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New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

earnestness and unrfvaIed diaectic the abuses ana
ey the o. DUKE of ancaster to clerical zsaIots for
administrative reform, and so ended one OF th9
most deeply interesting episodes in the political
history Of England
The man whom Lancaster needed and used
he had the grace to defend when later the
former brought to hook for his open de-
nunciations of ecclesiastical corruption. and the
author almost loses the labOred pOse Of the
balanced historian he depicts the exciting AMI
well attested scene Of the trial. Going further
he shows the duke the vender Of indulgencaa
as the patron and protector of friars and the or
ders, heaping wealth and favOrs upon them. and
only objecting to the extension of their worldly
power when it took political turn and threat
ened privileges in which he interested But
it is as the friend and patron of Chaucer that
Lancaster is presented in the most faVOraole
light He gave throughout life consistent sup
port to the poet, and amply has 1t been repaid
One could wish that this side of his Character
had received fuller treatment at the hands OF
his biOgraoher.
A study of the Middle Ages is OF necessity
largely concerned with dynastic problems and
disputes for, as our author aptly says. the na-
tions had not yet learned to fight for religions
or for markets They fought for the hereditary
rights of their sOvereigns- John Of Gaunt TOOK
a leading share in those battles y powerful
factor Of government during much of the
minority OF his nephew. flchard H. ne "GS
near enough the throne in a time of great dis
turbance to arouse suspicious of his loyalty
while for period of many years he was the
avowed pretender to the throne OF CASTLE In
pursuit of this will-Of-the-wisp he spent years
of his life and wasted the prestige of his coun-
try. Upon this point the keynote to his char
acter according to his biOgrapher, John OF
Gaunt never realized the hOpelessness of his
position. The fundamental folly of the Plan
tagenet claim to France and of the Lancastrian
claim to CASTLE was the same-the attempt TO
force an alien dynasty on high spirited people,
keenIy sensible of their national honor" AS
this long cherished hope had to be Telnqulshed,
so, too, John of Gaunt saw the beginning of the
end of English rule in Aquitaine- 1t is the testl-
mony of a contemporary that the chief grievance
of the Gascons the monopoly of official
positions by Englishmen-a peculiarly persistent
trait of the dominant race, as the Belgians found
in 1880 and the NOrwegians more recently
This work bears every evidence of careful and
painstaking research. and while removing from
a great figure the reprOach Of having no
biographer will take its place as a valuable
contribution to the history of highly interest
ing epoch
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

dynasty, and forbear of other Edwards, of Rich
ard III, of the first Tudor King. not to speak Of
Isabella, the friend of Columbus; of Prince
Henry the Navigator and numberless princes
and potentates of Spain and Portugal, there is
abundant material. contemporary and postum
nous, from which to construct the biography for
which he has waited for these five hundred
years.
Born in 1910. John of Gaunt was a product of
the age of chivalry. and his life was spent he
fore the great awakening Of the Renaissance
struck the fetters from the intellectual life of
Europe. OF vast possessions and ambitions.
though his natural position was enhanced bv
fortunate marriages, even his first. biographer
While finding him profoundly interesting cannot
pronounce him hero. "The great feudatory
with princely wealth and imposing retinue ap-
pears now as the patron of letters now as a
knight errant in search of adventures now as
general-usually unfortunate-nOw as the pre-
tender aspiring to a throne Military fame
eludes him; the laurels of victory wither at his
touch; royal dignity escapes him; the crown and
sceptre are beyond his reach. He stands by the
steps of two thrones; he cannot mount to
either" 1t is an impressive summary. and the
author has spared pains to sft and weigh
the great amount of historical evidence at his
disposal in order to construct living portrait
of his subject. He labors under no Illusions
He is cold, patient. analytical 1t is hard to
arouse high degree of enthusiasm for one who
was among the most unpopular figures of his
own day; but any effort of the writer to invest
his subject with halo of fictitious interest to
deck 1t out with some of the gorgeous color of
a splendid age could not fail to be attended by
departure from the highest standard of rig
impartiaity. In effect then, we have a chronicle
in which the sequence of proved facts counts
for more than vivid picture of the times In
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
THE PICTURE POSTCARD.
It's -4mazing Developments.
From The London Telegraph

