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m GEORGE ELIOT. Leslie Stephens. Cloth. ■■-. TBc The Macmillan Company. New - York For sale here by Hunter & Co. t # "tIR LESLIE "STEPHENS'S study Sof George Eliot, recently pub- Jistiod in the well-known "Erig ,." ! g^Wg Ush Men: of Letters'* scries. Bi«*BS> Asks attention because of ths -. distinction of its writer, as well -.BsVor the unfailing interest of the sub :'jfpt discussed. And yet. with Its pe •■- •nsnl. there comes a feeling of some lit |: tic.; disappointment at its lack of finality it; :ho cautious criticism which keeps its < ' pag-s constantly non-committal. The :* st4j'ly is, however, thoughtful, well bal uiced/ and sane in Its weighing and Aidjring of the good and ill habite of the v novelist's mind and it undoubtedly has the faculty of drawing into its discus sions t ho interest and judgment of the reader's own opinion on each subject of Up thought. In summing up his own estimate of G<-orge Eliot's work as a whole, the writer insists on the personal influence ' which is felt in the writings of evory author, but which has a peculiar force ■' here in spite of the fact that the influ ence, of course, varies with the charac ter and prejudice of the reader. "But. in any case." be says, "we feel that the writer, with whom we have been In con tact, possessed a singularly wide and f*fi>ctlve intellect, a union of keen son fcibility with a thoroughly tolerant spirit. a desire to appreciate all the. good hid ; flcn ur.dcr the commonplace and narrow. * a' vivid insight into the perplexities and delusions, which beset even the strong est minds, a lively sympaihv with all the noble aspirations, brilliant powers of wit. at once playiul and pungent, and. if we must add.' a rather melancholy which 1s not nursed for purposes of dis play, but forced upon a fine understand ing by the view of a state of things which he must admit docs not altogether lend £pr]f to cheerful optimism." * * •■ George Eliot's works, as I have- read, hnv» not. Nt the present day. quite so high a position as was assigned them by contemporary enthusiasm. That is a common phenomenon enough, and. in her -■.vise. J take it to be due chiefly to the partial misdirection of her powers in the Inter period. But when 1 compare her work with that of other novelists. I can not doubt that she had powers of mind and a richness of emotional nature rare jy equaled, or that her writings—what ever their shortcomings — will have a ■cor responding value In the , estimation of thoughtful readers.*' * In Hie biographical portion of his study, Stephens gives no ■ new details, but fol lows closely, for the most part. Cross's \ cry sympathetic Memoir.' Of the great transgression of the novelist's life, little is : said, and the 'only apology made is in her sincere belief in the uprightness and justice of what she did. The story of her life is not. however, given here, for .the sake of historical information, but rather for the purpose of s-rtidying through it. the influences that produced mid" moulded the wondc-rful stories of which she was the author. These storios are taken up in detail and studied m all their varying aspects of failure or of perfection. One is made to see" here .anew, through the critic's eyes, the per focr. picture that George Eliot has made of certain phases o£ the rural life of England of her day. and to realize with clearer understanding and wider knowl edge the humaneness of her humbler characters, the point and aptness of her humor, and our loss by her too fiequciit abandonment, of it, and to feel, \vith more perfect appreciation, the beauties arid faults of her most ambitious efforts, the sweetness and nobleness of her great characters and the human frailty and bitterness of her weak ones. We are here again helped to see and feel and know, with :itrong' assurance, the faithfulness of. "Scenes of Clerical Life": the overbal anced didactics of "'Felix Holt," yet the tale's sympathetic knowledge of hidden incentive and character; the huge ana cronism of "Romola." yet its far-seeing picture of a great heart's story; the weak climax of "Adam B(?de," with its con trasting characters, and with the unreal goodness of its heroine unintentionally overshadowed by ihe much-quoted and unforgettable Mrs. Peyser: the impossi bility of the passion that brought on the catastrophe of "Mill on the Floss." yet the greatness and strength of the story's theme of a beautiful soul in common place