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New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

Henley was angry at this. for his was the most
susceptible and generous temperament But the
real cause of the disagreement between them
Sprang out of that same impulSiVe generosity
1t arose out of a story which was written by
common friend, and in regard to which Henley
considered that Stevenson had behaved with
weakness. He wrote angrily, as was his Gus
tom, and received 4 cool reply"
German writer, Miss Anna Wagemann has
written book to prove that King Charles | was
the Man in the Iron Mask. She argues that he
was not really beheaded-a faithful adherent
who resembIed him, having offered himself for
TO France. 1t is argued that ne was taken cap
tive in Dunkirk and imprisoned until his death
by Louis NV, wearing the mask aforesaid
The English papers are full of anecdotes of the
late. Phil May, that brilliant English pen
draughtsman. one of them describes him as M
n supper party in London. where he made an
exquisite drawing on u menu card for the lady
in whose honor the party was given This was
seen 10y a wealthy woman present, who sent the
waiter with a so note 10 the artist asking
him to do a similar drawing for her Mr. Nav
disgusted at the Woman's impertinence took a
good look at her and then made an appaIIinelv
truthful Caricaturc of her features on the back
of the banknote, which he returned
In preface which Mr. Sidney Lee has written
for an anthology, In Praise of Shakespeare -
complied by Mr.. c. r Hughes he aims at show
ing that the poets reputation has never since
his own time. been seriously affected by the
chances of fashion III literature.
There is to be another series of gorgeous art
books. 1t will be started i'm the autumn nv
London publisher under the title of The Con-
nOisSeurs' Library" 1t will he completed in
twenty richly illustrated volumes. The first
volume. to be written by Mr.. Cyril Davenport
the general editor. will be on 'NIezzo tints'
The October number of The Strand Maya
zine' VIII contain the first of the pages in which
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23
THE DIARY OF 4 LADY.
4 Gentle Satire on the Curse of the Time.

Andrew Lang, in Longman's Magazine.
Through the indiscretion of a person who
must not be named, l have become poSSeSseu
Of the following pages from the Diary OF d @ 1-'lus
They contain what may be called her temporal
budget: her account, for day, Of the eXpehol-
ture of her balance of Time:
June 24.-Dined with Violet Lebas: literary
party never saw any of them before. L sat next
MI Macprg, the celebrated Scotch author
whose name every one has heard of, and whose
books nobody has read. L tried to talk to MN
about my boys, of course, not that he has ever
seen them heard of them, but suppose, from
force of habit. When ne found out that they
were not in their school elevens, he became
morose and wanted to talk about his nepheWS.
as if I could possibly be interested in them! /
knew that like all authors. he only wanted to
talk about his books SO L asked him how ne
managed to do such tremendous lot, and said
that l supposed he must work twenty hours a
day. How did he find time? He said that
where he lived, in some heaYen-forSaken SUM
IN the suburbs, time could be picked up quite
easily, and l heard him mutter something about
knowing a Bank where the wild time grows !
said that 1 never had anv time when he asked
me if / kept a motor. which ought to economic
time very much. The owners of motors, he
said. ought to have about an eighth of time
daily more than people who go about in omni-
buses. He knew that women had no time to
speak of, and asked me if l had read somebody
on Time in Relation to Sex" l said that [
wanted to read it, but had no time. He said
that. Eve having been created after Adam, she
about half a day short at the start, and
that women had never made up their ground
He was extremely dull, and seemed very nluch
bored, l began to talk to Freddy Azure, and
left him to make himself happy in his own way,
IL solitude However, what he said about time
made think of writing out kind of budget
of how much l have and how 1 spend it, and
1t is plain that really have none: as follows
1880. Breakfast. Daily MaiL"-1l 40. Molly
came in and chattered Went to Fanchotte's.
dresses. Went into the Park.-2 p. m. Lunch
con, till 44-5::0. Went about in motor. shop
ping-5:30 Tea.-6:30-S. Dressed.-S:30-11.
Dinner at the Bletherby's-11-3 a. m. Went
round.-330, Bed. There literally had no
time I never have.
/ add my own budget of time for a day
June 1880. Breakfast.-1O-1:}0 p m Scrib-
bled.-1:30 Luncheon.-2-5. At Lords. Poor
show from Cambridge. They had to take off
Trot let the Light Blue get into three figures.
--5-1. Sat in KensingtOn Gardens. Tall girls
playing bail in a glade, like Nausicaa. N B.
Not so like, on closer Inspections. Dined at
home.-10 Wrote letters-11 Bed 1t thus
appears that the hours between breakfast and
luncheon produce the time which man possesses
over and above that at the disposal of woman;
and, of course, he save some between lunch
con and dinner, if he is very economical.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23
THE NOVELETTE, HERO.
From The London Globe.


