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The times., 1898-12-04
CURRENT VERSE.
To IsadOre.


Beneath the vine-clad eares,
Whose shadows fail before
Thy iowly cottage door
Under the Blac's tremulous leaves
Within the snowy. clasped hand
The purple flowers il bore
Last eve, in dreams, saw thee stand,
Like queenly nymph from Fairyland,
Enchantress Of the howery wand.
Most beauteous .isadorei
And when babe the dream
Upon thy spirit fee
Thy violet eyes to me
Upturned did overho,silg seem
With the deep, untold delight
Oh loves serenity;
Thy classic brow like lilies white,
And pale as the imperial Night
Upon her throne with stars bcdisht,
Enthrailsd my soul to thee,
Ah,-Eyer behold
Thy dr. amy, passionate eyes,
Blue as the languid skies,
Hung with the s,insets's fringe OF gold
How strangely clear thine image grows
And Olden memories
Are started from their long repose,
Like shadows on the silent SHOWS,
When suddenly the night wind blows
Where quiet moonlight lies.
Like music heard in dreams,
Like strains OF hzrps unknown,
OF birds 4 rryer flown
Audible as the voice OF streams
That muTTnurs in some leafy dell,
hear thy geBtlest tones;
And silence cometh with her spell,
Like that on which my tongue doth dwell,
When treHiulous in dreams tell
Ny love to thee alone.
In every valley heard.
Floating from tree 20 tree,
Less beautiful to me
The music of TIE radiant bird,
Than artiess accents sach rs thine.
Whose echoes never Zee,
All. how for thy sweet voice I pine;
For uttered in thy tones benisn,
tEnchantressD this rude name of mine
Doth seem melody, ts
Edgar Allan Poe.
The times., 1898-12-04
MeSsuafs.s.

He gave ali a good-by cheerily
At the first dawn of day;
We dropped him down the side full drearly
When the light died away.
It's dead DARK watch that he's a-kseping there
And long, long night that lags a creeping there
Where the Trades and the tides roll over him,
And the great ships 20 by.
He's there alone with green seas rocking him
For a thousand miles around
He's there alone, with dumb things Hockiug him,
And we've homewart bound
It's long, lone watch that mes a-keep;ng there
And dead, cold night that Lays a-ereepins
there.
While the months and the years roll over him,
And the great ships go by.
wonder ii the tramps come near enough
As they thrash to and fro,
And the battleships' bells ring clear enough
To be heard down below;
II through all the lone watch that he's keeping
there,
And the long, cold night that Iags a-creeping
there,
The voices of the Slilor-meu shall eomfart him.
When the great ships go by.
Atlantic Monthly
The times., 1898-12-04
Minor Fiction.

A phantom in a frog pond who after
wards materializes as the heroine of the
story and marries the hero; a collection
of wild beasts floating in deserted shin
in mid-ocean under the command of an
African lion, with a boa constructor for
mate and a monkey for lookout; a yerit-
able sea serpent, with a head like a dry
goods box and n long, long tail, and a
floating island. which appears to the ship
wrecked hero and his sweetheart lust in
time for them to discover an eighty-ton
schooner. new and fit and thoroughly pro-
visioned, waiting for them among the
trees. are the novelties which Mr.. Clark
Russell offers his readers in late pro-
duction. which he calls "a Romance of a
Midshipman-" OF course, there are also
the schooiboy who runs away to sea. and
the dreamy lad who is drowned, and the
stern skipper. and the forward maiden
and finally, after chapters of more or less
incoherent descriptive writing. the wreck,
the reef, the tossing waves, the sea spume
the rum, the drunken sailors and the
stanch quarter boat which performs the
work of rescue-but these things Mr..
RusselPs American readers have had over
and over again in his many previous
works, SO those who will buy the new one
are advised to look out for the lion, the
phantom and the floating island. These
should give them their moneys worth. 1t
is a mistake to suppose or to say that Mr..
Russell has written himself out. He is
simply writing himself all over again.
tNew York: R. F. Fenno & Co. s1.25)
THE scourge of God" by John Bloun-
delle Burton. is what its. subtitle Indicates,
a romance of religious, persecution. 1t is
the story of a young, Englishman's ad-
ventures in France, whittier he has gone
to secure an inheritance He finds that
the rightful heir has been driven out of
his position on account of being a Pro-
testant. and determines at all risks to
| find him and restore 'the money. This
The times., 1898-12-04
tn mn,

