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has attempted. to envelop this fantastic motive
in an atmosphere Of gypsy life and Celtic mysu-
cism setting it finally against background OF
wild nature, and the charm OF the work seems
assured But then there is the annoying dis
tnction between attempt and actual achleVe-
ment "Aylwin" is on the wrong side OF the
line One looks alphabetically toward tho
effect at which the author Is driving-and Won
ders why he does not get 1t. He falls chiefy
because he is without creative power. This Is
the novel Of a literary man" pure and simple,
showing some observation Of types and the
fruits Of much reading. but scarcely glimmer
of insight into human nature. We are told that
several of the authors distinguished friends are
portrayed under thin DISCUSSES. Rossetu espe-
cially Is soon recognized. But to sketch
celebrity In the pages Of novel has always
been an easy task, and Mr.. Watts Dunton fol-
lows confdingy in the footsteps Of those nu-
rnerous writer's who have thought that the su-
Derficial deneation of a famous figure would
take the place OF thorough study OF character.
We do not want Rossetti or any other poet or
painter in a novel for his own sake; we want
him as an essential actor the interplay OF his
character with the characters Of others con-
tributlng TO the evolution OF human story.
Mr. Watts Dunton glides easily over the sur
face Of all character and neither the disguised
Rossctti nor the hero nor the heroine. nor
Sinn Lowell, the gypsy girl. has anything to
speak Of in common with creatures Of flesh and
blood Turning from the personages in the book
to the narrative itself. We find the latter dis
closing on every page the hand Of the amateur.
There are long tedious talks; there are efforts
ut picturesque characterization; there are la
borious pictures Of landscapes there are pseudo
passionate soiloquies bat none Of these things
serve TO carry the plot smoothly and forcefully
to its conclusion.
The artistic ieticence displayed by the au-
thor Of Tier Memory" is the best quality In the
book lie raises once more hoary question:
namely whether a man whose love for his wife
passeth all understanding can hold up bis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

Boston Athcnmum, covers an important inter
val In the history Of the Revolutionary War.
The alliance between France and the United
States, by which the former promised aid in
carrying on the war, was confirmed by a treaty
signed in February. 177S. In March the news
Of this reached the coast Of Maine by 4 schooner
from France, and gradually made its way
ehro0gh the country. BY July French fleet
was off the American coast This Orderly
Book then. wherever it deals with possible
movements of Washngtons army. must Se
dcrstood to imply that the General knew what
had happened in France. and was waiting to
take advantage Of the first movement made by
the British The latter were at Philadelphia
II they remained there till the French came.
they ware certain Of being attacked by the
allies They decided to march to New-York
City. II was evidently Washngtons deter
mination to be prepared for any emergency
which the movements Of the enemy might Gre
ate, AS early May % he gave orders that
every man should have forty rounds Of ammu-
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FICTION.
THE LONG-EXPECTED NOVEL BY MIR.
WATTS DUNTON

AYLWIN by Theodore Watts Dunto1. Duodeci-
mo. PIP 400 Dodd. Mead IL Co.
HER MEMORY BY Maarten Martens. DCodeci-
mo, PIP. 323 d. Appleton &c Co.
THE RED AXE. BY 8. r. Crockett With Illus
trat0ns by Frank Richards. Duodecmo, PIP
go Harper & Brothers
THE HEART OF TOLL BY Octave Thanet- u
Illustrated by A. b. Frost. Duodccimo PIP. 2l5
Charles ScTbncr's Sons.
The main idea Of "Aylwin" is good one To
find the beginnings of a drama in a mysterious
amulet. THE Moonlight Cross OF the Gnostics."
and to accelerate the movement by introducing
grave-robber who early In the book incurs
the middleton framed for the discontinue Of
whoever should steal the cross from its owners
breast he lies In his coffin. is seriously to ex-
cite the Imagination Of the reader. Let the
thor attempt, as Mr.. Theodore tts-Dunton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

