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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-27

Washington Post.
Mr.. Joaquin Miller may decide to max
Washington his home this winter. He is
to be in the East for several months, and
is thinking of taking a fat here.
81 shall settle in Washington, New York
or Philadelphia for the winter" the genial
poet remarked last night. II remember my
former residence here with much pleasure
and may conclude to remain here for sew
eral months. But how 1 shall miss my
flower beds and the other comforts of my
California home. Then my mother will not
consent to come this side of the Rockies"
Since Mr.. Miller struck oil on land he
own in Texas he has quit lecturing. but
his new-found fortune has not interrupted
his literary work. II never expect TO stop
working. That is my greatest pleasure
the picturesque Western poet said last
night as he adjusted his skull cap on the
brown hair which extends over his shout
ders. my fortune is not great. 1t came
to me accidentally. All our misfortunes
come 10 us accidentally, and this piece OF
good fortune was certainly an accident. AL
though / am not rich. L have enough 10
make it unnecessary for me TO stop and
consider whether IL is advisable for me TO
ride on a street car or walk when / prefer
to take a car
1T is a very comfortable sensation 10
come into some money unexpectedly. a
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Be~lleS-LettreS *

ness, of flower beauty. Both are, in hours
Of crisis, borne beyond themselves, and
mistress of the hour. Both mold men. for
their good, like wax in their fingers But
Pompilia is the white rose, touched with
faint and innocent color, and Balaustion is
the wild pomegranate flower, burning in a
crimson of love among the dark green
leaves of steady and sure thought, her
powers latent until needed. but when called
on and brought to light flaming with deci-
sion and revelation"
Exhaustion is Mr.. Brooke's favorite. 1t
is a temptation to quote one of the sem
fences in the last paragraph of twenty-six
pages devoted to her-a temptation not
only for the subject Of the sentence, but
for its form. The sentence is eloquent. 1t
is long, $50 words, with a balance, a nice
adjustment of clause and phrase which
should be read aloud to be fully enjoyed;
the breath might be taxed. but the ear
would be gladdened.
1.-THE Poetry of Robert Browning" is a
valuable addition to the growing bibliog-
raphy of the poet, and will no doubt soon
find it's way to the shelves of all who
treasure discriminating criticism. The pub
fishers are Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New
York.
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No WAY.

~ other Way is Sir Walter Besants
last complete novel. finished but a short
time before his death in June. 1901, and first
published in September OF this year. The
story is one OF life in London many years
ago. and shows the reader both the smooth
and seamy side OF life. The horrors Of
the debtors prison under the conditions
then existing in England are presented in
an unusual way. The interest Of the story
turns upon the desperate expedient resorted
70 by a beautiful widow to escape her
creditors and Imprisonment for deb The
method was one not at that
time. whereby a woman married a con-
demned prisoner in Newgate or Old Bailey,
thus transferring all her debts to a man
about 90 be executed III murderer,
burglar. or ~highwayman was consoled by a
bottle OF rum. and his condition made no
worse by the additional charges to his
score.
AS usual in reading Besant, one suspects
here the working out Of certain problems.
He shows a woman, beautiful, tender. char
table, r. every way womanly, and starts
his story with her one horrible contact with
SIM. the influences OF which contact are
powerful over her after life. The novel,
IN the descriptions OF the gloomiest prisons
OF London, suggests at once similar ac-
counts In 1.-THE Orange Girl" by the same
author. The subject is not a pleasant one,
but no author has written of these prisons
and their inmates with such detailed and
vivid realism as Besant. Both the stories
are well told and intensely interesting.
Dodd, Mead e. Co, New York.
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Minister WI on Literature.
Interview in New York World.

