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New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

humility was superfuous. Then he came forth
as the statesman, with too many reasons for
following his own policy to even ask whether
it were worth while to consider the policy OF
any one else. Maria de Medici called him an
migrate. She right The bitterness OF the
exile which she inflicted upon herself. in her
fury against the Cardinal. cruelty intensified
by her just reflection that Richelieu owed his
advancement to her But. between the en-
ragged Queen Mother and the imperturbable Min
lister, it Is not difficult to choose. She would
have maintained France in humiliating bondage
to a corrupt nobility, if she did not land the
country in downright chaos, and Richeleu not
only had the insight to perceive what the ma
tiOn needed in order to advance. but knew how
to apply the remedies and applied them with
success We will not say he cruel to be
kind. When he applied the knife to the wounds
of France he had none of the latent tenderness
of the good surgeon. He cut out the poisoned
parts with almost inhuman Indifference Ruth
Iessness in his nature. and his enjoyment
of power absolute that it is idle to specu-
late about there having been any very kindly
motive beneath his actions. The point. how
ever. is not what his motive may have been
The point is that he saved France. The motive
is uninteresting. The deed is everything.
When he brought the inhabitants Of La
Rochelle to surrender. after a siege of fifteen
months which had been implacable in it's sever
ity. he refrained from the reprsals which might
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raw material out of which Richelieu was to
construct a durable political fabric and social
condition infinitely more civilized. AS he brings
the new master of France upon the stage he
is careful to point out that there nothing
dsinterested in that masters coming. Richie
lieu became a devoted servant of the State, but
he would probably never have taken a single
step to save the kingdom from destruction if
he had not obtained in the same moment the
right to command. He was born with a thirst
for power that was the more fierce because it
could not Immediately be quenched. OF good
but not conspicuous family this imperiOus soul
was forced to bide its time. He had the wit
to put good face upon chagrin. Though he
had expected to be a soldier and to win his
way on the field and at Court, he entered the
Church with amiability when priesthood was
forced upon him; and in his bishopric of Lucon
he played fairly well the part of an obscure
ecclesiastic. He would wait. and while he wait
ed he would in modern parlance, pull wires
until a summons to Court some other care
fully nursed event arose to enlarge the field of
his activities. The conventional Richelieu the
Richelieu who is always called crafty" comes
out in his tOrtuous intrigues with the Queen
Mother He despised Maria de Medici for the
ignorant woman that she was but he never de-
Spised any one too thoroughly to use him as n
stepping stone to fortune, 1t is foxy" Richie
before the States-General summoned in 1914
an address from which Mr.. Perkins quotes the
following paste jewel relating to the clergy:
Their profession helps to fit them for the public
service; they must possess capacity, be full of
prObity and govern themselves with prudence
and these are the qualities necessary for the
service of the State. They are freer than others
from the private interests which so often harm
the public; observing celibacy. they have moth
ing to survive them but their souls. and these
do not accumulate earthly treasures" Consid-
ering that the essence of this plea was simply
the speakers resolution to get office for himself
he must have uttered it with his tongue in his
cheek. But the real Richelieu soon emerged
from the ambiguity of an eager supplicant for
favor
He was faithful to the Regent only so long
as it was necessary IN order to get himself es-
tablished at Court. He meek with her. as,
he was with her favorite. Coucino Concini, until
New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

RICHELIEU AND THE GROWTH OF FRENCH
POWER. By James Breck Perkins LII D.
(Heroes of the Nations SerieS) Octave pp
xiii. S59. G. Z. Putnam's Sons.
For one reason if for no other Mr., Perkins
is to be adjudged a worthy biographer of the
great Cardinal. The latter has suffered from
the disposition of writer's to throw limelight
upon him. Quite apart from the portrait drawn
of him in Bulwer Lytton's popular play he has
become something of a stage figure in history.
Mr. Perkins avoids meretricious expedients. He
tells plain tale which will not divert the seri-
student from original research nor lessen
his impatience for the completion of M Hano-
tauxs monumental Life" of Richelieu, but
which after the standard biography is fin
ished will serve very well for the purposes of
the general reader
Mr. Perkins introduces his subject with
sketch of France as Richelieu found it, He de-
sCribes the backward state of the nation, the
filth and dangers of the city, the badness of
country roads and the misery of rural com
munities the turbulence of the mobiles and the
weakness of the administration which pretended
to keep order and promote prosperity within
the borders of the kingdom. He exhibits the
New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

