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will be the annual lfincheons in Mrs.
Astors picture gallery, which can al
ways be relied upon by each genera
ton of debutantes, and as yet unan-
rounced entertainments by Mrs. Whit
ney, Mrs. Elbridge- Ts,Gerry, Mrs. Cal
vim S. Brice, Mrs H. Mortimer Brooks.
Mrs. Henry T. Sloane. and Mrs. Town
send Burden. With >all these ladies,
each one of whom presides over a
princely mansion and has always been
governed by the most hospitable in
stincts, how can New York be other
wise than gay.
A marked feature of the coming sea-
son will be the realization of the So
ciety OF. Musical Arts and their grand
entertainment Scheme, which is to be
inaugurated s6soon5 as the splendid
new Astoria, hptel can be got ready.
Here are to -b4 eight performances in
all, two of paRtonfple. two of vaude-
vile, and two will be devoted to bal
let and two to Vocal and instrumental
music. Each perfortmance is to begin
at II D. m. and continues until 1890
a. M, but what the gi1ded youth are
looking forward to with great Zest and
interest are the symposfums which are
to succeed. the. entertainments proper.
Speaking of the new entertainment
at the Astoria brings to mind that the
remodeled Sherry's modern palace Of
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striking, but the effect is really obtain
ed by the patient handling of insig-
nificant detail. The danger with this
kind of thing is that one becomes
absorbed in the 2unimportant handing
of san eyelash, perhaps, and one keeps
the.glass meant for small things screw
ed ever into ones eye, while the por-
trait, as a whole, IS for the. time for
gotten.
Jerome, however, is a portrait, in de-
tail OF in mass, to impress the reading
/ public, and the minor considerations of
cdat or waisteoat would have to be
nlade more prominent than they. are to
| wEaken the IMPRESSION Of his proud
Young head.av-a..
Jerome Edwards.est boy of twelve, is
the. reposi tory # 99rsall the traits of his
puritan ancestors, s6ftened hardly at
all-in hissiooyish Keeping from the un-
yielding temper, that they took in the
beat of strife and persecution. Pride
lis his curse, as it was his forefathers',
and truly they were a stiff-necked
generation. Reticence, which is really
THE offspring Of New England pride, is
Fhiss~in equal degree, and the time will
coEae in his ySaHg manhood when the
two. together willslead him to be silent
about his l0Eesswhen the woman who
loves him Wits because of his restraint.
Half starved, half frozen, wholly
brave, he is a little new world stole,
and with his fists clinched meets fate
half way. His father, borne down by
a mortage, disappears one day, and
jerome finds his hat on the edge of
dead Hole in the ten-acre Wood-lot.
Confronted by the shame Of suicide, the
boy sinks 4thez hat in the pool and re-
fuses to admit the suspicion. A few
days later Ann Edwards, tied as ever
by rheumatism to her CHAIR, directs the
preparations for her husbands funeral
and holds with stiff dignity the grew
some obsequies without amy coffin nor
any bearse nor any professionally
the mourners."
Jerome is confronted by his mother,
Tlnlira, and the mortgage and accepts
the burden, boy though he is, without
thought of escape. The book is the
story of his youth and is therefore the
story of struggle embittered by pride
and sensitiyeness, and made possible
by courage and endurance The idyl
of his love for Lucipa. Merritt, the
ioVial squire's daughter, is removed
FROM the usual IIdll Oh SUCH dlLdlIS III
Etory books by the early withdrawal
of all obstacles in its path, save the
lovers own stubborn pride and reti-
cence. It is difficult, indeed, for Lucina
TO believe that every energy of his pas
sionate nature is bent on winning her
when he makes no claim on her offered
love nor demonstration of his own. He
even repulses her maidenly advances,
and the reader, though seeing his mo-
tives and ambitions, yet understands
the. womaH-shadowy child though
she is-better than this man. "a
woman who would sacrifice herself for
loves sake cannot understand the sac
rifica, nor the love, which refuses it"
The sspllot1 hinges on one OF those tho s
one. of .fhessTllQtlfs Of some Of Shake
speare's comedies. Miss Wilkins has
succeeded IN making her story plaus-
ible-nQs an le==in making US believe its
outcome the. only natural one, once
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-10
WILL NOT ACCEPT PARDON,

