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may be having An EnClishman IN trouble, and
ont Of the range Of his own consular service
never thinks Of appealing to a Russian, French
or German consul or captain but always 10 an
American official, il he is within the radius oi
communication.
One Of the things which AIr. Barr brings
out in this connection is that owing TO the
promptness with which the British Govern
ment responds to an appeal for help on the
part Of one of her Consuls, the Turkish
officials are rather cautious about getting
into difficulty with an English official.
On one occasion an American Vice Consul
had been insulted by a kaimakan, and the
British Vice Consul. learning the facts,
brought up an unsettled question. received
an eyasive reply from the Turk, teleg1aphed
to England, and set in motion a train Of
events which ended with the prompt re-
moval Of the astonished Turkish official.
The kaimakan went 10 the British official
and abased himself, Offering to do anything
II that gentleman would as Mr.. Barr, puts
Ii, take angered England off his back"
Then the Engiishmau mentioned in a casual
way that the American Vice Consul was
great friend of his, and all was peace and
happiness for the representative Of the
United States in that town from that time
forth.
This book viii be particularly attractive
as a holiday gift for almost anyone man,
woman, or child. (Boston: l.. c. Page q
Coz
The times., 1899-12-24
Colonial DAYS

More Colonial HOmesteads and Their
Stories is a beautifully-bound and illus
trated book by Marion Harland, author Of
Some Colonial Homesteads," Where
Ghosts Walk, and other books of the same
nature. This volume will be a worthy com
panion TO the first of the series. 1t deals
with the homesteads of New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland. Kentucky and
New Hampshire, Maryland being represent
ed by the home of Charles Carroll Of
Carrollton, Doughoregan Manor, and New
Hampshire by the Langdon and Went
worth houses in Portsmouth There are
about a hundred illustrations, all finely
executed photographers
The first two chapters deal with John
son Hall, the mansion of Sir William
Johnson, one of the strongest and most
remarkable personalities of pioneer days
which bred strong men. He was said by
General Hillhouse to be the greatest pro-
consul the English ever had in the Amer
lean colonies, one who might had he lived
have changed the whole course of the
American Revolution. Certainly, he ex-
eTcised q marvellous influence over the al
most untamable tribe OF Mohawks The
story of their reverence for him reminds
one of the career of that Commissioner.
John Chinn who was revered as a demigod
by the little Indian tribe of Wuddars. Per
haps, some day, chronicler of William
johnson, patron of the Mohawks, will be
written in equally vivid fashion
Mrs Terhune recounts a curious little in
cident in connection with the Ridgely
house in Dover, Del which recalls a sim
liar incident in Athens more than two
thousand years ago. Henry Moore Ridgely
was walking through The Green in
Dover on the day of his second election to
Congress when a couutrymaH accosted him
saying, Mister, you can write can't YOU
MIR. Ridgey said that he could. and was
then asked to scratch out his own name oH
the ballot of his interlocutor and slt-H.
tute another. Mr.. Ridgely did so euga--
ing afterward the reason. The couutrgE a.
said that he did not know anything aba..
Mr.. Ridgely, but certainly was ST. aad
tired of having that name or his t.csll
every election day"
Aristides was not the last Of his race 80
seems.
One Of the TOmauces Of real life chroLi-
cled in the same chapter is that Of Mary
Nining, the beauty who was betroJhed to
Mad Anthony Wayne. She was one of
The bellies who inspired eighteenth century
gallants with all sorts OF extravsgaLJ s-nJi-
ments and her portrait, which adorns a
page of this chapter, certainly indicates
that there was reason for such admiration.
The illustrations of this charming vol
ume include pictures Of mansions,
churches, interiors, and furniture. and por-
traits reproduced from old paintings and
miniatures. CNew York. G. p. Putnam S
Sons $1,000
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TO a ChiIdhood's Friend.

In that strange dance which men call life,
With lighter feet. with limbs more supple,
We raced together, y0u and ],
Under the trees, a childish couple.
I think that stern musician Time,
Smiled as we romped ad0wn the middle;
I'm certain that he played the while
\ sWeejer tune upon his fiddle.
Its simple haUmonies forgot.
The tune has vanished from my mind,
But something OF its sweetness vet
Lingcr-, l like TO think behind.
And YOU have found a partner dear,
Has filled your card and now ait leisure
4 wife, a mother, s,iil v0u tread
a Joyous buJ sIatelicr measure.
And though I face q harsher tune.
wild quadEiIlg. pace more frantic,
Painting, perhaps. and painfully
GyIatg through many q curious aule.
Enough. if at the end of an
4 sea-b0ru breeze with kindly warning
Sound once again on Memosy's aarp
That tender melody Of Morning
Westminster Gazette,
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4 Midnight vigil.

