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The herald., 1898-12-11
HIS STRUGGLES WITH ENGLISH
Charming Letter From Frenchman to
His American Correspondent

To the Editor-Sir: Several young Phila-
delphians have adopted an entertaining az
we'll as instructive method of acquiring the
French language. They engage in cor.
respondence with school children in France,
in which each writes letter in the language
of the other. This is corrected by the
recipient and returned to the sender with
the corrections noted. / am indebted to
one of the American correspondents for the
inclosed, which you may consider of some
interest to your readers. Ii. b. e.
New York, Nov. lS.
Agen, lie IL Juliet, 1893.
My Dear Friend have been very happy
to receive your charming letter. 1t has did
at me well pleasure. | have bad addressed
my first letter, but | have wrote this letter
for long while, perhaps two months OF
more, it has certainly misleaded. l shall
send to you in the near letter several pretty
stamps. | should be very content if you
sent to me postal cards. l shall do just az.
| am to Lyceum of Agen. | am 10 years
old, and | do the, class of four modern, new
teaching, where | learn English and Ger.
maine, without Latin and without Greek.
We shall have soon the vacancies of two
months, and as | am boarder go to the
house of my parents, and you will find my
new address in at bottom of letter. You
shall write new with this address.
1t is with pleasure that l have sought .
corresponding that will be very happy TO
have a corresponding. shall seek other
corresponding for to make pleasure at you.
Give me some details on the war that you
have see with pleasure that you combat
WELL
am the second in my family. My father
is landlady, and as my country has good
wines he does the brandy named Armagnao,
that is very knew in French, and same in
the foreign.
think that you will give to me some de.
tails on your life and on your family. My
friend waits the letter of your brother
with impatience, he thanks you and you say
a gracious good. Heartily yours, your new
friend. New York Sun.
The herald., 1898-12-11
"ALICE THE SAILOR"
American Girl Who Has Spent Five
Years on English Ships

One of the last passengers to land Sat
urday afternoon from the second cabin OF
the American liner Paris was rosy-cheeked
young woman clad in tailor-made gown.
A small turban hat crowned her short tress-
es and there was an anxious look IN the big
brown eyes as she eagerly scanned the faces
of those on the pier. She was Miss Amelia
Vella, otherwise Alice Amelia Mckinley,
but best known as "Alice the Sailor" an
American girl who has been roaming about
the world in boys dress for five years, and
most of the time doing mans work on
English transports and colliers. On land
ing she had expected to be met by an official
from the Young Women's Christian union,
but no official appeared, and as the girl sail
or had little money she was sent to the barge
office, and with the immigrants there went
to Ellis island. Alice was born in Chicago
seventeen years ago and was twelve years
old when she began her sailor life. With
out fear of detection she worked her way to
England on freighter. There she assumed
the name of David Mckinley. In Cardiff
it struck her as good idea to try the navy,
and as she made up well as a boy she ap.
piled to Recruiting Sergeant II. Guy of the
Royal Marine artillery. But she had not
reckoned on the physical examination and
when told to remove her jacket she ran out
of the recruiting office. Afterward she
shipped as sailor on the British collier Blen-
avon and helped to coal the British war
ships Resolute, Repulse and Portland On
the Benavon she went to Caraglio, in Sar-
dinia, and during the Spanish-Am war
the collier steamed from there to Las
Palmas with cargo of coal for the Span
ish fleet. There the girl sailor went ashore
and was arrested as an American spy. Her
sex was discovered and she was sent to Lon
don, where the American consul refused to
help her because of her long absence from
| America. Her case was taken up by the
London newspapers, and money enough
raised to pay her way home.-New York
Dispatch.
The herald., 1898-12-11
Offers Trained to Catch Fish

Chinese and Indian fishermen have an
ingenious way of training the otter. They
catch the small cub and put a collar round
the throat The little creature, finding itself
unable for days together to swallow any,
thing 1t catches. gives up trying to do SO,
and firmly believes for the rest of Its life
that an otter can only swallow such food as
1t receives direct from its masters hands,
and. accordingly. 1t faithfully brings to the
bank all the fish 1t captures.
The herald., 1898-12-11
Rough Tongue Of the Feline

