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The Washington times., 1902-05-11
A ROMANCE OF NOWHERE

horsed cayalrymen OF the Household
Guards.
AS Grafton gaped through the dust in
the wake of the ancient spectacle. it halt
ed before the Castles gstes so abruptly
that every horse reared to its launches.
But Immediately all was quiet. motionless.
One of the cavalrymen put trumpet to
his lirs and sent blast cchoing and re-
echoing like a peal of fairy laughter to
and fro over the lake. As il there we're
enchantment in that blast. the great
weather and battle SCARED doors of the
Castle swung noiselessly back Out came
eight men in medieval costumes, each
bearing huge. slender brazen trumpet.
Four went to either side OF the entrance.
They put the trumpets to their lips and
sounded a fanfare.
"Grafton's expectation was at excite
ment pitch. What did this gorgeous re-
vival of medievalism presage? What daz-
cling apparition was about to greet his
ravished eyes?
Now appeared man in medieval court
costume. resplendent in velvet and lace
and silver braid. He was walking hack
ward, bowilg low at each step. his velvet.
beplumed hat in his hand. And then the
central fgure-His Royal Highness CAST
mir of Traubenheim. Grand Duke of Zweit-
Prince OF the Holy Roman En-
pire, Margrave of Plaut. Prince OF Wied-
ser. OF Dim. of Feltenhcim. Count in
Brausch and in Ranau. He was a sallow,
cross looking little man, with thin shoul
ders. legs. and arms. and great paunch
of n stomach. dilated and sagsed from
Overfeeding. He was dressed In baggy
tweed suit and straight -brlmmed top
hat. He seated himself in the carriage"
This is sample of the anticlimaxes,
and unexpeetedness of the
book. (New York: Harper & Bros. sl.50.l
The Washington times., 1902-05-11

many moods in it that quotation
does not give an adequate idea of
its character: least of all the quot
ing of the more sensational pas
sages. One of the characteristic
bits of writing is this:
"Often in the early morning |
leave my bed and get me dressed
and go out into the Gray Dawn.
There is something about the Gray
| Dawn that makes me wish the
world would stop, that the sun
would never more come up over
the edge. that my life would go on
and on and rest in the Gray Dawn.
''In the Gray Dawn every hard
thing is hidden by n gray mantle of
charity. and only the light, vague,
caressing fancics are left.
sometimes | think / am
strange. strange creature-some-
thing not of earth. nor yet of heav-
en-. nor of hell. | think at times /
am little thing fallen on the
earth by mistake; thing thrown
among foreign, uniting elements,
where there is nothing in touch
with it. where life is continual
struggle. where every little door is
closed-every Why unanswered. and
itself knows not where to lay its
head. | feel deadly certainly in
some moments that the wild world
contains not one moment of rest
for me, that there will never be
any rest, that my woman's soul
will go on asking long. long centu-
ries after my woman's body is laid
in it's grave"
And here is another:
''Out of my bitterness it is easy
for bad to come.
surely Badness is a deep black
pool wherein one may drown dull
nes and Nothingness.
81 do not know Badness well. 1t
is something material that seems
a great way off now. but that might
creep nearer and nearer as | be-
came less and less young.
But now when the day is of the
lcalen dullncss | look at Badness
and long for it. | am young and
all alone. and everything that is
good is beyond my reach. But all
that is bad-surely that is within
the reach of everyone"
That last paragraph is in a way
the keynote of the book.
Chicago: Herbert s. Stone & Col !
The Washington times., 1902-05-11

brown-velvet marigolds. swaying hok
lyhocks, vivid larkspur, or the shyly
sweet clove-pink; but it seems as If
the flowers themselves must be un-
comfortable and cross in some mod
ern villas. Everybody knows the
type. There is huge nondescript
house with violently green lawn in
front, and this lawn is spotted with
ribbon beds made of coleus. geranS
irms, and other ''foliage piants,D
growing with the severity of the slip
ped fantastic trees of gardens of the
Georgian era, but without the qaint-
ness that these possessed. The col
ors are swearing too hard at each
other to be at all quaint. a forget
me-not or n moss-rose would wilt
away and die if it were within hear
ing of such collection; but fortu-
natcly, the people who made it did
not care for old-fashioned flowers.
Then there is the pert summer eot-
tage with its fret-work trimmings
the kind of house which somebody
once called Queen Anne architecture
in Mary Ann neighborhood''
a feeble imitation of the ribbon bed
in its diminutive front yard. which
the owners call lawn. IL Is all
rather pathetic as well as exasperat-
ing, and that is why Mr.. Seedlings
book Is refreshing. IL his ideals can
only be realized by a few people of
position and wealth. an era of good
feeling may set in between the Amer
lean garden and the American land
scnpe. New York: John Lane.)
The Washington times., 1902-05-11

