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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-19
WOUNDED UNTO DEATH.
Train Robber Driven To Quarry Takes
His Own Life.

New Orleans, December 18.-With a
gaping wound in the back and another
In the left wrist inflicted by the police,
Charming b. Barnes, train ropber, drew
the keen edge OF a hunting knife across
his throat In a swamp near this city to-
day and ended his life. Since the hold up
OF the Chicago limited mail on the ILL
nois Central in the suburbs OF this city
Thursday night, officers had searched in
vain for two men, who had escaped from
them after a running fight near the scene
or the hold up. 1t was known that one
was badly wound ed and that he was COM
PEELED to drop United States mail bag in
his flight. In a swamp nearby all traces
OF the men were lost, however. Notwith-
standing this the otficsrs felt surs the
wounded men had not gone far and today
in the midst OF the swamp they found his
body. 1t bore two bullet wounds, one in
the back, the other in the wrist. With q
hunting knife the robbsr knowing that
his wounds were fatal and that escape
from the swamp was impossible, out his
own throat.
Ia VIC PSS0ce9 WIZ AC0aa eaC Wobnh VA
the conductor Of the mall train, many
registered letters and quantity OF dyna-
mite.
The hody was brought to police head
quarters and identified as that of Chan
ming b. Barnes, with manv aliases, who
was wanted for participating in the
daring hold mp Of an Illinois Central ex-
press train in Wickliffs. KY, last July,
and who. when attempts were made to
arrest him In st. Louis soon after. shot
Chief Special Agent Murray of the Illi-
nois Central railway and escaped over
the house tops evading hundreds of pur-
susrs. His brother and pal were later
captured and confessed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-19
THE IDEAL elf 7

for Christmas is one that combines Bea-
uty and Utility. In few things are these
qualities better represented than In House
Coats and Bath Wraps. The variety OF
our assortment this season ia more extern
sive than ever before, and includes some
special novelties that are very desirable.
Our collection of Neckwear contains all
the advanced ideas in weaves, color COM
binations and shapes produced by the
leading Neckwear makers Of New York
City, Gloves, Dress Suit Shields,
SILK Umbrellas, Dress Suit Gases,
Scarf Pins, Sleeve Buttons,
Fancy Night Robes, Silk Hand
kerchiefs, Linen Handkerohiefs, SILK
Muffiers. are here In abundance. Any OF
these articles make acceptable Christmas
Presents. Gall in aud see us when you
are doing your Christmas shopping.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-19
WANT A NEWS SERVICE.

Springfield, Ills, December ls.-Peti.
lions for mandamus against ths Associa-
ted Press were presented to this supreme
court TODAY by the Denver Post, the New
York Evening Journal and the Chicago
American. Each petitioner contends that
he is suffering irreparable damage by rea-
son of inability to obtain the nsws SER
Yics of the Assc c.ated Press.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-19
says He Was Tortured.

81 suffered such pain from corns /
could hardly walk. - writes Ii. Robinson,
HillsboTough, Ills, ''but Buckien's Ar
MICA Salve completely cured Them" Acts
sores, scalds, burns boils, uicers. Par
sect healer of skin diseases and piles
Cure guaranteed by Il. p. 5. 6oold, b77
Congress st. A6o.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-19
TOLMAN, BRADFORD FURNITURE CO..
II Preble Street.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

friends tho public generally to know that
Furniture,
Furnishing prices place
CITY, buy goods cash We under small
pense. employ 80 to 40 statesmen We should be
pleased all call suit in
front the filed with second
which offer at bargain prices We
exchange old furniture for buy and cash
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

is the small but well made reprint of "Englands
Heicon," edited by Mr.. A. H. Bullen, who tells
US that when it appeared in 1900 it was the
sixth on the list of poetical anthologies pub
lished in England up TO that time. He regrets
the inferior things that it includes. but rejoices
in il, as every lover of poetry does. because II
embraces also some OF the sweetest lyrical and
pastoral poetry Of the EliZabethan age The
modern editor must envy the anthologist VINO
was so early in the field, who could give such
freshness to his pages. The freshness IS still
there. for all the myriad volumes that have
since been enriched 10y extracts from its pages
And this edition in its editing. in its Typography
and in its binding. is beyond caviI. Mr. car
rington's tiny volume The Kings Lyrics,
gives in attractive. decorative form some judi
cious gIeanings from the reigns of James and
Charles / Professor Canfeld's French Lyrics
giving a selection of poems from Charles Or
leans to Paul Bourget is well adapted to the use
Of the student The lyrics are chosen with
Judgment the Introduction Is scholarly and help
full and the notes are sufficiently comprehensive.
besides being marked by genuine sympathy for
the writer's illustrated. This is very work
manlike thorough little volume.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
THE PRINCE DE CONDE.
From the portrait by GobertJ

