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New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

we are reminded Black may be taken as an au-
thority. Carlyle" he says, did not talk
SCotch-not any dialect of it; but he spoke with
a strong South Of Scotland insistence of en-
phass; then he had fine abundance of pict-
uresque phraseology: and. above all. he liked to
wind up a sentence with sOmething-a wild ex-
aggeration. it might be. a sardOnic paradox,
or a scornful taunt-but, anyhow with
thing that sounded like the crack of a whip
Colonel Andrew Haggard. a brother of the
novelist. has written a vivid book of Side
Lights on the Court of France" IT is devoted
to the interesting period between the beginning
of the reign of Francis L and ending with the
death of Louis XIII-
The translation of the Tristan and IseuIt
ballads of the twelfth century upon which Mr.
H. BeIOc has been busy will be issued in a
limited edition Of three hundred copies for this
country and England There are to be 100 illus
tratiOns in cOlors by Mr. Robert Enges. The
book in paper covers will cost five guineas in
London and something more here The half
English, half French author of "Danton" ought
to make an admirable translation from the
French.
Mr. Bullens new limited edition of the De
cameron contains an entirely new translation
made by Mr.. ]. NJ Rgg-one which is said to be
eminently picturesque and literary The two
volumes illustrated by photographers from
original pictures by French artists
The just issued index edited by Mr. Sidney
Lee of the monumental Dictionary of National
Biography, Is not only an muck SuIn1nd-
riZeS briefly the wealth of information given in
this vast work. that leading facts may be
found in moment while precise references to
volume and page guide the reader quickly to the
fountain head of details
The essays of David Hume have just been
brought out in the handsome. cheap and con-
venent London series Of Worlds Classics 1t
is a remarkably good series of the permanent
treasures of literature and we would be glad to
see it's equivalent here.
Much family history to he found in ancient
documents in Warwick Castle will be forth
In print for the first time in the two handsomely
Illustrated volumes which the Countess OF War
wick is about TO publish The work deals with
the castle and its earls. and is to have many
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
CPPORTUNITY.

Translated from Ternari by William Young
Say who art thou, with more than mortal air
Endowed by heaven with gifts and graces rare
When restless, winged feet forever onward
bear?'
Il am ccasiOn-known to few, at best
And since foot upon wheel rest
Constant my movements are-they cannot bs
repressed
Not the swift eagle in his swiftest flight
Can equal me in speed: my wings are bright;
And man who sees them waved Is dazz-ed By
the sight.
My thick and flowing locks. before ne thrown
Conceal my fOru-nOr face nor breast is shown;
That thus. I approach my coming be not
known
Behind my head, no single lock Of hair
Invites the hand that fain would grasp IL
there;
But he who let's me pass. to seize me may
despair
Whom, then so close behind thee DO I seer
Her name is Penitence; and heavens decree
Hath made all those her prey who profit not
by me-
And thou o mortal. who dOst vainIy fly.
These curious questions, thou dOst not descry
That now thy time is lOst-for am passing By.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

There is a pleasant reminisCence OF Ihack-
eray contributed to John BulP' by Mr.. A w
a Beckett 1t was at the elder Becketts house
that his son first saw the novelist:
''ElleIm man, our man-on state occasions ne
was Our butler when we had auxiliary assist
ance from the ushers of my fathers court at
Southwark-was helping him to unwrap. When
Ellerman had divested Mr. Thackeray or ms
coat and left him revealed in the rather elab-
crate evening dress of the period have a recoi-
lection of silver white hair, cleaning glasses
and a fine mouth He exchanged kindly greet
tngs with his colleague 'Ponny, did this tall,
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
4 CURE FOR SLEEPLESSNESS.
n The London Spectator.

Spectator.
venture to send you remedy for sleepless-
ness which during thirty years / have found
almost infallble in inducing pleasant, healthy
slUmber | get up, put few loose garments
and go through slow swinging movements of
my arms and body until in from five to twenty
minutes | feel drowsy and tired. I make about
ten movements of each kind, and do not always
have to repeat them. If my sleeplessness arises
from OVerfatigue / lie awake until my body
is rested before going through the motions My
idea is that the sleeplesSness is caused inme-
Giately by congestion of blood around the brain.
and therefore prefer motions which are swing
ing and centrifugal
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
SPRING COME.

