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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-25
,ARIFF AND SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Dubois Dinner Develops . Line Of Action
in Congress.

Dubois Dinner Develops . Line Of Action
in Congress.
Washington, March 25.-The Dubois
dinner truns out to have been for some
thing more than good cheer. During the
banquet those attending conferred as to
their course on the tariff bill. 1t was
not determined whether the members
should vote for the bill, but it was made
practically certain that none Of them
would vote against it. leaving it to in
dividual determination whether to vote
for it or refrain from voting.
1t is also understood that the silver Re-
publicans will not unite in any dilatory
tactics to delay a final vote on the bill,
but that they will demand all the time
necessary to explain the position they
occupy as a party and as individuals.
The opinion was generally expressed at
the meeting that the passage of the bill
would not bring a return of prosperity,
and that 1t was good policy for them as
a party to allow this to be demonstrated
to the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-25

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-25

Cleveland. March z5.-Wnliam Ingless.
under arrest here for incendiarism, con-
fesses to having set dre to forty build
ine1 IN Detrpfk
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full workmanship that have gone to the
making of the edition that Mr.. Lane has
just published.
Zola long ago, in the Figaro, acknowl-
edged how much he was indebted to
Tourgueneff. 1t was at the beginning
of Zola's literary career. He had writ
ten something about politics in LIE Cor
sair. and the. Due de Broglie had ex-
ercised the censorship, and the article
was suppressed. Not a newspaper
would print line of mine. 1 was per-
ishing with hunger, and they were all
throwing mud at me. 1t was then that
Tourgueneff took me in hand and intro
duced me to Russia"
Mr.. Justin McCarthy's recent serious
illness gives Importance to the following
extract from an autograph letter from
him received by correspondent in this
country: The remembrance of youth.
says ALI the Arabian prophet, is sigh
Not, surely. If youth has been spent to
any purpose. I prefer the proud recol-
lection of Goethe's Egmont, just about
to die: I cease, but I have lived ="
Mr.. Mccarthy finished the additional
volume of his History of Our Own
Time" Ito be published by the Messrs
| Harper) just before he fell ILL., He sums
up the queens reign as one of great sue
] cess. and thinks that it has been espe-
cially memorable for domestic reform
and advancement.
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MEN OF MARK

Henry q. Cheatham the colored man
who has been appointed recorder Of
deeds for the District Of Columbia, is a
large property owner in the district.
London's fire chief, who is a COM
mander in the Royal Navy, was married
recently in s'tyle-a procession of 100 fire.
men in full uniform and police band
accompanied him and his bride to the
church.
The man who was most largely re-
sponsible for the passage Of the act In
the Iowa legislature, making the wild
rose the state fiowerwas Major s. H.
Byers, the author Of "Sherman's March
to the Sea-"
John Tannis and his nine sons voted
at the spring election in Sheridan town
ship, Newaygo county, Michigan, and had
to pay the penalty afterward by sitting
for a photograph as the biggest family
of voters in the Wolverine state.
Francis H. Pierpont, who was governor
Of Virginia during the war, and who Is
called the Father of West Virginia" !"
Is living at his home, in Fairmount, Mar
ion county. West Virginia. He is S!
years old, and though he is feeble, MS
health is good and his mind is clear.
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How Much Does a Soul Weigh ?

Mrs. Jeanette Walworth, whose tales
of Southern life of the old and new time
have been very interesting to Northern
readers, has been making a brief visit
to New York. Her home is in Natchez,
Mississippi, where, in her little garden,
on the last day of last December she
gathered bushel-basketful of roses, by
actual measurement, to send to a friends
wedding. Mrs. Walworth recently had
a singular offer made her by Western
admirer, personally unknown to her.
who wrote: Il have read every line of
your works. and if you will prove to me
the existence of the soul will endow
college in any town you may choose. l
have weighed a man just before and just
after death, and his weight was the
same. Where was the soul?" Perhaps
Marie Corelli, who is expert in souls,
might answer him.-Leslie's Weekly.
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LOS ANGELES HERALD. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 80. 1897

