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The times., 1898-10-16

A new book by Octave Thanet is clev-
erly named "A Slave to Duty and Other
Women" instead of land other stories. ~
The book is entirely about women and
the joys and sorrows of their lives. 1t
will be published by Herbert s. Stone &
Co.
The times., 1898-10-16

1t is said that a book is soon to be pub
lished in Berlin recording Emperor VIII
liam's views on literature and the drama
One hardly knows whom most to pity the
printers. proofreaders, reviewers or read
ers of this work.
The times., 1898-10-16

A new London novelist is Tom Gallon,
who has been in succession city clerk.
an usher and secretary to provincial
mayor
The times., 1898-10-16

Sienkiewicz is coming to this country
soon. so that he will probably be here
when his new novel is ready. He will
neither give readings from Quo Vadis''
nor deliver lectures. The most recent
statement respecting the sale of the au-
thorized edition of "Quo Vadis' places
the total at 100000 copies.
The times., 1898-10-16

The Century Magazine recently offered
three prizes for the best story. poem and
essay written by students receiving the
degree of B. A. in 1897. More men than
women entered the. competition, but
every one of the prizes was won by a
woman Two of the prize winners are
Vassar graduates, and one is from
Smith. The report of the competition will
The times., 1898-10-16

Grace Duffie Boylan is we'll known to
the readers of the Chicago Journal for her
clever and humorous little sketches and
poems. E. r. Herrick & Co. will publish
book by her, entitled IF Tam o'shan-
ter'd Had Wheel" The title might be
improved but the contents are undoubted-
ly good
The times., 1898-10-16

In connection with Cy Warman's "Sto-
ry of the Railroad" zone is tempted to
quote Robert Louis Stevenson's COM
ment on the building of the western
railroads, in Across the Plains:
''When | think how the railroad mas
been pushed through this unwatered VIII
derness and haunt of savage tribes; now,
at each stage of the construction, roaring,
impromptu cities, full of gold and lust
and death, sprang up and then died away
again, and are now but wayside stations
in the desert; how, in these uncouth
places. pigtailed pirates worked side by
side with border rufiians and broken men
from Europe, talking together in mix
ed dialect mostly oaths, gambling, drink
ing, quarreling, and numbering ike
wolves; how the plumed hereditary lord
of all America heard In this last fast-
ness the scream of the Bad Medicine
Wagon charioting his foes; and then
when l go on to remember that all this
epical turmoil was conducted by gentle
men in frock coats, and with a view 10
nothing more extraordinary than for
tune and subsequent visit to Paris, 1t
seems to me, l own, as If this railroad
were the one typical achievement of the
age in which we live; as If it brought to-
gether into one plot all the ends of the
world and all the degrees of social rank,
and offered the busiest. the most extend
ed and the most varying subject for an
enduring literary work. If it be ro-
nance, If II be contrast If 1t be heroism
that we require. what was Troy town
TO this?"
The times., 1898-10-16

Bernard Shaw, since he has severed his
connection with the Saturday Review.
has written a volume entitled "A Com
plete Wagnerite." 1t is to be published
by Grant Richards.
The times., 1898-10-16

McClures Magazine announces that
either in December or January it will be-
gin publishing a series of half dozen
short stories by Kipling, dealing with
school-boy life. In these tales, as may
be inferred, the inimitable young rascals.
Stalky, McTurk and Beetle will play
leading parts
The times., 1898-10-16

Edwin Pugh, author of king Circum-
stance" has written another book, Tony
Drum" which is to be issued at once by
the Messrs. Holt. It will have ten full
page illustrations in color by William
Nicholson.
The times., 1898-10-16

The Century Magazine will publish dur
| ing the coming year a new story by Mark
Twain. called From the London Times of
| 1901" new life of Alexander the Great,
| by benjamin Ide Wheeler. and a series of
papers on The Many-sided Franklin, =
| by Paul Leicester Ford.
The times., 1898-10-16

A set of verses, THE Cruisers" is to
be the literary result OF Mr.. Kipllngs
voyage with the Channel fleet, accord
ing to the Athenaeum. In Bantry Bay
the officers indulged in a smoking con-
cert, at which Mr. Kipling recited some
of his naval battles
The times., 1898-10-16

