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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11

rios; pero jamas podiamos figurarnos que
ell oro estuviera tan por los suelos, aunque
saliera de las minas.
Il Mister Remington, que por sus pondera-
'ciones nos hizo Greer que en- America hay
tambien una TERRA de Maria Santisima
para uso de los yanquis, Sc sent6 en- una
butaca poniendo las pernas estlradas so
bre el barandal, y comenz6 relatar las
maravillas de aquella terra.
Nos diio siempre suponiendo que nos
chupAbamos el dedo, que en- Alaska bas-
ia dar una patada en- ell suelo con regular
violencia para que broten candeleros he
chos, pulseras con cifra y tostadas de aba
10; al manifestar nuestro asombro por 10
de las tostadas, nos dijo ell captain que Sc
referia q las pulseras, las cuales estaban
en- su parte inferior algo quemadas por la
acci6n ardiente del fuego subterraneo.
! Algo nos amosc6 la desfachatez de Re
mington remingtiendo tan descaradamente
y como no querfamos quedar debaio le
aseguramos con unas caras muy serias que
en- Cantalapiedra hay una nina donde
las piedras cantan desde Ell tango de la Pull
ga hasta ell himno yankee-doole.
Ell captain, que, por cierto, Sc parecfa
mucho Pappus, despues de oirnos sin
manifestar asombro alguno y tirandose
de los siete pelos de la sotabarba, Sc pre-
par6 para echar q rodar otra bola gu e deja-
Sc tamanita a la nuestra, y con Ia mayor
naturalidad nos diio que en- Chicago eran
va conocidisimas las piedras cantoras, y
que 10 mas recientemente inventado por
Edison eran las tortillas explosives, que
tienen la propiedad de estallar sobre las
plazas fuertes, sembrandolas de cadaveres,
que mueren en- buenas condolences, puesto
que la misma tortilla Sc encarga de confe-
sar las victimas y encomendarlas Dios.
-5Y de que Sc componen?-le pregun-
tamos q duo, conteniendonos para no pc
gar al muy trapail6n.
DE huevos, manteca, nitroglicerina,
raspadura de estola y algo de fresa..
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
UltimaS nOvedades.

ST tiene usted que hacer algun rega-
10 yea Ell immense surtido de joyerfa
de todas clases, desde 10 mas barato
hasta 10 mejor en- la antigua y acre
ditada casa de TINAUD, donde Sc
ACADIA de recibir ell mejor surtido que
nunca Sc ha visto en- Puerto Rico.
Tambi6n hay una variedad de efec-
tos de plata y plateados y de otras
novedades propias para regalos, todo
precios sumamente limitados; antes
de comprar haga usted una vista a
dicho establecimiento Zen Ell cual Sc
han hecho importantes reformas) y
no dudamos saldra usted complaoido
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
BANCO TERRITORIAL Y AGRI
COLA DE PUERTO RICO.
&cci6n de Ahorros.

Habiendose extraviado la
ibreta No. 493 de Mis- L. j.
Dix, Sc hace saber: que 81 pa
sados 80 dias desde la prime
ra publication de este anun-
Dio, no Sc presenta persona al
guna a recIamar su mejor de-
recho, Sc lie expedira una nue.
va libreta d la interesada.- San
Juan P. R. 3 de AbriI de 1909
El Secretario.- P. Rocafort.- =
Vo. Bo.-El Director Gorentc
R. Castro Gonzalez.
3. V. a.
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Linea ferrea del Oeste.

