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New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

we are quite willing to admit that '"The Two
Vanrevels' is attractive story. cleverly told,
and with some picturesquely drawn characters
in it. Mistress Betty Carewe may be a little
obtuse, but she is undenabIy fair to look upon.
and an excellent foil for her is provided in the
person of her trascible father truly tenn
pestuous Individual who breathes fire and
slaughter when his temper is reused, and, in the
long run shows that he is not afraid to put his
fierce vaporings to the proof. Inciden tally. he
kills the wrong man, and leaves his Betty in a
situation diametrically opposite to that which
he would have chosen for her. 1t is not very
weighty book, but it has certain charm Of
sentiment, a certain elegance of treatment.
"a Daughter Of the Shows" is announced as
Mr.. Jack London's first novel 1t suggests that
he would be better employed upon more of the
short stories which he knows so well how to
write Miss Frona Welse, who gives the book
its title, Is the daughter Of great trader in the
Klondike. He has sent her off to civilization.
but she returns to make her home with him. and
Mr.. London finds his account in exhibiting the
pluck with which she adapts herself to her sur
roundings. Perhaps it is hardly fair to say that
she "adapts" herself TO them. Rather she takes
up the northern life where she had dropped it,
naturally and happily. Love soon enters into
the narrative. but with results that We do not
find very interesting. The value of the book
resides wholly In it's clever sketching of types
and in it's pictures of the life they lead We are
conscious of the open air we turn these pages,
and for this the author deserves some gratitude.
On the other hand. he does not show that he
knows as yet, just what is required to give
novel form and substance. Decidedly he should
return to the composition of short stories.
The title of Peter Rosegger's novel, just trans
lated by Miss Skinner. is good one. The smell
+Ia ;o nth arI tha Euln
Thereof" Romance is here also, the romance of
simple people and of a wholesome. wind
sweetened environment. Interesting as a story,
this is equally agreeable by virtue of its atmos-
phere. There tragic elements in the work.
but there is nothing of artificality, nothing of
melodrama morbdity The farm people in 1t
are painted with sincerity and quiet humor. A
gentle. sympathetic writer is Peter Rosegger,
sometimes a little naive, perhaps but with
knowledge of human nature. and with true
feeling for the meadows and the mountains. the
farms and the forests of his native land.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

A CHEEKY little rhyrning letter, written by
Thackeray, in 1856 has just been sold at AUG
ton in London. 1t was apparently addressed to
his longtime friends, Miss Kate Percy and her
sister: well, / thought, as sure as sure could
be- Should find letter from kind J. Z. Pray,
why doesn't she write to me? I'd like to know,
and if not she, Where's her sister, Miss K p.
One other is surely free to send line to
double you tea. What is the reason? I have
often said Are Kate or Jane both i'll in bed?
Is that little shiyering greyhound dead? or has
anything possibly happened to Fred? or have
they taken a friend instead of that old fellow
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

they've often fed (along with NenableS, Glenn
and Sped with broken nose and snowy
head? Tell me how shall the riddle be read?'
A biography of the late Thomas Mast is to be
produced by Mr.. A. r. Paine. 1t authorized
by the cartoonist himself and there is good
deal Of available material. though we imagine
it will be more the story of period than of a
man.
In one way Francis Joseph. the Austrian En-
peror. fufls the old fairybOok ideal of a
ereign-he is always ready to and help his
subjects in person Their letters. asking for
audience" says Mr.. Sidney Brooks in 1.-The
North American Review" ARE sent in to the
Emperors private secretary Inquiries are made
as to the truth of their contents and. if salts
factory. the writer. OF whatever rank he may
happen to be, is granted an interview with his
sovereign alone. Nothing has done more to en-
dear the Emperor to his subjects than these in
formal audiences. through which countless
wrongs have been quickly redressed, troubles
smoothed away, assistance rendered, well a
frank, soldierly advice, and more distress
Mr.. Maurice Hewlett has written new story
of Italy-a love story whose scene is set in the
time of Dante. The February Harper will
present this story.
Many literary man has had in mind at
one time another pleasant scheme which
the reconstructed firm of RoutIedge is about
to carry out. This scheme is the publication of
series to be entitled 'Half-ForgOtten Books
Mrs. RadcIiffe's Mysteries of Udolpho' is to
Jack Brag;" also Miss Emma Robinson's
'rWhitefriars." A surprising number of absorb
ingly entertainingly old books be included
in this series. which promises to be particu-
larly taking and successful
We to have some personal memories of
Charles Dickens from the pen of his youngest
daughter, Mrs. Kate Perugini- 1t is in reference
to him as lover of art that she has prepared
two long articles
Dickens is always read, but just now there is a
vigorous renewal of interest in him in England.
1t is said that people who have not touched his
works for years reading them and all book
sellers record increase in the sales.
That is a charming little scene described by
Madame Waddington in "Scribner' and derived
from her husband. who in his youth Cam
bridge undergraduate. Once, he said, when
Queen Victoria with Prince Albert to
Cambridge, the students were all assembled in
the courtyard as her carriage drove up. ''It had
been raining. and the Queen hesitated a moment
in getting out, as the ground wet and there
was mud. Instantly w. had his gown off and
on the ground. the others followed his example
and she walked over a carpet of silk gowns the
few steps she had to make w said he had
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

