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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28
LITERARY NOTES.

The publication of Mr.. Edmund Clarence
stedman's American Anthology is, per-
haps, the most important purely literary
event of the present publishing season.
1t is a work upon which he has been long
engaged, and from the completion of
which he has been for some time held
back by ill-health. The publication of the
volume completes the series to which the
Mature and Elements of Poetry" "Vic-
torian Poets" the Victorian Anthology"
and the Poets of America" belong. The
american Anthology" contains sketches
of all American poets, with representative
poems by them, and Mr.. stedman has
written for It very careful introduction
which is a bird's-eye view of the wide
field of American poetical literature.
The Popular Science Monthly" for No
yember, which is the first number of Vol
ume LVII, opens with one of a series of
articles by Prof. Simon Newcomb. entitled
Chapters on the Stars" The present in
stallment is of special interest. as it con-
tans an important discussion and beauti-
full photographs of the nebulae, including
the spiral nebuiae photographed by the
damental advance in the study of the evo-
luton of stellar systems. There is given
as a frontispiece a photograph of the late
Prof. Keller, and a sketch of his life by
Prof. W. w. Campbell, acting director of
the Lick Observatory.
I Miss Helen Leah Reed, the author OF
Miss Theodore" has written ciildren's
book entitled Brenda, Her School and
Her Club" It is not only en- attractive
story in itself, but is also careful study
of BOSTON schoolgirl life, and shows the
delicate social distinctions that exist even
among the younger generation Harvard
undergraduates figure tn the story, and
incidentally accompany the heroine to
Harvard football game. The work will be
published at once by Little. Brown G Co.
The work of the Society for University
Extension has accomplished great deal
I'm This country in the direction of stimu-
lating the taste for the bsst in literature;
and probably in nc community has the
work of the society been better done than
in Philadelphia. During the winter of
1895 'g9 n course OF lectures was delivered
there which comprised, as lecturers. Prof.
n. Morse Stephens. Miss Agnes Repplier.
President Hadley. Prof. Brander Mat
thews. Prof. Bliss Perry, now editor OF
The Atlantic Monthly" and Mr.. Ham,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

The publishers take pleasure in an
nouncing a new edition of THE Solitary
Summer" with numerous illustrations re-
produced in photogravure. There will be
special limited issue printed on Japan
csc vellum and bound in vellum. While
the illustrations are principally devoted to
the scenes of the story. there are several
which give glimpses of the three children
the April, May and June Babies.
Although 1.-THE Solitary Summer may.
in way, be regarded as a continuation
of Elizabeth and her German Garden it
none the less has qualities of its own
which mark it as fully the equal of it's
predecessor.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

How did the word Cracker come to be ap.
piled to Southern country folk? G.
A diet consisting chiefly OF cracked corn
Is said to be responsible for the nickname.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Are children Of foreign-born parents, born in
the United States. entitled TO citizenship with
renowned allegiance to their former Govern.
ment? b. Z.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28
Where and vi

Where and when was Alice Cary born9 A.G
April 20. 1890. eight miles from Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Yes: birth in this country confers citi-
zenship without regard 10 the citizenship
Of the parents.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

What is meant in iron working by "puddlfngr"
2. Which melts eaeer, cast or wrought ironf
8. Why is magnetic iron ore especially valuable?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

The process of Kidding melted pig iron
Of carbon and other impurities and turn
ing II into wrought iron. 2. Cast iron, by
some 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 8. Because
of the very large proportion of iron it con-
tains.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

The elaborate Universal History" in
course of publication by the Photograph
ische Institute at Leipzig is to be publish
ed in English in eight volumes by Dodd,
Mead & Co. in America, and by Heinemann,
in London. The work is under the direc-
ton of Professor Helmolt, and some of
the first historians of the day are con-
tributors to its pages.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Does a woman OF foreign birth who is married
to a citizen Of the United States have to take
out naturalization papers to vote at general
election in Idaho? f. A. b.
No; wifes citizenship is that Of her
husband, and an alien woman who marries
a citizen thereby becomes citizen; and
whGn both husband and wife are aliens
she becomes citizen when he is natural
lied.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28
Two Snnnets.
MAN AND CRAFTSMAN.