much the better tor it. The author herself
would of course argue that she felt only
passionate disgust for the manner in which the
undermining of Italy is occasionally carried out
But she goes too far in her indictment of the
present regime, painting it in cOlors altogether
too lurid. This ought TO damage her cause, but
it does not hurt her novel. on the contrary, the
earnestness with which she writes makes her
very readable. The hero of the story is young
peasant whose anct stors have held for centuries
the ground in the Valley of the Edera which
he is living. A foreign syndicate wishes 70
divert the course of the stream which gives its
name to the valley establishing acetylene
factory which will profit by the water power
Adone and all the other Iandholders are furious,
but against them they have the whole power Of
the government. the syndicate having pushed
its plan through parliament. In the long run
the happy community is swept down upon and
the resistance Of the villagers is crushed with
tragic force Ouda follows the course of the
Wretched campa Sn with hot Indignation against
the public men behind It, to whom she attri-
bUtes nothing but sordid greed Her other
actors. Adone and his mother. Don Siverio, the
brilliant churchman assigned to the remote val
ley as a punishment and the little waif Nerina,
are interesting types effectively portrayed, and
the atmosphere of the situation, the quality Of
the landscape and the sentiment Of the country
striking sympathy and skill. There things
to depore notably thr employment of words here
and there as gross as they are superHUous. But
The Waters of Edera" is an Interesting novel
Mr. Remingtons heroes are mostly American
soldiers. but Indians and miscellaneous figures
from the plains and remote army posts step
into his pages, and all of them are alive. His
short stories are compact and amusing. The
adventurous and roush incidents with which he
deals are never too minuteIy celebrated. He has
the art of going to the point. Of setting forth
his exciting themes tarseiy, picturesquely. with
Il touch of humor when that Viii add to the
effect His drawings are as clever his stories.
and Men With the Bark on is, in short,
spirited, human beguilins little volume
In strong contrast to it is Alr. Stacpoole's
"Pewette." a piece Of juy@niIia which elder
readers are certain to enjoy. The fairy tales
strung together il this book mere tritIes,
but they are SO we'll toid and The scheme is kept
so successfully on its gay. aerial plane that the
author eXcites as much admiration if he had
produced a serious novel. Perhaps more.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH HOSPITALITY.

From G. c. Brodrick's Memories"
II would be superfuous to praise the hospl-
tality of American private houses. but II was
impossible not to see how much ii is hampered
and curtailed by difficulties of service, of which
all my hosts complained. l hardly ever ventured
to ask for hot water in dressing. or to utter an
actual request that my boots should be cleaned, :,
my plan was 10 place them outside my door as
at hotel. and l generally found that. if not
BACKED. they had been rubbed over before the
next morning. once after dinner. at an Amerl-
can country house l put the question whether
any present. except myself, had ever been
invited by a total stranger in public vehicle.
to spend the night under his roof. instead of
going to q hotel. | confess that | sur
prised. as well gratited. when the only three
Americans in the room declared that they had
been the recipients of this very courtesy in
England and each proceeded to tell his own
story. Considering that memories OF the Civil
War We're still comparatively recent. | was
fortunate in escaping hostile criticisms or the
attitude of England during that crisis.
on one occasion, however. l driven into
a corner but succeeded in turning the tables on
my opponent by compelling him gradually To
admit that charge of secessiOnist partisan
ship could be made against our working classes
or middle classes, but only Gf at alb against
the British arstocracy. whom" I said boldly,
you affect to despise, but whose favor YOU
value above that OF all the rest of the nation
put together" To which his candid reply Was
Well sir, you have there"
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

