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The times., 1899-10-01
Climax.

Dead at the climax.
Music, color, love.
Mounting in triple blazoned majesty;
Gift of the gods all other gifts above,
So fell the golden Greeks Of tragedy!
Now, while the trumpets knock upon the gates;
Now, while the crash of brass intoxicates.
Dead at the climax This is victory!
His overturned chariot wins the race,
As Deaths voice sweeps the field where mortals
fee,
And hoarse with blood-stained triumph cries;
'Give place.
Dead at the climax, While with life elate
Dead at the climax o, slIpremest fatei
Martha Dickinson, in the Century.
The times., 1899-10-01
The Unnttained.

Lite some rapt Poet, hand-casped with Desire,
Pacing through dew and dark,
II haply he may learn upon his Tyre
The lyric of a lark
So l. Handicapped with Dreams, oft times afar
Through sphere celestial stroll,
If hapiy / may reach the certain star,
Where dwells her sainted soul.
Clarence Urmy, in the Bookman.
The times., 1899-10-01

The mere title of "Scoundrels & Co.,
Limited by Coulson Kernahan, is enough
10 attract any number of readers and the
ingenuity of his plot will certainly held
them. 1t would be hard TO find such di-
verting company of scoundrels as are here
gathered together. and the developments in
their diabolical plots are as surprising to
themselves sometimes as to the reader.
Mr. Kernahan has invented new kind of
villainy, for which he should be given all
possible credit
The times., 1899-10-01

''The Private Lives of Emperor William
II and His Consort," by Mr. Henry w.
Fischer, which Messrs. George Barrie &
Son have had in preparation for the last
eighteen months, are at last announced
definitely for publication on October 16.
The author, who is we'll known both as a
foreign correspondent and as translator of
Field Marshal Won Moltke's works, pub
lished by the Messrs. Harper is said to
have obtained most OF the facts upon which
his work is based from lady of title, who
for many years held the post of imperial
and royal maitresse de maison in the pal
aces at Potsdam and Berlin. The excep-
tional opportunities which person in her
position enjoyed for observing the init
macies of life at the Prussian court has
enabled Mr.. Fischer TO produce a volume
which promises to be more entertaining
than discreet.
The times., 1899-10-01
NOTES AND QUERIES.

what day. month. and year bring the present
oeRtpry 10 its closer n n. n.
December 81. 1900
The times., 1899-10-01

Messrs Charles Scribner's Sons will
publish this season Cosmo Monkhouses S
British Contemporary Artists" Mr..
Monkbouse holds a position in the civil
service, being assistant secretary (finance)
of the Board of Trade. He entered the
Board of Trade as a junior supplementary
clerk in 1857, when he was seventeen years
old, his education having been obtained at
ST. Paul's school. In 1S70-71 he visited
South America and made a report on the
hospitaI accommodations for seamen at the
principal South American ports He has
published several volumes of poems. a
novel "A Question of Honor" biograp phies
of Turner and Leigh Hunt and many ar
ticles on English and Italian art
The times., 1899-10-01

1.-The Pail Mall Magazine" for October
photogravure which forms the frontispiece
is from THE Wood Nymph," by Burne-
Jones. Some of the names which adorn
the table of contents are those of Gilbert
Parker, George Gissing, Flora Annie Steel,
William Archer, Mary Angela Dickens, and
H. G. Wells These names alone should
insure a rich feast for the lover of fiction
and miscellaneous other things.
The times., 1899-10-01

The finest article in the October Cos
mopolitan' is that of Mark Twain on
Christian Science and the Book of Mrs
Eddy" The world has waited long for
this, and it is not disappointment There
is an interesting illustrated article on THE
Stage in Mexico" by Thomas Brown, and
The Lady in the Box is a story by Frank
r. Stockton. Frank Eberle writes of zinc
mining in the United States, and Prince
Fabien Colonna OF the Bonapartes of to-
day.
The times., 1899-10-01

The rough part Of the Atlantic Ocean,
between the 10th and 50th parallels Of north
latitude
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ng-fhiilppihes and Fiiplnosf RFADf-H
Philippines is the English name for the
islands and Filipinos the Spanish name for
the inhabitants. which We have adopted
The Dutch live in Holland. you know.
The times., 1899-10-01

