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Some of his sermons have since been published,
finding a ready and sympathetic audience, and
we have no doubt that the supplementary col
lection of letters now brought forward by the
authors of the Life" will be widely and as
gratefully read.
The Master of BaIIioI was remarkable hui
manist. Famous a translator of Plato, a
teacher, and, above all, administrator of
his college-so that its name became perma-
nently identified with his own-he achieved dis
tinction in path of activity largely because
he stepped so easily and authOritatively into
another-and back again; because all the fruits
of his versatility were saturated in the personal
qualities of the man. Doubtless his old pupils
dispute over his pre-eminence in this that
field of endeavOr. The PlatOnist exaIts his in
sight into the classics. insight beyond that
of mere scholarship. The OXonian who was un-
obtrusively lifted by him over difficulties of a
personal nature. and developed, perhaps, by
his wise counsel. into a new and better phase of
character, maintains that his chief claim to re-
membrance was his genius for friendship. But
to those who know Jowett only through his pub
lished works and in his biography he seems
likely to stay in mems minds simply because
he noble human creature, original genu-
inc, shreWd. kindly, learned, cultivated. in all
seasons sayer of good things and a doer of
good deeds. One of his most characteristic ut
teranceS may De taken as giving, unWittingly,
a perfect Illustration of his own character ITO
do much good" he said, you must be very
able and honest man, thinking of nothing else
day and night; and you must also be a consd-
cradle piece of a rogue, having many reticences
and concealments; and l believe a good sort of
roguery is never to say word against anybody
however much they may deserve it" The spirit
of this little sermon is the spirit of Jowett in all
the relations of life.
That man was discerning who first compared
him with DR.. johnson, to whom he was de-
voted. and whom he closely resembIed in wit
bluntness, lovableness and common sense The
last quality should perhaps be named first. He
had the true JohnsOnian SALT honesty tempered
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4 FRAGMENT.

BY ALGERNON CHARLES SwINBURNE
Sweet as the dewfau, splendid as the south,
Love touched with speech Boccaccio's golden
mouth.
Joy thrilled and filled it's utterance full with
song,
And sorrow smiled on doom that wrought 10
wrong
a starrier Iustre Of lordIier music rose
Beyond the sundering bar Of seas and SHOWS
When Chaucer's thought took life and Light
from his
And Ensland's crown was one with Italy's
Loftiest and last, BY grace OF Shakespeare
word,
Arose above their qUiring spheres a third,
Arose. and flashed. and faltered: songs deep 81
Saw Shakespeare pass in light. in music de
No light like his, no music. man might give
To bid the darkened sphere, left soDs-esS, Live.
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by common sense Bozzy himself might have
listened to some such observations from MS
mentor as those which Jowett sent to his frienu
Morier, when that gentleman was diplomatic
ing in that most unpotical country OF Prus-
STA" He says:
1t appears to me that there is certain tune TIM,
of life at which one begins to discover tnaI an
mankind and especially les hOmmes detat
are rogues or FOOLS or both. 1t is not certain
that they are much worse than / myself am
but they are none the less rOgues and fools Tor
that At this critical iunCture all depends upon
whether / able to conceal my eyu opinion
Of them. IF / can, / may rule them; II not, they
are my lifelong enemies. 1t is the greatest ad-
vantage to through other men (and most
men may be seen through. But If they see
that you see through them. then you are ruined
Cynical advice this some commentators might
be inclined to observe. And Jowett realized
that he laid himself open to the criticism
please lay to heart this discourse Of ParsOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21
JOWETT.
FURTHER MEMORIALS OF THE MASTER
OF BAILIOL.

7 .ETTERs OF RENJAMTN JOWETT. NJ A., Mas
ter Of Balliol College. oxford. Arranged ana
Edited by Evelyn Abbott NJ. A, LII -. ana
Lewis Campbell NJ. a, LII. ID. With PORTRAIT.
Octave, pp 262. f. F. Dutton 81 Co.
Jowett died in 1893. When, in 1897, memoir
of him in two stout volumes was published by
Messrs. Abbott and Campbell. 1t was received IN
a rather gingerly fashion by many Of the Eng
Iish reviewers. They had never thought of the
Master of Balliol quite the sort Of man for so
imposing monument. He had been appreciat-
ed for years; but was he, after all, a great man?
