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THE HOLE IN THE WALL. BY. Arthur
Morrison, Author Of Tales Of Mean
Streets" "a Child Of the Jago." Nc
Clure, Phillips & Co., New York.
This is work of lights and shadows
| of shadows as greWsome as the twilight
gloom of a morgue and lights as merry
| as the dancing sunbeams that steal
through our shutters on bright spring
mornings. But that is not all; '"The Hole
| in the Wall is not a mere exhibition OF
rhetorical Juggling calculated to display
the writer's skill and show his versatile
ty. It is a stirring novel, strong, ORA
matte, wholesome, and thrilling novel,
if you please, without a blemish, which
draws the reader irresistibly on 10
moral that cannot be overlooked. One
does not often see such books as this in
our present day and generation. It
smacks of the charm of Dickens without
his verbosity; it suggests Victor Hugo.
yet does NOT crate on the readers nerves;
it is dramatic without being sensational;
it its vivid without being overdrawn.
and it is pathetic, because the author
can read human hearts as though they
were an open book. Praise like this as
suredly is liberal, and yet the case in
point deserves it.
The novel is the story of little BOY
and his grandfather. whom circumstances
have made dependent upon each other.
They live on the waterside of London.
where vice is rampant and crime IS
demon that constantly walks abroad. Inc
old man, like nearly all of his neigh
bors. is a law breaker, but a prudent
one. who makes his living by selling
grog to the sailor folk and those who
live near the wharves. He is rough IN
dividual, one whose muscle and courage
maintain his rights, but deep IN ms
soul there is vein of tenderness when
beauties his character and commands
respect wherever he goes. But let US
use the authors words in this connec-=
ton.
MY grandfather says little Stephen,
who tells most of the story, was pub
lican-and a sinner. as you will see. his
public house was the Hole in the wall.
on the rivers edge at Wrapping; ana ms
sins-all of them that know ot-are
recorded in these pa ges. He was WldoW-
er of some small substance, and the Hole
in the Wall was not the sum OF ms re-
sources, for he owned a little wharf on
the river Lea. called him Grand
father Nat, not to distinguish him among
multitude of grandfathers-for lnoeed.
I never knew another of my o"n-nut
because of affectionate habit; ma OF per,
haps born of the fact that Nathanlel
Kemp was also my fathers name My
own is Stephen
Around this pair-'little Stevy as We
know him, and Captain Nat, as the
more friendly neighbors call the old man
revolve all the characters In this charm
ing story But we do not meet the haut
ton in the Hole in the Wall Quite the
contrary. Over its bar lean drunken SAIL
ors and sodden ship chambers and thieves
and murderers-in fact, the worst e.e-
ment that infests the banks OF the
Thames. One can almost smell ans.
breathe the wicked atmosphere, so .Viyla |
are the writer's descriptions. indeed. we !
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BAILEY'S HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA.
: BY M A. RaiIey. ~ NJ, Department of
Mathematics in the New York Training
School for Teachers New York city.
Half-leather, II mo- 297 pages. Price, 80
cents. American Book Company, New
York, Cincinnati, and Chicago.
This book designed for high schools and
academies. covers all the topics in alge-
bra usually required by colleges for en-
trance. It combines simplicity with scien-
tific rigor, and contains a number of as
SYMPTOMS to be proved which. although
far from self-evident. are taken for grant
ed in many books. The path of procedure
is always from the known to the related
unknown; the solution of every example
is traced to its source in one Of the funda-
mental principles; definitions are placed
in alphabetic order at the end of the
book; the pupil is never allowed to grope
in the dark, but is taught to keep con-
stantly in mind the end, to consider care
fully the means, and to exercise his judg
ment. The pupil who has mastered this
treatise has gained a power In close dis
elimination and logical analysis that will
stand him in good stead in practical life,
or that will enable him to follow with
profit more advanced course In the
science Of algebra.
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The a1oneyIes. Nan.

