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The Jasper news., 1909-03-18

Mrs. G. E. Campbell returned last
Friday morning, after a stay of two
months in Kansas City and ST. Louis,
taking hospital treatment at the first
named place and buying millinery goods
at latter. She is somewhat improved 10
health, but intends to return to the
hospital shortly for further treatment.
The Jasper news., 1909-03-18

Miss Marie Chapman OF Moberly,
Mo arrived last Thursday to begin her
duties as trimmer at Mrs. Campbell's.
Miss Chapman was in Mrs. Campbelrs
employ five years ago.
The Jasper news., 1909-03-18
DRAUGHON'S
Practical business College

I'VE also teach by maiD
300 st Louis St., Springfield, Mo-, or
Kansas City, st. Louis, or FIT. Scott.
2.25-1l
The Jasper news., 1909-03-18

Onion sets at Wheat & Bishops.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22
9inii6eS Mtlanten. v@fter iom bl

9tniioes Mtlantem. u@fter iom Dor
@pn / Mmerifo meb6eler %, at ban
er blepen belbre6et be6 Brugen al De-
res &11rifo, efter at ingen 2eger fun<
Sc bieIpe bam," ifrtper Mr. 8. S.
Beterion fra &eus &rola, @berige,
uenifer ri at fna % ttlienot en- 4as=
ie Meoicin BERTH .@berige. 2a6 %
go6be6sfulot faa bi6e> bpa6 Sen oil
TO te."
5aale6es ipre6es &pgtet ON Sc 60
Sc @genifaber bos ST.. &eters &11rifo
fra Set enc 2an6 til set a116et. Den
aberterer fig ielb paa lin egen eien=
oommelige Moa6e. Sngen Mpotbe<
fer<Me6icin. Sen er ct ilet og ret
gammelt l1rtemi06el, lom faaes 6iref=
te fra gierne Dr. Setter Sobrnep &
Cons 60, 1875 60. @opne Mbe..
Gbtcago, S11.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22
uIneS Mmcrifancr" fprteller.

u@es'gue aa Il fer ON / Moa'en
Mttemeie, gamle Mnes Mmertfaner
baa lobet az fom."
@ooleoes lg0 ifglge ugen6ipsiel
Si0en6e" Sr10bp6elien til &riten
Miffeliens Sulegil0e.
N1 ia6 Sc ale benfe6e ON set lan=
&c @orO / ue 5turitom" baaoe
Men6 og &pin6er, og Mmerifaneren
maatte fortelle ON alt oct, Fan bap0e
let 6eropre. Set gift me6 Ddnif og
@ngel1f=M iaa set iortneOe
for T%tlbprerne.
u@u'en bar'et, Get gift Maos Deer
gper, bet blgp nof ifi6t nice bam."
~Sb pes - ban git ubeao, aa for
aa 10 Heng brRnote ban Fl Barn 40
iaalt e @rop."
u@aalt ban e &rop aa bans
8aaen?"
uDes - pes, ban ifu ia en- M Gut
te ie iiel og len te bans @aael."
@pom6i FIJI laaen Gut foIte?"
uMa tmentD Collars. rs &roner
omtrent."
v9e bar mgi for en- Gut. &pore
monna @roner fef fan iaa for Sen
&rop?"
uSuiin6 &roner, tenfer ieg."
uGu1in6 &roner - Sc bar min
lon6ten go6t betaal. &ba' brl1gt' ban
lQo be an11er @enge to- ga ban booj
betual e Sut?"
v&an febte IN @tof / EN- 8anf for
&elten."
uMaa - 11oo, ia Sc ia 10 nof beer
Ianr1, men blgp fan ct ltraffet> foroi
ban booi bren6 oa?"
uMei set negte0e ban og blep fri-
fien6t, men 1i6en bleD ian arreiteret
og itrqffet me6 2ipet."
u&ma for &anailleltreger baai ban
6u lap'et?"
uSan bopoe filoet lin Iabos So
me-"
rs - 1iffen ien - naa, Be boaj
ban - og Sc maat fan "a moe e SIP
for - ia, bDa, 1aaen goer ct, Doe lfter
mgi @9rbier, nRr en- laaen tonmer
te anner 2an6e."
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

