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NOR SALE-Faim OF about sixty acres near
Il Riverlon and Portland line, Is now being
offered at a considerable reduction from orig-
nal price. BENJAMIN SHAW & co, bIIa
Exchange St 2s-i
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1T WAS 1870.

when Colby Met the Youthful Giant. OF
Phillips Exeter.
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BATES, l6; U. OF M. o.

A Decisive victory On Wet Field at
Orono.
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EOR SALE-Twofamiiy house on Brackett
St. west OF Carleton; rare chance for a
home with an income of go per month from
rents. except what owner would occupy; n
great bargain TO close an estate; 1000 feet of
land; FIRST time offered. W. II. WALDRON s.
CO., 1870 Middle 81. SOL
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II Jewel adjusted Pat. regulator nickel Elgin
Silverine case, $500. b. W. RAYMOND II and
81 jewel adjusted Is the hes: Railroad Watch.
These watches will pass the Inspection. Nc
kENNEY. the Jeweler, Monument Square.
teg
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Forty words Inserted under this head
enc week for 40 cents, cash In advance.
RELIABLE BOSTON LODGING HOUSE,

VfELIABLE HUSION LDDGTNG HOT9E-
~ Beautifully furnished house; ~ rooms
steam heat velyet carpets, lace draperies, oak
and upholstered furniture latest patterns, table
desks, ali squa rooms. movable gas lamps for
table or mantle; rooms rented to college profess
sors, members OF the legislature aud business
men; Income. reservlng 2rOoms s22s per mo. /;
pitce Si4O1; years lease; house Just a. repre-
sented; sickness causes sale. HAYDEN &
CO., Beacon lilll Brokers. opp. State House.
No. 14O Bowdoin St.. Boston, Mass. 500
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MISCELLANEOUS.

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CLOCK REPAIRING.

WE have made speciality OF clock repairing
w for years and are perfectly familiar with
II In all of its branches. Our prices are reason
able. Drop US postal aud we will call for your
clock and return IL when done without extra
charge. MCKINNEY. the Jeweler. Monument
Square. Portland. tani2du
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LAKM FOR SALE-The late
IL ford farm Is for sale and will be sold at a
bargain to satisfy the heirs. Apply on the prem
ises. Pond Cove, Cape Elizabeth. Me. 14la
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EOR SALE OR TO LET-The very desirable
house. located 125 Emery street. fitted for
one family, contains rooms. with all the
modern improvements. There Is good sized
lot.Xitn same. For full particulars inquire Of
Az LIBBY & Co. AZ l-2 Exchange st. 25-l
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TRAVELLING man; position permanent; Sc
per month and expenses. References re
CURED. CLARK & CO., 23I s. 18th. ST.. Phila.
Pa. Sept Oft
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NOR SALE-Two family house. IA rooms and
Il bath, suit paTlors. dining room, kitchen
and bed room first floor. hot and cold water,
ample heat for both tenements large lot and
| stable between Preble and Green streets. good
neghborhood, bargain. W. H.:wALDR0N
& CO.. ESQ Middle street. ISL
The times., 1899-01-22
More War Literature.

The Fall of Santiago" by Thomas ].
Vivian, will be a disappointment to those
who read the authors former work, With
Dewey at Manila" The Manila battle
esque, altogether the best story of that
great naval victory which has been pub
lished. 1t brought the whole scene so
vividly before the minds eye that one felt
as if listening 10 someone who had actu-
ally participated in the battle Of Cavite
Bay. This piece of work was the more
remarkable because it was quickly done.
1t appeared within q few weeks after the
news OF Deweys fight reached this coun-
try. THE Fall OF Santiago" for some
reason or other, fails just where the for
mer book succeeded. II may be because
the land and naval operations which re-
suited in the capture of Santiago are much
more complicated than the comparatively
simple achievement of Dewey, and it may
be for some other reason; but Mr.. Vivian s
work on the Cuban section of the war is
not anything like his work on the Philip
pine episode. II is slipshod in places and
slightly Inaccurate in other places, and the
narrative as a whole lacks continuity and
finish. Such words as "enhaloes," mini
flying" and ''pyramidical" are not neces-
sary, and they injure the beautiful sim
plicity which should characterize story
of battle. The illustrations are numerous,
but not particularly good. INew York: r.
+. Fenno & Co. Sl.50)
The times., 1899-01-22
A Book of play-.

