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author bad paid TO Carlyle mGnY years
ago Souietoiy recallei that tie hearor
Ian to lie on his guam again tho en-
pha'ic manner Of Carlyle's ute GnceA 81
he Srould tako oYerytf ing sai BY TIE
prom ct too literally. Grant Dun thinks
that tho caution vas Rpplit alde 70 Cariyle5
observation that Fitzgerald could surely
have employed hi4 time bettor than In
translating the verses Of that old MO-
hammoIan blaokgUard.' Perhaps, too, TO
what he said about Tennyson: i nave
the greatest possible respect and admira-
ton for him as q man, but don't care about
his writings. To. think Of him dTibbhng
bis powerful intellect through the giniet
holes Of poetryl' When Carlyle was told
Of the death Of John Stuart Mil, he said;
1t h. wy strange that We who we're once
so very intimate have had no connmunlca-
ton Tor so long a time. John Mill was ex-
tremely kind TO me at a very difficult period
OF my life. and / was most grateful 70 MIN
Our last meeting was opposite the old In
dia House. ] asked him to meet under
my roof Margaret Fuller, Of whom Emer-
son talked 90 highly. he refused very
CURLY, and could see be was much I'M
tated with me. Why. l never have been
able TO make out, unless, conoeivably. some
one had repeated an Insignificant jest OF
mine about him and Mrs. Taylor picking
grapes Oh the same bunch like couple OF
love birds Carlyle went on to recall
that the commencement Of Mills close
relation with that lady was very odd. She
heard that there was a young man in Lon
don who knew all about the infinite, 80 she
summoned him, and. setting him down
opposite her. gazed at him with her great
eyes. John Mill, who had never in his
life looked closely on a female countenance,
not even on that Of a COW, was subjugated
at once.
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vii

We read Of Browning in the first Of these
volumes that be said he thought Landor's
conversation, when he was talking on a
congehial lite a-y subject, the best to
which he had ever listened. Amusing IL
letter about Browning Written by Frederick
Tennyson In 1884; Though have the high
eat esteem for Browning, and believe him
10 be a man Of infinite learning, Jest and
bonhomH ME, and, moreover, a sterling heart
that reverbs no hollowness, l verify believe
his school Of poetry TO be the most gro
tesoue conceivable! With the exception Of
the Blot on the "'Scutcheon,' through
which you may possibly grope your way
without the thread Of an Ariadne, the rest
Of his poems appear to me to be Chinese
puzzles, trackless lGbyrinths, unApproaoh-
able nebulosties. Yet he has a yer catholic
taste in poetry. doing justice TO everything
good In all poets, past OF present, and he lie
one who has a profound admiration OF
Alfred 't
In June, 1892. our author sent 10 Dr..
Alexander, the Archbishop Of Armagh, a
copy OF De Tabley's 'Flora Of Cheshire. .
on account Of the description contained In
q letter from De Tabley 70 0rent Dun Of bis
LAle1anders) great triumph At oxford,
when, a. a young and unknown clergyman,
be recited his sQds on Che Death Of the Duke
Of Wellington. Ina yery ipterssting reply
the Archbishop uiantionsd. that on nearly
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III

There are a great many illusions to Glad
stone in these volumes. At q club dinner
In February, 1895. somebody gave an ac-
count Of a visit to Farringford with the
Duke Of Argyll, during which Tennyson
read q poem on the death Of the Duke Of
Wellington, and, A. the words
who never sold the truth TO serve the hour.
Nor peltered With eternal God for power.
interjected. as am afraid Gladstone is
doing now In June, 1894, Sir NJ. Z. Grant
DUFF heard the secret history Of the Opium
Commission. Il appears that Gladstone.
knowing that the fanatics commanded many
votes, and personally caring mighty little
about Indian revenues, had made up his
mind 10 assent 10 a motion intended to
stop the export Of Indian opium TO China.
and 10 speak in favor Of the same. Much
communication passed between him and
Lord Kimberl y, then Secretary Of State
for India. Gladstone stood firm against
all remonstranoes. Kimberly said Very
well. then, tell him that / will resign.
Gladstone said: A pistol has been put 10
my head. What can dof'-and the COM
mission was the compromise arrived at
Meeting George shaw-Le'evre In January,
1897, our author learned from him that he
had Just seen Gladstone, and had asked
him whether a Prime Minister could invite
a man 10 Join his Cabinet without consulting
his colleagues. 1T il a very moot point,
was the reply. but Il has certainly been
done. Lord Russell invited Goschen 10
become q member Of his Cabinet without
consulting me. although ] was leader OF
the House az the time.
What was Gladstone's object In writing
about Homer and the Homerio age when he
was deeply immersed in political businessi
An amusing explanation given at the time
was that his real purpose was 10 induce
his vile to call upon Helen Of Greece, at
whom she might be disposed 10 look
asLance. II seems that the jooose saying In
the original form was the offspring OF Lady
Waldegrave. Henry Grenfell tells ouI
author 10 letter; she lady Waldegravel
brought It out without an idea that chs
was saying anything brilliant, and forgot
Il as soon az she had said IL, A few day.
afterward .repeated IL 10 Lady There's
Lewis, and she was 20 pleased with Il thai
abe made Il her own, and Il was always
quoted a. hers, A year afterWard VA
q Lady WAideEraysb, and abe quoted q
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VIII