Why did Mr.. Frank T. Bulen turn author?
Because, as he told the Authors Club the other
evening he had been earning only ten dollars a
week and it wasn't enough to live on. He wrote
''The Cruise of the Cachalot' on the kitchen
table for there was no other place to write it.
and he got $500 for it. He had never seen so
much money before and he thought his fortune
made.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

DIR. Horace Howard Furness has accepted the
help of his son, II. H. FurnesS, jr.. in his work
of preparing variorum edition of Shakespeare'S s
plays The younger man, who has been an earn
est student of the great dramatist under the
guidance of his father. proposes to deal with the
historical plays.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

.oThe story of the most momentous discovery
In the worId"-what is it? The reader Will not
be able to satisfy his curiosity until 1904, when
Mr. III. G.. Wells will publish serial one of
the two books upon which he Is now working
The other volume is a novel. presenting for hero
a shopman who rises in the world
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

never forgotten her smile as she boweo and
thanked them" 1t was action as gallant as
Raleigh's-but II should not be forgotten tnat
the young WaddIngton was really a Frenchnan
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

mir. Bliss Perry muses. in the current ATTAIN
tic" over the career of that favorite periodical
He comedies that il has stubborn affection Tor
the simple ways of the older American lie Tie
is proud of its housing in the ancient quincy
mansion, and observes that "the Skyscraper mas
not yet become the sacred emblem OF America,
nor has it been proved that the vortex OF the
mob is the best place wherein to observe and
comment upon the growth of our CIVILIZATION
And he adds concerning it's outlook Boston
Common that mo magazine that has the SnaW
Memorial before it's windows can be quite lndI-
ferent to human liberty, or be persuaded that
commercial supremacy is the noblest ideal OF
an American citizen"
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

Mr.. Jack London, the novelist, is an ardent
student of sociology, and has lately spent some
time in the East End of London busy In oo-
serving slum life there. He dressed as an Amer
lean sailor looking for employment and earrled
little or no money. Just now he is living IN a
bungalow near San Francisco. with an outlook
over the Golden Gate.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

The late Mary HartweH Catherwood. the
novelist died Of that wOful disease, cancer.
Her last book ''Lazarre'': and it is not prob
able that she left any unfinished work 1t is
said that she thought this book to be her best
Mrs CatherwOOd was most conscientious
romancer; she studied with extraordinary care
all the available records and scenes associated
with her historical persOnages. and did pro-
digious quantity of reading before beginning her
work
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

Concerning books for children Mr. George
Bernard Shaw is enthusiastically tart. He de
cIares that he never remembers a time when
he did not read everything that came IN ms
way. Il seem to have been bOrn.' he says, with
a knowledge of the Ancient Mariner and John
GiIDin.'" He adds: ''C'hildren'S books, from the
aceursed Swiss Family Robinson onward. L
always Ioathed and despised for their dishOn
esty. their hypocrisy, their sICky immortality.
and their damuabe dulness- My moral sense,
like my literary taste, was sound
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

Mr. Owen Wister, are glad to note, has
made a thoroughly we'll deserved success THIS
year. His ''Vfrginian'' is growing more and
more popular, though 1t IS now some monthS
since it was published. In the past three weeks
alone forty thousand copies have been sold The
book has many charms, and one above all others
it is irresistibIy interesting. This, after all,
can't be said of many novels.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

