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New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

ond book confirms the promise Of her first ona.
In the Country God Forgot"
We noticed favorably Miss Wolfenstein's
'Tdyls of the Gass' when the book was first
brought out by the Jewish Publication Society,"
and we are glad to welcome it in the new dress
given to it by the Macmillans. The volume pos
sesses, we stated on its first appearance.
originality and keen human interest. The hf-
teen chapters of which it consists, embodying
sketches Of life in the Jewish quarter Of Ger
man village, are bound together by a thread of
personality. This is provided by quaint little
lad Shimmele, who lives with his grandmother.
a worshipper of his precocity. The attractive
little changeling is destined for religious life,
but is visited by impulses of doubt and scepti-
cLsm. The author is remarkably sincere in her
handling of the development of this boy. and in
her sketches of other types The book has
freshness of feeling. and is pleasingly uncOn-
ventiOnal in form.
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FICTION.
II Book Full of Grim Sensations.

SACRILEGE FARM. BY Mabel Hart. 12mo. PIP.
vi, 33S. D. Appleton & CO.
THE SIEGE OF YOUTH BY Frances Charles.
Illustrated by Harry T. Townsend 12mo, pp.
viii, 293. Boston: Little, Brown & co.
IDYI4S OF THE GASS. By Martha Wolfenstein.
12mo, PIP. 295. The Macmillan Company
"Sacrilege Farm" is a rather CHASTITY tale, sup
posed to be narrated by an old servant who in
her earlier days has been an eyewitness OF the
things she describes. The scene is laid in one
OF those houses with which writers of fiction
like to decorate the English countryside
house harmonizing well enough with peaceful
landscape, but concealing. all the time, ter
rible domestic tragedy. The principal woman In
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the story is scarcely more than girl, and she
is most unhappily married. Her husband dies
under mysterious circumstances, and thence
forth the plot thickens. Ordinarily such stu
alton as is indicated in the opening chapters of
this book would give the novelist very little to
go on. but Miss Hart finds abundant resource IN
what she calls the honor of the Silvesters, which
is to say. the quality in the family inhabiting
Sacrilege Farm which makes them ready to do
anything in order to shield their name from the
vulgar. Poor young Mrs Sylvester passes
through some dreary experiences. Her hus-
band at his death leaves his father and
brother in the house, and there is another char
acter introduced to assist these men in COM
plicating the drama. We need not reveal any
further, the drift of the latter. 1t is well put
together, and the author is especially to be con-
graduated having kept the crucial secret of
her plot down to the end of the book. "Sacri-
lege Farm" though it might have been writ
ten in more effective style. makes very good
reading.
Miss Frances Charles gives us next to no plot
in "The Siege of YOUTH" which is, indeed not
so much novel as it is a sketch of a San
Franciscan idyl. 1t is beguiliag book, with
flavor of individuality that serves to win for
giveness for the authors somewhat halting way
Of relating her story. The characters move in
Bohemia that has the virtue of being, on the
whole, normal region, not the queer and i'm
possible place which goes by the same name in
most contemporary fiction. Two men occupy
the foreground, one somewhat older than the
other, and anxious to be of service to his friend
OF course, they fall in love with the same
woman. This sort of thing has occurred in
novels before but Miss Charles heightens the
interest of her story by involving her two
heroes in something more than a romantic
rivalry. Jameson. the elder Of the two. moves
heaven and earth to save his friend from GER
tain third person. and the results are extremely
piquant- In its slight way, Miss Charles's sec
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and its sister THE Twa Corbies" have fre-
quentIy been printed in various forms, but
do not remember ever meeting with text iden-
teal with the one 1 now give. My father COM
mitted it to memory early in the last century,
from the recitation of Harry Richard. of Nor
thorpe, an old farm labOrer, who was quite 1S-
norant or reading. Harry said that when he
was young 1t was commonly sung at sheep clip
pings, harvest SUppers and other such-hke mer-
rymakings- He added that the tragedy alluded
to occurred in grass close adjoining the River
Eau pronounced Ea), very near a deep pool in
the stream called the Slaughter Hole The
statement is curious, but hardly be accepted
as historical The ballad is widely distributed
that may be almost sure that the identifca-
ton of this Lincolnshire version with the
Slaughter Hole at NOrthOrpe is a case of trans
Terrence not a genuine tradition Why this
pool is called the Slaughter Hole is not known,
but the name is assnredly very old 1 have
heard Cne person. and one only. call it SOuter
Hole, but this was. l have no doubt, mere
blunder owing to defective hearing or memory.
| nave cross-qua3ticned several natives of Nor
thorpe on this point. and not of them had
ever heard of th4 latter form.
There were three ravens in tree.
down derry down
SAYS the middlemost raven to his mate
Where shall we go to get ought to eat7
It's down in yonder grass green field
There lies squire dead and kilPd-
His horse all standing by his side,
Thinking he'll get up and ride;
His hounds all standing at his feet.
Licking his wounds that run deep
There comes a lady full of woe
AS big wi bairn she go;
She lifted up his bloody head
And kissed his lips that were so red
She laid her down all by his side
And for the love of him she died
Written down from my fathers recitation on
ID. January, 1859. EDWARD PEACOCK
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
LEARNING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE

Mr. j. f. c. Bodley. author of one Of the best
Of modern books on the French people, and of
the volume on the coronation of King Edward
VII which is just being published in London,
has written for 1.-The Saturday Review long
and interesting article on M. Hanotaux's His
tory of Contemporary France" Abiding to the
English version OF the book and its drawbacks
he remarks that good translation is impossi-
BILE unless undertaken by a devoted and tall
ented disciple OF the author . . else by
the author himself" and adds: 81 once had some
strange adventures with series Of French
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translators,' who offered to turn work Of
mine into French. and whose unreadable efforts
cost my Partisan publishers large sums Of
money. Finally, I made up my mind to do 1t
myself In so doing learned the French Ian
guage; but 1t took whole year out of my life"
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

Mr.. John Dennie, author OF Rome of To-day
and Yesterday" has translated from the French
of Julian Klaczko a book entitled Rome and
the Renaissance: Being the Pontif1cate OF Julius
IL 1t will be published by the PutnaIns prob
ably in the autumn
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

The biography OF Charles Reads which NE
John Coleman has been writing VIII be pub
HShed within few weeks. good deal OF ths
matter in the volume is from Reade's own pen
The illustrations viii include a number OF por-
traits Of actors and actresses who have taken
part in the performance OF his dramas
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
LITERARY NOTES.

Anthony Hope, Stanley Weyman. Rchzrd
Whiteing and Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler win an
bring out new novels In the coming season
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
"THE THREE RAVENS."

From Notes and Queries.
The following version of THE Three Ravens"
Is worth preserving in Notes and Queries" 1t
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

M. Jean de Charmoy. the sculptor. who has
made monuments to Baudelaire, Sainte-BeUve
and Alfred de Vigny is at work upon statue
OF Byron which Is to be erected In Paris He
has been given the commission by Byron com
mittee. initiated by Sir Edmund MOnsOn and
M Jules Claretie and having among its mem
bers number OF distinguished individuals
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

A writer in The Chicago Dial" explaining his
use of the word "buckO'' applied to the mates
Of American merchant vessels, who dis
tinguished for fighting qualities in the handling
of their crews. cOnjectUres that IL may be
adaptation of the word buck used in the sense
Of dandy, very much as the word dandy is
itself used cOllOquially We have heard IL in the
mouths Of Irishmen-'Ah me fine buckO.' He's
the buCkO lad for me- etc.-in what seems to be
precisely this significance" This writer, by thu
way, speaks of the word being used in works
'by American authors, . Frank T. Bullen
among them" According to Who's Who Mr.
Bullen was born in Paddington
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

The second volume OF Professor On
History OF the Peninsular War is soon
published. 1t carries the record down to
Battle of TaIavera-
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SX DRAMAS OF CALDERON. Freely Translated
BY Edward Fitz Gerald, Edited by H. oesner
II. A. Phi. d. CIhe Kings Classics under the
general editorship OF Israel Gollancz) 16mo
PIP XXXiY, 497. London: Alexander Moring.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

More Carlyle literature is to be published
Two volumes of new letters OF his Will Do
brought out by Mr.. John Lane in September
New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

The first and the seventh volume
Cambridge Modern History" planne
late Lord Acton. have been published.
the second is in press. II relates
Reformation
Douglas Island news., 1903-08-19

