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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-04
INTRODUCES NEW AUTHOR.
Archer Butler Hulbert's Book @Queen
of Quelparte" Out.

Archer Butler Hubert, the author of
1.-THE Queen of Quelparte.' a romance
of the Far East. just published by Lit
nington, VT, and a graduate of Marietta
college, Ohio In 1897 he went to Seoul,
Korea. the pivot Of eastern politics. as
newspapers. There he obtained ma
terial for his novel. The queen of Ko-
rea was murdered in her palace at
Seoul, October 5, 1895, in the belief that
she was intriguing to put Korea into
the hands of Russia.
The palace was fired and only a frag-
ment of her body-a little lingerie
manned to be buried in November. 1897.
Russia did throw Korea over as a sop
to Japan in 1898, and this talented
American journalist, who was also ed
itor Of the Korean Independent at the
time. was the first to announce to tha
world the withdrawal of Russia. Out
of these stirring events Mr.. Hubert
wrote a vivid romance IN which facts
and fiction are intermingled-
The title of the book. The Queen OF
QuelOarte," is derived from an island
province of the little kingdom of Korea
called Quelparte. Realistic descriptions
weird legends, and character sketching
! illumine a story of unusual interest
His editorshiD of the Korean Independ-
ent was abruptly terminated by the gov
ernmental suppression Of that paper
He returned to Ohio, where he at pres
ent resides. He has been touring Europe
on bicycle in company with Mrs. HUI
/ bert during the past summer.
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LITERARY OUTLOOK.
Methods and Inspirations of Some of
the Humorists.

La Touche Hancock has, in the last
Bookman, collected together a number
of valuable records as to the methods
and inspirations of number of writers
who are classed generally as humorists.
Curiously enough, the average humorist
is very serious animal and he rarely
takes himself humorousIy. 1t is good
enough to wear the clowns cap and to
jingle the bells until public attention is
attracted then somehow, the clown
wants to be known as some other sort
of being. Charles Battell Loomis has
long been known for the delicious quail
ity of his humor, but he is a most ser
ious-faced Mr.. SoberSideS in appear
ance. John Kendrick Bangs has much
the same countenance, but, of the two
mentioned, Mr.. Bangs aspires more to
be really serious. Nine-tenths of his
work, he says, is serious work, from
which 1t would appear that this author
Is striving hard to establish a reputa-
ton as something else than a humorist
| If you ask the publishers or the editors
of the magazines and Sunday newspa-
pers, however. you will discover that
! there is a greater need of writer's of
! humor than for the writers of any other
kind of matter We are. as a people,
too serious.
To get back to the methods of the
humorists and the sort of insDirants
which they have, Mr.. Hancock quotes
/ Mr.. Bangs to the effect that he never
has inspirations The genial author of
the idiot sketches plods six mornings a
week at writing and makes it a rule not
to try to write anything in the after
moons or evenings Just how Mr.. Bangs
| contrives to turn out all the matter
1 which appears over his name during
morning hours is difficult to understand,
unless he has indeed several enchanted
typewriters after the fashion of one of
his stories. The writer recalls an ocean
voyage during which Mr.. Bangs locked
himself in his state room, not because
he was at all i'll, for he came regularly
to his meals, but. at the end of the trip
some $4,000 words of manuscript bore
evidence to the labor which he had
done within the compass of eight days
time.
George AIDE, according to the account
referred TO above, does not like to dis
cuss his methods or inspirations. Near
ly all the stuff I have turned out" he
writes, hes been written under great
pressure. had not time to stop to take
mental photogra phs of my own moods
and, as for waiting for an inspiration
If l had waited there woulGn't have
been any copy to turn in. I have tried
several times to discover my own meth
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tronical country where the scene is laid.
Mr.. Davis knows Central America
well as any one who has read his Three
Gringoes'' will remember.
''It is a wonderful country" he makes
one of his Adventures say. There is
not a fruit nor a grain, nor a plant
that you cannot dig out Of 1t with your
bare fingers. 1t has great forests, great
iron and silver and gold. But is cursed
with the LATEST of Gods creatures and
the men who rule them are the most
corrupt and the most vicious. They are
dogs in the manger among rulers. Tney
will do nothing to help their own coun-
try: they will not permit others to help
it, They are menace and an insult to
civilization. -. One strong
man. if he is an. honest man, can con-
quer and hold Central America-can
open the land-feed the world with its
coffee-cut the Nicaragua canal-found
an empire-not the empire of slaves
that William Walker planned, but an
empire of freed men, freed from their
tyrants and themselves"
1t is no wonder the women are fond
of Mr.. Davis. Here is the sort of thing
he SAYS about them in Captain Macklin:
Il believe that there are as many
different kinds of women as there are
women but that all kinds are good.
Some women are better than others
but all are good and all are different
IF a man is going to make fool of
himself 1 personally would rather see
him do it on account of a woman than
for any other cause. For centuries
Antony has been held up to the scorn
of the world because he deserted his
troops and his fleet and sacrificed the
Roman empire for the sake of Cleo
patra OF course, that is the one thing
man can not do, desert his men and
betray his flag, but if he is going to
make a bad break in life would rather
like his doing it for the love of a wo-
man. And after all, it is rather fine to
have for once felt something in you Sc
great that you placed it higher than the
Roman empire.
IAN women are so good that when
one thinks one of us worthy to marry
her she pays compliment to our en-
fire SEX
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-04

