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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
THE GOLDLEAF.
HENDERSON,, n. &.
HCRSDAY, MARCH 1900.
"OUO VADlS."

Night fell in drifts of darkness over Rome;
The moonlight set in silver spIre and dome
And over all the spell Of silence lay.
White CLEANED the tOmb3 along the APP
plan way,
And threw deep shadows on the lonely
Which. but few hours gon., had borne
its load
Ofpomp and beauty, pageantry and pride
The sleek patiiciaD, hatteIers at his side
The naughty matrOn, borne by stalwart
slaves
Youths with elastic steps. old men with
To stay their lettering step, "a craseless
tread
OF puloing life between the silent dead.
Now all were gone save those who lay at
rest
Love, hate, ambition, cold in each still
breast;
The restless feet Of passing crowds, the stir
OF busy men no more to them than fear
OF this lone man, who hurried through the
gloom,
His Bonded shadow fitting over each white
tomb
As OH he fastened; base, indeed, was meet
For one with ruin following at Iii, feet.
The storm OF pagan fury. pagan hate,
Had burst upon the followers Of Christ
To safe
This fury in their blood-to crush a creed
That taught pure worship in it, seed.
DiSperNe the gathering number in its fold
Who held their faith as treasure more than
gold,
And human honOrs light as ocean foam;
Thus threatening downfall to the gods Of
Rome.
So had their fercest rage sought out the
head
or this new sect. aud hence had Peter fled !;
Urged by their prayers, per uaded by the
ears
or all the Christians, torn by torturing
fears
OF loosiag him, the vicar of their Lord.
The infant Church'5 shield against the
OF fiery persecution 50 this hour
Was he ii fugitive from Roman power
The Prince Of the Apostles was alone;
No step c-rchOrd round him save his own.
When suddenly in faint but clrarrst light
His eyes were startled hy Il thrilling sight,
Before him, pale and bloody, weak and
worn,
A heavy cross upon Hi, shoulders torn,
lie saw his Lord in shame and agony.
A. when He toilrd Ills way to Calvary
No word He spoke, but dragged His bur
den on
Tie risen Christ 40 more, but Man forlorn,
Then i'll amazement >or" did Peter say,
As TN his Knees ne Tell, Quo NadiS.
DOminr?'
The Vison slowly raised it, thorn Crowned
head
And sad replied. Il 60 whence thou hast
fled J.
To Rome, that they cruelty Me Ger -
And then the Vision vanished. Augui,hpd
and sore
Still Peter knrlt, rhn-e sad tone, in his
His very h'art-stringr piercing, and his
fears
His selfish fears, drowned in fierce re-
morse
That showed III sharp, clear light his COW
ard course
go weak and vile" he cried, | dread the
sword
In craven flight, once more deny my Lord
ooh Thou Who suffered and Who died fol
me,
Have | too little love to die for Thee?
Have |, whom Thou didst call to feed Thy
sheep,
betrayed them-left them for the w"lvr>
to keep"
He rose; his face turned to the dark-npd
skies,
Shone with deep love and ardent sacrifice
And. drawing prayers for pardon viii
each breath,
Turned back toward Rome, toward tor
ment and toward death.
Well for each soul on its own Ap,ian way
If once it stops to ask. "Quo Nadis, Dom
ine?"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
THE 100000 APPROPRIATION DE-
FEATED.

Frankfort, Ky, March 8.-The Trip
lett joint resolution to appropriate
100000, to be expended under super
vision of Democratic Governor Beck
ham and Adjutant-Gcneral Castleman,
was defeated in the Senate to-day by
failure to receive constitutional ma
jority. The resolution authorized the
expenditure for the purpose of arning
a new State guard and recovering from
Republican Governor Taylor the arms
removed from Frankfort to London.
Four Democratic Senators, Roberts,
Puryea, Jones and Mcconnell voted
against it. The vote stood, yeas, 10;
nays, 4. 1t requires nineteen votes to
pass a bill
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
THE SOUTHERN'S NEW LINK.

