the strength Of our day is past, and
night
Comes quietly, and We know that we must
rest,
Leaving the task I'M done, shall not the
fight
Though all unfinished, faltering and weak,
Yet since we loved each other, and held
high
Above our failing what God babe us seek
Shall not the tight bring peace? Andwe
but die
To find the dream is real? Not, as then,
made
OF careless-happy fancies. but reared
strong
On sorrows 1--we made holy through Gods
| aid,
On seIfhood's sacrifice, and conquered
| wrongi
| -IIildgarde Hawthorne. In Harper's Mag
1 zine for August.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

A Norwegian newspaper prints an inter
view of 81, Jules Claretie with Ibscn which
must he accepted with certain reservations
M. Claretie is said to have decla red that
Alexandra Dumas left play showing
markedly the influence Of Ibsen, at which
he worked for ten years, aiming to reconcile
his own dramatic method with Ibsen S.
that the, work is a masterpiece; that the
last scenes are unfortuna tely lacking
but that, nevertheless. he, Claretie, hopes
to produce it atthe Theater Francois, if the
Dumas heirs will permit it. He added, ac-
according to the Nor wegian reporter, that he
hoped u bring out some of the plays Of
Ibsen at the Francois Whereupon the
Norwegian dramatist made the une Expected
reply that it was scarcely pleasant for hira
to see his plays produced, because they We're
generally represented in form different
from that in which he had conceived them.
Finally M Claretie extended an invita-
ton to Ibsen to visit Paris, assuring him
that he would be received with great dis
tinction-an invitation which the recipient
thought it would be difficult at his, age
to accept.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

One of the facile romancers of the Amert
can revolutionary period, under the pa
tronage Of the Appletons, is Chaunoey Z.
Uotchkiss, and a brave, moving, Splrlte'l'
readable romance he writes Every one OF
his pages is agIow with the fire of patriot
ism, the vigor of adventure and the daring
of reckless bravery. He has the romancer
finest faculty of timing our heart beats to
his hero's and sweeping us along IN tue
flood tide Of his adventure under perfect
spell and in entire sympathy with himself
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

One of the paper-backed productions of
last week is Utopia novel by Frank
Kosewater. He offers, according to the
title page, "a solution of the labor prob
lerr,, a new god and a new religion This
is unquestionably generous of Mr.. Rose
water. There are very few solvers Of the
labor problem, and inventors Of new gods
and new religions who are willing to crowd
it allinto one small volume and permit their
text to be printed on cheap quality OF
paper in inartistic type, and sold for the
small sum of 20 cents. Thisis a bargain,
and Mr.. Rosewater is generous.
The first few pages Of Utopia read like
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

John Lanes 'InternationalStudio brings
for August q grateful burden OF beautiful
art treasures in reproduction and in text
for those who cannot 60 to the fountains Of
their satisfaction. The advent OF this mag
aZine each months like unto walk in
gallery of tile months best art product
with mentor at or side TO point out.
comment and criticise We are made in
timateiy acquainted with two conspicuous
Bames In two fields of art production
George Chester and Constantin Meunier
Mr. Chester. died recently, but he LETT
behind him not only notable area of
canvas, but a career fun of meaning TO
the history of art. He was a landscape
painter, who, during the tentative period
OF the latter half OF this century preserved
to the modern landscape painters the meth
DDS and style OF the famous school which
flourished at the beginning, and included
Turner, Constable and Cox. Four OF his
paintings are reproduced.
Constsntin Meunier is known as the
artist of the Flemish collieries. 1t is said
that in him are two men of genius,
painter ana sculptor, and each makes use
of the others peculiar qualities and meth
ffIs' iIt hdlu W z 1tltCI al Vie
modelling of the painters lean, muscular
figures, and it is usually with the painters
eyes that the sculptor sees. 1T We're a
GiIbertian criticism to say that each Of
these artists is indeed the other, that VI.
Meunier is painter as soon as his hands
touch clay, and a sculptor the very moment
that be starts using his somber and inn
pTessiye grays and browns" Fourteen
SAMPLES Of his work are given.
From the designs Illustrating an article
on the work of some Glasgow designers It
is perfectly evident that the Scotch have
caught the fadG;sh decoration fever in its
most contagious and consuming form.
There is not one Of the samples that would
| not make Nordau gnash his teeth or draw
tears of delight to the eyes oil the cultists.
AS for the studio talk, it is local almost
exclusively to England and Europe, but
the illustrations accompanying are hand.
some and important to student and ANA
teuT. The studio maintains its excellence
ut a wonderfully high plane.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15
AS They Manage in Boston.

