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NOTES AND NEWS.

A reviewer of ITO Have and To Hold"
Mary Johnston's latest novel, thinks the
characters are a little too familiar with
Shakespeare's plays which had then been
published only in separate quartos." The
characters which in ITO Have and To
Hold" speak of the plays as though they
were well acquainted with them were
some of them men of the court circle;
others. men about town: and all of them
were men of the class to whom the thea
ter was almost the only intellectual
amusement of the time. 1t is probable
that none or few OF them had ever read
a play of Shakespeare and 1t is equally
probable that each one of them had many
times heard the plays referred to and
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darning Anyone that dropped in was
invited to remain; anyone passing the
front door who looked weary was asked
to stop"
At l o'clock came dinner In this fam
lily food was regarded merely as the sus-
tenance of the body and clothes as its
covering. and neither the one nor the
other was ever discussed ITO have in
terrupted the fine conversation at that
dinner table by any dwelling upon the
flavor or quality of the viands set before
any of us would have appeared to both
my father and mother as the height of
vulgarity. One whose name is a
household word in many lands said after
a two weeks visit at the house, oh. l
liked to stay with Mrs. Lyman, for she
had no kitchenv / remember well her
sitting in apparent abstraction and silence
for a good half-hour while two neigh
bors discussed the enormities of their
servants AT last, anxious for her SYM
pathy, they appealed to her. She rose
from her seat, sighed YEARLY as she gath
cred up her work to depart and said en-
phatically, I see no perfection in the
parlor. | don't know why | should expect
1t in the kitchen. 3"
An after-dinner nap was followed by
work and reading aloud. In the sum-
mer-time we had parties two or three
evenings in the week indeed the neigh
bors thought we had parties all the time.
But. for the most part, they were in
formal gatherings. In the old stage
coach days my father always saw every
stranger of distinction that arrived at
the taverns; and If he reported directly
to my mother she scarcely waited till
morning to call in her friends and neigh
bors for the next evening. and to make
ready her parlors for guests the next
forenoon. If 1t was TO be tea-party
she had only to order an abundant supply
of tea and coffee, with thin slices of bread
and butter doubled, sponge-cake made by
the daughters before breakfast, and thin
slices of cold tongue or ham; If an even
ing party, lemonade and cake and wine
In summer and the nuts, raisins and fine
apples In winter furnished the simple but
sufficient entertainment. / recall the
zest and avidity with which she planned
these evenings in which one thought rose
above all others-to give pleasure, not to
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Of Useful Stories, and Will be found very
interesting 10y the general reader at the
present time, as IL is written with esDe-
cial reference to the approaching eclipse
of May Is, which will be total over large
part of the Southern states. Perhaps half
of the clearly written and entertaining
little volume is given up TO general mat
ter, such as "reminiscences of historical
eclipses. classical, Chinese and medieval;
there are also a couple of chapters devot-
ed to lunar eclipses. and one to strange
eclipse customs" among barbarous peo-
pies.
C'The Story of Eclipses" BY G. F.
Chambers. ID. Appleton & Co. 40 cents.
For sale by Lowman & Hanford)
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Maria: but what can you want that old
stocking for?'
Why, | want to show the folks where
rlgo Mrs. Judge Lyman's embroidery
= Sid Maria. and choking down a tender
emotion she added, and I'll tell 'em
she mended ours just as good as all the
Cladiesp
she darned stockings until the
Breakfast bell rang, or else she took the
book that always lay in the basket under
death her stockings--some good history
Tbr book of ethics or the last North Amer
lean Review. or, IF there were time.
she wrote to Mr.. Peabody and described
her bird; and got her answer by next
days mail that it was the rose-breasted
grossbeak.'
