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The GOitnn Relffe

Ffuil Gr0wlna and Truck fafUllhE Alonu
The Cotton Be
Is the name ola new and finely i'll
Illustrated booklet just published BY
the Cotton Belt Route TT tells ia
their own words the stDsyof those
who have stgone Vest and achieved
great success growing peaches, Kstraw.
berries, pears, grapes, tomatoes,
onions, melons, potatoes A other
fruit and truck on lands thai fDfniefly
sold for SO to $40 an acre. ab d n0W
yield 500 to $500 per acre net Iii u sin
gle season. Write for a copy ftee, also
how to secure home in the South
west for the rent you pay in the East
or North. y. w. LABEAUME,
Cotton Belt, G p & TIA:
st. Louis, Mo.
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PUNCH.

Go to Fish Bros. tor real bar
gains. They are closing out their
Business at this point.
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How

Wanted-To buy 20
ply to Geo. S. Hardy
Hardy Grain4Co.
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resented them to be He gave a last
proof of this faculty in his answer to
Dr. Arnott, who, three weeks before the
Emperor'g death. advised some new
remedy
England calls for my corpse; I will
not keep her waiting. and shall die very
we'll without drugs. Your ministers have
chosen this horrible rock. upon which
the lives of Europeans are exhausted in
less than three years. in order to end
my existence by assassination And how
have I been treated since my arrival
here? There IS no species of indignity
or insult that has not been eagerly
heaped upon me. The simplest family
communications. which have never been
interdicted to anyone. have been re-
fused to me. No news. no papers, from
Europe, have been allowed to reach me:
my wife and son have no longer existed
for me; l have been Kept six years in
the fortunes Of close confinement. The
most uninhabitable spot on this inhos-
pitable island. that where the murderous
effects of tropical climate are most
severely felt, has been assigned to me
for residence; and I, who used to ride
Oh horseback all over Europe. have been
obliged TO shut myself up within four
walls, IN an unWhOles0me atmosphere.
l have been destroyed piecemeal in pre-
meditation. Sir Hudson Lowe has been
executor Of the nigh deeds and exploits
Of your ministers"
In short, Sir Hudson Lowe appears TO
have been a man OF petty and vindicttye
mind fitted 10 be the tool of men who
wanted coEtsmDtible work done which
they would not do themselves. English
men are the travest and the meanest,
the most clear sighted and the most my
opic. the most generous and the most
miserIy of the peoples of Europe. New
York: John Lane. The Bodley Head.
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the man was something more than hui
man His memory cannot be killed.
These memoirs possess the interest IF
every human. document relating to the
world compelling forces Of history The
editor, FremeauX, has adopted the plan
Of reshaping the somewhat diffuse and
impracticaDle original writings into a
connected narrative. II may be remem-
bered by students of the life of Napoleon
that this same John Stokoe was court
martialed at St. Helena for expressing
his fears as to the Emperor's health, and
even for his life should the treatment 10
which he was subjected continue.
OF the nature OF this treatment there
is much evidence in the memoirs. The
author claims that the spot chosen for
Napolcon's residence was the most un-
healthy on an unhealthy island, and that
the petty restrictions and prosecutions
to which he was constantly subjected
FASTENED his death, by making life seem
hardly worth the living. Granting the
truth of the evidence, nothing could be
more probable than this. Napoleon was
not naturally of a strong constitution.
habits of life His habits for the greater
part of his life had included much exer-
else IN the open air, and much use of
his enormous executive ability. Deprived
at once Of the opportunity to exercise
tody and brain, the total change in his
mode Of life could hardly fail to work
serious injury.
Napoleon understood thoroughly the
Ia l.,
most of the situations in which he had
been placed through life. In. fact, the
secret Of his success may be SAID to
have been his extraordinary gift for
seeing things as they were. and not as
the prejudice or interest of others rep
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Art Books.

One of the most artistic, interesting,
and instructive publications of the sea-
son is The Studio Library" in eight
parts. representative of the art Of the
present day. Each folio is complete in
itself, and six studies are included in
each There are original etchings and
Autographs, reproductions OF oil and
water color paintings and pastels. Pref
acing the studies is an extensive and
discursive article on various forms and
treatments of art.
