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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-09

The Asheboro Courier says: 'Governol
Charles B. Aycock will deliver an address
at Providence Rural Graded School il
Providence township, Randolph, on Fri
day, April 18th. A large audience is OK
pected The governor will make a grea
speech worth going many miles to hear.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-09

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-09
Nm AND ABOUT rxz CITY.

M AND ABOUT IKE CITY.
The Andrews Building on Fayetteville
street. is receiving a new coat of paint
on the outside
big game of ball this afternoon at the
Fair Grounds. The State University and
the a. and NJ team.
Levins Orchestra went to Oxford yes
terday 70 render music at the german
at Horners last night
The Chicago Glee Club. an excellent or
ganlZation, is to be an early attraction
at the Metropolitan Theatre
Mr. w. A. Graham, Jr., who has been
confined to the house with lame foot,
was much better yesterday.
Col. j. T. Kennedy returned yesterday
from Goldsboro where he went TO attend
q meeting of the Confederate Veterans.
Judge Oliver H. Allen, of Kinston, was
here yesterday. He was on his way home
from Davie county. having held court at
Mocksville.
The offices of the Department of Agri-
culture have been supplied with new
set of chains for the comfort of the mem
bers of the Board.
Mr.. w. E. Ashley and family, who have
been residing at Lumberton, will soon
sided in Raleigh.
Governor Aycock has accepted an invi-
tation from Prof Walter Thompson to de-
liver the annual address at the commence
mcnt of the Concord graded schools on
Monday, May 23rd.
President T. P. Hobgood, of Oxford Fee
male Seminary, is at the Marlborough. He
is here to engage carpenters to work on
the new buildings of the Seminary, now
in process of construction.
The Asheboro Courier says: Governor
Charles B. Aycock will deliver an address
at Providence Rural Graded School in
Providence township, Randolph, on FRI
day, April 18th. A large audience is ex-
pected. The governor will make a great
speech worth going many miles to hear. >
Mr.. George l.. Tonnoffsl>i yesterday re-
ceived from Washington the certificate Tor
his patent issued on the target Invented
by him. The lease contract for his bowl
ing alley and rife galIery in the basement
of the Pulen building will be signed to-
day, and work will be commenced at once
Gardner Terry, who has charge of the
Capitol grounds, says that the square this
summer will be more beautiful than it
has ever been. Red geraniums will be in
the half moons on each side of the south
ern entrance and palms and bananas will
be in the tulip bed. There will be pro-
fusion of roses of the rarest kinds.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-09

Marquise is a synonym for style and
here we have beauty perfected in this
showing of Linen and DaiGtily Trimm d
Lawn Waists at-$SOO, $500 and
$500.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-27
HOWELLS
Inspires Long Tale

KEREDITH NICHOLSON,
wv young writer with one book al
ready tailed after his name.
has attempted to enroll himself in the
Howells school of fiction with long
and serious novel, zelda Cameron"
The attempt has not been altogether
successful, for the author has not made
himself master of the Howells art of
finding significance in the common
place He mistakes all incident for
telling incident. He believes that the
trimming of pie crust deserves equal
emphasis with daughters branding
her father as a liar. AS consequence,
though Mr.. Nicholson has evolved
plot OF considerab BILE strength and
shown a good insight into human
character, he has filled his book with
a lot of useless lumber that clogs ac-
ton and wearies the reader to petu-
lance at times.
The motive of Nicholsons story is an
old one--a parents weaknesses shielded
by his child Zelda Cameron enters
the story, fresh and breezy from five
years in Europe, where she had been
taken by her aunt while yet a young
girl in order that she might not be
open to the influences of her widowed
father Upon her return Zelda de-
termines to live with the parent whom
everybody considers unworthy and she
bravely endures a long year Of his hy-
pccrisy and sanctified roguery, know
ing full we'll that it had been just this
mean pettishness that had broken the
spirit Of her mother before her. But
Ezra Cameron gets the fever Of stock
gambling and recklessly dissipates the
fortune of his daughter, which had been
left in his trust. Even after Zelda be-
comes aware of her fathers duplicity
and openly charges him with it, fam
lily pride serves to bring her to make
every endeavor to keep the skeleton in
the closet. This she does successfully
and finally marries the rather colorless
young man who has persistently wooed
her.
OF action there is very little in this
novel. Not until the reader is two
thirds through the story does he feel
any uplift of interest; then comes
sudden one, we'll sustained to the end.
In the early chapters long side issue
is followed through almost a hundred
pages. dealing in minute detail with the
rehearsing and production Of an anna
teur theatrical performance; but 1t
serves no end in the development of
the story save to show that Zelda
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-27
WHITE
Tells Of the Trail

