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in any account of American literature
which shall henceforth be made

Edmund Clarence Stedman has sold HIS
seat on the New York Stock exchange
and retired from the work and strain OF
Wall street He still has interests which
Will call him to the street more or less
Tor some time, but he has given UP all
active participation in business. He has
been ''in the street. since 1854 mo. I do
not propose to outrival Mr. Clews, and
write a book entitled Thirty six Years
in Wall Street" said he to reporter for
the Times, but I hope to devote much
more time than heretofore to my own
kind Of literary work" 1t Is to be hoped
the banker broker-poet-critic may add
still other volumes of verse and criticism
to the short but admirable series Of his
works. ~ .s( y-.-..es..> &,
Messrs. Houghton, Mff1in & Co, have
Just issued nThe Queens Garden . by
tian,' by Caroline Brown; ''Phe Prose of
Edward Rowland Sill" THE Constitu-
tional History and Government of the
United States, by Judson S. Landon;
Amos: An Essay In Exegesis.' by Prof.
H G. Mitchell.
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ON OUR HOOK TABLE.

American Book Co., Chlcago-"A Small
Ter History of Rome" by Sir William
tory" by Edward M. Lancaster.
VI. B. Conkey Co., Chicago Harriet,
by William Leroy; ''Wonders of the Nine
teenth Century" by ]. w. Hanson a. NJ,
civic Federation of Chicago. Chicago
Conference on Trusts speeches, debates,
resolutions. list Of delegates, committees.
CasselI & Co., New York--"King Rich
ard Ill" COMEDY Of Errors" Shakes
peare; "Childe Harolds Pilgrimage Lord
Byron.
Sign of the Harp" by Arthur Epson.
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Cotton Tails" is the attractive title
of an illustrated book by George A
Beckenbaugh, to be brought out at once
by r. H. Russell There are forty eight
full-page drawings In black and white,
each accompanied by a humorous rhyme;
THE CAUSE OF HIS PAUSE.
Two Crows were eating mush and milk
AS Mr. Hare came by;
The latter wore a vest of silk.
And q glass in his left eye.
Said he: ST have q long report
To make-excuse my paws.
''Why, SIR said they, your tail is short;
VIII you please tell the Caws?"
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The Reasnn Why

New Lippincott for April.
Gen. N. B. Forrest, the noted Confed-
crate cavalry leader, was hard fighter
with whatever weapon he chose for a
combat. Few men got the best of him
with sword or tongue. They are still tell
ing in Alabama of curt retort he gave
to rival officer who once insinuated that
Forrest used hairdye.
How Ia 1t, general" sneered the Of
hcer, that your hair IS gray, but your
beard Is blackf'
Probably because, unlike some people
I know. / use my head more than my
Jaws" was Forests grim reply.
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developments and improvements in such
treatment The illustrations aid II, eX
planning both the treatment and Its bene
fits. Food, preferably milk, with unlimit-
ed fresh air and sunshine, are the main
points in the system.
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WouIdn't That he Best.

a charming liItl0 poem most Su1Lak
L recitation by small people-and he
ffcult it is to find such poems no.
laysD appears in the April number
assells Little Folks. 1t is by Constan
Lowe and entitled Wouldn't That
est?"
If I were a bird,
1 should go to rest
High uD in a tree
In q little nest!
Isn't that absurd?
If I were a bunny,
Then / should be found
In little hole
Underneath the ground.
Wouldn't that be funny?
If I were a sole
Deep down in the sea,
| should swim about;
Fancy little me!
Wouldn't that be droll?
II were billy
Or nanny goat,
/ should have some horns
And a furry coat!
Wouldn't that be silly?
If were a Cupid.
/ should, with my bow
And my arrow, shoot
Peoples hearts, you knowI
Wouldn't that be stupid?
If I were to change.
Someone else to be.
Think. that should feel
Not at all like me.
Wouldn't that be strange?
Tlbi,,lr Ia hattar rest
AS L am, you see;
Mighrn't like the change.
Better still be me!
Wouldn't that be beSt2
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Not Dukes Enough for All.

| April Ladies q Home Journal
The king OF Saxony lately. when lhs
American nnintster to i tally was pres ented
to him, broke forth vehemently: "Ach.
Himnlel! Mein Herr! Half Americ IN wifes
no husbands at all? They COME in dotzens
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Shoes !! Shoes !!

