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ANOTHER RUSSIAN TALE
OF TRAGEDY AND GLOOM

or entreat. may run his head arainst
the wall, AL will lie as useless as tho
Wailing OF the deaf II blind IN tho
wilderness. Clear IN every
detail he saw TIE miserable III" Ia
which such a creature, the victim "f
hereditary corruption. is condemned
Fills reflections became much worse.
They are too painful and shocking
to repeat. So is the minute, the linger-
Ing and |unspar!ng account OF the OPP
GRAFTON of ~tracheotomy performed by
the doctor in vain.
Every evening at dusk the doctor
sat listening to the feverlsh %outpour-
inSs Of a young actress who lay dying
OF consumption. The two were un-
spoken.y in love with each other.
When she died the doctor sat at night
by her grave, as he had promised her
he would do. A seducer and several Of
his victims are characters in the story,
Another character Is a rich drunkard
with IA mind diseased. Another is an
engineer in "A factory who breaches
suicide The eoings ON at the club
make the place seem Ike II madhouse,
The idea OF suicide spreads. circum-
stances, many OF them grotesHue
enough. assist IT, The people Of the
tale take 10 kili'nE themselves There
are more suicides here h in the
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Michael Artzibashef's story OF
breaking Point" (B. ". Huebschl is
one of the gloomiest and mos, ,rag!-
cal of tales. The opening picture Of
life in a Russian provincial town is
distressing. Tchish. the student. x
presses the misery OF living IN such
a place. IL is SUMNER hot day. The
people are indoors behind windows
Theoretically sealed against the sun.
II Is like a place Of the dead. Even
the sparrows do not chirp. Tchish
In his thought swears and says: WAS
II necessary 10 build the town on such
an accursed spot? Who dragged
them into this damnablc wilderness?
Aren't there enough woods and rivers
In the world? But this sort OF thing
1t makes one sick--these miserable
fools" lie choked with rage. The
pe%rsplration poured from him, The
account dwells repeatedly upon the
fact Of the Precipitation.
Still there were people who could
eat, who could face robustly the pleas
ures VI the table even In this hot
weather. At the club Tchish cou
tered DR.. Arnold, who was having
dinner. The doctor was enormously
fat. lie was silent and melancholy.
He knew the tragedies of life. His
sympathies were expended upon them.
Still he had appetite. Just now his
napkin was tucked in about his neck.
The corners OF this shield stood up
behind his ears. "a decanter Of vodka
stood before him, and his huge body,
choking with heat and clad In n wide
Jacket Of unblcached silk quite soaked
under the arms, was busy swallowing
some greasy dish over which wal
poured sour cream and liquid horse
radlsh," The doctor had beer after
the vodka.
The greasy dish is named presently.
The doctor put "a leg Of the sucking
pig onto his plate" and poured
plenty of sour cream over IT," Hin
rejection ut home OF an evening waa
tea sweetened with cherry preserves.
The story accompanies the doctor on
his professional rounds. There Ia
infinitely realistic detail Of the death
Of an aged professor. In "a house
where God Himself would not have
been more welcome" little Grischenka
lay III. The doctors reflections are
recorded: "All 10 In vain. He. DR..
Arnoldt may weep OF mock. curse
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CRITICAL
OF THE SEASONS
LATEST Q
Drifting Waters" Tells Of a Couple Whose Separa.
ton Ended in Egypt.
Charles G. Norris Shows New York Realistically in
New Novel. THE Amateur"
Carolyn Wells Does a Detective %Story-Other New
Books Of the Opening Season.

