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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
STRAY BITS OF SPORT.

London, Dec 12.-A joint challenge has been issued by the chess clubs of Oxford and Cambridge universities to the chess clubs of the universities of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Colum- bia, for a cable match to defend the Rice trophy, to take place in the spring of 1903.
 George Bothner and Tom Jenkins's manager will meet next Tuesday to se- lect a referee for the handicap wrest- ling match between the game little New Yorker and the Cleyelander, which is scheduled to take place in Grand Central Palace, New York, on Monday night, December p. The match is by far themost importan tthat Bothner has ever had, and he is work ing like a beaver to get into form for the night of the struggle. If Bothner can keep Jenkins from putting him down four times in an hour, which the conditions of the match call for, he will prove to be the greatest little man that ever put his foot on the mat. For this reason Bothner is anxious to have an experienced wrestler judge the con test.
 w. A. Schick, the Harvard sprinter, has come into possession of the silver medal won by him at the last intercol- legfate championship, despite the fact that he was disqualified by the execu- tive committee of the I. c. A. A. A. A. Schick ran second to Duffy when the Georgetown man made the worlds record of 9 93-5 seconds at Berkeley Oval on May 31, but was protested. The protest hung fire, however, until about month ago, when it was decid- ed on evidence submitted that Schick was ineligible and the second prize a silver medal-was awarded to J. s. Westney of Pennsylvania, who ran third, Westney is of the opinion he is not entitled to the medal and with a letter sent it ito Schick, saying: "I return you the silver medal which rightfully belongs to you. It was only through the hardest kind of luck which often comes to man that you were deprived of it. You deserved to win it and wish you the best of luck next year." Westneys manly action has aroused great admiration among the Harvard men, who are loud in praise of the Quaker. Yet
 Schick has said he will not keep the
 medal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

Leather goods of every description, music rolls, chatelaines, etc at Reid Sc Hughes. Pretty mounted purses.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

Willie Fitzgerald Gets Decision Over Charley Seiger-Spike Sullivan Does Up Bill Chester-George Gardner Whips Billy Stift-Hugh McPadden Wins the Decision Over Mike Tuths.
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scene for that story was not in the
Hoosier state at all, the country village
described being in reality the town OF
Marshall, Illinois. OF recent historical
romances Mr.. Harrington remarks.
/ think the authors are induced by
thoughts of great sales TO write stories
which they think Will tickle the public
palate In disregard to art. The vogue
of the romance novel is hard To- explain,
unless II be resolved into the simple
proposition that the public likes love
stories and sNash-buGkllng. Contlnu-
ally we are hearing apparently compe-
tent persons declare the popuIarity OF
the romantic novel is at an end, and the
next week another romance Is pun
lIshed and runs to the three hundred
thousand. IL has always been So since
books were published, and | guess viii
continue 40 until human nature
changes. Nov and again somebody
writes a mastery problem story, which
distracts attention for the time from
the romantic tale. This theme Is fol-
lowed until 1t Is worn threadbaie, then
back goes the public TO the romance"
Mr.. Paul Leicester Ford rs one OF the
rev Oh iilt yOutlbNl llNiib iiNN~AhN' N'AN
were born with means, though he has
out of the sales OF his books bought
land and built house In New York
and furnished II.
Mrs, Elizabeth Wormely Latlmer at
the age Of ninety years, has added to
her remarkable labors In translation,
the writing Of historical novel to be
entitled Prince Encognito. This shoul ]
be an incentive and inspiration to those
who fancy that life's labors and
chances for improvement must end
with the formidable sounding three
score years and ten. Mr. Latimer's en-.
tire life has been full Of effort and
achievement
Perhaps Il is an inevitable outcome
OF the tremendous popularity OF 1.-THE
Rubalyat If omar Khayyam" that
there should be- as Doubleday, Page
& Co. now announce "Varlorum and
Deflnltive Edition" OF the verse and
prose works OF Edward Fitzgerald. At
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increased at an unusual rate each
week since. The American girl Ellen,
who Is the heroine of the book, Is an
inspiring young creature-youthtul,
brave. beautiful, ardent, full OF youths
most exquisite ideals, full, too. OF
something of the stun martyrs are
made of--though happily Miss wilkins
would not permit her to endure
martyrdom Of any length.
Mark Twains humor Is not quite un-
derstood by the British workingman.