After breakfast chapter in the Bible
and prayers were read. Then my mother
Mad water brought. and with many aids
among children, grandchildren and nieces,
the dishes were washed, silver cleaned
.apd table cleared In an incredibly short
astace of time. After this she was very
apt to take her rest near the front door.
partly because of her social spirit which
Driade her love to greet passersby or greet
her neighbors, and partly because father
hked TO SIT there and for the same rea-
sons She always had the basket of
darning beside her, and the book. and
my father had the newspapers. which ne
read aloud to her, or she to him. and
\ they discussed In a truly amusing way
the events or the politics of the day-for
he had rare and.sweet humor, and she
had keen wit; and peals of merry laugh
ter Were often heard from the stairs or
the two parlors, whose doors into the
entry always stood open, and where
groups of children or visitors collected.
At this time my mother always had the
peas brought her to shell for dinner or
the beans to string. And | have seen
her go on with these occupations UNI
moved and without apology, while dis
tinguished visitors came and went Baron
Roenne, perhaps, or Judges of the SUI
preme Court-she conversing all the time
with each and all in the most brilliant
way. touch of the bell scarce inter-
rupting the flow OF her ideas, she would
hand the pals and pans of vegetables
nicely prepared To the little maid who
came at her call, and go on with her
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The B1ighting
Disease of Heredity.

In many respects Scrofula and Consumption al
general causes both hereditary and dependent W
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M(O\\ Itself very much with the
(V question of how 10 make life
" II dignihed and, beautiful awe.
would rather that it Ntr easy
and ostentatious instead and
plain living and high thinking is the an
tipodes of our ideal. st.iv 9flf
There have been better days than ours.
and better people For the final test of
any human being is his capacity to do
and to bear, and herein our fathers, - !,
celed us greatly. for our him would dtk1
to be to escape both action and discipline
Any one who cares to know how much
more vigorous and ennobling a thing life
was In the first half of this century in5
New England homes, will do well to read
Mrs. Susan Lesleys "Recollectons of My
Mother" the memoir of a well-spept life,
whose social and domestic sthievtmAhs
may well take away the modern womans
breath.
Mrs. Anne Jean Lyman, of Northamp-
ton. Mass, wife of Judge Joseph 1ymaa,
Is the subject of these recoecttohs. Sac
seems TO have been woman of a com
manding presence. vigorous mind, sreat
vivacity, wit and sweetness OF spirft-one
of the forceful. deep-natured women who
nowadays, perhaps, would leave their
mark upon the world In some more con-
spiouous, though certainly In no more use
full. way than Mrs Lyman did. Indeed.
one of the evil signs of our times is that
we seem to have lost the ideals which
make such women and keep them where
they can do most TO sweeten and enrich
contemporary life.
This lady. living In n quiet New Eng
land town from the time OF her marriage
In 1871 until 1850 had an existence full to
overlooking, whether looked at from the
social the intellectual or the domestic
standpoint. She lived In each of these
three worlds at once "A vigorous and slim
ulating life.
Does anybody have upon her calling list
woman who is equal to n life such days
Is Mrs Lyman lived continuously. Says
Mrs Lesley:
Let me endeavor to call up from mem-
mory picture Of one day of my mothers
life at this period, One impression per-
vades all my thoughts OF her at that time;
It is one of breesiness. OVERLOOKING life and
good cheer for all who came within the
circle of her influence; an immense health
funess OF soul and body. that somehow
made others feel well and cheerful also.
ms II upborne by her own strong spirit
1T Is the gray dawn Of a summers day
and she is already up and doing, though
the rest OF her large family all but my
father~are IN their deepest sleep. Not for
worlds would she rouse them This Is her
hour-her opportunity After the clear.
cold water in which shc rovels dt was al
ways fine to hear her discourse clouuenty
on the magnetic effect of fresh water. she
dresses in short skirt and white sacquc.
and with broom and dustpr aaps 10 her
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LORD ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR.
From "a Portfolio of Portraits"

ley: 81 do not think that my mother or
her sisters had ever dreamed of life of
ease or of freedom from care as anything
to be desired. On the contrary, they
gloried in responsibility, believed in activ-
ity and earnest work with all the intens-
ity of simple and healthy natures" on
Mrs Lyman's lips ''abdication" had an
especial meaning and was reckoned one
of the seven deadly sins, NERVES" being
another. She had little patience with
people who backed down in emergencies,
and considered 1t her bouuden duty to
bear her testimony and stiffen them up.
