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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
"a christmas Accident -

In a Christmas Accident, and Other
Stories" Annie Eliot Trumbul has given
us most entertaining little volume The
seven stories which 1t contains are un-
pretentious. but very bright and whole
some. They deal with common people. Of
the more or less educated and refined
type which IL peculiar To America, and
which may be found In q Maine village
on a Western prairie. or among the tiny
towns of Pennsylvania and New York.
Possibly the most touching, quaint and
sympathetic Ia handling is a Postlude'
which tells OF the visit Of two elderly
women 10 the town where, thirty-fve
years before. they had spent delightful
weeks together. They resolve 10 make
believe" with the simplicity of two chill
dren, that the old times have never pass
ed away and that they, two girls fun Of
gay anticipation, viii find things just as
they used 10 be. With greater success
than would be possible to less simple and
tender souls. this plan is to a certain ex-
tent carried out, and they get n great
deal Of gentle fun out Of the little com
edy. THE Daily Morning Chronicle" is
that story Of the young writer doubtful
Of her powers, with which the latter-day
realists have made us very familiar. Tn
like other tales which have been written
on this theme, however, this one ends
happily, yet within the bounds Of prob
ability, and sets one to wondering
whether il is really necessary always to
bring out the hard and bitter conditions
OF cramped and stunted lives, in order TO
be realistic. This little story,at any rate,
is as realistic as a robins chirp and as
dainty q May flower hall covered with
withered leaves.
Another story, with a less happy con-
clusion, is that taken from The Memoir
OF Mary Twining," who appears to have
been an old-fashioned New England girl,
told partly by herself to her Diary
Her father was a soldier under Washing
ton. and her mother granddaughter OF
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
Shopping.

''Where are the linens kept" she asked
Downstairs, the reply.
She swcetly smiled and grabbed her train.
And quickly fastened by.
Once down, she vcnturcd 10 inquire,
The linens, they here?'
Just three rooms over To the right,
And straight back III the rear. -
At last she reached the point proposed.
1.-The linens pike a crash
The answer came across the shop
They're six rooms Oyer-Cash.'
Again she jostled through the crowd,
And family asked the clefh,
THE linens, pleasel II pstdirS, - he said,
With tantaliZing smir6.
She reached the top, quite out OF breath,
1.-THE linens, sir?' she said.
'In the annex building, five floors up,
And then walk straight ahead"
Accomplishing the long ascent,
Her temper sorely tried,
She sharply asked the in charge,
With wrath she could rot hide:
'Will you tell me where the linens are,
Or il they're in the store!
''We used To keep them, ma am, lie smiled,
But do not any more.
London Tit-Bits.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
To the Klondike on Horseback
(From The -Tndinnnnolis NewqN

(From the indianapolis News.)
Rushville Ind, Feb. 2s.-Joln and ORC Cavitt
of this county, will this week leave Rosevlle
Cal, for the Klondikc on horseback. They have
been in the gold dggings" OF California about
six months. Both are big, stout young men, and
the kind to undertake such hazardous mission
They will leave Roseville with four h0rses-two
pack horses and two saddle horses. BY May /
they expect to reach Seattle, and there lay in
essary supplies for the trip. The beginning of
next winter they hope, Will land them in the
interior of British Columbia They will follow
the course of the Frazier River, and thence across
the country to the Stickeen River, and thence
into the Yukon country. The route Is 4 dangerous
and rather uncertain one but the Cavitt brothers
expect to make the trip. They are sons OF John
Cavtt, one of the wealtliest farmers in Rush
county, who is al present in California to see his
sons off ON their perlous journey.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
A New English Grammar.