5pl, sog Suube1 faloer bpo ON. Man
fig oa meb at ofbla6e, ignoer-
fere og tilbereoe Blanten, fbr Sen
til fig ielp tgien.
2SSnbbru0stpbene benptter Mlrunen
&eoifab til at fin6e ifiulte Gfat-
te. S bette Silfel6e bar Blnnten iom
.ofteit tilifaaren / Sorm al en- Siu<
ger,
@n Mrur1e brogte altio i'm Ger
mano Sel6. Den Dafte &ierligbeb,
ggeoe 2%ipSfraften og tjente iom 2e<
geniobel for ale mulige Spg6omme.
Gar Ser nogen, bpis CUNT man inr-
Zig enife6e at binoe, falte0e man Sen
i Smug paa p~e6fomnen6es &Ieoer.
2Ggerne anDen0te Mlru11en iom be-
r%oligen6e og ippnoDSienoe Mibbel.
Mlrnnen bar u6en Spibl en- al Sc
fgrite &anoelsortifler; Nomo0ebor=
0erne oreb Euifbanoel me6 Ylanten>
JONI mart blep ct almin0elig interna=
tio1alt 8pttemi66el % fgrtes al &a=
rapanerne / itore Musier meIlem
Dite1 og 8eiten. Barren betalte Jig
go0t. 8aa6e &pinber og Men6 bar
begjprlige efter at anIfuffe Jig sem.
2ige til Sen frantic &epolution,
lom omfalfatre6e Gumti6ens Sera<
peutif, bar Mlrunen bit ifattet al
&potbeferne, iom tgrre6e SEN og la
beoe Hulber al BEN. 29gerne fore
ifrep bette Mi6oel peienlig UNDER
@pi6emier, men ogiaa 1tanr set gialbt
Selbreoelie at Merpeipeffelie og on6=
artebe Spul1 ter. &irurger11e brugte
set for at minbfe Hottenternes ST.
1ombeb UNDER 0perationerne.
Mlrunen ipiller e1 flor @olle /
mango Gogn, iom omban0ler TIMBER
per6enenS Mogt oDer Menneifeiiplen.
@e6 @iglp al 6enne Elante fun6e
man iatte Jig 6orbtn6elie me6 &on=
Der.
2igeiom europa og set beitlige
Miicn bapoe i'm Mlrune, bnr BET p1t=
1ige Miien lin Gin Seng, en- / Garta-
riet bofsenbe &lante. Mlle Sc Cts
emplarer, man finder, tilbgrer &eiie>
rem al &tna, iom for9rer 6em til Her=
ioner, ban oil b96re. s @uropa bleb
Gin Seng 1Gnge f%orbefslet me6 Ml-
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

5000 &roner mob Dot
terne. Morif Gorening til us
rp66elie al &otter bar anoraget &rtz.
1tionio &om11ne ON ct 8i6rag al
5000 Ser. Sor at florgi9re GagenS
gfonomiffe 8etponing bar &%ottefore~
ningens Gorman6, @taosoprl9ge
Sacobien, u6arbei6et en- langere &e<
6%egiprelie. @an n0taler ber, at 6or=
eningen meo egne Mi6ler fife fan
iette igmg en- rationel uorpooelieS=
frig. Set bor nemlig ifortet paa
@tette ieIp fra beres Sioe, iom ifuloe
bape sen itgrte pfonomiife Sor6el al
Gore11ingens Mrbei6e.
Gtaos6prle9er antager, at Norge
bar 2 Millioner &otter, og @alppar<
ten al 6isl lie leper al &orn. @n &otte
1piler min61t 1875 Gram ON 9agen,
Settle bliper 5 &roner Maret for bber
@otte og 5 Millioner &roner for 1
Million &otter. Mntager man iao,
at sen an6en @alp6el ipiier for 2
Gre pr. Dag, bpilfet fife er beit reg
net, iaa bliber Set Z Milltoner &ro>
ner ON Moret = t%iliannten IL Mtl<
Iinncr fnr heIe 9an6et.
Seq tyr iiffert gaa us fra - fort
1pter Sto6soprl9gen - at bt aller=
minolt far 100000 &otter I &riitio=
mia. &pis bper at 0em poelegger for
2 Gre pr. Dog, iaa betp0er bette ct
Sab for &riitiania al 100000 &ro=
ner ON Maret. Set foiter 10000 &r.
ON Maret at orebe 100000 &otter,
ga 6a lfuloe @eiparelien blipe 720,<
600 @roner. @ogens gfonomiife Si=
be taler iaalebes for fig lelb.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