Innerario.-Salidas de Bayam6n = Ca
,ital, simultAneamente.
Dias Observation-Disclosures 6, 7.05S.3O
las V 1l.OO. Tards l2.l5, las, 3.l5
lbs, 5.45, $50.
D.as festiyos.-Mahans 6, T.O5, $50,
l45 IL Tarde lis, l.30, 2.31, $50
l.3O, 5.45 = $50.
Billetes 6aratos ra-a dias festivus De
san Juan Bayam5n. ids Y vuelta en-
Ia. clase, 25 evs., "a. elsss, Is ctvs-
De Bayam6a Catafo. ida vuelta, Ia
.lsse, Is ctvs., q rLase, 10 ctvs.
Bisletes ordinances de Capital & Cata-
10 en Ia. clzse, ctyz y "a Clase )
Avs
Bayam6n, 10. de Llero &c 1906. Rs
non Esldes.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11

PARA La PREsENTB EsTAc1oN.-Los tnu-
.bscbos de Ga Villa de Madrid son los
uue dan resuelto el problema de Ia gene
Se rusto en- Puerto Rico. Ellos son ios
6nicos que han conseguido tener en- su 81
maonffico ESTABLISHMENTS ell surtioo nins nns
,ornr,leto de los artfculos del ramo, AN
sunca faltan las legftimas camise1a: ue
renk v de hilo nj carecen de las me!o.es
s,rnedias para senoras ninos asl oomo
~. caballeros. Contratos direcVos oon
Esbricantes les ponen en- condicloh ue @
aer cuanto pueda pedirse y los msloIes res
nrecios. No hay quien yea no compre Ies Ios
s,egos de cintas DOROTHY" que venoen
: ca;itas dos LAGOS y una banda, Q en- ca
;;,as de seis lazos; podemos seFvlr ss saal, y,
r,,;sr me color v precio desde SIS 80 ell
i,,ego. Yea Ell gran lote de oordados y en-
q Is l. nitad % de precio. En- telas blaneas y
5e fantasia no tenenos competioor' tens
% NOS tipos especiales en- Persian Es,;d1 Lo~n, y.
French organdi euanto el pueiico oe
s.s.n necesite- Pida muestras o Visite
s,,estros grandes almacenes = segq5ameh- II men
,s ballara cuanto necesite. r. y: D. Coz. G
Eelefono 273. san ri1n'''o'
Juan. Puerto Rico
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Made sGbe que Su casa es-
I'd des0lquiIadd. Nadje 10 81
be, porque usted no 10 dnuucia.
81 desea 0iquiIGr su casa que
Ghora no Ic produce NADIA, oHun
cioLd en Ia Correspondent
cid" Para eSi1 cldse de anun-
clos hay an este didrio pre-
clos esPeciGIes, Huy lin itadcs
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
Para casino,
club o sociedad.

Sc alquila ell espacioso y e.
legante local de los Elks, en-
ell Ordonez Building, Allen 21.
Salon de bale, teatro, sala
de billar, water closets, ba-
no, etc. etc.
Ell administrator Sr. Ben
gochea dara raz6n, Cristo 9
altos, de s a 10 de la manana.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
CORSES

PARA PERSONAS ELEGANTES.
FL PARIS BAZAR acaba
de recibir un extensO suTtidO
de cOHes de Ultima mOdades-
de N DOLLAR CINCUEN'
IA CENTAVOS en- adelante-
Suplicamos a las sehoras Y Sc
I0ritas vean nuestros modelos,
que son los mas mOdernOs ha-
hi'udoio~ propios para perso-
ua~ ds-Igadas y propios para
TE-1Ias gTucsas. PARIS
BALtR- Fortaleza p. Pedro
Giusli.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
Entire ninos.

-Cada vez que tomo una cucharada de
medicina mi mama echa diez centimos
en- mi hucha.
-lQue suerte tienes! JY cu&ndo la hucha
esta LENA.
-Entonces la rompe mama y me compra
otro frasco de medicina.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
GANGA

Sc vende por mitad de pre-
clio Is 325.O0) I'm Auto-piano
en- perfecto estado. Luto en- la
familia es la causa de su ve.1ta.
Sc daran informes en- esta Ad-
ministraci0n.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11

Il. LOPEZ CEPERO, San Jose 16.
Compra y venta de muebles en- general.
Be hacen prcstamos de dinero sobre prem
las de orc, plata y piedras preciosas. Sc
sompran prendas antiguas y modernas.
Sc compra y vende plata y ORC deterio-
Iado. Constante existencia de muebles,
tipo econ6micoS BARRAS DE Ca
IRE. A.n
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11

