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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

In this seasons output of American
fiction, two distinct types are to noted
the psychological novel, such as 1.-THE
Wings of a Dove" by Henry James.
Our Lady of the Beeches,' by Baroness
Won Hutton. and in the "Confessions of
q Wife, and the realistic novel which
records contemporary life and business,
such as Captain Macklin," by Richard
Harding Davis; Donovan Pasha." bv
Sir Gilbert Parker: The Fortunes Of
Oliver Horn by F. Hopkinson Smith
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

AS an echo of the Dumas centenary
celebration comes a new volume, Alex
ander Dumas (pere),' by Arthur David
of the noyelist's life and relate many
stories of him. According to one of these
tales, Dumas hit upon the name OF his
most famous romance in the following
manner:
He was out on a shooting expedition
with young Prince Napoleon, son or
Jerome ~Bonaparte, in 1912, and after a
violent storm reached Elba. While eX-
ploring they discerned a lake, sugar
loaf shaped, standing out of the sea.
.sAh," said the boatman, that's where
you would have got good sport. Yonder
island is full of wild goats
Indeed, What may its name be-
They call it the Island Of Monte
Cristo."
Dumas later persuaded his companion
to row around the island in order to
know more about its possessions. :
Whats the use of that" said the
Prince.
Because" was the reply, Il intend in
memory of this trip with you to give the
name Of Monte Cristo to some novel
which l shall write later on
When Dumas made arrangements for
his book, called Impressions de Noy-
age dams Paris" his publishers urged
that his novel should be a sensational
romance, and Dumas cOntriVed an in
trigue involving a rich aristOcrat known
as lie Conte de Monte Cristo.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

One more week in which to register.
Have you lone so yet?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

In spite Of minor difficulties, how
ever, the book trade has a most prom
Using outlook this fall. The heavy ad-
vance sales OF many new novels indi-
Gates a confident feeling on the part of
the dealers. Booth T~arkington's 'The
Two Vanreve1s,' has sold to the mum
Der Of 1000 copies and the story has
just been published. THE Fortunes OF
Oliver Horn" by F. Hopkinson Smith is
near 20 10000 copies, Gilbert Parker
Donovan Pasha" is being ordered
heavily, and the serial publication of
The Little White Bird" Barrie's new
novel, has created a large advance de-
mand for the book. These are but a
few OF the best books whose popularity
is already assured.
kipling's Just So Stories are at
tracing more attention thar is usual
even With a kipling book, because the
author has illustrated the stories him
self-and even the most severe critic
must acknowledge that the work is wei
done. Mr.. Rudyard Kiplin inherited no
only the ink fever from his father. but
a keenly developed sense of the artistic
in other expressions than that of letters
The elder Kipling is we'll known as ar
artist and but for his more brilliant
son he would probably have made :
world wide reputation as a man of grea,
learning. he has a marvellous memory
he knows more about India than any
other Englishman. The editor under
whom Rudyard Kipling worked in In
dia, once described the father as the
moet delightful companion he ever met
The whole family seems to have tn.
passion for writing. 1t is said that NOR,
poems by Kipling's mother and siste
are to be published this fall. The sister
now Mrs. Fleming, has the reputatio,
Of being able to quote every line ir
Shakespearc's PLAYS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

and The Blazed Trail" by Stewart Ed
ward White. The latter book Is not eA-
actly a fall book. having appeared IL
the spring, but its growth In popdiaI
astaar, has been SO continuous that il
ranks now with the better class Of fall
books.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21
The Literary Outlook.
Delays in the Book Trade-Kipling as an
Artist-Two Types Of American Fiction
Timely NOlumeS-A Writer'S View
of His Profession.
0y HERBERT BREWSTER0

The book and magazine publishers are
likely to be seriously delayed with their
output because of the strikes now going
on among their employees. With every
printing plant running there is not suf-
fcient means OF production for the ex-
ira large number OF books to be issued
this fall, Almost every publisher is fal
behind in his Work-SOme books are en-
tirely out Of print and orders for man.
OF these are piling up daily. Now comes
a strike among the preSsmen and scores
OF shops are closed. Even though the
strikers return to work in a few days
the publishers Will be delayed still fur
Their, and it is not at all unlikely tina
many orders for books will be untitled
for weeks to come.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

