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The times., 1898-01-23
Hanna's Tainted Toga.

(From the Philadelphia Ledger. J
The charges of bribery in connection with
the election Of Mark A. Hanna to the Sena-
torship are becoming very definite, and
threaten exposure in court. The ac-
cused men, some of whom are specifically
named, owe it to themselves, as well as to
the community, to demand and try to pro-
cure a full investigation, but il they are
really guilty, that is the last thing they will
do. They would rather take chances on
the treaeherous memory of the average
voter. No one should be more active in
compelling such an investigation than
Mr. Hanna; he cannot afford to have his
Senatorial title tainted with unanswered
charges of bribery.
The times., 1898-01-23
The Little Land.

When alone at home | sit
And am very tired of it,
/ have just to shut my eyes
To go sailing through the skies.
To go sailing far away
To the pleasant Land OF PLAY,
To the fairy land afar
Where the Little People are:
Where the clover tops are trees,
And the rain pools are the seas,
And the leaves like little ships
sail about on tiny trips;
And above the daisy tree,
Through the grasses,
High o'erhead the Bundle Bee
HUNS and passes,
On the grassy coasts of it;
Little thoughtful creatures sit
On the grassy coasts of 1t;
Little things with lovely eyes
See me sailing with surprise.
Some are clad in arnlor green,
(These have sure to battle been.)-
Some are piled with ev'ry hue,
Black and crimson, gold and blue;
Some have wings and swift are gone;
But they all look kindly on.
When my eyes l once again
Omen, and see all things plain;
High bare walls, great bare floor;
Great big knobs on drawer and door;
Great big people perciied on chairs,
Stitching tucks and mending tears,
Each q hill that / could climb,
And talking nonsense all the time
Oh, dear me,
That could be
A sailor on the rain pool sea,
A climber in the clover tree,
And just come back, a sleepyhead,
Late at night TO go to bed.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The times., 1898-01-23
If / Knew.

IL knew the box where the smiles are kept,
No matter how large the key
or strong the bolt. would try 50 hard
'Tvyould open, / know for me-
Then over the land and the sea, broadcast,
ia scatter the smiles 10 play,
That the children's faces might hold them
fast
For many and many day.
II | knew box that was large enough
To hold all the frowns 1 meet,
/ would like TO gather them, every one,
From nursery, school, anG street;
Then. foitiing and holding, I'd pack them in
Anu turning the monster key,
I'd hire a giant to drop the box
To the depths OF the deep, deep sea
- BoStOn Transcript.
The times., 1898-01-23
a Boston Poet.

A slender little volume by Richard
Burton, bearing the somewhat unprom-
Using title of Memorial Day; and 9th
er Pcems,'' comes to us from Boston.
1t might have been a good thing had
the author chosen some less lugubrious
name for this little venture, for some,
how or other Memorial Day suggests
evergreen wreaths, and stone urns, and
gates ajar, and like Things. 1t might
also have been good thing if he had
CHOSEN to vary his. meter now and
then. Nearly all the poems are writ
ten in the heroic pentameter, and it is
almost impossible to get up enthusi-
asm over a poem in that style. even
Paradise Lost, or Hamleps Soliioquy.
The lightSomeness of the Inadrigal, the
finished measure of the quatrain. and
the swing and rhythm of the ballad
are more to the taste OF the fastidious
modern reader
But there are some very pretty
things in Mr.. Burton's book, and the
writer is evidently lover and observ-
er of nature. There is a touch of the
questioning and unrest of an intro
spective mind in the bit of verse en-
titled
A MYSTERY.
Why should a fir tree stark against the
sky
Arouse old thoughts and times of long
ago,
Yea, blind With tears a careless passing
eye
That cnaDcewise looks for signs OF rain
or snow?
/ do not know.
/ only feel that any joy or pain
May live afresh in any sight | see,
By field or nook, by pain or windy plain,
And So the world wonder is TO me,
A mystery.
And there are phrasings like this:
''Midsummer's facile miracle of sky
and field and bird-swift WINGS" and
this stanza from one of the best of the
shorter poems, The Phantom Drum"
IT'S the phantom drums tap tapping
drear,
Up in the fort for he cannot rest,
That drummer boy in his dungeon place.
You never see him or know his face,
But the tap-tap-taD comes sharp and
clear
Above tue sea, when the wind blows west.
These expressions show a carefulness
of diction and command of language
which may be cleverness. and may be
something more. One cannot always
tell. (Boston: Copeland & Day. Wash
ington: All booksellers)
The times., 1898-01-23
Persistent.