Here is where socks heavy We have prices
deep only the shoes the table every pair tho
shelves. you do not what you want. ask for It,
81 to So Mems Shoes, black and So ga
$3.50 to So so Mems Shoes black and ST 48
S.. so to $3.50 Mems Shoes, black and tan $50
50 and 81 Ladies Shoes small Sizes ........., 68o
81 Ladies Shoes all $50
$.7o to 81 Ladies Shoes .........S ST. 80
81 to 81. so Ladies Oxford Ties small sizes $50
ST Children's Shoes 45c
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ABBREVIATED TOMS APPRECIATION.

i enjoy reading page. - ~ ~ ~
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for its present in letters-a figure that
may be better gauged by the future.
In letters, as we'll as in art, much
Of Europe has lain lifeless in this CEN
tury. Italy has been content to re-
member that Dante, Boccaccio Tasso,
Petrarch and MachaN ELL once lived
and wrote; Spain that Cervantes hal
made classic and that DE Vega and
Caldsron belonged to it.
WORK OF TRANsLAToRs.
II Europe, here and there, has been
"facid and drained" of its literature.
the translator has been seeking a Wild
er audience for men OF letters in moro
or less provincial tongues. Tolstoi and
Turgenieff have had the admiration of
a world to the credit OF Russia: Ander-
son, Ibsen, Welhaven, Moe. Wergeland
and Bjornson have been heard for
Scandinavia and It's kindred peoples.
America, especially, has been cosmo-
politan in It's tastes as 1t has been in
it's people. Even the Hungarian, delv-
ing in a language wholly his own and
keeping within his geographical hori-
zon, has found himself famous here.
Kisfaludy, Berzsenyi, Petof and Arany
of the poets and Josika, Eotros, Kuthy
anu lStllhd VI lIlt llONtllslb are hHOWnp
while Jokai and Kemeny are of the
living present, read In America as they
are read at home.
Time has wrought changes in meth
ods, styles and themes for the book
makers for the English tongues. An
author no longer Is a social wonder.
The eristocracy OF literature Is over
thrown. As profession 1t has been
on n tbn fnpa OP the fact that
q successful book writer is paid now
as he never was paid before. The
book publisher has become a book
manufacturer. Names upon title
pages are legion. Today q book Is a
craze-tomorrow 1t is a dim recollec-
ton, sufficient only to draw smiles
from q company in which Its title Is
mentioned. Reviewers of books are
buried under avalanches Of fiction in
attractive covers. The bargain coun-
ters OF department stores are piled
high with 1t. Magazines are filled with
IT, and still author and amanuensls
are busy with the contracts of publish
ers who. are measuring literature by
the ton.
FROM ART TO LITERATURE.
No one seems able to account fully
| for the change. No one knows where
bookmaking Is 10 stop In its rapid
| decline toward an industry, rather
than an art. The reading of a novel
| fifty years ago was reprehensible in
many circles OF society; Is a new cen-
tury one day to recognize 1t as vlce7
Art has not suffered as has litera-
ture, but a reactionary spirit is OBJ
servable at this end of the century. A
movement toward industrial art seems
nothing less than a tacit admission
that the fine arts are dragging-an
acknowledgment that 1t is more nearly
possible to design a new parlor set,
having the stamp OF originality, than
It is to paint canvas or shape n clay
| that shall win name.
We are ready to give into the hands
OF the next generation the means and
the appliances or luxurious ease. It's
art cravings may have to be satisfied
from within itself, unless 1t shall hark
back to the consideration OF things not
wholly new-that have outworn the
brief limits of a sensation.
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SOMETHING ABOUT
SULTAN AND TURKEY
is TIE GREATEST DIPLOMAT
OF HIS DAY.
This, Being Interpreted, Means That
He HAS Reduced Lying Down to a
Finn Art-How He Has Held at
Bay Many of the Most Powerful
Rulers of Europe.