"a Simple Grammar of English Now in
Use" by John Earle, of Aberdeen Uni
versity, is book intended for education
al rather than scientific use. 1t is
grammar unmixed with philology and
the author appears to take the extreme
~ sensible view that language is not
science, but an art. During the last four
hundred years, while the principles of the
English language have remained substan-
TALLY the same, there has been change
in form and in the use of words, which
proves Enthusiastically that English is
living language in the sense of being ca
pable of growth. BY comparing former
| usage with the present, Mr.. Earle gives
some valuable information, and shows
quite plainly that many forms of speech
now in use among illiterate people are
simply archaismS phrases considered
correct in other days. but out of date
now. What he calls the fiat adverb' is
an example of this. as the sea went
dreadful high, "a wonderful sweet air,
and so on. The double negative is an
other instance of this archaic Incorrect
ness. Other things besides grammar as
commonly understood are considered in
this work, among them the principles of
rhythm and meter, the proper method of
reading aloud the use of rhetoric, and
| the principles of public speaking. In his
discourse on Prose Composition; or How
| to Write Well" the author makes the
| following very sensible observation
| Guard against the notion that any structure for
which you can quote a distinguished author IS
permitted to young writer. Ii Matthew Arnold
and a few other writers found occasionally
] TO the adjective post positive, do not inter
that it is common property and may be hourls1ed
| by every tyro. II Mr.. Grant Allen extends the
aegis of his protection the eiliptiCal intin-
tive. do not you therefore begin to dsport your
| self with the pendant to, as with some newly Ii
censed toy.
| 1t might be very good thing for the
| ambitious youths who are rushing into
| print all over our land 10 read and ponder
| this chapter. They might be led to the
| conclusion that our language is a thing
| which, If one would use it properly, re-
| quires as much study as the keyboard Of
! a piano or n palette and brush.
| A comparatively small space has been
| devoted to the subject of parsing, and
! analysis of sentences. which is perhaps
| the most useless study ever devised for
| the human mind. The book is a clear,
| careful and scholarly treatise on the Eng
| fish language and its use, rather than a
! work of science. One feels in perusing
| tongue as a living thing, to be handled
| with due respect for the laws of its be-
| ing; not as a mass of dead material,
| which may be flung together anyhow to
! serve the purpose of a bricklayer. 1t is
| 4 book which win be valuable to teachers
/ and to students of language everywhere.
| New York; G.. p. Putnam's Sons.
| Washington: All booksellers)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
The Old Rifle

Thar may not be Il war al all
Fer all the talk they make Us;
But that oil rife on the wall
Seems lonSin' fer a fTacss'
Ii amt like those new-f4nglcd ones
Amt got no cartridge in il,
But it's a match fer ali their guns,
An shoots a mile minute.
They say 'twIz made in them OF days
When bullets thick wuZ rainin,
An helped old Freedoms way ter blaze
In Washin'ton's campaigniH'l
Ii fought To set the country free
Beat back the British people,
An heard the bells O Liberty
Ring out from ey'ry steeple.
It's got the oil time flint an stock
It's out o. date trihe;
But not a gun they ye got kin knock
The shine from that Of rifle,
It's done good work as they kin do
These ones o late invention;
Laid RedCcats out, and Others too
Blame numerous ter mention,
It's had its day from cast to west.
But-you Jest sight it steady.
1t still kin fin squerrel's nest,
An sing out sharp: I'm ready
It's seen the set @ many suns
Amt got no cartridge in it;
But il kin shine with all the guns,
An shoot 4 mile 4 minute.
Atlanta Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
ZOIa

What scribe, well known to countless men,
Now spends twelvemontl in he pen?
It's lola.
Who was it did his level best
And met with siur, and sneeT, and Jest?
Twas lola.
Whom did they buffet all about.
And charge upon with gibe and shout?
Twas Zola.
Who raised himself from cutters deep
To planes of justice, high and steep?
Twas lola.
Whose name will shine from favored spot.
When fussy fighters are forgOty
It's Zola.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
SuSI cCted.

She wears neither vest suspenders,
Her waist isn't cut like q coat;
She says that those women foolish
Who want to hold Office and vote.
She is sweet and good-lOoking and gentle,
And love, have oft heard her say,
Is weapon with which any woman
May, if she is minded 10, sway.
All, well, let her have her sweet notions,
There may be good sense in her plan:
Perhaps she's mild as she seems-but notice
That her husbands typewriter's mani
Chicago News.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
LITERARY NOTES.

Charles G. ID. Roberts has nearly fin
ished n new novel called "A Sister to
Evangeline," which will be the second
book in a trilogy of which THE Forge
in the Forest" was the first. The three
deal with life in Nova Scotia during the
French regime. They will be published
by Lamson, Wolfe & Co, who will also
publish a volume of poems by Mr.. Rob-
erts, called New York Nocturnes."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
Discarded.

