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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07
The Most oAmerican Books.

In a group OF articles written for the book
lmber Of the Outlook. Owen Wister, Brander
auhews, Hamlin Garland, Colonel 7. w Hig-
lsou. Edward Dowden Or. Edward Everett
ale, and several other authors discuss the rather
vel question, what ten books or parts Of
oks are most characteristic Of American life
d genius2" There is considerable divergence
opinion. Two lists may be given as together
rly representative Colonel HigRiusons i'm
Ddcs Cowpers Pioneers" Lowclls "Bgow
spcrs," Hawthorue's Scarlet Letter" Emcr-
BIS Essays" Thoreaus Walden" Winters
Mrs. Stoves Uncle Tom 5
sbin," Longfellow's "Hiawatha," Whitman's
caves Of Grass" Helen Keller's STORY Of My
e." Mr. Owen Wister sums up his impress
n as follows
Farewell Address, Washington; Gettysburg
Z dress, Lincoln; Phi Beta Kappa Address,
jersou; THE Scarlet Letter" Hawthorne
: hen Li1acs last in the Dooryard Bloom'd %
j, gilman "Huckleberry Finn" Mark Twain
=, glow Papers" Lowell "Tennessee's Part
y" Bret Harte; Autobiography, Grant and
= the tenth, in spite Of proximity, / will name
lSf. Dooley," whose sane, profound incisye-
~ must delight the heart OF Uncle Sam as
ea;h as did once the "Biglow Papers"
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Roeg Mc. Sniff Got His Berth.

So ! said very politely and In my best French
it is little frayed and Worn at the edge but it
afrivcS-somctimrs---
a lower tor Paris"
The man IN chocolate with touches Of the
three primary coors distributed over his per-
SON. half closed his eyes, lifted his shoulders IN
urcd way. looscued hs fingers and without
changing The lay figure expression Of his face
replied
There is nothing
Not q berth "
Are the, an paid for}' and accented the
word paid. / spend countless nights on Pull
mans in my own country and am familiar with
many uncanny devices.
"All bat one
why cam, have it' It is within an hour of
train time. Who ordered tr
The director Of the great circus He is here
now waiting for his troupe which arrives from
Berlin in special car belonging 20 our company.
The other car--thc one chat starts from here's
| foil. We have only two cars this train
Aiouaeur the director has the last berth"
lie said this of course, IN his native language
am merely translaung &c. ! would give it TO
you In the original but 1t might cmbarrass you !;
1t certainly would me
| whats Tine matter with putting the circus
director in Che special carr Your regulations say
bcrths must De paid ior one hour before train
time, II is now fifty five minutes of eight. Your
train goes IA 8. doesn't IT, Here Is twentyS
frame gold piccr-ucycr mind the chanEc'-and
flung "a napoleon on the desk before him.
The bunch OF tuqcrs dscnanglcd themselves
the shoulders sank an inch the waNed ends OF
the taiIycolorcd mustachc vbrated slightly, and
"a smile widcugd iu circles across the fiat dulness
of his face until t cnguled his eyebrows, ears, and
/ chin The effect OF the dropping nf the coin
had been ike the dropping Of stone into the
stn smoothness OF pooi--the wrinkling wave
lets had reached the uttermost short From
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07
"The desire OF the moth for the star,
OF the night for the morrow.
The devotion for something affair
From the sphere Of our sorrow"