A new and cheaper edition of Bishop
Whipples Lights and Shadows of
Long Episcopate'' is issued this week by
The Macmillan company.
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SEARCHING FOR TRUTH.
New Book on Metaphysics Which
Win PIease Studious.

An American business man, VINO does
not make his name public, has written
book of 500 odd pages which he calls
Searching for TRUTH The book is
published by Peter Ecker, 35 Fulton
street, New York, and 1T will certainly
make interesting reading for that very
large class of people who look kindly
upon what is known these days as the
higher criticism 1t seems that the
author is an American business man
who has devoted his leisure time for
years in studying the questions of
modern religious creeds and societies
particularly the Christian religion. His
effort has been to deal with these great
questions in an unbiased and unpreju-
diced manner, weighing all the evidence
from the standpoint of pure reasoning
and setting down his conclusions in a
straightforward and matter of fact way
without any regard to whose corns may
be trodden upon. The author warns US
that his book will not be welcome read
ing to those whose religious faith is
firmly established, but cannot fail to be
both interesting and useful to those who
prefer to do their own thinking.
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elist, the latter life; that is, settled
married existence.

married existence.
A good many critics have commented
with curiosity on the title of Cyrus
Townsend Brady's forthcoming new
book Woven with the Ship" There IS
a sentimental value attaching to this
the larger portion of the book, and Mr..
Brady, has in that story revealed new
and delightful understanding. of Inn
pulses and affections. The book is very
Fortunate in having for its illustrators
no less than five of the best known
Americans. Christy, Leyendecker, Glack-
ems, Parkhurst and Crawford. Mr..
Brady has spent the summer in the
Adirondacks and upon his return will
take up his residence in Brooklyn.
Gertrude Atherton's new volume win
be called 1.-THE Splendid Idle FortieS:
Stories of Old California" Besides the
stories which were originally published
under the title of Before the Gringo
Came,' the book will contain a number OF
new stories: and will be illustrated by
Harrison Fisher In its entirety the vol
ume contains the full social history of
California under the Spanish and Mexican
rule. Californians have long looked upon
Mrs. Anterior as the best social historian
of her state. OF course all the stories are
works of fiction, and fiction of an ex-
tremely entertaining kind. One or two
of the stories true. the rest purely
imaginary, but all are accurate pictures,
true to the traditions and customs OF the
times in those fine old days before the
Spanish were driven out of California, and
the whole fabric of the life was. as 1t
were, part and parcel of what can only be
seen now in some of the remoter parts OF
Old Mexico. The book really forms very
complete picture or collection of pictures
of the social life and arcadia of early Cal
ifornia. 1t will be published by The Mac
milan company.
John Strange Winter has written sew
/ enty-five novels, but her new book, "A
! Blaze of Glory" which is now ready,
shows no dininution of the qualities of
enter tainment which clinched the sue
4 cess she made with fBootle's Baby" in
1885. Mrs. Stannard could not be dull
| if she tried; one is always sure of
good plot, and two or three characters
l that do things and who act and talk
as men and women do in real life. Mrs.
Stannard resides in London, where she
/ is the center of a considerable literary
and social circle; she entertains largely
and is witty after-dinner speaker;
but. while working in the woman's
| world largely, she has little patience
I with what is known as advanced wo-
men,
A new and cheaper edition of Bishop
Whipples Lights and Shadows of q
Long Episcopate' is issued this week ~
The Macmillan company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-04

