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New-York tribune., 1901-03-31

do who recites most Of this narrative, talks
more like the author than like an old italian
priest, born a peasant. But the book as a whole
is better than either of its predecessors; the
themes have more humanity in them, the tone
Is less seIf-conscious and so also is the style.
which has gained in simplicity and force.
Fewer shallow epigrams scattered through
the book. which. altogether, in it's sincerity and
Increased drectness. marks considerable I'M
provement Mrs Wharton has a cleverness
which it is pleasant to see developing with
rapidity along suspicious lines.
Somewhere beneath the surface of THE Love
Letters of the King Mr.. lie Gallienne appears
to have a purpose of which the reader catches
the briefest glimpse II seems not unlikely
that he wishes to exhibit the reaction of a silly
young decadent toward wholesome life, and II
is not wholly improbable that satirical in
tention underles the list which the author
gives of the guests gathered by Mr.. Pagan
Wasteneys in his country home. This enuIne-
rates "a young Polish musician who played
upon a curious heart-shaped violin of his own
invention with bow made from the hair OF
the woman who had loved him, an
ilustrious devil worshipper a visit from
Paris. an csoteric dramatist who said he was
greater than Shakespeare. and who found many
10 heIieve him a young French painter.
who finding it impossible To work in day
light. had made a curious little habitaton for
himself in one of the disused sewers OF Paris,
and several others, including six individuals
who are catalogued simply as "beautiful
women Unfortunately THE Love Letters OF
the King is marked from beginning to end by
Just the morbid faulty which is possibly aimed
AZ in the list we have quoted Mr.. Pagan
Wastenevs is a self-absorbed manikin. who goes
about philandering with women as unreal and
as mawksh as he is himself The tale of his
adventures is told in a strain of maudln senti-
mentality and makes sicky, dull book.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-31

rough frescos, whereupon the vergers ex-
pressed great astonishment. seeing that he OF
course, could not be a Christian, Even the
wearing OF a large Abyssinian cross 10 which he
resorfed could not convince these incredulous
orthodox that such man from foreign parts
couid possibly be OF their own faith.
AS to the future Of Abyssinia, Mr.. Vivian
says that what Menelik most desires is to be left
alone; he would meet a menace 10 his throne
or 10 ms dominions, but he has idea of en-
larglng them so long as he lives there is likely
10 be profound calm unless by any chance the
french complete their railway from Jipouti and
i've way to a sudden impulse of aggression"
rs for the Interests Of the English, Mr.. Vivian
an see little reason for any ultimate occupa-
non OF Abyssinia; the laborer is worthy of his
hire, and many do not where our reward
would come for the great effort which would
be necessary"
New-York tribune., 1901-03-31

wisely. Her books had at once an enormous
circulation, and there can be no doubt that they
contributed very widely TO her popularity. Mul
titudes to whom she had before been little more
than a name now realized that she was one
with whom they had very much in common.
Her evident longing for sympathy produced an
immediate response. Her deep domestic affec-
ton. her constant interest in her servants, her
high spirits her love of scenery, her love of ami
mails her power of taking delight in little things,
appeared vividly in her pages, and came home
the largest classes of her people.
In some respects the Queen an eminently
democratic sovereign. While maintaining the
dignity of her position, rank and wealth were
in her eyes always subordinate to the great
realities of life and to true human affections
In no one WAS the touch of nature that makes
the whole world kin more constantly visible
She was never more in her place than in visit
ing some poor tenant on the morrow OF great
bereavement utterin% words of comfort by
the sickbed of some humble dependant. Men
of all ranks who came in contact with her were
strucL with her thoughtful kindness, and her
royal gift of an excellent memory never showed
itself more frequently than in the manner IN
which she remembered and inquired after the
fortunes and happiness of obscure persons re-
lated To those with whom she spoke.
Her religious opinions were brought very little
before the public Beyond deep sense of FroVi-
Dental guidance and of the comforting power
f religion little is to he gathered from her pub
lisbcd utterances; but she seemed equally AT
home i'm the Scotch Presbyterian ana the AhsN-
can Episcopal Church, and her marked admlfa-
fion for such men as Dean Stanley ana Norman
Macleod and for the preaching of Principal
CARD gives some clew To the bias OF her "pin-
iops Her mind was not speculative but emi-
nen,Iv practical and while she patronlZed good
works of the most varied kinds there Is rea-
son 10 believe that those when most apIeiieu
to her personal feelings were those which direct
IL contributed To alleviate the sufierlnSs or pro
mote the material welfare of the poor she de-
,oted the greater part of her Jubilee present 10
institutions for providing nurses lor the sith
,ionr Ind This is said to have been one of III"
charities i'm which she took the Warmest ana
most constant interest
New-York tribune., 1901-03-31
TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-