What IS the Canal Bilir about which 50
much has been written in Germany f. r. NJ
The times., 1899-10-01

Please give me definite idea Of the states
General Of France LRP
The times., 1899-10-01

What is the meaning Of the expression. IN.
roaring forfiess'' y
The times., 1899-10-01

Mr.. Rhodes is an eloquently silent man. He
talks little but his paucity Of words is no cri-
ierion of their weight. lie can condense a chap
ter into word and book into sentence. The
whose hobby is to run an empire is almost
as silent as the Sphinx in the land toward which
the empire Is being elongated. His sentences are
short and curt II want railroad here or
We want this nine,' or 1--WE must have this
The times., 1899-10-01

A bill appropriating 400. 600. 600 marks for
the improvement of canals and rivers in
the German Empire
The times., 1899-10-01

In what year was the rate Of interest in New
York changed from TO per cent? r. C
The times., 1899-10-01

1t was the legislative body of France be-
fore the revolution. IL signifies a general
as opposed to a provincial legislature.
The times., 1899-10-01

Capt. Jasper Ewing Brady draws largely
from his own exciting career in Tales of
the Telegraph which the Doub eday &
Mcclure Company will publish this month.
Starting as a student in the ham fac
tory" whore young men learn te,egraphy,
he became an operator, dispatcher, and
then entered the Signal Service of the
United States Army, rising ultimately to
captaincy. The book sets forth in lively
fashion the strung existence of a
man who jumps from the frying pan of
train despatcher's office into the fire of
wartime signal corps.
The times., 1899-10-01

In 1850. on January /. Since then New
York has iegalized any rate OF interest
on call loans of $1,000 or more with coIlat-
eral as security.
The times., 1899-10-01

1t is a new idea for an eminent man to
superintend the preparation of his own
biography, and it's very novelty promises
to make a particularly interesting book
of the Life of Sir Arthur Sullivan which
is to be published this fall by Messrs.
Herbert S. Stone e Co.. Mr.. Arthur Law
renee is the author, and he has had access
to the letters of the great composer and
the additional advantage of personal inter
course and consultation with him. The
"reminiscences of the men with whom Sir
Arthur Sullivan has come in contact have
a special charm, and the personality Of the
musician himself is one that will bear
the most searching scrutiny.
The times., 1899-10-01

What is the reason for the difference In spslt-
ing Philippines and Fihpinoss READER
The times., 1899-10-01

Dr. Horace Howard Furness's distin-
guished literary abilities and pre- eminence
as Shakespearean authority received rec
ognition by Cambridge University, Eng
land, which recently conferred on him the
degree of D. Lit, an honor shared by only
two other American scholars, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes and Charles Eliot Norton He
has just returned TO America; and an ad-
dition to his Yarierum Edition OF Shakes
peare's plays is announced for publication
this fall by the J. B. Lippincott Company.
the new volume to be Much Ado About
Nothing
The times., 1899-10-01

''The Barrys,' by Shan F. Bullock, is a
novel of Irish country life which will be
published this month by the Doubleday G
Mcclure Company. In Nan, the heroine,
the reader will find a character whose
strong wholesome personality will cause
her TO be remembered
The times., 1899-10-01

Mr. Stanley Waterloo is undertaking a
very serious work on the subject of Chris
tian Science and it threatens to be the
theme for much discussion. He is going
into the subject of the many vagaries and
beliefs of this day and generation with a
thsroughness which they have not yet re-
ceiyed at the hands of a writer of fiction
The times., 1899-10-01

1--WE VIM (''The Life and Adventures of
a Young Railroader'D is new railroad
story from the pen of Mr. Herbert E.
Hamblen to appear this month, and it will
not disappoint those who have followed
his earlier work. 1t is wholesome and
thoroughly American story, which will in
terest the older readers as well as the
boys for whom it is primarily intended.
Doubleday & Mcclure Co. are the pub
liSherS
The times., 1899-10-01

