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must be content So they are crossing
the river in small boats to this day.
The description given here of The
treasures OF the Turkish ruler would
make an adventurer's mouth water, and
he would exclaim III the words of the
German general: ''Mein Colt. vat a
place for to loot" If Constantinople
ever is taken by European powers not
too scrupulous for plundering opera
tions. somebody Will become suddenly
rich This IS Mr. Curtis report on the
subject:
There is no such useless wealth il
ali the world except in the Kremlin at
Moscow. That looks larger because il
occupies more space and is better ar
ranged for display. The Sultan's treas
ures are crowded into two little rooms,
arranged without any taste or plan Of
installation, and the loose and unset
jewels, seals, and other articles of
adcrnment are kept in big salad bowls
that will hold a couple of gallons. There
are FIVE bowls full Of diamonds. rubies.
cneralds. turquoise, and other unset
precious stones, perhaps half bushel
altogether, and a large tray about
veIve by fifteen inches in size covered
with beautiful unmounted pearls. One
OF the emeralds weighs two Kilograms
anc another is almost OF the same size.
They are said TO be the largest emeralds
in the world.
THE most gorgeous and overpowering
spectacle in the collection is a throne
said to be of solid gold, set. mosaic-Iike,
with uncut rubies, emeralds, and pearls.
which formerly belonged TO the Shah of
Persia and was captured and brought to
ConstantinopIe as the spoil of war by
Sultan Seifm I in 1902. There are scep-
tiers. armor, sabers. scimiters. pistols
saddles. and other equestrian equipments
walking sticks. sandals and other ar
ticles. some of them Embedded in jewels.
A toilet-table of ordinary size is veneer
ed with diamonds, while the washbowI.
pitcher and other toilet articles are set
thickly with the most beautiful tur-
quoise There are cups of onyx, crystal.
and Jade; stirrups, brides, and other
horse furniture Of gold and in the cor
ner of a little case is a two-Cuart bowl
filled with diamond buttons. which some
time or other fastened the garments Of
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Altsheler, the Novelist.

J. A. Altsheler. known as a success
full writer Of war novels, is a newspaper
man in New York. but is native CT
Kentucky. He began fiction writing
with books for boys, and has since writ
ten nearly dczen novels. He is said
to look So much like ". J. Bryan that
at one time, happening TO be present
at a Bryan meeting, he was mistaken
for the candidate and received the ap-
plause of a large audience before he
could get out of the way and make room
for the real Mr. Bryan.
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apologists for the Sultan. He believes
in the "unspeakable Turk as deyoutIy
as did Mr.. Gladstone himself The fol-
lowing paragraph is taken from a chap
ter mainly devoted to descriptions OF
the conditions prevailing on the from
tier:
When the struggle does come the
Macedonians Will fight to the finish Al
ter i've centuries of Turkish bondage
they have become convinced that it is
better to die than to live under pres
ent conditions. Deserted farms and
heaps OF ashes indicate where the Turks
have been administering discipline. The
Turkish officials spare neither women nor
children, and make no distinctions be-
tween Bulgarians and Greeks.
No Christian woman in Macedonia can
be protected from the passion of the
Turkish soldiers and officials, and the
thresholds of thousands of homes are
slippery with the blood Of husbands and
fathers who have died defending the
honor of their wives and daughters. But
the Turks have q way of accomplishing
their purpose without the apparent use
OF force
IF a Turk finds a Christian woman
who pIeases his fancy it is only neces-
sary for him to have her summoned be-
fore the nearest magistrate and asked
If she desires to become his wife. If she
consents, the marriage ceremony is per-
formed at once. If she refuses, per
secution begins-not only herself but
her father, mother. brothers. and sis
tiers are arrested for fictitious onenses,
and thrown into prison. They NAV be
accused of treason and shot; they may
be fined the entire value Of their prop
erty, and made 10 suffer other penalties
which the Turks show great ingenuity
in devising- Some women yield 20
save their families, and are self-con-
demned to spend their lives in the per-
petuaI slavery of the harem; but usually,
the entire family abandons everything,
and fees across the boundary into Bull
garia, with only such property an can
be carried in their hands. to begin life
over again under the protection Of the
Bulgarian authorities, and among sympa-
thetic surroundings The Turkish off,
ciaIs invariably coniscate any property
that may be left Southern Bulgaria Is
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A FEW OF HAMILTON's LET

