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The times., 1899-10-15
CURRENT VERSE.
An English Tribute to Kruger.

Deep mournful eyes that seek the ground
Inc devious path to trace
Inc giant form Of Lincoln. crowned
By CTcmwell's grosser face;
Coarse, rustic gsrh. Of uncouth cut.
That masks each mighty limb:
Its shapeless folds the ready butt
VI Europe's testers trim.
so much the crowd can see; the rest
Asks critics cleares-eyed:
80 rough a scabbard leaves unguessed
How keen the blade inside;
The trencbant win. the subtle brain
SO strangely doomed to wage
With Destiny's still climbing main
The hopeless war Of Age.
His kindred are rugged brood
That nurse dying fire;
The sons Of Calvin's bitter mood.
And sserner than their sire
BY faith through trackleSs deserts Steered,
Lost miles OF lonely sand
Far from the in;ruding world they feared,
They found their Promised Land
BY such grim guardians tutored well
His Spartan childhood grew;
The wind-trail Of the fleet gazelle,
Tie lions path he knew;
The camp surprised at dawn. the rush
OF feet. the cracking smoke.
When on the sleeping laager's hush
The sudden Kaffr broke.
Nay, once, tbs said, when Yaal in food
Had barred the hunters way,
And mid its swollen current stood
wounded buck at BAY,
While some before the brute drew back,
And some before the wave
Striding that torrents foaming track,
The mercy stroke ne gave.
A stream more rapid and more wide
His strength has stemmed since then
Called from the piodding team TO guide
The staTker wills of men,
Chance-prenticed to 50 new a trade,
Unlettered and unschooled,
The clod-bred clownish peasant made,
No less, realm, and ruled.
Yet though that realm he still sustains,
Against empires might
And with untiring skill maintains
The so unequaled fight,
He buys his victories all too dear,
Whose foes have Time for friend;
Each fatal triumph brings mere near
The inevitable end.
Haply the hoarse-v0iced guns must close
The long debate at last,
Ere the young Future can compose
Its quarrel with the Past;
Nathless, our England, unashamed,
May greet a foeman true
OF her own stubborn metal framed.
Fer she is iron, too.
London Spectator.
The times., 1899-10-15
The King of IreIand,s cnirn.

Blow softly down the valley,
o wind, and stir the fern
That waves lis green fronds over
The King of Ireland's Cairn.
Here in his last wild foray
He fell, and here he lies
His amor rlakes no rattle,
The clay is in hiS eyes.
HIS spear. that once was lightning
Hurled with unerring hand,
RuSts by his fieshess fingers
Besides his Battle-Ground.
'His shield. that made a pillow
Beneath his noble head,
Hath moldered quite forgotten.
With the haif-f0rgotisn dead.
Say, doth his ghost remember
Old fights-old revelings.
When the victor chant re-echoed
In Tara Of the Kings?
Say, In those Halls Of Silence
Hath he sought his shadowy Queen,
Or doth he sleep contented
TO dream OF what has been?
Nay, nay. he still is kingly-
He wanders in a glen
Where Flonn goes Dy d-huHtinS
With misty Fenian men.
He sees the Hounds of Wonder
Bring down their fieeting prey
He sees the swift blood flowing
At dawning Of the day.
At night he holds his revels
just as a King might do
But all the guests are ghostly,
And all the lights burn blue.
And he who crowns the feasting.
His pale Queen by his side.
Is cold as when they stretched him
That bitter eve he died.
'Tis well he seeks no tidings-
His heart would ache to know
That all is changed in Ireland,
And Tara lieth low.
-Ethna Cardery, in the Pail Mall Magazine
The times., 1899-10-15
The Oldest Poem in the worid-36OO
IL. &