Those Black Diamond Men a com
bination OF short stories and a novel,
was in having made It's APP
pearance just at a time when almost
everyone was beginning 10 discuss coal,
operators. TIE book has enjoyed a good
sale and probably Will continue to be
called for all winter.
OF similar timeliness IS a volume just
published, called Tho Anthracite Coal
Industry which purports TO be a study
of the economic conditions which prevail
and CT the existing relations between
carital and labor in the Pennsylvania
coal fields.
Another book just published. which IS
to be recommended for the relief its
title gives the reader, as ~ Country
Without Strikes Such a country ac-
tually exists but it is our antipodes-
New Zealand.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

10 = q
attached to the dissection of authors by
the critics, but when a writer calmly
disSects himself, more than ordinary in
terest is aroused. Frederick NJ. Bird
seems to write not of a full and bite"
experience in a current magazine when
ne lays bare the secrets of his profess
sion.
Apart from egoistic imaginings, the
truth is that the literary life is as poor
IS any other vocation and probably
poorer than most, in literary material
It's details are not picturesque; they are
not romance: they are not even interest
ing, except to the Literary fellow" him
self, and not always especially SO to
him. There is next to nothing in them
% attract the curious whose work and
play are on different lines; and other
literary fellows do not care to hear
about them, for they know just how it
is. Brown Wrestles With a sonnet; all
that can be said about the process, the
t,rowns and heavings and gurglings, has
been said a thousand times, chiefly in
comic papers and paragraphs. If he ac-
;omplishes his task, possibly he gets IS
Or $40 for the result; in one case out
IF a million or two, it may be remem-
Oered for a decade. Smith sits down to
cudgel a novel out of his inner con-
sciousness; Who wants to watch his
throes and share the joys or sorrows that
precede or attend creations? (People
sometimes do in the stories, I notice,
but these are high f1ights.) His wife
may have to see that he knocks off
for dinner, and gets to bed before 2 a.
n. She may share his anxiety as to
the concrete result. His intimates, if
he is i%mprudent. may say, Smith is
trying to write a novel," and go their
way.
But suppose Smith scores, or Brown
is acclaimed as a new Why,
then, if notoriety or fame be won. there
Will be hard facts, statistics, biographies
and photographic data, articles or
! items in books of reference. We shall
| want to know what the great man eats
| for breakfast and where he buys his
] trousers. But as for fiction, no. The
| professional life Of the man of letters,
| however successful, can as a rule fur
| nlsh nothing to romance; and as for
| realism, realism can find more to inter
| est and instruct in the daily experiences
OF a ploughman or society woman, not
10 say OF a lawyer or engineer. Ma
chlnery is a more hopeful field for tales
than letters, and it is being worked now.
Business has innumerable varieties and
ramlhcatlons, but what is there that is
not hopelessly commonplace in a writer's
work, beyond the joy of discovery. as
situations and characters evolve them
selves from his brain and take on a
semblance of Vitality? Stevenson could
put that in a few glowing lines, but not
in his stories; he knew it was not a
theme to dwell upon
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

At the present time four English nov
els are running serially in Paris newspa-
pers. ..St. Ives" in the Temps; The Last
DAYS OF Pompeii," in the Soleld, DOUBT
less because of Frances interest In MI
Pelee: DIR. Nichola,' in the Vie Hustle
and The Mystery OF a Hanson CAP
in the Matin. In addition to these, an
other leading paper there is anxious 10
increase the list by publishing a trans
lation of The Hound of the Basker-
villes.'
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23
BIG PROFIT IN WATER.
Fruit Growers and Dairymen Car
Sell 1t mt High Price and Yet
Please the buyer.

To sell water at high price and
yet please the buyer is one Of the
farmers privileges. The gardener
whose strawberries are juciest
whose melons. give the greatest re-
freshment during the hot August days
and whose peaches are the most melt
ing owes much of the superior quality
6 his fruit to the abundance of water
they contain. To secure this added
juiciness, unless nature be liberal with
rains during the growing season, he
must spend money, time and labor in
irrigating his plantations or in making
special efforts to conserve the moist
ure in the soil. The cheese-maker also
sells considerable water in his product,
but he might usually sell more with
satisfaction both to himself and to the
consumer. He would have an advan-
tage over the gardener in so doing, for
he need not go to great expense to
provide the moisture. 1t is always
found in plenty in the green cheese;
and he need only use care in retaining
it to add both quantity and quality to
his marketable cheese.-Troy On. W
Times
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23
VIRTUES OF BARLEY.
Year Will Yield = Fair Barley
Crop the Next.

