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The times., 1899-03-26
Ben King.
4 secret Voc.

A Gibson Girl was hanging in frame upon my
wall;
She was exceeding graceful, she was exceeding,
tall.
l suppose I must have dreamed it. though /
thought ! awake.
But that Gibson maiden softly sighed and then
she softly spake.
Her voice was low and lovely, her dictiou was
correct,
Her language such as from Gibson Girl one
might expect;
But she seemed bit unhappy, and tear was
in her eve,
So sympathetically begged that she would tell
why,
She smiled little sadly. and in 4 wistful tone
She rather intimated she had troubles of her
own
The she folded her long Gibson arms and shook
her Gibson head.
Tossed back her wavy Gibson hair, and this is
what she said
81 know that l am stunning. know I'm chic
My costumes are perfection, and pose extreme
ly we'll.
can play at golf or tennis, can skate or swim
ride;
I've been admired in every role from dclutante
To bride,
l look charming in shfrt-waist, and I'm given
every chance
To display my Gibson shoulders at dinner or
dance.
My features are patrician, and my figure isn't
I'm never out OF drawing, and am the present
fad
And yeti know I'm silly but I'm longing to
be short ... .-.
little doll faced girie, OF the airy, fair sort;
To be carressed and petted, called Bcbc and
Petite
To be told that have tiny hands and Cinderella
feet;
To be shielded and protected lest oyertax my
strength.
To wear skirts and coats and dresses Of an ordi,
nary length.
And besides her sweet voice faItcred. and heI
Gibson eyelids drooped,
And round her fingers nervously her handkerchief
she looped-
81 met my fate this summer-I did, really and
you
I'm awfully in love with him, and he's in love
with me.
He's the dearest man in all the world, but he
isn't very tall,
So that's mother reason why l wish that were
small.
When think of all my Gibson beaus of six feet
eight. more,
marvel that I've given my heart to man Of
five feet four"
She said no more. but silently she hung there
in her place; ...-
Gibson impassivity stole o'er her perfect face
And love her and admire her as clever work
OF art,
But pity that poor Gibson Girl, because know
her heart.
Carolyn Wells, in the Century
The times., 1899-03-26
"The Man with the Hoe.r

Bowed by the weight Of centuries, he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
The emptiness OF ages in his face,
And on his back the burden OF the world.
Who made him dead 10 rapture and despair,
A thing that grieves not, and that never hopes.
Stolid and stunned. brother to the on?
Who loosened and let down his brutal jawi
Whose was the hand that slanted back this brow?
Whose breath blew out the light within this
brain?
Is this the Thing the Lord God made and gave
To have dominion over sea and land;
To trace the stars and search the heavens for
power;
To feel the passion Of eternity7
Is this the Dream he dreamed who shaped the
suns
And pillared the blue armament with light?
Down all the stretch OF He'll, 10 its last gulf,
There is no shape more terrible than this
More tongued with censure of the worlds blind
greed
More filled with signs and portents for the soul
More fraught with menace 10 the universe.
What gulfs between him and the seraphim.
Slave of the wheel of labor. what to him
Are Plato and the swing OF PleiGtes2
What the long reaches of the peaks of song
The rift OF dawn, the reddening of the rose?
Through this dread shape the suffering ages look
Times tragedy is in that aching stoop;
Through this dread shape humanity betrayed,
Plundered, profaned, and disinherited.
Cries protest TO the Judges OF the World,
\ protest that is also prophecy.
Masters lords, and rulers in all lands.
Is this the handiwork you give to God
This monstrous thing, distorted and SOUL
quenehedS
How will you ever straienten up this shape;
Give back the upward looking and the light;
Rebuild it in the music and the dream;
Touch it again with Immortality;
Make right the immemorial infamies,
Perhdious wrongs, immedcable woes?
masters lords. and rulers in all lands,
How will the Future reckon with this Man?
How answer his brute question in that hour
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake the world
How will it he with kingdoms and with kings
With those who shaped him TO the thing he is
When this dumb Terror shall reply TO God
After the silence Of the centuries?
Edwin Markham, in the San Francisco Ex-
aminer
The times., 1899-03-26
III Should Die Tonight.