She led, in short, the strenuous life her
self and inculeated it by precept in others.
The social conditions in which such
women flourished were far harder than
those of today, yet they carried royalty
burdens under which most of us would
"abdicate' helpessly at once. They led
lives of social dignity. benevolence and
hospitality on incomes which would seem
small indeed to their descendants. not so
much because the purchasing power of
money was greater then, because they
knew how to make il buy more of the
higher satisfactions than do we. They
valued and sought the higher satsfac-
tons where we seek the lower. Theirs
was a hettar world than ours and thov
wore het,er nsople I, does ,,s pood in
enter into thar NE again and 70 admire
where we cannot emulate
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seen the principal characters of the
dramas in question taken by many differ
ent impersonators
The International Monthly for Nav is an
important number 1t contains a valuable
and easily read essay on Decorative Art"
by Russell Sturgis; an equally valuable
but more technical article by Prof Lodge
OF Liverpool an eminent physicist devel-
oping new theory of matter, and the
usual shorter and lighter essays upon
topics of timely interest The description
OF Social Conditions in Kentucky" by
Hon. William Lindsay, United States sem
ator from Kentucky and a Southerner by
birth and residence, has unusual value
from the personality of the author.
Margaret Deland. besides writing what
might well he called psychological ro-
mances, cultivates 1onqulls and hyacinths.
the art of growing which," saws the Ros-
ton Transcript "she seems perfectly to
understand" She has a sale of flowers
every spring at her home in Boston-on
Mount Vernon street, Just a few doors
from the home of Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Special interest is felt by buyers at these
annual sales from the fact that Mrs. De-
land deVotes to well-chosen charities the
proceeds of her labor in cultivating the
flowers.
one Of the most amusing printers errors
we have seen in long while occurs in a
Chicago newspapers long and hattoring
review of Edwin Asa DiX's Deacon Brad
bury The. reviewer presumably tried 10
say: Charlie is cleared in the end The
money had disappeared in the most nat
ural manner possible. as he could have OK
planned had not indignation caused him TO
close his mouth But the printer puts II:
Had not indigo stion caused him 10 close
his mouth. Mayhap there is a deep psy-
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a paper covered edition Of Mr.. Isolate
ri Lonrlyy.lle.' the chronicle 81 the ever
interesting suburban resident and his Joys
and sorroWs. written by Conyers T. CON
verse. o. announced for immediate publ
cation
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THE choicest club whiskey IL Jesse
Moore AZ" and in club life il is In
great demand
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THE STORY 81 Ec.ipscs." by G r. Caam-
bers. Is published in Appleton Library
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An ord aud Wen Tined Remedy. Mrs Winscu .
soothing Syrup has teen used for over Fifty Years
rs Millions q Mother Ter their children whls
safreas the Gums alsYs an pain cures Wind
Cole. and is the hest remedy for plauhoea soIa
I, 5r-e4ists in every part ~ The world Re surc and
~ a., Mr.. Wiusiow Soothing syrgp. and lake 10
ltAet kind
Twenty-Five Cents Bette.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-11
BOERs FIRM.

Gen. Roberts Said to Be Preparing Big
General Advance.
London, Eng, (By Cable. )-Lord Roberto
Is said to be steadily maturing his plans fof
a general advance.
Il is estimated that fully $4,000 British
troops are now centred at Thaba Nchu,
where the Boer forces arc said to number
between 1000 and 5000 men.
President Kruger has issued proclama'
ton to British residents In Pretoria and the
witwatersrand gold fields, warning them to
get out OF the country within Sc hours from
noon Of April 30. i.
Gen. Ian Hamilton's division reached
Houtnek from Thaba N'chu after full days
fighting, securing the railroad between the
two towns.
A dispatch from Ladysmith says there lie
renewed activity among the Beers On that
side Of the Draekensberg Mountains.
A French steamer Is reported as arriving
at Lorenzs Marquee with 10000 bags Of
sugar and 10000 bags OF coffee, consigned to
a syndicate which is buying for the Pretoria
Government.