AhI coInest thou hfther again.
Maiden, to loosen the chain
That has girdIed the breast Of Earth and re-
strained and given her pain?
conest thou hither. our pride
Our darling. and fresh as bride.
Field flowers at thy feet. and blue skies over
head, and our love by thy side?
We have seen thee anOin1ed with dew.
Stoop where the North Wind blew.
And breathe on the bToOding snow, and dra.
thy Wind-fOWer through
We have seen thee soften the skies.
With sweet tears shed from thine eyes.
And fill with OdOr the faIlow land where the
lark'S nest lies
We have seen thee in field and wood
Unfurl the leaf from the bud
AS sun1ash out of cloud on the sea and the
flight of the scud-
We have seen thy virginaI blush
When the dawn's voice broke the nisnrs
hush
With thy praise in the song Of the lark and
thy love in the throat of the thrush
We have seen thee in years we remember.
Fair daughter of dark December.
Come forth as the sun comes out Of the gloom
Of the deep sea chamber.
But summer came close on thy feet
With splendOr of MONDAY heat.
For she is our crowned and our glory; but thou
art our lover. o sweet
And Winter took half OF thy share,
StOrm-raimented, snow in his hair;
For ne is our feared and our king; but thou an
lover. o fair
But Autumn too SOrry 20 sing,
Sighed back to thee. dropping her wing
For she is our mOurner who SOOtheS US but thOo
art lover, o spring:
Sighed saying 20 sister Of mine,
have lost these leaves that were thine;
Green leaves | have given for the gold OF tns
corn. and flowers OF the vine
They are all unkind to thee, all
The pride and the hOar and the fall
But we are thy lovers: and thOu-art thou come
art thou come at our calI2
o abide with us: hasten not away
Till June days swOOn in the hay.
But scatter thy viOets down in the lap OF ths
Hours of May
Let April not pluck for her pOsies
The last of thy brief primroses.
But let May. too, gather Of these long after her
COWSllP UnCIOSeS.
But now thou art here, Sweetheart.
Let think not how must part;
But laugh while we may. and be merry: ana
forth To the green fields start
The Summer is sweet to seek shade in.
Rich is Autumn, whose garnerS are laden
And mighty is Winter with tempest; but thoo
art our darling, o Maiden
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
LITERARY NOTES.

'-The SiIesian Horseherd'' Is the title OF the
volume in which is to be published the transla-
ton of the religious controversy which the Iate
Max Miller carried with an American corre-
spondent. This book was published In German
version in Germany some years ago.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

Mr. Maurice Hewett's rOmance-one
which is built up round the fascinating hgure
of Mary of ScOtIand-is said to be his best Work
by those who have read his MS. 1t is to appear
as a serial in The Pail Mall Magazine" In
that periodical also will be found John Oliver
HobbeS'S new novel.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

In the lust issued collection of fugitive writ
irgs by the late William Black are presented
seVerai extracts from two of his novels. lanes
Mar1a, and THE Monarch of Mincing Lane,
which he allowed to drop quietly out or clrcula-
tion. His account of visit TO old Thomas car
Ivle is included in the volume-and on one point
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

John Forster. the biographer Of Dickep.
shares in the qUickened interest which "a
found expression in Dickens exhibition a1S
in many new editions A new memoir OF thtx
so-caiIed prototype OF POdsnap" has Just bee,
brought out. 1t is supposed to be the work n
Percy ETfzgeraId-
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

published papers
A little London Journal. entitled The IJte-a-,
Agent" frankly declares that there is no lone,
a market for crude sensationalisrn, and fSs,
publishers and editors alike are trying 70 gs,
stuff which has the quality OF sincerity.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

voIurre OF critical studies OF various peIiouS
- 1risb history is on the verge of publication by
the Irish Literary Society. These papers WIN II
include the essay Cromwell IN 1reIanu,
which Sir William Butler read to the society
not long ago.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

