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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
SOME LITERARY BLUNDERS.
Rodney Blake in The Reader for Sep
tarnhnr

(Rodney Blake in The Reader for Sep
tember.)
Miss Cooper, daughter of the American
novelist, states that when in Paris she
saw a French translation of her fathers
tale, 1.-The Spy" in which were several
mistakes; but one of them was such that
it was almost incredible that any one
could possibly be guilty of. The resi-
dence of DR.. Wharton, one Of the eharac-
tiers who figure in the story, is spoken Of
by the author as 1.-THE Locusts.' Now
the translator had been evidently ignor-
ant of the circumstance of there being
any species of trees bearing this name.
Having, therefore, looked up the word in
his dictionary, and finding the definition
to be given as lies sauterelles grass
hoppers-thus he rendered it in the text
Presently, however, he came across a
paragraph in the novel in which it was
stated that visitor to the house of Mr..
Wharton had tied his horse to a locust.
Then it might be naturally supposed that
the translator would at once have discov-
cred his error. Not a bit of it! His rea-
soning would appear to be on parity
with that of celebrated countryman OF
his when he declared that "if the facts
do not agree with the theory, so much
the worse for the facts Nevertheless,
the writer seems to have been conscious
that some explanation was necessary for
so extraordinary a statement as that a
horesman had secured his steed to a grass
hopper. Consequently, he proceeded
gravely to inform his readers that In
America these insects grow to an enormous
size; and that, this case, one of these
dead and stuffed, of course-had been
stationed at the door of the mansion for
the convenience of visitors on horse
back!
In comparison with this stupendous
blunder, the following mistake of another
French literateur, who translates a
sentence in one of Sir Walter SCOTS
novels, becomes quite venial one. Meet
ing a statement in the text that some
of the characters who figure in the tale
had a welsh rabbit" for supper, the
translator, not aware that the term was
applied to toasted cheese, rendered the
phrase as 'un lapin du pays de Gales
"a rabbit of Wales" Not content with
this. he inserted a footnote informing the
reader that the rabbits of Wales were of
such superior flavor that they were in
great demand in Scotland, the scene of
the story. and that, consequently, they
were forwarded to that country in con-
siderable numbers. No authority was
given for the assertion, and 1T Is rather
evident that the idea of the writer must
have been evolved from his inner con-
sciousness.
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0n Tho [L6G@0Oa0ny W@0oOd]o

generation of milionares has treated the
country. With brutal directness Mr..
Lewis diagnoses the madness which often
goes with much and sudden wealth, and
ridieules unsparingly the gilded idlers
who make UP the so-called American arts
tocracy. 1t Is a rough, even a pitiless
arraignment of certain prominent persons
and it is safe to be generally read and
appreciated all over the country Through
out this number the magazine shows a
purpose to depart from the baleful wor-
ship of Mammon and its possessors which
characterizes SO much of the writings in
current periodicals.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
THE OCTOBER SMART SET.

In eve of Adams Clay" the novelette,
with which the October number of The
Smart Set opens, Cosmo Hamilton has
written story of unique merit. 1t is
full of humor, it is full of sentiment,
there are throbs of passion, there is flip
pancy, there is cynicism, and there is.
too, at the last a powerful lesson. 1t is
rarely indeed that in one story so many
elements unite to charm and absorb the
reader. A clever and distinctive piece of
work. eve of Adams Clay" must stand
as one of the very best In the line of
The Smart Sets notable novelties.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

Thackeray's most important American
letters are to see the light in November
and subsequent numbers of The Century
Magazine They cover both the first and
second visit of the novelist to America,
and record his friendship with the Baxter
family of New York. The letters are said
to reflect Thackeray's various shades of
opinion concerning America and its PEG
pie with all the authors frankness, vi
vacity, and charm. A number of unpub-
lished sketches accompany the letters, IN
Guiding good-humored caricatures OF Long
fellow and George William Curtis. This
is believed to be the most important
Thackeray find" which has been made
for many years.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