Mnten 81 mnn0 Ell op0
Nrammanoen, ti0ligere Opermalf1n1lt
pes Marinen clinton Imunolen er al
qoaet pe6 Dp6en paa 9orten at 2u11t
aebetenoelle efter nogle Cages SDge-
leie. Mmunbien bar feot / $orten
Is. Nopember 1852 og oeltog /
Sramferoen 1896. @an bar !
set lib1te peret Maifiniit paa ct al
2ariens &nalfaneerifibe @po=@eor>
gia, bporfra ban tom til &orten for
en- Moanebs Sis iioen. Mfoeoe efers
laoer Jig Z pofsne @ern. Soruoen
Srammebalien og &ongens Sortler1t>
me0olie / Splb inbebap6e ban en-
&effe u6merfelier fra forifiellige pt=
ben lfabelige Selfaber rrnot ON |
+@uropa.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

Morffe Mbier. &l @oit<
forienoelie par ser / iiof forlpbne
Mor Qnmelbt SO 11pe tn6enrtgife Mnt<
jer, meoens AZ Mpiier er uogaaet al
6ortegnelien. @e6 u6gangen al 1908
par ser / set bele in6mel6t til Soft
forlenoelie 584 Mptler. Set poitfor=
ienote Mntal gfsemplarer al norife
Sioenoer og Gi6sifrifter / Sno=
og l16lan6 u6gior6e 83,129,7OO
moo / n9it f%oregoaen0e Mar 79,O64,=
800 og er altiaa / set enc Mar iteget
meo 4,054,900 eller oDer 5 Brocent.
sri set iamleoe Mntal falot $780,
900 eller 641a 8rocent paa &riitio=
nia; paa Sronobiem fal0t $3.50, 700,
paa 6taponger 4,756,300, poa &or=
ten 3,785, 700, pau Drammen 3>349,=
800, poa Bergen, 3,313,100, poo
@omor 1;653,600, paa Sfien 1922
900, paa @igbif 1,199,800 og pQo
&ri1tiansian0 1,193,300 @fSempla=
rer.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

g erer % Gene
r alagent 6reortf 81 e
/ &riltiania er afgaaet peo 9eoen 68
Mar gammel. Com ung Man6 git
Ste til1ps, men / 1869 boiatte ban Jig
i &riitionia, bpor ban blep Mgent for
forifiellige gmi9rationSlinier. Sao-
le6es bar ban Ebingpalla 2iniens
@enerologent, og efer 6ens Spber
opertog ban @eneralagenturet for
@fan6inopieneM merifa 2inienS $685.
iagerafoeling. Sra bette @rbeioe
maatte ban at &eniDn til i'm &elbreo
for fort SID iiben traffe fig tilboge.
Sor 20 Mar ii6en bar Sic meo at
uprette set befien6te &ultmportftrmo
Sic & &ger. Sic bar beo lin 9eo
@nein6ebaber at Gorretningen.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

Naar &c fpl9er meb / bette 8lae
fra @nbe til an6en, fra l1ge til l1ge
ifol De life engite Dem for, at 81
life felger me6 / Si6en. Set igt
ger @laoet for.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

81 be6 9e0en at betragte
fan Ri granite 2tbet u6;
n1en, bpo 1aar lin Sis til @110,
ban fan 9a6en bel foragte.
6. &aucb.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

