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THINK OF NAPOLEON
IN A SUBMARINE!

Very Tew people are aware that the
submarine Was invented in a practicable
form during the N~apo'conir regime IN
Europe. THE original British inventor,
y. Day. was drowned in plymouth sound
in his own boat in ia Tn Bushnell
submarine followed, the work of an
used during the Revolutionary war to
blow up a British warship. The at
cnpts proved, however. ahortive, pe-
cause tho explosives used We're not of
sufficient power.
Frederick A. Talbo. telling about this
IN his Submarines: Their Mechanism
and Operation.'' recently published 10y
the L!ppincotts. tells 81 the next sub
marine eXploit-no' less than Il daring
p!an to rescue Napoleon from -. Ncl"n',
where he was held a prisoner by In"
English. Capt. Johnson built the sub
marine for the deed the boat MAS to b."
carried OH shiphoard to a point near
the island "Iiere tho suhma rin" WAS to
he lowered overheard and therein capt
johnson was to proceed under water I"
the island to "A lonely part of IN" sh"''.
where a landing could he effected. \
huge sum of money was promised II tn"
attempt should prove successful. wA,l"
5000. 600 Was to b" paid over ON ~" DAY
the boat was completed. But on the day
when work ON the outer shell of copper
was to be started the desperate cutcr-
prise was rendered unnecessary owing to
the death of the august prisoner
Think OF Napoleon in a submarine II
IL a curious idea, isn't II"
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TEXT BOOKS.

