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New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

and write, or who paid certain taxes He hoped
thus to disarm the radicals. and get the South
to show that it could be trusted.
If he had succeeded Mr. De Witt believes. the
bulk Of the Republican party would have fol-
lowed the President, and the reconstruction
blunders might have been avoided, The South,
however, could not bring itself to this. or in
deed to anything that the North could afford to
be content with So the issue joined The
radicals proceeded TO make of the results
Of the war. Then Johnson made the great mis-
take OF advising the South to reject the half
way moderate terms offered. If Congressional
reconstruction and the Fifteenth Amendment
were mistakes Johnson must share the blame
for them, since he, by arraying the South against
the Fourteenth Amendment, aroused the rad
icals to take more and more extreme measures.
That Congressional reconstruction was in many
ways unwise may be conceded, but those who
made the fight step by step against any safe
guards which took account of real conditions.
and who insisted the theory that there never
had been any civil war but merely a gigantic
insurrectiOn which had interfered with South
ern State governments, brought upon them
selves the extreme measures of the radicals
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

canvases big and little, but usually very big,
in which he has given a mystical turn to more
or less naturalistic compositions. He has been
accomplished in his work, and has had such
a Of originality about him. that it has
been impossible to ignore him, yet he has never
hitherto struck the note which his admirers
have felt was within his reach. Al last he
seems to have compassed it.
His success, it is obvious is due to the fact
that he has for once allowed the mystical mo-
tive to take care of itself. addressing himself
simply to the task of representing nature.
In the large decorative panel, called Summer
which he has painted for Toulouse, he shows
number of peasants at work in a meadow, with
girls dancing in the foreground. The tall trees
forming a screen beyond the labOrers with hills
in the distance, serve TO emphasize the purely
decorative intention of the artist but his figures
introduced with noticeable freedom Of de-
sign, and the whole effect is spontaneous and
delightful. The episode commands attention.
since it is rare thing for a French Salonnier
to break. NJ. Martin has here broken, with
his own tradition.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

pictures Of life among the miners; she shows
US their daily methods and the perils by which
they are beset. She shows US also men turning
aside from their ordinary occupation to work
evil upon enemy. and gives to her story
tinge Of dramatic excitement. What we like
best about "A Daughter of the Pit is its sin
cerity. 1t is a good, if not remarkable, story
of people whom the author has obviously studied
with sympathy and understanding.
After Mrs. Jackson's sobriety and modernity
the atmosphere and color of "A Rose Of Nor
mandy" come like gay invention after hard
fact Mr. Wilson relates the adventures of
young Italian in the service Of the French King
who, in an idle moment, befrends man just
escaped from the clutches Of the eXecutoner.
The two take to one another, and while they
are agreeing upon the relations of master and
servant which are to exist between them, light
ened by the grace of friendship, they are ap-
preached by La Sale, and invited to share in
his great enterprise this side of the sea.
Lcye is to gild the tale, but "A Rose of Nor
mandy begins with a thrilling episode, and all
through the book We regaled with high ad-
venture 1t is adventure such We have met
before in hundreds of historical novels; but if
Mr.. Wilson's style is sometimes conventional he
knows how to make his narrative spirited, and
carries off more than one Of his incidents with
an air that makes them seem positively novel.
The fourth chapter, for example, is an unusu-
ally good piece of work. The hero and his COM
panion, travelling to an old inn in search Of
hidden treasure, seem very like figures that
have been stereotyped by the romancers, but
the climax to their venture gives the whole
transaction a fresh quality. When the scene
changes and the two friends the address
acquired in European cities in dealing with
savages in their native wildwood, Mr.. Wilson
loses nothing of his aplomb The story moves
briskly on 10 its happy close, and is steadily
entertaining.
"Spinners of Life" is written around fantasti-
cal motive. The hero, a young man with some
good traits but with "a streak Of the yellow
dog in him." is moved at the moment when he
finds himself bankrupt to indulge whimscaIly
in an act that he thinks could not possibly have
anv consequences Thereupon the author brings
in coincidence and Enthusiastically, and the reader
is asked to have patience with a farraso Of
absurdity. Merely for its absurdity the book
might be readable enough if it were not that
Mr.. Thompson chooses TO write with excessive
"smartness" The impression left by spin
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
FICTION.
Lovcrs Of To-day and of Long Ago.