b. c.
Homage to thee, our Horus divine OF beings
Protecting the land, and widening its boundaries,
Enclosing the two lands, within the compass Of
his hands, and seizing the nations in his
The tongue of his Majesty bindeth Nubia his ut
teraneeS put 10 fight the Bedoun.
Sole one OF youthful vigor guarding his frontier;
suffering not his subjects to faint; but csus-
ing all the people to repose unto daylight.
As to his trained youth, IN their slumbers, his
heart {mind} is their protection.
His DEGREES have formed his boundaries; his word
maketh strong the two regions.
Twice joyful the gods; thou hast established
their offerings.
Twice joyful thy forefathess; thou hast in
creased their portions.
Twice joyful is Egypt in thy strong arm; thou
hast protected the ancient regime.
Twice joyful the people in thy policy; thy
mighty spirit hath taken upon itself their
welfare.
Twice joyful thy paid young troops; thou hast
made them to prosper.
Twice joyful thy veterans; thou hast made
them to renew their youth.
Twice great is the lord of his city: he is as It
were dixie damming the stream in its
water floods.
Twice great is the lord OF his city; he is as it
were cool shelter. letting every man re-
pose unto daylight.
Twice great is the lord of his city: he is as il
were an asylum; delivering the frightened
one from his enemy.
Twice great is the lord Of his city; he is as it
were verdant shade and cool place in the
time of harvest.
Twice great is the lord OF his city; he Is as it
were corner warm and dry in time Of
winter.
Twice great is the lord in his city; he is as il
rock barring the blast in the time
nj tempest.
The closing lines are:
He hath come; he hath made the people of Egypt
to live; he hath destroyed its Affections.
He hath come; he hath made men and women TO
live; and hath opened the throat (voieeD of
the captives.
He hath come; we nurture one; we bury our
aged ones Gin peace.
The times., 1899-10-15
Marathon.

And this is Marathon-this sweep of plain
Austere and treeessi yet Ills glorious ground
Albeit naught save one uDfeatured mound
Stands monument TO the undaunted slain;
But at the sight the old heroic strain
Moves in the breast as at some martial sound; /;
Again the victor Greeks are glory crowned
The Persian hordes back driven 10 the maini
Fen gnawing Time with his insatiate greed,
Wears not the splendor of some names away,
But, star-like. they endure, undimmed and fair;
'Tis so with Marathon, though the spot today
Is but wilderness of grass and reed
Lying at peace beneath the Attic air.
Clinton Scollard, in the Century
The times., 1899-10-15
nentI Nanan Cords.

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Sa4 oae sspsf pEss Esu btKun.
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t. anish r. en- sroless sun.
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We Fuae sfai ihefe. tfsond tsse siars.
Tns saae wtii aalsh 81 t.ads feet.
Ard srsaslesi afe gac anai hart
AAsle azlzaa.
The times., 1899-10-15

As a veteran stenogTapher long retired. ! dis
credit the assertion that 1ny one ever took down
In shorthand 400 spoken words in a ulirurr. un-
less the words consisted of familiar phrases-
Sometimes in trials 20 this SOFT the a natr
taking is extended heyond the siVtF seacuiis.
where II should stop. IN l-7a ! rlrofied the SER
mons ~ the Res. Dr.. Chzplu. iuilri-allsf. y
NeS York city. Tie frsf few -erunon7 rfIsrtfst
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The times., 1899-10-15

Of What IS printers ink composed? \. o.
The chief ingredients are lamp black and
oil, and rosin. soap and turpentiue are
added. There are a great many varieties.
and different makers keep secret their own
especial mixtures and processes. In coll
cred inks the lamp black gives way 70 the
desired coloring matter
The times., 1899-10-15
NOTES AND QUERIES.

wso is Flessnee Nsybriek and Of what crime
was She eonvictedS J. RI
An American woman serving in England
a life sentence for poisoning her husband
The times., 1899-10-15

The manuscripts of the two stories Of
the elder Dumas, which were lately discov-
cred by the Greek gentleman named Apos-
tolides, are said to have been declared ab-
solutely authentic by the Messrs. Levy, of
Paris. The fortunate Greek is to publish
them himself
The times., 1899-10-15

What year did the hand sewing needle first come
in USE ,. When does the Paris Exposition epen
and close? PtNkEN.
We do not know. The first sewing needle
was probably a thorn or a splinter. but fair
ly wellmade metal needles have been
found among very ancient Egyptian rel
les. , April 10 and November 5. 1900.
The times., 1899-10-15

The new series of Levers novels, which
Little, Brown & Co. are about to publish,
will include the following volumes: The
knight of Gwynne" (two volumes); The
O'Donoghue," and "St Patrick's Eve"
''LuttreIl of Arran;" THE Martins OF Gro
Martini and Paul Gosslet's Confession,
(two Volumes; Darlington, and Tales
of the Trains" ''Sir Brook Fossbrooke;;
Lord Kilgobbin.'
The times., 1899-10-15

