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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29

which add greatly to their effectiveness.
There is deal of passion in them the author
makes US feel withoue even an approach TO
tearing passion to tatters.
The way in which the young naval officer.
Fiz conquers his desire to make love to the
Spanish girl, Eve, who is t 90 innocent and in
experienced to understand the situation, Is
prettily told. She is in tr ouble and has been
begging this friend not TO leave her.
"You see" said Fritz, ''I ust get blck to the
ship" "You said she won not be ready to sail TIL
next month" ''No, but there Is discipline to be
thought Of"
Helooked past her, up to the stars, with a scru-
tinizing maritime eye recognizing them AMI nam
ing them to himself He did not meet her eyes
dangerous, tear-laden-
There is something the matter with you" she
said. "you different" Then Fitz told his first
deliberate lie. 81 have bad news" he sad ''about
your brother Luke. 1 am awfuIly anxious about
him"
Among the many fine bits OF work in "The
Grey Lady, is a description of cyclone at
sea. The conversations are admiral bly, done
brief and life-like. The notices are aptly
chosen, and foreibly fl in the mind the main
points made in each chapter.
MANY CARGoEs." New supply at Dox.
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AN HUMBLE HERO.

JEROME, a POOR MANLY Mary f. wilkins
New York: Harper Bros. Price 81 so.
Miss Mary wilkins has herein given most
interesting study of New England life, and in
the character of Jerome the stern, selfdenying
heroism handed down from Puritan ancestry
is depicted in q way to draw forth our
admiration. When We are first introduced
10 the boy he is in such poverty 10 be
more hungry than the proverbial wolf, but
his pride makes him refuse an offer of fresh
ginger cake from well-fed little girl
who had more than she could eat In the
excess OF this virtue OF courageous endurance
he oyerlooks the fact that he is cruelty at
fault in the hurt he has given the little girl
who hastens away to cry about her ru cely
repelled kindness. He carries this trait of
pride in poverty in to his manhood, and will
not confess his love for the rich squire's
daughter because he thought her fortune
placed her above him.
There is not much plot to the story. 1t is
simply the record of the struggles of a poor
boy who has great ambitions. After he has
at last succeeded in making a fortune he fu l.
fills his resolution In giving it away. The por-
trayal of character is very we'll done, and the
author has very forceful way of expressing
herself. The illustrations to the book by A. l,
Keller are worthy of so good a novel.
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IN THE DAYS OF HENRY ~.

THE CHEVALIER D. D'AURIAC-By 5. Levett
Yeats. New York: Longmans, Green & Co.
Price 81 so.
Stories written in the style of Dumas ia
nous 'Three Guardsmen" will probably be
ever acceptable to the public when the work
is as cleverly performed it is in this in
stance. There are many who are so fond of
perusing these adventures OF bold hearts and
ready hands that they can use such fiction as
steady diet, and there are many more who
like it as a pleasant change from more pur-
poseful reading. 1t is good for a tonic to read
of these bold soldiers with hand ever on
sword hilt, ready to avenge an insult to
protect a woman; OF men who can love so
heartily and fight so fearlessly. The account
of their deeds stirs the blood like wine, and
who knows what help it may afford to rouse
US in our little life battles OF less bloody char
acter.
The Chevalier d'Auriac is q young soldier of
noble birth and meager fortune, who depeGd ds
upon his courage and his blade to make his
way in the world The time Of the story is the
reign of Henry ", and that heroic parsonage
is graphically portrayed. D'Auriac is in love
with one OF the ladies of the court far above
him in rank and fortune, but who has become
interested in him because he once saved her
from butal insult by striking his superior
officer and calling off his attention with i'm
mediate arrangements for a duel With
loyal love for this woman aud an
equally hearty hate for man who
persiIs in being his enemy, the
young hero has strings strong enough to pull
MIN into many adventurous scrapes from
which only nerves OF steel will permit his
exit. He is one of those reckless, brave char
acters whom we could not tolerate in modern
society, yet love to read about and admire as
part of the days of old He is ever ready to
give challenge, meet an opponent in fair
fight, run him through with deadly thrust,
and feel no compunction of conscience. Mr..
Yeats manner of writing is well adapted to
the portrayal OF such characters and scenes.
1t causes the inner ear to hear the ring of
STEEL The inner eye to see the stern light on
naked sword blade, and the pulse to beat in
sympathy with that daring which is prompted
by a generous heart
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INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM.

