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The times., 1899-06-11
CURRENT VERSE.
The Grzcious FaiIure.

sweeter voice than the honey-seeier has
Is the murmur of the sumner grass;
In brooding woodlands. when the thrush is DONE
Wanders an utteranee by no songster won
The constant sky has colors lovelier far
Than any cleaning in the evening star;
The gentle heart. deep in its secret place,
Has beauty never lent the iaircst face.
50 in the poets world. shamed in his art,
Before the vibrant silence at his heart.
And well it is that. spurning perfect speech,
Plays tIe wild beauty always out Of reach.
We're once by some godpoet caught and bound
The wayering light. the subtle pulse Of sound,
That ere it comes is gone-what singer, then,
Would ever dare to lift his voice ageinf
John Vance Cheney. in Harper's Magazine
The times., 1899-06-11
The HnIf-Forgotten spiuet.

Beneath the rafters. black and bare,
The ancient spiuet stands;
The spiders Ger its yellow keys
Have stretched their filmy strands;
Around its weak and tottering frame
The airy cobwebs blow,
In lieu OF silken tapestries
That moldered long ago.
But windy nights quaint old tune
Comes stealing down the stair,
For then she wakes the keys again
ghost with powdered hair.
The mice 60 dancing in and out
To melodies she sung
When the fashion trod the minuet
And Washington was young.
Around her on the garret floor
Her singing satins trail;
A haunting sorrow dims her eyes;
Her face is proud and pale.
But when ! climb the creaking stair
The gusty moonlight falls
On nothing but the withered herbs
That hang against the walls.
And yet the spinet trembles still
To that forgotten tune;
The ashes of cruInbled rose
Upon the keys are stTewn;
And yonder chest below the caves
Her gown Of satin holds
With sprigs OF broken lavender
Between its faded folds.
New England Magazine.
The times., 1899-06-11
Ode in May.

Let me go forth and share
The overflowing Sun
With one wise friend, or one
Better than wis., being fair.
Where the pewit wheels and dips
On heights Of hracteu and ling,
And Earth. unto her leIflet, tips,
Tinges with tine Spring
What is so sweet and dear
As a prosperous morn in May.
The confident prime OF the dav.
And the dauntlcSs youth OF the year
When nothing that asks for bliss,
Asking Alright. is denied,
And half Of the world bridegroom is,
And half Of the world 4 bride?
The Song Of Mngling flows
Grave, ceremonial. pure
As once, from lips that endure,
The cosIuiC desCaut rose,
When the temporal lord Of life.
Going his golden way,
Had taken q wuudrotS maid 10 wife
That long had said him nay.
For Of old the sun, on sire
Came wooing the mother Of men,
Earth. that virginal then,
Vestal fire 10 his frc.
Silent her bosom aud coy,
But the strong god sued and pressed;
And born OF their starry nuptial JOY
Are all that drink of her breast.
And the triumph Of him that bcgot,
And the travail OF her that bore,
Behold. they are cyermore
As warp and wtft in our lot.
We are children OF spleudor and fame
OF shuddering, also, and tears,
Magnificent out Of the dust we came,
And abiect from the Spheres.
o. bright, Irresistible lord.
We are fruit Of Earth's womb, each one,
And fruit of thy loins o. Sun.
Whence first was the seed outpoured.
To thee rs our Father we bow,
Forbidden thy Father to see,
Who is older and greater than thou, as thor
Art greater and older than We.
Thou art but as n word of his speech,
Thou art but as 4 wave Of his hand
Thou art brici glitter of sand
'Twixt tide and tide on his beach;
Thou art less than a spark of his fire,
Or a moments mood of his soul;
Thou art lost in the notes on the lips Of his ehoi
That chant the cliant OF the Whole.
William Watson.
The times., 1899-06-11
Little Brothers of the Soil.

Little ants in leafy wood.
Bound BY gentle brotherhood,
While We gayly gather spoil
Men are ground hy the wheel Of toll;
While We follow blessed fatcs
Men are shriyeled up with hates!
Or they lie with sheeted lust
And they eat the bitter dust.
Ye are fratcrs in your hall,
Gay and chainless, great and small,
All are toilers in the field,
All are sharers in the yield.
But we mortals plot and plan
How TO grind the fellow-man;
Glad to find him in a pit,
II we get some gain OF it:
SO with US. the sons Of time,
Labor is a kind Of crime.
For the toilers have the least,
While the idlers lord the feast;
Yes, our workers, they are bound,
Pallid captiyes to the ground;
Jeered by traitors, fooled by knaves,
Till they stumble into graves.
How appears to tiny eyes
All this wisdom OF the wise?
Edward Markham
The times., 1899-06-11
EpiErnnis.
CFrom the Chinese }