From the sphere OF our sorrow"
The above lines from Shelley quite appropriate.
" adorn the Gte-pagc Of this volume from the
pen OF the popular preacher Henry Van Dyke
The book contains nine short stories, three of
which have heretofore appeared IN separate form.
They all Illustrate the search for happiness
which is the story Of each individual life whether
the quest he for things ideal or mundane lu
this case the stories arc all ideal symbolic, allie.
porieal. a bit translated from the German of
"Novals," entitled The Blue Flower" gives
name 70 the book
The Source" Wood Magic" Spy Rock
"A Handful OF Clay" each symboliles "A psycholo.
gica human experience. The Mill' docs tho
same, although the experience is placed within
the magical cycle Of the Arthurian legends THE
Lost Word illustrates the psychic Fife OF young
Greek who came under the influence of ST.
iChrysostom was dtawn within the circle OF
christianity, but reverted again 10 paganisu and
WAS recalled at a critical moment by lost word
The last story Of ALL The First Christmas Tree
tells the legend of St Winifrcd and the Oak of
Gesncr, and deals with experiences Of early days
when British saints Of the order Of the Irish Cui
dccs penetrated the wilds OF Germany and con
verted the people from the worship Of Thor and
Odin TO that Of Christ One OF the most touch
rsng Of these stories is that Of The Other Wis,
Nan story that has already achieved wild,
in separate form.
n The imaginative beauty and spiritual grace Of
i6hese stories are remarkable and the eyiden
.aearoh for and successful finding of quaint anC
8#rchaic words that chime and mngle, as it were
/ith the spirit of the stories, lend peculiar dis
notion 10 the diction. The ethical quality is suci
lat not even a child could fail TO catch its sig
ihoance.-Literary Digest
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'He MEN OF WOMEN AUTHORS.

sees Portrayed by Writer'S Of the
E.ss,-s,' Sex the Real Thina!'
vr, taOn Post
scen,..' In one OF the leading magazines
a w., discussed the question. Can Won
De,,,, About Men?" The fact that they
~, ~, n dong so would be sufficient an
lei NJ 'ae reader not especially interest
ssAsr ~. wen they do their work Is an
sa4t, - uele OF this sort the male char
. :suSSssnSG George Eliot are always invoked
.seaeh a. e, n feminine capability. IN
sgnni fs.n1s.orse Eliot possessed nm an
~ Aaa grssp, Il might Be val 70
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surreg. her as the exception which proves

suggest her as the exception which pio'''
the rule. -. -rornen can
not write about men ana reprouuV' ,1
sddelity within certain limitations 9 Won.
an author does this as well as her ln2 hsy.,
a. .omnetitor. The women VINO na o,,.
written some OF the recent historical ~ I'm
els, for iustarce. have cone Just as Win NJ m,
" sjon ~ bprchill Paul Leicester Fora elt
stbers whose books have enioyed, = :, ~
amount OF popularity. &C. p.sbIyalry
face. agure aud costume. oash OF $3.50, --s, 4
ana love. duel or two, without e ihe-s Il
attention to details ana ps ish us.hsil mark
him as the product Of masculine 2, aBd
.ina fspr~ ne {s lovshic fatesnn " q. si y.
brave, Aad VII look well on the ssaAs 49,
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London Literary Notes.

Following the deluge OF war books from En-
glish writer's now comes a small Boer food.
Mr. Krugers memoirs are, as the phrase goes,
TO be obtained at al booksellers and public n
braries General De Vets book, telling in many
pages his own part in the campaign, il just out.
There IS also a narrative by the Rev. ]. y. Ket-
sell. who was in the field as chaplain to De
Wet and steyn, but from what gather English
readers do not seem 70 be taking much TO the Boer
books, naturally preferrng TO read the stories
OF the war from their own side. As the Academy
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the novel is dramatized. what more can

the novel Is dramatzeu. WHAT mort CHI
sou askY
Certain phases Of masculine character are
ALWAYS accessible TO women authors ID
fhe relations OF love-. husband. brother
aud IN society a woman has rs much op'
p0rfunity to observe as a man, and her
Judgment is fully as accurate, Her intul-
fion enables her 10 detect nttle weaknesses
and ynnities which otherwise would remain
unexposed ga the pages OF fiction.
But a woman Is rarely capable OF de
picrine mans man" The virility ara
rurgedness Of masculine character are not
rhown to the fair sex man may be 2
brute and beat his wife, thus giving the
feminine novelist chance 70 impart 2
t1i,eS n domestic realism, but the thoughts
which a man thinks, the psychology OF MS
steiner nature, Is In most cases a sealed
root 70 oil hut hts own sex, II these laall.
ass appear IN aetlea " Me-llke tarm. tssS
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AZ Df4srence.