In their efforts to compel the sultan
of Turkey to pay long-overdue claims
for indemnity President Mckinley and
Secretnry Hay have entered upon a
struggle with the past grand master
OF thu Fabian school Of diplomacy,
Abdul Hamid II is far and away the
craftiOst and most daring ruler In the
old world. His fiinesse, skill, cunning,
boldness have been constantly exer-
ciseG in contests with the ablest
statesmen Of Europe for quarter OF
a century, and, while he has not al
ways come of victor, he has won
more frequently than he has lost.
Abdul Hamid Is a Turk and Mussul-
man Of the old school. He Is fifty
eight years OF age, and the innova-
tions OF modern civilization have left
little impression upon him. He rules
Turkey as his predecessors ruled 1t,
and has only yielded grudgingly TO
the progress Of the age.
He became the ruler OF the Ottoman
empire In August, 1876 at a moment
when the Servian and Bulgarian prov
inces were in the revolt which imme-
diately preceded the Turko-Russian
war. and when the combined powers
of Europe were exerting their utmost
pressure to compel Turkey TO adopt
new policies.
HIS FIRST DANGER,
Uron his accession TO the throne
Abdul Hamid was confronted by the
immediate danger OF disintegration Of
his empire. At that time Turkey In
Europe included Servia, Bulgaria,
zegovina and Thessaly. These prov
inces were not only In a state OF revolt,
but Russia and Austria were known
20 have designs upon territory which
would extend their own frontiers TO
the Mediterranean. The dissolution
of Turkey was freely predicted in ev-
cry capital OF Europe, and the strits
between the powers for possession OF
the broken parts Of the empire, for
the spoil of Constantinoplo and the
control OF the Dardanelles promised 10
embroil all Europe in general war.
Abdul Hamid undoubtedly realiEe1 ]
that It was too late to save the Balkan
provinces, but he was quick to rec
ogn!se in the general European sit
uation the opportunity OF saving his
throne and his footing in Europe and
Of still maintaining Constantinople as
the seat OF Mohammeoan power
For the first time he played his game
on the chess board OF Europe All the
world knows what followed, The war
with Russia lost Servia and Roumanis
20 the sultan. Bosnia and Herzegov-
ina went 10 Austria, but Montenegro
was erected into buffer state tina:
for the time blocked Franz Josef's
pathway at Salonica. The cars vic
torious armies were at the gates ol
Constantinople, and Turkeys position
an Europe hung only by thread.
Then II was that Abdul Hamid
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-29
The DYING CENTURY
PASSED In REVIEW
IN THE WORLD OF ARP AND
LETTERS.
An Age Given Over to Invention Has
Had an Appreciable Effect Upon
Letters and a Still Greater Effect
Upon Painting and Sculpture.
From the Chicago Times.Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Whatever else the antiquarian and
the archaeologist OF the dim future
may find Of the nineteenth century, Its
materiallsm will be significant In near
" every avenue Of human endeavor.
Necessarily his has affected both lit
eraturs and art. OF the Victorian age
in literature Garnett says: TT repre-
sents the fusion OF two currents which
had alternately prevailed in success
sive periods. Delight and Utility met;
Truth and magination kissed each
other. Practical reform awoke the en-
thusiasm Of genius and geniue put
poetry TO new use, or made a new path
for Itself in prose. The result has been
much gain. some loss and an orginali-
ty Of aspect which would alone render
our queens reign intellectually mem-
orable,"
PROGRESS IN ART SLOWER,
Art in general has had not even this
adaptability 10 a utilitarian age. S.
| G. w. Benjamin, writing Of the Amer
lean landscape painter, says: There
is a general absence OF warmth and
| earnestness in the impression which a
survey of the field leaves upon the
mind OF the candid observer. There
T. nothing in this to surprise or dis
courage, IL we frankly consider the
surrounding circumstances. Great art
! is the child OF repose; the restlessness,
| the feversh activity, Of the country,
emnently encouraging to some pur-
suits, is, II not fatal to the arts, at
| 10 hair hiCyh n
ment; the vast multiplicity OF aims
! agitating the people has thus far pre-
| vented the concentration OF efrort
| which meets with a response in the
| enthusiasm OF artistic genius. Instead
OF being discouraged, therefore, by the
quality OF the art we have produced.
we should accept It as strong evidence
that the American people have a de-
eided natural turn for the art which
| only awaits a more favorable condi-
| ton Of the nation to reach a higher
plane OF excellence. We consider that
the wonderful inventive quality Of the
American mind toward scientific and
mechanical discovery argues a higher
creative Imagination.
Here, then, are the two influences of
utilitarianism upon letters and upon
art-ths one II has bent more or less
to its purposes; the other less flexible
In the hands OF materialism, has been
blocked or crowded out in less ambit-
ious endeavors.
ENOUGH FOR ONE CENTURY.
All OF which is an acknowledgement
that a century cannot be all things in
all To the classic and middle ages
| "a nh
ply, .oratory and art: TO this century
the wonderful results Of mechanical
genius, rivaling the dreams OF this
mythologists. There are those who
hold that in inventive felds man has
reached almost his limitations: that iT
after ages the nineteenth century viii
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der Russian influence. Germany and
Italy took the same position. The sui
tan appealed to England, asserting
that Russia was intriguing to secure
permanent control Of Bulgaria, from
which to menace Turkey with another
advance on Constantinople.
The sultan's appeal to England was
not misplaced, for Gladstone had
been succeeded by Lord Salisbury, who
regarded Russia as England's natural
foe. AS a result England refused to
recognize the treaty Of Berlin as bind
ing. The European concert was brok-
en-, Russia was compelled to consent
to the election Of Prince Ferdinand as
ruler Of Bulgaria, and that province
was kept under the suzerainty OF
Turkey, Russian influence for the time
being destroyed.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCES.
The United States first experience
with Turkey came during President
Cleveland's administration, after the
Armenian massacrss Of 1soS-4. The
United States and Great Britain both
presented demands for indemnity and
the pressure Of the two governments
became acute. The sultan adopted the
ruse Of calling upon a conference of the
powers to adjust the claims, knowing
that the policy OF the United States
precluded the participation of this gov
ernment,
The result justified the sultan's
statecraft. The powers Joined in ap-
pointing a commission OF inquiry, 10
which President Cleveland, following
traditional American policy. held aloot.
President Cleveland, however, did d.
rect American Consul General Jewell
TO accompany the commission and
make report to the United States
government from the evidence gathered
by the delegates OF the powers. The sui
tan refused Consul General Jewells
permission to make such a report.
Great Britain was compelled to act
Jointly with the powers. As a result
British claims for indemnity have been
involved with mass OF general claims
and the demands OF the United States
were lost sight OF.
In 1895 the powers again Joined In a
| concerted effort TO compel the sultan
TO consent TO reforms in the admins
| tration OF Armenia. Great Britain IA
yored a naval demonstration and sent
fleet to the entrance Of the Dardan-
! elles. The sultan promptly appealed to
Russia, asserting that England con-
templated the seizure OF territory in
Asia Minor. Russia and France, both
| interested in Asia Minor naturally re-
fused TO indorss . policy OF force and
the European concert was agian
broken.
In 1895 Great Britain threatened the
sultan with the occupation of Constan-
tinopls until the reforms In Armenia
were put In operation. The sultan re-
piled to the threat by asking the caar
to appoint officers TO inspect and
strengthen the fortihcations OF the
Dardanelles and giving the Russian
feet permission 10 pass through this
Bosphorus. Great Britain was again
baked.
Just at present Turkey Is unques-
tionably under Russian influence, and II
is believed that II the United States
pushes its demands 10 the extent OF
making a show Of force the sultan will
promptly appeal 70 the esar.
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Abusive.

