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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

When the Day Of Battle is ended
And the cruel suspense is past,
When the hours Of anguished waiting
Are over for all, at last
Then those who reunited
viii offer their praise 10 God
But the lad have waited and longed for
Lies vOceless under the sod.
There were many who climbed the hillside
When they storned the enemy's post,
There was many a cheer outringing
For the triumph of Bitain's host.
There were many who stood. unwounded.
Unframed at the set OF sun
But the lad | have waited and longcd for.
lIs day Of ts,,le was done.
Ere loug-by many freside
They will tel OF that gallant fight.
They will praise those warrior heroes,
The power of Britsins might.
They will speak-with awestruck voices
OF their comrades among the slain
But the lad have waited and loDged fer
VIII speak 20 me never again.
You are dead for your Queen and your country!
You arc dead in your honor and pridei
You are dead that your brother soldiers
Might rise with the triumph-tidei
You have paid the price Of their glory.
As soldier would wish 10 do
Az. but my lad that I've longed for
My hearts just breaking for you'll
Dora Tickell. in the London Queen.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

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BY Henrik Sienkiewicz Translated from the
original Polish by Samuel Binion New York.
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

As. when the seward ebbinG tide doth pour
Out by the low sand spaces.
The parting waves slip back to clasp the shore
With lingering embraces
So in the tide Of life that carries me
From where thy true heart dwells
Waves Of my thoughts and memories turn to thee
With lessening iafewells;
Waving Of hands; dreams when the day iorgets,
4 care half lost in cares;
The saddest Of my verses; dim regrets;
Thy name among my prayers.
would the day might come so waited for.
So patiently bcSought
When l. returning. should fill up once more
Thy desollte thought;
And MI thy loneliness that lies apart
In still persistent pain.
Shall content thee. q thou broken heart.
As the tide comes in again.
And brims the little seashore lakes, and sets
Soaweed afoat. and fills
The silent pools. rivers and rivulets
Among the inland hills
Alice Meynell.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

| weave life upwards through the grass.
| weave death downwaTds through the mold.
Before the ordered stars ! was;
Before my eyes the flowers pass;
The seed. the cup Of living gold,
The bulb, the blossom white and cold.
All life within my hands hold.
All death and change my fingers fold.
My looms are full. my shuttles fly,
The weaver and the welt am !.
keep all secrets disclose
Wonder Of sweetness to the rose.
| MI the dlndelisn's stem
With milk; | give the madenlair
A gift not sweet, and III 20 bear
The gift Of weakness. Here | bid
The lily in the dirk be hid
From all her kin. and yonder |
Quicken harsh rue and rosemary.
Blossom and bud and seed are mine.
All bear my Sgil and my sign,
They Of me, and / Of them.
I weave dowuwards through the mold
And weave life upwards through the grass;
And which is best I know mott
Which gift were best to sell or buy
II life or death were bought or sold,
Sad hours are llvished, glad hours doled;
Rivers and sellers come and pass;
some. warm with love, and some acold;
some with sealed eyes; and some behold
Through their own tears, as in glass,
Nc and nv weaving. Black and geld,
Ash.grev. rose-red-all colors how
One with another. to and fro,
AZ endlcssy my shuttles 60.
l was before the stars began,
Or God had ever thought q man.
And with the stars | grow not old.
weave life upwards through the grass
And weave death downwards through the mol,
Nora Hopper. in the North American Review.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

And so they toiled together one wan night;
They took
Blossoms Of briars by a boomy brock
Shed from the April hills: and phantom blooms
OF yellow broom that filtered faint perfumes;
Thin. rare, frail primroses OF rainy smell.
Weak pink. cirque clustered in a glow-worm dell:
Wild apple sprigs that tipsied bells Of blaze,
And in far haunted hollows made a haze
OF ghostly fugitive fragrance; plaintive blue
OF hollow harebells hoary with the dew;
Kingcups as golden as the large, low stars;
And lilies which rolled limpid in long bars.
Like sleepy starshine. swayed aslant and spilled
Slim nectar cups of musk the rain had filed:
And paly wildwood wind flowers, slight of gloss,
Dotting the oak-roots bullying up the moss.
And made a woman tall from crown to feet,
Complete in beauty.
Madison Cawein
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
Mr.. Andrew Lang saws 1:

