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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
SALE OF TROTT:lL'EEIRE';s.
Fast Stallion Metellas Brings
a. e. !, al ! adison Square Garden

So, Il at III adlson Square S 't5ll.sl -
@s ~. YORK, FEB. Z. "A iloller large
Grove of breeders, TURNER aha ttsu,,nSi
from oil parts Of the country =
the Faslg-Tpton sale oh Is trosttn and
though the offerings were not SO h,g ~.
clnss as on tho two preceding days, prices e.
kept up remark nb! y We'll FOR the qulrlllly
Of the horses sold. ~
DE Metellns, 2:ll, q black sta lion, py Nlal-
brine King. out Of Metela, py diami !: -
4 thnS DAVIS sale. M IV. "A Iublnger. OF New
Haven, paid SIG, 900 for this horse on he
eve OF a big race In the Grand Circuit q
few years ago. and then wagered abo y
as much more on his chance TO WI. u,
which he ia! led to do. Developing q bad
f f,e until John Hussey got INFINITE.
good shulnor aga in and drove him into the
In EOS at Baltimore. This performance
looked so promising that his owner. ca =
tried him Through the rema. nder OF the
entered him extensively, In big stakes tho
next year, He was again. n failure, how
ever, and when he went into the sale
he had cost Mr.. .Hub!ngel' $40 900 or more,
The best price that could ibe obtained for
him WAS $500 horseman siioWIng llttle
the fast black stallion, ssi N Is Isl
IS General BENJAMIN y. Tracy who was
an interested spectator during the after
noon, was credited with having, purchased
tho roam colt, Lawson, q full brother to
al Ge Edgar; 10 81, that was struck to
81, General Tracy sold all his trotters
about n year ago. but he hns not lost
his interest in the light harness Horse
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
REDDOCH CASE.
Plaintiff Held Under Bond t.
Await Action Re deral Grand Jury

BY ACKNOWLEDGMENT :.
JACKSON, MISS Feb. 22.--The prelim.5
mary trial OF M. u. II eddoch, charged Wa
3subornation H Of perjury g$ln connectlsal
within charge made against Congressman
Claude Kitchen, Of Nortl, Carolina was
held to-day before n United States Com
missioner. Reddoch waived exami nation
ind was hold In three thousand \ dollars
bond to await tho action Of the Federal
grand Jury at st. Louis In which jnrls,
5iiction, 1t Is alleged. tho crime was g oIn-
imitted, Congressman w. w. Kitchen OF
North Carolina, was present, but Con-
gressman Claude Kitchen did not receive
his summons IN time to be Mt the trial. a.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
between the University 81 Virginia and.

between the University of Virginia and
Georgetown University elcyens, will
probably be played In this city. ~ q game
between TX Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and the University OF North Carolina, II
one DO scheduled, Will almost certainly
be played in this city. Besides hese.
and the annual Randolph: Macon Rich n
;mond College game. S there will H be 5 NC.
other during the season. less y be one
between the University Of Virginia and ;I e
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute In the;
event Of failure toSsecure any OF the
games mentioned there Is a prospect o.
getting tho Az. 7. George " q game m
.instead. Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
MILLIONAIRE CUTS OFF
DAUGHTER Who ELOPED
(specIal q rhc Tlm,e,!s- Dispatch,

Eo16Clul w
PITTsBUTCi, PA, Feb. a,--Nhen Sarah
Eleanor Lockhart eloped with William
s.sFlower, IL dentist Of Pttsburg. sixteen
months ago without the permission Of
nor father, Charles Lockhart once pres'
dent Of tho Standard OIL Company, who
died here last Thursday society gosspers
were confident Mrs, Flower would be
virtually dislnherted VI
The viii, filed yesterday. demonstrates
they were nearly correct. or q fortune
estimated at s75,ooo.oCo tho runaway
daughter is to get only tho income on
less than 100000, which is placed in
trust She Is to be cute off u she COM
tests the Will,
Mr.. Lockhart Inequalities SS60,00O for
public benefits, OF this $4,000 will go
to the United Presbyterian Churchi
5000 to tho Pttsburg Y,. M, g. Ar and and
the remainder to local hospitals
Tho residue Of the estate Is to go to
other members Of the family.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
BISHOP RAN DO LPH. TO PREACH
AT EMAEU Ell CHI URCH SUNDAY