Not long ago was asked whether Joel
Chandler Harris had ever written novel.
and it took some little skirn,ishing in
memory to make a reply 1t seems sur
prisfng that this writer should have es
tablished such a great reputation as he
has through short fiction alone. AS Il
matter of fact, however. Mr.. Harris first
long novel, leaving out The Making of a
Statesman" which must be called a nov
elett. will be issued this fall. 1t is en-
titled Gabriel Tolliver's and tells story
of Georgia during the reconstruction days
A number of characters from his former
short stories make their temperance in
this novel. The publishers say that if the
story has a purpose, other than that of
making enjoyable reading, it is to show
the evils and injustices of the carpet-bag-
gers from the north to organize the ne
groes and influence them against the
from this that Mr.. Harris has written the
story in the spirit which chara cterizes Mr..
Dixon's THE Leopards Spots. Uncle
Remus has kindlier method of working
out his purpose. it, indeed a purpose nlu st
be sought and held in mind.
The first of Mr. H C. welrs series. of
articles on Mankind in the Making has
appeared. It seems to be Mr.. Wells pur-
rose to review the whole range of knowl-
edge and to give his SDeculatieRs as 10
what should be done for the 5etterment of
the race. This first article is entitled The
New Republic" and is very general in its
character. If it leans toward any existing
doctrine it would seem to be toward the
best there is in Socialism. At any rate.
the article excites interest as to what may
follow. -
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things wonderful and famous! 1.-The
Lettered Rock" which 1 discovered be-
fore fixing my settlement will have to
"fiil the bill" This rock is located at
the mouth Of Union creek. close by the
banks of the river. There were many
names carved in it. but as discovered
none that was known to fame. and he
roic age. history or the marvellous, 1
did not so firmly fix them In my MEM
DRY as to be able to give them now. One
only, do I remember. and that was
BENZ. Hill, 1885," reaching the conclu-
sion they were only "Bull-whackers'' I
gave them only passing notice. l now
see my great mistake? What a grand
boost it would be for my book if I'd
found some old rusty flintlocks lying
around there. Some arrow f1intsl Some
remnants of Spanish flag. Better still
some bones-no matter from what ami
NAL to pass off as those of a great war
rior chiefisI didn't know as much then
about making history as I do now.
Since that monument was erected on
the banks of the White Rock to a no.
ted explorer I've learned considera BILE
about history making" Had [ dream
ed of anything of the kind I would have
had the ruins of an Egyptian pyramid
or two scattered around. Or cave fill
ed with mummiesi I shall always think
it was a mean advantage those fellows
took Of me! never. even, giving me
hint of what thew were up to. 1t was
never my intention that any neighbor-
in historical wonders. Well, they would
not if their wonders" were "histori-
call
Mr.. Hagaman's buffalo hunt might
have turned out differently. as did the
hunt of the illfated Cassel party in
| May. 1866 on the Little Cheyenne.
Mr.. Hagaman gives the first authentic
account of this massacre in his history.
Lewis Cassel, Walter Haynes Roberts
and Tallrran went on the buffalo hunt
for a week or ten days. They had a
team of horses, a wagon and were well
prepared. Cassel was the leader. Years
before he was in the midst of the Min
nesota massacre and was therefore en-
trusted with the leadership of the party.
| His judgment, however, was wrong for
he looked to the northeast for enemies
and not to the west. He led his com
rades to their fate. He persisted with
his party and with William and Henry
Collins, whom they accidentally found
in their flight.
The party went into camp on the east
side of Browns creek in Mitchell coun-
ty. The next day they were visited by
a party of Cheyennes and the trouble
began. The Indians left and Cassell and
his party started for home They over
took the Collins brothers. The Indians
overlook the party and all persisted af-
ter stubborn fight. 1t was some time
afterward that the searching party
| found the bodieSI.
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A new HISTORY.
James N. Hagaman, Chroniclcr
of Pioneer Days.
Veteran Kansan's Writing the
Story of Cloud County.
THE CASSEL MASSACRE.
Tells of Buffalo Hunt in the
Early Sixties.
His ''Nucleus. Is sThe Lettered
Rock"
THE CASSEL MASSACRE.

