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HYSTERIA IN LITERATURE.

The astonishing development of hysteria in
American literature within a comparatively
brief period may well arouse the concern of
Christian people of every denomination, says
a writer in the New York Observer. By hyste-
ria mean that class of NOR bid, cverwrought
writing, that gets itself published in books
with lurld titles ana nightmare covers-a cat
nival of sensationalism, Stiffness and incom-
prehenslble nonsense Some OF our most pro-
life writers seem TO have broken loose from
literary bedlam, and 10 be capering and crack
ing their heels in the face of the public, as if
there were no longer any such thing as de-
cency or propriety 10 be expected OF man
who wieds pen. The improbable, the dis
tressing, the fantastic, the immoral, are all
laid under contribution to furnish a feast
that will make the reader wriggle in his
chair. In one of these recent hysterical
volumes three collaborators put their
heads together 10 devise, collect or
''adapt' the most horrible stories possible
concerning the torture and death of infants.
This sort of thing is, perhaps, the worst
phase of the prevailing literature OF hysteria-
the use of the shocking, the revolving, the un-
mentionable, as a means for attracting the
attention of the reading public Then there
is another phase of literary hysteria-the
supremely silly. Nine-tenths of the affected,
abnormal school of modern writer's cultivate a
kind of obscure, giggling nonsense, because it
is easier to produce merely silly things than
anything else.
Such hysteria as this is more harmless than
the convulsive sensationalism of q more virile
class of writers, but no reader ever gets any
inspiration or help or enlightenment out OF It..
1t demoralizes by weakening the mental fiber.
Associated with the shocking and silly litera-
ture of modern hysteria is the no less out
landish and meaningless ''poster" craze. In
deed, the modern poster seems to be very
good visible reflection of the literature which
it is Intended TO advertise.
sterilize the hysterical in modern literature,
and that is to hold it up TO honest, hearty
ridicule. There is material enough for satire,
certainly, in the fantastic, pretentious, morbid
compound of poor literature and false art that
is now making such a persistent bid for popu-
lar favor. Those who easily drawn by
some new thing (and their number is con
siderable) have been readily fascinated by
this dime museum type of literature. They
will crowd to see the disem boweled infant, the
hypnotized girl, the man who turns his con-
science inside out, the yellow dancer, the red
realist and their like, until somebody with a
healthier imagination shows them the ridicu-
lousness and vulgarity of the whole thing.
Then they will all 60 home, ughing and the
shutters of hysteria will be put up; and much
elaborate stage scenery will pass into the
hands of that relentless old junk dealer
whom mortas call oblivion.
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FROM JENA TO MOSCOW.

LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Vol
ume III. BY William Miligan Sloane. New
YORK: The Century Company.
The third volume of Professor Sloanes great
history OF Napoleon is now out with pro-
fusion OF fine portraits, colored war scenes
and battle maps illustrating the positions and
movements of the opposing troops. 1t opens
in 1906 with an account of the condition of
the Prussians after their defeat at Jana and of
the mastery energy with which the con-
queror followed up his victory. 1t closes in
1912 with the evacuation OF Moscow, and re-
lates the beginning of the end, when the har-
ried, sick and exhausted Napoleon OF those
days left uninterrupted the mill tary feats to
retrieve his disasters that the Napoleon of
earlier days would have essayed. This vol
ume is not as whole, so interesting as the
second was, but a wel.-written and accurate
history OF the stirring events of that period
and further revelations OF the character of
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to be the most honest of all Bona parties gen.
erals, by which Hohenlohe was deceived into
needlessly surrendering a large army. The
marvel to the student of history is not so
much that these heroic. honest, but astute
generals of an INSCRIPTIONS age should lie to
each other as that they should have believed
ach other.
The beginning of Napoleon's great blunders
is pointed out to be the conscription of 1906
and in the same year came his complete sur
render to luxurious self-indulgence. He
coolly avowed that he was not to be bound by
the plain virtues of ordinary men. 1t was
then that he met in Warsaw the beautiful
Countess Walewska, and they became victims
of each others fascination.
In 1907 he began to relax his old method of
indefatigable attention to details and his dis
sipations increased. His reply to Josephine IS
jealous reproaches Is characteristic: "I am
different from every one else and accept the
limitations of no other"
An incident recorded of the ambitious Corsi-
cans ideas of the Turk and the Orient will be
of especial interest just now, when the Eastern
question Is to the fore. At Tilsit courier an
nounced to him the overthrow of the Sultan
Selim. "It is decree of Providence announc-
ing the end OF the Ottoman empire" he cried,
and thenceforth much of his conversation was
concerning the Orient GAS If inspired by
prophetic fire he sketched n missionary enter
prise for the liberation and regeneration of
Greece and for the emancipation and reor-
ganization of the lands and people on the
Danube and in the Levant by distributing
among them enlightened soveTeigns."
Among the most in teresting features of the
volume are: The meeting of the Emperors at
Tilsit, when the Gear was completely captiva-
te d by Napoleon's seductive powers; an esti-
mate of the crafty Talleyrand; an account of
Lucien Bonaparte's magnificent adherence to
principle in the refusal of the tempting crown
of Italy; the crime of the subversion of the
Spanish monarchy; the danger of sacking
Spanish towns; Napoleon's threat of chastise-
ment to the Spaniards, ending, "For God has
given me the power and the will to overcome
all obstacles; the death of the hero Lannes,
when Napoleon wept; the results of the inves-
tigation of Josephine's character, ''She was
not virtuous, she was not strong. she was not
even very beautiful; the fifth campaign
against Austria, which Bonaparte said was his
finest performance; the conqusror's meeting
with the savants, Wieland and Goethe, to
whom he showed more respect than he did to
royalty; and finally the planning of the Rus
sian invasion.
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AN UN,NISE MARRIAGE.