easily nave been condoned by the temper of the
tlme' lie had no taste for hereto hunting. The
Huguenots might worship as thev liked for all
ne cared Catholic though ne was But he would
not lei them interfere with the government anv
more that much settled and that his Vas
the only right course to pursue in this rna++ar
cannot be gainsaid. He set his own standard
in the affair of La Rochelle From tba+ So
onward Louis XIII was indisposed save in ,,,o-
mehts or caprice soon counterbalanced bv the
Carulhal' TO dispense with the services OF the
one man VINO had the ability and the courage
10 govern France in the right way He asked
no'hlhS OF ms Minister but success. and this
cane 10 fNlcheheu through an inexorable fidelity
10 the rigorous lines laid down at La Rochelle
III the Itailan campaign against Spain, in the
operations against Maria de Medici and I,+ar
"9"iiS' nohtinorency and the Kings brother
ana In every other phase of French statecraft
ana administration at home and abroad he nro-
ceeded with an eye single to the object in view
with hand as firm it was supple He had
certain love for letters. but il is Significant
th3t when he founded the French Academy he
SET the forty members a practical task the
couIhcatlon or the language; he himself framed
the statuteS-a fact implying the masterfuI nat
ure OF the man, VINO would have things done
a1ter mis- own fashion or not at aII-and it is a
legitimate hypothesis that in erecting this IA
~ nc was ohly carrying out the
policy of Capitalization that looked first and
last to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the State. He
wanted even the Republic of Letters to be trfbu-
tary to the monarchy of France. There is some
thlng imposing in the magnitude of his ambi-
ton and in the calm steadfastness of his pur-
pose In chapter on Life at the Palais Car
dinal." Mr.. Perkins speaks of Richeleu's par-
sonal traits He records his kindness as a
master his temperate living his fondness for
the theatre and his taste for pets The Cardi
nal was hospitable. His banquets were superb.
But Mr.. Perkins is true to his hero in giving
place to these superficial matters only in the
background. The Richeleu he portrays almost
throughout is the far seeing statesman who
USED everything that came in his path to
strengthen France.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

1t is pertinent to ask what has suddenly
fallen like a blight upon what we are
pleased to regard especially well established
and fOurishing-American illustration. Certain
clever men who have been doing good work in
the magazines for some time past go doing
good work. But no new lights appear, and,
what is worse, we find for the first time in
years that the good men are not numerous
enough TO go round. The magazines print poor
pictures alongside the artistic ones, and books
appear with pictures that are not pictures but
only shabby limitations. Among the new novels
which were promising not long since TO be fitted
with better and better Illustrations, the dis
figuring labOrs of the amateur are constantly to
be observed These futile drawings are taste
less and inaccurate; they seem more the at
tempts of boys and girls than the finished
products of maturity which they pretend to be.
1t would be interesting to know if the develop
ment of the half-tone process and the cOnse-
Quent wider of photographs, could have sent
some illustrators out of the field and discour-
aged others from entering it. One thing is GER
tain, that if drawings for current fiction not
to be made any better it would be wise to dis
card them altogether
New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

Matthew Arnold's prophecy touching the ulti-
mate triumph of Byron draws nearer and nearer
10 fulfilment every day. There is Byron
BOOM" Everybody may not be reading the
poet, but everybody is reading about him. Sir
Henry irvings announcement that he will re-
vive Manfred" on the stage of the Lyceum
next winter has stirred up that section of the
public which asks of the greatest poets that
they shall do nothing but amuse; and if Byron
once more becomes a familiar name to the
average man the deeper significance of his
genius will manifest itself in many quarters
The lover of Byron will hardly know whether
to sorrow or rejoice. His loyalty to the poet
will cause him to shrink from the sDectacle of
a great writer being paved over by the multi
tude. But Byron is not fragile He can endure
the attentions of the crowd. The feeling upper-
most in our own breast is one of curiosity as 70
what a renewal of Byron's influence will do for
the public taste, VIII it alright the popular
novelist from the field? VIII the tonic admin
1stered by the noble author stiffen the back
bones of the critics? viii logrollers recede into
the ignOmnious limbo that is their natural
destiny, and will idiotic paragraphs disappear
from the literary" columns? Let us hone for
this happy cOnSummatiOn 1t certainly is diff
fcult to believe that the purveyOrs of literary
rubbish in books and in SO-called criticisms can
continue to thrive in the midst of a newly
awakened enthusiasm for Byron.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