The SEVENTEEN birthday of BjOrnstjerne Bj0rn-
has just been celebrated with great
thusiasm in Norway. He was showed under by
kilograms and addreSSeS-One of the latter sent
by the people of Denmark. had over thirty thou
sand signatures A festival performance at the
National Theatre of his drama. Paul Lange and
Tora ParSberg." gave great audience Op-
portunity to cheer the poet and his wife to the
echo. After the performance students torch
light procession was arranged in his honor: and
the following day public banquet Of
fered him by the leading citizens of Norway.
The subscriptions of the people for a national
gift TO Bj0rnSOn and his wife have been. by their
wish, applied to pension fund for teachers.
In how many other countries of the world
would poet be so hOnOred to-day? Certainly
not in England nor in America
New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

The successor of Lord Acton as regiuS pro-
fessOr of history at Cambridge is distinguish "a
scholar whose attainments are not more re-
markable than is his astonishing look OF youth
fulneSs Professor John BagneIl Bury is forty
years old. and il is said that he might be
thought to be not more than twenty. His
career has already been marked by many
achievements He has relinquished the Greek
professOrship at Trinity College, Dublin. to so
to Cambridge. AT twenty-tnree years of age.
says the literary paragrapher Of The London
Sphere. "he obtained scholarship in ancient
classics. and he was only twenty eight when his
History of the Later Roman Empire Indicated
his extraordinary knowledge Of the Byzantine
historians His edition. published by the Methu-
ems. of Gibbons Decline and Fall is now
the accepted edition of that 'vOluminOus' his
tOrfan. Those who have watched Professor
BuryS contributions to The English Historical
Review are bewildered by his extraordinary ac-
cumulatiOn OF knowledge His History OF
Greece published in 1900. did much to Increase
his reputation"
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
MESSAGE FROM MARS,
Marked Success of the Play to be Given Here
Saturday Evening

Marked Success of the Play to be Given Here
Saturday Evening.
The success of a Message from
Mars was surprising to those who
knew the Garrick theatre audiences.
The clientage Of that theatre is dis
tinctly "smart" and there was some
doubt as to whether the charm and
novel of Mr Ganthony's play would
appeal to the cynical element among
theatre goers
, But they came in carriages night
after night, appreciated the wholesome
humor OF the play and were not at all
backward 10 giving outward show to
their varied emotions, Apparently
there is more in the success of "a
Message from Mars" than appears on
the surface. An opportunity viii soon
be given to Judge it here as Charles
Frohman announces a specially large
and select company for its production
at the opera house next Saturday
evening.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
llO West SOth St., New York, N. Y.

The work of the paper mills is seri-
ously interferred with by the low wat
ter of the Connecticut river. Although
for several years past the decrease in
the amount of water has been marked
this fall it is unusually low.
DR.. II. Nelson Jackson, who acquired
fame because Of being the first man 10
make a trip across the continent by
automobile Saturday bought Provi-
dence island in lake Champlain, Is
miles from Burlington. The property
contains 100 acres. He will erect a
large summer home there. The island
is valued at $4,000
The semi-annual conference of the
diocese of Burlington will be held Oct.
10, 20, p and p, as follows: For the
district of Burlington, at st Joseph's
church of Burlington at o'clock in
the afternoon, Tor the district of St
Adams at o'clock, for the district of
Rutland at st Peters church of Rut-
land at IL o'clock in the morning; for
the district of st Johnsbury at the
Church Of Our Lady of Victory at o.
clock.
Cairo temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine was insti-
tuted in Rutland last week There were
present about $50 mobiles. The follow
ing officers were elected; Illustrious
potentate, DR.. Jesse f. Thomson,
Rutland chief rabban, Frank w. Agan
Ludlow;assistant rabban. j. Warren
Roberts, Burlington, high priest and
prophet, George B. Wheeler, Bellows
Falls; oriental guide, James NJ KEN
nan, st Adams, Treasurer, Charles r.
Allan, Fair Haven, recorder, Will
lam a. Henderick, Rutland.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
WARREN FAMILY REUNION.
Pleasant Gathering Last Week Thursday at the
Home Of Otis Warren.