What use are words to tell You Of my love?
IL is my trade to make words do my will,
To change my mood and passion like glove
And feign the utter scope OF good and ill.
And il truth speak out clear in every tone
You will applaud and say it is my art;
So have all mems voices but my own
And to serve them leave unscrved my heart.
who am speech for all mems hopes and fears
Must leave my love unspoken in its need
Until the whim OF the disdainful years
Toss me test to answer with deed.
And if that golden chance l never know
And die unproved-then fate will have it so.
HIS REVOLT.
oh! stab me with denial OF your love,
But do not torture in this slow hell
OF thoughts dare not tell the stars above,
OF fears dare not hear the night winds tell!
II this he truth OH tell me any lie,
And will wear my heart upon my sleeve.
Build me altar where the words may lie
And make it my religion TO believed
But let it not be truth that you should give
Accustomed kisses lest robber lack,
Nor fitch from love his high prerogatlve
That Mercy wear false ermine on her hack!
Let him be starved-and starve me II you will
But not for less than love snite love and kill!
Richard Hovcy, in the Atlantic.
The Pines.
These are the friars of the wood.
The Brethren of the Solitude,
Who fill the dim house of the trees
With softly whispered htanies,
Till all the still space OF the air
Thrills with the passion OF their prayer.
Arthur ketchum, in Harper's Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

The current does not leave the wire.
only an infnitesimal portion OF II going
through the bird. Should any part Of tho
bird touch another wire the current might
be turned through its body and kill 1t.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28
Minor Fiction.

The great trouble with John Kendrick
| Bangs is that he has not learned the gentle
art of stopping when he has said enough
| He wrote 1.-The Household on the Styx,
which was clever enough, but when he pro-
ceeded to fit out that houseboat with pro-
visions for the next forty years and start
1t on a perpetual voyage one grew weary.
Coffee and Repartee' could have been eX-
cused, but when We have here new vol
ume called THE Idiot at Home" and
bearing Mr.. Bangs picture as frontispiece,
the implication seems to be that that poT-
trait was intended as illustrative OF the
text, and that the author is THE IDIOT
in more senses than one.
In spite of the efforts of the comic pa
pers to make them so, the struggles of the
average family to endure life in the con-
ventional suburban town are not intensely
interesting Every woman has times in
her life when she would like to draw a
veil over her thoughts, and there are also
seasons when the average man would like
to shut the door on his; the veil would not
be enough to prevent their being heard.
But the price of clothes and clothespins
and the gyrations of the servant girl are
commonplace matters to discuss in fiction.
Mr.. Bangs has attempted TO make them
interesting. The impression given is that
he has dragged out of old files OF those
newspapers which support funny column
various jokes relating to the household
and served them UP hot. with cream gravy.
The cream DISCUSSES the things at first.
but the flavor is unmistakable.
The worst OF the affair is that there
is hint in the last chapter that the
Idiot is going to Europe, and the forth
coming book will naturally be 1.-The Idiot
Abroad" II is about time to stop making
copy out of the experiences of the guile
less American in Europe. Mark Twain
did it once, unapproachably, and then
whole lot of other people who are not
Mark Twains tried to do 1t. Kate Dou-
glas Wiggin dragged Penelope" through
several more or less boresome expert
ences; there were the "Bodley Books"
and the "Zigzag Journeys" and Family
Flights" of various kinds; and even
Stockton succumbed to temptation and
took his Ruddcr Changers across the sea.
The truth is the average American, II he
is funny, is funny in his own environ
ment. This is intended as warning to
Mr.. Bangs. (New York: Harper & Bros.
3125.)
"a Woman of Yesterday" by Caroline
A. Mason, Is rather an interesting study
Of a certain phase OF American life. One
OF its merits is that the author is thor
oughly familiar with the kind of charac-
ter she is depicting, and has true con-
ception OF the conditions which have made
her what she is. Anna Madison is the
daughter Of typical old-time New Eng
land country minister-the word clergy
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Why does not the passage of the electric cur
rent through telegraph wire kill the birds on lit
T. d. r.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28
What is the British coast guardY

