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Inn THE LITERARY Field.

IA xhe Crosse RosxSs" By r. n. Mcuts
Dcr. Cloth. prize $l.0D. -. Appl9to0 J.
Co. publishers. New York.
Miss Ma,trcsor's novels have gainsd be-
quite literary reputation within thu lset
few years. Her latest story Il original.
powerfuA. artistic afxi tusichsi with me
humor. The development OF the charac-
tiers I'm their varying LONDON environments
Will arrest tho attc1stton OF every readse
who cares for the finer phases OF fiction.
The novel N more varied IN its action.
types and incidents than the authors
earlier work, and It u Of unhaxg:ng inter.
cs, from cover 10 covcr IL tells the story
OF womam who married an ex-convict
and whose twisted HIVES were tilivd with
str~nge incidents and with a tender beau-
tiful love.
THE Daughter of a Hundred Millions"
BY virginaa Niles Leeds. L. Tennyson
Needy, publisher. New York. From Bot
tier Bros. Houston
The story of an American n,llionaircss
who married an English lord. She did
not marry Tor title. however and IN
this respect the story varies somewhat
from the us,,ai Observation-Disclosures matri-
mcnial contract Tho heroise Is a girl
who co,ad boast no Titled ancestry. but
Whose father had acquired Immense wealth
and had thus given her an entrce into the
hes; society, she despises those who lawn
upon her mercy for her wealth and Is In
clired To trcaiL all s,i.tors with coldness
anu ind,frerense. An exception Is niNda
| in tho case of Lord Harrow. however.
| THOUGH only after both have gone through
many painful SCENES.
Twelve Naval Captains" by Molly FL
| lot Scawell Cloth, price 81 aa. Charles
| s'cHbier's Sons. publishers. New York.
| a book for the youth OF the country.
| containing inhe history OF twelve naval
! con nanders who made themselves i'm
| mortal. Tho officers selected from the
| Ions Est of brave anh deserving captains
Were; Paul Joilea Rinhard paie, Thomas
| Truxtun. William Bainbridsc. Edward
| Profile. Stephen Decatur, Richard Somers,
| Isaac Hail. Charles stewart, Oliver Haz-
ard l'erry. Thomas Maodonough aud
| James Iawrence. 1t Is an Interesting req
| ord ami Is well written.
Facts and Fakes About Cubs," by
| George Bronson Rev,- George Munios
| sons publishers, New York.
This work is intended AS reviow of the
| various stories circulated In the United
States CONCERNING tho present cuban in
snrrectson Res was special corresponds
ont IN cuba for the New York Herald ana
| claims 0hat the irslrrection N that co,in-
| try II a farce and that all tho other news
paper men sent 20 Cuba have baseiy ex-
aggerated the cause of the Insurgents in
AN attempt to emhroil TINS country into q
war with Spasn, careful perusal of
the work, however shows that Rea Is In
chncd to cxagerrate also. and II may be
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

The travelling men OF Eastern Maine
have added new story to their repertoire.
Hancock county man being the subject.
says the Lewiston Journal During the
musical festival at Bangor. they say, John
stepped into a Bangor hotel for dinner.
Now, IL happened that the hotel man had
leased the off side OF his hill OF fare to a
local carriage manufacturer, who placed
an "ad" thereon. with illustrations. John
sat al the table The waiter, being in
something OF hurry passed the bill
wrong side out John saw the wheels.
put OH his spectacles, curled his mustache
with his left hand, straishtened up, looked
at the girl and said: 'I'll take scrambled
eggs, a Bangor buggy, a couple OF punis
and road cart. Got any yheelbarrows q
The girl few
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IHE LAIE MAGAZINES.