Is there no secret place on the face OF
the earth.
Where charity dwelleth. where virtue
Where bosoms in mercy and kindness
And the poor and tho wretched shall ask
and receive?
Is there no place on earth where q knock
from the poor
VIII bring kind angel to open the door?
Oh! search the wide world wherever you
There is no door open for the moneyless
man.
Go look in your hall, where the chande-
Drives off with its splendor the dark
ness Of night;
Where the rich hanging velvet in shad-
oWy fold,
Sweeps ps;n gracefully &C July down with its trim
And the mirrors of silver take up and
renew
In long-lighted yistas the 'wiIdering
Go there in your patches. and find If you
A welcoming smile for the moneyless
Go look In your church OF the cloud
reaching spire,
Which gives back to the sun his same
look Of red fire:
Where the arches and columns are
gorgeous within,
And the walls seem as pure as a soul
without sin;
Go down the long aisle-see the rich and
In the pomp and the pride of their
worldly estate;
Walk down in your patches, and find, If
you can,
Who opens pew to the moneyIess man.
Go look to yon judge. in dark, flowing
With the scales wherein law weigheth
quietly down;
Where he frowns on the weak, and
smiles on the strong.
And Furnishes right, while he justifes
Where the jurors their lips on the Bible
have laid.
To render a verdict they've already
Go there in the courtroom and find. il
Any law for the cause of moneyless
man.
Go look in the banks. where Mammon
has told
His hundreds and thousands OF silver and
gold,
Where. safe from the hands of the starv-
Lies pile upon pile Of the glittering
Walk up to the counter-ah. there you
may stay.
LII your i1t1lpS SAO% O1o fa1Iu your UdlIS
turn gray.
And you'll md at the bank not one of
With m money to lend to a moneyless
man.
Then go to your howell no raven has
fed.
The wife who has suffered so long for
her bread,
Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the
death frost
From the lips of the angel your poverty
Then turn in your agony upward to
God,
And bless while it smites you, the chas-
tening rod
And you'll find. at the end Of lite's little
There's welcome above for the money
lesss man.
THE DREAMER.
The Poet only looks Love In the eyes:
He knows the meaning OF the mystic
signs.
The frenzied tears. the dream. the mad
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The International Quarterly continues
the series of volumes Of that high-class
publication. the International Monthly.
Zach number will be more than double
the size or the monthly, and, as in the
latter. only articles of notable character,
by the most brilliant and authoritative
writers will be published. The contribu-
tons to the present number cover wide
range.
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BY THE STAGE DOOR. Ada Patter-
son and Victory Batenan. Cloth, $1.25
The Grafton Press. New York. For
sale here by the Bell Book and Sta
-fnner,, Con,
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alluring life OF the stage, which seems
so fun of fame and ease, but which in
reality is made up largely of hard work
and dis,coura gements
The stories are taken for tia most part
from life. The Story Of a Friendship
being a description Of the ideae relation
existing between Ada Rehan and Angus
TIN Daley. while others portray life stud
les no less human because less wide in
their fame.
Mrs Annie Adams. the mother Of
daude Adams. has written a most ap-
preciative introduction to the book and
one which ELECTS the readers immediate
int crest.
These stories Of the stage are strong
and true. Not once are they overdrawn.
Not once is their realism sacrificed to
the straining after effect too common III
literature. The book is a faithful por-
trait,a-e of the lights and shades Of life
AS we players know It. AS fiction it
would be superior to most of the output
Of the day. but it is not fiction; it is fact.
Every character has lived. Every Incl
dent has happened. I know some of the
heroes and heroines in the flesh, and I
have been present when some of The
events herein set down have occurred.
I commend this book to every seeker af-
ter knowledge of the stage and to every
student of character be he such a seeker
or not
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THE DREAMER.