GLEN VILE, Oct. 9-The examina-,
tlcns In the Atkinson trial were resum-
cd thls morning. Charles lynch Of
ClarKsburg, who was administrator of
Judge Camden's estate, was examined
TOT the purpose of proving that Mrs.
atkinson transacted business for Judge
Camden, her former husband ana that
her authority to do so was at all times
recognized. The statement of the wit
ness was favorable to the point. Letters
bearing Judge Camden's Signature.
heretofore introduced by the defense.
We're submitted to the witness upon
Cross examination. To one an addenda
appears, Which the state Sought to-
snow had been written in different ink
from the body The answers of witneas
as to the matter, left it open to doubt.
William Radcliffe, who had, knuwns
Judge Camden for twenty-five Years.
ana mad purchased land from him,
testified that Mrs. Atkinson had, with
the consent and under authority Of
Judge Camden, given witness receipts
Tor purchase money. These receipts
were introduced and filed as evidence.
Inc witness stated that Judge Cam
den, In his lifetime, said that anv.
business transacted by Mrs. Atkinson.
then Mrs: Camden, was all right
Inc defense introduced this afternoon
several witnesses whose testimony was
along the same.line, and of Substantial
~ the same character as that hereto,
1ore given. Public interest eenters in
the anticipated appearance of Mrs. At
k1nson on the stand in her own behalf.
Mrs. Atkinson is reported as saving
To-Day that in the event of conviction.
which she does not at all expect, she
will not accept a pardon at the hands
of the governor.
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A NOVEL TROLLEY SCHEME.

The Objectionable feature Of the overhead
trolley system has prevented its adoption In
the business part Of New York city, but the
enormous cost of putting in cable or third
rail lhant has kept the owners Of street car
lines on the qui vive for anything new and
less costly Of installation. There comes from
abroad the drawings of a new style OF trolley
invented by Londoner, named j. G.. w. AID
ridge which, If 1T does all that is claimed for,
II, Will De a boon to New York and London
transportation companies, says the Herald.
One advantage claimed for the system Is
that, while 1t gets its power from overhead,
only the poles are visible in the street, and
as these may also serve for electric lighting
there Is practically no more structural work
in the streets than Is ordinarily required for
public lighting. Furthermore the poles ara
shorter than is usual for overhead trolley
system.
Instead Of the wires being strung on poles
each car Is fitted with it's own wire; the poles
are erected at short intervals of sDace 40
That when the wire son the car leaves the
conductor on one pole 1T connects with that
on the next. ;
The inventor has provided for the possi-
bi-ity OF the poles being placed at a greater
distance apart than the length Of the wire
skrung over the roof of the car and TO bridge
over the intermediate gaps current Is sup
piled by means Of an insulated surface con-
tact plate, fixed In the ground between or.
near the track rails In a. somewhat similar
way to the underground trolley system Each
contact piece of this kind Is situated midway
between the poles, and long shoe is mounted
underneath the car, so as to connect with the
metal plate, which projects slightly above the
street surface.
In this way a continuity OF current is main.
tanned. as before the underneath shoe leaves
the pate the overhead wire connects with the
power from the poles.
To prevent the street surface contacts from
being always ''alive''-tihat is, permanently
connected with the feeding wires from the
generating station-they areaconneeted up to
switch contacts mounted upon the roles and
operated automatically by means of side ex-
tensions.
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known" by Prosper Merimee, translated by

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Henri Pene du Bots. SIPS.
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and Country library. so cents 1.-THE Story Of
tunes Footballs" by G. B. Burgin, Town and
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of the Hour !

