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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

The announcement that Joel Chandler
Harris has retired from newspaper work
in order to devote his whole zine to
story making gives a special interest to
his new book, ION the Wing of Occa-
sion," which is to appear early this fall
The stories Zone novelette, Of 10000
words on The Kidnapping of President
Lineoln'D all deal with "unwritten his
tory" of civil war times, without any
actual fighting. but introducing many de-
tails of the elaborate Secret Service.
The volume is perhaps chiefly notable in
adding another irresistible character to
those imperishable figures like Uncle
Remus'' and Aunt Minervy Ann" which
Mr.. Harris has already given US. Mr..
Billy Sanders" the old Georgia country
man who goes to kidnap the President.
has supply Of funny stories which ri
walls Lincoln's own. and his shrewd,
homely humor is most characteristic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

What is the value Of Columbian quarterg
2. How many were coined? EN-. H.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

What was the weight of the elephant Jumboi
d. d.
Six tons.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mr.. F. Marion Crawford will not come
to America to oversee the production of
the dramatizeG version of his new novel
"In the Palace Of the King" He
will remain at Sorrento where he
is putting the finishing touches to his
historical work on THE Rulers of the
South Although it is as a novelist that
Mr.. Crawford has been until recently
chiefly known to wide circle both here
and in Europe, the bent of his studies
for years has been toward serious his
torical work. The great success of his
Ave Roma Immortalis" has encouraged
him in this field, and the book he is now
writing will treat OF the history of
southern Italy and Sicily. under the diff
ferent rulers who have held sway by
turns in that enchanted country, from
the first Greek settlers down to the ac-
cession of the hoe of Aragon. Many
authors have writseh of one phrase or
another of this romantic story, but none
has until now given a consecutive mar
rative which may be followed alike by
the student and the general reader, while
the closing chapter, on the mysterious
organization known as the Malta, is full
OF information which has been only re-
Gently accessible, even in Italy, and I'M
known outside it.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Was Grace Darling real person? T. $. 7.
Yes; she was daughter of the keeper
OF the Longstone lighthouse. which was on
an island off the east coast OF England, and
rescued nine persons from the wreck Of
the Forfairshire, on September ], 1888.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Two books recently announced will at
tract attention. Charles Dana Gibson's
Americans" will contain over ninety of
that artists recent cartoons, and THE
Passing Show" by Albert B. Wenzell. will
have clever representations of our social
side
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

What occupation has T. V. Powderly, former
where his headquartersl +. D.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07
where did our alphabet originated

n z. SIIDtNI-
It is the Roman form OF the Greek al
phabet, ~ standing as a late differen-
tiation of 81, f" W. coming from the at
tempt of Teutonic peoples to indicate
their u and the symbol "&" arising
in the written form Of the Latin word for
and" Back of the Greek alphabet was
the Phoenician.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Since August 8, 1897, he has been United
States Commissioner of immigration, with
headquarters at Washington
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Are the English rocks the same as our erowsf
A. T. l.
They are near relatives. black and
little smaller. but do not trouble the
farmer. and the young ones, at least, are
used as food. Like the raven. the rock
will mimic the sounds made by other
creatures
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

"Shadowings," Lafcadio Hearn's new
book on Japan, will contain collection
OF japanese poems relating TO Cicadae.
There is also a paper on "Old Japanese
Songs" with specimens drawn from
collection made by young poet of MI
Hearts, literary class. They differ In
sentiment and construction, Mr.. Hearn
states, from any that he has previously
translated.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

J. II.

An ore composed of iron and oxygen, and
containing rather more than ~ per cent of
metal. Present in the ore at times as i'm
purities are more or less of phosphate OF
lime, titanic acid, and iron and copper
pyrites.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

twenty-five cents. 2. 4O.o23.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

well-known series of works on chess
THE principles which underlie the sci
enc of war and those which underlie the
science of chess says Mr.. Young, ARE
one and the same" and he concludes
his volume by illustrating the battle of
Waterloo as game of chess with all the
moves given in detail. Little, Brown &
Co. publish the work.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