The tongues of the cat family are covered
with recurring spines. In the common do.
mestic cat these are small. but sufficiently
we'll developed to give the tongue feeling
of roughness. But In the lion and tiger the
spines are strong enough TO enable the AMI
NAL to tear away the skin Of mans hand
merely by licking Il.
The herald., 1898-12-11

exist by absorption in another state, thd
latter lie the inheritor of all the local rights,
obligations and property of the same"
President Mckinley must fish or cut bait.
He must assume eventually sovereignty or
have Cuba assume it-and the sovereign
must pay his debts.
CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT.
The herald., 1898-12-11

of England shows the developing and the
treating OF certain social questions, and in
dicates something of what the future has
in store.
1t is fine, strong work: so strong, so
firm and comprehensive in grasp that, fifty
years ago, men would have said no woman
could have written it.
The herald., 1898-12-11

The Episcopal bishops of Winchester and
Roche ster, England, are often seen in COM
pany on cycling expeditions, and the Ro-
man Catholic bishops of Limerick and
Cloyne, Ireland, spend their vacations on
bicycyling tours.
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usual risks and hard conditions attending
its development. There is no true coal
YET discovered, but many valuable minerals
exist, and there is some promise of gold.
The climate is fully considered, and valua-
bic table given showing the conditions COW
ering several years at Luzon. The mer-
curry rarely goes above 100 degrees or below
60 degrees above. The mean yearly tenn
perature is so degrees. 1t is added that the
moisture in the air makes the temperature
hard to bear. There is malaria every
where and fevers prevail. The typhoon,
too, comes in for mention. and its destruc-
tiveness is very great, partly owing to the
tidal waves accompanying it. The conclu-
sion of the whole matter of climate is that
white men cannot work there through any
long periods; and that the white races can
not be reared there anyway. This is what
the experience of the world has shown as
TO all low-lying tropical lands.
This volume will do much toward giving
our people just estimate of this new field
Of enterprise.
The herald., 1898-12-11
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND


THEIR PEOPLE. A Record of Per-
sonal Observation and Experience, with
General Account of the Archipelago,
and Summary of its History, by Dean
c. Worcester, Assistant Professor of 20
ology, University of Michigan. Illus
trated from the original photographs
taken by DR.. F. S. Bourns in his trips
to both coast and interior of the chief
islands. The Macmillan Company.
The author and his companion. Dr. +. 5.
Bourns, have twice visited the Philippines,
and have Travelled more widely than any
other nglish-speaking men. pushed into
the widest and least explored islands.
Their first trip was unofficial in its char
acter. Their second was made under the
Spanish government, backed by special
order from General Weyler, so that they had
exceptional opportunities for study.
This is a timely and thorough work. Moth
ing even in the nature of it has appeared
since the Philippines came to be of the new
to us. Here is an entirely inn
partial treatment of theme of prime in
terest to the whole world, and it is good
to feel that one may at least read something
with no ''politics' in it The whole material
condition of the archipelago is summarized
in the comprehensive appendix, and shows
that much natural wealth exists, with the
The herald., 1898-12-11
THE CHATTERBOX FOR 1889.
THE PRINCESS AND JOE POTTER.

The PKINIESN IN d JUF. PUI EK. BY
James Otis. Dana Estes G. Co.
As to the first of these two books moth,
ing need he said. Everybody knows 'The
Chatterbox as well as he knows the old
family almanac.
'The Princess and Joe Potter is one OF
Mr.. Otis best stories, and is a most enter
tanning juvenile. We have often taken oc
cason to note the success of this author and
his growing popularity. The story has really
touching phases, and is sure to be an attrac-
ton for the holidays.
The herald., 1898-12-11
Edward Everett Hale Dana Estes n