Naught is seen in the quiet sky
But low In the west the waning moon.
That stark on the cioud-wrack seems TO lie,
As stiff as a lady in swogn.
How still There's none in tie world awake,
But / and my heart that VIII not break.
Yet, hlTk For a stir comes over the hill,
And ! hear the hurry OF widest feet;
Tie wind has sprung from his sleep with q VIII,
To harry the craft OF the airy fleet;
And the moon ar5uses and seems % cling
To a rait Of cloud like % shipwrecked thing.
And ! wish on the Ocean of Love aflr
\ wind of tie Spirit OF God would rise;
Burst through the blaCkness that hides my Star,
And come where my spirit anchor lies,
To break her mooriugs, ii this could be,
That l might sail on the Unknown Sea
DauSke cambridge.
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suu-uill tho cladness and Tie griet of our own
lives pass with richer music into other hearts
deep and exquisite thrilling ot yoluptuous pain.
It is in words like these that Hearl
proves himself one Of the rare thinkers
who like Emerson, are horn to antici-
pate, not TO express. the deepest thought OF
their world. Those who delight in these
graphic vivid descriptions of japanese life
and thought With their interleaTed
glimpses into the mysticism of the East,
VIII be the thinkers Of the next generation.
The public of today is not ready Tor
thought Of type so distinct from West
ern conventional philosophy. Hearn is IS
far beyond criticism as beyond the average
comprehension. He could be criticised
adequately only by one of his own class,
and there is no one quite competent, at
present to attempt that task tBoston.
Little. Brown d Co. Sl5oD
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kcnfInnrth.

Towering above the plain proud iu decay
Her t,udriIad iyjes. like Uam-Hz allr.
Yelling aer hurt and hldiue hos despair
The monument ui q departed day,
Tie shadow ot glory passed away.
Stands keGlW0ub; striped et hgr Irm1, and
bare
Of an tiat made her So SuFIsmeIv fair
When Power with Love c.Etrl lasd for Aar sway
Iu this wide uiH, solemn and serene,
Wh1r. moved mai5sticsI virgin queen.
The peacock struts, his lwlnals UAmss out
spread;
And here where casting so immortal spell
4 sad and giTli=l presence seems la dwell,
The Wild bird nests and alFe,55 overhead
Florence Coates iu the Atlantic.
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CURRENT VERSE
The star of bethlehem.

hush pevadts the deep December skirs.
As though the silence heard s1ue narptd HYMN,
Voiced high oer human sense by cheruoim;
Near TO Christ's natal daE, The orient lies
Brilliant with stars, that seem hkc borrowed ewes
Ut those who watched. With poised angelic
limb
The Alaei's spark toward blessed Bethlehem
swim,
Where lay the Saviour, swathed ln earthly gUise.
SIN CLEANS that star, upon the inner ken.
As when unto that humble hostel tCCr
It led IN silver service fae Wise Aen
With ladeued CaWels o'er tht deserts floor,
Lamping our lives on t1 Jte hope of grace
And worship oi the Christ ciuid's waiting
face.
-Nlurice Wev.aul.
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NNireIess TeIeernnhx.

Over the wiIds of ocean and Of shore,
Through the broad wastes of air flashes word,
Without q guide invisible, uuhClrd
Borne ON those magic currents tisclng DER
The steadia-t world iJ Uuses not before
A point is touched, alone Iu earth or sky
Responsive with subtle sympathy,
And To- Ills sealed i'm mystery no more,
O human voice that SpcaEest t3 deaf ears,
% human heart tn4t lud+st feeling dead
Somewhere beyaud the Ies-ue-lung -iiences-
Somewhere across the spaces Of tEe wears,
4 heart will tFru t1 thee. a voice viii bless,
Love viii awake and Life be perfected
The Atlantic.
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We're Free.