The Poet only looks Love In the eyes:
He knows the meaning OF the mystic
signs.
The frenzied tears. the dream. the mad
desire
That starves upon the lips it satisfies.
o Love, the music of thy vibrant hair,
Thy look is perfume on the amorous afr.
Thy breath veil OF light to hide my
SOUL
Thy touch a dream OF rapture drowned
in prayer.
% dear fair head between my tevered
hands!
o deep. adoring eyes! The very sands
IN Times faint fingers listen at your
lips
Only the Dreamer ever understands.
Elisa Barker, In October Smart Set.
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zs az = S25fz n sEgSS
lose our very identity in following the
careers OF the wretched people who FREE
Squent that riotous and wicked section
OF the city. Under our very eyes a fright
full murder Is committed. and at night
VIC see two desperadoes bearing the
corpse through gloomy, unfrequented
streets to its resting place in the slug
gish river. We see this corpse, too, when
1t is hauled ashore, in all its repuldve-
ness. Then, too, we follow the murderer
as he is hunted and accompany his faith
full paramount when she seeks to succor
him. Later on we see this same criminal
brutally robbed Of his eyesight by re-
pulsive blind man whom he has de-
ceived, and finally we shudderingly behold
his awful end in burning house-tne
Hole in the Wall.
In the public room of Grandfather Mats
realm we also encounter some characters
which are quaint rather than depraved-
just such characters as Dickens would
have portrayed. Indeed, as We have In.
timated, there is much In this story
that suggests Dickens. and in some places
the analogy is very marked. though not
to objectionable degree.
Indirectly, Grandfather Nat and little
Stevy become involved in the murder
to which we have alluded, for if the
truth must be known the old man often
buys silver spoons and other yaluables
from suspicious persons without asking
questions. Ere the story ends, Grand
father Nat is sorely beset, and we trenl-
BILE to think of his fate. But, though we
live in a polluted atmosphere, we ara
ever conscious of a breath of pure air
the old mans love for little Stevy which
in time rises superior to every selfish
consideration. And, of course, the story
ends happily; were it to do otherwise
we would be respondent for weeks after
the book had been laid aside, for there
is that within its pages which makes
US love Grandfather Nat scarcely less
than his little grandson.
Nowhere in the novel are we overbur-
dened with a super1uity of descriptive
matter, but to use an artists term. the
author is an adept at broad effects"which
bring the Hole in the Wall and its en-
vironments wildly before our eyes. II
the locality which he describes were to-
day, unchanged. we gould readily locate
it by what we have read, though the
-proba bilities are that we should fear to
go there. e. R. C.
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WHITES GRAMMAR SCHOOL ALICE
BRA. BY Emerson E. White. A. NJ,
LII. D.,author of Series of Mathe-
mates, The Elements Of Pedagogy
School Management" 1.-The Art of
Teaching" etc. Cloth. II mo-, IS pages.
Price, IS cents. American Book Com
pany, New York, Cincinnati, and Chi
cago.
The teachers Of this country need no
introduction to DR.. White, whose person.
atty and writings have combined to make
him one of the leading pedagogical author
tiles OF America. This Grammar School
Algebra shows plainly his master hand.
It correlates arithmetic and algebra in q
practical manner, affording pupils train
ing in the algebraic solution of such pro-
blems as may also be solved by arithme
teal processes. Exercises are given in the
fundamental a1gebraic processes. Only
so much Of algebraic notation is given as
is necessary for the more elementary
operations and the book may be readily
mastered in the last year of the grammar
school. Il will be found not only an ex-
cellent preparation for more advanced
work, but also of special interest and
value to pupils who do not go beyond the
elementary grades.
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!, ture no less true, which shows Poe's
little family of three happy and contentec
in their tiny 1ower-girt home In Spring
Garden in Philadelphia. living through
simple days OF frugal peace that many
of earthrs less gifted ones might do worse
than to initiate
And forever in answer TO the charge
Of the poets profi!sacy. the fact remains
that of all the great writer's who have
added TO the worlds sum OF beauty by
their genius, he is the only one in whose
works not one impure nor immoral word
or thought appears to mar the fair and
exquisite wtliteness OF their chastity.
On tablet to the memory OF Poe placed
in the Metropolitan Museum Of Art by the
actors of New York. are these two in
scriptsons. how fitting, but passing
thought viii testify:
He was great in his genius, unhappy
IN his life, wretched in his death, but
in his fame he is immortal.
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THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY.
Volume VI, No I. September December
edition. BY Frederick A. Richardson,
Burlington, Vt, London, Leipzig, and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-28
It was Bailey who wrote:

