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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-20
THE MAGAZINES.

The October Delneator offers many
valuable suggestions to women who
would like employment at home and
notes several instances in which a COM
petence has been acquired by women
| who have followed such unusual lines
of work as marking linen, sewing on
skirt braids, making plum pudding, Sara
toga chips, paper dolls, favors for we'd
dings, etc.
1.-The Canonic Curse" a short story by
Arthur +. McFarlane, in the September
Cosmopolitan, Is pronounced by some
critics equal to the best work OF Edgar
Allen Poe. Another Cosmopolitan fea-
ture of note is II. G. Wells serial. '"rhe
New Republic" discussion through
the medium of fiction of some of the
worlds more important problems.
The Maccab baean. the Jewish and Zion
ist magazine, for September contains the
first article published in this country
on the private life of Dr.. Theodore
Herzl, the leader of the Zionist move
ment. The writer describes his home life
and tells how a bottle of Palestine wine
moved him TO consider Palestine as the
future home of the Jewish people
The so-called trusts" are to he the
subject of a series OF articles in the Cen
tury during the coming year, the group
to include papers on the Meat Trust"
the United States Steel corporation, the
Standard Oil company, and the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company. The ar
ticles will be entirely unbiased and will
show what is claimed for trusts as eco
nomical organizations. setting forth the
part they bear in American trade and
the extent of their activities i'm foreign
countries.
Miss Louisa NJ Alcolt left two unpub-
lished stories. which We're written by her
for her own little niece. They have been
secured by st. Nicholas and will appear
in that magazine during the coming year
Howard Pyle Is just finishing work on
book. "The Story of King Arthur"
which is a companion volume to the ar-
thor's popular robin Hood" II will
appear first as serial In st. Nicholas
magazine, very fully illustrated by the
artist-author. 1t Is said to be an entire
ly new series OF picturesque, romantic
tales woven about the old legend of
King Arthur,
Frank Lee Benedict never wrote a bet
ter story than his 1.-The Turn of the
Wheel the novelette, with which the
October Smart Set opens. The story pre-
sents vivid and truthful picture of
contemporary social life and is Of COM
peling interest. The number through
out Is strong.
The first issue of Ainslee's since its
transforma tion into "A rival of the Smart
Set more than bears out every promise
1t is chiefly fiction number indeed,
Ainslee's has always been strong on iic-
tiOn. But the fiction in this number is
especially crisp and fetching, The novel
ette, by Ed Van Zile, "A Marital Vaca-
ton. is a daringly clever recipe for the
freshening of welded affections, and will,
without doubt, soon get placed on the
stage
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-20
THE MISTAKEN TOAD.

A small toad woke, one morn in Spring|
Brushed back his hair and tried to sing|
lie felt the world Was all his own,
And swclled and swelled in flesh and
bone.
Though his conCeit Was purely vain.
The fault arose from his small brain.
Which only crashed part of the plan
by which is ruled Immortal Man.
IL Glanced a band played loud that day,
A coach and -four dashed on its way;
\ donkey brayed; a train rushed by:
A cannon doomed; hound gave cry;
The thunder rolled; the lightning flashed
The sun withdraw from view, abashed.
The toad sprang up and gave a shout:
oh what time! cause I've come out.'
Il. Jay Potter, in Smart Set.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-20

NEWEST BOOKS
Critical and Cosby Mention Of More
Recent Literary Productions. i.

