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mysteries of lie and death, have been too mys
terious by half. NJ. Maeterlnck's high erected
thoughts have got themselves expressed
in short, in welters Of wOrdy nonsense, through
which, at long intervals, interesting but far
from inspired ideas have emerged painfully into
light. The trouble has been that he has APP
parently turned too often from life itself to
hections on life; he has lost his hold on the great
truths of human nature 10y ndulging too much
in hazy speculation. An eXaggeration of sym
bolism has put the finishing touch work
sentiaIly shallow and whimsical But for twenty
years ne has been studying the bee with loving
care and contact with the actualities of the
hive has bred in him capacity to understand
them, and reyerently To describe them, which
is happy vindication of the superiority of nat
ure TO mystical vapors material for art and
literature. NJ. Maeterlinck has never written
so lucidly so sanely, so delightfully."-, as in
The Life Of the Bee"
Appreciation Of his theme seems to have cured
him, temporarily at least, of the temptation 10
compose dramas out of cobwebs and malarial
fog. Contemplation of the bee has brought
home 10 him the primitive sincerites of Gods
creatures: the spectacle has silenced his twaddle
he has been abashed into writing TO the point.
Many of those who have written on bees he
saws. have thought fit to adorn the truth: /
myself have no such desire" We hear nothing
therefore of hierophantc swans zigzagging
across iridescent skies while incredible prin-
cesses die in moated oranges through which
gusts of wind wander with messages from other
worlds NJ Maeterlinck is still the ingenious
word painter, but he IS content TO give US, for
example a picture like this:
have not yet forgotten the first apiary
saw where / learned to love the bees II was
MANY wears ago, in large village of Dutch
FLANDERS the sweet ard pleasant country whose
love for brilliant color rivals that OF Zealand
eyen the concaye mirror Of Holland: country
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11

that gladly spreads out before us. so many
pretty, thoughtful toys, her Illuminated gables,
and wagons, and towers; her cupboards and
CLOCKS that CLEAN at the end of the passage;
her little trees marshaled in line along quays
and canal banks, waiting, one almost might
think. for some quiet, beneficent ceremony; her
boats and her barges with sculptured poops:
her howerlike doors and windows, immaculate
dams, and ella borate many coored drawbridgeS:
and her little vanished houses, bright new
pottery, from which bell shaped DANES come
forth. all agltter with silver and gold, to milk
the COWS in the white hedged fields, or spread
the linen on f1owery lawns cut into patterns of
oval and loZenge and most astoundingly green.
Such preliminary passage rouses keen ex-
pectations of pages about the bee itself at once
instructive and esthetically charming and we
not disappointed. NJ Maeterlinck follows
the fortunes of the hive from the forma ton
of the latter to its desertion. He sets forth the
social and political economy of the fabric, ex-
hibits the various classes in the bee republic
in the exercise of their functiOrs shows the
nuptial flight of the queen and the massacre of
the males, and does all this with wonderful
vividness. The bees year is short, extending
only from April to the close of September. but
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11

within that space of time vast number of
episodes are packed The novice coming to the
examination of a hive would be at first graveIy
disappointed. He will have expected beautiful
maryels. All that he sees is confused mass
OF little reddish groups somewhat resembling
roasted coffee berries, or punches of raisins
piled against the glass They look more dead
than alive; their movements are slow inco-
herent, and incomprehensible. Can these be the
wonderful drops of light he had seen but mo-
ment ago, increasingly flashing and sparkling
as they darted among the pearls and the gold
OF thousand wide open calyces?" With pa
uence however the watcher will learn the
secrets OF this chaotic mass. Let him observe
the conduct of a swarm that has been diverted
by the beekeeper into hive, the usual
domical construction. Into this lying inverted
beneath the bough to which the bees have at
tached themselves IN thick clusters after aban-
doning their old home, the thousands of insects
have been shaken or even deposited by heaping
spoonfuls.
Scarcely has the hive been set in its place or
the disorder aIayed that ensued on the bees
tumultuous fall, when We behold the clearest
most unexpected division in that entangIed
mass. The greater portion, forming in solid
columns, like army obeying definite order
will proceed to climb the vertical walls of the
hive The cupola reached. the first to arrive
will cling with the claws Of their anterior legs
those that follow hang to the first and so
in succession, until long chains have been formed
that serve a bridge to the crowd that rises
and rises And by SLOW degrees these chains
their number increases, supporting each other
and necessarily Interviewing, become garlands
" Whlch, in their turn the uninterrupted and con-
stant ascension transforms into a thick tri-
angular curtain. or, rather, a kind of compact
and inverted cone. whose apex attains the
summit of the oupoa. while its widening base
deScends to a half o-thirds of the entire
height of the hive. And then. the last bee
that inward voice has impelled to form part
of this group having added itself 10 the curtain
suspended in darkness. the ascension ceases;
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11
THE TRrsTING OAK IN "ITANHOE."