A little picture haunts Inc;
Ii coiles and comes again;
1t is O. tiny birds nest,
Al ragged from the rain.
1t clings within a birch tree
Upon the IiOorland's edge,
Between the barren branches,
Above the swayinG sedge.
The sky is gray behind it,
And when the nortiF winds blow,
The birch tree bends aud snivers,
And toSses to aE4 fro.
I wonder, does il haunt them,
The birds that flew away?
And viii they come TO seek it,
Some sunny summer day?
/ wonder, does some retlbreast
Upon an orange bow
Still picture il as plainly
As | can view it now?
An, me! / would forget it.,
Yet ST i'll, with sense of pain,
I see this little birds nest
Within the driving rain.
.7@ss s --Evaline Stein.
The times., 1898-01-23

in vivid outline the lives and charac-
teristics of various statesmen who
have influenced our history. from JEFF
ferson's Inauguration to the present
time. To each subject will be devoted
a single chapter, and there are nearly
fifty chapters in the series Prof. Ty
Ter also has in preparation volume
which will deal with THE Literary
History Of the American Republic Dur
ing the First Half Century of Their In
dependence, 17S3-1S33" Both works
will be published by C. p. Putnam's
Sons.
Two books by Charles A. Dana will
soon be published by d. Appleton d
Co. One is War "reminiscences,
now running in McClure's, and the
other is Eastern Journeys, which
deals with Mr. Dana's visit in 1895 to
Russia, Caucasus and Jerusalem.
~"The Life of Charles Carroll, of Car
rollton, 1737-1S32" will be published.
together with his correspondence and
papers, in two octave volumes. The
author of this biography is Kate
Mason Rowland, author of THE Life
of George Mason Of Virginia" 1t is
published by G.. p. Putnam's Sons.
One author at least has successfully
hidden himself from the eye of the
public. This is Mr.. e. l.. Voynich, who
wrote The Gadhy.' He may be an
American, an Englishman, or neither;
nobody seems to know. There is a ru-
NOR about that he is in Austria getting
material for a new novel Austria is
safe place for him TO hide in for the
present.
Another literary landmark is about
to vanish from London. This is No.
IS Furnival's Inn, where Dickens wrote
''Pickwick' and spent some OF his hap
piest days. II seems pity that
committee of literary and artistic con-
ServatiyeS cannot be empowered TO stop
this sort of thing.
The February number Of McClure's
will contain an article by DR. Nansen
on his ideas and hopes for the future
of Polar exploration. There VIII also
be in this number a historical docu-
ment of extraordinary interest. III IS an
account of washington's last days from
the manuscript diary Of his private sec
retary, Col Tobias Lear.
The madrigal fashion has reached its
height in England. A book of verses
in this quaint Elizabethan style is to
be issued. and the verses will be set to
music in honor of Queen Victoria.
Among the authors who Will contr bute
to this volume are Austin Dobson A
C. Benson. Robert Bridges, Mr.. Gosse,
and Alfred Austin. The music Will De
written by Sir Arthur Sullivan, Dir
Walter Parratt, and others
on the cover of the February Ladies
Home Journal appears new GIBSON
girl IT is Mr.. Gibson's little daughter,
one year old, and he calls her his val
entine.
The latest name for fad is 'Menti-
c,,ItI,re which name is the invention
of Mr.. Horace Fletcher Menticulture,
on which Mr. Fletcher has written a
book. is a very simple philosophy. ana
seems likely to hold its own against the
other occult systems.
Lieut.. Peary viii have a book ready
for publication next month. 1t VIII tell
of his seven expeditions, and OF MS
plans for the eighth.
The times., 1898-01-23