G.. P. Putnam's Sons contemplate pub
fishing number of letters written by
James Russell Lowell from Spain. when
he was Minister there to his friends in
this country
The times., 1899-10-15

Little, Brown & Co. will publish, early
this month, two volumes illustrated by
Edmund H. Garrett-'tThe Night Has
Thousand Eyes, and Other Poems," by F.
w. Bourdillon, and Poems by Keats and
Shelly" The same firm will also issue a
new and cheaper octave edition OF Mr.. Gar
rett's "Elizabethan Songs"
The times., 1899-10-15

Further issues from the press of Double
day C Mcclure Co. are a translation
of Edmond Rostand's early play, "The Ro-
mancers,' translated by Miss Mary
Hendee; "The True Basis of Economics, ,"
by J. II. Stallard; "Tales of the Tele-
graph" by Capt. Jasper Ewing Brady; and
Stories of the Railroad" by John Alex
ander Hill
The times., 1899-10-15

Leech's quaint illustrations to Thomas
Beckett's famous "Copic Histories OF En-
gland and Rome" have amused readers Gol
years. new edition of these books con
tanning thirty steel plates, hand colored.
and 900 other illustrations by Leech will
be published this fall by the New Amster-
dam Book Company.
The times., 1899-10-15

Readers of William Buschs ludicrous ju-
venile histories. MAX and Maurice and
"Plish and Plum will be glad TO learn that
Little, Brown & Co. will shortly reissue
these in somewhat unique form. They will
be printed on colored paper, one on red and
the other on green, with edges and cloth
binding to match, and cover designs in
harmony with the humorous Illustrations.
The times., 1899-10-15

''Under the Cactus Flag" by Nora Ar
chibald Smith, is charming story for girls,
which depicts the trials and delights of a
little California maiden who goes to teach
school in Mexico. 1t is full of local color,
and gives an exceedingly good picture of
life in an out-of-the-way Mexican hamlet.
Not the least attractive feature Of the book
is the way in which it is bound. The cover
is picturesque and beautiful one, and the
illustrations are evidently reproductions of
photographs of real Mexicsns, while they
have a cleyerness OF composition not shown
in the ordinary photograph. (Boston:
Houghton, Miff1in & Co. s125.)
The times., 1899-10-15


There is 20 way Of knowing II is diff
cult enough TO estimate the means Of the
modern Croesus." and no one knows
how much gold the old Lydian dug out OF
the mud OF Pactolus. One thing that
seems sure. is that he got 1t all.
The times., 1899-10-15

Is If probable that Croesus was as wealthy as
the multi-uillionairss Of today? CIVIC.
The times., 1899-10-15

The new book of short stories by Miss
Maria Louise Pool is entitled "A Widower
and Some Spinsters."
The times., 1899-10-15

an D0nr 10 tell IL. Nutn HuiSAtu,
Mr.. Kipling exclaimed: That's fine,
Thompson; why don't you write it." Mr..
THOMPSON has since written it, under the
title of 1.-The Biography of a Grizzly
Mr.. Percival Pollard, whose Cape Of
Storms" is just published by Messrs. Bad
ger, was born in 1869 in Griefswold Pom
mern), of English parents, and received his
education partly in Germany and partly
in England. When he was sixteen he came
to Texas and stayed there for two years
ranching and farming. His writing career
really began in st. Joseph. Mo-, where for
a wear or so he wrote the humorous and
literary columns of the News. Later
he went to Chicago, where he edited yari-
Gus short-lived Chicago weeklies, Light
Figaro" Vanity Fair, and The Eeho-
Three years ago he took up his residence
in New York. where he is now, we believe,
the editor of Town Topics"
A new book entitled Trooper sS0s.' has
appeared and throws some light on the
Dreyfus case. The author, Lionel Deeie.
says:
The reoollections I am now Offering 70 fhe
reader Of the time ] served IN the rsAks ci ne
French army viii show that Drcyfrs has been
victim, not 50 much Of indiFipaaia a. q i-'.'t
| system IL Sli be sen how. in regimeHt the
colonel forms his opinion oi a private 'sem fhf
| character given 20 him BY his eFfistal o. ssf-
reant and how the mere fact of appealing against
a punishment il considered a. an afs n sns1nof
: dinatien u is always the sane piirfif'is ie
respect de Ia chose sucee tthf uftolalag ei .
Judgment without considering upon h1f sfqqtses
/ er evidence u has been tflivessdl-
! I wish Il 10 h. clearly undsFNoed thar this lii-
! tie book has not hecn wriftsa fQf ftr faFfass
| az attacking the French afusf as fepftssnftd ~
its officers II Is intended uicfsls a falftfel
/ account of the hsfslships endured ulteH sere-
| I'd ms time iz ths raai- haFseliiiTs uhrh every
4 Frene hnian hAs sti} 10 bear.
The times., 1899-10-15