The Index Librorum Prohibitorum." often
confused with the "Index Librorum Expurgan-
dorum" or Expurgatorius Chat catalogues the
works that may be read after the deletion OF
specified passages), is a large volume of 419
pages 1t contains the titles of 10000 vol
umes which, on doctrinel or moral
grounds, the Roman Catholic church, under
penalty of ecclesiastical censures, authori-
tatively forbids the members of her COM
munion to possess or to read. Eight thou
sand authors are named in it. Everything
that Renan wrote is condemned, but only the
more profane, from a Roman Catholic stand
point OF Voltaire's works appear in the index.
Taine's History of English Literature is un-
der the ban, but his studies on the French
Revolution are omitted from the list of pro-
bibited books by the wish of Leo Kill
All of Cousins works are condemned, but
only four OF Lamartine's. For obvious rea-
sons Eugene Sues Wandering Jew" and the
"MysIeries of Paris" are both forbidden read
ing. The Index contains complete catalogue
of the works of both the elder and the
Younger Dumas, but only two of Victor Hugo's
books are found in titles Miserables" and
"Notre Dame de Paris. There are two Zolas
in the Index-one is the author OF Rome"
the other is a theologian of The last
Century. The business of correcting the
Index to date is now in the hands of
an ecclesiastical board known az the Congre-
CATION OF the Index, which consists of pre-
feet fwho is always CardinaD and other
Cardinals, with whom are associated the
aconsu,ters" and examiners of books" (qual-
ificatores). The Roman Index is far from
being an exhaustive catalogue of works in
consi stent with Catholic orthodoxy. and,
therefore, lacks the interest and importance
It would otherwise have for the pibliog-
rapher The Christian church began
it's system Of prohibiting books when the
Council of Nicsea condemned to tn flames the
writing of Arius. Constantine himself threat
ened with death those who should harbor any
COPIES. The same fate befell the works OF Nes-
torius at the Council of Ephesus and those
of Eutyches at Chalcedon. Pagan works
were prohibited by the Council of Car
thage in 400. Aristotle was forbidden
by the church In the thirteenth century
A list of prohibited books is found in decree
of q council at Rome as early as 494. In 1915
the Council. of Lateran at Rome appoi n ted
clerical censors 10 examine all works before
publication. In 1543 Pope Paul "
issued an order that no book should
be printed without leave from the In
auisition, and booksellers were re-
auired to send in catalogues. Brunei men
tions, however, list OF prohibited authors,
prepared by order of Charles V, which was
printed at Brussels in 1540 ana is the earliest
of its kind. The first index of the Court OF
Rome appeared in 1858. The subject was dis
cussed at the Council of Trent, which de legated
the right OF supervision to the Pope and the
result was the 'Index Tridentius of Plus IV''--
the first strictly Papal Inde4-Which was
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WORDS POPULARIzED BY CYCLISTS.

The bicycle. bound to stay, is now coming
words. 1t wanted nomenclature OF its own
and is now manufacturing ii. Wheeling is to
be thanked for making "scorche7" French,
"chauffeur") aud an idiot mean one ana the
same thing. The tire is inflated, but the I'M
fortunate puncture comes and the wheeiman
then says: "My lire is Debated" and the
purist winces.
There is q verb Ito flate'' which Is never
used, but Is discovera BILE in the dictionary.
ITO fate" is derivable from the Latin
"fatus," and to fate means "to produce with
f1atus or with simple unintonated breath"
Century Dictionary. II '1nflate," then, is at
once understandable, why not debate? The
"de" is an approved verb prefix meaning
from, away down from, and has a separative
sense "Defiate' is, then, perfectly feasible
word, with countless analogies.
If you look up the opposite words to "in-
fate" in Roget's "Thesaurus, you will find
nothing as handy as "defiate," and so there is
no reason why it should not be at once ac-
cepteo, for it fills the long-felt want.
1t is curious to note, too, in combination
with wheeling topics, how common are the
words resilient and "resiliency," and used
in their proper sense. Formerly resilient
belonged to the purely technical language of
the lecture-room.
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printed by Aldus in Rome in 1864. Thence
began long series OF literary prescriptions,
which is continued by the Congregation OF
the Index. The photography OF prohibited
literature has been covered to great extent
in Klotz's ode Libris Auctoribus Suis Fatali-
bus,' 176l; Struvius' "Bibliotheca Hist.
Litter" vol. ill., chapter 9; Schelhorn's
"AmGnitates Literarie," vol. 7, which
contains much curious in formation
Brunet's "Livres Supprimes ct Con-
damnes" and in Peienot's ''Dctionnaire
Critique ct BibliographiQue des Principaux
Livres Condsmnes au Feu, Supprimes, ou Cen
sures," 2 vols, Paris 1906 PetzhoIdt, in his
"Bibliotheca Bibliographica" QS66). gives a
complete list of the catalogues OF the Congre-
CATION of the Index
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SOME ORIENTAL PROVERBS.