surroundings: y and the lofty sweet ness of Dorothea Brooke, with the har rnssing lack of satisfaction In her story's close. These, and many other points of 'comment nnd discussion, are brought out in the writer's careful study of George Idiot's peculiar and characteristic genius, and While it is true 'Hint the praise and discrimination of no critic; can win for a. book that complete understanding that comes from an ungrudging and uncalcu lating abandonment to the joy of load iyg it, yet Stephens is deservintr of large gratitude for his success in winning for the writer, whom ha discusses, each reader's earnest thought and deep con sideration, and for aiding oaMi one of us to find with her "the depth below "iiie -trivial life," and "the unspoken sor rows tmd sacred joys, • * * the poetry, and pathos, tradegdy. anc! comedy living in the experionrf! of »vn llipso human •mils that look out through dull eyes and speak In voices of ordinary tones." , OUT OF THE WEST; Elizabeth Hig gins: Cloth, 51.50; Harper & Brothers. "New York. For sale here by The Bell Book and Stationery Company. IE havA grown accustomed to the cowboy romance of tins West, . to the stories of mining camps, gg^gij army life, ranche ao^venturei feMfo**! Indian wrongs,, and Spanish missions, and we know well the holding interest with which Eret Hart, Owen Wistcr. HHen Hunt Jackson. Ham lin- Garland, Mrs. Higglnson, and many Others of like thought have invested this boundless half of th« new world of ours \O\V UEAUV. A Brilliant .\ovcl Ily n Gifted Southern Writer. The Last Word —BY ALICE MACGOWAK, 11.60. If» the story of New York as seen through the fresh, keen eyes of., a' young girl from the broad prairies of South ■weEtera Texas, who goes to the Eaitera city," "as she herself . ; anounccs', : "To sue ceod.in journalism." Intense, ardent, powerful, it will take told of you and retain your interest to Its most delightful and" satisfying end, iti beautiful "last^ word." AT ALL BOOKSKLLisKS. LC. PAGE & COMPANY BOSTO.V- But ft new habit of talc: tilling has come into vo«ue. a habit fingcnderecl by the hard and narrow conditions of a western life "too -old ; - for the thrilling freedom- of earlier days, yet too young for .-the, soften ing effoct of an older^iyiljzatio'n.j as well as for the wisdom to demand. the rights 1 nocf-ssary for. its prosperity. .And- it is "to this now school : the /present novel belongs Thn:writp'r.of the story has prc-. sentwi with sinrority and vividness 'the custom's.' of .' life and tho typos of men and women which grow" out/of the conditions, which place a community outside the track of phonomirial growth and boom lime prosperity, yet which give it every reasonable chance for solid wellheing. but for the gree<l 'of '- powerful"! and relentless outside organization';' She: is earnest In her presentation of the*' cnidities of a narrow lif«\ the pain of unjust suffering, and the sordid ness of poverty, she deals always".] 'with reality and not romance. yet only oneo Mots her story with an unnecessary ugliness. Tt seems a mistaken thought, however, that has chosen for the hero of such a tale, a maY who has.'cnme. from the Kast and' who brings To his struggle with west ern conditions, ideals alien 'to" the soil: from which the romance of his life as well as the incentive to his best actions, have risen. It is this" Xew York man. wrought, upon by the tragic sufferings of the community in which he has found a new home, who enters political life for their benefit, and after many fights, gains from their enemies the just privi eges which re-est.nbiishes. their wellbemg. Ie is the story of this' young 'man's ■' life which ifik.es Hie central plot of the book, and the tale of his Jove for n. strangely inspired western girl prophetess, his awakening to the humanity of a world outside hi? own nnd to the suffering of his fellow creatures, hi? many-sided views of the crudities of the new life into which he has come, his gradual affiliation' with the new pnrty of lhr AVest. his career ac. a State senator, and. later, as a mem ber of Congress, his temptation and fall in Washington, and his final •accomplish ment of tlie good he has set out 'to do. make? up the bulk of the. story. It/would; have most assuredly seemed more consist ent with the writer's purpose and more in harmony with the intent of her tale, could this helper of. a western community have been himself a product and an out growth of the soil of the people his intel lect, and