one who confesses himself "the father of
many of them writes a defence of the novelette,
hero in the columns of ''V. c." He takes the
line that the charge of dangerous sensationalism
is undeserved, and only comes from those whose
opinions have been formed on the subject by a
cursOry study of the novelette, in it's infancy
lie admits frankly that the romantic interest of
cheap modern fiction of to-day bears very little
relation to the facts of life but this is Il charge
he declares, which can be levelled with equal
truth against the popular novels which literary
journals treat with high seriousness. The nov
Clette hero is almost invariably Il man of action
whose dongs stimulate unsophiSticated readers
to fine things and clean thoughts, while almost
always also he is the champion of truth, honor
and religion. There is no pessimism in the nov
elette, and the enormous sales of this humble
form of fiction may therefore be taken as a
testimony to the inherent optimism of the Eng
lish people Love is its main interest, action is
its setting. and its conclusion is always i'm
Inaculately happy. What strikes us most about
the novelette,, perhaps, is the ability shown by
the writer's. 1t is common knowledge that many
Cf them have only just fallen short of attaining
success in the higher fields of literature. For
the rest we are disposed to agree with the writer
OF the article that the charge of dangerous sem
satOralism is undeSerVed.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

suffer from no lack of things "shuddery' when
we read '"The Price of Freedom" 1t is its
ingenious sensationalism that makes the book
readable
The author of THE Man in the Camlet
Cloak" has joined the ranks, now imposing
enough of those novelists who have found their
inspiration in the career of Aaron Burr. the
supposittious narrator is an early settler IN
Ohio, who processes to have been part OF
what he relates. Celebrated names dot ms
pages which are full of events in which MI
Bateson shows us the results of mingled reading
and imagination. a footnote judciOusy intro
duced here and there serves to increase the
Nerisimilitude OF the work. But in following the
extraordinary adventures of Mr. Batesons $ per
sonages we do not stop to inquire whether he
has any historical warrant for this or that cpl
scde 1t is sufficient that he has framed out OIL
bis picturesque material entertaining story
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23
THE KING OF ITALY.
Why a Book By Him Has Not Been
Published.
Published.
From The Pam Mall Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette
In view perhaps. of the projected visit of the
King of Italy to Paris-nOw. alas! certain To be
postpOned-M. Maurice MuTet gives us an ac-
count of his upbringing which should undeCeive
those who think that the life of king OF to-
tor, used to make the future Victor Emmanuel
III begin work at q. taking for all nOurlSh-
ment cold bath and cup of bOuillOn- II he
late. he went, says NJ. Muret. without the
Spartan regime produced constant colds in the
head, of which the master insisted on his pupils
taking notice. for the eminentIy practical. lt
remote. reason that if Italy were to be invaded
it would never do for the heir to the throne 20
be found dOctOrinS a cold in the head Then he
was made to learn English, French and German
until he could speak all three as we'll his
native tongue. Latin-whiCh, To make his task
lighter. Queen MaTgheTita learned along W tn
hiTn-and mathematics. in which ne showed
great capacity. but. oddly enough. no Greek
This with a daily riding lesson and the prepard-
tion necessary for his examinations in the diff
ferent grades Of the army through which he
passed, took up all his time. and left him little
leisure for the gentIer arts. Yet he read some
poetry, and admiTes Dante. though not Ariosto.
lack of imagination After Il youth 50 spent it
would be odd if he had any.
After all, however, the best education. whether
for king cOmmOneT, is travel, and OF this the
then Prince of Naples had his full share. After
his grand tour" which nowadays includes both
the Near and the Far East, he produced the
usual globe-trotters diary, in which he pointed
ly refused to say anything about the pre-eut
state of Merry and SamaTCaud; because. he said.
if ne described them as they were il would be-
offensive to some of Italy's allies while If ha
described them they were not it would De
offensive to his own respect for truth Perhaps
it was for this reason that the book was never
published.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23
KING JIuES on SUyDH GIuES.