II should die tonight,
And YOU should come TO my cold corpse and say,
Weeping and heartsick DER my lifeless clLy
II | should die tonight,
And you should come in deepest grief and Woe
And say: Here's that ten dollars that | owe,
/ might arise in my large white cravat,
And saw What's thatg''
The times., 1899-03-26

"Can We Disarm?" by Joseph McCabe,
published by Herbert S. Stone & Co., is a
simple, direct, and able discussion of the
subject which the Tsar brought SO MASTER
fully to the attention of the world. 1t
shows the impossibility Of carrying out
such a plan at present, but it also points
out the forces which are gradually and in
sidiously working toward that end.
The times., 1899-03-26
LITERARY NOTES.

Readers interested in the natural science
which concerns animals, insects. and the
vegetable world will surely be greatly in
terested in 1.-The Bee People," by Marga
ret Warner Morley, whose previous vol
umes, 1.-The Song of Life" and Life and
Love-" have attained such wide popularity.
The times., 1899-03-26

1t is understood that Dr. A. Conan
Doyles new novel, "a Duet With An Oc-
casional Chorus, is to appear in book
form at first. and thus avoid the loss Of
any of its freshness through serial pub
lication.
The times., 1899-03-26

Mr.. w. A. Fraser is new writer OF fic-
tion, whose first book, THE Eye CT a
God; and Other Tales of East and West,
will be published this spring by the Dou-
beday & Mcclure Company. These stories
deal with life in India and Burma, in
Canada, and our own Far West
The times., 1899-03-26

Please advise me for what purpose Noiybdrum
IS used. and in what State it Is found J. 5.
This comparatively rare metal Is most
valued. we think, as the source OF phospho-
molybdic acid. 1t Is found in two forms.
yellow lead ore and molybdenite. The lat
ter is so like black lead (graphite, that
the two were formerly believed to be tho
same.
The times., 1899-03-26
III should die tonight

And you should come TO my corpse and kneel
Clasping my bier to show the grief you feel,
| say, if | should die tonight,
And YOU should come 10 me. and there and then
just even hint bout payin me that ten,
I might arise the while,
Bui Id drop dead again.
The times., 1899-03-26
NOTES AND QUERIES.
wha, is the quantity Of tea grown in Ru..iaf

Tea is not grown In Russia to any con-
siderable extent. though Russians con-
sumo eco pounds annually.
The times., 1899-03-26
Engineer-in- Chief G. w. Melville, U. S.
N, in the Engineering Magazine" says:

One lesson which the Spanish American war has
thoroughly taught is the vital importance. TO a
nation which would have efficient navy, Of
the fostering of the mechanical instinct. Ameri-
may be proud OF being nation of meehan-
les, and i attribute the overwhelming victories
the Spaniards largely to this fact and the
absolute lack of any mechanical aptitude on the
part Of the opponents. The utter failure of
Cervera's fast amored cruisers, which had trial
speeds of twenty knots TO escape from the
United States vessels at Santiago, none Of which
were making seventeen, shows the disastrous re-
suits of encouragement of the mechanic. As we
now know, the condition of the two fastest ships
at Santiago, the New York and Brooklyn, was
such that only half power could be used imme-
diately, and it seems almost certain that. had
Ceryera's ships been able to make their maxi
mum speeds, they would have escaped
The times., 1899-03-26

piece of exquisite pathos, the requiem to
Henry George is a fine bit Of work. and
the tributes to the authors alma mater
dartmouth College, are good OF their
kind. Outside these there is no single
poem which merits notice, but there are
delicious bits on almost every page. Here
and there is line which is more like
Shakespeare than anything of this time and
place. For instance:
For l am woodand-naturcd, and have made
Dryads my bedfcllovs.
Come, will pluck off customs livery,
Nor longer be lackey to old Time.
Spring, like huntsman's boy,
Hal!oos along the hillsides, and unhoods
The falcon in my will.
For these consider many things-but yet
BY land nor sea
They shall not find the way to Arcadie.
The old homo OF the awful heartdear Mother,
Whereto child dreams and s.rcmemberinss
lull us,
Far from the cares that overlay and smother
The memories of old woodland outdoor mirth
In the dim first life-burst centuries ago
The sense OF the freedom and nearness OF Earth
Nay, this they shall not know;
For who goes thither
Leaves all the cark and clutch of bis soul behind,
The hates that and the hopes that wither;
Nor does he journey, seeking where If be,
But wakes and finds himself in Arcade.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co. $500
Poems of Therese,'' slender little vol
ume edited by the translator of the
"Poems,' Ellen rockingham, is collec-
tion of verses by German fraulein of
whom we are only told that she was the
daughter of some mysterious German Off
cial called the Kanzlei- -Rath. Some of the
rhymes are dainty in thought and execu-
ton, but all translations, and translations
of German poems in particular, are sub
ject to the law defined by Therese herself
and quoted in the introduction:
translated poem is but a pressed flower.
1t could be wished that the publishers
had seen fit to do as was done with Ros-
enfelds Songs of the Ghetto"-publish
the German on one page and the English
on another. (New York: G. p. Putnam's
Sons.)
"The Song of Stradella,' by Anna Gan
non. is a collection of verses of average
merit with one or two slightly above the
average. 'The Harp and the verses to
Ellen Terry are rather good. (Philadel
phia: ]. B. Lippincott Company
The times., 1899-03-26

