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The Portland daily press., 1901-01-12
SENATOR BRADBURY'S WILL
Bowdoin College and Several Other
Maine Institutions Remembered.

Augusta, January 1.-The will of the
late James W. Bradbury has been flied
for probate. The estate Is estimated at
$3.50. 900 or more. All the real sstate was
disposed of by deed before his death. Be-
guests OF a public nature are:
Maine Historical society. $1,000; Maine
Eible society, $1,000; Bangor Theological
seminary, $1,000; Augusta ConGregation-
al church, $1,000; Bowdoin college, in
trust, 5000; the income of 5000 to pro-
vide elooution instruction; and Of bal
anoe for prizes in oral debates.
The executors are Oscar Holway, James
o. Bradbury and Louisa Ii. Bradbury.
A codicil provides thai the public be-
quests shall be paid In six months after
deoeass of tastator and sooner II possible.
The Portland daily press., 1901-01-12
RUsslE PASSENGERS RESCUED.

Faraman, January IL After night
of terrible suspense. all the passengers
and crew or the French steamer Russie
from Oran, Algeria, which was stranded
near here during violent storm, Mon
day, have been safely landed.
AS the life line connected from the
shore with the steamer parted again yes-
terday afternoon. when night set In. no
communication with the stranded steam
er was possible. At daybreak after several
unsuccessful attempts the fishermen
again got line to the ship. A life boat
was brought along side and the passen-
gers were res6ued
The Portland daily press., 1901-01-12
SEEMS To MEAN BUSINESS.

After threatening snow all day 1t
started in to snow in earnest about dark
last night and kept it up intermittently
during the evening ana night. The wind
was quite fresh and the snow drifted
some, but did not delay trains last might
or cause much trouble in the city. About
an inch had fallen up to two O'Clock this
morning.
The Portland daily press., 1901-01-12
GRIP IN NEW YORK.

New York, January 1.-THE epidemic
of grippe now raging throughout Greater
New York has been favored by weather
conditions. An idea OF the extent of the
sickness is furnished by the records OF the
police departments which show that age
members OF the force wers on duty today
on account Of sickness.
The Portland daily press., 1901-01-12
COLONEL W. L. TRENHOLM DEAD.

New York, January 1l.-Colonel Will
liam Lee Trenholm died this morning.
Mr. Trenholm, who was controller OF
the currency In President CievsIind's
first administration, was attacked by the
grippe ABOUT ten days ago Pneumonia
followed and he gradually grew weaker
until he died Colonel Trenholm was a
son OF the late George A. Trenholm,
JEFF srson Daviss secretary of the treas
ury.
The Portland daily press., 1901-01-12
SOCIAL All GRAY's CoLLEeE.

There was large gathering OF students
at Gray's Business college last evening
for the purpose OF enjoying q general
good time In a social way. These social
gatherings occur every few weeks during
the winter months and are q source OF
much pl easure TO the students.
The Portland daily press., 1901-01-12
RUMMAGE SALE A SUCCESS.

Tne Rummage sals which opened on
Wednesday at the store at 2OS Middle
street under the Falmouth hotel has been
great success ana 1t has been decided to
continue 1t until next Wednesday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
IMMENSE NEW YORK HOTELS.