What is the value OF Columbian half
dollar Ind Col unlbiau stamps2 E. g.
The coins are not at premium-prob-
ably will not be in the life OF anyone now
living, becaus somany Of them were struck.
Stamp dealers will buy Columbian stamps
by the hundreds, in denominations from
3 cents TO 80 cents, inclusive. and singly
in the 81, So, So, 81, and 50 sorts.
The times., 1898-01-23

Are all forts in the United states re
cruitiug stations? 2 Which rs the most
desirable branch of service, cavalry, in
fautry or artillery? 3. Does soldier
serve where he enIists? 4. Where can
obtain more complete information on this
subject than is furnished by the u nited
States Army Recruiting Circular? FB.
The forts are not know n as recruiting
stations; hut man can enlist at any fort,
the post adjutant being designated always
as recruiting officer. 2. IL depends on
the man. If he is fond of horses, he would
like the cavalry or the light artillery; in
the heavy art illery he is alwa Us near large
seaport; in the infantry he 1uay be station
ed anywhere in Soine lonely post,
now near soine large city. g. If h . enlist sata
post, he serves there, il he enliSts at q
recruiting station without specifying any
regiment, he is sent where ne may be
needed f. We don't know that you can
get it officially; some friend in the army
would give it to you, however. -;inH=s
The times., 1898-01-23

NJ A. I've do not know no pghlished
the book a bout which you inquire, but any
bookseller will be glad TO get it for you
The times., 1898-01-23
NOTES AND QUERIES.

What is the largest wheat market in
the world? ii. ID.
Chicago.
The times., 1898-01-23

How can we send something to the
suffering Cubans2 Ell B.
Don'tsend anything Spaniards would
steal
The times., 1898-01-23

on the cover of the February Ladies
Home Journal appears a new Glpson
girl. 1t is Mr.. Gibson's little daughter
one wear old, and he calls her his val
entine.
The times., 1898-01-23

Two books by Charles A. Dana will
soon be published by d. Appleton d
Co. One is War "reminiscences,
now running in McClure's, and the
other is Eastern Journeys which
deals with Mr. Dana's visit in 1895 to
Russia, Caucasus and Jerusalem.
The times., 1898-01-23

The latest name for fad is 'Menu-
culture" which name is the invention
of Mr.. Horace Fletcher. Mentlculture'
on which Mr. Fletcher has written
hook. is a very simple philosophy. and
seems likely to hold it's own against the
other occult systems.
The times., 1898-01-23

What are the nfcknames OF the states Of
the Union? W. L. s.
Alabama, Cotton State; Arkansas, Bear:
California, Golden; Colorado, Centennial:
Connecticut, Nutmeg; Delaw are, Blue Hen.
Flor rida, Peninsula; Georgia, Empire OF
the South; Illinois, Sucker, Indiana, HOOSier;
Iowa, Hawkeye: Kansas, Garden: h entGckv.
Blue Grass; Louisiana, Pelican; MaSsa-
chusetts, Bay; Michigan, Wolverine, Mime
sofa Gopher: Missouri. Iron. Nevada, Silver
New Hampshire, Granite: New jersey, Gar
den; New York, Empire; North Carolina.
Turpentine; Ohio, Buckeye; Oregon, Web
foot; Pennsylvania, Keystone. Rhode Island
Little Rhody; South Carolina, Palmetto:
Texas, Lone s tar; V Yertnont, Green Mountain.
Virginia, Old Dominion; and Wisconsin.
Badger.
The times., 1898-01-23

