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summer climate 81 the Far North. Neyer, had !
experienced anything comparable, and others
who had travelled much agreed with my expe-
rience. On my way to the hotel, the Fair
VIEW" which had been strongly recommended
for its cuisine, and the circumstances that 1t
was brand-new in its appointments-haEng only
come into existence few days before-l caught
good general glimpse of the town, the domi-
nant features OF which were registered in the
two sides of the main thoroughfare along the
river front. nearly continuous row OF one-
story, or, at the utmost, two-story, frame shacks
or booths, many OF them still in canvas form,
and most OF them supported over the river bank
by pile proppings built up the riverside of this
First Avenue. All manner of articles, both
iceable and unseryiceable, for the Klondike busi-
ness, were displayed mostly in cramped quar-
tiers. The variety Of things that had in so
brief a period found their way to this region
was truly astonishing, and one marveled at the
mental ingenuity which spirited some OF these
articles TO champ de vente. Surely nothing
but manifest destiny could have placed
mammoths molar sale for $780, when it
was thought that period of, starvation
reigning in the town. And yet almost along
SIDE OF 1t were posters announcing that four
loaves of bread could be purchased for Sim an
other place six loaves'' for the same price
and that half of gold dust, the equiva-
lent of Ss. would gain admission TO the best
seat witnessing boxing and wrestling contest.
One OF the most interesting sights to
was the large number of letters awaiting owner
sides of different buildings in the most public
way, petitioning for rapid delivery. My first
letter in Dawson was obtained by stripping it
from door -jamh. but 1t was three weeks before
my attention had been directed to it by
friendly discoverer. To obtain anything from
the postoffice was most exhaustive process and
usually required a long wait, sometimes of a
day, or even OF two days, before entry could
be obtained into the small room where the
sorting, distribution, and dspensation of mail
matter were being effected. 't'0N
Mr.. Heilprin reports that, as in the pio-
neer days of our own West, property
was usually safe, and he says that drunk
enness and rioting were rare, He gives
two reasons for this good order, one, the
presence of the Canadian Mounted Police,
and the other the fact that the prospectors
were from fairly good class of people.
Considerable space is also devoted to
the geological features of the country, to
the methods of mining, and the laws regu-
lating that industry, all of which informa-
tion is valuable and will continue to be so
for years to come. 1t cannot, of course, be
said that the new Eldorado is as important
as California, but it has a place of its own
in the economy OF things, and though
Dawson may not have the phenomenal
growth of San Francisco and Sacramento,
1t is bound to be important in one way and
another. New York: d. Appleton G. Co.
S2.0Q)
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~no dssiEs q elsa. understanding of world

aa1ii;ls mSa assiEs slsa. aassss,sRsag Of world
1t would be difficult to imagine two ma
tionai Ideals more completely opposed to
each other than the English and the Rus
sian. The thing which complicates the sit
uation is that both nations are growing in
power, and that nothing can stop either
from annexing, bit by bit, more and more
OF the worlds territory, and gaining great
er and greater power in the commerce of
all nations. The irresistible force must
some day meet the immovable post, and
then what will happen?
The outcome of this meeting will depend
largely upon the attitude which America
may by that time see fit to take toward
THESE great nations, and that is why all
Americans should strive to understand as
clearly as possible the character of the two
civilizations, and the reasons why one may
be more desirable than the other. As time
goes on, the Government of this country
must rest more and more on solid basis
OF reason and right sentiment. and less on
mere party catchwords and blind instincts.
AS was said half century ago, on the eve
of the Civil War, there is one thing which
all citizens OF a country may do, whether
tney nave direct power in government or
not; they can see 10 it that they feel right.
And If there had been more right feeling
and less interested action, many of the
worst consequences of that struggle might
nave been ayerted. 1t will be the same in
any future conflict between elements of the
worlds civilizations. Mere inherent supe
riority Of stock or of brain in race will
not keep it supreme unless its rule rests
on the great enduring laws of national
well-being If we take the side of the
Saxon against the Slav, II must not be SIM
ply because we ourselves happen to be
Saxons, but because we as intelligent peo-
pie, perceive his racial ideal to be more in
accordance with the laws OF justice and of
progress, and of the general welfare, than
is that of the Slav. If the latter has bet
ter understanding of these universal laws
than We, he will win in the end. whatever
our physical superiority or mental clever
ness may be. All history has shown that
unless country is SO governed that no
class in it is oppressed; that all the availa-
bic strength of all classes is gathered to
the support of progress in some way or
other-in short, unless the government is
representative. reducing the struggle of
class against class to the simple struggle
of law against disorder, of intelligence
against ignorance-that country is weak in
Just SO far as it falls short of this ideal.
While recognizing the fact that in some
ways the Russian Government is stronger,
at the present time than the English, Mr..
Foulke shows clearly that the latter is
based on principles which are more in ac-
cordance with justice, and this is an argu-
ment which 1t is good to have in ones
head. (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
SI00)
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A Conflict of Natinns