TT is easier for US here in the West
to read Understandings Stewart
Edward Whites book The Noun
tains" than for those OF our less for
tunate brothers in the East who know
not and never can know the acute urg-
ing of that 'wanderlust' that calls
from snowy SUBMITS with each recur-
ring summer season. In the States
back home" they go to their noun
tains to play golf and they hold pic
MICS at the only spot for miles around
where an eagle may be seem. That Is
why they cannot appreciate Mr..
Whites book, cannot catch the photo
graphic trueness of the thing 1t re-
produces.
The author of 1.-THE BIazed Trail and
"Conjuror's House." himself a man Of
the East, has but recently learned what
joy lies in CALIFORNIA; mountains. Now
he lives at Santa Barbara, within close
touch of the coast mountains, and, as
this book demonstrates, not too far
from the Sierra to be beyond striking
distance. Only this summer. gossip
has 1t, Mr.. White roughed 1t in the
most inaccessible ranges, the tender
foot" in that instance being his bride.
knowing the spell Of the mountains,
then, and sensing all of the indehnable
emotions born of their near presence,
the author has written THE Noun
tains' to carry to others some Of the
charm denied them by circumstance or,
maybe, very lack Of energy. Familiar
ity with The Forest Whites descrip-
ton of the timbered region of the Ca
madam lake country. will prepare read
ers to enjoy in this book the writer's
rare gift of word painting. He both
reproduces the natural picture and con-
serves in his reproduction the essence
Of things felt, not seen. Not. only does
he spread before US the panorama Of
peak and canyon, but he makes to live
again for those who have once felt it
that intangible, compelling power which
we call the spirit Of the mountains.
By contrast the piece that stands out
strongest in all of Whites descriptions
OF wild places is his chapter on The
Inferno" Death Valley and the south
ern desert have both been done before
in fiction and in works of travel, never
better. however, than in the strong, sub
jective manner of this writer's treat
ment. His artifice of drawing the ter
rors of the desert through the medium
of It's psychological effect upon the
minds Of those in it's grip is an effec-
tive approach to the subject.
Illustrated by F. Lungren; price 81 5o.)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-27
A CRITIC
on His Profession

ALAS for the honor Of thu trade.
.Hfew enough people read literary
criticisms and there are still
fewer that care to go to book
for their critical pabulum. Mr.. Frank
Moore Colby believes. however, that
his random sketches upon things
bookish and his fugitive opinions on
the daily round OF the human comedy
are worth preserving. He has coll
Iected them, with this end in view into
a volume which he calls Imaginary
Obligations"
The three score short skits-essays
they could hardly be termed-thae
Mr.. Colby gives US IN his book a6ord
pleasure enough In the reading. but
they have not the worth OF serious
ness, nor have they any great pre-
tensions beyond that OF beguilement-
One cannot dash or In q typical
breezy and ephemeral newspaper Style
reflections called up by the reading
Of books or the viewing OF plays and
expect such to weigh greatly In the
balance Of contemporary literature
With the possible exception OF Miss
Jeanette Glider OF The Critic, I be-
lieve that few critics OF books hope to
be taken as oracles or literary divin-
ing rods nowadays. AS with Mr.. Col
by himself, work presses too ceaseless-
Iy to admit Of classic criticism Unless
1t is such It hardly merits book covers
and the permanency such imply.
However. Mr.. Colby has hit or
some very clever conceits and struck
fearlessly at the root OF several COM
mon humbugs. His series OF thoughts
upon THE Business Of Writing con-
tain some sharp criticism upon more
than one accepted standard OF crea-
ton and criticism. What he has to
say on THE Phrase Maker and the
critic who bounds his adulation oily
by the language OF the stars IS caIcu-
lated to make one OF the craft keep the
blue pencil very close to his copy.
Oodd, Mead & Co., New York; price
81 20.)
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JAPAN;
IFS Rise Into Power
y ApAN holds the interest Of the