When in Venice short time ago, | took a
gondoia TO the Catholic Armenian Monastery,
which lies on an island in the lagoon over
against the Lido, says writer in the London
Westminster Gazette. The Catholic Arme-
mans are a small sect, but they do an excel
lent work and the island is the center of their
propaganda. If there is 6 cloister and a
church on it, there is also a seminary, and,
still more important, printing press, from
which are issued no small part of the printed
books which the Turkish authorities will per-
nit to circulate among the Armeuians. Here,
Also translations are made OF importan t
European books which the community thinks
il useful to make known to their brethren in
bondage
A vast mass of this literature was shown me
before | left but knowing nothing of the
language and being unable to read the char
scters could form no judgment on il. What
did interest me, however, very much were two
little books of Armenian and Turkish prover bs
translated into English which my guide put
into my hands as stepped back into my gon-
dola. l read these all the way TO Venice and
seemed at the end to know little more both
OF urks and Armenians.
twas said of old that it takes two Jews and
a Greek TO get the better OF one Armenian, and
by judicous selection of these proverbs one
might infer that the Armenian deserved q
reputation for shrewdness. Thus:
The world is a pot; man spoon in it.
Birds are caught with ehaff, and man with
money.
The Turk said: Eat first and speak afterward
The Armenian said: Eat and speak at the same
time.
Look fl rst at the ford and then pass the river.
Prepare first the yoke, and then you will hold
your violent OK by The eArs
II who has well eaten gives hut small pieces tc
him who is hungry.
The eyes of him who buys are in the hands Of
him who sells.
Dine with thy friend, but DO no business with
HIM
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NOTES AND NEWS OF THE LITERARY WORLD

Center College, Kentucky, and from there
to Yale, from which last he was graduated
in 1S49. For some time after his gradua-
tion he practiced law in Cincinnati, sup
porting himself largely by his income as
a notary public. Alter few years he re-
solved to give up the practice OF law ana
'move West" His brother John had al
ready been in California for upward OF
five years, and Theodore made up his
mind to follow him and dig for gold.
Soon after his arrival in this State how
ever, he was offered and accepted the as
sstant editorship of the San francisco
Bulletin, which position he held Tor over
FIVE years In 1859 he married, and since
that time has continuously resided in this
City.
In 1861 Mr.. Hittell decided to return to
the practice of law. The connection
lasted until 1865, when he took charge of
the office of Alfred Rx, who had been
elected to the bench. In 1867 he asso-
ciated himself with John B. FELTON,, who
died in 1878. since which time he has done
business alone.
Among the other works of our author
published before his latest and best his
tory may be mentioned The Adventures
OF James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and
Grizzly Bear Hunter of California (Bos-
ton, 1860; tine General Laws of Califor-
MIA" (more generally known as "PitteIl's
Digest'O 8 standard authority on the
statutes of California;; "The Civil Prac-
tice Act of California" (the first attempt
in the country of pocket edition of law
book, and Goethe's Faust" "a critical
review OF the German poets masterpiece)
In 1876 Mr.. Hittell published "HittelPs 8
Codes and Statutes of California" " and in
1880 a supplement to the work. In 1879
he was elected from his district in San
Francisco to the State Senate and served
during the three terms of Governor Per-
kins' administration. 1t was at this time
that he redrafted the entire Code of Civil
Procedure so as 10 make it fit the new
constitution. On account OF his familiar
ity with ard sedulous care over the
statutes he was familiarly known in Sac
ramento as Father of the Codes"
From the details given it will have
been seen that Theodore II. hittell
is man eminently qualified to write a
history OF this State-Quallfed by long
re,idence here and by the painstaking
research and scholarly acumen he has
brought to bear on the subject. One can
not but entertain the highest respect for
this old man, struggling through a mass
of undigested 1--WE had almost said indi-
gestible) matter, whose aspect at first
glance merely suggested the confusion of
Babel. That from this hodge-podge of
fact. fiction and romance he should have
evolved history that is plain, direct and
unpreiudiced, besides possessing an un-
deniable charm, regarded as purely lit
erary effort, is little short OF marvellous
Whether we regard Mr.. Hittell's WORK
standing alone or in comparison with that
OF others who preceded him we are
bound to admit that here is at last what
for some time to come will be regarde1 as
the standard history of California, better
deserving of that characterization than
the voluminous work of Bancroft or the
less complete and fragmentary volumes
of other historians. EMANUEL ELIAS.
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WELL WORTH READING.