Mr.. ColIiugwood's Life of Lewis Car
roll" is the one authorized by the late
writer's family. 1t will contain consider
able extracts from highly characteristic
diary, including a record of a Russian
tour with Canon Liddon. Among Lewis
Carroll.s effects were three albums filled
with photographs taken by himself. They
include hitherto unpublished portraits of
Mr.. Ruskin, Tennyson, Lord Salisbury
and his children, the Rosettis the Duke
of Albany. Mr.. Holman Hunt, Mr.. George
Macdonald, etc. These will appear in
the Life" as well as several fac-similes
from manuscript magazines edited by
Lewis Carroll.
The times., 1898-10-16

"A Short History of the Royal Navy,
from Early Times to the Present" is the
title of a carefully written work by d.
Hannay. The first volume, 12Oo-16Ss, is
now ready; the second will be issued
shortly by New Amsterdam Book Co.
The times., 1898-10-16

Mrs. Ella F. Peattie, author Of "A
Mountain Woman" has written a book OF
short stories. called 1.-The Shape of Fear
and other Ghostly Stories. The titles
are remarkably good. Among them are
1.-THE Spectral Collie" 1.-The Obstinate
Corpse" and the Astral Onion" The
book will be published by the Macmil-
lans.
The times., 1898-10-16

The many readers who enjoyed Mrs
Hattie Tying Griswold's Home Life Of
Great Authors will be glad to learn of a
companion volume by her, which is call
ed Personal Sketches of Recent Au-
thors,' and will be issued by a. C. Nc
Clurg Co. The subjects of the sketches
are Tennyson, Renan. Darwin. Matthew
Arnold, DuMaurier. Mrs. Browning, Rus
kin, Huxley, Mrs. Stowe, Stevenson,
Howells. Louisa NJ. Alcott, Tolstoi. Kip
ling, Christina Rossetti Thoreau, Bay
ard Taylor and ]. NJ Barrie
The times., 1898-10-16

new Southern writer is Miss Eleanor
Talbot Kinkead. She has lately written a
tale of Lexington life called FLORIDA Al
eXander," which will be published by A. c.
McClurg & Co.
The times., 1898-10-16

Thirty-five thousand copies of Harold
Frederic's book, The Damnation of
Theron Ware have been sold
The times., 1898-10-16

A book soon to appear is volume of
stories. to be called 1.-The Sea of Love
by Walter Phelps Dodge. the author of
"A Strong Man Armed Mr.. Phelps
Dodge was formerly secretary TO the
American legation at Athens (where he
published Three Greek Tales'D. and is
now reading for the English bar at the
Middle Temple, where his ancestor, John
Phelps, clerk of the regicide court %
16iS-'9. was student of 164l. Mr.. Phelps
Dodge's book, The Life of Piers Caves
ton on which he has been working for
some years, will be published shortly.
The times., 1898-10-16

What has been the expense TO the United States
OF the war up to date? What has been the result
of the taxes so far2
The war has been carried on at an ex-
pense of about So000,o00 a month No
report on the operation of the war taxes
has been made yet: but it is said that the
taxes are bringing in more money than
they were expected to.
The times., 1898-10-16

A new book by Gertrude Atherton. "Tne
Californians, will be ready for puhica-
tion on the Goth.
The times., 1898-10-16

Is there a very large old style gun at Lands
End or some other town the south coast OF
England that IS supposed 10 be able to throw
soIid shot across the English Channel? .. What
is the meaning OF bucket shop in connection
with wheat deais.' d. NJ L
We find no trace of such gun The
English Channel, al its narrowest part
is twenty miles wide and no gun has
ever been built that can throw shot
across it The largest gun now III ex-
istence can throw a shot, when it has its
highest practical elevation, only about
sixteen miles. 2. A bucket shop Is
place where customers" bet whether
certain stock will advance or decrease IN
price. 1t has a stock telegraph, and the
reports of the fluctuations OF stocks on
the real stock exchange are reported 10
it: no real sales are MADE IN bucket
shops. which are simply gambling places
of a particularly bad kind. The connec-
tion with wheat deals is simply that some
times the gamblers bet on wheat.
The times., 1898-10-16

One of the new books by Dodd. Mead
& Co, is .'Meditations on Gout," by
George II. Ellwanger; and il is not a
medical work, either
The times., 1898-10-16

Mrs. Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer of
Baltimore, whose recent book, Spain In
the Nineteenth Century" has attracted
much attention, has a written new
historical work, My Scrapbook of the
French Revolution" Mrs. Latimer was
a resident of Paris for many years, and
some of her relatives figured quite prom
inently in the Reign OF Terror"
The times., 1898-10-16

