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New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
REFLECTIONS on READING.

Mr.. Melrose tells the story of the compost
ton OF the novel. originally tale Of about the
fifth Of the size of the ordinary romance. and
EXPANDED mis- suggestion. The author saw
its obvious faults. but found that il must go
TO the world il He thought it good
enough He was not humble about his book
and its success. but he remained practically
unaffected by it He had wakened from a
life of ordinary haCk-work to find himself. in d
sense. famous: and it IS most melancholy 70
think Row brief the span in which he had
the pleasure Of recognition He was no great
reader. il seems, EXCEPT Of Shakespeare: even
Carlyle he seems to have missed, that idol OF
most young Scots, and he had never opened
Hawthorne. Somehow many men Of literary
originality appear to be the reverse Of wide
readers; one marveIs at their slender libraries,
their scantiIy tenanted shelves. The bookworU
is almost an extinct reptile. Cruising about the
Highlands, all through autumn, met at re-
mote inn a lady who casually brought down
to the dinner table three books Here, at last,
was q kindred bookworTn; but Mr.. Brown was
none. I presume that mankind is the book OF
the novelist; Dickens was no reader; the novel
lists Of wide reading. l venture to think, are but
three, and they are long dead. Fielding was the
earliest of the three: everyone can guess the
names Of the others. Perhaps We should add
Lord Lytton. who had read great deal that
lay out of the beaten trackS.-(AndreW Lang, in
Longman's Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
NO SUCH THING AS SACRED MUSIC.

The nonsenScal stipulation that Sunday con-
certs must not be given for profit has now
officially beer abandoned by the licensing com
mittee Of the London County Council Ihe
committee have indeed recognized the fact upon
which l have already insisted. that 1t Is quite
impossible TO enforce such regulation Man
ayers are not in the least likely to give con-
certs at a loss: while. although very little proIt
is to be made Of cheap Sunday perform
anCes. yet the balance must be on the rlght Slde-
Besides. il would be easy To manipulate the
accounts as rent of hall, fee for manage
ment. and forth. As a matter OF fact the
London County Council have no power Whatever
license Sunday concerts at all All they can
do is to refrain from prosecuting, and also TO
make no objection to Sunday performances when
licensing day comes round. The idea that sun
day concerts should be limited 10 sacred music
was long since abandoned. although II seems
that in certain quarters the demand Is TO pe re-
neWed- IS matter Of fact. there Is no Such
thing as sacred music. and Handel for eN-
ample. used his music indiscrImInateIy for the
most solemn OratoTCs and for Italian love duets
Sacred words are, of course. altogether another
matter: although. certain Lord Chamber
lain. who shall be naTneless, once pointed out
an Old Testament story. which might be I'M
possible at the opera Samson and Deliiah.
might be quite in order If the mere names OF
the personages were changed to Samuel and
JeuiIa.-(T Truth
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
KITCHENER BROoKED NO FAILURE.

The gift of overcoming apparently insuperable
difficulties which the Sirdars officers possessed
in such marked degree was very largely due
to the unbending severity with which he treated
all failures. whether high or low were respon-
sibe for them. A thing ordered it had
to be done, and consequently 1t was done; no
excuses prevailed for instant. So when
officer lost a Nile steamer through the stupidity
of a subordinate he was a ruined man; when the
wires failed to connect k. with his base at a
critical moment, the young officer in charge lost
all the fruits of his long and meritOriOuS labOrS
If no chief acknowledged more fully and
generously good work well done, also
was ever more unforgiving of failure to
matter what cause the failure might be due.
Once in the hottest moment of a blazing Soudan
summer l incautiOusly reported that ID. had
got sunstroke, and therefore could not execute
some order. "SunstrOke" X replied; what the
devil does he mean by having sunstrOke: send
him down to Cairo at once" However, d being
friend of mine, l wired to warn him that he
was under deluson and quite well, and
the order was carried out, and nothing more
heard of the matter, while poor D. lived to get
himself handsomely killed before Mafeking--
(Blackwood's Magazine
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
ENGLISH MAGAZINES
COMMENT AND REFLECTION WITH p1rre
O' AhAfTCRE IN DECEMBER
PERIODICALS FROM OVER SEAS
WANTED: oGREs. GIANTS coprrNv