From The London Telegraph
Figures only to be described as staggering are
dealt with in a return that has just been issued
by the Postal Union for the year 1903. and the
mind fails to realize what is contained in the
statement that in that period of twelve months
> 259I. 100000 letters were posted in Great
Britain. The correspondence of all other COuu-
tries is. of course tabulated. and in regard 70
postcards Germany heads the list with 1161.-
O00O O0O to be followed by the United States
with II0.500 900 of such miSSiveS. this country
taking the third place with 613O0OOO0 That.
however. is sufficiently striking total, and is a
good evidence of the popularity of the picture
card, which. of course. has been a largely con-
tributing factor to the vast mass Japan, it is
interesting to note, has the fourth place in the
worlds employment Of postcards. and used
about 4S7. 500. 900 during the same time.
With aggregates so StupendOuS as these 1t is
obvious that the picture postcard is item OF
no little Importance alike from the point of
view of the national revenue and of commerce.
1t was known and employed in Germany about
twenty years ago, but il is only twelve years
it into vogue here. Some four years of persist
ent endeavOr with the pOstOffice were required
before it was sanctioned. but on November 1.
1898. restrictions were removed, and it could be
sent. But the earliest had. of course. to con-
form to the regulation size. which square,
and the pictorial establishment had to leave at
the back any space that was desired for writ
ing. The next great stride forward was 70 its
present dimensions. with the concession of half
of the front for written communication thus
leaving all the back for artistic treatment
Since then it's progress has been uninterrupted
and is steadily continuing
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
9be Ne1aoS2looa1.k gribnpsees
SUNDAY. AUGCSY 20, 1905.

Candid confession is not only good for the
Soul-it sometimes serves the useful purpose of
setting the thoughts of other men on their own
tesetting sins Some years ago Mr.. G. S. Street
concluded a story with these words: up stairs
WAS 4 dead woman on a bed, with what had
1aemed Il smile upon her lips" He thought it
q bonny climax then but he has changed his
mind and would not to-day indulge in any sucn
cynical sentimentality as that with which, we
gather. the story in question brims over. Why
not? Because, as he points out in a diyertlng
little paper on Sentiment and Feeling" the
passage of time makes difference Having
had my share of thought and feeling in the in
terval," he says, 81 find the probable emotion
Cf the man in the story too painful to describe
and dissect I can realize it more acutely, and
| turn away from it. Then l had no misgiving.
1t 1.-THE dreary motive of the talel seemed
rather fatuously perhaps-a good idea, and L
set myself quite cheerfully to imagine what
the man would have felt and to describe it in
the best phrases at my command" All honor
to Mr. Street for his frank admission Of an
old mistake! But he goes further and puts his
finger on the cauSe-eyen more potent than
fiat inexperience-of so much of the foolish
Gloom in contemporary fiction. TT is polite"
lie remarks "but it is not reasonable to assume
that all these writer's are enthusiasts for art.
Il is probable, certain that in some of
them imaginative sympathy is blunt" There's
tie rub! 1t is because our depressing writers
lave no real sympathy for the woes of their
puppets that they rob q tragic theme of all its
dignity that they substitute sentimentality for
feeling and make solemn things merely dis
tasteful
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
THE GREEN ROSE.

Canon EIlacombe. in The Cornhiu Magazine
am bound to say that this rose meets with very
little admiration; the general verdict is More
curious than beautiful" But like the rose. and
even admire it; and to bOtanists il is extremely
valuable, because it is one of the best proofs we
have that all parts of plant above the root are
notifications of the same thing. and in the green
rose every part may be called a leaf 1t is
variety of the common China rose, came to
England about 1850 and is quite constant It
also gives strong support to the view held by
many great bOtaniStS that all flowers were
originally green, and that the COlOrs in flowers
are analogous to the autumn tints of leaves and
IN the green rose the flowers generally put on
reddish tint when they begin to fade. In this
view, the green rose, now have it, is
reverSOn TO older state OF the rose, or. II may
be, q continuance of an undeveloped rose.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

The official biography OF Cardinal Newman
was to have been written by his literary execu-
Tor. the late Father Neville but years went by
without any serious start being made. Nj
Wlltrid Ward, who has undertaken TO do the
work. is qualified TO make a good book on the
subject without much delay, but matter
or fact, he is going to take his time. and il IS
expected that he Will not publish for three or
four years
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
fHE CRUEL FAIR.