From the Chinese)
Some hunts are vain-no earthly gain has he
Who searches for his needle in the sea
As the long string will let the kite go high,
So long purse world OF things will buy.
Although the drum you carry be beaten in,
Stick TO your standard-do not yield 10 sin.
An honest beggar is by far more fair
Than the high-headed, tricky millionaire.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The times., 1899-06-11

R. H. Russell announces that 'Mr. Iso-
late OF Lonelyville" will not be published
this summer, as was expected, for the
drawings and plates, by C. C. Converse,
were recently destroyed by fire at Bos-
ton electrotyper's. The drawings are be-
ing remade however, and the book will
appear early in the autumn.
The times., 1899-06-11

Emma Marshall, the English novelist,
whose death occurred recently at her home
in Bristol, had attached TO her name
list Of books almost as long as that of
Miss Yonge. For nearly forty years she
wrote stories and tales, for the most part
built on historical facts, and her romances
were popular among large class of read
ers
The times., 1899-06-11
LITERARY NOTES.

Hall Calne will spend some time in Rome,
and his next novel is to treat of the Pap
acy. Mrs. Humphrey Ward is also going to
live in Rome.
The times., 1899-06-11

Who was commander -in-che. Of the navies of
the United States At the beginning Of the war
with Spain, and who holds that place now9
L T. b.
The times., 1899-06-11

Which OF cooper's books constitute The
Leather Stocking TalesF' JESSIE.
THE Deerslayer." "The Pathfinder"
THE Last OF the Mohieans, The Pio-
neers." and THE Prairie"
The times., 1899-06-11
NOTES AND QUERIES.

Is uougkong an island or eitys TING.
Hongkong is an island.
The times., 1899-06-11

AS THE Hills of Pain has met with
some success here, the following letter
from Gilbert Parker to the New York
Times" will be of interest;
win you allow me space to refer to one of
those iniquities OF publishing which one had
hoped was 4 thing OF the past 4 firm called
Badger & Co. has lately been Offering a so-called
book OF mine, entitled The Hills Of Pain" to
Canada wish to state through your columns
for the benefit OF the publishing trade and my
small public that l have never had any dealings
with Badger Il Co; that | had never heard of
Badger & Co. until a Canadian publisher brought
this matter to my notice. have never written
book called ''the Hills Of Pain" nor has any
one any right to issue any story or stories
OF mine under such title. Whoever or what
ever Badger Co. may be- | would call their,
his or its attention to the fact that all ms short
stories have been copyrighted in America since
1892, and that l will take every legal means TO
prevent any infringement of my rights
| have shrewd idea that Badger X Co. are Of
ierins for sale series OF short aegorical sketches
which were published in The Chap Book in
America and in the English Illustrated Maga-
zine and the New Review" in England (called
then Scenes in the Ncshti lIills'O. Al these
stories We're duly incorporated / have been writ
ten to by several publishers concerning them, and
have in all cases declined to sell them or TO grant
permission for publication.
trust that Badger Co. fully understand the
risk that they taking in offering iur sale my
property without leave license
believe tnat such facts these are Of inter
est to the whole literary profession, and that
plain speaking and plain intentions can only help
TO conserve the general rights Of authors. / am
yours faithfully, GILBERT PARKER.
The times., 1899-06-11

a most charming book OF travel sketches
by Vernon Lee has lately appeared. Those
who remember "Vanitas" and Baldwin
know her remarkable powers of descrip-
tion, and this new book, Genius Loci" is
said to be the best thing she has done.
The times., 1899-06-11

IHaI3 q tIItse AIe NnIIstlalst y n Z.
The population OF the earth is estimated
at 1.5oO.o00.Oo0. OF these iS00o0,Oo0 are
put down as Christians.
The times., 1899-06-11

Little, Brown G Co. will publish early in
the autumn two new series of books in
which they will include many of their
most successful publications. One will be
called The Childrens Friend Series"
which will consist of well-printed and
beautifully bound handy volumes contain
ing works by Louisa Alcott Susan Cool
idge, Laura E. Richards, Louise Chandler
Moulton, Juliana H. Ewing A. G. Plymp-
ton, Helen Hunt jackson, and others The
other series will be entitled THE Golden
Books" and will be a collection of duo
decimos including various works of Du-
mas, Hugo, George Sand, Sienkiewicz,
Jane Austen, Charles Lever. Charles Lamb,
Philip Gilbert Hamerton, and many others.
This edition will be finely printed and have
photograyure frontispiece in each VOL
ume.
The times., 1899-06-11