A rascal named Peter McMannis prevent
/ ed collapse OF the strike How in the
world man Of his type managed to get
seven hundred men into his power passes
my understanding. but he did it and held
| them together in spite of themselves. 4
understood that any advances from me
would encourage the strikers, but when
you know every man. woman, and child in
village it's almost impossible to avoid
personal contact. ard this resulted in a
conference on the third day 1t didn't
take me long to comprehend the real point
at issue. 1t was the official recognition
of the labor organization. / think I was
more relieved than surprised at this dis
covery. My scheme of direct communica-
tion between employer and employe hadn't
been successful enough to make me un-
duly welded to it. Perhaps the methods
OF my father and grandfather are out Of
date; perhaps I hadn't followed them in
telligently. In any case 1 had burdened
myself with responsibilities without cas-
ing or pleasing anyone else
When Maddox spoke again it was as
though discussing new and entirely i'm
personal subject. s
Ibid you ever think what lot of hu-
man nature there is at the bottom OF most
questions. Jack?' he began. Take your
worlsmen. for example. You've given
them a livelihood. showed them how ta
live, met their difficulties. and done their
thinking for them. and yet. with all that.
they want something different. There's
old human nature for you. - Way
down inside every man who's not a peas
ant or a serf. there's a spirit of inde-
pendence which may look like pure GUS
sedness at times. but which has its ori-
gin in something better. It's more highly
developed in this country than in any
other. and though it takes freak forms at
times. don't believe it retards our prog
ress to any great extent
"'If you think men show independence
by obliterating themselves in a labor un-
ion and letting a hired tough represent
them. you are welcome to your conclu-
sion.
That's where old human nt.ture comes
in. Jack. She always work.. crisscross.
don't say your men are taking the best
means to assert their independence.
They've Just seized the first thing
IN countries where the tailor is sat
sfed TO have his son tailor, and
he same families breed mechanics. gen.
sration after generation, there is more
1lay for this settled protective. paren-
.al system, but there is more or less
'tagnation. Failure to produce a last
ng content is no cause for despair. Cud-
hewing may be restful. but It's monoto-
lous and uninterestinE. and / tell you
he restless, pushing. ambitious spirit
which animates this whole country from
iauc to California is full of possibili-
les about which you mustn't pTophesy.'"
This is sense, ard il is wisdom. And
here is much more of the same sort in
he book. (New York: Frederick A.
stokes Company
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
Champlain.

The last volume of the Riverside Bio
graphical Series is Samuel de Cham
plain by II. ID. Sedgwick, jr. Mr.. Sedg-
wick writes Of the great French explorer
and colonizcr with keen understanding of
French life and character and with abun-
dant knowledge of the whole period OF
Champlain's career. He has. consequently
painted this knight of France with rare
vividness. making his adventures. his
craftsmanship, his daring, and his pru-
dence as clear to us as the qualities of
men of our time. 1t is a most acceptable
and noteworthy addition to this series of
American biographies. (Bostcn: Hough-
ton, Mifilin & Co.: 81 centsD
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
Religion as 1t Ought Not to Be.