The Christmas number OF the Century
reflects mach of the holiday spirit The
opohng article Ia MERRY Christmas in
the Tenemonts," by Jacob A. R.is author
OF How the Other Half Lives and other
studies OF life IN tho tenement districts
Of New York. Mr. n IA shows that even
IN the most poverty stricken parts OF the
city gate,y aud good feeling are to be
found az the EhtiGiuass season, The article
hus many charat tetistic litstm lions by
Jay Iiambiige. Clarence Cook contributes
u sketch of the author OF the familiar
poem OF clGldhoo1. "'TYas the Night he
fore Christmas and n portrait rs given
of the author. Or Clement c. Moore The
late General Francis A, Walker is repro.
scented by paper ON THE Causes OF Pow
crty."
In MrClure's Magazine for December
Anthony Hope gives the first ine,aliment
OF the SEQUEL 10 ''The Prisoner OF Henda."
| II opens most anRsgingy. Up 10 the tnai
| mark of the beat the author has done be-
| fore, II not beyond. is also the story by
| kbpllrg. In pom, OF length IL is really u
| novelette, AMI II combines in one nara
| tive the diverse attractions OF his prev'-
| ous stories OF army life In India and his
| tales of the jungle. the part Of hero being
divided aboln evenly between young
| English officer and "clonied" tiger. The
| ALTERATIONS Of the story are exceptionally
|
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fttle word ING hrEt 81 the 'lnst-so
'rtny .rhroalt ;, +, y, 4, nm ensIroly ,,,ffer,
| emf vein from anything MIR Kipiing has
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| Mothers Christmas and thc Daughters.
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| ma B,,liet - ,v Slnie Read ana "A Christ
mas GIFT" by Abb.e Farwen Brown. In
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M'kINLEY'S FINGER IN 1T.
washington Correspondence Of the New
York Journal.

Washington Correspondence OF the New
York Journal.
The silver republicans Of the Wolcott
stripe are accusing the administration Of
an act OF treachery. 1t has Just
leaked out that the failure of the VOL
cott commission to bring about the consent
OF Great Britain to opening the India mints
is due entirely to the nterposition OF the
administration at Washington, which
stabbed its own commission in the back
This startling information comes from an
indsputable source, and Will one DAY ne
capable of documentary proof AS II Is. Inc
fact is known TO too many people IN WASH
ington and in London to DC successfully
controverted or covered M
When the silver commission. composed OF
Senator Wolcott, ex-Vice President stew
enson and Gensral Paine. left Tor Europe
last spring IT, had no written instructions,
hit senator Wolcctt, as its head, had sew.
eral conferences with the president anu
secretary Gage on the general subject OF an
| international agreement as to silver COIN
age. In France the commission formulated
| lis proposition. the salient features oi
which were that France and the United
states should open their nints TO the Tree
and ,palimiied coinage OF silver at the ralio
/ of ISM TO l. contingent upon the cons en'
| of Great Britain TO again throw open tbs
mints Of India and TO have the Bank oi
England keep one-fifth Of its reserve IN
silver
Cordial support met this proposition II
Paris. on arriving in London regotia'
lions progressed favorably until taei
agreement vas reached that under ia
yorabIe conditions the Bank OF Englan'
would coustnt TO maintein the required
| silver reserve. The proposition regard
ing the Indian minis was next takei
up.
| Suddenly a dsmpsr was thrown on IN
EFFORTS Of Senator Wolcatt and his asso
| ciates. The American ambassador Mr.
Hay. for the first CINE nnmmuniclte'
the formal propositions Of the siiSe
commission TO the administration
WASHINGTON. 1t was ths first iutlInatic'
thas prssident Mckinley and secfetar
Case had received rs to what the Weel
cot commission considered an equitanl
sarremen, for International btmetallislu'
| Al .he very naSt cabinet meeiing TIM
| was early in potoberl tho subject wa
| discussed In detail. Secretary Gage DIV
| terlv ornosed the proposition. He roinie
cut that when the Ean' Of England hs
| maintajned its one ATTN, reserve ~ suTs
4 ~ obligations were at an end. ana 'nh
even we're the minis OF India ana OF fiahS
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something Wrong.

This coffee docs not seem quite right
dear" said young Mr.. Hunnimoon % the
best little bride in the world.
II know 1t doesn't" replied his inexper-
ienced little @ife with tears IN per Np.ee-
And | can't Imagine what is ;he matfer
with il. either. 1t is the FIRST time J ever
n,ade coffee, dear. and I'm afraid I've done
semsthing wrong. The seeds nave it3n
,.on'f get eoft What do YOU suppose ii
the matte'."
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John IL. GENTRY and Robert j. Re-
tired for the Year.
for the Year.

John r. Gentry and Robert j., the Two
pacing kings. who travelled over the coun-
try IN a palace car during their campaign
this season. have been retired for the
year The ''hlack and gold' campaign was
n GOOD fnamclal Investment for Lewis q.
Tewksburv, the owner of the pair. cor II
Melted him enopSh 10 pay al expenses aud
la nut back into his bank account the
sum he paid for them. If they are in
good condition when next season opens
they Will be dangerous competitors N the
free-for-all class on the grand cirenii.
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MoIiie Elliott seawaIr. Niece.