given the circumstances and characters.
The mention of characters reminds
US again of the dozen or more New
Englanders, of various walks in lie,
each one demanding especial recogn1-
ton; but as this review is written
merely to warn our readers that a pook
has been published Which is really
worth the reading, it is not necessary
that we be longer about saying it, and
we leave to Miss wilkins readers the
Measure of meeting for themselves
Squire SQUIRE Eben Merritt, his three old
friends, and Qzias Lamb, Dr.. F Prescott
and the whole fraternity OF the pour
house.
one noticeable feature of Miss WIKI.
ms work is Sc. pronounced in Jerome,
that we can not refrain from com
menting upon it, while we wonder
that it has not been more generally OBJ
served. Her men are in every
respect so vastly superior 70
her women. We do not mean
by this that She has drawn the
portraits Of the men with. greater aoll-
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that the spice Of intense interest as to the
outcome will be given to what might other
wise be comparatively fat and prosaio so
cial doings.
Undoubtedly every resource that wealth
and social fnesse can employ will be brought
into play, especially by those who want to
rehabiHtate themselves 10 force the recogni-
ton that would otherwise perhaps. be not
conceded to them The dinner dances to be
given during the winter will, on account Of
their exclusive character, be O test showing
who are to be-;ostracized and who are to be
cordially received in the different sets. and
the season viii not be far advanced oefore
ly drawn.
Then, as at Newport there will be among
those who find that they, are not ON the
lists weeping, wailing and gnashing OF
teeth. ;" and general effervescence OF angry
passions and wounded pride, that would
take a wand of a magician to straighten out
~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-10
to be sedulously drilled before they can give
off hand and clear statements about their re-

to be sedulous1y drilled before they can give
off hand and clear statements about their re-
lationships to each other
The little Fabbri baby, the granddaughter
Of Mrs William H. Vanderbilt, is of house
hold driven distracted by the unapproved
marriages of the eldest daughter, Mrs. David
Hennen Norris and the only son, young
Elliot Shepard. The little Whitney baby,
the granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt receives no welcome from Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Jr who himself Is at
variance with her parents and grandparents,
/ and then there are two other mothers, Mrs.
| Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr. and Mrs. Oliver H.
P. Belmont, who never speak as they pass
| by and no steamer crossing the Atlantic is
! large enough to carry them In It's same list
| of passengers and finally there is the child
| of the Burden-Sloane marriage recently born
| at Lenox, who will have to be taught that
| it is a social sin to play with at least some
| half-dozen children who are near relatives.
| Take it all in all, it is complex social
| kaleidoscope sufficient to make one dizzy to
| contemplate. What effect these social dis
| agreements will have on the forthcoming
! whirlpool Of social gaiety remains TO be seen.
1t may from its rivalries and jealousies,
which will naturally ensue. cause in one
| sense more brilliant and interesting sea-
| son than would otherwise be the case. I'm
| like the feuds of the Montagues and Cepu-
| let's 1t will not probably end in tragedy, but
4 there will doubtless be such intense de-
| sire on the part Of these social enemies to
outvie each other In their entertainments
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NeU Joys for NeW Yorks 400.
X
: Unless All Signs Fail the Coming Social
4 Season Will Be One of Rare Gayety.