James M. Hagaman, of Concor1ia,
will contribute to the valuable historical
literature of Kansas, history of Cloud
county. He is now, and has been for
some time, at work on the book which
will contain some valuable data as yet
unpublished.
Mr.. Hagaman settled in western Kan
sas before the civil war and he is con-
sidered an authority on the history of
western Kansas. He has known a good
deal about Indians, too, and he remem-
bers well his first experience.
1t was Hagaman and August F'enskie,
a neighbor, started on a buffalo hunt to
the southwest. Their outfit was two
yoke of oxen, horse and wagon and
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has revealed to the world the noble
characteristics of these simple solk

has revealed to the world the noble
characteristics of these simple solk
1t seems to occasion remarkable sur
prise that some novels gain in popular
ity and SaleS after the first few months
of their life as books In the case of
novels of genuine merit, the largest in
crease comes after the clouds of praise
and protest have blown away. So it is
with Mr.. Isham's American players rO-
NANCE 1.-THE Strollers.' The autumn
demand has made necessary more new
printings.
Jack London has already achieved a
reputation as a writer of striking orig
inality, and in his latest book which he
calls the Children of the Frost" he
has chosen subjects which are as fresh
as they are entertaining. The Children
of the Frost" are the jewellers in the far
north, EskimoS and AlaskanS, primitive
folk all of them with primitive passions.
The stories are strongly conceived. vlr-
lie and real. Hitherto stories of these
regions have been told from the point of
view of the white man, the intruder.
and these stories derive great interest
from the fact that they are all told from
the point of view of the Alaskan. In
dian, or the Esouimaux. The volume
will be illustrated by eight fullDage
drawings by r. MARITIME Reay, and will
be published this month by the Macmil-
! Ian company.
Rosa Nouchette Carey, whose new
novel. 1.-The Highway of Fate has just
been published by J. B. Lippincott COM
pany BEGAN TO write in 1858, and has
/ been a constant and steadily more pop
ular contributor to the fiction which is
especially enjoyed by women ever since
She is a resident os London, in which
city she was born, and lives quiet life,
being a member only of the Writers
club She has now written over twenty
complete novels, and the titles, Queen
les Whirn,' Wee Wife, Uncle Max,
MY Lady Frivol," Rue with a Diff
| ference" and Herb Of Grace" will
raise anticipation OF much entertain
ment in her new story.
Hitherto the ''comnluter'' has beer
seen in literature only through the me
dunn of the comic papers. Little
stories of Married Life which Nc
Clure. Phillips & Co. publish this week
is the first serious attempt to picture th'
new and growing life Of the suburban
toHn-life which has It's own peculiar
and distinct types and characteristics
Mrs Mary Stewart Cutting, the author
is herself a suburbanite, having lived fol
many years in one of the Oranges. Man,
Of these stories appeared originally II
McClure's Magazine, where they at
tracted widespread attention AS tn
title indicates. the stories tell of TIL
triumphs and failures, the trials and ex
Derienees OF what Is, TO the general nov
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BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books Which
Are Attracting Attention.