How much of butter fat Il continued in cream?
2. What else than fat is in good butter2 ROY.
The amount varies from to 20 per
cent, but cream containing 30 per cent
would be considered rich. 2. OF water
about II per cent, ash and salt about
per cent, and os casein 2 per cent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Little, Brown & Co. are preparing a new
edition of Maud Wilder Goodwin's The
Head of a Hundred in the Colony of vir-
ginia 1922"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07
What is a creolea

Originally a creole was native Of
Spanish America of Spanish parentage,
and later the name was applied to any
native of European parentage as distin-
guished from aborigines, negroes, or per-
Sons OF mixed blood. In Louisiana Gre
ole is a native descended from French or
Spanish ancestors.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

What is meant by pebble eyesla.ss.'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Mr.. Clifford Howard informs us that
the expression, Ignorance is the mother
of Devotion" appeared in a sermon by
Jeremy Taylor entitled: ITO Person
Newly Converted which was published
in 1851.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Can the German Emperor be deposed and
another ruler enthroned by vote of the people?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

This would be possible only through a
successful revolution. According to the
constitution of the Empire the imperial
dignity is hereditary in the house OF
Hohenzolleru
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Doubleday. Page G. Co. announce The
Memoirs of Countess Potoeka"-ia which
the countess "a member of the Polish
royal family. and an enthusiastic pa
triot) gives the "reminiscences OF Napo-
leon and host OF other historical per-
sonages as well as of her own private
life. The delightful naivete of the mar
rative is well shown by the authors
story of how, after the usual marriage
de CONVEYANCE, she tried to pique her
husband into showing her more aztec
ton by writing love letter to herself
and dropping it where he must ind 1t.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Little, Brown & Co. have in preparation
a stirring story for boys entitled Scouting
for Washington" by John Preston True.
Mr.. Trues previous book, The Iron Star, y
has been placed on the list for supplement-
airy reading in Boston schools, and is also
used in schools in Chicago and elsewhere.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

VIII you sketch the great financial panics that
have occurred in the United States. and give their
datees? Z. D.
The panic of 1886 was due to the I'M
soundness OF our banking system, to over
production of cotton on credit basis, and
to the large amount of money sunk in
building railroads that had not become
productive. Twenty years later there was
a comnel ciaI crisis that was felt all over
the world Speculation following the dis
covery of gold in California. undue rail-
road extension, and the weakness OF many
banks were the causes in this country that
led up TO it, and like causes existed in
Great Britain and European countries
Spee,,lation in gold caused Black Fridays
panic in New York in 1869. From then TO
1873 was period of tremendous outlays on
railroads, manufacturing plants, and snip
ming. and OF increase OF prices on all prod
ucts The panic Of 1878 was the worst Oh
our history and recovery from it was slow
until 1879 The panic of 1898 is suf1cient-
ly recent to carry its own explanation.
win YOU outline the history OF the metric
svstem. telling especially how when, and by
whom the units of measurements were decided
on? T. u H.
The first suggestion of a universal stand
ard based on scientific principles came
from the Bishop of Autun in 1890. He sug-
gestcd taking as the linear unit the length
of a pendulum beating seconds in latitude
40 degrees. and urged that the learned
academies of Paris and London collaborate
in determining its exact length England
and France could not get together theh;
but other continental nations appointed
! delegates. The system was finally ma
tured by committee from the Academy OF
| Sciences. which included Jean Charles de
| RorIa Marquis de Condorcet, Joseph La
| grange. Pierre Laplace, and Gaspard
| Nonge. five of Europe's eminent mathe-
moticians. They took for the metre one
| tcn-mlIlionth of quadrant OF the terres-
trial meridian. an arc OF which was meas
ured automatically at the cost OF seven
wears labor The unit OF volume was the
cube whose edge was one-tenth of metre.
| and the unit of weight was the weight OF
that cube of distilled water at the tenn
perature of maximum density. Later one
one-thousandth OF this weight was chosen
! as The unit. These standards were legally
adopted in France June %. 1893, and
most civilized countries have followed suit
| The were legalized by Congress on July
| 81, 1866.
Mr.. Clifford Howard informs us that
the expression, Ignorance is the mother
of devotion" appeared in sermon by
Jeremy Taylor entitled: ITO Person
Newly Converted which was published
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