French ceased to he an easy course
in American colleges when Chardenal's
Advanced French Course" was dis
covered: that ingenious conglomera-
ton OF idiomatic phrases. all fairly
used in the language and not merely
devised for the students torture. That
led to the examination Of the authors
elementary courses. which were also
found to he useful. with alterations
and improvements, II the books
have held their own for over "A gen.
GRAFTON. A tested improvement. IN
which the requirements OF schools and
colleges have been met successfully.
c. A. C~hardenal's 4. Complete French
Course. edited by Marc :. Brooks. APP
pears in IA new revised edition tAllyn
and Bacon. Boston,.
A teachers Own system devised so
as to supply the pupil as soon as pos
sible with the practical VOCABULARY
needed for getting about In Paris, The
Ideal System for Acquiring a Practical
knoWledgc Of French. by Mile. V. -.
Oaudel THE author, New York;. APP
pears in a sixth edition. ON the basis
Of the French used in travelling. with
tradesmen and so on. supplemented by
grammatical exercises. the pupil is
made ready for the French OF htera-
ture.
So long as the colleges subject The
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masterpieces III English literature 20
the ordeal Of being regarded by youth
As subjects for classroom exercises.
II II just as we'll that the editors 81
the text should use discretion ana
s,Hse in their recommendations, This
Is shown preemlnert'y by William II.
Lewis in his edition of Robert Louis
Stevenson's Treasure Island t.Allyn
and Bacon|; his recommendations an
the use of the book should he studied
carefully Ivy college examiners.
The little volumes Of IA new edition
of the separate plays OF Shakespeare
The Globe Theatre Shakespeare. edited
by Daniel Homer Rich IiarpersI. are
very attractive. To each is prcixsd
81 brief biography. an account Of the
t~.lizahethan theatre, and n Of the
play in question. while comments on
the peculiaritics Of the verse II OF
Shakespearc's vocabulary and gram
mar appear in the appendix. The
plays at hand. both in the list Of col
legc requirements. are The Merchdrf
Of Venice and Julius Cnssrr. The ex-
planatory notes are at the bottom NJ
the page.
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Of wha is considered typ!cally Yankee
humor.
81, Is one Of the leading qualities In
the humor ~ Franklin's Poor richard.
OF Major Downing. OF Sam Slick and OF
Hosea Bielow. 1t is connected es-
sentially with the development OF Yam
kcc character and Of the Yankee view
OF the outside world. A strange hybrid
indeed said an English writer half .,
century ago, did circumstances beget in
che new world upon the old Puritan
stock. and the earth never before saw
such mystic p~racticalism, such niggard
geniality. such calculating fanaticism.
such cast iron enthusiasm. such sour
faced humor, such close listed gencr-
osity'
"Thi peculiar vein OF Yankee char
acter has now here been better exploited
for purposes OF humor than In James
Russell Lowelrs 'Biglow Papers Here
We have New England wisdom detached
from the conventional view Of things.
"A great deal OF Mark Twain's
humor rests upon a similar basis. The
humorous contract is found by turning
the artistic innoccnce' Of the western
eye TO bear upon the civilization Of the
old world. The result Is amply seen in
those two most amusing of American
books, The Inuocents Abroad and the
New Pilgrims Progress
Let us pass on 10 consider another
broad division Of American humor, the
humor 81 CNaggeration. II Is not to lie
supposed that we Americans hold any
monopoly Of this mode OF merriment.
n Il AT least az old as Herodotus, whose
efforts deserve all the credit attached to
a p~raiseworthy beginning. Gay, even
before Norodotus We find the hunor OF
| monstrous ~eNaggcration fully exploited
-, tI,n yvtt,4tlNn ltArAfnra nf NnFUnN
THE great giant Of the Eddas." says
one of the Sagas. sits at the end Of
the world in Eagles shape. and when he
| Naps his wings all the winds come that
blow upon man" The suggested parallel
to the American eagle Ia too obvious.
and I pass It by. II is AT least suppos-
| able that this element Of eXaggeration
entered largely into all primitive folk
song: II Is likely that many passages in
Homer and the Ancients. which tn The
scholars of to-day are mere misstate-
nen.s of ignorance. were greeted In their
time by the loud outlaws Of barbarian
listeners.
but though there 10 no monopoly Of
exaggeration in America the circum-
stances OF our country and it's growth
tend 10 foster II as a national character
istic. The amazing rapldity Of American
progress and the very bigness Of our
continent has bred in us n corresponding
higness Of speech; tho fresh air of the
western country and the joy ~ living IN
the open has inspired us with n sheer
exuberant love Of lying that has set its
mark upon our literature.
ct IL notorious that this form az
! American fun has always proved some
what difficult of comprehension To our
British cousins. y was prepared said
! Ariemus Ward in sIrakinv OF one of his
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reports Of criminal trials. articles deal
ing with the life OF the city's poor. In
The Abyss' there II an incident of a
child who was disguised and forced to
go about the streets performing tricks
for pennies. This incident X based
upon an actual occurrence. described H..
- clipping from the New York world u
December %, 1895.
But many of the characters OF Tho
Abyss are real people.
The little woman BECKY" said Mr.
kussy. "is taken from life, shctchcd
with absolute fidelity TO the original
The story Of the prisoner cluhh.d 4"
death ny his guards Is based upon "A
case brought 10 my attention In the
course OF my practice; and the actual
occurrence differs from my incident in
that II was no much more cruel and
shocking that didn't dare picture it
as /. really occurred lest ] he charged
witt gross eAaggeration.
My prison scenes ara written with
the help 81 a friend who spent "A year
in a reformatory. lie entrusted to mo a
diary which he had kept during his con-
iincmeut,
81 experienced great difficulty in
familiarizinG myself with tho life.
habits and argot OF 'ramrs. Nut ] wa.
fortunate in learning that a man !
knew had been a tramp In his youth.
and from him ! gained information
which WAS OF great value to mo.
prom a awnbroker I acquired a
knowledge Of various matters which
were of service to me in describing III.
pawnshop OF Mr.. Samuels Wherever II
was possible for me 20 obtain through
investigation personal knowledge of
facts, scenes and incidents which | pur-
posed to describe have done so. IN Tia.
1870. - lat,o nhuh1al IN 1,nfpt N1NillN
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WESTERN WRITER
OF MANY

