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rne o1a compositor,. PIaInt.

The Old C0mpositof,s Titih'.
I hear the roar and rattle of the linotype ma
chine,
And watch the nimble fingers OF the operator
As he sweeps the sentient keys,
With unerring skill and ease;
But / miss the merry music Of the eheA' eheA'
When the letters danced together in the Old-time
stick.
see the shining metal as it issues from its
A slug of antimcny that has learned to read
and spell.
Oh, it may be very fine
As it leaps into the line,
But it lacks the ringing rhythm of the click,
When the letters danced together in the old-tine
stick.
There was poetry of motion, there was dignity
In the Gutenberg disciple as he stood before his
Building out of metal bits
All the wisdom of the wits.
All the music OF the masters in the click, click,
OF the types that used to gather in the Old-time
stick.
mark the mechanism Of the MergenthaleT mill
Grinding language in his hopper with delibeFa-
tive skill;
Turning out with measured speeu
Thoughts that he who runs may read;
But its monotone is discord to the click, click
OF the e"Gns merry metal midgets in the Old-time
stick.
To Mergenthaler's genius wiz bow and doff my
hat
He has built great autOmaton, useful one
at that:
But its harsh and horrid noise
Crates upon the printer boys
Whose fancies love to hnger in the oid-time
--H Robert Love. in the Inland Printer.
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equipment, and finally, in many cases, dis
appeared altogether.
still another Interesting point in the his
t.y of angels In art is the change in ex-
preston which took place from time TO
time. The author remarks that Fra An
gelico's angels, maintained by him to have
been drawn from models seen in dreams,
were the only ones which really had a SUI
perhuman expression. 1t must be confess
ed that many of the angels of later years
are very human indeed and Mrs. Clement
naively remarks that one is obliged to look
at the title of the picture to see whether
some artists intended small unclothed
figures for cherubs or Cupids. (Boston:
L. C. Page & Co. Washington: Ballantyne
81 90 per yol)
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thought that l draw the power to rise from the
depths of despair; to send out the thrilling cry
Of a man who has begged for 20 long for HIM
self, for those whom he loves, cnly Tor justice
and truth-nothing but truth.
These passages are like hundreds OF 9TH
ers in the book, full of simplicity, pathos,
and touching confidence in the one human
lore which must have seemed to the inn
prisoned man like a brilliant star in a
storm swept sky. From the widespread
interest which the Dreyfus case has awak-
ened in this country, the book should have
a large sale. (New York: Harper & Bros.
81 90
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GirIs.

Hali-blown rosebuds, rich and sweet,
Fairest form OF the incomplete,
How should one with a heart TO spare
Choose between you, dark and tair9
Only when the bud uncloses,
Takes its rank among the roses,
Only then we may behold
Cankered core or heart of gold
-Jeannie Peet, in the Ceatcry.
The times., 1899-08-06

Where Is The Fourteenth United States In
iantFy at this time2 g. NJ ~
AT Manila.
The times., 1899-08-06
a nnllnae of midsummer.

The heat wave sweeps along the street,
The torrid ripples mark its flow;
Successive bilIows follow fleet.
And blister all things with their glow,
No puff OF air swings 10 and fro;
No gentle zephyr stir5 the trees,
o. for the winds that o'er ocean blow!
o. for breath OF the salt sea breeze!
Along the shadeless ways you greet
No damsel fair. no buckrammed beau
The solitude is ruled by heat
A sultry, sullen, scorehing woe
The blazing sun rides high and slow,
As if with laziness TO tease
The melting, sweltering world below
o, for a breath of the salt sea breeze!
The laggard steed with aching feet
Must stagger on; for him IS no
Stlrcease of labor, ne retreat
Before his stint is done. And so
Must man still labor on, although
He hopeless longs to take his ease;
Or to the ocean fain would go
o, for breath OF the salt sea breeze!
The times., 1899-08-06

Has the United States prison that Z can
strictly call its owng L. T. s
Yes; four, at least, have been authorized
by Congress. besides the military prison at
LeaFenworth.
The times., 1899-08-06

Octobcrs lasf-
Therefore nv dear Lucie. for your own sake be
resolved 70 gain your right--tie right Of justice
and Of truth-unti the fun light shines out until
all France is cOnrinced-and She must be-Uheth-
er should live OF die; for ike Banquo's ghost.
] should come cut a uy tomb 10 CRY 70 you all
with al NJ soul. always and again: Courage,
courage" You are to have your day Of
retuigenf glory, cf supreme Joy; be il by your
cxn efforts. be i by the Efforts OF our country,
VINO viii fulfill al her daty, and if I am not
10 be there, what Boald you have, darlingg
There are victims Of state-and truly the situa-
fion i TOO hard 70 bcar-by far too heavy for
fhe length Of time that ] have borne it-and,
well, Pierre VIII represent met
The times., 1899-08-06

