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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23
MRS. GRANT GOES TO HER DAUGHTER.
SAILS FOR ST PETERSBURG TO SEE THE PRINCESS
CANTAcUzENE WHO is I'll.

It reported yesterday that Mrs Frederick
Dent Grant sailed for Europe Wednesday on
the American liner st. Louis, her way to st.
Petersburg, Russia where her daughter. the
Princess Cantacuzene, is said to be lying seriously
i'll with pneumonia. Mrs. Grants name does noc
appear on the passenger list of the st. Louis. and
she is said to have decided on the journey only a
few hours before the steamer sailed. According TO
the report a message reached Mrs. Grant in Wash
ington informing her Of her daughters Illness, and
she suddenly made up her mind that she would go
to St Petersburg, although the message had not
urged her to do this Mrs Grant left Washington
by the first train, and when she arrived here con-
suited with DR.. Egbert Guernsey. for years the
Grants family physician. to whom she should
take with her nurse. Miss Esther A Shafer
was decided upon. and she sailed with Mrs. Grant
The Princess CantaCuZene, who was Miss Julia
Dent Grant, married to Prince Michael Canta-
cuzene, Of the Russian army, on September a.
1899 at Newport. She met him while travelling
in Italy with Mrs. Potter Palmer.
st. Petersburg Feb. 22--The condition of Princess
Cantacuzene daughter OF General Frederick Dent
Grant. of the United States Army. who has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia, is improved to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23
this case, Fleming against Page, decided against
him. Chief Justice fancy, writing the opinion

this case, Fleming against Page, decided against
him. Chief Justice fancy, writing the opinion
said:
There was no act of Congress establishing
custom house at Tampico nor authorlzlng the
appointment of a Collector Inc regulations
the Collector adopted were not prescrloeu ny
law, but by the President In ms capacity OF
Commander in Chief. The permit ana coaslinS
manifest granted by an officer thus appointed,
and thus controlled by military authority could
not be recognized in any port OF the OIlteo
States, could they exempt the cargo from
the payment of duties
The Treasury Department. in no instance that
aware of since the establishment or the
Government, has ever recognized place In a
newly acquired country as domestic port I'M
less il had been previously made by act OF
Congress The principle thus adopted ana acted
upon by the Executive Department or the Gov
eminent has been sanctioned by TINS Court ana
the circuit courts whenever the question came
before them And all of them maintain that
under our revenue laws every port is regarded
as a foreign unless the custom house from
which the vessel clears is within collection
district established by Congress
The Treasury Department afterward in some
cases departed from what Chief Justice fancy
found had been the universal custom, yielding
apparently TO the Democratic proslavery theory
of a self-extending Constitution, which tied the
hands of Congress in dealing freely with slavery
and as a result with anything else Neverthe-
less there stands the Supreme Courts broad
declaration that place in a newly acquired
not merely temporarily occupied-country is not
a domestic port without legislation. At that
time the Court had not developed its trust for
Statehood" doctrine which was afterward ap-
piled to bring all territory Immediately under
the Constitution and announced In its perfecton
to keep bred Scott q slave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23
NEW oRGANTsT FOR ST. THOMAs's.

The vestrv of St. Thomass Protestant Episcopal
Church. Fifty-third-st. and Fifth-ave., has ap
pointed w. C. Macfarlane, organist Of All Souls
Episcopal Church. to succeed Dr. George William
Warren as organist OF St Thomas's Church. DR..
Warren who retired recently, announced in
The Tribune had been the organst and musical
director of St Ihomass Church for the last thirty
wears.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23

burning and fighting one. is complicated with
the condition that the blacks are greatly in the
majority and, keyed up TO pitch of determine
ton which is quite possible to them, could drive
the whites into the If they were not rein
forced with outside aid. The appeal Am I not
a man and a brother?' now seems the appro-
pirate cue Of the Martinique white man. though
so far the indications that 1t would be
thrown away his black antagonist. whose
cry is Down with the whites!" If he
bent on their determination. If matters do not
improve there Martinique may be in the
market for purchaser. like Denmark's islands
near by.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23
SEYuoUR HICKS AVID MISS TERRIss HERE.

