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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-26
STATE OF MAISE.

OxfOkDs -.
TO Lewis n. Brown. Esquire. one Of the fore
going applicants:
You are hereby directed 10 call asscting Of
the applicants above named. 70 assenbe q tne
residence Of Mrp. Mira c. Snow. MAIN Sereoe. In
the village OF PAEis Hin, In said County, on
Tuesday, the third day Of October, A. D.. 1899.
at eight OF The clock IN the afternoon, for the
purposes specified In the foregoing ,ppisca.
with this warrant thereon. In the Oxford Demo.
cras, apswspaPsr prineed - Pax4s In said
County. two weeks slccessisciy, ihe mt publ.
cation 20 10 At kast fourteen days sbseorc said
day Of meeting.
Given under my hand and seal at Parfs aforc-
said this sixteenth day OF September. A. ID. lsss.
Albert 8. AUSTIN, II. 81
Justice OF the Peace.
A true copy Of application and warrant
As,ess: LEwIs n. BROWN.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-26
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that 30
has been duly appointed administrator OF III
oRRIN r. srETsoN, late Of Canton.
In the County Of Oxfsrd, deceased. and given
bonds ss the law dfrccSa- All persons naune
demands against the estate Of said deceased are
desired 70 present the same for eetsbemenA and
all indebted thereto arc requested 70 make pay
ment Immediately.
Sept ah, lS9e. EDWIN l. E-CALDWELL-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-26

To Albert 8. Austin. Esq, . justice Of the
peace IN and for the County Of Oxtprd:
q proprietors, - social club,
hereby REQUEST you 10 issue your warrant 70 one
Of the spisrsigi led, requiring him 70 call meet
Ing at such time and place as you may .appoint,
Rev iced Statutes OF the State Of Maine.
LHw1s n. Brown and - Others.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-26
BANKRUPT, Petition for Discharge.

Bankrup.'s Petition for Discharge.
In the matter Of
oH.nli' $. E's'rfa; h...-.p.. Ia ''.''-'''-
To the Hox. NATHAN wKRs. Judge Of the Dis
srtcs Court Of the United states for tho District
SaARLEs VI 9. RUSSELL of Bethel, in the
u County Of oxford, and state Of Maine. In
aaid DISTRICT respectfully reprossnts, that on the
ssh day Of April. last pass, he was duly ad-
Judged bAnkYups under che Acts OF ConGrcss 10.
latins TO bankruptcy; that he has duly sur'
and mas fully complied with all The requirements
Of said Acts and OF the orders OF Court touching
his bankruptcy.
by the Court 70 have . full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate under said
bankrupt Acts, except such debts ~ are ex.
ccpted by law from such dlscharYc-
Dated CHI esaRts nj da s. sUsskiI. az s.:lrup.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DprUcr or MAINE. -.
ON this ssh day Of Sept, A. ID. lsss. on read
Ing the foregoing petition. it Is
Ordered by the Court, That hearing be had
upon the 'ame on the Suth day OF Sept. A: -.
lsea. before said Court st Portland. In Aid Dis
notice % thereof he pnbiisSe.i in The Oxford Dem.
ocrat, . newspaper printed In said District. and
shss I'll known credhors, and other pcr.ons In
ineerusi, may appear atthe Aatd time ana piace,
and sscy e.I:s any snsy IA ssys r. r "a p"s
And it 10 further ordered by the Court. That
the Cierk shall send by mail 20 al known cred.
itors copies Of said pcs1saon and this order, I'D
dressed 20 them u their plsccs OF residences -
stated.
witness the Honorable NATHAN wEBB. Judge
Of the said Cours and the seal thereof. ~ Fort
land. In sxid District, on tho ssh day OF sept.
A. d. isss.
In n A H. DAVIS. Ckrk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-26

FOB SALE!
80 feet of I l-s inch Guaranteed Pipe, used
GEO. II. HERsEY.
n Bucknehi, Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-26
AMONG THE FARMERS.
.srr.prusrIow+

corrcspondeucs on practical agricultural topics
II Dolicited. Address al communications ID
tended for this department 70 HnNnI ID. Hal
noxD. Agricultural Editor Oxford Dsnoora'
Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-26
THE WARNING
OF
MARY VINCENT.

