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poses OF the peaceful citizen. whose motto in
buying revolver for home use is that OF the
British volunteers, Defence, not defiance
there are chapters here Of the very soundest
advice beginning wisely enough with hints as
% how 10 buy a revolver and next how to
handle II so TO avoid bloodshed within ones
own family After this come chapters on
match shooting, exhibition shooting. shooting
from horseback, shooting pigeons with a re-
volver, and some interesting matter about the
authors own experiences in shooting falIow deer
in his park. But 10y all odds the most thrilling
chapter is on Shooting in self-defenoe." for
which purpose the author prefers a double action
revolver. Here are some rules worth remember
ing: For case where you likely 10 be
robbed the inside breastpocket (where bank
notes are usually carried) is a good place for
the revolver as when you are asked for your
money. you can appear 10 be taking il out of
your pocket while you really drawing the
revolver; or the revolver can be shot from this
pocket without drawing it," presumably your
Kentish man in buckram' Of these days is OF
a sweetly rustic simplicity that has never
learned the evil American saying ''T"row up y'r
hands.'D "As In fencing and boxing the great
thing is never 10 take your eyes of your op-
ponent's for an instant, and if by any subterfuge
you can induce him TO take his eyes off YOU or
distract his attention 10 anything else then is
the time TO get the drop him, or, as a last
resource. 10 shoot. Knocking a chair over.
throwing something past or at him with your
non-shooting hand. calling out to some i'm
aginary or real person behind him may have
the desired effect" SO far one cannot help q
SIGH or envy al the superior tractability of the
hentish burglar or footpad. But this is not in
tended Tor really bad men," il seems If he
had
thing you can do is 70 take a revolver in your
hand or even make toward it, unless you mean
10 shoot Instantly; IL VIII only draw his fire. or
he may disarm you in the way described below
supposng you are unarmed and your adversary
mas revolver, you may be able 10 render his
weapon harmless by ejecting his cartridges The
way 10 DO this varies with different makes Of re-
NoiVers' but the principle in each case consists
IN making downward stroke on the barrel OF
ms revolver with one OF your hands. and in the
same movement operating the opening catch or
level with your thumb"
As the stage magicians say when they show
the audience how 10 swallow canaries. IT'S per-
tecty simple when you once get the knack ="
MI Minans is evidently a man Of great manual
oeNterity' and his talent is not limited by even
the VICE range Of varieties OF pistol shooting
oI "hlch ne treats in this book; besides the many
Illustrations by process from photographs the
Work Is embellished with a number OF vignettes
ana initial letters which do the author much
efeot as designer and draughtsman.
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q. =. Putnam's sons

nam, tHveden. Castle Howard. Stowe House.
Audley End and Dalk-th Palace. The Art OF
Revolver Shooting" 10y Walter Winans "A cham
Ilon shot. and vicc-president Of tho National
i'ine Association Of Great Britain. VIII be well
coined by persons devoted to pistol practice.
The autho. expllins many of the trick shots Of
MS art. matters generally kept secret by marks
men.
1 he same firm also announces Famous New
York Families. 10y MargE, rita y Hamm. This
work coutaiUs the intimate history OF about
thirty promiT @nt families of this State illus
trated with photographs and family portraits.
Ihe Han OF Fame being The officially author
lied statement and history OF the Institution Of
The Han Of Fame. by Henry Mitchell Mac
Crack"n. chairman 90 the NcW-York University
senate. is announced for early publication
Among books of fiction are The Forest school
master. Icy Peter EoseEGtr. a translation OF a
popular Austrian novel. Love auds Honor" by
NJ T. Carr. story of the French Revolution
ard the Napoleonic wars; "DWellers in the
INNS, by Melville D. Post, and "pupes." by
Ethel Watts Mumford
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

by translations Of its leading novelists; but
there is still much 10 do there are still authors
whose work brings TO all the flavor of nov
city. such an author is the Austrian Peter
Rosegger, OF whose story. The Forest School
master, a translation is now printed Its hero
Is pious lover Of his kind; a man from whose
long years OF work in the forest the author
derives many details concerning men and nat
ure. The story is perhaps little too long and
IL moves with great deliberation, but there is
vitality in il, and are glad TO make its
acquaintance. Rosegger remarks in brief
preface that during the last thirty years he has
punished no fewer than forty volumes He is
modest about them. and the book before us we
may ADD. is certainly not a brilliant one But
We shal not be sorry IL other works by the
same author are presented TO as in translation.
me hrst story in From a Swedish Home
sseau runs TO l34 pages. The others are much
siior'er they all illustrate that curious blend
"s oi the real with the unreal the matter of
taSt win the mysterious. which Is so cbarac-
'efisue OF scandinavian fiction. To go tbrougb
these pages is 10 feel in one moment thar ne
are iaee TO face with Swedish men and women
gong about the daily life of the swedish co,,n-
ussias' ana then presently elements fantastic
" "o' suoefhAturai enter into the narrative
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
Mcclure. Phillips & Co.