A frowning beach, biting wind.
Rain-dripping clouds, bad weather;
Yet. in my sight. all things were right,
For We we're there-together.
Deem azure skies, the ocean sleeps,
The air 20 sweet and msIlowi
But feel old. and giun, and cold
She's with--4nother feliewi
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9oast.

Fill high the chaliee with good cheer.
For Christmas comes but once year.
With holly bright and mistietoe,
Wen care not how the winds may blow,
But by the CHEEKY yule logs blaze.
On this, the children's day Of days,
While gladstone carols greet the ear,
Wen drain the ehslice Of good cheer.
From Four Track News Tor Deeemoer
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07
RopnLar Mope[s.

-mong the popular six novels Of 1909 selected
s the London Academy, and published in its
ial Fiction supplement are two which have
big successes in Ameriea--Anthony Hope 3
y. Intrusions Of Peggy" and Gilbert Parker's
IA Right OF Way" After this selected half
u follow eight popular and praiseworthy
! is" Of which one. "Ihe Vultnres," by II. s.
imam, has been very successful in this eoun-
!. and another. The Adventures OF 81 q HaEi-
Tn has every promise Of being.
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Mime de hg-tree.
h dee had fer ter skin,
whar Satan erope in.
Nan dee s'areh mighty
~ w NJ ter tell.
g a IN walked about.
!, AA hvhet you dee had
:SE%ALIlAA
||;1S2l(tS6.l.$ =
AN 5S ~ free
Z IN ! i,<bpiie-tree'
IN -s%e chillun's kin,
& Ne pitch or Sin;
~ e big hereafter,
9 Nwid a tur'ble splatter,
an dat what dc matter.
81 ! bet you dee had 'em--
4 Adam dat fergit ter pray
i on a-had'n' EN- down ter dis
4 last er de Appile-tree,
! her seeds bofe fur an free,
Il matter wild you an me.
IS what fotch on dc Fall,
4 oil Satan's call
g. | knows um all
died an pidgin-toed,
81 in dc middle er dc road,
4 | got is a mighty load,
- got um an had um,
9hty well dat | eoteh um fun
9ds what he scatter so free
Il an de Appile-tree.
d = = \
sImber OF Kcith's Magazine has
siate reading matter Tor Christ
sltion to twelve new designs iol
Snes. The opening article OF
ssicaI American Homes of Mod.
S'ery fully illustrated with eN.
sloor plans Of same, and is fol
Sy practical articles, one, The
srth,' and the other, Study OF
: the draping OF same. etc. I
ertuents arc complete and the
q furnished many suggestions
. dinner.
\ = q
3 8 month is up to It's usual high
. lost dignihed class Of culture
OF Thomas Bailey Aldrict
~ Of a Paper" makes enjoyabl,
an iusht- stimulating.
'es read and enjoyed James b
n" N of fshcrmcn's stories pub
Oh I'm under the title, "Out @.
ON nd an added interest IN th,
NO McGrath on The Atlant,
40, from the New Foundlau,
nd Unconscious Plagiarist IS
~ curious little character all III
cir power Of fascination,
,,,s
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are put there by men,
Nevertheless, It can
OF women authors are
~ men. They are .
sort. one-sided. perha
Ia life as the women
flnrs.
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The Food Refo.

Austin Statesman.
on the dag before yG
mep Of this city bought
from one dealer and on
dor. They bought M
ni1kman, and IL was "a
rallt can. Each. on ,
tie milk 70 make an o.
A perfectly satisfactr
the oeber sruse the ~ ?
water9. the eAsstne.e
4arl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07

; brother whom ! Will
me Some are speak
+; I have never read
has some OF Charles
oh | shall read somH
right 10 read good
q, Beauty is a book
y; II Is horse talk,
70 kindness to dumb
boys, and mon. too,
= - unreasonably. aud
had the power u
I think cruelty "a
&c for which their
--led. Just think how
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07

II OF the hand, and
te pencil.
y drawing lines and
2ontrol the hand and
81 your left arm while
ie right one VIII be
e easier 20 draw with
and when you are
- the drawings make
4 very gfSs - dell
h\ u be chang i With
w paper too often, as
NNhe surface Of the
q not take the Ink
Ngish 70 make Illus
Gust nnailv he nut
/, IRE, this Is an I'm
be remembered.
teacher wishes all
Sake their drawings
/ lines, and n Won
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A Bunch of AHegories.