FL Sr. G. Saint Laurent, de Mayaguez,
Sc sirven participarnos que han cesado
las operaciones de la casa que allf giraba
bajo esa raz6n constituyendose otra bajo
la de Saint Laurent y Martinez, de la que
son socios gestores los Sres. Gustavo Saint
Laurent Ponce de Lion y Juan Ramon Mar
tinez Mercado. Buenos negocios desea-
mos 4 Ia nueya casa,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
Yisitad al Popular. "

Nuevas importaciones de calzado
para seboras y caballeros sigue ha-
ciendo el acreditado establecimiento
de la Gale de San Justo y en- el de Sc
noritas hay lindisimos mOdelos de ul-
TINA novedad. Perfumeria de las me-
iores mareas, paraguas y sombrillas,
aguas para tocador, estuches propios
para regalos bastones, y toda clase
De accessories de calzado encuentran
en- el Popular" del senior America
Salas, sus antiques favorecedores
Calzado para nihos de tOdOs precios y
marcas Jabones fnos en- elegantes
estuches Sc hallan todos precios
Is el establecimiento favorito de las
damas
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SE ALQUlLA un hermoso mi.
rador con muebles y todo ser.
vicio. Informaran San Justo
4, segundo piso. Is V. S.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11

Sc SOLICITAN agentes locales en- to.
DOS los pueblos de la isla.
Pueden ganar de 2 a dollars diarios
= Diriase al apartado de correos ass.
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
FARMACIA LA EMERITA'
DE MANUEL PUG DIANA.
PONCE, ISABEL 7 LEON ST

En- esta isrmacia hay oonstante s1rti-
do de drogas freseas Y Patentes del ex-
,ranjero Y los Estados Unidos una
buena selecta perfumeria I- los mejorss
labricantss tales como R 4 G y L T.
river.
Especial steneii1 en e despaeho del
reeetas balo "a mas rigHosa exsctitud =
precios suuame1ie lImitados. % v
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MAS DE 400 TABAQUERos.

Sc informa que mas de 400 tabaqueros
comenzaran ell lunes sus trabajos en- la fa-
brica de P. de Terra.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
BUENA ocAsIoN.

Una casa en- la calle de Canals, en-
Santurce, esta de vents y es una bue
ma OCCASION para el que desee hacer
un buen negocio. Construida hace
6 meses, con buenas maderas Y ser
vicio complete para toda comodidad
Situada a menos de 100 metros de la
carretera, sitio centrico, y construc-
ci6n moderna. Informara ell Sr. Ar
turo Fort. Banco de P. Rico, San
Juan. Is V.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
Indie ador general.

coNsEJQs a LAS MADREs;-A .sI,nrs ,ara1s cns Sa,
- nigsos estan en- a periodo de la detencioa ro
sorciona alyio Immediate psqueho pasiedIi MA q,
nssifo despiHta muy vyo aegIs rs ss mnS SSooros
ssse fsces Is funcIon del estomago egma dio ios
nsfsstinos Ea meior remedio conocao Para [cansIoue
= ora Eausa Tengase mucho cnidado en- peqqI 81 NJ =
jsrsbe Caimante de Ia Sonora Wins!oW' es Il h'e
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11

In rsta i-r-suta ycuds papel de
periodig5 ssss 81 pas0s s-a,El. -.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
5. V. a

A LOS DUENOS DE CABALLO
Y CUADRAS EN- SANTURCE
Sc ofrece maloiilla superior calidad
Venta diaria Informes apartado SOL.
san Juan PR. 15v. {
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11

HABITACION DE FRENTE Q interior
So alquila una en- cas- de famiia. Toda-
clase de comodidades. Luna IS, alto
frente d Ia plazuela de San Francisco.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-04-11
LA RIOJANA.