The Reveries of a Bachelor Maid, by
Miss Susie MCGEE Heck, which has been
extensively advertised by the publisher,
F. Tennyson Nicely, of New York and Lon
don, for appearance in the early summer,
is, for the present, withdrawn from pub
lication by the author, owing to the fail,
ure of this publishing house.
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ure of this publishing house.
I'm a work like ours says Maud Bal
lngton Booth, in writing of her prison
work in the October Leshe's Monthly, 1T
is the flesh and blood facts, not the theo-
ries, that will prove to the world the re-
deemabihty of those who have gone
astray, and it is this very evidence that |
wish to bring forward; and she does
bring them forward most wildly and con-
vincingly in the course of her article.
Almost every popular magazine arranges
to have in each of its numbers what is
known in editorial slang as 6 beauty
article" BY this name is meant an article
which admits of the introduction OF
number of portraits of beautiful women
court beauties. lyric artists. actresses,
or merely typical faces. In the Cosmo-
pclitan for October that clever essayist,
Rafford Pyke, propounds and discusses
entertainingly the question. do good
looks in a man appeal with the same
strength to women as loneliness in a wo-
man appeals to mem" To determine the
exact status of the handsome man and
his fascination for the fair sex, is a novel
attempt in light psychology.
1.-The Measure of a Man." by Francis
Provost, is the suggestive title of the
novel IN Ainslee's for October. Mr.. Pre-
vost has produced very keen psychology
cal study, and at the same time par
ticularly interesting and attractive love
story. 1t has the advantage also OF be-
ing original, without being in the least
improbable, with sufficient action and
dramatic element to hold the attention
without any effort by the reader. 1t also
comes up to the high literary standard
which one is beginning to look for in al
of the Ainslee novels.
THE MADNESS OF MUCH MONEY.
Everybody's Magazine begins to b
something more than an entertaining tel
cents worth of fiction and articles. A
identity has been developed sturdy an
aggressive identity all its own and full Q
interest and promise. Thus faB the mas
agine has prieed itself on the timellnes
of its features and the healthy virility c
its fiction. New, it has found itself, Ell
tered on its own mission, headed out o
its particular crusade. The keynote c
this individuality is the article by Alfre
Henry Lewis, in the October number
1.-The Madness of Much Money" Til
is a scathing attack on the vulgar di
plays of great wealth to which, the ne'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
EDITION DE LUXE.

Priscilla is poem sweet,
As any one may see,
OF perfect lines and rhythmic feet,
And bound for hfe-to me.
Her brow, frontispiece so rares
Contains no smallest line.
But eyes speak volumes, and declare
The whole edition mine.
About her mouth a winsome smile
OF rapture lives hint;
Sweetheart, I'd travel many a mile
For one unpublished print.
But lest 1 lost my treasure trove,
Desired, though undeserved,
I'll mark you Copyright my love,
And add "All rights reserved
Paul West. in The Idler
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THE DRUDGE.

THE DRUDGE.
Repose upon her soulless face,
Dig the grave and leave her;
But breathe prayer that, in his grace,
He who so loved this toiling race
To endless rest receive her.
Oh, can it be the gate ajar
Wait not her humble quest,
Whose life was but patien. war
Against the death that stalked from far,
With neither haste nor rest;
To whom were sun and moon and cloud,
The streamlet's pebbly coil,
The transient, May bound, feathered
crowd
The storms frank fury, thunder browed,
But witness of her TOLL
Whose weary feet knew not the bliss
OF dance by jocund reed;
Who never dallied at kiss?
If heaven refuses her, life is
A tragedy indeed.
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.coLEMAN,s PHYSICAL LABORATORY

MANUAL. By S. E. Coleman, Head of
the Science Department, Oakland, Cal,
High School. Cloth, 12mo, with illus
trations. 234 pages. Price, 60 cents.
American Book Company. New York.
Cincinnati, and Chicago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
DREsDEN's GERMAN COM.