Right REV, A. M. Randolph, bishop Of
the Diocese of Southern Y!rginn, Will
preach Mt Emanuel Church, In Honrleo
dolph Is hold In affectionate regard by
tho congregation or Emanuel and II Will
be n great pleasure 70 them3to have him
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
4 Trinity Baseball Schedule

IS. Especial to. The Times Dlspatoh., {.
DURHAM 81. c., Eeb. ~ n, e Trinity
College. baseball schedule for the coming
season Is III fol lows: y SE n
Park School 8at Durham , March re
S17lh.4 g. A. !, rs, vs.
4 Bingham at Durham March 21st.
Il Guilford at Durham. March 20tll.
n B Lafayette at Durham, March 29th and
3 30tll. ss t NJ s533 .s,5&. /, Il Z!
washington and Lee lat ham. April
B Mercer at Macon, Ca. Aprll 18th and
Georgia School Of Technology "a t At
5lanta,$ Ga, April 10th.5si;yl5 II \, IA h
al University OF Alabama q t il T tuscaloosa.
Ala, April l1tht a. I, 5 +, y. {,
Worord at spartanburg, u 8. O.. April
18th II az $5sS n (. ~.
. Syracuse at Durham, April nth and and
18TH ti 5$3,3 "a I,
Richmond College at Durham. April
10TH t5i., gs.s, 4. \. e
Harvard at Washington., April. 2 e NJ
4l Davidson at WINSTON #Aprll al y. ~
Furmnn Mt Durham, April 26th. 4,
igESt. Johns College at Durham, a prll
eth. 4. "a, 4,
Agricultural and Mechanical at l)ur-
ham, May 9Th. So Z, 3 I,
B HORTICULTURAL and Mechanical at Raleigh,
Wake Forest College at Wake Forest,
Wake Forest at Rolelsll, May sth,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03

lean charges, involving 4 the theft Of $500,
I he was arrested OF "a 8warran Mt from &
folk, Va, alleging the passage Of worth;
Bank,Nof&that city. DR.. u w. LYNCH of
4 Norfolk, {wfo said he introduced McIn-
tyre to- the bank ofticla ais identified the
prise ner. AL @5
&Tombs ia process server attempted to
serve the prisoner wi th4 Is comp ANTS IN
behalf OF ten bank $, Nv hich he is alleged
\ to have swlndled out OF sums Of from
$50 to $50, but he threw tho pap ers away,
saving tho service was not legal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
Close Up Tomorrow.

Alderman NJ II, Zimmerman will clo7e
81 rect sto-laorroW Il ait Ills lie Sc does
rpt eSpire until AfarcA lsths and 1T Ia not
known yet who VIII ii. My tia h,,lfi
t'he. property y owned by The Messrs.3 Y
stand ar number OF years,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
M'INTYRE 4 IN TONES,
Committed to Await Extradition
Papers From Virginia.
(By Associated Press.)

4 NDw' YORK; Feb. 2 Philip Mcintyre,
who was arrested here a week ago, was
committed to the Iot1lbs for thirty days
to-day by Ma istrate Pool to await extra
dltion papers from Virginia. Mcintyre
was arrested at tho request of Mexican
Of the American Bankers Association
have In terested themselves In the case,
and when he was arrlgned on tho Mex
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
-FOUR BIG GAMES.
.Lessees Of Broad Street Park
Promise Patrons Fine Football.

The lessees OF the Broad Street Park
are endeavoring to secure four games
OF Football for the coming senEon,5 a II
these Will DO big games and II tho lcssees
areS successful In their efforts theygwill
be con ests that will draw as well OF
nearly as well Us did the Virginia Caro- !,
lima game. Besides the ". r n .7iV. NJ. J..
game already assured for Thanksgiving
Day the park win In all prohabilit y be
tho scene OF the University Of Virginia.
Carlisle game. In the event OF a game
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
RACES AT NEW ORLEANS,
Kickshaw Wins Handicap ii
Hard Drive.