Last night lay on her breast.
Today lay at her feet;
Then to her heart | was pressed
Must you now put your foot on me, sweet,
All, lightly rs possible pray
Grace for your red rose OF last night
No doubt / look faded today;
But are you quite 50 fresh in this light?
And-need there is none of that tear.
For lie quite exposed Ia the dew
Did it ever occur To YOU. dear,
That the flower may have wcaried OF YOU
Charles Henry Webb.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Frankfort Moore has written a novel
called "A Fatal Gift" now running in
The Queen, and soon to be published in
this country. 1t deals with the fortunes
of the famous beauties by the name of
Cunning. whose reign in England was
for "a time undisputed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

ON what occasion did Mr. Blaine make this
statement: The trust IS merely private Isti-
tuition. with which the Government has nothing,
90 do Was II in the campaign Of 1882 G. y.
None of MIR. Biaine's biographies re-
ports this phrase We think il was NOT
uttered in the campaign OF ISS+, as trusts
were comparatively new then, and pro-
lection was the subject of Mr.. Blaine
campaign speeches.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
An IntcrIude.

The Lenten season noY begins
Mans gay days are no more;
lie rests and thinks OF other sins
TO try when Lent Is Ger.
Chicago Record.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Where does the Atchisou. Topeka and Santa 70
Railroad begin, and where does it endf ; H.
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa F's
Railroad runs from Kansas city. No,
practically to San Diego, Cal 1t pene-
trates almost a dozen States, and in mile
age 1t is one OF the great roads OF tho
country.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Frank r, Stockton it is said has been
writing story called "A Cycle of Ca
thay." The title sounds interesting. but
there is a possibility that Mr. Stockton
will have to change H. because a book
by the same title. by Or. W. A. p. Mar
tin, came out a year ago.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
NOTES AND QUERIES.

Please translate for me the Italian words used IN
the poem, AUX ltaliens," by Robert Bulwer " u
ton: '''Non ii seOTdar dj mef = T. ;
They mean do not forget me- literal
~, forget not myself of me-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

How many different tribes OF Indians are there
in the United State? J. X
According TO the report of the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs for 1856 there
were then 2s3 different tribes of Indians In
the various States and Territories Many
of these were hardly more than names.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Did Barry sullivan ever appear in the United
States? Did ne ever appear in Bridgeport Conn
y
Yes. several times. He came here first
in 1858. and stayed some months In 1908
he came again, and returned a third time
in 1870. II is quite possible that he played
in Bridgeport.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
Who wore the Inst entire silk costume.

NJ II. r.
w, do not know. The Empress Selling
she. wife of IiwdnE-te Emperor of Chi
na 1850 years ago. was the first person ta
cultivate the silk worm and the mulberry.
and is said to have invented the loom.
Probably she wore the first silken gar
meut.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

A book of Irish poetry by Mr.. Lionel
Johnson is soon TO be published by
Copeland d Day.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

There seems 10 be a sort of revival of
Dickens at the present time-only wait
long enough and revival" of any au-
thor is sure to cOme-and before long a
critical study of the great man, by
George Gissing, will be published. Mr.
Gissing thinks that people who charge
Dickens with unhealthy do not know the
English lower classes.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