Whsa American humorists come to St An
drew's they generally ask people to point out 10
them the person of the present writer. Why they
do this cannot guess. but perhaps IL is because
they have seen my name in newspaper. There
are, however, local humorisfs who pick out any
sufficiently eccentric looking ancient. and say to
the American enquirer: That's hint" Then the
American describes in his COuntry'S press the un-
conscious victim as me. with all his natural tact
and wit Next the Engl n golfng press copies.
That is why | read in some golf paper or other
that ! play golf with white hall in winter and
a black ball in summer" and lunch publicly :.
scenes which are carried around by my cadd:r
As have not played golf for years. never carry
scenes or eat them in public, and. Of all things
never played with 4 black ball, | conceived that
some one has hoaNed the enquiring American
However, il his fables add to the ,Jyety Of IA
tons (which must he easily amused as the
friends OF Mr. Peter Magnus), nobody is a penny
the worse
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

A shallow pool. emblyed in alders, fills
Tie meadow end. where tangled fag-blades steep
A shallow pool that boasts the sky's blue deep
With worlds abloom like golden daffOdils:
A tideless Ooze whose fIirer seeming skills
To yaunt 4 neither armament Of stars
Between yon rush and the gray pasture bars,
Beyond a purple mystery Of hills.
And weg lis much. % soul. II thou and I
Fen water. with the track Of bestial kline
Deep in the mud al bottonr-do aspire
To cloak US with the gracious, boundless sky,
Plead God a-mercy. and with purpose fine
Answer the stlibelm with reflected fire.
Edgar Mayhem Bacon, in the Atlantic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
CURRENT VERSE.


Lord God, whom We besought 30 late,
Thou woudst not suffer us forget
Thy Name and our weak human state
Have patience, Lord, little yet.
Today no pomp OF empire fls
The wintry land: amazed and awed
We watch Thy slowly grinding mills
Metz out to Us our Just reward.
To-day, by foemcn sore besct.
Dismayed We draw our destined lot.
We prayed to Thee. Lest we forget"
And even as We prayed. forget.
With foolish, rash. vaingiorious words
And sorry -suficieney
We boas;od, girding on our swords,
As those who laid their amor by.
Wherefore the curse upon us lies
OF warriors all unrcady found.
OF braggarts blinded to despise
Their foe before the trumpets sound
Humbly we call upon Thy Name,
IRE sounds once more the grim assault,
We do confess. o Lord. with shame,
our fault. our very gTievous fault.
Give hae'' our fathers stern disdain
OF idle brsg and empty boast.
So shall stand erect again
And face unmoyed the hostile host.
london Academy.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

The land puts on a hlggard look;
For branchless boles Of trees uprise
In struggling groups, in tragic wise,
Black. weather-beatcn God forsook,
Upon the plain in high relief
Against wide heaven, you may see
Them f1unt spectacular misery.
Stamping a summer scene with grief.
Yet somewhile in the long ago
Blossomed and bloomod an Eden. show
OF beauty here-where now is this
Bleak picture OF a wilderness.
Richard Burton, in the New England Magazine
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

The hornets build in plaster dropping rooms,
And its NOISY porch the lizard lies;
Around its chimney slow the swallow flies,
And on its roof the loeusts snow their blooms.
Like sad thought that broods here, old per-
fumes
Haunt its dim stairs; the cautious zephyr tries
Each gusty door. like some dead hand, then
signs
With ghostly lips among the attic glooms.
And now a heron. now a kngfisher,
Fits in the willows where the rifle seems
At each faint fall to hesitate to leap.
Fluttering the silence with little stir:
Here summer placid face asleep
And the near world a f.1nent OF her dreams.
Madison Cawein.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

There. IN the high. blue heavens, blest,
A lofty mountain lifts It's crest,
SO sure. so white. 50 iTes from dearth,
1t hardly seems to know the earth.
Yet, far beneath. the black rocks brace
To keep the summit in its place.
The common earth yearns upward, free,
And wins its own supremacy.
Henry BanniSter Mervin, In Truth.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
LITERARY NOTES.