From The London Telegraph.
What will the modern DIRECTORS to reasonable
recreation on sundays find more stirring than
King James's Book of Sports" published in
16IS. wherein he I2mentS the attempts of ChurI-
iSh fanatics to repreSS amuSementS on the urSt
day of the week, and says: our pleasure like
wise is. that after the end of divine service our
good people be not disturbed. letted. or diScour-
aged from any lawful recreation, such as dane
ing (either WOmen). archery for men,
lea ping. Vaulting. or any other such harmless
reCreations: nor from having of May games.
Whtsun ales and Morris dances; and the set
ting up of May poles and other sports Herewith
used: so as the same be had in due and con
venient time, without iupediment or neglect or
divine service" And this. he il remembered IS
from the man whom the translatoIs of the au-
thorized version of Bible described as the
sun in his strength as one who was 'th-
riChed with so many singular and extraordinary
grlCeS as To- be the wonder of the world In thi5
latter age for happiness and true felicity
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

have many interesting recollectons of that tne me
TO give his readers. The cause of the Dreak oG
tween the two friends-for. of course, a oretA
was next to acknowledgements to have oeeh MI.
WhistIer's genial description OF MI MehpeS d.
"a kangaroo with a pocket
The next volume in that valuable series oi
little hooks on medieval towns IS To he deVoteu
to Edinburgh. Mr.. Oliphant Smeatoh IS WIZ
ing it.
The Putnams will begin in the autumn II7 tIg
publication of a second group of their Wen
known Ariel booklets. 1t will include Mrs; Gas
keTs Crawford" the Adventures OF baron
Munchausen." verse and prose by Poe Coie-
ridges Ancient Mariner" and works by WASH
ington Irving, Dr. Johnson and Bacon.
A writer in ct. P.'s Weekly" alluding to the
now notorious article written by the late w T.
Henley on Stevenson, Vindicates him Ill this
fashion
'In Henleys much debated article he tells
how he rose in the night on receiving news OF
Iouiss illness in Hyeres, and made arrange
ments to dispatch doctor there. This was Dr.
MenDeII who practically saved SteVenSon'S life.
hut for some reason omitted from the list of
doctors to whom he dedicated 'UnderwOOds
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23
rain.
BY E. L. MACAULAY.

The wet earth-srncll came to me where l stood,
The breath of rain, pungent and keen as wine.
Rich with the incense of the dark drenched pine
Sweet with the sweetness Of the wet peat wood.
And something stirred and quickened in my
blood.
Methought great deeds might spring in sudden
birth,
Born of the rain and the sweet breath of
Earth
Wine that Antaus drank. and found most good
Prineval wine! that wakes in us quick hres,
Vagrant yearning for the wonder life.
Laughter and longing. and young wide desires
For distance and great space and clash or strlfe
Who drinks the keen earth-wine, he needs must
call
Antaus' mother. mother of us all
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

Conan DOYLE revives Sherlock Holmes It seems
that the great detective was not killed in that
last scene in the Alps. His inventor is going to
tell what he did when he fell and what he has
done since
Henry Frowde has begun the publication Of
series of Studies in NapOleOniC craftsmanship.
by Mr.. H. \. l. Fisher. The volume now issu-
ing from the press is devoted to Germany, and
in IL the author endeavOrS to describe the
growth, to analyZe the character. ana 10 esti-
mate the influence of the NapOleOnlc system IN
that country. In further volumes Mr. FlSher
will trace the developments of his subject IN
France, Italy. Holland and Belgium
At a recent dinner of the Authors Club in
London. the Bishop of Worcester referred 10
what he called the event in his literary ca
reer He had once been accused of wrongly
using a verb. and. on turning up the WORD IA
the New English Dictionary. he found hlInscI
confronted by the very quotation IN question:
from one of his bOOks-a standing reLLke
known instance of that particular use OF the
word.
The committee in charge of the memorial to
r d BIackmOre. which Is To be erecttu III
Exeter Cathedral, has decided TO add a wlndo"
to the marble monument already piahhel- ill4
window will be in three lights containing re-
spectiveIy figures of Jonathan, DAVID ana sam
son Work on both window and monument .
going forward with rapidlty
The new novel by Mr.. Charles Marriott au-
thor of The Column is called The House ON
the Sands" 1t is political story, deaInlS Win
bill introduced into the House OF Commons
by the hero who is the president OF the huitfI
the entire British mercantile marine by the
government.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