The April Critic" will contain a fac
simle Of the first stanza of the "Reces-
sionar' In Mr.. Kipling's autograph He
wrote ii out for the editor of the Critic
day or two before his illness.
The times., 1899-03-26
what are the various state mottocs? ]. c. g.

California. Eureka" Colorado. NH
sine Numine" t''Nothing without Provi-
denceD: Florida, In God We trust;'
Georgia Wisdom, justice, moderation"
Illinois. State sovereignty; national un-
ion; Connecticut, "Qui transtulit susti-
net" C.Who transplants sustains'D; Ari-
zona "Ditat Deus GOOD enriches'); Ar
kansas, "Regnant populi;" Delaware LIB
erty and Independence" Iowa. Our lib
critics we prize, and our rights we will
maintain" Kansas, "Ad astra per aspera;"
Kentucky United we stand. divided we
fall" Louisiana, Union. justice, and con-
fidence;" Maine, "Dirigo" t.'I direet'):
Maryland. "Fatti maschii, parole femine;'
t''Deeds are men; words are women'J;
Massachusetts,, "Ense petit plaeidam sub
libertate quietem' (''By the sword he seeks
repose under liberty'O Michigan. Isl quae-
ris peninsulam amoenam circumspice" c'lf
YOU seek a delightful peninsula, look about
your; Minnesota. ''L'etoile du nord'
t.'The north starr; Missouri. "Salus popu-
| Ii suprema lex esto' t''Let the peoples
| safety be the supreme law'D; Nebraska.
Equality before the law Nevada. "All
| for our country" New Mexico. "Crescit
| eundo' cit grows as it goes') New York.
Excelsior" North Carolina. Esse guam
videri'' (''To be rather than to seem };
| North Dakota Liberty and union. now
| and forever. one and inseparabie; OKLA
homa Labor omnia vincit. South Caro-
lima, a twofold motto. 'Animis opihusqut
parati c'Ready in soul and resouree'D.
DUN spiro spero' ("While l breathe
hope'0: South Dakota. Under God the
people rule" Vermont. Freedom and
unity" Virginia. ''Sic semper tyrannis;
West Virginia, ''Montani semper hberi'
c.Mountaineers are always freemen },
Wisconsin. Forward" Alabama. Here
We rest;" Idaho. "Esto perpetual" Ten
| nessee, Agriculture, commerce." Mon
tana. "Oro Plata" Rhode Island.
Hope" Wyoming. "Cedantarma togae,"
| The States not mentioned have no written
notices, though all have symbols.
The times., 1899-03-26

Is mourning stationery stin considered in good
tastef 9. How long should black be for
dead sister? g. Do writers OF letters Of condo
lerce expect to have them ausNeredT
The times., 1899-03-26

within the Hedge" is the title of a
first book of poetry by Martha Gilbert
Dickinson, to be published shortly by the
Doubleday G Mcclure Company.
The times., 1899-03-26

The Doubleday & Mcclure Company will
publish in March translation of Me
moirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, 1Sl2-1S1S, .
which has run through many editions in
Paris and which is compiled from. the diary
of sergeant in Napoieon's O,d Guard
practically unpublished until its appear
ance in French historical magazine in
1896.
The times., 1899-03-26

NJ F. Mansfield and A. Vessels have in
preparation "a Glossary to Accompany
Departmental Ditties as Written by Rud-
yard Kipling,' which is to be published
uniform in size with the edition OF De
partmental Ditties''. recently issued by this
firm.
The times., 1899-03-26