FELLED To THE GROUND FOR PRESERVATION
From The Leeds Mercury.
Some time ago the old trysting oak in Harthill
Walk so frequently mentioned in "Ivanhoe,
was feled to the ground in order to preserve the
trunk. The tree one of the oldest IN Eng
land. and is described by Scott as being vener-
able when siege laid to the castle of Tor
quilstone. The stood on the estate of the
Duke Of Leeds. whose agent Mr.. MoZey, is de-
voted Scott BY his instructions the tree was
taken down, and the trunk will he preserved
the lawn in front Of Mr.. Moneys house.
young oak tree is TO be planted by the Duchess
of Leeds on the site of the trysting tree. AT the
ceremony interesting information Will be
given regarding Scott's connection with the
eighbOrhood, which he vividly describes in
the pages of "IvanhOe'; and the sites of Tor
quilstone Castle ROtherwood, and COpmanhurst
will be located Several places lay claim TO the
honor of having suggested TorquilstOne-
notably the castle of the Salvins. at Thorpe
Salvin. in Yorkshire, and Castle Hill Farm,
old farmhouse in Whtwen, DerbyShire, and the
old Manor House at Todwick, in Yorkshire.
Thorpe SalVin Castle is mentioned in the novel
most probably under the pseudonyme of ROther-
wood, while COpmanhurst is believed by many
to be identical with St Johns Church. ThrOap-
ham. However. these and other questions viii
be settled when the ceremony above alluded 10
takes place.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11
BJsuARcK AND MISS BRADD0N.

TIE CHANCELLOR FINISHES A NOVEL Bh liiE
ENGLISH AUTHOR
17,o,, The London Standard.
A r,leasant Circumstance VIII Illustrate lic %
C,,,snraIl3rs talent tor literary work Al arm
,t-e Us once a small party sitting al the
r,rincesss tea table. while the prince shosiiile
bie nine was reading the papers al sue ~ ~taple,
I'D making now ard again, funny or ser louS
--,,,arl.s about what he read. In the leullietoi
- NJ ..sSor6deutsche Algeme!ne LeltunS Mas
1hl continuation Of a sensational hoFtl u. NliS9
I.raddon translated into German-at NarZlh i lilf
r-inca had time 10 read such thlhSs- Suu'e -,
j.. cried raising his voice Inc aClioh Ol ~
etcr,y r,r0ruis4s To become intricate; put IL y
n,, necessary TO finish IT, From where IL sloPS
to-dav ehau compose the whole rnattel
ftroTgh =, the end" Having given resume
- ~ earlier chapters. he went on 10 hafrale
"a l1re,-b what the ''Norddeutsche' was sun
rI,,cealinp in the folds Of its mantle Inc
story As he told it, became more anu ,iloIo
fFriilinP exactly in the manner OF MISS Dc
.- - ~ Iiftle company listened in breath
ees silence until the denoueineht came, IN
.r-rression made 10y the narrative was ihat q
- exbilarating travesty. The reason why i
all the incident in this connection Is ina
very recently / accidentally read the same mover
n The original. and perceived now Blsflar6h' n NJ
on MS own account, and parallel Win the
ant nor had worked out the story 1hey dld hot
.-yree word for word because ne had 10 express
himself more briefly. but ms novel foloWed sup
- stet, the same way as MISS BFaoooh = Oliy
tha conclusion became a carlcatufe. II Hds' IN
fart the same conclusiOn but Miss Eraddon m
ended TO sir the emotions, not 70 accoihpiish
~ hat the extemporized story olc-false d iausn'
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11