II APAN holds the interest of the
world at present. Now that the
~ little nation has given pause to
one of the worlds greatest powers in
its march of armed aggression. the
thoughts of every one are conferred
about its people. their lives and tradi-
tons. And since the island empire has
come in the full glare Of publicity it
has become evident that for the Occi
dental Japan and the Japanese are in
many ways beyond comprehension.
Even the late Lafcadio Hearn, who
probably got closer to the Japanese
life and the Japanese thought than any
other Western man of letters, con-
fessed that the longer he studied these
things the more he was convinced that
he knew nothing at all. Others, less
better qualified than Heafn, have made
their several tries at a reading of the
riddle aud failed Even in these few
months Of fevered interest about the
things of tie Orient 1t has become al
most a tradition that any book about
Japan not written by Japanese had
only the value Of individual interpre-
tation and little OF verify.
This month brings The publication Of
a book about Japan which rings with
authority. Okakura Kakuzo. an ac-
complished scholar and studen- OF Jap
anese philosophy and art, has written
directly in English THE Awakenins Of
Japan" a book which will go far In
clearing up some of our misconceptions
of the national life of Mikado land and
set before the Western world the true
attitude of the nation both toward its
own destiny and that of the community
of world peoples. For in this book the
author shows that the present accom-
plishments of Japan are but the logi-
cal outgrowth Of her centuries Of re-
ligious and secular growth, not, as we
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-27
BROTHERLY
Love and Fighting

nTDER HAGGARD, the romancer
n of romancers. has outdone him
self IN his last story, The
Brethren" All that made the
early success. She" breathless. all
that made the later story. THE Pearl
Maiden" dramatic finds place in the
scheme Of this romance. This and
something more, a finer touch of the
literary essence of restraint than that
shown in any OF his previous works.
The man who wrote king Solo
mons Mines" and Allan Quarter
main" over a decade ago has strug
gled through a long period of emanci-
patton from the shackles of sensation
alism and at last found his place as
a master at legitimate romance. The
Rider Haggard of to-day is not the
Rider Haggard of the eighties, whose
books were forbidden children of ner-
vous temperament, but eagerly read
by the elders in the seclusion of their
closets. While not curbing his mag
ination a whit, the popular author
has succeeded In diverting 1t into
channels more subdued than those
along which Eric Brighteyes" and
"Maiwa's Revenge" plunged their mad
course. The staid muse of literature
may award Flaubert's "Salamrnbo" the
palm for imaginative romance while
withholding a like honor from King
Solomon's Mines" This measure of
distinction Haggard has recognized in
his later books. in none more than the
one now under consideration.
The Crusades. that inspiration of
romance itself, offers Haggard the
field for THE Brethren" His story
opens in feudal England at castle
on the Essex coast, the stronghold of
the D'Areys. There lives Rosamund.
the daughter of old Sir Andrew
darcy, a girl born of the romantic
marriage between the English knight
and the sister of the great Sultan Sa-
ladin Of the East. 1t was while kept
in durance In the Moslem potentate's
court that the valiant Crusader had
met and wooed the royal Princess,
carried her to England as his bride
despite every effort OF Saladin, and
there cherished her until she had
died, leaving a daughter to fall heir
to the designs of the powerful Sultan.
Trusting to his two nephews, Wulf
and Goodwin, twin brothers. to assist
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-27
LOVES
Classic in Letters

