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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
THONAs HARDVs FIRST ARTICLE.

HOW HE BUILT HIMSELF A HOUSE, AS RELATED
IN "cHAMBERss JOURNAL"
! From The London Bookman.
When Thomas Hardy was an unknown young
architect who had taken one or two professional
prizes ne contributed his first and last Taper,
How Built Myself House" March u.s. 1860
Mr. Hardy pictures LOndOner and his wife
Sophia, who lived in the suburbs in Highly De-
srable Scmi-detached villa. This residence was
not all that il should have been. there was
not room enough for friends when they visited
them and the Goals had to be kept in heap
against the back wall little dinner was only
got over with difficulty the maid-servant put
ting the dishes on the staircase or on stools Ind
chairs in the passage All these trials and triiu-
latiOns caused them 10 decide to build house
of their little further out of town IL
was neither TO cost too much nor toe little, bur
just enough to fifty inaugurate the new happi-
ness Its situation was To be in healthy 81 OF,
on a stratum of dry gravel about ninety feet
above the springs There were to be trees to the
north and pretty view 10 the south 1T was
also TO be easily accessible by rail-. The arrival
of third baby quckened their movements
toward such a Paradisel
At last q place taken on a lease or ninety
nine years although half of the original adj
vantages had to be given up. Mr.. Penny an
architect celebrated for designing houses for
families of moderate means was engaged, ana
had to reduce to practical working order the re-
spective and very conflicting ideas OF husband
and wife The architect settled everything IN
most miraculous way price about tlS9O
After the building had crept upward and began
t. put forth chmneys the builders foreman in
vited the prospective owner to mount the scar
folding and take view or everything from inc
top This was a terrible nerve-trying ordeal
and IL funniy described. Next came getting
into extras" Then came a host Of things not
included-a sink in the Scullery, a ralnWdter
tank and a pump a trapdupr into the roof, a
scraper d weathercock and four letters, ventI-
lation IN the nursery same in the kitchen, all OF
which worked vigorously enough but the wrong
wav: patent remarkable bell-pulls, royal let
tiers extraordinary kitchen range. which 1t would
cost exactly threepence Undertakings 10 keep
a fire IN for twelve hours, and yet cook any JOINT
IN any way warm up what was left yesterday,
boil the vegetables, and do the ironing All
these extras ran up the cost to several hundreds
of hounds above the estimate. And even AFTER
occupatior as Is usual. many changes had to be
made everything was right This ~ EVIL
IDENTIFY drawn from the life, and is sketch ny
professional man Of uncommon observing pow
ers and with the saving gift OF humor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

~ his hands The lovers are happily united OF
course in the end but Ivo succeeds I'D hIiins
o., Laos, ono nerson before ne IL struck DS
ucb,n,rg himself and the book has altogether
very sancuinary streak running through lts
idylic fabric The authors chief mer" "es j"
her def handling Of the tragic and sentimental
motives There are horrors III the DOCK pu'
there ie also a beautiful German landscape ana
there is an air Of Quaintness and OF huiho'
blowing through the pages Cousin lvo may
no sonevhat too medieval IN It's tone foi d
novel Of modern life. but IL is romantic IN "A
healthy way. and in spite of the murderous
cousin who causes SO much trouble the BOOK
leaves a genial almost gay impression
Mr. Williams volume Of short stories ~ d.
verting in its way The types portrayed are
enectous and the incidents wear also an aru-
fc,aI tone hut the author writes with clever
ness and though his picture of newspaper ne
is far from convincing 1t II III HseH hea''S
drawn The end of the star reporter who
appears in the titular story ~ drawn III Iueu-
trious tints III the last pages of the book pu'
generally Mr. Williams would appear 10 see ms
subiect through glass which cheerfully trans
forms il into something Just a few rosy shades
removed from fact. one misses throughout Inc
Stolen Story the note Of nature. On The othei
hand the plot of this tale - capital The
ahsent-ninded renorter drifting back 10 the
office from which he has been discharged and
there inditing for his old employers the impor-
tant article for which a rival paper Is waiting
is a pleasing If not a very realistic Inquire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

