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The French Academy.

The French academy is one Of the
five academies, and the most eminent,
constituting the institute of France.
1t was founded in 1886 by the Cardinal
Richelieu, and reorganized in 1916. It
is composed of forty members, the
new member elected by the remaining
th~irty-nine members for life, after per.
sonal application and the submission
Of their nomination to the head of the
state. 1t meets twice weekly, at the
palace Mazarin, % Quia Cont, Paris,
and is "the highest authority on every
thing appertaining to the niceties Of
the French language, to grammar,
rhetoric and poetry, and the publica-
ton Of the French classics" The chief
officer Is the secretary, who has a life
tenure of his position. A chair in the
academy is the highest ambition OF
most literary Frenchmen.
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Charity Richly Rewarded.

Henry Douglas, al ice wagon driver
of Paducah, KY, cast his bread upon
the waters, to some purpose. He learnd
recently that a man he befriended two
years ago has left him the snug sum
Of 5000. In 1900 a boy tramp, known
as Greasy JIM" struck Paducah sick,
penniless and hungry. Douglas gave
the lad clothing and food and a place
to sleep. In a few weeks the youth
was well again and left town. A few
days ago Douglas received new that
James Holman, a soldier in the Phil
ippines, who died in a Manila hospital,
had named him as his next friend.
This recalled to Douglas mind that
Greasy Jim,s" last name was Holman.
He later received a formal notice from
an insurance company that the soldier
Holman had left a life insurance pol
icy to the amount of $4,000, Douglas
being named in the policy as bene-
fciary.
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twins had married; and Leila-bis
Lella-Was eked a youthful grand.
mother!
He paced the gravel path in the
moonlight, while the odor OF his cigar
mingled with the fragrance from the
tangle or old-fashioned cinnamon roses
by the gate; and memory went back
10 the time when they had hidden each
other fareWell-an a~ffectionate fare
we'll, he remembered, as his cheek red.
uehed, ne TO return to college, the girl
10 go to a snowy finishing school
abroad, where her ambitious mother
had married her to some beefy Eng.
llshman whom Adelbert had always
hated on principle.
And she is 10000 times more fas.
clnatlng now than she was then! That
sweet September day when we gath
cred the gentians by the pasture ditch
-genltlanS no bluer than her own
dear eyes" he murmured, with a
strange accession Of scntimentality.
All! after all, age is but a relative
term. And the fountain of perpetual
youth Is not so tabled as one might
dream! Yet lovely as Leila is, she is
no whit lovlier than is that sweet
child, her daughter, the pretty Louise.
How fortunate that chance should have
made US neighbors!"
Meantime, in the seclusion OF her
own bed chamber, Leila Carleton was
standing before the mirror, removing
the jewels which had flashed upon the
ttlmy laCes Of her handsome dinner
gown.
"Oh, who would ever, ever expect a
man to be faithful?" she asked her
self, with bitterness, forgetting that
she, too, had been somewhat incon-
slant during the long lapse of years.
AS the days went on, 1t was a sweet
consolation to Adelbert Nye to have
the sympathy of such a neighbor in
his afliction-for so he regarded the
possession of such a son, in spite Of
his effort to love the uncanny child
and his care and solicitude for the
boys physical welfare. Leila under
stood, and had pity for him. But 1t
was a source of regret that the child
had conceived an instant a~ntipathy to-
ward the beautiful Louise, who found
a rare pleasure in teasing the boy.
amazing the young tyrant by declaring
that what he needed for both physical
and mental health was an unlimited
dose of Solomon's prescription. To
Welcome, who had never been thwart-
ed or disciplined during his capricious
life. this was the signal for hatred Of
the most malevolent sort: and the two
waged warfare as persistent as it was
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John Adams
Last Fourth