Mary warned Hsary Tsnpis
Against Making = Had Investmene,
whsreupou Henry Warned May
Of she Evils of single Life.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-26

Byron, ScptembcY I5Sh, Is4.
I'd. ABBOTT. Collector Of Byron.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
STOCKS ACTIVEAND STRONG
pT-BLIC BUYERS IN EVIDENCE.
FEDERAL STEEL FEATURE - hoND
MARKET HIGHER
STOCNS.

Closing prices yesterday OF the pr'no',a' ,as,
securities and net changes from '"'U'""'
so,as were as follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
-SlEty IN. .


DOMESTIC EXCHANGE. - New-oreans-Com-
neroaI SOC premium: bank. soc premium. San
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28

Chicago March q (SpeciaD -lhere ""' .s IA
80, In tho crop damage talk The maps sho" ria
,tdadlv cold weather West and Nor'h"e'' ,s
vet followed ND It's orop-damage elaine "A
buvinp orders on a large scale Nhea' "u -,
ls,c and held most Of II May "f, ~. on
sord between IN, and 72igc. and cIosed a. "a A,
ID. afternoon curb It was 72lsc july est
ia Kansas continued the centre ~ 49,, Il,
.rhs renort which attracted the most soecu.
49,. as IRON, a well-known Southwes'e'N - Il.
,ator who has been going through N"''' ..vs
s,td rho eastern half would not raise over MI.
cron and that the western half was no. t,..ska
,rg I-ndike A Chicago operator no" J" %,
,oIogranhed that Nebraska would not '"",ancs
- CON, NJ a crop The significant 'HVu ,.uh
was the Western buying. attesuns the Moth
-, tho serders of the crop-damage reports .,oo
ing cut much figure I'm comparison WI" still
news ST Louis and local professionals MA, had
at work covering Linn was sei'''' "a oyer
considerable local influence. CLEARANCE ~ A,shsa
% on bushels The visible Increased ''" ,osrei
vor,d.s shipments were 65i61o bushels 'V ov,r
ut,h -so 40 bushels the week previous a. rad
400 ooo bushels last year The Nor'"" corh.
,n,,c. a much wheat ~ last year os' "a with
,orad with go: here there were ~ cohp' qs 80
,oi There was an Increase ON pasS"7, sNsp
bushels. a decrease In the English Ns'u' ,,shls
h,,she,s I, ,s exnected that the worm 9th
tomorrow will he about siand-on' CUM ,,yerpc,l
a decrease last year Of 2tb"' puS'''' roreisnsrs
va. t.dlLd higher Paris was lower ~ The
were sellers OF futures in modeIa' ...ulatiys
shipping demand here was slow AZ"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD

London. March O. 1 p m.--'rhe market for Amori-
can securities was generally firm all day. and ad-
vanced on New-York buying The final tone was
firm and the demand moderate. Last prices were:
Atchison. 23s.: Canadian. ssh. St Paul l3+S III
ferrod Sp. Ncw-York Central. 1884; Erie. H's;
Pennsylvania. 6S'-' Reading Ia Ere ms pr,
nd rrllnk So.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
>-rvvopU DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. MARCH % 1919