Mrs. Seymour Hicks known on the stage as Miss
EIlaline Terriss arrived here from Liverpool on the
White Star liner Teutonic yesterday with her hus-
band and about dozen of Charles Frohman's
London comedians She has been playing in My
Daughter-in-Law." at the Criterion Theatre, in
London.
The play was adapted by Clyde Fitch from the
French. Ma Bru," which was played for ALMOST
a year at the Odeon Theatre. in Paris. My
Daughter-in-Law' will open at the Lyceum Thea
ire in this city, Monday night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23

All the indications now point to a legal settle
ment of the Kentucky controversy. by which
political discretion and public opinion will COM
pei both parties to abide pending appeal to
the polls for confirmation condemnation of
the claims that each has made. But how about
the Goebel law? Is that Ubiquitous measure des-
tined TO play an Illicit and dangerous part in the
next election?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23

The acknowledgements decision that a canal
tax must be uniform in it's operation over the
whole State suggests thought Of the consti-
tutional rights of taxpayers who are burdened
by neighborhood assessments out of all pro-
portion to the special benefit they receive from
local improvements. Unfortunately uniformity
of taxation is not we'll guaranteed by New
York's Constitution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23

1t is only fair to the new Commissioner of
Street Cleaning to say that. thanks, in part, to
a good organization inherited from his predeces-
sor, in part to a resourceful contractor, in part
to pretty good luck in weather and in part to his
own initial energy, his record thus far is worthy
of a much better than anybody supposed
Mr. Nagle to be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23

New-York City taxpayers continue to lose large
sums because of illegal Tammany removals.
Justice Garretson has just reinstated eighty-four
illegally removed iremen and allowed them
$4,000 of back pay, which our rulers did not
let them earn. The sum is a total waste. but
Tammany had so much spells.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23

Assemblyman Smith, Of this city, wants TO
dispense with the Civil Service article of the
Constitution. Il would be much easier to dis
pense with Assent yman Smith.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
More Railroad Stories.

Fer at least forty years after railway
romance began in real life there were nc
railroad stories except those told in the
caboose and the round house. This is be-
cause one must know 4 great deal about
the life in order 10 write this sort Of litera-
ture; and those who do, care little about
mere writing, as a rule. They prefer action
to word-juggling.
Nevertheless, it was as certain as any
thing can be that the iunumcrable tales
tragic. heroic humorous. pathetic which
have to do with the road would be written
some day. and il looks Just now as If the
day had come. More books Of this type
have been issued in the last five years than
in the whole history OF American fiction
previous 20 that time. Some OF them were
written by teiegraphers or engineers, little
used 70 scrbbling; others by men with
training for literary work. Warman and
Hamblen have already made regulations in
this line. and a good third is Frank H.
spearman, whose book, The Nerve Of
Foley. and Other Railroad Stories" has
Just come of the press. In fact, one is
tempted to consider Mr. Spearmans book
the best yet in some respects. There are
ten stories in it. and not one is the least
bit dull or undressing The individuality
Of every man is sharply accented. there is
no cheap sentiment or tawdry rhetoric, and
there Is plenty OF the peculiar, grim, kind
~ humor which is particularly evident in
The American railroad man. In some ways
this type of man is the most characters
tically American we have. He is cOsmo-
politan. he is quick wtted, he is resource
full, he is daring. and above all he is mag
nifcent and incurabiy pluciIy. His nerve
is like wrought steel and his heart is apt
to be warm ard generous.
Such is the railroad man as Mr.. Spear
man pcrtrays him, and this unpretentious
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

ITO Have and 10 Hold, by Miss Mary
Johnston has been one Of the most thor
oughly advertised novels Of the year.
Many book lovers treat such works rather
gingerly. knowing by experience that the
publisher is not always 10 be trusted: but
in this case neither the public nor the re-
viewer need have any hesitation IN adding
10 these endorsements. The romance is
one Of the best ever written Of old Virginia
life. iuli Of fire. passion, pathos adventure.
humoT, and all the other things which 20
10 make up good novel, mingled as cum
ningly a. the host OF an old-fashioned Nir-
Einia house-party mixes the ingredients OF
his punch. The fact that the author is a
young girl and that this IS her second
book, may interest the general public. but
II the story had come out anonymously il
would sull have been reasonably sure OF
popularity.
The hero is a gentleman OF jamestown
and friend of John Rolfe. IN the begin
ming OF the tale he considers himself
confirmed bachelor. In a whim Of the mo-
ment having heard that a cargo OF kings
girls" is about TO arrive. he declares that
be will stake his fortune on a cast Of the
dice. and, should he throw ambs-ace. will
80 on the morrow to seek a wife from the
assembly. He carries out this fanciful
resolution. and rescues a damseI Of deli
cate mold from two rough fellows who
are maltreating her She accepts him as
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
The Coming of the Dreams.