plays, Pleasant and Unpleasant" by
G. Bernard Shaw is one of those books
whose cleverness no one can deny, and
whose pleasantness no one can admit.
One Of the plays, Arms and the Man"
has been seen here, and had It not been
interpreted by SO artistic an actor as
Mansfield, would probably have been a dis
tinct failure. OF the other dramas, You
Never Can TELL and Candida are call
ed by Mr.. Shaw pleasant" plays. while
"Widowers' Houses, THE Philanderer,"
and Mrs Warren's Profession" are STYLED
unpleasant"
Some OF these dramas are better fitted
for use upon the stage than others, but
the impression which they create is on
the whole. that Mr.. Shaw mistook his vo-
cation when he wrote them in that form
rather than as novels. To be sure play
may be literary, just as novel may
be dramatic, and both articles are the
better for some foreign admiXture of this
sort. The old plays are more literary
than anything which we see nowadays;
there are few of them which would
not make as good or better novels than
the average romance of their day; one
reason for this was that the world al
that time studied human nature at the
theatre instead Of in print During the
extent exactly the opposite condition; our
novels are essentially dramatic, because
so large a percentage of noVel-readers
do not often see a good play. Human pa-
ture must have the dramatic in some form
or other, the imagination must be stirred
and kindled, and If this cannot be done
either through the theatre or through
literature We have men turning to emo
tional religion OF intense excitement Of
some other kind.
This, however, is a side issue The main
fact to be considered is that 6. Bernard
Shaw is a man who has sufficient indie
pendence, insight, and literary power 10
write very good study of human nature
in the form OF novel. He could not
write a novel which would appeal TO the
masses, because he is not of them; he
does not feel with them, and it may be
stated as an axiom that the man who is
incapable of such an achievement is also
incapable OF writing Il successful play.
The man who writes a play cannot write
solely to the orchestra; he must speak to
the gallery in comprehensive way. And
Mr.. Shaw's plays are written TO the
orchestra; some of them seem to have been
written solely for his own amusement. They
are psychological problems, not plays They
follow the school OF Ibsen afar off. Mr.
Shaw clearly recognizes this quality in
himself when he begs that his works be
printed as well as acted. He gives as a
reason the fact that the average English
family is so little given TO social life that
IL is an exceptional thing for one or more
Of the members to attend the theatre, and
that unless his plays are printed they can
not reach as wide a popularity as they
ought TO have.
This, 30 far as one can follow the some
what tangled reasoning in the mind of this
eccentric author, means that II his plays
are not popular It is not the fault OF the
The times., 1899-01-22
CURRENT VERSE.


BOYS, are We calling a toast tonight?
CHear what a sca-vind saith
FIJI for a bumper strong and bright,
And here's to Admiral Death,
He's sailed in a hundred builds o. boat,
He's fought in a thousand kinds o coat,
He's the senior flag of all that fleet.
And his names Admiral Death.
Which Of YOU looks for service free?
(Hear what the sea. wind Siith)
The rules OF the service are but three
When We sail with Admiral Death.
Steady your hand in time o squalls.
Stand TO the last by him that falls.
And answer clear 10 the voice that calls,
"Ay, ay. Admiral Desth!'
How will ye know him among the rest2
(Hear what the sea wind saith
By the CLINT o. the stars that cover his breast
Ye may find Admiral Death.
BY the forehead grim with an acient scar,
BY the voice that rolls like thunder far,
BY the tcnderest eyes Of all that are,
Ye may know Admiral Death.
Where are the lads that sailed before?
UIcar what the sea-wind ,aith)
Their bones are white many shore,
They sleep with Admiral Death.
Oh, but they loved him, Young and old,
For he left the laggard, and took the bold,
And the fight was fought, and the storys told
And they sleep with Admiral Death.
Henry Newbolt.
The times., 1899-01-22