The name Of Mr.. W. z H. Lecky Ia en-
countered frequently in these volumes. In
April. 1897, our author met him in a railway
carriage coming up TO London. and the
two had much discourse. Leoly said that
il required a man to have been at oxford
10 understand Why Jowett was placed on
80 very high a pedestal Grant Duff re-
Piled that much as he liked and admired
Jowett. he must admit that some Of the
estimates OF the Masters merits were e1-
cessive; adding that he himself put both
Stanley and Milburn above him. Jecky
agreed, and dwelt on the mAnysidedness
OF the latter. @Whately,E he said, was
our mentor in my Trinity. Dublin, days
We we're brought up on his logic and White
sides rhetoric. Neither was quite the
best, but both Of them deeply colored our
lives In March. 1899, our author came
upon Lecky in the lobby Of the Athensum.
He found that his friend had been much
amused b. a quotation which he had come
upon IN q then recent instalment Of Notes
from a Diary and repeated Il: 'PIis j.
eonnais lss Nominee, plus JddHirs Zee ehisHs. >
Leoky added that Miss Cobbe used to say
i love dogs by nature; human beings only
by RIaco. t.sa -vr
In February. Iso6 Mr.. Arthur Balfour
told Grant DuR that lord Aoton'S. leo
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Carlyle, who figured M conspiouously
In former instruments OF this diary, APP
pears now and then even in these con-
Guiding volumes. In April, 1885, Miss Shaw
related 70 our author how at 10 she had
been carried OF by Ruskin to sec Carlyle.
The prophet at first would do nothing but
rail at London laundresses for starching
shirts 40 much that he broke his nails in
struggling with his buttonholes. After
be had gone on in this fashion for some
time. Ruslkin said 10 him: Now. this
little girl has come 20 you 20 hear some
thing interesting. Tell her something she
will remember all her life In that case, >
said the seer, 1 had perhaps better talk
TO her Of my own young days and he
proceeded TO describe very wildly his
father and his fathers friends. Il seems
that one Of these, a Mr.. Bell, had had a
very strange experience, He was riding
home one night In a thunderstorm. A
great fash came, and by It's light he saw.
not far from the path he was following
an assembly OF men just lifting their hands
20 take the oath 10 the Covenant.
In June, 1890. the Bishop Of Peters
borough. who bad just returned from
Moscow, astonished Grant Dun by telling
him that In conversation with Pobiedo-
nostseh, the high priest Of Russian reao-
ton, II bad transpired that the favorite
English author Of that rodoubtable per
sOnAge was Carlyle. and that his fayorite
Engliah poem ives Morris's Earthly Para
dise's AZ breahfsAt In June, 1900. the
talk drifted 70 q visit which Tyndhn and our
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riRK SQUIRRELS ARE THIN.
Last winters Deep SNOW Kept Them From
Their stOrehouses,