The illustrated chronicle of Lord
Leighton, P. r. A., by Ernest Rkys. just
published by the Macmillan Company. af-
fords a very complete survey OF the ia
nous academician's life and work, and
contains about two photogravure and
eighty half-tone reproductions of his pic
lures. Another notable book issued by
the same firm is Roman Art: Some Of
its Principles and their Application to
Early Christian Painting" by Franz
Wickhom II is illustrated with fourteen
plates and eighty haif-toned repro auctions
in the text. Fra Angelica and his Art"
by Langton Douglas, with sixty-four IL
Illustrations, among which are sore fine
photographers, is still another book of
note published by the Macmillan Com
pany.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

B. K Benson is "a new writer Of &c
ton whose first novel Who Goes
There?" will be published Immediately
by the Macmillan Company.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

"Chess Strategics Illustrated Frank
lin X Young's new DOCK, Is tne
fonrtb and concluding volume of his
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Ex-President Benjamin Harrison, Hon.
John W. Foster. ex-Secretary of State and
DR.. f. F. Ellinwood. Senior Secretary of
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
sions. contribute, in the August number
Of THE Review of the Republic" to
discussion on the question: THE Cause
of the Missionaries in China
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

king Stork OF the Netherlands is the
title OF the new historical romance by 81
bert Lee, author OF the successful Gentle
man Pensioner, which is 10 be published
Immediately by d. Appleton & Co.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

"The Day of WRATH new novel by
Maurus Jokai, will be issued from the
press OF Mcclure, Phillips & CO., early
In October. The ''Bookman" says that
the life of Hungary as presented by DR..
Jokai cannot fail to interest even the
most prosaic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

The Political Science Quarterly for
September is of unusual interest. in that
1t contains several discussions bearing di-
rectly on the issues OF the approaching
Presidential campaign. The leading article
on THE Relation of the Constitution of the
United States to Newly Acquired Terri
tory" by Prof j. w. Burgess, of Columbia
University is especially opportune. The
right of extension of constitutional rights
over acquired territory with or without
IN act OF Congress commencing the same.
IL discussed and other alternatives sug-
gested. The latter half of the article ap-
plies constitutional theories to the Porto
Rico law and to other issues brought for
ward and made practical by the results of
the Spanish-Amercan war.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

friend tells of presenting a check on :: Cal
weston bank in the ffties and being offered in
payment Texas paper money; die Texas ever au-
thorize the issue of paper as circulating nc
dunn? If so, when? Z. B.
Scrip, promissory notes with and with
out interest, and exchequer bills we're
issued at various times from 1886 to
1912. and in such quantity that they de-
preciated rapidly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

1t is interesting to know that "Noli Me
Tangere," which is being published
nv Mcclure Phillips & Co.. under the title
of IAN Eagle Flight" is the only novel in
any language that is widely read in the
Philippines There, however, the volume
IS n beloved classic. DR.. Rial the au-
thor. Is looked upon by the common peo-
pie as a martyr to their cause, and no
Tagalog child grows up without hearing
many times over the story of the hero re-
former.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Is il fact that potatoes can't be cooked on
top Of Pixies Peak? II so, why sol W. G..
No. though they can't be boiled readily
in an open vessel. The reason is that
the boiling point of %ater. which is 212
degrees at ordinary atmospheric pres
sure, decreases as that pressure is re-
duced, which II is on mountains. Waters
boiling point on the summit of Pixies
Peak is about 1S7 degrees
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-07