(Bys Associated Press) X
z NEW ORLEANS, Feb. Elk lckshaw won
Tho handicap to-day In hard drive from, Old
stone By "a nose, ,roboggan, who was heavily
played, ran third. s5s n
First race-one mile-Trumyr g to y
( f25 to ID third. Time, .li45.
Second race-six fur!ongs- Redman g to j
first; haywood 70 to 81 ssecond Dapple Gold e
4 to ljMhIrd. Time 1;10, b @
Third iaoa--slx furlongs- -hIntador q to \ y
first; Aslarita Il to u second 81 Inluisit!ye Girl
"a 10 ~ third. Time, 1;is, II 5& Ii ~ 8.
Fourth raee-mlle dicap--Is ckshaw3 q to
~ first; Old Stone Otto y second Z Toboggan
n to ~ third Time In ~
X Fifth Ave and half furlongs-Jaks San
ders Is to n first; Ramshorh.( n to 81 secnnl;
5Insncctor IIalp p 40 to u third Time, u los p
a sixth la e--nl 10 and fan ael shthT-Fo Hunt
Mainsprlng a to ~ third Time, l;5s
4, Marshall Leads.
sHyha Nav York Herald Rreplyod IlceY [ ln
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
!. Moral Retribution.

The Rev. George W. Mcdaniel, Tho new
pastor Of the FIRST Baptist Acnar.h h. Is
announced 70 nreach a, tie mems acct
ing in }tho fcuns Men!s Chris iap a Sos
citation uudltoFum al $;S0 O'Clock Sgs day
afternoon, His subject will be t'Alosal
,nplrirll,, lSii,' 5si NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
@ "a. Is .ra s--p 1::R. 4 "a.
Bears tho Tho KindyolIIayo Always B0ugR
.ns. e l9,<zNzagzssa9s
WINTER Toynlsrsa RATES

THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE "A
\ winter tourist tickets are now ON sale
10 all Southern winter resorts via the
shnr.est, quickest and most elegantly
leulllpped between the North and South.
III oilers 10 health and pleasure sees ers
service eqlallcd by none. You make no
changes To Florida resorts,
For full particulars apply TO any agent
OF the COIN any, or
u. -. CAMPBELL n y,
Division Passenger Agent,
III Richmond, Va
K G. AS T 60 III \; \, 81
Bears the Ivy hl0 lgu !s.u sss!s nVusl
ss'sssa.''''ls17sgzzsl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03

The chess game between Frank Mar
The score now stands: Marshall, two:
:Janowski, one. Draws do not count, and
eight game s II must be gSwOn before the
match lis decided. W. s3s ~ 5S ES
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
Timely Warning,

4, !. Mr.. Swanson proposed joint debates ne-.
fore the people of Virginia to discuss tho
!, issue between himself and Colonel wills
ard the employsrs pity
SOW gets the wash, X Have II care. gen tbs.
notwithstanding Inhex-A ppeal. 58| MI 55sSS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
Schooner Floated,
t(By Associated Press, J

n M 3y34ASSOpTaEGU I'TtES,I 3
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The two. masted
schooner M. G. Haskell, While outward
bound fronithis porr for Wilmington, y.
C., to-day went aground on Flynn's Knoll,
near sandy Hook. She was subsequently
ilolted without assistance,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
Schooner Has Rough Time,
3.4 (By Associated 6I'ress5

"A CHARLESTON $. O., Feb. Il 22,-C aptainS
CHM OF The schooner & Maiden, lumber
laden. Savanna i e Z, u ridgsport, reports
rlenced heavy northarly gales. aeconrd-
MED with high seas arid lee She lost her
tpatnsai! ana part of " her d.ok 70 |, Il,
water. She put into Char leat ON fos 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
FOOTBALL |. BRUTAL
CAME A | SAYS / I ]. ELIOT |. i
President Of Harvard Declares
s.58 Sport Is Harmful and
Unmanly. 8#
MAKES VIGOROUS ATTACK
Game Causes Distrust and Does
Not Give Prestige to s
,.5 Colleges.

III CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Fob. a. Football |,
denounced as ga hateful fight under the
ethics Of war, In the annual report Of Charlie.
+ W. Eliot, presldentSof Harvard University,
which was made public yesterday.
il President Eliot has long been nnfayorably
disposed toward this creates OF college games
but he has never attacked IL SO vigorously
as5 Dr. Eliot makes no direct reference to the
victory OF the University OF Pennsylvania
eleven oyer tho Harvard team last fall bu,
says; Al si.2 d
Tho gano 8i is played under established
Z and recognized rules, but the uniform ems
foreemsnt OF these rules Is impossible and
ii Violations OF them nre In many respects 4
highly profitable toward victory. J5
Brutality helps to Victory.
& side play hoiding ana disabling opponents
~ k s and klckng and heavy bows
he eeea
profitable toward victory, and no means
have been found Of preventing these viola,
some players ns q are newer guilty Of th.m
and some are only guilty Of them when
K they loso their tempsrs. but others are
Ono should always try 70 discover the
Z weakest man In the opponents linei as for
example the man most recently injured.
and attack him again and again, il a man IS
.@8 by. repeated blows on the head and par
tleularly The jaw, has 4, been yLslbly dassd,
81 no Is tho man 10 attuck Nv INC ne6L On-t
.laught Il ~ the last encounter q man /
:SeuIdes shs braant q tho early attack
s should fall on him. 3i .t5 IA .
As a lcorollary to this principle, It is
justlfahle for a player who Ia In good
order TO pretend that he is seriously hurt. 4
" order that he may X thereby draw the
TSssa res 81 aston are Ns9 ali 5as.lieple
and necessary In the consumlnate savagery I
called war. In which the Immediate object
is to Kill and disable as many Of the enemy
as possible. But there is no Just flcation \
for them n manly sportmln ,Eames between
{ and no snort Is wholesoI,e In which UNI
generous or moan acts which easily escape
Y de ectIon contribute to Victory, whethr r-
such acts DO occasional. accidental or
Says Sport Causes Distrust.
President Pilot ALSO objects to the. moral
qualities that the game has come 10 deye OF,
the dIstrust and excessive hostility shown on
4 the football field by otherwise friendly cox
leges. q 81 3 gS an l5 ..3
opposing Team, OF an official Of thu game,
puts his ear cose to the mouth Of the tral nor
who has run out from the slide lines to wash
tho face of q pros rat player The precaut on
against tyickery, llka the armor and PADDING
against hurts shows what the game has come
After Citing numerous minor evil ecfect s Of
football, President Eliot concludes his dis
~ on tho question whether or not football
Victories do, as "a MAJ ter Of fact cQntr!- +
buta 20 the growth or srep lte toHy o. q ~ &
JS ep!n!ou " 1lt Il q college Or uni Yerslt ~
.tt. Ttfrf
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No Races at Essex Park.
(ByE Associated Press

HOT SFIlAIS ~, y, Us. ii !. 90. .---On nc-
count OF iii frozen ira ok. I o-day' g ices
at Essex Park were declared off, except
the Kentucky Club stakes, which has
been placed among Fridays events.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
Owls Are Not Wise,

FL Owls are not really wise, and the rea,3
son thnt they seem so Is because they
never, move their eyes. This they cannot
do. rs their eyeballs arc fixed immovably5
In tho so cliets. "a l8I 81 liy 5S5s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
Low; EsivlA9 AZ F.. g. r. +, Rae
COUNT PRE- SIDE NTl AL NAUGURA-Y3
Il a. tTION WAS Fl iNGTON MARC r. II.

7 For individual tickets 50. rs round trip
from Richmond, Proportionate, rates from
other stations. 68} ia n "a III III lEi
Tickets Will be sold March I'd, Sd, and
for morning trains Of March dth, sched-
tuled to arrive Washington before r..
NJ. good returning until March Stll, in-
elusive. Final return limit Of individual
tickets will be extended to March 18th.
Inclusive, IL deposited by the original
purchaser on or before March sth, with
Joseph Richardson, special agent, Wash
lington, p, C.,s3whose address will appear
on tickets, and upon payment Sof fee Of
sl.00 on each ticket at time Of deposit,
Apply to agents r., r.. and n r. II.
W. p, TAYLOR. h
Traffic Manager,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
8cHAMHERLAlN,s COUGH REMEDY

