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Laughter "A. n Moral Power.

Is laughter immoral? That is very
important objection urged against
comedy from generation to generation.
It is not only not immoral. but 1t Is the
preservation Of morals to cultivate by
use a faculty for all sorts of laughter.
II is the hallucination Of prevalent evfl
which drives men to despair. Now.
evil always seems to be prevalent
when you scrutinize It, for scrutiny in
wolves confined attention to what lies
Immediately under the lens In the fo-
eused light. Being wherever we see.
We surmise-nay, affirm-it to be ev-
rywhere. But were II really every
where you and l could not be here to
express such an opinion. Clearly the
thing to do then Is to belittle the evil
by fair means and foul. to undignify II
and 40 rob II OF its horrors that we
shall not lose wits or heart. By laugh
ing at the evil we get rid of the false
Impression OF Its omnipotence. we get a
httIe courage. and our despair turns a
eomersault up Into glory from the
swinging trapeze Of faith.-Interna-
t1onal Quarterly.
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The w..~ For.

The Lion. the Ass and the Fox went
ounting together. and II was agreed
that whatever was taken should b
shared between them. They caught Q
large fat Stag. which the Lion ordered
tAs ASS to divide. The As took q deal
e pains to divide ths Stag into three
D1scss. which should BE- - nsariy equal
= possible. The Lion, ssrased with
him for what be considered . want Of
Dec0sr respect to his quality. 1sw upoo
him and tore him 10 pieces. He thsn
called on the Fox to divide. - y0x.
ndbbling on a small portion for him
eelG left the rest for tbs Lions ahars.
xhs Len. highly plsass6 VIII thia
0Afk q respect, ashs1 ~ ~ vAsFs
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Deaths

Mrs. Mary J. Ebbett died of cancer
at the residence of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph ClucAs. 22S Green
wood Avenue, last Friday, aged ~
years, months and IS days. De-
oeased WAS professional nurse and
followed that avocation until forced
to reli.aaisb her work by the malAdy
which had fastened itself upon her.
The funeral wAs held at the Chris.
tian ohsrch last Sunday afternoon In
the presence Of = large ssemblage Of
friends and sequaintssoss, Passor
Walfsr Kline conducting the services.
Arr. Mary Redley, wife of Ephri-
am Ped1ey, died from the effects Of .
canceross affection, At the family
home in Fruitnsere last Saturday.
aged - yeas. a.d . months. Mrs..
Pedley had been great sufferer and
dssth vas . release from the agony Of
which she had long been victim.
About year and half ago she sub
mitted to surgical operation for the
removal Of the cancer which afflicted
her. but IL was only partially success
full and IL soon reappeared aud grad
uslry eat hsr life away. She leaves
n husband and three children to mourn
her demise. The funeral was held
lass Sunday afternoon.
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hs had learned such politeness and
good breeding. ITO tell the truth.
sire" replied the Fox. 81 was taught II
By the ASS that LES dead thsrA"-
Rsop.
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fishing trust, but these overtures nave not
met with much encouragement. Inc APP
pleton rumor was, however, stated with
some show of authority, SO much so that L
made bold the other day TO call up rep
resentative of the firm and ask If it was
true. The reply came back over the wire
that there was not the slightest foundation
for the story So this rumor is set at rest
for time at least.
Mr.. Russell allowed himself to be alb
sorbed because his was small house, and
Colonel Harvey made him a tempting prop
oSitiOn. The three best paying assets that
Mr.. Russell had were Mr.. DUNES "Dooley
books, Mr.. George AIDES books and the
should transfer to Messrs Harper. and
believe that the transfer has been made OF
all except the Gibson. Mr.. Gibson declined
to be an asset-or a transferable asset-so
he was not made over. He took the matter
into his own hands and made proposition
to Mr. Charles Scribner, who was the pub
Usher of his first book, to be his publisher
hereafter Mr.. Scribner was rather averSe
to making this arrangement not because ne
was not glad to have Mr.. Gibson back in
the fold. but he did not like the appearance
of enticing away a publishers author-or
artist, / should say. But Mr.. Gibson was
firm, and Mr. Scribner finally made the
arrangement, as there was nothing else for
him to do, SO hereafter the Gibson books
will bear his imprint. Mr. Gibson comes
high. As he has been well advertised, he gets
q thousand dollars apiece for the hundred
drawings that he has made for Collier g
Weekly; then these drawings will be made
into book, which Messrs. Scribner will
every copy sold Mr.. Gibson gets dollar
royalty. As there are a good many thou
sand copies sold, his profits are higher
than those Of most authors, for an author
cents copy. and this only in the case of
the largest sales.
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Behind glass and wire barricades in the
bank where he had spent so many of his
thlrty-1ve years, he had known little of
reai contact with men. He knew the pains
and penalties of overdrafts; and life re-
solved itself into formal kind of account
ancy where the chief thing was to maintain
credit balances.
1t Is one of the drolleries Of our American
NE tnat men, particularly in Western
cities, never dare to be i'll; 1t is much nobler
and far more convenient to die than to be
sick. ~ ~
Wingate knew no more Of banking than
he knew Of Egyptian heroglyphics, but he
tnougnt ne did, because he had once read
the national banking act and had once met
the controller of the currency at dinner.
TRere Is striking suggestion of Mr..
Howells in 1.-THE Main Chance" not in the
style, nor In the incidents, which are quite
out of Mr.. Howells's field, but in the real
ism, the vivid portrayal of American life
and in the authors attitude toward his
characters-a kindly. half-humorous, half
affectionate regard.
Altogether, in this first novel it is not too
much to say that Mr.. Nicholson has set a
pace for Western writer's. His book is at
once an achievement and a promise-an
admirable. well-rounded piece of literary:
not a great novel, but a story well
told and we'll worth reading, one that leaves
the reader with the conviction that even
better things may follow.
The book is handsomely brought out. be-
ing all that could be wished in its typogra-
ply and binding. 1t is embellished by sew
eral illustrations in color after drawings by
Harrison Fisher. The Bobbs- Merrill Com.
pany publishers
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London Mai