! -HT Eeaolng houses which reforrners b,xa ca
- fICcIeU Tor as compliments IN eatino
1oS5S ana drinking houses were alraa 1v IN f1IfI
s"--s. anC II II We're possible TO order therein
q A'-- D-ol OF romance or humor or preaching as
c-E o. portion OF fish or flesh or fowl u
= 20 De 1eal u that disappointments wouI5 lie
- MaIl 1or parents who should beuevolentIv Iea5
"a lheIr girls and boys for q little old Fashioned
oHiISIii-aS entertainment '-Ogres is nrf sir
O. very sorry, but there's no more stewed
dragon and devilled princess to-day" would roll
dS sure as tate from the walters tongue Christ
mas DeeE- CHRISTMAS turkeys Christmas pud-
C-ls- ana Christmas mince pies are with MS still
10 our inward undoing, but the good old Christ.
n.aSsy christmas book has weIlnigh died out
OF me Iano, even the snow has melted from
me modern Christmas card. The publishers and
aIl4StS and authors are firmly convinced that
all ne olher publishers and artists and authors
are BUSY producing the old roaring Yule log
sy stun that in the end il hardly gets produced
al an In nearly two hundred children's books
ot ule present season We have not found enough
giants and goblins TO furnish two really
bouncing tales There is an abundance Of stories
OF the Boer war. stories Of garishly modern
ooys and girls schools, stories with an avowed-
" accurate historical basis. and of books in
Whlch contemporary actualities are so described
or satIrlzed as TO drag the little reader preIna-
turely out Of fairyland into the sophisticated
IKE winch he IS bound TO enter on all too soon.
But while such works as these could hardly be
reckoned on a centipedes toes. the out and out
fairy books can be counted on the fingers Of
one har5.-(The Outlook
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
MAKERS OF GUNS AND HOMES,

Strange enough are the Illustrations OF the
progress Of Christendom afforded by the stols
Of the krupp dynasty. Here ii the twentlelh
century OF our era Of peace and goodwill there
has died the head Of incompaTably the Nastest
industrial undertaking in the leading country on
the European Continent, having possessed Dy
far the greatest fortune among his compatrlotsi
and his trade was the manufacture OF the ma
cflirery of wholesale slaughter krupps, no
doubt made other things than krupp guns ana
ammunition, and If the millennium had been es-
Il would doubtless have built up on quite otner
lines colossal enterprise from the humble 1oun-
oations laid by Krupp I But as things were
in latter half of the nineteenth century, II
was in the production and the constant improve
rrert of engines for the destruction or human
life that the father OF the man VINO cleo re-
Gently found the most profitable use 1or ms
own extraordinary administrative and inventive
faculty. and for the industrial application OF
the ever advancing discoveries OF cheIIllctai
science in the field OF uletallurgy- It was u
such work that, for the most part, employ IIlent
has been found for ever increasing regiments y
artisans and iaborers at Essen, that the pop
ula1ion OF that town, which was Iovro apoLt
1870 has since Occupied. But this RAPID gro -
has been happily distinguished from ttlaI
has occurred in not few Of the newer uld It-
centres in this country and abroad The secohu
Herr krupp had a genuine sense or respOhs-,
biIirv for the welfare Of his workpeople, an.
there appears 70 be general concurrence - -
opinion that he discharged what he pelleHeo -
he his duty TO them, in the way of proElo!4s
excellent dwelling houses. hospitals, upraiIT1
at,uca tiOnal and other institutions, ana
Of pensions for those who were past WORK w. W.
the most lavish liberality. That lDera4tS n.
continued tv his SON who has just died, SO @ tL-1C
there seems to be no doubt that the coIlO~II -
of life in this German town, devoted 10 Iiie - l
ufacture OF deadly engines, are IN many Ee'pI. EII
ss fxora bic as those TO be found IN Iar sILIc-
TOWNS or villages here owned by proVei o-<Ls+S
rbiIanthropic makers Of useful articles lor uo
fDestic consurnption.-CThe Spectator
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
OUTDOORS WITH RUsKIN.

