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LITERARY NOTES.

The Century will issue three special
numbers: June, "Out-of-doors Number"
July, The Story-tellers' Number" and
August, Midsummer and Travel Num-
ber." An article by Henry van Dyke on
'FiSherman'S Luck, and a dozen Strik-
ing pictures of Niagara Falls by the ar
list CaStaigne, are two Of the features of
the June issue.
A new uniform edition of the novels,
romances, and memoirs of Alphonse Dau-
Diet is translated by Katharine. Prescott
Wormeley, translator of Balzac's novels;
Jane Minot Sedgwick, translator of
George Sand; Charles de Kay, and others.
They are printed from large clear type,
with frontispieces, by Little, Brown &
Co., Boston.
On May 1 cablegram to The Century
company from Mr.. A. P. Watt, the Lon
English edition of mo. 5 John Street."
which appeared originally less than two
months ago. In America also it has met
with remarkable success. over a hun
dred reviews of it have been printed here
and in England, almost every one of them
praising the book enthusiastically
Benjamin Swift's new novel, Siren City,
Messrs. Dodd Mead & Co. We have al
ready spoken of its motive-the conflict
between puritanism and paganism. Siren
City is the name given by the novelist to
Naples, where many of the incidents take
place. Mr.. Swift is at present engaged on
history of Italy in the Middle Ages, in
which Macchiaveln and Savonarola will
figure.
The June number of the Pail Mall Ma
gazine will contain an article of great
personal and historic interest by the Hon.
William Waldorf Aston on the founder of
the family in America, John Jacob Aston.
The article traces the stirring and tragic
incidents which led to the adventurous
settlement of Astoria, and many details
are given of the foundation of the Astor
family in America. The article will be
illustrated from unpublished drawings.
Is the day coming when we shall cook
| our own food at our own tables; when all
we shall have to do is to attach wire to
| the electric fixture overhead, and on q
neat slab, heated by electricity, cook
eggs, steaks, and cakes exactly to suit
our own tastes, to say nothing of the en-
joyment Of having everything fresh and
] steaming hot? Miss Anna Leaoh,s article
in the May Cosmopolitan on Science in
the Model Kitchen" is interesting to
housekeepers from a hundred points OF
view, as well as in its suggestion of the
/ electric cooking of the future Photo
| graphs of the present day DEVELOPMENT In
electric cooking are given with the ar
| ticle, besides the Interiors of the kitchens
| of many noted houses. st
The May number of The American II.
| Illustrated Methodist Magazine is a worthy
] successor. of the preceding issues of thii
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noses. There are many blacks. The Ba-
hia black women have become famous
for their size throughout Brazil. Some
weigh as much as 800 pounds, and their
dress is such that you can easily see their
forms are not padded 1t consists of a
long white chemise without sleeves cut
low at the neck, SO that their satiny fat
black arms and bosoms are somewhat ex-
posed. They do not wear CGrsets and
their big BREASTS shake like bowls of
jelly as they move through the streets
with heavy burdens upon their heads
Into the neck of the chemise each woman
has a lace edging OF beautiful design,
through the meshes of which the black
skin shows out Nearly all wear white
or gay colored turbans and not few
have shawls about their waists, which
form an overskirt to their chemises. Many
of them are barefooted, but more wear
heelless slippers SO short that they can
get little more than their toes into them
SO that the heel of the shoe ends just I'M
der the instep With ordinary Caucasians
such shoes would not do but the Bahia
black women have insteps which make
you think of the cid darlSey song about
his sweetheart, wherein he says:
And de hollow OBJ her foot makes hole
in de ground
Many Of these negro women are rich.
Some wear a half dozen gold bracelets on
each arm, a few have diamond rings.
and many wear gold chains about their
fat necks.
BAHIA AND SLAVE TRADE.
Bahia has perhaps as many negroes to
it's population as any other city of Bra
I'll. This was the center of the slave
trade. The kidnapers ran their cargoes
of slaves from Africa into this harbor
and from here distributed their human
freight to all parts of Brazil. Thousands
of negroes were sent from here to New
Orleans. They were smuggled into the
United States after the trade was pro-
hlbited and into Brazil long after the
importation of slaves was forbidden.
Slavery existed here up to about ten
years ago, and the result is that there
are now more negroes In Bahia than
whites. The color line is not at all dis
tinct The whites of Brazil have inter-
married with the negroes, and you can
find comparatively few white families
which have not some negro blood
Negroes have an absolute equality here.
No one thinks of objecting to their pres
ence at the tables in the dining rooms of
the hotels or on the steamboats,. On the
coasting steamer in which I came here
thirds of the passengers were col.
ored, and many of the colored mon were
better dressed than am. Some OF them
were very intelligent and not q few were
property owners. I find colored people
in all sorts Of positions down here The
editor and proprietor of one of the daily
newspapers Of Rio de Janeiro Is coal-
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.The River sxndicate.v