sure could forget" He used to warn the rejected
ones to Beware Of desperate thoughts" re-
minding them that THE darkest days. wait but
till tomorrow. will have passed away" Alto
gether, ii is Browning in his most lovable and
generous mood with whom Mr. Moscheles makes
us further acquainted He has also some ad-
mirable notes on Mazzini, of whom he painted
a portrait. He describes him OF his home in
London. His room Uttered with papers
and pamphlets. Birds were his constant com
panlons; the room was their cage, wire netting
being stretched across the windows. They few
around him and hoped about most uncere-
moniously on the writing-table amongst the con-
spirator's vouminous correspondence He had a
closing upon IL as he wrote, popularity which
accounts for the grabbed character Of his hand
writing Being an inveterate smoker he and the
birds were mostly envelOped In cloud. Smok-
ing cheap, but many. Swiss cigars was the only
luxury he allowed himself He was the austerest
of Republicans, had few wants and but slender
means with which to satisfy them. Whatever nc
may have possessed in early life he had spent
for the cause he was devoted to; afterward ne
lived on a small annuity which his mother had
settled on him." When ne charged with
having been implicated in Orsini's attempt upon
Napoleon III he refused to publicly contradict
his accusers Mr. Moscheles asked him why he
did not answer and ne replied 1T matters
nothing or rather it is well the WOrld shcuiu
believe me implicated. / never protest Europe
needs a bugbear, a watchword that threatens,
name that makes itself feared. The few syiiaDles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

COUSIN IVO. Ry Mrs. Andrew Dean CMrs Alfred
Sidgwick). limo, PIP. $40. The Macmillan COM
pany.
! THE STOLEN STORY. And Other Newspaper
Stories BY /. Jesse Lynch Williams. limo, PIP
81 Charles Scribner's Sons.
Perhaps Mrs. Dean wishes her readers 10 take
Cousin Two" as a picture of life. Perhaps she
intends the volume as mere gossamer OF
romance 1t does not matter. The tale Is so
picturesque in substance and is told with such
expedition, and lightness of touch that the
question of its veracity is dismissed as lrreie-
want The auth )r's observation may be little
at fault. Her powers of invention are admi-
rable Cousin Ivo, though not the hero OF the
story occupies usually the centre OF the stage
He Is a quick tempered. dictatorial young Ter
man who lives in a gloomy castle with man
servant OF dour disposition and dog OF eoln-
plete ferocity. Upon his lovely cousin huioa'
who lives in another tumbe-down bullding ho'
far away he casts longing eyes az soon as the
plot begins TO get exciting. good-iookhg
Enclishman comes TO inform the girl mat she
has inherited a fortune; they fall In love- anu
Ivo with many debts to pay is driven to des-
reration at the thought OF being supplanted by
the bearer Of the good tidings. He tries 10
murder Jenny accident-and ultimately wheh
ne fails in this he attempts the murder OF MS
cousin. whose death would place her fortune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

that go to make up my name Will serve the pu'-
nose as well as any others.
There are glimpses of Mendelssohn-the very
image Of fun and happiness-n this volume anu
there is one charming anecdote Of Nine Schu-
mann declining to play at a private recep''o"'
but finally boiling over with Indignation a' 'ns
remark that ii would be pleasant 10 near d
mage or two" from her husbands caravan.
That was too much for her pride IN Schuihanh
music. and she went impetuously 10 the PAM
n,aving the Carnival" from beginning 10 emu
Mr. Moscheles observes that ne ma! prouu'e
another volume of memories. He might haNe
improved the present collection by eXcisihe d
GOOD third Of il and printing instead some Of
The material be is Withholding; but as il Is IL
possips in an agreeable manner and leaves an
ingratiating impression. The new Volume VIII
be awaited with curiosity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
domestic characters. This was kind Of him.
but il wasn't worth while.
JOHNEEN.
By MORA O'Neill.

