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New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

gian society. its meanness its faisity and its
passion for malicious gossip. Was she herself
above the pleasure Of tittle-tattie? Not alto
gether The woman who wrote these pages
could not have had extraordinary largeness OF
mind and character. But neither, on the other
hand was she petty creature She mad orains
and heart she carried herself stainless through
a dubious epoch. and probably her addiction to
gossip was due to nothing more nor less than
the fact that her life necessarily lived In
current it. She did her best to render really
helpful services to Caroline. and her instinct for
the right or at all events the prudent. course Is
always coming out in what she writes The
Diary has long stretches of tedious talk about
matters of no special moment, but it is plainly
a sincere record and much of it is vivid and
amusing.
Lady Charlotte liked to set down the truth
about what she saw. At the very outset We find
her thus describing the establishment of the
Duchess of Brunswick. whom she visited one
fay with Lady Mary Coke: I'VE were ushered
into the dirtiest room ever beheld, empty, and
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

little enough on which to bring up her nine chill
dren. The young clergyman she married not
many years later. the Rev. Edward John Bury
had no fortune. These facts help to explain
why she WAS for long time an asSiduouS
writer Of novels: she had to do something to
make both ends meet Yet the high station IN
life To which she was born was not unproftable
TO her No doubt it served to increase the com
nercial value Of her literary wares-t is said
that she got as much 6 200 for one of her
stories-and she enjoyed, too association with
many of her exalted contemporaries One Of
these was the unhappy wife of George ".
whom she served As Lady-in- Waiting. and for
whom she appears to have cherished feeling
at once critical and anectionate-
She kept diary in rather ftful wise. an1
had no thought of publishing it. but she reck-
oned without the cupidity of the Rev. Edward
John Bury That amable gentleman in re-
turn for all her kindness. "cribbed' the diary
while she was still living incorporated with it
quantity of her correspondence. and exploded
it-anonymously to be sure-upon a scandalized
but highly apprcciative town This was IN
1923 The book has never been completely for
eotten but il long since went out of general
circulation and il was good idea 10 reprint 1t.
The present edition suppresSes footnotes that
have ceased to be OF use. supplies wherever pos
sibIe the names omitted in the publication of
1898 and make: a pleasant appeal TO the eye
with good paper and preSswork and many well
REPRODUCED portraits The two volumes are
welcome.
The chief thread of interest in them relates
TO Queen Caroline and what may be described
as the social atmosphere of her day The Diary
begins with brief passage on the bitterness of
court life. and while it seems all compact of
ri titude it is. after all. not Inappropriate
Lady Charlotte soon lost any illusions she may
have had as TO the spendors of royal society
II is true that in the peculiar situation that
then existed between Caroline and the court she
was naturally destined to see the seamy side OF
things since she allied to the dsgraCed
princcss: but in every direction she seems to
have been struck by the vicious trend of Geor-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
THE CRIMINAL LIFE.
It's IppcaI for Erry Gentle Spirit and Ad-

Its IppcaI for Erry Gentle Spirit and Ad-
reHtr1Hs.
Andrew Lang. in The Illustrated London News
Every gentle spirit and adventurous born too
late into world too old. must now and again
have glanced wistfuIly at the criminal life. Ad-
venture naturally attracts mankind. and this is
the reason why We have our hOOIigans and the
French have their ApacheS. The young mis-
Creants. as I fear we must call them. feel the
natural passions OF our race Just like le brave
BuSsy. Quelus. SchOmburg and 31aUgiron. Rob
Roy. Robert Bruce and many other famous per-
sons privileged to live in feudaI ages. But the
path of crime is no longer the recognized road
to renoWn. though. to be sure. some criminals
are wonderfully popular. For my part lack of
Drawn and sinew would. in any age. have dis
qualified me for the part of a stabber and
Swash hbuCkIer a robber knight errant- Ne
rather th. arts Of the pOisOner. the sorcerer. the
forger and the bIackmailer would have attract
ed. There is much To be said for the proreSsl0n
Cf the double spy: and the calling II the thor
oughly wicked monk. understood BY Mrs.
Radcliffe. has a melancholy charm
Rut nowadays crime is difficult. For exam
pT. when We read about Matchmaking in novels
the art easy You find out man ;
guilty secret and you make him squeak. as
people say in the romance or The WrecKer
..ynr know il IS not thought the thing. SAYS
one Of tt. characters 10 an enthusiast Tor oEtck-
mailing That is may be: opinions dlter out
the art. when you reflect seriously. = U'iItu4''
like all the arts.
Let us suppose that you detect a bishop or
premier in the act Of teeing his ball IN
| bunker Here is your chance, here - a guilty
,s,ret II seems natural 20 approach the cleric
or statesman quietly. inform him of your DIS
covpry threaten to publish the facts and ex-
tract gold from his trembling conscience bI :
how are YOU TO prove your case! IRE hAruF'l,
sinner will DENY the facts: his caddIe, from u
| honorable prejudice of his caste. VIII PACK ms
employer and their word will be taken IN pref
| arrnc, TO YOURS The premier VIII beat you on
the NOSE the preIate will excOmnunlcate you'
/ YOU will be cut on all SiueS
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
1;De 1Sea,i2lork gribnaa&s E
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1905