An interesting addition to the list OF
reading plays issued by r. II. Russell is
Nathan Hale. Clyde Fitchs successful
drama. 1t will be illustrated by twelve re-
productions of photographs of Nat Goodwin
and Maxine Elliott.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

THE Herman Family in Maryland" is a
new work by Charles b. Herman, Balti-
more lawyer. 1t contains number OF let
ters from Lafayette Clay, and other ia
nous men, and is an interesting contribu-
ton to the history of the State.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Jerome Jerome's Three Men on a Bicy-
Gle is announced for early publication.
II looks as IL Mr.. Jerome had determine
TO work over another of his old i'd, as.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Body" and James Freeman Clarke asked
why she did not write some good words for
this air. In the grey of the next morning
she awoke. with the poem forming Itself
In her mind, and getting up. wrote j.,
almost without light enough to see the
PAPER 1t was published in the Atlantic
Monthly" and gradually found its way into
the camps. A company Of Union prisoners
were told by an official of Libby Prison,
one evening, that their army had been de-
feated with great loss; but this informa-
ton was subsequently contradicted by
negro servant, who knew that the Union
forces had won instead of lost. Then the
prisoners began to sing the Battle
Hymn" Chaplain McCabe leading. Nc
Cabe told this story in a lecture. after
his release. and thus the song gained a
wider popularity. facsimile of the first
draft is given in the book.
Mrs. Howes "reminiscences include an
ecdotes of nearly all the brilliant people of
the North at that time and many famous
mon and women whom she met in Europe.
Boston: Houghton. Mifflin q Co. $500
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Tolstoy's new book. Resurrection" Is
likely to be finished before next autum.i
II is said TO be a terrible arraignment of
European morals.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Supposing shipment ia made Of Si.0oocoo in
| gold by New York banking house 10 England.
is the amount supposed to be in gold bullion to
the value Of Sl,00OOo0 or in eoini ". X. T..
II NAV hs
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
lginatious. (Ncw York: Doubleday
Mcclure Company. sl.50.)
A Romance of the Crusndes.

Via Crucis' is the latest work of F.
Marion Crawford, whose style is too mark
ed and too well known TO need any elabor-
ate description. 1t Is story of the second
Crusade that in which Eleanor OF Aqu.taine
and her husband Louis OF France. figured;
and the hero is young NGTman- English
knipht. Gilbert Warde. while the heroine
is his cousin. Beatrix de Curboil. Per-
haps to many readers. Queen Eleanor will
seem the real heroine. with her passionate
nature and overbearing will. and it is GER
tain that in this novel Mr.. Crawford has
given us very good portrait OF that re-
markable woman who became afterward
the mother OF Richard the Lion hearted
and the faithless John Lakeland. The
book is historical novel in every sense of
the word. and it is worth reading merely
for the local color and vivid descriptions
of the life and events OF the time. 1t is
written in the finished and careful Ian
euage OF which Mr. Crawford is master.
and while ne plot is not remarkable for
originality or complication. IL is sufficient
ly elaborate TO hold the interest Of the
average reader. Among the characters are
also Arnold of Brescia and Bernard Of
Clairvaux.
The plot. briefly. concerns three things:
Gilbert's love for BeatriN. the sin of Gil
bert's mother. which created the bar be-
tween her son and Beatrlx; and, TO put IL
very bluntly, Queen Eleanor's attempts to
firt with Gilbert and win him away from
her lady-in- waiting, Beatrix. 1t is not
very dignifed role for a queen. for at no
times does her feeling for the young knight
really rise to the level OF the grande pas
sion. In that case it might have been ex-
cused. considering the character CT King
Louis; but as the case stands II is simply
semi barbarous without being imposing.
However, there is plenty of human nature
in the story. and this, with its vivid char
and stirring incident. will
make 1t popular among the
novels Of the season. (New York: The
Macmillan Company
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