r,~oo,lvn 'T" Trust Certificates ana brooNV"
Union "I." common and preferred. 100 ,,.
CENTRAL UNION TELEPHONE BoNpo'.io V'
Q croonough will receive subscriptions until M"ro|
q WI ~ 49,, o,cruod interest for 81 10000 central
1.nion Telephone Company consohda.eu "V 49,, 80,
nor cent gold bonds. The company IL the Ia
~ the operating sub-companies OF t"e
non Telcphone Company and holds licenses W. 90
Instruments and apparatus owned ana CONT"
So. tho Roll company for the States or ONO III
diana and Illinois The bonds offered are pa :
= -, authorized issue OF S6O0)0ol and are redeem
,i a., 10, on and after January. 1903 al the oP'''"
~ the company OF this amount $-"o"'' ar W 10
reserved I'm the hands OF the trustee ~
Ike amount Of outstanding first mor'sds' ~
con, bonds 10000 for extensions now being mtoe
and $4,000 TO be issued as necessary 10 pay '''
tho cost Of future extensions. The conp'"y ,''9
4, q,i subscribers For the year ending p'c'mor'
n 1893 the company earned a surplus 'Pl. .- w
10 dividends Of s306331 against SS'''oo III 100, nv
s2iI. ae IN 1896 r. Rollins Morse q BIO WI" ~
ccive subscriptions in Boston. ...a,,,,,,., rhs
CENTRAL PACIFIC READJUSTMtNi'- l'
roadiustment managers Of the Central raci ,.'
p,uro,d Companv announce that a large maJoii'Y
~ zach class Of bonds and over s''2 per cent ~
the stock having asscntcd to the pan "'" a. ,a
mont for the readiustment Of the ''h'r"'
Railroad Company. notice is now given "''
plan is declared operative Inc 'I'"' io' ,,t.,l.,,
donosits of bonds and stock without aod'''o'n'
,b,rec hos been extended to and includlnS Apr'i
,,o which date deposits will be accepted only i"'
~',oh ,imo as the managers may determine upon
unon cash payment Of per cent OF the pa,
value Of bonds and additional cash payment % @
share Of stock deposited. .,,,,,t,c tIoId
BROOKLYN ELEVATED SEQ ki ir7 rrr.,
= oor.,acotes If deposit Of tho Central lr"S'
1a,,,,arv If Ncw-York issued for the securl'leS
,osi.od under plan and agreement "d''" No.
20 1907 are informed that the now BROOKLYN '',
waited Railroad securities to be issued IN cN',a',S
'.cor arc now ready for delivery on presenta-
,io, and surrender. properly ndorsed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28

RAILROAD BONDs.-Market strong and active
,r,sl sales amounted In par value to $5o22 90 The
heaviest dealings were I'm the Atchson. Kansas
and Texas and ST. Louis Southwestern issues, Cen
trail OF Georgia incomes. Chesapeake and Onto AIS.
Colorado Midland 2-is. Manhattan Is. Norfolk and
Western As Northern Pacific prior Is. Oregon Short
it, income Re- Reading - s.. Louis and Iron
Mountain 5s. Texas and Pacific 2ds. Wabash de
benture Bs Western \ew-YOrk and Pennsy wanna
Incomes Central Georgia consol IS. colorado South
.rn As when issued. Fulton Elevated lists. Mo
lille and Ohio 40. san Antonio and Arkansas Pass IS
Southern Pacific IS (whcn issued) and southern
Railway IS. ,,,.-
incomes were again strong and active on good
hf,yiug
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
Outside SECURITY MARhET.

STREET RAILROADS IN THIS CIli'
nepor,ed 10y c. l. Hudson CO.. Nos. - q 90 wan ~
BONDS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
MONEY! AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY RATES Money on call ~ per cent.
with a late advance 10 and per cent. Time
money Sik per cent for sixty days Sl8a4 per cent
FOR three months per cent for four months and I
ner cent for six months. Commercial paper rates
were. Prime Endorsed bills receivable 14n34 per
cent; high-grade single names. S4H44 per cent ana
other GOOD names 4izN5 per cent e.,
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Market firm ana duIl
Actual closing rates follow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28

Actl cash bal $3.50 9lSUl3 s2SI 635 2J2 Inc s7l72I9
GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts
reported from Washington @fosi5; Internal reve-
mo receipts 81 2sS Jos: miscellaneous receipts. 81
7ss: total receipts sl91 li6; expenditures. $l'S,-
90 Receipts for the month TO date, &055+.l22'
expeditures s4oO770co excess Of receipts, 30B7 l22
Receipts for the fiscal year to date {%4,%'lb3 eN-
nendituros 1864 600 732: excess OF expenditures. SIS
500 493 Receipts OF National bank notes for redemp
ton $lj7Ss9.
t1nn IrVHIJt NTr CiTEC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28