A nugget worth S142 was found on No. 13 below on Sulphur creek, in the KIondike, by Dave Buchanan, who owns an interest in the property. It is said to be the largest nugget ever found on Sulphur.
 The extensive damage done to the United States telegraph line in the Tanana basin has nearly all been re- paired and through communication with St. Michaelis expected to be se- cured from Dawson any day now.
 Peter Forney, an old timer at Haines, will probably lose his right arm as the result of an accident yesterday at the Dalton sawmill at Haines. He fell into the saw which cut deeply into his shoulder, cutting off the end of the shoulder blade and almost severing his arm.
 Mrs. Bairll, mother of Mrs. \. A. Cor don, of Nome, died on the steamship Centennial, en route to Seattle.l Mrs. Gordon accompanied her mother, and when five days out from Nome, Mrs. Bairll became very ill and died within a short time. The body was buried at sea.
 A limited number of bright Alaskan Indian children have an opportunity to get an education at the expense of the federal government at the famous Car Iisle Indian college, Carlisle, Pa. R. H. Pratt, superintendent of the college, will be in Alaska this week, and will look for desirable pupils.
 Deputy Marshal Shook of Skagway offers reward of S25 for the apprehen- sion of one Richard M. Fremont, aged g years, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, 5 feet, 6 inches high, scar on right cheek, left forearm, left groin, on right knee(2), bullet hole in left calf: from Jackson Brethitt county, Kentucky.
 President Roosevelt has by proclama- tion made new forest reserve in Al aska, embracing 6,00O square miles on the Seward peninsula. The purpose assigned for the action is to prevent homesteaders getting control of the spare timber in that country, but to hold it and allow it's free use for min ing purposes.
 The first effect of Nome's being made sub port of entry will be to increase the supply of coal. The order was made out by the Secretary of the Treasury declaring this sub port of entry on January 31 last, and shortly afterwards arrangements were made for shipping coal here from Australia. Sometime before the fleet left for this port, telegraphic dispatches from Aus tralia stated that large sailing ship had already left for Nome loaded to the guards with coal.-Gold Digger.
 The Whitehorse Star says that dur ing the past two weeks almost all of the stampeders who went to the new gold diggings have returned and re- corded their claim. Up to date over 45o applications for grants have been made. The claims have been staked on Fourth of July and it's tributaries, Twelfth of July, Snyder creek, Larose creek and Allie gulch; also on Fire works creek, Ruby, Granite, Mckinley, formerly known as Whitefsh, and Dixie.
Douglas Island news., 1903-08-19

Council City expects to receive a visit this summer from 100 capitalists all at one time.
 The Skagway pnblic school opened on the 10th inst, with 40 less pupils than a year ago.
 A special resolution passed by the Nome city council makes all council men police officers.
 Y Eight large dredging machines are to be placed on the Stewart river next sea son by the Ogilvie company.
 Mrs. Felicte Michard, 1179 Elm St., room 27, Manchester, N. H., is anxious about her sou Francis Michard.
 Joe Choynski knocked out Nick Burley in the 7th round, in a slugging match at Dawson on the 7th inst.
 The Alaska Pacific Express Go. has carried over six and quarter millions of gold from the North this season.
 The Civil Service team of the Daw- son league, won the pennant which rep resents the baseball championship of the Yukon.
 Alfred H. Brooks, head of the Alaska division of the geological survey, is headed for the Panama and Seward pen insula.
 The Valdez Chamber of Commerce has unanimously declared in favor of territorial form of government for Alaska.
 J.H. Costello, the Buffalo, million aire, has added 10000 acres of Kayak oil lands to his holdings, previously 10000 acres.
 The Skagway chamber of commerce has named John G. Price and pr. w. l.. Wilson as delegates to the Trans Mississippi congress.
 Drunken negro sailors went out to sea in an open boat, near Nome, and en- gagged in free for all fight. One of the negroes was cut in the melee.
 Rev. H. P. Corser has been employed as principal of the Wrangell schools and Miss Minnie Robertson, assistant. A third one is to be employed.
 Ground has been broken for the Daw son Carnegie library. The plans sub- mitted for the building have been ac- cepted. The structure will cost S25,0OC.
 The Seaolin stuck her nose up on Battery Point, just below Haines, last Thursday morning, and hung there un- til the next tide. She was leaking bad ly when she reached Juneau.
 Notice has been issued for special term of Court to be held at Ketchikan on Sept. 10th. A grand and petit jury will be summoned and the court will be in session the entire month.
 Everyone who is familiar with the work the United States army has done in Alaska will endorse the suggestion that the pay of soldiers serving in this district should be increased, says the Skagway Alaskan.
 Col. Dick Plunkett, writer, cowboy miner, Indian fighter, ex-marshal of Creed, and famous all round Western character, formerly of Texas, New Mex, ico, Arizona, Colorado and other West. ern states, has become a citizen oi ] Haines.
Douglas Island news., 1903-08-19

