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New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
D1LNT'I PAGES.
BOOK OF DELIGHTFUL ODDS AND
ENDS.

FROM ONT THE ii-A HEART r. OF THE ROSE Letters on
oloGs- BY Helen Miman CMrs Caldwell Croft
tom Emo pp. XII, 2l6. John Lane.
Mrs Crofton is well known as a writer on
flowers and kindred themes. She has not cared
to write on anything else. She reproduces in
this book five brief notes which she had to write
TO an editor before she could convince him that
she would not write a paper on Greek customs
for him. but could let him have one on charcoal
burning Nevertheless, From the Heart of the
Rose is not all about nature. 1t is a collection
OF shreds and patches, Of letters, of anecdotes
Of bits Of poetry, a sort Of album which might
have been made simply for the authors friends
but is decidedly worth perusal by every one who
cares for gentle thought, for sunny humor, for
tenderness and wisdom Incidentally. too, there
are some interesting glmpses of some interest
ing people. Thus Mrs Ritchie writes about
Thackeray 20 Monica as Mrs Crofton calls
herself:
His writing was never casual, but always in
tended L can never remember seeing him
writing out of doors, or Scribbling hasty notes
upon scraps of paper. L remember hear
ing him say that he used to wonder when he
looked at the sheet of blank paper how it was
to get filled, and where it all to come from,
and yet that he knew that in due time the
writing would be there before him.
A photograph of Watts, the painter in his
garden at Limnerslease, which reproduce
serves as frontispiece to the book, and Mrs.
Crofton alludes briefly to a visit at his place
He has very keen eye, and the kindest smile
] have ever seen. / think " hat strikes most
is his wonderful simplicity, and 1 might almost
venture to say humility. On the longest
day Of the year CAST week. Mr. Watts felt he
must make the most of the light, and got up
to paint soon after 3 in the morning and
painted till dark with only few minutes rest
now and again. And this at eighty-three years
old" We might go indefinitely quoting from
Mrs. Crofton All manner of entertaining odds
and ends are stored in her little volume. 1t is
exquisitely printed.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03

striking things in these pages is the candor,
the sweet reasonableness with which Green ac-
cepted and considered criticism One literary
principle he never yielded, as his famous
Short History of the English People shows
that book, whatsoever else it be- must first
be readable AS for good English, he says,
simplicity is half of it, think, and in SIM
picity L am as far to seek as anybody But
the true way to write we'll is to write constantly
ease Of style can only come by habit; and
grace Of style can only of ease. =.
Grace Of temper, beauty Of tone, Of the
essence Of life they OF the essence of
style" 1t IS perhaps no special credit TO Green
that his historical narrative is vivid and ami
mated for in his case the style emphati-
cally the man You're Jolly, vivid man." Ten
nyson said to him, "and I'm glad to have
known you; you're vivid as lightning" Apro-
pos Of Tennyson, Green quotes Palgr We as tell
ing a characteristic story of NJ Taine and his
History of English Literature:
He was visiting England to get information
for his last volume, and especially about Ten
nyson, and it was about Tennyson he began
talking TO Palsrave, who is a great friend of
the laureate Wasn't he in early youth rich
luxurious, fond Of pleasure seIf-induIgent?
he asked Il see it all in his early poems
his riot, his alteration of physical beauty, his
delight in jewels, in the abandonment of all TO
pleasure in wine, and'--Stop, stop.' said Pal
grave out of all patience las a young man
Iennyson was poor-he had little more than
t1oo year, his habits were they still are,
simple and reserved, he cared then as he cares
now for little more than a chat and a pipe, he
has never known luxury in your sense and if
his early poems luxurious in tone if they
are full OF beautiful women and pearls, and
gold, and what not, II is because he is a poet
and gifted with poets ina gination." NJ. Taine
bit his lip, thanked him for his Information,
went home-and when the book came out Ten
nyson found still painted as the young
yoiuptuary, the rich profiigate Of NJ Taine's
fancy.
We heartily commend these fascinating pages
10 the reader. The letters have been edited with
perfect taste by Mr.. Leslie Stephen, who has
provided moreover, some slight but extremely
interesting introductions and notes. Taken with
the letters they furnish beguiling if tantalzing
picture Of Green and his busy life and whet
our appetite to keenness for the biography
soon TO follow, biography upon which the ac-
complished Stephen has long been engaged.
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first to lend dignity to the sport are duly cited,
not forgetting, of course, the immortal lZaak
Walton, the common father of all anglers,
who "let the Cavaliers and Roundheads crack
one anothers crowns to their hearts content
whilst he sensibly but unheroically stuck to his
shop and faithfully followed the advice that he
gave to all that are lovers of virtue be quiet
and go a-anging' 1 envy him his serenity and
content" says the author, whilst am devout-
" thankful that all Engshmeh have not been
made in the same unheroic mould"
The common father of all anglers" comes in
for some apprehension that sounds much as the
higher criticism" must to the ears of the
orthodox The CompIeat Angler" is declared
TO be a Encyclopedia of errors" 1t seems that
Walton's directions for fly fishing are perfect
lv worthless and that he plagiariZed from
other authors and even spoiled the plaSiariZed
messages bv variations His credulity is de
scribed as "amazing," and it must be admitted
that the criticism seems just for Walton Ger
tainly had some absErd ideas Of natural ms
tory He thought, for example, that dolphlnS
loved roueic and would come when called for,
and that eels were bred either 'out of dew or
out of the corruption Of the earth
That Colonel Thomas Thornton is entitled to
come under the first category of the title of this
book is demonstrated fully enough by the ac-
count Of his exploit in the LeNeh whence before
breakfast one morning he caught five salmon,
the largest weighing forty-one pounds ana the
smallest nine pounds The same redoubtable
ANGLER caught from Loeb Aye pike that meas
ured ) feet 4 inches and weighed forty-seven
norrde Sir John Hawkins in his introduction
to 1.-The Compleat Angler" tells Of pike that
weighed one hundred and seventy pounds, but
our historian refers to that yarn with his tongue
in his cheek He evidently thinks it a fish story.
The same Colonel Thornton had two guns which
reioced in the awe inspiring names of Death"
and Destruction" and, according to ali ac-
counts, deserved them The colonel was a bit
of a roysterer, but he was sportsman on a
grand and picturesque scale. He made sport
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03

