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The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-02-03
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

argued nifnSelf into quite a comfortable degree OF GER
talnty, all his confidence seemed to fail him at once;
and IN the face of the necessity of finding ont Mabel's
mind right away, the evidences of success seemed to
be very fiimsy indeed. Add to this the fact that he
was a Jew, instead of being able to paint everything
in the brightest colors, and his spirits sank to a very
low ebb.
But he st trted in on the hard task at once by
going over to the Doctors and telling them that he
would have to leave them within a week. They were
all really sorry to hear it, for Sidney was an amiable
fellow and had made himself very agreeable; and
they expressed their regret in SO gratifying a way as
to cheer him up wonderfully. Mabel, too, seemed so
kind that he determined to have it over with her at
the very first opportunity.
The opportunity ctme the next evening. The
Doctor and his wife were out calling. don't know
where Miss Grace was. Mabel received him alone,
and after a little something was said about his APP
preaching departure. Sidney plucked courage and
began pleading his case. He was getting along splen-
didly, when Mabel broke in and told him very kindly
that he must not go any further; that she ought to
have told him before; and that she was engaged al
ready. Of course, there was nothing more for Sidney
to say, but they managed to talk it overlong enough
for him to find on that the lucky fellows name was
she thought very badly of him at first becauseh he had
tried to conceal his religion.
Sidney was hit pretty hard, but he said long alter
ward that he thinks he could have stood it much
better if The other fellows name wasn't Rosenstein-
Jewish Spectator.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-02-03

Why are the Jews SO fond of fish? This is a ques-
ton that some Jewish student might ponder over.
In that store-house of learning, Jewish Life in the
M~iddle-Ages," Israel Abrahams saws in a foot-note,
that mystical reasons are given for the use Of fish in
the middle ages, but the fondness for it was probably
due to the fact that the laws of Strengthening did not
here apply 1t seems to us that there is amore sub
stantial reason. In the middle ages the Jews for the
most part denied their religion to those about them
and ~practiced it in secret. Openly they lived aChris-
tian life apparently-they had to, if they would exist,
and as those about them abstained from meat on
Friday, they, perforce, did likewise, and partook
largely of sea food, which the Jewish housewife
learned to prepare to perfection. The use of fish on
Friday became a custom with them, and like other
ingrained customs, was kept up when the moving
cause had long passed away. We may be mistaken,
but here is an opportunity for an archaeological stu
dent American Hebrew.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

their own Independence. They could not
Imagine that tine government 81 The great
American republic while boa sting 81 hav-
ing gone 10 war with Spain under The ban-
ne- % liberation end humanity IN behalf
OF cupa. was capable OF secretly plotting
to turn that war into one for the conquest
and stlbfueatiou NJ the Ihilinnints.
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The Currency Question.


commercial ratio. for the free coin
age If silver would undoubtedly en-
nance its commercial value; and at the
same lime lower the commercial value
OF gold; and. in that case, the silver
dollar would he Of greater value than
the gold dollar. IL those who oppose
the ratio Of 10 10 would name some
other reasonable ratio, have no doubt
an agreement could be reached. But
the trouble is that those who are OPP
posed 10 BIZ etailism in toto object TO
every suggestion. and conjure up an
army of bugaboos 10 frighten Others
away from what they really desire.
Those OF us who mean what we say
when we declare for bimetallism are
impatient at those who devise pre-
texts. Il not subterfuges, for procras-
iination.
I'VE do not hold the ratio Of i6 TO
10 be like the law OF the Modes and
Persians. Interchangeable. Ii is neither
sacred nor supernal; il involves no fun
damcnial principle. What we want is
TO open our minis TO the free and in
dependent coinage of both gold and
silver ~ some precise ratio. We believe
the parity Of the two metals can be
maintained at the ratio we propose.
We want to try it. We want to begin
where we left Off. and determine by
careful and guarded experiment wheth-
er we are right or wrong. At all
events, by experiment. and experiment
| alone will we reach the ratio at which
gold and silver dollars can be coined
on equal terms and kept al par. The
American people must soon determine
whether they viii have bimetallism OF
abandon il. IL we are to have il. we
must begin ii. and the difficulty OF be-
ginning it is augmented by every year
il is delayed. Illinois State Register
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PROFITS OF SILVER MINING.
A Foolish Argument Of the Goldttcs
and an Outrage on an Inpor-
tant Industry.