Columbia. s. c.. March S.-The South
ern railroad has finished its preliminary
survey of a lire from Allendale to Har-
deeville. The latter is a point on the
Plant system. twenty-three mics from
Savannah, and on an almost direct line
from Columbia to Allendale and thence
to Savannah. The Southern's Florida
line now stops at Allendale. Thence
its transportation is handled over the
Atlantic Coast Line to Yemassee, and
from here over the Plant system to
Savannah. The new route will form
the hypotenuse Of right-angle TRAN
gle with the CirCuitOuS route now used
and will shorten the distance by TWEEN
ty-five miles. This route will be as
nearly direct as the SeabOard's acquisi-
ton, the Florida Central and Peninsu-
lar.
The final survey will be commenced
at once. and it is said that the new line
of sixty miles Will he built at once
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
A CIR ANa:l. OF POLICY.
President i'ciinlry States Ills Rea-
sons Tor Si.uinE the Porto RicRn
-nru lin Giving the People Free

Washington. March 6.-The Post to-
morrow will say: President Mckinley,
i'll conversation with callers at the
White House yesterday, reiterated his
belief that the people of Porto Rico
We're entitled to free trade with the
InIt,d States. He made it clear that
MS views had undergone no change
since he WrOt" his message to Con-
:rcSS. He still adhered to the sentiment
herein expressed. At the same time he
said he was unable to subscribe to the
.leury that the Constitution followed
the flag that the Porto RiCanS must
have free trade as 4 necessary legal
right. When he found the House deem
81 in the part of wisdom, the PreSi-
don't explained. to impose a small tariff
upun condition that the revenues so
collected shall all be returned to the
island he had been constrained to yield
to the Judgment If the House. The
tariff under such conditions. would be
no hardship to the Puerto RicanS.
Moreover. he believed il advisable. at
the earliest NOM MT to secure a de-
Cison of the Supp Ms Court on the con-
stitutional questions involved. There
fore. he had given rs consent to the
nominal tariff s-l.l .Gittd to sign such
bill
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TO ~AsTONIsH EUROPE"
President steyn Makes Prophecy
Like that of KruSer's.

London, March IA. G. Hales, the Lon
don Daily News correspondent, who was
captured by the Beers and recently re-
leased sends the following from Sterk-
stroom camp, Cape Colony:
when prisoner at Bloemfontein l had
an interview with Mr. Steyn, President OF
the Free State He said they were deter
mined to fight to the last man He pro-
phesied that the capitulation of Pretoria
would be preceded by events that would
astonish Europe. The President further
said that the struggle of the Free State
would be child's play compared with what
would follow in the Transvaal.
The News also has a dispatch from Lo-
reno Marques stating that 5000 kaffirs
are digging trenches around Pretoria
n. Y. Herald
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
THE OFFENSE MADE A FELONY

Frankfort, Ky, March S.-The SEN
ate to-day passed Senator Bells bill
making 1T a felony punishable by con-
finement in the penitentiary from ten
to twenty years, for an occupant Of a
State office to forcibly maintain posses
sion of the office for more than five
days after the Legislature or other
competent authority shall have decided
some other person entitled to the office.
Four Democrats voted against the bill.
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4 BONUS For BIDS

Dutch auction ct Cape Town is fire.
quently exciting. If a house is to be
sold the auCtioneer offers fifty golden
sOvereigns for the man who first bids
G50O0." Nobody bids. 4 pause, and
then Fifty golden s0vereigns for the
man who first bids Gi900.' This is
kept on until bid is secured. But it
by no means follows that the house is
sold to this bidder. No; the auctioneer
is then at it again. Say that e440O is
the first bid. The auCtioneer cries
There are twenty-five gold sovereigns
for the first man who has the courage
to bid $4,000" PERHAPS no one has it.
Then $50 IS offered !,- a $500 bic
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| CHARGED WITH INTIMIDATING
| VOTERS

Lexington. Ky, March S.-Chief of
Police John Med. Ross, City License
Inspector Garrett Welsh, Patrolman
Dennis Orrmy and d. Mucci, of this
city, and the three Democratic election
commissioners of JeSSamine county, j.
H. Welsh, Robert Funter and Hugh
Scott, were to-day token before L. S.
Commissioner Hill, and gave bond in
the sum of $500 each for appearance in
the United States Court at Louisville,
charging felones in intimidating or
interfering with voters At the Novem-
Der election. The last three We're
charged with cOnspirng to defraud
voters at the same election.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
THE STEAMER MINERVA SAFE.