the ten guncas and III let you go" He got
the money
The Rev. William Barker Daniel was doubt
less model sporting parson of the type that
fiourshed one hundred years ago, but his chief
claim to present consideration is the remark
able tale he tells of pig that was trained to
point as well as any bird dog This animal, a SOW,
frequently stood partridge at forty yards dis
tance and appeared to enjoy hunting much
any setter He also tells a story that has
been since revived in various forms. 1t is of
the Duke of Hichmond's huntsman, who thus
explained when the hounds were at fault
why my lord it must be owing to them d
stinking violets. think" There follow ac-
counts of Colonel HaWker. father of wild fowl
ing; christopher North whose principal diver
sion was fishing; Captain Horatio Ross. Roua-
leyn George Gordon Cumming. a pioneer of
South African sport, who was a firm believer in
the power Of the human voice over wild ami
mails and had many stories to tell to prove his
theory; William Cotton OsWeIl old Rugby
boy; John Younger, the cobbler fisherman; Sir
Richard Sutton, and many others not so we'll
known. Grant Allen ana John Bright were fol-
lowers of Walton. although the statesman's
angling was for the sake of his health
than for love of the sport. Other celebrated
sportsmen thought worthy of place in the
annals Of the rod and gun are Henry Astbury
Leveson. who tanned man-eating horse by
burying him to the neck in sand; Alexander
Russell Editor of The Scotsman' Sir Samuel
White Baker Sir Edwin Landseer and Sir John
Everett Millais. Landseer's sporting enthusi-
aSm had to give way to the artistic instinct
when the two We're at variance and the Scotch
gillies often disgusted at being led about
the moors for more sketchng than shooting.
The author fears that England will never be
come a nation of marksmen are the Beers
1T is useless he says, ito expect that Eng
land, crowded. cribbd, cabin'd and confnd as
she is by the very nature of her civilization, can
ever hope to reproduce a of sharpshooters
like her old yeoman archers-''
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NETWORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-

ing pilgrimage of France, where he met Ma
poleon and presented by the First Consul
to his staff "le premier chasseur dAngle-
terre."
Then there was Joe Manton, king of gun
Makers who for forty years stood above all
his rivals. He first made popular the double
barrelled fowling piece which all sportsmen use
to-day, and which Colonel Thornton SO heartily
despised. He was immensely popular for years
but he could not seem to turn popularity into
cash, and became a bankrupt in 1896. There
was a deal of gun royalty in those days appar
entity for we read of the prince of lock finish
ers'' and the emperor of mechanics" as we'll
as the king of gunmakers.' The British War
Office it seems twenty-five years behind
the sporting world in discovering that the flint
lock had been replaced by the percussion. Joe
Manton was held up" one night, and
angry when he recognized in the highwayman's
hands pistols that he himself had made that
he told the highwayman his name Well"
piled the robber. you charged me ten guineas
for these pistols, which l call d swindle.
However, since you're Joe Manton. you give me
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OF THE NEW SCHOOL OF LETTERS.
BY OWEN SEAMAN.

