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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-23
A FATAL DUEL.
Young Men Fight With Pistols and
One il Killed.

BRISTOL, TENN, April 22.-Special- -
A murder is reported from near Magnetic
City. n. G. George Weatheroy ana
Ceorge Herald. young men. fought
duel with pistols. Weatherby was killed.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-23
THE CUBAN FORCES.

The Cuban Insurgents can get together
5000 men and will do so. This army
viii he a sort OF auxiliary force to the
Americans and the two commands are ex-
pected to work together In perfect har-
mony. The Cubans will perform any
part in the campaign the commanding
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The Tailor
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The times., 1898-04-24
"rhc Twentieth Century city,


1.-THE Twentieth Century City" by Jo-
siah Strong. is an attempt to sum up the
evil characteristics of our civilization and
discover remedies. Mr.. Strong traces
most of the tribulations from which this
country now suffers to the growth of the
cities, and asserts that this growth must
continue in the future. till the cities alb
sorb practically the whole of our popu-
lation
This as he thinks, is made necessary
by the fact that manufacture has prac-
ucally no limits TO its development while
with every improved scientific method of
agriculture the farming population must
grow less. He declares that while the
products of the manufacturer may be
multiplied to supply an ever-increasing
demand, the farmers market must con-
tinually grow smaller because his busi-
ness is TO supply food, and the appetite
of mankind does not increase with civili-
Zation. From these premises he draws
the conclusion that the country must be
dominated by the cities, and that, there
lore, 1t is of the utmost Importance that
the cities be rightly governed Here he
finds occasion to make some severe re-
Elections on Tammany. But when he
proposes as a remedy for vice in the
Christian youths and maidens on bicy-
cles one is inclined to think that he is
making war with milk and the water of
roses weapons not precisely suited to
combat with Tammany Hall. And when,
furthermore, he asserts that he knows of
capitalists whose employees come to them
and ask that their wages may be reduced
in order to raise the profits of the manage
ment to a given point, the reader lays down
the book and wonders if this reformer is
a disciple of Ananias. IT is hardly ne
cessary to add, as Mr.. Strong does that
with such workmen and such employers
the employers. by the way, paint the
Golden Rule in large gilt letters on the
walls of their offices-strikes and lock-
outs are unknown. But the anecdote
would be more to the point had he told
where these apocryphal people are to be
found.
Undoubtedly, this country would be re-
generated if everybody in it were anx-
ious to do just right, but it is still uncer-
tain how this happy result is to be ac-
cOmplished 1t is extremely doubtful
whether leaflets of good literature will
ever do it.
(New York: The Baker & Taylor
Company. Washington: c. C. PurselL)
The times., 1898-04-24
The Old Navy.

The captain stood on the carronade; "FiTst Lieu
tenant says he,
"send all my merry men aft here. for they must
list 10 me;
haven't the gift of the CAB. my sons-because
I'm bred to the sea;
That ship there is a Frenehman, who means to
And odds bobs, hammer and tongs. long as
I've been to sea.
I've fought 'gainst every odds-and I've gained
the victory
''That ship there is Freneiman, and if We
don't take she
'Tis thousand bullets to one that she viii cap
tuTe we:
l haven't the gift Of the CAB, my boys; so each
TO his gun;
If she's not mine in half an hour I'll fog each
mothers son.
And odds hobs hammer and tongs, long as
I've been TO sea,
I've fought 'gainst every odds-and I've gained
the Yictoryi''
We fought for twenty minutes, when the French
had enough;
81 little thought said he, "that your men were
OF such stuff
Our captain took the Frenchman's sword, a low
bow made TO ne;
81 haven't the gift OF the CAB, monsieur but po-
lite I wish TO be.
And odds bobs hammer and tOngs, long as
I've been to sea,
I've fought 'gainst every odds-and I've gained
the victory"
Our captain sent for all of Us: .'My merry men, ("
said he,
81 haven't the gift of the gab my lads, but yet 1
thankful be;
You've done your duty handsomely, each man
stood to his gun;
II you hadn't, you villains. as sure as day, I'd
have fogged each mothers son.
For odds bobs. hammer and tongs, as long as
Pm at sea.
I'll fight 'gainst every odds-and I'll gain the
victory
Frederick Marryat
The times., 1898-04-24