Summer to me is isirest in her death,
When thick the leaves tall on her quiet face
No she laughs with triumph in her breath
Her spirit sighs in every wooded place.
No more her sunshine mocks my twilight day.
The heavy is wifheFed at her breast
Her songs sung. their echoes die away
Too far, too faint, TO wake the old unrest
Summer and | are sisters now at last
We have lived golden days and seen them die
Now all the sad old hopes are dfeamed and past
We may close tired eyelids- she and l.
Yet only half can Summer share my sorrow
Ihave her Yesterday. and not her morrow.
Alice Herbert in Literature
The times., 1898-12-04

And the far sea late was nigh.
The fair wild fields and the eircling downs
The bright sweet marches and meads
All glorious with hower-like weeds,
The great gray churches, the sea-washed towns,
Recede dream recedes.
The world draws back. and the worlds Light
wanes,
As dream dies down and is dead:
And the clouds and the CLEANS overhead
Change and change; and the sea remains;
A shadow OF dream-like dread.
Wild. and woeful. and pale. and gray,
A shadow of sleepless fear,
A corpse with the night for bier.
The fairest thing that beholds the day
Lies haggaId and hopeless here.
And the winds wings broken and spent, subside;
And the dumb, waste world is hoar.
And strange the the shore;
And shadows OF shapeless dreams abide
Where life may abide
A sail to seaward, sound from shoreward,
And the spell were broken that seems
To reign in 4 world OF dreams
Where vainly the dreamer's feet wake forward,
And vainly the low sky CLEANS.
The sea-forsaken forIorn deep-wrinkled
Salt santiug stretches OF sand
That slopes to the seaward hand.
We're they fain of the ripples that flashed and
twinkled
And laughed as they struck the strand7
As bells on the reins of the fairies ring
The ripples that kissed them rang,
The light from the sundawn sprang,
And the sweetest of songs that the world may
sing
Was theirs when the full sea sang.
Now no light is in heaven; and now
Not note of the sea-winds tune
Rings hither; the bleak sky's boom
Grants hardly sight of gray suns brow
sun more sad than the moon.
More sad than moon that clouds beleaguer
And storm is a scourge to smite,
The sick suns shadows-like light
Grows faint as the clouds and the waves wax
eager,
And withers away from sight
The days heart covers, and the nights hear.
quickens;
Full fain would today be dead
And the stark night reign in his stead;
The sea falls dumb the sea-fog thickens
And the sunset dies for dread.
Outside OF the range of time, whose breath
Is keen as the manslayer's knife
And his peace but truce for strife,
Who knows is haply the shadow OF death
May be not the light OF life?
For the storm and the rain and the darkness bor.
But an hour from the suns to be,
But a strange swift passage that we
May rejoice. who have mourned not today, TO-
MORROW,
In the sun and the wind and the sea.
-Aigernon Charles Swinburne-
The times., 1898-12-04
NOTES AND QUERIES.

What play of Shakespeare contains the Seven
Ages" 5. ii.
AS you Like It." Act 2 scsne 7.
The times., 1898-12-04

Docs the war revenue law put tax on leaf
tobacco in the hands Of the producers, or only
on that held by dealers: SUBSCRIBER
Sections III and ". of the war revenue
tax act. taxing tobacco. refer only 10
manufacturers and dealers in tobacco;
not to growers.
The times., 1898-12-04

Who is the author Of the phrase: "The un-
speakable Turk2'' i. b. b.
Thomas Carlyle. The phrase is credit
ed generally to Gladstone
The times., 1898-12-04

Please give me the nicknames Of the different
States Of the United States J. H. h
We have answered this question dozen
times It is as bad as the eternal desire
to know who built and what became OF
the Great Eastern.
The times., 1898-12-04

Current Literature for this month con-
tains fine picture of Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe and several selections from her
writings.
The times., 1898-12-04

The recent appearance of book of po-
ems by Sam Walter Foss has set people
to inquiring who this clever newspaper
poet may be. The Boston Transcript
states that he was born in Gambia. n.
H., in 1858. ard spent his boyhood days
on a farm. He is a graduate of Brown
University. and besides writing verses for
the New York Sun, which has made his
name known to the country al large, he
has been an editorial writer on the Bos-
ton Globe. and also editor of the Yankee
Blade. II Is not a particularly easy thing
to gain information about Mr.. Foss. as
he does not enjoy advertising himself. but
these facts may be relied OIL.
The times., 1898-12-04

What did Gen. Joe Wheeler command at the
battles before Santiago? J. l. l.
General Wheeler commanded the caval-
ry division, consisting OF two brigades-
The times., 1898-12-04