Nearly all of the mining concerns at Nome are operating more extensively than ever before. This is especially true of the Wild Goose Mining Com pany, J. W. Kelly, the Miocene Ditch Company and the Pioneer Mining Com pany. One large new concern operating on large scale this year for the first time, is that of the Western Alaska Construction Company, whose ship ments of rails and railroad materials alone this season aggregate from 10000 to 15,000 tons.
 So much gold dust has been taken out of the Yukon country of late on the persons of individuals, that the po- lice have begun the practice of search ing the pockets of all outbound peo- pie at the boundaries. Police at the boundary north of Dawson and at the boundary on the White Pass are per forming the duty. The orders are from Major z. T. Wood, commander of the Northwest mounted police of the Yu- kon. The dust is subject to an export duty of two and a half per cent, and export certificates, according to the law. must be received at Dawson or other specified points within the terri tory, and the duty paid before the dust is removed.
 Just after noon Sunday, in the pres ence of 9 invited guests, the Flosie was rechristened, receiving the name "Peterson," chosen for her by Gen. Marshall I. Ludington, the quarter master general, says the Skagway AL [ askan. Little Miss Florence Rogers, the pretty little daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. P. Rogers, broke the bottle of champagne over the prow of the staunch little craft and said the preg- nant words, "I christen thee, Peterson" Capt. Richardson had previously, in neat speech, explained the object of the gathering. He referred feelingly to the hero, Major Mat R. Peterson, in whose honor the boat was named. Col. Pitcher spoke appropriately after the christening.
 Hon. F. X. Shoemaker acting for the Whitney Electrical Development Con- pany is about to erect machinery in Colorado for the purpose of reaching the great ocean of electricity which lies. beyond the earth's atmosphere. The Whitney people believe, the North Star is the center of great electrical division of the universe, which includes the earth and our solar system. That electricity is remote form of matter, and the little particles composing 1t are rushing toward the North Star with incredible swiftness flowing past the earth, which is submerged in sea of electricity. They hold that the Newton theory of gravitation is correct only so far as it applies to the limits of the earth and it's atmosphere. Beyond that it does not extend. That the earth's attraction extends only to the edge of the atmosphere surrounding it. Be- yond that the irresistible attraction of the North Star holds sway and any thing which gets out there will be jerk ed away to the North Star unless it is held. That if we can only pierce the atmospheric belt that surrounds the earth and get out into this electric sea we can let in enough electricity to do the worlds work.
Douglas Island news., 1903-08-19
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. Information for Everybody.

Nome's city clerk is named Chestnut A skagway saloon is having clear ance sale.
 Atlin is coming to the front as a quartz camp.
 More ships are needed to carry freight to Nome.
 "The Totem" will be the name of new saloon at Skagway.
 Stanley Bishoprick will rebuild his saw mill at Skagway.
 The senatorial party got stuck on sand bar in the Yukon.
 S.OOO,OOO feet of lumber have been shipped to Nome this season.
 The Dawson Morning Record makes a plea for home rule for Alaska.
 From everywhere in the North come reports of the scarcity of labor.
 The Whitehorse Sunday schools went on an excursion to Upper La Barge.
 Marshal Shoup will repair the Skag- town justice shop before the winter sets iu. Mrs. J. w. Alberti, Prattsville, N. Y. wants information regarding Louis w. Alberti.
 G. Quirrii, Bonanza, Y. T, would like to know the whereabouts of John Cor rigan.
 An ounce day to the shovel is re- ported on Boulder creek, head of the Sinrock.
 12 Skagway young ladies were made members of the l.. o. T. M. in one even ing.
 James Leddy, member of the Alas kan bar, died at Seattle on the 10th inst.
 Nome has a fighting editor in the person of B. M. Stevens, of the Gold Digger.
 Alex. Campbell and Joseph Reynolds have disappeared from the town of Haines.
 Big Sam" an Indian, member of the N. w. M. P, lost his life in the AL sek river.
 Walter Swan succeeds A. s. Dautrick as agent for the Pacific Coast s, $. Co.,. at Juneau.
 The old Skagway News plant will be sold st auction by J. J. Burns, trustee, August 24.
 skagway will enforce the collection of the poll tax this year if it takes the hair off.
 A lone robber held up saloon in Nome on July 24, and secured s5s,0o for his trouble.
 The City of Seattle carried S2S9,oOO, worth of Klondike gold south on her last trip.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
Special Franchise Tax Law Sustained
nv the Associated Press