Pleasant Gathering Last Week Thursday at the
Home Of Otis Warren,
There was reunion of the members
Of the Warren family who reside in this
section Of the state at the home Of Otis
Warren in the west part of the town
Thursday last. The place now owned
by Mr. Warren was for years known as
the Dimick place and was used as a bo-
tel in the old stage days.
Justin Diruick who was born there
graduated from West Point and during
the civil war had command Of the
First regiment, u S. Artillery. Mr.
Warren is a grandson of the original
Justin Dimick. Ip addition to Mr. and
Mrs Warren there we're present, Mrs
Louise Warren and family, Miss Lille
Warren, Harry Warren, Mrs f. S. Har.
ris, Harley Warren of Boston and Mrs
M. V. B. Armstrong.
One brother, Rev John D. Warren Of
Elmifa, was unable to be present
This was the first time in tel years
that the families had been together
Dinner was served aud the occasion
was an enjoyable one.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
HOLE BIankets and Robes.

Great bargains offered by VIM. H.
Frear & Co., Troy, N. Y. Handsome
plaid Street Blankets, $500 each.
ga blue Team Blankets, extra size
(S4 9O) inches, $3.50. Fawn color
Team Blankets, "a x 80 inches, $3.50
each. Fawn color Street Blankets,
70 80 inches, S1.25. Baker plaid
Stable Blankets, s1.l5 each. Extra
heavy Burlap Stable Blankets, lined
throughout, $1.15 each. Storm Lap
Robes, rubber on one side, plush on
the other, S2.19 each. Black japanese
Wolf Sleigh Robes, plush lined, $3.50
each. Orders by mail will be promptly
filed at the above prices.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
Fsarfu odds Against Him

Bedriddeu, alone and destitute
Such, in brief was the condition Of an
old soldier by name Of ]. j. Ravens,
Versailles, o. For gears he was
troubled with kidney disease and
neither doctors nor medicines gave
him any relief. At length he tried
Electric.Bisters. 1t put him on his
feet in short order and now he testi-
fies. "I'm on the road to complete
recovery Best on earth for liver
and kidney troubles and all forms OF
Stomach and Bowel comp lsints. Only
so cents Guaranteed by o. E. Glib
son, druggist.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
Immense Revenue From License
Fees.

Fair Haven gets as her half Of the
town license fees 81, $50, and pays out
for extra police protection 81, 200.
Middlebury receives 81, 10, and pays
out 1928 for additional Ipolice protec-
ton. Middlebury's license Ecommis-
sioners will cost her $500 more.
Vergenues receives $40 revenue and
pays out at present rate 1876 for extrs
police force.
Ludlow receives as Der half Of IL
cense revenue $3.50 and has engaged a
policeman whom she pays SIPS for the
year.
Immense revenue?
10 Burlington in one month a. men
took their alternative sentence Of ten
days 10 Jail.
In st Adams insthres months n men
took ten days in Jail.
In Montpelier in three months So
men took ter days 10 Jail.
This means 2O7O days board bill at
50 cents a day state must pay for
boarding DRINKS ], e, s1,035 At this
rate the state will pay for board bill
for these three cities alone g, s72.
These bills will add up much more
rapidly as the second offenses come in.
Whence the revenue for the state?
The arrest and trial Of these men
VINO took their alternative sentence Of
ten days in jail costs an cverage of
IS each !, e, POI cases cost these cit.
les 81, Cos OF at the rate Of s9,5l2 per
year.
Whence any revenue for the city or
town?
The Montpelier journal says "a
gentleman compeiant to Judge and
familiar with enough Of the data to
Justify his judgment says that some
500 is spent each week day for drink
in this city. That would mean an ex-
penditure OF about s2l8, lO2 a year,
nearly as much as Montpelier contrib
uted to the building of the Montpelier
and Wells River railway, and enough,
in not so many years, to build the pro
posed railway to Rutland, or in about
six months, to erect the new city hall.
Food for reflection and material for
moralizing.
A we'll known German doctor in one
Of Vermout's cities oore the following
testimony to the liquor traffic under
license Last year | could collect
$3.50 per month. This year / cannot
collect $50 1t is all going for wbis-
KEY. This bias fair to be the com
mon verdict of physicians, merchants,
landlords ard tax collectors, as saloons
continue to extract the money from
the pockets of the average men who
drink. How long shall it continue?
ADV. by the Vt Anti Saloon League.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
Montpelier Robins Didn't PatrOnzs lhs City
Saloons Either.