P1AT5GHTER 5L1i i5 OF THE PIT Ry Margaret Doyle
Ja' kson' l2no, PIP. S5l Houghton, Miffiin & Co
Wilson. Illustrated 10y Oh. Gruuwald. I2mo
pr. Y, SIS Boston. Little, Brown x Co.
SPINNERS OF LIFE. BY Vance Thompson
Illustrated by f. NJ. Ashe and RolIin Kirby
l2ro. PIP 294. Philadelphia } r. Lppiucott
Company.
MRS. FENDLETON'S FOUR-IN-HAND. BY Ger
Company.
The opening pages of Mrs. Jackson's novel
are not inviting. In them "A Daughter of the
Pit promises to be grimy as the scene in
which it is laid, English colliery town. The
characters, too, show few signs of becoming in
teresting. Soon, however, matters improve, and
one is attracted by all that goes on among
the authors personages The woman who tells
the story passes judiCtOusly into the back
ground, and the true heroine, Eliza Whitlake,
the daughter Of a miner plays her part in a
way to make the reader feel genuinely con
cerned as to her fate. Her lover is Ameri-
can, who not only places his heart at her feet,
but interests himself in the chief industry of
her town, and, after the fashion of energetic
young men, collaborating with seniors
crusted in old ways. involves himself. and the
mine. in trouble Mrs Jackson gives US many
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ners OF Life" is one OF half-baked cvnicisn, and
crude imagination.
Mrs. Pendleton's Four-in-Hand" is ope Of
the cleVerest things Mrs. Atherton has W kten.
1t treats Of the experience OF a beautiful young
WIDOW who on receiving proposals of marriage
from tour men, their letters all arriving by the
same mall concludes that they have Conspired
to insult her by a practical Joke. and accord
ingly takes measures TO turn the tables upon
them She sits down and writes TO each one Of
her ado-ers with results which the author
handles in an agreeable vein or comedy. It is a
little book, a pocket volume of few pqges, and
it may be cordially recommended to the sum
meT traveller.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
4 POETS CHANGES.
From The London Morning I 5st.

From The London Morning l ost.
Everybody who is interested in poetry should
possess the second volume of the Roses of
Parnassus' series, which contains The Blessed
Damozel" and the other poems contributed by
Dante Gabriel Rossetti to The Germ in 1850.
The extent to which ne revised them subse-
quently may be guessed when we quote two
lines from the opening verse:
Her blue grave eyes were deeper much
Than a deep water, even
Again. from My Sisters Sleep"
Without there was good moon up.
Which left its shadows far within;
The depth of light that it was i'm
Seemed hollow like an altar-cup.'
Again. there are several cockney rhymes
Arms" goes with "cams." for example and
even dawn" with born" Yet The Germ
should have convinced those into whose hands
it fell that a poet had begun TO speak.
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KING BABY.
BY LAURENCE ALMA-TADEMA.

BY LAURENCE ALMA-TADEMA.
King Baby on his throne
Sits reigning O, sits Teigning o.
King Baby on his throne
Sits reigning all alone.
His throne is Mothers knee,
SO tender Q, 50 tender o.
His throne is Mothers knee,
Where none may sit but he.
His crown il is Of gold,
SO curly O, 50 curly O!
His crown il is Of gold,
In shining teudTils rolled.
His kingdom IS my heart.
So loyal O, SO loyal O!
His kingdom is my heart.
His own in every part.
Divine are all his laws.
So simple @, so simple O.
Divine are all his laws,
With Love for end and cause.
King Baby on his throne
SITS reiguiug O, sits r9IguinS Q.
King Baby on his throne
Sits Teiguing all alone.
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4 PIRISI4N TRANSPORTED.