Andrew Lang, In a current English
magazine article, tells how he made
this discovery. II seems that he had
loaned a COPY of "lvanhoe' to the
workingman, who duly returned II with
the candid remark that he hadn't time
to read II through because there were
so man characters he Couldn't remem.
Der them all. He then offered to lend
Mr. Lang book which he said he was
sure he would like. This proved TO be
volume Of alleged "Wit and Humor,"
which, so far from amusing him, caus-
ed Mr.. Lang to feel sad ana dis
couraged. MIR. Lang, In his turn, then
read aloud. to the workngman what
he considered a very choice extract
from one of Mark Twain's best books
But the nottingham smiled in a win
try, perfunctory way, and Mr. Lang
knew that the man, whom he pitied,
pitied him SO they parted in mutual
commiseration.
In view Of the recent publication by
the Harpers Of w, II, Henley's new
volume Of verse, Hawthorn and Law
ender," the following letter from Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson TO Mr. Henley,
written from Samoa in 1892, referring
TO an earlier group of Henley's lyrics,
Is OF peculiar and timely interest, In
cdentally It serves to remind us again
how unreservedly and with what rich
and generous appreciation Stevenson
celebrated the literary achievements Of
his friends:
Samoa, August l. 1892.
MY Dear Henley-It is impossible to
LEI your new volume pass in silence,
] have not received the same thrill Of
poetry since G., MS George Meredith's)
JOY OF Earth volume and Love In a
Valley; and | do not know that even
that was so intimate and deep. Again
and again / take the book down, and
read, and my blood Is fred as II used
TO be In youth ! did not
guess you were so great maslclan
these are new tunes. this is an under
tone OF the true Apollo; these are not
verses, they are poetry--inventions
creations, In language. [ thank you
for the Joy YOU have given me, and re-
main your old friend and present huge
admirer,
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON"
John Strange Winter" who has been
living for the last six years In Dieppe,
has returned to England. Mrs. Stan
nard Is the author Of slxty-nine novels
and two hundred and fifty short stories,
She is voluble conversationalist, with
passion for old china.
II will be difficult, for q while, TO
think Of the author OF The Portion Of
Labor and OF dozen other delightful
hooks Of New England life, az Mrs.
Freeman. even though the happy event
which made her such has been expected
for several months. Miss wilkins has
been married 20 DR.. Charles Manning
Freeman. and has gone TO Metuchen,
~ j.. to live. DR.. Freeman Is a wealthy
business man. Although he was gradu-
ated from jefferson Medical College
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erature available is added for the use
of students, teachers. and others wish
ing to provide good working labora-
tory on the subject.
We commend this book to teachers
and students as not only representative
of the study Of geographical science at
the opening Of the twentieth century,
but in every way and on every topic
the simplest and most comprehensive
treatment Of the subject now before the
public,--American Book Co.
Bairds' Graded Work in Arithmetic,
Seventh Year by S, w. Baird, prlncl-
pal Franklin Grammar school, Wilkes
barre, Pa, is the latest addition to the
series, which will contain eight vol
umes for the first eight years In Arith-
metic. This volume begins with a
thorough review OF the work of the
preceding years, accompanied by APP
pllcations to more difficult problems,
exemplifying the principles already de-
veloped. The new subjects introduced
in this book are duties or customs,
commercial forms, bank discount, eX-
change, and simple and compound pro-
portion. As In the preceding books.
the treatment Is largely inductive and
progressive.
Funk e. Wagnalls company announce
the immediate issue of the first two
volumes OF their great Jewish ENJOY
clopedia," which has been in prepare
ton for n number OF years, and has en-
gagged the services OF more than 800
scholars and specialists representing
many nations. Among those on the
editorial board are Dr. Cyrus Adler Of
Johns Hopkins. DR.. Gotthard Deutsch
of Vienna. DR.. Richard Gottheil Of
Leipsic. Professor Joseph Jacobs OF
Cambridge. England; DR. Marcus Jas
trow OF Halle, Dr. lsi1ore Singer Of
Vienna, DR.. Crawford Toy Of Harvard
and Dr. l. X. Funk on the American
board OF consulting editors are Rabbis
Gottheil and Hhsch OF New York, Dr.
George II. Moore OF Andover DR.. Price
OF Chicago university and DR., Jacob
Voorsanger Of San Francisco. The
work is to be issued In twelve volumes,
quarto. with about 1000 Illustrations.