SfolenS @irfiombe6> iom fan baabe-
Sc pil0e tiene til Srembielp for Soro-
% @fopbruget / Mmtet. Spmanoen,
Ohfprer Serge, taffeoe Mmtmanoen
for bans 2eoelie al Gorbanolingerne
90 Sen ne6latte &omite, bpor Mmt-
man6en bar Sorman6, for SEN oDgtt-
qe 6orbereoelie al S%foleiagen.
6iiferierne. @en 81. Sep,
TENDER 1fripeS:
Set er meget lenge ii6en, oet nor
tie Ge6iil6fffe bar giDet ct iaa rigt
l1obptte iom / in0eperen6e Seion.
gfter pet f%orbol6spis CODE 6tite /
1903 felger ser 8 poerlt lette @elo>
ner, bbis imleoe Sanglt belgb fig til
omfring 100000 Egnoer. S 1907
TOM ser iaa ct Opiping, Der fulgtes
al ct en6nu be6re Giife / 1908, ga
Selonens SotaIu6bDtte bleb $4,000
Egn6er. Sor 6e iioite @ars @eofom<
menoe giel6er set imiolertio, at Oil
sens &palitet og ierltg 6ens Ster~
relic bar min6re tilfreositillenoe.
Baa @run6 beraf og 6elbis iom ST.
eg al manglen6e ito6ig Eilferiel be-
gpn6te Dor Sil6 at fomme / @isfre<
Dit / l1olan6et og ga iamti6ig 6e
fremmeoe Sil6efiiferier log uomer,
fet til, bleD Marfe6et oberfDl6t, og
Briierne ianf til UNDER 2apmaaIet
paa bore biemlige Song1tplooier.
Saar filler Gorbol6ene fig / .en-
bber &enieenoe a6ifillig gunitigere.
Stl6en er fin og feo' og giennem<
gaaenoe al itprre og iterre Merfer.
Sen MORT tie 8are far 6erfor taar bes
ret meget belieet / u6lun6et og 90
iamtt6ig BET itore ifotfe Site bar gi-
bet ct betpbeligt un6eri tub iammen>
lignet me0 ifior og iforfior> er Gil
bemorfe6et Ser for St0en faitere ems
Eilfel6et bar beret paa flere Mar.
Giltro6s for Oct rige ubbptte al bort
norlfe Siife er 6erfor Erilerne og=
laa paa 6angltplaolen forboloSpis
go0e og ptier enonu fife Segn til
Spnfning. Ser mel0es 6og nu fra
tpife @abne, at Set er uoiit, ONT 6e
n%uberenoe bgie &riier fan opretbol=
6es, i6et ser bentes meget 1tor Si1=
ferieI al Glib / SEN nermeite 6ren1=
ti6. Steel @ortering og itram &af-
ming bliper / etbbert Gil fel6e EN- uon1=
gjengelig @etingelie for go0 Mfiet=
ming.
Set er / Mor6lan6s Mmt, at set
ltore Silfe ioar bar fun0et Ste0. Ser
.er fer / e11felte 9iitrtfter lom SOL
6en, 2p0ingen og Sfoten optaget og
tilpirfet a61filligt mere, ems bele 2al1=
6ets iamle6e &pantum belgb Jig til /
1904 og 1905. 6or nerperen6e IN
mes l~6iigterne at bore be0it for 2urd,
@il0ei faol og Spsfior6. Gor Glib al
minore Merfer er ser iaar fun6et en-
np Mnben6elie, i6et ialt ODER $4,000
Maal er iolgt til @ilooliefabriferne.
Sorgprigt noteres 8riierne / Mor6=
lan0 me6 fra 2 op til 8 &roner Maa=
let for @otlil0en og fra 5 til 9 &roner
for @arnitl0 efter 6e forifieIlige
M9rfer.
Mlt iaIt er ser mi for beIe 2on6et
tilpirfet 329>183 Ggn6er Seoiilo til
@an6elsbare. DertiI fomn1er 1854
Maal, ser er efsporteret / iiet Stano,
beienlig fra ~Sron0biemsamterne,
iamt set obenfor nepnte Barti Der
er io1gt til Sabrif. Set ttlptrfe6e
&bantum er itgrre> ems set bar beret
/ en- lang &effe al Gel oner. S set
go6e Mar flor bar &ortiet poa 0enne
Si6 $4,000 Epn6er - altiaa ont
firing 100000 min0re - % / 1907
$4,000 Sgnoer. S Mare1e 1904
1906 bar Ser be6 Mi6ten of Geptem=
Der Blot tilbirfet mellem 20 og 3d.
900 Sgnoer Seoiilo til @an6elSpore.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22
> Morge. :