The studies presented are singularly
striking for their beauty of subject,
accuracy of detail. and fine distinction
of character. Each is a notable work,
and representative of the artists in
dividuality, and is characterized by
richness of coloring, skill in treat
ment, and fneness in the choice of the
subject. Among the subjects of the pic
lures are Henri Riviere's Bruno Matt
pale," Mark Fishers oil painting "A
Shaded Pond" Eleanor Fortescue-
Brickdale's Youth and Lady" and
numerous others. New York: John
Lane. The Bodley Head.
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VZRGLNIANS FOR URGLNIA.

from reading this novel The hero. 4
New York newspaper man. half Vir-
Rinian by birth. cherishes the ambition
Of writing a novel and SO becoming in
dependent Of journalism; but when he
falls heir 70 a fortune, RedieIds, he
speedily forgets his literary ambitions.
and declares thai it is enough for him
TO ride. TO dance, TO drink whisky, and
II carry on his plantation; it is worth
all the ether ambitions in the world.
As for the other characters in the
story, no other point of view than this
Is conceivable to them The presenta-
ton OF this remarkable collection Of
aims in life IS the only aims worth hav-
ing may not have been intentional on
tke part of the authors, and they may
IcI have intended to crow quite so
loud nor quite so continuously, but the
fact is that they crow.
However, it is every mans privilege to
love his own State. and the story
itself is well written, if not remark
able. The hero is not perfection, Or
anywhere near it, and his inamorata
is not very real The best piece Of
character work is Bessie Taylor, typi-
cal virginia woman, and next to her, st.
Clair the iovable scapegrace, may claim
the highest place New York: Harper
and Bros)
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nanded. as was Miss Stone. He dweils
at some length on the attitude of the
missionaries, who were unanimously OPP
posed to yielding 10 the demand for
ransom. representing that the life of NJ
missionary in isolated places would be
safe If such a precedent were estab-
Iished.
Mr.. Curtis is not enthusiastic about
the modern Greek. His account of Ath-
ems suggests by its style 'Innocents
Abroad" but is not so good as that in
Irritable work. The chapter on Greece
is the least interesting OF the book, and
there really seems very little excuse for
retelling the story of Diogenes, for it is
not news, and has not been for some
two thousand years. He makes it quite
clear. however, that nobody need ex-
pect TO go to Greece and find the land
of Homer and Plato intact, either in
buildings or inhabitants. OF the mod
ern Athentan ne says
AS beautiful as a Greek shepherd
used to be a favorite phrase with writ
ers of romance, but I doubt if those
who used it had ever seen one, for the
the ordinary eye. The men who tend
the focks are stupid. fiIthy-looking fell
lows, with blank faces. matted boards.
and clothing that apparently has never
seen a laundry The ancient Greek knew
all about building and architecture
That We know by evidences that have
been found under the soil OF his country,
but the modern Greek of the working
class lives in a house that is comfortIess,
unclean, and dismal, with no evidences
OF beauty or taste or culture. He needs
whitewash, chloride of lime. and car
bolic acid, although it is claimed by
many that his intellect is as strong and
active as those OF his prototype who liy-
ed twenty centuries ago.
The pronoun those" whose antece-
dent appears to be intellect may have
been overlooked by the proofreader; IT
any rate, that is the way the text reads
Perhaps the authors English suffered
by contact with the decadent Greek
The sketches, as a whole, are spicy and
fascinating in the extreme, and II, as
Won Moltke prophesied. there is a war
under the walls of Constantinople, we
may all be glad of this book as work
of reference. (Chicago: Fleming II. Rev
ell Company.