London Mail.
The incursion of Mr.. ZangwiIl into verse,
and the decision of Mr. Hardy to devote
himself to poetry, to which we referred last
week, draw attention to the persistent
laundering of prose writer's after the' flights
of Pegasus There is natural progression
i'm the history of the literary mind, which
inevitably starts with a fancy for verse,
and a belief that it is destined to rival Mil
ton and Tennyson. This exaltation, as
rule vanishes in due course, and, acquiring
sobriety and Judgment, the aspirant turns
to his proper medium
Yet how often does he go back TO those
discarded hopes and ideals of his youth?
The reluctance of the novelist to abandon
verse is one Of the most striking facts in
literary history. To run ones eye down the
list of novelists is to be convinced of this.
Sir Walter Scott was a poet before he was
a novelist but he proved better novelist
than a poet. Thackeray wrote reputable
verse, which is not. however. in the slight
est degree comparable with mis- prose Some
Industrious student has recently collected
and printed the poems of Dickens, which
are frankly Indifferent.
George Eliot wrote a tedious poem. and
was no more fitted for the medium than she
was to write drama. Mr.. George Meredith
began, like Scott. as poet, and, unlike
Scott. has reverted 70 il In his later days.
Yet none would compare his poems with his
novels Mr.. Hardy is. of course, similar
case. and Mr.. Zangwill we have mentioned.
There are, of course. many others, includ-
ing Mr. Quiller-Couch and Mr. Barring
Gould, but these instances will suffice.
AS a rule the very qualities which go to
make man fine novelist prohibit him
from eminence in verse. There are natural
ly exceptions; but IL is usually merely Gull
tIlred taste.that drives the prose-writer into
experiments which he must forthwith
print Stevenson wrote better fiction than
he wrote poems, yet he came nearer TO
realizing what may be called poets poetry
rather than merely prose-writers poetry.
: T.
mated, being overshadowed by his greater
performance In prose.
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developed affection for an attractive young
woman.
The incidents of the story deal largely
with business transactions, their social
bearings and their effect upon individuals.
These transactions are set forth simply
and clearly, and in entire keeping with pos
sibilities. Certain developments could
hardly take place in an Eastern city, as
the KIDNAPPING of the bankers son for ram
som, but 1t certainly cannot be said that
it was an improbable occurrence in CLARK
son." Few things in the book are more ad-
mirably done than the portrayal OF the
tardy growth of social ambition in the bank
cashier, and of the influences leading him,
a man of honest habit and practice, to take
part i'm certain shady proceedings. There
is tragedy In the story, and ii comes there
naturally, as 1t often comes into what we
rashly call commonplace lives; also, there
are pathos and humor, but, better than all,
a dominating sanity. The fine reserve and
restraint, the absence of false sentiment,
the convincing but wholesome realism, are
characteristics notable in day when SEN
sationalism and sloppiness are too common
in fiction.
In this book Mr.. Nicholson proves his
ability to tell story well. His characters
are well drawn and artisticalfy grouped.
He shows sense of proportion in handling
his material. There are no superfiuities,
no pages that can be skipped. 1t is enter
tanning throughout The diction is admir-
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Literary Notes.