Perhaps not. But he was certainly a very in
teresting man. The biography had its effect
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a Historical UmbrslIa.

An interesting historical relic, name
ly. the first umbrella Of which mention
Is made by French writers, has, a Paris
correspondent states, just been sold by
auction 1t fell out Of the royal car
rtage In the famous flight to Varennes,
was picked up by a ViIlager and taken
to a newly created mayoralty, where
It was kept for years. The umbrella Is
OF great size and strength, and resem-
bles The article used in the old coach
ings days by the outside traveller. The
silk is royal blue, with a border Of
China rose. The ribs which support
Whalsbone are In gilt bronze, round,
and have q corkscrew ornament twin
ing round them. As to the handle, II
would bear without bending the stiR-
est gale. This umbrella is spoken Of
in q report on the light Of Louis the
sixteenth and his family. Louis
Philippe got into the habit In Eng
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OF the place made straight for the bar
Of the Jolly Trooper" He called for
brandy. filled the glass. raised II, and
then as IL mirrored in its contents he
read the words: I've known the
cheVron and the plain sleeve to do the
trick as we'll" Tiernan put the liquor
back on the bar. paid for IT. and turn
ed for the door. Then the thought Of
the gibes Of the recruits came into his
mind like q knife. He turned to the
bar again, touched the glass, dropped
II and then said sharply: "GIFe me a
bottle Of bCandy." He took the flask
outside and put Il In his saddle bag.
Thus far he had kept the letter Of his
word.
Tiernan headed Joe Hooker for the
railroad station. The wind was sough-
Ing along in a way which the expert
enced trooper knew presaged a bliz-
Eard- At the station platform Tiernan
found the post ambulance. The driver
said that he had been sent over To
meet Colonel Blake's sister. Mrs. Car
ruthers, her son and the ColonePs
daughter, Miss Molly Blake.
They arrived" said the driver in
response to Tiernan's question, "on
an earlier train than was expected and
left for the post in an open wagon be-
fore l arrived. Mrs. Carruthers SON,
who came with her, hired the team,
said he knew the way, aud would
drive the party over. They've had
half an hour the start. and IL they
keep to the new road they can make
the post before this blizzard Is strong
enough to hurt them It's too late
now for me 20 put back. however, and
I'm going to stay here"
Tiernan looked at the sky. The
clouds had banked up thickly, and the
snow was coming faster and faster,
blown By q constantly rising wind.
The last time young Carruthers was
at the post" he thought. ''the old road
was In use" He does not know of
the short new one. II he takes the
old trail round the bluH they're lost"
Then he thought Of Molly, whom ten
years ago In the far-off Apache coun-
try. he had taught to ride. Molly, for
whom he had been bodyguard all
through her childhood. without
word to q soul he mounted and struck
on into the very teeth of the storm.
Don't fail me this day. Joe Hooker
he said.
The horse. as II In answer. galloped
steadily forward. The air seemed
turned to ice. yet the wind kept ever
rising. They came at last to the
parting Of the old and the new roads.
TIeFnan slipped from his horse, and
at part Of the now disused trail,
sheltered slightly by an embank-
ment. he found the fresh marks of \
wheel. carruthers had taken the old
roundabout road The blizzard was
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C6e Cb-fSfmor Tree.

Says an enthusiastic mother: "T
don't believe there Is anything on the
face Of the earth that gives more
pleasure to the average child than a
Christmas tree. It does make q good
deal Of trouble for the elders, but
surely It Is worth while! One Is only
child such q little while, and one Is
grown up so very longl We grown up
people are very well satisfied to have
our yearly presents Just given to US.
but surely We all can remember how
the value OF the gifts once increased In
proportion to the way they were CIV
en-. Was anything more delightful
than emptying a stocking, especially
when each thing was wrapped I'D and
tied. The presents were 10 much
more desirable that way than II they
had just been laid out on q chair or
table. ARG IL they came on a Christ
mas tree, words cannot express how
much that enhanced their value. Sure
ly that childish delight repaid all the
hard work that fell to the elders
share. and the remembrance Of It
now goes q long way to tighten the
work Of 1t all for our own small boys
and girls.