WatNIllEIUl ItIttri
Miss Molie Elliott seawei., the well
known writer, Is 10 present her niece.
Miss Emily Page Kemp, to society on
Thursday Miss Kemp, rs her name inli-
Gates, Is relative OF the Pages as well
sstthe Nelson's OF virginia. The residence
III Inc reawei.s has, hes des It's Atmosphere
OF a .terary hah.fation. The interest n a
iypical Virginia homo, Astounding with
he.r,o1nns sSlt qua pi Furniture. Misr SEA
wells day al home 10 sunday. when most
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of the literary lights Of the city arc sure
TO he present, and frequently eminent
men and women from Other parts OF the
wGrd. car1n'Il Gibbons - very good
friend OF the family, as well as Joseph
I.-ff
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IT, r. Schmidt. Houston. Texas are sole
agents for Elmer a. Amends Prescri stion
No. 2s5i. which Is a cure against RheumA-
tism. One bottle will prove Il
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oil
in " Rbbtt
The exhibit OF pabbs Market hall during the festival
mosa
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West
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The storm wave will reach this meridian
and other changes will occur at and within
100 miles OF Houston within twenty-four
hours Of 5 p. m. of the daaes given be-
low:
December 12-lThreatening.
December 13--Changeable.
December l4--Cooler.
December l5--Cool.
December Moderatlng.
December 17--Warmer.
December is--Threatening.
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Ps present making comes to about
Unmarked the great editor, some
4 VINO can't afford it gives some fell
fouething he doesn't need"
"''n the senate flowers, which in the
sue must have cost thousands OF dol
caaS afternoon. Grosyenor. white
ann wordy, over in the house, got
| wreath OF flowers. but mixed up With
,ossoms came an excellent vocal me-
| puos made OF wool aud wood. What
/ Us about GroSvenor TO remind an ad-
4 ol merino buck | can't for myself
! don tknow much OF Grcsvenor and
'e,S OF merino bucks. | suppose, how
mere is some fine analogy between
- ana doubt me not hut Grosvenor' s
no buck testimonial was as deserved
was delightful.
part was in the chair IN tho senate
|, looked pleased as Punch. He
AZ was Hobart who landed
F. attorney general. To have one
I,ets o.ale SIDE partner put in as attor-
| t,a,s, a. naturally pleases an anthracite
| ~ ana railroad ringer like Ho-
~ n hobart and Griggs are tarred
8tinp ,oiPoFat|un silck, ana the
~ oi Griges means the safety OF
r." hence he smiles.
saAea about the senate enclosure
=" s"liery it's a vast deal like look
um corral full of eattle-my eye
'ea on your uncle Mark Hanna. Your
h seemed redder than usual as
',ase and there was wild. strained
~ MS gray eyes. Evidently the last
~ not u say the squeak al the
~ put our pemroils coal merchant
10 vsPaah' Hfnna wore the look for
Saa Seiia that belongs to man vh5
~ N getting over the fence just
ps'su!ng bun hooked OFF Inc tol
10 glad fol myself that Hanna
~ BACK ] need him in my hus.
'onP as the Buckeye senatnrsnip
~ 70 republican, the democrats
usf prefer Hanna. The old bn,
splendid issue. No man is sd
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Can Won tell me whether ynere IS more
money spent for whiskey In the unilea
States than for bread? Reaotr'
There = certainly more money spent Tor
whiskey than for bread, II II can be made
TO believe that about 81 worth Of bread
| is the average yearly consumption Of each
Individual In this country That Is about
the average whiskey expense account OF
| every man. woman and child in the
country. In this csnnecticn II may inter-
es. our correspondent twho Is evidently
! alarmed about this wfniskey business) to
know that there has been a tremendous
decrease in the sale OF spurious liquors
/ in the country in the last few years. In
4 isss the production was iSl.0lo.Ss0 gallons;
I'm ls9; only 92,l53eJ0.
who was the npother OF King George RI,
! OF EEglanA? Was his insanity Inherited
! from his mother, or was II contracted
/ otherwise? W. X. n.
George III Of England was the grandson
of George ii. and the son of Frederick,
Prince OF Wales. and of Augusta OF Saxe-
Goaihe Both George /. and George II.
were queer" much given 70 following
wilkins and impulses which were some
times 30 ex;ravagant as TO cause a siisp;-
olor OF the sanity Of both. There was
rttIe evidence. however Of h.s hereditary
faint previous 10 the development of m
sanity in the case OF George III. though
some writers take Abe ground that m
SANITY was i3b%r.'ed IN the family III
the case OF George Ill. the affiiction as
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
PREACHER ON A RAIL.
Kansas Style of Protest Against the
Radical Language.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. 12.-Rev John
CogsWell, an itinerant evangelist, held
a meeting in a school house near CSf-
ton, in Lincoln county, in which he
made last night a fierce attack upon
dancing, card playing and other
amusements. He declared that liter
airy societies We're institutions of the
devil, and denounced all who attended
them, He then launched out in a
TRADE against dancing, and after eX-
hausting his vocabulary of epthets
to apply to those who engaged in such
amusements, reached a climax of de-
nunciation by calling all women and
girls who danced 'hell-cats."
The Sermon" aroused intense feel
ing in the neighborhood and the young
men resolved to punish the preacher
Accordingly a committee of them took
him out of bed, clad only in his night
clothes, and rode him two miles on a
rail. They then gave him a tongue
lashing, and told him they would give
him just twenty-four hours to leave
the county. He was informed that il
he had not departed by that time they
would apply a coat of tar and feath-
erS.
He was in a pitiable condition from
made up a small purse for him. He
was wholly unable to walk, and had tC
be hauled to the railway station, where
he took the first train, not saying
where he was going.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
THE OLDEST POSTMASTER.
Joseph Strobe Has Handled Letters
for Fifty.siX Years.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The oldest postmaster in continuous
service in the United States lives in
Central Pennsylvania. His name is Jo-
seph Strode and he lives at Strode's
Mills, a pretty village in Mttin
county.
This old pioneer postmaster, says the
Cresson Record, has held the one posi-
tion since 1S45, and still holds 1t at the
present time, although he is now in his
eighty first year. AS a recognition of
his long and faithful service for the
government, the postoftice department
at Washington had his picture on eXhi-
bition at the Worlds fair, and it was
considered one of the most interesting
features of that great department,
Strode's Mills is a quaint, old fash
ioned village situated in the heart of
Mifflin county. The country surround
ing it is rich in farming lands and val
liable ore and sand mines. Although
the place is over a century old it's in
habltants only number 200. The peo-
pie are mostly well-tO-do, and ever
since the establishment of the village
the lands have passed down from one
generation to another, and very seldom
has it been that these handed down
properties have gone out of the family
possession. They are a happy race of
people, contented with their lot, and
seldom if ever bothering the outside
world They are in reality world to
themselves, and as such but little is
ever head of them outside of their viii
lage limits.
In 1889 Armor Strobe received the ap-
pointment of postmaster during Mar
tin Van Buren's administration, and
continued in office until his death in Au-
gust, 1916, Joseph STROBE, the present
postmaster was made his assistant in
1910, and at his fathers death received
the appointment through Cave John
son, postmaster general under Presi-
dent Polk. For the last ten years his
son, Amar a. Strobe, has been his as
| Sistant
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
BOYER FOR GOVERNOR.
What a Harrisburg Paper Has TO Say
About Various Real or Alleged
Gubsrnaiorial Booms.
From the Harrisburg Patriot.