X "Tn my opinion Chambcrlains Cough
Remedy is the best made Tor colds says
Mrs. Cora Walker. Of gI2orterYllle. Cali
fornia. There is no doubt about Its be-
ing the best. No other will cure o. cold
So quickly. No other Is so sure a gpreYen-
tive of pneumonia. No other Is SO pleas
reasons why 1t should III be preferred to
any other. Tho fact is that few people
ure satisfied With any other after having
once used this remedy. For sale by all
druggists.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03

81 Marshall Leads. b
4 The New York Herald replpdI lsey tho
following from ~ PaFt, edi ts0r
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
Says Sport Causes Distrust.'

,'s on tho question whether or not Football
yctorles do. as e ma ter q fact, cQntg!. IS
Ssicge 9r npIy ersltyt there ARE den TX III
3 Np!n!ons ~ BIT ~ q college Or tYerslt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22

Rvron's poetry, and his life may be gathered ID
almost complete detail from the SIX volumes OF
his letters to say nothing of Thomas moore =
account and the various recOLectlOns ana coli-
yereations published concerning him 1t IS Su-
ra-f717ol,s therefore as well as irreverent, Tor q
utter Of D0pIIlar fiction to stuff imaginary
words into Bvron's mouth and imaginary Incl
dents into his life. Mrs. HUmphry Ward neeu
Tot have gone to Byron and Lady Caroline lot 4
precedent Of a woman in love with man "lIO
vas not her husband. She, however, by chang
mo the reriod gave some decent disguise TO her
account MI Frankfort Moore, going one pettGL'
has made 2 novel of Byron and MS loVe aI4!IS
y-i+F,oT-t disguise, and are sorry 10 say OF d
writer of harmless tales that he has Done d
+tTiDo which to people really interested IN Byron
aT7d his life must be both silly and disgusting;
M author apparenty assumes, with great id-lu
L1e hone unreasonable mcdeSty, that no SucL
rerson would be likely 10 read ms novel since
be makes very obvious blunders or fact anu
P1-rHT7's letters himself Il is not worth specu-
- bout nor need we waste tins IN giving
pTT+ one point we must notice. II is the mis-
fo-tI,ne of Lady Caroline Lambs memory lhaI
ro-oo fo1lies she committed have become noto-
ta-,s ant il is also notorious that she was
z-erv clever and charming woman MI RANK
for+ ISoorA has chosen TO represent her as q
- ehrevy and we hold that TO be unpardof-
af1js The memory of real people even Iloush
- have been dead seventy years or 80 IS en-
ti.IsS5 to the respect of truth II may be neces-
49, RI write Of them in the light or facts out
- fr,,ey,+ fIeTJosable incidents and language lot
- - 3. o71+rass-DlIs There are relations, not 50
49, distant Of Lady Caroline Lamp WIo Woulu
- f7IIlv +stirsed in speaking very AArSL4Iy 20 MI.
E-a nEfort Moore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22

showing her the town" effort fn which they
are ably abetted by the delightful young repro
bates still more delightful sweetheart, who Is
equally bent on mending his manners and his
fortunes While the success of the plot Is plainly
due rather to the ingenious continuance Of the
author than to the natural workings Of the Law
OF proba bilitiesi ths Incidents are SO mirth
prQYokinE nat me reader is whirled along like
Amt Mary herself, and with as little time or
inclination for reflection and analysis
The author of 1.-The Captain Of the Jani-
zaries' in his new novel, Sir Raoul" tells a
story Of that crusade which Dandolo the astute
Doge Of Venice, shrewdy diverted from the
Holy Land to the Bosporus, and which resulted
IN the capture of ConstantinopIe. The doughty
hero, Count Ehrestein, who relates his advent
ures in the first person, had plenty Of them and
10 spare, and if he somewhat enthusiastically
refers to kangaroos it is scarcely more remark
able than is his insight into contemporary Eu-
ropean politics or his many deeds of "derring
DO Degraded from knighthood for an uncon-
sldered act inspired by jealous rage, he becomes
an outlaw, and then strives by heroic actions to
regain his lost honors and his lady's hand. IF
the pioha bilities are somewhat strained in
making him, despite his lack of name or rank
the trusted confidant and agent of the leading
historic Personages of the day, we are the bet
ter enabled to get interesting and intimate
view of the events and of the motives which in
splred them. It is a good story of its kind and
the Kind may best be described as 2 sort Of
groWn-up 'Henty Book"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22