"A big tree Is glorious, but, after all,
the Christmas we always looked back
on as the very best was the one where
we each had a little tree OF our own.
They were from about six inches high,
for the baby. up to three feet for ia
ther. They were planted in lovely
pots, and were decorated with little
bits OF candles and eornucopias, on
each tree a different color. There was
even one tree for the pets. and no sim
gle one was forgotten. Every dog, cat,
rabbit. guinea pig. or doll had a gift,
with Its own name marked on the out
side. Truly that was ChristmasI I
only wish had the nine little rascals
to make all the happiness for, and the
means to do It. Children are endless
trouble; but how forlorn It IL not to
have them to trouble fort"
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m THE HOLLOW IN THE BANK HE SAW THREE FoRMs

Tiernan had soldiered all through the
years that the oficer was rising step
By step from the ranks Of 4 subaltern
Of horse to that Of the command of
the crack cavalry regiment OF the ser
vice.
After the new guard had been
mounted that morning Private Tier
nan made his way to his quarters and
without word to his fellows, left the
barracks and headed for the stables.
As he passed the door Of the commits
sary the Colonel came out and met
him face to face. Tiernan's hand went
to his cap in rigid salute.
Good morning. Sergeant" said
Colonel Blake. The old title slipped
out naturally.
Private Tiernan, sir, now" was
the answer In a tone that implied II
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A young western attorney was re-
Gently asked why he had 50 strenuous
" defended woman who could not
pay him 81 can never forget" he re-
piled. -that she lived at the end Of
my long paper route when / was
q struggling college boy. More than
once In winter her kind heart prompt
ed hsr TO rise very early to have q
cup Of hot coffee ready for her news
boy. fearing lest he might perish with
the cold" Such acts defy commercial
repayment" as much AZ mother-love
or sister influence. How does the old
Persian poet put It?
In Times fieeting river
The image Of that little vfne-leaf lay;
Immoyably unquiet, and forever
II trembles. but It cannot pass away"
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a Paris newspaper gives the weight
Of certain European soyereigns. In a
football lineup, Dom Carlos Of Portu-
gal would be center. His toWardness
or valor ought to be guaranteed By his
20z pounds. Ferdinand OF Bulgaria,
III pounds. and Oscar Of Sweden, one
pound less. seem fitted for guards.
Kaiser WIlhelrn's $50 pounds would
give him momentum and force as q
tackle. The car would scarcely make
the team except as quarterback, for
he weighs only III pounds. The little
King OF Spain. 50 pounds. Is out OF
the question. save to hold the sweater
OF = player or 20 toss the coin for
choice Of position II monarchy could
tolsra4e ths presence Of q president Of
republic for znliback. ths head OF the
French government win his $50
pounds would naturaiy Be q candidats.
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Tiernan. I've known the chevron and
the plain sleeve to do the trick as
well. Promise me-"
The answer came half sulkily:
We'll, II you want me to promise, !
will" Then the trooper turned aDG
strode away to the stables. taking no
notice of the hand which he knew
instinctively was held cut to grasp
his.
At the stables ne threw a saddle on
to Joe Hooker, and with a more vi
cious dig from the spur than the horse
had ever before felt from that heel
set out at a charge" pace across the
prairie. Miles City came in sight
Tiernan rode past the scattered out
lying shacks, and reaching the heart
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Especial Correspondence.O

Especial Correspondence.)
In striking contrast to the exciting
experiences he underwent In his
younger days Is the quiet manner in
which Capt Ike Jackson, whose name
Is familiar all through the southwest.
Is passing the evening OF his life. Now
he lives on his well-stocked ranch on
the Peeos river, in western Texas, and
while q jolly, sociable companion, un-
der all conditions, is at his best while
recalling the incidents OF his life on
the frontier when the Indians were
plentiful. His entertaining fund Of
"reminiscences he is always ready to
draw upon and never does he talk to
an uninterested audience. One Of his
tales is of an exciting event which led
to his marriage. As he tells 1t, the
story Is as follows:
Attacked by IndIanG
u was playing the fiddle one night
AZ a dance in a little log cabin on the
extreme frontier. There had been ru-
mors of an Indian raid. but the people
were fearless. and everybody In the
neigAborhood was at the dance. Sud-
denly an arrow whizZed through the
open door and struck q young girl on
the shoulder. u was followed by a
shower OF arrows and a few shots.