-led. Just think how
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07
RESCUED FROM TREE TOPS.
Residents OF Anadarlxo, Ok, Were Over
whelmed by Flood While Sleeping
In Their Homes.

Anadarko, Ok, June 1.-Anadarko
passed a sleepless night on account
of the sudden rise of the Washita
river. The entire bottom is over
flowed, averaging one mile in width
and eight feet deep on overiowed
land. The residents. were surprised
in their beds and were compelled to
fee for their lives, many being res
cued later from trees and tops of
houses. One mile of the Rock Is
land road was washed out, also all
crops in the floods path. The water
is the highest in 30 years. The rail-
road and Kiowa agency bridges were
carried away. .t
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07
A CURE FOR DROPSY.

Ashley, North Dakota, June 2nd.-J.
II. Hanson of this place has found o.
cure for Dropsy.
For years Mr.. Hanson himself has
suffered with Rheumatism of the
Heart and Dropsy, and of late has been
80 bad that he could not work.
He has tried many remedies but
nothing he could get helped him in the
least and he was growing worse and
worse.
Finally he began q treatment OF
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and to his great
delight he soon found that the Drop
steal Swelling was gradually going
down and that the Rheumatism Of the
Heart was also disappearing. He
says:
81 have taken seven boxes of Dodd's.
Kidney Pills and am feeling better
than have for five years.
81 am able to work again and If the
Dropsy or Heart Trouble ever comes
back 1 will use Dodd's Kidney Pills at
once"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07
PEN POINTS.

Police sometimes get those who help.
themselves.
An optimist is man who beives that
al eggs will hatch.
Your failure is as sweet to your rival
as it is bitter to yourself.
There is a period in every girls life
when she dislikes her surname.
The tastes of millionaire are often
imprisoned in pauper's purse.
There are probably two historical
falsehoods for each historical fact.
Virtue is its own reward and genius
is frequently found in the same class
Pride makes some people ridiculous
and prevents others from becoming SO.
A genius is q man who is able to dis
pose of his troubles for consideration.
II man owned the earth he would
try to dodge the tax collector just the
same.
Some men are not content with be-
ing treated well; they want to be treat
ed often.
A newly married couple always inn
agine they are living on love until the
first butchers bill is handed in.
When a man wants to borrow money
he discovers that his most distant rela--
tions don't always live farthest away
Chicago Daily News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07
THEY WANTED TO DIE.
-Four Culprits who We're Garroted ut Ponce
Aided tho Executioner In Adjust
ing the Carrot

Ponce, p. r., June 4.-Bernabe
Acrevedo, Jose Torres Ramon, Troche
Cadeno and Juan Torres, the four
men found guilty of murder, rob-
berry and outrage, committed in Octo-
Der, 1898, at Guayo, were garroted
here Tuesday. They were all put to
death within so minutes and the aver
age time taken to kill each man was
two minutes. All the condemned
men confessed their crimes as they
walked to the scaffold. Two Of them
aided the executioner to adjust the
CARROT and forgave him for putting
them to death. One of the prisoners
resisted the adjustment Of the cloth
over his face. He said he wanted to
die with his face uncovered. Final
~, after Is minutes struggle, he was
subdued.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07

If China pays her debt on the gold
basis, it will be necessary to increase
the 450,OOO,OOO taels agreed upon by
something like another 100, 100000 and
to increase the annual interest
charge by more than 100000. Since
the protocol was signed the value OF
the Hailzwan tael, in which the debt
was to be paid, has declined from
"a cents to GO cents. The money Of
China is founded on a silver basis,
and to pay in gold is necessarily
more of a burden than when the
treaty was made.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07
DROVE PARENTS TO KILL.
Famine In Corea Causes Infants to BE
Slain for Food-Eating Bark
from Trees.