Mr.. Rudyard Kipling has completed a
new story, which will appear in the sum-
mer number Of the Illustrated London
News.
A literary discovery of some moment has
lately been made in Rome. The MS. of an
autobiography of Silvio Pellico. which was
supposed to have been burnt soon after
completion has been found. 1t is said to be
full OF strange political revelations
Tolsto is well and has finished that part
of his autobiography which deals with his
childhood. There is. says the New York
Tribune, a prospect that the flood Of Toll
stoi literature may become ever more tire
some than that which has eddied about the
figure OF r. l.. Stevenson.
Apropos of Emerson, ii was Bishop Phil
lips Brooks who used to tell this story Of
the wicked little philosopher" as he
called him. Some one asked Emerson
whether AUTOGRAPH fiends did not annoy
him. He said no. But surely you must
receive great many letters from people
who ask for your autograph? "Oh, yes.
replied the sage, with twinkle in MS eye,
they keep me in stamps"
Prof Angelo Heilprin. the author Of
Mont Pelee and the Tragedy Of Mar
Unique" which has been recognized as the
authoritative work upon the subject, has
been awarded the Elisha Kent Kane medal,
which has been conferred on only two
scientists previous to this time. To this
decoration the Geographical Society of
Philadelphia has added the highest honor
in it's gift by re-electing Professor Heilprin
its president.
Never do those traits of the sales-wom-
an that have so endeared her to shoppers
stand forth in such high relief as when the
throng is thickest says writer in the New
York Sun. She "smooths her cuffs and
looks the other way" In the book depart
ment she snubs the woman who asks for
Jane Austen's pride and Prejudice" with
'She didn't write any book o. that name,
Jane G. Austen didn't" And when the Gus
toner meekly mentions that her Jane Aus
ten lacks the &C." the "saleslady gives
that unanswercable retort, They're not
readin her now"
Mr.. James Whitcomb Riley is thus quoted
In 1.-THE Lamp" at have been catching the
next train for so many years that have
had but little time to devote to the social
side of life, and am, in consequence, a con-
firmed novice in all the gentler graces. Only
a few evenings since, somewhere, I pro-
nounced don't you with the 'ch sound
to IL, and-well, you must imagine, for
can't describe, the overwhelming, suffocat-
ing sense of humiliation when my attention
was drawn to Ii. And horror on horrors
head! the same evening I was detected In
the act of pronouncing programme just as
the word Is spelled!
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HOW DROWNING FEELS.
Statistics ON This Subject Gathered by
COrOner's Clerk.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelph1a Record.
II am collecting statistics" said a clerk
In the coroner's office, ION the sensations of
drowning persons. From would-be Suicides
from shipwrecked sailors, from old books
and magazines / have gathered a great
number of facts, all pointing to the concIu-
sion that drowning is always a pleasant
sensation.
Admiral Beaufort, when a boy. came
near drowning. He fell overheard from a
dock, and, as he couldn't swim, he sank
and Tor nve or six minutes was under the
water. he describes his sensati tons in this
way:
From the moment that all exertjon had
ceased a calm feeling of the most perfect
tranquility superseded the previous tu-
multuouS SenSationS-it might be called
apathy, certainly not resignation for droWn-
ing no longer appeared to be an evil / no
longer thought of being rescued, nor was
In any bodily pain. On the contrary my
sensations were now of a pleasurable sort
partaking of that dull but contented sort
or FEELING which precedes the sleep pro-
duced by fatigue. Though the sensations
We're thus deadened, not the mind; its
activity seemed TO be invigorated in a ratio
which defies all description, for Thought
rose after thought with a rapidity of sue
cession that Is not only indescribable but
probably inconceivable by any one who has
not himself been in a similar situation Y
Another man, continued the coroner's
clerk-"this chap had tried suicide and
failed-told me that after the first moment
or struggle and revolt that begins drown
ing he heard church bells ringing and was
amazed at the sense of comfort and peace
that he had. He seemed to be floating
through space. In the blue sky forms
cen wings. Then suddenly a great dark
ness fell. and the man awoke to the hor-
rors of resuscitation. For they were rolling
him. it seems. upon barrel.
drowning, and in each case the sensations
were pleasant"
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PHILADELPHIA Pre-