The title of n small book by Theodore
F. Seward is How 10 Get Acquainted
With God" and TO people with a proper
spirit of reverence, inside the church or
out. the title will be enough TO discour-
OF speaking of the Creator as If he were
the lion Of an afternoon tea is one which
ought to be impossible in a civilized com
munity. Unfortunately II seems to exist
(New York: Funk Wagnalls Company
30 ccntsl.
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
CHIMMIE FADDEN ONCE MORE.

toe to toe, and heel to heel dey says,
for shorter hours and longer jobs dey
says. Let u.s. dey says, hist de banner
of reform, and spurn de mailed hand Of
irony from our midst dey says.
We'll, de reformers quit fighting among
! derselves and Napoleon's gang WASH:
strong enough TO win widout no told party
J in de field to split de reform vote; so de
combine come down to Harlem wild a
majority. Den Nap vert over to place
called Elba to race his horses and to wait
for de reformers TO begin making faces
at each odder. But he came back
steamer or two too soon, and in a lovely
fight called Waterloo he met his finish.
He was a good one, and I'm sorry l never
met him.
Il asked Duchess who II was knocked
him out-who got de decision. She says
nobody knocked Napoleon out; dat he put
himself in de hands OF his friends, and
dey put him on an island what had no
phone to France so he couldn't get his
gang togedder again.
Then Mr.. Fadden proceeds to describe
lHe play OI IL AiEiOu DIS ne SdN IL, WIN
Bernhard in the title role. And it is
all about as spicy as the sketch of
Napoleon's career.
There is certain pungency and unex-
pectedness about the figures of speech
used by Chimmie Fadden which may ac-
count for part of his popularity. They
are not only foreeful, but capable OF con-
veying a subtle impression in the charac-
ter drawing line. For intance, when he
says that Mr.. Paul looked "as surprised
as Little Miss Fannie, when she mistook a
bumblebee for daisy" one gets not only
a distinct picture of MIR. Paul and his sur
prise, hut of the baby and hers, and the
combination Of the ideas is piquant. That |
on the East Side-it is complex and |
piquant.
There is another sentence which is a |
portrait Of one OF the principal charac- |
ters Says the author:
"Mr. Paul would presoive his dignity If |
4 goat was chasing him while he was
,hasing his own hat
But these who are already familiar with
he style of Chimmie Fadden-and most
people are--will need no further explana-
ion of it. and those who are not will have
10 better opportunity to become acquaint-
d. The illustrations. by Albert Lev
ring, are as clear as the text and the
over is particularly artistic. (New York:
The Century Company
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
General Sheridan

Personal Memoirs of Philip Henry
Sheridan" is the title of two handsome
volumes which have lately come from
the press. II will be remembered that
these memoirs were originally published
in 1883. This is new and enlarged edi-
tion, with an account of the last seven
teen years of General Sheridan's life, by
Gen. Michael " Sheridan. The books con-
tain several fine portraits OF prominent
Union officers. and the presswork is excel
lent. (New York: ID. Appleton e. Coz
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-08
The Same Old Story.

]. A. Kelly relates an experience
similar to that which has happened
in almost every neighborhood in the
United States, and has been told and
retold by thousands of others. He
says: Last summer | had an attack
of dysentery, and purchased a bottle
of Chamberlain Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy which | used ac-
cording to directions and with entire
ly satisfactory results. The trouble
was controlled much quicker than
former attacks, when | used other
remedies" Mr.. Kelly is a well known
citizen Of Henderson, N. c. For sale
by City Drug Store and +. j. Ramsey
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-08
A Cure for Summer Complaint.

Summer complaint is usually preva-
lent among children this season. A
well developed case in the writer's
family was cured last week by the
timely use of Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy-one
of the best patent medicines manufac.
tured, and which Is always kept on
hand at the home Of ye scribe This
is not intended as a free pun for the
company. which does not advertise
with us. but to benefit little suffer
ers who may not be within easy ac-
cess of a physician. No family
should be without a bottle of this
medicine in the house, especially in
summer time-Lansing Gowa) Jour
nal For sale By City Drug Store and
f. ]. Ramsey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-08

Dealers say they are selling no
lawn mowers this seasan. Grass is so
lawn mowers this season. Grass is so
ing Il TO look at
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-08

Before admiring a girls hands, be
cause they are soft and white ask to
see her mothers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-08

Leave daily except Sunday.
Star Route mails close promptly on
leaving time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-08
Ardmore to Healdton.
Ardmore 70 Simon.