Literature must be loved for its own sake or
it is not worth while to love it at all But it
is good to find q writer in 'The Saturday Re
view" boldly stating that literature is not the
whole of life" that the man who is merely
even distinctively literary, whether his literary
preOccupatiOn be that of a reader a writer,
''is, d rule, a much more incomplete charac
ter than the man who has seen much of life,
and knows very little of literature" This ought
to be everywhere understood as n matter of
course but as we have often had occasion to
point out, a common failing of modern writer's
and readers is to fancy that to be devoted to
books is to fulfil the whole duty of mankind,
and we are grateful for every fOrcbe assertion
to the contrary, like that just cited. Continu-
ing its remarks, 1.-The Saturday Review makes
much Of the relation of literature to interna-
tiOnal good feeling notes the recent success Of
"CyranO" in London, protests that Englshmen
felt the destruction of the COmedie Francaise
almost as though it had been an English calam-
ity, and concludes that to the fostering of inter
national sympathies few things contribute so
much as literature The opinion can be justified
to a certain extent But we wonder if the
benefits accruing from an Interchange of books
are not somewhat cOunterbalanced at the pres
ent time by malign influences nSeparable from
the transaction. Consider the harm done to
English and American letters by the importa-
ton of Ibsen; the mountains of morbid trash
which we have accumulated through fatuous
enthusiasm for the decadents of Paris; the
Shiny trail left by DAnnunzio wherever his
pestilential works of art have been circulated
Literary intercourse between nations NAV be-
and doubtless often is humanizing But we
would like to see an account drawn up, by some
competent and cool critic, of the damage done
by such intercourse
New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

The promised life of Robert Louis Stevenson
VIII not, 1t is thought, be completed in time for
publication this year.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-26
Ell DORADO.

Ell DORADO.
BY MAY KENDALL
My country is a dream. you say?
Nay yours are dreams, and they shall cease
And yours are Visions day by day.
Wherein YOU strive to find your peace!
But fair, and fadeless. and supreme
The home to which all souls aspire,
The only land that is no dream
The country of the hearts desire.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-26
RICHELIEU.
A NEW BIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMOUS
FRENCH MINISTER.

RICHEIIEU AND THE GROWTH OF FRENCH
POWER. By James Breck Perkins, LII d.
(Heroes of the Nations Series) octave, PIP.
xiii, 1853. G.. p Putnam's Sons.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

A GREAT CRITIC.
SELECTIONS FROM THE PROSE OF
John DRYDEN.

ESSAYS OF JOHN DRYDEN Selected and
Edited by W. p Ker. VI. A In Two Volumes
Octave pp lxxvi. 324. 3z& Oxford The Clar-
endOn Press New-York: Henry Provide
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Mr. Alex Dresfus was found dead in his bed at hotel at Prescott Thursday. He was a well known Little Rock travelling mau and leaves q devoted family to mourn his deaeh Tbe deceased was widely known in Pine Bluff. Mrs. Ghas. Well, of this city, went to Little Rock Thursday afternoon to attend the funeral, which occurs there today. The de- ceased is a distant relative of Mrs. We'll
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
Everybody is talkin g "HORN'S B E s T. '' Have you tried it ]?

A young couple arrived in Pine Bluff homes Thursday A son came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. 0. F.. Perry. and a daughter made her app pearaHce at the home of Mir. and Mrs. 4. D. Bland.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
"HORN'S BEST" is the best flour that ever Cameinto the state.