A sPoTLEss REPUTAT1oN-By. Dorothea
Gerard. New York: d, Appleton Co. For
tel Price 30 cents.
Geraldine is the lady beautiful in this
story, and the description Of the way the
diplomat, Walter NolebroKe met her In
magnificent garden of blooms, in which she
is the choicest flower, and instantly felt an
immense impulse to kiss q tiny hurt place on
the girls dainty finger. is well done. The in
PRODUCTION tempts the reader to read on and
learn the future of the fair one and the sud.
denly made captive of her charms. The out
come of things is unhappy. Geraldine's beauty
ovod q
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A PRIZE-WINNER.

THE MILL OF sILENCE-By B. E. J. Capes
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co
Price 81 so.
Chicago Records series of stories of mystery.
There were S16 competing. and the amount
divided among a few of the best stories WAS
$50, 900. The authors style is well adapted to
the writing of mysteries and before the first
chapter is finished he has placed the reader
under the spell of the weird. There is great
deal more to the story than the invention of a
plot intricate enough to puzzle the wits Of a
skilled detective. The peculiar characters de-
scribed are interesting and the author pos
sesses the faculty of making the manner of
telling as much reason for reading as the
m alter told.
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THE BIBLE DEFENDED.

THE OLD TESTAMENT UNDER FIRE
BY A. J. F. Behrends: New York: Funk &
Wagnalls Company.
The author of this little book, who is the
pastor of the Central Congregational Church
in Brooklyn. says that 1t was struck off at
white heat to NEE. the pressing emergency.
He had passed through the common ex-
perience of doubling the accuracy of the Old
Testament, as result of reading the higher
criticism, but after investigating the subject
for himself he came back to a faith in It's his
torical accuracy and literal truth. He admits
that it contains incomplete and variant nc
counts, which thus far have refused to melt
together in the critical crucible, but he adds
that these do not discredit the entire record
nor reverse its general movement.
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ABOUT FISHER FOLK.

PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE = By Mrs.
Amelia 4. Barr. New YORK: The Century Com
pxny. Price $l SO.
The fishermen of the Shetland Islands have
here furnished Mrs. Barr with material for q
fairly good story. These people are the de-
scendants of the Norsemen, and although they
have been Christia for generations they still
retain characteristics of the old heroic pagan
ism. In one of the characters the IDEA of ven-
geance for wrong rs often seems to him q
virtue as do the milder teachings OF his pro-
fessed faith. The Christianity OF these fisher
folk was Calvinism of the strictest type, and
the author speaks of them as being hedged
about with the phantoms Of gloomy creed"
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
CALIFORNIA; EARLY DAYS.