The Appletons are soon to publish a
stirring historical story for boys, enti-
tied with the Black Prince"
The times., 1898-10-16

appear in the November Century, with
the prize story, "a Question of Happi-
ness.' by Miss Grace M. Gallaher, Of
Essex, Conn, who graduated at Vassar,
b. A., 1897.
The times., 1898-10-16

The Putnams will publish next week
''The Adventures of Captain Bonneville,
Z. S. A, in the Rocky Mountains and the
Far West" Digested from his Journal
and Illustrated from Various Other
Sources By Washington Irving. This is
the final volume in their special series
of holiday editions of Irving's selected
works. and will contain twenty-eight
photogravure illustrations from designs
by Henry Sandman, a. S. Bennett, j.
Carte Bead. f. S. Church, etc.
The times., 1898-10-16

Two new theatrical books are to be
published soon by the New Amsterdam
Book Company. One is THE Life of
William Terriss." by \. ]. Smyth, with
an introduction by Clement Scott, and a
second is John Hollingshead's "Chroni-
cles of the Gaiety Theater" The latter
Will contain forty early portraits, includ-
ing Sir Henry Irving, Mr.. John l.. Toole
Mr.. Alfred Wigan, Mr.. Charles Mathews,
Mr.. Samuel Phelps, Mr.. Samuel Emery,
Mr.. Arthur Cecil, Mr.. Edward Terry, Mr.
Z. w. Royce, Mrs. Kendall, Miss Ellen
Farren, Madame Sarah Bernhard, Miss
Kate Vaughan, Miss Constance Gilchrist,
etc.
The times., 1898-10-16

In noting the fact that the cottage at
Muswell Hill in which Moore wrote "Lal-
la Rookh" has passed into a new owner
ship and is likely to be destroyed, a Lon
don paper reminds its readers that the
Longmans paid $4,000 for the copyright
OF the poem.
The times., 1898-10-16

One of the most interesting announce
ments of Lamson, Wolff & Co, is that
of Gen. Wheeler's new book, The San
tiago Campaign" This is not Gen.
Wheeler's first book. In 1858 he publish
ed Revised Cavalry Tactics, for Single
Rank Formation" for use in the Con-
federate army, and this, like the book
of today, was written while moving here,
there and everywhere in the duties of an
active campaign. With Gen. Wheeler's
personal narrative this volume will. sep
arately include a series of dispatches
that passed between the generals on the
field, and other documents, forming by
themselves a complete official story of
the campaign; and also stenographic
report OF the conversations between Gen.
Toral and the Spanish commissioners on
the one side, and the American commits
sioners on the other, while negotiating
terms of capitulation in front OF Santa
go. AS contributor to THE Century
War Series" and in his writings else
where, Gen. Wheeier's direct and vigor-
Gus style is already known; and it is
safe to believe that his story, amounting
to an official record of the land engage
ments in the war with Spain, will prove.
from a military standpoint, the most
timely and important book by an Ameri-
can soldier since Grants Memoirs"
The times., 1898-10-16

What materials required fr, and what IS
the process OF, making gunpowder. H. W
To make ordinary powder. saltpeter.
sulphur and charcoal are needed. the
process of making it has ten steps, as fo.-
lows: First. the mixing. done in cop
per drum; second. the milling, or in
corporation. in which the materials are
thoroughly mixed under a wheel: third,
breaking down the miH-cake as it comes
out of the mill; fourth, pressing; fifth.
cutting or granulating the broken mill
cake: sixth, busting, Kidding the powder
from dust; seventh. glazing, shaking the
powder in barrels so that it becomes pol
ished: eighth. busting again; ninth, dry
ing by steam; tenth, finishing. by running
ii for several hours in 4 finishing barrel
and sometimes coating it with little
graphite. Modern smokeless powder is
made of nitric acid gelatin. cellulose and
camphOr, the proportions and method OF
manufacture differing in every powder,
and being a secret with many makers.
The times., 1898-10-16

A new life of Marie Antoinette is an
nounced. 1t is a translation from the
Norwegian of Clara Tschudi 1t contains
comprehensive photography. also col
ored portrait reprinted from one in the
South Kensington museum.
The times., 1898-10-16