American. opinions were honestly on
the side OF the Tories at home and
abroad. And we are also shown BY
Professor Tyler's researches, what we
have known before, but only in a frag-
mentary way, that the American COL
onies, and the states after them, were
divided In most sorrowful way in ele-
mentary opinions as we'll as material
interests 1t has been the fashion to
assume and to boast that we had In our
struggle with Great Britain at least q
comparatively united public opinion, as
expressed in our literature; but this
does not appear to be SO upon a SUR
vey Of the whole field. It has been the
fashion to assume that England was
united in a purpose to establish a ty-
ranny over her dependencies in America
with no elements Of natural justice ir
| 1t, but there is much testimony to show
that the measures brought against us
especially as to taxation, found as stur.
dy opposition in England as here, ant
that, as we have said SO far as mer,
doctrine was concerned, the contest wa.
as much over the spirit of the British
constitution as over the rights and du
ties of the colonies from her own stand
point.
But we have not space even to hint a
the wealth of political and literary his.
tory contained in the first volume oil
this comprehensive work. One feature
however, we cannot let pass now. The
volume makes plain that the literary
quality of the essays and other docu
ments put forth by the Americans dur.
ing the period covered by it were of the
most sterling quality, measured by al
existing standards. Indeed, in dignity
of attitude and in stateliness of style
the political and other writings Of tn,
colonists were of the very highest order
OF course, the Declaration of Independ
ence stands first and foremost among
all these published utterances, and Prof
Tyler ranks it among the grandes
papers ever put forth, both as to per
feet comprehension Of the subject ant
it's power of expression. In fact, in tn
concluding chapter of this volume. h.
sums up his opinion of it in these words
Upon the whole, this is the most com
manding and the most pathetic utter
ance in any age, In any language, o
national grievances and of national pur
pose, having Demosthenic momentum
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Literary Notes