Philadelphia, March Sword was
received here to-day that the Spanish
steamer Minerva, which has been on
the missing list for many weeks and
was given up as lost. had been towed
into Bermuda by the Spanish steamer
Amboto and the German steamer
SkNrOS
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15

Judge-Why were you tempted to
steal thi, mans purse?
Prisoner Because nv doctor had
recommended me to take little
change.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
THE NEW BRITISH WAR LOAN

London, March 9-6:06 p. m.-The
amount of the new war loan will be
100000, 600. The interest will be at
2 ga per cent, and the bonds will be
redeemable at par. May 5th, 1910. The
issue price is eos los
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15

The reason some people let their
accounts stand and never pay them
is because they believe too religiously
in the old adage that time is money!
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15

Can he forget the dewey eve, in
purple twilight soft and still, the old
man made him take his leave, and
kicked him halfway down the hillo
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15

And now a scientist declares that
the tip of the nose is the home of the
soul. Well. it certainly often shows
where departed spirits have gone.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15

10 spark through long continued
years is never really best-just lay
aside your doubts and fears and give
the gate rest.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
TURNED THEIR FLANK.
FIELD MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS
HAD SUCCESSFUL DAY.

The Beers Completely Routcd and In
Full Retreat-The Fighting Practf-
ealIy Confined to the Cavalry d.
gress Among the Cape Colony
the South African Question.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15

Lewis-'.Well, Mark, how did you
feel when you proposed"
Mark-s.I felt for nv hat"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15

ELECTROMAGNETIC want to
ask You question, Mark
Mark-(also earnestly)-'.What is
it, dearest?"
Pamelia-(still earnestly)-''If you
had never met me, would you have
loved ME just the same?"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
Highest Market Prices Guaranteed the Seller,


of all
We promise
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
Sell your Tobacco al The House and Market which PAYS You The Most CLEAR Money!


ket We have every faculty. tor extensive business Ample capital
good dry stalls The record of Coopers Warehouse
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15