try. exhibit in the author type OF
skill which dime novelists might wei!
envy. We must say that from liter
ary point of view the story Is excep-
tionally well constructed and told.
STEPHEN HOLTON A story of life as
II Is in town and country. BY Charles
FELTON, Pdgin. Published by l.. e.
Page & Co.. Boston
A temperance story full of movement
and not tiresome. Stephen. the central
figure, is young clergyman of prac-
tical ideas and lofty aims, who UNDER
takes to work upon the self-respect Of
drink victims until they can be induced
to say no. The story endeavors to IL
lrstrate what results are possible along
this line, and it is told in "a way to
make it interesting to all.
ABROAD WITH THE JfMMIES. BY
Lillian Bell. Published by j.. e. Page
Il Co.. Boston
A charming collection of travel
sketches, written most unconventional
ly and after the gossipy fashion that
makes personal narrative so much bet
ter than ordinary travel-book style.
Miss Bell. with her sister and the jim
mies--two married frends-did in their
own leisurely way journey across
France and Germany into Russia, in
cluding house, boat experiences on the
Henley. sightseeing in Paris, Stras-
burg. Baden-B Baden. Stuttgart. Nurem-
burg, Bayreuth, Munich, the Tyrol.
SalZburg. Ischl, Vienna and various
other places possessing present or his
toric interest, and u heart 10 heart chat
with Tolstoi Miss Bell carries the
reader with her through all these fea-
lures. and 1t is from start to end an
agreeable companionship.
THE KINDRED OF THE WILD:
book of animal life BY Charles &.
d. Roberts. with many Illustrations by
Charles Livingston Bull. Published by
l.. c. Page 4 Co. Boston.
A bakers dozen of stories and
sketches of animal life, some of them
re-publishcd from various periodicals.
together with new matter. all most
handsomely set in a large octave vol
ume, with wide margins and illustra-
tions that breathe the very spirit of the
forest. 1t is unnecessary to speak of
Professor Roberts proficiency as a
writer of animal stories. The kindred
of the wild are first cousins of this en-
thusiastic lover of nature.
BEAUTIFUL JOE'S PARADISE; or,
The Island of Brothery Love. BY
Marshall Sanders. with numerous illus
trations by Charles Livingston Bull
Published by L. G. Page 4 Co. Boston
When Sam Emerson. a Frisco lad
healthily fond of animals and adven-
ture, fell sick of a fever he dreamed
that he had been carried to "A WONDER
full island inhabited by the vividly ap-
parent shades of departed creatures be-
low the grade Of man; and the telling
of his delirious conceptions. which Is
most admirably done, makes a juvenile
book fit to be compared with "Alice in
Wonderland" We can imagine no boy
or girl unable to take delight in this
charming tale.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-20
SOME NEW BOOKS.

MASTER MINDS: Carlyle, Cromwell
Froude. BY Rev. d. J. Williams. of
Peckville. Published by the author; ST.
We have here, in the short compass
OF 245 pages, graphic and accurate
studies of three men whose works and
personality are full of interest. Mr..
Williams gives the larger space to Car
lyle, whom he vastly admires. and
whose career he sketches devotedly.
The chapters on Cromwell are written
feelingly and with many evidences Of
careful reading, and the paper on
Froude Is merely an outline. though an
able one. The book is we'll written and
valuable.
THE DEAD CITY: A tragedy. BY Ga
briele d'Annunzio. Translated by Pro-
sessor G. Mantellin. with illustrations
IN colors from the stage production of
Eleonora Duse. Published by Laird g.
Lee Chicago.
A faithful rendering into English of
one OF the most miasmatic plays ever
written. The morbldity and putresence
Of this production are but thinly
Slossed over by the authors skillful
use of poetic forms and imagery. AS
the play is read in cold blood the Won
der Is that any audience ever consent
ed to sit through a production of 1t, or
that the police would let 1t.
POGO A POGO: A novel by William
Frank Johnson, Illustrated by w. IL.
Fry Published by the Saaheld Com
pany, Akron, ..
The wonder is that Senator Steven
II, Wistar multi-millionaire, undis-
puted boss of his state, candidate for
the presidency, and influential factor in
the business life surrounding him, did
not know better than to go up against
John Hume, the western insurance
agent, promoter, prize fighter, philan-
thropist, inventor and candidate for his
daughters hand. If the senator had
seen how Hume secured the price of
the railroad ticket which brought him
to Washington in the first place, he
would have recognized the futility of
setting up the jobs on Hume which
make the groundwork of the story, and
would have given Margaret away with
a smiling cOuntenance. Because he
didn't gauge Hume correctly we have
this story; and real interesting tale
1t Is. Melodrama Is weak In COMPARE
son.
MICHAEL CARMICHAEL: A story of
love and mystery BY Miles Sandys,
with graphic illustrations In colors.
Published by Laird & Lee. Chicago.
In announcing this book its publish
RS spoke of it US suggesting "Dr.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" The suggestion
Is remote. But for all that, ii is a tale
of crime to make your hair stand on
md. The steady deliberation and cold
cunning OF the chief villain. combined
with the ease with which he bends his
victims to his purpose through intri-
.ate and subtly devised plots OF devil
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-20
LITERARY NEWS AND GOSSIP.