RuskIn was good walker. but no athlete. He
6Ic MI Allen were out day upon the noun
talI1sloe- They passed a group Of men engaged
In rough work with pickaxes How l wish,
said Ruskln, I could do what those
dong! was never allowed to do any work
which would have strengthened my back. l
wasn't allowed to ride, for fear Of being thrown
off; nor TO boat, for fear of being drowned:
10 box, because il was vulgar; L was allowed TO
fence, because II was genteel" But Mr.. Allen
cannot remember ever seeing Ruskin with the
fOils Sometimes when he living with his
parents at Denmark Hill he would enjoy sur
reptitious on the river. Il used TO be told.
says Mr.. Allen. not 10 let his parents know
where he gone" RuskiK at this time was
II the forties.
What a companion must Ruskin have been
on mountain walks around Bonneville and
Chamonixt Mr. Allen looks back, can
well understand. to those days among the Alps
a the most stimulating and interesting Of his
teach people TO see. He had an eye for every
th:ng-couds and stones, hills and flowers all
interested him in the same intense way. And
what he and felt he communicated in inIIn-
liable and inevitable eloQuence to others
seem to hear him breaking forth into a
rhapsody of delight came UNEXPECTEDLY
OF a walk UP the Brezon. upon a sloping bank
Of the star gen1ian. He was full, too OF syn
ra1hy with the life Of the people I can see him
now kn4eling down, he knelt on Easter sun
day. 1863. and praying with a peasant woman
at wayside chapel When I first reach the
AIMS he said 10 me once. I always pray MI
Ruskin's printed passages Of alteration III pres
ence Of the sublinaity OF Nature were the eX-
preston of his inTnost feelings and IN accord
with his practice.''-(E- L COOK ID Inc
Strand Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14

.I S1-n cnance- Had his Memoirs, been sincere
sS eS would have told Us how this plain Dopper
c STec comfortable, even princely fort
80 ,9 DuI Iney are not sincere and they
o1,,1; 80 b1at was not already obvious, in
- Is MI hfugeTs contempt for facts. But
-. HdS text ready for any emergency-a text
s m1-Ica ne thinks will solve every difficulty and
pI hypocrisy he declares that we Beers must
penaFe as Christians to the end however
oNnILeo the way in which the English treat
Icy Ue- MS vanity is even stronger than his
PIely' ana the noisy reception which the French
save MN at MarSeilleS, not 10 fiatter his great
ness out merely pour embeter les AngIais, seems
10 nave touched his rugged heart What, then,
Is tne secret OF his success? He sometimes out
Wltted the English merely because changing
governments have made a continuous policy i'm
possible His triumph, indeed was due not to
ms aDnity, but to our divided counSelS
happly uniform and united His ascendancy
over ms own people is not astonishing He is
an nhterate, crude peasant. who ruled
peasants, some Of them also crude and iiterate;
out at the same time he is endowed with q tenn
permanent which enabled him to impose upon
the last debates in the Volksraad is to realize
that Joubert and Lukas Meyer were the PreSl-
dents SuperIorS in every respect. Yet they sue
cumbed TO his domination. and fought for Ideals
which they held to be false with the loyal cour-
age and resolution which all the world applauds.
But If for moment regard the book serl-
ously. We may find in its pages the most elo-
possible that Africa should have been forever
governed by statesmen who mistook malice and
chicane for high policy. So long krugerlSnl
was ascendant inevitable, and, as mas
been proved half a dozen times. compromise an
increasing danger -tBIackwood's Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
DEAD PIRATES BRowBEAT HISTORY