ntion that arms and accoutrements should be
put In perfect condition, and that absence from
the camp Cat Valley Forge should not be al
lowed on any pretence, every officer and
man must ''be in actual readiness to march at
a moments warning" few days later the
commanders Of brigadeS are required to look
after wagons and all necessaries,. hard rations
are to be prepared. and the army is asain
warned to be ready TO march instantly. May
81 provision is made for the sick and all unable
to march. Above all. commanding officers of
divisions are to pay the strictest attention that
no women be suffered any pretence to get
into the wagons of the army on the march"
This however failed to keep Molly Pitcher in
camp Then. on June l. elaborate directions are
given for the order Of march of the army as
whole, and Of every part Of 1T. with guards
front flank and rear. and the utmost precau-
tons against struggling. Finally. June II.
comes an order to what is to be done upon
the firing of alarm gun. With this ends the
"Orderly Book" but within a week the British
broke camp at Philadelphia and marched tow
ard New York. Then came the battle Of Mon
mouth. A curious feature of the book Is the
evidence it gives OF the frequency Of whipping
as a punishment in the American Army.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Mr. Kipling has omitted from the ne" CT
ected edition OF his works that ringing 800. so
lyric Of "Bobs. Bobs, Bobs,' ana the co nio,
duencc is that copies OF the perlodicaI III 80
II first appeared are now held at high price.
collectors are paying smartly for odds ana enus
of this sort and one shrewd London hrin oous ,n
ND most Of the edition OF the little school liaba-
zine which contained the now famous hlpnns
maxim for schOolboys. and is selling copies a.
a startling price
Mr.. Rider Haggard, in the intervals OF mover.
writing retas for our benefit agricultural
stories Of which these are specimens; In
Norfolk where l was born. l remember my
father taking a visitor who had been breo Ia
London round the Big Wood. and deliberately
explaining to her how one-seventh or it was cut
down each year Dear met she exclaimed,
staring at oaks in the fell which might
have seen from three hundred to hundred WIN
ters L never knew before that trees grew az
big as that in seven years The story REMINDS
me OF that of another lady whom escorted to
field where we drilling wheat showed
her some OF the grain. and. as she did not seem
to recognize it, explained to her that it was
the origin Of the common or domestic loaf.
What she exclaimed incredulously. 30 you
mean to tell me that bread Is made out OF those
little hard things? l always thought that II
came from that fine white stuff which grows IN
nowers,'"
Mr. Sidney Lee advances the theory that Will
lam Hall. Of London printer and stationer may
cussed address prefixed to the sonnets OF
Shakespeare. This speculation. one commenta-
tor not unjustly says. is more credible than to
suppose that in any case nobleman would be
described Mr." at a period when special
Difference paid to rank.
The statue Of Tennyson which Mr.. Watts has
undertaken is to be OF life size. or even larger.
Though the artist is now in his eighties. he ID
said to be enthusiastic about this work.
Nr. John l.. Long the author OF the book Of
stories entitled Madame Butterfly" Is a Phila-
delphia lawyer, and is approaching middle age
Even Mr.. George Meredith's proud country
men draw the line Of admiration at his
Gently published book of "Odes" His respect
for his readers" says one of them. has not
increased with his years. and he throws them
snatches of splendid song ntermingled. to use
his words. with the last weak echoes Of
(5c) giants bawl.'"
It IS said that Mr.. Kingsbury. the author OF
the admiral bic translation of "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac" used by Mr.. Mansfield. does not himself
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and Mr. Crockett surfeiting us with blood.
winds up like a true romancer
Octave Thanet leaves us a little uncertain as
to whether she celebrates the laboring classes
in 1.-THE Heart CT Toll because she thinks thcy
offer good material for icton. or because she
is interested in their fortunes and believes She
can help them by making stories out Of their
daily lie There Is. of course. great gulf be
impression is a trile confused. AS stories these
studies Of business life are tolerably good AS
phOtogra Dhs OF working men and women they
much better. Weighing them in this man
ner our uncertainty promises to disappear But
the promise Is not quite fulfilled chiefly because
the belief that literature. 10 be good must be
either one thing or another, not a hybrid Will not
down. and the work in The Heart OF Toll"
faithful TO life 1t is. full Of sincere feeling as
II Is, remains hybrid work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