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY LYRIC.
Thou sent'st to me a heart was crowned;
l took it to be thine,
But when 1 saw it had a wound
l knew that heart was mine.
A bounty of a strange conceit!
To send mine own to me.
And send it in a worse estate
Than when it came to thee.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

"Old John of Gaunt, time hOnored Lancaster" >"
has filled large space in song and story. but
never till now has this descendant of kings and
progenitor of many mOnarchs enjoyed the dis
tinction of a separate biography. He has had.
however, the inestmable advantage of name
uniquely descriptive and therefore not to be for
gotten. A good nickname is a valuable trade
mark. Ghent, the modern English form of the
name of his birthplace, would be commonplace
in comparison mere bald geographical ex-
preston. But Gaunt; how vastly more effective.
how suggestive of the grim personality of the
bearer! BY his name alone he stands out dis
tinct, individual and memorable. And So as he
was of Edward III. who ruled England for
fifty years: father of Henry ". who changed the
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

Every auction season in London brings out
de same melancholy declaration, 1--WE are be
ing undOne by our Transatlantic ceusins! 1t
is 100 bad, no doubt, but for the life of us we
cannot understand why the worlds treasures
Cf literature and art should not be preserved,
in part, on these shores well as in England;
can we see why Transatlantic cousins
90 not defend their possessions against us by
tie natural means available. The other day
four first foos of Shakespeares plays were
put up at SOtheby's and realized $4,000 They
went to an American collector, whereupOn 4
Manchester paper remarks that "the amount
spent by the government annually on pictures
and other works of art is as nothing when
compared with the unlimited purses of Ameri-
can millionaireS, and it is therefore evident
that the only course that remains open, if pri-
vate literary and art treasures are to be re-
tained in this country, is legislation" To which
che feels inclined to retOrt, "Fiddlesticksr' The
action of the Italian Government is quoted in
support of the argument but no comparison is
possible between the two countries. Vast for
tunes are practically unknown in Italy, but
Great Britain abounds in wealthy land owners.
brewers, manufacturers, financiers and South
African and other millionaireS.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
JOHN OF G4UNT.
Il Good Biography of "Time Hon
Ored Lancaster" p"

JOHN OF GAUNT. KING OF CASTLE AND
LEON. DUKE OF A0UITAINE AND Ian
CASTER. EARL OF DERRY, LINCOLN AND
LEICESTER, SENESCHAL OF ENGLAND.
By Sydney Armitage- Smith. Illustrated. Svo,
PIP. XXviii. 400. Charles Scrbner,s Sons.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

1t is amusing to watch Mr.. Swinburnes crit
ing Loves Cross Currents" with justice and
1t the same time with a proper sense of the
respect due to his rank as a poet and veteran.
Some Of them succeed, but others ''SlOp OVer''
The reviewer of The AthenHum' is wonderful
on the subject. Mr. Watts-Dunton to whom
the book is dedicated, retired from that journal
not long ago, but he left behind him equally
piOuS upholders of the Swinburnan tradition.
Is the resurrection Of the buried bantling" de-
precated? Then, says he, you have merely to
observe that it was not buried in manuscript
but in The Tatler,' and therefore "the dues-
tion comes to end" Have we any critical
doubts? with regard to the merits or dement's
OF the book, any critic who should say that its
literary quality is not of a high order ought at
once to abandon his profession" "Off with his
Iead'' said the Queen. But there are still
more brilliant gems in this prodigious review,
which, by the way, has the place of honor and
runs TO inOrdnate length. Do we still resist
Lady Midhursts letters alone" thunders the
pontilf, Ought to be cherished by the busy
connoisseurs who ransack two hemispheres for
lost Lambs" Obviously all that is needed to
make the eulogy complete is the customary allu-
sion to Mr. Watts-Dunton, his genius and of
course, it is made. Citing one of Byron's fin
est things to show the power of an epistOlary
touch in narrative, the critic adds that "per-
haps Il not less striking proof e ig to be
found in Mr.. Watts-Dunton's lyrical drama.
The Coming Of Love-"
BravoI
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

tie hard to find Q thornless rose;
but the sweetness of the flower makes
up for the bitterness of the thorn.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