Mr. Robert Herrick's new book, Loves
Dilemmas," is a series of disconnected epi-
sodes, done into stories whose originality
lies in the insight and subtlety with VIII ,ch
they are described. The book is ornament
ed with a cover and decorative initials by
Mr.. Will Bradley. Herbert S. Stone & Co.
are the publishers.
The times., 1899-03-26
Somebody who writes for the Chicago
Post" tan actors press agent by the way,
retails this choice bit of gossip:


Everyone who has read Through One Admin
istration'' will remember the engaging hero,
Stephen, and the pathetic heroine, Maggie, who
loved him, though she was married TO some one
else; but everyone does not know that Mrs. Bur
nett was the model for Maggie, that William
Gillette figured as the lover, illustrating little
domestic tragedy that is said to have been an
moving TO Gillette, and is probably now forgot
ten by the clever writer.
The public would be more likely to be-
lieve this if the enterprising theatrical
man had shown a little more familiarity
with the book. The heroine of Through
One Administration is named Bertha
Amory and the hero's name is Philip Ire
dennis Perhaps the rest of the story is
equally accurate. and the press agent was
really thinking of some other novelist and
some other playwright when he wrote it
out for the guileless Chicago Post" man
to quote.
C. p. Putnam's Sons have in press, for
early publication, a volume entitled Two
Women in the Klondike," by Mary E.
Hitchcock. The volume will present the
record of a journey undertaken in the
summer of 1898 by Mrs. Roswell d. Hitch
cock, the widow of the late Commander
Hitchcock, u S. N, and Miss Van Buren,
grandniece of President Van Buren.
1t is amusing to read the comments or
the bookmen on that quintessence OF fool
ishness, Julian Ralphs novel "An Angel
in Web" Those who are not interested
| in making the best of the work frankly
have fun with 1t, and those who, for some
reason or other, feel bound to exploit its
| good points are busily engaged with a
| calcium light in trying to discover what
these are.
The times., 1899-03-26

Mr.. William Archer has been commits
stoned by the Pail Mall Magazine" TO
write a series of articles on the American
stage He will sail for New York at the
end of this month. These articles can
hardly fail to have high critical value
on both sides of the Atlantic, for he is
oad-minded writer, capable of giving
an honest and intelligent estimate of the
atrical art. During his long connection
with the World" one of the best edited
of the London society journals, he has al
ways been just and sympathetic in his at
titude toward American plays and actors.
and has been free from the reproach OF
narrowness and prejudice. Mr.. Archer is
Scotchman, and was educated at Edin-
burgh University. He studied law, and
was called to the bar from the Middle Tenn
pie, but after travelling in Italy and Aus
tralia became dramatic critic, journalist
| and an arduous literary worker. He has
written a life of Macready. a Study in
the Psychology OF Acting" and other
| works, and has translated Ibsen's prose
| dramas.
The times., 1899-03-26

Certainly. 2. 1t depends entirely upon
individual taste and sentiment. 3 Not as
a rule.
The times., 1899-03-26

1.-THE Song of Stradella,' by Anna Gan
non, is collection of verses of average
merit with one or two slightly above the
average. "The Harp and the verses to
Ellen Terry are rather good. CPhiladel-
phia: ]. B. Lippincott Company.l
The times., 1899-03-26

How much bFeads,uf DO Hungary. Russia. and
the United States produce2 No. PEN
In 1898 Hungary raised 13e. .525, 900 hush
els OF wheat and 90, 7so.oo0 bushels OF rye:
Russia, 554.550, 600 bushels OF wheat and
$780, .0o0.oo0 of rye; the United States, 675,-
l4S.7e5 OF wheat, 5.65T.52 Of rye. 1921
1916 of corn 790, sos .64s of oats, 81, ,7g2, :
257. Of barley, and II. 721 ,s27 OF huckwheat.
The times., 1899-03-26

