The Washington herald., 1907-07-14

EUNbLtu Win Atlts OtiaNA Jul ieAAo lttA-
are also notewoTthy-some of them,
Mother Goose" in the churchyard;
George Penn, uncle to William, ''in the
lchancell"; the Diarlst and his wife, 'by
ye communion table, &c. AS well as those
whe were "slayne Of the new diseas.
some died 'bewitched" and others Of "a
swelinge in the head; so that 'swelled
head is not a modern production after
all. In the church. on March g. 1885,
were married Joseph Chamberlain and
Caroline Harden, who had son Joseph.
Of great fame. To the churchyard gate
way Dickens makes reference TO the I'm
commercial Traveller" as the entrance
to zone of ny best beloved Churehyards
I call Il the churchyard of St. CHASTITY
Grim" That is the other gateway. which
is not to be sold at present
Once. indeed, on my remarking the
graying of his hair. Harte told me it was
due to the continued influence of fear
while q rider with Yuba Bill. writes s. R.
Elliott in the Reader for July. Several
Of his predecessors in charge Of the spe-
Gle casket having been shot, he never
mounted the stage. so he declared, with
fash therefrom, a report, and a tumble
from his seat; and. although he nerved
| himself TO his new duties as best he
could, they grew more Uncongenial with
every repetition. Then it was he haC
noticed that he was growing gray about
the temples. / reminded him Of his OWL
military caTeer-of his having enlisted
as a volunteer in the war between the
Eel River and Scot River Indians. To
which alluslon he replied: yes. that was
after the Humboldt Bay massacre.
was escorted 10 the recruiting officer BY
| indignation and hunger. But. although
the hardships and privations endured
then left me a feeble stomach and irri-
I table nerves, l came TO no other harm
/ Having no blood TO spare. shed my d.
| gestion for freedom. You see" he con-
/ tlnued, Il never had any sympathy with
! those mess pork heroes. although theiI
/ ways, and. above all. their point of view
were TO me an ineXhaustible source OF
| amusement and interest. I cared little
/ whether they wore their own scalps or
/ their heads or wore the scalps Of Others
/ TO trim their buckskins. / only saw some
! reckless men ready to fight for theil
/ country. as did Hampden. Washington
and, with a twinkle, "Jeff Davis"
DR.. Berblg. pastor in Neustadt (Ko.
( burg, has discovered in the ducal ar.
/ chives the letters Of advice sent by th,
! Kurfurst Johann, with various article;
/ 20 Martin Luther. in 1880 They help Z
/ date Luther's letters of that period. They
are to be published soon
MARK Twain" Is the subject Of bril-
liant appreciation by Prof. William Igor
Phelps. Of Yale, in the July number 0.
the North American Review. In hi.
opinion tom Sawyer and "Huckleberrl
Finn" are prose epics Of American life
To quote further:
Mark Twain IS through and through American
/ II foreigners really wish 30 know the Ameucai
I spirit. let them read Mark Twain He Is far nor
American than their favoTite specimen. Walt Whit
man. The essentially American qualities Of com
mon sense. energy. enterprise, good humcr, an'
Philistinsm fairly shrek from his pages. He re-
veal5 us IN our limitations in our lack Of apiTe
citation Of certain beautiful things fslly as well a
he pictures rs in Coarser but more triumphant as
poets It is. Of course preposterous 10 say tina
Americans are totally different from other humans
/ We have no monopoly Of common sense and e0o-
humor, nor are We all Eide-h0und Philistines. Blu
| there Is something pronounced IN the America
character faud the books Of Mark Twain reveal il
He has also more than once been valuable an
Efficient champion. Without being an offensive an
blatant jngo l think be Is well satisfied 90 be a
American
Mark Twain is our great democrat Democracy
his political social. and moral creed His hatred q
snobbery affcctation and assumed superiority is q
Al has IL k,ffD
and far-reaching Nothing seems really sacred {
him except the sacred right q every individual 20
exactly as he plcases; which means Of course tina
no one can interfere with an0thers right for the
democracy would be the privilege Of few, an
would suify itself Not only does the spirit q d
m0racy breathe out from all his greater books, bl
10 is shown in specific instances, such TraFeliu
with a Refouncr. and Mark Twain has more tha
once given testimony for his creed. without rec5urs
TO the pen.
The record for book popularity at III
Public Library during the week Just pas
shows that in non-fiction the call was 10
Adams and Summers Labor Problems,
and Dewsnap's Railway Organization.
In fiction the demand was for 9TH
Chronicles OF Rebecca," by Kate Dougla
Wiggin. and Meredith Nicholson's "Th
4 IUIL DL I4cSlIE We'll ne NVulEHItl
again called for the Lang Fairy Books
In spite of the fact that Washington
not an agricultural community, there is
persistent call at the library for book
devoted to all branches Of agriculture
During the last week two books tina
have been most in demand are MART
neau's My Farm OF Two Acres an
Halls Three Acres and Liberty" Their
! Sc Of 2 cra ~ b.,
brary for books on theology, and tw
which have recently been much Gale
for are Campbens New Theology" an
Van Dykes Gospel for an Age c
| Doubt"
William J. Longs story Of "Wayeese
the White Wolf" the casus belli wit
Washington, is reprinted by CHM & G
trations as they appeared in 'Norther
/ Trails"
The Memoirs Of Madame Ristori,
! translated by G. Mantellini, will be issue
by Doubleday, Page & Co. in August.
The recently published "Reminiscences
of Dick Donovan are filed with anecdote
Of literary men. and one of the best is tn
following incident, of which Anthem
Trollope was the hero and victim.
clever Irish barrister appeared for n
defendant, who was poor letter carrie
guilty of some irregularity. Among tn
witnesses was Anthony Trollope "Wha
are you?" asked the Irish barrister In
severe and commanding tone. sonoroG
with a rich brogue. AN official in tn
! post-office," answered Trollope, somewha
astonshed by the Irish gentleman
brusqueness. Anything else?" said III
counsel, with a snap. Yes; an az
thor This a little proudly. What
j the name of your last book?" "'Barche;