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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28

Queen Victoria seems to have been able
tc save about $1,Go0,0O0 a year from her
income. Sixty millions is a nice sum
for family already well provided for by
annual pensions A little of that would
have established or endowed great chart
table and educational institutions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28

Mrs. E. A Smith died at Mason City,
To-, last week of one of the strangeSt
diseases on record-osteomalacia -which
is the wasting away of the strength of
the bones and making them brittle. While
turning the patient in bed during her ill
ness the bones efJher legs and several
ribs were broken.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28

The English sparrow is being trapped
AMI eaten in France. Meat is expensive
in European countries, and 50 this little
bit OF bird helps; occasionally to make
a meal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28

A blind girl, Miss Katherine J. Dugap.
conducts the choir in the Episcopal
church at st. Johrsburg, VT Her music
is in raised characters and she stands
before the choir with her left hand upon
the notes while conducting with baton.
She is well educated being a graduate
of the Boston school for the blind.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28
MONDAY GLOBE CHANCES.

Tams Bixhy has reached the Indian
territory and the Creek Indian war has
ended. What's the need CT an army when
we have such strenuous leaders as Tams
and Teddy?
The posters displayed around the city,
advertising for naval and military re-
cruits, bristle with as many promises as
the average rummage-sale advertisement.
Patriotism needs, it seems, to be coaXed
with all sorts of money.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28
ERNEST P. HOLLYWOOD.

Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3lst day Of December, 1900.
H. P. PORTER,
Notary Public, Ramsey Co., MINI,
INctsrial Seal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28

The Housekeepers' Alliance, for the
training of servants, has been started by
some of the good housewives of Phlla-
delpha. The start was made with 81 600
and few rooms; now the organization
occupies a large building. Many appli-
cations are on file for admission, the
school being crowded from the first
Glasses in all branches of domestic serY-
ice are carried on, and a restaurant is
about to be started to furnish a market
for the cooking classes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-28

The Daily Mail6o published at Shanghai,
has inaugurated a scheme that has
"Goodnow' flavor. Il invites opinion in
writing as to the probable position of the
Chinese empire 7on Dec. 81, 1901. Each
letter is to be accompanied by a remit
tance of e1O, and the person who comes
nearest to the truth will take the whole
pool.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-21
Strikes a Rich Find.

'I was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and nervous
debility" writes F. ]. Green Of Lancas-
ter, N. H.. mo remedy helped me un-
til began using Electric Bitters, which
did me more good than all the medi-
oines l ever used. They have also kept
my wife in excellent health for years.
She says Electric Bitters are just splen-
did for female troubles; that they are
grand tonic and invigorator for
weak, run down women. No other
medicine can take it's place in our FAM
ily." Try them. Only soc. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed by Bowditch & Web
ster, Augusta c. H. Beane, Gradiner;
S. S. Light , ody, Waterville. druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-21