Little, Brown q Co. have pun,
lisbed flames Martineau: Study and
a biography" by Rev A. w. Jackson.
TT was my privilege to form acquaint-
ance with him in extreme age, writes
the author. and he adds: "Of the quiet
hours spent with him | need not tell.
suffice that they fixed in my mind the
impression of a sage, hero, and
saint. of one who might converse with
Plato and dare with Luther, and re-
we're with Tauler; an habitue oil the
Academy, who thrilled TO the Categorical
Imneratiye and who knelt at the cross"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-23

comiums. When home on a visit with
her daughter last winter she spoke
generously of the yellow race and
said that they had been much mis-
represented. She had naught but good
words for the dowager empress, with
whom she had spent day in the i'm
perial city.
Miss Laura Conger, their daughter,
was born in Dexter and was % years
old. She was married when she was a
young girl to George Londrum, but
the marriage was not happy one,
and several years ago she secured a
divorce and the restoration of her
maiden name. Her husband enlisted
in the army during the Spanish war
and died in a southern hospital. She
was an accomplished woman and was
something of a mathematical prodigy.
For several years she was head book
keeper in the state treasurer's office.
She and her mother accompanied the
minister the last time he went to
Brazil and went with him to China.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-23
CHERISHED AS A RELIC.

The corporation of Lichfield City,
England has recently purchased from
the trustees of J. H. Johnson of South
port for 81 ,250, the house in the Market
square which was the birthplace of DR..
Samuel Johnson. At the sale it was
shown that the house came into
possession Of the Johnson family in
1907, and the ancient title-deeds con
tanned autographs Of Michael and
Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds,
Sir John Hawkins, and William Scott,
afterward Lord Stowell. The inten-
ton is to open the house for the re-
ception Of curios and mementos, so
that it may form the nucleus of John
son museum. The house was formerly
in possession of namesake, but not
relative, Of the great doctor, who died
a year or two since, and it is his
trustees who have now sold the house
to the corporation.-New York Mail
and Express.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-23

under the name of Count De Ler-
villiers.
It was an ideal, beautiful spot
which Joseph Bonaparte pHrchased
near Bordentown. The northern line
of the estate is formed by meander-
ing creek and upon a steep hill over
looking the Delaware, known as Point
Breeze, the exiled king built his mag
nificent home, which soon became
known to those who passed up and
down the river. The rocky ground, cut
I'D by numerous ravines, was changed
to an attractive park; the raviRes
were bridged, pretty little arbors and
pavillions were built and an extensive
swamp was deepened to miniature
lake. On one end of this lake coy
white villa was erected for Charles
Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Musignano
and Canine, nephew of Joseph Bon
aparte, who had married the latter's
daughter, Zenaide.
Village gossip was very busy with
the Count De Lervilliers, whose iden-
tity with the banished king of Naples
and Spain did not remain secret very
long. It was said that he was il
constant fear of abduction by British
and Spanish emissaries, and that for
such an emergency labyrinth of sub
terranean passages had been con-
structed with view to successful es-
cape Inasmuch as Joseph had taken
most of the Spanish crown jewels along
with him the possibility of an attempt
to regain this treasure was by no
means far-fetched, though it is not
likely that either the Neapolitans or
the Spaniards cared very much for the
person of Joseph. A fact is that
much treasure and many documents
were hidden in secret vaults, because
it became known at fire which de-
stroyed the house three years after
Joseph moved into it. The building
was doomed despite the efforts of the
village people to save it and but little
Of the treasure was recovered in the
ruins. The new building Immediately
erected after the fire was connected
by tunnel with the villa on the lake,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-23
A KINGLY REFUGEE
BORDENTOWN IN NEW JERSEY
SHELTERED MONARCH.
WAS NAPoLEoNs BROTHER
Joseph Bonaparte Gets to America on
Brig Commerce After Various Adj
ventures-Descriptio OF His Lie
on the Delaware Near Trenton-Be-
loved by the Folk About.