There was world wide gulf between Drake
and Morgan: but il Spanish feroCity that
taught the buccaneers their bloody trade; ana
bestia as they were. they not utterly de
spcable for they fought marVellously. LOlon-
nois at Maracaibo Morgan sacking Panama
with his twelve hundred rufIans, put the fear
of death into the Spaniards. But neither Span
lard nor buccaneer could stop the growth or
commerce and civilization and early in the
eighteenth century the great fleets that fol
lowed LOlonnols and Morgan had CWlHdled 10
a crazy ship two commanded by such over
rated scoundrels as the Pirates Of New-PTovl-
dence": petty rascals whose loot was generally
as paltry their crimes There has been a
curious conspiracy amony those who have writ
ten upon the subject TO eXaggerate the wicked
ness Of these men; as if their truculent swagger,
their blood curdling violence OF language, had
served 10 impose upon their modern blOSraphers
we'll to intmdate the degenerate sailor
men of their own day. Mr.. Howard Pyle'
OF Wilmington, Del published one OF the
latest histories of their exploits under the
title of The Buccaneers and Marooners of
America" in the Adventure Series 0S9D.
From this learn that Captain William Kidd,
who hanged at Execution Dock in 11O1,
never killed anybody but his own gunner, whose
skull he smashed with bucket. According to
the General History of the Pyrates" published
by Captain Charles Johnson in 1924. his greatest
booty amounted to about tSVoo Captain Ed
ward Teach, otherwise Blackboard, the Bristol
privateersnan, who sailed from New Providence
as a pirate in 1111, stands par excellent Isle
in an unique personality of his own Here is
his description: His beard was black, which
he suffered to grow Of an extravagant length;
as TO breadth, II came up 10 MS eyes ne was
accustomed to twist ii with ribbons in small
tails, after the manner of our Families wigs,
and turn them about his ears. In time Of action
he wore a sling over his shoulders with three
br ice of pistols hanging in holsters like bando-
leers, and stuck lighted matches under hit has,
which, appearing each side of his face, made
him altogether such a figure that ina gination
cannot form idea of a fury from hell to look
more frishtful." Yet only a few years ago just
such a figure might have been encountered in
the public streets any fifth of November
CW. ]. Fletcher IN The Cornhill Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
A GLIMPSE OF DICKENS.

Another artist who looks back with gratitude
to Dickens l note sketchng a little boy who,
with a great lump OF clay in front of him. is
seated in the sculptor's studio, beginning his art
career. and tells the story of when
he was engaged in this artistic effort. "A
bright lively young man, good looking, and with
dark flowing locks, entered the studio, accom-
panied by Behnes, and took his seat in a COM
Portable chair on a revolving platform. He,
too, seemed amused at the scene-and very
much so when he caught sight of a small boy
sitting in front of a foot almost as big as him
self with a bun on one side and large lump
of clay on the other. which he was trying to
thumb into shape. I was the little boy, and
the lively young with the dark flowing
locks was Charles Dickens. He came and looked
over me- patted me the head, and said some
kind things: but 1 did not know who he was till
afterwards So says Mr.. q. a. Storey. And
the same genial artist takes from his pocket a
sketch of OId Weller his first artistic effort,
which eventually he discovered was the finger
post pointing TO art and fame.-(Harry Furniss,
in The Strand Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
.cBE NOT TOO TAME NEITHER"

At this season of the year the Amateur Actor
reappears inevitably as fOgs and the infiu-
enza- He forgotten in the summer. but the
long winter evenings are his opportunity. As
a rule his social pretensions are greater than
his social position. The latter he first acquired
owing to a vague report that he was amazingly
clever in his professionally amateur capacity.
At the first ducal mansion TO which he was in
vited it was a matter OF discussion whether he
should dine with the house party in the
housekeeper's room. His knife and fork having
been ultimately laid in the dining room pre-
cedent was esta blished, and to this lucky acci-
dent must be really attributed his social sue
cess for his talent is Undiscoverable. He him
self however. is quite unaware how nearly he
was reIeeated to the housekeeper's room, or how
often the duke and duchess now wish he had
been.
On the strength of having once shown people
to their seats at a performance witnessed by
MT Tree or having spoken half a dozen lines at
a charity entertainment kindly attended by Mr..
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14

Forbes Robertson he will confidentially assure
you that they offered him on the spot lucrative
engagements. 1t is d way great actors have
according to amateurs Fortified by this eX-
perience the amateur goes further. and remarks
loudIy-he always talks more loudly than eny
one else when he is not acting, being iHaudibe
on the only occasions when he ought TO sreah
up-"as | was saying the other day to Alex
ander" last time l was in Cyril Maudes 8
dressing room told him my reading of lis part,
OF course il is, my dear boy I replied You
see, I'm fresh and you're played out and he
was quite impressed THE Outlook.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14
KRUEGER.s MEMOIRS SCORED