its second reading under suspension n,
the rules and pas passed to be enerossed
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve in favor of repairing road he.
tween Patten and Grand Lake w
Resolve In favor of road in Perkins
plantation. 49,
Resolve in favor of bridge over the St
CroiN river in the town of Masardis
Resolve in favor of Perkins plantation
PASSED TO he ENACTED.
An act TO incorporate the Long Pond
Improvement Company.
An act to amend Section 1i5 of Chanta-
- OF the Revised Statutes as amended hv
Chapter ia of the Public Laws of ISg;
entllled an act relating TO exceptions and
stenographers
An act 20 amend Section of the Public
Laws OF 1888, relating to the inccrpora ion
ana control of telegraph companies ON
me, OF Mr. Virgin Of Cumberland 1hls
plll TOOK It's several readings at the pres
ent time and was passed to be engrosse,,
On motion by Mr. Burns of Cumberland
resolve in favor of Allegash road was re
ierred 10 the next Legislature in con-
currence.
PASSED TO DE ENCROSSED.
An act to amend Section / Of Chaptor
l02 of the Public Laws of 1895, relative To
the incorporation and control of gas and
electric companies.
An act authorizing Melville +. I.add and
Robert Oran To construct weir between
Muscongus island and Indian island.
All ACT FtldtnS TO tdNttion OF certain
deposits in savings banks and trust COM
panies. on motion by Mr.. Staples OF
Knox, Senate concurred with the House
in accepting the report ought not to pass.
Report of the committee on temperance
on order relating to aholishing the Office
of State liquor commissioner was taken
from the table. and on motion of Mr..
McFadden of Lincoln was referred to the
next Legislature.
An act to abolish the board of county
commissioners. This bill was Indefinitely
postponed.
An act to amend Chapter 1877 of the Pub
lie Laws of 1887 as amended by Chapter
3l3 of the Public Laws of 1888, as further
amended by Chapter $50 of the Public
Laws of 1897. relating to service of sub
poenaS issued by disclosure commission
ers, took its second reading and was pass
ed to be engrosSed.
An act To incorporate the Greenyille
Water Company
An act to amend Chapter 29i OF the Pub
lie Laws of 1885. relating to evidence OF
witnesses AT coroners inquests.
An act to enable Henry l.; Stickney and
Charles r. Goodrich to build bridge i'll
Sebago lake between Indian island and
the mainland. -
An act TO amend section of Chapter p
of the Revised Statutes, relating to the
construction of public drains ana sewers.
An act TO repeal Section e. of Chapter
2 Of the Reyised StatuIes, Sc as a. n I'M Pdh
lie Laws of 1885, relating to State con-
stables.
An act to secure the preservation of
testimony in trials for murder.
An act in relation To political cauclses
I'm the city of Lewiston. on motion by
Mr.. Little of Androscoggin, laid on the
table pending its passage To be enSroSSed.
The following joint standing committees
submitted their final reports: Education.
banks and banking. sea and shore fSt.cr-
les libraries. Maine State Year Book le-
gal affairs.
on motion of Mr.. McFadden Of Lincoln
The Senate adjourned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03

court room. condemned and Imprisoned.
be becomes frantic with grief. and resign.
Ing his public honors, devotes himself to
the care of Roma, and after her death led
life Of seciuslon.
Is this an ideal romance1 Not according
to the standard authors. II Is the supreme
duty of the ideal lover to be to his be.
trothed protector and friend, as well as
an admirer. To attempt TO improve upon
that plan is to seek to "glid refined gold
to paint the lily or throw perfume on the
violet
From every other standpoint, the book
should be highly commended. The subjects
are well classified, the style scholarly, and
the dolneatlons of character excellent.
Bruno, the Roman OF Rome. the pope and
the prime minister are strongly drawn.
Above and beyond all this, the great ques.
tons of immortality suggested throughout
the book would alone suffice to perpetuate
the fame of the author. Closing he says:
We should base our hopes in citizenship
of another and greater Eternal City,"
Mary Hobby.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03
Is the Short Story Doomed.

In 1.-The Editors Study" in the November
Harper's, Mr.. Alden gives some interesting
opinions as to the magazine of the future.
lie predicts the passing of both the serial
and the conventional short story;
1.-THE aim of this kind Of magazine be.
comes ever more and more distinct from
that of the book" he says, land the time
will come when the serial publication in it
Of fiction or of history will be an excep-
tloual thing We are confident that even
the conventional short story-that elaborate
structure formerly deemed necessary
disappear from its contents, its place being
taken by the vivid, suggestlce sketch, with
an even stronger appeal to the normal
emotional senslbility. What used to be
known as the article has already been
transformed, to use George Eliots preg-
nant phrase, from a diagram into a pic
ture The essay, as we arc using 1t In
these pages, is not the formal and extended
treatment of q subject but an expression
of some phase OF thought concerning an
interesting theme that, limited as it may
seem, has through its suggestiveness an
indefinite expansion.
''The briefer the contributions to the
magazine the greater its variety. But brew
ity should not be sought al the sacrifice
Of literary art. The brief sketch or essay
or story should not be fragment. Brey-
ity is comparative; twenty pages may be
snort, and a single page tediously long
The artistic requirement is the economy;
there must be no waste"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03
Texas History Stories.