DRESDEN'S GERMAN COMPOSITION
BY B. Mack Dresden. A. NJ. Instructor
In German, State Normal School
Oshkosh, Wis. Cloth, limo, 6S pages
Price, 40 cents. American Book Com
pany, New York, Cincinnati, and Chi
cago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

THE BALDWIN SPELLER. BY S. R.
Shear, Superintendent of Schools, King
ston, N. Y, assisted by Margaret T.
Lynch, Principal of Public School No. 2,
White Plains, N. Y. Cloth. 12mo, 12s
pages Price, 20 cents. American Book
Company, New York. Cincinnati, and
Chicago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
THE DRUDGE.

In the October Century Mr.. John
Charles Mcneil contributes poem on
"The Drudge" Mr.. Mcneil is citizen
of Scotland county, North Carolina, and
represented his county as a member OF the
General Assembly of 1903. The poem is as
follows:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

For LaGrippe and Influenza
use CHENEY'S EXPECTO-
RANT.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

Mr.. Jack London's new novel, which he
is Just finishing, is to appear serially in
The Century Magazine. 1t is said to have
all the primitive strength of ''The Call
of the Wild but as a narrative is even
more thrilling.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

PEARSON'S LATIN PROSE COMPOST
TION. By Henry Carr Pearson, A. b.,
(Harvard)) Horace Mann School, Teach
ers College, New York. Cloth, 12mo,
259 pages. Price, s1.00. American
Book Company, New York, Cincinnati,
and Chicago
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

and is not being puteo use The mat
ter OF widening the alley is urgent.
The city council should appoint a COM
mittee to confer with the property
owners about the matter On account
of the Despard building on the South
side, the widening should be on the
North side, where the few buildings
are not very valuable. The property
owners could well afford TO help pay
for enough property on the North
side % widen the street. as It would
give them valuable building lots. 1t
is only a question OF short time I'M
til that alley will have to be widened
and now is the time 70 act.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16
INSURED FOR
Sl.OOO.OOO.
John N. Mack. Of ptaladeIphIa
Takes Out Largest known Policy.

Philadelphia, Jan. i0.-One OF the
biggest life-insurance policies ever is
sued has been written out by the FL
deity Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany for John NJ. Mack, the we'll
known Philadelphia contractor and
politician. The amount of the risk is
1000, 900.
There is only one other man In this
country who carries an individual
policy for that amount in one COM
pany He Is Alfred Gwynne Vtnrier.
bilt, whose life is insured by the Mu.
tual Company OF New York. There
are few companies In the country that
would assure such large risk without
dividing the amount OF insurance
among other organizations. Even
the Mutual and Fidelity. IL is believed,
has reinSured these million dollar poll
cieS In other companies.
Mr.. Mack was induced TO take ont,
the policy by Francis y. Quinn, secre-
tary OF the Fidelity Company. He
placed the proposition before Mr.
Mack some months ago, and the latter
had the question under consideration
for considerable time before he CON-
sented To take out the policy. lie can
suited his friends ana several finar :
ciers and insurance brokers before hs.
agreed tn have his life placed NJ suc.l
an enormous risk.-Baltimore Sun.
A. L. HawSe is general agent for
West Virginia for the above company
with headquarters in this city.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16
country.

II there is n case where n physician
should be indicted for malpractice and
have his license taken from him be-
sides, II is case where one treats a
young woman dying from the effects
OF criminal operation, for the grippe.
This can be found In the stenogra-
piers notes In case in our circuit
court which was tried here less than
ten years ago. That much is fact
and it looks like very dirty slap at
this physician to call the attention of
the public TO it now, but IL is not too
rough when we think CT the amount
OF reform bowling this old pill pot is
doing through paper now published
of which lie Is a prominent otficer and
the pose this old religions mugwump
takes to get to practice among the
church people when in fact he should
not be allowed TO doctor dog. This
is a bad case Of imposition upon igno-
rant people that do not know that
this old quack is unfit to. administer
their sick ones and that he knows
nothing of medicine and could not to
save his soll tell the difference be-
tween section of the spinal column
and a Tennessee cob pipe. The other
members of the profession will smile
at this and say it is true. but under
the existing laws of the state it can
not be remedied.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