General Pole-C arews division ard Steven.
sons brigade, with several batteries Of ar.
tillery. all in winter clothing, left Bloom.
fontein.
The immediate objective OF Lord Roberts
is to establish line Of British posts from
one frontier OF the Free State to the other,
to prevent Boer raids southwark.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-11
FROM WASHINGTON.

The National Society Of Colonial DANES
elected officers and selected Mrs. William
Reed, of Baltimore, as their delegate at the
unwilling of the statue to Washington.
The Senate by vote of 50 to 3, decided
that Nathan B. Scott was entitled to a seat
in the Senate. The Alaskan Civil Code Dill
was further considered.
The German ambassador said 1t was I'M
possible for Prince Hohenlohe to have Issued
an order forbidding the importation OF
American meats.
Senator Mason introduced resolution re-
questing the President to withdraw forces
from Cuba and turn the government oil the
island over TO the natives.
The Industrial Commission submitted its
report to Congress on the question OF en-
ployment OF conyicts in competition with
free labor.
Perfecto Lacosta has accepted the office
of Secretary Of Agriculture in the cabinet Oh
the Governor General Of Cul a. made vacant
by the resignation Of General Rivera.
Congressman Deliver, OF Iowa, declared
his vice-y residential boom off, and announc-
ed that Postmaster General Smith was his
candidate.
The House adopted the Foraker bill tenn
porarily continuing the present officials In
Porto Rico and placing restrictions on the
granting Of franchises.
The lie was passed between Attorney Rob-
ertson and Witness Sinclair while the latter
was testifying before the House Committee
on the C9ur d'Alene riots, and the MEM
bers Of the committee had hard time to
keep the two men from fighting.
In reply to the Senate resolution. Secre-
tary Gage sent statement showing that
over one hundred and eighty-three millions
were derived from the war revenue act.
The Assistant Secretary Of the navy, Frank
W. Hackett. was indicted into Office.
The House ordered bill to be reported to
commit the Spanish war claims TO the Court
of Claims.
In the Senate vote was taken on reso-
luton OF sympathy for the Beers, but no
quorum appeared.
The President is considering candidates
for official position under the new law for
Hawaii.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-11
heart beat violently; his head was in

heart beat violently; his head was in a
glowing heat.
In feverish anxiety he sat there, his
sightless eyes fixed on the little glass,
which his fingers held in firm clasp.
It must now decide his fate. In a
few minutes he would have certain
knowledge.
Clear daylight came.
He felt the light, opened his eyes
slowly and stared at the mirror, trem-
bling all the while with torturing ex-
pectation. No, no, no! But see.
What is that? Could that be himself?
An old, pock marked, ugly face! He?
Those pale, sunken cheeks, that red,
tousled hair, those decayed teeth, that
long neck? 1t could not be possible.
No; it must not bel
He closed his eyes, leaned far out
Of the window, opened them wide and
looked again. His image was still
there unchanged. Still he would not
believe it. In horror he kept on star
ing at the glass until it became
clouded. Then a veil seemed drawn
slowly over his eyes. 1t grew more
and more indistinct; darkness gath
cred all about him, and suddenly
everything was black. He saw no
more.
Despair seized him. He thought
lie had become insane. He threw
the mirror away, stamped with his
feet and struck himself in the face.
Anna would see him, and she would
be Mortified. She would forsake him
ugly and blind-and she would go
away into the sunny world and forget
him. He must remain behind, help
less and alone. All the happiness
was gone forever.
He sank into chair and sobbed
like little child.
Suddenly he started up. A we'll
known hand caressed his head.
'Is it you, Paul?" he heard her
ask in a whisper.
eyes" said he, breathing heavily.
paul, I looked for you everywhere
in the garden and could not find you.
Then took off the bandage"
"And do you see me?" cried Paul
in deadly alarm.
81 must say that 1 do not. No, no!
It is just as dark as it was before.
The operation was failure. l see
nothing whatever.