"Texas History Stories" by Prof. E. G.
Littlejohn of Galveston, is an admirable
piece of work. 1t is published by the
b. +. johnson Publishing company, Rich
mond, va 1t contains the following chap
ters
l. Cabeza de vaca La Sale.
H. Ellis P. Bean; stephen f. Austin.
Ill., Sam Houston; David Crockett
" The Alamo; Remember Gollad;
Story of San Jacinto.
v. Drawing the Black Beans; Castle
Perote.
VI. Brave Dick Bowling; Robert E,
Lee.
While written with sufficient simplicity
TO be understood by children, the book
contains matter that should be read by
every Texan and by the general reader
all over the world. The story Of the Alamo
is well told Houston, Austin, and the
heroes of Texas, have full justice done
them. The battle OF San Jacinto is adj
mirably described. Every southerner
should read the account of Robert Z,
Lee.
Prof Littlejohn is to be congratulated
on the production of an interesting and
valuable book.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03
The Country Preachers Woes.

religious paper published under the
patronage of one of the leading denomina-
lions Of this country. recently printed an
editorial in which the statement was made
that the average salary paid to the min.
listers of that denomination was S247 a
year If this is the case, there must, Of
course, be as many or more salaries below
that figure than In excess of It, SO that
the threadbare coat of country clergyman
represents more economy, more pinching
saving, sklmplng, more sacrifice, more de-
voton to a cause than the world would
deem possible were the fact not capable
of complete demonstration Many stories
have been written OF the self-sacrihclug
life of the country pastor, but 1t Is prob
able that most, " not all, fall short of the
truth, for no pen can sketch the suffer
ing endured by the minister and especial.
ly by the minister's wife. in the effort to
keep up appearances without available
metns, But the thing must he done, Cor,
by a strange contradiction, the cOngrega-
ton which Deglects or refuses to provide
its minister with decent support, resents
his failure to present 0editable appear.
ance, whether of self, family or home, and
his desperate efforts at responsibility are,
therefore, as much in the interest of the
people he serves as in his own. Morgan
Bates picture OF ministerial life and its
nliserles as shown In Martin Brook"
Harper, seems designed rather to exhibit
a peculiar phase of the abolition agitation
which preceded the civil war, but it must
be confessed the pathetic picture of do
nestle economy, suggested rather than de-
scribed, tTanscends In interest the story
of the struggle. The man who fights for
the recognition of a great truth becomes
something of n hero, but there Is no hero
ism in being compelled to wear coat
frayed at the sleeves and shiny of elbow;
there is nothing ennobling in the consid-
Grafton of the question whether the steak
left from breakfast is sufficient for dinner
or whether the grocer will extend his trust
to include one more pound OF coffee or TN
additional package bf -four. Yet such ques-
lions as these are constant problems in
the life of a man whose salary is S247
a year, and their discussion can not fail
to arouse commlseratiou for class so
worthy and whose labors receive so In
adequate a remuneration,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03
Concerning FOREIGN Literature