sympathy had: succored, rather than a stranger whose importation from the East for the deliverance of a western community seems to argue the impos sibility of his production among the peo ple who needed him. and to suggest, a •ioubt of the mate vigor v»-e have hitherto ascribed to the West. However, notwithstanding this dis crepancy, the story is a. vivid one for a first effort, and worthily told, and while it is true that compared with "The Octo pus." by Xorris. it is but a crude detail beside a splendid whole, yet as a detail, its work is done with. care' and sincerity; and seems to forecast some unusually sympathetic creations from its author. THE HEART OF WOMAN: Harry W. Desmond; Cloth. $1.25. J. F. Taylor & Company. New York. For sale here by the Bell Book and Stationery Com pnny. \ ■ Ti-ritpr o f this tale has laid I his scene in Revolutionary ■5. times, but true to the title of iSSSSJi s tale, be has put but l>t&i f*i?'i little fighting and bloodshed intoh his book: -and much of heart experience, steadfast friendship, the travail of love, and the nobleness of true affection. The 'reader may perhaps be puzzled to know which of two women's hearts is the one suggested in the book's naming, but cannot fail to believe that to either of the lovely heroines, gentle ness, sweetness, and a noble endurance cl" pain have won a full right to" such honor. The book, nowever. Is not wholly given to heart drama, but' furnishes also a ?tud.y in false and true friendships, brings' to view in the course of its telling some unique and interesting character of Revolutionary days, and presents many phases of a most romantic 'and pic turesque time. : NOTES. Tolstoy's Doukhoborsti colonists in Man itoba, have gone theory mad, and, from refusing to eat the meat of animals, they have come to refuse to table the labor of these same animals, and sleek fat oxen, horses and sheep may be seen grazing in overfed contentment on the hillsides about Yorktovrn. while fanatical peasants drag heavy burdens to and fro. pull the pjows in the fields, and refuse .even', so small a tribute of duty from the pampered animals as milk from the cows or wool from the backs of the sheep. As a matter of course ilie usefulness of these Russians as 'pros perous, colony builders , is being impaired by such impractical theories, and it is said that the Canadians . are becoming somewhat less eager in their, regard for their new _ citizens. It was for these Doukhoborsti peasants tliat Tolstoy's "Resurrection" was writ ten, and the proceeds from the sale of that very harrowing and gloom engendering book were used to transport the sect to America to enjoy their ;beliefs in a new world.- as others of the earth's oppressed have done before them, but' not, the Can adians aver, to make themselves paupers in their new home. Mrs. Elizabeth Higglns. the author of "Out of the "West," is a resident of Wash ington city, where some of the scenes of her story are laid. Her husband is the correspondent from Washington of one of the Chicago daily papers. There.?" has just been issued from the Gorham press, of Boston, a little volume of poems called "Apollo and Keats," by. Clifford: learner, a brother and devoted comrade of Sidney I^anier. the Well loved Southern poet. The new poet is a success ful business man. of Montgomery, Ala. He is past the prime- of life, and can be called new. only because -his poems, which written through many years in the in tervals of a busy career, are now, collect ed and submitted to: public criticism for the. first time. Some of the poems in the' volume are "joint productions of the -two brothers, and it is snia.that ir. all of them there is to be found a large measure of that delicacy and unerring sense of musi cal sweetness w-hich has given so great a charm to the songs of the more famous brother. But, whatever be the similarity in the work of the two singers, the late appearance of the successful .'business man's book of poems' brings back with pathetic interest the recollection of the earlier poet's <1 enperat ft struggle with pov erty and overwork, and recalls that pitl-, ful .-outcry which' w:is his only known omplaint against the bitterness of his toil. The lines were found among his papers after ,h:s death and .were, 'doubtless, wrung from him by that; dire necessity, which. made of; his soul-lit life astrugglo for bread so hopeless and unremitting that his heart arid brain ■were almost ready to burst with the music of the "songs this poverty gave him so little time to tltUr. ; :V: V "'"■" _ .