Mrs. Grace S%artwcll Mason cheerfullv
came down from May Austtn's studio,
up aloft az the National Arts tluh in
C,ramercy Park. to submit TO az Inter
view on her books and herself APP
pleton'~ are just bringing ont her latest
novel, THE Golden Hope" written In
collaboration with John :. Willard. II
Is a story with Western settings set
tiers in the Sierra foothills. land thieves,
water rights and desert reclamation. the
lust for gold and other events and emo
tons that make up ihc exciting history
OF early Californian days,
~ am not "A Westernor 10y birth" Mrs,
Mason explained. ~ Was born IN
PENNSYLVANIA and Went West because |
had always thought | should he able to
do my work much better iu the open, and
in California 1t is possible to write out
doors most Of the year. tr course the
material for 'rhr Golden Hone was
gathered after Went West. II is cs-
sentially two true stories put together,
Some OF the characters are taken from
life directly: some are composites made
from real people. For example. Jack
ling. the land %Grabber, Is actually an
old FELLOW who lived near Monterey and
stole the SOIL OF MS ~neignnors by
despicable but extremely amusing trick
cries. Once this man-,hc rral fellow
wished to cheat the countryside in &c
curing some land that was 10 be sold at
auction. Hc had the clock set ahead. Al
the announced rot the land Was sold
IN him at his own tigur" When Other
intending buyers arrived AT the correct
time the sale was all over,
"Mr. Hilliard has collaboratcd with
me before. and ! recall that our first
Joint work. a story called The Bears
Claws was due to Il casual remark
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Stephen Leacock.

The writings 81 Nathaniel Hawthorne.
the works Of Mark Twain ,uot as cited ia
single passages or jokes, nut considered
in their broad aspect and IN their view
Of life) and PERHAPS more than all the
work of q, Henry. who's" name Will stand
in restrospeCt among the greatest. pre-
sent the universal element. Eut u large
part Of American humor lacks pro-
fundity and wants that stimulating aid
OF the art OF expression which can lie
found only among "A literary people.
The Americans produce humorous writ
ing because Of their intensely humorous
perception Of things. and IN despite Of the
fact that they are not a literary people,
The British people. essentially a people
Of exceptions, produce "A high form Of
humorous literature because of their
literary spirit. and in spite ~ tho fact
that their general stauiard "l humorous
perception Is lower. In ia" ono case
humor forces literature. In the other
literature forces humor.'
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man dripping with water from having
fallen into u S'ream or covered with

man dripping with water from having
fallen int a s'ream or covered with
mud by being thrown into a bog.
THE American funny picture tries to
n the same ideas by ~exaggeration.
1t gives us negroes with boots hat are
W. fest long. collar six inches high and
diamonds that shoot streaks of light
across tho paper. The English cartoon
fat makes a literal drawing. He MAJ
draw Mr.. Whist II Churchill as a chimney
sweep or "A nurse girl Or as "A bull TERROR.
but the face Is always the face of Mr..
Winston Churchill The American ear
,oonis. on the contrary reduces Mr.,
Roosevelt to n set of teeth with spec
tacles SIR Wilfrd I.aurier to a lock Of
hair. and the German Kaiser 10 a pair
Of mustaches. IN either case the OBJ
ject sought may he attained or missed.
British liberalism 10 comic art or
literature easily fades INTO ms hid du'-
ness pointleSs stores Of 'dWfully anus
ing things told just a. they happened.
make one long for the sound of "A liter
airy lie. American cNAggera'ion in comic
art runs to s-e-l IN tn" woodcr symbol
ism that depicts "A skating accident by
"A series uf ,oi.cutri circles. American
eNaggeration in literature passes the
bounds of common sense, and becomes
mere meaningless .rininalitv.
"lt has been impossible in this short
COMPASS to Say much Of the part Of
American literature which movcs upon
the highest plane OF huinor. in which the
mere homogeneous 'funniuess' Of ~" ludi-
crous is replaced 10y the larger view of
llfe. In plain truth not much Of what Is
called American hum"r ~ OF this class.
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know publishers have "A way Of saying
to you when. in a state of exhaustion,
YOU hand them the manuscript of your
novel We'll, como In next
Monday and we'll talk over your next
book And you cannot make them
understand that that book j. months
or that possibly the fatigues Z
the last volume have no: magically van
ished with the last leaf OF manuscript"
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, Mrs. Mason Is an Eastern woman by
birth who has had unusual expert
ences while observing conditions in
the West. How she gained her knowl-
edge. embodied in her new novel Of
Western life. The Golden Hope she
tells In the. interview appearing In an
other column OF this section.
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A "DICkENS OF NEW YORK"
AND HIS TWENTY YEARS WAIT