~RULY II it is poet who can spell
best the words OF the divine pas
sion a poet IL must be who recites
for US the tragedies Of poets loves
Richard lie Gallienne is that one. "Old
Love Stories Retold" is his chronicle
Of blighted affections.
LIE GaIIienne is. peculiarly fitted above
all his fellows to read poetry out or
the prosiest facts. His sensitiveness
to the impress of esthetic emotion has
at times been commented upon as
something beyond the normal; affected
say some with coarser critical spirit.
Granting that this is only supersensi-
tiveness, even, 1t may still be advanced
that II any one can find romance IN
alleged in the affair between Shelley
and Mary Goodwin Richard lie CALI
enne can.
Seven authenticated and one legend
airy love affair find place for recitation
IN this volume. Some are well known
to all students OF literature, some fall
under the eye Of the antiquary only.
OF the first kind are the stories OF
Dante and Beatrice and OF Abelard and
HeIoise, classics both OF them in the
annals Of letters. These two well
known episodes OF tragic love offer the
writer little ground for new treatment.
and he is content with telling again the
sad incidents that have passed down
into history. In touching upon the love
Of the Elizabethan gallant. Sir Philip
Sidney, for Lady Devereux, LIE CALI
enne freshens a romantic tale OF true
love, which lives in the quaint old love
journal, "AstropheI and Stella" Sid
ney's longest poem. The affection OF
Heine for Mathilde and the passion be-
tween Lassalle and Helene Won Don
niges, herein retold by lie Gallienne,
are both new tales to most OF US.
The present day poet comes boldly to
the relief Of that great singer Of hun
dred years ago, Percy Bysshe Shelley,
in vindicating his love for Mary God
win. Denying that either Of them ad-
vocated the general practice OF their
own failing the apologist says: "Of all
people Shelley and Mary held the doc
trine of one man for one woman-only
they insisted it must be the right man
for the right woman" lie Galliene does
not vouchsafe an explanation OF the &C
tuaI working operation Of this scheme.
Love Stories Retold" is handsomely
bound. decorated and illustrated with
marginal panels and full page repro
auctions of Burne-Jones' paintings
satisfying holiday book
Baker s. Taylor Company, New
York;
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him in keeping his precious treasure
Sir Andrew lives under the haunting
fear of Saladin's long arm.
In the early chapters OF the story
D'Arcy's worst fears are realized.
First by bold attack and then by
ruse the retainers Of the eastern po-
tentate attempt to kidnap Rosamund.
The second effort brings success. Sir
Andrew killed and the brethren WuH
and Goodwin stupefied by drugged
wine, Saladin's agents hurry their fair
prize on to a galley and hale her on
to be presented to the court OF her
powerful uncle. There follows whiri-
wind Of incident and adventure The
brethren hasten to Syria on the mad
quest of rescue. Treachery brings
Rosamund to the court Of Al-je-bal,
terrible ruler over assassins. whose
stronghold is in the Businesses OF the
mountains of Lebanon. Fate draws
her rescuers there also. A web or con-
spiracy and murderings, a sudden
veer from death. escape for all three
and at last unexpected clemency from
Sala Tin, the plot carries through a
dramatic fight upon the narrow bridge
the country of the dreaded Al-je-bal
and at last the terrible battle on the
Hill of Hattin, where the last vestige
of Christian power in Palestine was
swept away. Through the whole tale
is upheld the abiding love between
the twin brothers Wulf and Goodwin,
beneath this the tangle or the love of
both Of them for the fair Rosamund.
If only Rider Haggard could match
his style with his imagination he would
easily rank with Maurice Hewitt as
first among romance writer's. Unfor-
tunately his writing. spirited and
vivid though it may be, is not that
of a stylist, is even slipshod at tinfes.
One who allows himself to say, Has
san threw the corner of his cloak over
his head and eyes that he might
neither see nor hear their voices" is
his own worst opponent in the bid for
recognition as a careful writer.
Mcclure. Phillips G. Co., New York;
price 81 SOD
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-11-27