What Is the legal age for females in the Dis
triet OF Colnnbia2 . What IS it in Virginia?
J. 3. :.
For the purpose of receiving personal
estate from guardian. Is years: for ac-
quiring or disposing OF real estate. Il
years; for marriage. Is years To ae-
quire or dispose of property, real or per-
sonai. or for marriage. Il years.
The times., 1898-12-04

How are The naval officers Of England educated?
How appointed? 9 Can a student graduate at
the naval school at Portsmouth, y. H.. and be
commissioned in the navy:
Naval cadets in the British navy are
appointed by the lords of the admiralty re-
ally, though nominally by the Queen. on
the nomination of the lords of the admi-
rally. They go to sea as cadets 1or two
years; then are promoted midshipmen.
and continue at sea Tor four years aiIer
which time, If they can pass an exami-
nation and are nineteen years old. they
are commissioned as sub -Eeutenants. and
sent to the Royal Naval College at
Greenwich, where they stay alb ut two
years and then go to sea again and ap-
pear for examination for the rank Of fun
lieutenant. g. No; the Portsmouth
school, whatever it may be. is private
affair. The only Governmental school Is
the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
How should cure leaf tobacco ioy making
eigars7 , SUBSCRIBER.
The leaves are dried in curing barns
especially built with blinds occupying
practically all the sides of the bui di G.
so that the air can be admitted on dry
days. or kept out on wet days. When
the leaves are dried they are allowed 10
remain on the racks until moist weather
comes. when tney absorb moisture ard
become soft and pliable- Then the avCs
are removed from the stalks. sorted and
done into hands or bundles CT few
leaves wrapped in a separate leaf Then
the bundles are piled up to ferment- Tails
part of the process Is the most didi gl;,
as the fermentation must not pro:ss S
too far When the fermentation Is e9er
in from three to five weeks the lev
are OF i uniform bro'sn nor rni n.
bundles NAY b ;rl ~wsr - =. a.
care until tae sasi 2 :. - siay
sweat eotnts- = q ~ a.
ment publishes oooA OF t-b CO sn.d-
walton.
The times., 1898-12-04

Can regular soldier vote at nation-l or
State election? Ii SO, how does he O. itl
Z. G. !
He may vote at any election If lie +,
stationed at or near his old resi- lsnce. so
that he may go to the polls on e;ecti1A
day The law does not forbid in TO
vote; ii simply SAYS that he canno- I
voting residence while On dutT any
more than ne can lose his former resi-
dence. So if his duty will permit J i'm II
get TO the polls at the place where lie
used to vote. or where he was entitled to
vote before he entered the army. h nay
vote as any other man.
The times., 1898-12-04
Nenp Tide.

Far of is the sea and the land is afar;
The low banks reached at the sky.
Seen hence, and are heayenward high;
Though light for the leap of boy they are,
And the far sea late was nigh.
The fair wild fields and the eircling downs,
The bright sweet marches and meads
All glorious with hower-like weeds,
The great gray churches, the sea-washed towns,
Recede as i dream recedes.
The times., 1898-12-04

NJ. F. Mansfield & Co. have a book in
press, by Robert Buchanan, called 1.-THE
Reverend Annabel Lee. a Tale of Tomor-
row.. 1t Is rather a tale Of day after to-
morrow, for 1t happens in the middle of
the twenty-first century. 1t is becoming
so common for writer's who want to be
original to date their novels two or three
hundred years ahead, that one is tempted
To wish that there could be legislation
on the subject. And, moreover. one can
hardly expect originality from a man who
cannot even invent an unhackneyed name
for his heroine
The times., 1898-12-04

Was not Andrew johnson, after he became
President, friend of the SouEh2 >. Was he al
terwards elected Senatorf II so, whenl Did he
die in ofice2 II so. when2 E +. NJ
He wished to be, and opposed the Re
construction Acts that were proposed in
Congress as necessary to govern the
Southern States. 3 Yes; in January, 1SI5.
he was elected to the Senate from Ten
nessee: but he died on July 81 after hav-
ing held his seat only few months.
The times., 1898-12-04

Rider Haggard seems to be going off on
.angents of late. His last book was about
farming, and he has now written a story
on the vaccination question. Why can
not Mr.. Haggard go back to Africa and
make his readers happy? He might try
Australia, if Africa is worn out
The times., 1898-12-04

Guy Wetmore Carryl goes to Paris this
month. as the representative of Harper &
Brothers.
The times., 1898-12-04

The Doubleday & Mcclure Company
publish new translation of a noyel by
Maurus Jokai. The name of 1t is THE
Nameless Castle" 1t is a story of the
Hungarian army that was in the field
against Napoleon in his campaign of 1909
The times., 1898-12-04
I, hypao,ism based on scientific psineiples,