The Latest Phase in the Art Of u Henri
Martini
The Salon this year seems. from all accounts
to be repetition of a dozen other Salons, the
same well known names appearing pictures
produced out of the same well formula.
NJ. Cottet exhibits three more of his familiar
peasants; NJ. Bail continues his studies IN
chiaroscuro along lines suggestive at once of
Ribara and Chardin, and so the story runs.
One man. however, has made a change and it
is very interesting to Observers of French art
For years NJ. Henri Martin has been painting
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

Mr. George Moore has been pitching into"
picture galleries in the Irish newspapers. He
SAYS the people do not care for pictures, re-
marking that very clever men" come to see
him, but never think Of looking at his pictures.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

The third and last volume of the new edition
Of Chamhers's encyclopaedia Of English Litera-
ture" win be published by the Lippincotts i'm
September. DR.. Robert Chambers laid the plan
for This work in 1S4I with the help Of his
friend DR. Carruthers, Of Inverness. 1t began
to appear before the close Of 1872 was com
pleted in two volumes in 1914. and was brought
down 10 date and reprinted III 1S.S In 1876 il
was revised and extended under the charge Of
DIT Carruthers, and twelve years later there was
a fourth reissue, again enlarged The present
edition TO which many of the authorities Of
the day have contributed, is practically . new
book
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
ANDREW. JOHNSON.
HIS Impeachment TTaUerSed by a
Friendly Historian.

THE IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL, OF AN
DREW JOHNSON Seventeenth President OF
De Witt syo. PIP 646 The Macmillan Com
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
A Distressing Accident.

James Diggs, an eight-year-old col
ored boy, son of Beverly Diggs, was the
victim of terrible accident at the inter-
section of Wolfe and Fairfax streets this
afternoon. The child was endeavoring
to climb into moving wagon belonging
to Mr.. Burns, of Fairfax county, when
one of his legs was caughtin the wheel and
was almost ground off. The little boy
was picked up from the street and hastily
taken to his home nearby. DR.. OBrien,
who was in the neighborhood at the time,
fastened to the home of the child and
did all in his power to allay his suffer
ings. Later the boy was removed to the
Alexandria Hospital where the injured
leg will be amputated at the thigh.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
Passing of the Cold Wave.

The cold wave is gradually receding
and giving place to more pleasant condi-
tons. The temperature today has been
mild with a southern breeze prevailing.
The weather last night, however, con-
tinued frigid. The high northwest wind
had materially subsidized, but the cold
was still intense. At half-past ten o'clock
the mercury in the thermometer was
down to 10, and at half-past three this
morning conditions were gloomy, rem
dered more so by aslight snowfall; but at
half-past seven the mercury was on the
climb and had reached l90. As the sun
rose higher in the heavens the chilliness
was materially dissipated and all rejoiced
in the improved conditions. Consider
able ice formed last night and the river
iroze from shore to shore. The steamers,
however, soon broke it up, and it has
since been borne up and down by the
tide. There is but little ice in the lower
part of the river. The tug Rosalie,
Capt. Kersey, arrived up last night.
The captain reports that below Marshall
Hall he experienced but little difficulty;
From that point up, however, he found
the river frozen across.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
Beulah Baptist Church.

The Corporation Court today is en-
gagged in hearing the troubles of the Off
GERS and members of Beulah Baptist
Church, coIored, aud number of color
ed people were in the court room during
the trial. The case came before the
court as Robert Cheeks ct al. VS.. Shad-
rach Jackson ct al. An injunction. had
been obtained against Jackson and
others restraining them from holding
church meetings in the building. The
court, after hearing evidence and argu-
ments, dissolved the injunction and di-
rected the keys of the church to be turn
ed over to Jackson. The evidence show
ed that the trouble was largely between
w. S. Johnson, the former pastor, and
the deacohs of the church. The deacons
claimed that Jackson severed relations
with the church at their request.
Checks was represented by Mr.. s. G.
Brent, while Messrs. Norton and
Boothe represented Jackson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
Alexandria County Items.