But yielding 10 the spell Of the verses as verses
regret, though necessarily present. is at least
kept within bounds. Southey after all. as well
as Byron, has received his just deserts and no
one is going 10 do him the less honor because
he is pilloried forever in this triumph of satire
III is perhaps not altogether fantastic TO sur
mise that with that true gentleman's soul of
his he could smile patiently in the Elysian
Fields over the lines that once stung so Sc
yerely. and add his own tribute 10 the
homage that the world pays TO stanzas like
those on George the Third, and Lucifer, on
which Goethe paused with special approval:
BE died. his death made no great stir on earth;
Bis burial made some pomp; there pro-
fusion
OF velvet-gilding-bras no great dearth
OF aught but tears-save those shed by col
fusion;
For these things may be bought at their true
OF elegy there was the due infusion
Bought also; and the torches, cloaks and BAN
Heralds and relics of old Gothic manners.
Formed sepulchral nnelodrama. OF all
The fools who fiocked TO swell the show,
Who cared about the corpse? The funeral
Made the attraction, and the black the woe,
There throbbed not there a thought which
pierced the pail;
And when the gorgeous coffin was laid low.
II seemed the mockery Of hell TO fold
The rottenness Of eighty years in gold
But bringing up the rear Of this bright host
A spirit Of a different aspect waved
His wings, like thunder-clouds above some
Whose barren beach with frequent wrecks is
paved;
His brow was like the deep when tempest
tossed;
Fierce and unfathomable thoughts engraved
Eternal wrath on his immortal face,
And ~here he gazed gloom pervaded space.
The first Of the five new poems printed in this
volume follows after The Vision of Judg-
ment." 1t is a fragment Of thirty-six lines on
Venice" pictorial in motive and not of any
great weight The Duel written for Miss
Chaworth. on a theme provided by two Of their
ancestors, but developed with reference TO an
interest Of their own, is interesting but not
momentous There are naturally good, charac-
teristic touches in the Sonnet on the Nuptials
Of the Marquis Antonio Cavaln with the Count
ess Celia Rasponi Of Ravenna," and in the
fragment entitled ..Aristomenes: Canto First,
and there is something more in the "Ode to
LADY Whose Lover Was Killed by Ball, Which
al the Same Time Shivered a Portrait Next His
Heart" Nevertheless. it cannot be said that
MI Coleridge has upon this occasion any more
Than in previous volumes, brought anything OF
the first importance 10 be incorporated IN the
body Il Byron's work. That, however, is sIlali
matter which exctes no concern. The main
point about this edition Of the poet is not that II
a,sae aurht that is memorable to the works, but
tbat il pres erts the latter in perfect FORM as re-
cards text editorial apparatus, typography and
Illustration We have said this as often as we
have had occasion 10 notice new volumes in the
series. and doubtless we viii be warranted in
rsx3n- il again when the three remaining vol
un.es shall have been published
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11
mi MPH."
From The Pan Mall Gazette.

The meaning of the word 'humph" was re.
Gently the subject of judicial decision in the
Irish Court of Appeal. Mr.. Justice Madden and
Mr.. Justice Boyd held that "humph,' used
by Sir Walter Scott and Miss Austen in their
novels. expression of dissent while the
Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Burton in
clined to the conclusion that "humph" only
meant dissatisfied condition of the mind
The Court of Appeal has decided that the
word is IAN expression of doubt or dissatisfac
ton or, Lord Justice Walker put ii, IN the
words of the Century Dictionary, n Srunt OF
dissatisfaction"
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11
WIVES IN TIE SERE.
ET THOMAS HARDY.

Ia THOMAS HARDY.
7
Never 4 careworn wife but shows,
If a JOY suffEse her,
Something bea aUtitul TO those
Patent TO peruse h6r-
Sorae one charm the Woric uhhho"s'
Precious 10 muser;
Haplv what, ere years were Toes,
rIoVed her mate TO choose her.
IL
But be il a hint Of rose
That an instant hues her,
Or some early light or pose
W-hereKvith thought reneWs her
Seen by him at fun ere woes
Practised 10 abuse her
Snarelv comes il. swiftly goes,
Time again su5dues her
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11
THE SEDGES DRY.

BY GEORGE MEREDITH.
They have no song, the sedges dry.
And still they sing.
1t is within my breast they sing,
AS | pass by.
Within my breast they touch string,
They wake sigh.
There is but sound of sedges dry;
In me they sing.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11
THE BEE.
IT'S TRAITS CONSIDERED BY NJ. MATTER
LINCK IN A HAPPY MOOD
THE LIFE OF THE BEE BY Maurice Maeter
linek. Translated by Alfred Sutro. Emo, PIP
AZ Dodd Mead & Co.

lfftS LIZ 4 OF THE BEE BY Maurice Maeter-
linek Translated by Alfred SutrO. Emo, PIP.
AZ Dodd Mead & Co.
NJ Maeterlinck has been amateur of api-
culture for twenty years During that period he
has not only made many experiments with the
inhabitants OF his hives, but has set down the
results in his notebook. This material he now
embodies in volume which has the double merit
of Illuminating the life Of the bee for the edifca
ton Of laymen and providing the student of
letters with notable illustration of the value
of life TO art. We make no apology for con-
sidering first the reference OF The Life of the
Bee" to the purely literary development of the
Belgian mystic. He has hitherto been known
as the author OF plays and prose studies so
obscure as to completely captiyate some minds
and to fill others with amused disdain. These
writings. aiming at the representation of the
New-York tribune., 1901-08-11