A writer in the current Pail Mall Maga-
zine endeavors to prove that Mark Twain
is something other than a humorist.
Having made this startling discovery.
which must be apparent to any one who
has read 1.-The Recollections of Joan of
Arc the writer proceeds to call his ar
ticle the 1.-THE Real Mark Twain,' and
make it sort of record of the American
humorist's less mirthful thoughts There
is something annoying In such title
Why is Mark Twain's seriousness any
more real than his humor? They are
part and parcel of each other. Mark
Twain is fond of serious writing One
of his dearest ambitions. as he himself
has said. is to retell in his own language
the life of Christ; but he is equally fond
OF his humorous books, and he is not, as
the English writer would have it. a lit
erary martyr, devoted to serious litera-
ture, who forces himself to be funny be-
cause it pays.
The times., 1898-10-16

William Farquhar Pavson has written
a new novel, THE Copy Maker dealing
with journalistic life in New York.
The times., 1898-10-16

G. P. Putnam's Sons tNew York; add to
their previous announcements in the He
roes of the Nations series, bismarck and
the New German Empire: How 1t Arose
and What 1t Displaced" by J.JW. Head
lam, of Kings College, Cambridge In
the Story of the Nations series, THE
Story of the West Indies" by Amos X.
Fiske. The volume will include a brief
account of the physical origin and gen.
eral characteristics of the islands, their
condition prior to discovery, record Of
the Spanish discoveries. and of the
buccaneering period a geographical and
statistical description of the different
groups of islands, and comprehensive
account of their present political status
and prospects.
The times., 1898-10-16

The September Bibelot consists of re-
print of Walter Pater's essay, The
School of Giorgione" This essay first APP
peared in the Fortnightly Review for Oc-
tober, 1877. II then underwent careful re-
vision; was privately reprinted by Mr..
Pater in 1878 at his own cost and finally
ten years later. was included in the third
edition of The Renaissance" qSSs).
The times., 1898-10-16

Christian Profles in a Pagan Mirror"
is the title of a book by Rev. Joseph Par
ker. d. D., of London. to be published in
October by New Amsterdam Book
Company. Its plan is about as fol-
lows: An enlightened pagan lady
comes to England to acquaint her
self with the beliefs, the habits.
and the customs of Christians. She has
long been asking herself such questions
as, Who are the Christians? What do
they believe? What life do they lead?
How do they conduct themselves toward
each other? Having made inquiry and
received Impressions, she reports to a
friend in India.
The times., 1898-10-16

notable contribution to contempora-
neous history is Lewis Sergeant s
Greece in the Nineteenth Century, >
Part of the volume is devoted to the
relations between Greece and the pow
ers during the last two decades, and it
ends with a summary of contemporary
Greek literature. Published by New Am
sterdam Book Company
The times., 1898-10-16

jules Verne will bring out his latest
book through the Lippincotts. 1t is called
An Antarctic Mystery and is founded
on Poes Narrative of a. Gordon Pym."
The times., 1898-10-16
Another tale of the inimltable clemen,

Another tale of the inimltable Clemens
is as follows:
Once in a while Mark Twain has taken hand
in politics. on one occasion, being invited TO
speak in the interest of his fellow townSman Gen.
Joseph Hawlcy. who was candidate for re-elec
ton to the United States Senate. he said in the
course of droll address: Gen. HawIey de,
serves your support, although he has about
much influence in purifying the Senate as bunch
Of flowers would have in sweetcning glue fac.
tory. But he's all right-he never would turn
any poor beggar away from his door empty
handed He always gives them s5me;hing-almost
without exception a letter OF introduction to me.
urging me TO help them.'
And here is still another Mark Twain
story:
When Mark Twain was first introduced to Gen.
Grant the latter shook hands in a perfunctory
manner and Immediately relapsed into his Gus
tonary attitude of reticence. There awk-
ward pause; ii grew longer and longer as the
humorist tried 10 think OF something bright to
say. Finally, if in sheer desperation. Twain
looked up. with assumed air of great tfmidity.
and said: 'Mr President, II feel little bit
embarrassed Do youi' The President could not
help smiling, and Mark took advantage of the
chance tire incident presented to give place 10
others
Ten years later. when statesman and humoriSt
met again. Gen. Grant, with twinkle in his eye,
said, before Twain had the chance to utter a
word: "Mrl Clemens, l don't feel at all EN-
barrassed. Do you?''
The times., 1898-10-16