n y y
Nothing ID recent years has 90
clearly emphasized the urgent
need fol revision Of criminal
procedure 10 this country as the
packers cases 10 Chicago. More
than three years have elapsed
since the 6rst step was taken by
the government TO prosecute the
packers for violations Of the 6her
man act and the regulations Of the
interstate commerce statute. And
set the packers have not even
been brought to bay. Their cases
we're act for trial at Chicago last
Monday, but the defendants felt so
sure Of the success OF their tactics
Of delay that they did not trouble
themselves even to appear in court
1t may be years before these cases
reach q final adjudication in the
appellate rts--that is, assuming
that the government will be sue.
cessful in the lower courts. The
packers are more likelystO die Of
old age than to pay any penalty
for their outrageous and audacious
conspiracy to levy tribute upon
the American people.
President Roosevelt stated re-
Gently that 'sthe machinery OF the
department Of justice has been
strained to the utmost" in the ef-
fort to punish the beef trust. If
that Is so (though there really has
not been enough effort made to
strain a gnat) it is clearly appar-
ent that the machinery Of Justice IL
entirely too antiquated and clumsy
to protect society. The sooner
business-like methods are adopted
to insure swifter and more certain
| Justice the better it will be, not
only for the people generally, but
for the lawyers who sell their ia
Tents to defeat justice. The ethics
i ~ khoir rrnfooainn disskoton that
the lawyers themselves should
| take the lead in reforming the
criminal practice, but if their sense
Of honor is not 9 sufficient incen-
tive, they can find plenty Of good
reasons in enlightened seli-interest
The highest duty Of lawyer is to
defend society, and not its cri@i.
malls.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
ReverIe Of q Mosquito.

''It's q hard row to hoe," said
the mosquito, "and for growing,
this human race is the wonder Of
the universal I've got to live, as
well as the rest Of 'em; but II / ap.
preach q victim and sing ere |
sting, he grOwls, and swears he
wouldn't mind it 80 much if ]
didn't sing; then, il / steal upon
him silently, he complains that he
was hit without warning! And
then, when the doctors can't dis
cover 4 fever germ, they swear I'm
at the bottom Of the whole bust
ness, and have my picture taken,
and write books ab0nt me, and
make national regulations ct my
But it's all right, l
guess; and reckon I'll pull
through; I'm really 90 aristOcrat
in disguise. and good blood flows
IN my veins lin fact, the best in
the country
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
An eIesIrab Ie ImmIgrant.

a ! 4 u d d y
The Hawaiians are asking the
people Of the United States to be.
ware Of certain magazine adyer,
tisements extolling the beauties Of
lantana, packages Of the seeds Of
which are offered Tor the small
sum Of ID cents. The lantana is
represented as the most beautiful
multi colored shrub in Hawaii. 1t
grows in any climate under any
conditions, and is the pretiiest
thing imaginable, or words to that
effect. But-dispatches from Homo
lulu declare that instead Of being
desirable shrub, it is the worst
agricultural blight that the island
has aver known. Thousands Of
acres in Hawaii which had been
fertile and produced crops have
become wastes OF lantana after the
bush was introd in the island.
Acres OF rich valleys have become
impassable wastes through the
spread OF lantana. The territorial
government has expended thOus.
ands Of dollars in the effort to ex-
terminate the pest, but 90 far with
little Or no success. Il is repre-
sented that once the lantana gains
a foothOld it chokes out all other
vegetation and spreads with alarm
ing rapidity. The beauty Of the
multi colored blossoms does not
compensate for the destruction it
works on all other vegetation.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

Life has many wholesome lessons
for us, but when school takes In, we
all play truant.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

.I i 81 Vi tl.lf
Two clerical gentlemen entered
the mists together and side BY side
approached the pearly gate, says
the Milwaukee Journal. One Of
the clerical gentlemen had pos.
sessed but little worldly wisdom
and bis salary had been 5000 o
year, while the other had been
long on worldly wisdom and his
salary had been $4,000 q year. St.
Peter first examined the creden-
tials Of the poor clergyman.
"Walk right in; walk rightin,"
said he, ''and take q seat mp near
the front. You have done the
best you know how
Then he examined the creden-
tials Of the other.
'Crawl in mighty carefully" be
then said, "and take q seat way
back, where nobody will be likely
to see you.'s
tBut. sir" the outraged cleri-
cal gentleman protested, "do you
realize that l wasythe pastor Of St.
Judas parishf"
"That'siust it," was the sor-
rowiul answer; you've had the
most OF your reward already"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
He Was a Hero.