Mr. Bernard Capes. speaking with some feel
ing protests that the hctIonnonger mas
grievance The iction-mOnger always mas
grievance But this time he eXcites sympathy.
1t is the agony of nomenclature that troubles
him There are some writer's who like the JOB
of finding the right name for i character IC
is impGSsbe to read Mr. Henry James without
Dpticing that his choice of names has been
task on which he has wreaked all his ingenuity
and tact 1t is true that a name selected ON
the Jacobean hypothesis is apt to stick OUT
and therefore, by mysterious acton, 10
discrelit itself. but that is il point we need not
pursue The interesting thing is that as Mr
Capes observes. tr=rtaI7. qualities are inalien-
:. hero with the wrong one is to court disaster
II this seems an eXaggeration, one has only 10
turn for proof 10 the list compiled by Mr.
Canes from which we take these specimens:
Alovsius Johnson. The great photographer.
Jernina Ducne.... The heroine of BlackTnore $
Agnes Sharp. Heroine by default OF van
ity Fair
Jack TennysOn.. Poet
Bert kipling -..... Writer to the EMPIRE
The novelist plainly has but one resource
Excogitating an Individuality he must sur
render himself, during the process, to a sort OF
trance. when the fitting name for that indlvid-
III! will occur to him without any effort OF MS
own
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

\ prototype Of StevenSonS John Silver IN
"Treasnre Island is 10 be- found, It appears,
IL a certain Captain Mackra, mentioned in an
eighteenth century History Of the Pirates \
contributor to Notes and Queries cites this
description of him
\ Fellow with terrible Pair Of Whiskers.
AMI a Wooden Leg being stuck round with
Ipistol= like the Man in the Almanack with
Darts cones swearing and Vapourins upon the
Quarter Deck. and Asks in Damnlng Manner
vEiah Captain Mackra-
Nac,lr. WIS one Of the band Of Captain Ed
ward England. 1t is pointed out in N. X q
tL"t Holm Silver had served first with Eng
lard and then with Flint and the writer thus
continues: He had moreover sailed in the Gas
s:rdra (the ship taken from Captain Mackra) .
and had been at the taking of the NiCeroy of
tE.. Indies Il. e.. Of GOa), who was captured
in a Portuguese ship Of seventy guns which the
pirates found dSmasted at the Island Of Mas
C.rine near MaurtiuS. This was one OF the
Inost famous prizes in the annals of piracy. it
being asserted by Johnson author Of the his
fiery mentioned above] that there was on
board in the single article Of Diamonds, to
tli,. value OF between three and four millions
of Dollars" Search Of StevenSon's correspond
encr might perhaps disclose some allusi0n to
NacIra ana the rOmancerS definite intention
to exploit him John Silver remains. never
thclp.;s, one Of those figures most indicative of
ais ,ycS3c.sion or creative Imagination
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
SH4DOWS.
BY SAMUEL DANIEL.

BY SAMUEL DANIEL.
Are they shadows that we see?
And can shadows pleasure give!
Pleasures only shadows be.
Cast by bodies We conceive.
And are made the things we deem
In those figures which they seem.
But these pleasures vanish fast.
Which by shadows are eXpreSt.
Pleasures are not, if they last:
In their passing is their best.
Glory is more bright and gay
In a flash and so away.
Feed apace then. greedy eyes
on the wonder you behold;
Take it sudden as it flies.
Though you take it not TO hoid.
When your eyes have done their part.
Thought must length it in the heart
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
QUEEN CAROLINE.
IN Old Book of Gossip by Member
of Her Circle.