Francisco-sight i5c: telegraph. l7Ac Olho''nau "
over the counter BIC premium: between BANKS 'V@
5o, discount Savannah-Buyng. l-lec discount
ou,,c 75c per 81 900 premium Chareston-B uyihs'
mar. selling Isc premium. Boston-lSdlo sc uiS-
count St Louis-30c discount Chcago-2'd-V us
count. ,.uos
RANK CLEARINGS - NewYork - Exchanges
Se- no 81. balances S9694.9l0 Baltimore - In
changes soq7593i: balances. S5s.n5 'hcaso
Exchanges SCI 2i6. $50; balances s22S5AS' PhhaueF
Exchanges IS 50s 154: balances $lj3l.olO Bos-
ton Exchanges r6Ol9 SsS; balances. &Si4'"'
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-Call money j"
London o. per cent. open market discount ra'e'
., (,os. nor cent for short and long bills Bef-
lin discount rate "A. per cent. Paris. "a per cen"
berlin exchange on London. 20 marks = pien"s'
PARIS exchange on London. % francs . ceh'rne' ,
EUROPEAN SECURITIES. - British, ~. t%c
closed at 10 1916 for money and ITO l3-lo LOT
,Nc,,int French rentes. l02 francs " ''"'
Spanish Is in London @N ,,,.or ,osLc Mex
'trUE sill YER MARKET.-Bar silver o''Hv 10, ~,
,odn suver dollars 47iRc. Bar silver III H'"'
p 2-l6d ,,s.,, os g.. Lisbon. &c.
Buenos Ayres. 122; Rome. 80
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

OUTSIDE SECCRIT1ES.-Ma Irregular and
fairly active. Standard Oil closed at 474Hi75.
against 472isa473i4 on Saturday Last prices Of the
other prominent issues were: Otis E.evatine 36i ar
57i. preferred sSaSl. Wagner Palace Car. leO Air
Power 7su792. Pressed Steel Car. ei4as5 pre-
ferred @izu69i9 Electric Vehicle ll5ql3o. Bay State
Gas. 2ika2+s
SILVER EXPORTS Exports OF silver today
1900 ounces
BANK STOCK sALES.-One hundred and forty
shares Of the PhenX Bank sold on the Stock FIX -
change AZ ll5 against ll21 the last preceding sale
LONDON TRADING Prices for American Sc
curities abroad were higher. and on tho local Ex-
change London was a moderate buyer. taking I'm all
abou. twenty thousand shares Its sales amounted
TO eight thousand shares
BROOKLYN u" TRUST CERTIFICATES.-A
Sartorus announces that he Is prepared 10 deal In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
PANHANDLE REPORT.

Tho report shows large Increase III lres..' - q,
dc viz 2o2o46SS tons for 1895 as against i''-..'
IN 1891. but. owing to a further reduction ]" go
tho net profit was reduced from MUS -.
mills per ton-mile. The passenger traih' a'so
an increase in volume but a decrease III ' '.I.,o,
sum Of s22272l spent out OF income y" -. hs.,
of grades ETC. and further sum 81 S-"" 500 TIL.
set aside to meet similar expenditure ~ 49,, xas
increase in expenses for maintenance OF "s s,,
duo - q considerable extent to the heavy noou
March 1895 and to renewals Of bridges "e' 80.
for the increased heavy traffic The increase 100.
penses for maintenance Of equipment was !" S
measure due to fitting air brakes ana a.,.,.
couplcrs. under the requirements OF the
commerce legislation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
THE FEDERAL TREAST RY.