John Adams was n Of the most
vigorous supporters Of the Declare
ton Of Independence, and when he
came to sign it, he exclaimed: Sur
vive or perish, / am for It." He did
not want to escape from the conse-
quences of his act; he was willing to
go down with it, if go down it must.
To such a man the anniversary OF
the Declaration of Independence
meant something beyond the ordinary.
and he took part in everything that
was going on toward celebrating It
like a plain citizen, even after he was
President of the United States and un-
til the day of his death. In a letter
to his sister he thus speaks Of tho
proper n Of celebrating the
great day:
1T ought to be commemorated as .
day of deliverance by solemn acts Of
devotion to God Almighty. 1t ought to
be solemniZed with pomp and parade,
with shows, games, sports, bells, bon
fires and Examinations from one end
Of this country to the other, from this
time forth forward forevermore."
One might be amazed at this sort Of
simple, unaffected patriotism, were IL
not for the fact that all of the fathers
of the Republic possessed the same
sentiments. Adams said he always
felt like marching about with an old
musket from sunrise to sunset on the
Fourth of July, and give vent to his
feelings by loud huzzas.
1t is related Of his last days on
earth that not long before an ap
preaching celebration he was very IN
with what proved to be his last sicl-
ness, when someone asked him for .
toast to be given on the day. He 70
piled, Independence foreveri" When
the day came around he could NOT
leave his bed, and had apparently for
gotten the anniversary, for. hearing
the bells and cannon, he asked what
day 1t was, and On being informed
that it was the Fourth of July, he
murmured distinctly, though with .
failing breath, Independence for
ever" and spoke no more. Before
evening he was dead.
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regrettable to their elders.
1t was natural that the sedate ana
dignifed Lawyer Nye should u II
both pleasant and convenient 10 %
ueighborly, and that he should make
calls both frequent and regular at the
Carleton villa.
Particularly distasteful to one youth
was the ~gallantry of Neighbor Nye; 10
the bank clerk with small salary, VINO
devotedly came down from Boston
each Saturday. to pay court to Louise.
and whose heart sank at the sight OK
the solid and wealthy director OF MS
" banking house, whom ne iouno
comfortably at home with the girl. IN
The easy chat Of an informal afternoon
unon the shady veranda, q state OF
bliss which he had been picturlng iof
himself all the way down In the
crowded. dusty train.
He did not appear we'll. this disap-
pointed Archie Irwin, as ne was pre-
sented to the digniied caller, wnom
he regarded with sudden hatred ana
| d,smay. What chance had ne. ne ASK
ed himself bitterly. against a man Win
Nye's money, and profession and posi-,
ton, Worst Of all. Louise seemed
n,eased with the attentions Of the mid
dle-aged suitor.
The young mamie was tall ana
athletic. and good to look upon an
Adon,s of the Won Bibber type-teil
back upon Welcome for entertainment
during his doleful visits to the villa
The weird child had taken to MIN Iiom
N. frst. clinging to him with passlon-
.te ~affection, watching his every move
m.nt with the dumb devotion OF IN
animal .-
Another watched the growing inter
at Of Adelbert Nye In the fair young
rrl. and tried In vain to ignore Inc
ha.rt.burnings which it caused.
And yet. why! Leila Carleton K
herself. Why should she expect inc
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RkEp's METHOD OF WORK.
Would Postpone It to tho Last Minute
for Lioht Literature.