Special Correspondence Of the Globe,
NEW YORK, Oct. New York is
about to surpass Paris in population
be outdone by that gay city in the
splendor and brilliancy Of it's functions
in fashionable life. There are indica-
tons that the coming season will be
one Of unexampled gayety.
In contrast with last winter every
thing is boomihgsaand the era of pros
perity has nes arrived. Added to this
will be the s4Nong desire Of our social
leaders to emulate, If not surpass,
what can be done abroad, and thus
add their quota toward making this
the imperial city it is destined to be.
While there will be no regular opera
season in the sense that we have had
it Of late years, owing. to preparations
not having-been made sufficiently In
advance, there will be no dearth OF
operate and musical attractions.
When Mrs. William Astor, whose
succession of dinner parties at New
port has been Of such brilliant
character, hasayisited Mr.. and Mrs.
estate on the Hudson, and will again
take a leading part in the dcings Of
New York's social elect and intends
giving her customary grand ball and
round of dinner parties.
Friends Of the Bradley-Martins, who
have been entertaining on so royal
scale during the summer at their
princely estate at Balmacaan, in Scot
land, have received word that they in
tend to return to New York early in
the winter, and that they have in con-
temptation the giving Of another grand
entertainment that will vie in gor-
geousness with their spectacular fancy
dress ball at the Waldorf last winter,
which was the. talk Of both CONT
nents.
Mr.. Bradley-Martin's shooting prop
erty. by the way, is one Of the best
preserves in Scotland, and offers mag
nificent sport. The deer forest is
capable of yielding fifty or sixty stays,
and a similar number of kinds, while
the bag of grouse is also very heavy.
There are all other kinds Of game in
great abundance. Besides the forest
ground, which occupies about $4,000
acres, there are eleven. or. twelve thou
sand acres. of low ground, on which
the sport is first rate, a heavy bag of
pheasants, cartridges and all kinds Of
country game being had in an ordinary
season. lr.
Anxious mamfnas and eXpectant deb
utantes are c6linting the chances for a
gay winter. Iet them take heart of
grace and ease from troubling on this
annually mooted question. What more
can they want than what has already
been definitely promised; namely, three
assemblies at the Waldorf, three cot1l
lions at Delmonico's a Friday evening
dancing class at Sherry's, two dances
in January, -alseSto.take place at Sher-
rvs, and innumerable other smaller Or
CARNATIONS Then let the youthful
Imagination reVeI in the prospect of
monster dinnerIaaneess at Mrs. stuy-
vesanf Fish's, ofsrefinedsand exclusive
gatherings at the HeWitt<nansion,H CT
ball after ball in Mrs. Arson Phelps
Stokes Louis. Quinze ball ROOM, near
3 to which Isl a. Moeaiis4s apartment with
"a. fountain in the r eenter lamps burn 7
ing low aid g every thing pointing to
sentiment ans and i fiji ifer Then there tlle
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BOOKS

&novel that is to be reckoned with as
>one.of the important pieces of the year
fiction is Mary. Wilkins Jerome,
Poor Man" It is the first novel of
length by Miss Wilkins, that really full
fills the hopes of those of US who were
startled into expectancy by her early
sketches.~4W hi4e its length precludes
the intensity that she. is able to
crowd into her short stories, she yet
shows power of sustained passion
WHICH is. certainly the more effective
because we are allowed to feel that she
herself has exercised that repression of
emotion which. is at once the blessing
and the curse of her New Englanders,
and which she appreciates SO exactly.
Miss Wilkins style reminds one OF
those old portraits painted on ivory
which, though life Size, were yet work
ed attnder a powerful magnifying glass,
in a way the treatment seems bold and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-10
A Turf Item.

Dumbleton-I notice that stirrup, the popu-
lar jockey, has gone insane.
Flasher-Yes; but he finds eongenial en-
ployemnt right along.
Dumblestone-Don't sayl In what way7
Flasher-Thinking up names for racing
horses-Richmond Dispatch
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still ON the Free List.