in befitting style by Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
The Children Of the Nations" by Poultney
Bigelow, is a study of colonization. and an at
tempt to explain the influence which mother
country and colonies exert upon each other
whether for coed or evil. Ida NJ. TarbeH has
completed Napoleon: with a sketch OF Jose
phlne.' IL is written with u view TO giving the
pubilc clear, compact and impartial life of
Napoleon, together with something of the life
of his first empress
IN hctlon, this firm announces a dish of all
sorts: The lnheritors' is a novel of London
social NE, by Joseph Conrad author of Lord
Jiih' ana Ford NJ. Hueffer. Jack London au-
tnor OF son OF the Wolf" has new book called
me God or His Fathers" being collection of
stories OF the klondke and the Northwest
Every one His Own Way" by Edith WYATT As
collection OF short stories OF common peopIe
hehiy Somerville has written a Western story
IN Jack Racer, and Mrs. Margaret L. Woods
mas gone 70 the Napoleonic era for the scene and
material OF story, Sons OF the Sword" Mrs
Sehuyler Crownnshield, author OF The Arch
blshop and the Lady has gone back TO her
carrier work fer some of the material of her new,
story, 'Nalencia's Garden" but she has made an
entirely new story OF IL. with new scenes and
fresh variety. Two volumes of sea yarns are
announced. "A Sack Of Shakings" bv + IT
Bullen, contains sketches of life aboard shin as
seen from the under side and is told I'm the
style familiar 10 readers OF the authors hrst
book. The Cruise Of the Cachalot" T Jenkins
HANS, author of The Windjammers tells n
stsry of the privateering during the war of
1872. under the title The Cruise of the Petrs
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
Felton, travellers Books.---Summer Books.
Dupes

By ETHEL WATTS MUMFoRD. s1.25.
lone of the best stories we have
read in many day. Buffalo Com
mercfaI.
'Dupes' is good. Its style is smart
and its two leading characters are bad
people worth knowing" = Br0OkLrH
Eagle.
The product of keen, healthy brain
which has observed charIatanry and has
realized the good story TO be drawn
from it. it."-Sbringfeld Union.
Here. at last. is something different.
As refreshing as it is original and enter
tanning. '-ChfrasO Hmes-Heraid
Mrs. .Mumford draws her characters
with deft and certain touches. touches
that say everything without explaining
anything. All the personageS in 'Dupes
live. -Ne1r YOrB Times.
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thoroughly enjoyed il. Though once, wheh sep
arated from his party. he was roughly h1Iiuie1
by a mob he everywhere found the Olii'i"
courteous and the people as rule soou nat
ured His notes upon what he saw anu
perienced are always entertaining ana oi'e" III
structive. The most important chapters IN the
volume are those which deal with commercial
relations the finances OF the empire Chinese
,oatbods Of construction. inland communication.
ana RAILWAYS In all Of these there Is much
,bot is ouotable. We have space only for the
forIo,,,ing massage. which emphasizes facts which
,,,arioans should keep distinctly in mind at the
present time;
The success Of the American commercial in
vasion Iof China depends absolutely on the
r,1aintenance Of the existing status. China in
The liberality of the regulations affecting foreign
commerce, is second to other nation. In levy
ing a tax, amounting TO less than per cent. she
gives preferential duties TO none, special priv
ileges only as compelled 10y the stress Of force
IN Manchuria and Shan-Tung, and extends a
freedom of welcome TO all. II is true that
nations occupying Chinese territory make so far
no invidious distinction between their own and
other people. but il must be remembered that
their tenure is only nominal, and while the title
TO these lands remains vested in China. it would
be difficult in the face Of existing treaties, 10 i'm
pose discriminating rules Let Russia, however,
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
Ell ROPE4N WAYS.