If one of New York's big modern bo-
tells could be whisked to the country and
spread out in village formation the re-
sun would be a model proprietary town
OF about 5000 inhabitants One-ha:- y
these inhabitants would work in RELAYS
night and day, for the comfort and enter.
talnment of the other half whose obIl-
S t1 WouIo De the payment of the
represent, IN addition to the running ex-
penSeS and perhaps $500, coo a wear set
ASIDE Tor the proprietor's profits the in
tereSt on $15,000O00 invested i'm Iand
buildings and furnishings. MANY cities
cdhlot muster tax list of SIS 600 600 so
that this town would be conspicuous
anove all others for wealth, and in COM
pleteneSS of the details that make the
material side of life joy it Wo11Id he
unrlYaled. Some of its houses would he
constructed for one family exclusively.
ana others would be arranged in single
rooms and in suites. All would be fiIr-
mShed in the most luxurious fashion In
the central warehouse of the towns stew
ara would be found a greater assortment
OF supplies for the cuisine than in anv
pubic market in the world There would
De row of cook shops, each devoted to.
the preparation of a special course rang
ing from the soups and entrees and roasts.
10 the pastries and coffee. There wouId
be half a dozen big banquet rooms and
paii rooms, several music rooms and a.
Well-appointed theater or two The town.
"ouIo nave, OF course telegraph office,
means OF rap transit to every house.
Enormous boilers would supply the hear
and an electric light plant would furnish.
the illumination. There would be an ice
plant large enough to manufacture fiftv
TONS a day. There would be silversmith.
blacksmith and tinsmith shops, electrical
repair and machine shops, florists hair
dressing rooms for men and women
turkish baths. upholstery and furniture
shops, decorators and seamstresses q
steam laundry, a messenger service. a
printing office, wine cellar. with half
million dollars worth of cboice
vntages. and a club house. with billiarif
and reading rooms and cafes. The town
would be policed day and night. by q.
dozen private detectives, and it womb
nave well trained fire DEPART
ment. 1nere would be a bank. over
whose counters would pass millions or
aoliars each year. and a central execu-
tive Office, with scores of clerks ana
pookkeepers and auditors. The proprie-
tor of this. town would assume all the
1sekeeping cares of his 15OO tenants
and OF many of his 1.500 employees He
would provide amusements and act as
the court of last resort 1t would seem
as II the man who was rash enough TO
attempt the management of such town
stalking his fortune on the issue must
necessarily fail; but as fair illustra
Ilon II Is not oyerdrawn. Its parallel is
round In compact form. with no fea
lures missing and many added in the
modern big hotel that has reached the
n1SHeSt DEVELOPMENT in New Yorlr
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

son. 1t Is said that the title will be
1.-THE Harvest of the Sword" and that
the same plot will be used by Mr.. Craw-
ford in the novel, as yet unwritten, but
which has been announced for several
years as on the stocks. 700
1t is illustrative of the care taken by
A. c. dcClurg & Co., to give the new and
and Occidental, Ancient and Modern" By
Miss Rosa Belle Holt. suitable setting,
that the cover design is from the hand OF
a designer of Oriental rugs, and in abso-
lutte keeping with the contents. The vol
ume is a quarto, and is beautifully illus
trated, twelve of its thirty full-page
plates being in the finest colortype
process, reproducing to the minutest de-
tail the colcrs and patterns of the most
elaborate rugs.
1.-The Principles of Sanitary Science and
the Public Health, With Special Refer
ence to the Causation and Prevention of
Infectious Diseases is the title of a
book to be published Immediately by The
Macmillan company It's author is
William T. Sedgwick, PHI D., professor
of biology and lecturer on public health
and sanitation in the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology.
In his new novel, just issued, Mr. A.
G. Gunter departs from his accustomed
romantic scenes and turns his attention
to the hardy life of the New England
folk, the story Astounding in native HUI
religion, it is not a religious novel The
hero of it tacitly admits that he has ex-
perienced religion in order to gain Dea-
con Abbotts favor and obtain opportunity
of making love to that churchman's
pretty daughter.
For several years the readers of the
Chicago papers have been interested and
amused by verses in the Records depart
ment 'Out of the Ginger Jar" which
were written by r. c. Rose. This title
is preserved practically for the volume
of selections from this column soon to
be issued from the presses of A. C.. Nc
Clurg & Co.. under the title cat the
Sign of the Ginger Jar" with the ex-
planatory addition, Some Verses Grave
and Gay"
The title of Robert Herrick's new novel
will be THE Real World not "loch
O. Dreams as hitherto announced. The
story will be published some time in
October.
Archibald Clavering Gunter, the novel
list has been sojouning for the summer
at his country place at Narragansett
Pier
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
ga SUNNI Hymna1.v

John Trotwood Moore's "a Summer
Hymnal," which TIE critics have been
somewhat severe with, but which the
people have taken to heart, is, indeed, as
Marion Harland says: "a book to be real
aloud on summer afternoons or about
the cracking fire, kndled on the cottage
hearth to dispel the chill of early au-
tumn eVenlngs-and always with pencil
IN nand. Here are some things thai
more than one reader will want to psn-
Gil:
Only people with the mating instinct
in their hearts ever make true singers. 70
Speaking of cat birds: 1--WE have many
singers among men like them, Miss Gym
thia, hooking. birds in company, cat
birds at home
sCheerfulness is the smile the soul
owes its maker"
There is compensation in everything
We don't lose anything in life unless we
throw it away ourselves
It's easy TO preach. The hard thing
is to live sermon.
Home building is half of life. S rike
the home idea from the life of the Anglo
Saxon race, and in a few generations
they will be tribes of Arabs.
II brain workers would only do like
cows; gather up their material as they
walk around in the fields and woods, and
ass1milate it while resting
1t is better to found nursery than a
new sect
AN orchard in bloom is a poemk an
orchard ripe is a Sermon
Il had rather plant peaches than polit-
ical parties"
IT have wondered at this-that flint
and clay should bring the strength, toll
and trials, the blossoms; that worth
should be the perfume the crucible of
pain extracts from the lilies of labor:
that sorrow alone should be able to
gather up the soul cells of sweetness
and toss them back to a yearnng world. .
Women are queer creatures, Miss
Cynthia / said. Yes, they are daugh-
ters of men, she remarked. y
Affection is the lightning that clears
ozone of clearer seeing, of hee
living
The chapter. "a Pike of Battles, would
add to the laurels of any living writer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