The late Sir William Augustus Fraser left a
number of interesting requests. lie owned the
original Ms. Of "Marmion." and that is to go to
the Advocates Library at Edinburgh. This Ms.
WIS sold at auction in 1861 for nearly 81 900 The
same Edinburgh library. by the way. contains
the original Ms OF 'Waverley." This lacks,
however the leaves Of the opening chapter.
which were bought at Cadets sale. we are told.
by Mr.. Hope Scott. OF Abbotsford. Several
years ago the library had the opportunity Of
purchasing six Of these leaves for 500 per leaf,
but this offer was declined.
Sir William Fraser owned Thackeray's arm
chair. and this he has left to the Travellers
Club. Dickens's chair. which he also possessed.
he gave TO the AthenHum Club, and Byron
sofa to the Garrick. Another treasure was Mel
sons sword, and this was given to the United
Service Club. conditionally on its being hung
under the Admrals portrait. The Ms. OF
Cray's ''Elegy' he left 10 Elton. on condition
that IL shall never be produced in fac simile.
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GREATEST HEAT RECORDED IN ENGLAND.

LhNd IEbT HhdI hHV0HDHD III HF"Ii-'D'
From Notes and Queries.
The extremes OF outdoor temperature in Eng
land vary more than 123 degrees The greatest
heat probably record was registered in tho
valley Of the Midway on July % 1868 when
the thermometer at Tonbridge stood in the SHADE
at 100h degrees Fahrenheit. Eleven years
later. in December 1879 IS degrees OF frost
we're recorded at Blackadder, In Berwickshirc
t. e.. % degrees below zero Fahrenheit. More
remarkable, however than the heat In summer
were the hot winters Of 1913 and 1857. and ths
warm Januaries Of 1877. 1884 and 1898 '-
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speak French, though. as he has shown. b
reads 1t very we'll

Mr. Swinburne has prepared a predatory nos
for the new London edition Of Aurora Leigh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

Mr. John l.. Long. the author OF the book Of
stories entitled Madame Butterfly" is a Phila-
deiphia lawyer. and is approaching middle age.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

The statue Of Tennyson which Mr.. Watts has
undertaken is to be OF life size. or even larger.
Though the artist is in his eighties. he il
said to be enthusiastic about this work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

IT IS said that Mr.. Kingsbury. the author OF
the admirable translation of "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac" used by Mr.. Mansfield does not himself
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29
Doesn't Want Office.

Barney Sheridan has turned his
back on The state railroad commits
siOnership, job that PAYS $1,000 a
year for three years. It is generally
conceded in political circles that he
coul1 be the Democratic member of
the board, not for the asking, but II he
would only accept it wnen offered
him. The bOlrd of railroad counts
sioner3 is appointed by the governor,
secretary of state, attorney general,
state treasurer and state >uperintend-
ent of public instruction., constituting
the executive council. Tue incoming
council has rendered a place on the
board to Barney, but he declines it
for reasons told in the last issue Of his
paper, the PaOla Spirit:
"Without saying that We could be
the Democratic member, If we
wanted the place, We Can say that
straight Democrats generally. many
fnsion Democrats, few POpuli>ti ard
the new executive council have
directly and indirectly assured Us of
their support since Ihc election,
Nothing was said or done by anyone
in authority before the election.
"But, leaving others 10 say whether
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29
UI,. D:t,. are sure, mild effective.
ilVVu . aiio All druggists. &c.

Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Graf entertained
the Euchre club at their home in Third
ward Friday uight. The evenings
entertainment consisted CfprOgressive
euchre, supplemented with other
social games and paStimeS. A delight
full luncheon was served. There were
present: MeSsrS. and Mesdames: J.
w. Haughey, VIM. Gelipo, C. E.
Elliott, Ed Smith, Frank Six, II. f.
Smith, T, a. Mayhem, D. P. Wetzel,
A. Graf, e, A. Cambria, o. L. Graft;
Mesdames Nibbs Guthrie, Glendora
WattrOus, Mary WATSON; Miss Tacy
Graf and Chas. WATSON.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29
Real Estate News,

