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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18
A FAMOUS FRENCH SALON

Nine Necker's salon is one of the most ia
nous In French history. yet it was here that the
HrSt ueathknelI OF the salon was sounded II
was not unnatural that the former girl presi-
cent or the Academic des Faux at Lausanne
SHouiu When opportunity given her seek
out the lights and leaders of literary Thought
IN Paris Very soon after her marriage 10 the
great nnancier distinguished little circle began
10 gather round her in the Rue Clery
Necker himself counted for something in the
formation Of his Wife's salon. A rich mans
patronage and protection had already haeD
touhu 10 De useful to gems de Iettres and phil
osophers. Moreover. Nj. NeCker in those early
Gays was Just what the husband Of saloniare
should be. He was present bur he was unOb-
truSlVe: a kind and generous host but not too
actively interested in the talk which went on
lead the conversation. to draw out her guests
This, we understand. Mime Necker did with
rather too much zeal Her reception of her
friends was if anything a little too cordial II
was hardly to be expected that the strenuous
daughter OF the Swiss pastor who a few months
previously had been struggling to earn her bread
Shouio nave the repoSe of manner and the well
oren assurance of the grandes DANES of Paris
who. even while they criticised approved and
helped TO make her salon famous Mime Necker
throughout her life nervous excitable NOR
bldIy anxious to do the right thing and too often
SAID the wrong one. Diderot complained that
she prosecuted him into attending her salon and
was fatuous enough TO mistake the homage
which she offered so IaviShly TO every living
writer Tor tribute TO his personal charms He
was not long. however in finding out his mis-
take. anG was one of the first TO bear witness
to the extraordinary purity of soul the chill
horalty which offended Grimm OF their
mutual hostess.-(Rose NJ. Bradley in The Nine
teenth Century.
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and fnarcsux could they have me then.
vagabondxfng In the Bosnian NUS AI'e'
that il seems the merest matter or course TOT
rnaidSa I'm distress to appear upon the scene
Cor the millionaire to come to her rescue anC
Ior mademoselle to thank him for his pains
by taking him to be a famous hrigand- EXcit-
ing events thenceforth follow one another In
rapid succession If the heroine makes a mis-
take about the identity of the hero. he has at
fast one easy retort at his service-he can
return the compliment Moreover he can hear
Goals of fire upon her head by turning her
adorer in a trice But in the Bosnian hills the
course of true love could hardly be expected to
run smooth-that u.s. when the hills are brought
into a novel Mr.. Marchmont has drama TIC
incident in every chapter OF his book. and II Is
not until things seem desperate beyond recall
for his lovers that he begins to ease the strain.
1.-The Queens Advocate" is a rattng story of
the improbable. wildly romantic sort
There is simple sincerity about Mr.. Bash
ford's work which makes him sure OF the read
er's sympathy whether the story he tells hap
pens to be important not In The Manlto-
ban there is nothing whatever to suggest i'm
portance- An English lad comes out to Man
itoba to make his fortune There he falls in
with divers rough types some Of them native
to the soil and others transplanted- like him
self from the old country. The destinies of
Charlie West and Roddy Lavtlle are the CHER
sources of interest In the book Both young
men have their virtues. and their failings. and
Mr. Bashford's aim Is TO exhibit the different
ways in which character is developed under tn
pressure OF such circumstances as go with
strenuous farming the prairies of Manitoba
He gives US plenty of local color and we are
glad to have il, but value more the insight
into human nature which he disciosea- Ii Is
good story. well told
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18
WIND AND WAVE

Full is the air of the voice OF the sea-
Full of the voice of the clamorous sea
Voice of the hungry insatiate sea!
Like farnlSned wolves on the scent of the prev
White-crested eager waves rush to the shore
Leap In wild tumult on rock and on reef;
Striking with thunder the face of the cliff
Uprearing moment above the wild sea
Break and dissolve in a welter of foam
Loud shouts the north wind. the white horses
hear.
While flies the foam from their far-streaming
names,
springing. foam-footed. through fields Of the
sea,
Urged by the rush of the oncoming wave.
Wind! blow thy trumpet and make myself
heard
Check the white horses that spring to their
DOOM
Shout to them. shout that they leap not on
shore,
Leave not their pastures where green waters
roll!
Great and resistless their might on the sea
Terror ard wonder alike to behold
Powerless on shore they wax feeble and halt
Break and dissolve in weiter of foam
IL Baldwin. If Longman's Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18
JAPAN's NAVAL SURGERY.