"slay or Saxon" by William Dudley
Foulke, is reprint, in the Questions of
the Day series, of a monograph published
in 1887, and is a study of the growth and
tendencies of Russian civilization. 1t is a
careful and thoughtful discussion of the
Russian character, and gives, in the form
OF q monograph. the same warning given
in the allegorical ballad of '"The Truce of
the Bear'-the warning that conflict,
tardy but inevitable, is some day to settle
the relations between England and Rus
sla, and the position which the two races,
Slav and Saxon, shall occupy toward the
rest of the world. The growing interest in
international problems among American
readers in the last two years has made. 1t
seem desirable to republish this book, and
it will certainly be Of assistance to those
The times., 1899-07-30
Our Standing Army.

We have no standing army?
Nay, look around and see.
The man who plows the furrow,
The man who fells the tree.
The statesman and the scholar,
At the first word of fear.
Turn TO their country, breathing:
''Aiy mother, l am here!"
Not of dumb, blind people
Is this our army made.
Where schooIhouse and where steeple
Have cast their friendly shade,
Our army grows in knowledge,
As it to manhood grows,
And trained in school and college
Stands ready for its foes.
The brawny arms of gunners.
Serve minds alert and keen,
The sailors thought has travelled
To lands he has not seen.
Not for the joy of killing,
Not for the lust of strife,
Have these come forth with gladness
To offer up their life.
Behold our standing army,
Not as in other lands
An army standing idle.
With empty minds and hands,
But each one in his station,
And peaceful victory
Is training for the nation
Heroes OF land and sea.
Margaret Yandegrift, in Youths Companion.
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Current Magazines.

The midsummer number of the Cen
tury' contains several weather articles
which are of interest in view of the recent
tornado in the West. The first is I'm the
Whirl of the Tornado" powerful though
simple piece of writing by John r. Musick,
who was caught in a tornado and escaped
unhurt Then there is a paper by Cleve-
land Able on tornadoes in general and
three other articles entitled Powerful
Electric Discharges" by John Trowbridge:
''The Protection of Electrical Apparatus
Against Lightning" by Alexander Jaw
Wurts. and Needless Alarm During
Thunder Storms" by Alexander McAdie.
The other particularly interesting feature
of the issue is a description of John Bur
roughs' cabin, "Slabsides,'' by himself.
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CURRENT VERSE.
The Declaration OF the pr,