One advantage which barley may
be credited with over the other ce-
reals is that it is much less liable
tn be injured by the rust fungus.
Nearly all the varieties that are now
ON the market mature some time
during the first ten days in July.
so that the crop escapes to some
extent the severely hot weather,
Ripening as it does at this early
date is of considerable advantage to
the grower during the harvesting
period. Where winter wheat is
grown barley is generally ready to
harvest soon after this crop. while
spring wheat and oats come in a lit
tie later. But the fact that it ma
lures at a convenient time would not
alone recommend it for general cul-
ture. 1t must give a good yield of
grain, otherwise farmers in general
will have little use for it. In this
respect we think that barley fully
fills the requirements. Where or
binary care is taken 10 preparing the
seed bed and the soil is at all in
good heart there is little difficulty
In getting a yield of 40 bushels per
acre. In fact we have seen so and
So bushel yield time and again. As
the grain usually weighs from As to
so pounds per bushel it will be seen
that the yield in pounds per acre is
very large. 1t certainly would re-
quire n heavy crop of oats to pro-
duce the same amount of food. 1t is
true that the grain is scarcely so
palatable as oats and that it is not
relished so much by farm animals;
at the same time if propesly COM
bined with other foods it will give
good results.-Live Stock Indicator.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23
Easily Arranged

Stage Director-Little Eva is i'll
and will not be able to appear at this
evenings performance.
Show Manager-O, that's all right;
I'll announce that she died before
the curtain went up instead of dying
during the performance, as usual
Ohio State Journal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23
No Scandal.

He kissed her. He could not Withstand
The chance that offered. maybe,
He was a politician and
She was voters baby.
Washington Star.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23
Cleaning Creamery Churn.

Bunting, of Michigan, in his Cream
cry journal, tells how he cleans his
churn as follows: 81 use handful OF
sal soda and one of salt, together with
two tablespoonfuls Of potash or lye,
with four ordinary pals of hot water.
/ pour this in the churn and start it go
ing, but l am always sure to leave the
venting plug out. Irun the churn for
about two minutes, draw the water of
into n washtub and use it to wash my
strainer, butter ladle, paddle, bricker,
etc. After I have washed my churn
outside and inside with this solution, /
pour cold water into 1t and rinse it by
running for about two minutes. After
drawing off the water / sprinkle with
salt"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23
What He Wants to Kpov

II can't understand about this wire
less telegraphy," said Mrs. Wunder.
why, it's plain as day." said Mr..
Wunder. 'They just send the mes
sages through the air instead of over
wires"
II know that" said she, "but how
do they fasten the air to the poles?"-
Tit-Bit..
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23

Look here, this house is clear out
of sight of the water, and you told
me before l signed the lease of this
cottage that l could put rod out of
the window and catch fish in the
lake"
well, | didn't say how long your
pole would have to be."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23
NEEDS DIFFERENTIATION.
Jimson Weed Is n Plant That Is Dn n
Eerous to Children ns Well az
Live stock,

The plant that we illustrate is a good
one to eXterminate, especially if there
are young children to play in its vicin-
ity. 1t is poisonous, and the life of
more than one child has been sacrificed
to it. Children are poisoned by play
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23

=. many q farnef's vie Gits On the
,he growing shadows Of a sum-
p ling. knowing TO the full what il
vi tired out !; a. Il there was not
r me of effort left in her. But
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23

SAY, ma"
sWhat is Il, my dear?"
Els pa a self-made man?"
NO, darling. II anyone asks You
about 1t you must say that your
father is the architect OF his own
fortune"
II should be explained that she had
just returned from three-week's
visit in Boston.-Chicago Record-lIer-
aid.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Lewistown Division.
In effect May 25, 1902.