1t will appeal to Christian ministers
and Bible students as much az to Jew
ish scholars. OF the work. Dr. Voor
sanger says: 81 believe II viii prove
to be to the Jews the most remarkable
work published since the close OF the
Talmud." The encyclopedia will be
sold only by subscription. and the agent
for San Francisco is A. w. Voorsanger,
publisher OF Emanuel, at 500 Mont
gomery street.
Two exceedingly valuable books con-
corning motor traction have recently
been published by the J. r. Llpplncott
company. w. Worby Beaumont's "Mo-
tor Vehicles and Motors" treating OF
their design, construction and working
By stsara, oil and electricity, has over
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in the air cylinders Of one OF the en-
gnes, stops Ii, gets inside the cylinder
to repair the result OF the accident
and while there hears an assistant out
side starting up the engine, His fruit
less efforts to make himself heard and
final narrow escape by throwing his
watch through the manhole, thus at
tracing the attention Of the unsuspect-
ing machinst, make most interesting
story. The rest Of the number abounds
in good material
The Bookman for January has,
among many other articles and literary
news and comments, an illustrated pa
per on "Englands NOyelsts in the Ma
tional Portrait Gallery" by G. X. CTS
terton Carols Of Cookery" by Arthur
Penn "Balzac and Nine Hanska' by
Spoelbach de LouvenjoU; Mrs Troll
lope's Book on the Americans" by Har-
ry Thurston Peck, "Wind Message by
Mary Oleott; Boston in Fiction, by
Frances Weston Carruth; 'Nocturne, ~
BY Jeanette Bliss Gillespie, -D0dd,
Mead & CO., New York,
The editor of the Atlantic Monthly
has an amusing and at the same time
sensible heart to heart talk with IT'S
readers az the beginning OF the new
year and new volume. in which, while
protesting to give advice concerning
Reading the Atlantic Cheerfully' he
makes explanations and suggestions
that flt the case Of most editors wheth-
er Of magazines or newspapers. Those
who do Hike and those who don't Ike
Senator Hanna and President Roose-
welt will be interested IN the suggestive
article on "The Powers Of the National
Chairman" by Rollo ogden. William NJ.
Softer discusses the questions what
Is the Real Emancipation Of Woman, ~
and Winthrop NJ. Daniels, in "Diylna-
ton by Statistics" makes what Is US
ually considered a dull topic bright
and entertainlng r. Brimley Johnsons
Letter From England" produces many
recent and interesting topics In gem
eral summary Of the results ana nap
penings of the year In England llar-
old Spencer Scott supplies with livery
comment Some Unpublished Letters
OF Southey," which contain many hith-
erto unknown and imprinted estimates
by that famous poet Of his contempor-
Wordsworth. Coleridge. Shelley
and others. Prof. r. ]. S, See discusses
Recent Progress In Astronomy Prof.
John u. Clark OF Columbia university
contributes paper IN the Looking
Backward" vein, rehearsing ana an
alyzlng the probabilities Of the coming
century from the standpoint OF ciu-
zen OF the year 1000 Miss Johnstons
Audrey" Is drawing near It's end ana
becomes more dramatic and exciting as
the climax approaches. There are gool
short stories poems. literary reviews
and the CSbtfibutor's club s. ne enter
tanning and intellectually stimulating as
usual -Houghton, Mifilin & Co., Boston.
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hooks.

Lessons in Physical Geography ~
n new volume by Charles r. Dryer NJ,
A., FG.S.A. professor Of geography,
Indiana State Normal school
I'm no branch of school study has
greater progress been mQde IN recent
years than in geography both IN metn-
DDS OF teaching and in us TEXTBOOKS,
This notable progress IN physlogfapn'V
knowledge and teaching ~ very slrlh-
ngly Illustrated In this new teNt-Dook
ON physical geography by Professor
Dryer. one of the chief merits OF the
book Is that II is simpler than any oth-
er complete and accurate treallse on
the subject now before the public Al
though especially adapted for the high
school course, the treatment Is easily
within the comprehension Of pupils In
the upper grades of the grammar
school and may be used TO great hd-
vantage I'm connection with the adj
vanced school geography. Throughout
the book are many realistic exercises
which appeal to the actual or possible
experience OF the student. They are
designed not for the purpose Of disooV-
cry but of realization, and progressive
teachers VIII appreciate their teaching
force and application in both field and
laboratory work, Discussions Of top
les which have a special bearing upon
human interest are introduced AZ IN
tervals throughout the book, ana the
relations Of the physical features of
the earth TO human progress are sys-
tematically treated In a ilnal chapter
An unusually large number OF illustra-
ttonq mans and diagrams are used ana
these have an been selected with refer
ence TO their teaching value Appen-
dixes give full directions az to where
good material and appliances for
teaching may be obtained and describes
the best methods Of using them. A
list Of nearly all the geographical lit
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MAGAZINES,

The Youths Companion for this week
opens with clever story by J.. NJ
Burns, entitled MAT" and tells how a
charming school girl was cured Of a
little vein Of selfishncss and love OF ridl-
culIng others by the devotion and no.