~ A charming ana lovable girl Il made
10 suffer much through the fault Of
others before her life In set right In
.J.achel Swete Macnamara's Drifting
Waters" &c. p. Putnam's Sons). She
Is brought up In solitude by an en-
FILTERED and Jealous mother, who cam
not forgive her husbands infldelity.
The child grows up in ignorance Of
the family trouble, IL cheerful and pa
tient with her mother. being helped
by . shrewd and affectionate nurse.
and when she is grown up, though
she gains some liberty, still submits
20 her mothers wishes. The girls
blossoming out when released from
captivity and the love making with a
youth Of vaRabond tendencies and a
toe susceptible y for beauty. Ia told
delightfully."-. The two are married
secretly and while he sails for the
antipodes she stays to look after her
mother till she dies. Then she hears
the family tragedy. comes to doubt
herself and the mar she has married
and when they come together in
Egypt they meet almost as strangers.
Each loves the other but thinks the
others love is dead; the mlsunder-
standing Is handled very naturally and
.delicately till they find out the truth.
TO the reader who Is anxious about
the heroine's fate the elaborate Egypt
ian descriptions at the end may seem
IN encumhrance IN the story. II is
q good study Of character and an en-
3oyable book.
Realistic pictures Of life in New
York city are provided by Charles q.
Norris In 1.-THE Amateur George n.
Doran Company. He relates the ex-
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Gardening" the description Of imple-
ments under Machines and the
elaborate description OF conditions in
every State. prepared by experts. in
the comprehensive article on North
American States The illustrations
are numerous. practical and often
beautiful! the work. which will be
completed before long. Is indispen-
sable to every c%ultivator of the sol!
whether II he In the form of a farm
or only of a suburban garden.
An account Of the experiences 81 a
group Of ST. Louis people with a
''ouadji board" and some modification
OF panchette. and also a portion Of
the literary output obtained. has been
prepared by Casper s. Yost in Pa
thence Worth" Henry Holt and Com
pany). providing interesting material
for investigation by psychical research
students. The name Is that furnished
by the mysterious COMMUNICATE, who
uses "A quantity archaic dialect. The
author first gives IN satisfactory form
the material evidence regarding the
manner In which the communications
are received and the participants in
the meetings. Then hc selects from
the Ineligible messages first those In
rhythm. which show much genuine
poetic feeling. next the prose nara
tons and dramatic fragments, which
are curious. and Hrally the intima-
ions about immortality. Whatever
sceptirs may think of these strange
illusions. they certainly ought to keep
the ~psychical research people busy for
some time.
The latest volume in the valuable
international" series Of Biblical COM
mcntaries published ny Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons is "a Critical and Exegetical
Commentary on the Epistle OF ST.
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SU4Ne WILLIE, AUTHOR
oe"Whv Be EAv?'(srokes)

SJames'' by Prof. James Hardy Ropes
OF Harvard. Like all the other
volumes. The author makes Use " all
the results OF modern scientific investi-
CATION. no matter how destructive OF
tradition they may lie, and Keeps HIM
self free from all theological bias. The
long introduction to the commentary is
likely to be Of greatest interest to lay
men and scholars alike. In this Prof.
Ropes not only gives a full account of
tn. history and contents of the cpistle.
oil the various texts and Of the manner
in which 1t has been interpreted
through the centuries, but he presents
all the evidence and all the theories
regarding the puzzle II who the sew
eral Jameses mentioned in the New
Testament may have been before
hazarding his own hypothesis. II is
clear and straightforward. a fine exam
pie OF modern scientific study Of the
Bible.
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OTHER BOOKS.