letter iet OF Catherine TO Grimm. describing her
NE among her grandchildren, which might al
most nave been written by the English Queen
her vast family, spread through many coun-
tries. was her abiding interest and delight and
although she had to pay in full measure the
natural penalty of many bereavements, she at
ieaSt never knew the dreary loneliness that
couied the last days of her great predecessor
Eliza beth.
Inc transparent simplicity and unselhshness
or her Character We're not generally appreci-
ated, and her own books contributed greatly to
make her people understand her IT is in gen
eral Tar from a wise thing for royal personages
10 descend into the arena of literature. unless
they possess some special aptitude for it. They
expose themselves to kind of criticism wholly
different from that which follows them in their
public liyes-a criticism more minute and often
more deliberately maleyolent than that to which
an ordinary writer is subject. The Queen wrote
pure and excellent English and she had good
literary taste but she certainly could never
have become great writer; and the complete
frankness and unreserve of her journals. as we'll
as their curious hOmelness of thought and feel
ing, were not viewed with favor in some sec
tions of the fashionable and of the literary
world. There were circles in which the word
bourgeois" and there others in which the
word commonplace" was often pronounced.
Yet in this, nearly all occasions when
the Queen acted on her own impulse. she acted
New-York tribune., 1901-03-31

way to fulflment. In Crucial Instances" a
collection of seven stories, the author gives her
natural talent more scope The earlier defects
survive here and there, as in 1.-The Angel at the
Grave" which, aside from tricks of style is a
delicate, sympathetic piece of work; and one re-
grets them too. as one regrets the echo of Bal
zac to which have previously referred in
THE Duchess at Prayer tale good that
we wish it had greater originality. In The
Confessional" which closes the book. very in
teresting excursion into the domain of modern
italian history is hurt by the authors limita-
New-York tribune., 1901-03-31
FICTION.
a ROMANCE OF IRISH LIFE IN THE TINE
OF THE GREAT FAMINE

OF THE GREAT FAMINE.
THE WIZARDS KNOT BY William Barry. emo,
pp. 406. The Century Company.
CRUCIAL INSTANCES. BY Edith Wharton
12mo pp 242 Charles Scribners Sons.
THE LOVE LETTERS OF THE KING; or, The
Life Romantic. BY Richard lie Gallienne limo.
PIP. &l. Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
The average novel of Irish life is compounded
OF conventional ingredients; we know just what
kind OF types to expect; we know what the hu-
NOR will be like, and, Of course. there is always
good deal of the brogue. Latterly if these
threadbare properties have been neglected 1t
has been for the sake of a mystical, Celtic at
mosphere, sometimes plausible. but more often
a bore. DR.. Barry gives in "The Wizards
Knot" a novel above the average. It begins
picturesquely. the doors of Kenmore Castle
standing wide open, while the November wind
causes the turf in the huge fireplace to light
with Its fitful sparks deserted hall IN which
New-York tribune., 1901-03-31

Tho uifa of Mr.. Henry Norman formerly
Nenie Nuriel Dowie the girl in the Carpa-
thians"). has written story of war ana oi
society which she calls The General
New-York tribune., 1901-03-31

THE WIZARDS KNOT BY William Barry. Emo
PIP. 406. The Century Company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13
President McKinley's Mail.

From the date on which the presi-
dent begins his annual message until
the close of each session of congress,
from 1000 to 1900 letters are received
daily. says Leslie's Weekly. Even in
summer the daily average is rarely less
than 800. The president sees only
the letters of his friends, and those of
high officials in regard to personal
matters. Only those of obvious i'm
portance reach even Mr.. Cortelyou,
who makes memorandum or brief of
the contents of any letter that may be
likely to require the presidents atten-
ton. The letters are all assorted by
Mr.. Cortelyou's corps of clerks, and
fully so per cent. are forwarded to
the various executive bureaus and di-
visions of which each department is
composed, and all that are worthy of
attention are answered as promptly
as possible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13
COULDN'T WEAR SHOES.