81. OIupsorben II. Rongen
hor i SEN fgl. ct. @lapSoroen no
.neprt til, &oman0er al 2. @asle VI,
reftpr for Morges 2anobrrgsbelltole
@ils anutlen 90egaaro for Sortjene-
tier al 2anobruget og til @iooer at
/. @losle 0perlerer peo lamme 9tole
8altian &einbolo 2or1en og Sobo1
&obert Grancis @ebelien.
GeIIfabet OF Georges
8el. 8iprnitierne @iprnion bar
forfattct e, &antate til Sellfabet for
Morges 8els &unoreoaarsfelt. Sen
er u%0arbeioet / Sc Smaaltunoer, ION
@pgoommen og 2egen bar ttllao1
Diateren at orbeioe /. Selitabets
Sssubileunt inotreffer 20. 9ecembe'
iaar. &iitoriferem .. 81. 9berlanr
u%6arbeioer Seitifriftet. Sill Wttnot
ON sssubileet uoarbeioe5 en- erin
6ringsmeoalje me0 9iplom.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

2anobrug 3 pao
Spom. Mfersbus @mtSting beotog
fprle0en enltemmig Snoittlltngen ON
2anobrugsifolen paa &pam og beptl~
ge0e 100000 &roner til 5folen. Mf
8epilgningen ifal $4,000 &roner an=
pe,1oes til eleftriif 2ps> og &roftan-
leg. 5foleplanen blep gooflenot og
iom @folens @eitprer blep MmtSagro-
nom Dpien aniat. Mmtmano 61rlt
uotalte tililut Sc be6ite 9nifer for
Sfplens @irfiombe6, iom ban boabe>
Sc piloe tiene til Srembielp for Soro-
% @fopbruget / @mtet. 0pnnanoen,
Or0fprer Serge, taffe6e Mmtmanoen
for bans 2eoelie af Gorbanolingerne
og Sen ne6iatte &omite, bpor Mmt'
man6en bar Sormano, for SEN oDgti'
&c 6orbere6elie al @foleiagen.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-10-22

g 0 t 5 III d Il 5 So 5 ! 81 u :.
/ t raIien. &anbtoat Oscar Se-
perrin @eoel Sarlsberg er afgoaet beo
1g0en / MeIbour1te bel 81 Mar gam.
mel. Mfbpbe bar Sgn al Barron
6rit5 @eoel<Sarlsberg til 8runlang
Serregaaro, Mmtmano og ienere
Goloin1peftpr / 2arbif. San reilte
I5O=slarene til Muitralien, bbor ban
blep @aarobruger / Marbeoen al
Melbour11e. @an efterla6er Jig SUI,
ltru, fpot Monntng, og tire Dptre.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

rhythmic cadence Of the dipping car, to the
tapping Of the water against her walls. and to the
music of the gondolier's cry; learn Venice first
In the peaceful. desertlike silence OF the lagoon
shimmering through lights Of silver and pearl or
in the green paths and purple byWays of her mar
row, sUn-streaked, shadOw-aden cali.
The goGdOla is not only the most beautiful and
luxurious of carriages, beautiful in pOise and
luxurious in the whispered poetry of its gliding
motion, but it is also the best conceivable adapta-
ton Of a rowing boat to the environment of mar
canals. Rowing a gonGofa q
and most fascinating but arduOus exercise.
Merely TO retain your balance and by constant
pressure of the body through the arms to keep
the car in the fOrcOLd is easy it looks: 10
take the sharp corners of the narrow canals
especially IN a wind. without accident 70
rnuch-valued terri and important paint the
tides and the pathways of the waters, takes years
of practice
Heartily welcome is the second edition of the
charming volume which we owe to the daughter
of John Addngton Symonds. 1t is IN part the
story of great estate near Vonice-a marsh
land property bought by Psani of Venice in
the fifteenth century from Azzo and Bertaldo
d'Este From that period until our own time
the Pisanis have worked the land, reclaiming il
from the swamp wherein there was little life
at first that of wild fowl 1t was not, how
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