Last winters Deep SNOW Kept Them From
Their stOrehouses,
II there should be an unexpected crop
Of seeding hickories, chestnuts and peoans
In various inappropriate parts Of Central
Park this summer. the mystery may be
solved upon application TO any Of the several
thousand squirrels that inhsbit the park.
The squirrels are provident race, and last
fall. in prospect Of hard winter prophesied
by the wisest Of all the colony, they buried
a good part Of the nuts given to them by a
friendly public. Then came the snow
Unexpectedly early and deep, and 1t lay
90 long that not only we're the nuts buried
beyond recovery at the time when they
were most needed, but the squirrels even
lost the location Of their treasures A
good many Of those lost nuts will ne yer he
found until they have terminated.
Meanwhile the squirrels, deprived Of
the Just rewards OF their natural proyl-
denoe, have come through the winter sadly
changed from their sleek selves OF six or
bedraggled and NANCY, and there u scarce
a perfect brush among them. In their
thin and tatterod condition they show
more plainly than ever their couslnshlp
10 those less interest ing rodents, the gray
rats, also denizens Of the park.
Visitors TO the park Fed the squirrels
all winter, but charity is a poor substitute
for the savings Of a provident life and
besides some Of the oldest friends OF the
squirrels were kept much at homo by the
severe weather. When matters came IN
the worst the park authorities awoke 20
the necessities Of the case and placed the
squirrels on the pension list.
The pension took the form Of a semi.
weekly dole Of peanuts which we're placed
under several Of the park houses, so they
o Jud be easily found by those for whom
they were intended, Thus the squirrels
were preserved alive. or II there was
any serious mortality among them the
fact was successfully concealed.
With the coming OF spring the old friends
Of the squirrels returned to their accus-
toned haunts Ia the park, and nuts are d ;
plentiful as ever. Fortunately for squirrel
evolution, the unpleasant experience %
last winter has not sufficed 70 destroy their
provident instinct, and In spite Of sinea
rude shock TO the credit Of their ordinary
banks Of deposit the squirrels cont lnue 60
bury part Of the provisions supplied 10y
visitors, II takes more than one suspen-
sion OF specie payments 70 damage the
financial sense Of 90 provident race and
the squirrels are Elm uncompromising
advocates Of bard money. -
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SOME NER hooks.
me Last Of Grant Dun. RemIni,ccr

me Last Of Grant Dun's "Reminiscences.
Two volumes, that constitute the thir-
tenth and fourteenth Of the SERVES. brinE
10 a close Notes From a Diary by the Ri 1T.
Hon. Sir MoUNTsrUART r. GRANT DUFF II.
p. Dutton CO... The half century covered
by this diary begins on New Years Day
IN 1851. when the author, having just take n
his degree at O1foru, had reached Avignon,
on his way 10 pay his first visit TO Rome,
and II ends with January. % 1901,
when the Pnvy Council took the oath Of
allegiance TO King Edward VII. In the
two volumes now before US, az In their
predecs ssors, the author has carefully
avoided what have been the chief interests
Of his life. politics and administra-
ton. He opines that concerning these
he has discoursed suffic iently in many books
and speeches. In many lives, however,
and particularly in a life 30 diversified as
the authors, there are whole tracts OF in
tsrest lying outside the boundaries Of the
chief one and II IL with such outlying tracts
that The selectiops from the diary mainly
deal. We are told in a preface that the
late Mr.. r. II. Hutton (of the Spectator.
whom commenting on these notes, blamed
the author for not bringing into prominence
what he disliked, as we'll rs what be liked.
In Sir Mountstuarts opinion, the blame was
not deserved because most people have
an abundance Of dislilIes Of their own, and
do not want to be troubled with the dis
likes Of others. II is easy enough TO guess
from his redcence whom the author has
disliked. There is scarcely anything In
these volumes about Lord Rosebery; Swim
burma Ia nentioned but once: Lord Roberto
and Charles Resde not at all
In our references 10 the concluding in
stalment Of these Notes From Diary, We
shall conhns ourselves for the most part
TO marking what the author has to say
about distinguished persons In whom Amer
leans are particularly interested. The
"Reminiscences that we have singled out
for reproduction relate to Palmerston,
Beaconsfeld, Gladstone, Salisbury, A. j.
Balfour and John Morley; Carlyle, Tenny-
son, Browning, Matthew Arnold, Macaulay,
W. Z. Il. Lecky and Lord Acton
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"