Is hypaotism based on scientific psineipiesf
SEEKER
Yes; in spite of the fact that most
practicers of 1t in this country, at all
events. are not scientific, but are really
humbugs or showmen. In rance IL Is
studied scientifically. and the so-called
Nancy School of Medicine IS occupied
largely with it. There are valuable books
on the subject by Freuchmen and Eng
lishmen-
The times., 1898-12-04

Who commanded the gunb0at Calhoun al the
outbreak OF the civil warg When and where did
he die and who succeeded him. }. Was there
at any time gunb5at or cruiser named Forty
four7'' J. o. :
The Calhoun was not built until 1ssl
and on the Naval Register OF January.
1865. appeared as attached to the West
Gulf Blockadins Squadron; the name OF
her commander was not given, as the
register did not purport to be complete. In
1866 the Calhoun was sold in New Or
leans 3 We think roJ.
The times., 1898-12-04

Dana, Estes & Co. have just issued
biography of Charles Carleton Coffin. by
William Elliot Griffis, d. D.
The times., 1898-12-04

Ernest Seton Thompson has written a
book entitled wild Animals 1 Have
Known" published by Charles Scribner's
Sons. 1t is said to be decidedly interest
ing. and a refreshing cnange from the
Great Men l Have Known publications.
The times., 1898-12-04

William Canton. author of ''The Invisi-
bic Playmate" has a new book in press.
''W. VS. Golden Legend
The times., 1898-12-04

Was the Pelayo a Grst-eiass battleship2 a Did
Spain have a frst-clas- ba;tleskip in the war:
The Pelayo was classed simply as a
battieship. Her tonnage was $3.50. as
compared with our 6 30 Texas. and our
10 -2ee-ton Indiana and her sisters.
The Pelayo might properly be considered
as one. from Span,sA standpoint
The times., 1898-12-04

What railroad has the largest locomotive in the
United States? How large is it. especially how
large its cylinders? y ;.
The largest locomotive is said TO be the
ore built recently by the Pitts5urs Loco
motive Works for the Union Railroad
Company of Pittsburg, which is the name
of the line connecting the Carnegie
Conlpany's works. Ii is an eigkt-wheel
engine. weighing 2GS, ,09 pounds On the
drivers: its cylinders are % by - inches.
and its boiler heating surface is 3.322
square feet. It is said to be able 20 draw
net weight of S,S75 tons. exclusive Of
the cars holding this freight
The times., 1898-12-04

How many pzrsoEs are ca the pension rolls now
for se vice in the civil war: .. How many men
we're cngaged in the Federal service during the
war? c. K. v.
on June 80. 1885,. there were 975.014
pensioners on the rolls. TO whom were
paid Sf39 1929 2 The total number OF
enIistments during the civil war was
2-s59 1S2; 2.IS5.4lG claims for pensions of
all kinds (widows. children, dependent
parents. etel. had been fled up to the
end of 1891
The times., 1898-12-04

How maay adlnirals have we in the navy now?
j. 4 K
flag rank in our navy being rear admi-
raj. CT rear admirals we have seven, as
follows: Francis S. Bunce. George Dewey.
Frederick V. McNair. John A Howell.
William T. Sampson. Winfield 5. Schiey
and Henry l. HowisOR. Sampson and
SchIey have not been confirmed By the
Senate. and Sampson should not be.
The times., 1898-12-04

What is the composition OF the fluid burned by
glass blowers? b. E. l.
II you mean tine gas they burn. it IS
Illuminating gas so burned as to accom-
plish complete combustion The compost
Iion OF the fux varies with the kind OF
glass to be produced. Crown glass is
made Of these materials: purified sand,
chalk or limestone. suiphate OF soda. and
cGllet or waste glass. Plate glass is made
OF white quartzose sand. sodic carbonate.
slaksd lime, manganese peroxide and cui-
let: flint glass Is made of fine white sand.
ninium 1red Lead refined potash. ritre.
and cuIlet. The proportions differ in al
most every glass house When cOlored
glass is 10 be made various other insre-
dents are added 10 the Eux.
The herald., 1898-09-19