cess Is Tar from complete; and coInplete success
to say no more, was here imperative ~ 10 - -
sentiaI to one limb OF the situation tnat
sbouid fool IuIia 10 Breton to be a creature or
extraordinary charm. But OF THIS cnar1i, ~ ~
spite of many protestations. Mrs ward talS u
convince us" ~ 49,,
Mrs Ward. 1.-The Atheneum' concludes' mas mas
saving sense of hUmOr, and no more We
wish it were a little more positive we WISH
tLat these dukes and duchesses. lords ana IA
Dies ministers and dpIOmatists, were just
shade less revereutly treated one more re
mark: Mrs. Ward does not know Low 10 HilSn i
. hooL, neatly. and in Lady Roses Daughter
the end is too much taken up with physical al
rnents subject which is often narrowing "lIn-
out being truly and POLITICALLY a1ectihS-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-08
THE NON'PAREIL MAN

prisoners paid his honor $3.50 and $3.50
each: Threats were made that the end
was not yet. but the police wore their
teeth gritted and, carried mountain
howitzers in their rear pockets and the
affair was temporarily declared off. The
Ely Miner complains of Emil for not
digging according to custom Emil,
on the other hand, declares that there is
nothing in the United States constitution
that compels a newly married man 'to
dig'-and there you are. <Solble is
feared. =
George H. Chappie came into the office
the other day, a brand new idea having
taken root just above his collar. He
hadn't worked out the details, but there
was millions in 1t.
You see. old fellow said Chanpie
Englishly Its this way. A fellow has
no show now unless he does something.
/ Fathers all wight and he comes down
handsomely. OF course he gwurnb les
little. but, on the whole, no complaints,
don't you see. But a chap isn't much
good as a tub unless he stands on his
own bottom to be sure. Now there's
Vanderbilt, the locomotive Teller, you
| know, and George Gould, who does some
| thing in wailwoads, you know. People
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THE UNwELCoME MRS. HATCH. By MR.
Burton Harrison. Network: D. Appleton |
Co. Price S1.25. 1
LITERARY NOTES

II. c. Chatfeld Taylor, Chicago's bright
litterateur. has been made fellow Of the
Royal Geographical society because of his
book, THE Land Of the Castanet''
The Bookman for July, speaking Of the
career Of the late Paul du Chaillu, and
the doubts cast on statements made in his
reports of his explorations, by learned
billiards" says: They treated him as tho
he were sort of nineteenth century Nun
chausen. His discovery Of the pygrnies
they secuted at, and even his accounts of
the sorliia were spoken OF as being pure
romance. Time and the explorations of
other travellers confirmed Mr.. du Cha illu's
statements and fully vindicated his We
racity; yet the harm had been done and
he never got the credit which he so well
deserved. His career illustrates admir-
ably the suspicion with which stupidity Is
ever prone to regard any form Of achieve
ment which is not befogged by uninspired
dullness.'
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How Good Lesson Might Have Been
Better.

The only regrettable feature Of the dis
persing Of the Evansville mob by the
soldiers and deputy sheriffs was that the
troops began to shoot without orders
Not that it was not perfectly proper for
them to shoot in seR-defense, under the
circumstances, but that the effect would
have been more impressive If the soldiers
and sheriffs had fired under orders. after
the mob had received solemn warning.
The. mob was not entitled to any con-
sideration, but as it fell to the sheriffs
and troops at Evansville to give the whole
country a much-needed object lesson it
would have been better II the use Of
their weapons by the soldiers had been
a more deliberate affair.
The dispatches state that the mob con-
tanned friends and relatives of the soldiers.
This fact will tend to inspire greater re-
when it is called out to protect life or
property. When the time came for stern
measures no account was taken of the
composition of the mob. 1.-THE best people
of Evansville had just as much chance
Of being hit by bullets as the worst.
Governor Durbin Is evidently determined
that there shall be no more rioting ir
Evansville, even if 1t takes all of the
state troops to suppress the madness tina
has taken hold Of the city. BY suppress
ing 1t there in such heroic fashion thu
governor may be the means Of preventing
it's spread. 1t Is high time that the mad
ness were checked. At first the lynchin,
of black men by r1obs of white men &C
Cured only in avenging outrages Of whit
| women. But now almost any crime Of
| the part of negro Is sufficient caus
| for lynching and, what is even worse
| for stirring up the passion of race hatred
| Lynchings now are not so much illega
| punishment of crime as expressions Of tn
hatred and contempt Of the superior 70
| the inferior race. .....-
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
A Hospital for Drunkards.