hand, although machinery is used to put-
on the backs. In preparing the books
Tor the backs they are pressed, trimmed
and rounded, which gives them the
curved shape, all by machinery Then
the binder takes the books, fits them to-
the backs and gives them the finishing
5oucheS- After books are thoroughly
dry and the back is firm, they are stamp
ed by machinery and then they are
ready for the market. This is the process
OF binding the average-priced book, and
me costller ones generally increase in
price; according to the quality of ma
terlal used ana the care exercised in
chinery w
IN the tooling and illumination. which is
done after the book is bound and could
as-Well be done on a machine-made book
as on handmade book. So far as the
mecnanlcal construction ia book goes.
ndho work does not improve machine
work The only difference is in the
artsuc features and occasional irregu-
IaritieS incident to art which gives fhe
book its Individuality" Art work NAV
as Wei be done on a neat and perfect
mach1ne-bound book as on hand-bound
DOCK, and the effect, when it, is done.
would perhaps be more pleasing to the
eye If it was not known that the book
was made by machinery.
really expensive books are seldom
MADE by machinery. The reason for this
is that the demand 70 responsive books
is SO limited that it would not paw to
get them out by machinery, while. if the
work is done by hand the number of
books makes no difference to the maker.
whether it be one or a hundred. only
one can be made at a time by hand and
a small order is turned out slowly. The
STOCK that is made up by hand book
makers Is such a small consideration for
a pig b1ndery that it would not paw to
hold the machines back For this recson
handsome machine-bOund books are nor
plentiful, and not because thew cannot
be made just as beautiful as by hand.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
Small Bookishneas.

a host of readers in this country will
hail with delight the announcement of a
new volume from the pen of Maurice
Hewlett. 1t will be issued soon in Amer
lea from the Macmillan press, and will
be richly illustrated by Hyde. New
Canterbury Tales will DE the title of
the volume. But the title makes little
difference Mr.. Hewlett has so ~estap-
lished himself already that a new volume
from his hand needs little advertising,
and raises no doubt as to it's success, for
guarantee that the work will be of a
high literary character, and of kind
given by no other living author. Mean
while it is Gratifying to note that the
public is still buying "The Forest Low
ers, ssEarthWork Out of Tuscany and
Richard Yea-afld- Nea.''
The Century company announces the
publication on Oct. 5 of a new novel by
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, which will bear
the title circumstances, Circumstances y
The story lcenters about the daring social
enterprise of a clever adventures in the
highly respectable setting of Philadel-
plete works Of fiction have been issued in
not only merited tribute to the au-
thor's popularity, but as well centribur
ton to the happiness of the American
reader.
George Horton, whose late book, Like
Another Helen,9 held a top place among
best selling books for many months, will
soon publish another volume, 1.-THE
Tempting of Father Anthony Like his
other story, the new volume will deal
principally with the recent history of
Greece. McClung will be the publisher.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