Would you look on Paradise,
IT must be with closed eyes.
On beyond the meadow flowers.
On beyond the forest bowers,
On beycad, beyond. it lies.
Close, oh, close your eyesi
One by one, the dreams come on,
Glimmer, glisten, and are gone.
See them while you may;
None VIII come another day.
Would you hear the singing spheres,
Lie and list with closed ears.
Meath the wind-harps in the bowers,
Meath the feet Of happy hours,
Sweet as thought on other years
Shut, Oh, shut your earsi
One by one, the dreams come on;
A breath, a whisper-they are gone.
Hear them while you may;
None will come another day.
John Vance Cheney. in the Atlantic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

l hear from the shade of the fir trees
The fishers flute again
His impouunate lamentations,
His passion and his pain.
Proud lords and lovely ladies
Met there in nights gone by,
While the summer moon was sailing
Like O pleasure boat on high.
Tie lords sang amor0us ditties,
The ladies touched the lute,
Where emulous and envious,
The nightingale vas mute.
They stole apart in the daTknsss,
And plighJed hearts and hands,
Or, sitting songs with laughter,
Danced ON the yellow sands.
There is more in the fishers mgsic.
OF passion and Of pain.
Than he knows And here At midnight
II comes to me again.
Comes back with a silent sorrow,
Tie weight Of tears unShGe
The longing for vanished voices.
The loved, the lost-the dead.
Richard Henry Stoddard, in the Century
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Time and space and Number flow
Ever onward; none shall know
Whence they come OF where they 60.
None shall know: they will not bend
Their majestic course; nor blend,
Infinite, with things that end.
None shall know; the mind may sound
Dreaming voids. and iud DO bound
To the wall-less prison round.
Winding-sheet Of woven shade,
None shall e'er Thy word eyade;
None shall knowl T is thou hast said.
None; unless man, too. may climb
Clear Of bounds, till Thought sublime
Conquer Number, Space. and Time.
Curtis Hidden Page.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

The giories iaiter on the mountain crown.
The smooth blue heavens let their quiet down;
And mp the wood path. wandering in and in
Now dusk and dream their ministry begin.
Blithe shapes peer after them, but we'll the
know
They never NAV that slumbrous Journey 90:
The little wandering lights no longer leap.
And leaf on leaf the cool trees droop in sleep.
Silence. all silence. save the far-of sound
Haunting for aye the dlrkened forest ground:
Memory Of sweetest wind and bird that sing
Lives on, lives en- mixed in the murmuring.
John Vance Cheney, in the Atlantic
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