1.-THE River Syndicate and Other Stories"
by Charles E. &arryl. Harper & Bros,
New York city. For sale by the St.
Paul Book and Stationery company.
A short detective story has many points
of advantage over a long one, and not
least of these are directness of treatment
and simplicity of plot. 1t is all very we'll
TO follow the c0nVolutions of an endless
mystery into the small hours of the night,
but it does not take many such expert
ences to either weary one entirely or re-
duce ones moral fiber to the condition
when such pastime must become a bust
ness. The short story affords as much
excitement as the long one, but without
the prolonged tension, and the result is
quite harmless.
THE River Syndicate and Other Sto-
ries' answer remarkably well to the re-
quirements of the reader who wishes to
be amused and moderately excited In
deed, they have about as much to be
said in their favor as belongs to any
group of detective tales. AS is customary
In such stories marvellous zresemblances
resulting in mistaken identity, concealed
entrances, hidden springs and mysteri-
Gus ldisappeardnces form the staple ele-
neIts of these tales, but there is lust as
small an amount of murder and sudden
death as the law of detective stories all
lows.
The strongest story of the group is "The
ASPEN Agency the account of a de-
1auiter who puts himself into the power
OF an absolutely INSCRIPTIONS villain
VINO poses as philanthropist disposed
TO start fallen brothers on a straighter
way ''-9 ii'eA
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black African, and at one of cur Ameri-
can minister's receptions 1 met the bishop
of .Amazonas, whose face is mahogany
brown. His blessedness was dressed In
a beautiful cardinal gown. He had a car
ring Of office was covered with pair of
cardinal gloves. He spoke French fluent
ly and proved to be a very intelligent
man
LIKE MASHED RAINBOWS.
The walls of the Bahia streets look like
mashed rainbows. The houses are paint
ed all colors. There are scores of white
houses, houses Of rose pink and houses
of sky blue. There are some buildings
which make you think of the old song.
81 once knew a fellow
He was not at all yellow,
But altogether green"
There are houses here as green as the
palm trees which shade them, houses as
red as blood and houses as yellow as
gold. There are houses faced with por-
celain tiles imported from Europe. tiles
as line as those about your fireplaces.
Many of the windows are covered with
lacework of wrought iron, and over the
doors are decorations of the same metal
The designs are original and the negroes
are the designers.
These features make Bahia quta pictur-
esque. Many Of the houses are old, for
the city is one of the Oldest on the con-
tinent. Its babies had grown up and be-
come gray-haired men and women before
New York or Boston sprang into ex-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
CLASH AVERTED.
Federal and Kentucky Authorities
Effect Compromise.

Federal and Kentucky Authorities
Eject a Compromise.
CINCINNATI, o., May ia threat
ened clash between the United States
court. Judge Walter Evans presiding, in
Covington, KY, and the state court
Judge Hodge. of Newport, KY. was
averted today. The dispute grew out of
the Houston divorce case. Houston was
committed to Jail yesterday by State
Judge Hodge for contempt of court in not
answering or failing to pay alimony 10
his divorced wife. Houston had filed. i'm
the United States court, petition in
bankruptcy, and Judge Evans, of the
United States court, had issued a re-
straining order forbidding interference
with Houston's property. Houston was
today produced before Federal Judge
Evans on a writ of habeas corpus, and
in the case begun
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
Annual Meeting Old Order German
Baptists at Union Bridge, Nd, Win
the baltimore & Ohio R. n