America! half-brother to the world;
With something good and bad of every
LAND"
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"Saepius vents agitatur ingens
Piaus. ct celsae graviora casu
Decidunt turres feriuntque sumnos
Fulgura montes!''
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He several stories Of this very
readable collection are written
in a simple and fo1cible style
and furnish with vidid detail
and accurate coloring some ex-
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And who said Of France:
IT'S a strange nation, light, yet strong
Prone to change; so fond of blood
She wounds herself to quaff her own.
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The poem became immensely popular
in America, as we'll as in England, in
the years irnmedia tely following its publ,
remarkable power by Browning, Tenny-
son. and other writer's of ability. Bailey.
it is said. was himself thoroughly con-
WINGED of the greatness of his genius
bat, in spite of his earnestness and his
belief in the greatness of his other
poems, "Festus' was his only notable
work.
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$3.50 ,r,..N poE,s WORKS

EDGAR ALLAN PoE'S WORKS Viz
rinia edition Edited by James A Har-
r;son Professor in the University OK
Virginia Cloth. II. vols. l. 4 Sro"e'l
& c., New York. For sale here by Kun
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Nor is "Festus" all deep thoughts ant
stately workings. but turns it's music nov
and then to the daintiness of low
lyric like this:
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
BOYS TRIED TO STEAL BRIDGE
EnterDrISIn0 Youths Had N6drIu DiSmdntI6d q
Railroad BRIDGE for Junk

under side OF the bridge, where they
were at work. The engineer of a pas
senger train saw them, and thinking
they were in danger. stopped his train
w. A. Gard, one of the officials OF the
road, was q passenger on tn etrain
and when he saw so many boys on the
bridge he began an investigation
which resulted In the discovery OF the
attempted theft of the bridge. One
hundred and four nuts had been re-
moved from the iron rods which con-
nected the sleepers OF the bridge, and
the rods were, In some instances, part
ly pulled out. Their removal would
have weakened the bridge so that u
would have been extremely dangerous
Railroad men gathered 200 pounds OF
nuts. washers, etc, which had been
dropped by the boys from the bridge to
the ground, ready to be carried away
Warrants have been issued for all
the boys who were recognized. and the
railroad company will push the prose
cution.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
COWS LOADED WITH DYNAMITE

REDDING. Calf. July 9.--There are
a few poor innocent cows In band OF
six grazing In green pasture on the
McCloud river that are causing con-
sternation among the people of that
favorite camping ground of the summer
tourist.
These particular cows are veritable
walking internal machines, and at each
step they make there Is danger OF
terrific explosion that would not only
a nnihilate the COW. but tear up things
in general for hundreds Of feet around.
Captain Lambson, superintendent OF
the United States fishery, owns a gold
mine not far from the fishery. His
mine superintendent Is Charles Burns,
and one of Burns most effective ways
OF attacking the ore bodies Is by the
use of dynamite. Yesterday morning
Burns placed six sticks OF dynamite In
the shade of an oak tree near bub-
bling spring. The object was to keep
the explosives cool. Each stick con-
tanned sufficient dynamite to blow up q
band OF cows and good part OF the
pasture.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
W0MhN CHARGED
WITH KILLING HUSBAND
wife OF a Prominent kentuCkIdn In
Jail. Admits There Was a
SCuiile.

FRANKFORT. Ky. July County
Surveyor Bedford. OF Bourbon county.
died at his home near Paris last night
under circumstances which caused the
arrest OF his wife. Mrs. Fannie Mont
gomery Bedford. on charge of caus-
Ing his death.
Coroner William kenney empaneIed
jury. Mrs Howard. wife OF a tenant
on the place testified that MIR. and
Mrs Bedford had had domestic trouble
and that Mr.. Bedford. who had been
III for some days. announced hts de-
termination io apply for a divorce i'm
mediately. This coming TO Mrs. Bed
fords ears. a scnffie ensued In which 1t
Was alleged Mrs Bedford knocked her
husband down, jumped on him and in-
tiicted injuries which caused his death.
Mrs. Bedford. in jail today, stoutly
asserted her innocence. She said Bed
ford had been iii. that they had a slight
Misunderstanding about a viii: that
Bedford attempted To put her out Of
the house. and scafise ensued when
Bedford suddenly fell over and ex-
plred.
There we're rumors of Bedford's death
having resulted from arsenic poison
ing. and Dr. kenney removed his ssorn-
ach for chemical analysis. The cor
onef's fury returned verdict of deas n
from Injuries inflicted by Mrs. Bed
! ford
Mira Bedford Is woman Of culture
and refinement, and member OF .
prominent Mississippi family.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09