w. seooo Tor new system for possession of the
ses.5 N t meant blessing to pessessor and pos
GSoeu, py means of commercial union II was a
adrocc 1oea instinct with genius, and Washingons
history, and marks him as the first commerce.
+ft rlcah-the first man typical of the America
An appropriate issue in the Century Com
panys dainty "Thumbnail Series" at this spe-
cl1 ume is a volume entitled washington"
ana containing, as introduction, Lecky's ap-
probation Of Washington from his History of
England in the Eighteenth Century" and for its
main contents Washtngton's Farewell Al
dress,' MS Address to the OficArs Nta-o,,
17SS," his Circular Letter Addressed to the
Governors Of All the States on Disbanding the
Army" his Farewell Orders to the Armies of
the United States,' and his Inaugural Address
to Both Houses of Congress"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
an INTERESTING DISCOTERT.

rro-, The London AtheESunl
oI3ces by NJ L&opsd DeIisie at last weeh H 9H.
I1S Rationale possesses tns rst volume OF
m Sayno1ss Antiquities De Josephe cople. % r
DuC uS 49,. ara bv II. Yates Thompson, but the
some +r'-~- JvFEh served frontlsplsces 10 the
ten MN a a Jr~r- wanting. On wednesday Of
;, week Al DelisIe received IeeErain Ian, an,
last 80 Tho discovery of the miniatures whlcn
800 foIIud at Windsor, IN an alDuIn n T!lG4
"a Queen Victoria They are now IN ; Inc 5Is' 5
4ussu .n, r7ranch primitive Jehan F0ucouet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
an OUTRAGE"

What a" English Critic Says About the
Ne'Ucst Frankfort Moore NoreL
From The London Outlook
We think that popular novelists might keep
their hands of Byron and Mary Chaworth and
Lady Caroline Lamb There are lovers yet OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22

fit into the plot which the author has laid out
for them and so have to be forced into incon-
sistencies which render them less convincing
than the types he drew in the stories where the
plot was more incidental. Pole himself Is a
rough, independent, sterling fellow. whose life.
with that of his family, to whom he is devoted,
is snofIed by his irresistible craving for whis-
key. He is a better friend to all the world, and
especially to Nelson Floyd. the real hero Of the
tale than to those who have the strongest claim
unon him The account of his reformation,
brought about by visit from band Of white
CAPS is an effective piece Of writing, and the
reader almost regrets that the whitecaps, over
come by the effect OF their meddling, should
have decided to cease their corrective Interior
Anca with their neighbors private affairs. Pole
acts as the deus ex machina in the love story
which serves as the excuse for his ACTIVITIES
and philOsophic utterances, and if his reward
appears to be beyond his apparent abilities 1t
is not in excess of his obvious deserts. MI
Harden writes about plain people in plain
terms. He believes in calling a spade spade,
hut has not yet learned that he gains nothing
in real rnphasis by apostrophizing II as ---
- shovel
.-T,b. Remuneration of Aunt Mary is another
and more. fragrant instance of q writer who has
made a reputation in character drawing allow
iny herself to be carried away in the effort to
adart her characters to a story instead of adapt
ing her story to her characters Miss Warmers
..Snssn CIers'' may have been an exaggerated
+vra Int she was so consistent that she seemed
as natural as she was certainly amusing. THE
F7ei11venatjon of Aunt Mary" is almost pure
farce. but it is exceedingly clever farce and
as funny as it is unconvtncing. Exception may
he made in favor Of some Of the passages in the
little love story which rise to the height OF
light comedy The story tells of the attempt
Of a disinherited nephew and his college chuns
to win back the favor Of his fond but outraged
maiden aunt by Turing her to NeW-York and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
LITERARY NOTES.

The long promised biography OF Froude viii
De brought out in few days 1t includes a
great dea! OF valuable Notwithstanding let
tiers, "reminiscences, etc