We have no falsehoods to defend-
We want the facts;
Our force, our thought We do not spend
In vain attacks
And we will never meanly try
To save some fair and pleasing lie.
The simple truth is what we ask,
Not the ideal;
We've set ourselves the noble task
To find the real.
II all there is is naught but dress
We want to know and bear our loss.
We will not willingly be fooled
By fables nursed;
Our hearts by earnest thought are sehooled
To bear the worst.
And we can stand erect and dare
All things, ali facts that really are.
We have no God 10 serve or fear,
No hell to shun,
No devil with malicious leer.
When life is done
An endless sleep may close our eyes,
A sleep with neither dreams nor sighs.
We have no master on the land
No king in air
Without miracle we stand,
Without prayer.
Without fear of coming night;
We seek the truth, we love the light.
We do not bow before guess,
vague unknown;
A senseless force We do not bless
In solemn tone.
When evil comes do not curse
Or thank because it is no worse.
When cyclones rend-when lightning blights,
'Tis naught but fate;
There is no God of wrath who smites
In heartless hate.
Behind the things that injure man
There is no purpose, thought, or plan.
The ieweled cup OF love we drain,
And friendships wine
Now swiftly flows in every vein
With warmth divine
And We love and hope and dream
That in deaths sky there is gleam-
We walk according to our light,
Pursue the path
That leads to honor's stainless height,
Careless OF wrath
Or curse OF God, or rricsiiv spite.
Longing to know and d5 the right.
We love our fellow-man, cur kind,
Wife, child, and friend.
To phantoms we are deaf and blind;
But we extend
The helping hand to the distressed;
By lifting others We are blessed.
Loves sacred fame within the heart,
And friendships glow;
While all the miracles Of art
Their wealth bestow
Upon the thrilled and joyous brain,
And present raptures Danish pain.
We love no phantoms of the skies,
But living flesh,
With passions soft and soulful eyes,
Lips warm and fresh,
And cheeks with health's red flag unfurled
The breathing angels Of this world.
The hands that help are better far
Than lips that pray.
Love is the ever cleaning star
That leads the way
That shines not on vague worlds of bliss
But on paradise in this.
We do not pray, or weep, or wall,
We have no dread,
No fear to pass beyond the vail
That hides the dead.
And yet we question. dream, and guess;
But knowledge we do not possess.
We ask, yet nothing seem to know;
We cry in vain:
There is no master of the show
Who will explain
Or from the future tear the mask;
And yet we dream and still we ask
Is there beyond the silent night
An endless day?
Is death door that leads to light7
We cannot say.
The tongueless secret locked in fate
We do not know. We hope and wait.
Robert G. Ingersoll.
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The Sea.

To the moaning restless sea I cried,
Dost thou seek some lov'd one far and wide,
White hands on thy bosom cross'd2
From shore to shore thy couriers ride,
To search the caves where the mermaids hide
To thine anguished cry hath she neer replied
The one thou loved and lost2
Then the restless sea in answer said,
o. foolish, to thine idols wed,
Thou too art tempest tossed;
And with empty arms like mine outspread,
Thou shalt seek for aye, the Joy that's fed
Know sadden'd heart ife's day is dead
When the light OF love is last.
Thomas II. Herndon.
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The Woman with the Dog.

She cuddled dog against her breast,
And she stroked its glossy head;
600 is the dearest. darlingest, best
little doggie on earth" she said:
Her face was fair and her robes were rich,
And She heard a cry from the reeking ditch,
And the cry was a cry for bread.
She saw n child as she rode along,
That was hollow-eyed and lean,
And she told herself there was something wrong,
And she grieved at what she had seen,
Yet she cuddled the dog against her breasti
The child in polluted rags was dressed,
But the dog that she held was clean.
$. E. Kiser.
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Don auiNOte.

Behind thy passeboard on thy battered hack,
Thy lean cheek striped with plaster to and fro
Thy long spear leveled at the unseen foe
And doubtful Sancho trudging at thy back,
Thou vert a figure strange enough, good lack
To make Wiseacredom, both high and low,
Rub purblind eyes, and (Iaving watched thee
go)
Despatch its Dogberrys upon thy track;
Alas! poor knight! alas, poor soul possest!
Yet would today when Courtesy grows chill
And life's fine loyalties are turned to Jest
Some fire Of thine might burn within US still
All, would hut one might lay his lance in rest
And charge in earnest-were il hut mill!
Austin DObsou
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Lie.

Friendly it stands. yon inn upon the plain,
And keen the lamps burn through the cryptic
night,
How jocund sound the voices, and how bright
The cheer, how warm the housing from the rain.
The traveller. once arrived iorgets the long
Blank journey leading thither: all the DIM
Mysterious days nothing now to him,
Seated amid the food and wine and song.
But when the reckoning paid, his comrades fed.
He steps upon the road and moves away,
His soul is puzzled sore-he cannot say
What i'm it was, or by whom tcnanted.
Richard Burton.
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Hereafter.