-:, _ :: "I '■ /■\ - : - 0 i-orJ. if Thou wert-ncedy as I. • If Thou! shouldst conic to my floor, as 1 - „do to Thine, j ' _./ / If Thou hungered so much as 1 ,. -. -"..V For that which is fine and good,, j Oh, Friend; for . that .which ■ is fine J and ■■ '• good;' >.'■ : ■■ •■"■■.•■■.■■■ ■■;■:'..■'■ .■'.•.•.■■•*.•■-••■■.,.■*-•, 1 would give it to thee, -if I had power: I For that which 1 want! is.- first,\bread-^ j.'Diy decree, : not my choice, that-bread u^;rnue<t;be first; Thenf.music. :theh" ; some itlme = outVof the ! rtmggie' fc>r.br*aflit#.wrlt« mjrlpotmttf. Tmr, RICHMOND DTRP ATfiH-- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, ,1902 Then to put butof care" Henry and Robert, | _ whom I love. - ' - ■ .; ..■■-■' O, :ny God, how little would put them out ' -of. care! :. .." . •■"--. ■'■■■ .. ; / .' ANNE PENDLETON. ; OTHER NEW^PUBLICATIONS. THE LIFE OF THEODORE-■ROOSE \VELT. twenty-fifth "President of -the United .State/?.. By Murat Halstead. au-; thor. of ''The I>ife . of William McKin-, ley." "History of the War Between ! the States. '; etc." Illustrated.- . Akron. .O. : The Saalfried Publishing Company;' 391 - pages. ■ '■."-•• ■'■;. . ; * . : ■ ■ , ; !...-•?! There-is little -that, is new in ; this vol timo; nor could there/ well be; for Presi dent Roosevelt has been so prominently, before- the.- piiblic.. for some years 'that his life; lias been pretty fully 'exploited in newspapers and magazines.: None ..the ics;-\ v/itli the enthusiasm of an: admiring, biographer. .Mr. Halstead has written :a most '■ interesting book, and one ; valuable for reference. The illustrations are pro-, fuse. ' ; . . . '. I THE MODERN AMERICAN BIBLE; St. ; Paul and the Letter to the Hebrews. By Frank Schcll Balcntine. Thomas -AVhit ■" taker <fc. Sons. Scranton. ..Pa. 'For ! sale by Hunter, <!fc Co. and Miller & Rhoads. Tin's is one of a. series of five handy lil t!e volumes professing to present the orig inal text of the ;Now; Testament trans lated into the modern American form and phraseology. Its author is a cler gyman of the Episcopal church in Penn sylvania, and himself and .his. work is highly commended by many religious and secular, reviewers. ' . '.-" The faith of the church is not .-tied to an acceptance of our standard English Bible as an exact reproduction in our tongue of the Hebrew and Greek origi nals. The acceptance of those originals ns the inspired revelation of God to man cio?s.. however underlie the faith of our Universal Church of Christ. For more :.lhan three centuries the translation made in the reign of King James 1. -by a con vention of pious and scholarly divines has been in common -use among all branches of the. church, and consecrated in public nnd M'iv.itc worship of all the English speaking race and in all their religious •ui'l secular literature. . ' . But not a'fe'w revisions of that version, eitner in whole or in part, have appeared from time to time. In the eighties of the last century a revision of the whole Bible was made after months and years of la-" borious and reverent toil by picked schol ars of every branch of 1 he. English and American church. It. was not designed nor expected to supplant the old version, and hss never been substituted therefor in the regular worsh:p of the church. 3ut its "great value has been recognized •ind- conceded, by all Christian.. scholars. That revision, . however, perpetuated the quaint -old .English' form and phraseology of the sixteenth and seventeenth, centu rier». • This little book reverently accepts, the original Plcbrew and .Greek text as it has come down. through the ages as the inspired' word, and only professes to dis-. card the modern subdivision . in chapters and verses, and to give the. original text in form and " phraseology conforming to present thought and speech. -A cursory 'cxaminalion presents no. occasion; lor ad verse criticism as at all impairing .the standard version. The bcok will, we are sure, meet with approval, and welcome from very, many inteligent and God fearing 1 readers, and may. hope, to accom plish a somewhat successful mission. ; . .-■ ETERNALISM;A Theory of Infinite Jus tice. By ■ Orlando J. Smith. Ho'ughton, Mifnen'.