Leave daily except Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-28
COMMITTEE TO SEE
 GOVERNOR TUESDAY
ARRANGEMENTS WILL THEN BE
 MADE TO MUSTER THE BIR- MiNGHAM BATTERY OF ARTIL- LERY INTO THE NATL GUARD.

committee from the Birmingham battery of artillery is to meet Governor Jelks next Tuesday in Montgomery to arrange the details for mastering the battery Into the Alabama National Guard. Capt. Ed Smith returned yes- terday from Tuscaloosa where he had been in conference with Adjutant Gen. eral Brandon in regard to the date for meeting the governor and also the date for the mastering in ceremonies.
 The committee on arrangements for the reception on that night, and the com missioned officers are busy working out the details of the reception, and they promise to make 1t the largest affair of the kind ever given in Birmingham. Be- sides the members of the battery, all the commissioned officers of the National Guard 9f the state will be invited to be present, as well as state and city off cials and a large number of prominent men. The reception Is to be given In the armory in the city hall, and the gallery will be thrown open to the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-28
SIX FORGERY CASES
 FOR ]. C. SEAWRIGHT
WHITE MAN IS CHARGED WITH PASSING BAD cHEcKs-NoW IN JAIL UNDER WARRANTS FROM THREE COURTS.

Under the charge of doing a wholesale forgery business J. c. seawright a white man 27 years of age. is now locked up in the county jail. Six different warrants, each charging forgery, have been issued against 5eawright. In four cases bonds of sSOO each have been demanded for his release and in the other two cases the amount named is $500 each.
 The warrants were issued from the courts of Justices William Grady, M. w. Steele and H. B. Abernathy. Three cases are in Grady's court one in Steele's and two in Abernathy's. The preliminary trials have not been definitely set as yet.
 seawright's alleged method of doing business was by no means new. He had been seen around Avondale for some time and had been said to be related to promi- nent persons. When he first began the alleged forging he was looked upon with favor by many merchants and business men.
 Two days ago he is said to have gone to the store of J. B. Messer. where. after purchasing several dollars worth of goods, he handed the proprietor a check for more than s30, asking the difference in cash. This was given him. the suppo- sition being that the check was good. At several other places he did the same thing, with the same results, according to the allegations against him. Mckinney & Falkner of Avondale are said to have been among those caught
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-28
CROP BULLETIN.
Weather Bureau Reviews Conditions
 Over the Entire State.

The United States department of agri- culture, climate and crop bulletin of the weather bureau. Alabama section, for the week ending Monday. August 25. as is- sued yesterday is partly as follows:
 Another excessively hot and dry week; afternoon temperatures ranged several degrees above 100 in some middle coun- ties widely scattered showers were re- ceived, in few localities being moderate ly heavy, but generally insufficient to moisten the ground. In many districts the long brouth continues practically un- broken, and as a whole, the weather con ditions during this entire crop season have been the most unfavorable remembered in this section.
 Cotton has failed rapidly, and It's pres ent general condition and prospective yield are decidedly below the average; in a few localities, where seasonal showers ing, but in many fields it Is almost an entire failure; rust Is still quite prevalent. and 1t is shedding freely; most of the upland cotton Is open. much of 1t having opened prematurely, and picking is being pushed, with the yield so far the lightest in many years in some fields only one picking will be necessary. as 1t has stopped fruiting; lowland cotton is also opening freely and being picked rapidly; practically no top crop will be made.
 Corn Is general poor. though. in some To- calities. that on bottom lands. will make a fair yield; 1t Is being cut and housed in some sections; much fodder Is being saved. Corn, sorghum. sweet potatoes, and peanuts are generally poor; turnips are dying in many places: in others, a second crop has been sown; very little hay Is being made; field peas are also generally poor: some early sweet potatoes are being dug in southern counties, with the yield light. Grapes are making a generally good yield. In some places wells are failing and stock water is be- coming scarce. and. in a few places, for est trees are being injuriously affected by the prolonged drouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-28
He Has Secured a Majority
 of the Stock
FURNACE WILL 60 IN BLAST
Valuable Properties Include Foundry and Machine Shops, Which Are Practically New-Operatlons In
 the Shops Will Be Continued.