BY MORA ONeilI
Sure he's five months old an he's two foot long,
Baby Johneen,
Watch yersef now for he's tarrible sthrong
Baby Johneeni
An his fists II be up IL ye make annv slips
With finger ends rosy the same as daisy tips
But he'll have ye attend to the words of his lips.
will Johneen.
There's nobody can rightly tell the color Of his
eyes,
this Johneen,
For they're partly o. the earth an still they're
partly O. the skies
like Johneen.
So far as he's travelled he's been laughin' all
the way,
For the little soul is quare an wise, the little
heart is gay;
An he likes the merry danodils, he thinks they'd
do to play
with Johneen.
He'll sail a boat yet If ne only has his luck
young Johneen
For he takes TO the wather like amy little duck.
boy Johneen;
Sure them are the hands now to pull on a rope.
An nate feet for wakn the deck a slope,
But the ship she must wait wee while yet
hope
for Johneen.
For couldn, do wantin him. not just yet,
och, JOhneen.
'Tis you that the daisy, an you that
the pet
wee Johneenl
Here's to7youf health, an wen dhrnk it to-
night -5.
Slainte gal. avic ma chree, live and do right
Slainte gal; avourneen may yer days be bright
- .t - Johneeni
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
ON EARL CARRINGrON's ESTATE.

From "a paper by the Earl In Inc Ninc'ee"'"
Century.
Tho parish Of CUMBERSOME III LIN ''a.i, -
80, nf tba Darlington estate and consists OF
no acres The custom in TINS Village hdS al az
WAYS been that three or more acres oi ial'u r :
Nth most OF the cottages. These are CaiSu
80, cottages" II cottage has no iaHu ihe
farmer sometimes allows his laborer the run
and feed for d COW at small "eehly 20 s,,i,;c-
Wages are % Cd a day; there Is no Pup'io
house in the village; and when some year, az
TOOK NY children down there Tor sea ar n.y.,
;ng was asked for or wanted on inns pr1pcI - -
n us few ratings 10 repair the chuTchyaIu
renee. In Thunderstorm the laborers chIlui lrn
are healthy and well fed, and the IaDoieiS a.
q: S,rinus steady hard-working men, VINO
have for themselves solved the problem o. oir
age pensions by their own savings ilo nto ',' -
T,tle pIeces of land and cows ana iis'eau %
ahon, f1rO 10 goo year going from the Nlias.
public house to brewer living elsewhere' ,h hoSs
Of il is saved in the parish Consequently ,nede
are no poor and do not know Oh an instant n'
az anv one in this parish going TO the "o'h-
house or receiving outdoor relief for years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
MARcOArS NEXT SCHENE.

Eoulognc dispatch 10 The London News
The French Government authorities are so
rratifed with the success of the wireless teleg-
rauhv demonstrations between BOulOgne and the
South Foreand the English side or the
Channel that IL ~ proposed 70 attempt 70 tele-
e-raph from Paris II IL stated that the EineI
Tower Will h., the French terminal, OWING TO IT'S
great height namely, 9SJ feet. the English ter
rniral remaining at the South Foreland The
direct distance between the TWO points ~ dpou.
two hundred and thirty miles. Marconi was at
BouiOsne yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
JOSEPHINE AND NAPOLEON's SON
IN The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
Apropos Of the French Napoleonic drama now
beng played at the NOuveau Theatre, and en-
titled LIT, Rot de Rome interesting COM
muncatiou 10 the "Caulois' states that Joseph
inc Only once saw NapOleons boy. 1t had long
been her ardent wish to set eyes on him and NJ
length Napoleon himself took the child then two
wears old 10 MaImaison. The little fellow took
great fancy 70 Josephine. and said II love you
Won are good You must come back 10 Paris
with Us and live at the Tuileries' The En-
nero, is SAID 10 have been much moved by the
interview and hastily terminated IT, saying
1--WE must 60 nv boy wish the lady gOOdby."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
AMUSING MEMORIES.
MR. FELIX MOSCHELES AND HIS
FRIENDS