Conductors on the street cars,
In ancient Boston town,
Must say Madam now, not LADY
That's the order, handed down.
To lady she enters
The conductor makes salaam,
And shouts: "Step lively, madam"
With the accent on the dam"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

The Macinillans give out some figures
which are curious illustration of the
luck of books 1t is the case of Henry
selon Merrimans novel, "Tbe Grey
Lady" The first edition was brought
out among the holiday issues of 1895, and.
although the book was favorably received
by the reviewers, it evidently received bit
little attention from the reading public,
as, for eighteen months, the first edition
was sufficient TO meet all demands About
the middle OF last month. however, sec
ond edition was published by the Mac
milan Company, with specially lie
signed cover In gold and gray by George
Wharton Edwards This edition was
sold out almost Immediately, and order }
have already been received for fully halt
OF the third edition, which is published
this week.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

We reproduce this morning, from the
Bookrnan, a picture of ]. NJ. Barrie and
George W. Gable. 1t was taken last au-
tulnn at Mr.. Cables home at Northampton,
Mass. 1t is pleasant to have this pic
ture OF these two writers. They are very
nearly akin in their purposes as well as
their profession. Mr.. Cable has for long
time been at work preserving a type Il,
literature, and Mr.. Barrie has done much
OF the same thing, though he is oftener
away from his muttons than his American
cousin. But the two men write from the
heart to the heart. They are good men.
Well beloved, and their memory will live
long along with their work, each stnnula t.
ing the other.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

Claretie was born at Limoges December
8 1910. His parents soon moved TO Paris,
where he finished his studies and entered
journalism with great zeal, contributing 20
the chief papers of France, and writing
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

much TO help the cause OF independence.
Mr.. Hotchkiss Stimulates the primitive
style IF the last century with refreshing
effect and all his pages are full OF a spirit
that aninates and moves. The publisher rs
should put the story in more imposing and
permanent setting. New York: u. apple
ton Il Co. Washington Brentano.)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

Though we do not know that Sir Herbert
Maxwell went a hermit TO his Walden, yet
FROM the character OF his tastes and the
tastes OF his character, as given in his
writings where is found reflected such d
love for nature and natures creatures or
water, earth and air, the belief inclines
that he is kind of British Thoreau.
His latest book is memories of the
Months which is pages from the note book
OF field-naturalist and entiquary- In his
iourneyings through the record Of these
memories the reader finds the lght-penned
author touching on nearly a hundred topics
Which appeal to any one with a spark Of
nature in his makeup. He looks into the
heart Of the flowers he philosophers with
the fishes he talks with the gossipinS
birds; he finds sermons in stones; books in
running brooks; and from everything their
is a voice and a call appealing TO his
sympathy and appreciation
His memories are delightful ramblings
of schoolboy pen, in whose company there
is the requirement OF broad and desir-
able knowledge withoutonerousd idacucisie,
the grasp of natures meaning by one NJ
her understanding children, and the salts
faction of tie natural yearning for Know :
| edge Of the wonders and mysteries OF life
about US.
His notes are desutory and cursory, aim
ing at no depths or heights, but merely
| lie record Of observations: but this a.iIi'
lessuess gives them one OF their secures;
| cnarms, for it brings US into confidence
with the author, and we are rewarded by
a growth OF intimate personal interest
! Some Of the birds and flowers he speaks
| Of are foreign to our families, but this
| is no Impeachment uf the value of ht'
| recital. New York: Edward Arnold
| washington: Woodward G. Lothrop.)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

Current Literature notes that tne trehcl
government has besto wed upon few Amen-
can women the purple ribbon hatindicates
rank as an officer Of the academy MISS
Kate Field and Miss Marie Van zandt a re
among those who have been thus honored,
and Miss Elizabeth MarbuTy is another
Her work as purveyor of French dra mas
ia the American stage, and her zeal In pro-
tecting the interests of tie playwrights, is
fully appreciatedb by the Frenchgovernment,
and the form their recognition has taken Is
partly due to the fact that this particular
honor is, as 1ule, warded to those who
have been in some way engaged In educa-
tional work. Miss Marbury's success In
making French plays known TO the Ameri-
can public is evidently considered as an
educational labor. She has the reputation
of being keen woman of business, and as
the accredited representative in this coun-
try of the French Dramatic Authors Society,
she is able to attend to a II the details of the
authors interests, and is the only one
through who mthe worksof thegreat French
dramatists, such as Sardou and the like,
can be obtained.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1897-08-15