From the Harrisburg Patriot.
The number of candidates for COVER
nor Is becoming legion. The latest can
didates for this high office are Speaker
Boyer and Adjutant General Stewart.
People on the hill who claim to know
say that Boyer will announce himself
as a candidate at the proper time. The
list of gubernatorial candidates at pres
ent comprises Congressman William a,
Stone, of Allegheny; Congressman c.
w. Stone, of Warren; Congressman
elect William Connell, of Scranton;
Congressman John Leisenring, of Lu-
zerne; General John a. Wiley, of Frank
lin, commander of the Second brigade.
and Secretary of the Commonwealth
Reeder
The wealthy men in the governorship
race are Congressman-elect Connell and
Congressman Leisenring. William Con-
nell is a warm personal friend of Gov
ernor Hastinsg and he is close to Quay
He is today one of the best adherents
of the Beaver statesmen. In the COM
bine struggle he was on the governors
side, but he never missed a chance to
say a good word for the "old man"
When Quay had won his Craftsmanship
fight Mr.. Connell was one of the first of
his opponents to acknowledge defeat.
At no time have Connell and Quay in
their political relations been far apart.
General John A. Wiley, of Franklin,
is one of the full-fedsed candidates for
governor from the west. II is under
stood he is banking on the help of the
combine element in Allegheny county.
Little is heard of General Wiley as a
dangerous gubernatorial candidate in
| L.,
| playing his cards to be adjustant gener-
al of the next administration. He is
well known among the Guardsmen of
| the state and his support emanateS
largely from military service.
| Congressman Lesenring was a COM
hiner, but as national delegate to st.
/ Louis he was one of the staunchest
men in favor of Quay for president.
| The combners are very active and are
| giving out the impression that Con-
gresham w. A. Stone, of Allegheny,
| will not be considered by the Quayites
! because he will not have the full back
ing of his county. This will be true if
the factional warfare is maintained
and it is pretty sure to assume a bitter
condition since Dick Quay has been
arrested for libel.
Senator Quay is expected to retalate
when his llith and kin are attacked
Magee and Finn believe they have
enough votes in the legislature TO pre-
vent any changes in the charters OF
second class cities, but it is thought
here that old man Quay will now take
off his coat and put up fight for re
form in the government of the cities
that will make the opposition hustle.
1t is understood that John Wana-
maker will be the candidate for COVER
nor of his faction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
BUSINESS INCREASING.
The Disruption Of the Steel Rail Pool
Stimulates Trade in Many Di-ec.
tions..-Money Market Easy.