What engagements in the war With Spain and
the present rebellion in the Philippines should
be called battles? II. W. VI.
The times., 1899-06-11

W. X. b; The earth is nearer to the sun
in winter than in summer. Sherman Soon
after his duel with Hamilton Aaron Burr
embarked in q wild attempt on Mexico.
and, as some thought, on the southwestern
territory of the United States Harman
Blenuerhasset supplied him with equip
meut, and was ruined in consequence
Blenuerhasset died abroad and his vito
died in this country while endeGvOring to
recover her losses from the Government
r. T.: You should not try to recover the
value Of paper money destroyed By tire
from a national bank; rather. address
your endeavOrs to the Treasury Depart
ment. Any fragments remaining shoIld
be preserved with the utmost care, even 10
sections that have been turned to ashes
The department has experts who can find
sound evidence in remains that might
seem worthless to you. And evidence Is
necessary. Your statements OF amounts
and circumstances, too. should be scru-
pulously exact.
The times., 1899-06-11

very extraordinary book. nothing less
than an edition of "Sartor Resartus," with
illustrations, has just been published in
London.
The times., 1899-06-11

The naval fights of Manila and Santiago
were battles. and the land fighting at FL
Caney and San Juan. In the Philippines
most OF the fighting has been OF the skir-
/ mish or bushwhackiug order.
The times., 1899-06-11

The frontispiece OF Book News" for
June Is a portrait of Stanley Waterloo, au-
thor of "a Man and Woman"
The times., 1899-06-11

Messrs. Small, Maynard & Co. promise
for immediate publication new novel by
a new writer-"The Pedagogues," by Ar
thur Stanwood Pier. The story concerns
itself with the contrasts and humors of
that little-known department of Harvard
University, the Harvard Summer School,
and amusingly depicts the effect of the
minor culture of a great university on
the curiOusly miscellaneous body OF young
and old who gather in Cambridge each
summer for so many different purposes of
study.
The times., 1899-06-11

The following books are selected from a
long list of summer announcements of l..
C. Page G. Co.: THE Court Memoir
Series" which includes the memoirs of
Marguerite de Valois, written by herself:
Henry Tvs, by the court historian of Louis
XIV; those of Cardinal de Retz and of
Nine. de Montespan, and the secret me-
moirs of the courts of the last three
Louises who really reigned. written by the
Duchess OF Orleans, Nine. du Haussett, and
the Princess Lamballe. This edition will
be in eight volumes with many ilIustra-
tions, etchings, mezzotints, and photo
gravures and will be printed on imperial
Japan paper. In fiction the American
books on the list are Deficient Saints" by
Miss Marshall Saunders, the family his
tory of certain French settlers on the
Maine coast and their transformation into
Americans; Her Sailor" this authors
first book, originally published in England,
now to appear in this country, being out
of print; THE knight of Kings Guard"
by Evan Martin, romance of the hundred
years war, and "Lally of the Brigade" the
story of an Irishman who fought with the
good Prince Eugene. Three volumes of
short stories, The Archbishops Unguard-
ed Moment" by Mr.. Oscar Fay Adams,
series of church tales; and Drives and
Puts" by Mr., Walter Camp and Miss Lii
liam Brooks, and 'Frivolities," a collection
of twelve funny stories by the hitherto
serious Mr. Richard Marsh.
The times., 1899-06-11

The Manhattan Press Clipping Bureau
has collected and published in twelve vol
The times., 1899-06-11

The New York Times says: I'm the
London Daily News memorial edition
of the Dickens novels there is given in
detail the money the author received for
his early works. For 'Pickwick' he was
paid 92,500 outright. Chapman & Hall
were, however, liberal publishers, and at
the expiration of five years they gave
Dickens a third share of the copyright on
the condition that he wrote another novel
for them, and so Nicholas Nickleby' was
produced. For each monthly part of
Nicholas Nickleby' Dickens received s150
making in all $4,000. After five years the
copyright reverted to the author.
The times., 1899-06-11

Richard Harding Davis new book of
short stories is coming out under the title
Of THE Lion and the Unicorn"
The times., 1899-06-11
William Mckinley.