Mrs. Bingo-You must be careful what you say
to the cook dear, or she will leave.
Bingo-Why, was hard on her'
"Were you! Why, anyone would have thought
you were talking to me."-Life.
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A Fair Exchange.

Congratulate me- Bings," cried Howson;
"Pye Just been marliedP'
my dear boy" replied Bangs, "and you con-
gratulate me. I've just been divorced. "-Ph.la-
delphia North American.
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GLADSTONE A MARK.

In 1886 the powers again came to-
gether to consider the Bulgarian ques-
tion after the revolution which finally
ended in Prince Alexander's reslgna-
ton. Russia and AUSTRIA working to-
gether, demanded the restoration OF
Prince Alexander, who was entirely un-
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and the counterfeit Monroe head 300 sill
YER certificate which resulted In the arrest
Of Jacobs and Kendig, the Lancaster cigar
manufacturers. and Ellery P. 1ngham and
Harvey Z. hewitt, formerly United States
District Attorney and Assistant District
Attorney here, respectively.
About two weeks ago 1t was discovered
that a counterfeit $40 note was in circula-
tion, and the Secret Service Department,
began an Investigation. As a result, Harry
Taylor was arrested and confessed. Chief
Wilkie and Operative Burns OF the Secret
Service, accompanied by United Stutes Dis
trict Attorney Beck, then visited the coun-
~ prison, and had an interview with
Arthur Taylor and Baldwin s. Bredell, who
assisted Taylor In engraving.
These two admitted having engraved
the Manning head $40 note, and said they
had Induced Harry Taylor to circulate
them. About $50 notes were struck on,
and OF this number Taylor bad passed In
the nelghborbood OF forty-fve. The re-
malnder. he said, he had destroyed.
Chief Wilkie, In speaking OF tile arrest,
said:
'This was scheme on the part OF Taylor
and 3redell to bring the Government to
terms, and was the result OF the advice Of
some disreputable lawyer. The idea was,
alter the notes were circulated, to walt un-
til near the time for sentencing Taylor and
Bredell, and then for the latter to inform
the Government that they could furnish 1t
With plates OF which the Secret Service
knew nothing. Their object was to secure
q lighter sentence"
Chiei Wilkie said the lawyer in question
was probably gully OF conspiracy to OBJ
struct justice, but would not state whether
any other arrests would follow.
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ACCUSES owEaNoa TAFLoa.
"A. eos1ei ~ = xalsa.