Yearly. with tent and rifle, our careless white
By the T Pass OF Muttianee. to shoot in the vale
below.
Yearly by Muttianee he follows our white men
Matun the old blind beggar, bandaged from brow
to chin.
Eyeess, noseless and toothiess, of broken
speech,
Seeking a dole at the doorway, he muHlbles ms
Over and over the story, ending as he began:
Make We no truce with Adam zad-the bear that
walks like man.
'rrherc was a flint in my muskct-pricked and
prmed the pan,
When l went hunting Adam zad the bear that
stands like a
looked my last on tie timber, looked my last
on the snow
When went hunting Adamzad nifty summers
agoi
81 knew his times and seasons as he knew mine
that fed
BY night in the ripened maizefeld and robbed
my house Of bread
knew his strength and cunning, as he knew
mine that crept
At dawn to the crowded goatpens and plundered
while slept.
'J-p from his stony pI1ygromd-down from his
well-dgged lair
Out the naked ridges Adanzad the bear,
Two long marches to northward, and was at
his heels
"Two full marches TO northward, at the fall Of
the second night,
1 came on mine enemy, Adam-zad, all weary
from his flight.
There was a charge in the mI,ket-pricked and
primed the pan
My finger crooked on the triggcr-when he reared
up like a man!
Horrible, hairy. human, with paws like hands
Making his supplication. rose Adam-zad. the beari
/ looked at the swaving shoulders, at the
paunch's swag and swing.
And my heart was touched with pity for the
monstrous pleading thing.
Touched with pity and wonder, did not fire
no more with men
Nearer he tottered and nearer, with paws like
From s bToE to t" jaw RI he stea=hod paw it ripped
my face away
Sudden, silent and savage, soaring as fame the
Faceless / fell before his feet fifty summers ago,
! heard him grunt and chucklc-I heard him
pass 10 his den.
He left me blind 10 the dlrkling years and the
little mercy of men.
"Now We go down IN the morning with guns of
That load q have tciD in the middle and the
range Il have heardl 4 mile?
Luck to the white mans rifle, that shoots so
fast and true
But-pay, and lit my bandage and show what
the bear do
CFIesh like Stag in the furnace, knobbed and
withered and gray
Matun. the old blind beggar, lie gives good
worth for his pay,
''Rouse him at noon in the bushes, follow and
press him hard
Not for his raging and roarings finch ye from
Adam-zad.
'sBut (pay, and I put back the bandage), this
is the time TO fear,
When he stands up like tired man, tottering
near and near;
When he stands up as pleading, in monstrous
man-brute guise.
When he wells the hate and cunning of the little
swinish eyes.
"When he shows Is seeking quarter, with paws
like hands in prayer
That is the time OF peril the time OF the Truce
OF the Bear
Eyeless, noseless, and lpc-~. asking dole at
the door.
Matun, the old blind bcggar. ne tells it DER and
Fumbiing and feeling the rifles, warming his
hands at the fame.
Hearing careless white men talk OF the NOR
rows game;
Over and over the story. ending as he began:
There Is no truce with AIam z.ll the bear that
looks like man
-Rudyard Kipling.
The times., 1899-01-22
A New Book by krch -ieI.

The musical as well as the literary
H. E. Krehblel, and his latest contribu-
tion to the literature of music bears the
somewhat non -committal title of Music
and Manners" On investigation one
finds that it is a series of "reminiscences
the character OF which is indicated with
sufficient clearness by the chapter head
ings. They are Poets Music IDEAL
ing with the poet GrayJ Haydn in Lon
don, Mozart Centenary Treating of
the composers domestic life, of SaIzburg
of the music at the festival, and of Da
POnte in New York;; Beethoven and His
Blographer, and Reflections in Wei
mar on the influence of Goethe and
LisZt. These "reminiscences. anecdotes.
and reflections are thoroughly fascinat 6.
Here, for example, is the very first
chapter. which contains several para
graphs worth quoting verbatim.
"But the two most interesting items OF the cat
alOgue yet unmcntioncd. one is the !abori-
Gus collection OF manuscript music that GRAY
compiled in Italy. while frivolous Horace Wal
pole eating iced fruits in a domino to the
sound OF a guitar. Lamprrelli. PergOlesi, Arri-
gon, Galuppi-he lad ransackrd them all noting
the school ot the composer and the source OF the
piece selccted-coTl ing out religiously even the
REGGIE per Accompaniment ~
II IS thus that Austin Dolson alludcs. in one OF
ms 'tlghtetnth Century Nlgncttes, I" por-
llon OF the library OF the author Of The "L!cGy
ing with a cataI"a1,s Of sij~ NJ tho ran,.s H.
brary, which took place in ISL. as his guide.
The second ot the 'two most interesting items
was an interleaved copy Of the "Systcrna Nat
VI utLe, ny l-lhiaeIs, winch hf; RuskIh exhibited
,;,s and aiIs 'r,,u a. 10 tl'tE mar
in Latin and illustrated bv Gr,iT iimscS Min,
dclicately finished pen and ink drawings of birds
and insects This Mr.. Dot,son had seen when
ne Nfole ms vEhette entitled ""ray's Library
I,,5 H. r .y sy'iS.',m ] G mus ne never
il In lss7 the .,Nry Y"rl Triir" ,,,iI
a chapter 10 It's history, telling how. al A -,lr
of some Of the books of Charles W Frederick. son
I Ssince dead m lsso, the aucuoneer, Mir. Bangs.
nld houg'. Inc musical manuscripts himself and
music lovers in the United States and Great Br,r-
ain lincw and loved as Annie Louise carr Fr,ru
Mrs Raymond's hands they pa.,rd into tbosr ni
their present owner aud they are at this moment
I'1!i uo"" .''' III" "'IIs' % m' one oi ms
twcIy" inches lou,, and n,rn n",u'''S are 't' y
vary in thickness. containing on an ayrr1g.. Hra
hundred sheets of extremely heavy handmade
paper. The edges are untrimmcd. The sheets
are bonnd stouily IN hogskin covers, most Of
Miid are ielte,tu On the .AeA anu ironi IN tho
no,,tio,s a. - o,,''.oi, ,,,.t, H. gray an
operas from which The airs We're ,aEen ,iis ti,
names of the dramatic personares who sang
them, and the names OF singers whom he had
The times., 1899-01-22