THE Vicar" by, Joseph Hatton, Is an
English novel of rural life, in no way
remarkable for anything. 1t has a plot
that is fairly well worked out, and some
characters which are drawn with fair
dexterity; and 1t shows a practiced
hand in all of it's details. There seems
to be no especial reason Ter Its name,
since the Vicar of Bes-
ford, though pleasant old gentleman.
is not more prominent in the book than
any one of half a dozen other charac-
ters. The most original episode in the
book IS the provision which is made for
an unfortunate young girl who comes to
grief through the Wears only son, and
fees to London. She finds there an au-
thor of reputation who marries her with
alacrity. The absence of strong emo
ton under circumstances calculated to
excite grief and despair is one of the
curious things to be observed in this
book. Several pages are usually taken
up, after some moral catastrophe,
with the small-talk employed by the suf-
ferers to conceal their real distress and
ii does conceal it so successfully that
the reader somehow gets the impression
that they do not feel much distressed
after ALL The general effect of the
book is like that of one of those society
plays in which the hero goes through all
sorts of emotional crises in a dress suit
and silk hat without disturbing the
appearance of either and the heroine
endures extremties of terror and grief
in a tailOr-made gown. Most people
have seen such plays. and most people
do not care much for them, nor will they
care much for this book.
Philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott Com
pany. Washington: All booksellers.)
The times., 1898-04-24
A Rnnk of Ira vel.

Here. There and Everywhere" IS a
book OF "reminiscences, by Mrs. NJ. E.
W. Sherwood. Ii is a miscellaneous
collection Of memories from Venice,
Rome, Paris, Ober-Ammergau and some
other places. illustrated with two por-
traits OF the author and several of royal
or otherwise distinguished people. There
are some interesting anecdotes in this
collection, but most of ii is a mixture OF
personal impressions, trite facts, and
the opinions of the author, huddled to-
gether in a style which robs the book
of all literary merit, Either the printer
or the author is responsible for some
very bad mistakes in proper names and
grammar would-be critic of Amer
can literature, who talks of Howell s
novels" and of "a rainbow glinting
the clouds" and calls Rudyard Kip
ling sometimes as grand as a forest of
orchids @ and sometimes as trivial as
the monkeys and paroquets who jabber
in the branches of the jungle" has some
things TO learn; anu the loose construc-
tion of Mrs SherwooGs $ sentences leaves
one in doubt now and then as to her ex-
act meaning.
When she says in this same chapter
on literature Labor is sufficiently hon
orable in its own place. 1t should not
be transplanted-not at least until it
has washed its hands"-she shows an
utter lack Of the first requirement of lit
erary criticism-ability to recognize and
enjoy a truthful delineation of human
nature whether the human nature be-
longs 10 the most exalted people in
worldly society or TO a primitive savage
Literature is thought, and thought is as
broad as the universe. To commend
Mrs Humphrey Ward, as Mrs. Sher-
wood does solely on the ground that, be
ing a lady, she makes no mistakes in de
lineatng society life; and to assume that
that is the only sort Of life really worti
delineating, is TO show a narrowness o.
appreciation which does not argue the
writer a good critic, either of literature
or of the world in general. This tuft
hunting attitude is found all through
the book AS Mr.. Lincoln once said
| however, ''if people like that sort o
thing that is just the sort of thing the,
] will like" Those who are looking fo
The times., 1898-04-24
fHOuereen.