a NEW SERIES ISSUED BY C. p. PUTNAArS SONS
G. p Putnam's Sons appeal to the Increasing
interest that Americans taking in foreign
peoples in a series of books entitled Our Euro
Pean NeighbOrs.' These books descriptive
Of the home and social life of Continental peo-
pies. They not political statistical or con
tTOVerSial. There have already appeared
French Life in Town and Country by Han
nah Lynch; German Life in Town and Coun-
try" by w. H Dawson, and Russian Life in
Town and Country" by Francis II. T. Palmer
The next in the series will be devoted to Dutch
life, and will be written by a resident at The
Hague. "Other Famous Homes of Great
Britain Is to follow the Famous Houses and
Famous Homes which appeared last year. a
II. Malan is the editor of the series. The forth
coming volume will contain descriptions of about
a dozen Of the stately homes of England" with
information about some famous places and fam
lilies; among them the TOllemaChes of Helming
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
THE REVOLVER.
SOME HELPFUL CHAPTERS BY AN
EXPERT

THE ART OF REVOLVER SHOOTING. BY
Walter Winans. Nice-President Of the National
Rife Association Of Great Britain. Illustrated
from Designs by the Author and from Original
Photographs by Rauch. Fry Purdy, Penfold
etc. Octave. pp. xii. 25l. G. =. Putnams Sons
A man who shoots well with rife does not
necessarily shoot well with a revolver. Mr.
Winans quotes the following from war CORE
spondent's letter from South Africa:
Having got the rations. in the shape Of live
stock the next thing is 10 kin it, and this in the
absence Of butchers is not such an easy thing
as might be supposed. An officer armed
with a revolver tries 10 get into faVOraDle
position for shot The cattle viii not stand
still, and the officer with the revolver walks
round them, the muZZle occasionally pointed IN
the direction Of the spectators. Suddenly there
is a bang, followed by the ping OF bullet as
il flies across the camp. and the bullock turns
unconcernedly away. Then one OF the men
says. Il think II dropped IN the -Laneers; they
shouted"
This is interesting vignette from the alb
sent minded war" For the more practical pur-
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IN CHINA.
OBSERVATIONS OF AN AMERICAN EN-
GINEER.

AN u,sS;sLRicAN AMERICAN ENGINEER IN CHINA. Bv
cure, Phillips & Co ~ ~ NJ
IN An American Engineer in China Nr
Miliam Is. Parsons gives an interesting nara
i've OF travel ana valuable study OF China
ana the Chinese from the standpoint OF ,ndps-
'rlal development In 1898 and 1899 Mr par
sons superintended. as chief engineer the mr.
hininafy survey OF a proposed railway. the CON
eession OF which had been obtained NV az
american syndicate. The route Of the sur,,ev,n,,
party ran from Han-Kau on the ,Yane,se 80
ho-chau In Human. and thence through ,ha
eastern part OF that province almost due norm
10 canton. The journey was in a consiaeral1e
degree one OF exploration. HUMAN. which has
an area about half as large again as that ~
the state OF New-fork, is one OF the least know,
provinces OF China. Nowhere In the eron,re
mas opposition 10 foreigners been more obstinate
or thelr exclusion more successfully effected
Tie number OF Europeans who have sucoeeaaa
an traVersing IL can probably be counted unon
the fingers OF one hand. There was some Soub,
whether even Mr. Parsons could get througb
fhoush he was accompanied by a large rnil,,ar,
sscort and was backed by the highest officials
'ne uip was, however accomplished vyitbou+
= nous oif1culiy OF any kind, and Mr.. Parsons
f"es an account Of IL which Indicates tbat n,
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

become legally, as she is virtually. possessed Of
Manchuria; let her Trans-Siberian Railway be
completed. and let her claim openly her own
not only Manchuria but also the metropolitan
province OF Chilli Is IL 10 be supposed :oT one
moment that the present freedom and equality
of trade that China offers Wlll Ice maintained p
II any one believes this, let him talk with those
in China who direct the course II Muscovite
affairs. These officials, When in confidential
mood viii explain that the Trans Siberian Rail
way is government enterprise, and that il is
much more important for Russia 20 give low
and special rates 10 Russian cotton and other
manufactures which the government Is foster
ing at home than 10 look for q direct profit from
the opeTat--u Of the railway. And yet Man
churia and The northeastern part OF China are
to-day the best market for American goods.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
Dwe11ers in the Hills
By MELVILLE D. PoST. S1.25.