THE DIARY OF A ALADY-IN-WA1TING: BY Lady
Cha rlotte Bury. Being the Diary Illustrative
of the Times of George the Fourth. InterSrerSed
with Original Letters from the late Queen
Caroline and from other Distinguished Per
sons Edited. with n introduction by A Fran
els Steuart With eighteen full-page portraits
two in photograyure. In two volumes sVo.
pp XIV 416 485. The John Lane Company.
Lady Charlotte Eury was a daughter OF the
fifth Duke of Argyll. Her mother. one of those
beautiful Cummings who famous in the
social history of the eighteenth century, dow
cred her with much of her own radiant charm
Lady Charlotte was clever into the bargain
and not without worldly wisdom. but neither of
the two marriages she made was precisely
brilliant John Campbell. her first husband.
was a poor provider, and on his death she had
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
TO HIS BOOZE.
EY ROBERT HERRIC

BY ROBERT HERRICK-
Coe thou forth. my bOoke. though late.
Yet be timely fortunate
IL may chance good-luck may Sehd
Thee a kinSrnan. or friend.
That may harbour thee. when
With my fateS neglected lye
III thou knOw'st not where 20 dwell.
See. the Fier'S by: Farewell
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

Literary Intolerance is detestable. and it is
we'll TO be reminded, as we are by Il Judiclous
English critic that it is often near neighbor
10 sham admiration. 'If certain poem or n
certain series of lines. he says, lis set forth
as al nfallible test Of poetic taste. IN addition
TO those who sincerely admire them there viii
spring up many who viii merely say that they
do 81. lest they should be convicted OF Il lack
of nootic rerceDti0n.' The writer goes on just
IL to complain Of the people who, on the other
land if not guilty Of sham admiration. are as
yickpdlv addicted to sham detractOn. These
are the people who. finding that they ENJOY
uounteo1lsy the poetry Of the masters are con
ta1uptuous of the work in prose or verse pro
duced in their own day" He quotes Professor
Saintsbury as saying that he could not crit1-
else so much as 4 circulating library novel if
he did not perpetually pay his respects to the
claSsics hut is not sure that he does not ap-
r,r,,.ae the classics all the better from his not
infre,,uent reading Of circulating library novels
The. wisdom Of this attitude is obvious Any
thing that makes for the avoidance Of literary
intolerance is wise. But this is not the evil
which we have most TO fear at the present
time The worst failing of modern criticism
is its tolerance. its sI,ecious good nature. If ii
is harmful to pretend to admire classic for
fear of being suspected Of lack Of perception,
il is even worse TO take bad or mediocre work
seriously lest one be charged with lack Il
.hrcadth."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20

steepest hill in the middle west near
the town of Lemont, ILL.,, and Rambler
demonstrating cars are now being
tested out over a so per cent grade.
In the recent demonstration of a
1908 Rambler four-cylinder touring
car five people We're carried up the
hill. When half way up the wheels
were locked and the grade was so
steep that the car slid back eleven feet
of its own weight, but the wheels did
not turn AT this point on the hill the
incline was so great that the passen-
gers in the tonneau could not stand
up. When the brakes were released
the car proceeded on low speed to the
top of this so per cent grade.
In a recent demonstration at Boston
the Rambler people claim the same
four-cylinder car ran half way up a
40 per cent grade, where the car was
stopped and held firmly by the brakes.
Then the car was started and climbed
the hill, first on intermediate and then
on high speed, going twenty miles an
hour before it reached the top. This
performance, they claim, was made
possible by the offset crank shaft
construction.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
TOURIST FACTORY
BUILDS NEW FOUR
DESIGNED TO COMPETE AT POP
ULAR PRICE
New Car Develops Twenty-Five Horse
Power and VIII BE Built in
Three Types Now
Popular