Averages novel of New York life
by Eleanor Stuart, is announced by the
Appletons.
The times., 1899-10-01

that the melting point of ice is lowered by
pressure. and the process known as rege-
lation follows.
How many words are spoken per minute by the
average speaker? .. What is the greatest num-
Der Of words written by any stenographer
in a single minute? g. How many words per
minute can the average stenOgrapher write Of
unpracticed matterg C. P. S.
From 100 to 125. 2. This record is
claimed for Isaac Dement,, of Quincy, H..
with a performance OF 402 words on March
13. 1897. 3. One hundred, more or less;
it is difficult to strike an average of ste
nographers, very few of whom are compe-
tent to make accurate full reports OF such
extended matters as lectures or sermons;
this is because business correspondence is
the sole practice of so many OF them
What and where is the ..Lia-FaiIg- ,. What
Is the legendary city Of is2 3. What Is the ori-
ein Of the word ''Mascot2'' T. Who was "OId
King Cole and what is the date of the nursery
rhyme that celebrates him and his fddiers? s.
Who Rubezahlf NC.
The Stone OF Destiny on which the an
eient Irish Kings sat at their eoFonati a.
and according to tradition. wherever that
stone might be. the people about would
be dominant. il was removed to Scone
Abbey and from there Edward took it to
London. 1t is kept in Westminster Abbey
under the royal throne on which the Eng
lish soyereigns sit at their coronation. ?.
city. now Hit. In the south OF MesopO-
tamia eight days Journey from Babylon.
Near it were the springs of asphaitum that
was used in place Of mortar in Babylon's
walls. 8. From the French word mas
cote" a gamblers term, meaning a luck
piece or talisman. 4 Probably either Coil
| or Coil H. who were legendary British
Kings. The nursery rhyme is very old,
just how old We do not know. 5. A legen-
dary giant who commanded the gnOmes OK
the Hartz Mountains.
The times., 1899-10-01

A states that orthodox means sound in the
Christian faith, belief in the Scripture hence
that an IsraeiIte could not be described al an
orthodox jew" maintains the contrary.
winch IS rght2 MY c.
b is right The broad meaning of tAe
word is correct in doctrine" but various
religious bodies use the word differently,
the Greek Church denying it to Christians
not of its communion, the Roman Catholic
Church refusing it to Protsstants. and
Protestants generally applying it only 10
Trinitarians- Jews who observe carefully
the old laws and practices OF their faith
are spoken of as orthodox
The times., 1899-10-01

Do more than one Of our States hold to the
old-fashioned rule Of annual sessions? , Do not
some members Of State Legislatures give their
services free? ANTI
Six States. Georgia, Massachusetts. New
Jersey, New York. Rhode Island, and
South Carolina have annual sessions. 2.
We think not; at least, all are entitled to
pay. though the rates vary greatly. Rhode
Island allows dollar a day, and holds its
legislators services cheapest. The high
est rate by the day is California, IS; the
highest per session is 81 900 in Illinois,
though New Yorks annual rate of $500 is
highest of all.
The times., 1899-10-01

Appletons
In October the Lippincotts will bring
out a new book by Dr. C. w. Doyle the
author of the famous THE Tanning of the
Jungle" Immediately pronounced the
most notable new book of the hour" The
title of the new volume is THE Shadow of
Quong Lung" and it will be a revelation
of the Chinese quarter of San Francisco
and the life of its slave girls.
"The Courtship Of Morrice Buckler," at
traeted the attention of many thousands
of Americans to its author, A. E. w.
Mason, and it is pleasant to learn that
this promising young writer has just COM
pleted another novel that is announced for
immediate publication in the United States
and in Great Britain and her colonies.
Mr. Mason's American publishers re-
ceived a recent eablegram stating that the
title chosen is "The Watchers" The story
is said to be one of the stirring adventures
of a London IMAM -about-town in the
Scilly Islands in the middle of the eight
eenth century, and at the same time love
story of the most original sort, with ep-
isodes having to do with mesmerism in it's
early days.
The times., 1899-10-01

I am told that a piece of-wiFe laid across a
cake Of ice that is held above the grssnd with
heavy weights attached to the wire win cut its
way through the ice, but that its path viii be
filled by new ice, that the cake viii still be
whole when the wire has passed clear through it.
Now. how can ice melt and freeze at the same
temperature? y. A. t.
Il doesn't in the conditions you describe,
which constitute what is known as the
Bottomley experiment. The explanation is
that the melting point of ice is lowered by
pressure. and the process known as rege-
latiOn follows.
The times., 1899-10-01