Dd'Il. IDdI1Y w. OVIttIHy
Nos. 4G3 and 4O2, 1.-The Atlanta Special
Solid Vestibuled Train Of Pullman
SleeperS and Coaches between Washing |
ton and Atlanta, also Pullman sleepnI
between Portsmouth and Char lotte, n. CI
Nos Al and 80, 1.-The S. A. L. Express |
Solid Train Coaches and Pullman Slerpen
between Portsmouth and Atlanta.
Both trains make immediate conneciiaI
at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile NeI
Orleans, Texas, California, Mexico. Chi
tanooga, Nashville, Memphis, Maea
and Florida.
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cfates children. and apparently Stephen
Crane was one of these. He could not
write a novel Of mature life. as the
Third Violet simply proved. Apparent
ly he did not understand the game. Be-
ing grown-up did not seem 10 him the
important, digniaed. coherent thing we
like to think II in our critical moods His
human beings were inefficient. sprawling.
nerveless cres lures who governed neither
themselves nor their world. But the
child's world is smother matter There Is,
apparently. more logic in tor perhaps II
is only that Mr.. Crane understood the
logic OF IL better. At all events he wrote
a book of capital little stories. each one
of which IS true to life 1t IL a book fit to
rank with The Golden Age" and "The
Court OF Boyville'' I'm its genuineness and
simplicity, and its hunor is likely 10 ap-
peal to the reader even more strong0
than that OF those charming books
/. c'whilomviile Stories" BY Stephen
Crane. 1850. Harper a Bros. For sale
by Lowman q Hanford)
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story ulsh, we'll 81 reset tar the STAGE
lsat exeltsnssat aoa TIE arauntic quality
ars npy particularly fare to aoyels n5w-
a Says. AM perhaps a better title " The
Hack CeWnN te Puhie favaT consists m
,ae tnterestins art uavei pletarrs f. sives
az ,na ufe ~ tNs Ola pussh tgrxhsrs fn
tAe,r aeamt toNn handfei Aas as,y
years agN
t'~rhu BLACK Gown" rs Rsth Han
Houghtcn Mlsia 4 Co $40 ros sale
~ Lopman 3 uantaFd)
The Parsonage posrA' r. = velurae o.
genital gentle stories "trnm ,hs notebook
af clergyman TAdy ar se-l -el
era.aas''y written tales perhaps ,A. t.-t
hsiur "a Mstaaaerslood pog This hlt
~ ,raNtc chgontclo rscor3s gre triais q
Satan. a lyiutlya bundos wita a seif-re-
iiant. not o. Say aggrts sive- a.F, Rsilh
was continually misleading the Observer
As TO his frRi sweetness ~ disposition.
The sorrovs o. Satan are recorded with
q charming hamoF AID syUg -thy. wAlcA
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tn, was not cured the Sale iaw evidently
iatsrfertpr W8th the operation - TIE heal-
tns poser In aAdifiou 60 be3nz eaten
,sfth eefpfaIa ~ johnson vas sffiriea
uffh hyg0ehoatTs2, whica almost &m0n0s~
"a fo tnssnitg He lived N caHssant dfsaA
* roins arazy. ard even On his destAhs3
,ranslaieG his prayers into Latin ~ prove
rs Aitastlf IRA, he had net las, als uentAl
faea1tlse
Tna p0at Cowper asa ali hls b~Rt wprk
IA the Intervals hes ween Gls tx ghe deep
49,, religious rs4lAneh @iEa &srF f.sm9
vent insane Byron. otherNiaa AZ i-aa-
nsul As Greek E,G had q club foot.
wssa that caes hmH read ran forget
saezsuiaye srtsshetscsd description ~
pgrens HE rad a heaa thaf sesaipioss
icvea % capy. ara n foot thF aefqSmlty
N which fhs heggars Ga TIRE stFest saiGa-
tckss SIR Waiter Scott WAS iarne orc
taE wnA sgsb'ly shorter than fhe other,
ans sre ~ his fest waa DESERTED. Car
lsie was a chronic 9yeaeptlr. ara Charles
KingsIey ssnftsrtd Kofstt i4ouis stevea-
SON aid his best work after the Esinharga
doctors had told hfm ~ had Only bali .
fvaE left" afsnoraet, Juli~s C@ea.r AID
Na2cleoa were e.Sle9ise@
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mails died all along the train, TIL the
remainder was SO feotsore that they
couldn't travel any further. and would
require careful nursing, as the sheriff put
~, TIL their feet and legs got chance
10 grow out" The illustrations are by
III r. Poore.
A cablegram from London announces
that Ronald Macdonald has signed con-
tract with Miss Julia Marlowe for the
dramatic production ~ hia romance, ''The
Sword Of the King" The possibilities OF
this story are obvious 10 every reader ae-
aualnted with the requirements Of the
theatr. but # has only recently been
made known that the play existed before
the novel itself was written. the author
being a playwright as we'll as an actor.
The popular actress who has undertaken
its presentation IL enthusiastic about its
effectiveness for strgc purposes.
Wv V
Mira schuyler Crowninshicld. wife OF the
admiral who holds the holm In the navi-
CATION Office At Washington, has conirt-
buted 20 the October New Lippincott
pathetic talQ called For the Sonora"
Mrs. Crown.asaiela obtained the "Rcal
color for hel West Indian stories by off,
cial residence and many cruises with her
husband among the Antilles
"A Woman TGnderfooi" IL the title AZ n
forthcoming book ay Grace Gallatin Sc
ton-Th0mpson. wife OF the famous artist.
author and lecturer. who has been MAX
ing us sli acquainted with HIS wild AMI
NAL friends ~ late years. Mrs. Thornp-
son r0ughed IL with her husband duriag
the trips wh.n ne gathered the material
for ats vivid Animals I Have known
and other books Her narrative f. fuil 81
outdoor interest and entertainment. and
women who 50 camping sill and fund
% really valuable advice IN the counsels
regarding dress cooking and all such
matters which she gives from her experi-
enge.
v n
Gov Roosevelt viii couiribats 10 the
October Century q paper on civic Help
fltnssa" He theme r. ths work that f.
being done By individuals and institutions.
other than oflcial 90 aslp those who nett
help IN American commodities Civic
I4elpfulnrar" d luciuded m the forthc@m-
fns volume ~ ESSAYS - Gov Roosevelt,
entitled The Strenuous life"
Doubleday. Page . ~. announce The
Nenaaa ~ Countess PotpCks In viii "a
me countess "a member q the Polish
royal family sna an enthusiastic patriot
gives tn "Reminiscences ~ Nspelron and
! host y other historical nersonaaes. "a
vgoH a. ~ her own private Ise. The de-
1xhsfsl natyete ~ NJ narrative "a well
shown ny the naihrfs STORY ~ ho~, after
tne ssual marriage g. convenanceA" Hh@
tried - plgur arr husband toto showing
hnr ry,ovc aHecfiea W. writing love
better 70 herself hut dropping u where he
fs7,ist ind n
~ richard whiteIr9s Paris ef To-
.ay sith al q Andre Castalgna's splea-
fM af}ustrs tl0ms. ~-i appear ~ book f@rm
frusn the press ~ The ceufsFy Company
IN Ortshsr The same h@use uHi Issue
''gsa2ental Days and Ways - Helsn
F,vfrtsqn sfn3fA wtth Illustrations By
Earrr Fenn and iec3rA'tcrs by 7. Gaeyn-
Soy Moore
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INFIRMITIFS OF THE WISE.
Crosses Borne by Some Of the Moa
Noted Among Mcrials

