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RE on the shelves of the family libraries may
n ~ s,odest cloth bound volume entitled Chronicles
IN &sh.,g Cottar Family" 1t has probably not been
nm, for forty years more, and yet its record
XIV that Of successful book, which is recalled
kas the atmosphere of another successful book,
"A her German Garden" The charming young
II who apparently takes US so delightfully."- and in
her confidence, and who in reality tells us so
Lv,s so much unsaid that we would like to know
been born and grown to womanhood in the old
4. celebrated in the Chronicles This question
-, IA after all, curious Why should Elisa
Xd Of her daily round recall book that no one has
IN for nearly two score years. There German
IN s,,oty with which familiar stories said to
IA representative of German life but Elisabeth does not
Fwy ~ these Neither Auerbach's melancholy disqu-
:, Mubachs historical romances, Mrs. Wisters
u ,,snslatons, nor Quits THE Initials" hold
s.aiou of her Yet she instantly and mistakenly re
~ recollection Of book that had been read and laid
~ s,n the men and women of today were wearing
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= announcement Of "a Timrod Souvenir" from the
~ Press has awakened interest throughout the South
| u, Of her representative poets. The volume in ques
p,,;ns three poems Timrod--the first written in
~ .,cond in 1877 and the last upon the unwilling of
rofial IN 1901. Timrods life not long one and
r,,rv career was crcumscribed The burning of CO.
s swept away all his possessions and he perhaps
he realized IN Oeing spared the SAD VicSSitudes
I, a,ope and his State endured in the dark days of
rsrvton He is spoken Of "a writer of mpassioned
n vr,s Of the South and doubt this estimate OF his
T accomplishment would be the epitaph he would most
Er culd il but reach him where he is. Perhaps Of
~ remembered and most popular Of his poems is his
rnr at the memorial celebration in Charleston in May
n a year before his death Its second stanza is especial
On seeds of laurels in the earth
The blossom Of your fame is blown:
And somewhere, waiting for its birth,
The shaft is in the stone
@ very interesting facts concerning the attitude of the
k,Is religion toward have recently been published.
ertas to this authority, capital punishment is not al
I'M III women in India, "a womans body must not be
thard even with flower, because 1t is sacred. He is
tue Hindu who does not regard womans body az sa-
y 4 the temple Of Cod
Religion distinctly forbds child marriage, and in many
Ea 81 India it is nothing but betrothal. This Brshma
Eg maintains that the Hindu law permits women much
z share in the management of property than is allowed
most Statutes of Christian nations and it is fact that
Hindu treated like slaves by their husbands
n Suite, inaugurated and sanctioned by the
lhis religion, When the Mohammedans conquered India
treated the widows of the soldiers with such brutality
b h, voluntarily sought death alternative.
sI practically suppressed by the Hindus themselves
M By the British government, the educated classes in
M having always protested vigorously against the practice
hiY,n to abolish it. The Hindus say that mother
patr than thousand fathers therefore they prefer to
De supreme being the Mother of the Universe There
g other country in the world where every living mother
brustsd incarnation of the divine mother, where
r village has guardian mother, who protects all her
h children
4 calm and unprecedented review of this article must
nha the mind of American reader the old question
10 tie propriety of expanding immense annually in
pF missions, when there yet remain such countless mil
sud heahen within gates.
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% connection with the announcement of Jules Verres
the hope has been very generally expressed that he
Ad without further delay be elected to chair in the
EaN As is we'll known, entrance into this ancient and
ahe body is only TO be accomplished after the candi
4 has personally requested it. 1t is customary for the lat
make what Is virtually house house of the
zSH ID his own interest, When M. Verne asked
y make this electioneering tour he replied II have
completed my seventy-thrd year and do at such an
ipiIe to the Academy. Dumas the younger asked
PrFesht years ago. declined and since that time fifty
a Atademicians have died They may be immortas, but
n lave not been rendered immortal!"
y his MI Verne might have added that some of the
W names in the history of French literature can not be
Il Upon the roster of the Academy, and that in remaining
1'r as hnds himself in quite as notable and good
Qaaat which would greet his entrance.
a Interest is felt in Paris at the attempt of the heirs
p Peeeourt to break the ast will and testament of
ssased relative This gentleman set aside the of
names to be bestowed every year upon pair of giants
d marry, with the idea that the human species would
Improved The French medical and scientific authori-
aatain that giants much susceptible to the
ne flesh than ordinary folk and the human species
~ speedily deterorate under NJ Pierrecourt's system and
mat the children of giants frequently of merely
Esy Aae Many applicants for the prize have already
s out the heirs have not slept upon their rights and
Inn 0a'ue must be fought before the question is
d
wy connection II is interesting to note the English
y improving the species from the standpoint of cuti
partial happiness and good feeling Max ORe, in
aAuorc American gives interesting account of the
J.aony OF bestowing the Dunmow Fitch which takes
rsn little town of that each year. and which
NM. uesgnates as "a great and unique court of love-
~"e candidates must affirm that they have not
lin twelvemoEth and day
kepented not in thought any way
Or since the parish clerk said
In. Wished themselves unmarried again.
is Ss,om is very ancient one having been originated
.aeenth century by Robert Fitzwalter knight and
III ana leader of the barons In their struggle against
,ISh Good authorities give 1876 as the latest year
nants have appeared for the fitch, but Max oRell