"The Life of Charles Carroll, of Car
rollton, 1737-1S32' will be published.
together with his correspondence and
papers, in two octave volumes The
author of this biography is Kate
Mason Rowland, author of THE Life
of George Mason Of Virginia" 1t is
published by G. p. Putnam's Sons.
The times., 1898-01-23

Rider Haggard is writing a new
story, the scene of which viii be laid
in Holland, and the time be medieval.
1t is rather to be regretted that Mr..
Haggards muse seems to have wan
dered away from Africa. He was very
much at home there, and it was good
setting for the wild barbaric riot OF his
imagination.
The times., 1898-01-23

Inc New York Sun, in an unusual
Iisht oil imagination, asks US to think
ol the glorious tales of adventure-of
ioNe ana battle and the perils of the
ueep-We might have had if only one of
iioWehs great great grandmothers
haa gone on honeymoon trip with a
pirate TO the Spanish Main. The Sun
should be careful. The average mans
imagination can be strained If too m,Ioi,
is put upon it.
The times., 1898-01-23

The Jungle Books seem to have
started an epidemic of animal stories.
ana that is not bad thing. The ami
mas cannot read what is written about
them, so they do not object; and they
usually do not talk dialect, which is a
happy thing from the printers point of
view. The latest contribution in this
llne Is The Story ef Red Deer" by
J. w. Fortescue. The scene is laid in
ENmoor Forest. and the characters,
among whom are the badger, the rabbit
and the gray hen, talk in the Devon
shire language. made familiar to US in
Lorna Doone' This departure should
receive attention
The times., 1898-01-23

When did the Pemberton Mills. tof Law
renee, Mass-,l fan; and how many were
killed and injured. y II.
The PenbertOn mills collapsed on Janu-
airy 10, 1860. in the afternoon tthe official
report makes the accident occur at AIS
p. nj Six hundred persons We're buried,
before they could be extTicated a watch
man dropped his lantern, which exploded
setting fire 70 the ruins. Eighty nine per-
sons were burned 70 death, seventcen died
OF their injuries, fortythree were severely
injured. and two were Grip pled permanently.
The times., 1898-01-23

What causes the miniature blue blaze
on the tips of the finger-naiIs wnen held
on the under side Of a belt running at
a hign speed from an engine TO dyn-
amor W
Electricity. produced by the friction OF
the belt on the pulleys, and jumping TO
the fingers. This is static electricity
only.
The times., 1898-01-23

Lieut.. Peary viii have book ready
for publication next month. 1t Will tell
of his seven expeditions, and OF his
plans for the eighth.
The times., 1898-01-23

Mr.. Elbert Hubbard still continues
his little journeys to the homes of ia
nous people, and the series of 1898 will
be to the homes of statesmen The
twelve are Washington, Franklin.
Hamilton, Samuel Adams, Hancock,
John Quincy Adams, Jefferson, Web
ster, Clay, Jay, Seward and Lincoln
The first paper has appeared in the
usual dainty style of these essays, and
is an extremely interesting glimpse
into the home life and private actions
of the father of his country. The
Washington reproduced in these pages
is not steel engraving; he is a live
man. Mr. Hubbard finds occasion to
mock a little at Washington's early BIZ
ographers, satirically observing that
Washington may not have been able
to tell lie, but Weems was not thus
ha ntl;oapped. And Mr.. Hubbard fur
ther finds that whether Washington
could lie or not, he was not only the
father of his country, but the father of
all his poor relations, a much more
thankless and less glorious task.
Bernard Shaw's new edition of his
dramatic works is called plays.
Pleasant and Unpleasant" and will be
issued late in February by Herbert
Stone & Co, of Chicago.
Paul Laurence Dunbar's new novel is
to be published by Lippincotts as a
serial, and will afterward come out in
book form. 1t is a story of life in a
small Ohio town.
Count Leo Tolstoi is going to publish
another book. In regulating the af-
fairs of this world he has reached the
subject of art, and this new work will
express his views Of what art is AMI
what it should be.
In the near future work by Moses
Colt Tyler will be published, dealing
with American political life during the
present century. 1t rs a series of four
volumes and will be called "A Century
of Americas StalAsmen." 1t presents
The times., 1898-01-23