ISf @iSIS ~ dboICs
Many stories are told illustrative OF
Reeds methods of work. He was ex-
tremely fond of what is called light
--srature" and would postpone work
~ a task he had before him to the
Ast possible moment in order to nm
ihh some story or romance. He
always managed to get up steam, how
ever, in time to complete his work.
For weeks before his graduation
from college he was buried In the
treasures Of fiction contained in a
friends library. The number Of
speakers for commencement day had
been changed that year from fifteen
to ten, and Reed was reminded OF the
fact by q college mate.
Time enough yet. Why have five
weeks!" he answered.
But the other fellows have been
working five months!"
Never mind" he answered as he
went on with his reading, 'Ill have a
place on the program" And he dld
So. standing fifth on the list of com
meIcement orators.
Next to fiction he was fOndest of
oratory. He was a student of parlia-
mentary law and of oratory long be-
fore he himself became an authority
by the publication of the standard
works, Reeds Rules" and Modern
El%oquence."
Another time Reed was asked to
contribute an article to a magazine by
a certain date. AS usual, he put it Of.
Finally the last night Of the allotted
time arrived, and Reed sat down at
his desk, intending to scribble off an
apology for his inability and a refusal
to write the article. Suddenly an idea
occurred to him. He wrote feverishly
until after 2 o'clock the next morning
and finished the article in the one
sitting.
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Tidal Waves in Harness.

A proposal is on foot a Hikuraki, In
New Zealand, for the utilization of the
tidal waters Of the place in the gener.
alton of electricity. The plan Is to
build q tunnel through a narrow neck
of land at Pelorus sound, Lightweight
feet in length. The rise and fall of
the tide at this place varies from six
feet and v feet to ten feet and
eleven feet, and the tunnel would, it
is said, command so, 900 acres Of tidal
water. 1t is not stated how the power
would be generated, but presumably
the tunnel would be made below the
level of the lowest ebb tide and tur.
binas would be installed at either end
of the tunnel. The scheme has been
taken up by a local company, which
has q capital of $4,000.
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~ OUk
LIBERTY CAP

Every American citizen is entitled
to wear a Liberty Cap" II he 80 de-
sires. In the early anniversaries OF
our Fourth Of July it was customary
for youths and maids, and some old
fellows, for that matter, to put on .
liberty cap and parade around with II
on their heads as proud as peacocks.
which they had every right to be. Il
was and should always De blue In col
or with a border of gilt stars on .
white ground, to be the genuine nber
ty cap. The government to this day
thinks so well of it that It Is put on
the heads of the vignettes on silver
and gold coins, which anyone can Q
II he has the coins, or a borrow one
for educational purposes.
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n
DOODLE"

What a ridiculous air that Of
Yankee Doodle" unsteady speakingl
And yet it sets everybody dancing,
every patriotic American heart throb-
bling at full speed. This time it will
be heard nearly everywhere on earth.
and 1t means something. Nobody
knows who composed the air. 1t isn't
much of IN air anyhow, and few musi-
clans to-day would acknowledge such
a composition, but it is one of the
popular tunes grown from an air
played by the British bands Of music
in derision of the Yankees" the nick
name given the New Englanders long
ago, before the Fourth of July had any
standing, to a grand national anthem
which powerful foreign nations are
glad to play to curry favor with uA.
or keep us in good humor. When the
patriots" began to drive the British
out, they played yankee Doodle" at
them, and adopted it as their own BE-
cause they had made the British
dance to its music.
1t is supposed to be a very old air.
originally called "Nankee Doodle"
whence 1t will be perceived how cas-
lily 1t fell into being called yankee
Doodle" Oliver Cromwell wore In his
hat a single feather fastened in what
was known as a "macaroni" knot
whence the song began
"Nankee doodle came to town upon
his little pony,
Stuck a feather in his hat and called
1t m%acaroni." 3
All sorts Of words are written to Jingle
with the music and everybody has
written some Of his own, but it has
always yankee Doodle" to 1t In the
chorus.
The Hungarian patriot Kossuth.
when he first heard the air played In
America, declared 1t was one of the old
national airs Of Hungary, and Buckine
ham Smith, a former secretary of the
United States legation at Madrid, n
authority for the statement that the
air of Yankee Doodle" is the music
Of an ancient Spanish sword dance.
Wherever 1t came from it is now an
American patriotic air and belongs to
our Fourth Of July, and no nation
dare take it away from us.
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WAS SIMPLE WHEN EXPLAINED.
But Phonetic Spelling of Name Puz-
zied Hotel Clerk.