play. but the fault of the public,
which prefers to sit at home with a book,
rather than go to the theatre. But the
really good play takes these people out
of their homes to see it, not only for
season, but for many years in sue
cession. 1t does this because there is a
quality in il which cannot he reached
without Interpretation by the actor; be-
cause it needs the living breathing human
being to supplement and explain its words.
The great play is not altogether a matter
of lines and construction; il owes part
of its greatness to the business" which
the actor puts in, and which no one can
imagine for himself. Fancy reading Rip
Van Winkle" in the solitude of ones
home and trying to create the atmosphere
of Jefferson's production, The pleasure
of reading Shakespeare is great. but to an
ordinary person, who might fail to grasp
the subtle shades of meaning in his words,
the complex variations of character which
he portrayed, the Interpretation of a great
actor or actress is almost Indispensable.
Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted,
not to be read. If he had lived in a the
atreless age he might have been nov
elist; as it was. he was a playwright; and
his works are not novels or histories. but
dramatic compositions. Mr. Shaw may
be a clever man, but if his plays cannot
hold the attention of the public without
having been studied and rehearsed at
home they are not true plays.
But. says Mr.. Shaw. n play may be bad
ly acted. True. and a symphony may be
badly executed. but that does not prove
that one should sit at home and read the
notes and try to imagine what the sym
phony would be like if List were at the
piano. rather than listen to performer of
less genius than List. In the remarkable
argument with which he has filled his pre-
face Mr.. Shaw shows considerably more in
genuity than logic.
In short. throughout his book. as
throughout his preface, Mr. Shaw shows
the extraordinary flashes of intuition
which are the birthright of the Kelt, to-
gether with the absolutely irrational con
meeting links of argument which are apt
10 exist in the work Of the eccentric. With
balance wheel of some sort he might
have been a genius; as it is, he is brilliant
His work is not great, but it is clever, it
is interesting, and it is original TO a GER
tain extent. He has marvellous power OF
seeing half truth very clearly and not
troubling himself about the other half
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Coz
The times., 1899-01-22

the eventful and condensed kind. Mr..
Stephens has made something of a reputa-
tion as a writer OF books OF adventure,
and this one surpasses all the rest of his
works in the rapidity and exciting nature
of the hero's experiences. He is a Penn
sylyania youth of nineteen or twenty when
he starts on "the road to Paris of which
he has dreamed since childhood; and in
the course of a very few years he has ad-
ventures enough to last most men through
a long life. In company with an old
Scotch soldier, Tom McAlister, a sort OF
reflection of Mulvaney, the youth joins the
American troops shortly before the battle
of Lexington; he goes with them to Que
bee; he is taken as a prisoner to England:
he has various lively and dangerous ex-
periences in that country; on reaching
Paris he almost Immediately gets himself
involved in political intrigue. and is
obliged to fly to Hesse- Cassel, wherc he
and his lady love, ladyin- waiting to
the Landgravine, are mixed up in n court
intrigue of the most approved sort. After
some hair-raising episodes and more or
less bloodshed they finally make their way
back to Paris, where the author leaves
them, it may possibly be to life of Sc
renity. The reader is inclined to believe,
however. that "a man of the disposition of
Dick Wetheral must have kept his fami-
ly in hot water most of the time, in so1.e
way or other. The impression which one
gets OF the book in retrospect is that of a
man going swiftly through series of tight
places, his enemies clutching at his heels
while his friends drag him out by the hair
There is nothing monotonous about a book
like that. Boston: l.. C. Page & Co. S1.25.)
Her Memory" by Maarton Martens,
is the story of a man who lost an adored
wife, and for long time refused to be
consoled, but. finally, in lieu of the best.
accepted the second best, and married an
old sweetheart of his boyhood, who, with
out much ideality, still possessed a kind
heart and much common sense That is
all that the average reader will find in the
book. There is great deal of sentiment.
some of it not of very subtle kind, and
one becomes a little tired of the incurable
grief. which is, nevertheless, finally cured
before the end OF the book. Real tender
ness of sentiment is not quite so ELUSIVE
The most perfectly drawn figure in the
book is the little child Margaret, and the
moods and changes of Il growing girl are
portrayed with great deal of insight and
sympathy. The strongest point in the
story, artisticaliy, is the continual contrast
between the inner life of the widower
and the outer life of the world, which is
subtly but strongly brought out New
York: d. Appleton & Co. Sl.5OD
The times., 1899-01-22
\ Ballu,Ie of Petition.