New York, Feb. 12.-R. G. Dun e Co.
will say in their Review of Trade today:
No other event of the week APP
proaches in Importance the disruption
of the steel rail pool In two days al
ter it, a greater tonnage of rails was
probably surpassed than the entire pro-
duction last year. The amount is re-
ported at 100000 tons and instead OF S2S
in December and $25 in January, SIT is
now the price at which works east and
west are seeking orders. The Carnegie
company are selling at SIT Chicago de-
livery. These sales will employ many
thousand hands with an important in
crease in the cost of track laying or
renewals to railroads. Even more i'm
portant is the result that reconstruc-
ton of the billet pool will be impOssi-
BILE, as long as the contest over rails
continues and the manufacturer of
structural forms, bars, rods, fire nails
and many other products has chance
to secure cheap material.
Another event of influence is the
purchase of 100000 pieces of print cloths
at 2.56 cents, which has already caused
an advance to 2.69 cents with a strong
er tone for prints and other cotton
goods. The moral influence of such a
purchase, manifesting confidence in the
future is apt to be great. AS the con-
tract to shut down part time many
mills producing print cloths is going
into effect, the productive capacity and
wages of operatives will be for time
reduced, but if a demand of traders to
replenish stocks Is started, the effect
was altogether beneficial. The woolen
industry also meets an increased de-
mand for new and medium goods, and
dozen mills have started against three
stopping for various reasons.
Speculation in products has hardly
been more active than of late, and
prices generally tend downward
Wheat rose a cent to Tuesday, but has
since declined 2.37 cents. The cotton
market has been depressed in like man.
ner The mills have curtailed their
production, but it is probable that not
more than fifth of the spindles will
be stopped a third of each week for a
quarters of a year The money mar
ket continues easy with money accu-
mulating here rapidly. Failures for
the past week have been 267 in the
United States against 321 last year
and 81 in Canada against 67 last year
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-13
EMIR OF NUPE OVERTHROWN.
Palace ofthe Fulah Ruler in Africa Is
Taken by the British.

London, Feb. l2.-Sir George Goldie
commanding the Royal Niger COM
pany's expedition against the emir of
Nupe, cables from the palace of the
emir at Bida on Jan. 20, saying that
the palace has been captured and that
all the members of the expedition are
well. Dispatches of yesterday stated
that Bida was to be bombarded ON Jan.
p. private telegram today adds
that one British officer, Lieutenant
Thomson, of the Leicestershire regi-
ment, was killed.
The capture of Bida probably COM
pletes the destruction of the Fulah
power, and will most likely add to the
territory of Great Britain in Africa.
The dispute between the emir of Nupe
and the Niger company Is one of long
standing, and, among other things,
grew out of the emir's practice of
executing slaves by the Wholesale, af-
ter raiding territory under the pro-
tection of the company in order to
obtain victims. Sir George Goldie,
founder and deputy governor of the
Royal Niger company, has repeatedly
warned the emir during past years
and in 1892, accompanied by Lord Scar
borough, he visited Bida and warned