be.hearted action Of q friend 'SmlIer
Harris Watch Is a story Of peril 80
Thrilling that ones bic curdles az
realing It. only those familiar with
the great engines I'm a mine can truly
sense the horror Of the situation OF the
engineer who, hearing something break
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m THE BOYS Of THE NEW
CENTURY.

coo, ,be mountaln-peak OF Progress
A ~ me- century to be, ,.a
. y u me azure air, this morning
'p ~ ibe later chiyalry
c,ll n M the angel Of the Future
'I ma sbe speaks to you and me-
o,.. ma men TO meet my Problems
S, Wao ~ tempered metal wrought
NY ~" iii dare the silent struggle,
VIZ T,S y" eternal meaning fraught,
c, ~" and conquer selt,-then, rising
'' P,soute and battle-taught
o., the churlish mob, and follow
Sj n the vassaage Of Right
ps@t ibe skuIking Wolf Of Darkness
wi win Truths torches, blazing bright
ma believe heavy burden,
'Ioye.transigured, will be light
r,om the hilltop Of the Present,
IA the Realm OF Mystery
TBrough the azure air this morning,
10 the Futures angel, we
sI,nsl back fateful message
Ih what win our answer beY
Ernest Neal Lyon In Success"
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with nigh honors he does not practice
medicine The two met on an occasion
when Miss wilkins was a guest at the
home of Mr. Henry NJ, Alden. the
editor OF Harper's Magazine, Mrs.
Freeman's FIRST volume was A Humble
Romance and Other Stories, "a recei-
ton was especially warm IN England.
Then followed two more volumes ~
short stories--A New England Man, ana
The Pot Of Gold--wlth longer hctons,
Jerome A Poor Man. Pembroke Mad
elon Jane Field ana The Portion OF
Labor This year Miss wilkins also
published q series Of understudics.
Mr. Winston Churchill--the American
lis q tall young fellow, with smooth
shaver face, broad.shouldered hut
rather spare In build. lie has been
staying much Of late at his house IN
New Hampshire, near Windsor YER
mont--for The author has to cross a
state line I'm going TO the postolllce.
Mr. Churchill has way Of well-nlgh
rewriting a story In correcting the FIRST
proofs,
Booth Harrington has a fancy Tor
varied neckties and fancy walstcoats.
Mr.. Harrington reads very little cur
rent fiction, pteferring ThackeraN
Dickens Dumas and Steyens0n-where-
In he Is wise In his opinion the grea +
est character in fiction Is Dickens Dtck
Swiveller The author OF The Gentle
man from Indiana confesses that the
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NOTES,

An English paper, the Peoples
Friend narrates this story of the visit
Of person who It is not thought nee
ss,ary to hint was an American;
He was tall and thin and alert, and
followed his card 80 quickly that IAN
Maclaren had barely time to read II
before his visitor was in the room. Then
me visitor spoke as follows my name
Is Elijah K. Higgins, and am a busy
man. You are also busy, and have no
time 10 fool away, Four days Is all |
can give to the United Kingdom, and |
wished to shake hands with you. Good
bye am on to Drumtochty." He left
Tie rom swiftly, but the novelist
caught him at the front door. Asked
II he knew where Drumtochty was,
Guess DO, replied Mr., Higgins, Got
he route in my pocket, northwest
from Perth, N. b."
Maxine Gorky's real name is Allk-
ac Mahlmoytch Pieshkoy. He must
have kindly disposition TO be thus
cohsldente in using pseudonym.