-.ns CHANCELLOR FINISHES A NOVEL BY THE
ENGLLSH. AUTHOR
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-04
KRUGER COMING,

It is almost certainly decided that Mr.
Kruger will 90 to America in February,
probably accompanied by VIM. T Stead,
who will make a ringing campaign in
behalf Of stopping the war,
The Journal correspondent saw Mr..
Stead before he left for Paris in company
with John +. Milholand, who bore an
invitation from prominent New
Workers to Mr.. Kruger to visit Amer.
lea. While in Paris they will see the
leaders Of the arbitration movement in
Europe and decide definitely on plans.
Mr.. Stead said:
"The time has come for President
Kruger to play his trump card and bold
ly declare his intention to visit Presid'
ent Mckinley in order to plead with him
the cause OF the Independence OF the
South African republics. Mr.. Kruger is
looked at askance in Germany and
Austria, because he is the President OF a
republic but he thinks this will not be
regarded as disqualification for his re-
ception by the President Of the greatest
republic in the world.
He does not have the belief that thu
American Government is indifferent L
the war the Beers are Eaging against tn
British monarchy. II ne goes 10 Amer
lea hewill go asPresident TO visit Presl
dent. He will probably arrive in Ne'
York in the middle of February, tn
state Of his health is not regarded likel
10 deter him from crossing III
Atlantic. He had believed the yoy
age would take fortnight and is muc
pleased to hear he could make II |
seven DAY.
ellis movements depend upon III
health OF the Gear, who isn now quite we
and had intended 10 return to s
Petersburg on January %, but the il
lluenza has broken out ON the Neya 40
Il iaa dangerous malady for those ju
recovering from typhoid. The Car wi
probably go to Tsarskoe Selo.
President Kruger went 10 Russia D
would have superb reception and 1
every station in Germany between N
Dutch and Russian frontier he woul
receive ovations.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-04
TEXTBOOK COMMISSION
ONE DECLlNATION

Ex.ludge 5, A. lowell OF Pendleton
declines the appointment aud writes a
letter strongly urging that il should be-
made mp Of educators entirely. Tie
takes the view that the advocates OF
the present monopoly systems DO, ani
names person he thinks ought 10 he
appointed.
wm. NJ. ladd informs the Governor
that although he is a very busy man.
he considers the poople of Oregon have
a right 10 any mans hes, efforts in their
behalf on this ocyasion. tie accepts.
p. l.. Campbell, President OF the state
Normal school, mas accepted.
scott and Colyig have not been heard
irom.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-04
THE FARMERS
IN CONGRESS
Grangers Will Hold Forth On
Jan. 9TH and 9Th
At the Senate Chamber With
Interesting Programs for
Two Days.

Henry u. Thielseu, secretary ioi the
Farmers' Congress, has prepared pro-
gram for the meeting which will take
place in the Senate Chamber In the
Capitol, on next Monday and Tuesday,
7th and Sth Of January. The program
Ia the result Of much work and careful
thought Of the secretary, ahd was made
with special reference TO the needs aud
requirements OF progressive farmers, at
the present time. The topics selected
are those IN which farmers are most In
terested and the discussion Of which
will be Of the greatest profit 10 them.
II ie expected that a large attendance
oi tbe progressive farmers Of the state
Of Oregon will be present, and that the
Farmers Congress can be made per.
manent Institution At this meeting, thus
giving 10 the iarmere what other indus-
trial lines have long enioyed--an or.
ganizatlon that will be able 10 greatly
benefit, ,Jts individual members.
Tvs JouRSAL extendsa heartyweloomo
10 he farmer readers 10 come In and
enjoy the free ont-pour Of wisdom 10 the
senate Chamber for two days, They |
are invited 10 come aud bring their wives
and yonng people and let tho Senior
bufghers imagine them selves Senators
Coz awhile and get up and spout a little
horse sense In the halls Of legislature Tor
a change. twill 10 the state moro good |
aud cost less than when the solons are
setting
TnrJouRSAL would appeal 10 all sa.
lem business men 10 10 over their lisia |
Ol customers and sit down and send |
personal letters 10 farmers they are ac. |
Qualnted with urging them 10 come in |
and attend the Farmers Congress, and |
, while they are hero make Il pleasant ior |
them. Il that Il done there will be a |
large attendance aud Il will DO us all |
good and leave a pleasant impression |
socially az we'll AZ Ia a business way. IL
pays 10 be pleasant an such occasions
fnH JounsAt Office will bo glad TO see ~
many Of iis friends and patrons a. can
nnd Inns los'all during the congress.
kollowing is the program for the two
days seaalOnei
Hvp TO Date DiaryIng Dr. James
WithycOmhe.
"The silo, How 10 huild and How %
Hll," Geo w Weeks.
what France Can Teach Oregon
about franes, Prof \ X Lake.
Relation Between the Farmer aud the
Railroad. p Oh Markham.
THE flute, its Existenoes and
Changes, aud How II MAY AiicCt the fu.
tuIe n thesheep Industry ID ID Keeler.
The introduction OF the Angora Goat
Into she United States" n NJ William.
sOn.
"sw'ne breeding, h Early.
Cooperation Among Producers.
nlmon ford,
slow 10 Make Farm Lie Attractive. %
Mrs \ n Looney.
docs II Pay 10 Raise French Pink
aud nog.Iennel3' r l. uavidson.
lin.
"Value Of the State Fair 10 the Pro.
duceF, Hon 0eo l. Recs.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-04