Interview in New York World.
The conversation turned to literature.
What do you think of American litera-
ture?'
VERY good"
Mr.. WI said 1t as If the literature of a
country only 127 years old needed no further
commentator.
Have you read many American books?"
Eyes, a great many"
"Novels?"
mo. L do not read much fiction. Once in
a while 1 read a story in a magazine or a
newspaper, but not many in books. / used
to read novels'-he laughed reminiscently
but 1 have been reading heavier works
now. 1 shall take many American books
to China with me, and 1 hope L shall have
time TO read them there"
Have you begun to write your book on
this country"
MOT yet; 1 have been too busy. I shall
write IL, though"
"In Chinese?"
Perhaps, and in English, too, maybe
What books are you taking to Gilman
Diplomacy reaSSerted itself. Many
books" repeated WI Tingfang softly
many books.
Chinese literature is ancient" contin-
ued Mr.. WI at goes back twenty-eight
centuries before Christ. 1t is voluminous.
It's classics are wonderful works. China
great philosophers. Their works have en-
dured for a great number of years. Your
country is young yet, and so is your litera-
ture young. In China we venerate age"
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Books.
See the publishers announcements of the books,
Story books,

See the publishers announcements of the books.
Story books,
Cory books.
Books for high and mighty ladies. books for
cooks.
Books for ladies and for lassies,
Books intended for the masses.
Books designed to please the classes,
Books in yellow paper wrappers.
Books concerning scouts and trappers.
Books Of war and books OF rhyme:
Books at which the reader marvels.
Books that have some later Carvels
Dancing through them all the time.
Historical romances by the score,
Books the like of which were never writ be-
fore.
Books fer incoming. spooning lovers,
Books in gay and sober covers,
Books galore
An avalanche of books!
Oh. the world is being buried under books,
Under Himalayan ranges Of new books,
Books, books, books. books. books, books,
books!
See the lists the papers publish of the books that
they receive.
Fairy books,
Airy books,
Books that somehow shall achieve
The success for which their hungry authors
pray
Books that persisted on that day
That the presses gave them birth!
Books OF rnirth,
Books concerning far-of corners OF the earth.
Books brlmful of dash and go,
Books OF Voc
Internationally So
Books by Rudyard and by Winston and the rest
of them you know
Piled In windows and on counters everywhere.
Stacked In pyramids that tower in the air
Oh. the millions and the billions OF the books
For the coming holidays.
How their numbers do amaze!
The world Is groaning under all the books.
Chicago Record Herald.
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MRS. AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON.

Mrs. George c. Ball. in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson's latest book
she calls "a Speckled Bird" deriving the
unique title from the BiblicalNs sentence, "As
a speckled bird, the birds round about are
against her."
The scene is laid in the South, just subse-
quent to the close of the civil war. For
sixteen years Mrs. Wilson's brilliant pen
has been idle, Notwithstanding the impor-
tunities of friends and publishers.
Many tempting offers were made her to
re-enter the literary field. one publisher
going so far as to beg to be allowed TO
send, at his expense, a stenographer and
typewriter as an inducement. She has
frequently declined applications to write
articles on any subject she may select at
any price she may demand. But, until
very recently Mrs. Wilson has turned a
deaf ear to these opportunities, preferring
to live in quiet elegance at her handsome
home at Mobile, surrounded by her books.
flowers and sacred memories, and, also.
by the admiration and loyalty of friends
and neighbors. One of the most notable
characteristics of Mrs. Wilson is her love
OF flowers. her home is on Government
street, Mobile, the fashionable residence
on the Gulf coast.
Mrs. Wilson is a woman OF remarkably
attractive personality Well on in middle
life, she remains unusually fascinating 10
all ages of friends and visitors. She is of
medium height. graceful. with the un-
mistakable high-bred air, which denotes
her gentle birth and breeding. She is a
delightful. vivacious and unaffected con-
versationalist. Peculiarly gracious and tact
full, Mrs. Wilson is an especially popular
woman in the South and greatly admired
and beloved in Mobile. She is modest, un-
assuming and unostentatious to a very rare
degree. She has never had any children,
but her warm, loving heart has surrounded
her stepchildren and their families with a
true. loyal affection and with the sweetest
and sunniest influences.
Mrs. Wilson is a striking exception to the
generally accepted rule. namely, that
literary women are not domestic. and in
household affairs are impractical and
neglectful. On the contrary. she is a
singularly systematic hOusekeeper and dis
penses i'm her beautiful. w~ell-regulated
home at Mobile a charming and generous
hospitality.
The majority of Mrs. Wilson'S novels
were written in her lovely home at Spring
Hill, a suburb of Mobile, where she resided
during the earlier years OF her married
life. But for many years she has lived
in her present handsome residence on Gov
eminent street. Mobile. The South ~rejoices
tina the literature OF the country is again
most gifted feminine writer. The already
immense sales Of "A Speckled Bird" indi-
cate the acute interest felt in Mrs. Augusta
Evans Wilson and her splendid genius In
every section OF the republic.
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ADAM RUSH.