"And I nothing" said Paul exult-
ingly. II also took off the bandage,
at once, everything became quite
dark"
"Now," said Anna with Sigh,
eve must remain forever blind.
cit is better so" answered Paul
with q happy heart; and he tenderly
embraced his poor blind friend.
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A LANDLADY'S SCHEME.
How a Woman Got Her Start on tho Road
to Social Greatness.

to Social greatness
zone hears much facetious talk
about the hard luck of boarding
house keepers with fellows who leave
without warning after running up
good size bill, but 1 am going to re-
late story that is absolutely true"
remarked a travelling salesman to
group of men who were swapping
stories in the hotel corridor.
''The story concerns one OF the
social lights of Gotham who got her
first step upon the rung of the ladder
of success by realizing on the death
of a boarder who owed her pretty
tidy sum. A very improbable tale
you say? Well, we'll see. 1t was in
the days when she was not over pros
porous and kept clearinghouse in
not very fashionable part of the
city. One day stranger went to
board with her and paid regularly.
He appeared to be without friends or
relatives, for no one called to see him
and no letters came to the house
addressed in his name. He was EN-
ployed as clerk in some store, and
never enlightened any one as to who
be was and where he lived when he
was home, if he ever had one.
One week he lost his job, but as he
was a steady chap, and had been SO
prompt in his payments, his landlady
allowed him to run up bill. He
seemed to be unfortunate, somehow,
for no one would give him employ
ment, and so that bill grew larger and
larger. One day the landlady pro-
posed that he become insured in her
favor, that she would pay the premiums,
and, if anything happened to him,
why she would be reimbursed for
the credit she had advanced him. A
blunt, coId-blooded proposition, say
you? Well, he agreed to it, and be-
came insured for $500 in her favor.
The premiums were regularly paid by
the landlady.
All that time the delinquent boarder
went from one job to another, and
never staid in one place long enough
to be able to pay off his debt to the
landlady. A fearful winter set in aud
pneumonia was prevalent, people
dropping off so fast as to create the
biggest kind of scare in the city.
He was taken SEX, and no mother
could have looked after this fellow as
his landlady did. She paid for
doctor and nurse to attend him and
did everything in her power to bring
him around to health. But he died,
and q mighty good funeral the poor
fellow had. The insurance was PAID
to her, and with the few hundred dol
lars she received in lump sum her
husband was enabled to make for
tunate speculation which started them
we'll on the way to the possession OF
millions and a place in. the Four
Hundred. Improbable? Well, the
story's true every word of it,"
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SLAIN BY FILIPIN0S.
Twenty Men of AID Regiment shot Nv
Catubig-OnIy Ten ofThem
EscnuAd.

Escaped
Manila, (By Gable. 1.-The American CARR
son Of Cstubig, Island OF samar, consisting
Of 80 men belonging to the Forty-third heel-
ment, has been attacked by rebels. twenty
OF the Americans were killed. The remainder
were rescued.
The Americans were quartered In the Oatu'
big Church, which the enemy, numbering
several hundred men, surrounded and herce-
ly attacked. The Americans fought ior Two
days and then the rebels managed 10 isni''
the roof OF the church and 1t burned away
and finally fell upon those inside the edince,
The walls remained intact, however, anu
were used as a shelter by the besieged Amer
leans for three days niger, the enemy at
lacking the building on al sides at once
The Americans continued firing from tne
windows and doors OF the church and ala
great execution among the Filiplnos. IL Is
estimated that over 200 OF the latter were
killed, many dead bodies being removed
from the scene Of the fighting.
After five days resistance by the Ameri-
cans a lieutenant and eight men arrived
from Laoan and engaged the besiegers, VINO
thereupon retired.
The fortunate arrival OF these reinforce
ments prevented the humiliation OF the
American force intrenched in the church,
who had repeatedly declined to surrender
when ordered to do so by the Filipinos.
The 10 survivors were without food, had
little ammunition and were physically ex-
bausted when relieved.
This fight has encouraged the Filiplnos,
who are now acting in an aggressive man
ner and threatening that section OF the
coast, particularly the town OF Catarma,
whence the garrison will probably be with
drawn to Laoan.