O o o
THE MAN WITHOUT \ COUNTRY. BY
Edward Everett Hale. Dana Estes &
Co.
This book will never be out of date. Per
haps it will never mean exactly what it
meant when our land was rent with civil
strife, which, in fact, was the inspiration
to the author to write it, but it has an in
terest and charm at all times, and every
youth in the land should read the strange
and touching story of Philip Nolan.
o O O
THE STORY OF COSTA BERLING
Translated from the Swedish OF Selma
Lagerloff, by Pauline Bancroft Flach.
Little Brown & Company.
The publication of this young Swedish
authors first book, about four years ago,
t, ok the Swedish public "by Storm" as the
phrase goes, and well it might 1t is not
easy to put a critical estimate upon such
book. Its style is unique. 1t breathes the
spirit of romance in every line, and not lit
tie OF it all is real poetry, rough, rugged, and
even ragged at times though it be. What
strikes one first of all is the wealth of mate
rial; and the next thing is the way it is
brought-we had almost said tumbled- to-
gether. One may read forward or back
ward and it is all good, but the way is some
times overcrowded. 1t seeems as if the
authors purpose was to keep back nothing,
but to pour all her treasures into the read
ers lap, to spread all the charms and spells
of her wonderful Varmland before his eyes,
lyrics, sagas and all, even though part
of it were quite sufficient for the setting
of the story she had to tell. Though Costa
Berlng, the dissolute and disgraced priest,
is the striking figure in the story, the whole
life of the people is made to appears
brought home to the mind in very remark
able way. But when one has read the vol,
ume, and sets to work to place an estimate
upon it, one feels its utter simplicity, the
absence of all art-and yet isn't this the
greatest art! The legends, the ghosts, the
fierce loves and hates, the terrible poverty,
the wild and reckless life OF the pensioners
of Ekeby, these seem so supple and 50
natural. And yet who has read elsewhere
anything so strange and powerful as this pic
ture of the home of the ma jor and the ma
ior's wife in the great heart of forests! And
Costa Berling, himself, ''the strongest and
the weakest of men,, what is so artless as
this portrayal? But it abides and haunts
one like a great sorrow and mystery, in
perfect keeping with the wild ways of the
hard lives and the harsh manners of re
people.
Miss Lagerlof, as we said, has put great
store of material into her first book For
her sake -'e hope she has not been too
The herald., 1898-12-11
AVE ROMA IAIAIORTALIS. Studies from

the Chronicles Of Rome. Two volumes.
BY F. Marion Crawford Author OF
"Saracinesca," Casa Braccio,' Cor.
leone" etc. The Macmillan company.
What the leading literary journals have
said about these two fine volumes is the lit
eral truth. The work is romantic, enthu.
siastic chronicle of Rome, and yet so sys-
tematic that it has even many qualities OF
the guide book. 1t is broad view of social
and official life under the dual rule of king
and pope. As the Tribune puts it 1T is a
book which no one who loves the Eternal
City can afford to leave unread Indeed,
we do not know of any single work on
Rome that compares with thi, IN, real value,
and certainly none that is equal to it in
romantic interest. 1t is an epitome of all
that is most Interesting, and yet told in
style all its own. While it has abridged
history and romance, it has not neglected or
dulled them, but rather made Rome alive
again.
The herald., 1898-12-11

prodigal; but it does not seem likely
or possible that she will write another that
shall be equal to it in a general way The
story itself would have been improved If
she had left out whole chapters of legends;
but it could hardly have shown her quality
as the volume now shows it. But whether
or not she writes another story as good,
we do know that another light has come
into the literary world.
The herald., 1898-12-11
THE HIDDEN NINE. By Jose,

sheler, author of "The Sun of Saratoga, -
etc. The Continental Publishing Com
pany, New York.
The reader who knows the good work
this author has done before will get this
book and read it upon the strength of the
others; for they made a name for him that
will last.
This is story of the early days of Cali.
forna and its gold discoveries, and very
lively one it is. 1t is literally full of ad-
ventures that often give one the "creepy"
feeling that only the deserts and the noun
tains bring on when desperate men struggle
over them in storms and night. But the
story ends happily, for there was gold and
success at last.
The herald., 1898-12-11
STORIES IN LIGHT AND SHADOW. By

Bret Harte. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
This last volume Of Mr.. Harte's contains
seven short stories: They are:
"Unser Karl "Uncle jim and Uncle
Billy" See Yup," "The Desborough Con
nections, "Saiomy James Kiss, The Man
and the Mountain" and The Passing Of
Enriquez.'
The book will be bought at once by every
lover of the best things in the story-teller's
line, and which one of this list of tales is
really the best one, will never be settled
SO thoroughly good are they all.
The herald., 1898-12-11
MR.. DE LACY's DOUBLE. By Franci,

Eugene Storke. The Continental Pub
fishing Company.
This is an ingenious, even audacious plot
Of a story that tells the strange way two
souls came together at last in real flesh
and perfect bliss, although the newspaper
accounts agreed that the bride was spook.
The story is not in the highest style of
art, but full of interest
LITTLE MIR. VAN WERE OF CHINA.
BY Harriet A. Cheever. Illustrated by
f. B. Barry. Dana Estes Il Co.
An extremely interesting and pathetic
story of lovable little boy, who, becoming
weary of the drudgery of his life in New
The herald., 1898-12-11
BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS

Leatherstocking Tales, no such books were
made. Think of illustrations, and colored
ones at that and then see, boy of forty years
ago, what you missed. But you drank in
these wonderful stories of the prairies and
the woods. the first distinctively American
stories, and they have lived in memory ever
since, never to be wholly displaced. Will
Cooper come again to the youth of the land
Most surely he will, for his stories belong to
no generation, but to all time. Mark Twain
has tried to make fun of this very work,
but it was very poor fun, and gave him no
credit
We commend thiSnew edition of perhaps
the most stirring of all the tales of the great
novelist as being, all in all, the most salts.
factory one yet given to the public.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
A CRISIS IN SPAIN.

The Sagasta Cabinet to Resign To-Morrow
 Madrid, Dec. 19.--It Is semi-ofically an nounced this afternoon that the Spanish ministers will place their resignations In the hands of the queen regent tomorrow. The friends of both Premier Sagasta and Senor Montero Rios declare that the two men are in full accord on all questions of policy.
 The chamber later discussed an interpella- ton by NJ. Miller relative to the conditions upon which the secret dossier could be communicated to the court of cessation, as he contended, unless the court were put in possession of all the documents the whole case of revision was vitiated.
 M. Dupuy, the premier, replied that un- less guarantees of absolute secrecy were forthcoming the government would not com municate these documents to the court. The premier declared also that 1t was impossible to show the documents unless the govern ment was absolutely assured of secrecy
 M Brisson said: There Is no document in the Dreyfus dossier that could affect the security of the state I examined the en- tire dossier after the discovery of the Hen " forgery and considered them all susp- ciouS."
 M Cavaignac, former minister of war, in teriectcd: ''Yes, NJ. BMsson and M. Sarrien examined e documents, l thought it nee essary to show them. Afterward I offered to show M BrisSGn certain documents in the hands of General Gonze, in which there were the elements of the conviction; but NJ. BrissOn thought it useless to examine these" After further debate, which had been throughout of the most animated char acter the chamber, by q vote of 310 aganst 0, approved the attitude of the government.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
0BITUARF NOTES.
The Late Charles G. Kimberly.

The funeral services of the late Charles G. Kimberly, an account of whose sudden death and career appear ed in our yesterday mornings issue, will take Tplace at his late residence, Mo- 250 Whalley avenue tomorrow af- ternoon at 8 o'clock. The news of his death created much surprise and called forth many expressions of sincere sor- row from merchants and other busi- ness men who were old friends of the deceased. MT Kimberly had complain ed of heart trouble for more than a year and at times when about town he was seized with severe attack and had to rest quietly until the pain ceas- ed. Since selling out his business about two years ago to his son and to MT. Fowler, who was long with him at his store, Mir. Kimberly had devoted his business hours chiefly to the Stony Creek Oyster company, of which he was president, and a large owner. He had also of late devoted some time to im- proving and beautifying his very pleas ant residence on Whalley avenue, He was an energetic business man of TO- bust appearance, heavily built and al ways ready with a hearty welcome for his friends. He leaves many who will regret his death.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
A HEAPING
By the Railroad Commissioners in
 Bridgeport Yesterday.

By the Railroad Commissioners in
 Bridgeport Yesterday.
 Bridgeport, Dec. 19.-The railroad commissioners gave a hearing this morning at the county court house on the application of the city for an order to compel the Consolidated railroad to maintain a gateman at the SeavieW avenue crossing for the full twenty-four hours.
 The application was made the result of the terrible accident which happened at that crossing in October last, when Driver John Kampf of Engine No. 6 lost his life and the city a valuable fire engine.
 The full board of commissioners, Will liam o. Seymour of Ridgefield, Orsa- mus R. Fyler of Torrington and Wash ineon F. Wilcox of Chester, were on hand when the hour set for the hearing arrived.
 Mayor Thomas P. Taylor and Fire Commissioners Frank T. Staples and Philip L. Holzer appeared in support of the application.
 c. H. Platt, general manager, and O. M. Shephard superintendent of the New York division, appeared to look after the interests of the Consolidated road.
 After the hearing the commissioners adjourned to take Barnum avenue car to the east end to look over the ground. They will announce their decision later.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
WILL ELECT OFFICERS.
Important Meeting of Sterling Lodl
 No Ac n WY