Adam Rush." a new novel by Lynn
Roby Meekins, is a longer story than most
OF the authors previous works. among
which are 1.-The Robb's Island Wreck"
Some Of Our People" etc. Adam, the son
OF Col Adam Rush, is born before the
civil war at Wheatley, presumably in Vir-
ginia. His life on the somewhat shiftlessly
managed estate" which a Northerner
would call a farm, his discomfort at the
life, his moving to a larger town where
he Is employed in the village store under
a quaint character. Samuel Salt, his further
rise in life as a lawyer, where local politics
figure, and the pleasant, If somewhat name.
love story. go to make up a tai. Of only
mediocre merit, and Of very moderate in
terest. The odd and at times e~pigrammatic
sayings of "old Salt" are the best things
In the book. The J. B. Lippincott Com
many Philadelphia.
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NAPOLEON

Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart's delightfully."-
humorous story of Napoleon Jackson"
the eolored gentleman who was ''born
tired and whose condition was regarded
by his wife as an afiiction that entitled
hin TO the tcnderest consideration, has
been issued by the Century Company in
book form and makes an attractive little
volume. No writer depicts the negro char
acter better than Mrs. Stuart She under
stands the race thoroughly and has for
the members of IL a liking and SYM
pathy, regarding their faults and foibles
with amused tolerance. Her keen sense Of
humor enables her not only 10 see the
comical phases of their character and con-
duct, but 20 depict them without onense.
There is many a laugh in the hundred and
thirty pages Of the book.
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Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.

Conditions in Guatemala are apparently
worse than in the Island of Martinique.
for the reason that with the destruction
of property in Martinique went the lives
of the people who were dependent upon the
property for a livelihood, while in Guate-
mala only a small part of the population
country that supplied them with labor and
food. There is, in consequence, need for
immediate help. The reports show COM
plete Generalization in the little Central
American State. Trade and m are
virtually blotted out. The national paper
currency is rendered almost valueless,
standing at z cents on the dollar of gold.
Provisions are at prohibitive prices, and
there is nc means at hand of lettering the
situation. the resources Of the country be-
ing practically blotted out. The United
States has always been a generous giver in
times OF real distress, and doubtless can be
depended upon in this ergen
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drama. She has lost none Of the brilliance
shown in her former novels. the first of
which appeared in 1891. the fourth in 1884.
IN the present story she displays increased
power In plot and arrangement and has
vitalized her creations by imparting to
them the unusual faculty of understand
ing themselves and of expressing their UNI
Outstanding I'm words of transparent sin
certify. SO plain and forceful their speech
so evident their truthfulness, their inmost
souls seem TO manifest themselves before
US. unelothed. yet unashamed. The novel,
as a whole. is far above the average in
literary quality and is well worth reading.
1t should not be spoiled by a premature
disclosure of its plot or its many attrac-
tions. The Funk & Wagnalls Co.. New
York
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A SET OF