Mr.. Mortimer Menpes will not write his book
on Whistler. which we announced the other day
entirely from the outside In his own early
days in London Whistler used his presses for
the printing of etchings, and Mr.. Menpes will
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23
LITERARY NOTES.

The novel by Mr. Henry James, "The Ambas-
sador " which has been running as a serial IN
The North American Review" will in book
form take its place among the fiction of the
coming season.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

Mr.. B. w Henderson, of Merton College. OK
ford, has written a book On NerOs life and all
the events of his reign, which will be issued this
winter. 1t is intended both for the general
reader and for the student. To serve the latter
all references to ancient and modern authorities
are collected at the end of the book While the
book is scholarly, the citation of authorities and
discussion of critical points are relegated to ap-
be distracted.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

Two new biographies are promised. One VIII
be of Robert Stephen Hawker. The other Will
be of Novalis the once famous romanticst and
Sentimentalist.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

We reviewed not long ago the first and third
volumes in the illustrated history of English
literature edited by DIR. Garnett and Mr. GoSSe,
and Dublished by the Macmillan Company. The
second and the fourth volumes. which treat of
the times of Milton and Tennyson. will very
possibly be issued within i few months.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

Nj. Jules Verne, the celebrated author, has
become almost blind, and operation for cata-
ract has been recommended He refuses TO un-
dergO it, saying that at his age, which is seven
ty-hve, a surgical operation is dangerous.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

1t is said that in working upon the biography
or Mr.. Gladstone, which Will soon be published,
Mr.. Morley and his secretaries have examined
about four hundred thousand documents. The
narrative, by the way, is to include copious ex-
tracts from Mr. GIadStone's journals.
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

The series of Temple Autobtographies which
Dent in London has started, with new trans
lation of Benvenuto Cellni, is to include a num-
ber of desirable things. Benjamin Franklin's s
memoirs are to be published next then will
come the journal OF John WOolman and this
will be followed by the autObiOSraphes of Hec-
tor Berlioz Mrs. PiozZi and Leigh Hunt.
Apropos of Berlioz, whose centenary is ap-
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

Mr.. KipIng's new volume of verses "The Five
Nations" is now announced to appear ON Octo-
Der L. His Just So Stories" has recently been
Put into French under the very satisfactory title
of "HistOire COmme-ca." AS the author of this
book, he has been presented to French readers
in this fashion: m. Rudyard KpIing Qui q
phoque, en- locomotive, en- chaudiere de bateau,
etc"
New-York tribune., 1903-08-23

preaching, reproduce one of Fantin-LatOur's
characteristic Autographs, drawn in illustration
of La Damnation de Faust" 1t appears in the
current number of Il Art which, by the way,
contains some other excellent material notably
a few unpublished letters of the first wife of
Talma, and n beautiful color print by Edmond
Pennequin after one OF Watteaus nude studies
in the Louvre
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-09-05

The State Committee mad,

The State Committee made
fun with both of the factions of
this parish, they simply said to
Liable and his committee, "you
did nothing wrong" and they said
to Rees and his followers. "They
did nothing right" The proof is
that they postponed the election
three weeks, wrote the rules over,
took down the rooster from the
head of their ticket, and gave the
Rees people the right to appoint
their commissioner and the 'clerk
of election. They exculpated the
parish committee in words, but
not in action, because if what they
had done was right, there was no
necessity for the State Committee
to interfere as it did. In our OPT
nion the Rees people have scored
a victory before the State Com
mittee.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-09-05