What were the names Of the men that came over
in the Nayfiower? ,. How long. and how ultch
money would it take to go to the KlOndike2 >
How much silver Is now being coined at our
IninISI y. y.
There were 10 passengers on the May
flower, too many 70 name here. These.
however. were the heads of families and
unmarried persons: John Alden, Isaac
Albertou, John AllertOn. John Ellington.
William Bradford. William Brewster.
Richard Bitteredge, Peter Brown. John
Carver. James Chiffon. Richard Clarke.
Francis Cook, John CrackstOn, Francis
Eaton Thomas English, Moses Fletcher.
Edward Fuller. Richard Gardiner John
Goodman, Stephen Hopkins. Edmund
MaTgesOn, Christopher Martin William
Mullins, DeSory Priesy. John Ridgdale,
Thomas Rogers. Captain Miles Standish,
Edward Tilly. Thomas Tinker. John
Turner Richard Warren. William White.
Thomas Williams Edward WinsiOw. Ell
ward Dotey. John Rowland. Edward
Lester and George SOule. , From Seat
tie about three weeks; the fare Is So.
We think g. About 81 100000 Il month; 4
little in silver dollars, the rest in small
silver.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Would had been a powered ladyc
As my true love rode by (said she);
In days OF old were hearts Of gold.
For selfish ends too high (said she).
And abroad To death he rode
| had spent nor tear nor sigh (said shel.
As page my steed had bestIOde.
Perchance for him to die tsaid she).
wretched age of gain and greed
We live in, void of higher creed;
narrow life. a failing strife
To rise above our level earth:
Our tender faiths are put 10 knife
Within the hour that gave them birth.
We women eat our hearts (said she(,
For lack of loyal love and faith
All, could my knghtly dream but be-
Then he and ] might welcome death
So sorrowed they in youthful prime
Qt must have been pleasant woe,
So sure to meet its cure in timel-
They welded five good years ago.
He faces gaunt "Cui bonoT' doubt
With manful buffet, if it Gomez
For faith in man and faith in tod
Shall come of faith in wife and home
Her pathway lies in pleasant light
Her baby on her breast is lying;
And she has found her knishtly dream
But now she never dreams of dying
Martha Nolcott Hitchcock.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

How many machinists are employed on United
States warship. and what Is their payt ;. B.
on the Maine there were ten machinists.
of whom four ranked as chief machinists.
and were paid $40 a month: ten oilers. ar
SEQ a month; one or two painters. at $50:
two blacksmiths. at $50: one cOppersmith.
al $50: one plumber. AT $50: thirty or more
fremen. at from $50 TO $50 month; about
the same number of coal passers- at So,
and ten or more oilers at S6 month.
Probably the distribution of machiuists is
about the same on all the ships of equal
rating.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Was Hugh Wynne real character in the Revo-
luti0nary War? , Who was the wife OF Mchanl-
med IT, who reigned in the fifteenth century s.
Name the seven wise menu WILkESBARRE.
No > Lew Wallace, in his Prince OF
India" makes him marry the Princess
Irene. last of the Greek royal house We
find no evidence of this marriage and no
other statement on the subject In Mo-
hammed's time, I450-14S1, as well as now.
Il Turk did not talk about his wives. It
is quite probable that MOhammed had
Christian wife, but who she was history
does not say. 3. The seven wise men or
Greece were: Scion, Fernandez. PittacuS.
Chic. ThaIes. CIeobuIus and Bias. They
lived in the sixth century before Christ.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Are there any States in the Union that allow
negroes and whites TO marTy2 SUBSCRIBER
Yes. these States do: Connecticut, Illi-
nois. Iowa. Maine. Massachusetts. Mich
igan, Minnesota. Montana. New Hamp-
shire. New York North Dakota. Ohio.
Oklahoma Pennsylvania. Rhode Island.
South Dakota. Utah, Vermont, Washing
ton. Wisconsin. and Wyoming.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Mr.. Edward Heron-Allen has made
literal prose translation of 1.-The Rubaiyat
of Omar Khayyam, which is said to be
admirable.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Why Is the present Pope Of Rome called Leo
XiII?' SUBSCRIBER.
The early POpes retained their own
names, until. in the year 1903. Pope was
chosen whose surname was ''BOecI eli
POrca'' pigs SnOuD. This Pope very
wisely changed his name on ascending the
PapaI throne, and assumed the name Of
Sergius. Since his time all the Papes
have changed their names. each one tax
ing the name of some saint or some
other sanity person. The present Pope,
whose baDtismaI name was GiOacchinO
Pecci, took the name OF Leo when ne was
chosen in 1873, because ne admired es-
peciaIly the life of Pope Leo MI, who had
died in 1889
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
CURRENT VERSE.
A Cure for Heroics.