ToLLOwING the demand for a pop
ular priced four-cylinder car, the
n Auto Vehicle company has brought
out new model for 1909 to fill the de-
mand that has been created by the
flood of popular priced cars announced
last summer by eastern manufacturers.
The car has a wheel base or 10o
inches, with wheels carrying 81 by S1s
inch tires.
The motor is a standard type, with
four cylinders four by four inches. 1t
is of the Ruetenber make and is rated
at 25-horse power
Transmission is OF sliding selective
tyne, with three speeds forward and
reverse. Semi-elliptical springs in front
and full elliptical in the rear are hung
from pressed steel frame, which Is
hot riveted. The clutch has an espe-
cially nice action and requires but a
minimum of pressure for releasing, yet
still has powerful engagement A sim
pie gear shifting device developed in
the Tourist factory greatly improves
that part of the mechanism, which Is
often q source of trouble.
The bodies will be made in roadster
and four and five passenger types, the
latter of the touring STYLE. Illuminated
wood is used in the body building.
Axles, steering gear and brakes are all
ample and strong. The car, with full
equipment, will sell here for $3.50.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
CARE WILL AVERT
MANY BLOW0UTS
incorrect Placing of Inner Tubes Re-
sponsible for Much Tire Trouble.
Bolt Holes Are Often
the Cause

The novice seldom realizes the I'M
portance of not allowing an inner tube
the smallest crack through which the
air pressure can force it. Such crack
may be afforded not only by raised
inner edge of the shoe, as was men
toned in these pages a few weeks ago,
but by a misplaced or bent tire bolt. If
such a bolt or lug is bent close to it's
head the latter will not seat itself
sduarely inside the shoe. The same is
true IL the bolt is not of the proper
size for the tire used. In case a bolt
breaks and no new one is at hand the
hole in the rim through which it passed
must be covered by strip of the heavy
canvas ordinarily included in the tire
repair kit. This strip may be cut liz
inches wide, and long enough to go
clear across the inside of the rim and
project one-fourth or three-eighths of
an inch at each side. 1t will be held
in place by the air pressure acting
against the beads of the shoe. Unless a
new bolt is to be put in place almost
at once, the hole through the felloe
might to advantage be plugged with a
bit of chewing gum, to exclude water.
In driving with one or more of the
bolts missing from any of the tires, it
must be remembered that the bolts are
largely relied on for holding against
centrifugal force on taking corners.
Nevertheless if the bolt is not a fit it
is much safer to take it out altogether
and cover the hole as described, than
to take chances on a badly-fltted bolt.
The leather treads of most non-skid
tires have joints whose ends are ce-
mented together. If the tire is so put
on that the overlapping end of this
joint runs against the wheel. the joint
will tend to loosen much sooner than if
it runs with the wheel. This applies
to both front and rear tires.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
AGRICULTURALISTS TO
RECEIVE AUTO INSTRUCTION
State Universities Will Teach Stu
dents Use and Adaptiblitles of
Automobiles in Connection
with Farming

So great is the interest taken in the
automobile in Kansas and Missouri,
particularly by the agriculturalists,
that it is proposed to have instruction
given at the state agricultural colleges
in it's general uses and adaptabilities.
The state agricultural school of
Iowa at Ames has already decided to
have a short winter course of tnstruc-
ton of this sort.
The students will as a preliminary
be taught the structure and operation
of gasoline engines and will learn the
many ways in which such an engine
can be made use of to make farming
easier and more profitable. Then they
will be instructed in the dismantling,
rebuilding and operation of motor
cars so that they may become skilled
operators of such vehicles, which, the
state educational authorities are con-
WINGED, will perform a large part in
the development of the farming inter
ests in the next two decades.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
Auburn Four Expected Today

since the first shipment, and part of
the last carload has already been sent
away to waiting customers. The ex-
ceptional advantages hat the Auburn
Manufacturing company possesses make
1t possible for it to produce a car that
can sell for less than the average MAX
ers would be able to list them. Before
the factory took up the manufacture Of
motor cars it had been turning out
vehicles for a number of years, and
its conservative policy of thoroughly
testing everything before it puts its
stamp of approval on it insures con-
tinued success.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
DEMONSTRATES HE is NOT
AFRAID TO RIDE SWIFTLY
Derkum Shows Motorcycle Faulty in
Recent Contest for 1oo-MiIe
Record-Makes Mile
in So Seconds