Casa de viajeros, calle de
la Tanca no. 5, San Juan.
Sc alquilan habitaciones
con Q sin comida.
Buen trato. PrecioS econ0-
micos. 3Ov.s.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-13
ManIove Ser-opening Gate "ry VI G GHSs 0Vs

For any driveway or posts. Open
ed by any vehicle without assist
ance or stopping Easily opened by
hand. on foot or horseback, and
never stands unfastened. Cannot
be opened by any stock. With full
control Of reins and teams, acct.
dents are avoided. The machin.
cry is all above ground. and so
simple 1t never gets out OF order.
Satisfaction or no sale. II adds
safety of any home.
- 21a EAST HURON ST..
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-13

e. o. PAINTER FERTILIZER CO.,
New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
Literary yNeaas>s and Criticism

and the BIZ is one OF those eXtrave ganzas III
which our credulity is tried TO the utterinos''
These debonair fabricators Of wild adventure
think nothing Of making assumptions not "ii-
justly 10 be described colossal In TINS case
we are asked to believe that affairs lhVol\lhs
the governments Of the United States and dlNeIs
other great powers can be permitted 10 Hliise
,,no- tho Whereabouts OF certain papers banded
from i.illar 70 post by unscrupulous diplomats
and thei- ernissaries. a pretty girl in motor
car and & young man who promptly fans IN love
With her are the agents chosen by Mr. Mer"lh
for the discontinue Of the scamps who Wou!d
upset our International relations. 1t IS a.! pre-
posterous but, by the same token II Is all very
gay and amusing. The experienced novel reader
knows better than to take yarn of TINS sort
seriously He takes it as he would farcieaI
comedy From that point Of vieE' The GlrI
and the Bill" is amiably considered and voted
clever bit Of entertainment.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
STATE SYNOD MAY ACT.
Fitch Case To Go Before Larger
ROdu an October.

rh, presbvterian Synod of the State OF New
work is likely to take decisive action against IL
oe,sfns and ordaining the Rev George a. FNc"'
occordin, TO the Rev. Dr. Daniel ) Gregory one
Of the signers OF the protest submitted al
dav nights meeting of the Presbytery Dr- Greg
ory said yesterday: T.,
.r ho1ie,a that three-fourths OF the synod IS
conservatives and when they meet In OCTOBER
think that they will not approve the action Oh ''7
Presbvterv of this city. The protests OF the MINOR
itv and the report OF the majority Will nave 10 De
submitted 10 the Synod for action
When asked if ne thought that the liberal move
tnent I'm the Presbytery of this city was general
+,ro,,gbout the country DR.. Gregory said:
.yes Everv twenty-five years or so there is a
s,,,,r into untversalisn. There is general stump
in theology to-day among the preachers anu III
The Schools The German books on theology nave
caused all the trouble The American "Il'eiS '''
ttooloey, have become inoculated with the German
ideas Two Yale professors are the leaders III 'ro
movement They have turned out twenty-five DOCKS
,,,,rt,, the last five years one of the books was
written during a Christmas vacation according 10
the author, and 1t showed it.
Another professor at Yale recently rewrote the
Sermon on the Mount it should have been writ
ten He is now writing a comment on the HoS-
pels in which he denies all the fundamental facts
including the testimony of the Evangeists lie
says that Salome dancing before Herod was a
myth The recent SaIome dance OF the stage IS
better teaching than that,
These books are being read by the people-they
are going into the Sunday schools. They are beng
felt in all denominations. They got their start
among the Congregationalists of New England
THE outcome will be that Will not know
what we are The moral and religious bottom
is dropping out of lives. We must counteract
this tendency there will be basis for business
or family life. If the Ten Commandments have no
authority. see where the people will go"
New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
NISCEIIANEOUS.