cellent illustrations of the authors hus-
band, Mr.. Henry Bacon, an artist of dis
tinction.
Edgar Allan Poe BY Col John "A.
joyce Chicago: f. Tennyson Neely
company.
The irrepressible Col. John A. joyce Is
on deck again. 1t was not to be SIM
posed that he could restrain himself from
publicity for any length of time. Hav-
ing worn threadbare his controversy with
Ella Wheeler Wilcox he now interr11nts
the intellectual progress of the times
with most astonishing performance
II might nave been believed that BIZ
oSraphy had been written in every stvle
and manner possible to the ingenuity Of
man. But Col. Joyce has given us a
olograrhy," the like of which was never
seen before, and never will be again
unless it comes from the pen of Col
Joyce himself.
Inc book purports to be the life OF
Foe but the reader who wades through if
VIII nave far clearer idea of the sort
OF man Col. Joyce is than he will have
OF what sort of man Poe was. The hook
consists largely of Col. Joyce's opinion
OF men and nations, and copious Quota
lions OF joyce poetry. The volume pre-.
SCENTS three poems by Col Joyce to one
by roe, proportion that some neonla
may deem hardly commensurate with the
relative Importance of the literary ner-
1ormances of the twain. Col. joyce he
gins boldly. He rolls up his sleeves and
mans the passing world: I'm boiling
down the life of Poe into one HANDY
volume L blow off the foam and scum of
encom1uns. and endeavor to get at the
bedrock of character that NAV he
misunderstood hE coming ages" That ts
notable endeavor, truly The world win
no longer be in maze of doubt concern
ing Edgar Allan Poe, when the colonel
has done with him. if the prediction Of
the preface is fulfilled. Here's is how he
does it: T 80
He warns the reader that he "shau
tell the whole TRUTH then saws: Poo
was psychic phenomenal specimen of
humanity and quotes a long poem of
his own, which perhaps gives a deftni-
tlon of the first definition Two of his
own poems figure in the second chap
ter, but in the third he modestly fore
goes the pleasure of quoting himself. In
the next chapter he relates how an old
sailor once told him a story of Edgar
Allan Poe, and adds: 81 became SO in
terested In the narrative of the old
sailor that I composed for him then and
there the following poem;'' then follows
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
BOOKS S dossipings From Little
Corner in Bookland.
AyY>ruOne New and Forthcoming Vol


to the guilty man, but the purpose of
the story is high. There are elements of
genius in it, but the author has used ma
terial requiring a finer artistic sense for
its complete development
las.
Our Houseboat on the Nile" BY Lee
Bacon. Houghton Mifflin & Co., Bos-
ton. $l.75.
This is a delightfully."- fresh and ptctur-
esque account of voyage on the Nile
river in a dahabeah. 1t is written In an
easy conversational style, and with a
fascinating charm of simplicity. 1t has
atmosphere; and bears the stamp of re-
atty. With light and rapid touches it
tells of the difficulties of hiring the boat
Of securing the cook who turns out to
be "a wonderful builder of griddlecakes, %
describes the character of the crew, their
sGperstitions their stories. gives poetic
descriptions of scenes along the route, OF
excursions into the desert, of eXplora-
tons of old temples. 1t is a tale of the
turning away frcm the rushing world to
I'VE amid rich memories of a golden past.
1t tells of the great temple of Abon Sim
bel; the great Libyan desert, the untold
secret of the Sphinx; the ruined fortress
es that have buried beneath them the
lie OF a race of scenes memorable be-
cause of their association with Gordon Of
Khartoum; of the sandhills on which
Cambyses. and his army were over
Wheimed; of the ruins of Nubia the
temple Of KalobSky sin all the beauty of
neglect" and finally of a Christmas eve
under the glory of the palm trees and
the song of soaring larks TO read the
book is to forget the present for the time
and to live in the oriental atmosphere of
the story One rises from the reading
with the odor of palms in his nostrils 1t
Is one OF the most interesting books of
travel OF the year. The publishers have
made it as mechanically perfect as can
be- Its interest is increased by the ex-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

Houghton, Mift1in & Co, are publishing
1.-THE Life Everlasting lecture by the
late John Fis1e, delivered at Harvard
university. 1t will be issued as the con-
Guiding volume of the little series in
Guiding 1.-THE Idea of Cod" THE DeS-
tiny of Man and Through Nature to
Cod
The most important work of criticism
among the fall announcements is I'M
doubtedly Prof Henry A. Beers forth
coming volume on English Romantic1sm
IN nro1 the f N1neteenth a,+ Century from the
work already comprises one of the most
valuable contributions to the body of
permanent literary criticism, and each
succeeding volume will not only add to
his established fame but will add to the
distinction of American critical litera-
ture.
The success of Charles, Keller Lush and
other Western writer's, who have present
ed fiction studies of phases of American
politics, seems destined to give us long
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
Quoted From New Books.