John Dacey has secured a school
patent to the southeast quarter of
section l6 in Illinois township. for
$3.50.
l.. Laughl:n has secured a patent to
the northwest quarter of section 20 10
Jackson township.
George Kinney has qultclaimed to
John B. Booth Of Pennsylvania, lot Is
in block 90, City Of Wellington, for
$50 So.
ThOs. b. Brown Of West Chester,
Pa, has Quitcaimed to Charles W
Hare for s., coo, the northeast quarter
OF section II in Sumner township.
Jennie NJ. ]. Minis has sold to the
Keene Syndicate lot lO3 aud the south
% feet of lot 81, Main street, original
town, and Outlot l0t, original town,
auu lot 2, and 5 feet off north side of
lot 4, 10 block 5, Stones addition, all
in the City Of Caldwell, and the east
half Of the northwest quarter of sec.
tiOn q in Springdale township.
". L. Muus0n OF Carroll county,
Missouri, has Qutclaimed TO D. P.
MuusOn the west half OF the north
west quarter Of section %, AID the
east half of the northeast quarter Of
section q in Ryan township.
J. B. Watkins Of Douglass, Kas., has
bought OF Elizabeth L. Shell for 1915
the south half Of the northeast quar-
ter Of section II in Bluff township.
J. H. Martin has bought of Robt.
II. Brown the west half OF the west
half Of the southeast quarter Of sec.
tion Is in Osborne township, for ST.
1850.
W. r. TIaSlet has purchased of Geo
W. Wagner the southwest quarter of
section IS, Harmon township. Con.
sideration, $1,000.
A E. Parker has Quitciaimrd to a.
F. Poole lots to u, inclusive, 10 block
81, and lots a, &c and %, block lis,
and lots 43, 40 and Al, block IL, all IN
New Caldwell, and lots 10, II and II,
in block II, South addition to Cald .
well.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29
800 Reward 500.

The rea1ers Of this paper will be pleased Ia
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis,
ease that science has been able to cure In all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is the only positive cure known tn
the medical fraternity, Catarrh being A
constitutional disease, requires a constitu-
tiOnal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system,
thereby destroying the foundation Of the
disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing its work. Tho proprletors
have so much faith In its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that II fails to cure. Send for list OF
testimonials.
Address, FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 70 cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29
american Through and Through"
Continental Fire Insurance Co
OF NEW YORK.

continental building, 40 Cedar St, New
York
Western Department. us Rialto Building,
Chicago. III.
The "Old 'ontinentaT undergoes an exam
nation by he Kansas Insurai &C department
ara makes splendid showing. Read the
Following extract from the report 20 Hon
Webb McNaL, Superintendent Of Il surance.
THE cash. the re- est TO- stocks and
bonds. anS other inyesJmrrts were carefully
examined and found cOrre,t.t l. he exception
ally hne investments. the market quotations
at the date of examination brug much higher
than prices listed in the statement. The le-
Insurance reserve. l,sSes unpaid. and other
LIABILITIES. were Carefully iGv-siila!Dd and
found correct; ant tho manner OF adjusting
loss by ibis cor pauy wds found - De- thor
0ugh and complete. it SEEMING 20 be Me pol
Icy or the management To sattle such claims
In just. equitlblr Fli satis;aot rs manner
and 10 avoid liz cation with claimants when
possible. The mpony WIS found Ia be in q
sound ftnanct coalition. and doing safe
conservative business. show ne Il thorough
economical bus Yes Arrangement"
The Continental g especially "a Kansas
company" In the early days IL insured the
pioneers; now, with ave. experience and over
eight millions of assets IL Is still I'm Kansas
protecting their sons against less by fire.
lightning. tOrnadOes and cyclones.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29

AANAN 10 OlC
appalling death that still threatens inno-
cent men. II IS slow and lingering death
from consumption. One-sixth of the hi.
man race die from this relentless enemy of
humanity. Probably no subject connected
with health is so important and so little
understood as the conservation of vital
force. The human organism is wonderful
machine, and is so constructed that if ex
haustlve draug1ts are made upon the vital
forces during youth and middle life, the
mechanism responds for the time, but at the
expense OF its future usefulness. The man
who overworks or exhausts himself dav
after day Is constantly overdrawing his
store OF vital force. Finally the mechan-
ism of supply breaks down and the man
becomes physical bankrupt The me-
chanism of supply in a man is his stomach.
There the food is transformed into vital
force. If the stomach is weak and the di-
gestion impaired, the body ceases to re-
ceive and store up vital force. If the
draught is continued, consumption or some
other equally fatal disease is the result
DR.. Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery is a
great producer of vital force. 1t enables
man to daily store up energy to do almost
any amount Of work or stand any amount
OF exposure. 1t does its work through the
stomach. 1t makes the weak stomach
strong. 1t facilitates and increases the
flow of digestive juices. 1t promotes and
perfects the assimilation of all the life
giving elements of the food. It is the
great blood-maker and fesh-builder.
MI F. NJ. Lo5inett, Of Xenophon, Tenn.
WRITES e." can heartily recommend DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery for indigestion and
torpid liver. was very bad off and tried DIFF
terent doctors with but little benefit. l decided
to give the Golden Medical Discovery a trial
anc soon began to improve. lift had not been
for DR.. Pierce'5 Golden Medical Discovery be,
heve would Tot be living to-day"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29