They DRIFT along a summer lake,
And talk about whatever chances,
And little condolences make
About their soulful fears and faneies
They half suspect that life is vain,
Despite its comforts incidental,
For he is in his Harvard strain,
And she is slightly sentimental.
HE.
Would had been bold Baron
In the old dim days Of yorc tsaid he),
In my castle grim on Weser's rim,
Where my father lived before (said he),
With armoT old and portraits Young
OF granddames fair around me hung,
And Golfers OF gold galore said he).
The Baron held a skillful rein.
And smote with mighty arm;
No hooking question vexcd his brain,
And saved the foe from harm.
His sword the ward OF his feudal lord,
His conscience, of the Pope.
The Baron gaily ranged abroad,
To end his days III hope.
o sturdy men OF cid (said ho)
Ye strOve, and gained the mastery.
With will remoTseloss, conscience tree,
At heart a child's simplicity.
/ would were that Baron gay.
To part with weary self tsaid ke),
To shock these bordering schemes away
This sordid toll for pelf (sa:1 he)-
The boar to chase, the foe to trace.
Death-dcaling open blows To give,
Lies sophist sphinx no more To face
All, this, methinks, would be 10 liye
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

A new London journal called the Quill
Driver has evolved the novel scheme of
requesting the authors of books to write
their own reviews. This arrangement
ought to be spremely satisfactory to the
authors, but it probably is not.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

1t appears by page in a late number
of The Critic that scholars have not yet
given up squabbling over the question
whether it is Virgil or "VergiI."
Such questions are useful because they
refuse to be settled, and help to pass
away time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

The Idler." formerly edited by Jerome
Jerome and Robert Barr, has been turned
over to the Messrs. Dent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06
What is the capital punishment of cermany'

Q. =
According to the report of the commits
sion appointed in New York some years
ago 10 decide on a way to put criminals
10 death, there are several ways OF eX-
ecuting a condemned person in Germany.
In Bavaria he is guillotined; in Bruins
wick he is decapitated by an ak; in
Hanover the guillotine is used. as il is
also in SaxOny; in Oldenburg a criminal
is shot. and in Prussia he is decapitated
by a sword.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

1t is suggested that the right kind of
man might make money and reputation
and be of much use in the world by act
ing as a go-between in the relations of
English and American publishers, keeping
watch for English books which would be
popular in America, and vice versa. The
idea seems a good one.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

delightful glimpse of Brownng's
character is found In an extract from
one of his letters. He saws: II dined
with dear Carlyle and his wife (catch me
calling people dear In q hurry except In
letter beginnings yesterday. 1 don't
know any people like them"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

How many State hospitals for the insane are
there in the State OF New York; hENNO.
Thirteen.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

1t is said that Hugh Wynne'' is being
recommended by everyone who reads it.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Is the apparent twinklin@ OF the stars due 70
waves in the atmospheric , What fee did Dr.
Mackeuzie.Of London receive for treating the En-
peror Of Gemanys throat? A. :
IL is said to be due partly TO refraction,
and partly To the exhalations from the
earth, which place sort of tremulOus veil
between the earth and the stars. through
which the latter are seen. 2. We do not
know what the money fee was DR. Mac
kenzie was created a knight by Queen
Victoria, and was made a knight of the
HOhenzOllern order in Germany.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Whittier's name of Greenleaf came
down to him from a Huguenot ancestor
whose coat-of-arms bore Il warriors he'll
met and an olive branch
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Miss Mary Angela Dickens daughter of
Charles Dickens, has written a novel en-
titled Against the Tide"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Among "reminiscences of Whittier APP
pears the fact that during the war Gail
Hamilton presented him with a pair Of
slippers embroidered by herself with an
original design. The toe of each slipper
was decorated with an eagle bearing a
cluster of thunderbolts, but the plumage
of the eagle was Quaker drab.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

Mrs. Warrington Cafyn, otherwise
"Iota," author of The Yellow Aster."
has written n new novel. which she calls
Poor Max"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-06

The Boston Transcript is on a crusade
against the Metropolitan Park Commits
sion. The head of this commission used
to be stonemason, and the first thing
he instructed his men to do was TO pare
off the knobs and knots of the WaverIy
Oaks. When that happened, all Boston
rose UP and protested. 1t would be a good
thing for some other cities to become en-
thusiastic on this subject