Women shrieked. and the men seized
their arrows and began to barricads
the house. kept on playing the fid-
die as X nothing had happened.
That's right, Ike whispered old
Col. Chrisman. Play as II the devil
was after you andSI will save the
women and children turned loose
on The Arkansas Traveller and /
made the old fiddle roar. While some
Of the boys were popping away in the
dark from the front OF the cabin the
old colonel managed to slip out the
back way and escape into the woods
with the women and childre2. Then
7 laid the fiddle down and got my gun
and Joined In the defense. The red
devils were too many for US. and after
killing four of our boys they set fire
to the cabin and succeeded in captur-
ing me as was trying to cut my way
through their lines with my bowie
knife.
They bound me hand and foot and
tied me on a pony. After raiding the
settlement and burning the cabins
they started back toward a Lipan vii
lage on Devil river. When daylight
came was congratulating myself that
the red men had not captured any OF
the wives or daughters Of the settlers.
but in a moment heard a cry OF dis
tress and upon twisting my head
around was amazed to see a beautiful
young girl whom l we'll knew lashed
to an old squaw who was riding a
mustang. The Indians had found a
demijohn Of brandy in a cabin. and It
was not long before several Of the war
riors were drunk. They began to yell
and cavort about on their ponies. ap-
parently Indifferent to the likelihood
that they might be overtaken at any
moment by the enraged settlers. While
crossing the San Gabriel prairie they
circled around a herd Of wild cattle
and roped several of the fat animals
BY this time the old chief in command
was almost too drunk to ride, and they
halted In a grove on the banks of San
Gabriel and prepared to have a feast
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The roll OF the reveille drums and
The trumpet's brazen falsetto did not
serve in the least to disturb the mo-
rose meditations Of Private Patrick
Francis Tiernan, Seventh United
States cavalry, who was walking post
at Fort Runyon. Mont, In the gray
Of that Christmas day morning in the
year 1890. Private Patrick Francis
Tiernan, Troop X, until day before
yesterday q sergeant Of twenty-seven
years standing, was now walking post
like the veriest rookie" in the Fort
Runyon outfit, reduce to the ranks by
the finding Of court martial for
drunkenness. and that court martial
convened by the order Of his colonel.
And the colonel, the man with whom
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Remains OF Ancient Man.

In some grottoes In Algeria French
explorers recently discovered stone i'm
plements mingled with the remains OF
extinct animals belonging to quarter
nary times. Further explorations in
dicate that during the age when the
grottoes were inhabited the coast OF
Algeria had a coniguration different
from that OF to-day. Among the ani-
mails associated with the ancient hu-
man Inhabitants Of Algeria were the
rhinoceros. the hIppopotamus and va
rious species Of ruminants.
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would Be . pleasure to add. Thanks
70 you"
'As you viii. Tiernan; where are
you gotngf"
-Pm an old guard post; I've walked
post all night and I'm going to ride
over to Miles, City, SIR"
Are you going to drink today. ser
geant7"--the title again.
Private. sir; don't know: there's
not many that care"
-TiernaE. we've soidiered In the
same command for nearly thirty years.
Yours was 4 growing fault. A deep,
interest and a liking sometimes moves
q man to do q disagreeable duty.
Enough Of this, however. I want you
to promise me that you won't drink
today. Get out OF the mud, Tiernan:
get ont Of the mud. Promise me you'll
not drink"
whats my word WORTH I'm !.
n aGleer and q gentleman"
1T does not always need strap on
- shoulder 20 mako q Eentleman.
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On Back of
"a Bull *
Frishtful 6! TOrtur.