What is the population Of the world. and how
manv Of ihcse are ChrisfiarsI j Il @
The times., 1899-06-11

William Abbatt, New York, will publish
early in July his important historic work
on THE Crisis of the Revolution, being
the story of Arnold and Andre, now for the
first time collected from all sources and
illustrated with views of all places identi-
fled with it." One hundred and three per-
sons are named in the course of the story,
and no other account gives the names OF
over thirty-fve.
The times., 1899-06-11

umes selections from the best of the car
toons from the daily and weekly press, il
lustrating the cNtoonists' ideas of I'm
Gle sam in the late war.
Robert Louis stevenson's books, pre-
sented to his mother, all first editions,
brought high prices in London. Father
Damien" the Sydney edition, fetched sos;
kidnapped" the leaflet edition of twenty
seven pages, $50; Not l, and Other Po-
ems" Davos Platz, S1l0; Moral EN-
blems," S152; Rob and Ben, or the Pirate
and the Apotheeary," ss1; The Graver
and the Pen," S63; Notice of New
Form of Intermittent Light for Light
houses" four copies, averaged $50 each;
The Charity Bazaar" four pages. Si2. AT
the same sales Sir Walter Scott's 'Wav-
erly, in the original boards, brought $3.50,
and Rudyard Kipling's "Schoolboy Lyr-
les" $675 Other prices for original edl-
tions of Kipling were Departmental Dit
ties" $99; Quartet" S51; Letters OF
Marque,' S43, and plain Tales from the
HILL" $25.
The times., 1899-06-11

Please state the various courts held in the
United States. State and Federal. o. J. l.
The United States courts are the district
courts, circuit courts, circuit courts of ap-
peals, the Court OF Claims, and the Su-
preme Court. The judicial systems Of the
various States are very diverse. agreeing
only in having several classiications OF
tribunals.
The times., 1899-06-11

Cy Warman has written new novel,
entitled Snow on the Headlight which
will be published by the Appletons. The
theme of the story deals with great rail-
road strike
The times., 1899-06-11

Alexander Grossett & Co., of New York,
have Just published an edition of Kip
lings City of the Dreadful Night" in
Guiding the chapters on "a Real Live
City" THE Reflections of City" THE
Councils Of the Gods" ION the Banks OF
the Hugli," with the Calcutta Police"
THE City of Dreadful Night" Deep
er and Deeper Still,'' and Concerning
Lucia" The volume contains illustrations
by c. D. Farrand.
The times., 1899-06-11

The F. H. ellison Company. of Boston,
has issued second edition OF "Songs OF
Happy Life" compiled by Sarah J. Eddy.
The book consists of songs suitable for
schools and societies for the young. with
the musical notes of birds and many anec-
dotes of animals, especially horses, cats,
and dogs. 1t appeals strongly to all lovers
of animals.
The times., 1899-06-11

Mrs. Burton Harrison's new serial THE
Circle of Century" begins in the Sat
urday Evening POST for June 10.
The times., 1899-06-11

William Blakes seventeen designs to
Thornton's Virgil" reproduced from the
original woodcuts of 1922, have just been
issued by Thomas R. Mosher, of Portland.
Me
The times., 1899-06-11

Small Maynard & Co. have obtained
from Copeland & Day the rights to pub
lish Arthur stanwood Piers forthcoming
novel, "The Pedagogues," which describes
the unfamiliar side of Harvard life as
presented in the Summer school" The
same firm will publish in book form "The
Yellow Wall Paper" by Charlotte Per-
kins Stetson, and a compilation of new
and old epigrams from the "New Eng
land Primer" by Lindsay Swift, of the
Boston Public Library. In the autumn
they will publish work on "The Future
of the American Negro" by Booker T.
Washington.
The times., 1899-06-11

La Caravane,' an important and inter
esting posthumous work OF Alphonse Dau-
det, with brilliant preface By Nine.
Daudet, has just been published in Paris.
The times., 1899-06-11

Fanny A. Matthews is to dramatize
Blanche Willis Howards story, "Guenn." 3"
The times., 1899-06-11

"The Launching of Man" new novel
by Stanley Waterloo, will shortly appear
from the press of Rand, McNally & Co.
The times., 1899-06-11

OF DR.. Nordau's new book, The Drones
Must Die" the Pail Mall Gazette" says
that it is a singularly bad novel by q
clever man, the moral being trite and
commonplace. 1t deals with some of the
methods of modern finance.
The times., 1899-06-11