! leaves Sunbury s 30 D m, ar
Ives at Selinsgrove 8 IS p m
es Selinsgrove 6:00p. m, arrives
J Sunbury 6:t5 p. m.
5 leave Lewistown Junction
,lOliam, | 10 . IN, 1902 m SIP IN, J7p
b m, 70 36a III for Altoona, Pittsburg and
hl,imOre and Washington sos u IN 9 30.
4Ss.sl0 p m For Philadelphia and New
B, sos, 9 30 m, l 02 1 a3 4 81 and 1l16 y
Harrisburg l0pm
adelphia & Erie R R Division.
AND
)RTHERN CENTRAL. RAILWAY
WESTWARD.
ieayeS Selihsgrove Junction dsliy for
and West.
b, GS p m, 4 52 p m.--Sunday 0 rs m,
cave Sunbufy daily except Sunday:
Tor BAH 4l0,l q m for Erie and Can
for BelleiOnte Erie and Canandaigua
for Lock Haven, Tyrone ana the West.
n Tor Buffalo, | l3 p m for Rellefento
yrone and CanaIdaigua
for kenoyO and Elmlra
Tor Wllllamsport
l2G a N for Buffalo via En- .porlum,
Tor Erie, 5 10 q IN for Erie and Canaan
S6i p n for Wii
for Lock Haven and
g55 IN 2 90 and 525p m for Wilkes
ID HaZelton
70 lOam, 2O5 p m. 5S5 F IN for Shamo-
Mount Carmel
y IS a IN Tor Wilkesbarre
EASTWARD.
rains leave Selinsgrove Junction
N, da arriving ut Philadelphia
New York 53p IN Baltimore 8 II D IN
kton l 10 pm
daily arriving at Philadelphia
new orR 81 m, Baltimore Gasp IN
ton 10 So p m.
dal arriving at Philadelphia
new YORK 'l3 IN, Baltimore $50 q m
ton 05am
Trains also leave Sunbury:
aaily arriving at Philadeidhia Q 81 a m
Da IN Washington $50 m New
an weekdays. 10 IS q u Sundays,
daily arriving at PHILADELPHIA z %
iorK g33 m, 10 3S Sundays Balti-
"a IN, washington $50 Q m. Baltimore
washington / 10 p m.
week week days arriving at Philadelphia
!', new iork 10 p m, Baltimore l2 10 o
week days arriving At Philadelphia
" nork $50 p m, Baltimore Q OO D IN
aH arriving at Philadelphia z SO D m
iVsS IN, Baltimore 7 80 p IN, Wash.
so leave Sunbury at $50 m and 20
W. 'Or harrisburg, Philadelphia and
rrp,vI; K. WOOD, Gen'l Pass Agent
ohiNSoN aenl Manager.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23
The Era of It'gh Prices.

Mary had little lamb;
The waiter claimed it was just
AS much as they could give and llve;-
So Mary blamed the trust.
Puck
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23

ing with the leaf in the mouth. and
after the seeds ripen by eating them.
They are also dangerous to cattle.
These weeds are generally found on
vacant lots. Now the weeds and scat
ter grass seed in their place.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-10-23

Don't fail.to whitewash the chicken
house outside as well as inside. 1t
adds to the appearance and really is
benefit. +.
Evening star., 1902-02-07
CHEAP OCEAN FREIGHTs.
Most Important to Establish Export
Trade In Coal.

THE most important factor In the crea-
ton of a permanent export trade in Ameri-
can coal Is the solution OF the question of
cheap ocean transportation" says United
States Consul Thackara. at Havre, France,
in an interesting report to the State De-
partrnsnt In regard TO American coal in Eu-
rope With the unusually low ocean freight
rates between American and European
ports now prevailing, which can only be
considered temporary. importations of
American coal into portions Of France are
possible. To secure permanent foreign out
lets for the products Of our American coal
mines. says the consul. 1t remains for
American ingenuity. backed by American
capital, to devise some means by which
coal can be carried at all times to European
ports at rates low enough to permit the
American exporter to offer his product at
prices which win enable him to compete
with British coal.
Consul Thackara has included In his cor
respondence a clipping from a recent report
OF the British consul general at Marseflles,
France, to his government upon American
Evening star., 1902-02-07
Glories in the Flag.

Representative Otey of Virginia was the
next speaker, and greatly amused his au-
ditors by his sallies OF wit and his clever
stories. He was glad to be at the banquet,
and his presence there reminded him that
he tried hard to get to this city forty years
ago, and couldn't do it. He gioried in hav-
ing the same flag today that fioated over
him when he was boy, except that Its gilt
tering stars had doubled in number. He
told a number Of humorous stories, applica-
BILE to Congress and the District, and sat
down amid an uprOar of applause.
Mr.. Simon Wolf, upon being introduced,
said he had no apology to make to Congress
for desiring improvement of the capital It
Is the capital of the members of Congress
as much as it is the capital of the people
here.
1T is their bounden duty" he said, ITO do
all they can to make this capital worthy of
this great nation. 1t should be their pride
and endeavor to make this capital not only
the most beautiful, but the most cultured
and refined capital on the face OF the
earth"
Mr.. Wolf wanted 1t understood that when
the prince of the German monarchy arrives
here he will be welcomed by Americans Of
German nativity or descent. not as German
Americans, but as Americans In the most
intensely patriotic sense.
A reference to former Governor Shepherd
Of the District of Columbia called forth
great applause
Beauty of Washington.
Senator Clark OF Montana spoke on the
beauties OF Washington. which he hoped
to see continue to. grow In beauty. He re-
ferred to the personal tax. and said he
did not approve Of 1t for. the District and
would oppose 1t. He had observed that
people in moderate circumstances are the
ones who make the most complete returns
for the purposes Of assessment. and he
feared that would operate to have them
pay too large share Of the personal tax
r. r~lr
richer classes. He thought 1t absurd to
charge them a tax on their pianos and
household furniture. Mr.. Clark hoped TO
see statue to J. L'Enfant In this city, and
Evening star., 1902-02-07
ne approved of the plans OF the park COM