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bank cashier, and more acute piece Of
analysis would be hard to imagine than
Mr.. Nicholson's development of this
character, with his limitations, mis- half
formed virtues. his undeveloped vices.
and his underlying weakness. Haw-
thorne tells a story of witch who con-
structed a dandy out of a broomstick
and pumpkin and some old clothes,
and decreed that SO long as the pipe in
his mouth kept alight he should appear
the fine gentleman. He was all right
until he caught a glimpse of himself
in the unsparingly truthful mirror,
when the pipe went out. Wheaton was
all right, also, until circumstances
showed him his possibilities. and then
his pipe also went out. and he became
known for what he was. The minor
haracters-MabeI Margraye, the snowy
girl OF the town; Tim Margrave, the
coarse-natured ward politician; Mrs.
Whipple, the comfortable, humorous
wife of an army officer-aH these, and
a dozen others. are happily sketchsd
in. and there is a glimpse of a militant
bishop. whose original might well have
been the same as Mr.. Brady's bishop
Of a Western diocese.
While the misunderstanding is SO
brilliant that the main interest TO a
lover of that sort OF thing. must lie II
the people rather than the narrative,
the plot is well constructed, and inter
est is held to the end. The book pos
sesses the somewhat rare quality of I'M
expectedness. One is never sure how
1t will turn out There Is nothing trite
about 1t is a story of real life, in
all it's humor. drama, pathos, glory, and
tragedy, without the squalor of much
so-caIled realism. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Company
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4 calm dispassionate estimate. correct,
II the writer be infallible; but none of
the glow and rush. and without those
qualities you do not care as much for
the character and fate of The subject
as for the living and hitherto name
less hero of newspaper story"
The reviewer is probably expected to
cry percavi. upon reading this, and
promise humbIy never to do it any more.
But in this identical paragraph there
is an excellent example of the one sided
ness and slipshod statements which
caused criticism in the Hamilton biog-
raphy The poor do not disapprove of
wealth. dear lady-except exceptions
they wildly admire it, and most of them
come as near initiating the possessors
thereof as they can. Nobody is fool
enough to disapprove of wealth. though
he may not care enough for it to get
it dishonesty. Moreover, in reading
history the object IS not to fall in love
with the heroes of successive biogra-
phies. but to become acquainted with
them as they were, just as the object of
knowing live people is to understand
human nature as it is. not to contract
violent friendships and enrities ad lib
itum. Mrs. Atherton's alleged biography
had its value as showing some of the
lovable and picturesque phases OF Ham
ilton's character, but what about poor
Jefferson who was numerically belab-
ored? Must he wait for vindication IN
til somebody gets enthusiastic enough
to write similar biography OF him. ana
risk being scalped by Mrs. AtheIa4-o
However, there is no doubt that Alex
ander Hamilton was a great man,
vivid and forceful personality, and
leader in the affairs of his country,
though 1t is not true, as Mrs. Anterior
implies in another paragraph OF her ex-
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daughter of one of the prominent bank
ers of the town. a typical Westerner
of real life, not of the stage. and both
she and her father share the quality
of attractive realism which is evident
in the hero. A foil to Saxton is his
friend the society man OF Clarkson,
Warrick Raridan, who reminds one d
little of Crailey Gray in THE Two Van
revels,'' but is more whimsically true
to life than that parsonage. His bump
tfous and eccentric defense of the West
is worth quoting:
There's a lot of talk these days about
the nouveaux riches by people who
haven't any more French than that. We
are advised by fairly competent poet
that men may climb on stepping stones
Of their dead selves to higher things;
but If they climb on the picked remains
of the common or garden pig I don't see
anything ignoble about it. I'd a lot rather
ascend a pyramid OF -Minnehaha hams
than on my dead self. which I hope to
avoid using for step-ladder purposes as
long as possible. The people here are
human beings, and they're all good
enough to suit me. I'd as lief be descend
ed from a canyesed ham as an Astor
peltry or a Vanderbilt steamboat. And
I'm tired of the jokes in the barber
shop comic weeklies, about the rich
Westerners who make vulgar display
Of themselves in New York. If we do
it, it's merely because were doing in
Rome as the Romans do
This is Mississippi Valley American
ism OF the common or garden variety.
and after awhile, perhaps, the East will
awaken to the fact that it is one OF the
finest crops in our country.