& Co., Boston and New York. This book is a labored effort to un settle allifaifn. It is r.o'i oeistical, or ag nostic. " or "even infidelic in the common acceptation of that word. It is 'simply atheistic;'. . • " ■ The th'eory'of . the author reflects the idea of any • self-existing Gcd. either, of creation ■or -of- Providence. It, assumes that mind and 'matter are. self-existent; have been such from all eternity past, and v. ill. be! such for a.l eternity to come. It accepts the old heathen idea of .the transrn.'sr- tion of souls, and repudiates any interest- in them— like that of ; the most -benichted savagesof heathen lands, of responsibility to a. divine Creator and Governor. ' The theory of -the -book, simply stated, is the severest. condemnation. THE INVISIBLES, by Edgar. Earl Chris topher; -Illustrated; The Saalfield Pub ; lishing Company, Akron, O: .. This work might very! properly be con sidered as a blending of the respective styles of ■ Baron Munchausen and: Jules \ T erne, - for it is about as improbable a piece of fiction as could be possilily imagined.- But who cares? It's a good story— a story calculated increase, the sale" of midnight oil— and callous indeed, would be. the mortal* who could lay It aside after reading the; first three chap ters. The Invisibles are a band of con conspirators,' whose aim is to overthrow the Russian government and establish in Russia the principles of liberty, and justice. An element of.vindictiveness also actuates the motive, of the Invisibles, -for nearly every one of . them has r suffered in one way* or the other "from the Czar or his minions: In the memter'ship of the organization aro distinguished men of many rationalities, who are willing to sacrifice .their wealth and their talents to accomplish the aims of. the , ; order .'•'■■ The habitat of the "Invisibles" is a. vast cave in Tennessee, which is equipped . with n-.'r.ny mechanical appliances and .vast wealth. Here the conspirators .plot," and it is here that the hero of the story .meets with many startling 'adventures. A de tective who is following oh the trail of the" Invisibles forms a. prominent figure in..- the novel-- and performs some : mar vellous.feats! The. scene frequently shifts. We find our hero first in : India ."arid : then afterwards in ! Tennessee and Louisiana. It; is in .New. Orleans that' he meets; his sweetheart— a. .rather insipid lass, . who might as well * have - been ignored alto gether by the author. .-, . : . The ending of the story, .though satis-, ■factory,'! is novel in the extreme. Indeed, the, whole book is nothing, if "not novel. Mr. Chrictopher assuredly' has' a ..vivid imagination; and draws upon it;freely. ' SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE TION, ■ 1780-1783. McCrady/; Priced $3.50 - net. The McMillan -Company:, . - ;- ? - This is the "second volume of a work ; that has attracted great ■ attention.- and which is a. highly valuable, addition to South Carolina's, history.- -The .period covered is that during,. which -General Na thaniel ' Greehe> : ; commanded-- the ..-: patriot army./ The author gives a .vast; deal of attention , to. the quarrel 'between-; Light Horse;- Hairy Lee. 'of the; one ■ part,! and '■ Sumpter and Marion, of the other, and it is"_qnly natural that he should stand -up. fif -ABB above amdtft.- , -Three of .4he-new ©sacs: p^ I The King ia Y«llow,; ,' '. . ' ft\ for fhis. State's' great r and gallant I parti zan'rangers; !!: '. •'.'.."' v.v '. :'"'-"• >We ; commend;, the book to all lovers- of history, '• and .- .'especially V -to .: . those ' who imagine .that there was no fighting , of consequence done in . ! the ■ Revolutionary War/r after.-! the surrender of ; Cornwallis.. :'•-'■ EnKli«h'.;..Tlp'» on DinnerJGiyinsv : \ ■ ' (New, York Commercial.) - A riother ■ London": season is ;, numberea with the ;past; 'and; ; in. the; summingrup. it;is: amusing, to -note the tnat have" appeared in the noble art. of dining. Society owes 'a debt of gratitude to King Edward 'in the' matter of dinners:, for, it : is his express wish that at the houses where he dines % the dinner. . shall .-:■• be ; quickly served—never last i longer than ran .hour. Asa result,.short dinners are the fashion, and -: Lord and .Lady .- Londonberry^and Lord- and Lady Carlogan always arrange that the dinner shall be over ■in an hour, even at- their big and ceremonious quets. V :-'■•.:-:.- '; - : ■ ' ■.