In going through the rules and
regulations adopted by the Parish
executive committee and which the
Chairman, Mr.. Liable, said be had
no power to change, Mr.. r. F.
Broussard who represented the
Rees faction showed how they
meant nothing else than: "Heads
l win; tails you lose." The analy-
sis occasioned a general laugh and
Leader. Alex. Peyol, of the Fifth
Ward, Orleans, calculated: "Hully
Gee! Is that the way you fellows
in the country run things.?"
The rules and regulations adopt
ed by our own committee must
have been real clinches, to sur
prise a New Orleans ward leader
because they are known to be
pretty strong themselves, but if
our political wire pullers can beat
them, they had better look out,
else our delegation might capture
the State nominating convention.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-09-05
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-09-05
10th Judicial District Court,
ANSELM B. MURRAY,
MRS. MALvINA FAURIES
wife of Cab. Gardemal,
No. 97Ol,

By virtue Of q writ Of Fieri Faciss
issued iu the above entitled and num-
bered suit, and to me directed by the
Hon. the 10th Judicial District Court, In
and for the Parish Of st. Martin, dated
this 7th day of August A. d. 1903. have
seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder,
at the Court House door in the Town Of
st. Martinville, La, between the legal
sale hours on
Saturday the 3rd of October,
1903.
the following described property to-wit:
A certain Town lo:, situated In the
corporation of st. Martinville. La. mea-
suriDe--b bounded on the North BY
property Of L. L. Baker. on the East by
property of Duchamp. on the South by
Claiborne Street and on the West BY
Main street. with all improvements
thereon erected.
Sold to satisfy said above msntioned
writ.
Terms and conditions-CASH.
sheriff's Office this 2lst day Of August
A. d. 1903.
o. BAD0N. Sheriff
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1903-09-05
SHERIFF'S SALE.

State of Louisiana. Parish of St. Martin
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-18
LOADED BALL QUESTION.
Thompson of Indianapolis Expresses
His Views on the Suh1ect.

From the reports going the round and
originating in the Eastern country, an ef-
section to have the loaded ball barred in
the Indianapolis tournament. The Ques-
ton of q rule governing weight will UNI
the American Bowling Congress, in Febru-
AIRY.
There is no rule applying to the weight
considered it hardly fair to use the heavy
ball. which. without doubt. Is much more
effective in the hands of a strong bowler
The average bowler finds the loaded ball
too heavy for regular use, 30 the expert. is
simply placed a notch higher by being able
OF additional weight.
The loaded ball has reached St. Louis and
Charles H. EVERY. former secretary Of the
league. is the first Individual to introduce
the weighted sphere on the local alleys.
EVERY has not had the loaded ball long
enough to state Just what he thinks about
figure in the league games. however. will II
become a matter of serious discussion In
the st. Louis Tenpin League.
Bowlers from all over the country have
requested Mr.. Thompson. who was here last
week. to make a statement concerning the
loaded ball. .
Il never favored the loaded ball. and
have Always been opposed to bowling on
trick alleys or with fixed pins or pins not
made according to measurements furnished
by the American Bowling Congress-. or with
balls so made that they can be handled
only by trained athletes or bowlers that
ers that, instead Of relying on their skill
and accuracy, depend solely upon being
able to handle more weight than their oppo-
nent.
'If that kind Of a bowler secures better
results. then You may look for a big slump
to the few and force out the many. that
Is, the bowlers who have made the game
popular, the office men, clerks and those
who bowl solely for the benefit they derive
have in such 4 fascinating game. If they
are forced to quit. then We have robbed
bowling of its support.
What has a bowling so popular IS
the amount of luck connected with The
Covered that with little practice they can
become quite expert and have derived much
pleasure from that practice. they have
sacrificed all other winter sports for bowl
Ing; ,,, .,-n-,s., that tho ar.v
owners. managers and those financially In
terested in the game have not discovered
their mistake before II we permit the
few to change tho rules and regulations OF
for a man to train in order to 1T himself
for a game of endurance rather than the
scientific game that bowling Is when played
with the ordinary ~lignum-vttae ball. then
it will be necessary to divide the bowleH
into classes. When this is done you will
find a lack of interest In the game In all
bowling cities, and there will be little or
no attention paid to match games.
Il believe 1t ts absolutely necessary that
the American Bowling Congress take some
regulation ball, and from the numerous let
tiers thai I have received from outside bowl
ers. I nm satisfied that the ball question
will be brought up at the next meeting"