The properties of the Williamson Iron company have been purchased by Fred erick D. Dimmiek. the president of Dim mick Pipe company. The purchase in- cludes the foundry and machine shops of the company on First avenue and Eff teenth street and the blast furnace on Fourteenth street, together with all rail- way lines.
 The announcement of the deal was made yesterday morning. It has been known for several weeks that such a transfer was likely to occur at any time. Mir. Dimmick has been quietly making ef- forts to secure control of the company's s stock for some time past, only recently securing a good majority of 1t.
 In speaking of the purchase yesterday MT. Dimmick said:
 While 1t Is a fact that have secured the property of the company I cannot state what plans have with respect to 1t. Neither can give the price paid; but 1 can say the property will be worked as at present for sometime at least. The machine shops will be regularly operated and the furnace put in blast in a short time. I am told that not more than six or eight weeks will be required to do the repair work necessary to put this in fine shape"
 The foundry and machine shops of the company are all new and have been in steady operation for some time, a big business having been done from the be- ginning of operation. The furnace has been out of blast for about two years but will soon be in shape again. It has a capacity of 75 to 80 tons per day.
 Mir Dimmick has been president of the Dimmick Pipe company at North Bir- mingham for more than a year, and has been successful to a marked degree. It is said that other changes will be made in the holdings of the Dimmick people and that they will make other important purchases in the immediate future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-28
DIED FROM POISON.
A Negro Woman Arrested But She Is
 Released.

Anna Chambers. a negro woman. was under arrest at the city jail on a charge of poisoning James West, negro man, who died yesterday morning. West stat ed before he died that the woman had given him two cups of coffee Wednesday night and that he was taken sIck a few minutes after he drank them.
 The woman was arrested by Policemen Waldrop and Jordan, who stated that the coffee contained carboIic acid and that this poison caused the death of West. The remains of the dead man were carried to the Warmer Smiley un- dertaking establishment, where Coroner Paris conducted a postmortem examina- tfon, which resulted in Anna Chambers being released.
 The negro mans stomach was found to be in a horrible condition and there were traces of carbolic acid. Coroner Paris states there was no doubt he was Killed by the poison, but that the wrong person was arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-28
TO CANVASS THE VOTE.
Democratic Executive County Com
 mlttee Meets Today.

The democratic executive committee of Jefferson county will meet today at noon. The meeting Is for the purpose of cam wasting the vote cast In the primary of Monday, and publishing the result. The session will be held in the criminal court room. This will probably be the last meeting of the old committee. as the new committeeman will be declared to- morrow. Aside from this, a great deal of interest attaches to the meeting for the reason that 1t will require the official count to determine the seventh nominee for the legislature. also the nominee for county auditor. Hickman ap- pears to lead for the seventh place on the legislative ticket, with Liddell prob- ably next.
 It will require some time to tabulate the vote, and there will probably be many persons interested present to watch the result
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-28
COULD GOING TO TEXAS.
Will Make Personal Inspection of Some
 of Proposed Extensions.

Austin. Tex, August 27.-It was learned here today that George J. Gould. presi- dent of the Missouri Pacific, who left New York several days ago on a tour of the lines of that system, will reach Texas some time next week. and will make an inspection trip over the new lines of the International and Great Northern.
 It is also stated that during hIs visit to Texas MT. Gould will make a per- sonai inspection of some proposed exten- sions of the International and Great Northern other than those publicly an- nounced as having already been deter mined upon. The people of a number of thriving towns of the state are bidding for the building of branch lines of this road to their respective places, and these propositions will probably be looked ints and considered by Mir. Gould on the oc- casion of his coming visit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-28
DEATHSAND FUNERALS
Thomas p. Perkins

The remains of Thomas Price Perkins, who died in Atlanta Tuesday night. reached Birmingham last night and the funeral will take place from the First Methodist church at Il o'clock today. The interment will be in Oak Hill cem- etery where the wife and a child of the deceased are buried.
 MT. Perkins lived in this cty for num- Der of years and was highly esteemed here as a business man and a citizen. In Atlanta he was viee-president and super intendent of fthe South River Brick com pany and the Constitution says countless friends learned of his death with sorrow. He leaves a daughter. Miss Addie Per kins of Atlanta, and son. Joseph P. Per klns, with the Moore 6 Handley Hard ware company of Birmingham. A brother of the deceased lives in this city.