A body of men stationed along the coasts
of England Scotland, and Ireland to pre-
vent smuggling and to serve as a defen-
sive force. Originally it was part of the
customs service, but in 1856 it was trans
ferred to the navy. Coast guardsmen are
instructed in naval gunnery. signaling.
and gunboat exercises are liable in time
OF war to be called on for naval duty, and
number about 1900.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis, when
young girl. made visit to New England,
and she has told in a paper Of reminis-
cences in the November "Scribner's" her
vivid recollections of Hawthorne, the AL
colts, Emerson, and other Of the Concord
group Of writer's. or Hawthorne, Mrs.
Davis tells number Of entirely new sto-
ries. Describing him. she says: Per
sonally he was a rather short, powerfully
built man, gentle and low-voiced, with
sly, elusive humor cleaning sometimes in
his watchful grey eyes. The portrait with
which we are all familiar-a curled bar
barber-shop head-gives no idea of the
singular melancholy charm Of his face"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

"Phebe: Her Profession" by Anna
Chaplin Ray, is a story for girls. and a
sequel to Teddy: Her Book 1t will
suit the tastes of readers between the
ages of twelve and sixteen. (Boston:
Little Brown & Coz
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Is there any demand FOR mancanese? Q. What
could it be sold for as dug from the miner
3: Where can it be sold for in large quaint.
ties2 b. I. n.
Yes. 2. Much depends on the location
Of the mine and the cost of transporting
1t to purchasers. Its value is about So
the long ton. 3. little of it is used by
chemical works, but the chief consumers
are manufacturers Of steel. who employ It
in making ferro-manganese.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Do typewriter copyists charge by the number Of
words, lines or sheets, and what Is TIC rate?
ID
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Different copyists have different rates
and methods Of charging, but correspond
ence is usually reckoned by the page, 10
cents page being an ordinary charge.
Manuscript is usually charged at about
40 cents per 1000 words. and legal docu-
ments at Is cents a page.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Did our playing cards originate in China?
CRIB.
Many accounts have it so, their appear
ance in Europe being credited to the Sara
Gems, VINO are said to have brought them
from India, China. and other Asiatic
countries But these claims are doubted,
and it seems quite as likely that the cards
originated in Europe in the fourteenth
century. Before them cards bearing en-
blematic pictures were used in fortune
telling, and early playing cards had, in
place of the present suit symbols. cups,
money, clubs, and swords in Spain and
Italy, and hearts. bells. acorns, and leaves
in Germany. The ffty-two card pack SUBJ
stantially like that of today dates back
to the fifteenth century.
Will you give me sketch of the life Of Judge
Noah Davis? All.
He was born at Haverhill. N H.. Sep
TENDER 10. 1918. had an academic educa-
ton, was admitted to the bar in 1871, and
practieed in Buffalo. N. Y. He was JUS
tice of the New York Supreme Court from
1857 to 1858, when he resigned to serve
term in Congress. Following this he was
for two years United States District At
torney for the southern district Of New
York. and from 1872 to 1887 was again JUS
tlce OF the supreme court VI tudt Stdte.
Then he resumed practice in New York.
Notable cases tried before him were those
Of Stokes for the killing OF Fisk. aud OF
w. NJ. Tweed for official malfeasance.
Do the astronomers agree that the ''fxed stars
move in orbits like those of planets? ..
When an astronomer discovers star. does
it mean that the star has been in existence all
along. but that its light has only Just reached
US? 3. Is astronomy science? A. A.
No: the delicate measurements Of mod
ern astronomy show that at least all the
brighter stars have slow proper motion,
but no exact law governing these mo-
lions has been discovered. and il they
are not in straight lines. as they now
appear to be. it will take centuries to
ascertain the fact. AS an illustration Of
the slowness of this motion take the con-
stellation known as the Pleiades. which
moves southwark at the rate of six sec
onds in century. 2. No; astronomers
admit no instance Of really new star
coming into sight. Extraordinary varta-
bility of certain stars has accounted for
supposed cases Of this sort. Yes, .
grand one, despite the fact that it cannot
answer many questions that arise even
in the mind Of . novice.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

What is the story of the sword of Damocles to
which references are so often made? EXACT.
Damocles was companion and fiatterer
Of the elder Dionysius, who, he claimed.
should be extremely happy becauEe of his
wealth and power. To show that his hap
piness really was Dionysius invited his
parasite to a sumptuous feast in the
midst of which Damocies suddenly dis
covered that over his head was naked
sword suspended by single hair.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