Is the $50 gold coin known as a Slug a
United States eOin2 ,. What IS its market val
ne? 3. Is it contrary to law to paint a picture
OF an envelope containing a facsimile Of a
cancelled United States stamp2 A. C. B.
The $50 gold piece known as Slug
was cast by private parties In California
after the 40 gold rush. II is not a
United States coin. Some are SS7 fine and
some $50 fine. 2. The Treasury officials
do not give the market value Chief Will
kie, OF the Secret Service, asserts that it
is, unless authority to do so is specially
utes.
The times., 1899-10-01

What amount of cotton was raised in America
each year irom 1870 oag MIL
In 20. 70, '7S. and 70, 1900. 600 bales:
in IL IA. 20, n. and rs. 1900 600 bales;
in '79. so, 's2. 81, and 'S5. 5000 900 bales:
in 81, Sc. 81. and 90. 100000 bales: in
'SS, So. S9. 80. 81 and 90. 7.000, 600 bales:
in 81 and '97, S,0O0,00 bales: in 80 and
80. 100000 bales; in IS. II, 1,0e0. coo bales
The times., 1899-10-01

"A Text Book of Graphic Shorthand" is
the title of a new book by C. R. Lippmann.
from the Lippincott press. The system is
an adaptation of that invented by f. Y.
Gabelsberger about eighty years ago, based
upon simplification of the ordinary hand
writing of the period. 1t has been phe-
nomenally successful in Europe but has
never been successfully introduced in
America, owing to the fact that none who
knew the system was competent to perform
the adaptation.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-28
AROUND ~ALAMOGORD0.
The Beauties of the SaGramentos Charm a
Recent PENNSYLVANIA Visitor.

w. A. Coleman, of Scranton, Pa, who
accompanied Mr.. c. d. Simpson in his
trip through the county, is very en-
thusiastic in his praises of the section.
Interviewed by a News reporter, he said:
II certainly think that you have a
very nice place and the chances are the
best in the world for the building of a
good big city. Everything is surely
coming your way.
eyes, l visited C%loudcroft, but | can't
find words to express my opinion of the
wonderful scenery and climate there.
In fact, | don't believe that the words
have been coined to adequately express
the beauties of the place so that an
easterner can secure a clear conception
of it through he columns of a newspaper.
This is a magnificent country. If
vas a young a ! would not go home
again. | was never in a new place be-
fore that | did not soon tire of it and
long to go home, but here | feel as
though | would remain always. The
climate is unsurpassed in the world and
the whole section has great prospects
for the future. | can't see how it possibly
can make a failure. But in referring to
the climate again, it is my impression
that a man can add 25 years to his life
by coming here even after his race is
run in the east.
II saw the test of the water pressure
to-day and will confess that is the best /
ever witnessed. Whoever did the en-
gineering should receive a lot of credit
for it. | am also charmed with the
Jarillas. 1t is the new Ell Dorado of the
west. "-Alamogordo News.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-28
An Appeal for the Beers.

One of the ablest writers of England
is solve Schreiner," for many years a
resident of Africa. 1t was her pen
more than anything else that led to the
public condemnation OF the Jameson
raid, by the people in Great Britain and
Cecil Rhodes was made to feel her pow
er. At this point of the Transvaal
trouble, this vigorous writer, WHO has
lived among and knows the Beers,
writes al appeal to Englishmen to stay
their hands. To them she says:
"Let England clearly understand what
war in South Africa means. The largest
empire the world has ever seen will hurl
It's full force against a small state, and
about 10000 men. including lads of 16
and old men of 60, without a standing
army or organized commissariat. The
entire little people will have to resolve
itself into an army with their wives and
daughters, who will prepare the bread
and meat the farmers will put in their
s%addlebags when they 60 out to meet
the enemy. Today the women of the
Transvaal are demanding guns, and they
may take their part in the last stand.
We may crush the little people with the
aid of Australians and Canadians, since
the British isles seem unable to crush
them alone. We may take their land
and lower the little flag of his ~independ-
ence. so dear to the Boer, but we shall
have placed a stain upon our own that
centuries will not wash out. Only the
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-28
Not Good for California.