Brown, V. c." by Mrs. Alexander. is
one of the characteristic novels of the au-
thor. and more need not be said to those
whom her work attracts. 1t Is simply an
other of the mildly interesting, entertain
ing, and workmanlike stories which Mrs.
Alexander has given us in such numbers.
New York: r. +. Fenno & Co. Sl.50)
The times., 1899-03-26

verses; but taken as an indication OF an
undeveloped talent of the author, and as
an expression of certain phases of Wessex
life, they are decidedly interesting and
valuable. Through most Of them runs the
thread of gloomy, fatalistic thought which
is noticeable in the novels OF the author
pagan thought, bequeathed to the de-
scendants of the old Druids who speculat-
ed on the mysteries of life and death in
the rugged wilderness of old England
With a strong moral sentiment Mr.. Hardy
combines an absolute distrust of what is
commonly called revelation; and the re-
suit is rather sombre. His view of life is
expressed briefly in the poem which he
calls
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-25
NINTH WARD DEMOCRATS.
Making a Lively Fight For Party
This Spring.

An enthusiastic meeting of the Ninth
An enthusiastic meeting of the Ninth
rooms on Montgomery street, Thurs
porary chairman, called the meeting to
order A number of active workers were
elected to membership.
Resolutions endorsing the candidates of
the party were adopted, also the follow
ing resolutions, in reference to the new
loop of Boulevard
Whereas, We are in favor of and
believe it is for the best interests of the
city and county, and particularly the
Ninth Ward, that the proposed new
Western Boulevard should start from a
point in the Hudson County Boulevard,
between Fairyiew and Sip avenues, in
said ward; therefore be it
Resolved, That we respectively urge
and request the Honorable Board of Free
holders of Hudson County to adopt such
measures as will result in said new
Boulevard commencing at points afore-
mentioned and be it further
Resolved, That a committee be ap-
pointed to visit the Honorable Board of
Freeholders and present them with copy
of these resolutions, and call their att
new Boulevard as before requested.
The committee was appointed.
Addresses were made by number of
prominent Democrats. Mr.. Eugene w.
Leake said
elections to be solved by each individual
voter. is which candidates will give the
city the most economical administration.
In this respect, the Hon. Mayor Hoos
stands on his record.
Major Bedle, the candidate for Alder
man, John ]. Ryan and Commissioner
Lewis also spoke.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-25
SEVENTH WARD CONFIDENT.
Sure the Whole Democratic Ticket
VIII Be Re-eIected.

The Executive Committee of the Sew
enth Ward Democratic Club met last
night at Columbia Hall, Ocean and Ca
tor avenues This committee is composed
of the members from each of the six pre-
cincts in the ward. Mr.. James Mccarthy
was unanimously elected chairman, and
a committee was appointed to escort him
to the seat of honor. Mr.. Timothy Aaron
was elected secretary.
Mr. Mccarthy made a short address, in
which he thanked the members for the
mony prevailing in the Democratic ranks
and requested the members to make an
extra effort to swell the Democratic ma
iority at the coming election. Mr.. Michael
T. Pagan was instructed to make ar
rangements for the incorporation of the
club.
The members are enthusiastic over the
outlook and feel confident that the whole
Democratic ticket will be elected
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-25
DID SAMUEL MOTT LEAVE HEIRS7

Mayor Hoos yesterday received from
the Vice Consul at Santos, District of
Itu, Brazil, a letter seeking information
concerning one Samuel Mott, who was at
one time resident Of this city Mott
died on June Il. 1877 in Itu, leaving an
estate valued at s1,50o. 1t consists of
land in the village of salto.
According to the laws Of that country
an estate is handed down first to direct
descendants, second to direct ascendants,
third to collaterals, fourth to the wife,
who gets one half the estate and finally
to the State If no claim is made within
thirty years.
The Mayor will endeavor to find Motifs
rela tives and then communicate with the
Vice Counsel, who is Julian Hauewitz
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-25
TRUTH FROM
A STRANGE QUARTER

From the New York Journal (Evening
Edition) of Yesterday.
There is much nonsense in the air about
a ten-dollar and a one-dollar dinner
various wise ones are telling what Jeffer-
son would do, would eat, would think,
would say.
1t seems to be a lot of fuss about Moth
ing.
Jefferson, like the rest of creation, al
ways ate the best things he could get.
provided they agreed with him. His house
was kept in good shape, with good food
and good wines. He spent money as
freely as he could reasonably afford. He
travelled in his private carriage and gen.
orally acted in a sensible sort of way.
He had the decency to wish for better
ment in the condition of others-he lacked
the hypocrisy which pretends to deprive
itself and suffer because others have not
enough ~