MoNCURE D CQNWAY Ad6TSSsss m ana de TFPFilIS Tep
resentine the literary and philosophical ne OF the
auth hor syo. PIP +4j tHouBhton Ml4Ilh Soih-
pauy.t
now TO IDENTIFY THE STARS. BY Willis Nh
ham Pm d 12mo, PIP. Vi. 3s. XIV tIhe Mac
milan Company
simple lessons in astronomy
TEXTBOOK OF PSYCHOLOGY, BY Edward Brad
fora Titchepcr Part / 12Ino. pp. xvi 3l tIhe
Macmillan Company
SOME HIDDEN SOURCES OF FICTION. Paper
Rc,d BCfore tHc Historical Society OF Dauphli
t|oIntv PENNSYLVANIA. BY Benjamin Matthias Mead.
I2mo pp 81. Phiadelphia George w. Jacobs
Coz
BODY AND SOUL An inquiry Into the EneCJ n, CT or & Fe
l-Ion pan Health. with Description or CHRISTIAN
Works Of Healing from the New Testament 10 the
present Day Percy Dcarmer, M a l<Tno pp.
\ f2G jE. p. Dutton = COZ
uoRGF,RfEs AND FALSE ENTRIES BY William f
kingston. 12no PIP. 2+7. tBoston: RoXburgh
Publishing Company
An examination into crooked methods OF book
keeping investga Of stock exchange accounts
and on.
STA NpARD RECIPES FOR ICE CREAM MAKERS.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Ky Val Miller.
ierno pp. 1877 tChicago: Laird & Lee)
tIrsToRy of NEW YORK STIIPYARDS. BY John II.
Morrison svo. PIP. l61. (Puoiished by the authoF''
New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
MRS. MAUD B. BOOTHS SISTER HERE.
Mrs. Charles Barclay Comes From London
to Make Lecture Tour in West.

Iineton Booth is to arrive the Baltic. which is
expected to dock to-day Mrs. Barclay. who is "a
clergyrnan's wife. n traveller. novelist, leader
of several large London Bible classes and the
mother of eight children, is coming to this country
10 take her summer recreation in months lecture
tour with her sister During her American vaca-
ton she will aid in Mrs. Booths prison work
Mrs Maud B. Booth is recovering from a surgical
operation and explained yesterday with sigh that
she could speak only once daily on the coming trip
NV sister fell in love. with America at first
sight" said Mrs Booth First shall stay for
two weeks at my home at Blue Point TO enjoy the
sailing on the bay Their leave for the West
We shall address Chautauqra societies in Kansas.
Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana and perhaps in Colorado
Mrs Barclay will speak her journeys in Pales-
tine. and 1 shall tell OF my prison work"
New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
WRITE NE:
EDUCATORSAN SPORTS
Football, Marathon Running and
Others Condemned at DeHCer.

Denver. July 9-FootbaU, Marathon running and
such sports as tend TO disable the American youth
were condemned in the department Of physical edu-
cation of the National Education Association 10
day. The place OF physical education in the held
Of hygiene was the subject Of an address by VIII
lam F. SIocum president of Colorado College,
Colorado Springs. He spoke in part as follows.
The time has come when the glory OF athlettc
battlefield is much more IN evidence than the IN
tellectUal and moral achievement in the class room
The great danger of the game OF football as Il Is
present played between our American colleges
and secondary schools is that it is dominated
by a love OF sport for IT'S own sake II tendS 70
produce abnormal type of physical development
does not produce either mental or pbvslca normal
conditions. but rather abnormal Mentally shows
This is Indicated by the fact that the moment ths
one side has won and another been defeated The
spirit and conversation growing of this game
are similar 70 that which one hears frer two con-
tending armies have met on the battlefield OF Two
pugtlsts have met in fight
The escape from these conditions viii come BY
case in English colleges and secondary schools and
own sport, which he learns to love for its 0wn
sake. IL VIII also come by acquired physical cult
Is not forced To be excused for some special and
tirnites.
Ira b Fee deputy superintendent OF schools OF
Wyoming. made an attack on what he termed the
rough house sports He admitted that there was
an element of virtue in football but in the end Il
was far too rough.
William s Sutton. OF the University Of Texas
led the discussion and he started the ball rolling
by urging that what he termed the evil sports %
placed under the ban of the association
In the discussion that followed it became evident
that the trend was for form Of athletics WHICH
would enable the weaker boys to partake In exss-
cises dominated by their muscular brothers
The department OF manual training held It's Ias
session. this time the influence OF arts ana Sc
ences the rural horne teken up c L NVl~'
of Denton, Tex. president OF the Colege OF Aiss@
the principal speaker
"Our girls should know the how OF the ar :
housekeeping and home making at least fuAy =
well as their mothers. and the why a good -
better" said the speaker The financial pioOi0s,
of the home and household accounts nlasl
studied A practical acquaintance with the pa
lens Of housekeeping adds to the freedom - -
comfort of women and girls and also prepares - -
for taking their part in safeguarding the -
against the impositions of a constituencies cuin'
cial world a
Mrs Ellen H Richards. of Boston spv~ spOAs
domestic sciences. During the morning ths -
utfve committee took the matter OF Hs a
meeting place for the association The O0' -osa
directors last night by advisory VO.s ,.,ss
San Francisco as It's preference, but ~usIs ~ I'd
from Milwaukee insist that the fight is not o's r
that The n after will not be determined nh-n5 "a
fore next January. Final meetings were w.
nine departments to-day.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
REPRINTS.