THE Kings Mirror, by Anthony Hope,
is a romance of type slightly different
from that Of the authors former works
It's most striking characteristic is that II
is thoroughly artistic and consistent por-
trait Of an individual, and that individual
a king. Royal persOnages have figured in
many tales, from nursery folklore to tbs
latest work OF Mr. Richard Harding Davis
the temerty to attempt to portray the in
ner life Of a monarch-to tell the kings
story from his own point Of view. Thia
seems TO be Mr.. Hopes main purpose in
the present narrative, and be has certainly
succeeded most brilliantly.
He has drawn for us man quite human
and without more than reasonable share
Of vanity, brought up from bahyhood to be
and to feel unlike others; he traces with
the most delicate skill the processes of
thought by which this man discovers his
powers and his limitations; there is a
subtle vein Of humOr running through il
ALL and yet more subtle and far deeper
element Of pathos. The king finds early
that his title involves more responsibilities
and duties than amusement; he is periluus-
ly near the conclusion, in later life, that
all natural, simple, human pleasures are
TO be denied him by the mere fact of his
hluEEHlp. All AnlS Is lIultdltu bA tuutHNS
so light that one sees only the finished pic
ture, not the process. 1t is a psychology
cal photograph, and taken as a whole,
most remarkable piece Of work.
While the character drawing IS the
strongest feature Of the book, there is
plot enough to keep the reader interested.
and seldom, indeed is it possible to
prophesy the outcome of any given situa-
ton. The denouements are generally as
unexpected as that Of the first chapter
was to the eight-year-o king, who; on
making trial of kingly power by refusing
to go to bed when told. in the evening Of
his coronation day. was summarily chas-
used to teach him that kings must obey
orders. just like ordinary small boys. The
situation as Mr.. Hope describes it is a
quaint minglng Of the comic and the pa
thetic.
This combination is found here and
there all through the book We find the
king fighting a duel with a nobeman of
the court, with the Encouragement, to
prevent scandal. that If either is killed
witnesses shall testify that it was an ac-
cident. We find him giving up this. that,
and the other wish of his heart, for state
reasons, through stubborn. half -unrea-
soning notion OF the sacredness of his
duty. Sometimes he is not very sure what
his duty as king may be-this boy of
twent. one or two-and seems TO be guild
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

The little cloud curled on the hill,
Nights flmy dream-shape lingering still;
Some CLINT from ouJ the shining day
Which would not follow him away,
But waGders yet by wood and stream,
Betwixt a shadow and a CLEAN;
The subtitle breath OF thicket bowers,
Sweet as with spirits Of the flowers;
The airy hammers Of the rain.
Tapping, then instant still again;
The timid whispered minsireisy
OF winds beginning in the tree
Could | repeat what & is these say 20 me,
Then would | be high rrics, Of wizaTdry.
john Vance Cheney, in the Atlantic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

ed thereto mainly by the conviction that
1t must be right because it is so dis
agreeable. Last come the arranged mar
riage between him and pretty, dainty
Elsa, distant relative and the royal
bridegroom S communings with himself as
to the possibility Of being lOathed by his
bride. The real humility of the man is
shown in his sincere endeavors TO put
himself into the place of others. He sees
an opera singer a beautiful and talented
woman, marry, for commercial reasons,
rich, gross, and vulgar old impresarloi and
in talking with the husband discovers that
this man, almost a comic figure in the
eyes OF others, is enduring agonies OF
doubt and despair because he has come 10
understand his beautiful wife's real feel
ings toward him. After this CONVERSE
ton the king is moved TO meditation on
the possible parallel between himself, re-
garded as a bridegroom by winsome, at
tractiye Elsa, and Madame Coralie with
her unpleasant old husband. 1t is COM
bination Of ideas, full Of satirical humor
and cynical tragedy.
Altogether, The Kings Mirror -
which, be it understood. is simply the mir
ror Of his inner life reflected in the story
told by himself-must be accounted one of
the best things Mr.. Hope has written.
New York: d. Appleton & Co. $3.50
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
TO the Laplnnd Longspur.