Och Modereen Rue, you little red rover,
By the CLINT of the moon you stole out OF your
cover,
And now there is never an egg to be got,
Nor a handsome fat chicken TO put in the pot.
Och, Modereen Rue!
With your nose to the earth and your ear on the
You skunk through the stubble with irost-drops a
glisten,
With my lovely fat drake in your teeth as you
That your red roguish children should breakfast
Och, Modereen Ruei
Och, Modereen Rue. hear the horn for warning,
They are looking for red roSuish foxes this morn
But let them come my way. you little red rogue,
'Tis ! will betray you to huntsman and dog.
Och, Modereen Ruel
The little red rogue, he's the color of bracken.
oer mountains. DER valleys, his pace will not
Tantara tantaral he is off. and. my faith.
'Tis race 'twixt the little red rogue and his
Och, Modercen Ruel
Och, Modereen Rue, I've no cause to be griev-
For little red rogues with their tricks and then
The hounds they give tongue. and the quarry's ii
sight,
The hens on the rOost may sleep easy tonight.
Och, Modereen Rue!
But my blessing be on him. He made the hounds
follow
Through the woods. through the dales, over hill.
over hollow.
1t was Modereen Rue led them fast led them far
From the CLINT of the morning till eve's silver
star
Och Modereen Ruel
And he saved his red brush for his own future
wearing,
He slipped into drain, and he left the hounds
swearing.
Good luck. my fine fellow. and long may you
show
Such clean pair of heels to the hounds as they
Och, Moderecn Rue,
st. James Gazette.
The times., 1898-04-24
A Golf Story Book.

The book of golf fiction has come upon
us, and 1t is nearly time for the golf
drama. But we will tee that ball when
we get to it. The Golfcide, and Other
Tales of the Fair Green is by w. G.
Van T. Sutphen, and it's clothing is about
as simple as anything labelled golf that
was ever seen, being a deep, green
binding, with brilliant red back, and
pale green lettering. There are six
stories in the book, which is a small one,
and they are all fun of golfsh phrase
ology. and all deal with the peripatetic
obsession common to the votaries of that
solemn sport. without prejudice. il
may be stated that to an outsider the
goltiac'S behavior is more like raving
insanity, and his speech more like that
of a gibbering idiot than of any
| other creature, except a confirmed base
ball fiend. One hesitates to say that in
extracting enough human interest out of
the amusement sacred to st. Andrew
and the Scottish nation TO make vol
ume of fiction, even as large as a golf
! ball. Mr.. Van T. Sutphen has not dis
| played absolute genius.
The saving grace of these yarns is the
| evidence given by the spinner that he
sees something funny in golf mania. The
| experiences of one Robinson Brown are
| lold Win d SdTuOTlc gravity WHICH IN
| spires one with the belief that it is meant
| to be humorous. The tale in which Il
gentleman in black, with peculiarly
| shaped feet, takes a hand in the game,
! and the ball becomes lost, has a Poe-like
| Srimness and mystery. Even If one does
| not know golf. one can manage to get
| the sense of the story without translat-
ing the dialect. Were this not so it
would be hopeless; for the book has no
! glossary, and if there were one, it would
be of no use. The study of golf must be
made a religion if one would comprehend
| it's language But the book is a fine one
| for people who do understand golf to
| give one another for Christmas or birth
| day presents, and that is about all that
| it is good for. The outside public will
wonder and pass by. If Mr.. Van T. SUIT
! phen will expend his undeniable talent
on something else he may some day win
much fame.
| (New York: Harper & Brothers. Wash
! ington: All boOksellers)
The times., 1898-04-24
Gertrude Atherton.s New Book.