The census of 1890 gave Baltimore 49,
439 and Washington 23e. .3s2- In the inter-
val, OF course, both cities have advanced
The times., 1899-08-06

4 November, 1897.
chatter or 10 you. though have nothing TO
fen you. bot all this does good, Il rests my
heart ] ask myself what ! can haFe
committed upon this earth that those whom ]
love the most. those for whom I would give my
blood, drop by drop, should be tried by such a~-
fnl agony But even when the TOO fun cup over
fozs, Il ls frosR the dear thought Of you, frcsn
the thought Of the chiidren-the thought that
makes a.! my being yibrsfe and trembie, that
szxlts h to ia greatest he4ghts-trom this
The times., 1899-08-06

Literally, a way Of living; that is, as
applied by modern diplomacy. way Of get
ting on peaceably.
The times., 1899-08-06

What IS the difference in population between
Baltimore and wsshingtonT SUBSCRIBER
The times., 1899-08-06

Tennessee at first hesitated. but voted TO
join the Confederacy on June s, 1851
The times., 1899-08-06

What American poet was shoemaker in
early lifes p What living poet IS a New YORK
stock broker2 c. A y.
The times., 1899-08-06

Where is Devils Island en- which Dreyfas was
eonfnedl 1. l.
on the coast OF French Guiana in South
ar,arics
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FNyoI.

Prince or peasant, friend or foe,
No man may have all that he pleasei
Midsummer heat shall lay htm Low
o. for breath Of the salt sea breezei
--Brander Matthews
The times., 1899-08-06

Did tennessee secede during tho eiyil war; :,
The times., 1899-08-06

Yes; three races out Of i've, II it proves
necessary 70 sail so many.
The times., 1899-08-06

In the international yacht race viii the Co
lunbi2 have 10 win three races to retain the
'up' 4 z
The times., 1899-08-06

What IS the exact meaning Of mOdus yivs91di'
The times., 1899-08-06

It seems to have been thought that the
similarity in the formation OF the two let
ters '.I' and ~ would lead 10 confusion
The times., 1899-08-06

John Greenleaf Whittier made slippers to
pay for his tuition at the Haverhill Aead-
emy. 3 Edmund Clarence Stedman.
The times., 1899-08-06

Why is there no ..J'' Street in washingtonf /,
SUBSCRIBER. s
The times., 1899-08-06

What is the longest bridge in the world. and
what in America2 EF.W.
compilation Of notes about bridges pnts
the New Tay Bridge, Dundee, Scotland.
as the worlds longest bridge It's length
is 10, 100 feet. The same list has Brooklyn
Bridge, 6,537 feet, as Americas longest
bridge
The times., 1899-08-06

Why were not all the volunteers enlisted mus-
tered out when the Treaty Of Peace signed.
F. p.
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Which is the Oldest newspaper now published
in the United States, and which is the second
oldestY GREENyILLE-
The New Hampshire Gazette Ports-
mouth. NJ H., established October Z. 1755.
The Newport Mercury Newport, r. l.,
June u, 1853.
The times., 1899-08-06

Military necessity that held many Of them
IN active service in the Philippines was
one cause Of delay. and delay In transport
ing them to San Francisco IS another
The times., 1899-08-06

What are the proportions Of nitrogen, hydro
gen, and oxygen in air and water9 H. H.
Air contains small and varying fraction
OF over 70 per cent of nitrogen, and very
nearly II per cent Of oxygen Water Is
composed pretty nearly OF eight parts OF
oxygen TO one part of hydrogen by weight.
The times., 1899-08-06
Did anyone ever shoot Niagara FaIls and live

No: successful experimenting with the
Niagara current has been confined 20 its
whirlpool Rapids, through which three men
have passed in safety. Here it was that
Captain Webb, the noted English swimmer,
lost his life.
The times., 1899-08-06

How many poands pressure q used in stamp
ing cOins A.
The pressure varies from 45 to $50 TONS
according to denomination. and the opera
ton develops from 70 to 100 coins min
ute. Both faces are stamped at the same
time. the milling being a separate opera
ton done before the stamping and after
the metal is cut into discs and adjusted to
correct weight.
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Has the Government secured the required
amount Of volunteer soldiers for the Philippiness
Ii not how many are yet TO be enlisted2 J. W.
No; recruits are secured at ths rate OF
from 500 to zoo day, and about 10000
have enlisted since the Presidents call.
The times., 1899-08-06