Nathan kussy. whose nrst novel.
The Abyss" is receiving comparison
with the work Of Dickens and Dumas.
has had from high school days one
dominating idos-to succeed as a
writer. His disappoiutmcnts and set
hacks would have discouraged one less
determined
He nas born In Newark in 1872. and
when he was twelve years Old decided
he woIld become a writer. Mr.. kussy
s,ill l'ves I'm Ncwark and At his hone
there he told ~ his experience.
II have always been very fond of
hooks he said, and read a great deal
IS q child. Naturally. reading and
thinking over what I read created the
desire to write myself. and 30 ! was only
fifteen when ! wrote my first hook. II
was "A story for boys, with the title
The Elind Hero and Was In twenty
nine chapters"
That book s,ill rests in a drawer Of
the author' bookcase.
Il wrote many short stories In the
ncNt few years. he went on. 'but none
of them was accepted, Dickens in
nucnred me more than any other writer.
! always felt intensely for the sub
merged, while crime and criminals also
appealed strongly to me-"
lie kept a journal from his childhood
DAYS. and an entry in 1889 ,when the
boy Was only seventeen years old IL
significant:
1T is "A strange fact that the rejec-
ton of one of my Mss. does not in the
least me. ! am as hope
full of ultimate success as ever
\ year after this. when he Was eich-
teen. q sketch wa accepted by the New
York World. lie received a check for
Sis1 The Young author was 50 thrilled
AZ this testimony Of recognition that he
at once began work upon a novel called
"Touehrv. the Song of the Streets
The scenes were N. same ~ the scenes
OF "Thc Abyss; the hero lived in Mul-
berry street. AMI much of the action
took place along the l.owery.
: Eut he was now facing the problem Of
earning his living. and vainly tried ia
get work on a New York newspaper. lie
decided to study law. Was graduated
from the New York Law school and al
/ mittcd 30 tho bar in 1898. When he was
- wears old. Since then he has prac-
,ised law Nv Ncwark but has never let
60 Of his ideal.
"Ahout the time OF my admission "a
the bar he said, II began to write
plays. TN" Fools Love my first play.
was followed by The Kat of hunger.
.s p,,, ,h, ,,,, NJ tho.. MAS ,hs
,
4 :, ,ooo p,r.ss l.,, him -, bo,re sa,,.
,,,,,hs a,, no uso5 Tho tim. o.
u" ,a,s ,n,. T., mint y.rse IA,
~ o.i. ., n.n.,.r, ycro rns,,ocss.
g., ,,.s sait ,h,, ,,ostuu,c rI,vs III,
s" nr uri.h wcrc laid in mas, cen.
turies, would not catch ON" once Mr.
kussy fc't he Was near acceptance
4, -. ..-.-t tA1l l.t,. Ia vuH4,tN ,H.,
49," ..r,', N,1 Ins,nr'. - mis- ,r,rc,
"",,, ,a, hi,, sha,yo Sb,Lesn,,ro I'm,
,a, t ,,m,n ~ i,
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Marie Cher vas born in New York
city. Her new novel, THE Immortal
0ymnasts." Is a peaceful tale Of Lon
don life. From the time she was u
young girl Miss Cher has paid fire.
quent visits to London, and has there
a wide circle OF friends. For the
past Ave or six years she has lived
In Paris, but at present. owing to the
war. she 10 staying in New York.
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HISTORY.
''m'"in the Law yer.