THE TREASURY sTATEMENT.-The daily
Washington statement covering actual results of
two days ago. compared with the last preceding
statement gives the following balances:
March -. March 81 changes
Net gold .. sap 46i $50 S242 172 go Inc. SllV''
Vet .urer 4 47 l5S 52lOlg2 Inc 2o3 0i4
Net L s notes I3G71.5lf l3.53P.Gp Dec. III SO
Net Treas notes go 1873 tes laS Inc ZN'''
Actual cash
outstanding ... ,oo,,
tlncates .. 1862 O3i5 $3.50 5605 iS Inc. AlO2A'
Deposits in Ma ~,
t0nal banks 90W4N9l Wd-4-- Inc -''''"''
Available s352 1S5 2O 1852 So - mo S"f2i ~
Ntaor fatalities II 2G7 1893 II. 249 4g3 Dec lT.1Op
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS.

cOvERNMENT BONDs.-Market Arm. Actual
closing rates follow:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-04-13

Quite naturally, the burning Of the
Windsor hotel in New York elicits much
comment from the European press, and
the discussion brings out some interest
ing comparisons. Engineering and
building skill in erecting freproof struc-
lures is not bit more advanced in
London and in Paris than in New York !;
but. as one authority points out, the
inspection of buildings is far more thor
ough in the foreign cities than with u.s.
A French writer says that the condi-
tons of inaammability existing in the
Windsor hotel would not be permitted
in Paris. hut this is a rash assertion
with the memory of the dreadful fire a:
the charity bazaar still fresh in our
minds. London has had many fires that
have equaled that of the Windsor in the
destruction of life. Nevertheless the
fact is patent that it is in the super
vision and preparedness for just such
calamities that we must look in the flu.
ture for prevention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-04-13

The women have another sin to an
swer for. Mrs. S. S. Woolman of the
Teachers college, Columbia university,
declares that women are at the bottom
Of all the mischief resulting from the
employment, in the manufacture and
dyeing Of certain fabrics. of chemicals
which deteriorate the material and are
poisonous to the skin. She says that
women demand cheap and snowy ma
terial and the manufacturers are COM
PEELED to meet this need. She explained
the cost of real silk goods and the man
ner in which the material is adulterated
and initiated and said that there was
hardly a reliable firm in the country
that would guarantee the purity of its
silk goods. The tendency Of modern
taste is for the cheap and snowy, not
for the intrinsically good and unat-
tractiYe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-04-13
A FEW WORDS
To the Taxpayers Of the Township Of
Princeton.

q.
AS | notice in the UNION a. call
for a special election to raise a
special tax for the purpose OF
building town hall, / wish to call
attention to the following facts:
For the last few years we have
raised all the money the law al.
lows us to raise but still at the
time of our annual town meeting
we had about SO, 200 worth of out
Standing orders and no money in
the treasury. Last year there
were issued orders amounting to
about 81, 100 more than were paid
owing to a lack of funds.
wish to ask the taxpayers il
they do not think it would be bet
ter to try to have this outstanding
Indebtedness paid before we make
any extra and unnecessary expense
by building town halle The
fact is we have had a good hall in
a central location for the last few
years at an expense of about 81
per year and there is no reason
why we can not secure the same
hall hereafter. ~. ~ ~.s&fs..sc +
ANOTuEp TAvDAv1,u
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-04-13

Miss Anne Russell Allen Of St. Louis
said to be one of the handsomest and
vealthiest bellies Of Missouri. has varied
the usual programme Of American heir
esses who marry foreign titles. She
didn't marry. Her lover. the Count
Paul Festeties Juan de Talma of Hun
gary, met and wooed her on the Ri
viera, but while he was wooing he had
agents in St. Louis hunting up her as
sets and commercial standing. When
Miss Allen returned home and heard OF
this, she sacked the Count p F. j. dc
T. summarily. Miss Allen has a strong
predisposition in favor of being wooed
for herself alone
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-04-13
W. g. L. u.