yet be witnessed on the coast. Eighteen
thousand five hundred dollars was the
highest purse offered, and the Olympic club
is said to be considering the advisabilay Of
ra Sing that bid to an even $20,0OO
Billy Madden, since the day of John l..
Sullivan. has probably picked more win
ners of big boxing contests than any man
around New York. Asked for his view of
the Mccoy -Corbett bout he said: II have
mot yet made up my mind and will not DO
go until l fird out who Is to be the referee.
II the referee Is to be George Siler, an un-
prejudiced and competent man, would un-
hesitatingly pick Mccoy. Why? The
reasons are simple, and based on common
sense. Mccoy IS. or rather has been,
training properly. Contrast the way Nc
Coy conducts his training camp with the
way employed by Conbett. There is a wide
margin In. McCoy's favor Mccoy is the
younger man, and think has more en-
durance than Corb.tt. I know there is
nothing about the boxing game that Nc
Coy does not know. Every trick, every
dodge OF the game and every weakness of
his opponent is at his fingers end. OF his
cleverness there Is no doubt, and regard K
as equal to that Of Corbe.t who is certainly
a finished boxer. If Corpeto fights Mccoy
as he did Mitchell he will not las. long.
Mccoy will work off few tr ckk on Cor
bett, unless I am much mistaken. As to
Mccoy mot hitting hard, why, just put no
stock In that statement. No mar ever hit
Rubin as hard as Mccoy did at Syracuse" !"
The herald., 1898-09-19
ON THE TURF

The California Jockey club has offered as
many rich stakes as usual to the horse
men. and the indications are that the racing
game in San Francisco will be very good
this season.
The stakes for the fall and winter meet
ing, 1898, are ten in number and are as fol-
lows: sOpening handicap, $3.50. for 2-year-
olds and upward. one mile; California
Maiden stakes, $1,000, for 2-year-olds, six FUR
longs; Nagle Selling stakes, $3.50 for g.
year-olds and upward, seven furlongs
Burlingame stakes, $3.50 for 2-year-olds and
upward, one mile; Cadmus Selling stakes
$3.50 for s-year-olds, one mile: Produce
Exchange Selling stakes, $1,000. for 2-year.
olds, six furlongs: Filtration stakes, $1,000
for fillies, 2 years old, six and half fur.
longs: Oakland Prize stakes. a1260, for two.
year-olds, one mile; Athenian Club Cup Sell.
ing stakes, $500, for 3-year-olds and up.
ward, two miles and quarter; Baldwin
The herald., 1898-09-19
Chamberlain, Yale

ber's stake" has met with the greatest en-
thusiasm, and three prominent members of
the club have already offered to donate a
handsome cup each for this event.
The second forfeit for Derby entries will
be due and payable on October /. An an
nouncement Of this fact will be made with
In few days by Secretary 'Kilgareff to
those who have entered dogs.
Well bred and we'll broken field dogs are
extremely scarce at present on the coast
On account of the near approach of the
open hunting season many inquiries are
made for dogs of this character, but would
be buyers find it almost impossible to pro-
cure dog that Is satisfactory in every re-
|spect. This Is especially true of poin ters
and though fair prices are offered by fan
ciers, they arc unable to make satisfactory
purchases.
1t is rumored that the dog fanciers who
are in favor Of Pacific coast secession from
the American Kennel club will call meet
Ing in the near future for the purpose OF
taking immediate action toward breaking
away from the parent association.
The herald., 1898-09-19
IN THE KENNEL

The satisfactory manner in which the
field trials were conducted last year under
the management of Judge Merriman will
In all probability, says the Examiner, re-
suit inhis being re-engaged for the trials
next January. His handling Of the spec
tators, trainers and dogs was a revelation
to most of those present, and tended to
place the trials on much higher plane than
ever before. Merriman was very much i'm
pressed with California and California dogs
and on his departure intimated that he
would be glad to return another year if the
club desired his services.
No official action has been taken regard
ing the selection of a judge as yet nor
will there be until the general meeting of
the club. which will be called the last week
in September.
The proposition to introduce "mem-
The herald., 1898-09-19
PIGEON FLYING RACE

The pigeon race from Santa Monica to
this city yesterday, under the auspices of
the Los Angeles City Pigeon Flying club
was not successful, and will be given again,
probably next Sunday. About seventy-f1ve
birds from a number of lofts were to have
been taken to Santa Monica on the after
noon train, which 1t was thought left about
o'clock. The train left at 1:3O instead
so there was no other train until after 6
o'clock. When the crowd reached Santa
Monica and the birds were let loose, 1t was
beginning to grow dark, and after circling
for some time, the birds finally got start
ed. A bird belonging to 8. o. Miller was
the first to appear, making the flight in 81
minutes. S. v. Childs had three birds re-
turn shortly after the appearance of Mil
ler's bird. A fourth bird, belonging to Mr.
Childs, collided with an electric wire on
Fifth street and was cut to pieces. The
wonder Is that any Of the birds were able to
see where to travel, as 1t was so dark.