Sumpter, ILL.,, June 10.-Mrs. j. q.
Flanagan, of this place, had suffered
with Dropsy for fifteen years. She
was so very bad that for the last
three years, she has not been able to
wear her shoes. She had doctored all
the time, but was gradually getting
worse.
Last winter Mr.. Flanagan, who was
very much discouraged, called for
some medicine at Mr.. j. J. Dale's drug
store in Carmi. Mr.. Dale persuaded
him to have his wife try Dodd's Kidney
Pills, and he bought six boxes. His
wife used five out of the six, before
she was entirely cured. She is now as
sound and well as ever she was, COM
pletely restored to health, and free
from any symptom whatever of
Dropsy.
To say that Mrs. Flanagan is pleased
at her wonderful deliverance, does not
half express her feelings, and she
and Mr.. Flanagan are loud in their
praises of Dodd's Kidney Pills. and of
Mr.. Dale for recommending this won
derful remedy to them.
The fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills
cured Mrs. Flanagan of such a severe
case of Dropsy, after the doctors had
given her up, has made them the most
talked-of remedy ever known in White
County.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

King Edward, of England, is going
to practice economy.
Over 100000 persons in Germany
are insured against illness.
The queen of Roumania is success
fth lecturer, as learned as eloquent.
In Hong-Kong there are only 400
women, and in Hawaii 533 women to
every 1000 men.
Sir Henry Irving has just received
an honorary NJ. A. degree from Dub
lin university. He now holds degrees
from four institutions of learning.
On the Mississippi, between St.
Louis and Minneapolis, 60 sawmills
are in operation, and 179 steam crafts
of various kinds navigate this stretch
of the river.
DR.. Reuben Peterson, of Chicago,
has been appointed to the Bates pro-
fessorship of the diseases of women
in Michigan university, to succeed
DIR. J. N. Martin
A thousand graves in the church
cemetery, Luton, England, have been
dug by a one-armed man named AL
len, who became grave digger in 1871
after a mill accident.
in the ten years that have elapsed
since it was opened the Cripple Creek
district of Colorado has produced
$1O4 100000 in gold, and it's estimated
yield in 1901 is $25,O00,0OO.
According to statistics of the Uni
ted States Weather Bureau, AZ per
cent. of deaths by lightning occur in
the open, "a per cent. in houses, IL
per cent. under trees and per cent.
in barns.
The total valuation upon which
state taxes will be assessed this year
against taxable property in Nebraska
viii be approximately $174.432, 900, or
$2,6S5.00O greater than the assessed
valuation of last year.
The latest invention for life saving
at sea is life belt that carries a
light to guide the struggling swim
mer to it, and whose lamp is lighted
by contact with the sea water. This
device is reported from Germany.
Bears eyebrows, being stiff, and ex-
actly the right shade, are used in a
newly invented fly that is killing
quantities of salmon this year. These
eyebrows come from the Himalayan
brown bear, and cost about $3.50 per
set.
in addition to the 81, 900 bequeathed
to the Albany hospital by Nathaniel
C. Brockway, who died recently in
New Haven, the will provides for be-
quests of like amounts to four other
charitable institutions in the former
city.
In 1882 the speed record on high
bicycle was 90 miles In an hour and
IL minutes. Behind a motor PAGER a
rider has recently covered 40 miles in
an hour.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13
THE BASEBALL ROW.
Settled by the Expulsion of Shu-
CART from the League.
Decision. Although Seemingly Sc
we're, Is for the Good of the Sport
History of the Disgrace
full Episode.