BY OWEN SEAMAN.
] hate your vulgar modern breeds
New Woman, prig and poetaSter,
Your fn-de-rdcc that never reads
A page Of any ancient Master.
Where are they now, those brave and stout
World-old and weather-beaten shippers!
Their wassail-bowl is going out;
Absinthes the stuff for infant nippers.
Naybe one writer's little mess
Is more suggestive than anothers;
One painter's chic shadow less
Purely preposterous than his brothers.
Precocity, that knows no law,
Binds them in books-a weary medley:
All advertising, cheek by jaw,
And the result is very deadly.
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future editions.

Another Rossetti book is coming from the in
defatieab BILE w. NJ. RoSSett who must in truth
make an excellent income out # the more or less
interesting literary remains of the different
members of his family. This time it is Papa
Rossetti who is the subject and object. Gabrielle
Rossetti wrote his autobiography in poetic
Italian and his William has prepaded n
blank verse translation of it. More information
ahout the childhood of Dante Gabriel RoSSettl
and his sister Christina will be added 1t IS
understood that impertnent readers are making
bets as to the number of Rossett books still IN
reserve.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03

When the author of these volumes undertook
the discussion of his attractive subject he gave
the fathers of angling" precedence because, as
Wilberforce once remarked to Dissenter who
had reproved him for going shooting, on the
ground that there was nothing in the Gospel to
warrant preachers in so doing. there were neither
guns nor game in Palestine and they went out
fishing instead. 1T is the older and, some think
the more exciting sport said the bishop The
reader is reminded that Richard Burton in The
Anatomie of Melancolie' gives angling as one
Of the for moody vapours and humours,
and that Shakespeare was familiar with the
gentle art and referred to it frequently in his
plays Other authors who among the
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
SPORTING YARNS.
A BOOK OF PORTRAITS AND ANECDOTES.

KINGS OF THE ROD. RIFLE AND GUN. By
Informally" With 50 Portraits and Illus
tratiOns. In Two Volumes. Octave, PIP. XIV, 336;
vii 352. +. Z. Dutton & Co.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
FICTION.
A GOOD STORY OF Tue CIVIL WAR

THEY THAT TOOK THE SWORD. BY Nathaniel
Stephenson Emo PIP. 3E John Lane
New-York tribune., 1901-11-03

FROM THE HEART OF THE ROSE Letters on
Things Natural Things Serious Things Friv-
oloUs- BY Helen Mrlan CMrs. Caldwell Crof-
tom l2mo, PIP XII, 2l6. John Lane
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
D Be STANDARD GAUGE
MINIATURES BRANCH LINE FROM
RENO TO PRESTON WILL BE
WIDENED
TWO COUNTIES MADE HAPPY
Old Narrow Gauge Road Traverscs
the Better Portion of Rich Farm
ing Section in Houston
and Fillmore.

PRESTON, Mimi, Feb 26.-(SpeciaL) y
Senator Thompson has at last been sue
cesSful in his efforts to securing the
widening of the old narrow gauge track
between Reno and Preston. a letter
from President Earring, of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, to the
senator says work will commence not
later than May /, and will be completed
in three or four months.
Two years ago Senator Thompson Sc
cured the passage of a bill empowering
the state railroad commission at their
discretion to order the widening of mar
row gauge tracks within the state. In
March, 1900, there was a hearing in st
Paul before the comnpisSion, at which
President Earring Auditor Wynne and
Counsel Peck, of the railway company
were met by Senator Thompson and
twenty-one patrons of the narrow gauge
line, and the manner in which the ques-
ton was handled by the petitioners made
firm friends of the railroad officials. The
company made surveys and measure
ments, and the matter was laid before
the executive board, who voted unani-
mously for the Improvement Senator
Thompson was called to Chicago about
when he left the city he had in his peck
ct the written assurance that The long
desired change would be made during the
coming season.
Now the residents of the different
towns along the line are joyfully antici-
pating a growth such as this garden
spot of Minnesota has never seen. AS
soon as the change is made the bust
ness men of the region VIII endeavor
to get in closer touch with the Twin
Cities.
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ROSE
When al
hope of being cured relieved from the i'll
which all
They well
this especially
which they
is able with
Greene's Nervura blood remedy
Headaches
Multudes
the right
complaints
nifty have been cured by this medicine We publish
William
Minneapolis She
DR. GeeneS well known remedy highly
time when suffering l had bad
headaches and restless nights and only those who
similarly afflicted know how grateful feel Dr.
Nervura After using four bottles completely restored
good health During the last five months
PAIN and DR. Medicine credit
Dr. Greene always friend of his
line tells that this
offered hesitate?
consulting DR. either at his W.
New York City or by writing him letter explaining about He
aing do not fail to write call him this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
Saltwater News.