CENTURY.
Fund for PrGSbyt0ri CnurCn
Extension
-----
REFORM AMONG
THE PRESBYTERIANS
IA Great Corps OF Clergy
Wanted to Minister
TO the People

Npw YoaT, Jan 4.-Under the
suspi, o. Of the Pr,sbyterian committee
ot the Twentieth Century fund and in
the ipteres, Of that fund, a meeting was
held last night in the Presbyterian
church. The purpose Of the meeting
vas 70 arouse interest in and ,nlis. the
beneyolence Of Presbyterians for the
ev,epsion Of the different branches OF
the work of the church At the beginning
Of the Twentieth century.
Tbe Rev DR.. Mott Puryis chairman
ol the committee presided. The follow
ing speakers addressed the meeting Rev
Marcus Brownson, DD, Of Philadelphia !
Rev. Frank p. Ellinwood. Secretary Of
the Board Of Foreign Missions OF the
Presbyterian church Rev. Charles A.
Dickey, ID, Of Philadelphia, moderat-
or Of the General Assembly Rev.
Charles NJ. Babcock, DID, Of this city
The following laymen spoke:
VIM. T., Dodge, Jr., John II. Converse
Of Philadelphia, vice moderator Of the
General Assembly and John Il. Parson.
Mr.. Brown paid the movement had
been fully organized in "a different
presbyteries in different parts OF the
country, and since il began t2Oe,OOO had
already been contributed. Later in the
evening an announcement was madethat
a gentleman whose name was not given
had contributed $4,000 for the new
church in Dover, n. j.
Dr. Ellinwood, pleaded warmly for the
foreign missions and also for special ell
forts 10 pay of the mortgages, amounting
to half a million on the Presbyterian
building on Fifth avenue. He said hall
of that amount had already been prom
ised on condition the board would raise
the remainder Of the sum before March
70. The board has since raised flO2OW
10 meet the indebtedness.
VIM. +. Dodge said "ln this city we
have millions invested In costly church
edi6ces, mostly among the rich. The
churches are open about three hours a
week and closed all the rest Of the time
while evil IA always awake. ! believe
we will be Obliged to place our churches
on business basis and keep them open
al Of the time to let the people In and a
great corps OF clergymen attached to
the church always ready TO minister unto
the people who need their ministrations
Al all times Of the day.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-04
DEATH OF AGUINALD0
Continued from Fiu, Page

understand he was close friend Of
Agulnaldo, an d has kept in touch with
that remarkable perronage even after
Buencamino himself took a neutral
stand.
Buencamino, however did not take
6rm stand on the side Of America m.
ul recently.
"The Filipino lads" continued presi'
dent Wheeler, "are bright fellows and
most quick 10 learn However can.
not say that they have the staunchness
and solidity Of American youths Be-
fore the dag Of tins country was raised
In the islands such boys A. these would
have been sent 10 the schools Of Spsh
Tor their graduate studies. Now the,
come 90 me-
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-04
MARION COUNTY
LAND TRANSFER

Estate Peter Stevens TO Elisabeth
CLARK and William Stevens, land in Ma
rion county by will.
Fred ID. Walters and wife 10 John
Kirk, 70 acres ...............S 1850
John Kirk and wife 10 W. A.
Zimmerman, 20 acres ......... 1850
+, p. Adams and wife 10 Annie r.
Cline, block No. Tin Reming-
tons add 10 WOodburn ....... 4da
NJ. T.. Goodell to Helen South.
wick lots Knights addition TO
Salem ...... ................... on
=. NJ. Sheppard aud wife 20 G. ".
Roberts, 10 acres ............ tO