Cliff Street hill and the neighboring
territoryin Montpelier has been lined
for a week past with singing, chattering
and squealing robins, whose strange
acts have been a wonder to the resi-
dents of that section of the city, and
the noise created by them has put the
residents up in arms.
There are a large number Of cherry
trees on this hill, and the solution iof
the problem is that the birds have
eaten so many of the cherries that they
have become intoxicated, and then
quarrel and chatter with each other
much like a man who has been on a
spree and is out hunting for trouble.
Others Of the birds get enough of jag
on to be merry and sing as if, they
would blow a hole in their wind-pipes.
The belief is entertained that the
frost nipped the cherries and then the
warm weather caused them to ferment,
making a connection that when eaten
gives them what might be termed
society jag. The hill has been covered
with robins and it is estimated there
are over 1000 birds there. The orgies
not only last all day but way into the
night, and begin again in the morning
before daybreak so that there is little
sleep for the weary in that neighbour
hood. The people are talking of cut
ting down the trees
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15

Miss Charlotte Barber is at D. A.
Deans,
Mrs. Nancy Amadon is slightly inn
proved.
Myron Campbell has rented the
Fowler home.
A. J. Dean of South SALISBURY was
in town Sunday.
John Ashton has sold his place to a
New York party
Miss Bessiel Green has been visiting
at John Barber's.
Miss Julia Crosier Of Stamford is
at M. A. Crosier's.
Mrs. Myron Campbell visited Miss
Nina Amadon last week.
Miss Grace Percy of Bennington has
been at Frank Amadon's.
Mrs. Cyrus Ester visited relatives
in North Adams Saturday.
There was a surprise party at Mrs.
Ida Kimball's Monday evening.
MI. and Mrs, William Crosier have
been guests at M. A. Crosier's.
Mrs. A. NJ. Morgan spent a day
with friends in Pownal last week,
The Tuesday evening meetings at
the Union Church are we'll attended.
Chas. j. Arnold and wife of North
Adams have been at A. NJ, Morgan's.
Evangelist Ellen E. Towsley left for
Hancock, Mass, Friday to hold a
series Of meetings.
Abram Morgan killed a crane near
his home one day this week measuring
six feet from the tip of one wing to the
tip Of tie other, its beak being six
inches long and when standing he was
four feet four inches in height The
crane has been successfully mounted
by Mrs. l.. L. Morgan our local
taxidermist
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
Saves Two From Death.

sour little daughter had an almost
fatal attack OF wbooping cough and
bronchitis, writes Mrs W. X, Havi-
land of Armonk, n. Y, "but, when
all other remedies failed, We saved her
life with DIR Kings New Discovery.
Our niece who had Consumption in an
advanced stage, also used this wonder
full medicine and today she is perfectly
we'll. Desperate throat and lung d.
seases ield to DR. Kings New Discov-
cry as to no other medicine on earth.
InfaIlible for coughs and colds. SOC
and Sl00 bottles guaranteed by o. h.
Gibson. Trial bottles free.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
A Cure For Dyspepsia.

had dyspepsia in its worst form and
felt miserable most of the time. Did
rot enjoy eating until after used Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure which has com
pletely cured me. Mrs w. w. Ssylor,
billiard, Pa. No appetite, loss Of
strength, nervousness, headache, cor
stipation bad breath, sour risings
indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles are quickly cured by the use
of Kodol. Kodol REPRESENTS the natur-
a. juices of digestion combined with
the greatest known tonic and recon
structive properties. 1t cleanses, puF.
ifies and sweetens the stomach. Sold
by B. A. Quinlan.
Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-10-15
whatis Lifei

In the last analysis nobody knows,
but we do know that it is under strict
law. Abuse that, law even slightly,
pain results. Irregular living means
arrangement of the organs, resulting
in Constipation, Headache or Liver
trouble, DR. Kings New Life Pills
quickly re adjusts this. It's gentle,
yet thorough. Only 25c at o. E. Glib.
sons drug store.