Saltwater Lodge No I, Knights of
Pythias, this evening entertained the
grand lodge officers of the order. Eel
lowing the regular session a banquet
was held and a number of toasts re-
sponded to.
Horace w. Davis, the new chief clerk
at the prison, expects - assume his du-
ties there as soon as the change of war
dens occurs Mr.. Davis has already sew
cred his connection with Musser, Sauntry
& Co.
George Hazard is still in the city ar
ranging for the farmers institute to be
held here neXt month and states that in
stitutes ever held in this state Farm
ers from Washington AMI surrounding
counties will attend in large numbers.
James McGratk has practically given
up hope of learning the whereabouts OF
the family and friends of Frank Smith,
who died from injuries received in one
of his camps.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
OPPOSED BY GOMEZ.
SAYS ANARCHY WOULD FOLLOW
WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS

HAVANA, Feb. 26.--Gen. Gomez visited
Gov. Gen. Wood this morning and as
sured him that the stories of unrest and
dissatisfaction at the continuance of the
United States Intervention were false
and that he had been misrepresented in
statements to the effect that he favored
an immediate withdrawal of the United
States troops and giving Cuba absolute
Independence If they withdraw now, he
feared bloodShed. Beyond doubt within
sixty days the Cubans would be fighting
among themselves. Gen. Gomez added:
IF the Americans were to withdraw to-
day, l would go with them
Gen. Gomez said he recognized the fact
that the United States was responsible
for the establishment of a stable govern
ment in Cuba, and could not withdraw
until such Il condition was brought about
Work of handing over the reins of gov
eminent to the new republic was an I'M
dertaking involving much time and labor
and large amount of study and expert
ence on the part of the Cubans in the
work Of government The general
also said the element in control of the
municipalities was not working in the in
terest Of the island. The officials were
inexperienced and could not be given a
free hand. 1t would mean the destruc-
ton and ruination of the island.
Gen. Wood said the greatest difficulty
experienced was in getting the conserva-
tive element interested in municipal gov
ernments. His purpose was to bring the
best element to the front. The coming mu-
nicipal elections would pave the way for
the elections to be held under the cleo
toral law being drawn up by the con-
vention.
Gen. Gomez had no objection to the
outline of the future relations between
the United States and Cuba as recon-
mended by the senate of the United
States. He thought, however, that it
would be better for the United States to
lease land for naval stations, instead of
purchasing outright.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27

died of apcplexy at the family residence
here Saturday, aged twenty-five years.
Saturday DR.. T. ]. Wood assisted by DR..
GLASS; of Wolsey, opened the skull and
found bleeding artery, which was tied,
and for a time following the operation
the patient seemed to rally, but died the
same evening. He was born in Delaware
county, Iowa; resided for several years
in Nebraska, coming here in 1885, making
this place his home since that time. MI.
Mccullough was an earnest worker in the
A. o. u. w. order, and was we'll known
by that fraternity in this part of the
state
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
BY MOOSE and FIRE /
NEGRO MURDERER AT TERRE
HAUTE, IND.
Continued from First Page.