Sir George Grove, the editor Of the
we'll known Dictionary Of Music and
Musicians" has written the preface to
the English edition Of Mr.. H. E. Kreh-
biel's How to Listen to Music
Mr.. e. L. Godkin's papers on demo-
cratic government, now appearing in
the Atlantic Monthly, are parts of q
systematic work on the subject to be
published in book form at an early date
Georgia Scenes" Originally publish
ed in 1910, was perhaps the first book
which, depicting southern scenes, met
with universal favor. The Messrs. Har-
per & Brothers will print new edition
of it.
The success of Mrs. Sarah X. Bottoms
Poor Boys Who Became Famous" and
Girls Who Became Famous" has been
unprecedented. The publishers, Messrs
T. Y. Crowell & Co.. announce the
twenty-third edition of the first book
end the twenty-second of the other one.
Slowly, SO the biologists tell us, were
built up the earth's strata, and now the
Oxford Dictionary has finished with the
five first letters. The words given are
1851. An analysis of these words shows
that 47.786 are in current use, 1882 OBJ
solete, and 2,516 foreign. No wonder
that dictionary making is slow work.
Owing to the large and increasing
publishing business of the ]. B. Lippin-
colt company of Philadelphia, the house
has decided to retire from the retail
and miscellaneous book selling business
Messrs. Strawbridge & Clothier will
hereafter carry on that part Of the
Messrs. Lippincott's business
The Frederick A. Stokes company an
nounce Mr.. Mackie's next novel with the
title. ''They That Sit in Darkness" Mr..
A. H. Lewis "Wolfville." to be illustrat-
ed by Remington, Is nearly ready. NJ
LIE Queux's "Zoraida," having beer
most successful. the publishers will
soon have ready 'The Eye of Istar," by
the same author.
| Messrs. Lamson, Wolfe & Co. an
nounce historical novel by Mrs. Har-
rison, the title of which is "A Son of the
the pre-revolutionary period, and is a
colonial novel. There will be intro
duced incidents having to do with the
life of Washington, and there will be
references to other prominent charac-
ters. The issue of the "Sons Of the Old
Dominion" will take place about the
close of May.
It is a lean year that does not bring
at least one new edition of 1.-The Com
pleat Angler" and Mr.. John Lane has
determined that 1897 shall not be such
a year, 1t bids fair, rather, to be dis
tinguished among Waltonians as the
year of their favorite modern edition oil
the angler" for it would be difficult
to improve upon the good taste and care
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cut, having no low or dropping branches
and putting forth all the foliage and
blossoms of the mind at the very summit
Of his powers"
The clergyman sat late at night with
the schoolmaster. in his little cabin, and
when he had talked himself out he
played the tenderest strains upon his
f1ute-"silver-clear, but in an undertone
Of such peace. of such immortal gentle
ness!" And when the music was done
"the parson buried his face softly upon
his elbow which rested on the back OF
his chair. And neither man spoke
again.
Sometimes the. two talked In lighter
vein, as when one evening they set
themselves to discover the common at
tributes of women and cats:
"Fineness." said John, thinking Of a
certain woman.
"Fondness for nap said the parson,
thinking of certain cat.
"A beautiful FORM" said John.
"A desire to be stroked," said the par
son.
Perfect ease of manner" said John.
Perfect indifference of manner" said
the parson.
mo vanity" said John.
mo sense Of humor," eaid the parson
"Fastidiousness," said John.
soft hands and beautiful nails" said
the parson, nodding encouragingly.
"A gentle footstep," said John. with
soft look coming into his eyes. "A
quiet presence"
"A quiet pounce upon you unawares,'
said the parson.
| Beautiful taste in music" said John
20! Dreadful" said the parson
What on earth are you thinking
about?"
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OF thought, and a fervor Of emotional
appeal, such as Tyrtaeus might have
put into his war songs. Indeed, the
Declaration of independence is a kind
OF war song. 1t is stately and a pas
slonate chant of human freedom, it is
prose lyric of civil and military hero.
ism. We may be altogether sure that
no genuine development of literary taste
among the American people in any
period of our future history can result
in serious misfortune to this particular
specimen of American literature"
We shall take occasion to refer to this
work again, and If possible make some
extracts from it. for it is a work that
deserves to be thoroughly known.
THE THIRD VIOLET. BY stephen
Crane, author Of ''The Red Badge of
Courage" '"The Little Regiment" /"
Maggie, etc. u mo-, cloth, 81. For
sale by stoll & Thayer.
This is study of artist life in country
and city. A lively sense of humor per-
vades the volume, and the action Is va
ried and vigorous. It is theme entire
ly new to Mr. Crane. and the reader has
curious interest from the very begin
ming to Sc how 1t is to be treated.
The scene opens in a little railway sta
tion, where people were scattering
themselves among the boarding houses
and homes as they left the train late one
summer evening. Hawker, an artist
and who proves to be main figure liz
the story, was greatly attracted by a
young woman who asked where tht,
stage for Hemlock inn could be found.
He turned and saw the young woman
regarding him, and "a wave of aston
ishment whirled into his hair The
stage came round and both got in. II
was dark and he only obtained fieeting
glances of cheek. an arm, or a shoul-
der" on the way.
The book abounds in rather unusual
if not extra ra-hazardous uses of words.
He "gloomed." HE climbed offendedly
from the great weather-beaten stone. !
1.-THE pines make talk sibilantly to the
winds" "She turned towards him
large-eyed." There are bright sayings
scattered all along. like this one: "Wel!
If he is wicked he is not sufi1clentiy proud
of 1t to be perptually describing his sins
That's great credit to q man these
days" Here. too, is bit of description
that is rather good: ~ little brook, q
brawling. ruf1anly little brook. swa9.
gered from side to side down the Glade
swirling IN white leaps over the great
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pass from life of extreme exposure and
hardship to comfort and safety. Their
kayak, insecurely anchored, drifted
away, leaving them not even a knife.
Nansen, throwing off some clothing,
plunged into the icy sea, and by almost
superhuman efforts reached the kayak,
but his whole body was so stiff with cold
that it was impossible to pull himself
into the boat, and for a moment he
thought that 1t was too late. Eventual
he managed to swing one leg over the
edge of the sledge, which lay across the
deck, and they were saved. With the
opening summer of 1896 they bravely set
about their voyage toward Spitz-
bergen, but fortunately the sufferings
of these hardy men were ended by their
meeting with the Jackson expedition.
which for the second year was exploring
the archipelago.-The Critic.
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J. W. TRowBR1DaE

"The love Of rugs and cushions" said
John, cropping desperately.
''The love of a lap" said the parson,
f1uently.
'The love Of playing with its victim" "
said John. thinking Of another woman.
Capital" cried the parson. That's
the truest thing we've said. Well not
spoil 1t by another word"
We should like to give our readers
more of this exquisite volume, but they
the story had ended somewhat differ
emily. but rnat can't be helped.
4 =
THE LITERARY HISTORY OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION. By
Moses Colt Tyler, Professor OF
American History in Cornell Uni
versity, and author of "A History
Of American Literature During the
Colonial Time" etc. Two volumes
sold separately. Svo.. each. SO Vol
ume I, 1763-1776. Volume II, 1776-
1888 (ready shortly. G. P. Putnam's
Sons. For sale by Stoll & Thayer
Here is q great book. from all points
of view. 1t is the result of twenty
|
real underlying influences that started
and maintained the great struggle for
American freedom are made clear
These years of systematic labor have al
last not only given us the history of a
peoples moods, passions and hopes
but they have given us the bearing OF
/ these upon contemporary opinions and
events throughout the whole world. II
must be regarded as the most notewor-
thy literary undertaking Of the year
1t gives us inside history, the secret and
sacred springs of thought that dwell
| in the purposes and were made manifest
in the deeds of youthful people called
to work out the old problem of ma
tional life
1t may be remarked, strange as II
seems. that we are only just now he
ginning to read history in the light o.
philosophy, as well as by the aid Of
the side lights of contemporary events
1t Is only within the last few years thai
we have come to understand that the
revolution was fought in England al
well as in America; that the British
constitution was on trial all those darl
and doubtful years. In the history be-
fore US now. in such volumes as thi.
one. we get the full swing and tex
of British opinion. and we find tina
! there was a war Of argument long be
\ fore there came the conflict Of arms
! We also mad that some Of the strongeb
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Dry Goods