The essential feature Of the work at SaSebo
naval hospital is that 10 per cent Of the cases
of ordnance wounds are inflicted by shell and
not by bullet Here. then for the first time in
studied under gOud modern conditions For in
South Africa hardly . per cent OF wounds. even
early in the war. were inflicted by she'll and
these were scattered up and down the country
through dozen different hospitals that
concrete study of their peculiar features was
iU possible In the Spanish-American and Chi
neSe wars there were few casualties from ar
tillery. and earlier wars are of as little use to
the modern surgeon TO the modern officer
of artillery. During the first six months Of the
present war lStb cas- OF naval shell wound had
survived 10 reach Japan The report. therefore.
of the medical departmeHt of the Japanese
navy ut the conclusion of the war viii make a
of all the greater interest in that the three
surgeons general of tire navy know English we'll
and will. it is to be hoped. issue report in
language the precedent of their valuable re-
port after the war with China. in 1894. The d.
rector general Baron SareyoShi was educated
at St ThOmasS Hospital and is a Fellow OF he
Royal College of Surgeons OF England In both
of these spheres ne is common ground With
Surgeon General TOtSuka and with one OF MS
predecessors. DR.. h Takaki who at the age OF
twenty-five became director general OF the m ii-
cal department OF the navy. improved the rice
diet. and stamped out the ScOurse Of beri-be-f
from the ships by introducing a thorough system
of sanitation The director general ranks as a
vice. admiral. with two small stars 4 broad
sold stripe down the shoulder strap The other
two surgeons general rank rear admirals.
with one star a small stripe OF gold: and
medical officers Of lower degree called doc
tor, rank with captains, commanders and leu
tenants according to seniority. and wear the
CORES bonding marks of rank--(Dr. FremantIe.
in The National Review
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18
.FoxING" SAND EELs.

The animal which undoubtedly foxes" ac-
cording to the testimony OF many independent
observers. is the opOSSum OF America win the
exact mental operation which induces TINS De
havior 7 am not here concerned Some regard
il as a mere cataleptic collapse under StrohS
fear while others accept IL as a genuine uecep-
ton With some reservations / must rank my
self with the latter and il is. therefore. par
ticularly interesting 10 me to have tound- as
think a genuine instance of "foxing IN hsh
/ give the following case only for what IL may
be worth as evidence. but. as do not reTneIn-
Der to have seen any such instance previous
Iy recorded. it may be of interest When hsh-
ing for bass in estuarieS use living sand
eels and these are kept in a floating wooden
box tethered TO the boat and hauled from the
water whenever fresh bait is required TN
three consecutive occasions one morning last
summer the bait. which picked from the rest.
moving. the palm OF my hand and. as a half
dead bait is useless for the work. / pitched the
mOribund sand eel overheard The nTst had
no sooner touched the water than il darted or
in perfect health The second behaved like
wise. This reused my suspicious. and pur-
p0Sely sacrificed the third IL the bait had not
been getting scarce or. rather. perhaps. II my
angling zeal had not fo- the moment dominated
my devotion to scientific knowledge, / should
have tried the fish until all were overheard
think, quite without interest and IL would be
useful to learn whether similar cases have come
under the observation of any who are in the
habit of live batting for pike with dace or
dudGeon. The lowest expression of "fOxing' is
when one village lad lies in the road with his
shielding his head. and another stands over
him and at intervals administers a stimulating
kick Such cOWaTdiCe hardly expects TO
find in fishes, but fragile sand eel is surely
cused if it declines combat with an ogre in
fun length-(F. c. Ahalo. in The Cornhin Maya
zine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