& IS =
Licensing the liquor traffic is a
sin, but those who vote for license
are sinners. This government has
been failure because the people
have been disloyal to God, taking
the government off His hands and
placing it in the hands Of Satan.
But this will be changed, the
prophecy will be fulfilled, by re-
storing the government to God.
Satan could have no part in the
government if all were loyal to
God, ready to stand for Him in
politics as we'll as in the pulpit.
How shall government be restored
to Christ's shoulders! First, by
making every law on our statute
books support the ten command
ments and be based upon them.
This is broad enough to include all
legislation. For example, laws
against arson may seem at first
thought to have no foundation in
the decalogue, but burning build
ings is one form of stealing them,
and as every fire endangers human
life, arson comes to be contra
vention of the commands "thou
shalt not kill,'' ''thou shalt not
steal" Sunday laws are examples
of legislation supporting the ten
commandments. Such legislation
is educative. Where it is wanting
the Law of God soon comes to be
disregarded. The moral forces
must be brought to bear upon gov
eminent. In all English speaking
lands the trend is upward. There
are to-day more men who will vote
against a measure because it con-
travenes Gods laws. The great
sins once legalized, slavery, gam
bling, lotteries, are now under ban
of law. Satan F.. is powerful but
not all-powerful. To-day we are
confronted with that greatest of
sins, the liquor traffic which puts
itself in the place of Gods govern
ment. Its forces all over the
world are leagued together, DEFY
ing God and man. In the four
great christian nations are to-day
half million innocent babes, who,
if the liquor traffic continues to
work as it has done, will as they
grow up fall victims to it and fill
drunkards' graves. Children mort
gagged to the devil before they are
born. This, traffic impoverishes
eighty four people that it may en-
rich one. Gratitude should lead
every American to range himself
on the side of God in government.
1t has been said that you cannot
make people moral by law but I
say you can make them nightly
immoral by the absence of law.
Reforms have always been slow
but if they are all right they will
win in the end. He hid this land
until it could be planted with good
seed, winnowed by the Reforma-
ton. He reserved the gold of
California until it came under the
American flag. He has increased
the English speaking people faster
than any other. He has given the
American brain to conquer time
and space by such wonderful IN
ventions that the ends of the earth
are brought near together. We
should show our gratitude by send
ing out armies of missionaries,
where we now send out only picket
guards and by enthroning God in
our government. ''The nation
that does. My will shall stand.''
Mrs. E. G.. TOUsLEY,
Press Supt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-04-13
Two Literary Lessons.

Two books have been placed before
the American public withinythe month
which every American should keep side
by side in his library, however small
that library may be- 1t is not because
the books are alike in theme or equal in
treatment, but because they honestly
set forth the amazing facts of two OPP
posing sources Of history. and they do
this without word of preachment, but
with all the force and simplicity of I'M
embellished truth. In these two books
are condensed the lessons of Imperialism
and democracy. humanity and medi-
fevalism, in startling contrast, which
the authors never dreamed of when
they We're telling their stories from two
worldwide points of view. One book is
called 1.-The Martyrdom of an En-
press and tells the narrowing tale of
the late empress of Austria. No ro-
nance that was ever written is so heavy
with the pathos of fate or so overflow
ing with the tragedy that belongs to
throne. From girlhood to old age this
beautiful victim Of court intrigue, of
misplaced affection and Of political
Vaccinations lived the life of a state
prisoner. With all that wealth could
command or beauty and authority could
summon. she was the most miserable
tool of envy. malice, jealousy, hatred
and suspicion. No slave in Circassia is
hemmed in by such espionage or SO de-
prived of her natural rights. And all
this was in due accordance with a sys-
tenn that had grown up for centuries
and was part of the necessitous ma
chinery of state and court. She saw her
friends and family desert her one by
one and most of the members of her
husbands family end in tragedy with
crowns on their heads. and she at last
was struck down by an assassin's blow
The other book is the ''Life and Serv-
ices Of Edwin NJ. Stanton, " the Ameri-
can war secretary. Here is the story Of
a man who was summoned by the peo-
pie and who assumed the prodigious
burdens Of a nation to serve the people
and went through one of the most fear
full crises known to mankind, to wear
himself out with the task, but to leave
behind him an unexampled record of
integrity, decision Of character and
tireless loyalty to the people. He was
one of that illustrious group of men
that surrounded Lincoln when money
was manufactured at the rate of mil
lion day and who came out of the
ordeal Of war poorer than when they
went in and worn out by their super
human labors. To read the life and
services of this man now is to read anew
the wonderful resources of human
strength and fidelity in democracy and
the triumph OF the people themselves.