6. A FEW OF HANHLTON'S LET
u TIERS selected by Ger
trude Anterior. may be con-
sidered a sort of pendant to the au-
tbor's recent biography or biographical
novel of Hamilton. and a very interest
ing one it is. The letters selected in
clude one in which Hamilton described
the great West Indian hurricane of
1872.
The reader viii. however, find no
small part of his amusement in the
preface. in which Mrs. Atherton relieves
her mind evidently somewhat narrowed
Up by reading the reviews OF her book.
1t will be remembered that she threw
herself into the work of depicting The
Real Alexander Hamilton with so
much ardor that one heartless reviewer
expressed the opinion that she must
have been having a pIatonic love af-
fair with the statesman's ghost, he
being famous for love affairs, platonic
and otherwise, during his lifetime. The
book was all the more readable for this
fervid admiration of hers. but to peo-
pie who happened to have fixed their at
fections on some other historical idol
there was something innocently comical
in it. Comments We're natural, and they
seem to have aroused the wrath of the
author, who thus expresses herself:
Probably no reviewer living has any
enthusiasm left in him-small blame to
him-and it is one of the peculiar weak
nesses of human nature to disapprOve
of what we 90 not possess. Thus the
poor disapprove of wealth. the timid
of audacity, the failures of success. A
biography without enthusiasm is a very
poor thing. You may get the bald facts,
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ANERICANISM JNDEFILED.
4 Wesem W17h Comes to the Front MIN Racy N07eL

kLTtHE MAIN CHANCE" is the non
committaI title of a novel by
Meredith Nicholson, who will
be set down at once in the readers llind
as another OF those clever Western writ
ers. Really they are multiplying so fast
ss not only to repIentsh the earth but 10
hide it from view. like Kansas grass
hoppers.
Mr. Nicholson's book. however, pos
make an impression even amid the
throng. 1t is. in fact, one of the cleverest
books of the season, thoroughly work
manlike. wholesome and fresh in tone
and satisfactory in every respect. One is
risking nothing in making the prediction
that the writer has it in him to do even
better work, and to create a novel which
will be the talk of the year.
The scene OF the story is laid in a
small town somewhere on the Missouri
River. and far enough West TO be more
or less arid. All the characters are
drawn from the people of the region, ex-
cept the hero, who is Western only by
adoption. young Harvard man of Bos-
ton traditions who has been sent West
to look after sUndry interests of Bos-
ton firm. John SaXton is one Of the most
loVable heroes in recent fiction. He is the
kind Of man whom some girls would de-
scribe as SLOW, but awfully nice" and
ether girls would characterize as nice"
without the other adjectives. Men would
call Saxton, heartily. one of the best
fellows in the world. He is all that, and
what is more, to the reader of fiction at
any rate. he is interesting, rs the most
admirable hero too often fails to be.
The heroine. Evelyn Porter, is the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
kETHE TURK AND HIS LOST PRO
VINCES,' by William EFeroy
Curtis well known as a news