Where may one obtain reliable information n
cernng the climatic and sanitary conditions ex-
sting in Cuba and Porto Rico (th1t Is before the
wary , Where secure precise and accurate IN
formation with regard to number and character
o. corporations and individuals engaged IN busI-
ness now OF prior to hostilities and also win
regard 10 general business methods in thos@ /
ands? y l.
The climatic conditions have not
changed since the war began You Will
find them described in any and every ar
ticle on Cuba in any cyciopaedia- The
sanitary conditions are set forth in Cen
Woods recent letter to Secretary Alger,
detailing his work military governor
of Santiago: the letter has been publish
ed 3 We do not know. There is no
mercantile agency for Cuba, giving the
financial rating of Cuban firms. The dt-
rectory of Latin-American countries,
published in two volumes by the Bureau
OF American Republics. aimed TO give on
ly the best names. and perhaps 1t may
have done so. Address the Director OF
the Bureau.
The times., 1898-10-16
LITERARY NOTES

Among the autumn announcements Of
r. ID. Russell & Co., are several remarka-
bly, interesting picture books. One is Glib
sons new book of sketches and cartoons
another is London Types" by William
Nicholson, and third is Phil Mays
Gutter-Snipes." There are also three
coon" books by E. w. KembIe, entitled
"Comical Coons," "a Coon Alphabet
and "A Coon Calendar" The new edi-
ton of the Almanac of Twelve Sports" !"
by William Nicholson. with verses by
kipling, is among the books announced
for 1899
The times., 1898-10-16

The Lippincotts have just published
book by Meriwether called "A Tour
Through the Famine District of India
The times., 1898-10-16

General Nelson's Scout" soon TO be
issued by A. C. McClurg & Co, deals
with the opening days of the Rebellion
in Kentucky. The author, Byron a.
Dunn. was one of the patriotic Kentuck-
ians who risked everything to save Ken
lucky to the Union, and he writes of
those stirring times with an enthusiasm
and knowledge born of actual experience.
All of the scenes and most of the char
acters of the story are real: only some
of the names have been changed.
The times., 1898-10-16

Hamlin Garland's Life and Character
of General Grant" lately published by
Doubleday & Mcclure. is conceded TO be
the hest work of its kind since Grants
autobiography. 1t took Mr.. Garland
three years TO write this book. and he
Travelled 35,000 miles in procuring his ma
terial. He visited every place in which
Grant had lived, and all his battlefelds,
and talked personally with all of the
generals intimate friends who are now
living. In addition TO this painstaking
spirit. he brought to his task a tempera-
ment thoroughly in sympathy with the
pioneer life from which Grant came.
Garland is the chronicler of the common
man Of the Middle West. and there is
no one who understands the life of that
region more thoroughly than he
The times., 1898-10-16

How can telegraph operator get place in
the White House? Is there good pay in working
for the Government? JDH
The positions in the White House are
filled by favor, mostly.
The times., 1898-10-16

Is schley Southerner or a Northerner? 2.
Give the ages of Schley. Dewey, and Sampson
respectively. 8. viii schley have to resign from
the navy next year. because of the age limit? A.
What ship did Schley have for his fagzhip7
". D. B.. JR.
Schley is a Southerner; he was born in
Maryland. 2 Schley was fifty-nine on
October 8; Dewey will be sixty-one on
December 2s and Sampson will be fifty
nine on February 9, 1883. 3 No: he will
retire from active service, but that is not
resigring. 1. The Brooklyn
The times., 1898-10-16
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The times., 1898-10-16

What is the process OF changing ones name in
New York state? A ". NJ.
A person desirous of changing his
name in New York must apply in writing
TO Justice of the supreme court, giving
his new name and the reasons why he
wants to take it. If the justice finds the
reasons good, he issues an order; this the
applicant must advertise in some news
paper, and finally at the end of a fixed
time, on proof of publication, etc, the ap-
piicant files the order and application,
and takes the name he has chosen.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-08
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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-11-08
OHIO TROOPS GOING TO CUBA.
-Four Regiments Of $500 Men Start
For the Island in November.

WASHIN GTON, Nov. 5.-All the
Ohio volunteers who have not been
designed for muster out will coon be
sent to Cuba to perform garrison duty.
There are upwards of 500 Buckeye
troops in this class and they consist Of
the Second, Sixth and Tenth Regiments
and the Ninth Battalion of colored
soldiers. According to orders issued to-
day, the Second will go to Matarz AZ, the
Sixth to Cardenas and the Tenth Regi-
ment and Ninth Battalion to Havana.
1t is expected by the War Department
that the Ohio soldiers will be in Cuba
before the end of November. The
Third Kentucky, 160th and 16lst Indl.
ana Volunteers will also 60 to the
island for garrison service.