For years it has been a stock argu-
ment with the gold people that silver
has fallen in value because OF the re-
duccd cost of production. The idea
that misunderstanding OFF the
regular demand for TIE metal-had any
effect has been secuted as ridiculous.
Not a word have they uttered as 10
the reduced expense Of gold mining,
the circumstance that the richest sill
yer mines. SO called, yield nearly as
much god as silver, and hence that
any economy of production must APP
ply to both. has been passed by in
silence. Not mention have they made
Of the hundreds and thousands of sill
yer mines that never paid for even the
labor expended upon them. They have
simply taken a few very rich mines,
based their calculations upon them. and
figured il out 10 their own satisfac-
tion that silver can be produced al
from IA TO Al cents an ounce. The
closing of the East Indian mint de-
stroved both arguments. Almost in
stantly silver dropped from above SO
cents 10 O. cents per ounce. Ii rail-
lied back TO about 70, and there IL
stood until the repeal of the sherman
law. when the decline began again. and
continued until il fell below 80 cents
With The sudden and tremendous fall
which followed the closing of the 81
Indian mint. silver mines all over lne
west closed. thousands of miners were
thrown out Of employment and whole
towns were almost depopuated. For
the year 1894 the average price of sill
yer bullion was a little more than 81
cents, 80 cents above the highest cost
of mining. according 10 the figures
given by the eminent champions of the
\ gold standard. and yet il fairly cast
a blight upon the silver mining states
and territories of the union. What the
| effect would have been had silver
dropped to II. the highest cost OF pro-
( duction, according TO our opponents,
can he easily imagined. 1T would nave
virtually put an end TO silver mining
in the United States. Modern history
fails TO record another act of legisla
tive injustice al all comparable with
that of dcmonetizing silver. Not only
| hlu III lHCTtdNt iUt vi
struggling debtor. but il was a deadly
blow nj one of the great Industries OF
the country. When the debtor objects
to having his obligation doubled. he is
denounced by the money power as a
repudia;or. When the silver mining
states object TO the ruin of their in
dustries by the denial 10 silver OF its
chief use ii. G. as money! they are
characterized as free hooters, attempt
ing TO levy tribute upon the rest OF
the country. For the first time since
the dawn of history. n civilized and
presumably intelligent country. heavily
in debt. has gone deliberately AT work
to double it's debt and nj the same time
destroy one Of its most important indus
tries And what is stranger than all, the
outrage Is defended by the most brutal
accusaiio, hurled nj the heads OF those
who pro,rst against its consummation
VIII the people permit themselves to be
deceived forever?
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srbsisii.inr the Press.

The money power and monopolies
arc pressing the fight by substituting
the press and having monopoly papers
offered to the people at one-half their
cost. This IS dangerous work and can
only he offset by the active work Of the
Intelligent loyal democrats. No time
should be lost in having canvass made
in order 10 place the papers that are
on the side OF the people in the hands
OF the voters The battle OF 1000 viii
be won or lost as the result OF the
reading matter that visits the homes
OF the voters during the coming fall
and winter.
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There Is no such thir~ q good truss
AMI cannot be until By nature an
derones radical charr
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"Those are. therefore. by no means wrong
who call this the presidents war And a
war So brought about and 50 conducted the
American people are asked to approve and
encourage simply because we are ia it,
that Is because the president OF his own
motion has got us into II. Have you con-
sidcred what this means? Every man OF
public experience Knows how powerful and
seductive Drect dent IS as an argume MT IN
me int rpre tatioa q laws and OF consttu-
ti0nal practices when thing. no matter
how questionable. has once been done hy
the government and approved. or even ac-
quiesctd In. by the peope. that act will
surely be used as Justification of being
done again IN nothing ~ The authority OF
precedent more dangerous than ~ . 81 nd
ing usurpations o, governmental power
II am rot here as partisan. but 80 an
American citizen anxious for the future Of
, he republic And ! cannot too ecr.,.~ti,'
admOnish the American people, N they
value the fundamental principles Of their
government and their own security and
| that Of their children, for moment to
throw aside all partisan bias and soberly 70
consider what kind Of a precedent they
| would set II they consented to. and by con-
sentirg approved. the presidents manage
ment Of the Philippine business merely be-
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sho, Down "without Farley"