The literary agent Is fighting for his
lie The attack Is severe, but up to
date The agent appears with fair succ-
cess to have justified his own exist
snee In London, extreme bitterness
= being manifested not only In the
discussion but In the actual inter-
course OF publishers and literary agents.
Ohs editor there had this experience
VllA a well known author Of whom he
9lcts story.
VI course, said the we'll known
au'hof you can have a short story.
20 10 my agent and arrange terms"
lls editor wrote back, II never deal
N'h agents. ] consider It wrong in
pIaPIe' An author ought 10 be able
gao MS own business without the in
sNsnlon of an agent" The author
was annoyed, ana wrote that he under
,'ood The editors new periodical was
V appear next Monday. THAT is so, ="
.asas t The editor What of to-"
va nothlng replied the author, "only
q y, i respect your scruples about dealing
oM agents, ! shall decline to order
wv periodical from the news agent.
oS Slll puy it from you direct If YOU
, In Ve waiting for me on my doorstep
''Vu' Ten o'clock next Monday"
,. An' Mary Hartwel Catherwood re-
M W. letter after letter inqulrlng about
wy historical accuracy Of "L.azarre. 4"
We probabilities OF Eeazer VIII
XVII ' "'"' Uhe 1851 LOUIS
v.,, want to know more about him"
~ ''@ an Interested gentleman. AS
~ y, historical question. II has doubt
i'm. passed the time Of possible solu-
So,, oul so have many other things
s'asi attention was first called to the
tIuIv'n by the old Putnam's article.
ma we Bourbon Among usg'
s,aa AIRS Catherwood's romance
,Ns su s lhe latent interest he had in
/, subject He speaks Of "Lazarre"
I'M s'' my noye as our mutual friend" and
mn. WIN pride Of a souvenir of the
M ,e eA''eu KING, which had come into
llyed years ago, a lady, who had
49, III Green Bay in her younyar
Of :, gave me a book, The sermons
ma ~ English Bishop Wilson vol.
N's hoo'' hNior ,vod 80 60 b,
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zarrc,' and on the title page IN his
own handwriting, is 'Eeazar Williams
Green Bay, 1895. Lazarre' liz known
to have had a large and excellent
library, many by French oyaists, and
number OF them by the Prince de-
Jolnylle.
ses
While all of Miss Wilkins most sue.
cessful books have been stories of New
England there has not been any one
Of them which has met with the same
success as her new book, "The Portion
Of Labor" in the same period Of time.
This novel was published on Novenf
Der s, and the first demand always to
be counted upon after the publication
of popular authors work, has steadily
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any rate, this production win be an
elaborate AFFAIR In seven large VOLUMES,
with complete photography ana inter-
estine personal and literary notes by
George Bentham and a preface Dy Eu-
mund Gosse
The times are fruitful OF ssartlnR
devices for attracting attention TO new
novels. 10 the plans Of Offering prlNes
for correct guesses at anonymous au-
lhors' names, OF voting upon the beau,
~ OF various pictures of nero'nea' ana
Of rewarding the best attempts To SUP
ply missing chapter an enlorprlshg
English journel has added the enc OF
holding a contest over The naming vi
an untitled serial
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-&1 ill9,
THE GREAT, FUTURE

,ong has not been sung
.h' 'Eet ,Ne iloudest bell bee been 1p pops'
Nor has .,s level still lies ueeP'
Jhe brlsn'c,,,o se is yet asleep .o,,oa
me faIresI IV SS,ns have never salleu,,
The Creates mountains the Sh noaro
The hlsnssIb house Of brick ana pe"''
.hs l,' Re- vision of q dream ,ou
Is but w. t,s.t locomotive 100, 40
aas yet TO sum ,,ue * still unknown
lht Il ,S,asSIo's but q monslTouS UNIV
lhs al,ID,nnpaph is stu afraiI ala
7be telegi1apv"r lde world without ana,
TO span me " man who'll say to you
POINT ou uiio Ui mind will do
Al ne s, ,sst city stu shall rlse ,,,1os,
Ah who wa ialls remain unclaimed ,,oor
Nasl astlIc.s spheres have not O'''
ga inswer. submarlnely Piled
lhs s l'sared FAST in fancy's tide ,oor
~ ! aI SolIds great plans have not Dee"
heard 49,, 90 hut a word.
I lao az ,1' there's re- naught to do on
earth M. A, Kay.