Inflicted by
Indians

We were tied to a tree. and -.
squaw told US that we wonII ~ %
ed alive later in the day. The r,-Y T.In'
the daughter Of Col. Munroe - 20
member OF Austin's COLONY
close enough to speak to be- ,. va
bade her to be Of good cbepr ,an- rl l
her that our friends would ba sr-.
rescue us soon. The Indians 80 70
and drank until nearly sunset ' ,.Ss
that time many Of the warriors y
furiously drunk and eager To- ..I
fiendish work. They roped A mon,,.'
Mexican bull, and the old suuax ~,
to the girl White face heap r-,,I :,
bull. No like to ride him.
Lashed Onto the Buu
The savages no sooner be,-l 49,.
remark than they began 20 Wall -
delight They ran toward the go
three or four drunken warriors saf--s
and dragged her to the bull n.s.4
Indians cut me loose from the ,ras -,
forced me along by the side OF tho ..
rihed girl. They threw us on ,ba no..
Of the believing beast, and ,as5aJ n.
securely to his body.
BY this time the whole ean, -.
aroused and eager to witness The ~
lures. Sqaws clapped their hands ava
the drunken warriors howled liks :.
carnate devils. They cut the bull loo..
with us lashed to his back and :.
sprang away believing. with b,o5
and foam flying from his nostrgls m.
Indians set out after the madd.n.s
beast, raining arrows and muske. bsu,
at US. The girl swooned with tern,
and l abandoned all hope. Fortunate.
ly 1t was late in the evening. and IN.
frightened bull ran so fast Ia, N.
drunken Indians soon lost sight a,
him. When l realized this all nv an.
ergy and courage returned 70 ne ana
/ determined to make a desperate o.
fort to save my own and the gi.rs life
called Sallie and was glad 70 snJ
that she had recovered her sense.
Tugging with all my strength at the
ropes l managed to get one hand loose
At this moment a new terro. sprapx
up. The bull had been wounded ana
he was leaving a trail of blood tha,
had been scented by pack Of wolves.
The hungry beasts howled and yelved
as If there were a thousand OF them.
and II was not long before could hea.
them grashing their teeth.
Rescued from . New Danger.
"It is likely that the bull would
have fallen on the prairie from e1-
haustion and the wolves would have
devoured us before we could have re-
leased ourselves had it not been that
the bull had run back directly over
the trail the Indians had made. AMI
NAL instinct led him back 20 the To-
cality from which he had been taken,
and be ran right into a column Of SET
tiers who were pursuing the Indians
Sallie saw the norsemen and when she
began to scream her father who was
in command Of peTsuing party. rec
ognIzed her voice. The bull. being
nearly exhausted, was easily cap
tured.
Il don't think that told Sa.l.e that
I loved her while we were on ,he hack
Of that bull, but / did fall In love
with her while the arrows were fall
ing about US. Not long aft x- we''
married"
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Marriages in Hindostan are very
simple. and are usually arranged by
the parents Of the principals. When
an alliance Is agreed upon, the bride
and groom are brought together, and
perhaps see each other for the first
time The bride playfully skips
toward the groom and seats herself
beside him The priest ties q corner
of the brides veil to the groom's
shawl. and this simple proceeding
makes them man and wife.
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EEary Baird Of Fond du Lac, Wis,
and Miss Clara Elmer Of Oshkosh made
arrangements to be married at the
home Of Mrs. King In the former city
the other evening. When the justice
examined the marriage license he
found the i've days limit required by
the instrument had not expired. The
wedding party waited until after the
midnight hour, the justice returning at
about O'Clock in the morning to tie
the knot.
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The house in PeekskiIl IN which
Henry Ward Beecher wrote ''Nor-
wood" has been opened for q free IL
brary and reading room for Peekski1l
people. This has been made possible
through the generosity Of DR.. John Ne
well Tilden, who for many years was
q practicing physician In Peekskill and
later was principal Of the military
academy there. The institution viii
be known as the Beecher Free Reading
Room.
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University chaperones are the latest
Viennese novelty. In consequence Of
the riotous and insulting behavior Of
the male students when the women
tried to avail themselves Of the newly
granted permission to attend lectures,
many mothers ofEomen students have
registered for the university lectures
In order to accompany and protect
their daughters. The pioneer was the
opera singer, Arabella Szilagyl.