= TlSSPiIest tOT IfuiNdluS.
To the Editor of The Journal
Projects of many kinds are being formed
all over the world for the betterment of
mankind. In our own city homes of vari-
Gus kinds are being establshed-all in the
interest OF higher, holier living. The Vol
unteers of America have recently engaged
a building to be used for the Industrial
training of homeless girls. Our colored
people, aided by sympathetic friends, are
busily engaged In a similar enterprise for
their own race. There seems to be a
deep seated desire in the hearts of many
earnest people to-day to do something
for humanity's uplift. But while this is
encouraging there are many phases of our
social life that show mans 1nhumanity to
man to be strongly in evidence have
In mind painful incident that recently
occurred In our own city. I refer to the
death OF that unfortunate man who died
in a cell in the Jail, after having been
refused admittance to the city hospital.
l was never more shocked than when
reading the account of his death. The
papers have feelingly. expressed their re-
greet and disapproval of conditions, that
1T was claimed, made it necessary to pur-
sue this course. We are told that his
death was caused by pneumonia, COM
plicated by chronic alcoholism. Our most
reputable physicians tell US that alcohol
ism Is a disease. This being true would
1t not be well for our city to provide some
home or whatever it might be called, for
the protection and possible reform of in
temperate people. I use the latter term
advisedly since it is well known that in
temperance is increasing rapidly among
women. I have already spoken Of the
efforts Of various classes to provide pro-
lection and shelter for the unfortunates
belonging to their class or race. Society
and government owe great debt to the
victims of the legalized saloon. The vot-
ers Of this great commonwealth put this
dangerous temptation in the way Of hui
manity, and then when one succumbs to
it's ravages he Is thrust into a prison cell
and left there to die like a common felon
ask is this right? Is it just? Mrs.
Carrie Nation, whose motives and work
| by the way, have been greatly nisunder-
stood, Is raising a fund to build a home
for drunkards' wives and children
would like to see a place aside from the
common jail provided for the drunkard
! himself.
/ I urge this because believe that com
| mon justice demands it. think the time
has come for some action of this kind
| to be taken in our city. AS long as the
| saloon is legalized the taxpayers ought tic
| be willing, nay anxious, to do all in their
| power to mitigate the evils of system
| for which society. is directly responsible
| When I think Of the awful effects upor
| society, upon individuals, of the saloon
1 / am led to exclaim, o. Lord, how long
| how long must this go on?
4 Elizabeth Augusta Russell.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-08
Civic Patriotism.

In these days of peace our opportuni-
ties to serve our country are largely local,
but the service we render our city in
elevating it's moral and social status Is
as surely patriotic as any sacrifice upon
the battlefield. -. ~
Many. things which we all know are
Of great value to the present or the fu-
ture welfare Of our city are being done
with heroic struggle by a few over
burdened men. These men ought to be
aided There are enterprises which other
cities have carried on with marked sue
cess and benefit which have never been
started here, not because we do not feel
their worth, but because those who would
gladly help in the good work already have
their hands full. The regiments in the
field need to be reinforced. Who will
volunteer? There is no one who cannot
help. Money Is needed labor Is needed
and enthusiasm Is needed. Why should
not Minneapolis be distinguished by such
good works as Cleveland Is doing, as
elsewhere described on this page?
There is no investment that pays so
| well as tnlS unSelllSn CIVIC pdIAotASiiA'
The good results are under our own eye.
It is like watering our own lawn: we can
see the grassland trees grow But there
is q larger and higher reward, larger and
higher even than the personal uplift
which rewards all unselfish effort IT Is
that the whole city takes the stamp OF
such devotion. There is nothing SO con-
tagious. Our city had this character ir
the early time. It's citizens were always
ready to take off their coats and rol
up their sleeves for the good of Mime
apolis. The example of those pioneers
blesses us to-day. It is a tradition which
we honor. 1t has given us a city Of which
we are proud. But new occasions teacl
new duties" The old spirit must be KEEP
alive by new and constant devotion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-08
which fourished In the United States dur
Ing tho last decade Of the nineteenth cen-
Not Wholly Correct.