days. and always 1t went pouring. Up in ths
Alps the torrents had broken loose and huri-
ing down their floods and powders tho
meadows.
The Adige was swollen yellow, ghasty; but stiIl.
by its banks, restrained. dread and a terror
were in the minds of the people on the plain. They
went up in the evening to the top of the banks and
locked Then they crept down, for shudder
passed through them. And stin it poured
AT midnight a gig ratified up TO the gates OF
lonely villa on the plain.
The river has broken on the Rovigo side said
the man inside The people mad-thev
coming across TO open our lock, and let the food
into our land as well their own. It's horrible
foCd-but why should both sides perish?'
! he lady of the villa arose She ordered her
horses. and she drove through the dark and the
b -ndlng rain. At dawn she stood the banks OF
the AGge beside her lock.
She was a woman, but she stood there alone
ACd Shoot, shoot, shoot" she cried to the
on the opposite bank of the river.
Troy were all there. haif-mad with fear They
had their guns pointed at her but they didn't Shoot
and the flood went over their land and not over
hers.
In the daylight the lady went back to her villa
and the troops came down from Milan and guarded
her locks.
The ields of Gromboola dry.
AS a young girl the author of this chronicle
spent much time with the countess and she
describes con Gm0rc the house full of beautiful
things, the old portraits, the exquisite glrdans,
the incidents of local farming the ways of the
country people, and the excursions into the
mountains. II is book which deserves place,
permanent if modest among the rapidly accu'
mulating sketches of Italy in the last century.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

ask for a more friendly and considerate guide
across the waveless plain Of LombaTdy and
along the 14Emilian Way. The history of the
strange and terrible days when all these island
ed cities fair" ruled by great despots and
made lovely by great artists and architects Is
told with cleverIy selected detail and in a spirit
Of interest and enjoyment that is contagious.
We are taken back to earlier times, to
conjectured glfmpses of the mysterious EtTus-
cans to glimpses more exciting Of Roman rulers
and invading barbarians. We appreciate the
authors statement that part of his difficulty has
been to discard with skill, "to indicate history
without much vain repetition" and congratulate
hin, ,lpon his success His references to the art
and architecture of the region careful and
judici0us
Mr.. Headlam does not often become dithy-
rarnbic, but Venice in measure overcomes his
rracticality He cannot but lament the uglif-
cations necessary and unnecessary which the
new Industrial activity apparent all over Italy
has brought about:
The smoke Of factories on S. Elena Murano in
the GiudeCca, ana Of steamers ,s the price we pay
for modern prosperity and modern conVenlenceS,-
his and the whistnG, and disastrous wash caused
by the hurrying penny steamboats, But IN the
matter of destruction. Of building, and Of rebuild
infr the Venetians possessed by an utter
recklessness and disregard for loveliness which is
However short ones time in Venice. it is wise
70 spend one day in a voyage TO TOrcelo, a voyage
not in steamer, but III a gondoa- Inc NE ana
felt everincreasing force upon the broad, briEhI
expanses of water, over which she movers, poisea
white seabird, and upon the sea which pulses
through her dark canals as blood nowS IN a man nan.
veins Pictures and churches and paaces-there
re enough Of these to fill lifetime with study
and delight, but learn Venice first to the sound Oh
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
THE DOGE ALVISE PISANI.
(F'rom an old print)