-■'■ The King .is also-known >to disapprove of -excessive extravagance' in the noral decoration of a dinner table; ho' prefers it- to be. of . simple blooms, and Hat, rather than high- and upstanding. -Early in .the lyear • Mr. Arthur. Page--a well known entertainer of royalty— gave a bridge dinner for King Edward, at which the flowers were white lilacs and pink tulips. - : ■■ " - : , ' : it is noticeable that at smart houses the menu is decidedly shorter than, it was a, year or two ago, the dishes gain in qual ity what they lose in quantity, and Lon don cookery is now as -good'' as any to be found in Paris or St. Petersburg. Ices 'and icing are carried to perfection, and ; many "plats" are iced that never were before. At a certain smart house not far from Portland "Square, "fole gras": ap peared as "mouses de foie gras dv Pole Nord"— a sort of iced pudding, instead of in the ordinary cold "pate", of former .days. —.- ' . -■■'..- >'■■ . -. '"■■■' : Novelty is the one. thing needful;; and, in order to arrive at it, a clever chef will have recourse to some old-tashioned homely fare," which he will prepare with consummate skill, rechristen it in "cuisine French," and send it up as the crowning triumph of a smart banquet. Lord Wa.nds wort is one one of the best dinner-givers in London, and at ' his house our old popular English beans and bacon, appeared, as "feves de Marais a l'Ecar late." and it was voted the daintiest dish of -a very excellent dinner. . Mrs. Ogilyy Haig's, chef is second to none, and iced plum pudding is one of the most appreciated dishes at her hos pitable house on Brook street. It is the .familiar Christmas pudding — cold, deli cately iced, and covered with a delicious French sauce. Peppermint was. always associated with Sunday school .children and considered impossible in good society. Now, It ap pears as a desert liquer at the smartest houses, and is known as Bolster's "creme de menthe. glaciale." Hot ham, served as a dinner- joint, is another' instance of so called "humble fare" returned to fash ionable favor.- ! . ; - -.' " ; Not long-ago small dinners were con sidered smart, but the coronation season has brought big banquets into fashion. A very large dinner was given .-at-"Buck ingham-.Palace the night before the-coro nation,'and also on that evening of tragic anxiety— Monday, the 23d of June. Lady Lansdowne had one dinner of a. hundred guests /and .several, of thirty or forty. In- nearly; every case .round tables were used— several small round tables— so -that the formal "table d'hote" effect' of along, large ? dinner table should -be avoided. Lady Howe had five small tables for her party, the royal guests and their host and hostess- occupying, the -center one.' Mrs. Bentinck had four.round. tables, with ten people at each: Mrs. Adair may be called the pioneer of the round table,'.as several years ago .she started a big table of this description in her beautiful domed dining-room :on .Curzon street.- 1 ' ' . • '- . "New" foods are always at a premium, but the only novelty seen (and eaten)'this year in; London was the sweet, somewhat luscious West Indian mango. S. B. H. <" London, October 2. 1902.' MUCH SOUTHERN •:■ STOCK HELD ABROAD. Sliareliolders in Amsterdam ■ Own Worth — Applica . •« tion to List on Stock ■.-:-..-■■ • ExcUangre. '. ; (New York Commercial.) In the application of. the Southern to list upon the Stock Exchange the voting trust certificates, which have .been • stamped as assenting to the extension of the voting trust, interesting information is given concerning the ■compai.v. ■ ; It is stated that owners or" "$12,500,000 par.ivalue of the company's capital stock have pre^enfed their holdings in Amster dam to be stamped as assenting to the extension. This would seem to indicate that -the foreign, holdings of Southern stock are considerably larger than had been; generally thought.- :. " ■ -;:-.. ■-'■ - 77 PER- CENT. ASSENT." ■ More than 77 per. cent, of the total outstanding capital stock assented to the extension of the voting trust. It is not stated what amount of this stock is owned abroad. ; . • , .> .In the application, which is dated Oc tober :sth, the following facts are re cifed: - ■ ■ . . ■ . . At this date there have been stamped as' : "assenting" to the agreement cer tificates representing 3P5.557 preferred shares. and certificates representing 311,935 common shares. In addition thereto we have assurance that that upon quotation being granted . certificates representing .something over 125.000 shares, preferred and "common, .■ will, be : presented' for stamping in Amsterdam. . ; " MANY OTHERS WTLLLTNQ. In addition to the above "assents." certificate holders of . record. . represent ing 47,267 share.