The Northfield News remarked some
days ago that nearly every article. on the
front page of the city dailies this week
robbery" and then asks how about the
state law regarding the publication OF de-
tailed account Of such proceedings?" T h e
j ournal asked the News to locate the
law 1t referred to. and the reply came that
it was to be found In chapter 20 Of the
general laws passed during the twenty
sixth session OF the Minnesota legislature.
The only portion Of the law referred to
which bears even remotely on the News
implied charge that the daily papers were
violating law is that which forbids news
paper mon to attend legal executions and
directs that ''No account Of the de-
tails OF such execution beyond the
statement of the fact that such convict
was on the day in question duly executed.
according to law, shall be published in any
newspaper"
It will be observed that the law makes
no mention OF publications regarding MUIR
der, lynching or robbery but merely
mentions legal executions Of the death
penalty. In the next place the law of
course, applies only to Minnesota execu-
lions, and the crimes the News referred
to were almost, If not all, crimes outside
Of Minnesota. If a legal execution could
be classed rs a murder, a lynching or a
robbery, and If the crimes the News had
in mind had been committed in Minnesota
it's statement would have stood the test
Of an examination Of the law. Except in
the details mentioned the News was cor
rect, tho it is worth while to add that the
law the News appeals to has never been
enforced because it Is manifestly uncon-
stitutional, ;nasmuch as the text includes
matter that is not consistent with the
caption.
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Books and Authors
GEORGE MEREDlTH,s woRk.

j . T, r z & I
George Meredith the venerable poet and
novelist OF England is reported to be in
a very critical condition altho recently
represented as in fair health He is IS
years old and has made good record Of
literary work. He has been more distinct
ly appreciated during the last quarter of
century than during his previous liter
airy career which began in 1851, by the
publication Of a volume Of poems. In nc
ton writing he appears at his best in
The Tragic Comedians Diana Of the
Crossways," Lord Ormont and His Am
inta.'' and THE Amazing Marriage" He
does not reveal any very noticeable power
as poet He has been anxious to make
a distinguished record as poet, but, IL
he had abandoned that ambition and con )
centrated his powers upon prose literature,
there Is no doubt his fifty-two years Of lit
erary work would have yielded him much
more distinguished honor than he actually
attained.
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UNIQUE ORGANIZATION IN IOWA

W.. S. Harwood, in the May Century,
The company is unique among organ.
izattons of the people. It is not co.
operative, as the long lines Of industry
which stretch out from the home OF
modern cooperation in the English town
of Rochdale are cooperative. 1t is not
communal in any sense, like the Anana,
the Oneida and similar societies. 1t is
not held together by any political. re-
ligious or sociological tie. It's only bond
is that which maintains every successful
business organization in the world. These
farmers have turned business men, and
they have been so extraordinarily success
full that they stand ready to become man
ufacturers whenever they find that they
cannot buy in a fair market. 1t appears
to be the first commanding proof that the
common people in country place or town
or city have in themselves the power to
apply a remedy to the diseases of such
trusts or combinations of capital as are
inimical to the welfare Of the keneral
public.
1t is worthy the attention Of the
| student of present-day problems. as well
| as Of the investor, that, in this day OF
| enormous imitation of capital stock, the
| business of these Iowa farmers, running
| now well on to S1.0o0.00o a year, has been
| conducted on a capital never larger than
| $25, 900. Still more significant, 1t re-
| qufreS the assent or tWo-thlrdS OF the 500
| members Of the firm, before any money
! maybe borrowed, and no more than SIS, 900
| may be borrowed at any one time. At no
| time may the total indebtedness of the
| firm rise above $1,000. The bylaws of the
company's articles of Incorporation, pro-
| vide that no shareholder shall sign any
bond. or sign, indorse or guarantee any
| note, bill, draft or contract. or in any way
| assume the liability, verbal or written,
| for. the benefit or security of any person.
| without the written consent Of a majority
i of 9the directors. The bylaws also pros
/ vide that none of the funds of the CONS
i pany shall be loaned to any person.
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COMEDY AT THE LYcEuM

The Laughing fad has come to be the
thing. The Ferris Stock company at the
Lyceum has been seen In comedy for the
past month and Dick Ferris says he will
supply good comedy as long as the
patrons of the Lyceum demand it. There
will be a matinee of Stapleton's clever
comedy, "A Bachelors Honeymoon to-
morrow. For the coming week. opening
Sunday evening. the company will be seen
in a double bill, one-act comedy by j..
s. Lawrence of TIL e ] ilrnal staff,
and Nat G. Goodwin's great comedy sue
cess, 'Turned Up"