President Huntington, of the South
ern Pacific Railway company, appears
to have succeeded in buying the Croker
interests in that corporation through an
agent who represented that the pur-
Oh ase was for an English syndicate.
The Crockers are enterprising young
Californians who have done much to
help in the development of their state,
while Huntington has been antagon-
Using C~alifornians for many years and
cares nothing for the people or their
good will. While he is the greatest
railway manager in the country, he
rules the territory where he operates
with such a relentless policy that the
public will regret to learn that he has
acquired Independent control of the
railway system, in which he has hereto
fore had to have the cooperation of
the Croker or Stanford interests.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-28
PRESS COMMENT.
BIG TASK.

NAUhouS Oioy oo"l
Henry Watterson seems to be in earn,
est in his laudable effort to wean his be
loved Democratic party from its present
tendencies. He is undertaking a grea1
task, but he is working at it in his usua
vigorous and entertaining way. He be-
lieves in expansion and in the glory o.
his country's flag He does not want the
Democratic party to put itself in a po'
sition where the charge of treason and
disloyalty and reaction can be made
against it. He wants il to recover from
the fright which the bug-a-boo of i'm
~perialism has given it.
Great responsibilities to the world and
to future generations rest on the United
States government, growing out of the
events of the past year, and Henry
Watterson thinks the Democratic party
should accept these responsibilities and
vie with the Republicans in the desire
to bear them manfully, instead of shud-
dering at them and beating a cowardly
retreat from them. Push American
prestige to the uttermost. Plant Amer
lean liberty wherever on the face of the
earth destiny opens the opportunity, and
recognize the tremendous benefits that
must accrue to America in the way of
broadening the character Of citizenship
and of charging the boundaries of trade
and classifying the vision of the people
respecting problems that are before the
country for solution.
In a word, carry out the great plans
which have CHANGED to be started under
a Republican administration. He is a
wise counsellor, but it is greatly to be
feared that he is not counseling with
wise men when he appeals to the pres
ent Democratic leaders.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-28

The southern politicians should get
out an injunction against the Yankees
going down there from New England
with their employees to operate cotton
mills and other industries, for these peo-
pie will wish to vote for congressman
and "a president who favor protection.
Protection doctrine is certainly spread
maiorities must disappear when the peo-
pie learn that prosperity is dependent
upon business legislation of this char
actpr
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-28
tile Americans would b

Little Americans would be d good
name for citizens of this country who
are always opposed to the growth of the
nation. The United States has never
enlarged her holdings by war or pur-
chase without a swarm of diminutive in
dividuals being developed. They do
harm when war is in progress by maxi
ing the enemy think home influence will
cause its abandonment if begun. Kruger
thinks he will meet a divided nation and
AguinaIdo has hopes along the same
line. If either of them knew how de-
termined are the masses of the people
in each case to carry a contest to a sue
cessful issue, resistance would 10
pp1Sp
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-28

Of agitation on the free silver question
because of the combinations effected
there in the past by Col. Bryan have
spoken in no uncertain tone their opin-
ion on the money issue. In the state
convention the following was adopted as
one OF the planks of the party platform:
We adhere unequivocally to the gold
standard, and are unalterably opposed
to the free coinage of silver. Gold has
been our standard since 1884, and is now
the standard Of every civilized and inn
portant country in the world, After
more than twenty years of harmful agi-
%tation, and a campaign of extraordinary
earnestness and full discussion, the peo-
pie of the United States by a majority
of more than 500, 900 decided in favor of
that standard. Our experience and pre-
sent prosperity in the amplest and full
lest measure, demonstrate the wisdom of
that decision"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-28

Secretary Root has announced that he
will not be moved ''by the clamor of the
press" SOM specimens of the bilious
variety having been telling him what to
do and how to do it. The New York
Journal charges extravaganza in the
purchase of supplies. 1t is conceded by
the English press and many opposition
journals at home that the cost of the
wal in the Philippines has been particu-
larly light; that the executive manage
ment of the whole struggle, from the
time of it's ~incipiency up to the present,
has been mastery. The Spanish war
cost several millions less than the esti-
mates, and it is safe to predict that the
Philippine campaign will turn out quite
as well.