A particularly timely coincidence with
the appearance of the new novel, "On
the Cross" to be published by Drexel
Biddse, Philadelphia. today, is the re-
cent announcement of the marriage of
Anton Lang, the Christus of the Ober-
ammergau Passion Play. to Matilda
Ruiz, blacksmith's daughter, who i'm
personates Mary Magdalena in this i'm
pressiye drama. The wife of the ex-
Vienese consul at Washington pronoun-
ces the description of the Passion Play
in "On the Cross as the finest and
most complete she has ever read The
author, Miss Won Hillern. lived for
months in the village of Oberammer-
gau, where she had the opportunity of
studying the peculiar character of these
people. In weaving a romance around
this sacred drama she has not C.asecra-
ted the religious atmosphere of it: but.
with a delicate get powerful touch. she
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of that down from the north came IS
painted sava ges, armed to the teeth
riding the fieeteSt of ponies as fast as
they could run. Joe first met them,
and as they passed him an Indian struck
his right arm with his bow so hard that
it nearly broke it. Joe sat and took It
without a grunt or demonstration. They
rified his wagon of all they wanted, and
still he sat there without a grunt or re-
monStrancei My friend ThOrp, though.
Jared a little better. but was minus his
coffee pot, frying pan and all of his
cooked food. The only man that lost
nothing was the man who didn't know
how to work it on such an occasion.
These were Arapahoes, and impudent
brutes. I don't know why they didn't
kill me. Perhaps 1 was not worth kill
ing in their estimation, which if true
I'm mighty glad of. tried Joking on
Joe, but on discovering that it
was cruelty to animals I desisted:
Poor fellow, he had learned more of
Indian character-or rather lack of
character-than he had learned before
in all his life.''
Mr.. Hagaman has been looking for a
nucleus" for his history. In the in
troductorv he says:
philosopher once said: "Give me a
power by which I can move this earth
one inch from it's accustomed sphere
and I'll hurl it headlong into space and
bring confusion to the whole solar sys-
tenn, if 7 do not disturb all other sys-
TENS. He wanted ''starter."s Well,
that is what has puzzled many thous-
ands of writer's of history and fiction.
That is what has been bothering me.
We have no spirit Spring" No Paw
nee Village" for starter" a some
thing way out of the ordinary" to be-
gin with--to captivate the reader on the
start, so / shall have to do the best with
what there is-was. But I must have
a nucleus" and being short on
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AMONG The BOOKS
'sCaptain Macklin," a New Davis
Book, Is Out.
One of Best Products Of This
Well Known Author.
STORY OF A SOLDIER.
Thrilling Experiences in Cen
trail America Related.
Writer Paysa Pleasing Tribute
to Women.
STORY OF A SOLDIER.

Captain Maclxlin, by Richard Harding Da-
Wis, published by Charles Scribners' Sons,
153-157 Fifth avenue, New York Price,
$50.
There is no more popular teller of tales
in the English tongue than Richard
Harding Davis, and no onesavho has con-
tributed more entertainingly to the de-
velopment Of the short story in our fic-
ton.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-02-22
CONCORD.

Concord, February II. 80 We
are having great deal of sickness
now. Among those on the sick
list are Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry
and several Of Mr.. Holidays chill.
dren.
Rev. Morphis preached sunday
on his regular day. Ia the cun.
gregation were Miss Minnie Bul
lock, of Cottonwood, and Mr.. jim
Mcdonald. Come again. young
people.
The entertainment at Mr.. and
Mrs. Elliott, the l4th Of Febru.
arv, given IN honor of Miss Rosa
Elliott, was enjoyed by all present.
Refreshments were served.
Mrs. Richardson and family. Of
Alexander, visited on fc"re
Prairie Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Minnie Bullock 50 mt A
few days with Mamie Elliott last
week.
Mr.. Willie Henry visited Cobb
Prairie sunday.
Mr.. Holiday departed from this
life on Monday February Il. We.
extend our heartfelt sympathy to
he family.
To the many readers of the Eagle:
vail some Of you please answer
hese questions What man of.
he Bible. excepting Jesus, do you
most admire? and what woman ? |
School GIRL.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-02-22
EBENEZER.

February l7.-Those on the sick
list are Mr. and Mrs. w. Z. Mere.
dith.
Prof. ;. W. Edge and wife. of
Edge, were welcome visitors here
sunday.
Mrs. Jodie Shaw and little Miss
Ruby and Misses Clyde and Flo.
renee Meredith, Of this place. at.
tended church at Tryon Sunday.
Mr. Dave Moorehead, of Kurten.
was a pleasant caller here Sunday
Mr.. Eli Meredith and family
spent Sunday with Mr.. B. A. Hug.
gins and family.
Mr.. Alex Carroll, Of this place.
spent Sunday at Kurten.
J. p. Post and family, Of Cross.
Grimes county spent Monday
night with w. Il, ii sredith's fami.
ly. They Were a cute To College
Station, where thay will spend a
few days with their daughter, Mrs.
Dee Atkins. Snow DROP.