american Wives and English Hus-
bands" by Gertrude Atherton. is one of
the books for which it is perfectly safe
to predict a considerable and extended
popularity The subject is one in which
most women are more or less interested,
and 1t Is treated in lively, pleasing and
interesting way. The heroine is a South
ern girl and the hero an English noble
man, and the story deals with the en-
gagement made between these two young
people in their childhood, the return of
the lover years afterward to claim its
fulfilment, and the early married life of
the couple. The interest of the reader is
held from beginning to end by the plot
and the way in which it is developed The
characters are drawn with an assured
and skllful touch, and although some of
them are of too exaggerated type to
be exactly true to life, they are all real.
Lee TarIeton the heroine, is a piQuant
and attractive young woman with a mind
Of her own and taking way of express
ing it, Early in the unfolding of the plot
she sums up the situation by saying sue
cinctIy to Cecil Maundrell, the young
EngIIshman who has come to remind her
her of her promise: IF | married Ran
dolph he would spend his life buttOning
my boots If / married you, l should
spend my life pulling off yours
That is the key of the whole story.
The authors aim appears to be to bring
out the contrast between the American
husband, who, according TO her idea,
lives for his wife, and the English hus-
band who, as she implies, expects his
wife to live with him. There are some
notions in the book to which American
readers will be likely to take exception,
and that rather warmly as, for instance,
the statement of Cecil that American
Difference to women is merely a phase of
new civilization, and that in a more
settled state of affairs the American man
will inevitably become not only the head
but the center of the household. round
whom his wife must reVolve in meek
alteration Another thing which will
crate on American ears Is the note of
admiration for English institutions and
! disbursement for those Of America
which is to be heard here and there in
the book There is an implication that
the American man is a mere machine
| for money making. and possesses no real
culture or stability of character.
The American woman. with the eXcep-
| ton of one or two Southern danes. is
| also shown in somewhat unenviablc
| light and Chicago comes in for reproof
| on the score of raw. crude semi-barbar-
ism. on the other hand, the coldness
! and apparent inciEilty of the English
The times., 1898-04-24
The Passing of the Salisbury Legend.

Gentlemen tell me. what is all this hubbub,
Impotent rawlings indicating anger;
Somebody's getting very roughly handled;
What are these pOrtents?
Salisbury speechless; Chamberlain detected;
Balfour unhinged and Devoushire sardonic;
Articles filed with minatory language
lssuant broadcast.
'AIutny rampant in the Tory strongholds;
Government friendless; clubland in rebellion;
Even supporters in the dali papers
Unsympathetic;
"Globe in pink fury insolently futile:
Daily Mail staggered, bent upon assembling;
Standard in tears, and truculent st. James
Breathing out slaughters.
Whence. too, this rumblng, ominous and fearful
Coming in peals OF journalistic thunder.
Threatening certain apathetic voters
Times out of NUMBER
stranger, Wen tell thee These and other por
tents
Make to this country periodic visits,
Signify waning of 4 reputation,
Indicate failure.
''These are the voice of popular opinion,
Speaking in tones that cabinets attend 10,
Bidding our rulers set their house in order
Giving them noteei"
Pail Mall Gazette.
The times., 1898-04-24

character is also portrayed, and the
scene in which the young American bride
arrives with her husband at his ancestral
home without greeting from a single
member of his family. or any demonstra
ton to prove their kindly feeling for her,
will excite the indignation of most
American lassies who read the book
The denouement, however, seems to
prove that human nature is, after all,
stronger than ancestral custom, and there
seems to be a prospect in the closing
chapter that the bright and spirited
young American will not be required to
efface herself quite so completely in the
interests of her husband as seemed to
be necessary for his comfort in the ear
lier part of the story.
CNew York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Wash
ington: All bookselers)
The times., 1898-04-24
4 Musical Treatise.

Music; How It Came to Be What 1t
Is" is a small book by Hannah Smith,
treating of the history of all the different
kinds of music known to civilization. To
any one who is interested in the develop
ment of various instruments and forms
of musical composition, the book will be
an interesting one, although the language
is rather technical.
(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Washington: All booksellers. s125.)
The times., 1898-04-24
The Wny of n Mnid.