The revised and enlarged edition Of
the STANDARD Cyclopedia of Horticul-
ture" tMacmillans), edited by l.. VI.
Bailey. has reached its fourth volume,
10, marked by the long articles on
Lilies at the beginning and Orchids at
the end. The encyclopedia, with It's mass
Of up to date information, Is likely to
remain the standard for many years to
come. Its definition of horticulture ~
very broad, for it includes everything
that is likely to interest the agricul-
turist. Noticeable among the long ar
titlcs are the treatise on Landscape
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poets. novelists. society ladies, a
brilliant galaxy Of well known Brit
!sh names.
The War Letters uf an American
Woman" 10y Marie Van Worst tJohn
Lane Company. have the merit of
being written for the most part with
no thought OF publication. They were
sent to friends and relatives from t!ms
TO time after the author was csueh;
In Paris by the outbreak OF the war
She gives "A lively ccount 81 her dit.
ficu,ties and her feelings are bitter.
She determined TO do Red cross work.
however. and the letters describing
she saw ana did in the Ameri-
can hospital AZ Neuilly are direct and
valuable records az real experiences.
The later letters N which she pleads
for assistance and praises individuals
are less impressive. Appended are the
poems Miss Van Worst has written on
war topics.
A s~ingularly convenient little book
has been put together 10y Thomas
O'Tooie in The Way They Have in
the Army ,John Lane Company. 1t
Is often pretty superficial and the
author Is nc ned to be jocose. but he
tells OF a great many things that people
would like TO have explained. The
terms the men use. the Gicknames OF
the regiments. the badges OF office are
enumerated anu defined. the usual
duties of ~privates, non-commissioned
and commissioned officers. the organ
ization OF the army and It's subdivisions
are described what is likely to happen
Il a man Is wounded or is disorderly is
told. A whole macs of useful. com.
monplace Information. the kind that
reference books disdain. is provided
here. and the reader will forgive the
author IL he occasionally hurr!es over
a subject that he has neglected 20
look up.
An intelligent vi the action
OF h Russian army during The first
year of the war viii I've found in Der
nard Pares's Day by Day With the
Russian Arm," Gioughton Miit.r
Company. The author ha>tened to
Russia when the war broke out and
engaged IN Red Cross, work. lie was
appointed Official correspondent
whatever that may ho. ard turned in
reports 10y special messengers, which
took Il month Ia reach headquarters;
the appointment gave him some free
dom in moving al.uut. He tells frankly
what the mutations were on his seeing
and doing things; the censorship is
only partly removed on vha, he tells
In this volume. and that only because
the events are so long mast. The author
has done al that a war orresponden
can under modern conditions. and his
story may ne taken as an homes, state.
ment of the available facts.
Traditions of the RUSSELL and Forbes
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Mrs. F'rankau's daughter writes he,

Mrs. Frankau's daughter writes her
mothers publishers as follows.
THE few lines that my mother has
dictated are, alas. too true, and 1t IL
heartbreaking to write you more de-
tail. That brave. fine spirit Is going
out as might have been expected. She
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her three ons from serving their
country. Tn. eldest has a commits
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second In the London Rifles and tho
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st. Adams have been stopping with
Rev. r. F. Lowe on Summer stree
for few days.
| Manager G. E. Merrill and Robert
Nichols of the Passumpsic Telephone
Co., returned Friday from a fishing
trip to Willoughby lake and Long
pond.
Miss Maude Harding left town
Saturday for Boston and the beaches
where she will spend the summer.
Miss Priscilla Brunette is visiting
her sister in CoIebrook, N. H, for a
short time.
A. D. Paige of Lyndonville was a
business visitor in town Monday.
Mrs. J. G. Taylor was a weekend
visitor in Waterford visiting with her
son, F. E. Taylor.
c. A. Swinger and Rev. F. S. Smith
were business visitors in town Monday
from Concord.
Miss Madeline Randall left town
Monday for a visit with friends in
Burlington.
Mrs. Benjamin Feriazo of Cole
brook, N. H, visited in town over
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. N. Brunette.
Rev. S. T. Simpson of South Rye
gate was a business visitor in town
Monday.
Homer r. Richards and Miss Mary
M. Broadman both of Andover, Me.
were married at the Methodist Epis-
copal district parsonage Monday aft
ernoon by the Rev. Ralph F. Lowe.
They left town Immediately for a
short wedding trip through the White
Mountains. Afterwards they will re-
turn to Andover where the groom has
an automobile business.
Charles S. Hastings, Frank 0.
French and Henry G. Boynton left
early Monday morning for a fishing
trip to Boundary, Me.
Supt and Mrs. w. H. Young left
Tuesday afternoon for South Bristol,
Me-, to spend the summer in camp
there.
Mrs. F. G. Bundy and daughter,
Charlotte are spending the week at
Joe's pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Fisher returned
Sunday to Lakeport, N. H., and was
accompanied by Mrs. Emily Towle
and Miss Louise Towle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Morrison we're
visitors in Concord over Sunday.
Twelve little friends of Harold Nc
Farland were invited to his home Sat
urday, June II, to help him celebrate
his 18th birthday. After playing
games, refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served and his little guests
left presents of remembrance.
Mrs. John Williams of Middle Gran
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vile. N. Y. is visiting her niece. Mrs
w. H. Mcfarland.
Mrs. Herbert N. Johnson of Rapid
City, South Dakota, is visiting rela-
tives and friends in town.
T. H. Jameson of Holyoke, Mass,
is spending a few days with his
daughter, Mrs o. E. Mcleod. Mr..
and Mrs. Mcleod and Mr.. Jameson
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Learmouth.
F. G. Gibson and Mrs. L. M. Hodg-
kins and Rhea Gibson left Monday
morning in an automobile for a few
days visit in Brattleboro and Towns
bend.
John Hurlihy of Ann Arbor, Mich,
was in town Monday.
Miss Blanche l. Jouett has returned
to her home in Winchester, Mass, for
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Arthur from
Glover, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Holloway.
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SUTTON.