ne approved Of the plans of the park COM
mission, which he hoped to see fulfilled.
Rather than have, personal tax law
here, Mr.. Clark favored a bonded debt.
The debt of the District being only SIS. .000,-
600, it could readily be increased to allow
for extraordinary improvements which
posterity would enjoy, and which he
thought posterity might pay for in part.
and in happy vein when called upon
Representative Mondell Of Wyoming
spoke Of the pride Of all Americans in their
capital city. He wanted every improve
of man could make it. He wanted a mag
nifcent temple Of justice and an Executive
Mansion in keeping with the greatness Of
the nation.
to the District needs, and was frequently
interrupted by applause. Senator Heitfead
and Representative Bell also spoke in
happy vein. and It was i o'clock when the
program was concluded.
The Guests Present.
Those present were;
Allison Nailor. jr., Motley Anderson. c.
Heurich. Representatives g. A. Pearre of
Maryland. J. A. Norton Of Ohio and T. w.
Sims Of Tennessee, c. o. Rice, L. p. Dar-
rell, 8. Thomas Brown, v. Baldwin, II. II.
Darneille, Representative ]. W. Babcock.
W. c. Long. E. P. Watkins, ]. L. Ergood,
r. W. Dutton, H. K. Fulton. Dr.. Robert
Reyburn. James F. Oyster, w. E. Spier,
Henry Hammond, e. 8. McCalmont, John
Flemming. c. H Rudolph Representative
P. ]. Otey of Virginia, NJ. ]. Foster, Rep
resentative Edward deV. Morrell of Penn
sylvanla, H B. F. Macfariand. Samuel g.
Palmer, Kimon Nicolaides. Dr. r. H
Graham, Representative L. Livingstone,
Max Cohen, J. M. Stoddard, Joel Hillman,
G. w. Driver. E. c.. Mayberry. ]. w. Toll
man, Senator Jeter C. Pritchard of North
Carolina. H. ]. Lee. Senator w. A: Clark
hover, Representative Spencer Blackburn
Of North Carolina, A. F. Coggeshall, ]. r.
Hiss, H. s. Ruprecht, Chas F. Heman, w. 8.
Hoge, Ashley M. Gould, Chas. L. Pullman,
Senator Henry Heitfeld Of Idaho, Senator
w. P. Dillingham; of Vermont, Representa-
tive 8. E. Mudd Of Maryland, Amos L. Al
len, C. Hendler, w. g. Carter. e. Q. Whit
ford, A. e. Offutt, w. NJ Baum, 2. II. Heis
Moore DR.: F. ". Brooks, R. T Scott. ]. c.
Malcom. Frank Pierce, H. G. Newcomer,
Capt. Chester Harding, Jacobus Jones e.
G. Schafer. T. B. Walker, John Leeteh, E.
s. Johnson; Geo w; Engel.r John Croghan'
andrews, Benz: T. Grayes Sigmund A.
Burkart, aarenee I tofson. Percy 8: Foster.
W. 8; Knox, Thos; g, Hensey; 9; l B; Hege,
ders. s. n syme,sC. Rs Robinson. C. 8.
Bundy. Simon sfWoff, Hector Clemes.
Walter 9; Matthew'S; aaRepresentatiye
Jarvins. H. F:w sWs6odard, P. M.
Becker, E H. DroSp,s Judge T. H. Ander-
son, o. B. George Arthur Cowsill, 2. w.
Robertson, Eoasr L o. DeLashmutt' ASH ~ E; s 8.
dette. A. Blanchard Francis Nye, w. f.
Roberts, E. H. PAlsnef. Chaplin Brown.
o. q. Staples. H. II phillips. 7: A: Wick
ersham. VIM. McShanei John Mitchell, jr..
c. j. McCnbbin. JrD Frazee, VIM. Hahn.
Frank A. Mitchell = lbs