ever until the nineteenth century that the last
member of the line of Doge Alyisc Plsani
brought the great farm into subjection to mod
ern methods and left his English widow TO make
it a model for all Italy. 1t is TO this lady,
narkable person in many respects. that our
author Gevotcs her new preface. Eyclina Van
Millingen was the daughter Of the distinguished
physician who was with Byron when he died
at Missolonghi. She beautiful girl. not
long out of her teens. when she married at st.
Marks Count Almoro PisanL Both husband
and wife preferred life at the old farmhouse TO
frivolous existence in their Venetian palace.
and both delighted in the beauty and prosperity
intellectual and accomplished woman. Countess
Pisan did not vegetatc in her country home.
Continued study. wide reading and her friend
powerful mind in action to the last. She was
the soul of bcneficcncc well as Of justice to
her army of farmers; but the Italian of the
northern marshland mas amazing lack Of
understanding. The just man." says Mrs.
Vaughan is not necessarily popular or be
loved in his day. however much his works may
live after him. / think that most Of the women
and many Of her farmers honored and respected
her; but she always, even in the heat Of sum
rncr drove about her property in shut car
riage At the head Of her bed, and just within
reach of her hand. a loaded pistol, polished and
ready, invariably hung" Her courage was
sometimes tested. in a scene one autumn
night at Gromboolia-for so it was. borrowing
from Edward Lear, she had named the old
DOge's farm:
1t had poured and poured with rain for many
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
THE DERIVATION OF "BRIDGE."

THE DERIVATION OF "BRIDGE."
Anglo Russian" in The London Saturday Re
view.
N Saturday Bridge it is said that the
word ~Biritch title Of the unique treatise in
TIE British Museum, and the source of the word
Bridge as the English designation Of the game
is Tot found in Russian dictionaries. This
statement requires reconsideration
In all large Russian Dictionaries there occurs d
FOrd which may lie transliterated ''biryuch."
The 'yu' represents The vowel u palataliZed,
and may roughly be pronounced like the Eng
hSh word you; the ''ch' is pronounced in
church This palataiiZed vowel is the recog-
uized equivalent in Russian of the German u
snd the French u" And so, if the Russian
Eord were transferred into the German Ian
guage il would be given as "birItsch,' and if
into French as ''birutche." II must be admitted
that the word 'Biritch" has not come direct
tum the Russian word, else it would rather
tave taken the form ''birutch"; but the form
Gritch" is inteIligiLle If we take it as coming
through the French transliteratiCn-
The Russian word means a herald, a public
rier; with the passing Of these functionaries it
tas now fallen into desuetUde. But il was with
cut doubt good designation for this game,
tohung TO the Characteristic feature Of the
eane-namely, the declaration We can imag
ne Russian society IN ConstantinOple, which
fped social life there in the COS Of the last
llry, coming upon this Leyantine game, taking
10 l. and possibly modifying it somewhat, and
GIVING II a name from their own language to eX-
Fess the Characteristic Of it which appealed
aft strongly 10 them. Each player in turn Is
G se oeciaTer OF trumps they called the game
oEyuch'-the declarer.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
IN NORTHERN ITALY,
The Story of Countess Pisani and
Her Farm.

VENETIA AND NORTHERN ITALY: Being the
Story of Venice, Lombardy and Emilia. BY
Cecil Headlam. Illustrated by Gordon Home.
Svo, PIP 347. The Macmillan Company
DAYS SPENT ON A DOGES FARM By Mar
garet Symonds (Airs w. W. Vaughan). With
new preface and sixteen new Illustrations
Emo, PIP 2SS. The Century Company.
Mr.. Headlams book among many of its kind
stands out as one peculiarly useful TO that
traveller who, unprepared by study, is prepared
by taste and imagination to feel the charm OF
Northern Italy To those also who have already
fingered on that enchanted ground with which
he deals, to whom the very names of its towns
Venice, Ravenna, Padua, Ferrara. Verona for
choice-mean the beguilement of tragedy and
romance and beauty these pages will bring
many delightful recoIlections. We could hardly
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

Sir John Hare's recollectons are to be fol-
lowed by those of another distinguished English
actor Sir Charles Wyndham is busiy engaged
upon his autobiography, based on the notes
which he has kept during his working life.