Amateur Champion H. J. Whigham
has written book on How to Play
Golf which will be issued during Feb
ruary. 1t has been delayed owing to
the difficulties of the picture work, for
the book is illustrated with chrono-
photographic pictures showing the posi-
ton of player, club and ball at every
point in the swing.
The times., 1898-01-23

The Dutch discovered New York Rav.
bought the land from the Indians ana
settled the Hudson Valley. what claim
had the English To the territory? ID. ID.
The claim Of having conGueredit. They
captured 1t in 1864. and held it for nine
years; in 1873 the Dutch retook it. but
s'.rrendered it in 1874. from which time
up 70 the American revolution the Eng
lish held it,
The times., 1898-01-23

Mention three good schools of electricity
where person may obtain good eiec-
tricai education? =. Is there any de
pendence to be placed in sciIUOEs desiring
TO teach electricity, law, medicine, etc,
at home2 3 Which is the more profitable
10 study at the present age, steam or
electricity? y. $.
Every scientific school has some course
in electrical engineering that would help
a beginner 3 1t may be possible tn
study law in a correspondence school,
but il is absolutely impossible to teach
or to study medicine in such a school
3. Electricity offers q wider fIeII.
The times., 1898-01-23

Pierre Lott has just completed his
term of command of the gunboat Jave-
lot, at Hendaye, and will presently un-
dertake a journey to the far East
Those who saw The Middleman" re-
member the device employed by Blen-
karn TO keep himself secluded from Wis
itors. Lott works in queer little study
where he cannot be disturbed for very
much the same reason The only way
to get in is to climb a rope ladder,
which. while the novelist is at work, is
not there TO climb. n
The times., 1898-01-23

Have English or Belgian haTes ever been
imported into this country II 50, to
what extent, and where can they, or
either OF them now he found. and now
do they compare with ours as TO size,
weight and quality or meat P.R-B
They are imported in small quantities
every year in cold storage. and a few
live hares tEnslishl have been import eel
to order to stock preserves. These hares
are larger and heavier than ours, and
the flavor is mucnthe same.
The times., 1898-01-23

How long has Victor Hugo been dead?
.. How long did it take Hin to write
Les Misera DIeS?" 3. About how old WIS
he W nen lie wrote IL? OGDEN.
he has been dead nearly thirteen years;
I've died May 80, 1885. .. There was an
interval OF three years between Les
Mlssrablcs'' and its predecessor. tire first
part OF the '-Legende des SieCles,'' but
probably Les Misera bles' had been i'll
process of writing more than three years
,. Hugo was born February 2G, 1902; ne
was about sixty years old when Les Mis-
erablesr was published.
The times., 1898-01-23

What is the amount OF the Baker es-
tate, which IS SAID To be in Philadelphia,
and has been mentioned in the papers
several times =. Do you tnInk tina ttnere
IS any cnance OF the neirs ever recovering
the property? ,. IL the present holders
of the property have paid rent for the
same, does not tnat admit that they do
not own it? L. :. b
We do not know. .. If the estate is
like most of the estates we read about.
there is no chance whatever. 3. It would
seem 81,
The times., 1898-01-23

Another literary landmark is about
to vanish from London. This is No.
IS Furnivals Inn, where Dickens wrote
"Pickwick'' and spent some of his hap
piest days. II seems a pity that
committee of literary and artistic con-
servatiyes cannot be empowered TO stop
this sort of thing.
The times., 1898-01-23

Theodore Mommsen, the historian
lately celebrated his eightieth birth
day IN Berlin He is a familiar figure
on the streets of that metropolis. and a
pretty story is told by an American
lady who happened TO be in a room
full of German students when the great
man entered. The students were seat
ed at tables. drinking, chatting, and
singing. Suddenly there was a hush
A slender, slightly bent, brilliant-eyed
old man entered and passed TO a seat
Then, with one voice, the greeting went
forth, 'Mommseni" And that was all.
The times., 1898-01-23