AZ one who waking in the night
From off the pillow lifts his head.
While Ger him comes sudden dread
And yet he dare not seek light
And so he Will not search it out:
There may be naught, he does not know;
But lest 10 surety doubt may grow
He lies and hugs his trembling doubt.
o. anxious soul, by thought opprest
OF that dread future. far yet near,
Cease to essay the question here;
Death will respond or else give rest.
Lantern Land
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LITERARY NOTES

This information, which will doubtless be
welcome to many readers. comes from
Harper's:
mans double has been fruitful theme in
literature, but now here is case OF mans
namesake, as 1t were, rivaling him in almost
every field. These two men are contemporaries
and very nearly of the same age. Both are am
bilious in literature, and both have begun TO
make names for themselves. One of these Win
ston Churchills is an American, and has lust
written most successful novel. The other
Winston Churchill is only American on his moth
ers side, being the son OF Lady Randolph Church
Ill. He has been in active service in India,
war correspondent in Cuba, and rode with
the Twenty-first Lancers in its famous charge
at Omdurman.
The times., 1899-07-30

Most commercial colleges and schools
give instruction in telegraphy. This also
answers \. ]. ].
The times., 1899-07-30

We cannot tell without context. 2. A
rumor or loud noise 3. An uncultivated.
desolate tract covered with coarse her
bage.
The times., 1899-07-30

His fathers name was John. and his
brothers were Peter and Elihu. q We do
not know.
The times., 1899-07-30

One minute. 35 1-2 seconds, made by SAL
vator, at Monmouth Park, New Jersey, Au-
gust Is, 1890, on a straight track.
The times., 1899-07-30

What are the names Of the father and brothers
Of John Adanisl p Did one brother settle soush9
The times., 1899-07-30

What is the fastest time on record FOR one
mile in the United States by any horse?
W. Is. II.
The times., 1899-07-30

Houghton, MifIiin & Co. will publish in
the early autumn THE Life of Horace
Bushnell" by Dr. Munger; "The Reminis-
cences of Julia Ward Howe" which ap-
peared serially in the Atlantic Month
ly;" Life of Salmon P Chase" by Prof.
A. B. Hart, of Harvard University, in the
American Statesmen Series" and a new
novel by Mrs. A. d. T. Whitney, entitled
Square Pegs"
The times., 1899-07-30

wha, is a flying rolll 3 A oruit9 3. 4 heaihf
BLOSSOM c. r.
The times., 1899-07-30

Where IS there sooa school Of teleerapsyi
The times., 1899-07-30

Who is the author. whose nom de plume Is
The Drchess'g' LuCLE.
Most OF Mrs. Margaret Hungerford's
books were published under this pseudo-
nym.
The times., 1899-07-30

Among the more notable contributions to
the London Spectator" during recent
years. no series of articles has found wild
er publicity, and attracted more attention
than Animals of Today" by Mr.. C. j..
Cornish. These articles have now been
collected in permanent book form, issued
by the Amsterdam Book Company.
The times., 1899-07-30

John Blair, who was seen last winter
with Julia Marlowe in the Countess Va
leska," is about to publish volume of
poems.
The times., 1899-07-30

Probably after Robert Cecil. famous
Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth. who
later became Earl of Salisbury, title that
still remains in his family
The times., 1899-07-30

Book News for July says: The manu-
script of When Knighthood was in Flow
er" was submitted to the Bowen Merrill
Company early in the summer of 1897.
The name selected for the book by the au-
thor was Charles Brandon, Duke of Suf-
folk" but with the suggestion that the
real title should be Sunday" as most of
it had been written on Sunday afternoons.
Mr.. Major stated that it had been offered
to one of the Oldest New York publishing
houses and he had declined to make the
many changes they desired and had re-
quested its return. The manuscript was
first read and passed upon favorably by
Mr.. John ]. Curtis, the secretary of The
Bowen Merrill Company VINO also had the
honor CT naming the book When Knight
hood was in Flower" Not being satisfied
with the various names suggested. Mr.
Curtis began TO search for one more ro-
| mantle which he at last found in a couplet
from the poem called THE Gentle Amour"
by Leigh Hunt, which read as follows:
There lived knight, when knighthood was in
flower,
Who charm'd alike the tilt-yard and the bow'r
The selection of this title was in itself
happy stroke of genius as it has un-
doubtedly allured many a reader. The
poem from which 1t was taken has been
withdrawn from the later editions of
Leigh Hunts works and it was the merest
accident that Mr.. Curtis came across it in
an unexpurgated copy.
The author thought-the work being his
first booll-that it\was not important that
his name should be disclosed and that he
might safely hide his identity behind a
nom de plume II was capital notion to
Choose Edwin Caskoden' as the pseu-
donym, and to make this purported au-
thor the descendant of one OF the leading
characters of the story.
OF course 1t was not possible after the
| sensation made by Edwin Caskoden's"
book to conceal the fact that the author
| was Mr.. Charles Major.
The times., 1899-07-30