ZleO FOtel Ilerk.
The mar walked up to the hotel
register and signed his name, with a
flourish, "E. X. Phtholognyrrh." Look
here, Turner" said the clerk, who
knew him very well, lis somebody on
your track? Where did you get that
outlandish nane?"
my boy, you're SLOW" replied Tur-
ner, airily. That's my same old name
written In plain English and pro-
nounced as 1t is written-just Turner.
Look at it. OF course I do it just to
make people guess. They wonder
about my nationality and the pronun-
citation of my name. l can hear them
talk about it. But, as l said before,
it's English spelling"
will you kindly explain?" asked
the clerk.
"'Phth,' there is the sound Of t. in
'phthisis,'" began Turner; "'olo,'
there is the sound of 'ur' in COLONEL
'gn,' there is the n in 'gnat;' 'yrrh' is
the sound of err in 'myrrh.' Now if
that does not spell Turner what does
it spell?"
Well" said the clerk, eft is lucky
for me that the majority of men
don't register their names phoneti-
cally."
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tSN1TT W6|0om6 Nue'S Fourth 40

u,s mother was n Of those married
"a maids who abound wen in the best
.".,otv, He was the child of her mid
-. age: and because she resented his
wing. as a check upon her social
~~sroties, she had compromised with
~ puritanical conscience by calling
AIM welcome, after the colonial ances-
Tor of her mother.
So. as Welcome Nye. he was sent
18th 70 create disturbance in the
-or,d: which he did in inverse ratio to
his size and vitality.
His mother did not long survive his
NTH and he was left, the incarnation
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child began; but she pressed him to
her, smothering the word which she
wished to hide from the waiting sur
geon.
And then she sobbed. and In . min
ute she smiled pathetically.
"For once my sons escapades have
accorded with his outlandish name!"
was Adelbert Nye's fervent comment
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Let him that would move the world
first move himself.-Socrates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-27
TRANSACTIONS IN REALTY.

Parish Fisher, Mooney & Co. have sold the north
east corner Of F1rst-ave. and Eighty-thrd-st. a
five story and basement brick and stone apartment
house with store size Of lot N.2xs4 for about
S39 coo to a client for investment
This is one of the properties which was scheduled
TO be sold to-day at auction by the firm.
E H Ludlow & Co. have sold for the estate Of
Samuel s. Doughty a vacant plot 100xlol feet, on
the side of Ninetyeighth-st, s5 feet east Of
Isaac B. Wakeman has sold for Jane L. Greed No.
story American basement dwelling house, on lot
B. Nauheim, in conjunction with the firm of L. J.
Carpenter has sold for John T. Willets to Charles
Wynne and David Reggel, Nos l29 and Isl West
double hathouses, on plot 60xs9.u feet
Jacob Oppenheimer has sold for n Eisler Nos.
l04 and l06 West One-hundred- and fourteenth-st.
two five story double fathouses 2ssx1sS feet eaoh
for $500 Mr. OpPenheimer has also sold for Hen
b16ne E0f fos SCI Coo and No I5s Madsonsvs
five story building. 9Sxloa feet, for sSe.eO0
John Mclaughlin has sold NO. BIS East Ninety
third-st., hye-story tenement house on lot 25x
zoos feet.
william Foley has sold the two dwelling houses.
plot 83x100 feet, on the east side OF Mathilda-
st, 1S3 feet south Of De Milt-ave.
J. N HALEY & Son have sold for Elizabeth r.
Messenger No lbs West Onehundred- and sixteenth
Freedman & Chenlzen have sold for the Lederer
estate No. 119 West Houston-st., fve-story
Dun & Conger have sold for Edward c. Atwood
TO Walter J. Cohn No Bis East EAghty-sixth-st..
a four-story fathouse, on lot 22x100.S feet.
Bleimen & Co. have sold for Marcus Nathan
and the New Amsterdam realty company NO, 80
East Tenth-st, four-story fathouse, on lot Ok
John Scott has sold for the Lewis estate No.
story fiathouse, lot 276x100.1l feet.
J. Levy & Co. have sold for Maria Kiefer to a
client No 1900 Lexington-ave., on lot 25xS0 feet
Daniel Loewenthsl has bought from T. Neisner
Nos 100 and Ill East One-hundred-a and twenty
sixth-st. two fve-story brick fiathouses. plot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-27
NETWORK STATE BAPTISTs.
Missionary Convention and Other Bodies to
Meet in Elmira This Week.