A second book of verse by Frank |.
stanton. to be entitled Up From Geor-
gia." is promised.
Onota Watanna, the young japanese
writer whose "A Japanese Nightingale
has been read with such genuine pleas
ufe, has listed for early publication u
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-20

try exhibit in the author type Of
skill which dime novelists might well
envy. We must say that from liter
ary point of view the story Is excep-
tionally well constructed and told.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-05

swords and pistols. In Austria they throw things at each other and pound on desks during debate. In Germany they make charges against each other and let it go at that. In England cour- tesies are observed, except in the case of Irish nationalists. tn su,h a nlcety that scandal hardly ever is al lowed to stalk abroad
 With full development the new American scheme may be productive of great results. Members of congress will introduce bills and then behave themselves. for they will know exact ly what is coming The plan is not yet in good working order and if i.s full significance had been realized there might not have been occasion for investigating Danish island stories. cruelty in the Philippines. Cuban recip- rocity, and Senator Morgan would not insist upon knowing what the Panama canal lobby has been doing in Wash ington this winter.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-05
THE AMERICAN
 LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION,

A careful watch of the doings of congress during recent years leads an exchange to remark that a new func- ton is being added to the ones already incumbent upon that body. This IS the duty of Investigating the scandals which arise from the passage of near ly every important piece of legislation.
 It is evident that the time is coming when the procedure will be something like this: Introduction of bill; battle in committee; report and placing on the calendar; debate; voting; conference; investigation to clear up the strains upon the honor of members who have advocated or opposed the bih, as the case may be-
 It is believed that no other country in the world has advanced to this stage in the passage of laws; there fore. the Investigating committee may be claimed as an American institution. The French have . habit of making charge in the chamber of deputies and meeting for an adjustment of differ enees upon the field of honor with
Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-05
J. PIERPONT
 MORGAN'S HONESTY.

And now we have J. Pierpont Nor gan in the role of an honest specula- tor, an enfOrcer of honest dealing among Wall street brokers. A few years ago, says the Worlds Work for July. a Wall street firm was agent for cOterie of street railroad capital ists in Philadelphia. The agents held about 60,O00 shares of stock for the capitalists on margin-shares that the Philadelphians were under moral obligations to control. One day the agents sent word to the Philadel- phians that those shares must be taken up at once or they would be thrown on the market. The New York men knew that it would be i'm possible for the Philadelphians to take up those stocks on such short notice. Anticipating their failure 10 do so. the New York agents had agreed to sell at low price far more of the stock than they had held. They expected that when the 60,000 shares were cast upon the market, they would be able to buy at a still lower price all that was needed to fill their own contracts, and that heavy gain would be made This was a scheme that in other years would have work ed, and to the serious injury of many more than those immediately con- cerned. But new power had come into. Wall street. The Philadelphia men took special train to New York and went to Mir. J. Pierpont Morgan. They informed him of their predica- ment. Tell hose fellows to send that stock to me-" replied MT. Morgan at once. The agents were in despair They were forced to ask for the twen- tyIour hours allowed by the Stock Exchange in such emergencies. Next morning, the agents said that by a mistake in bookkeeping it had been thought that securities were in New York which were really in London, and they could not be delivered for a week or more. Meanwhile, the stock was largely bought on the Stock Exchange, the price went up, and the agents were forced to buy at a very high price in order to deliver the 60, 900 and other shares they had agreed to deliver at reduced prices. The agents mad extreme difficulty in retaining their seat on the Exchange, and some very salutary advice was administered before the incident was closed.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-05
ECONOMICAL LEGISLATION NEEDED.