The appeal board for the selection OF
"A location for the proposed new school
house on Columbia turnpike, near
Arlington post-oflice, in the county.
decided last night, after hearing all
parties concerned, to sustain the action
Of the Arlington district school board in
placing the proposed new schoolhouse
upon what is known as the Brown
Lot" near the junction of the Wash
ington, Arlington and Falls Church
Railway line and Columbia turnpike.
1t is understood that a handsome new
schoolhouse, costing about So, 500, will
be erected this spring upon the site Sc
lected
The commissioners of the Circuit Court
of the county, appointed sometime ago
to view the real estate of the late Horace
S. Johnston, deceased, filed their report
yesterday, setting forth that in their
Judgment it was not feasible or practi-
cable to divide the land in kind among
the heirs, and favoring the sale of the
same and division of the proceeds among
the parties entitled thereto. The realty,
consisting principally of brick clay lands,
is considered worth about $50, 900.
The real estate of the late Frank +.
Corbett, in the county, consisting OF
1871 acres, has been sold by James +.
Clements, one of the attorneys for the
executors, for sl9, 900 to Mrs. Abbie G.
EoX
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
Testing Reserve Engine.

The reserve engine which arrived here
from Seneca Falls Wednesday night was
taken from the Hydraulion house to the
foot of Prince street this afternoon for
the purpose of giving it a thorough test.
Mr.. VESSEL, from the Seneca Falls
works, took charge of the engine. A
large crowd assembled to witness the
trial. Throughout the test the engine
worked remarkably well, running easy
and, so far as could be judged, satisfac-
torily in every particular. The double
pumps enabled the apparatus to throw
streams of an inch and half and an
inch and one-eighth in thickness. The
distance the streams were thrown was
very satisfactory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
To Encourage immigration.

A dispatch from Atlanta tells of the
election of Mr.. NJ. V. Richards, land and
industrial agent of the Southern Rail
way, as president of the association Or
ganized there on "Wednesday for the pur-
pose of encouraging immigration to
southern States. Representatives Of
every railroad entering the southern
States were present. In the delibera-
tons of the Atlanta meeting, President
Richards looked after the interests of the
District of Columbia and Virginia.
Before leaving Washington for Atlanta
he said he was in communication with
several enterprises seeking locations in
the immediate vicinity of Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
Sent to Jail.

Officers Sherwood and Mayhem yester-
day morning took charge of man who
gave his name as Thomas Moore. lie
was helpless from the too free use OF
liouor and had fallen and cut his face.
The blood was coursing down his cheek
when he was carried through the streets,
presenting a CHASTITY sight. Moore said
he was glassblower by trade. He has
been in this city for several days. This
morning he was sent to jail for 20 days.
Ferdinand Patton and Mat. Williams,
arrested by Officers Smith and Sherwood
for vagrancy, were also sent to Jail for
20 DAYS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
Charged with Bigamy.

Officer Ferguson went to Towsontown,
Baltimore county, Md, today for the
purpose of bringing to this city James
f. alias John Grant, who is charged
with bigamy. Grant was married IN
this city March, 1896, to Mary G. Jones
by Rev. ]. H. Butler of the Baptist
Church. Grant gave his age as 80,
said he was widower and that he was
native of Spartansburg, S. c., but
gave Alexandria as his residence. The
woman's age was given as 81 her resi-
dence Alexandria, and Louisa county,
Va, as the place of her nativity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Mr.. Gilbert Struder, living in Fair
fax county, near this city, while en-
deavoring to sever a chickens head with
a Ratchet today cut off the thumb of his
left hand, He was attended by DIR.
Jones.
A call meeting of the Seventeenth
Virginia Regiment Chapter, United
Daughters Of Coniederacy, will be held
at Lee Camp Hall tomorrow at 3 p. m.
State Division business will be trans
acted. A full attendance is requested.
Aswas stated yesterday, Joseph Ander-
son, colored, was dismissed by the Cor
poration Attorney of the charge of felon-
iously entering the residence Of Mr..
Thomas Coffin in the night time. 1t was
shown in the trial that there was no
criminal intent in Anderson's conduct
and that at the time he was mentally ire
ponsible,
After weak defense in Criminal Court No.
|, of Washington, Benjamin g. Hill was con-
yicted Yesterday Of murder in the first degree
in shooting his wife, Carrie Hill, at board
ing house On Missouri avenue last November
Two pistol shots were heard in the alley
leading from Royal street to Prince between
10 and II O'Clock last night. The police made
investigation, and it is supposed some person
discharged saluting pistol.
A horse got caught on the Long Bridge this
evening and caused delay in the running oil
trains.
Shad, herring, hsddock, roundhead, sheep
head. trout and other varieties Of fresh hsil
will be for sale by G. E. Price Co. in market
tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
MEDICINAL.
MEDICINAL.
ALL WRONG.
The rlistake Is Made By
Many Alexandria
Citizens.