The Bowen Merrill Company announce a
new book by Harris Dickson. entitled The
Black VOLTS Breed"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
Commenting in the National Review"
on modern descriptive writing. Miss Jane
II. Findlater says

! am inclined to think that though It is in part
literary movement, 1t owes a great deal TO an
other cause. There Is a welknown saying that
the demand creates the supply" which may give
us some clew to all this change. This /, an i'm
patient, nervous gencration-over busy, over slim
ulatcd: and unless writer can write a descrip-
ton which interests the reader in spite Of him
self. h. mad better not write at ALL The author
who appeals TO an overworked, nervous reader
is one who conveys his meaning almost iistan-
taneously to the readers mind without effo- { on
his part. This Is really what good descriptive
writers can do; ii is what the best writer's Of the
new school do. Perhaps the inherent love Of
novelty that there is in all Of ia also an ele-
ment in the movement. We would rather
have any change than none, and style has to come
under this law a. surely as every other art. but.
as | have pointed out this word-rcyolution is one
which has been brought about thinkingly. it
s. likely 10 prove a permanent one, not a mere
rebellion against the powers that be.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

How many women patent attorneys are there in
the United s,atesl r. D.
Miss Edith J. Enswood. OF New York. is
said 10 be the only one.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Is the Paris Opera House the largest theatre In
the woFid2 ,. How much ground does it ocenpy7
Yes. . Three acres.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

improvements are being made TO cue
down the population in certain districts
from $50 to $50 persons to the acre.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Is the chilkoot Pass Electric Railway ys, in
operation? MINER
No. The work of boring a tunnel has
been commenced. and when finished IL Is
A, expected to furnish the passageway for a
| 3I-mile motor line.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Is anything being done to reduce the dcusi,y G,
Bofbay's population? INDIA.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

sucre. also called chuquisaca, is the capi-
tai. La Paz is the largest city.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

with pseudo technical term and alarming
ly scientific phrases. At this point there is
a curious minging Of science, folklore,
and superstition, and the reader might
imagine himself perusing old Cotton Math-
er's Magnolia
The story is told entirely through the
medium OF letters and journals. and news
paper clippings, another original device
which Is a stroke of art on the part OF the
author. All sorts OF happenings. aPpar-
emily unrelated. are introduced one after
another and woven into the plot. which
gradually becomes more and more compli-
Gated as the crisis approaches. The story
also becomes more and more like night
mare Everyone knows the feeling which
comes toward the end of such an expe-
rierce. There is always a certain avenue
of escape toward which the sleeper is vain
ly striving, and one obstacle after another
appears in the way, to be hewn down after
seemingly superhuman efforts. The most
grotesque circumstances appear natural In
the atmosphere of horror and apprehen-
sion which envelopes the mind. II Is said
that once upon a time several well-known
writer's were comparing notes on dreams.
and one said that for many years he was
troubled by n recurrent dream. which al
ways ended IN his awakening. shivering
and trembling with terror, in cold per-
spiration. When the company begged TO
know what the vision could have been, he
somewhat reluctantly told them. He
thought that he was being chased all
over creation by a piece of brown paper"
Some OF the incidents which Mr. Stoker
weaves into his tale are not much more
imposing than the brown paper which
caused the brilliant author so much
agony; but while one is reading the book
they seem important and necessary rather
than absurd. for the who'll thing is put
together with consummate skill. II may
be that in serial form some OF this effect
will be lost, for the book is one which, TO
get the full complement OF shiyers. ought
to be read AZ a sitting. without chance
TO emerge into The full light OF day. When
one finally closes the book and shakes off
the imagery. the whole thing crumbles
into nothing just as did the body of the
vampire when the avengers dissected 1t
with their knives. One wonders If the
characters themselves did not feel in
after years as II the whole thing had been
a miasmatic vision Of delirium; and the
last chapter hints that they did.
Altogether, Mr.. Stoker has written
powerful and unpleasant book, and It en-
phatically ought 10 be kept out OF the way
of the children of the family, and es-
chewed by timid people with strong im-
aginatious. (Now York: Doubleday d
Mcclure Company. sI50)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