The approach of the time when the political parties in Arizona will make choice of candidates to be voted for at the November election, makes it the duty of the press of Arizona to empha- size the demand for an improvement on many former Arizona legislatures and especially the last one. That legislature was the most reckless and extravagant in shoveling out money
 from the territorial treasury that WAS ever eonTened in Arizona. except per haPst the Thirteenth Every trumped ID eelaim against the territory-even those dShica had been turned down in the courts as void and illegal was paid without t question: The, Twenty 9rsti lsasiatune. should banaf the po- odticai seotstsps Of 'sone of fAs leaders fi that Byay for the bskansScsr Of their laassysy sTSe people. of AgsssRs SsHslsd that the practice of economy shall be inaugurated in the affairs of govern
Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-05

ment in this territory. It is the duty of the newspapers to espouse the cause of the people in this just de mand. The newspapers can bring about reform in this matter and they will be derelict in duty if they do Tot give attention to the important work There should be no party obligation strong enough to induce silence in matters of wasteful extravaganza as
 makes up the principle record of the Twenty-first legislature.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-05
NO TARIFF TiNkERikG" TRUST MANDATE.


 Protectionists opposition to the Gu ban reciprocity bill which was respon- sIple for the death of that measure. is based on the contention that a re duction of duties in this instance would constitute the beginning of tariff tnkering" and so must be stern ly forbidden.
 The interests which compelled tho republican leaders in congress to op pose and humiliate republican ad ministration were those various pro tected corporations which saw injury to their respective monopolies in the event of reciprocity with Cuba These and other corporate interests are also commanding the republican majority in congress to prevent the passage of any reciprocity measure. a number of which are now being held up in obedience to these commands.
 The fact that the late President Mckinley perceived the final injustice of the Dingley high tariff and lifted his voice just before death, in plea for reciprocity, cuts no figure with the protected trusts. The fact that President Roosevelt properly strives to carry out Mir McKinley's policy in this respect does not for a moment deter the monopolies blocking the way to reciprocity The fact that we are pledged to fair dealing with Cubans mas no weight with these greedy cor porations. They notify the republican majority in congress that the tariff is sacred and issue their orders that it shall not be touched with a view to reducing one single duty.
 That trusts monopolies should in sist upon the inviolate maintenance of the high tariff is natural indeed. Un- der that tariff they have held the American consumer and retailer at their mercy for years. growing enor- mously rich at the cost of the people who bear the tariff burden. Pleading that they need protection against Flu ropean competition in this country. they are underseIling Europe in the worlds markets. At the same time they are charging the American con sumner more for these same products than is paid by the foreign consumer, the tariff making this feat possible to them by preventing competition in this country. They have an abso- lute monopoly in every state in the union and can compel producers and consumers to accept their terms.
 The .ariff is sacred to the trusts. because the very existence of the trusts as monopolies depends upon the maintenance of the tariff. Evi- dently, the republican party is owned and controlled by these evil organiza- tions and entirely hostile to the people in consequence The American peo- pie must take the matter into their own hands and, by substituting dem- ocratic control for republican control in their government, make certain the securing of tariff reform on the basis for revenue only. The moment this is done the people will have won their fight against trusts.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-05
SOME
 DISAPPOINTMENT.