and Rode, two fair samples of genuine Russians,
were arrested in ST Petersburg August >
as Japanese and therefore spies. Fortunate y.
they were able To prove their identity but in
spite of that they shut up in a filthy cell.
where they slept on hard boards. Next day they
were marched from police station to an
other. and finally shut up again in prison until
a. m During the tWentv-SeVen hours of their
confinement they received nothing to eat Now.
II they do these things in the green tree. what
snail be done in the dry? If they arrest and
PUNISH as Japanese spies reSpecta BILE Russians.
resident in St Petersburg a BILE at half an hours
notice to prove their identity. and neither yellow
SKINNED nor almond eyed. what must we not
expect at sea when the safety of Russian war
ships Is nj stake? The Port Arthur squadron
was disabled at the outset of the war by the
care'esSnesS of the officers in command The
commander of the Baltic fleet was resolved 70
sin in the opposite direction: and he carried out
MS resolution energetiCallY. Shall he or his
subordinates be punished for obeying orders?-
tDr e j. Dillon. in The Contemporary Review
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18
British Reviesvs and Magazines.
Extra cts from the December Numbers Indicate
terest in Affairs in the Far East

least astute publisher could not but roresee
The average reader might be expected to buy
one book upon Japan or TO borrow several from
the library. Such n demand would be quickly
satisfied. more especially magaZines and
newspapers were repete with articles dealing
with the subject The demand has been sup
piled over and over again; the presses have
poured forth volumes upon japanese and Rus
sian affairs. new and old. good and bad: result
oVerStOcked booksellers shelves, and, in the
near future. a plentiful harvest of cheap re
mainders." A further result should be noted
there are only few writer's competent to pro-
duce really valuable work concerning the East,
but every globe trotter has been pressed into
the service. and the few good books published
have been drowned in an ocean of rubbish. So
it is on every like occasionally. Teignmouth
Shore, In The Fortnightly Review.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

to use their utmost endeavours 70 compel then,
thereto e. suffer any dishofsOr don,
TO His Majesty. And IL is TO be observed that
in His Majesty's Seas. His Majesty-'s Ships a re
I'm no wise TO strike 20 any. that In other
Parts no ship of His Majestys Ia 10 strike
her Flag TOpSail TO any Foreigrer unless
such Foreign Ship shall have first str,'ck or 1T
the same time strike her Flag or IoDsaiI 10
His Ma jesty's Ship
His Majesty's Seas. which extend 70 Cape
Fvnisterre contained among other marine
provinces. the DOgger Bank And the Reg IA
tior of 1871. now quoted. stood unalteTtd II
1SO6 when IL was modified to refer 70 Britt
merchant ships only After Trafalgar In Ell
feet our naval primacy being undlsputed me
claim to maritime sovereignty seemed suPtl-
shadow-CHarold G. Parsons. in Black"oods
MAGAZINE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18
cHURCHMEN OF THE MIDDLE AGES


Churchmen OF all ranks as addicted to
hunting the iaity. So much so that synois
and councils were fain to pronounce against 3
too open and lavish Indulgence in it. But the
fellow feelings of the higher ecclesiastics were
doubt. responsible for such pronouncernerts
AS. fOrhiddng the clergy TO hunt for pIeasu-e
allowed them to join in the chase for their
health BOniface. Arch bishop OF Mayence writ
ing to Cuthbert of Canterbury. says Let not
the servants OF God keep hawks or hounds
Yet King Ethelbert when in want OF some good
trained birds for his sport. wrote to this iienti-
cal Boniface for cast of hawks! From which
II would appear that the worthy Archbishop md
a reputation for some particularly good strain
In our country many high eCcleSiaStiCs were
ardent followers OF the hounds Some OF then,
maintained packs of their own. which they even
took with them when travelling on their 'syisifa-
tons. not altogether to the content OF the Cyy.r
clergy. who. under the name Of ''procura tfOnS
had to contribute to the feeding OF both the
bishop and his train. For We find that I'm the
thirteenth century the clergy of Berkshire were
favored their petition with a disDensatio0
from the support of the archdeacon's pack OF
hounds. which accompanied their master on his
round OF visits Yet the lower clergy induIs.i
themselves I'm their fOndness for the chase and
their sporting proclvities degenerated some
times even into poaching practices Thus in the
county and neighbOrhood or which We write in
the twelfth century. a SUSSEX biShOp was 6Dssl
for trespassing I'm search OF deer; a thirteentb
century vicar of Cuckfield was Imprisoned for
four months for taking deer in the Lords Park
and the Vicar Of Ripe. I'm the next century vas
found heading band OF poachers-(W Hen
eago Legge, In BlackwelPs Magazine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18
SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEAS

, Inc RUSSIAN admiral whose affronts we are
INVESTIGATING may know little OF maritime
records. but how many of ourselves even 70
member our ancient claims to the Dominion of
the Narrow Seas: not merely to sea power thar
tual political sovereignty in the seas thai bonnd
with west Europe? N
me Admiralty Instructions issued In l73I
contain a clause worth citing
When any of His Majesty's Ships shall meet
with any Ship or Ships. belonging to any Foreign
i rrncs or state, within His Majestys Seas
twhich extend to Cape Finisterre} IL is exnects1I
mat the SAID Foreign Ships do strike their Ton
san, q take In their Flag In acknowtedr-
ne,t oi his MaJesty's Sovereignty In those Seas.
ana II any shall refuse, or nfer To resist 4, .,
en3oined II all Flag Oficeru 4 Command~rs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18
JAPANITIs EPIDEMIC IN RUSSIA.

Japanitis is become a national disease since
the outbreak of the war japanese spies and
emissaries are omnipresent. omniscient, and, I'M
happily, as rarely visible as Irish leprahauns
They are active in the Black Sea, ready to work
for the Sultan against the Car the Bos-
phOruS they are pushing their national interests
i'm the tundras of Finland. in the taigas of
Siberia, and are spying indefatigably In the
White Seal Hundreds of genuine Russians. who
must therefore lie shOCkinglv like YcllOWskins
have been arrested as japanese One instance
will Illustration MeSSrs. OrloffSky
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

no difficulty I'm paying the proposed tribute to
Flaubert The idea is to purchase the pavilion
in which he loved to work and to make II
permanent museum of manuscripts, portraits
ind other souvenirs He loved to believe that
the Able Provost, and Pascal before him, had
lived at Croisset, but whether he was right or
not in this fond hypothesis. the memorial his
followers have In mind is happily suggestive
How characteristic ii is of France!
According to 1.-THE Pan Mall Gazette" NJ. de
Wyzewa. the we'll known French critic. has
formulated a new theory of English fiction. He
says that in the present absence of great
writer's, it has got into kind of backwater
where the only successes are those which ap-
peal to the English passion for eCcentricity by
lbsurd and irrational plots and sensational cpl
sodes. Such plots would. he says, never be toll
Grated in France. where. however melodramatic
they may be, they. nevertheless insist upon the
main plot of a story and its denOuement being
presented to them in such a way that they
can. at any rate. imagine it to be true. He at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

Collectors of souvenirs OF royalty viii be in
terested in the book which Mr. BEDFORD his just
published. 1t deals with Royal and Historic
Gloves and Ancient Shoes" and is prOfusely IL
Illustrated In color and half tone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

tributes the difference to the habit or mfno OF
the English middle classes who take their rec
rea ton from business cares by trying TO toIget
all about them, and. when they read fiction IKE
to bury themselves In a world absolutely unfa-
miliar to them Thus he accounts for the ever
green success in England OF fantastic hctlon
from the time of Swift down to that OF Mr.. IL
G. Wells
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

Mr.. David Murray a Glasgow lawyer, is soon
to bring out work in three volumes called
Museums: Their History and Their Uses In
addition to a comprehensive survey of the mu-
seums of the world there will be data given with
reference to their catalogues and the pubica-
lions relating to thcm. American, as well as
European, institutions will be treated In the
book
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