Paul Derkum has demonstrated it
was not fear that prevented him from
trying to secure the 100-mile record at
recent meet. Last week he went to
Ascot park track with a number of
other riders and tried out the big,
seven-horse power Thor that he could
not get to working right the day of the
meet.
1t went wrong occasionally, and other
riders who tried it had a similar ex-
perience, showing the fault was not
Derkums but was due to some defect
in the mechanism.
At Derkum's suggestion, the coils
from another machine were substituted
for those on the big motorcycle, and
when another trial was made the wheel
ran smoothly, and after warming up
trial Derkum circled the track in 55
seconds, according to the watches held
on him.
The record made recently in Alabama
by Robert Stubs for 100 miles is some
what slower, according to the official
figures, than was at first announced.
The full time for each lap was figured
up and gave record of 151:45, or four
minutes and one second slower than
that first announced.
With the corrected time placed at
1915 1t would give an average of 1: IL
for each mile, which seems slow in view
of the fact that Freddie Hyck circled
the track for twenty-five miles in less
than twenty-five minutes. Compared
with Stubs time Hyck would have a
margin of nearly four minutes to the
good on his twenty-five miles, which he
could have sacrificed and still equaled
the record.
AS nearly every machine used on the
track the day of the meet was faster
than iii it looks quite easy, according
to the dope, to win the 100-mile record.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20

A CCORDING to advices received by
u the Central Motor Car company
- the new four-c cylinder Auburn will
arrive here today and be ready for ex-
hibition and demonstration Monday.
R. L. Forsyth has been waiting as
patiently as a large number of inter-
ested inquirers would permit, but is
anxious to get the car here and back
up his stated opinion that he has about
excelled q little bit anyway. The two
cylinder cars have been coming in and
going out with constant regularity
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
Rlaht You Are

Church-There are more people hurt in foot
ball than in baseball.
Gotham-well, there are more peoples feel
ings hurt by baseball umpires decisions
Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
TESTS RAMBLER CARS ON
FIFTY PER CENT GRADE

The Chicago representatives of
Thomas B. Jeffrey & Co., makers of
the Rambler, claim to have found the
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-24
A Great Artist Enraged.

Alma adema has told story Of the
fate of two unsuccessful pictures of
his student days. One Of them was re-
turned unsold by the committee Of the
Brussels exhibition in 1859 The sub
ject was house on fire, with people
rescuing the victims. The artists fell
low students were asked into Alma
Tadema's studio and were invited to
jump through the canvas, the owner
of it leading the way by leaping head
first through the oily flames.
The other unsuccessful effort was a
large sized square picture that came
back again and again to it's creators
easel until at last it was cut out of
it's frame and given to an old woman
to use as a table cover.
The picture was praised by at least
one person who appreciated it's excel
lence, so Alma-Tadema used to de-
clare, for the old woman was wont to
remark that it was much better than
those common oilcloth things that al
ways let the water through, as the pic
ture of Alma-Tadema' making was a
good thick one, with plenty Of paint
on Minneapolis Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-24
How Long Do Dreams Last?

How long do dreams last? A Ger
man savant is Investigating the mat
ter But there is scarcely a dolt who
could not give him points and has not
dreamed centuries in seconds The
dream, it may be stated, comes in the
few seconds before the awakening
and has no relation to time or space
This is clear enough to the man who
has ever been placed under an anaes-
thetic for a short while and found
time and space eliminated.
AS an experiment this writer was
placed under Whit of chloroform by
a doctor Absolute Inconsistencies
supervened, then a return of con-
seriousness, the questions of the uni
verse, up through layers Of conscious
ness, with always the feeling, Now
have solved it, and the 'sNo" and the
Eyes" alternating through centuries of
thought, and then the quizZical face
of the doctor, remembered after a mill
lion years. How long have you been
under?" The experimental struggled
up and saw the doctor with his watch
in hand ''Ten seconds" the doctor
said, and the dreamer had been OUT
side time for a time that has no meas
ure.-London Chronicle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-24
NINE BLOWN TO ETERNITY
Two Victims of a Powder Magazine
Blast Are a Mother and Her
Babe.

Near Cleelum, Wash, an explosion
N the powder magazine of the North
western improvement company, Thurs
day, killed nine persons and Sc
riously injured a number Of others.
The killed are: George Mead, manager
of the Northwestern Improvement CON-
pany store; Clifford McDonells and An
dry Grill. clerks; Mrs. Perry Moffatt,
wife of a brickmaker; infant child of
Mrs. Moffatt; Joe Rossi, and Joe Pog-
riappi, miners; two miners, names un-
known.
Shortly before p. m. Manager Mead
and the clerks from the store went to
the powder house to assist in unload
ing carload of powder. How the ac-
cident happened is not known. Mrs.
Peter Moffatt, wife of brickmaker,
was living in tent near the magazine
with her two children. The tent was
blown to pieces and Mrs. Moffatt's
body has not yet been found. Frag-
ments Of bodies were scattered for half
q mile from the magazine.