THE LITTLE LADY OF LAGUNITAS-By
Richard Henry Savage Chicago and New
York: Rand, McNally 81 Co. Price 26 cents,
The story opens with the stirring events of
1910 in this State. and there is mingling of
history and fiction through many fluent pages
1t tells of the seizure of the territory by the
United States and of the deep plots and ambi-
tions underlying it. Some account is given
of the wild days of San Francisco's beginnings,
when respectability had to give up the GEN.
trail part of the City to gilded and reckless
vice. The pathos of the change to the old
Spanish families is described as the superb
domain pass ed under the dominion of the
American.
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VERSES.

HEART TONES-By D. o'Kelly Branden. Buf-
falo and New York: The Peter Paul Book
Company.
This is a little book of short poems of patriot
ism. religion and sentiment, and one rather
long one on the "Visions of ST. Paul of the
Cross" The patriotic poems refer both to the
United States and to Erin. There are some
pretty thoughts about the reunited sections of
this country. Among the poems of sentiment
there are two specially sweet-"What is Worth
While" and 1.-THE Changing Sea-"
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
BENEFITS OF EXERCISE.

PRACTICAL TRAINING-By Randolph FAIRIES.
London and New York: The Outing Publishing
Company.
This little book on how to exercise, diet,
bathe and train the body for athletics, heal tn
and pleasure was written by the director of
physical education in the University of Penn
sylvania, who is both an athlete and a physi-
clan. 1t is designed not only for those who
wish to train for athletic contests but for AL
who desire to keep themselves In glowing
health. The author says there are thousands
OF men suffering from low spirits, languor and
pain who by means of well-regulated exercise
could easily regain health and bodily vigor.
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4 LOVE STORY.

LoVICE-By Mrs. Hungerford. Philadelphia: j.
B. Lippine OFT Company. For sale in this City by
Joseph A. Holman, Sutter street. Price 81 26.
There are few writer's who have attained
such q wide popularity in spite of adverse
criticism as has the Duchess" The fact IS a
remarkable exemplification of the adage that
there is no accounting for tastes. Perhaps IL
is because that such beauties as her works
have are SO plainly floating on the surface
that 1t requires no mental effort TO grasp them,
and so to many minds they supply the most
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THE LIFE PHILOSOPHICAL.

ONE MAN WHO WAS CONTENT-By Mrs.
schuyler Van Rensselaer, New York: The
Century Company. Price 81.
-Four short stories. the first OF which has
been published in the Century Magazine. 1t
teaches that the evils of life should be ac-
cepted with something more than resiena-
ton, for merely to say II am resigned is to
acknowledge defeat and to give up the fight
for happiness "a brave soul cannot do this,
be cause it would be ashamed, and q wise soul
cannot because it feels that as it must con-
tinue in this world simple common-sense COM
mands IL to gather all of good that the world
may still present." Two OF the other stories
are founded upon the authors experience as
Inspector of Com mon Schools in New York.
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A STORY OF IRISH LIFE.

BEYOND THE PALE-A novel, by A. NJ. Croker
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier. Price 25
cents.
The above is the title of Mr.. Cookers latest
effort, which deals in an entertaining fashion
with some of the more or less familiar phases
of Irish life. The story was originally pub
lished serially in the London Times and has
just been copyrighted in this country under
tho international copyright law. Mr.. Croker
is favorably known and prolific writer and
the novel under review will be warmly well
coined by his admirers.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16
A NEW ENGLAND STORY.

THE sTAND-BY-By Edmund p. Dole. New
York: The Century Company. Price 81 20.
The author of this book is Assistant Attor-
ney-General of Hawaii and cousin of Presi-
dent Dole. Standby" is the nickname of the
hero of the tale. He won the title while cap
tain of Yale boat crew. He becomes editor
of reform paper in a Maine town. where
principle compels him to wage war on rich
brewer, who is the father of his sweetheart.
The story is said to be founded on fact.
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the principal actor in them cannot fail to be
of great interest
Such was the sudden celebrity of Napoeon's
pursuit of the Prussian armies, as Sloane re-
cords it, that the King would have been cap
tured but for the polite falsehood of the hero,
Blucher; and an offset to this perfdy was the
lie of the French hero, Lannes, who was said
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For this reason the title of the book is "Pris-
oners of Conscience" AS the result of terri
BILE trouble the hero and heroine of the tale
learn the consolation OF more soothing creed.
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VESSELS THAT MARK THREE EPOCHS In THE HISTORY OF THE
STEAM NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES.


higae. owa,t the latest addton 20 sam'sn
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HERE AND THERE.