The Blue >kallalstoot stories are all morning
stories.-Rudy.rd hpliug.
Prince OF the F'n, your work comprises
Love and Sorrow. and Peace and War;
Your versatile genius authorizes
The babbc uI babes aud the jungle roar.
Tales You tell Of the crew and corps
The old official and Young recruit.
We've all read these. and We begs for more
We want the Blue ShallIlatOOt.
The weird name battles all surmscs,
Its strange uncertainty we'd explore;
For ever the heart oi man Gcspises
The mysteries he has solved before;
We only delyc ior the hidden ore,
We crave unknown, not forbidden. fruit;
Give US the troaSUc YOU have in store,
We want the Blue Shallllatout-
Tell us. We pray. Whist his shape and size is,
Why is he blue, and what is he ior?
Recount his exciting enterprises,
Where lie resided Jui what he wore;
Tell us his history. umplurc,
Sharpen your quill tune your lutte.
In verse story Indian lore.
We want the Blue SkallIlatoot.
ENVOY:
Kipling. we've read your warns OF yoTe,
How BaghceTa gTowlei and Mulvaney swore
Now. whether he's Man. Thing, or Brute,
We want the Blue Skallalat0ot.
Carolyn Wells.
The times., 1899-01-22
A History of the War with Spain.

History of the Nnr W TN SPAIN
Since the events of the late war have
passed into history there has been dis
position on the part of various authors TO
write that history as soon as possible.
The first important work of this kind is
the History of the Spanish American
War; by Henry Watterson. The book is a
large one, fully illustrated, and dealing, in
Mr.. Watterson's Characteristic style, with
all the important events of the war, and
with our relations with Spain. There are
biographies of all the principal American
leaders. portraits of leaders on both sides,
pictures of the principal battleships, OF
scenes in Havana. Santiago, Porto Rico
and the Philippines. In addition to the
ordinary illustration in black and white
there are three or four double full page
pictures of battle scenes. in colors. An
other feature of the book which will be
noted in glancing over its pages is the
number of quotations which it contains.
Mr.. Watterson has wisely maze use in
many cases of live newspaper and maga-
zine accounts of land and naval battles,
written by men who were on the scene
and whose words have a virility and force
which cannot be secured by paraphrase.
Mr.. Watterson is first in the field, and he
has covered his ground. These two facts
should insure the popularity of his book.
Those who are familiar with the style
OF Mr.. Watterson will be impressed with
the fact that he has subdued it somewhat
to suit the requirements OF historical
narrative, which demands more dignifed
and judicial treatment than the hurly-
burly of current politics. One of the
things especially evident in the book is
the desire of the author to treat impair
TALLY all the persons concerned, 10 as
sumo, as far as possible, the calm and dis
passionate attitude of those who write of
events three centuries instead of three
months past. He declares in his preface
that there is glory enough to 90
around" lin the famous phrase of Admi-
raj Schley) and II seems TO be his en-
deavor throughout the book to give every
man a little more than his due, if possible,
and TO offend no one. Regarding the
Sampson -Schley controversy he is very
deliberate in his judgment, finally con-
Guiding, however, that the victory belongs
TO Sampson. Even in the case of the
Spaniards he is as lenient as possible as
cribing many of the reports Of their bad
qualities to the heat of public opinion.
And on the whole when one is writing
history almost on the battlefield, this
mild and tolerant attitude is very wise in
deed. (Akron, Ohio: The Werner Com
pany.J