\ looking over the long ron OF the
II worlds great men. 1t seems as IL the
majority had some mental or physical
infrmity which wrung their hrows in
agony beneath their crown 81 bays, Ho-
mer is said to have been blind. though
Il is probable that his blindness was an
affiiction Of his later years, else how could
he have written of the "wine-dark sea"
and the rosy fingered dawn"s Demos
themes, as every schoolhoy knows, slut
tered and overcame his defect by making
speeches with pebbles in his mouth to the
waves breaking on the Grecian shores.
Milton was MARTYR TO gout, and IL was
his equity constitution, combined with his
Unsuitable thirst for work. that finally
brought on his blindness Before he was
forty he had lost the sight Of one eye by
the deposit OF equity crystals around the
optic nerve. Though warned that arduous
work meant total blindness. he undertook
to write reply TO Claude de Saumaise's
book on THE Divine Right of Kings"
and as he wrote impeuetrahle darkness
slowly closed over him. It was not until
after he was wholly blind that he gave
to the world Paradise Lost"
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orfiiianfg lu a'grette sna e0rsMge. IN her,
8iaia ssaraiasfifH. in aiadanss bridal
Eif'r ffam stnaa ara queens 20 those whs
wefs Aieut % take thn saith u Afe 10
rsshsF NMi : 10 not suppose That this
f@slHssfe - @eiaiH9 stttra ard the lotnD
~ eafrWncn ara aHparfwFn - thla MI
Apya#fiae riN4rcn as#uns8 aaw sasse ran.
ElssEs NJ th0ss there unlted ia w4alsek.
fn&n is nNsufca ~ slaa Rraap ~ ssaek-
wuQsaamaF Aat.4 taxing sh@ hmaI OF ths
ra9an1#in laaHs8 IA fhs pressnae ~ tas
saHutsT aarAaM, saia WltbaGf 80 n1arh -
y ring piAraa On ere third finger on III.
ieft hana. ths Ne1slug trip neither to
EArlin. npr aeN psrt. neF Niagara, but IL
the dssaY n the next fafsnh1a,ae N ~ r3r
f0s Jewels IN tne faYehesd Dr the levels
aa the band fhsk nsa@s . happy raarstax,
bgs The aaeiR of fas Aeart. These are
iMa Fnttes presented N marriage day ~
the king @hose f09e u tbe rAofnInx light
and hsaven iiaelf = onl1 oae " ~
palact&
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tsks lyat fy0m tbe uoveNsts hook
The MiHN" ~ brilliantly written. az
%fN az gttsUant,S constructed NrHliAHt
s9eSs are trvQucHsly nethev sortoetA@'e
HNF happy enes hui Mrs CAHNna VIZ
warns rather 'aau sinrs u t.. on the
wnNie b. gNj yoiama tor a tlGe arr
Fssny dsy as g. so 30 taana IN aus FaeEe
~ feeen. Ectlen
f'Tbc MtuS l2y Mrs Mauuingsau CAT
Da A stokes Company N.aa fet
sale By iowman & HHntaral
y
TIE uishonor % Frank Scott" hy n.
Hamilton Is n novel of Angla~Inaian Hie
fFor thc gen of writer wh0 Is clever.
iRsycd and sntcFOs;ius, hus she has ch0s-
ga paiafJ, theme Cor her story, II 90
an ABOUT a soo1-gatsred youas tsa9iisA-
nan. iit is Engaged 70 the laughter of
SIR Joha Cooke. suvcynor Orwell vita
oa' exact Information. which the author
omi;s 20 give. tt is diniculg for TIE un-
tatorcd American 10 understand exactly
MAI he governs, Bat al AL events lie u
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|IORID
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30 oKI