Mrs. John Cobb, age about 30 years. died in this city Thursday. She was n devout christian lady and the wife of well known employe of the Cotton Belt shops, who, togeth- CT with brother, Mir. Joe Pilking- tou, is left to mourn her death.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

We handle David Landreth X Sons garden seeds. We have the largest stock of seed in this market. Onion sets, turnip seed. Irish potatoes. etc.
 m MCCAIN GR0CERY Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

The fire departments were called to residence on south State street Thursday evening to extinguisn q burning fiue. The damage was siiVht
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

MT. Nick Smith, the progresslv Dumas merchant, is in the city to day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
Ask your grocer for .HORN'S B E 5 T '' and insist on having it.

MT. and Mrs j. H. Mann have re- turned from several week $ visit to Hot Springs, where thev went to inn prove Mir. Mann,s health. We are pleased to state that heis materially improved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

All the Pine Bluff gentlemen who witnessed the New Orleans Mardi Gras and were in the l. c. wreck Thursday, have returned home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

car of Curtice Bros. celebrated Preserves and fine, Canned Vegeta- bles just received.-Strauss & Miller, successors to l.. E. Goldsmith & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

MT. H. R c. Foster is out on the streets again after a severe illness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

MT. Edgar Brewster is in Kansas City on business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

MT. Arthur Mnrry, cf the Press Eagle. has returned from severa days visit to Memphis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Mir. and Mrs. ]. N. Bunch have re turned from New Orleans, wher, they attended Mardi Gras
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

MT. simon Bloom has returned from 3 business trip down the Cot ton Belt road.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

MT. +. w. Howell, prominent citizen of Tillar, is Ut the Truleck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Try our barrel of American beauty ginger snaps, 3 lbs. for 25 cts.
 m MCCAIN GROCERY Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Mrs. Emanuel Buckingham Bloom has recovered from t severe illness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

A girl baby made it's appearance at the home of MT. and Mrs. Irving Reinberger in this city Thursday night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

If you want any delicacies. VI have them.-strauss & Miller, sne- eessors to L. E. Goldsmith & Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

MT. ". L. Pace is reported to be quite sick today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Kindling wood delivered to any part of the city for $loo per load. EzELL sTAyE co. Telephone or ders receive prompt attention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

B. R. Johnson, of Fine Bluff, Thursday filed his voluntary peti. tfon i'll bankruptcy in the federal court at Little Rock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Mrs. Belle Fitzgerald has returned from New Orleans, where she atten ded the Marl Gras.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Haz-l, the bright little daughter of MT, and Mrs, Leon Levy, is on the sick list today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

F. .. Cross, of Buena Vista, aged 90 years, two months and twenty days, died at lis home on the 20th ultimo. lie was one of the early pioneers of uuachita county and was highly respected by all who knew him. lille was devout mem Der of the Methodist church and E Mason -Ouachita Herald,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Ethel, the little daughter of Mir. and Mrs. ]. C. schloss, is confined to her nome with the measles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Juige Morgan, leading attorney of Benton county, is in the city or legal business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Geo. E. MeKenney makes a special ty of dressing all kinds of poultry on very short notice. 224 ". 4th Ave. Ill
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

MT. Chas. Nick ee and wife. of For dyce. are visitors in the city today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

We regret to state that Mir. 6. E Valiant is still confined to his home with erysipelas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Pure Louisiana Malasees and gen. uine Maple Syrnp.-strauss E Miller. successors to |. E. Goldsmith < Co
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02

Have you seen Eck's pictures? Just go by his place south side West Second avenue. and see sam- ples in his show windews. They are the kind he will make every day until about the last of May. when he will close his gallery for the sum- me-. 159
 Pare Buck " heat. iike onr grant1- mothers nsed.-Strauss & Miller. successors to I. E Goldsmith & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
Cbe Daily Graphic.
MEYER soLNsoN. City Editor.
CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS.
 MT. ". L. Pace is reported to be quite sick today.
 MT. Edgar Brewster is in Kansas City on business
 MT. +. w. Howell, Il prominent citizen of TilIar. is Ut the Truleck.
 