"A vivid, stirring picture of the West
Virginia cattle country. A story OF
bone and Drawn, of courage and action. "
Cleveland WOrId.
"The freshness Of October air is in the
atmosphere of the novel. 1t is strong.
original. m unhackneyed romance of
the hills Toledo Blade.
"A delightful book for whosoever
loves nature, a good horse. and Il fine
literary style. '-AlbInp 14rgnS.
''Will certainly add to the fame OF
this young author. -PLhsbnrg Leader.
Few will fail TO hope that Mr.. Post
Will write more about this part of our
country. -COmmerciaI Adverti5er.
"FOr vigor of narration and richness
OF oolorlng it has few contemporary
equals. "-CIereland WOrId.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
ClPTlTN DREYFTS.

Ills OWN STORY PUBLISHED by wCI.URE.
PHILLIPS 90.
Alfred Dreyfus, long silent in prison and on
Devils Island. has now the right To speak and
has done 50 in an autobiography entitled Five
Years Of My Life" These are the years 1891
80. They embrace the whole or AZ least the
worst. OF the period OF Dreyfus agitation trials.
exposures and disgraces. The book is accom-
panied by maps and diagrams. and is published
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
Love and Honour
Bv M. E. CARR. ST.. 80.
int great English papers say:

Eight great English papers say: +.
Literature: can excellent object les
son in writing popular semi-hlstorical
novel r.
Spectator: ''Miss Carr has originality
and literary skill.
Speaker: 1.-The tragic deH0HsHeHt is de-
veloped with vigor and imPressiveness.'
Daiir Meas. Love and Honour
suggests comparison with Mr.. Henry
Seton Merriman.
World:: "A pathetic story told with
grace and distinction.
Post: Finely conceived and finely
worked out
lAthenRnm: 1.-The work is decidedly
Conscientious
Leeds Msrcnry: Written not merely
with brains, but with dramatic intensity.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
A CONTINENTAL PAIR.
TWO NOVELS FROM AUSTRIA AND
SWEDEN

THE FOREST SCHOOLMASTER. BY Peter Ro-
segger. Authorized Translation by Frances T..
Skinner. l@Ino, PIP. Viii, 333 @. +. Putuam's
Sons.
FROM A SWEDISH HOMESTEAD BY Selma
Iagerlof. Translated by Jessie Brochuer I2mo.
pp 516. Mcclure, Phillips * CO.
Little by little the acquaintance Of American
readers with Continental fiction is being ex-
tended. Scarcely any country Of Importance in
Europe but is now represented in our libraries
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

The combination is a little battling sometimes.
but on the whole it is persuasive and, indeed.
rather pleasant. The themes unfamiliar.
the background against which they set has
sufficiently exotic flavor, and the style is marked
by certain individuality. The translator would
seem to have done her work WELL for the stories
read smoothly, though told for the
first time
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
Mature Studies in Berkshire

BY JOHN COLEMAN ADAMS Popular Edition Illustrated 800
Nearly ready) Photogravure edition with 10 Illus
ratons from original photographs by Arthur Scott s0o
Pages in this delightful volume deserve to rank with
those of the great lovers that this land more than any
other has produced. ."-BrOO6IrH Eagle.
'Sumptuous tot poetic IN subject oreeSfsr Spy
IN is with sigh for hills and mountains that the reader
lays down this book with its beautiful pictures OF hill and
dale climbing road and falling meadow. '-DI4L
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11
he Home Life Of Wild Birds

new method OF bird study and photography. By FRANCS
H. HERRIcK of the Department of Biology Ad-Ibert Col
legs III photographs from life. $3.50 net Ready
May 1Sth)
This book admits competitor Mr.. Herrick has done
what no other man has accomplished. He has studied
and photographed distance of onv six or eigf feet the
e and growth OF wild biri-famIicS the illustrations are
more valuable than that have before been secured
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

lawns and Gardens.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

Our Insect Friends and Foes.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

The Shrubs of Northeastern America.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

Wild Flowers of the Northeastern States. B
New-York tribune., 1901-05-11

AN u,sS;sLRicAN AMERICAN ENGINEER IN CHINA. Bv
ch,re 1ii I9b,1aeia b1,T1areiaS Parsons Svo. pp. Sl5 Nc
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-02-13
SHERIFF THREATENED
With an IHpsaC! msnt Suit for NsgIeGting
DUTY.