Honolulu, May 24.-News comes
from Corea by steamer that famine
in several districts is causing great
misery and many denths. In Kyoha
the people were driven to stripping
the bark from the trees and eating
it. Under one tree five bodies were
found of people who had died of hun
ger. The governor of North Abulla
province reports that in IS districts
41,35s persons are on the verge of
starvation. In one province family
was driven to kill and eat two Of
their youngest children.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07

In southern Italy and Sicily no CEN
fury has elapsed since the earliest
periods of history that has not been
distinguished by severe earthquakes.
From 1878 to the end of 1776 this
region was almost constantly dis
turbed. The great earthquake OF
1888 in Calabria probably caused the
death of 100000 persons and was felt
in a great part of Europe. The
origin of the shock was a spot under
the center of Calabria. The dis
turbance passed under the sea with
out producing any great sea wave,
but on reaching the opposite coast
Of Sicily destroyed the city of Mes
sina.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07
TAFT AT THE VATICAN.
United States Wants to Deprive Monks Of
Their Land, But Will Remunerate
Them.

Rome, June s.-Cardinal Rampolla,
the papal secretary of state, re-
ceived Gov. Taft Monday. 1t is stated
that the American government wishes
to deprive the monks in the Philip
pine islands of their immenses es-
tates, but instead of going in for
spoliation, as some European gov
ernments would have done, Wash
ington wishes to indemnify them,
and President Roosevelt will request
the pope to fix the amount of the
indemnity.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07
RIOTING IN CHICAGO.
Serious Clashes Between Police and Strih-
ing Tsamsters and Many People
Were Injured.

Chicago, June 3.-Riot and blood
shed marked the progress of the
transfers strike yesterday. There
were numerous fights between the
police and the strikers and their
sympathizers. Street car traffic was
stopped while the fighting went on.
the police and employees of the pack
ing companies were stoned and at
one place when surrounded by q
dense crowd Of men and women the
police, fifty strong, under command
of Lieut.. Collins, maddened by the
numerous stones with which they
had been pelted, drew their revolv-
ers and charged full into the crowd,
which showed no disposition to re-
treat. Fists, stones and clubs were
brought into requisition by the strik-
ers and the police used their batons
and the butt ends of revolvers free
w.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07

Private" John Allen, of Missis-
sippi, is one of the federal commits
sioners to the St. Louis worlds fair,
drawing for work in connection with
that position the comfortable salary
of $4,000 a year. He was tout with
the boys" one night recently, but
broke away early, saying he had a
busy day ahead because of the fair
'Busy day nothing" said one OF the
party. "What have you to do?"
SWELL" said Allen, 'I've got to get
up."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07

CHICAGO, ILL.,, 427 Monroe St.
~ "As far as have observed Peruna
Is the finest tonic any man or woman
can nse who is weak from the after
effects of any serious illness.
81 have seen it used in number Of
convalescent cases, and have seen sew
eral other tonics used, but found that
those who used Peruna had the quick
est relief.
"Peruna seems to restore vitality,
Increase bodily vigor and renew health
and strength In a wonderfully short
time. "...MRS. KATE TAYLOR.
In view of the great multitude Of
women suffering from some form of fe-
male disease and yet unable to find any
cure, DIR. Hartman, the renowned spe-
cialist on female catarrhal diseases, has
announced his willingness to direct the
treatment of az many cases as make
application to him during the summer
months, without charge. Address The
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07

When they ended letter in the
old days the ending rambled on like
the benediction in a country church.
In closing the letter to Rochambeau,
George Washington wrote: II can
with much truth assure you that I
am, with every sentiment of esteem,
regard and friendship, my dear
count, your most obedient and hum
BILE servant" Fancy a stenographer
pattering that out on typewriter
nowadays.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-06-07

The latest mechanical invention for
the production of the modern news
paper is a printing press capable of
turning out 10000 complete eight
page papers an hour. If anyone had
had a vision of this while Ben Frank
lin was presiding over his old hand
press he would have insisted that
the day of miracles was ahead in
stead of behind him.