Another foil to Saxton, Of a different
sort. is Wheaton, the irreproachaole
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tjons Of the times. One, from the JET
rersoa to Washington, seems to have
been quoted for the purpose of impaling
The unfortunate statesman of Monticello
upon the shafts Of the EDITORS sarcasm
II foot notes. But admirers of jefferson
can let the notes alone and enjoy the
letter.
Besides the letters. there IS a copy of
the deed Of separation between John
ard Mary Fawcett, maternal grand
parents of Hamilton; and there are also
some doggcrel verses on the death OF
Hamilton. written in Scotch dialect, ana
expressing the deepest appreciation and
admiration OF the dead man The cor
resrondence before the duel with Burr is
also to be found here, and what are
known as the Andre letters" are OF
course included in the collection.
1t becomes evident in reading these
letters, as in al study of Revolutionary
times. that the personal element on
tered much more into the political strife
tocay Men can be political enemies
nowadays without being personally at
losgerheads, and it is possible today to
disagreed violently with Il mans views on
the tariff without calling him "a con-
tempti5le hypocritc." as hamilton de-
cIares Jefferson to be- The founders OF
ne Republic were probably sincere in
their estiIQates Of each other and In
their general views. but certain It is
.Iof fl,g-y Tiea -yz.eeI most violent ~ and
called each other all manner of names,
q practice which has not entirely ceased
at the present day, though it is on the
wane. The publication of these letters
is one mere ray of light let in on the
sq"abbIes Of the time, and as such.
worthy Of attention. tNew York: TIE
Macmillan Company.)
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full Of such refugees. a friend ted no
that more than dozen families within
his own personal acquaintance had been
compelled to abandon their homes in
Macedonia for this reason alone. and
within the limits of Bulgaria are sew
eraI thousand similar cases. Young WON
en- actually dis16ure themselves that
their attractions may not excite the
admiration OF the Turk
Where there is much SMOKE some fire
may be expected, and considering the
absolute power held by the Turl, it is
probable that Instances of this kind are
70 be found in the history of his subject
provinces. The question how to remedy
such state of affairs, however, IS a
complicated one The imperialist
promptly answers. Put the Turk under
the dominion of the Anglo Saxon and
the other powers" But stories very
much like this have been told of the
Anglo Saxon himself in places where he
held absolute power and while race
loyalty forbids US to deny that the aver
age Englishman or American is at home
a good deal better than the average
Turk, it is a fact that this same aver
age man occasionally deteriorates when
placed in a position of authority over
alien human beings of what he regards
as an interior race. Whether the Turk
ish situation would be improved by the
addition Of race antagouism is qucs-
ton Evidently Mr. Curtis thinks it
would.
At any rate, the reader is free TO
peruse the authors account Of Turkish
conditions and come TO his own opinion
rega riding the matter, and it is impossi-
bic to discount all of the horrible sto-
riss he tells, though there is reason to
believe that some of them NAV be ex-
aggeratcd.
Mr. Curtis himself does, in fact.
come perilously near contradicting lis
own statements, for we find in an early
chapter the assertion that the stories
Of some travellers, to the effect that a
Mohammedan rarely cheats one OF his
own faith. are the widest kind If fabri-
cation, and toward the last part of the
book he admits that the same stories
of Turkish honesty are true in the main.
The truth of the matter probably IS
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some extravagant Sultan. Arranged
around the wall are effgies of dozen
Or more of the great Sultans in their
richest robes of state, and wearing their
favorite jewels. If those effigies could
be stripped of their ornaments, they
alone would make a display OF the
jewelers. art that would be worth ex-
hibitfon. There is no catalogue, and /
was prohibited from taking notes. News
paper men are never knowingly ad-
mitted, lest they should publish de-
scriptions of the riches of the treasury
and give the Sultan Mysteries.
The ceremony OF opening the doors
was quite interesting. There are two
held by two custodians who have moth
ing TO do with each other and are sup
posed TO be enemies. Each has guard
of twenty-four men, who live apart and
VINO are forbidden to associate with each
other OF have anything more than the
strictest official communication. Repre-
sentativcs of each of these squads are
on duty at all times and are expected to
act as spies on each other They are
peculiar looking people and wear a
queer livery-a -buttOned cat Of
black broadcloth like an Episcopal
clergyman, with a red fez."