All the flowers and birdS ana Insects
referred to in .''F amiliar Features OF
the Roadside" may be seen in this country,
for it is of American roadsides that the
author discourses This book, some wiz
guess by the title, is by +. Schuyler
Matthews, author, also, OF Familiar
Flowers of Field and Garden" Familiar
Trees ana Their Leaves" and other books
CT the creatures OF nature
His last book is an important contrlbu-
ton &, the library of the scientist or To the
student, who would acquaint himself Win
the wonders about him. Mr.. Matthe Tvs
makes n moving plea for the appreciation
of the mysterious myriad wonders OF
nature We hear them, we see them, we
revile them, we ignore them, we annihilate
them, but we seldom pause to understand
them. their mission, their relation TO lie
and to Us.
A feature of this new book OF Mr.. Mat
thew is the prominence given TO the Ina-
sjcal translation given to bird calls. ne
has gone about tins study with great care
and thoroughness.
The character of his book would have
suggested the variety of nature III MI
Matthews had not done it himself: "One
OF the first things that impresses the Oh
server of nature is her infinitude' Iherc
isanew kind of bug On some stick or stone
in every country We enter. There are
countless miniature butterflies fi1tting
among the weeds and grasses, no Two Oh
which are alike. The tree toad fafnillaf
voice pipes in the swamp, but there are
other voices piping with it which we can
not trace to their proper source. To every
one thing we know, or think we know,
there are tw enty others which we are quite
sure we do not know
"a wild rose, we thought, was simply
wild rose, hut we learn that there are n
dozen species, each one with distinct
character its own. The little frog
called The Savannah cricket chirps MS
cricketlike ehirp in New Jersey, and we
imagine we hear him in New Hampshire;
but, ne; it is another larger frog, with
similar voice We thought a cricket was
simply a cricket, with a ch1rp- the SAME
tlle world over Notso There are cr.ckets
and crickets, ani each species has its own
| song. No two robins sing precisely Tue
| same melody: no two Wilson thrusneS roii
| out their double-toned notes in exactiy the
| same way Always variety, endless Va
| riety. never any senseless repetition IN
Nature. She gives us serial story which
is never fully told. Month succeeds monua'
| chapter succeeds chapter, and ever there
| is something new New York D. APP
| nleton & Co. Washington: BrentanoD
4 .1,1Nf No
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-03-24

The tariff bill is now before the
lower house Of congress and the de
bate, which il now in progress. will
continue until the 31Jt inst, when a
vote will be taken on the
The Democrats will simply aim to
make a little capital for use among
their constituents, though that will
be found a very difficult matter after
three years of the Wilson-GOrman
abominatiOn. The house will make
quick work of the tariff bill, but in
the senate it will be delayed as long
as possible, there being no cloture
rule to shut on debate. Yet it Is
thought the bill will pass the senate
and receive the presidents signature
before July LIST. There should De some
rule whereby debate could be limited
in the senate. Senatorial prerOga-
tives and privileges are greatly
abused in that body. Some good
business methods should be intro
duced even il they disturbed b dig.
nifty and ruffied the temper OF some OF
the older members of that august
assembly. nottingham be gained by
unnecessary delay, while there is 8
great deal to lose.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-03-24
Adopting Free Text Books.

Upon the first Saturday of April
the electors of school district No.
|, and all other districts where the
required petition has been filed, will
be called upon to decide whether the
free text book law shall be made
operative in their districts, after Sep
TENDER LIST next. A special election
cannot be held for this purpose and
if not voted upon this year cannot
be adopted or rejected until one year
shall have elapsed.
The question of free text books for
pupils of the public schools is far
reaching, primarily whether the
principle of furnishing books to the
children is a good one, and secondly
whether it is advisable to put the
law in operation at this time.
The ARGUS believes that the schools
and everything about them should
be as free as the air we breath, but
is not yet prepared to take ground
for or against the adoption of the
law this spring. With the singlepur
pose of presenting a few facts and
placing a few queries before our
readers, for themselves to decide, this
article is written.
In the first place, what advantages
will free text books be to thechildren
or parents of Fergus county, but
especially to those of the Lewistown
district? 1t is argued that under
such a system children whose parents
are unable to provide them with
books will thus he supplied without
parents having to plead poverty to
the board of trustees. How many
families are there in Lewistown or
vicinity whose parents are unable to
provide them with books? Unques-
tionably there are many parents
who do not provide their children
with books, but would such parents
compel the attendance of their chill
dren if books were provided by the
district? How many of the children
would wish, when they are advanced
from one grade to another, to use
books which had een rendered dirty
and possibly torn by some other
scholar the year before? How many
of the parents would not prefer to-
buy their children new books and
thus be paying a double amount for
the providing of school books?
Another considerable question ia
what would be the cost of furnishing
these books and what additional
tax would be necessary? In consid-
ering this phase OF thesubject, figures
must necessarily be approximate.
The state board will not select the
books to be used until in May next
and what prices the publishers will
offer will not be known until that
time. But it is hardly probable that