LET us recapitulate. w 20 10 war wit h
Spain in behalf OF m oppressed colony {, I
hers. We solemrly proclaim this to b. "A
war-rot OF conquCst-'iod forbid,--hui OF
liberation and humanity We Invade the
span III colony OF the Philippines d. stioy
the Spanish fleet and invite the cooperation
OF the Filipino insurgents agains, Spain.
We accept their effective aid as a.,les. All
the while permitting them 70 believe that
in case Of victory they Will be free and in
dependent. By active fighting they get con.
troll OF large part Of the interior country
from which Srair Is virtually ouEtcC
When we have captured Manila and hav,
no further use for our Filipino allies OIL
president directs that. behind their backs
A treaty be made with Spain transfer
RAG ..eir country TO us. and EVEN before
tina, :Yaaty Is ratined he tells hem that "a
place OF the Spaniards. they mLst accept "a
as their masters. and that II they do not
they will be compelled by force of arm
They refuse and we shoot th,m down. and
AZ Preside. Mckinley said al Pit.-A.-gi.
we shall continue TO shoot them dowi
without useless parlcy
~ have recited these things In studiously
sober and dry matter-of-fact Language
without oratorical ornament o. appeal
ask you now what epithet can you flnt
Justly to characterize such course? Hap
| pily. you need not search for one. for Pres
ident Mckinley himself has furnished tn
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-14
vls.-TIIE FIRST GREAT ENG
LiSH NOVElISTS.
(Concluded)
BY MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN.
A. NJ, LII. D.