Wharton GSid5s 81 Tssisf Eoya Him
aoebel W. = xiiisd
FnANKroRT, III 70 The testlmo'
ny on q motioh g; Culton,
charged with aeSl the murder Of
Wm.Goebel, has 6 6luded Ia the Cir.
s: j: !; & ::|;:: 3: &: :: ::
81 81 + f5{maf te5} fonE about bring.
,inS hin men Ind went at length
into blanSa 81 saiid h6 men brought here
ysts 70 S - ths Issiye 2 balls Z and
ity.ssH6 ADDED 4 -
sts0piton told me ey Xsfato 60 there
and otnera did also. Slles Finley Ia the,
presence of>myself. q lsb Powers Said:
s'We'lltgo down and Lsslsiaturs
and Il they don't do 83 A4k Will Kill
them Powers said: THAT W.
will do" stsss;} s5ssss "
Golden further said Powers,
had conversation Jgf l{3E saS walk
which they took to the 4M8} witch
he told him OF the plan oebel, q
few days before the killing H3lHen said
that Governor Taylor had told him that
Goebel was to be killed, and further said;
9 My God, It is an awful mfuG TO kill O.
man, but not worse than the crimes which
have been committed agatnat u.s."
Judge Cantrill oysrruled the motion for
ball asked by ". q. cultoHss; s. ...-
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THE NEWS EPITOMlZED.
Washington Items.

Tho Committee on Library OF the SENATE
hns commissioned Frank Edwin Elwell, OF
Nav York Clty to make a bust Of the late
Vice President Hobart for the SENATE
Chamber.
A bill giving the widow OF the late Major.
General Henry W. Lawton pension OF SOU
uer month was favorably reported to the
Senate.
A resolution calling on the Secretary OF
the Treasury for Information in regard to
the manufacture Of oleomargarine was
adopted.
Two treaties were signed at the State
Depnrtment, one extending the time Tor
ratification Of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty,
and the other extending the time Tor de-
Limitation OF the Mexican boundary.
The system OF registering letters by mail
carriers has been extended to l63 postot-
fees.
Senor Eduardo Wilde, the newly ap'
pointed Argentine Minister, presented his
credentials to the President at the white
House. The usual felicitous speeches were
exchanged.
Secretary Gage iavors the establishment
OF a national standard bureau for the liking
OF standard for coinage, weights and
measures.
Pensions for Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Gridley.
and General Longstreet were voted by the
Senate.
The Senate passed the Army Appropria-
tion bill without division.
The free Homes" bill, passed BY the
House will take millions out OF the Treas
ury in repayment OF money paid the Gov
ernment for homestead lands.
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them armed with rifles, attacked Catar-
man, in Northern Saonar, In the Vicinity
Of GatnhIo Gnmnanv Of the EortY-th bird

them armed with rifles, attacked Catar-
man, in Northern Saonar, In the vicinity
of Catublg. Company OF the Forty-third
Regiment was garrlsoning the place.
The enemy built trenches on the out
skirts OF the town during the night, and
fred volleys persistently into 1t. until the
Americans, charging the trenches, scat
tered the Filtpinos and buried 155 OF them.
Two Americans we're wounded.
This attack was precipitated by the en-
emy's recent successful fight at Catubig.
The garrison OF Chairman has been re-
moved to the seaport OF Lsguan.
A force OF Filipinos estimated to number
200 men armed with rifles and 600 armed
with bolos, and operating four muzzle.
loading cannon, attacked Jpro, on Leyte
Island, which" place was Earrlsoned by
twenty-five men Of Company OF the
Forty-third Regiment, Lieutenant Estes
commanding. Estes left fifteen men to
protect the town, and with the remaining
ten men he advanced on the enemy in two
squads, sheltered by the ridges south Of
the town, where they stood off the Filipinos
for three hours.
The twenty armed members 7ot the local
police force sailed out to help Estes's
Americans. The latter, with the police,
charged the enemy. and together they dis.
persed the Flllpinos and buried 125 OF
them. There were no American CASUAL