Is tin among our native minerals? If SO, why is
it not mined? A. K.
Tin is found in Llano and Mason coun-
ties, Texas, near Riverside Cal, at Kings
Mountain, N. c., in the Black Hills, and
in Alabama and Virginia, but very little
of the tin mining in this country pays.
The Malay peninsula is the chief source
of the worlds tin supply, and labor there
is very cheap. Ores of other localities
are richer or more accessible than ours.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

ilton Wright Mabie: their subjects being,
respectively, History" Memoirs and BIZ
ography, Economics" Fiction" "Po-
etry," and Essays and Criticism" The
lectures have been published under the
title Counsel Upon the Reading Of
Books" in book form, by Messrs. Hough-
ton Miffiin Co. Not the least interesting
feature of the book will be found in
Preface on Books and Reading" by DR..
Henry van Dyke, written in his charac-
teristic manner, and full of his genial feel
ing for books and literature.
The Riverside Art Series proved so
popular during its first year that the pub
fishers, Houghton, Miffiin & Co., Of Bos-
ton, New York, and Chicago, have resolv-
ed to continue its issue during the present
school year, and will Immediately issue
No. 5-"Sir Joshua Reynolds" The book
is written by Miss Estelle M. Huril, and
is characterized by the same care in prep
aration which has been shown in the other
numbers OF the Riverside Art Series by
the same author. The book consists OF an
Interpretation Of fifteen characteristic
pictures by the artist, carefully repro
duced from photographs direct from the
paintings or from well-known engravings
of the pictures. There is also frontis-
piece portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds by
himself
Among the pictures of the great English
painter collected in this book may be mem
toned the portraits of DR.. Samuel John
son, Mrs. Siddon as THE Tragic Muse
the Duchess of Devonshire and her
Child, Mrs. Payne Gallwey and Child
c'Pickaback'D, Penelope Boothby. the
celebrated Angels Heads, and the Straw
berry Girl.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

What is used in gliding to make gold leaf.
stick? Z. r.
Gold-size, a printing whose adherent
quality is glue; or, chiefly for work that
will have exposure to the weather, OIL
size, which is a varnish of linseed oil and
ochre. Gliding put on books is made to
adhere by pressure and heat. or by the
use OF gelatine. The former method Is
for cloth covers, the latter for leather
bindings.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

king Stork Of the Netherlands" by
Albert Ross, Is story of the days of
William of Orange, and the scene, like
that of 1.-The Key of the Holy House," is
laid in Holland, the hero being young
Dutch burgher of the reformed faith. The
story lacks the creeping horror and grew
someness of its predecessor, but it is
very good story after its kind. New
York: D. Appleton & Co. $1,000
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-28

How can the fact that An ordinary sewing
needle will float in water be explained?
T..
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-31

inle, 10 he NO, less than fom inches
In diameter.
EXHAUST Pipes. ETc.
Section 10. No steam exhaust. blow
on pipe or drip pipes shall be connect
ID with the public sewer.
oBIEcT on SEWERS.
Section rs Of the old Regulation 10
amended 20 read Section 20 In the new
Regulation.
FIXTURE TO ne TWO FEET ABOVE
TIDE.
Section 10 Of the old Regulation IL
amended to read Section 81 Of the
new Regulation.
EXPOSED PLUMBING.
Section 20 OF the old Regulation II
made Section 20 OF the new Regula
ton and amended to read as follows:
fixtures be left exposed to view as
much as possible, and when covered IA
provide easy means OF access TO all
parts Of the work. In no case Is n
pipe 10 be built into masonry wall
except to pass directly through II. un
less supplied with face board put ~
with screws. and shall not be covered
from view until after the work has
been examined by the Inspector.
FINAL INSPECTION.
Section 81 of the old Regulation Is
amended to read Section 23 Of the new
Regulation. and further amended by
striking out the word written"
PENALTY.
Section "a. Section 22 of the old
Regulation Is amended to read Section
"a of the new Regulation.
INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES
Section 25. Section 90 OF the old
Regulation is amended to read Sec
ton rs Of the new Regulation.
PREVIOUS PLUMBING.
Section 26. Section "a OF the old
Regulation is amended to read Section
26 oil the new Regulation.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Section 81. All Rules and Regula
tics and parts thereof in conflict here.
with are hereby repealed.
WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT.
Section IS. Section % OF the ola
Regulation is amended to read Section
2s Of the new Regulation.
]. H. RAYMOND,
President Board Of Health.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-31
A COMMERCIAL NECESSITY.
[San Francisco Post. |