She was a maid OF notions strange
Concerning man.
Her fancies took goodly range,
As woman's can.
She said she loved an eye OF gray
My own are blue.
I would | could in any way
Have changed their hue.
The sort of hair that pleased her best
Was brown. she said.
Which caused me- oft supreme unrest
Ny own is red!
Her taste in ''nose" was aquiline;
Oh, cruel rub.
In vulgar parlance one like mine
Is termed a snub!
She liked a stately man and tall
Alasl my fate
Has blessed me with a stature small,
Not five feet eight.
She dotted on figure slim;
Without 4 doubt;
could not satisfy that whim-
For | am stout.
And. knowing this, how could dare
a boOT like mel
To ask that maid her life to share
My wife to bel
And yet I did! egregious ass.
must confess;
popped the duestion-and, alas!
She answered, YES"
sydney Bulletin
The times., 1898-04-24

There were castles in Spain long ago,
There was gold in her mines of the west,
And her ships down the deep felt the glow
OF a sun that for her knew not rest.
But her power and glory is past!
She was always a treacherous Spain;
And the crown of her crimes is her last,
In the touch OF the mine meath the Maine.
Not for glory but justice, God-planned!
should we draw the weaker the blade
And for this, throbs the heart OF our land
In the dark word of War long delayed.
Can Law hang its one felon dead,
And a nation its flag to the mast,
BE cuwardly called if il shed
Blood for blood for its brave down the blast?
No, our land is for love, not for hate!
For this ride the all our ships!
Bat we cannot forget that State
Rests at last on the cannon's red lips.
James Riley, i'll the Boston Globe.
The times., 1898-04-24
A New Edition of ssvanity Fair.o


Lovers of Thackeray will be delighted
with a new edition of Vanity Fair
which has just appeared. and if they be
rich they will Immediately get lid of any
other edition which they may possess
save and except that Illustrated by du
Maurier-and buy this one, and set ii up
on their shelves to be n delight to their
eyes so long as they read anything. The
margins of this new edition are beauti-
fully wide, the type beautifully clear
the size of the volume generous without
being unwieldy. A fine photgravure of
the author forms the frontispiece, and is
one of the most attractive pictures ever
published of the great novelist. He sits
leaning back in solid English armchair,
one hand resting on a book held end
wise on his lap, the other hand on his
knee; the face is turned straight toward
you, and wears an expression of keen yet
dignifd scrutiny-the expression of a
man who is surveying Vanity Fair with
n dispassionate eye and a clear judgment
The illustrations are by Thackeray him
self. and plainly prove That if he had not
been so great a novelist he would have
been a great caricaturist. They do not
add as much to his book as du Mauriers s
drawings do TO his, but they add a great
deal. The edition is the work of Harper
& Brothers.
The times., 1898-04-24
what vas the virEinius aaair?

What was the Nirginius affair? 5 j. r.
BY the Virginus affair is meant the
capture of the vessel named the Vir-
ginius by the Spaniards in 1873 and the
execution of the crew. The facts in the
case are as follows: The Virginius left
the United States flying the American
flag with Il number of persons, some
Ameicans. some of other natiOnalities, who
intended TO help the CubanS then, as now,
fighting the Spaniards. 1t was captured
on October 81. 1873. by the Spanish gun
boat Tornado. which took her TO Cuba;
there the captives were tried by court
martial. convicted and several of them
were shot TO death. Among the victims
were six Englishmen and about thirty
Americans When the news got out there
was great excitement and the United
States almost went TO war with SDain-
We would have done so had not Spain
backed down so far as to agree to apollo
gize if she SHOULD prove to have been in
the wrong. She was to return the Vir-
ginius, salute the American flag and pay
an indemnity 20 the families Of the people
executed But when the United States
came to examine things they found that
the Virginius had had no right to fly the
American flag and that technically she
was a pirate. just as Spain had claimed
she was. So Spain returned the vessel,
but paid no indemnity and made neither
salute nor apology.
The times., 1898-04-24

Why was Lamar called the Chevalier Bayard OF
TeSasl Has the capital Of Missouri been changed
from Jefferson City 20 Sedalia2 J. A. l.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was CALI
ed so because of his bravery and up
rightness of character: because, like
BayaTd. he was without fear and with
out reproach." The capital Of Missouri
is still jefferson City.