has inull Il Ncather buftdui = v.
Yes The government operates four
first-class observatories. IA general sta
:ians and 1850 rainfall stations. from
| which are received regularly monthly
statements
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Mrs. Alice Mahon, OF Queenstown. Is
said to be LOG years old.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

By whom was slavery FIRST introduced into
America. and where? W.P.
By Spain, in her West Indian colonies.
and very soon after her occupation. At
first the Portuguese, who fifty years before
had introduced negro slaves to Europe, had
a monopoly of supplying the great Spanish
demand Later the English took part The
first slaves sold 10 English eolonists were
landed at jamestown from a Dutch vessel
in 1913
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Hon. John W. Bookwalter's siberia and
Central Asia has gone into a second edi-
ton and it is announced that an edition
has been sold for publication in Great
Britain, as well.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Does the Transvaal Government operate the
telephone system in Johannesburg2 . What
does it cost the suhseriber9 K
Yes. 2. About SIS a month. payable
yearly in advance. and no service is fur
nished after o'clock p. IN.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

little magazine with a certain peculiar
interest is Talks and Tales which is
published by the Connecticut Institute and
Industrial Home for the Blind. This home
has publishing plant in which great
part of the work OF printing, binding, and
addressing wrappers is done by the blind.
The neat appearance OF the magazine tes-
titles to their ability to do this work well.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Are people right or left-eyed as they are right
or lef1-handedg DIGIT
An authority says that in most persons
the right eye is mere powerful. that only
one in ten is left-sighted. and that the
superiority Of the right optic is probably
due to the continuous use OF that organ
by fighting forefathers in sighting vea-
pOns.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

What is the exact length Of a sidereal day. 2
Who had command VI the British army at the
beginning Of the Revo!v t.onary war? l..
The sidereal day consists of % hours. IS
minutes, end seconds OF mean solar time.
2. Sir William Howe.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

What is Platinum What is it used for, and
what Is its value2 ". p. G..
Platinum is a steel-grey metal that is
heavier than gold, a little softer than iron,
and is found in the native state mixed with
iron. copper and other metals. It is used
in dentistry. for jewelry, in the manu-
facture of various electrical appliances. by
chemists, and formerly IL was coined in
Russia where most Of it is mined. Its
price varies greatly. bur it IS never low,
$40 an ounce being common
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

The Putnams announce for early publi-
cation "A Book for All Readers work
on the collection, use, and preservation OF
books, by DR.. a. r. Spofford.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

The Critic for January contains an ar
ticle on The Early Polish Drama by
Helena Modjeska; one on The Poetic
Drama by William Archer, and the first
of series of photographed papers by
Clara Morris.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

Why is Tennessee called the Volunteer State. and
when did she receive that titlei 2. Why is the
Golden Gate at san Francisco so cal,ed2 L. B.
Tennessee got the title in the Seminole
war and war OF 1872 from the large number
Of her volunteer soldiers. g This name
was applied to the strait connecting San
Francisco Bay and the Pacific by Explorer
Drake, it is supposed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

The Appletons have nearly ready The
International Geography. work produc-
ed by seventy writers in collaboration.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

THE Political Economy Of Natural
Law is new work by Henry Wood, au
thor ut Victor Serenus.'' Studies in the
Thought World and other books of the
saL.5 nature 1t discusses trusts. social
ism. labor question, and other topics of
interest at the present time. Boston:
Lee & Shepard. s1.25. Paper. so cents1.