Strangely enough no one anon the
multitude who have examined one
pha>" ar another Of Abraham Lin
CONS life, not even his faithful biog-
raph"rS, has thought of investigating
ms d"sugS IN the profession that Oc-
cuiifd INN Till he attained the Presi-
dehry aS John T. Richards has done
IN AbrahGm Lincoln, the Larger
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Others ano viii contribute are Joyce
k,lnct. T. \ l'a'y. Leo. 1'd Bacon.
William Kos" licurt. james T.. iticlaid-
son. Alice VII. on. jean Brooic Burt,
Max Eastman.
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count Of the proceedings and speeches
on the completion Of the monument,
February 8. 1914. and other tributes to
Greeley's memory. Tho volume IS
fully illustrated.
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Mr.. Kussy Is the author Of q book
acclaimed as an unusual first novel.
The story Of his discouragements and
eventual recognition is told elsewhere
on this page.
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ont Of print books supple l..
TO matter on what subject write me VI ltius
books wanted; ! can. get YOU ANY hooh over
published; whru in ENGLAND C,U aud insper.
my stoca ut 1000 rare Dorhs.
nlLAr Buokshnt, J-aa L.isut 81,
M. A.. halu. LnIlaul.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-23
MURDER CASE TOMORROW
Superior Court Will Likely Ad-
iourn About Middle of Week.

After being called several times
and postponed. it is expected that the
case of Aaron Williams, colored,
charged with murder, will be taken up
in the Glynn superior court tomor-
row. AS there are a number of wit
nesses in the case it will probably
take up the entire day.
Williams is charged with the muir
der of Walter Newman, also colored,
who was stabbed to death on Monk
street Christmas night, following a
dispute between Newman and another
negro. The case against Williams
seems to be very strong one. The
negro is represented by Attorney j..
T. Powell. while Solicitor Thomas will
be assisted in the prosecution by F.
M. Scarlet.
1t is probable that the session of
the court will come to a close during
the present week Only small num-
Der of cases remain On the docket,
and if possible these will all be dis
posed oby Wednesday or Thursday.
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MEXICAN CATTLE
RUSTLER KILLS A
i. s. CITIzEN n
AKERS SHOT FROM TOP OF
HOUSE WHILE MAKING AN
EFFORT TO RESCUE SOME
STOLEN CATTLE.

Ell PASO, Texas, Jan. 22-The
tense situation here, produced by the
Santa Ysabel massacre today was ag-
gravated when details OF the killing
of Bert Akers, an American rancher
from Ysleta, Tex became known
Akers was slain by Bernardo Duran
a Mexican cattle rustler, in a fight
yesterday afternoon at San Lorenzo
Chihuahua, a village a few miles be-
low the border.
With a companion, Douglas Downs
and a Mexican police official, Akers
sought to recover cattle stolen last
Monday from Mrs. Murphy. a neigh
Dor, at Ysleta, when Duran, with his
brother, FREDERICK, opened fire from
the roof Of their house
Gen. Gabriel Gavira, commandant
at Juarez, gave out a statement which
he said covered the circumstances of
the fight as related to him by Bel
nardo Duran and his brother and by
a squad of CarranZa soldiers who were
near the scene. Gen. Gavira declared
that Duran claimed self-defense. The
general -SalQ mat II 1ound guilty, the
Durans would receive prompt punish
ment.
Akers was shot nthe back while
riding a horse that also carried
Downs. Downs reached Ysleta last
nigL -everal hours after the shooting
and reported that the Duran brothers,
one of whom is said to have served 2
term in the state penitentiary of New
Mexico, had been running American
cattle across the border for the last
few weeks. They were said to have
been mutilated in various ways to pre-
vent identification.
Akers' body was brought by Juarez
early today for Identification by a
squad of police.
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ONLY TWO LIKELY
TO &c IN RACE
SOLICITORS CONTEST 1T SEEMS
WILL BE BETWEEN SELLERS
AND BENNETT.