The newspapers OF this state have
not Jared as well at the hands OF the
Legislature as they should have Jared.
There are but few legislators who
realize or appreciate the value OF the
newspapers to politics and the general
good OF the people. Some legislators
could not have been elected to ONCE II
1t had not been for the papers. Others
owe much OF their political prestige to
the newspapers. Editors go to trouble
and expense to boost the politician
and to advance the interests OF the
community. but the state does not in
turn do them value Commensurate
with their services. The laws relating
20 the services Of newspapers in the
various sorts OF litigation in this state
are very lax and oftentimes work not
only hardship on the publishers but
also entail financial loss. 1t is oppor-
tune that a movement TO correct this
be inaugurated. The Legislature
should pay the debt it owes TO the
newspapers and pass laws which will
protect them in their honest efforts to
serve the state and the people. 1t APP
pears to US that the Editorial Associa-
tIon might have had this matter in
hand, instead of Junketing over the
country.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16
One Hundred Dollar. n Rex.

Is the value II. A. Tisdale, Summer
ton, S. c., places on Dewitt's Witch
Hazel Saive. He says; II had the
piles for 20 years. tried many doc
tors and medicines. but all failed ex-
cept DeWitt's Witch Hazel SaIvc. II
cured me-" It is a combination OF the
healing properties OF Witch Hazel
with antiseptics Ard emollients: re-
lieves and permanently cures blind,
sores, cuts, bruises. eczema salt rheum
and all skin diseases, Frank c. Bland
druggist. aim.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

The Republicans are busy just at
this time organizing in advance the
Legislature The Democrats are not
saying word about their side but
shey will be heard from in due time.
A notable feature about the Demo-
cratic statesman rs to make noise.
That is the most they will be able to
do this time from party standpoint.
although they could well afford TO and
~e hope they will be patriotic enough
. Join with the Republicans in pass
ing wholesome laws for the state. The
present session should be given strict
~ TO business and not wrangiing for
party purposes. The welfare o, the
state should be uppermost in the
mind OF every legislator.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

THE Charleston Mail is authority
for the information that the present
aapItai city is TO be dyked as a pre-
7cutitIve against damage by floods.
The people of West Virginia are not
accustomed to that and are unwilling
- incur the risk of having their solons
washed away some day by a sudden
sreak In these artificial banks. The
statement Is another good argument
for the removal of the state capitol.
Scarcely once In acentury does Clarks-
ssrg have flood. The capitol build
Ing would be safe here. It would DO
lest 20 remove It to a place of safety
end Clarssburg is that place.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16
A Special Offer

We will give free instruction In
Shorthand, by our mail method, co
anyone contemplating entering our
school within the next two. four or six
months for a course in short hand and
typewriting. Those takin, advantage
of this unusually liberal offer win be
able to shorten their course very ma
terially. besides saving the Gust OF
several weeks board. Gregg or Pit
man system Of Shorthand. Expert
enced teachers. Write today for full
particulars Mountain State Business
College. Petersburg, W. Va. 10lt
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

IT has been suggested by leading
citizens who have the future OF clarks.
burg at heart that Traders alley be
widened and made one Of The principal
streets. There is no doubt that the
day is near at hand when the demand
VIII be that IL be business street. 1t
can not be If left as it is. 1t is TOO
marrow and under the circumstances il
does not arcrd opportunity for the
erection Of business houses along it,
notwithstanding the fact that there
Is plenty OF space for business blocks.
A lot Of building ground is practically
: usthless,as IL for building purposes
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16
LAUREL
The State Flower. chosen BY the
School children Of West
Virginia
fFor the Telegram