A Pullman porter was robbed Of
his hat and uniform In Atlanta. -
Brnnswick (Ga.) Journal.
This is the way the foregoing
paragraph is commented upon by
the LaGrahge Graphic: 1.-THE name
Of the gallant hero Of the story is
not given, but we challenge the
world to produce any incident in
which there is displayed such in
tense courage, such daredevil
recklessness, and we might add
such retributive Justice. The
mere thought Of the risk appalls
one. A Pullman porter, q man
used from infancy up to holding
up even the strongest and most
aggressive types Of manhood, q
being whose august presence
strikes terror to the bravest heart
and causes men to shake even
down to their pockat books, this
untamed being robbed! held up!
deprived Of his chief glory--his
uniform and his hatl The name
OF the hero should be found out
and a monument erected to him at
once"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
CART. GRARAN'S
| GRATITUDE
Suffered from Sores on Face and
Back Doctors Took His Money
But Did No Good Skin Now
Looks Clear as d Babys.
CURE BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES

Captain w. S. Graham, 1921 EoH
st., Wheeling, w. Va. writing June IA,
o4, says: I" i am 90 grateful I want to
hank God that a friend recommended
ruticura Soap aud Ointment to me. !
uttered for 4 long time with sores on
Ny face and back. Some dbct0re said
had blood poison, and others that I
had BARRIERS itch. None Of them did
lue any good, but they all took my.
money. My friends tell me my skin
how looks al. clear as a baby's, and /
tell them all that Cuticura Soap and
Ointment did it."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
WORD and WORKS NIagaatne.

n
Rev. III n. Hicks, the noted weather
forecaster Of st. Louis, Mo-, has for Is
years PAM edited 4 monthly Journal Of
national reputation, Word and Works,
We have received Word and Works II
this once and can testify 70 Ito value
q : family monthly. Psos Hicks has
just decided to change bis family
monthly. 70 magazine form and with
the Oetobsr number the monthly win
be beautiful magazine profuseIY III
lnstFated with half-tone engrAvingn.
ore pf TIE early fall numbers Of this
Eaagazine win contain Prof. Hicks
weather forecasts FOR the tirat ok
months ol 1905. The January, 1905.
number win contain the. weather fore
caste tor the second six months 81
1905 Thele two numbers AZ the mag
azins win take the plaoe Of The Hiokl
Almanac, which win Be discontinued.
The mattsr that has heretofore bsen
unbalanced "a the Hlcks Almanac each
s. win nov be found ia tho maya
|da ana much more. The price ok TIE
Word ana Works Magazine ID 10 cents
per copy u etOO psr year. Send ID
cents for copy 81 The October MN.
lsf, which ipes you fnil psftIcniafr
81 how the Ilckh weather f6recasts ioi
!, 49,. =. !. I1I.n-irt~ I'm s,,~. - s.f.s,,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
STILL ANOTHER CURE
Neck Covered With Sores, Hair
Fell Out, Wild With itching

Mr.. H. ]. Spalding Of Io4 w. Io4th
st., New York City, says: For two
bears my neck was covered with sores,
he disease spreading to my hair,
Which fell out, leaving an unsightly
BALD spot, and the soreness, inham-
hation, and merciless itching made
he wild. After few applications Of
suticura the torment subsidized, the
ores disappeared, and my hair grew
hick and healthy as ever"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

Luther Burbank has produced Q
white blackberry. This will add
a new complication to that ancient
rural paradox: s'Don't pick them
red blackberries; they're green"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
AND STILL ANOTHER

"For over thirty years ! suffered
rom painful ulcers and an eruption
BIN my knees to my feet, and could
md neither doctors nor medicines to
Ielp me, until took Cutictra which
bred me in six months. (signed M.
!. Moss, Gainesville, Tex"
Cuncura Soap Ointment and Pills are sold throughout
n world Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Boston, Sole
FOps.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

ScQlInent OF sell
ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
ncys II II stains
your linen It Is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass II or pain in
the back Is also
I.fI.~, - III
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know 1t.
How 20 Find Out.

Fill a bottle or common glass with your
ater and let It stand twenty-four hours;
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

In Russia they are calling the don.
ma parliament the dummy parlia.
mont.