Two days before Christmas, we have al
ready noted. France will celebrate the centenary
of Sainte- BeuVe- IL has this month to pay
tribute also to two other writers. both famous
In their different ways Eugene Sue and Jules
Janin were both born in December. 1904
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

The author OF The MasQueraderS Mrs
Katherine Thurston, has found q rival IN her
own household Her husband is publishing a
novel called The Apple of Eden, in which ne
deals with the experiences of a man who enters
the priesthood and works for time In the
South of Ireland. but presently renounces his
task for more normal state of things"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-18

Becke's new novel The scene is laid in Queens
land and the book deals with life and adventure
there in the COS
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-01-05
Agsls MA cANoA
Method OF Alaskan Indians for GET
tina Eid OF AGED Miner Who
Pf4ospecsed ON Taeir Land.

The Aiosnak Indians Of Alaska
planned a cruel death for Joseph
.4oore. a veteran prospector Of Kodiak
island Who had dared to search for
.oid in she beach sands or sturgeon
aad Red rivers. territory claimed by
the natives. and their murderous meth
DDS ialed only through the marvellous
sool iuca Of the aged gold hunter
Bound hand and foot he was placed
IN a boat and set adrift and as the
craft Heated out 10 sea The would-be
inurdtrers hred q number Of shots al
it They had apparently the twofold
purpose OF killing the man and pune
turing the boat so that IL would sink
Meaeer particulars of the savage deed
we're received recently from passengers
from santa Anna
Moore lived az Afognak He con
ceived the idea Of prospecting for gold
on the beaches Of Red river Leav-
ing Kodiak in a dory he proceeded
directly to Cape karluk. near the
mouth Of Sturgeon river Landing. he
foynd several native families living on
tne cape. The natives uuarreled with
him and hewas seized and bound.
Pladng him In the dory. they set
the boat adrift. and when Il was a short
distance from the shore they began
firing on It, The shots vent wild. but
served to attract the attention OF some
men In g steam launch who were pass
ing out from Karluk. They saw tae
boat picked It up and liberated the
occupant
The Indians offered no explanation
for the deed other than intimating that
they did not want anyone 10 trespass
upon their lands
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-01-05
pzEREss IS DEVOTED TO FADS.
American Marchioness, Formerly OF
New York, Dotes Jpon Unique and
Extraordinary Fed sheets.

The young marchioness Of Duherin and
Ava, the daughter OF Jonn H. Davis, OF
New York, has most unusual fad Tor
extraordinary aIG costly sheets which
reveal continued surprises to her guests
when they set to bed.
The marchioness has sheets of every
description from every country in Eu-
rope and has designed a new pattern
herself over which she is enthusiastic.
These sheets are made of lace aid edged
with ermine which. in view Of the in
creased price of ermine this year. are
very costly affairs.
No two people could be more unlike
than the present marchioness and her
mother-in-law. the widow of the brill
liant diplomat and writer. Tbs dowager
harchioness is very serious and INTEL
lectual. an authoress, and an authority
on many questions connected with wo-
mans work. while dainty Flora Davis,
with her rose-leaf comple xion and linpid
eyes. * not credited with an idea in her
pretty head outside the region of clothes
and extraordinary fads
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-01-05

Gentleman, in the middle of the long
Indian file, stopped to examine some
human remains and the Inscriptions.
This halt divided the party into two, and
when the Englishman had concluded his
examination the latter portion started
on at a trot to join the leaders. But in
doing SO they took wrong turning, and
only after they had gone some distance
did they discover their error The first
portion Of the little expedition was by
this time far away. and neither the
guide nor its members appear to have
taken any notice OF the absence of the
remainder of the party. though the
guides have orders to count the number
OF persons who go down into the cata-
combs and the number who come out
For two hours the lost party wandered
from gallery to gallery before they at
last found an out,st The iaoiss were
much frightened ana even the men say
hat the experience was not a pleasant
one.