The schools OF West Virginia, by
counties, voted for a state Hover about
a month before Christmas The
school children chose, by a very large
majority, the mountain laurel as their
favorite emblem, although, other How
ers had many warm adhercuts.
This refers OF course 70 the big
laurel, as the smaller variety is known
TO be quite poisonous. The shrub
chosen is the handsome Towering ever
green, tKaImia latIfolia) which some
things forms small tree Is 20 20 feet
high. 1t is found growing on rocky
hills and in mountain ravines from
Canada to Florida, and in perfection
In this state. The flowers which vary
from pure white to a deep rose color,
are borne in large terminal heads,
while It's corolla Is beautiful both be-
fore and after It opens
The stems and roots OF this plant
form good material for rustic work, rs
the wood is close-grained and hard.
The soldiers OF the Civil war, serving
In the mountains. would carve pipes
from its roots. and In which they en-
Joyed the solace of smoke by many a
lonely watch fire, This American
shrub is a favorite flower In Europe
where 1t is cultivated carefully, whilst
strange to say, it is rarely seen in our
own gardens.
But now as the state emblem, we
must give the laurel place OF honor
ON the front lawn, and it is worthy OF
the situation by reason OF its intrinsic
beauty. Significant symbols and en-
blems were much used by the ancients.
Goethe writes feelingiy of land where
exist groves, That are OF laurel and
m,rtle and rose;" and Marlowc. the
actor OF Shakespeare's time. speaks OF
"Ap'.llo's laurel bougl,." Nov Apollo
was the god of music and poetry, as
we'll as of archery; and it was the Gus
tom to crown with garlands OF laurel,
the successful applicants IN these eIe-
CANT arts, as well as victorious generals
homecoming from bloody wars.
Now, in these latter days since
"KnIghthoud Is in flower" the victor
in the jousts is made 10 say of the
queen OF the tournament:
.I'll crown her bright hair
With the cleaning laurel wreath,
And she shall sit In the chair.
With all the maids beneathr'
And may the laurel. the emblem Of
the mountain state, never be used in
sterner cause, than to glorify the ac-
complishments which flourish In time
OF ge' tie peace. G.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

DIR. Geo. NJ. Holt, dentist. will b. in
his Clarksburg Dental office, at his
residence, 763 W. Pike street, ON the
first day of March and remain 20 DAYS.
Crowns and Bridges for much less
money than you have been paying for
1t and guaranteed. pay no high
price office rent. 40
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

THERE are some people and
some papers which are not
satisfied unless they are continually
giving the town dig, even if it be
nothing more than to rub 1t into our
business men on account of the Board
., Trade. a boost Is always better
than a knock. 1t makes every one
feel better, even the knocker. We
suggest that the knocker try to boost
someone and see how much better he
feels himself. What is the use to be
sore on every thins9
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16
PERMANENT SITUATION

Cash paid weekly for services either
salary and expenses paid. or com.
mission. 10 take orders for our Garden
Seeds; also Fruit and Flowers. We
cary a full line OF the Farm and
ararket Gardeners, 50 that live man
Mnnot help but succeed, a. he has the
facilities 10 compete for all kinds OF
trace and with different classes of Gus.
toners. Write AT once for terms 10
HEKIicK SEED COMPANY, Rochester,
New York 5-Gm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

AND still charters Tor development
companies and banks come. This
surely is the boom period of Harrison
county, and 1t is an era OF substantial
growth. At the end of the present
decade this county will be regular
commonwealth. Who knows that we
will not be asking to be made a state
of the union?
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

THE presence of the grand jury has
the effect usually of making things
quiet but the present one could scarce
ly make it any quieter than 1t is in
several quarters. There has been a
decided change in the atmosphere
since the prosecuting attorney started
cut several weeks ago with his Texas
rangers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

The growth OF clarksburg Is SO mar
velous and the outlook so brseht that
very properly all business blocks pro-
jected are to be sky-scrapers- While
there is yet room on the ground floor,
the ambition is TO go skyward. 1T is
well to get high up.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16

THERE are many things about the
Tax Commissions report, which need
careful study. Some Of the recon.
mendatIons are quite radical and
should not be passed upon without
due consideration.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16
2 per Cent. on cheekI.0 Aecousts

And per cent. on Swings Deposits
At Pittsburg Trust Company. Interest
compounded semi-annually. Capital,
surplus and profits exceeding $1,000
900 and deposits over $1,000. 900. Do
all your banking by mail. Send postal
for two hundred year calendar free.
323 Fourth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-01-16
NOTICE

All pereons having claims against
will present them before me NJ Wal
lace. w Va. for PAYMENT nn or before
the 18th day of Va 81. fc03
JEFFERSON RtDBI NSON.
Executor John +. Dye. deceased,
Wallace, W. Va, Jan. IL, 1903. IL Ar