Mr., Edmund Gosse the distinguished
British critic, in recent article under
the title OF The Isolation of the Anglo.
Saxon Mind" attempts to substanuate the
charge that English and American readers
have grown neglectful Of foreign literature
and also that foreign readers have grown
neglectfu Of English and American lit
erature. Mr. Gosse always writes enter
tainingly, but neither proposition that he
advances is true.
The number Of TRANSACTIONS of English
aud American authors into foreign Ian
guageS Is as great as 1t has ever been. Be
sides the contemporary authors, the
French still enthusiastically admire Edgar
Allan Poe, the popularity Of Dickens
among cultivated Russians is far from
being on the wsne and the Germans stlll
turn out countless volumes on "Hamlet. :"
The influence of foreign writer's in Eng
land and America, 10 take up the other
proposition, has never been greater than
it is today. The English and American
readers of Turgenieff and Tolstol are In
Vulnerable. The popularity of Maxim
Gorky in his own country was almost at
once followed by his popularity in Eng
land aud America Zola is still read
amongst US Rene btllu is making nlu-
self felt. Marcel Provost and Paul
Bourget. whatever has been their fate In
England, have almost as great a vogue in
America as in France. The Spanish nov
ellsts have been with us for several years
Now we have the Italian. Mathilde Serrao
and Gabriel d'Annunzio both sell large
American editions. The cult Of Ibson,
there Is reason to believe, is greater in
England and America than in his own
country Maurice Maeterlinck is far bet.
ter known among us than many Of our
own dramatists Of superior ability.
Certainly. Mr.. Gosse is wrong, partic.
ularly with regard to the last proposition
discussed We are not neglectng foreign
literature. While not prepared to go the
length Of Mr., Leon Daudet and write a
philippe like "Asses d'Estrangers," never.
theless one feels sure that foreign lltera.
ture is at least sufficiently cultivated
amongst us. B. r. f., Jr.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03
The Aquard " ~
y y of Justice. I"

AS was 10 be expected Of the author OF
That Malnwarlng Affair" this new novel
by Mr. Barbour is worth reading. The con
test Of brains In tracking and bringing to
Justice vlolators Of the law always pos
sesses fascination, and Mr. Barbour is an
adept in depicting the many exciting scenes
aud incidents involved in story Of this
kind. His keen deductions in tracing the
pathology Of criminal intrigue, and the
keener logic In circumventing the plots of
those participating in these ntrigues,
places him among the front ranks Of pres,
ent day writer's of fiction.
The scene II The Award OF Justice" is
laid in valuable mining property In the
heart Of the Rockies, owned by wealthy
Eastern syndicate Of which the venerable
millionaire. Mr. Cameron, Is the head. a
rascaly Western mining company entrust-
ed with the management Of the mines is
Systematically plundering the owners. A
young nephew of Mr. Cameron mining
expert. millionaire and the hero--s sent
out incognito to investigate. The thrill.
ing story OF young Houston's intelligent
battle against trained. strong ana unscrup-
Nous villa.ny is attractiyely told and cut
inmates in the blowing up of the mines
for the purpose Of destroying all evidence
Of fraudulent practice on the part Of the
manager.
But this IS not the only nor the principal
element Of interest In the book Not one
but several romances covering the field
of business. of friendship and OF love, are
so blended in unity that the reader never
weanes through divided attention. uous.
A5r,
mate in the imperial Miss GLADDEN., who,
In the most natural way, is brought upon
the scene at the right time to discover
and admire his great qualities. The beauti-
full Lyle Mayerlck--in the rude surround
ings in which she was found unaccountable
for her refined character-reared IN the Sc
verest hardships of Western life, is a
young girl in whom Morton Rutherford,
the friend and companion Of Houston, finds
a much priced treasure, even before he
knows who her parents really are. The
gloomy recluse Of the mountains who has
figured in an exciting way in the mining
story is another interesting parsonage
whose past when it is finally disclosed.
proves full of surprises to the friends he
has made among the mountains.
~
Mr.. Barbour writes knowingly of the
scenes in which his story is laid--writes
as one who has lived among them and
who loves them for their beauty and gran
deur. His descriptions of the matchess
scenery Of the Rockies are so eloquent
as to inspire a sense Of mutual acquaint.
ance and the various pen pictures are 50
brought before the mental vision as to
seem like n brilliant, moving panorama.
And it is not too much to say that in fresh
ness and vgor of style the story has taken
on the atmosphere Of the great mountains
among which the scenes are laid.
THE Award Of Justice--a novel. BY A.
Maynard Barbour. Rand, McNally & Co,
publshers Chicago and New York;
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03
japanese "Kentacky Cardinal. "