Philadelphia Press.
Whether a serial story helps the sale Of
a magazine or does not help it is a question
upon which editors do not agree. Some of
the leading London magazines will have
nothing to do with serials strictly so called,
though they will accept a series of connect
ed stories. Other editors believe that no
well-regulated magazine can possibly be
without it's serial story. Both opinions are
more or less correct. A serial that takes
the fancy Of the public will sell maya
zine, and a serial that does not take the
public's fancy will have no influence upon
the sale of a magazine unless ii be to lessen
it's popularity. This is such elementary
truth that it seems odd that there can be
an editor who does not perceive it. Never
theless, the editors who have made up their
minds that serial stories universally hurt
the magazines in which they appear will
cling to that belief, and those who believe
in the indispensibility of the serial will con-
tinue to publish serials which the public
does not like as we'll as those which it is
sure to like.
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Literature and War.
New York Post.

New York Post.
At the recent dinner In London for the
royal literary fund, Lieutenant General Sir
Ian Hamilton presided. In the course of an
entertaining speech he mentioned some
young Boer ladies at ELEPHANTS Mex, who
had told him that they could not exist
without their English novels" and observ-
ed that here was case of the pen antici-
pating the sword. The general also de-
veloped the proposition that literary and
military success frequently went hand in
hand, and instanced Augustan Rome, an
era Of heavy fighting ending in peace and
unity, for literature and art generally
seemed to put forth their supreme effort
to work the accomplishment of some great
national ideal after a period of military
and social struggle. But literature, he add
ed, although 1t might flourish best in the
profound peace which followed a great
war, would not long survive if based upon
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able. the literary style clear-cut. On every
page is something that temptsto quotation.
as here, taken at random:
I'd as lief be descended from a canvased
ham as an Astor peltry or a Vanderbilt
steamboat.
I'm tired of the jokes in the barber shop
comic weeklies about rich Westerners who
make a vulgar display OF themselves In
New York. II we do 1t, it's merely because
we're doing in Rome as the Romans do.
/ reserve the right to abuse my fellow
citizens when / love them most.
A woman who is not too subservient to
fashion may reveal a good deal of herself
in the way she wears her hair.
The highest note of civilization is struck
when a salad is dressed by a master of
gastronomy
It's a queer thing to me that young fell
lows who have every chance don't seem
to get on as well as others who haven't
any backing.
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ana with characteristic perverseness spent
the Following summer managing an open
air mission for poor children"
Raridan, who is evidently fayorite with
the author, is drawn by him with such
cieVerness that the reader is able clearly to
Ieei MS charm He is a truly lovable char
acter- Even Raridan, however, begins at
last TO look after the main chance" as
forter' Saxton, Margrave and the rest are
doing, being spurred thereto by suddenly
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Two schools.

put my heart school
In the world. where men grow wise.
Go out" SAID, and learn the rule;
Come back when you win a prize"
My heart came back again.
Now where is the prize ~ / cried,
'The rule was false. and the prize was pain
And the teachers name was PRIDE
i put my heart TO school
In the woods, where the veeries sing
And brooks run cool and clear;
In the fields. where wild flowers spring
And the blue OF heaven bends near
Go out" l said you are half fool
And perhaps they can teach you here"
And why do you stay long.
Ny heart. and where do you roam?'
81 find the school Is home"
Henry Van Dyke.
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Publishers Combinations.
The Critic.

The Critic.
There have not only been rumors. but
positive assertions that Messrs Harper d
Brothers have absorbed the house OF APP
pleton, as they recently absorbed the house
of Russell. Rumors of this sort are always
afoat, and IL has been known In publishing
circles that overtures have been made to
most OF the leading houses to join a pub
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easy-going conditions. In this connection
Rome itself supplied us with a great and
terrible example.
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bne tWdnKItU u tunc OH Utf
low sweet jangle Of musical sounds,
AS blurred as the voices of fairies are,
Dancing in mocndawn, dales and downs:
And the twinkling drip Of the strange re-
frair.
Ran DER the rim OF my soul like rain.
The great blonde moon in the midnight skies
Paused and poised o er the treflis caves
And the stars in the light of her rpturned eyes,
Sifted their love through the rfted leaves
Glnted and splintered in crystal mist
Down the glittering string that her fingers
kissed
Oh, the melody mad, Oh, the tinkle and thrill
or the ecstasy of the exquisite thingi
The red rose dropped from the window sill
And lay in long swoon quivering;
While the dying notes of the strain divine
Rippled in glee UP my spell-bound spine.
James Whitcomb Riley.