The case of Shortstop Frank Shu-
CART, of the Chicago baseball team,
who has been expelled from the Amer
Jean Baseball league by President Ban
Johnson, brings to a crisis the recent
outbreak of rowdyism in baseball.
There are many baseball enthus-
lasts who criticise most severely Pres
ident Johnson's radical course in dis
barring Shugart forever from the
American league. But before such
q view is taken of the case the facts
must be considered says the Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Shugart's offense occurred in the
game of August 81 at Washington.
The Senator's were at bat and two
men were out. Clark and Foster were
on first and second bases. Coughlin
came to bat, and had three balls and
two strikes called on him. The next
ball appeared to be strike, and II
SO declared would have ended the in
ming, but Umpire Haskell said bal"
and Coughlin took first. Jack katoll,
pitching for Chicago, protested. Cling
man came to bat and hit for three
bases, sending in three runs. The
next ball pitched went through Catch
er Sugden's hands and hit Umpire
Haskell on the shoulder. He gave
Clingman a base, scoring another run.
1t was an extremely aggravating
case, a test of the Chicago's players
good temper. Katoll, enraged, threw
the ball at the umpire and hit him on
the leg. Shugart came up and struck
Haskell blow on the mouth, cutting
his lip. Both Chicago players were ar
rested by the police.
1t may be true that Umpire Haskell
had been generally giving Chicago
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13

forth light, among them being the
corolla of the common sunfiower;
also a species of tagetes, called by the
French botanists the rose 3'Inde,
and the large and beautiful compound
flower called in this country the
dahlia.
Luminous nasturtiums," writes
Prof. A. Frederick Collins, '.have been
frequently observed in Golden Gate
park, San Francisco. I observed one
evening a number of persons bending
over an iron pot full of nasturtiums.
Curious to know what the attraction
was / fell into line until it became my
turn to inspect the flowers at closer
range.
II was surprised to see a fash of
light CART repeatedly from the yellow
petals. The next day l photograp hed
it.
"A strange fact regarding the phos-
phorescent light emitted by certain
flowers, it has been observed, is that
those in which the yellow and orange
predominant exhibit the greatest
of light. Prof. Haggern, the
naturalist, pronounces the light of
electrical origin, declaring that when
the pollen bursts electricity is pro-
duced, and light follows"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13

storage battery is inside, of course,
and wires lead the current from it to
the motor. The especial virtue of
this arrangement is that the motor
is portable, and can be attached to
almost any boat having square
stern. 1t is not necessary to build
expressly for the use of electricity.
The apparatus can be attached to
the boat in few minutes, and re-
moved in an equally quick fashion.
The batteries are placed under the
seats of the boat.
The motor not only propels the
boat, but steers it as well, the boat
answering to it more readily than to
an ordinary rudder.
The motor drives the boat forward
or backward, and can be regulat ted
to run at any speed up to four miles
an hour, using two boxes of four
cells, and will run from 90 to 80 miles
on one charge. More cells may be
used, and a speed of six miles an
hour attained, if desired. Each bat
terry box containing two cells weighs
about so pounds, and is provided
with a comforta BILE handle for carry.
iuO
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13

the worst of it," 1t may be true that
the two decisions he gave were unfair
to Chicago. But the umpire is desig-
mated by the rules of the game to de-
eide such points, and method of pro-
test is provided in case he makes mis-
takes. In any event, there is no eN-
cuse for n players losing his temper.
The love of fair play is the strong
est characteristic of the American pub
lie in sporting matters. For each game
of skill or chance or strength which
enjoys popularity there is a well-de-
public desires in any game that the
rules should be followed by all con-
testants---in other words, that there
should be fair play. Shugart undoubt-
edly broke the baseball rules most
fiagrantly. Furthermore, he lost his
temper completely, and man who
cannot keep his temper has no place in
any game.
Aside from general considerations,
If baseball is to remain the national
sport-and we earnestly hope it will
it must be kept clean and fair test of
skill. Once let dirty play and rowdy-
ism and breaking of the rules enter,
as has been seriously threatened late
ly, and it will suffer the fate of profess
sional rowing and other sports. For
this reason, the sentence pronounced
on Shugart was necessary though Sc
we're. 1t is undoubtedly hard ON Shu-
CART and the Chicago club, but it means
the greatest good for the greatest
number in the baseball world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13
A METHODIST BISHOP
: GIVES PE-RU-NA GREAT CREDIT.
Writes His Recommendation
for the Famous Catarrh
Remedy, Pe-ru-na.