Despite the fact that rumors have
been current recently to the effect
that numerous candidates would like
ly be in the race for solicitor of the
Brunswick circuit, those who have
watched the lineup are now of the
opinion that only two men will finally
decide to enter the race, one of these,
Judge Alvin Sellers, of Baxley, having
already announced, while the an
nouncement of the other, Col. r. l..
Bennett of Jesup is expected within
a few days.
Rumor few weeks ago had a can
didate in the race from almost every
county in the circuit; Sellers from Ap-
ping, Bennett from Wayne, Mark Will
cox from Jeff Davis, S. c. Townsend
of Camden, while a Brunswick attor-
ney was also mentioned, but from all
indications al present only two Of the
prospective candidates will be in the
race.
Friends of Mr.. Wilcox, of Halle
hurst, state that he has not fully de
cided, but they express the opinion
that he will not run just at this time
The same is true about Mr.. Townsend
of st. Marys, while it is hardly prob
able that a Brunswick attorney will
be candidate.
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Reports Are Untrue.

CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, Jan.
22.-Reports of the capture of Gen.
Villa, or of persons known to have
taken part in the Santa Ysabel mas
sacre in which eighteen foreigners
were killed on January 10, are un-
true, according to Gen Luis Herrera,
who today dictated the following
statement:
''The bandits who assaulted the
train carrying some Americans were
attacked by forces of the Santa Ysa-
bel garrison at a point called La
Joya and completely dispersed. Four
of them were killed.
with regard to the direct pursuit
of Villa, Gen. Cavazos was charged
with this task land as he is at pres
ent at Guerrero, no report so far has
been received from him in this office
regarding this campaign.
I'VE have three competent gueril-
las engaged exclusively in pursuing
bandits who assaulted the train in
which the Americans rode.
"Rumors were current here all day
yesterday concerning the capture of
Gen. Villa. Many people who know
the country about San Geronimo
generally, scout the idea of Villas
capture.
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BALKANS STILL
IS ATTRACTING
THE ATTENTION
SITUATION IN BOTH GREECE
AND MONTENEGRO is SAID
TO BE SOMEWHAT UNSET
TIED AND SERIOUS.

LONDON, Jan 22.-The Balkans
&C ntlnue to 'al;e precedence in the war
news, both Montenegro and Greece
being points of notable interest. The
situation in each, however. is some
what cloudy by paucity of direct
news and decided conflict in such ad-
vices as are received.
Further reports regarding the re-
sumption of hostilities between Mon.
tenegro and Austria, after a rejection
OF peace term by the former. are
lacking, and ,here is small dsposi-
tion in Teutonic quarters even to adj
Eiit that there has been any break in
the negotiations. A Berlin dispatch
early today, however, quoted Co
logne newspaper as conceding that
obstacles had arisen during the ne
gotiations and that there had been
refusal of part of the Montenegrin
army TO lay down its arms:
or the field of war in Asia. dis
patches late last night from Petro-
grad claimed further successes for
the Russians against the Tarks in the
Caucasus campaign the Russian Of
ficial statement declaring that the
Turkish army of the vicinity Of
Er2erum had been defeated and was
relfeating lirecipitately to the protec-
tion IT the ErZerum forts.
There Is a discussion in Germany Of
separate peace between Germany
and Belgium and a London dispatch
quotes an influential Frankfort news
paper as suggesting that Belgium
ought not TO wait too long before
taking up the subject, which until
now has been considered as an OBJ.
ject Of exchange by the German
chancellor