When books written by Rudyard Klpling
began TO be published in this country they
were issued by various houses, but were
finally bought by the H. b. Clahin Com
pany and issued in a uniform and author
few Thousand OF these sets in cloth binding
remaining unsold were purchased this sea-
son by Doubleday. Page & Co., and are
offered to the public under the different
publishers imprints at a price which brings
them within the reach of many admirers
of this author. who have felt unable to
invest in the very fine and expensive out
ward Bound" edition issued by another
firm. There are fifteen Volumes in the set,
and they contain all but the very latest of
the authors work. They include From
Sea TO Sea-" in two volumes; The Light
that Failed" Captain Courageous" De
partmental Ditties," THE Naulahka,"
THE Seven Seas" the Jungle Book in
two volumes. and five volumes of the inim-
liable short stories. Those who have these
books have the best that Kipling has yet
written-and the best is very good. The
volumes are we'll bound and clearly printed,
and together form an extremely attractive
and desirable set. 1t is not always that
the discriminating book lover cares to own
a complete collection OF an authors works,
preferring often to select favorite volumes
from among them, but in these fifteen
there is nothing that one would care to
omit. They represent Kipling in his most
characteristic and varied ~lines-long n
short story. verse. sketch and Juvenile lit
erature-and are a library in themselves.
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France to Have an Artistic Stamp.

Paris Figaro.
France is to have a new stamp which
will be symbolical of the national artistic
taste. The design to be employed is the
beautiful figure of 1.-The Sower," by Roty,
the ~well-known engraver of French medals.
1t is already used on some French coins.
NJ. Trouillot, who succeeded Nj. Millerand
as minister of commerce, posts and tele-
graphs, has followed up the proposals of
his predecessors and adopted NJ. Roty's de-
sign for the national stamp. NJ. Roty as a
designer of commemorative medals has
hardly an equal. He is the author of a
medal struck in 1891 typifying the Franco
American union. The actual work of en-
craving the stamp has been intrusted to NJ.
Mouchon, one of the French masters of the
art, and the stamp is expected to be put
into circulation in the first months of the
new year.
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OFT OF GLOUCESTER.

"Out OF Gloucester" is a collection Of six
stories by James b. Connolly dealing with
the Gloucester fishermen and the fleet of
boats which puts out OF hat port bound
for the northern seas. the Banks" or the
coast OF Iceland in search OF a good catch
OF FISH. The stories fairly reek with the
smell OF the fresh salt breezes. and the adj
ventures and races OF the able seamen and
their swift-saiIing boats are exciting and
interesting in the extreme. Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons.
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THE INTRUsIoNs OF PEGGY.

In THE Intrusions of Peggy Anthony
Hope again demonstrates his ability to
hold the attention by the interest In the
story, and to amuse thoroughly by the
sparkling wit and repartee IN the CONVERSE
lions of his characters. The story centers
about a young woman who. left a widow
at an early and convenient time. goes to
London 10 see and make a place for herself
in the social life Of that many-sided city.
She does both, and in the course Of her
triumphs and tribulations meets Peggy. a
charming. fresh young Bohemian, and the
two of them are concerned in a good many
exciting incidents. The story deals with
social, political and financial life with a
most fascinating freedom. and while, per-
haps. falling a trihe short OF THE Prisoner
of Zenda" in point Of delicacy of touch. is
quite as well worth reading-and that is
saying a great deal. Harper & Bros.
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CAP,N TITUS,

This liStle volume includes a number OF
sketches in the form of monologues by
''cap'n Titus" an old New England salt,
whose ~hrewdne and wit make him a well
come addition 10 the group at the village
store. Such titles as 'The Cap'n Sells Some
Apples "a tomac Pump Story" "a
Whaling Yarn and others. will give an
.dea of the trend of the sketches. The
author. Clay Emery. handles his subject
with skill and discrimination Doubleday.
Page & Co., New York.
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Among My Books.