 MT. H. | c. Foster is out on the streets again after severe illness. Mrs. Emanuel Buckingham Bloom has recovered from t severe illness. MT. simon Bloom has returned from 3 business trip down the Cot ton Belt road.
 Haz-l, the bright little daughter of MT. and Mrs, Leon Levy, is on the sick list today.
 Judge Morgan. a leading attorney of Benton county, is in the city on legal business.
 Mrs. Belle Fitzgerald has returned from New Orleans, where she atten- ded the Mardi Gras.
 We regret to state that Mir. 6. E Valiant is still confined 10 his home with erysipelas
 Pure Louisiana Malasees and gen uine Maple syrnp.-Strauss < Miller. successors to |. E. Goldsmith < Co Ethel, the little daughter of Mir. and Mrs. J. C. schloss, is confined to her home with the measles.
 Try our barrel of American beauty ginger snaps, 3 lbs. for 25 cts.
 n MCCAIN GROCERY Co. MT. and Mrs. ]. ". Bunch have re turned from New Orleans, where they attended Msrdi Gras.
 MT. Arthur Mnrry, cf the Press Eagle. has returned from q several days visit to Memphis.
 If you want any delicacies, we have them.-Strauss & Miller, sne- cessors to L. E. Goldsmith & Go.
 
 A girl baby made it's appearance at the home of MT. and Mrs. Irving Rein berger in this city Thursday night.
 A car of Curtice Bros. celebrated Preserves and fine, Canned Vegeta bles just received.-Strauss X Miller, successors to l.. E. Goldsmith < Co. The fire departments were called to residence on south State street Thursday evening to extinguisn a burning fiue. The damage was slight,
 Ask your grocer for .HORN'S B E s IT, and insist on having it. Mir. and Mrs. J H. Mann have re- furned frora "a several xvaaE ,s visit +n
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-23
Damages by Seepage.

Judge Voorhees, and Judge Dix
on sat together Saturday at Pueb-
10 to listen to arguments in five
suits involving the responsibility
of ditch owners for damage done
to land by seepage from n ditch.
The question comes up in five nc
tions brought against the Besse-
mer Ditch company for damages
aggregating 100000. The plain
titIs assert that since the construc-
ton of the Bessemer ditch their
property has been rendered wholly
useless ms farm land by reason Of
the seepnge water, bringing nlkali
into the soil which, prior to the
construction of the ditch, was ex-
tremely fertile. The court has the
matter under advisement
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-23
Did Not Build at the Right
Place. -

Holders of stock in the Grand
Junction beet sugar factory are
making an effort to sell out with
the intention Of moving the plant
to some locality where the enter
prise will he given more encour.
ngement. The business men OF
that community are making Wig.
orous effort to secure pledges for
a larger acreage OF beets for next
year in the hope OF defeating the
proposed removal of the factory.
The first years trial was failure,
and the farmers could not be in
duced to make a second trial.
More sugar will be made this year
than last, the beets being OF better
quality. but the acreage raised ID
10 small that the running OF the
factory will not be profitable.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-23
CHURCH NEWS.

Union Thanksgiving services will be
held this year mt tho baptist church aud
the sermon will bs delivered BY Rev.
Tbos. Andrew. Tue services viii begin
al 1890 and the church should be filed
by = thankful people
Subject At the First Prssbytssian
church Sunday morning: sAH Abound
iue Lifts for Christ" Evening eubiect:
"A Great Turning Point In Lite" the
fourth in the ssriss OF seven Sunday
evening sermons.
Christian Science subject pext eundsy:
God the only Canse and CREATOR.
The topic for Christian Endsayos and
Epvosth League ne1t Sunday ~
.frsiss the Lord" A fhsnksatvina
meeting. Miis Chhttuo viii jeed ooe
Epwosth Leogus.
Nosuips subiecs a Ne Haptist chuseh'
si,eh Her First Love" EvSuine: S1hs
Reward q H0ts,fulnsss."
BY dissetion Of the general coeesssues,
next Sunday will b devoted to Tsmpes.
auce at tho II. 4. church. both In the
Sunday school sud pulpit.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-11-23

W. ]. Calkins. Choristcr.
Mrs. J. II. Wasson, Cfganist.