lTHE TURK AND HIS LOST PRO-
vINCEs," by William EEeroy
Curtis, we'll known as a news
paper correspondent and magazine
writer, is a book containing much in
formation about the Balkan provinces
and Turkish affairs in general, which
will prove useful to the student of cur
rent history, and interesting to almost
ANYBODY. Mr.. Curtis quotes in his pref
ace the prediction of Won Aoltke that
a universal war will sooner or later be
fought under the walls Of Constantine
pie, and his book appears to have been
written with a view of affording in
formation, otherwise unattaina5le,
about the buffer states" of Eastern Eu-
rope. which would develop sudden i'm
portance in the event of such hostilities.
The first half Of the book is given TO
sketches of Turkey and its capital, of
the Sultan, and OF Robert College and
the missionaries. Another chapter deals
with the recent history and politics Of
Bulgaria, and with the Stone incident.
Following chapters are given TO Servia,
Bosnia, and Greece. The book is Illus
trated, though not very successfully, the
interest lying mainly IN the picturesque
way in which Mr.. Curtis treats his sub
ject-
The Turk has been from the time of
the Crusades more or less of an enigma
to the other inhabitants of Europe, and
the efforts made to solve this enigma
have not as q rule been hattering TO
him, his name being usually synonym
for all sorts of "unspeakable" things.
On the other hand, there are people.
Frank Millett, the artist, among Them,
who have maintained that the average
Turk IS good fellow, brave, loyal, alb
stemious In his habits. and not more
barbarous than the average man of any
other country. Those who hold this view
have asserted that the atrocities" COM
mftted by the Turk against the Chris
tian Bulgarian or Roumanian originate
in political squabbles and the unfetter-
ed imagination of the supposed victim,
and that necessary severity used in
putting down rebellion has been exag-
gerated into wanton cruelty. But Mr..
Curtis does not belong to the rank Of
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DR.. John stokoe, naval surgeon, trans
lated from the French Of Paul Fremcaux
by Edith S. stokoe The motto of the
book is saying Of Napoleon to DE-,
stokoe, and. in translation. reads:
'T should have lived to eighty years
if they had not sent me to this cursed
island"
This gives hint of the purpose OF
the book, which is to correct sUuIry
impressions about Napoleon's life al St.
Helena, given by British authorities :
fierce controversy ragged over this matter
Gfty years ago. when william Forsyth
made use of memoranda left by Sir Hud-
son Lowe. to justify that officials treat
ment of Napoleon at the expense Of the
dead Emperor The tone Of the pres
ent book is. to put it mildly unfavorabIe
to Lowe In this respect it agrees with
Lord Rosebery's monograph on Ma
poleon, which Us one of the finest and
most fair minded specimens of bio
graphical work in English literature
The spectacle Of the conqueror OF Eu-
the originator of the Code NAPOLEON.
pcnned like a Gagged eagle on his barren
little island ought to appeal to the
Imagination Of any generous person
even were he all that his enemies claim
ed. After seventy-fve years, however
the grandeur of his magnificent person
atty still undimmed. the name Of Ma
poleon awakens among those who never
knew him an enthusiasm which is one
of the curious psychological phenomena
Of history. 1t would almost seem that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
A New Shakespeare.

a particularly fine edition of Shakes
peare comes from the press of Doubleday.
Pare & Co. 1t is edited by Prof Mark
II. Liddeu, and its object is to make
Shakespeare understood by twentieth
century readers as ii was by the people
for whom Shakespeare wrote it. Consid
ering the fact that there are thousands
of people in this country who have
studied the dramatist earnestly without
ever having seen his plays acted. on ac-
count of a prejudice against the theater.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
CURRENT LITERARY NOTES.

it is obvious that such work is badly
needed
Shakespeare was more than poet and
more than moralist, he was first and
foremost and always a dramatist. and
next, he was man of his own time
and country. The true student OF
Shakespeare must endeavor to see MS
work as it is, not as it would have been
If he had lived 300 years later. The
Liddcn edition has been in preparation
for four years, and the first volume was
issued on April % Shakespeare's birth
day, which was very pretty idea on the
part of the publishers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
TIME REDFIELDS SUCCESS
SION" is a story of Virginia
LIE by Henry Burnham Boone

life by Henry Durham Boone
and Kenneth Brown, who may be re
rnembered as the joint authors Of another
and similar story, PASSOVER Court
House" which appeared two years ago in
the series of first novels" published by
the Harpers. Some of the characters of
the former novel are also to be found in
this.
Not only is the scene laid in Virginia,
bur the readers are tacitly requested to
become Virginians. laying aside any
possible prejudices they may have in
favor of other places of residence. The
authors and all of the characters are
frankly convinced that the old Dominion
Is the only place OF residence in the
world worth considering. They do not
admit that IL has any faults. Things
which might be regarded elsewhere as
bleInishes are really only added charms.
other people may be proud Of their
rood roads; the Virginian is proud Of
lis bad ones. other States may boast
Of an invigorating climate, which makes
people ready to do anything and never
lecome tired Virginia brags that in
her climate nobody ever wants 10 work
at all Othes places may glory IN young
Iaer who a. things; Virginia pride is
n her young men who neither do any
thing nor wish 10 achieve. In short,
other States may rest il the satisfac-
tior OF accomplishment; 10 the Viz
ginian il IS enough simply 10 h;
NyFroFrEa Understand this
PRESENTED as the general view
public, or even of the Virginia
1t is the impression which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
The ORIGIN of a Name.