D. Appleton C Co., New York, have just
brought out new enlarged edition OF Ger
trude Lefferts Vanderbilt's Social His
tory" that curious story of the evolution
of a Dutch into an English community.
The times., 1899-08-06

R. L. stevenson's Beach of Folesa" was
rejected by an English editor on the
ground of being immoral" and had to be
altered into propriety before it was ac-
cepted Stevenson wrote to Mr.. Colvin:
This is. a poison bad world for the ro-
mancer, this Anglo-Saxon world. l usu-
ally get out of 1t by not having any women
In it at all
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We do not find record OF this event
anywhere. The last official use OF the Con-
federate flag was on q vessel, the steam
cruiser Shenandoah. which, after cruise
almost around the world, sailed into the
harbor of Liverpool England, in August,
1865, four months after Lees surrender.
The times., 1899-08-06

An eight-vclume set of Kipling's works
will be issued about the 1st of September
by Rand. McNally & Co, Chicago, under
the following titles: "Barrack Room Bal
lads" Departmental Ditties, and Other
Verse;" Soldiers Three" "The Phantom
Rickshaw and the City of Dreadful Night"
"Wee Willie Winkie, American Notes, and
Other Stories" Under the Deodars and
the Story Of the Gadsbys.' "Mine Own
People and In Black and White" "The
Light That Failed" plain Tales from the
Hills"
The times., 1899-08-06

"The "reminiscences OF Julia Ward
Howe which have for some months form
ed an engaging feature OF the Atlantic
Monthly" will be published in volume
later by Houghton, Miffiin & Co.
The times., 1899-08-06

What Confederate generals afterward became
presidents OF universities, and CT whar universe
ties? l. 5.
Gen. BENJAMIN s. Eweil was president OF
William and Mary College, Gen. Bushrod
r. Johnson was superintendent OF the mill
tary school IN the University OF Nashville,
Gen. Daniel H. Hill was president of the
Military and Agricultural College at Mil
iedgeyilIe, Ga; Gen Robert E Lee was
president of Washington and Lee Univer-
sity at Lexington, Va, and Gen. f. Kirby
Smith was chancellor of the University OF
Nashville and president OF the Western
Military Academy. This list is incomplete,
for the Confedersey had many generals and
the lives OF only forty have been looked
into for your answer.
How many volunteer regiments were sent to
the Philippines? :. Are they ali 10 be mustered
out at san Francisco ID. c.
Ten volunteer regiments OF infantry.
FIVE batteries Of artillery, one troop OF cav
airy. and two companies OF the Signal
Corps are now IN the Philippines or aboard
ship on their way 20 San Francisco. 2
All have expressed & preference fer being
mustered out in San Francisco. and their
wish viii be followed Mastering out will
follow their arrival with all possible
promptness. or such is the present plan
Why are twenty-one guns fred for or national
saiute2 NJ H. P
The National and Presidential salute
was put at twenty-One guns in order that
our practice might be uniform with that
of England whose royal salute is twenty
one guns. 1t IS suggested that the latter
was fixed because twenty-one years was
the age of majority; also that. as seven
was the original salute, tweDty-one allow
ed seven each for England. Scotland. and
ireland. 1t has also been said that our
| twenty-cne guns came from adding the
numerals OF our historical year. 1T9S.
When was the first Sunday school opened, and
| by whom and at what place2 ". c. l.
| Sunday schools are OF ancient origin.
and there are biblical references to schools
that partook Of the characteristics features
of tho modern Sunday school. \ school.
/ however. with which an important era
OF the Sunday school began. was founded
| in Gloucester, England. in July of 1880.
\ by Robert Railzes, the publisher OF the
| Gloucester Journal" At the start he paid
his teachers. but the movement quickly
| took on a great popularity and volunteers
became plentiful Many single schools OF
the modern sort were started before that
of Raikes. The earliest Of which we finss
mention is that OF Rev. Joseph Alleine,
Bath, England. 1s65-166S. There was one
in Roxbury, Mass, In 1914, and anotha<
in Norwich. Conn, IN 1876.
The times., 1899-08-06

Some of Mr. Wolcott LIE Clear Boards
Western stories that have been appearing
in various magazines will be published in
book form under the title of Sand and
Cactus"
The times., 1899-08-06