Smollett's Frederick Random" "Pere-
CRIME Pickle and Humphrey Clink-
err are lesser novels than Tom Jones"
or even Joseph Andrews" Smollett is
realist in the sense that he paints
life as he sees it; and life is, in his
eyes, wretched and sordid. relieved
only by coarse humor. although In
Humphrey Clinker" he created char
acters which lived beside some of those
OF Fielding and Dickens; that of Ta5i-
tina Bramblc is one OF these. He is
generally named among the great move
lists but the better taste OF succeed
ing years will revise this dictum. He
wrote good English. though 1t is at
times almost as coarse as that OF Swift.
Sterne's "Tristram Shandy" ranks
with Clarissa Harlowe" and TON
Jones" The Rev. Laurence Sterne
knew his art, but he was as unfaithfuI
10 the professions of his calling as was
Dean swift. Thackeray's characterize
tlon or Sterne in the English Humor-
lst Is famous. and IL NC may Judge
from Sterna's own letters, not too Sc
we're: He certainly did not put hi.
ideals-and he no doubt had some
into his Tristan Shandy" and "a
Sentimental Journey" 1t /. hard for
many OF us to read "Trlstr.m shan
dy" to-day; but thers are .en. rho a..
ilght IN its wit. hur,or and even it's
touches Of sentimentalisn MY Ua-
ele Toby and tn. WIDOW Wadnnn"
ara from life; the nups nd te.ts and
turns OF wit-which are often after the
manner of Rabelai.-the borrowed
learninE-taken sometimes from that
magazine of erudition, Burton's "Anat-
omy of Melancholy"-de tn. cen
temporaries of this very secularized
clergyman; but the glow seems to have
departed; the coarseness remains. and
some OIL the really humorous passages
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ting on airs, or utterlng words Of re-
Duke, because we differ with you about
this person or that, or on some detail,
not yet decided. We have as free and
iioerai a charter as the air. to say what
we please on any subject, until the
democracy speaks in accordance with
It's laws of procedure: whereupon we
speak as a Democrat. in accordance
with the obligation of party fealty,
which honor and honesty enforce upon
US: a high duty which we proudly and
cheerfully perform. because 1t is the
VIII of the people. not merely ours; vox
populi, voX Del.
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in this writer's "Tristram Shandy" are
unquotable because of what certain
critics delicately call their breadth"
Miss Burney, afterward Nine. D'Arb-
lay. was put among the great novelists
for n time. Her 'Evelina" Q77S) made
a sensation. DR.. johnson raved over
it; 1T is deadly serious: the stilted lam
guage which the author writes Is re-
lieved by the frankness of an exceed
ingly rude Enslishman and an equally
rude old Frenchwoman. In spite of the
defects of the plot, "Evelina" has fine
qualities as a novel. II can be read
with interest. and even more than once
Miss Burney repeats her episodes, but
so much was not expected of the novel
Richardson; but in "Evelina" never so
tiresome. There is that vital quality In
her persons which makes us think of
them as living. "Evelina" is the work
of very young woman, who describes
life without knowing anything about ii.
and does it well. Surely this showed
that she had a touch OF genius. "Ceci-
LA" u7SO was more pretentious than
"Evelina," but not SO good. There was
a great falling off in Camilla" Q796).
1t is In style one OF the worst exam
pies showing to what a degree an imita-
tor of Dr. johnson could come. The
manner in which the personages adj
dress one another on the most ordinary
occasions would afford conversations
for burlesque in our day. Taine says
Of Johnson's rolling periods that art
cannot be more finished or nature more
forced but in Camilla" both art and
nature are distorted. Johnsons "Ras-
selas" cannot be called novel The
influence OF that great photographer"
was not eXerted toward the develop
ment of fiction. except in the case of
Miss Burney, where 1t certainly did not
tend to simplicity or dlrectness
Sir Walter Scott. who began to pub
fish novels in 1916. and Miss Austen
Qsl1-1O may possibly. as we are at the
end of the nineteenth century, be al
most called "early" novelists. But
whether they wrote too near our day
to deserve that term or not they can
surely be called great" Sir Walter
had been preceded by Mrs. Radcliffe.
who was the author of THE Mysteries
of Udolpho" and The Romance of the
Forest" which Horace Walpole carica-
tured In THE Castle of Otranto."
The reader of Mrs. Radcliffe supped
full OF horrors. and. as her romances
were largely peopled by ghosts. MUIR
derers and CHASTITY nuns md monks, the
report was current that in order to
create them she herself supped on raw
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pie. Its chapter on 1.-THE first great Eng
fish novellsts" is. to our mind, unsur-
passed as Il treatment of the subject
Tor the instruction of beginners in
literary study.
g. More modern works dealing with
the subject of our paper are e. w.
Gosse's History of English Literature
in the Eighteenth Century" (alacmillan
&; Co.; Students Edition. sD a capital
work especially excellent in its bearing
on several of the subjects in our pres
ent literature course" and 1.-The Eng
fish Novel from its Origin to Sir Wal
ter Scott" by Prof. Walter Raleigh, Of
University college. Liverpool (Scrlb-
ner's: the University Extension
series. SLED, a work ESPECIALLY excellent
In its treatment OF the origin and devel-
opment of the novel. Nor must Thack-
eray's English iumorists." especially
the parts dealing with Smollett, Field
ing, Stcrne and Goldsmith. be over
looked. We have already referred to
this book tChicago: a. c. McClurg &
Co; SD.
4. Editions of some of the earlier
English novels are plentiful enough, as,
for example. Defoes "Gulliver's
travels" Fiolding's tom Jones'"
Smolletts Frederick Random" "Pere-
CRIME Pickle" and Humphrey Clinker,"
ana Sterne's "1'ristram Shandy," all Of
which are to be had numerously in
cheap editions. Goldsmith's Vicar of
Wakefield" is, of course. household
classic. Richardson's novels are not
frequently published nowadays. We do
not know of an American edition Of
them. In the "Novelists' Library"
Fielding's Joseph Andrews" "Tom
Jones' and Amelia" are to be had.
and Smollctts Frederick Random
"Peregrine Pickle" and Humphrey
Clinker" Chicago: a. C. McClurg &.
Co.. 81 per volume. with illustrations).
QUESTIONS.
i. What wac Macaulay's celebrated
paneGyric on "Clarissa." as told by
Thackcry? Where was It got off?
:. Fielding thought Richardson a
solemn rrig; Richardson perpetually
expressed contempt for Fielding's low
ness What great critic Gaid this? In
what pretty woll-known work OF litera
ry criticism is it cited? What similar
want OF mutual appreciation was there
on the part of Johnson and Gray?
.. What great French philosopher
and writer Gu younger contemporary of
hichardson's) Predicted for Richard
son all the honor the world gives to
Homer? What other great French
philosopher and writer (also IL younger
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Bride Of Lammermoor" or THE Heart
OF Midlothian" Is his greatest novel. II
seems TO ME that In all these do3art-
ments Of literature which arc intended
to give delight, the book that gives one
the most elevated pleasures is the
greatest book" We have seen how
taste changes: Sterne had once n great
or vogue than Rudyard KiplinE has
now; Smollett was hailed with ecstasy
and Miss Rurncy was looked on az n
phenomenon Of genius. The charm of
Sir Walter remains. though his long
prefaces are not read. plan MAIDS
by Miss Rraddon. the novelist. to mod
ernizc" his novels some time ago fail
ed; the public find them good enough
as thcy are
Miss Austen's novel. arc the fashion.
In fact they ran a great danger of he,
ing fad" a few years past. This
would have been unfortunate. as they
are too fine either for fashion or a
fad" Pride and Prejudice" sense
and Sensibility" and mansfield Park.
are masterpieces of observation. SYM
pathy and that insight into tho essence
or things which we clumsily call genius.
Miss Austen is the first OF that school
Of novelists Of which the works Of An
thony Trollope. ". y. Howells and
Henry James are distinguished exam.
pies.
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POPULAR STUDIES IN LITERATURE.