There are but few references to the late
Lord Salisbury in these volumes Al
club dinner in February, 1897 our author
noticed that Lord Salisbury's mind was
much occupied with the Cretan troubles.
When talking OF these he said THE East
ern question makes me frequently regret
the death Of Ohenbach. 1t would have
Afforded him 20 much material" Subse-
auently he quoted from lady the apo
site remark: The Cretsns may be evil beasts,
but the Powers are certainly slow bellies.
On another occasion Lord Salisbury re-
marked about imperial federation: 1t
lends itself more to Peroration than 20
argument" Mr., A. j. Balfour's name Is
mentioned in the diary much oftener than
is his uncle's, yet we do not read much
about the former that IA worth quoting. At a
club dinner in May 1897. the talk wandered
to Cornewall Lewis. and our author asked
whether, II he had lived, Lewis would have
been Prime Minister. Various opinions we're
expressed. Ashley who no doubt reflected
Lord Palmerstons ideas, taking the air.
native view. Grant Dun recalls that Bal
four had drawn his impressions OF Lewis
from the writings Of Bagehot, for whom l
was glad 70 find he had an enthusiastic
admiration Under date Of June, 1899,
we are told that, when club dinner broke
up, Mr.. Arthur Balfour, who had been in
the chair, remarked: what would DIR.
johnson have said? We have had one
Irishman, four Scotohmen and only one
Englishman.- On the same occasion. Bal
four mentioned that some three weeks be-
fore he had seen Clemenceau, who was in
very low spirits. Brought up in the strict
eat sect Of the wonshipers Of 1889, he had
thought it's principles allsufficient until
quite lately; but now the dfdire DreNus
had staggered him not a little, and he
looked at many Of the events Of the last
hundred years in France through its at
mosphere. Our author had discovered in
the course Of the talk that Balfour was as
much devoted to Sainte-Beuve az he was
himself, finding quarter Of an hour over
one Of his books an infallible receipt for
cheerfulness.
In April, 1898, our diarist records that
John Morley. speaking at a club dinner
Of the lecture on Machiavelh which he
had recently delivered. expressed the
opinion that people were no better now
than they were in the sixteenth century.
Grant Dun dissented and quoted against
him TIrgot's remarks about the gems
oorron pus" OF his time, who would, be
said, hundred years before have passed
for very Capucins Our author added
that. while the INSCRIPTIONS people might
be Just as INSCRIPTIONS as ever, the vir-
tuous people had much increased in num-
Der and influence. At the same dinner
Morley paid incidentally high compliment
TO Lord Balfou Of Burleigh, a man seldom
heard ofin the United States. you must
excuse my telling you, said Morley, that
when Harcourt and passed you in the
street he remarked 10 me, There IL a man
who u At for any Office Morley went
on 10 say that Campbell Zimmerman be
longed in the same category, and would
do for Home Secretary, or War Secretary
or Chancellor Of the Exchequer, OF any
thing else.
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We hear In these volumes a good deal
about Lord Beaoonsheld, 10 whom the au-
thor, though a Liberal Of the mid-oentury
type, seems 10 have felt kind Of invol,n-
tary attraction. When lmohing with the
RSissSllS Of Alden IN June, 1898, our author
was told by the Duchess Of Buckin CHAM
% Lord RowtOn's authority, that Disraeli
had once looked up at George Smythe's
portrait, and said: II that man bad lived,
/ should never lave been Prime Minister.
Mn. Russell said that her father, Mr.. Ball
NJ had told bar that the best picture Of her
uaela. amyths va the sWSlderShAFe:, Of
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-01-27
: Jueves I'ebrero > y Ii.

rE, JueVss Febrero y Ii.
Ests yapor conecta con les vapo.
res de esta CompaiTia para ew York
Sc recib9 carga hasta los u del dia-
ante de Aida. Sc vendea pasajes en-
la ofcina nasla las 1 de la tarde del
dIa anterior gu salida.
FL vaporey ASCOs llevando
solamente, saldra para todos los puer-
tos de la Isla 4 las l. de la noche en-
las siguientes fechas; porsl ESTE, Enc
ro ls, Febrero y Is, por sl OESTE,
Jueves Enero y, Febrero %. Sc
admite carga hasta as u del dia an.
terror q la salida.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-01-27
Tha New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company
Bo uontatO Postal con CoBemO de los khdosUnhs de America

Dos yapores, ol sSAN JUAN, Y
eARkAD NJ hacen viajes regnlares
entire New Orleans y Porto Rico He
yando pasaj jeros carga.
La carga para los vapares de Nue.
va YORK SO recibira en- ell muelle has
ia l. del dia antes de salida, yno mas
tarde.
SERVICIO DE CABOTAJE. Ell
vapor <PORTO RICO, saldra de San
Juan a las de la madrugada para tc-
dos los puertos de la Isla en- las ST.
gaientes fachas, dor el ESTE, Miarco-
les Enero -, Febrero ) -, por el OES-
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Ell|iRZ:xMdS|6}a
f130633f1
Phenomena Of Chemical Reaetle rs.