Among my books-what rest is there
From wasting woesi what balm for carel
II ills appaI or clouds hung low, {
And dropping dim the ieeting show;
revel still in Visions race.
At VIII 1 breathe the classic air.
The wanderings OF Ulysses share:
or see the plume OF Bayard flow
Among my books.
Whatever face the world may wear
IL Lillian has no smile 10 spare,
For others let her beauty blow.
Such favors l can well forego;
Perchance forget the frowning fair
Among my books.
Samuel Minturn Peck.
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stewart Cutting. the author. is an unfa-
nfIiar one I'm literature, but the ability
shown in these sketches will lead her read
srs to look with interest hereafter at what
ever may come from her pen. Mcclure,
Phslfps & Co. New York
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man develops a great independence very
Oil emancipated me from lee
ture managers and citizens committees
bubble over guarantees. 1t has made
1t possible for me to follow my work at my
own Measure"
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LOVE AND THE SOUL HUNTERS.

John oliver Hobbies Mrs. Craigie). in
~Loys and the Soul Hunters has returned
TO fiction. after having abandoned it for
some years and devoted her attention to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-07

WANTED-White girl for few weeks.
No washing or ironing 1923 Taylor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-07

AGENTS to sell A r. wiens, Duatiess
floor Brush; big money. Address A. r.
Tiens & Co., 225 Cedar St, Milwaukee,
Wis.
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MT. PELEE BURST OPEN.
Prof Russell Explains the Recent
Disturbance in Martinique.

New York June Capt. Barry of
the cruiser Dixie. just returned from
bearing supplies to the volcano victims
in the West Indies, said regarding con-
ditiOns in the island:
Conditions are not so bad on Mar
Unique as on St Vincent because on
Martinique the people are fairly well
supplied with everything and there is
no danger in future eruptions. Only a
small area of Il square miles has been
devastated but on St. Vincent the de-
struction extends over third of the is
land. Plantations, orchards and every
thing have been ruined and thu means
of subsistence have been taken away
from the people and thousands have
been left in need Of some kind Of sup
port"
OF the scientific results of the Dixie's
expedition, Prof. Russell, of the Univer-
sity Of Michigan, said:
THE overheated rock, against the wa
ter near the base of the mountain.
caused superheated steam and burst the
mountain open
Prof Hill, who investigated the out
break for the government. said:
Months will be required for the final
scientific decisions. We have had an
eminently satisfactory trip. The rocks
and volcanic matter which we have col
lected must be cut into sections and
analysed before We can give extended
opinions for publication"
Prof Hill advocates the establish
ibbean section for the detection Of mi
minent volcanic eruptions, so that hui
man life can be saVed-a scientific insti-
tuition easily and economically founded
and maintained.
I think Pelee will smoke and remain
active for months, said Prof. Russell
1T probably win be q case Of Vesuvius
again I hardly think Pelee viii smOul-
der and blow up in one gigantic eX-
plosiOn. Its fire will quiet down and
gradually die away. A new lake viii
form in the crater, tropical verdure will
grow where there is now nothing but
gray ash.
THE people will build new villages
and towns at its foot and again hold
their holiday picnics on its side, and
Pelee will remain quie1 for probably so
seismOgraph in every volcano-an in
strument which records the tremors OF
me st =T was as operated BY the Chinese cen
turtles ago. The instrument would give
the pOpulace ample warning The one
at Vesuvius for 35 wears has done salts
factory and valuable work.
There is absolutely no occasion for
such tremendous loss of life as occurred
at ST. Pierre.
Il do not think Fort de France is in
much danger from the volcano, but 1
do think that she is in danger from a
tidal wave. In volcanic districts these
tidal waves are of frequent occurrence.
They are caused by a sudden upheavaI
of the sea bottom
In case Of such an upheaval Fort de
France would be wiped out. AS a safety
position from tidal waves. Morne Rouge
is finely situated, as it is built on q
high ridge. It is about the only town
in the volcanic belt so situated"