Paul Dunbar, now in England, is writing q
novel. An English edition of his Lyrics of
Lowly Life will be issued shortly.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Harper & Brothers have secured the Ameri
can rights of the forthcoming life of Tenny-
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

Mr.. Fisher Unwin will publish in the course
of the next fortnight volume of short stories
by Louis Becke.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

Rudyard Kipling has just delivered to the
editor OF q well-known American magazine
the manuscript of a new short story entitled
"Num ber OO7p
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
Judge Krickbaum's Barn Burned.

Last Friday evening, shortly before
dusk, a smoke raised, and the loca-
ton, at once was cause for alarm by
the surrounding community. Judge
Krickbaum rode on horse back past
this place just in the cool of day as
we finished harvest field. After a
short conversation he passed on his
way, and we to our supper. The
origin of the fire is profound mystery.
A horse, six head of cattle, harness,
wagons and all his farm implements
went up in smoke. The Judge, on
his way home saw the fire, and return
| ed only to find dreadful conAagra-
ton of valuable ruins. The insurance
| on all the loss probably reaches
5000. Not ten minutes before the fire
| Mrs. Krickbaum was at the barn, the
hired girl had only few minutes be-
fore finished milking, and Benny
Gibbons and young Stauffer were
sitting by the road near the barn,
and the whole building was a mass o.
fire before any one discovered it. The
women at the house at first could MOI
believe the alarm Of fire. The gates
and doors were fastened from within
and it was impossible on account o
heat to reach the fastenings, and from
without the doors could not be open
ed to liberate the stock. Ordinarily
it would not seem credible that 81
much property and stock shoul'
perish with men and women arounf
, and near the barn. 1t was YER
, sudden and speedy ruin. We 60
) there as quickly as possible probabl
not over twenty minutes after the az
( pearance of smoke, and the timber
) were already falling IN. Over a hur
. dred people from the surroundln
o nelghborhood, in less than half a
7 hour, came to render what help the
could. The whole community syn
o pathize with the family in this dill
o calamity.
| n WCNNEp
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
Fast Machine Work.
Linotype Operator Sets Over 469,O00 Ems
Nonpareil in Six Days.

William Duffy, linotype operator
employed in the composing room OF
the Philadelphia Inquirer, set in SIX
days last week the enormous amount
of 100000 ems Of nonpareil type, his
average per hour beng 9,19a ems.
He worked off the hook, ordinary run
of daily copy, principally markets and
summaries of sporting events, loaded
his own matter, using one-point leads
did all his own correcting, passed gal
ley proofs to next operator for correc-
ton, and kept no account OF waits tor
copy or breaks in machine.
The highest average for SIX day,
heretofore was $500 per hour and
41o,oo for six days, but matter was
loaded for operator and all stoppage'
| for machine deducted. The measure
was also considerably wider than tina
of the inquirer. On the same basl
Mr.. Duffy could set over 100000 ems
Mr.. Duffy has set II,9oo ems non
parell, "a ems wide, in an hour, whlc
was ten lines less than machine woul
cast.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
BIBLE CONFERENCE.

The second annual Bible Confer
ence of the Pennsylvania Young
Mems Christian Association, convened
in Normal Auditorium on Tuesday
and will continue tor ten days. The
following list Of prominent Bible
teachers have been secured, Rev. c.
1. Scofeld, East Northheld, Mass. ;
Rev. r. A. Torrey, Superintendent
Moody's Bible Institute, Chicago /;
Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, Pastor
Bethany Presbyterian Church, Phlla-
delphia; ]. w. Dean, ("Quaker
Evangelist') Philadelphia James H.
McConkey, Esq, Wrightsville, Pa.
Rev. Charles E. Hurlburt, Superin.
tendent Pennsylvania Bible Institute
Philadelphia, together with severa
other men of note.
The music during the Conference
will be in charge Of w. d. Fellows, o
Fall River, Mass. The program vii
consist of Bible studies, addresses ant
Bible readings upon themes pertain
ing to christian life and service.
Sessions will be held in the morn
ing and evening Of each day, the after
Moons being left open and may b
taken up in recreation or study.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
Good Luck After Many Years
Old Claim Turns Out Well for a Poor Shoe
maker.