As the summer season approaches there an inclination
to silks and other lightweight fabrics for dresses and
waists We showing very attractive line of laces
of all description for trimmings
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"Blunder" Bibles

OF curious Bibles. the names of which
figure occasionally in sales. the follow
ing are the best known: The Vinegar"
Bible is so called because ".The Parable
of the Vineyard" is printed para bic
Of the Vinegar" The date of this Bible
is 1917. The Servant" Bible makes
the error OF printing Servant" for
Serpent" in the third chapter of Gene
sis, thus: Nov, the servant was more
subtle than any beast of the field"
The Judas" Bible had bad typo
graphical error, substituting Judas for
the Savior. Then cometh Judas with
them into place called Gethsemane.
The wicked" Bible is of 1881, and the
mot" Is left out in the Seventh Com
mandment. The printer paid for that
blunder, so it is recorded, to the amount
Of E300
The Pagan" Bible contains in its
illustrations some terrible anachron- :
isms. 1t was published in 1872, at the
time when the same wood cuts served
for many purposes. At the head OF
st Johns first Epistle. chapter i, ap-
pear Mount Olympus Leda, the siren;
Daphne and Apollo. The least that car
be said of the pictures is that they are
good examples of old art.
The "Bugge" Bible is exceedingly rare
Psalm xci, 5, reads in the Matthew
Bible Q551), $50 that thou shalt not
nede to be afrayed for anye bugges by
nyghte." BY bugge is meant "bogie. y
A perfect "Bugge" Bible will bring $50,
or more.
Occasionally the "Breeches" Bible
turns up. In Genesis lii, Z. the text
reads: "And they sewed fig tree leaves
together and made themselves
breeches" Coverdale makes 1t "apurns'
and perhaps comes nearer to primi-
tive fashions.
A queer mistake Is in what Is called
the "He" Bible. In Ruth, iii. Is, the
compositor unsexed Ruth and makes
her 'he." The blunder was printed ir
1911. The edition in which the wore
is corrected is known as the "She" Bible
The "Treacle" Bible is the one ir
which the balm of Gilead" Jeremiah
viii) is madesto read: "There is no more
treacle at Galaad." When this double
blunder was made, In 1877, translator
and printer were held to task, and all thu
copies were ordered destroyed. but some
| few escaped. "Treacle," or "triacle," |.
not. after all, such blunder, because
in the sixteenth century treacle mean
any kind Of an antidote, or a mixtur,
which assuages pain. Galaad was per.
haps the compositor's mistake.
The wooden Leg" Bible is SO called
from picture. where Satan, with tina
conspicuous tail which belongs to tn,
part, sports wooden leg. But VIII,
of wood? There. may be many sur
misses indulged in. One is that in tn,
England of that time there were nu
merous soldiers who were tramps, ant
some had wooden legs and bad traits
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DELILAH OF HARLEM. BY Richard
Henry Savage. Rand, McNally &
CATTEnDNYTA Noo.-o c~.,,5s..

CALIFORNIA. George Spaulding
& Co., San Francisco.
The history Of Masonry in almost every
country Is contemporaneous with the
history of the country itself. Messre.
GsorEs4S s4Spauldine q Co.'S. publication
viii prove invaluable to the active and
religious Mason.
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General Greeley on Nansen

Space fails to note many incidents
worthy Of attention. Possibly the finest
thing is the quiet courage of Johanseu,
when, suddenly thrown on his back
by a bear. he was compelled to fight the
animal with his fists. Just as the bear
was about to bite him in the head, and
while Nansen was tugging to get at his
gun. Johansen quietly said. you must
look sharp II you want to be in time $
Fortunately the dog created q diversion,
and Johansan reached for his own gun
Jus as Nansen killed the bear. Another
thrilline episode threatened their death
by starvation, just as they were about to
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