high up In the Indian civil service, and
his pretty daughter Is more or less OF an
invalid and has gone TO Australia In
search OF health Her fsncc coming out
from England after leave OF absence.
meets another pretty girl who is going out
TO marry Hindu doctor To save her
from this fate Frank Scott rnarfies her
himself. Then Violet Cooke comes home
from Melbourne. warranted not to live
more than two months. and Sir John
urges Frank 70 marry her and accompany
her 60 the hills. that she may lie in hap
pinoss and peace. Frank who f. sir
Johns A. -, G.. has debts, no money, and
there are various other complications.
Horror~stricken Mt first he avoids the
announcement Of his previous marriage.
ana finally at the instigation Of his first
wife. commits blgamy The unfortunate
Violet fails 10 die a. guarau,eed--and nor
body can say that such complication
makes pretty or even an en1nrable
story. This IL pity. for the author Is
talented and writes IN way that would
be bright and amusing did she not handle
such shastiy ami tragic material.
c"The Dishouor Of Frank Scott" Ry VI.
Hamliton. sisa Harper n Bros For
sale by Isowrnan 4 IlanfordD
V v v
"The Black Gown" by Ruth Hall. is A.
wholesome and asrecabiv written story OF
old Albany. The scene Is laid In the times
OF the French and fni.an wars, ana some
OF the most exciting Incidents Of the story
turn upon tho resemblance Of the hero to
Pere Dauhney. q jesuit, Priest. whose
black gown" gives the title 10 the tale.
The book il full Of incident and the final
misfortune which falls upon Cecil Love-
land, the villain OF the tale, whose wick
edness IL chiefly weakness. Il as fine and
dramatic piece ~ poetic Justice as one
may hope to flnd and suggests that the
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NOTES AND NEWS.

1.-THE Horse-Thief'' IL the title OF story
by Il. Hough which will appear In the Oc-
tober number of NcC'lure's. II tells how
four Western ranchmen. as they inno-
Gently would have put H. attempted to
run of a bunch" of several hundred
horses cup in Montanny." "The way TO
run Oft bunch OF horses" according to
the story, is TO start 'em good an fast,
and keep 'em a-soin'" This was Jim
Muhally's and Dick Wilson'S way OF man.
aging II. They kept them going The ami