New and important evidence of Eng
lands influence on the Continent during
the Reformation period is presented in
Canon Pennington's new historical work.
THE Counter Reformation in Europe,
which has Just been presented bs Elliot
Stock. of London.
The times., 1899-08-06

what vessel first unfrrled the cOnfsderate sasi
The times., 1899-08-06

What Is the origin of the tenn ''round rob-
inT' A. H 4. and c. o. )
run fashionable in the sixteenth century
In current usage it is a list OF signatures
to a petition that are arranged in a circle
in order to conceal the first signature
petition thus signed is called round
robin because of its resemblance to the
ruff.
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when Love IS Lord is the title OF a
small collection CT light verse by Tom Hail.
Some of it Is clever, some Of 1t is less clev-
er, and some of 1t comes very near being
stupid Mr. Hall is at his best when writ
ing in the manner of those old poets whom
Abbey illustrates so charmingly-the Sally
in Our Alley" school of love song. Unfor-
tunately, these lyrics are not nearly so
numerous in his book as the more modern
and iippant ones. (New York: Frederick
A. Stokes Company.)
The times., 1899-08-06

Square Pegs" new novel, by Mrs. A.
D. T. Whitney, will be published in the
autumn by Houghton Mifflin G Co.
The times., 1899-08-06

The London Chronicle" Is responsible
for the story that MIR. w Edwards Tire
buck, tho novelist, best known in this
country as the author of Meg of the
Scarlet Foot" was so much pleased at
reading Olive schreiner's appeal for peace
in South Africa that he hss forwarded TO
her copy OF 1.-The White Woman" his
new romance OF missionary adventure on
the west coast
The times., 1899-08-06

1t is not generally known that the i'm
portant characters of Mrs. Henrietta Dana
SINNERS recent novel "Fspiritu Santo, )"
were al well-known personages in real
life The character of Adriano. for in
stance, is more or less drawn from that of
a famous painter who formerly lived in
Paris.
The times., 1899-08-06

Mr.. Gilbert Parker has gone to Carlsbad
as the natural sequence of a twelve-year
malarial holiday in the South Seas. After
Carlsbad Mr.. Parker will test the COM
pleteness of his restoration to normal
good health by series Of climbs among
the Dolomite mountains. For the present,
the author of 1.-The Seats of the Mighty"
has no very definite literary plans, or at
least his plans are without any startling
elements.
The times., 1899-08-06

Houghton, Mifflin & Co.. Boston, will
bring out early in the coming autumn
new volume of short stories by Bret Harte.
The times., 1899-08-06

Longmans, Green Co., New York, have
nearly ready 1.-THE River War;" new
book descriptive of the Soudan, by Win
ston Spencer Churchill, the son of the late
Lord Randolph Churchill; Outlines OF
Practical Sociology, with Special Reference
to American Conditions" by Dr. Carroll D.
Wright, being the first number in the
American Citizen series edited by Prof.
Hart, of Harvard; "The Life and Cam
paigns of Alexander Leslie, the first Earl
of Leven," by C. S. Terry, of Aberdeen.
The times., 1899-08-06

A forthcoming novel by Mr.. S. R. Crock
ett is to be entitled in this country THE
Isle of the Winds,'' but in England it will
be called Little Anna Mark" It Will be
published first serialiy in number of
newspapers and then in book form. Mr..
Crockett says that he gathered the story
partly from records in Aberdeen, partly
from the hero's personal memoirs, and also
from recently discovered private sources.
The times., 1899-08-06

Did General Custer come to bis death N bat
tIeY F. \ c.
He did. He was killed in battle with
Indians on June % or 25, 1876 His entire
immediate command was slaughtered, and
the affair is usually styled massacre.
Custer was much criticised. and many be-
lieve that he committed suicide on the
battlefield.
The times., 1899-08-06

Harper & Bros, New York, have in
preparation the new Haworth edition of
the Bronte novels, for which introductions
are being written by Mrs. Humphrey
Ward. The edition is being prepared un-
der the editorial supervision of Clement K.
Shorter, author of Charlotte Bronte and
Her Circle" Uniform in size and binding
with this set of the novels there will be a
new edition of Mrs. Gaskell's Life or
Charlotte Bronte," in which will be in
cluded certain heretofore unpublished let
ters of Miss Bronte to George Smith, her
publisher, and to his mother.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-25
GAMBLING In CHICAGO.
No Public Houses, but Numerous "PO
liticar' and "SOcfal" Clubs.