On May 1e, 10, 20 and % the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad will sell excursion tickets
to Union Bridge, Nd, for the above oc.
casion at rate of one fare for the rounds
trip: Tickets will be good for return
until June "a, 1899. One stop over will be
allowed on the return journey at any
point on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
Tickets will also be on sale at all sta
lions in the west and northwest.
For further Information call on or adj
dress nearest B. & @. ticket agent or B.
n. AHftin, General Passenger Agent. Chi
caeo. Ill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14

excellent illustrated monthly. The NUM-
oliver Cromwell The third of the
Famous Hymn Writer'S papers deals
with William Cowper. isaiah of Jerusa-
lem," by Rev. James A. Duncan, -
scholarly article and beautifully Illus
trated with Views in and about the Holy
City. The contribution presents Isaiah as
citizen statesman and diplomattsts rather
than as q prophet.
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"Those Dale Gir1s.y

Those Dale Girls" by Frances Weston
Carruth. A. G. Mcclure & Co, Chicago.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and STA
tionery company.
Many are the deIghtful stories written
for girls of girls who are forced to bat
tie with the world, but few are as Wig
orous and spirited as is this narrative of
the high courage, energetic struggles, and
final triumphs of two young women, Julie
and Hester Dale. Their mother died in
their infancy, and after wandering life
with their indulgent father, they return
to Radnor the city of their birth Their
father Is HD enterprising builder of rail-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
"The Wind TANNERS

1.-THE Wind-Jammers." bv IT Janl,;r,
HainS; l2mo, cloth. ]. B. Lippincott
The title of The Wind TANNERS bv
I. jenkins Hams, conceals, to the aver
age reader the significance of the con-
tents-a really readable budget of seq
tales, written in a breezy salt sea flavor.
Their moral tone is as wholesome as their
sea breeze. too, and the writer has done
what so many other writer's of sailors'
yarns have found it difficult to do. keen
from making their stories over improba-
BILE. Especially entertaining in the
budget dedicated to the wind TANNERS. :"
As Mr.. Hams explains the sailors about
Cape Horn are known, are 1.-THE Execu-
tive OF the Randolph johnny 'HThe
Treasure of Titan Reef" 'The Back
sliders,' 1.-THE Death Of Huaticara. seTo
Clipperton Reef and 1.-The Transnigra-
ton of Amos JONES'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
ON OUR nook TABLE.

From the st. Paul Book s. Stationery
Co.:
Little, Brown & Co., Bosmton-'Fro-
mont and Risler," by Alphonse Daudet,
$1.50.
From the publishers:
American Book Co.. Chicago-"Eutro-
Plus" edited for school use by J. @. Haz-
zard, Phi. D.: Latin Prose Compost
TONS" by Charles Croker Dodge, B. A.
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BOOKS Or Thu HOUR
FRANCES COURTENAY BAYLOR'S
H.LADDER OF FORTUNE"-GOOD
PHOTOGRAPHY
NOT LITERATURE OR ART

S'The River Syndicate ana OtheF
Stories" by Charles Il. Carryl-
out in New DreSs-An Addition
to the "OId Glory Series" in
..Fighting in Cuban Waters"-Lit-
erary Notes.
'The Ladder of Fortune" by Frances 3I9,es
x Co., Boston. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company
The Ladder of Fortune" by Frances
Courtenay Baylor starts out lamely and
promises but little in the way Of either
novelty or interest. 1t gains strength
after the first chapter and develops into
very shrewd delineation of man and
wife with nothing in common between
them but the sordidness of the motives
which lead them in pursuit of riches and
social position
George Washington Withers bears more
than a family resemblance to certain Of
cur -millionaires who have arisen
from orphanage, and his wife is convinc-
ing enough to step out of her frame into
the most exclusive of social successes.
Mrs. Withers is pictured by a certain
kaleidoscope method that leaves in the
readers mind an impression of her de-
veiopment, rather than herself She
changes. as the chameleon, to suit her
surroundings, and has really such keen
scent for the best social ''form"-if not
spirit-that comes her way that she final
/, Iy becomes a very good imitation of a
lacy.
The story begins in California In one
place or another, and then takes on
supposedly local interest for us by being
transferred to Philipopolis, Cis-Missis-
sippi town of social pretensions. This To-
cality is not painted in the most COM
plimentary colors, but it really has little
20 complain of in comparison with New
York and Europe.
The book IS neither literature nor art,
but it is very good photography, done
with uncompromising candor and consid-
cradle humor and the author while MAX
ing her characters disagreeably true to
sordid, stupid life, is yet able to claim
for them mot only the readers lively in
teFest, but even certain sympathy Who'll
ly apart from anything approaching ap-
prevail
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
"Fishting in Cuban Waters.