Albany, ~ Y, April 28-The Court OF
Appeals in a decision today unanimously
sustains the special franchise tax law,
reversing the decision, of the Appellate
division of the Supreme court handed
down at the January term and sustain
ing the decision of Judge Earl The de-
cision sustains the provision for the as
sessment of the special franchises by the
State board of tax commissioners.
There were seven cases, all involving
the same question, the validity of as
sessments upon the special franchises OF
the respondent corporations made by the
State Board of Tax Commissioners under
an act OF 1899. which amended the gen
eral tax law so as to include as taxable
real property the rights of street rail-
road, gas, pipe line, telegraph, telephone
and similar public service companies in
the public streets and places. Taxes as
sessed during the three years since the
passage OF the law amount to $1S,412,Sg 4
upon an assessed valuation in 1902, for
instance of $26S, OF, no.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
AN UNAVOIDABLE WEEK.
Land Too Wet for Flowing and Farmers Fell
Behind With Their Work.

The weekly crop bulletin of the North
Carolina section of the Climate and Crop
Service issued by the Weather Bureau
for the week ending Monday, was as fol-
lows:
During the past week weather con-
ditions have continued very unfavora-
BILE for both farming operations and
growth of most crops. Rain fell nearly
every day, the total precipitation for
the week ranging from GAO inch at
Asheville and 1.60 at Wilmington to
BIG at Raleigh. Land was too wet for
any blowing to be done except on hill
tops, and farmers are much behind with
their crop. little frost, causing little
damage, occurred in the eastern counties
on the morning of the End On the morn
ing of the oath a heavy frost occurred in
the central and western portions of tho
State, and killing frost in some elevated
localities. the thermometer falling to 80
degrees at Asheville; wheat and truck
in the west portion were somewhat dam
aged. and fruit entirely killed in some
places Hail storms occurred locally
during the first part of the week and
caused slight damage in scattered locali-
ties.
Some cotton has been planted but the
sell is too cold and wet for it to ger
inmate. In the eastern and central Dor
lions tie corn crop is partly planted, but
young plants show poor stand and some
fields will need replanting. Tobacco
transplanting has been, completed at a
very few points the work being hindered
by rain and lack of prepared land Winter
grain is doing well in some sections, but
numerous complaints of rust and a few
of the hession fly and cinch bugs, are
received. Grass and clover, wherever re-
ported. are doing well. In the eastern
counties Irish potatoes present an excel
lent appearance, the fruit prospect is
promising, and shipments of truck and
strawberries continue"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30
Civil Engineers for Navy.

Senator Simmons received from Wash
ington yesterday the information that
five appointments will be made to the
corps Of Civil Engineers of the United
States Navy from candidates who may
successfully pass the examinations to be
held on June Sth. at the Navy Yard in
New York. Application for permits to
be examined must be made to the Sec
rotary OF the Navy, and must be accom-
panied by testimonials as to character,
evidence of citizenship and of degree
in civil engineering and two years ex-
perience.
OF the five appointments to be made
two will be in the grade of Civil En-
gineer and three in the grade of Assist
ant Civil Engineer. Rank in the corps is
from Junior Lieutenant to Captain, with
the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks at the head, with the rank OF
Rear Admiral The age limit for APP
pointees is between % and 2S.
The corps is a growing one and its
position in the navy organization one of
prominence and constantly increasing
importance 1t has chare of all improve
ments, including the large dry docks, al
all navy yards and stations comprising
ten large yards at home and twelve sta
tions scattered over the world. 1t is
charged with the expenditure of several
millions of dollars annually in the way
of public improvements at these va
rious yards and stations. 1t offers an
attractive field for able and ambitious
young engineers.