The robber DER the prairie stalks,
And calls the land his own.
And he who talks as Slavery talks,
Is free 20 talk alone!
But tell the kHayes Ec are not slaves.
An tell them slaves We ue'cr win be;
Come veal or woe the world Shall know,
We're Tree, we're free, were tree.
On, watcher on the outer wall,
How wears the night away
] hear the birds of morning gsH,
/ see the break Of day!
Rise tell the kulyesl etc.
The hands that hold tine sword and Purse
Ere long shall lose their prgyi
And they who hiIndF wrought ;ht curse,
The curse shall sweep away.
Then tell the knavts, etc.
The land again in peace shall rest,
With blood TO longer stained
The virgin beauty 0i the West
Shall be no more protiuei
Wen teach the knayes, elc.
The snake about her cradle twined,
Shall infant Kansas tear,
And freely on the Western wind
Shall float her golden hair.
So tell the kuayts, etc.
Then let the idlers stand apart,
And towards Shun the fight;
Wen band together. heart % heart,
Forget, forgive. uuite
And tell the knaves wc are NOT slaves,
An tell them slaves We ne er win be:
Come veal or woe. the world shall know,
We're free, we're free, We're free!
John G.. Whittier, in the Independent, 1856.
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NJ nnILrr-.rI..-

He brought them 20 lis dir-y desk
Oua WaTnluG damp and gray,
4 bunch III yellow bItlergugs
From meadows iIr away,
And m4uy o hH-y pen wa- STAYED,
Nliie UJunry W.ya a-aiu
a Wab at pastures fe.EeI with gold
And blurred with silver rain.
And .H.ra was ono who ..r-.. boss tir
II- ..r..-s t.. -.laE..
~r. .--
E
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Thc NII,ine,. Tnnst.

The revclcrs eIowed before THE blaze;
The h0use-tup roaIed with storm aud Wlnl.--
a horn 90 Wskeu happy days
Hnd east unhappy Gay behind.
Above the camor Of the tbrone,
The wassaii shout, the bTaggart hail,
Young >igEiri,d's voice rang clear and strong,
The while hIs rugged cheek grew pale
'3iy fate is written in the blaze,
And speaks the crying wind ms fate.
Not long the sun has held my g5ze.
Nor long my hand the sword 10 hate.
'But rs We know me brave in deed,
I would We knew me brave In right
I shTive my spirit of It's greed
And enter on nober fight.
''But yester.eye there spake with me-
While lay Sc iu a drunken sUogH-
A pilgrim from beyond the sea
That siimmers in the southern moon.
"And there. where stand ye ein-aceursed,
Long stood he Of the flaming tongue
And burning eye, and me rchelI>Cd
The stranges; saga ever sung.
ere morning. crossed De o'er the food;
But iu his stead a greater far
Is herC-a king. We men Of blood.
Go cleanse the frighttDl stains Of wari
Invisible he enters in
The secret councils of this band
4 lash in store for every sin.
For every good an open hand.
u nothing kuow-ve can deride
NV heart with impulse Wild is stirred.
4 charge thee. speak" the pilgrim cried,
And / have told ye word i0r word. -
Then le5ned a-ioot with sudden wrath
That savage crew, half-dunken mad
eve follow in our fathers path,
Thou speakest like a foolish LADY,
And Erie reddeHing I'm the blaze,
Repeated 10 his m0cking kind.
a horn TO wakeu happy DAYS
And cast unhappy days behind!
Young Siegiried stood with stern set face,
And raised the bFimming horn above-
''To Him whose cause / here embrace
The glorious Prince Of Peace and Love-"
Henry G. Hopkins in Dixie
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NOTES AND QUERIES.

Which Stats produces the moss eatIe- Q
Which the mos, hegs3 W D U
Texas. o Iowa
The times., 1899-12-24

young man of coIoro Nr Washington sug-
gests that the present system of educa
ton be SO reformed that men viii not
deny their ueighbors the opportunity OF
earning an honest living.
Another subject on which the author has
something pertinent TO say is that of
lyuching, and his statistics, in view of
certain statements lately made by mac
curate people are interesting. It has been
said that negroes are only IynChed in the
South for one crime. The fact is, on the
contrary, that Of the one hundred and
twenty-seyen persons lynched last year
in the United States, nine were executed
in the North and West, the others in the
South. One hundred and two Of the total
number were negroes, and two were In
dians. Just twenty-four out of the entire
number We're charged with the usual
crime That is less than one-fOurth OF
the whole number lyuched in the South.
Seyenty-fiye per cent OF the rash state
ment Of the said inaccurate people is,
therefore, wrong. Mr.. Washington fur
ther says:
During one week last spring, when I kept a
careful record. thirteen negroes We're 4yngAed IN
three OF our southern States; and not one was
even charged with rape. All OF these thirteen
were accused ut murder OF house burning.
Never shall J forget the remark made
by little uluC-yrlr-Olu white boy. with blue
eyes and hINeu hair. The little fellow said to
his mother, after be had returned from lynch-
ing. Il have seen man hanged; now ] wish
could see one burned 80 Rather than hear such
remark from one of my little boys l would pre-
fer 20 see him in his grave.
This is strong language, and it comes
the more effectively from man OF Mr.,
Washington gentle and conservative habit
OF speech. No one however, eau complain
that he has treated any phase of this ques-
uon unfairly. He makes allowances for
everybody; and in discussing question
which concerns SO many and varied types
of people so nearly as this, it is Just as
well TO try to see all sides of it, The
little book is packed with wisdom, and
ought TO be in the library of anyone in
terested in the social and political prob
lens which confront the American nation.
Boston: Small, Maynard, & Co $150)
The times., 1899-12-24