published. of whose name difndent people
may be inclined 10 fight shy For their
benefit, therefore, the statement may be
made that the patronymic is pronounced
''Tulliver." Moreover. it Is net quite SO
aristocratic as it sounds. The French form
Is 'Taillefer," and the plain English is
Smith But who would read a roman
tic novel whose hero was called "Roder-
lex Smith,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-24
Owen Wister's New Book.

philosophy -Four" the new book Of
owen Wlster. is a collection Ct the ex-
periences Of two Harvard boys who
''crammed" for an examination. It is
d that Mr.. Wister has ''cram-
this better than he did for
,inian." or he VIII have all
down on him; and Cambridge
far away as Wyoming for
to travel.
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'EXK7 1TH NAPOLEON AT ST.
wv HELENA" is the title
given TO The memoirs Of
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ANOTHER peARY Dash.

FROM WASHINGTON comes the an
nouneement that Commander
Peary Of Arctic fame has been granted
another three years leave of absence
for, the purpose of making one more
dash for the north pole. Between now
and July next he viii be busy fitting
up his ship with all the supplies and
equipment his former experiences have
shown 90 be necessary. A relief ship
wilL OF course. also be provided for
We confess we haven't a great deal
Of sympathy for these dashes to the
pole, or toward the pole. to speak more
literally. Suppose Commander Peary
does find the pole and suppose. fgur-
.aHvely. he hoists the American flag
to It's summit VIII anybody be the
gamer thereby except Commander
Peary, who would, in such an event.
be eagerly sought after as a lecturer?
Does anybody suppose that at or near
the pole is 4 land that can be occu-
pied by human beings?
IF an the conjectures Of scientists
are true the north pole is either in the
Arctic sea or an uninhabitable island
of that sea. Even If it should be found
on an island and IL the island should
be the most beautiful land in the
world. the difficulties attendant upon
reaching il would preclude the possf-
bliity of making it available for any
purpose whatever. Materially. there
fore, there is no possible good to the
world i'm the discovery Of the north
pole. Yet for it. the heretofore unat-
tainabIe. men have braved incredible
hardships. they have starved and froz-
en- and died.
it is impossible for any TO foreteI
the result Of Pearys next expedition.
It may be successful and it may not
BE- As he is an American citizen let
us hope he viii win. for he certainly
deserves TO win, IL ever a man did.
And when he gets the pole we trust ne
viii chop it down and bring il back
to this country with him for exhibition
purposes and for the purpose Of pre-
venting some other gallant adventur-
ers from risking their lives in a search
for it.
Surely it viii be much more comfort
able for us to go 20 some nicely
warmed museum and look at the pole
than for us to be compelled. every
time we feel the pole hunger. to go
chasing away up north after it. sub
jet to all the risks and privations
that 80 with journey to the far
north.
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III 81 pR. 49,.

/ a L THE SHOCK or a bereavement
that is personal viii come to many
aait Lake people as they read Of
inc death of Dr. william 7. Daily.
which occurred in this city at 730
O'Clock yesterday morning Al his home.
AFTER many weeks of suffering from q
disease that from the outset, seemed
incurablc. relief has come. Patiently.
Dfavely, with the quiet heroism that is
o bart of the character Of such as DR..
Daiby, he bore his suffering calmly
and awaited the inevitable.
DR.. Daily was more than ordinarily
prominent in Salt Lake city. For four
years from 1894 to 1898 he was health
officer and his record IN that position
was Of the best The good. work Of his
predecessors was amplided and en-
larged and he left the health depart
ment az the close Of his second term
in splendid shape for those who were
to follow hiu. Dr.. Dalby's ability as
a physician was never questioned or
his standing disputed. but it was not
that alone that won him friends and
patients.
il The Herald were to name his chief
characteristics it would call attention
to his never-failing courtesy. his ~eadi-
ness TO respond TO the call OF charity,
his generosity to his friends. the beauty
of his home life. The sorrow that has
come upon his wife and his little chill
dren is unspeakable. To Mrs. Daily
The Herald extepds its sincercst sym
rathy Her loss is one too great for
condolencc. though she has at least the
drop OF comfort contained in the
thought that for her beloved there is
no more labor. neither SORROW nor suf-
'fcring
He has entered into "A rest that is
fairly earned. fully deserved. And
there IS for The widow the remembrance
or The Joy OF knowing ana loving this
man May She DE comfof.ed in the
dark hour and sustained by tne thought
that thc~e is reward for the worthy
and that her beloved has entered into
his share OF SO.
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