How can dissolve old or new rubber so
as to make a thin solution like a paint
". JONES.
You can dissolve India rubber in rectified
turpentine, carbon bi-sulDlide. benZine.
coal uaptha, petroleum, fixed OILS and voIa-
tile oils. To make a paint or yarnish, dis
solve the pure gum mot the hard sulphur
yuIcanized RUBBER in hot benZOie or some
fixed oil, triturate IL Wen. press through
sieve, and you win have a vaTnish that
dries hard.
The times., 1898-01-23

The February number Of McClure's
will contain an article by DR. Nansen
on his ideas and hopes for the future
of Polar exploration. There viii also
be in this number historical docu-
ment of extraordinary interest. III IS an
account of washington's last days from
the manuscript diary Of his private sec
rotary. Col. Tobias Lear.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-28
Excursion Rate. tn California.

II time and comfort Is considered You
certainly will purchase you tickets via
the SHORT LINE, Southern Route, 80
hours As minutes Butte to a Francis
co: 50 hours to Los Angeles. with only
one change OF cars: Pullman dining car
route.
Helena. Anaconda and Butte to San
Francisco and return 5000: to Los An
geles and return $50. 90: tickets limited
to sixty days going. final limit tsix
months) returning. with stop over priv
ileges.
Train made up at Butte. Remember
only one change OF cars. and that In the
Union depot. Ogden.
Tickets also on sale at above rates via
Portland. Shasta Route or Ocean. Sleep
ing car reservations. and further partic-
ulars can be secured No. ~ East Broad
way. II. q. WILSON.
General Agent.
Butte. Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-28
THE new CITIZEN Mill
IN JUDGE CLANCYS COURT
ooms Of the Applicants Got Badly Tam
g1sd Up In the Intricaciee OF the
Presidents English-Those
Admitted.

Judge Clancy yesterday made 81 new
citizens and kept his court running un-
Gil 6 O'Clock in the evening for the pur-
pose of hearing applicants for natural
fzation. Judge Lindsay admitted Is to
citizenship. Among the applicants be-
fore Judge Clancy were IS Austrians
from Anaconda.
How long since did you make up
your mind to become a citizen?' asked
Judge Clancy Of a man whose head
looked as IL the hair on IL had been
singed. The man didn't understand and
h Judge. tapping his head with his
Nnger. asked:
When did you get II into your head
90 become a citizen Of this country
Oh said the a as his face light
ened up with a CLEAN of intelligence.
"hair burned on in smeIters."
One man said his name was Joe WILL
Jams and claimed to be a native Of Italy.
do you think he will make a good
citizen?" asked the judge Of one OF the
witnesses.
You bet" was the answer.
How old were o when you came
10 tnlS CountTy. Ndr aShtu VI ahtoiiC
Les, a man from Anaconda.
six year."
How old are you now?"
"Twenty-one."
How long have you been in the
country"
six year"
That was the extent OF the mans
English. but he got his papers.
What Is his moral character" one
of his witnesses was asked.
Good while in town. but he was out
in the woods six months and ! don't
know what IL was then"
IF II was good In town the presump-
tion Is that IL was good in the woods"
said the court.
Nick Nedved. another Austrian. who
was IS or As years old. was asked at
wha age he came to America.
Seventeen" he said.
How old are you now"
Al least 30 years." was the reply.
You might be more" suggested the
court.
Yes" said Nedved.
His witnesses testified hat he was
well informed as to the constitution N
laws of this form Of government N
would make a good citizen. He got his
papers.
Mike Luksik. a man about q years or
age, soiemly told the court that he was
20 years of age when he came to this
country and had lived here for six years.
and arrived here IL years ago. The
young fellow had evidently got mixed