(H. A. Blake, Correspondent
Mrs. Fanny Aldrich and Miss Sadie
Blake closed their terms of school
the past week, and all other schools in
town are to close the present week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Aldrich, Mr.. and
, Mrs. E. l.. Watson went Saturday to
visit relatives in Bishops Crossing,
Que. They went in Mr.. Aldrich's
automobile.
Bennett H. Curtis is at his home
here for the summer vacation from
the Gordon Training school, where he
is studying for the ministry.
Rev. G. w. Douglass from West
Burke occupied the pulpit here and
change with the pastor, Rev. G. r.
Upton. He gave an able discourse to
a good sized congregation.
The Ladies' Aid are to hold forth
as usual at their hall Thursday eve
ming.
Kingsley Mitchell from Springfield
was a weekend visitor at his fathers,
T. J. Mitchell, remaining over Sunday.
Notice was given Sunday that next
Sunday would be observed as Child
ren's Day, the service to be at the
regular hour of the morning service.
Rev. c. r. Upton, Lewis Gordon and
Myra Gordon are attending the Dan
vile Baptist Association at North
Troy Monday-Wednesday of the pres
ent week.
Miss Bertha Craig from st. Johns
bury, who is with the Goss Compa ny,
was with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
w. Craig, over Sunday.
We have an abundance of rain
these days. A heavy shower passed
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-06-21
INDIANA MANS EXPERIENCE

Frank Moseley, Moore's Hill, Ind,
writes 81 was troubled with almost
constant pains in my sides and back
and attributed it to weakening of my
kidneys. 1 got a package of Foley
Kidney Pills. Great relief was appar-
ent after the first doses and in 4S
hours all pain left me-" If you have
rheumatism, backache, swollen, aching
joints or stiff, painful muscles, why
not try Foley Kidney Pills? They stop
sleep disturbing bladder ailments, too.
G. c. BINGHAM.
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over here Sunday during the Sunday
school service hour.
Mrs. Sophia Watson is visiting her
Brother, s. A. Hunt and other friends
at Barton for some days
Charles Hersey from ST. Johnsbury
was a guest at F. w. Craig's over
Sunday.
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Don't leave your roo= .dle over
night. Advertise In the Daily and get
a roomer the next day.
Milford chronicle., 1916-06-16
LINCOLN CITY.