Don't mistake the cause Of backache.
To be cured you must know the cause.
1t is wrong to imagine relief is cure.
Backache is kidney ache.
You must cure the kidneys.
An Alexandria resident tells you how THIS
can be done.
Mrs. ID. f. TinsIey. of els Duke street, says;
Il went to +. s. Leadbeaser q sons drug
sore for Doans Kidney Pills and used them
for persistent aching pain across the small
of the back which was accompanied with
dizziness, which greatly distressed me at times.
This condition had existed for several months,
end each succeeding attack was of longer
duration and more acute than its predecessor;
in fact lust before used Doan's Kidney Pills
was hardly able to get around and it was
only with the greatest difficulty / could stoop,
or if managed to stoop after STOPPING it was
lust as hard to regain an erect position. The
results obtained from the use of Doan's Kid
ney Pills warrants me in very enthusiastically
recommending the preparation"
For sale by all dealers. Price 30 certs.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. y, sole
agent for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and take no
substitute
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
Personal.

Miss Elizabeth Ewald and Mr.. Francis
F. Dove were married at the parsonage
of St. Mary's Church Wednesday night.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Father Cutler. The maid 81 honor was
Miss Lena Baier, and Mr.. Rudolph Nor
rs was the best man. =,
Rev. Father Tierney, pastor OF the
Catholic Church at Falls Church, and
Rev. T. O'Leary, professor at George
town University, were guests OF Kew.
Father Cutler, in this city, yesterday.
Mr.. Robert Travers is sick at his home
in this city.
Mrs. f. H. Kemper yesterday after
noon beautifully entertained number of
her friends at card matinee at her resi-
dence, 209 south Fairfax street The
first prize was won by Mrs. E. G. Dunn,
the second prize by Mrs. NJ. w. O'Brien,
and the ''booby" prize by Miss Bessie
Minetree, of Washington. The little
Misses Christine Kemper, Virginia
Wheat and Esther Green were the
scorers and were daintily costumed in
red and white, conforming with the
decorations of the parlors. The affair
was a most enjoyable one.
Messrs. VIM. H. P. Kelley and }.
D. Normoyle have returned from pleas
ant trip to Richmond.
Mr.. Robert Portner, accompanied by
his son and daughter, arrived at New
York yesterday from Germany. Mrs.
Portner will remain aboard until spring.
Mrs. DeCorsey and Mrs. Wilson
handsomely entertained few of their
friends last night at their home on north
Columbus street. After enjoying So
cial evening, the party repaired to the
dining room and tempting supper was
served.
Miss Lucy G. Leadbeater has returned
from a delightful visit to her brother,
Mr.. Laurence Leadbeater, in Birming-
ham, Ala.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. B. Lloyd and
children of East Orange, N. j., are
visiting Mrs. Clara L. Leadbeater. They
are on their way to New Orleans to at
tend the Mardi Gras.
Conductor Crockett, of the electric
railway, had his feet severely frost bitten
while in Washington yesterday and is
confined to his home on Lee street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-20
Pythjan Bazaar.

The sound of hammer and saw could
be heard all day yesterday and late last
night at Schuler's Hall, when the COM
mittee and the lady friends Of the order,
began the building of the booths and
decorating the room for the Pythian
Bazaar, and when the finishing touches
have been made the fair room will be
one of the prettiest seen in Alexandria
for a long time. The Bazaar will be
opened on Monday night next with a
bali. and will be visited by the Uniform
Rank of Washington.