Little Novels of Italy" is the title of
the new book by Maurice Hewlett, which
the Macmillan Company has in the press.
The times., 1899-07-30

Why was the Hotel Cecil, in London, 50
named2 A. J.w.
The times., 1899-07-30

Kindly inform me Of all the generals in tbs
STaHish- American war. is
The times., 1899-07-30

The much-talked of Charles Lever novel,
Gerald Fitz Gerald" has just been pub
lshed by the New Amsterdam Book Com
pany. The reason it was not included in
Levers collected works was because of
misunderstanding between Lever and the
proprietors of the dublin University
Magazine" who published the novel Sc
rally. The present edition'is is issued with
the authorization of Levers daughter, Mrs.
Neyill.
The times., 1899-07-30

There We're appointed during the war
twenty-one major generals and seventy
six brigadier generals of volunteers. Be-
sides these were some general officers Of
the regular service.
The times., 1899-07-30

What does COON Paul. meaa7 .. What Is
the meaning Of The Romany Ryeg' " o.
"our Paul." the name given to stephanus
Johannes Paulus Kruger. President Of the
South African Republic. by his people. 2
The Romany, or gypsy, gentleman. Send
In your first query again. if you care to,
writing legibly.
The times., 1899-07-30

Have corbett and Mccoy ever fought in the
prize ring3 q Was not the formers opponent
slarkey when one of Corbett's seconds entered
the ring during the fghts c. s. B.
The times., 1899-07-30

II WIS not difficult TO determine what perhaps
the majority of the 5000 inhabitants OF Daw-
son were doing ut the time Of our arrival. They
were simply lettering, and the streets were
packed with humanity. This was not strange,
either, for 1t must have been difficult TO resist
the enjoyment Of that open sunshine, that soft,
warm atmosphere which is the delight Of the
The times., 1899-07-30

Please give a process for restoring silverware
without the Of electricity. C. E.R
There is none of practical value. if by
silverware you mean tableware. Articles
like door plates and harness ornaments are
restored by CLOSE" plating; that is. thin
layer OF silver is soldered to the base metal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-09-23
ueraers from the People,

Mr.. Editorials we are interested
in the preservation of game, especl
ally the partridge, on the Eastern
Shore OF Virginia, we desire to call
the attention of the Game Association
to the advisability of having ample
Safeguards in every community this
season, that the partridge crop may
not be prematurely harvested by
that class of gunpers commonly
known as defyers of the game laws.
That this element of gunners exists
in almost every community, cannot
be denied; and, 1t is equally true, that
as long as no one interests himself in
this matter of killing young game,
(before the season. by bringing the
wrong doors to the bar of justice, 30
long will there be complaint OF
scarcity of game. We are sorry to
relate that we have already heard OF
young cartridges being killed, even
this early in several vicinities.
1t is to be sincerely hoped that not
only the directors Of the Game Asso-
citation, but the good citizens of every
community will be as active as pos
sible in trying to ascertain the viola.
tors of the game laws.
The law in regard to tho unlawful,
killing of game is very explicit, and
furthermore, large rewards are offers
ed, by the Game Association, for in
formation leading to the conviction
of the offenders of the law.
Rambler.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-09-23
Don1has

Mrs. Severn Eyre died at tho home
of her husband, Eyre Hail." Thurs
day, September IA, 1899, aged about
5S years She had been i'll about two
weeks. Deceased was refined, Gull
tured christian woman, a member Of
the Epispocal church at Eastville,
and daughter of Mr.. John 8. Par
ker.-Pioneer.
Mrs. Jennie E. Ames, wife OF Viii.
liam E. Ames, died Friday, Septem'
Der 18th, ut her home near Locust
vile, OF typhoid fever, aged 81 years.
She was highly esteemed for her
many excellent qualities and her
early death is greatly regretted in
the community in which she lived.