the bridge and the crowd streamed across
and surrounded the fire They watched
ana waited, and came AMI went, while
the flames did their work and when
the last fragment of the body was con-
sumed the crowd still fingered, still aug
mented by new arrivals, satisfied to gaze
upon the ashes of the tragedy
Ward was twenty-seven years old and
leaves a widow and two children. He
came here five years ago from Circle
Vile, o. The statement that he was one
time in an insane asylum is denied by his
wife. He served a Jail sentence in 1888
for larceny.
The leaders of the mob are unknown
and as public sentiment upholds the
lynching no prosecutions are expected.
FEAR ANOTHER LYNCHING.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Feb. 26-The
l9nching and burning of the negro at
Terre Haute, Ind, today, coming as 1t
Goes. so soon after the brutal assault
CT Dorothy Barter, a respectable white
girl on the streets of Irvington, last
Thursday, has famed public feeling to 4
fever heat. Following the announcement
toGay of the arrest at Newcastle of Il
negro answering the description of the
assailant of Miss Darter. many quiet
meetings were held throughout the city
and plans to lynch the negro if ident:-
FED were made. The police are on the
watch and Supt QuigIey will have the
= entire city force out to guard the negro
if identified and brought here
The negro at Newcastle this afternoon
admitted he was at Irvington the day
after the assault of Miss Darter Twenty
negroes have been arrested as suspects
and taken before Miss Darter, but none
has been identified by her A photograph
Of the Newcastle negro is on it's way
here 1t will be shown Miss Darter and
ST she is in doubt as to the identity the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
HURT BY A ROCK.
John Dorgan Sues for Damages sus-
tanned by His Children.

Recollections of the strange accident
on the West Side last summer. when a
bluff on the vest side CT South Wabasha
street in some mysterious manner be
came loosened and tearing down the
side of the bluff. crashed through the
roof of John Dorgans home at 81 South
eNabasha street, are no doubt fresh yet
in the minds of most people 1t will be
remembered that the rock struck the bed
in which Mr. DorganS boys lay sleep
ing ana severely injured lanes T. Dor
gan, fifteen years of age, and bruised his
younger brother.
The father has been appointed guardian
ad Item for James Dorgan and yesterday
summons and complaint were served on
the city clerk. Mr.. Dorgan seeks to re-
cover $4,000 damages.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
New Bank for wiImo4, $. d.

WILMOT. s. D., Feb. 26.-(special.) y
Wilmot will soon have another bank, an
organization to be known as the Farmers
State bank having been organized last
week, with several of our most substan-
tial business men and farmers as stock
holders. The new bank will have a cap
ital of $4,000 The following are the Of
ficers elected: President, c. F. Porter;
vice president, Anton Foss; cashier, L. s.
Hougan; directors, T. Craigo, M How
ellis, A. o. OVERLY, William Metcalf and
John Atkinson
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
Hastings Notes.

HASTINGS, Mimi, Feb. 26.-(SpeciaI.)
AT the meeting of VermiIlion Fails
Council No. 1883, Royal Arcanum, Chief
of Police j. c. Hartin was presented with
former services. The presentation was
made by A. NJ. Hayes, with a suitable
response.
Senator and Mrs Albert Schaller re-
turned from Chicago yesterday They
were accompanied by Miss Hertha Koch
of that city.
Miss Margaret K. Kranz, who gradu-
ated with honors at the general hospital.
Wmona, as trained nurse is now home
on a visit
The military band, P. A. Hingstror
leader had an enjoyable banquet at their
hall in the Rich block last evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
READY TO FIGHT A DUEL.
Medina, wis, BIacksmiths Hunting
Each other with RevoIvers.

APPLETON, Wis, Feb. ga peculiar
quarrel which threatens to end serious
ly. is furnishing excitement for the resi-
dents of Medina, twelve miles west OF
here. The trouble is between t>N rival
bIacksmiths, E. M Kncwlton ans Peter
Hall, who are fighting for the possession
of the same piece of property. Word
was received here today that they were
both armed with revolvers and We're
confronting each other. The trouble has
been of long standing and was brought
to a climax yesterday in the police court
of this citV
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
SIDE RODS BROKE.
Great Northern Engine Torn to

Great Northern Engine Torn to
Pieces-FireInnn Injured.
DEVILS LAKE, N. D., Feb. 26.-(Spe-
al.)-The side rods of the engine of the
east bound passenger train on the Great
Northern broke just as the train was
entering this city this afternoon. Fire
man Charles Smallback, of Grand Forks,
jumped from the engine and had both
legs broken. He was taken to the hos
pital. No one else was injured. The en-
CINE was badly damaged, and the train
was delayed for several hours waiting
for a new engine
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
Knights of Royal Arch.

ST. CLOUD. Mimi. Feb. 26. = The
Knights of the Royal Arch, primarily
for saloon and tobacco men, have instt-
tuted a new lodge in St Cloud, with n.
P .Kraemer as the presiding officer, Viii
liam Recktenwald secretary and N. Lam
bert as treasurer. 1t has a charter list
of twenty-four, and this will be doubled
at the next meeting, March 8.