The day was when men of promi-
nence hesitated to give their estimoni-
ais to proprietary medicines for pub
lication. This remains true to-day of
most proprietary medicines. But Peru
ma has become so justly famous, its
merits are known to SO many people OF
high and low station that none hest
TIA ties to see his name in print recon-
mending Peruna.
The following letters from pastors
who use Peruna speak for themselves:
Rev. f. G. Smith, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church, of Greensboro, Ca,
writes:
my little boy had been suffering for
some time with catarrh of the lower
bowels. Other remedies had failed, but
after taking two bottles of Peruna the
trouble almost entirely disappeared.
For this special malady | consider it
well nigh a specific. "-Rev. E. q. Smith.
Rev. A. S. Vaughn, Eureka Springs,
Ark, says: Il had been Frustrated by
congestiye chills and was almost dead;
as soon as able to be about, | COM
menced the use of Peruna. | took five
bottles; my strength returned rapidly
and / am now enjoying my usual
health" REV. A. S. Vaughn.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use ofPeru-
ma, write at once TO DIR. Hartman, Civ
ing full statement of your case and
he will he pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman SaDitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13

The tailor-bird of India is shrewd
and ingenious little fellow. TO es-
cape falling prey to snakes and mon
keys, the tailor-bird picks up dead
leaf and flies into high tree, and
with a fiber for thread and its bill
for q needle sews the leaf to a green
one hanging from the tree, the sides
being sewn up, and an opening left at
the top. That a nest is swinging in
the tree no snake or monkey or even a
man would suspect.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13
LUMINOUS FLOWERS.
They Have Been Frequently Ob.
served i'm Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco, Cal.

To woman belongs the honor OF
having first discovered flowers that
emit light. This woman was the
daughter of Linnaeus, the celebrate
Swedish naturalist. One evening,
when the aged man and his daughter
were walking in their gardens, she
called his attention TO some nastur-
tiums glowing with faint phosphor-
escent light. They removed these to
perfectly dark room and there
viewed the ghostly illuminated flowers
for hours, trying to so.ve the mystery.
Since that time a number of differ
ent flowers have been found to give
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13
A MOTOR FOR BOATS.
Unique Electrical Continuance Tha Il
II Situated Entirely Outside In
the Water.

Practically all boats which are pro-
PEELED by electric power have the
motor, as well as the battery. inside,
and long, horizontal shaft, which
carries the screw, passes through the
stem. An innovation has been made
by a western inventor. He incloses
the motor in a water-tight, globular
shell, which is combined with the
rudder, rudder post and screws in
such manner that they all are out
side. There is no shaft at all. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13
Would Not Kiss the Rector.

A young lady student of the Univer-
sity of Prague, upon whom the degree
of "Jaris utriusquc doctor" was to
have been conferred, refused to be
kissed by the rector of the university,
who, following an ancient custom on
such occasion, bent down to touch the
young doctors forehead with his lips.
The senate of the university will on
the reopening of the session consider
the advisability of abolishing the acad-
emic custom in the case of female grad
yates
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-13

Bishop A. Grant, of Indianapolis,
Ind, writes the following letter:
Indianapolis, Indiana,
3349 ~ Pennsylvania Street.
Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, o.:
Gentfemen-"I have been using Pc
runa for cafarrh and can chez rfuIIy rec
Onmend your remedy to anyone who
wants a good medicine. "A. Grant.
Prominent members of the clergy
are giving Peruna their unqualified en-
dorsement. These men find Peruna
especially adapted to preserve them
from catarrh of the vocal organs which
has always been the bane of public
speakers, and general catarrhal debil-
ity incident TO the sedentary life OF
the clergyman. Among the recent ut
terances of noted clergymen on the
curative virtues of Peruna is the above
one from Bishop Grant.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-04-05
Colsr In the Kitchen.

The kitchen, it goes without say
ing, should be the first department
settled. Make that part of your apart
ment comfortable, and the rest of the
machinery will be sure to run we'll
A certain sense of equity should
prompt the householder to do this.
White makes the ideal kitchen, the
introduction OF blue, in either tiles
or china dishes. producing q charm
ing and delightful result White tiles
are beyond the means of mos. persons,
though the bath enamel or the white
oil cloth can give effects almost as
good. Next to white and blue comes
yellow-white woodwork and yellow
walls.
Green is always cool and refreshing,
and, with the imitation oak woodwork
seen in every fiat, makes a good COM
bination. Stained floors in most apart
ments are desirable, although the
white linoleum is great addition
Harper's Bazar.