Americans are said 20 use mere sugar
in proportion 20 the population than any
other nation.
The times., 1899-12-24

Brass wheel clocks were not made In
this country until 1880. and Thomas was
among the early makers Of them.
The times., 1899-12-24

% EHsIaad u5a as much sdsar ls q Ia..''i
The times., 1899-12-24

What is tae religious beliel q Cea,al 80.
The times., 1899-12-24

In what branches arc candidates f1r West Po.us
cSamiuedt r. H. g.
In reading, writing orthOgrarhv. ar.rh-
mctic. grammar. geography. and history of
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American songs is given. and American
composers. musical Organizations. aud sing
ers are taken up in turn The book viii
be interesting to anyone who cares for the
history Of music in this country. Boston:
L. C. Page & Co. $1,000
The times., 1899-12-24

Tn what year dIi seth Thomas --u.usrre u.-s-
ing brass eioskst W. We
The times., 1899-12-24

General otis IS said to be Roman Cath
Ole. We are not certain Of tbe fast. buG
in no event Is iJ anyoues business but
General Otis
The times., 1899-12-24

THE Book of Knight and barbara is
described on the title page as "a series of
stories told to children. corrected, and IL
lustrated by the children and The author,
David Starr Jordan. dedicates il 10 the
many children ef California, who. with
Knight and Barbara have given this little
book its best excuse for being.
The orig = of the volume is decidedly
interesting. and certainly unique Its nu-
cleus was a collection of tales told to the
authors own children, and then to other
Youngsters. One of the students in Stan
ford University who chauced to be
stenographer took them down as they
were told and wrote them out in full dur
ing the absence of President Jordan on the
Behring Sea Commission in 1896. Copies
of the text were then given 10 hundreds
of California children. and they drew
their own Illustrations. From the pictures
thus collected Mrs. Louise Maitland, Of
San Jose. selected those reproduced i'm the
book. and the criticisms OF the children
also caused changes in some of the stories.
The style of The book may be shown by
an extract taken haphazard out Of the
middle Of II:
All the letters bore plain directions. aud tile
p6,t4I clerk had u8 difficulty In -eudrg each tY
III rrgrer destination But when L- came to the
Griffin who bore only stamp lUd nl iir1e .n
De Was puzzled. III. could simply carry Iim i1
tHs ud ai Dos rHafs. and tHn torn lm Over
another clerk. ~lH llt IA. -ere A.a t.n
.I..s O.. e.ars 81. D-Ha a.att .T-
ur N t.u rret Hu @ I'a
letter oH.- .H
ta-s .a.
r. 6.l
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The latest volume On Tho Nusi Lovers
Sarl.- s rTta National Music ot Ame-.-
ar rr Lells o. Esl- al.hH. .f Gr.H.
Comp ana Their Wela HH.s ~
Ea
The times., 1899-12-24

The Seven Voices" is book Of poems
by J. Hooker Hamersley. The contents are
subdivded into poems of the mountains. OF
the sea, of foreign scenes of the future.
love lyrics historical poems, and verses on
miscellaneous subjects. Some of them are
graceful in movement and dainty in meta
phor, though the book as a whole is not
particularly striking, CNew York. G. p.
Putuam's $ SonsJ
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meuc, grammar, eeoSfapAy, anu history
the United States
The times., 1899-12-24

Ir case ri sling, O. e
President resign. O. I. $50.
ITO C1rare-s There i= no fH g- t-a
suHls.t te- faat woa.I l -ae
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Little Bermuda by Maria Louise Pool
is a story for girls, the scene of which as
one may infer is laid in Bermuda. The
book. however, takes its name from that
Of the heroine. the little daughter Of a
retired officer of the British navy. The
story is original in plot, as might be eN-
pected of any work OF this author, and
will prove interesting to girls of from ten
to twelve years Of age. lBosJon: l. c..
Page & Coz
The times., 1899-12-24

"Rosamund, Queen Of the Lombards." is
the title of a tragedy by SwinbUrne. now
published in a slender volume, dainily
bound and clearly printed. CNew York;
Dold Mead & Col
The times., 1899-12-24

Does "6urse's Pg.a-e give iHia1ra. ION ct
other lhau English -tulaia-les q RI not. shat
book would give information % Old Fr5aeh tal--
lies. Blue Nh
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-20
THE POOR SALESMAN.
One of the Ways He Is Tortured by
Exacting Shoppers.

