The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30

Dlcnysiac Ivy. Within the walls OF his
psuuA eontefapoF aries no music had
oeen permitted bur thar OF the steadlast
pSa.mooy. In the chapel OF Muton's brain
| ,sa.I devoted though Il was 10 BIB
neat FORM OF worship. there were flutes
ana trumpsts to accompany one VAST
| SSonnancanS organ. The popularity of
ah'ons position was that among purt-
tahs ne was an artist and vet among ar
ISIS Puritan" says Edmund Gosse n
ais Literaiure Of the World about Nil
ton. the Puritan artist
| Can errors OF historical fact never be
set right. once they have been put into
| popular verse;" asks the New York Times
nomas Campbell. In his Gertrude az
wyoming, made Joseph BYant .he Mo-
na"k leader. an associate OF Col Butler in
me massacre Of Wyoming. 1t has no.
mat'ered all these y ars that Rran.'s inno-
cence OF those barbarities was promutly
| proved soon AFTER Campbell published his
poem, and that foot note 10 later editions
ol campbell has accepted this proof ex-
| piiciiiy and fully. Meanwhile Stone has
written widely read life of Brans. in
| "hien the true facts are set forth and
again ana again has the error been exposed
| whenever II got into print And vet so
carssul a historian as John Bach McMas-
ter. In MS new School History OF the
United States" falls into this ancient and
iFrepressible mistake. Prof. McMaster
| goes even further. He makes Brant the
leader in the Cherry Valley massacre In
| that barbarous transaction the Tory lead
| er, Capt Walter n. Butler. son of Col
Butter was the master spirit OF the whole
! enterprise. while the leader OF those In
/ dams was the Seneca Chief Hiokatoo
Brant had no share in organizing the expe-
cision to Cherry Valley, and was drawn
INTO IL after II lad started. His influence
during the massacre Was a restraining
| one, and he Is known to have saved lives
| III was Brant who said the Tories at Cher
| ~ Valley were more savage than the saw
| ages themselves
! Southern Soldier Stories" Is the title Of
a book by George Cary EggIes.on which is
| announced for early publication by the
Macmiiian Company. Southern Soldier
| Stories, like other OF Mr.. Eyyleston's
| writings. present the Southern soldier Of
| the years ls6l-iss5 In all his stubborn pa
! triousn, MS per;inaeity his humor and his
dire poverty. Women also took hand in
| the strife. The stories are rapid. vigorous
| terse and epgrammasic after the manner
| or soldier speech. In their very detail of
| incident they illustrate better than any
formal history can what kept the men in
| heart through years Of fighting and starva-
ton- The stories are illustrated with six
| spirited and characteristic drawings by r.
| +. Zagbaum.
The first election in Greater New York
| poiled over oo0o votes-exceeding the
| combined vote of eleven states for presi-
! dent in 1885. The result was known APP
| proximately by o'clock on the evening Of
election day. The quiet election honest
count. and quick returns were achieved
| under the direction of the police board OF
| the then city Of New York. How this great
| machine was set In motion and how Il
! worked are described in Scribner's Maya
| zine for February by Police Commissioner
| Avery d. Andrews. in an article entitled
The Police Control of Great Election"
| This is the first popular account of the ma
| chinery of an election. and the narrative
| is fun OF surprising facts. corps of art
| lists made In various parts of the city
| very interesting series OF sketches, here
| reproduced.
IF you should happen to be In Messrs
| Serihner's bookstore, ask Mr.. North TO
| show you the smallest book In the world
/ and he will do so with the greatest of
| pleasure-unless you descend upon him
| when he is in the act OF selling a rare
| edition Of Lamb TO a hesItating Gus
| toner" says the 'Lounger'' In the Critic
| THE little book that l iefer 20 is Just ten
| sixteenths Of an inch long by seven-six-
| teenths Of an inch wide. Notwishs landing
| this small page, there Is an ample mar
| gin beyond the text. The book Is printed
| In Italian and fills 2e3 pages. The com
! positor who set Ii up worked over mag
/ nifying glass and used tweezers TO pick
| up the type. / don't know how long II
| took him, but then they do not count
| time or as much value in Italy as We do
| In New York"
Cartoons. by Homer c. Davenport. with
| an introduction by Hon. John ]. Ingalls,"
| Is the way a circular reads issued by the
| De Witt Publishing House OF New York
| We understand that the book has just been
| put on the market. and. if II has. all that
| need be said is. ''Davenport's cartoons are
| out" We predict for 1: a most unusual
| sale. for whose name is known in many
| homes more than Davenport'ss Cartoons
| are something which every one can read
| and they tell more to the average person
| than columns of reading matter. Some one
| has said IN reviewing the performance Of a
| certain play that II is 10 laugh and you
| do laugh" It would indeed be a most i'll
| humored person who in his most pessimis-
| tic mood could not take up Davenport's
| cartoons and enjoy with good hearty
| laughs the works Of this greatest OF clever
| artists.
In the matter in the choice OF texts, a
| curious thing happened TO n curate whom
| / knew his return from his wedding
! tour" says the Cornhill magazine "He
| only reached home on Saturday evening
when he found a letter from his Vicar
asking him TO preach the next sermon az
| he knew he had a sermon not yet preach
ed I'm the parish. which would fit in with
| the Advent course OF sermons then being
| given. The sermon was on the Parable
| OF the Ten Virgins The curate. who
| preached written sermons. did not look at
| this particular one till the next morning
| half an hour before service. when 20 his
horror he found that his text Was BE
| hold the Bridegroom Cometh." and in
| deed. this was the constant refrain OF the
sermon. II was too late 10 change ard
| so he put the best face he could upon H.
| The congregation may have forgotten the
| sermon. but they have not forgotten the
text"
| Dean Hole once published a book en-
| Titled Nice. and Her Neighbors." about
| which an amusing tale is told. One Of his
| greatest personal friends was a deaf gen.
| tlenan. an amateur farmer and gardner,
and the Dean. in a letter 10 him. men,
| toned the name of MS new work. After
/ some weeks reply came, in which the
| gentleman reproached the dean for hav-
| ing deceived him as to the date OF the
| publication. 1--WE ordered the book from
| your own publishers" he wrote. ''8nd
| they've never heard OF e. I especially
| wanted a copy soon. fer NY place Ia
| Simply overrun with mice and hoped II
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