Is pretty booklet, but the illustrations make
anything but an adequate accompaniment To the
poems. Mr.. f. V. Lucas who complies The
Open Road: \ Little Book for Wayfarers."
prints perhaps his best selection on his title
page, the famous passage in "Lavengro' Life
IS sweet brother There's day and night.
brother. both sweet things; sun moon, and
stars. all sweet things; there's likewise a wind
on the heath" Never was there in prose or
verse a better invitation to the wayfarer than
this. Mr.. Lucas aims only at choosing poems
and fragments Of prose which happen to appeal
to him more less in the key of this pas
sage of Borrow's 1T has claims to COM
pleteness of any kind he says of mis- book. 1t
has been made with good taste nevertheless,
and is altogether capital publication So also
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
FICTION.
MODERN ITALY IN AN CNEDIFYING
LIGHT

THE WATERS OF EDERA. BY Ouida. I2mo, pp.
326. R. F. Fenno & Co.
MEN WITH THE BARK ON. BY Frederick Rem
ington. 12mo PIP 2o9. Harper & Bros.
PIERRETTE. BY Henry De We're StaCpooe. IL
lustrated by Charles Robinson. 12mo PIP. 29t
John Lane.
1t Byron's opinion that a little prejudice
was good for an historian Ouida proves that
sometimes it is good for novelist THE Waters
of Edera" is tinged with prejudice and is so
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
POETRY
looks BY LIVING SINGERS, AND
SOME REPRINTS

rp AND OTHER POEMS BY : Weir
TIE EntlT NJ p. IL D. ttaTN.r" t @ anu g-ui"-
NIc9''l MIC l2mo. pp. a. The Century company
~. Of FELIX AND OTHER POEMS.
~.E E441nrv v4n DYKE l-mo, PIP ~ 'd'leS
ss-,sner Sons
5REIz-I.e,HH Pcck. I2no, PIP G.. Dodd. Mead Co
INC TO WEAR AND @THER{, 9TH z5{,,tP,, POEMS; ms;
By v ils ii.--n octave PIP Vii 2il Harper
RICHARD REALF. POET. SOLDIER
P'EAsp "a With a Memoir ~ '5l'tI 10 D.
Nof1A octave PIP cNin. u INK NaS-
Els Comrany-
.N ElsE0-1- ~ 4 DISTANT PROSPECT OF
ANL On TcGF BY Thomas GRAY. Illus
EIoE b- I r Fr.edensou. iGmo, PIP. - John
Lane
,prx ROAD. a Little Book for WayfarerIs-
TEE ~ - f,r = T. Lucas. limo, PIP. NiN, 'l-
Fsnry Eoi ,N'
,--,.s f4rrrC0N 4 Collection Of Lyrical
EN<3 Pastoral Poems Published IN 55" t-dlted
- n Bullrr- Emo PIP NNNFlE' - iih h"Fleu
Z. @na-es S-riuuer's sons.
--r,-rs LYRICS Lyrical Poems Of the
TIE hlNIsT L,i-.- LANES 7 and King Charles I.
Rs2hs I I-5 Arranged 10y Fitz Roy Darlington.
- M Xii. - r. H. Russell
-g-,,-a LYRICS selected snd , Edited with h ar an
'---,-aducr5Cn and NgJeS ~ ArthuF .5itl = an
ds.l Pro- -.,~ -r xN.. - Henry Holt & co.
~, .a.-,ss Dr. Mitchell sometimes reminds
- p-,,-rsrs The tituIar poem in his new
..,s deals with just such ali episode of the
...r+b century as the English poet de
,.-s-as 70 treat an episode in which dramatic
80 & kept trembling on the brink Of an
.f.fDg climax through the writer's preoccupa-
--,b -be rsr. biological side of his material.
~. earlier passages II The Wager" seem TO
s,aI but the reader soon finds him
=. Indifferent 10 mere action, he Is interested
- ir me riav Of thought rather than Of
-..r5s Neither In this poem nor in "Guidarello
,..5s-aIIi.~ however does Dr. Mitchell use the
---,os or manner of Browning. Throughout
..s -oluue. indeed. h. Is smooth, deft and cor
His good workmanship leaves a favorable
-u--asefo7. as in .hss lyric taken from The
Wager:
s,aan IN, Sleep on Thou canst not fly;
Thou ar the gentle thrau Of sleep
Thy captured dreams in vain may Try
The 6ay-iEl-S cold reserve TO keep
Sleep On. Those watchfuI eyes that be
-hv maiden seu--uels by day
" more snail keep their guard for thee,
Sweet foes mat warned my love away
B,, -ris book .alks color and fire. Everything
rresenr in The Wager" save the quality
--tb would thrill the emotions of the reader.
The tone # comedy does not exclude the tone
human nature. and while DR.. MitchelI's verse
artistic. well turned, Z Is without the blood
d. life. The book is 50 interesting in aim, 50
r shed II execution that We wish II We're bet
~ mar II had more freedom. more energy.
more Of the true poetica- inspiration. We wish
$50 thar one line. The vital pathos Of that
Holiness spun art" had been expunged from
The Birth and Death Of Pain" Admissible no
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