Important Meeting of Sterling Lodge
 No. 46, "A. o. U. W.
 On Wednesday evening, December 21, the annual election of officers of Ster- ling lodge, No. 46, will take place. The following names were placed in nom fnation at the last meeting. For W. M., Eugene Cartier; F., Thomas McCar- thy; O., Thomas N. Gierding; recorder, Robert Shearer; financier, Samuel Goodman; receiver, Leonard D. Harri- son; guide, Charles E. Lowel; N. w., Higgins; I. w., Max G. Hines: o. w., John F. Coogan; organist, William G.. Iangdon; trustee for three years, J. M. Miller. D. J. Allen. There will also be a representative elected to attend the next session of the grand lodge, which will be held in Boston next February, and which from present indications will be one of the most important meet ines that this large and powerful or eanization has ever held. Matters that are likely to be discussed are the su- nrerne relief law and the recent war re- lief levy. The following names were nlaced in nomination to attend this con- vention. Representative Thomas T. welles; alternate, Daniel J. Allen. Af- ter the election of officers there will be 2 smoker and social meeting.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
s11TT FOR s75o, 900.

Boston, Dec. 19.-Judge Blodgett in the second jury session of the superior court to-day directed the jury in the s75o,OOo action, brought by Charles w. Norton ys. William A. Neville. William H. Martin and John Ballard of Califor- mia. to retarn a verdict for the defend- ants and the jury did so. The suit was brought to recover damages in that sum for the alleged breach of contract made by the defendants in their refusal to sell the plaintiff 100000 shares of the capital stock in the Raw Hide Gold Mining company at S15 per share, or for 1,500 900, price agreed upon with an agent on certain date. The defense was that the defendant had, after their agreement, changed the minimum price at which they would sell to $20 a share, as they had reserved the right to do, and that the plaintiff had notice of the change. The case will be taken to the supreme court on the law questions in- volved.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
CITY GUARDS BALL.
Arrangements and Floor Committees
 Prizes Offered

Arrangements and Floor Committees
 Prizes Offered
 The City Guard has already under way the preparations for It's fifteenth grand carnival and fancy dress ball at the Second Regiment armory on Febru- ary 6. 19S The Second regiment orches- tra under the leadership of Frank Fichtl, will furnish music for the occa sion, and MT. Dunn will prompt for the dancing. The following cash prizes for costumes will be given: $25 for the best group, not less than six $20 for the best dressed lady's costume; $10 for the best dressed mans costume: S10 for the most comcal mask; S1O for the best character mask.
 The committee of arrangements is Captain J. W. Sypher First Lieutenant A. H. Molen, Second Lieutenant F. Pauly, Sergeant D. Macmillen, Sergeant W. Kipp, Sergeant W. Doolittle, Cor poral M. Trautmann, Corporal William Applegate, Corporal Fred Druehl, Pri- vate John Applegate, Private Louis Hermann, Private Edward Dupee. The floor committee is Corporal Fred Druehl, floor manager; Sergeant B. Trautmann, Sergeant D. Macmillen, Sergeant William Doolittle, Sergeant William Kipp, Corporal William Ap- plegate, Corporal August Faeser, Cor poral M Trautmann, Corporal J. Sa- lerno, Musician Gus Michael, Priyates John Applegate, Joe Applegate, William Foote, L. Hermann, A. Miller, William Salt, M. Henry, M. Noll, F. Dupee, w. Leake, M. Pockrop
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-20
Polls Wonderland Theater.


 A thoroughly good vaudeville bill clean thoughout but full of pleasing va riety, is playing to big houses at the Wonderland. A sweet faced boy, Mas ter O'Hare, with delightful soprano voice, sings a pretty conceit called "The Choir Boy" which supplies the medium to introduce him in a church scene clad in cassock and surplice and at tended by colored pages that set him off in a halo of brilliancy as he chants his song. Then he leaves the church scene and in front beautifully sings some popular ballads in conventional garb. Three jolly negroes, Jones, Grand and Jones, give a lively sketch full of characteristic walks, songs and dances and dialogues. Charles Wayne and Anna Caldwell have a clever Co., han play, and the jolliest of pairs ae Yorke and Adams in Hebrew special ties of a good natured sort. The gypsy quintet vary the run of recent popu- lar melody by restoring a conceit of old time ballads and tuneful melodies. Others on the bill are H. l.. Stuart, Clayton sisters, Carr and Nicherd and Case and LeClair. Prices 10c and 200. Ladies in the afternoon 10c.