FRAGMENTS OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. BY
Felix Moscheles Octave, PIP. viii 5d Harper d
Brothers.
Mr.. Moscheles is known as the of that
eminent musician who the friend OF Men
delssohn; he has repute a portrait
painter and he has all his life long known inter-
esting people His book In Bohemia with Du
Maurier," showed that he could write good reco-
Iectiona The present volume is not quite so
successful. 1t contains a great deal of super
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

Dr. Conan Doyle. il - grave'y stated uiuh
mean to make his new book Duet d t"ou
novel He merely intended II 10 De money
manners Companion" putting in light. artistic
form" the stories and sentiments that nave
been gathering for ages around EDWIN Ahee
lima papa mamma, COOK anu o'Hei in'e' eS'Ns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

HOW HE BUILT HIMSELF A HOUSE, AS RELATED
IN "CHAMBERs's JOURNAL"
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Bismarck; The Man and the States.
man. Being the Reflections and Remi'
niscences of Otto. Prince Won Bismarck.
Written and Dictated by Himself After
His Retirement from Once. Translated
from the German under the Supervision
of A. j. Butler. late Fellow of Trinity
College. Cambridge, with two portraits
and fac simile of handwriting.
Two stately volumes of eight hundred
wide-margined pages, put forth by IL lar
per & Brothers, New York and London
contain the Reflections and Reminis-
cences Ct Otto Won Bismarck. the Ger
man publication was edited by Horst
Roll, and has been done into English
under the supervision of A. j Butler,
late Fellow of Trinity College, Cam
ridge. The German editor says his duties
have been confined to correcting, by the
originals, various documents taken from
defeotively printed versions, and that no
where has BismaIok's text been altered
or abridged. The English editor pleads
that the translation is from unavoidable
causes produced under severe pressure OF
fences that may be clear in the original,
but certainly confused TO the degree Of
obscurity in the English version. The
volumes are embellished by two portraits
one of Bismarck the boy, made in 1882 /:
tho other of the man Of blood and iron,
taken from Won Lenbaoh's ell.known
picture painted in the great Prussian
Chancellor's later years.
The massive work may disappoint some
readers who found Bucher's chatty and
sensational volume amusing; for herein
are few of the trivial anecdotes and In
consequent table conversations. with
their flavor Of beer and tobacco which
the German Boswell delighted TO relate.
1t is Bismarck Apologize" the ex-
PLANTATION and defense of his singular
career from the time he was student at
Gottingen to the accession of the reigning
Kaiser. written by statesman who
takes himself, as he should. seriously,
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09

Portland. Me-, Jan. /. 500
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did. remain respectfully.
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The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09
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The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09

1t must be confessed that il the figures
which Representative Guernsey submitted
in the House Tuesday are correct that
some of the states expenses have grown
SUI prisingly within the past ten years. The
printing bill has more than doubled the
binding bin nearly. trebled, and the salary
list increased over fifty PER cent These
Increases have grown up gradually, with
out being noticed, until they have
unquestiunably impossible to prevent
gradual increase in state expenditure.
The people are constantly calling for new
things and placing new duties on their
officials. In progressive community
there will always be a tendency to spend
more money. But it does look as If the
increase in our state expenditure for the
asst ten years has been larger than is
justified by the advantages we have got
out OF it. In other words 1t hardly seems
as IL we had got our moneys worth in
all cases. What for instance Is there to
show for tho great increase in printing
and biniing. The blame, II there be
blame. rests entirely upon The lawma kars
who order the work and not upon the
printers who do it. The latter are simply
employees of the State executing the work
laid out for them by the legislature. If
Mr. Guernsey speech results in an ex-
animation into the causes of all these in
creases, it may be found that some OF
them are not unavoidable, and that our
State expenditures may be pruned consid-
erabiy without depriving the psople OF
anything that is Of real value.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09
Portland. Me, Jan. 2, 30.