Miss Eta Clendaniel spent Thursday
ana Friday Of last week with Mrs VIM
Dorsey at Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Smith of Roch-
ester, y. Y, have been visiting friends
here.
William Morrison has been Philadel-
phia visitor.
George Morrison Of Philadelphia has
been the guest of his parents
Mrs \ b. Donovan has been enter
tanning Mrs. William Bennett of VIII
mington.
Osborne Willis of Woodside spent the
week end with his parents
Harry T.. Clendaniel. who received the
contract for the erection of a bridge at
Bridgeville, is rapidly completing the
work
Bradbury Morgan is building a cottage
AT the Cedars, near Slaughter Beach
Miss Nell ohnson is passing her vaca
ton with her mother.
Mrs. George Hatfield and daughter. of
camden, n. j., are visiting her par
ents.
A very quiet wedding took place at
the parsonage Sunday evening at the
close OF the Children's Day service. The
contracting parties We're Miss Mary Lof-
Eahu ana John Bennett, both of Milford.
There will be preaching at Slaughter
Neck Sunday morning at 1880
There VIII be a children's service at
Neck beginning at p. M Rev. W. W.
sharp Of Frederica. Dell will address
the children. All are invited to attend
this service.
Service will be held in the Lincoln
Church on Sunday evening at 7.30 D.
M preaching by the pastor
Milford chronicle., 1916-06-16
BRIDGEvILLE.

Now that the pea crop is about over
farmers are turnir,t cir attention to
the cultivatiorag IN sweet potato
crop whicSi Of the unusually we'll.
being benehomises e rainy weather
of the past fe> by IN
Five cars weEeeks lied north of the
passenger statioera st Fridav night
The train was load 4 with eighty cars
of lumber and traffic was held up for
five hours.
Children's Day services at the NJ
E. Church last Sunday were enjoyed
by large and appreciative audience
Frank Dimes has been appointed
night watchman at the Baltimore
Trust Company during the busy sea-
son.
Although the end of the berry crop
is supposed to be at hand, the crop
is still plentiful and large shipments
are moving daily, but prices are low
at present, good berries being sold at
but five cents per quart
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Newton attend
ed the commencement exercises at
Delaware College, where their son,
Warren Newton. was a graduate. Dale
Cannon has returned home from Del
aware College for the summer holi-
days, and Miss Mary Leadham, of Wo-
mans College. Newark. has returned
for the summer vacation.
Mrs E. G. Adams has returned to
her home after spending a few days
with he rsister in Philadelphia.
Miss Ray Welch has been visiting
friends in Milford, and has now left
for Millsboro, where she will spend a
few days.
Mr. and Mrs Layton Houston of
have been visiting here.
Dram Wiley of Wilmington has
been spending a few days with his
family here.
Miss Mildred Burford of Laurel is
the guest of her sister. Miss Mary
Burford.
Mrs. Harvey Marvel of Houston is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Cordrey.
Miss Marie Miller is visiting with I
relatives in Maryland
Miss Mae Adams returned to her |
lome in Philadelphia on Monday after /
Milford chronicle., 1916-06-16
BOWERS.

Children's Day exercises at Barratt S
Chapel, which were to have been held
last Sunday, have been postponed until
next Sunday. This action was taken
because of the funeral of Mrs. Caleb
Van Burchellow.
Miss Jennie Coverdale, who has been
visiting her visitor. Mrs. Ride, of Sell
byville, has returned home.
Nils. Linda Coverdale, of Frederica, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary Seort, this
week.
A number of our Young folks attended
the Chautauqua at Dover the past week
John Tribbett spent the week-en with
relatives id Wilmington.
Miss Pearl Short has been very i'll the
past week.
Miss Lola Donovan entertained John
Benson, of Wilmington, over Sunday.
Miss Audority Bickling, of Smvrna,
Mrs. Richardson, of Clayton, Henry
Clark and Mrs. Ricards, of Henderson,
Md, spent the weekend with Mrs Will
liam Donovan.
Mrs. Carb Smith. OF St. Jones Neck.
is spending the week with her sister,
Miss AunieS canlon.
Miss Catherine Smith, of Magnolia, is
visiting her cousin, Miss Mary Williams.
St. Paul