E-mira, y. Y, Oct Is OSpeciaD.-The ninety-sjxth
annual meeting OF the Baptist Missionary Conven-
ton OF New-York viii be held IN this city on Tues
Gay. Wednesday and Thursday. October q % and
"a. Elaborate preparations are being made by the
Rev DR.. W. T. Henry and the Rev. C. G. Lang
ford and their churches to welcome the six hundred
pastors and delegates who viii be in attendance.
In connection with the State missionary conven-
ton the meetings Of the State pastors conference Of
the Nomens Home Missionary Society and Young
Peoples Union viii be held. At the conference the
topic Of the morning discussion will be The Com
ing Revival" the Rev. W. J. Ford, OF jamestown
VIII speak on The Looked-for Revival" the Rev
@. p Perry. Of Troy, on THE Need OF It" and the
Rev G. 9 Johnson, of Buffalo. The Way TO
Help It On" The topic, Formative Influences on
Current Religious Opinion" viii also be discussed:
Fiction" by the Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Anderson, of
Albany; Scientific" by the Rev. Leighton Will
Jams OF New-York and Religious Press" by Dr.
7. O. Conant. of New-York The Rev. DR.. George
c. Lorimer OF New-York. viii preach the annual
The general topic Of the State convention meet
lngs viii be Evangelism; ana sessions wiz be
John =. Calvert viii preside. The Rev. DR. H w.
Bane te S cbb 9FSf fbe fe re- re-
port The Rev. Cornelius Woelfkln, OF Brooklyn,
Or II I. Morehouse secretary Of the National
Home Missionary Society. will speak on The Plan
Of The Home Mission Society for Organized and Co
operative Evangelism; the Rev DT,, Thomas D.
Rev. Or. John II. Mason. Of Batavia will speak on
Education and the English Bible" and the Rev
Moral end Religious Educst ton" The Rev. Dr.
Albert Colt, OF Syracuse, VIII present report on
Improved Method OF Settlement Of Pastors" The
annual sermon will be preached by the Rev Dr.. r
S Macarthur, of New-York The Rev. Dr. A w.
Bourn Of Gloversville president OF the Young Peo-
pies Onion, will make the annual address at the
young peoples meeting. Addresses Will also be
made by the Rev. DR. Walter Galley, general secre-
tary; Mrs II Z Stevens, Of Albany Mrs. n. NJ.
Waterbury, Of Boston; the Rev. DR.. o. =. Clifford.
Of Buffalo. and the Rev Jacob Sallade, of fhila-
dRlphia-
There in New-York State go Baptist churches,
with total membership OF l55lts: They spent last
year IN support Of worship s. d y2 and contributed
to benevolence S29.55. The S6 sunday schools have
average attendance Of I24.4S5 scholars The num-
Der that have united with the Church from the
Sunday schools each year for a number OF years is
between 900 and 400 The total accessiOns TO the
Baptist churches in the State for the last sixteen
years IS los. So members. The missionary cOnven-
ton whose function Is 20 for the small
churches. has aided in the support OF ls2 pastors
during the last year. II has also given substantial
aid a number Of churches in church building
work Contributions for this work yield large re
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-27
VOTTNG M4CHINES.
The attorney General Tells What to
DO If One Breaks Dozen.