Indeed, If Nj. Kruger is in any sense resPo., "a
sibJe for these Memoirs" he adds as little 10
orr respect for him as TO our knowledge OF
African history He is presented as VaIil' PC
ulapt and narrow minded He mas 10 HnoII
resrect for the truth than for his honorape op-
Moments The small sect to which Ne DeIOtISS
IS III his opinion the only righteous sect "a - II.
world. His craftsmanship is mixture OL - -
nir<- and Intrigue and for all his parade or the
sirnpIe virtues he has a constant eye " NN
New-York tribune., 1902-12-14

hunters. fowlers and fishermen but in those
days PiscatOr. NenatOr and AucepS might meet
at the top Of Totnam Hill; now the hawk moth
is the object of desire rather than the haWk,
and the trappers skill can be only widely exer-
cised on rats and sparrows.-CThe Saturday Re
view.
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09
Notice For Bids.

Public notice is hereby given that the
board OF directors of scho ] dis rict No.
l will receive bids for $4,000 OF school
bonds OF said school district up to and
including July Is, 1902 Said school
bonds are what are known as 5-15 and
bear percent interest. All bids to be
sealed and addressed to the Secretary of
School District No l, Grand junction,
Colorado Each bidder must satisfy him
self as to the validity OF the bonds All
bids must be accompanied by certified
check for 500. only such bids will be
considered.
VIM. A. Marsh,
Sec. School District No l.
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09
Charged With Gambling,

Henry Kippe yesterday swore out a
warrant against James Purcell of the
Senate saloon, charging him with gam-
bling. A preliminary hearing was had
this moreing before Justice Sweeney
Mr.. Purcell waived examination this
morning by his attorney, j. s. Carna
court.
Mr. Purcell, it is charged, recently
stool in the way OF sale which Mr.
Kippe was about to make OF his store
property, and it is believed that this has
primarily been the cause which has led
up to the charge against Mr. Purcell.
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09

Thomas Dowrey of Hamilton. o a
brother OF w. Dowrey, was an arriv-
al on the noon train and will spend a
portion OF the summer in the hills aud in
this city.
Edgar Beard. editor Of the Fruita In.
dependent, was in the city today on
business connected with his publication.
Squire q. Lane of Fruits was among
today's visitors.
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09
Quickest Time Denver Chicago.

Is made by ths Union Pacific "Chicago
Special leaving Denver 10 q. III. and
arriving Chicago 400 p. III. next day
Direct connection in Chicago with fast
limited trains for the east. Only one
night to Chicago, two nights to New
York and b ston. Buffet smoking Ii
brary cars, divers. sleepers, free reclining
chair cars, etc, For through tickets
see your local agent or address K. r.
Griffin general agent, Denver.
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09
Special Rates for Wheelmen.

Those desiring to attend the % mile
road race from Basalt to Glenwood
Springs on July 81 can obtain full i..ior-
nation as to special rates, prizes and en-
tries by calling at the office OF the Colo
RADIO Midland railway. Special low
rates for wheelmen making entries for
the race
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09

Grand Army of the Republic Grand juno
tion Post No. meets every I'D and 4th Satur-
day at Odd Fellows hail. Visit Com
rades welcome. VIM. Warner, Adj. ]. R.
Falls, Com.
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09
Weather Report

The maximum Temperature yesterday
was 81 degrees and the minimum this
morning was IS degrees.
Forecast for this section Isl:
Fair tonight and Thursday; warmer
Thursday
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09
Special Rates to GIenwood.

From May Is to October 81 the Denver 4
Rio Grande railroad will make the follow
iHR special rates to Glenwood Springs and
return: Sunday only, $3.50; Saturday OF
Sunday, returning Sunday or Monday, $3.5 so.
S. G. Hum, City Agent.
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09
Summer Rates East.

On June and 13, July and %, August 8,
II and 81 and September 2 and 10 the Den
YER & Rio Grande railroad will sell tickets
TO eastern points and return at one fare plus
81. S. G. Hum, City Agent.
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09

Grand Junction Encampment No. SO, l..
o. o. F. meets Ist and sd Thursdays OF
each month at Odd Fellows hall. J. E.
Thompson, c. P. J. NJ. Graham. Scribe.
The daily sentinel., 1902-07-09

Grand Valley Rebekah Lodge No. &C
meets ed and 4th FRIDAYS of each month al,
Odd Fellows hall. Lulu Curtis. N. G.
lola Evans, Secretary.