Shelbyville, Ind, Feb. 11.-Upon
the jury returning verdict of guilty
against George M. Ray, editor of the
! Democrat, on the charge of pre-.
senting false bill against the county
the penalty for which is from two to
| fourteen years in prison, Ray asked
Special Judge Kirkpatrick for permits
sion to leave the courtroom, in COM
| pany with the Sheriff. for his office,
that he might arrange his affairs.
This request was granted, and Rays
attorneys announced that they would
demand a new trial. Judge Kirkpatrick
thercupcn set Thursday the 2Sth, as the
day he would hear the argument, after
which he went to his home in Koko-
mo,
Since leaving the courthouse Ray has
not returned, but, in company with
Deputy Sheriff Chester Luther, has
walked the streets and ate and silent
at his own home This enra2ed the
political faction opposed to him, and
they have been making threats toward
Sheriff Luther. They have urged his
bondsmen to withdraw from his bond,
and it is said have about succeeded in
getting one or two of them in the no.
tion of doing so. But many of the
heaviest taxpayers in the county say
that they are ready to place their
names on the paper in case OF the with
dTawal of the present bondsmen.
The Sheriff has also been threatened
with an impeachment suit, charging
him with neglecting his duty. These
threats have fadled to move the officer,
however, and ne says he will suffer the
loss of his office before he will lock
Ray no. Ray nominated Luther for
Sheriff, and the latter says he is not
afraid of the formers running away,
and that he is not going to lock him
up to crafty the wishes of political
enemies.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-02-13
COMMON PLEAS COURT
AlImony Granted TO Plaintiff In Divorce Suit
Of Mary A. MlIhaugh.

The case of Mary A. Milbaugh VS..
Jacob MiTbaugh was heard in Common
Pleas Court Tuesday afternoon.
The testimony in the case revealed
the fact that the plaintiff hall INSULT
Client grounds on which to secure q
divorce. Yet there had undoubtedly
been gross neglect of duty and i'll treat
ment toward the plaintiff on the part
of the defendant.
An aged German lady, the mother
of the defendant. caused no small am
cunt of merriment while on the wit
ness stand by her persistent use of the
pronoun she" regardless of the case,
as of the number and gender of the
antecedent.
The substantial summing up of the
case by Judge Coultrap was that there
had been gross neglect and cruelty on
the part of the defendant.
For eighteen years the plaintiff per-
formed ell the duties of a wife to her
husband. Two wears ago the defend
ant threw up a position which paid
him three dollars a day and moved
from Newark to the farm of his moth
er ostensibly with the intention of
purchasing the Olace of the old lady.
The transfer of the real estate did
not follow because as Milbaugh and his
mother aver, they desired that the deed
be made to Jacob Mllbaugh alone,
while the ngeintiff insisted that either
she or her child, or both. should have
an interest in the property that they
might be insured home. No deed
wus given and the result has been that
MiVbaugih has for the MAST two years
been working for his mother simply
for the board of himself. wife and one
child.
The plaintiff became dissatisfied
with this state of affairs, knowing that
what little money they poa, Clssed would
soon slip away, and desired to return
TO Newark where her husband might
have profitable employment.
The defense tried to prove that the
plaintiff was of quarrelsome nature
Her mother-in-law and sister-in-law
both testified that she was quarrelsome
but were unable to mention a single
subject about which she had quarreied
with her husband.
The court decided that the woman
had just grounds for leaving home and
that the defendant should have re-
ceived her when she returned.
That ne was a stout able bottled man
who WAS capable to earn a good living
for himself and his family and that it
was disgrace that he should be living
off his aged mother.
The amount of alimony which shall
be granted the plaintiff has not yet
been determined. =
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-02-13
Mrs. Anna Baumgartner.

Mrs. Anna Baumgartner passed away
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. john Wilking, who reside on
Franklin street, at IL O'Clock Tuesday
morning. A complication of diseases
is responsible for her early death.
The deceased was united in marriage
to Mr.. c. E. Baumeartnef December
oath, 1895, and though the period of
their married. life is short it was never
theless one of unalloyed happiness.
The surviving relatives are the hus-
band, mother, father two sisters and
three brothers. A large circle of
friends are left to regret Mrs. Baum
gartner's untimely death.
She was thirty years old and was
consistent and respected member of
the Harmar Congregational Church.
The Pastor, Rev. Virgil Boyer, will
conduct the services, which will be held
at 11:30 a. m. Standard time, Thurs
day.
The interment will be in Oak Grove
Cemetery.