Who has received credit for destroying Ger
vera's squadron, Sampson or Schlcy? c. F.
The Mckinley Administration has, for
some unexplained reason. done what II
could for Sampson. but the American peo-
pie have almost unanimously decided fer
Schley. Schley, 1t will be remembered.
commanded the American fleet in the bat
tle so this is not strange.
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against tine precautions taken ,
protect our young soldiers from
physical mischief due 10 induIging
the cravings OF imperiods nature,
and free trade in vice is established.
which has sensibly weakened the
handspring OF British authority.
Does Lancashire seek fresh fields for
her textile industries suffering from
foreign competitioni StraightwaS
pressure is put on the governmentii
the house Of commons, and "A differ
ential tariff is conceded which
shakes the peoples confidence in
British impartiality. II. Skrine
in Harper's Magazine.
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well, sir" exclaimed the mil.
honaire, what do you want this
morningf"
I've come again to ask for your
daughter" /" said the poor but ambi-
tious young man.
Haven't told you six times over
on as many different days that il is
out of the question: What do you
mean by bothering me in this way
You are making a nuisance of your
selfr'
IF seem TO be more persistent
than circumstances warrant. must
insist that you, sir, are TO blame
"Mer' shouted the indignant old
man. II don't understand you.
There, said the man who loved
his daughter as he pointed TO mot
10 over the bankers desk, sis my
excuse for coming here day after
day If at first you don't succeed,
try, try, try again Do you believe
in that sentiment, or have You put
it up there simply TO deceive peo-
plei"
After he had scratched his head
awhile the mean cid plutocrat said:
Yes, believe in that. l haven't
succeeded yet in making you under
stand that my daughter shall not
become the wife of fool, but am
going TO keep on trying till | dol
Good morning"
And that time he did it.-Strand
Magazine.
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Tho Vita Italiana has discovered
among the state archives Of Rome
certain copies Of Greek jour
nal published at Missolonghi in
1894, the year Of Byron's death,
This journal, the Telegrapbe Gree,
relates many things Of Byron's last
days, and il gives the reason why
the poet died. He was killed by dis
obedience to the doctors. He died
because he would not be bied And
this is proved by the autopsy of the
poet, which the Telegraphe Gree
records in extenso.
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1.-The end of governments, says
Imbert de st. Amand in one Of his
studies on the French revolution,
sis seldom a natural one. II is gen.
orally suicide. They perish be-
cause, while they possess the force
of right, they hesitate to use the
right OF force" Recent events in
India would show that its rulers
have not shaped their course by the
beacon light of history.
AT one moment the house Of COM
mons passes q resolution censuring
the excise administration and forces
ruinous fiscal changes ON local au.
thorities Anon the vials Of its
wrath are poared out on the opium
traffic with equally little cause.
Again its thunders arc Launched
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Hand in hand they strolled in the
quiet evening, happy in themselves
and their surroundings.
Suddenly the girl halted and said
Percy, what is thati
Percy, without releasing her
hand, stopped and said:
GLADYS, darling, it's snail "
And so they wandered ON for a
sweet half hour longer when the
maiden again said;
Percy, look, there's another
snailr"
Percy again bent his manly form
and, looking up replied;
"No, Gladys, it's the same snaill"
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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Much has been written and said
by medical journals and by medical
men ON restricting the sale of drugs
and chemicals, it being urged that
they should never be dispensed save
under doctors prescription. There
are, of course, many articles in or
dinary household use that are dis
tinctly poisonous, and while some
Of them may be used as medicines
and doubtless are. others are almost
indispensable in the household econ
omy. II is very evident that to re
quire physicians prescription for
these would be absurd and expensive
IN the extreme. It is all very well
70 argne in favor Of such restric-
tiopx bat in view Of he fact that in
proportion % the ams unit Of ordi-
nary poisons sold injuries are ex-
fremely rare Il seems hardly worth
while to draw the line 50 closely.
A 81 erenisthe general public win
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Boys

Give the average boy a doughnut
to divide with another boy. and the
other boy will get the hole. Give
him a dose of corrective medicine to
divide with another boy, and the
other boy viii get the whole.
The boy who sings II want to be
an angel" louder than anybody else
in Sunday school Is just as likely as
not to clip the superintendent tall
hat of with a snowfall as soon as
he gets outside.-Somerville Jour
nal.
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Some interesting particulars with
regard TO this subject are given in
the Norsk Skibsforerforening Tid-
ende. Norwegian seamen. il ap-
pears, are now emitted TO vote be
fore leaving their country if the
polling day is within three months
of their departure. or they can vote
at foreign port within the same
time by having their votes register
ed and sent home through Nor
wegian consul or through a notary.
if they are not on board Norwe-
gian ship II on board a Norwegian
ship where there are not less than
four of the crew entitled TO vote,
then the captain and two os them
are 10 administer the polling. II is
not absolutely necessary 10 vote for
named persons. Votes may be given
for Liberal or Conservative candi-
dates Seainen who would vote
must provide themselves with a
proxy form, to be obtained from a
registrar of voters in Norway.