Fhehomena OF Chemical Reactlc rs,
Is there a wireless telegraph, In
chemical reactions? In one of n any
recent experiments tending to give an
Affirmative reply. a large quantity OF
chlorate and sugar mixture was pre-
pared little of this was placed In
basin and while the rest of the mix
ture was held behind the operator in
large mortar, strong sulphuric acid
was added to the former, causing Il to
ignite in the usual way. Immediately
afterward the rest OF the mixture
blazed up. although 1t was impossible
that sulphuric acid could have touched
1t. 1t is thought that violent chem.
ical reaction may convert the space In
Its Immediate vicinity into a medium
that Will accelerate or even induce
chemical activity. II It be true the
importance OF the investigation can.
not he overestimated. The prepare
tons and violent reactions that go on
from day to day in a laboratory may be
| altering the molecular arrangement OF
the substances In the neighborhood
OF the demonstrative benches. Those
in charge OF chemical laboratories
testify to the unaccountable altera.
tions In certain substances. Again
does weather influence the communi.
cation between one chemical reaction
and another? The results of the ex.
periments changed from day to day.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-30

An important advance has been
made In the United States with regard
TO standards Of purity for food prod.
rc,s The secretary OF agriculture has
bcca authorized by congress TO A.
standards. and In order that they may
be Just and reasonable he In authorized
TO call to his assistance the experts
OF the Association OF ofieiai Agricui.
'ural Chemists. and other experts, us
he may see NJ. to advise him In regard
10 such matters. The work OF nxcer.
'ainins these proper standards. In col.
liberation with the Association Of OF.
nelai Agricultural Chemists. ha. been
committed to IN. bureau OF chemistry.
Already considerable progress has
been mad. along this line Of invest.
cation and u number OF standards OF
food products have already been nscd
by proclamation. II Ii proposed TO
extend thi. work until practically ali
tho substances used n. foods. bower.
ages. and condiments shall have n
nxcd standard Of purity. to which all
manufacturers may attain by proper
care In the preparation Of products
Of this Kind.
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Purihes the Water.

being flexible but not resilient. Sc.
cured upon the elcetrodo Ii cap.
which engages the lower end OF the
cork. The use and advantages OF the
Invention Will be readily understood,
When an electric current from bat.
terry, dynamo or other generator IL
passed through III. two electrodes the
liquid within the bottle Will be sub.
jeo,ed TO electroly,ic action. which
Will remove all impurities. In this way
such liquids ms beer. ale. porter. etc.
which require the removal OF all air.
can be preserved. The current can be
readily controlled by n rheos,at or
bank OF lamps. 30 that the temperature
To which the liquid Is heated by the
current can be- controlled.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-30

A recent invention Of California
man Is an apparatus for purifying wa.
ter, and one which can also be used
for aging liquids which have already
been bottled. The LIQUID is subjected
to electrolytic action for removing all
impurities, whether they be In suspen.
sion or solution. and the liquid hei. ted
and any air within the bottle exhaust.
ed. In the illustration is shown a cor
talner. which can be OF glass or aim.
ilar material, having an electrode in
the bottom. The electrodc is In the
form OF platinum wire. which Is
nodded In the bottle. The neck OF the
bottle is closed by removable cork
stopper. an eloctroic extending
through the center. This eiectrode is
also made from piece OF platinum
wire, and has It's inner end. which is
within the bottle. cuiled. so that 1t can
be adjusted to any length by stretch.
Ing or contracting the coil. the wire
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-30
NEAT AND INEXPENSIVE HovsE
Can Be Built Complete for the Small
Cost Of S875.

The accompanying sketch and
ground floor plans are for subur-
ban cottage that should serve many
who desire to build n neat, Inexpensive
dwelling. 1t is 24x27 feet and is set
on cedar posts or brick piers. The
walls are built Of 2x4 inch studs. COW
cred with building paper and matched
siding or clap boards. The roof and
gable ends are shingled with stained
shingles in two shades OF green. to
give II a notified appearance. The
clap boards are painted creamy
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-30

\ say. old fellow. what's n sarase'"
ITS u place where n fool who thinks
nc can drive motor car a. well a.
anybody IL parted from his money. and
where they take automobiles for rc-
pair that havenr enough horse sense
10 keep to the middle of tho road"
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-30

Not sine" Dir. syn,ass celebrated
tour In search OF wife has there
been anything to compare with King
Alfonso'r swing around tn. circle In.
sr.otinr tn. marriasoabic pflnccsscs
u Europe.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-30

A Chicago woman go, n divorce be.
cause her husband Insisted upon play.
ing tn" plano. Now he ought TO
marry the woman who got = divorce =
few weeks ago because her husband
made her PLAY the plano.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-30

when two preachers met at Rich
mond. Va. few days ago they Rugged
each other 80 for,cntly that one OF
them retired with broken rib. This
shows that even brothcrly love can so
Too far.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-30

The bridegroom who tried to travel
In his brides trunk will probably
never be able to cut loose from her
apron string.