--,-rR AND OTHER POEMS BY : Weir
lE 49, n IL d. Harvard and Edin-
Nlieaei'-- ono pp. A. The Century Company
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

rqzSe y5 on EEElN Dell An6 .mo G9 Pr s. s iaHs CRANES
-~ls1er sons
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

To WEAR AND OTHER POEMS.
N7THII,N>gy5. - Alien Butler. New Edition from
e & " Plates. octave, PIP VII ~ i1"' Per
B-1s
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

pT..F5ARD REALF. POET. SOLDIER
p7E&s,RRlu-ssN - With a Memoir ~ blcnaTd D.
NehlN- Ne1 octave. PIP cNiii. %. 0hN " az
Lrs ComVan}-
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

- p0aD- 4 IIttle Book TOT " aNIaftIs-
TEE JIEI-a I,v h T. Lucas limo, PIP. NiN, ''l-,
75sr-y E0l- q 90.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-20

there is a wonderful amount of diver
Sity possible. We are now getting on
to firm ground in our reasoning, and
for the sake of clearness il may be
wise to get good specific terms to use
There are many forms of triangles, but
only three really interest US; first, those
whose sides are all equal Figure u (;
second, those having two sides equal,
Figure % third, those whose sides are
all unequal Figure 81. The first and sec
ond forms suggest pyramid, and SO
We viii group them together and speak
Of this form as pyramidal. The char
acteristic feature Of figure is the long
diagonal line, and so we speak OF such
a form of composition as being dag
onal composition
OF these two forms of composition the
second is the more common, as 1t is the
basis of all landscape work, since ali
retiring lines appear to ascend or de-
scend as they happen to be below or
above the level of the eye. A country
road, the banks of a river, the sea
shore, the margin Of lake, all seem to
ascend as they retire. while the caves
of a house, the tops of row of trees,
appear to descend Figure 4 illustrates
this point very well, the lines of the
road and the edge of the lake swinging
upward as the distance increases,
while the tops Of the distant trees are
much below the level of the ones near
at hand We can often get this diago-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-20
POLITICS IN EDUCATION.

Professor L. B. Andrews resignation
from the SUPERINTENDENT Of the Chi
cago public schools to take the chan
cellOrship of the University Of Ne
brasl1a is primarily due to politics.
Professor Andrews is one of the great
educators Of the country. AS president
Of Brown university at Providence. r.
l., he built up that institution, had the
regard OF all It's students and was sat
isfactory in every way until he ven
tured to speak in favor of free silver.
When he did that the Rockefeller and
allied interests threatened to cut off the
university's revenues if Andrews We're
retained. and he resigned. In Chicago
Mr.. Andrews was promised a free hand,
but the promise has been broken by
the politicians of the school board so
often that he has quit in disgust. There
was no question Of executive ability or
of educational equipment involved, but
Professor Andrews found he had to
make appointments for political pur-
pose or leave, and he preferred TO leave.
Chicago's loss is Nebraska's gain. The
west is religiously careful Of it's great
educational institutions. Untrammeled
by corporation gifts. dependent only
upon the willing support of a free peo-
pie, such universities as the Nebraska
school offer welcome to men of the
Andrews type. As in the days of Lin
coin the east and its colleges are wont
TO regard superciliOusly the aspirations
and achievements of the western coun-
try, but the hope of the nation lies this
side the Alleghenies-the hope of free
institutions and of individual indie
pendence. Here the educator who
thinks for himself is welcomed and
given every right of honest speech. An
drews is only one of many yet to dis
cover that the west is more tolerant,
less subject to the domination of
wealth. than the older and more con-
sentative east.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-20
NEEDS OF THE WEST.