One of the Ways He Is Tortured by
Exacting Shoppers.
On the shelves Of nearly every dry
goods store in the city are rolls of goods
which have been hauled off the shelves
from one to dozen times a day to be
exhibited to possible purchasers. The
exacting shoppers have become firmly
convinced that such exhibitions Of the
open ends of rolls cause them to become
shopworn. The result is they ask the
clerk to cut their order from the inside
end. This means the unrolling of the
entire bolt for possible three-quarter
yard purchase, but 1t has to be done.
A fashionably dressed woman stepped
into one Of the Nicollet avenue stores
the other day and asked to be shown
some ginghams. On the shelves was a
brand new stock of ginghams which
had just the night before been taken
from the boxes in which they were
shipped from the factory. They hadn' t
been shown to any one except possibly
the buyers down east, and then these
particular pieces had not been exhibit
ed. Bolt after bolt was shown to the
shopper, and finally she picked upon a
particularly nice new piece OF pink
bingham at 20 cents yard.
SIT looks little shopworn, she re-
marked as she began to tumble with
her purse catch.
at can't be-, replied the obliging
clerk. at just last night came out of
the box from which it came from the
factory.
sWell, I'd prefer it if you would cut
it from the other end.
The clerk groaned inwardly, but pro-
ceeded to unroll the 80 or 40 yards of
bingham.
Elbow muchH" he asked as he took
his scissors from his vest pocket.
1.-TWO yards +"
His scissors snapped viciously as they
clipped off the goods, and the tone in
which he called the cashboy was not of
the gentlest, but the shopper, at least,
was satisfied. Minneapolis Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-20
THEY ALL GOT IN.
How the Animals Managed to &c
Admitted to the Show.


How the Animals Managed to Get
Admitted to the Show.
1t appears that one idle day the frog,
the duck, the lamb and the skunk started
forth together to visit the show Just
what sort of show it was the chronicler
doesn't state. Anyway, it was some
thing that the queerly assorted quartet
was anxious to attend, and they hoped
and waddled and gamboled and trotted
toward the big canvas Enclosure with
delightful throbs of anticipation.
Finally they reached the doortender,
the frog leading the line.
Well, the frog had greenback and
passed right in.
The duck had a bill and followed the
frog
The lamb had four quarters and fol-
lowed the frog and the duck.
But the unfortunate skunk was left
on the outside He had only scent,
and that was bad. Naturally he turned
away, feeling pretty blue. AS he was
slowly going back over the hill he met
a hoop snake rolling along at lively
rate toward the show. The skunk greet
ed him, but the snake did not stop.
Don't interrupt me, . he cried over
his shoulder. eve got to do turn,
and I'm a little late, and he rolled
along.
At the top of the hill the skunk no.
ticed another old friend approaching. 1t
was the sardine.
"Hello" cried the sardine "What's
the matterH''
So the skunk told him.
81 can guess how you feel about it, -
said the sardine sympathetically. 81
belong to the smelt family myself. But,
say, old fellow, you come right back
and go in with me-I've got box. "
And the skunk and the sardine went
back together. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-20

It is astonishing what human in
terest the reading public takes in an
authors heroes and heroines. Mr..
Snowden Ward declares that when
Dickens was writing The Old Curiosity
Shop" he was overwhelmed with letters
from the most distinguished men and
women begging him not to kill Little
Nell They declared It would be too
cruel and waited on his verdict as an
anxious family on that of the physician.
Dickens did not care to do away with
her himself, but it was necessary that
he should do so. Little Nell was char
acter with too little of the earth earthly
about her to assimilate with those
around her, no matter how well mean
ing they might have been. Her finer
feelings would have made her unhappy,
and the little country churchyard was
the best place for her.
And Thackeray. How he was i'm
plored not to kill Colonel Newcome.
How he was rated for reducing SO noble
a man to poverty in his old age, while
the meaner mortals around him lived
and throve. Kipling had to give Sec
ond version Of his tThe Light That
Failed in order to please the public,
and who knows but Shakespeare was
chided for the unhappy taking off Of
Lear and Cordelia2 But the public,
though soft hearted in the concrete, is
flint in the abstract. 1t soaks its hand
kerchief with tears over the consump-
tive cough Of that shady Partisan Ca
mile and turns nice homemade un-
derstudy out on the cold world to eat
snowballs or cold potatoes Louisville