bound by tryst to Mr.. Danski After
spending many burning summers and
hyperborean winters in Siberia to
quote the authors phrase-she re-
turns to victorious Japan at the close
of the war and again meets the IN
evitable Mr.. Danski. At grim moon
light meeting he urges his suit with a
revolver, but Hana's faithful dog
springs at the villains throat, the
weapon falls from hin fingers. strikes
a rock explodes and the bullet finds
Mr.. Danskis black heart. of course,
Hama weds the now thoroughly dys-
pepsia-proof Mr.. Conner of Chicago
and the romance is drawn to close
mid clouds of painted maple leaves.
Ingenious is the word that fits the
characterization Of this quaint jap
anese novel. Gensai Mural has read
just enough of "Ouida," Archibald
Clavering Gunter, and Marie Corelli,
possibly, to believe himself possessed
OF the true Occidental story telling
idea; with this as foundation he has
built up a tale of japanese flavor
which is neither strictly Occidental nor
strictly Japanese Eurasian is this
CHI Oh Eastern ingenuity anu
Western idea. Its characteristics
are not those of heredity, but
those due to the acquisi-
tiveness of one of the parents. A
study of the novel is a delight as we'll
as a benefit to the English reader, for
IT shows the fiction idea Of the West
as interpreted according to japanese
lights. By it we may see just how
much weight our conventions and
traditions of fiction bear with a
writer schooled to totally different
standards.
must not neglect to commend the
art work in this book. Kwasun Su-
suki has contributed a remarkably eff
fective box cover for the volume, be-
sides three colored plates, reproduced
from many imprints Of wood blocks,
which are of remarkable beauty.
Eard-painted feur de lis, upon fawn
colored silk, make striking inside
backs. Altogether Hama, Daughter
OF Japan" is a book to be priced.
(Sold by the Shimbashi-Do, No. l
Izumo-cho, Shimbashi, Tokio.)
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acts. The father is likewise blocked
out in strong lines. veritable Matthias
of THE Bells" touched with the faint
of ligious pharisaisr,. Rodney Mer-
riam is not so surely fixed; he is too
much the gentleman Of the old school
to be the present day man Of the world
Nicholson would have him. The SOL
der, Captain Pollock, has as little to do
With the story as you or /.
(Bobbs- Merrill Company. Indiana
polls; illustrated. price 81 SOD
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Cameron was a real generous girl Mr..
Howells is competent to handle such
bypaths effectively. Mr.. Nicholson is
not. A tale filled with RESPONSIVENESS Of
incident such as Nicholson's is has the
air of being stuffed and trussed like a
fowl for the roasting.
The character of the heroine is well
drawn forceful, self-willed girl with
a he.rt in the right place. Zelda keeps
the center of interest whenever she
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
The Leap-Year Party.

About one hundred happy ladies
assembled at the opera house last
Thursday evening, accompanied by
their gentlemen friends, who were en-
tertained very pleasantly by their fair
hostesses who provided an elaborate
lunch. 1t is unnecessary to state that
the ladies were fully equal to the emer-
gency and crowned themselves with
glory. The opera house was elabor-
ately decorated and furnished, especi-
ally for the occasion, with comfortable
chairs, tables and drapery. Dancing
was the main feature until late hour.
The guests were loud in their praise of
the reception. Many were in attend
ance from Remove, Driftwood, st.
Marys, Ridgway and other towns.
The music was furnished by Nc
Brides Orchestra, st. Marys The
cheerful manner in which they re-
sponded to the numerous encores was
evidence of two facts-that the dancers
as well as the orchestra were we'll
pleased. The orchestra, composed of
seven persons, is hard to beat
We understand the gents will give
the ladies a return reception in the
near future.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
Order EarlV.

We desire that all customers send in
their orders for ice cream, ices and
fancy baking early, for Christmas and
New Years, in order that all may be
served promptly. The City Bakery is
prepared to serve our customers with
the best of everything in our line.
Thanking the generous public for
their patronage during the past year
we cordially invite you all to visit our
establishment and see how nicely we
are prepared to meet your wants.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year, | remain,
Yours Thankfully,
Mrs. c. G.. SCHMIDT,
The City Bakery.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-22
Service of Thanks.

The union Thanksgiving service in
the beautiful new First Presbyterian
Church, last Sunday evening, attract
ed large congregation. The sermon
by the Rev. Robt. McCaslin dealt with
the elements of our country's great
ness and strength; pointed out some
evils that are a menace to our stability
as a nation and urged upon those pres
ent the duty of combating the foe with
fearless courage. 1t was an able dis
course and was heard with closest at
tention by those present The Rev. T.
w. Twichell, of the First Baptist and
the Rev. o. S. Metzler, of the First
Methodist, assisted in the services.
The singing by the united choir was a
pleasing feature.