What has been said with reference
to the construction of a cable line
across the Pacific by our merchants
recently has been reiterated many
times in the editorial columns of the
newspapers of this city. The argu-
ments heretofore used In favor of the
work are now emphasized by the fact
that an Oriental trade is opening with
the Pacific coast which is destined
probably to eclipse anything before
known in that line in modern times.
Not only this, but the United States
have acquired possessions in the Pa
cific which makes it possible for them
to build and operate a cable line on
tirely upon American territory. II ex-
panc!oH &c to BENEFIT Can Francisco and
other TaclHc coast C,.iCs, 1t will have
to be accompanied by Pacific cable,
since it will be inconvenient TO do the
business of the Orient over cables
constructed and operated by Euro.
peans.
The necessity of an all-Americaa
line from San Francisco to Manila is
paramount, and there should be no de-
lay by the government in preparing to
construct it. The enterprise is too
great to be undertaken by private CAPT
tai, and II a cable is ever constructed
the people of the entire nation, will
have to become stockholders in It,
Mr.. Hugh Craig, former President OF
the Chamber OF Commerce, in an inter-
view in last evenings Post, stated that
investigations made by him had
shown that an all-American route OF
66iO miles would not cost less than
sS,00O,0O0. In order TO maintain the
line, two cable steamers would have
to be constructed, costing half mil
lion each. Probably II the government
were to figure on an expense OF slO,-
0O0, 900 for building and equipping the
line the cost would be Appropriated.
But cost what it may, a Pacific cable
Is a commercial necessity which can
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Y COMMENT OF THE PRESS 4
ssssssssssssssssssssss.T

not LONG be- postponed by the National
Government
\ bill ls now pending In Congress
proposing to make an appropriation
Tot beginning the work. hut II il being
opposed by certain commercial inter-
ests NJ the East. which consider the
expense too great to be undertaken
so long as there IL a cable line between
London and Manila. But Americans
should desire TO connect their oriental
possessions directly with this country,
and as commercial enterprise the
cable would well repay any interest the
government might take In H.
The Pacific coast delegation In Con-
gress should take mp this subject and
force II upon the attention OF the ad.
ministration. Several years would be
consumed in building the cable after II
was actually projected and the sooner
work Is commenced the better.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-31

aiierlance oNias % NGseoneortibnf
the facts are aprafrnrr agalns' him.
hut h. IL IN the nrhi Nc sianis fof
those Who would ,ll iiood " ob the
government Ne IL IT, yofy intlthe-
sis to President Dole and uHpr nis
uflcial reception and rcrorniti'n dt.
ponds the future welfare " 'ha people
whom h. oficlally represents Y
Governor Dole triumphs the lslanfa
will remain q happy haven for lepefs
and half dozen enormously rich aud
powerful representatives Of monopo.
lies. For ambitious. progressive. loyal
American citizens the Islands SHOULD
be avoided a. the bubonic plague II
the Dole oligarchy ls perpetuated.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-31
WATER NOTICE.

In accordance with Section I, Of Chapter
XVI, Of the laws Of 1886:
All persons holding water privileges or
those paying water rates are hereby notified
that the water rates for the term ending
June 90, 1901, will be due and payable at
the office Of the HONOLULU WATER
WORKS on the Ist day Of January, 1901.
All such rates remaining unpaid for IS
days after they are due will be subject to
an additional ten per cent.
All privileges upon which rates remain
unpaid February IS, 1921, go days after
becoming delinquency, are liable to suspen-
sion without fur her notice.
Rates are payable at the Office of the
Water Works In the basement Of Capitol
building.
ANDREW BROWN,
Supt. Honolulu Water Works.
Honolulu, Dec. 20, 1900. I7I7-Iot