Which draws the larger salary. Sampson or
Schley?
Schley. Schley is a rear admiral. senior
grade. and as such draws $500 per an
mum when at t-sea. and s6,375. with allow
ances. when on shore duty. Sampson is a
rear admiral. junior grade. and his sea
pay is $500: shore pay s4,675, with an
allowance OF $50 per month.
The times., 1899-10-15

Houghton, Miffiin & Co. announce new
book of stories by F. Hopkinson Smith,
entitled, 1.-The Other Fellow
The times., 1899-10-15

"a Tangled Web" by Walter Raymond,
is In the vein which distinguished Two
Men o. Mendip." that vivid romance Of
western English country life. But the
author tells a new story for is 1t the old
story?) OF a woman's love transferred
from the elder to the younger Of two
brothers, OF a miserly father. and of
tragedy which comes the more strongly to
the reader for that IL works out with in
evitabiy intensity-and all shown through
e. glass OF absolute realism. Doubleday
& Mcclure Co. viii publish the book.
The times., 1899-10-15

Please state AdEair4l schley's religion and poll
tics and the probable o. the existing clique
against him. T. C.
Admiral Schley. like most naval officers.
has no politics. so far a. we know His
religious belief Is hss owl affair. Tie op-
position to him in the Navy Department
comes from clique headed By Secretary
Long. who (for reasons Of their own start
ed out 10 make hero OF Sampson and
failed
The times., 1899-10-15

II Is said that Rudyard Kipling and Err
nest Seton Thompson met last winter, and
spent an evening telling each other ami
NAL stories. The interpreter OF the jun
gle wanted a story of grizzly bear. Mr..
Thompson had one ready for him. 1t took
AN hour TO tell it. When he had finished,
Mr. Kipling exclaimed: That's fine,
Thompson; why don't you write it." Mr.
Thompson has since written it, under the
title of THE Biography of a Grizzly
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-20
A Vain Search,

There is a very desirable ambition
upon the part of thousands to suggest
the right name for the new vehicle
now sailing along under the cognomen
automobile Every paper is in receipt
of communications but thus far the
press has not taken up with any OF the
suggestions made, and until 1t does
the name will sink into forgetfulness,
A Chicago manufactures of the car
riages has come forward with the
name autobaine, baine being derived
from an old Greek word meaning wag-
on, 1t is about as good a suggestion as
the average, perhaps better, but we
still maintain that some reporter or
writer nor the da4 y press will fire off a
word at random some day which will
catch on and give the originator en-
during fame.-Commercial Tribune
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-20
A Peach of a Story.

Gallipolis, o., July 1S.-Forest Nc
Girr volunteered to serve his country
in the Ninety-first Chic. The regl-
ment was then forming at Portsmouth
Soon after he went into camp he was
taken sick with typhoid fever and in
a few days was reported dead. His
coffin was sent in and word sent to his
home in Lawrence county, where his
grave was prepared, and sorrowing
friends waited for the corpse that neY-
er came. When McGIrr's helpless
form was about to be lifted into the
coffin, there were indications that life
was not altogether gone. The body
was yet little warm. SO they waited
until life returned and McGlrr got
well. Then the word came to his
home and the grave that was to be his
last abode was filled up. While the
grave was being filled, a boy who had
been eating peach, cast in the stone,
and 1t was covered, A little tree grew
from that peach stone. and while it
grew McGirr was out fighting for his
country. The peach tree blossomed
on the pastoral hliioek, Fruit next
came. and the other day, for this first
time, McGirr went to the peach tres
and ate the fruit In gentle memory OF
the grave he never filled.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-20
Not Afraid of Monnett.