Fighting in Cuban Waters" bv Strate-
Sl.25. rlce
The ''Old Glory Series" for young peo-
pie SO we'll begun by Under Dewey at
Manila the most widelv-ordered iI,va-
ME OF last season, and equally well con-
tnued by "A Young Volunteer in Cuba !"
Is now spiendidly sustained by Mr.. Strate-
meyers latest work.
In Fighting in Cuban Waters" Wal
ter Russell, brother to Larry and Ben.
the respective heroes of the two proceed
ing Nciulhes OF the series, finds his way
10 Boston, secures employment enlists in
the navy, and is assigned to the Brook
lyh- Ihen follow intensely interesting
chapters telling of Commodore Schley,
the idol of his men: the routine of +he
life Of the "JaciIies,'' and blockade and
discovery OF Cervera's fleet, followed by
the memorable conflict OF July 5. Walter
has meanwhile met with all the adven-
lures that the skillful author knows so
wei now 10 introduce, including an unex-
pected trip on the Merrimac, under Lieut.
hooSon, and subsequent experience
among Cuban PARROTS and Spanish SOL
dlers, being rescued at Guantanamo in
uine TO return and be at his post in the
glorious victory. At the end The three
brothers are united at the home of their
formerly mean and misery uncle, who
has turned over a new leaf
To many fighting in Cuban Waters
viii be the strongest book of the three
W alter has the same winsome, manly
quantities that distinguished mis- brothers
and meets with fully as thrilling expert
ences, which, however, are none too
strong for parallel in unnumbcred cases
during the remarkable recent conflict. In
point of information conveyed there is no
superior among boys books Of this gen.
eratloh- Inc order Of rank in the navy,
and man-Of-war life in detail ara Clever
" and accurately presented, while his
tor1cally the volume might serve as q
work Of reference for most OF the events
In Cuban waters from the destruction of
the Maine to the Bleaching of the Spanish
fleet All statements are substantiated
With great care from reports and per-
sonal narratives. The boys all want thi.
book and should have it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14

aRf he Hssn Aqs Latin nu1 BDch BY NJ James A
B. Smiley, A. M, and Helen L. Storke,
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Ho! For California

And the Yosemite Valley at half rates.
Leave st. Paul May 18th. Free carriage,
ride through the orange groves. Inquire
st. Paul. Soe~'
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Judson Brownell letter, telling him that
the opportunity for revenge has come to
him. This note refers to a move in the
business world which will injure Brown
ell.
The evening after sending the let
ter he meets Helen at a reception and
concludes that his desire for justice, as
he terms it. is unworthy Of him.
Upon this same eventful day Helen
Brownell receives by mail a beautiful
trinlset containing effervescent headache
powders. Before. leaving for the recep-
ton she brings the tffnket to the library
where her father IS Writing. He admires
it, and she leaves it on his table. One
Of her suitoFs calls upon her father,
and after the two men have spent
the evening together they test the head
ache powders, and half hour later both
are dead, for the pretty ornament con-
cained deadly poison. 20 "''
A letter from Crane to Brownell Is
taken as evidence that he is the sender
of the poison and he and Helen are in
dicted for the murder.
How the web Of evidence is wound
about both, and their final vindication
makes most interesting reading.
''INing or Knave.n
king or Knave," by William Henry
Johnson. Little, Brown & Co. For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Station
cry company.
A tale of the Huguenot days is this
king or Knave," filed with the rare
romance and excitement of those old
days. The story deals chiefly with Hen
ry the Great who won the Huguenot
cause its only successes in the field, who,
with his dream of European federation
was democrat at heart. But despite the
commanding genius of Henry he had one
side pitifully weak, and with this side
the narrative in king or Knave" Is
concerned-not Henry the CT eat, but
Henry the lover.
The story is artistic in it's presentation
of the views of the time in which it is
written and the prosecutions which the
Huguenots suffered.
1t is well worth reading on account of
its absorbing interest.
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roads. whose greatest undertaking one
day collapses, wrecking at once his for
tune and his health.
The two girls find themselves without
money or friends, and after considering
to Radnor, the city of their birth. Their
bravely decide to support themselves and
their invalid father by making and selling
cakes. jellies. sauces. etc. the only thing
that the are sure they can do well.
The girls have by right Of birth and Of
breeding. an assured place in the society
life of Radnor. Though at first made to
suffer from the Sneers of snobbishness,
by the force of character, good breeding
and high mindedness, they overcome the
sights of the newly-rich, and win the
admiration and support of the really we'll
bred society in the city.
Other interesting characters in the book
are Mrs. LennoX, the acknowledged lead
er of Radnor fashion, and several hand
some young gentlemen who figure in the
story.
The father of the girls dies, and they
go South to visit relatives on fine old
Virginia plantation. The war with Spain
breaks out, and we are introduced to the
gay young officers of Camp Alger, which
Is near the plantation. OF course, there
is love story in the book. and the story
ends with an unexpected double wedding
''The Blind Goddess"
1.-The Blind Goddess" by Randall Irving
Tyler. Stuyvesant Publishing company.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Sta
tionery company.
This story of New York by the author
Of -Four Months After Date" is tale
of today, well told, showing some Of the
undercurrents Of a big city. The book
is never dull, but bright and vivacious-a
tale Of business. love and crime which
combine to make the basis of a novel
alive with human emotions.
Sanford Crane, a young business man,
loves Helen Brownell, the daughter of a
man, who, he believes, has done him an
irreparable injury. The day before
Cranes meeting with Helen he writes
The evening times., 1899-02-23
CONFESSED HER GUILT.
Sentenced to Eight Months in Jail
for Larceny.