Material for a book like Alphonse
Daudet's Kings in Exile one would ex-
pect could hardly be collected else
where than in Paris, where dethroned
ROYALTY usually gathers. Yet the little
New Jersey village BordentCwn on
the Delaware, in the vicinity of Iren-
ton, was years ago the refuge OF a
banished king.
Napoleon 1. is reputed TO nave SAID
on a certain occasion that if he ever
were forced to leave France be Woulo
make his home in America, somewhere
between Philadelphia and New YORK,
where news from across the sea would
reach him quickest. After the battle
of Waterloo Napoleon and his eldest
brother. Joseph, the ex-hing of Naples
and of Spain, had a meeting on the
island of AK. a small, rocky dot in the
Bay of Biscay, north of the Gironde
river. They parted, never to meet
again. and while Napoleon surrendered
to the English, to close his career at
ST. Helena Joseph, under the name OF
NJ. Bouchard, boarded the brig Com
merce for the American shore Three
times the vessel was searched by Eng
lish naval officers, but she arrived,
with m. Bouchard" aboard, July Is
1915. safely at New York. The fugitive
king travelled for while and finally
he settled in the vicinity OF Trenton
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-23

Briggs-The doctor says am suffer-
ing from a complication of diseases.
Griggs-How many of them have
you seen?
Seven
"The trouble with you is that you
are suffering from a complication of
doctors. Life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-23
NOTABLE RECORD OF THE AMERl-
CAN MINISTER.
THE FARMER STATESMAN

Called from the Pillow to Congress and
Finally Detailed for Duty in the
Diplomatic Service-His Wife a
Sweetheart of College Days-The
Family.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-23

Miss Fayden-Tm sorry to have to
saw NO" but you might have read the
refusal on my face.
Mr.. Fresh-I'm not good at reading
between the lines.-Exchange
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-02
KURTES NEWS.

Kurten, Texas, August Cot
ton in this community is growing
very fast.
Health Of this community Is
fairly good which is a blessing.
Remember the singing at Kurten
next Saturday ard come and bring
the Song Feast"
The revival at this place begins
Saturday before the second Sunday,
preparations are being made.
Several Kurten boys attended
the barbecue at Scales pasture
Thursday and report a good time.
There was singing at Mrs. Edges
Saturday night and at Mrs. Mot.
toes Sunday night.
The picnic on the Goth inst was
a flash.
G. NJ. Edge of Colorado City is
visiting at this place.
/ T. L. Shaw of Cottonwood was
here Monday.
r. B. Edge left Friday night for
Dallas.
J The people are making success
giye trims To the saWmills this sum.
mer.
Miss Addie Landers of Edge,
was visiting here the past week.
Miss Lizzie Wheeless of Hickey
was here Sunday, visiting.
Several people Of this place will
attend the jacksonville reunion.
The Kurten High School will
look very much better after it i,
painted which will be done shortly
Misses chatham Of Madison
county visited this vicinity tn,
past week.
Tommie Wheeles of Hickey visit
ell Kurten Sunday,
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. b. A
+ Hugghins, fine boy, Monday.
. There will be singing at Ebe
: nezer next Sunday evening. Every
body IL invited to attend. W,
have received our new song books
! Rose Bud.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-02
cIphsr M...,ve. Don't 90.

Copyrighted, ip1j. by the Associated Press.
Che Foo, Aug. THE governor of
Shan rung has telegraphed United
States Consul Fowler that the tsung II
yamen directs him 10 notify the consuls
that "as the military operations ut Pc
kin and Tien Tsin are unsettled" only
in plain language, without cipher OF
reference 10 military affairs will be- de-
livered TO the ministers. The governor
says the rebels occupy Pao Ting Flu aud
Consul Fowler fears that the mission
aries there have been murdered