Oh, thou norihland boblink.
Looking over summers brink
Up to winter, worn and dim.
Peeriug down from mountain rim.
Something takes me in thy note
Quivering wing and buhblipg throat.
Something moves me in rbv vavs-
Bird rejoicing in tbv d,vs
In thy inward. bovrrius- aigbt
In Inv snit Of HACK and yFbito
Chestnut cape and circled crown
In thy rn.te Of speckled brown.
Surely / may pause and think
Soaring over meadows wild
(Greener pastures never smiled.
Raining ru,,Sic from above
Emil of rapture fuu of love.
Frolir cav and dal,opsir
Vel NOT an eveupf rom cgre
Fo~ trr r,.r T.. In tho srras.
And tEo,, ,r,rriest as T1...
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Oh, where was Fame
In that rcd morning when l vas, ike thee.
Soit-eyed and open uecked 20 the Wild wind
y, IN love with miHe own motions ere my steps
Forgot the barefoot feel Of the clay worldY
Ny Gays lay open 10 the universe
Ana al night long the clang Of their musical
gates
Retold the echoes Of Apoilo's harm.
And Mars his CORY shield.- wo6ed in vain.
AnoVe my weedy and untitled moors
Inc mantle Of blooded Moon swept on,
win oig regala strange to me. Twas
lacked the builders skill. the delivers faith.
iacHed the neither compass maybe more
! lacked the central FIRE, the reckless poise
VI the born-drunkard and the sutocrat
mat breathe the courage Of the SOULS iareveUs
But manhood came, nor yet her trumpet
And Disillusion Knocked the arts Of Art. -.
saw the One Of all things-branchina trees
That fork the birdnests, as the branching rivers
That fork the nests Of men-and saw beyond
The field transcend the One. where tangent shirts
Would leave to slaves ali spberic harmonies-
Til knowledge fells the last man the first
How long Redemption waits!-For they
gone
The rosebloom OF my youth. the tireless limbs,
The velvet-poiHted lips that beauty wOoed
With long, mute kisses in the hooded night,
Or on the spongy mead when sodden June
Gushed milk in the rank-sproutiHg grass, and
blood
Hot, htful, fatetul, through the yearning arms,
And to the throbbing heart.-Could ] iorgeti
Throw of this sorry wisdom. and inch deep
Besmesr my wrinkesyoung by toTchlight yet!
Then leap to the arena!-vho should know
The smiling athlete had a srewsome cheek,
Until the lamps were lowering Late, oh, latei
The westering pathCs glooms the fervent hours.
Again my gray gull lifts against the nightfall
And takes the damp leagues with shoTeleSs eve.
Benjamin Paul Blood, in Seribner's Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04
Poverty.

Fair my estate at morn TO see.
| had at eve the self-aine store;
Yet fate that DAY had beggaTed me,
Since hope could ! count mine no more.
-Aslo Bates.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

We're John Rusbins literary Efforts productive
q q fortune H. A.
He is said to have had an income OF $50 -
Geo year.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Who are our ambassadors to England. Germany.
and FTance2 g. H.
To Great Britain. Joseph II. Choate; to
Germany, Andrew d. White; to France
Horace Porter.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

On December Is. 1880. in his camp near
Grand River. n d.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

When did Dion Boucicant die2 2 What was
bis greatest Play! 3. How is bis name prououuc-
cdr T. T. A.
In 1890. ?. London Assurance. 8 Boo
see-kO.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

How long has The city Of Mexico had ma
nicipsi c0uBcii3 : b.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

whea and where wa. sitting Bull am,ia
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

How much will the Transvlal Government save
by IT'S reduction OF the wages Of natives employed
in the mnes2 q o.
Seventy-hve million dollars year. it is
said
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Who was the first Pope9 TNN
St Peter.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Has Missouri suffered greatly from tomatoes
during the past dccadeg Y
These storms have caused SIS 600 900
L.. ~. 10 go. 49, - liz. I.nl
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Did the attorney for the defence IN the Moli-
neux trial call any handwriting experts 10 the
stznd2 SUBSCRIBER
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

In what waters is the Isle o. Man and al what
distance is it from the coast Of England?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

II is in the Irish Sea. twenty-seven
miles distant from the nearest points OF
England and ireland. and sixteen miles
from the coast of Scotland.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

No: Molineux's counsel introduced no
testimony OF any kind
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Nearly on hundred -.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

How il theatrical stock company organizsd7
Do the actors have TO furnish their costnmcs7
G. C.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

What is the process Of making malt? J. W.
There are four successive operations.
First, barley is soaked in cold water in
wooden cisterns for two or three days.
Then it is heaped upon floor. where it
heats spontaneously and begins to sprout.
Next the sprouted grain is gradually
spread out thin to reduce the heat and
check the termination. Finally the grain
is dried in kiln to a crisp, and the dry
product is malt
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

That the verse of Edward Rowland Sill
has taken foremost and permanent place
in American poetry now seems certain.
Every anthology of American metrical
composition includes specimens of his
verses, the Fools Prayer" being notably
a favorite for this use. Since the poets
death in 1887, the volumes of his verse have
had a sale which constitutes a dsproof Of
the frequently heard assertion, that inter
est in poetry is declining. 1t is probably
more correct to say that taste in verse is
rising. and that the ''boudoir poet" is no
longer in favor, while the virile singer is
in demand. HoughtOn, Mifflin & Co. will
soon publish a volume of the dead singers
prose and letters.