Goodness does not move by being. but
py y, 6elng apparent.-Elder Boise.
enterprises are profitable to the pro-
moter IN proportion as their workings
Boss -
All women have their ideals, more or
iess, an the average life of a first-class,
peuncin' ideal is Just about six months
after that they die for lack O. nourish-
ment:-A Drone and Dreamer
Is II We'll to, return and test the ma
terlalS or the bridge which has just car
RED thee over the flood in safety ?-She
Stands Alone
A woman is more seductive and dis
9uletlng in ones reveries than in the
Hesh.-A Drone and A Dreamer
1t is fine standard-that of perfec-
ton, which the wording sets up for the
Christian; but it is very false one-S2e
Stands Alone.
Love and a cough cannot be hidden
The Eternal City
They took his humor for iippancy be-
cause their own fippancy was devoid of
humor.-Men and Books
One who spends his life ferreting out
crime IS apt to have the soul of a Grim
lnal.-The Eternal City
uncertainty is the only certain element
in the life of a man whose brain is not
petrified.-Elder Boise.
1t IS a miserable thing to linger on the
thresho1d.-The daring spirits pass across
an 1o, close the door.-,Sister Teresa.
Yo' can't cuss .yo' way to glory No,
san M yoas can,t do 1.-THE Petrol.
me devil possesses no one who does
not desire MINISTER Teresa.
Men are born to hardship 1t is the al
10y which gives irrnness to their m stal :
When the Land Was Young.
lie is governed by two things-his
stomach and his pocketbook. He can
satisfy the first if the second is well sup
Piled. -Devlin- Boss.
The oyerexercise of a critical faculty is
always dangerous and by too much
Judging of port Benjamin ruined his ca
reer.-The Seal of Silence.
Prof eSsional saints are very tiresome
people. Amateur ssinners are much more
intere sting.-Casting of Nets. =
To learn the worth of a man S religion,
do business with him.-Aphorisms and
Reflections. -
Rules of grammar cannot give US a
mastery of language, rules Of rhetoric
cannot make us eloquent, rules of con-
duct cannot3 make us good.-Aphorisms
and Reflections.
A poet may he a good companion, but.
so far as / SknoW, he is even the worst
of fathers.-D'ri and I.
When the law sets out to punish, it
doesn't stop with the guilty only.-The
Manager of the B. & A. =
When the lights are OUT he said;
when forever and a night the actor
bids the stage farewell; when stripped
of mask and stinsel, he goes home to
that Auditor who sets him his part;
then perhaps he will be told what man
ner of man he is The glass that he
now dresses before tells him not; but
methinks truer glass would show a
shrunken gure."-Audrey.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

he had most adventurous life on land
ana sea. The authors access to the fam
ily papers have developed many interest
ing facts about the first real poet in
american literature. Frenau, now almost
forgotten, deserves a memorial. Living
IN time when men We're too busy to
thlhk OF literature, and when current
American poetry was mere rhetorical
pombast of the "Columbiad' order +. e.
nau gave to American literature its first
true u poetry, and though frail Offering,
y was 2ne 81 exceeding beauty. Two or
three Of Frenaus poems will live as
long as the literature Of his country, an /
how many of the modesns can promise
as much? It'iis therefore fitting that he
pc rehabilitated for this generation, and
become more, of flesh and blood human
as this volume will make him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
Memoir of Erenau

A book that should attract no little at
tention is the forthcoming life of ''Phiiip
Frenau, Poet of the Revolution by
Mary s: Austin, which will be publishe ed
by A. Vessels company. In the first
place, this will be the only complete
memoir of Frenau ever published. The
few biographical sketches of the poet
are meager and unreliable. 1t is said that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
OIL 4 - e.

Pitfalls of the Ballroom By George
T. Hail. Chicago: Lai- d & Lee.
Those who do not approve the conclu-
sions of the earnest author of this vol
ume will at least thank him for his frank
ness and direct manner. He hits hard
and gives no quarter, but he does not
write with, pretense of superior virtue
The volume is the strongest statement of
his side of the question that has appeared
yet. He defines the waltz as ''Hugging set
to music He marshals his facts and
arguments with lawyer-like system, and
does not soar off into abstract generalities
in his denunciation of dancing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

"Jaconetta: Her Loves" BY Mrs M. E.
M. Davis. Boston: Houghton Miff1in
& Co. s. cents
The story of little girl living on a
plantation in the South before the Civil
war, her Affections her childhood TRACE
dies and life lessons. The little story
is sweetly told, with frank charm and
innocence that is delightful to old read
ers and young. Quaint descriptions of
life and custome. little character sugges-
lions, glimpses of Southern life and South
ern hospitality, and over all, the philos-
ophy of life from a child's point OF view
all these elements make it a pleasing
narrative that leaves a fragrant remem-
brance after the reading is done