Albany oct Stationery General Cunneen made
public today opinion upon questions relating to
the Of Voting machines particularly with refer
ence to procedure in the case Of breakdown or
the machine In his opinion, given in Response to
inquiry from the Town Clerk of the town of
Carrollton. Cattaraueus County. Mr. Cunneen said:
If there is a group Of two more candidates 10
be elected for any particular office. the has
the right TO vote for so many candidates as there
are Offices TO be filed, and may do this. although
appear opposite each other on the same line of the
.lloI AND necessafily on the several party tickets
II 1neIe is but one ofhCe to be filled. you can vote
for but one candidate because of the arrangement
one, your vote would not be counted for either.
The most perfect machines may fail, voting ma
portant that means should be devised for express
me The Will OF the electors where ballot machine
The election law however. fails to provide spe-
he assumed that the legislature desired or intended
that no substitute for a useless machine should be
quire that there should Re substitute that. II by
such construction should be adopted.
Mr.. Cunneen gave the opinion that the duty Of
the election officers to furnish voting machine
or ballots was a continuous one and in case OF a
breakdown ballots should be supplied for voters.
lie said:
nlsh a machine. it becomes the duty of the proper
board, shall cause other ballots be prepared, as
nearly an the form Of the official ballots as prac-
ucable. but without the Endorsement"
I therefore advise that in towns cities and vii
lagos where voting machines TO be in use, and
the officers wish 10 provide a means OF continuing
the election. II during the election IL becomes i'm
prdctlcaple To- q machine, that
unofficial ballots with ballot boxes be provided, so
that by their use the election may be continued
The election law requires the to retire into
a booth or compartment, and there prepare ms
ballot II may be that IN voting booth in which
a machine is in use and in which il shall fail,
there shall be no private compartment. Then may
the elector prepare his ballot outside OF compart-
If the authorities are wilfully dereict in furnish
no
fuses TO enter II. both may be punished for vio-
lating the law, and the voter may also forfeit his
right TO vote. But do not think the right OF an
elecor 20 vote valid ballot be defeated by the
omission Of the public authorities wilful or other
wise, to furnish the secret compartment
The Attorney General added that It is be hoped
that the legislature at the ensuing session viii en-
act a statute making explicit provision for the
emergencies to which reference is made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-27
AUCTION SALES TODAY.

By Parish Fisher Mooney & Coz 2,49s sth-ave g, rs
l34th-st, % 11xioo story h. with vol
untar sale 500 and 5o2 l42ds souherly block 'front.'
between AsterdamaVe ana Hamilton Place 1S9x24 Xix
ex24 Il; 8 story blk and hs; voluntary sale.
BY Bryan I. Keunelly $40 6th-ave. 24-9 fl OF
4eth-st % lx51 q bk bldg, with stores voluntary
sale: sil 6have. COS Il OF 4sth 2oxs4 story
bldg with voluntary sale: Crimmins-ave,
27oi n OF i4Ist-st 234xs0; vacant voluntary sale;
Crinminsave 2S7-S7 IT OF l4lstst 25Xso; vacant
voluntary sale.
BY Peter Meyer; Greenwich-st wsrren-st,
ix76 TO alley x65 4x76; warrant receivers sale.
BY Phoenix Tngraham & Co; l4sth-st. 100 II Of
7have 75x99 IL state Bank ast Catherine CleaTy ct al
L w p Sohoen, ref; due, So, 600 40;
taxes etc Slg7 90: prior mort, $4,000.
By James L Wells: 1.261 Park-ave, s. 76e IT n OF
97th-et, 20 2x10o story bk ten h; w Flrman agt
al: jackson. atty: NJ L Bruce. ref amt
46 sold subject to three mortgages agsregst-
ing $4,000
ave 25xSS-6, story hk h II Hayes al,
Sophie Martin Hardy atty; 3 HaInln. ref
amount DUE Sl0.545 SO; taxes etc. Sl.4o3 IS.