CHICAGO, June 2S.-The Baxter investi-
eating committee adjourned to-day subject
to the call of the chairman, after hearing
evidence on gambling in Chicago and lis
tening to testimony regarding charges of
alleged irregularities in the city attorneys
office. The committee will probably not
meet again until fall. Chief of Police Kip
ley testified that there were no gambling
houses in Chicago. I'm nearly every polit-
ical club in Chicago there is more or less
gambling done" he said. but those clubs
operate under state charters, and I would
hesitate a long time before backing a blue
wagon up to their doors and arresting the
club members
What about the gambling In the back
rooms of cigar stores?' he was asked.
"tOh. / consider them merely private social
clubs" he replied.
Taking up the city attorneys ONCE. the
heard Miss Kate Piper. She
testified that Mrs. H. A. Russell. a former
boarding house partner OF hers, had recov-
cred 81. 80 from the city on what Miss Piper
Claimed was a fake" damage suit. and in
which she had refused to testify when re-
ouested by Mrs. Russell. The records of the
CITY attorneys office, however, it was as
serted. showed that judgment had been rem
dered for So go. esr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-25
One Point for Fowler Chase.
10 the I~ndiananolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, Tune 23.-Judge Tay-
Tor this morning took up the appeal bond
question in the Fowler Chase receivership
controversy, and held that the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, of
Baltimore, is solvent and has a right to
operate In this State. The attorneys for
Fred S. Chase fought bitterly against this
opinion, as 1t means much to them in one
sense Of the word. With this company &C
cepted as surety for the $500. 900 appeal bond,
the services of the Lafayette Loan and
Trust Company as receiver will be suspend
ed until the appeal is settled in the Su-
preme Court. The local agents for the
Maryland company have not yet presented
a bond for acceptance, as they do not care
to execute so large a surety on their own
responsibility. The bond has been sent East
for approval If the company cares to as
sumo the responsibility, the bond WILDE re-
turned TO Judge Taylor some time next
company has complied with state laws, It
does not necessarily follow that the bond.
IL formally offered, will be accepted. The
court announces a purpose to proceed eau
tiously.
The insanity proceedings begun by the
father in this county have been set for July
3. Every possible effort will be made to
have the young man appear IN the local
court at that time, but how ii Is hoped to
Michigan Governor takes action that will
return the young man and the Duhmes to
that State, in which event II is said resort.
will be taken to habeas corpus proceedings.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-25

of April were $i5s, ss4; for the port of Iioiio,
s5.53i for the port of Cebu, $50, 1873; total
from all sources Tor the month so53'2IS.
The fact that a reciprocity treaty In
tended to bring a portion of the British
West Indies into closer commercial rela-
lions with the United States has just been
signed and that others of that group of
Islands are suggesting similar arrangements
lends interest to a series of tables which
the treasury bureau of statistics will pre-
sent In the forthcoming number of the
summary OF m and Finance. These
show that the great semi-circle of stands
which stretch from the southern coast of
Florida TO the eastern coast OF Venezuela,
numDering hundreds, having an area Of
nearly 10000 square miles and a population
OF 5;Vpoogo' have an annual of
Mr.. Mitchell. the assistant controller of
the treasury, has rendered a decision on the
Interpretation of the section of the new
naval personnel act. which provides that
naval officers of the line. medical and pay
corps. shall receive the same pay as officers
or corresponding rank In the army, except
In cases where the pay under the old law
would De reduced under the new, when the
higher pay is to be continued. 1t is held
that the present pay" in the new law.
which is not to be reduced. means the pay
which the officer was receiving June 80. 1899.
or when the change in his pay under the
old law and the new. the officers allowances
are not 70 be taken into consideration.
Where his pay would be reduced under the
rev law, he will continue to receive pay
under the old law, and In addition thereto
he will be entitled to the. allowances Of an
army officer of corresponding rank but not
to his old allowance of Communication while
at sea. 1t is also held that officers at sea
are in the same situation as officers in the
army serving with troops In the field. and
are not entitled to communication for quar-
tiers while so serving. The decision also
holds that the officers whose pay is not 10
30 .A1yNAA r~1A~ fhA nan o0f nra rhnCa
who were in service June 30. 1899. or at the
time the provisions of law In their cases
took effect. 1t is also held that naval OFF,
GERS under the new law are not entitled to
mounte pay. After June 30, 1899. account
ing officers will change the way of comput-
ing the pay of officers and enlisted men in
the navy to agree with the practice in the
army. Instead of computing on the per
diem basis as heretofore. the calculation
Will be made on the basis of twelve months
of thirty days each. Mates retiring under
the new law will receive three-fourths of
the waiting orders pay OF their grade, to-
gether with three-fourths OF the
value of the navy ration.