The officers of the National Steel
company, OF Chicago, express no con-
Germ over the notice of Attorney Gen
eral Monnett that they are liable to
action under the antitrust law Of
Ohio. One of the directors of the COM
pany said yesterday:
I'VE do not admit that we are a
trust within the meaning of the status,
since we are not organized to fix prices
OF bessemer steel or to restrict compe-
tition. There will probably be a
change OF administration in Ohio in
November, and we do not intend to
borrow any trouble until we have to.
'We believe that the state of Ohio
can do nothing except compel us to
take out a license to do business in
the state as foreign incorporation,
and we are perfectly willing to do that
Our plants in Ohio are there to stay
and we do not intend to move out OF
them, as we are assured that our busl-
ness is legitimate everywhere"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-20
Two Fortunate Communities.

Mr.. Carnegies gift of $4,000 each to
East Liverpool and Steubenville for
the purpose Of building library at
each Of those places aoffrd additional
evidence that he has by no means be-
gun to grow weary in the line of we'll
doing he has chosen for his special
province. Mr.. Carnegie spent a por-
ton OF his youth in each of these
degree is due their good fortune
For that is good fortune no one IA
miliar with the great and good work
being accomplished through Mr.. Car
negie's similar beneflcences in and
near Ptttsburg can for a moment
doubt. The man who places before the
whole people OF community an op-
portunity to become inspired with the
love OF good literature performs for
luat community an incalculable SER
vice, All men can not be born rich,
nor can all men have the opportunity
OF enjoyments which money alone can
purchase. But the very poorest of
men can enjoy good book as much as
the greatest millionaire, and the infiu-
ence Of such book may be greater
upon the former than the latter
There may be some people in East
Liverpool and Steubenville, as there
wer at one time in Plttsburg, who will
not approve of Mr.. Carnegie's gift be-
cause of the expense of maintenance
which will fall upon their community,
but such people are not wise in their
generation, and when they discover
the great benefits which will flow from
a library they will thereafter be ready
to acknowledge their mistake.--Pitts-
burg Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-20
She look Off Her Hat In Church.

There has been a good deal Of talk
in Plymouth church about the desira-
bility and feasibility OF having wom-
ems -ats removed during service in
that place OF worship.
A few minutes after morning service
opened last Sunday morning an at
tractively dressed young woman, wear
ing rather large and beautifully ad-
orned hat, came in and sat very near
l..e center OF the church. The con-
gregauion, like all summer congrega-
tions, was comparatively small and
we'll scattered about in the big audi
torium. Almost Immediately after
seating herself she put her finger to
her hair, dettly withdrew two hatpins
and then removed her headgear. The
latter was placed on the cushion be-
side her. At the close of the service
the young woman stood for several
minutes engaged in conversation with
a friend in an audience pew, and re-
placed her hat only after a delay suf-
ficiently long to enable the oongrega-
tion to leave the church. In that
short interval of time, however. her
temporary lack of head covering was
detected by almost every one else. and
Vt became the subject OF quiet but
general comment. The effect OF this
example will be awaited with interest
by even the most conservative church.
goers.-New York Tribune
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-20
A New Candidate For Public Dis

A "strangling bug" is said to have
made its appearance In Philadelphia.
but as yet only one Of these horrible
insects is in evidence It is North
African insect that hys directly at he
throat OF man and animals, and fixes
two horrible fangs in rhe flesh and de-
fiberately sucks the blood until satil-
ated, when 1t falls off, The strangling
bug, OF Philadelphia. is described as
having a brown tough body about two
and a half inches long with strong
wings and It is armed with a long pair
of pointed claws. short thick suck
er" completes the insects warnKe
equipment. The bug attacked "a large
New Foundland dog in the Quaker
City and when driven off flxed its
fangs In the throat of a bystander who
came to the dogs assistance. The
kissing bug" may now be expected to
take back seat.--Oil City Derrick.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-20
AIger To Retire With Dignity.

1t seems now to be pretty definitely
settled that Secretary Russell A. Alger
will retire from the Cabinet during
the first week in December, The con-
slant fusillade which has been kept up
for months has done its work. 1t has
irrlitated the President and annoyed
the Secretary beyond measure. The
program now TO permit Alger to
dictate the history OF the Spanish
American war and to incorporate into
it his annual report. He will then sub
NIT it to Congress as the recital OF his
stewardship and retire in a dignifed
manner Alger has learned that this
program Is perfectly satisfactory to
the President and he is willing to car
ry it out In fact, Alger rerires to OBJ
tain relief from the abuse which has
been heaped upon him during the
past four months.--Landon in Com
merCial Tribune,