They say that he Is shifty, variable.
| impulsiye and likely to act without
mature reflection. A Republican SEN
ator who Is acquainted with the method
that would be pursued by the anti
Roosevelt members OF Congress and
politicians says: THE endeavor from
preston that Roosevelt is not a proper
man with whom TO leave the fortunes
Of the party. The public declarations
of these members OF congress. who
have great influence In their districts.
would be in praise of Roosevelt. but in
confidence TO those who influence local
sentiment a different view would be
given"
The Presidents plan In making the
great swing around the circle .4..s fall
| Is to eounteract the impression that
this different view will produce He
wants 10 try TO show the people that
reports and stories of his instability
are not based ON proper regard for his
real character. CuriousIy enough. his
opponents are glad he Is going to make
the trip, for they say he is bound to do
something somewhere that will
strengthen the impression they intend
To create. There fs no doubt that the
Presidents swing is for purely political
reasons. He intends to make great
play for Cuban reciprocity. and he In
tends also 10 try to justify the course
of the administration In the Philip
pines Asida from that there is per
soi al reason. The President likes the
applause OF the multitude as well as
any man who has ever been In puhlle
lll'e
Hanna Intands 10 stay at home In
Cleveland most Of the time. he does
NOT have TO 90 about the country. Hs
has an organization In every State. His
th.ef lieutenant. Henry G. Payne. Is
now IN Roosevelt's cabinet, but that
does not seem TO worry Hanna any.
Feyne and Hanna have been closely
associated for many years. aud per-
kaps Payne In In the ca1.r I for pu..-
Loaes of his own.
ne only two expert politicians whit
arc sincerely for Roosevelt are Sena-
t,,rs Quay and Spooner These gentle
n.an see In him an opportunity to fur
ther their own ends. They are not 30
hidebound In their loyalty that they
would not change IL necessity required.
There are not more than Ave members
OF the Republican national committee
who will say honestly that Roosevelt
should be nominated.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-09
fl MISSION TO KILL
He Declared He Had a Command
From the Lord to XIII Three
People In Order TO Keen
OH the Devil

PARKERSBURG. W. Va. July g.
J. Il. Johnson and another man iast
night captured a wild man on Stinsou
creek. In Clay county. near the Braxton
county line. He Was gaunt and un-
shaven. with long beard and hair. and
the little clothing ne had was in tat
ters. His eyes were b|oodshot and he
presented a horrible appearance and
fought yici0usly.
For the last two months residents OF
Clay. Braxton. Roam, Calhoun, Giimer
and Nicholas counties have been ter
sorized by the man. and several times
he has made mnrderous assaults upon
persons he saw III his wanderings.
Sheriff Sizemore. OF Clay county. was
notified. and the man proved TO he
Thomas Cart. who escaped from the
sheriff two months ago while being con-
Seyed to the insane asylum as a yto-
lent lunailc lie wilf be taken under
D heavy guard To the Spencer asyIam
During the entire time Of his wander
snss he lived upon roots. herbs and
such uncooked meats as he could se.
cure In the woods. He had wandered
AsA1VaA9 AAE t8EfFA2 A4i &1SF AAEtE, afUs2-
ing the roads, because he eays tbs
Lord had commanded him to enter thp
wilderness.
He says when he escaped 1t was be-
cause the Lord had told him 10 20 "a
the top OF hili and run. and he has
been running ever since. till he In al
most exhausted. He thinks the devil
fa after him. and that the command
of the f.ord TO run In TO he carried oui
| literally. 20 az 10 escape his inferna
pif'saaer. One thing which has ~ ter
1rrixsd The people of the half dozeu
communities ia which he wandered IL
that h. believes The Lord has com
rnandsd him to KIN three persons
And he says he always obeys the
voice In him, At times he reaains his
senses 10 a limited extent, and has told
in lucid intervals Of the suferings he
underwent while roaming through tbs
forests. His bed was an the ground
and his covering was the skies His
food vas herbs and bark aud all the
time he vas fleeing from the red devil
that was always pursuing him. He
says he knows now that he IL crazy
and Ii willing 10 go to the asylum
His old friends fed in terror from the
le-iooking figure as be was takep
back to jail.