Sixteen years ago poor shoemaker
named Daniel Burke, of Avoca, Lu-
zerne County, went to Colorado, and
with a man named Henderson took
ND claim. The claim did not amount
to much, and Burke returned to that
county to work at his trade.
On Sunday Mayor Maloney, OF
Pittston, received letter from Burkes
partner in Colorado inquiring for him.
He said the claim had turned out a
verv valuable one. He was offered
$1ss, 900 for it by syndicate, but
| could not sell without first getting the
consent of Burke. The latter left for
Colorado, overjoyed at his good luck
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
A Decamping Husband Taken.
Was About TO Flee With His Wite's Money.

John Naprona was captured IN
Hazleton on Sunday with $1,000 on
his person. He was about to leave
the country.
Three months ago Naprona won
the .ieart and hand of Mrs. Mike
Yomrorey, whose husband had been
killed in the Audenried mines a short
time before.
BY the death of her husband the
young widow received 5000 and her
only child an equal amount. There
were a number of suitors for her hand
but Naprona won her. Within the
past few days he drew the wltes wealth
from the bank and was about to de,
camp with it when officers swoopeo
down on him.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
COURT HOUSE NEWS.
What Has Occurred There Since our
Former Report.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued by Clerk W. n.
Henrie, since those last published.
Hope Hess, OF Central, to Miss
Lizzie Fritz, of the same place.
TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real es-
tate have been recorded in the Office
of C. B. Ent, register and recorder
during the week.
John B. Casey, Sheriff, to Catharine
Dougherty, for tract Of land IN Gen.
tralia.
Jacob Lynn, ct al, to Levi Lynn,
ct. al. for tract of land in Centralia.
George w. Sterner, to John Daven
port, for land in Hemlock township.
William Ikeler, ADM, to A. w. Nc
Henry, for tract of land in BentoI
township.
S. c. Greasy, ct. al, to Elizabeth {
Smith, for land in Bloomsbury.
John B. Casey, Sheriff, to c. W
Miller, for land in Bloomsbury.
c. w. Miller and wife, to Detwlle
& Scattergood, for land in Bloomsbure
Addison w. Shuman, to John A
Shuman, for land in Main township.
Wesley Evans and wife, to Vernl
Lilley, for land in Berwick.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
TEACHERS ELECTED.

At a meeting of the Scott township
School Board held Monday, the fol-
lowing teachers were chosen for the
coming school term: :.
Espy-Earl M. Creveling, Prlncl-
pal Mr.. Campbell, intermediate
department James Miller, Second
ary Miss Jennie Sheep, Primary.
Almedia-Charles Nagle and Harry
Baker.
Light Street-Rush Greasy and
William Buckwalter.
Cross Roads-Samuel Kressler.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15
THE CUBAN WAR.

A recent despatch from Havana
says that two of the main bands OF
Cuban insurgents are now in the
province of Havana and will shortly
make an attack upon the city. 1t is
reported that upwards of as,ooo
Spaniards are sick and that provisions
are very scarce. The Cubans seem
to be rapidly gaining ground in spite,
of Weyler, who it will be remembered
claimed about a month ago that the
insurgents only numbered hand full
of men and that he would wipe them
out inside of a month.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15

w. C. Womer, who claimed Will
Transport as his home, went to w. S.
Rishton's drug store one day last
week and hired a bicycle. He said
he wanted the wheel to ride around
town, but instead he went to Danvllle
where he tried to dispose of it. His
whereabouts were soon learned and
Wesley Knorr was told to look him
up. Knorr went to Danvllle and
returned with his man on the o.3t
train. He was arrested and taken to
the Office of Justice of the Peace
Clark for a hearing. He was unable
to obtain bail and as a consequence
he is now spending his time in the
cooler.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15

This section of country is very badly
in need of rain. Several storms have
threatened during the past week, but
each time passed away without any
water falling. The parched gardens
are sadly in need of rain.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15

For riding their bicycles on the
pavement in South Danville, one day
last week, Chester Miller and Harry
Shaffer of town were arrested by Chief
of Police Van Glider They were
given hearing and fined SIS each and
costs, which amounted to $9.a5 apiece.
Tough luck, but that is the way 1t
goes to violate the law. In the future
they'll know better.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-15

The following properties were sold
by the Sheriff on Saturday. Daniel
Hall property in Bloomsbury, double
dwelling house, was purchased oy
John G.. Harman for $II47. Single
dwelling house in town, property OF
Daniel Hall, was sold to Mary Men
denhall for Sal. Joseph Kurland
property, situated in Cleveland town
ship, to Joseph Wilcum, consideration
$500.