THE new tariff may have raised the prices
of some things" remarked the observer Of
men and things, but talk is cheaper than
evsr.'-Detrodt Journal.
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On Our Book Table.
From the st. Paul Book and Stationery com
pany:
Brentano's. Chicago-'Letters to an I'm
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real, but loses thus nothing of the i'm
press of reality. The five principal
characters, two old men; one old
woman, a young man and a maid are
fools in their several ways, but fasci-
mating, loVable fools that one would
not turn from their folly.
1t is difficult, indeed, to give an idea
OF the tale, for ones enjoyment Of it
depends so largely on coming within
the circle Of old-fashioned idealism
which makes both plot and people
plausible; and in a cold analysis Of plot
and style it's peculiarities would
mount into idiosyncrasies and all sense
of proportion would be lost; in the
book itself a quaint sense Of humor,
sometimes elusive and SUBTLE some
times heavy-handed almost to brutal
ity, creates an atmosphere which modi-
fies and softens the effect. The tale is
not pretentious, but it seems to the
reviewer that it deserves high rank
among the numerous romances of the
day.
snaith. Appletons Town and Country Ii
brary. go cents. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company
Cursed by Fortune" is story by
George Manville Fem, to which it is
quite impossible to attribute much orr
ginality. Kitty, the pretty heroine, is
the unfortunate possessor of f150,000,-
and in consequence of this curse is the
victim Of fortune hunters. Her uncle
tries to gain her fortune by marrying
her to his son, but Kitty is allowed
one faithful lover and is not quite de-
serted by kind Providence-goo for
tune comes to her in the loss Of her
riches and she finally marries the he
roic doctor and lives happily ever
after.
C'Cursed by Fortune" by George Manville
Fem. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago. ST.
For sale by the St. Paul Book and Stationery
company
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with Pessimist in SPAIN" shortly to
be published by A. C. McCIurg & Co., of
Chicago, is a book designed to inform the
tourist Of many charming spots in Spain,
somewhat after the manner Of Washington
who writes from full personal knowledge of
her subject and conducts the reader to the
most interesting places, imparting in pleas
ant conversational style much history, 70
nance and legend.
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Harper & Bros. are to publish on October
Is: Celebrated Trials an account, by
yer, and author of Extraordinary Gases, -
of several trials Of unusual interest and i'm
portance, in which he has himself taken part,
including the historic trial of Boss Tweed
essays literary themes, by Prof. Harry
Thurston Peck; ''Alan Ransford,' novel,
by Ellen Douglas Deland; "Ars Recte Vi
vendi,'' essays, by George William Curtis,
selected from the Easy Chair on. the. art
of making the best of life; "Outlines in Local
Color" collection of stories of New York
city, by Brander Matthew'S 9Stuart and Ba1n-s
Greene author t of ~! vesty Of d the Basins and
other popular stories; and John Leighton
Jr.," a novel, by Katrina Trask.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-10

MAN and Machine is the title of strfk-
ing article from the pen of the Ri. Rev.
Henry G. Potter, D. D., bishop Of New York,
in the North American Review for October,
the bishop discussing, apart from other things,
the tendency of the increased employment
of machinery to mechanicalize the workman.
No one, he asserts, can fall to perceive the
enormous gains in convenience, comfort, and
luxury from the application of machinery to
the arts. But the great gain is not without
cost in many ways and Of many kinds, and
to the individual who works at handieraft
it is real and serious
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Notes.

The October number of the Forum may we'll
be described as an international one OF its
twelve interesting articles, no fewer than
seven England, Turkey and India, The
ternational Bimetailism' (both for and
against, Statistics versus Socialism" uni
versities and the Higher Education of Wom-
en-" and Naval Warfare; Present and Flu
ture''-concern the other great nations OF
the earth besides ourselves; while Our
Need of Merchant Vessels" and 'The Pro-
tective Features of Section 22'' treat of sub
jects of immense Importance to the United
States. Though not the leading article in the
table of contents, C. Wood Davis paper on
The Impending Deficiency of Bread-stuffs"
readily claims the first attention of the reader
by reason of it's universal interest.
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feMr. Peters" by Ricardo Stephens Harp
St Paul Book and Stationery conlpany1
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-22

DAVIS. lie protests against nine~
tv.nine men drawing up q 70 m
II Constitution for the people TO
vote Oh, the is very quiet about
this privilege of yoting,) but he
daes saw that it should given to
T,eoi-Iaiure, a parallel body with
the Convention, to our mind.
Mr.. Turney's distinctions are
massive: his inuendoes, exquisite.
lie obircrs to the competition
Of the Convention, Are not the
neonle TO be trusted at this time?
What is Mr.. Turner's idol, the
Legislature, but representatives
from that same people whom he
desplses so much? Are not legis
latures duplicated session af er
session?
Why Andrew jackson should
he drawn into this controversy
we cannot understand, but it
sounds we'll to quote from HIM,
We believe with MIR. Turney the
people can be trusted to do the
right thing, and we hope they
will do so by calling a Convention
and by so doing denounce the i'm.
plicatiou that they do not know
what is best for them.
After cOutradictiug his pre-.
vlous assertion by saying that
the people have discovered fat4I
defects in the Constitution, h,
saws that the advocates Of a con,
stilution are fighting behind {
masked battery? Are not ouI
opponents using Pete Turney FOL
the battery on their side?
Nc, no, Mr. Turney, we can
net follow you. You protest toc
much.