GEOLOGY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK With
Numerous Illustrations and Maps BY l. p GTata-
cap. \, NJ Third edition. svo. PIP. K. 232 (Henry
Holt Coz
material describing recent Investigations In
Manhattan and Brooklyn has been added.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE IN
ITALY. General View for the Use Of Students
and Others BY William J. Anderson. Fourth
edition revised and enlarged. With 10 Coilotype
and other plates and 10 illustrations in the text.
Svo. pp. Xxx, 100 Gmported by Charles Scribner's
Sons-)
oRWAY; seFt,s : AND yl[,i55 DENMARK With Exegr-
Travellers. BY Karl Baedeker. with fortv-thraA
New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
BOOKS 4ND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.


THE Lady of BlosshoIme" is the title of Mr.
Rider Haggard's new novel. It is to be brought
out in the autumn. About the same time will
appear Sir Gilbert Parker's new book-a volume
Of short stories which is to be called Northern
Lights"
An edition in two volumes Of THE Shake
speare Allusion Book" is to be published by
Dufleld & Co The work-which contains all
known references or allusions to Shakespeare
and his plays before the close of the seven
teenth century-will form part of The Shake
speare Library issued by this firm
Mr.. Kipling's new poem, The City of Brass q"
is justly pronounced by one Of his countrymen
a thing OF concentrated virulence and con-
tempt" and the poet has finally acquired the
title of The New jeremiah The British En-
pire is, if we may believe this irate singer. rap
idly driving TO destruction to an extinction like
unto that of that powerful city of brass" de-
scribed in of the stories of the Arab
Nights" He has apparently no more faith in
the character or patriotic aspirations of Eng
lishmen.
The increasing cleanliness Of French fiction is
noted by divers foreign critics. Frenchmen
themselves urging the necessity of such
purlncatlon. NJ CnarleS DeJOD, or the Revue
Critique," for example. reminds one Of the
authors he discusses that the fate of a nation
depends less on its pedagosic and political doc
trines than its manners. In the France Of
the eighteenth century he adds. and while she
was vet d monarchy we find many of the dis
duieting phenomena of which the blame is often
laid upon democracy. The most certain way"
he concludes, "of reforming our nation would be
TO purify literature. If every one, society
people and the working classes. were fed on
more healthy reading manner I am persuaded
that universal suffrage would escape many Of
the criticisms which it now has to undergo"
There is much delightful description and an
ccdotc IN Mr.. Enos A. Mills's wild Life on
the Rocides" (Honghton Mffn Company. As
a government officer the author made many
solitary winter trips among the mountains. hav-
ing only rasins for food and carrying no bed
dinE-sonctirnes sleeping in sheltered snow
drift. sometimes in Il deserted. doorless cabin
with mountain lion bowling outside Nov and
again a thing like this happened: Noticing a
steamy vapor rising from hole in the snow
by the protruding roots of overturned tree. 1
walked to the hole to learn the cause rf IT,
one Whit of the vapor stifened my har and
limbered my legs. 1 shot down steep slope.
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