It is not without reason that Miss watan-
mas charming story, "a japanese Night
ngale, has been lkened 10 Mr. Aliens
little classic "a Kentucky Cardinal" There
are the same deicacy and grace, the de-
lIghtfuly quaint comedy and delicious
touches OF humor, the piquancy and CO.
quetry Of feminine charm, and the spell
Of a winning personality. But the atmos-
phere and Characterization are altogether
different and are essentially Japanese. The
magic Of the Orient and the dainty beauty
of the land of cherry blossoms Turk In the
pages, and transport the reader into the
country Of pleasant dreams and fairy tales
The book is the work Of a young Anglo
Japanese girl whose stories in the maya
zines have already attracted wide atten
ton, and have made her sought after by
editors. 1t is exquisitely illustrated en-
every page with delicstey tinted japanese
drawings by Centric Veto. No daintier or
more exquisite story, as daintily and ex-
qulsite in its bookmaking, has yet made ITS
appearance among books intended for the
hOiidaVS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03
Last DAYS of Edaun Arnold.

Sir Edwin Arnold now In his old age
blind and paralytlc and grlevlng over the
arrest of his son, is tenderly nursed and
cared for by the little Japanese woman
he married eleven years ago In Yokohama
Sir Edwin's family were shocked and
grleved at this marriage Likewise were
the English friends OF the author Of ''The
Light OF Asia It was all so silly and
romantic. they said. and not at all regular.
In England even the solemn and lengthy
bans Of the church do not always hold
man aud his wife together and what was
to be expected from wedding ceremony
which consisted in the contracting parties
merely drinking a cup OF tea together?
Sir Edwin's little japanese bride did not
promise before a great crowd Of people
that she took her husband for better or
for worse, TO love. honor and obey, to
cherish in sickness and in health And yet
she has done all that aud more, too
Disappointed IN the son he SO loved and
trusted. engulfed with great dsappoint-
ment and domestic grefs stricken with
blindness and disease, Sir Edwln's coudi-
tion would indeed be deplorable but for
the faithful devotion Of the little brown.
skinned woman whom he took to he his
wife IN far away Japan She is at once
his nurse. his secretary, his business agent
aud confidential friend. He can not move
from his bed but that Is hardly necessary,
for his little Japanese, swift as shadow.
brings him what he wants or goes on en-
iands for him before he has tlne 10 re.
greet that be is a pNralyuc and can not
move Sir Edwins blindness is not so Ter
rlble to him as 1t would be to others, for
always the devoted wife is by his side.
telling him quickly and accurately What
her own nlmble black eyes see.
II am blind" said Sir Edwin the other
day, in speaking Of his wife, and yet !
can see. l am chained by my inhrmties
to one spot and yet / have feet that carry
me everywhere"
Sir Edwln's home in London is a perfect
bower of beauty Cramped as he is for
means, his wife has coutrieed, az small
expense, to furnish the house after the
japanese fashion that It's uniqueness
aud strange Oriental beauty gives the Wis
itor the impression of the most lavish
adornment. Here Sir Edwin stl carries
on his literary work, for the fortune that
came to him from his Light VI Asia
and other notable orks and from his lee
lures ana auuIeoseS ndS al peCu NloSlput'u
by his son. and in his old age, crowned
with So many bodily inhrmities, he Is
obliged TO struggle and toll on Instead Of
reapiug the years of rest and peace tbat
he has earned
But the troubles which have come nDon
Sir Edwin have at least taught his family
and his friends how idle thing is cerc-
mony and that even a tea marriage is as
good as q cathedral one II love is there.
Sir Edwin realized this when he married
his wife. When his daughter Edith ex-
pressed her horror at the idea Of tea
marriage. Sir Edwin replied; 1T is the
custom of the country, and will he as
binding to me as would be q pompous cere-
nony In the cathedral