Mr.. Curtis adds that when all these
guards had been feed, the cost of look
ing at the Sultan's treasures amounted
to s35.
In the chapters devoted to Bulgaria
and Servia are sundry details which will
be valuable to any historical novelist
with an itching for work in the neigh
borhood Of Zenda. If that part. of
Europe ever becomes commonplace and
well known the trade of writing al
venture fiction will be more compli-
Gated than it now is.
In connection with the Stone affair
Mr.. Curtis makes the interesting state
ment that, although this caused much
more excitement than any previous in
cident of the kind. owing 20 its unu-
sual features AMI the religious interests
involved. it is by no means The first abb
duction which has taken place N that
region. He gives a long list OF people
who have at one time or another in the
last twenty years been carried off and
held for ransom. most Of them being
released for less than the sum de-
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traordinary preface, that the fact that
he was hated proves him to be great. If
that were so. Marat would be hero
and Queen Victoria would be nowhere
Neither is it true. as she further i'm
plies, that in-Order TO do a thing thor
Oughly it is necessary to do It extrava-
gantly, and in pointing out the fallacy
OF this method the critics were not as
she seems to think. indulging their own
personal animostty to the worthy Ham
ilton, but saying out loud and in print
what 80 per cent of the readers OF the
book were saying privately and unheard
by the public. 1t is hoped that this de-
tailed and careful explanation viii
soothe the feelings of the irate author
and cause her to retire to some quiet
spot and think it all over
As to the letters themselves, they are
interesting, as is all biographical mat
ter of the kind. No love letters are
among them. for which We have reason
to be thankful, the public having OF late
become satiated with Invitations to read
other peoples love letters. There is
reason to suspect from a paragraph of
the preface that the editor would have
put them in if she could have found any.
but it appears that Hamilton, like q
sensible man, Tefrained from expressing
his sentiments on paper, and, like a
gentleman, took the precauticn to burn
any epistles sent TO him by adoring
women who we're captivated BY his
charms. At any rate, these letters are
concerned with other topics and there
is no reason why the world should not
read them with pleasure.
They are not all from the pen Of
Hamilton. Some were received by him
from Washington, Laurens and others
and there are several. not written by
him. which ere apparently included he
cause they throw light upon the condi-
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hat the Turkish religion, iike the
Christian religion. for5ids swindling and
other crimes, and that the Turk comes
about as near perfect keeping of the
law as the nominal Christian does. We
should all consider it unfair to take the
Nicely scandal, or some other episodes
in our political history. as examples Of
the dealings of Christians one with
another, and in spite of the undeniab!e
corruption among Turkish officials,
there are undoubtedly honest Turks to
be found, especially in non official So
ctety
The picture of the Sultan given by
Mr. Curtis TALES with that of Gorges
Dorys, author of The Private Life Of
the Sultan which appeared year or
two ago, though the statement of the
present author. that the Sultan never
has any photographs taken. does not
explain the fact that there was GER
tainly a picture of him as a frontis
piece OF VI Dorys' book. There seems
no reason TO respect or admire the ruler
OF the sublime porte either for his viz
tues. or his wisdom, for stories OF his
tence abound IL both these books, and
form rather amusing reading One of
MIR. Curtis tales is TO the effect that
the monarch was out driving one day
and saw some telegraph wire stretched
across the road, whereupon he ordered
the carriage instantly stopped and the
wires cut down. Nobody knows what
he thought would happen il he drove
under them but they were cut down.
and he would not allow them TO be re-
placed /. IS surmised that the tele-
graph company had a trench dug,
through which the wires could run IN
derground. but the Sultan was not Of
fcial!y informed Of the fact, or ne
might have had them dug up. Another
instance Of his unreason occurred when
a bridge al some distance from the
capital was swept away by a food, and
the people retitioned for a new one
The Sultan ordered one 10 be built in
a place most inconvenient for the peo-
pie, and likely to be flooded again at
any time When the next freshet car
ried CT the new bridge he was asked
10 replace it. but replied that he had
given the people one bridge and they