Tor Larceny.
Katie Rodgers, the young woman who
was arrested on last Tuesday by Detective
Weldon for the larceny of a large guam
tity of goods from her employer. Mrs. Jen-
ME Heap. importer of gowns, % Lafayette
Square northwest, was this morning ar
raigned in the Police Court for trial.
She pleaded guilty TO four informations,
which charged the larceny of silks. hand
kerchiefs, silverware, dresses. gloves, and
many other articles, of total value OF
$3.50.
The evidence showed that the prisoner
had been employed by Mrs. Heap as a
domestic since last November. and had ac-
cess TO q stock of goods valued at ever
s25, 600. The young woman comes of Toor
but respectable family. living at Langley.
in Virginia. She left home for the first
time last November. and entered service
with Mrs. Heap. When confronted with
the evidence of her guilt she made COM
plete confession ans told where the articles
could be found all of which were recover
ed.
A prominent citizen of the District VOL
UNFAIRLY appeared and testified as to the
previous good character of the prisoner
and the destitute condition of her family.
The young woman could scarcely be
heard between her sobs when on the stand.
| Lawyer Sillers asked the court in view of
| the circumstances, 10 make the penalty
as light as possible a sentence OF eight
| months in Jail was imposed.
The evening times., 1899-02-23
s. KANN, SONS & CO.
Eighth and Market Space.
REV. MR.. HoUsToN's FUNERAL
Attended by Ministers and Frater.
nal Organizations.

The funeral of Rev. T. J. Houston, who
died February 19, was held at the Nine
teenth Street Baptist Church yesterday aft
ernoon. The services were conducted by
the Rev. Walker II. Brooks, pastor assist
ed by the Reys. G. ". Lee, Robert John
son. William J. Howard, J. a. Taylor, L.
Miller and others.
Resolutions from the following associa-
tions were read The Baptist Ministers
Association, OF which he was a member;
the District Grand Lodge of the G. U. o.
of o. F.; Corinthian Lodge, Eudora House
hold of Ruth and the Baptist Church at
Bladensburg, Md, OF which he was former
ly the pastor.
Mrs Lena Miller Mckinney sang Jesus
Lover of My Soul" the choir rendering the
remainder OF the music.
The remains were escorted by the Baptist
| Ministers Association, the executive COM
| mittee of the District Grand Lodge, Corin-
THAN Lodge Household of Ruth and the
class of 1899 of the preparatory department
of Howard University.
The Rev. Mr.. HouskJn wzs formerly 9
citizen of Evansville. Ind. He had been q
resident of the District for seven years
having been identified with evangelical
work in this city much of that time before
and since his pastorate OF the church al
BladenSburg.