beefsteak. Sir Walter Scott. however,
cast all such fantastic manners IN the
shade. Mrs. Radcliffe was Influenced
by the horrors and unreallties Of the
German writer Eo,zebue. Sir Walter
WAS doubtless touched by the romantic
power of Cote Won Berlichingcn." into
which the many sided Goethe" had
put such force. The difference between
Mrs. Radcliffe and Sir Walter Scott IS
the difference between the Insane and
the sane. though each was the child OF
Il romantic movement which showed It.
self 50 strongly in Germany Like the
wizard In the prelude to William Nor
ris' Earthly Paradise" Sir Walter
causes us TO sec what he chooses. and
no scientific chronicler or exact arch
aeolo6ist can ever make the past live
for us az he made it live. Modern crit
les seem to be undecided whether The
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ing" by Austin Dobson: "Sterne." by
II. d. Trail; Goldsmith" by William
Black-all in the English Men of Let
ters," series (Harpcr's: each 75 cents).
co "Smollet;." by David Hannay:
Goldsmith" by Austin Dobson. in
Great Writer'S" series (Scribner's:
each 81. 60 "Smollett," by Oliphant
Smeaton. in Famous Scot" series
Edinburgh: Oliphant. Anderson &
Ferrie). AS far as we know the men,
DRY OF Richardson has not been hon
ored by modern monograph on his
life and work.
2. We are often asked to name good
manual Of English literature. There are
so many good manuals of literature
published that 10 name but one may
perhaps be lnvidious. However. think
ing only of the needs of youni. pronie
who want n work. not too eNper sive
that shall be at once scholarly ana an
pertaining, with due admixture of bio.
graphical detail and critical estimate
we know OF nothing better than r n
Shaw's Manual of English Literature
This work was written by a man Of
whom. had not diseases cut off his life
untimcly ere he had well begun to work
for the public, the world would have
heard far more than 1t has. For exam
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OPINIO OFTHEpREss.

me Following editorial from the col
umns of the Norfolk Landmark. on
The Progress of Imperialism" and the
butchery of the natives of the Phi,in-
pine islands, Is one of the finest, ablest
and most pungent editorials we have
ever read on the subject; and we take
much pleasure in paying it this COM
pliment, because we think 1t IS tustly
and richly merited.
we raise our hat TO our morning
contemporary in token of our high re-
gard for the clear. forceful and able
manner in which it has presented the
matter In the following lines, which has
our cordial and hearty concurrence:
THE PROGRESS OF IMPERIALISM
is bad business, this slaughter of
na.i.eS whose only offense is their de-
sire for the liberty which they had all
but Won by their unaided exertions
II they had done anything to provoke
our wrath, the case would be different
put they are being shot down simply
because they are unwilling to become
our subjects as the result or a financial
bargain with the Spaniards The talk
OF promoting the cause of Chri.tfan
by this Wholesale butchery is almost
piasphemous. and 1t is absurd also no
cause there is good reason 10 believe
that the majority OF the victims OF our
shot and shell are already Christians.
or course, imperialists will never adj
NIT 1t II they can help It, but the cold
and shocking fact is that tn. snirIt
which anim ates the Administration and
those who indorse its Philippine course
is nothing more or less than the ust of
conquest-the same lust of conquest
which we have condemned so frequent.
ly and so bitterly when narifas,N,
England and other armed powers -,
Europe. That same Unsuitable passion
Tor crushing the liberties OF weakcr
peoples was the ruin OF the Roman Re.
public. and 1t will ruin ours unless II 10
cured. Democracy and armed aE-
gression are two things that cannot en-
dure together. One Will sooner or later
master the other. This is no idle va
porting. Look into history and see for
yourself.