THE GREY LADY-By Henry Seton Merrima n.
New YORK: The Macmillan Compan For sale
in this City by William Doxey. Price 81 80.
Thoroughly deserving Of commendation Is
this story of a chivalric Spanish gentleman, of
three interesting British seamen and of the
power of women for good and evil
over the lives of me1. 1t is per-
fectly wholesome without ever being dull
The style is original and so laconic the reader
never feels that page of padding is being i'm
posed upon him.
There are some exquisite lovescenes de-
scribed with q natu.alness and simplicity
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"WILpFLowERs OF CALIFORNIA" Ready
October Is at Doxeys.
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P PREsooTT's works; edition de luxe.
Doxey agent.
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1.-THE. CHRISTIAN" by Hall Caine, at
Doxey'ss
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HERE AND THERE.

Anywhere in Scotland-Tourist (who has
been reading Ian Maclaren) Excuse ma
speirin', ma guild mon. but gin ye ken whaur
Jock Maclacnlan bides hereabout I'll gle ye
twa bawbees tae yersel." Rustic: 81 am
sorry. sir, but do not underst tand French"
famous old London inn is to be torn down
the Magpie and Stump, in Fetter lane.
house in the lane bears this inscription:
Here liv'd
John Dryden,
Ye Poet
Born 1631-Died TOO.
Glorious John
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BIBLES at half price at Doxey's.
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Mark Twain has been asked by an English
pu blisher to write his autobiography, the
Roae N, Sovo
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MANY CARGoEs." New supply at d.
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Mr.. William LIE Queux, who for long time
past has been living on the Continent and
visiting London periodically, has at last de-
cided to take up permanent quarters in Italy
He has selected for residence the little Tuscan
seaside village of Ardeuza-
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puNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

Dissemination has been described a
the way other people "show or
Town and Country Journal
-Ethel--"Do you enjoy wide Sc
quaintance?v Arabella--"Except when
/ have to sit next to him in the thcater.r
Detroit Journal.
Taking No Chances.-s'It's very
strange he committed suicide because
/ refused him." Perhaps he was afraid
you might change your mind. Life.
Her Size.-Freddie- you have
anything on your oysters?" Kitty Foot.
lights-"Yes. / will take some game,
lobster salad, ice cream and Coffee
Leslie's Weekly.
Some men," said Uncle Eben, "ken
train er dog ter do anything dey tells i'm
an at de same time raise de mos dis
obejintest chillun in de neighborhood."
Washington Star.
Domestic Tragedy.-Johnny (who
is allowed to ask only Is questions in an
evening)-"Say, paw, how many ques.
tons have asked already?" Paw
''That makes just 15."--1ndianapolis
Journal.
What Pat Thought.-Jack-"Id like
to know why lightning-rod branches
out into three forks when it reaches the
roof" Pat-"Sure, We duffer, why tc
catch the forked lightning, of course"
Jack-"Oh, yes, O. course; see now
Larks.
She Hadn't Thought of THAT
will never marry man who uses to.
bacco in any FORM" Not even if il
happens to be good form?" She pom.
dered. The slavishness of women to
convention is proverbial.- Indianapolis
Journal.
-Neat-"Come, now, you've been a
milkman. Is it true that they water
their milk?" Bovis-''Not that I know
of. / never did; that's all can say. ]
occasionally MIXED the water I de.
livered to my customers; but never
watered the milk. Boston Transcript
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Thsre b more Catarrh; IN this soction Of
the country than al other diseases put TO-
gsther, and until the last few ysafs wa
supposed to be incurabls. For great many
years doctors pronounced Il local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and BY con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to b constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Cstaryh crrs, 1nan %t by +: :.
constitutional cure on the market. II q
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to .
teaspoonful. II acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address F. j. Cheney 4 Co., To
ledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 15c
HalPs Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-05-22

"Yes," said the inventor, my fire e.
cape is absolutely safe and the greatest
thing in the life-preserving line that
ever was put on the market. Why, a
child can operate it, and descent in it h
as soft and easy as in cushioned ele-
vator. We are going to give it trial
this afternoon with dummy figure
just to show how perfect it is
with dummy figure?''
Certainly"
"Don't you think it would be more
convincing If you descended in it your.
self?"
Not to me, sir; not to me" returned
the inventor, promptly; "and, besides
/ have wife and children dependent
upon me for support Chicago Post.