The arid land question of the west, -
says the Provo Enquirer, "is growing
in Importance, and it is well that the
taking the matter in hand with a view
TO united action in obtaining needed
congressional legislation.
The Enquirer is right in reference to
the Importance of this issue and the
needs of the west in this particular.
There is an area capable of maintain
ing a population half as large as the
entire population Of the country if the
proper aid and attention is given by the
federal government to the irrigati 4 of
the arid regions west of the Mississippi
river. Millions of dollars are spent
every year along the rivers of the coun-
try further east by the federal govern
ment," as our Provo contemporary says,
and 10 good advantage no doubt. But
it is also true that the returns are
not nearly so large as those that will
accrue from proper legislation and ap-
preparation for the redemption of the
arid lands Of the west
There are hundreds Of millions being
expended in Oceanic islands, where the
population is already dense and where
American homes cannot and will not
be built as they can be built all over
the arid west. There is plenty of room
for our surplus population in the west
and an agricultural empire if one-half
the money used on expansion beyond
the limits Of the constitution were but
expended on legitimate and constitu-
tional expansion here at home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-20
REPUBLICAN ROW
IN ALABAMA

Montgomery. Ala, April 20.-The Re
publican convention which met today
resulted in the predicted split and two
delegations will be sent to the national
convention. There were stormy scenes
at the capitol prior to the meeting Of
the convention and the result was the
serious wounding OF Castor Scott, a
young white man, by Frank ]. Nor
agne of Gadsden, who had been chosen
sergeant at arms of the convention by
the executive committee.
The ccntending factions having failed
to agree upon a chairman, the state
committee by a vote of II to 10, decided
to name the temporary officers Of the
convention and 10 prepare a temporary
roll of the delegates. Upon this action
being taken. State Chairman Vaughan
and nine others left the committee
meeting and secured posse Ssion Of the
hall of the house of representatives,
where the convention was called TO
meet.
The majority Of the committee, after
naming their temporary officers, at
tempted TO capture the hall. In the
struggle at the door, Maragne, who had
been named for sergeant-at-arms by
the committee, drew a revolver and
fired three Shots at CASTOR Scott, two
OF them taking effect Maragne ran into
the governors office pursued by a
brother of Scott, who fired two shots
down the corridor Of the state house
In the governors office both were dis
armed, and anen Governor Johnston
closed the state house against both
factions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-20
= = = Y ' ' Wy p - , ? fFFTYyT
-. THE HERALD'S
Home Study Circle.
Copyright. 1883. by Seymour Eatony
Directed by Prof. Seymour Eaton.

But when we turn TO the artistic side
OF Photography we find very dinerenL
conditions prevailing. Art is long, ana
no mans life is long enough 70 learn
1t all. Here there is no finality II IS
ever case Of pursuing something lhaI
is just a little ahead of US, but which
recedes as fast as we advance. Iouay
we are content; tomorrow dissatisfied,
Now We know much; week hence we
learn there is much we don't know.
ana 1t is ever the same, day Dy DAY,
making photography the most charm
ing hobby that was ever devised Tor the
pleasure of mortal man.
A piece of music treats Of one theme,
a picture tells only one story, therefore
there must be unity in picture. MUSIC
is composed of notes, picture OF
forms. But-and here is very I'M
portant point-an sounds are not mu-
steal notes, neither are all forms pic
turesque, therefore there must be dis
elimination in their selection. Forms
vary in size, the shape or their ooun-
Diary lines and in their color. Notes in
a piece of music are arranged according
TO a definite scheme; in picture the
various elements must be grouped into
some definite form.
While the human eye Graves compost
ton according to some definite form,
1T at the same time demands variety in
that form. Applying this idea we find
ourselves narrowed down considerably
in our choice, for the triangle is the
only shape that combines a definite
shape with infinite variety.
A triangle is a figure bounded by
three straight linee-a definite form;
but these of necessity run in different
directions-that gives variety. Nay,
more, We can make each line different
in length from the other two, so that