Have you seen that $1,000 90 check
at s. S. Franks which The Royal
Tailors, Of Chicago, are going to
distribute to five fortunate ones who
order Royal garments?
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29
There is u Class of PrOp!e

Who are injured by the use Of coffee.
Recently there has been placed 10 al,
the grocery stores new preparation
called Grain-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it
without distress. aud but few can tell
IL from coffee. 1t does not Cost over
t as much. Children may drink ii
with great benefit. Is cents and %
cents per package. Try it, Ask for
Grain-O. 9
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29

the position is within our reach or
beyond it, we have positively declined
to bt d candidate.
Newspaper business. duty to the
Democratic party, and Fhe satisfaction
of living at home forbid urclndidacy
| for or acceptance of any office under
the incoming Republican, admipiStra.
tiOn. Sufficient as these reasons are
and ought 10 be, there is one other
which justifes US in anticipating the
, action Of loyal friends by thus declin-
ing ia advance an appointment with
which our name WIS associated by
opponents in the late campaign.
Charged in the heat Of the canvass
with having made deal with Repub.
icans for this lucrative position as
! the price of our opposition to fusion
and to POpuhsm, circumstantial evil
dence was such that denial was use
less, therefore not attempted. Had
Leedy been elected, many would al.
ways have believed the accusation:
SHOULD We accept the office now under
Stanley, more would believe it to the
end.
But there was 20 deal, no promise.
no price. Our fight WAS for principle.
DOT profit. Weare still a Democrat
not Cleveland Democrat nor Bryan
Democrat, simply a Democrat and
rather under size for governor or cor
gresham, yet biz enough 10 rank as
an average Miami county Democrat
with cOrn-fed ELECTROMAGNETIC would
rather continue to merit the conf
dence of the people here, before whom
thirty-three years Of our life iSan
open book, than have the railroad
cpmmiSSiOnerShip or any other office
named in the statutes Of Kansas"
! There will be social and rally for
the benefit OF The Second Bapliss
Sunday school at their church on F.
Lincoln avenue, Wednesday evening
OF this week. There are many Of the
best citiZeuS interested in this work
and are helping all they can to MAKE
it success. We earnestly hope that
all who are interested in the welfare
Of the colOred people of this city will
encourage them by leading their aid
aud attending the social and rally
And il is hoped these efforts may be
The means of their Sunday school be.
ing maintained aud other church
work carried on for their elevation
Rev. S. w. BacOte, pastor OF Second
Baptist church of Kansas City, Mo,
Will he present on that evening.
He comes as a representative
OF the largest negro church in
the west. He is mau highly edu
Gated and of great strength of charac-
ter. He has the honor Of having
built his present church edifce, cost
ing So, 900, in little over two years
line. On this evening he has cor.
>ented 10 deliver special address at
ne church on some subject pertain
ny to the negro Of today. All are in
'ited tn come and hear him.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-11-29

advanced in years find themselves in
the tolls of catarrh. Mr.. and Mrs.
Collum, of Giddings, Tex, found help in
Pe-ru-na. Mr.. Columns letter follows:
Pe-rn-na Medicine Co., COlEm5ns,O.
DEAR SIBs:-"I think your Pe-ru-na
is the best medicine l ever tried for ca
tarrh. l have tried all the catarrh
medicines that could hear of and none
of them did any good until l tried yours.
l and my wife have both used the Pc
ru-na and Man-a-lin, and we are about
well. | am 70 years old and my wife
is &C. When we commenced to take
your medicines we were not able to see
after our work, but now she can tend
to her work and / see after my farm.
You can use this publicly if you want
to."-A, P. Collum, Giddings, Tex.
Ask any druggist for free Pe.ru.ug
A Inn m for hn IS00