CUR-ECAN REMEDY co:
Gentlemen-I have suffered for the last
eleven years with rheumatism In my arms
and legs. which has nearly incapacitated
me from my duties as pilot on one of he
Portland Steam Packet Company steamers.
After using one bottle OF your CUR-ECAN
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onmend II 10 all. Respectfully yours,
(Signed) GEO. A. THOMPSON.
Quartermsster.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09

Spain has yet to ratify the treaty before
1t can be said that the work of the COM
missioners has become law; but of course
about her action there Is no room for
doubt There is no choice before her.
She must ratify. We imagine. however,
that beyond the sacrifice of pride involved
the giving up of the Philippines will
cause her no pangs. All accounts sgree
that they Were always a source Of loss to
her rather than of profit, and were the
graveyard of great many of her youth.
She win undou btedly be- much better eff
without them than she was with them,
and the go, 900, 600 in cold cash Will go
a good way to solve her wounded pride.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09

Gen. Eagan's punishment for his gross
Language hefore the war commission Ia
certainly not severe. The penalty which
the war code prescribes for the offence of
which he WINS convicted is dismissal from
service, but the President has modified
that to suspension for six years at the
sud of which time he will go ON the re-
tired list. There were doubtless extenuat-
Ing circumstances In the case, and no
doubt Secretary A ger exercised what in
lluenee no possessed for mitigation OF
sentence. Eagan's offence is an incident
of the "embalmei beef scandal, and
grew indirectly out of it. The larger
question ought now to be taken up and
probad to the bottom. That bad beef in
large quantities found its way to our
soldiers is now established teyond any
reasonable doubt. How did it get there,
who furnished 1t and who allowed it TO
pass? Engan has declared that he knew
nothing about it. but somewhere in the
war department lies the RESPONSE
bility for carelessly or cerruptfy passing
ihis beef On whom does il Iest2
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09
MERRITT DELANO.

Portland. Me, Jan. ., 80.
CURI-CAN REMEDY &C:
Gentlemen have been confined tn the
house for the past six weeks with Rheu-
matism and have had the bes' physicians Of
this Guy attending me without receiving any
relief. After using your CUR-ICAN a few
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dollars per bottle. Yours respectfully
(Signedl 4. WILLIAMS Optician
432 Congress Street, Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09

The latest reason why Mr.. Littlefeld
should not be the candidate in the second
district is that he was rude TO the Hon.
Joseph II. Manley at the st. Louis con-
vention. II MIR. Mnnley has undertaken
to secure the punishment of all the Maine
people who were rude to him at that time
he has big job on his hands.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09
THE INFrRMARY INVESTIGATION

The Express has good deal to say
about what it stands to reason or doesn't
stand to reason that the trustees OF the
Eye and Ear Infrmary would do. Now
what they might, or could, or would do,
may be fruitful theme for an academic
discussion. But the public is concerned
lust at present with what they did do.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09

Just a Few Lines From Port
land, Me-, Where CUR.ICAN
Has Been Introduced Just
Two Weeks:

Portland, Me, Jan. s. 1893.
CUR-ICAN REMEDY co:
Gentlemen-Your valuable remedy has
cured me OF rheumatism IN my right arm,
which / WAS troubled with for ten weeks.
have bottle and would not be without IL.
can recommend IL to all my friends. Yours
respectfully.
tSigned) MERRITT DELANO.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-09
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY o,

1t Is pretty clear that the state College
has lost the grip on the legislature which
it had during the last two sessions, and
that It is liable to have to let go of the
continuing appropriation which the last
Legislature granted it There is danger
In too much greediness. s.s-.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-20
THE DEWEY's DEFEATED.

One of the pFettiest games of base
ball played at the Island park this sea-
son was that of yesterday afternoon
between the Cathedral high school boys
and the Deweys, of North Wheeling.
Both teams were in fine form and put
up game of ball worthy of profess
SIGNALS. The pitchers were very eff
fective and were instrumental in
keeping the score down. The fielding,
especially of the Cathedral boys, was
excellent, Truschel and Marley carry
ing off the honors.
The Deweys were somewhat handi-
capped, owing to the absence of a
couple of their regular players, but
Hanes, who did the twirling for them,
was very steady. Kelly, the Cathe-
drals crack pitcher, was quite an en-
igma for the Deweys, who failed 10
solve his puzzling curves.
Following is the score by innings:
C. II. S. ...0 2 2 0 as
Deweys .... 10 / 2 0--3