DISAPPOINTMENT.
 Notwithstanding the great success of the Bisbee Fourth of July celebra- ton and the great crowds that thronged our city for two days. there has been considerable disappointment because of the very slim attendance from Fl Paso and from Tucson. From Fl Paso there was not exceeding fifty people, whereas the Fl Paso papers and people who arrived from there during the last ten days estimated that not less than three hundred would come from the Pass City to attend Bis bees celebration. Everybody here had hoped to see something better from Fl Paso; it was assumed that the recent establishment of favorable business opportunities for Fl Paso in Bisbee and the great mining country surrounding and tributary to Bisbee, by the construction of the Ell Paso and Southwestern railroad, had awakened sufficient interest in Fl Paso business circles to guarantee delegation from there to our celebration, that would be respectable in size. This assump- tion has proved to have been unwar- ranted which is much regretted in Bis bee
 The newspapers of Fl Paso treat ed Bisbee very nicely and gave to the business men of that city ex- cellent advice in advising them of the good results which would come from their visit in a large body to this great mining camp, thereby showing a proper appreciation not only of the business which they are now receiving from southern Cochise county and northern Sonora as the -e- suit of enterprises promoted by Bisbee, but as a bid for the larger trade Of the future.
 In these expectations our people have been disappointed, but the results will in no way effect Bisbee, though many of our people had hoped for the privilege and opportunity to entertain ing much larger crowd fr.'rl F.. Paso on this patriotic occasion.
 Fl Paso is not the only place that has disappointed Bisbee in the num- Der of people sent to our celebration. Tucson could have we'll afforded to send a large crowd to Bisbee on this occasion. It was an opportunity for Tucson to show a spirit of reciprocity. Bisbee has often sent crowded ex- cursion trains to Tucson-carryfng hundreds of people. Tucson should have been more mindful of the good feeling existing in Bisbee for that city
 Of course, there are people from Tucson and Fl Paso here enjoying the celebration and contributing to it's sue cess, but the number from both these places has disappointed Bisbee.
 But if we have been disappoint pd in our distant neighbors, as a recom- pense we have been surprised and gratifed at the splendid crowds which came from Douglas, Naco, the Can aneas, Benson, Tombstone and the San Pedro valley. Our next door neighbor- have crowded our city to the linit and they have had an all around good time.
 Ell PasO and Tucson must not pursue the policy of all take and no give to- wards Bisbee.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-09-17
The Abboseburx swannery.

Some interesting particulars are
given in the London Magazine Of
the Abbotsbury swannery, which is
stated to be the largest in Great
Britain. This is situated on the
Fleet, a long stretch of brackish
water lying within the Chesil Beach,
near Weymouth. Tradition holds
that this swannery is over 800 years
old, and there is documentary evi-
dence that it existed in the time of
the Tudors.
On a stretch of low marshy
ground adjoining the Fleet the
swans assemble in March and April
for nesting, and last spring there
were over 400 nests placed closely
together, the entire swannery con-
tanning 1,150 birds. The birds pair
for life, in that respect resembling
the acarrion crow, this being the
most meritorious point in the natu-
raj history of that not very popular
bird.
Although each of the 400 nests
OF Abbotsbury contains on an aver
ago Six eggs, OF which four or five
are Matched, so great is the waste
Of life among the young cygnets
that only thirty or forty new birds
are added to the flock each year.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-09-17
Old Pirates Laws.

The customs and regulations most
commonly observed on board buc-
cancer are worth noting. Every pi-
rate captain doubtless had his own
set of rules, but there were certain
traditional articles that seem to
have been generally adopted. The
captain had the state cabin, double
vote in elections, q double share of
booty. On some vessels it was the
captain who decided what direction
to sail in, but this and other mat
ters of moment were oftener settled
by q vote of the company, the cap
tain's vote counting for two. The
officers had a share and half or a
share and quarter of all plumber
and the sailors one share each. Booty
was divided with scrupulous care,
and marooning was the penalty of
attempting to defraud the general
company If only to the amount of
a goldpiece or dollar. Every
man had a full vote in every affair
of Importance.
Arms were always to be clean and
fit for service, and desertion Of the
ship or quarters l. hstttls vas pun
ished with death.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-09-17
Judge Of Probate's Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
A%nEDSCN C.,r,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ANDERSON COUNTY.
IN the Court of Common Pleas.
Eliza a. Caldwell. Jos. Berry Price and
others. Plaintiffs. against Newton J..
Newell. In his own right and rs Exscu-
tor of the VIII Of Isaiah j. Newell.
deceased, Mrs. l. NJ. Newell aud others,
Defendants.-Partitio
In obedience to the order Of sale grant
ed herein, will sell in front of the Court
House in the City of Anderson, S. c., on
Salesday In October next, during the
usual hours OF sale, the following de.
scribed Real Estate, to-wit:
AL that certain piece, parcel or Tract OF
Land, situate in Hall Township, County
and State aforesaid. containing one hun.
dred and forty-nine acres, more or less
and adjoining lands or Mrs. Emma Seig
Ter, Mrs. Margaret Burton and others
and known as the Thomas j. Newell
Tract.
Terms Of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay
extra for papers.
r. Y. II. NANCE,
Judge OF Probate as Special Referee.
Sept ~, 1902 IL 4