- of preferred and 510.201 shares, of common .stock have become parties to the pronossd extension by siTning the agreemient. . . ■ ! It is proner that we should call the attentionpf your committee to the fact that while, so fnr as we are aware, there i? no dis. c ent" or> '.the part pf^any trust certificate holder from" the proposed extension, many. holders .are ;: deterred from having- their certificntes stamped or- otherwise 'absenting "■♦o the extension for fear' that bv-so doing their certlfi ratep-will he debarred from, auotation ; on tb^ New York Stock Exchange; ■ We would, therefore. - resnectfullv !urgG UDon your enrrimlMep the- desirability of prompt action- upon this application. ; - . SURVEY OF THE APACHE. DnmajfM Xot So : Seriou» ns at First. - Th'nngrbt; ; ' CHARLESTON. :S.. C. October 11.— A survey was made of the Apache to-day.;by. the" Clyde people, and damages ascertained to be not of so great consquence' as. was at first thought. She -will probably be brought up to Charleston for ■ repairs at once. -it having' been. -decided that .the services- of a ..wrecking ship; were not necessary. It is- said that the Iroquols w ; ill .be iri shape to r proceed by to : morrow. Employment of Children Stopped. CHAT xANOOGA/'TENN.. October U.— The -State factory 'inspector, as the re sult of . recent investigations, has ? peremp torily'ordered a number of 'factories "in this city to discontinue the employment of -children; The order ; has been" obeyed. Most; of those affected by the order =are girls under 14 years ; of age. ' . ! rc>on for lii'ANTS i I Good Milk vs. Poor Milk, j :< ' • The argument t.hatmilk is milk wherever you get it, meaning t < wsfr^^s^^' ■'.. ■■'- .■■.-■-■■--■ \ .'-!; : '■•'• ■ : - ; V- "■.•.!;- ! : :':-■','-■"-'!■-■• "■. '" t y &Sk£^=========^&^ vjlat one : milk:is";as good as another^ does not appeal to intelligent J $\U jeoplc. - None knowietter than they'the'dahgers that arise from } : j'"^' |^^ c^ r - o^oßOEN^o3No^sEO^^^ ;4- mpure-or contaminated milk. . The ideal milk and the perfection ' $ I" -^^^^^^^^g^^ o f food for infant-feeding is the world-renowned I y■ L .- qQfjp^^-^^i l^ — — -. ,y cO- ■'} :■;-. ■ • J I It is absolutely pure and uncontaminatcd. More babies are successfully raised on the * * EAGLE BRAND CONDENSED IMILK than on all other so-called "infant foods' 7 combined. \ | Sender book on "Babies.' V v " J " . - j I ' ' ■ NEIA/VORK. : . :."■ ■ ' ■ | j ; , ESTABLISHED 1857. , | MR. BOWLES AND THE -BOARD OF EDUCATION. A Correspondent, Sets Forth Rensons Why the Staunton Educator Should Be on the Board. To the Editor of the Dispatch: In Sunday's issue of; your ".Valuable and highly, esteemed paper: one of your local writers makes' a forecast as to the com position of the State Board of Educa tion, to be formed under: the provisions of the new Constitution by the Senate during the ensuing sessions. Among other things, your- "write-up" man says: "Among the other available men for the positions, who are thought to be can didates,; are President Lyon G. -Tyler, of "William' and Mary. College.' at Williams burg, and Professor "William A.. Bowles, of the Deaf, Dumb, "and, Blind Institute, at-Stauntoh. . "The principal objection that has been raised against the two latter gentlemen is ■ that the institutions they represent are not immediately identified with the pi'V>'io school system of. the State." . : Those who read attentively the proceed iiieo of the Constitutional Convention, as pi. Wished in. the Dispatch, will agree with me in saying that ; the. superintendent of the Virginia- School for the Deaf and the Blind, at Staunton. was placed: upon the plisible, list for the express reason of his lone and" = successful experience in the public -schools of _the. State.^ For,twenty five years or: more ~Pro£<r- -.■ Bowles; was successfully at- the head ... saveral large graded -schools .in the Slate. He was principals of the .Staunton High School, and later superintendent of the city schools of Staunton.' He also served as principal'of the Richmond High School. Who else on the - eligible list has had such::an opportunity of becoming thor oughly acquainted with the conditions and needs of the public free schools of the State? Professor -Bowles isa'n alum nus of the University, of Virginia. He is a born educator and.a man of great exec utive ability. : If you; should hunt the State over you could not find a man bet ter conversant with the public free school system of the State than Professor Bowles. . ; The Board of. Visitors of the schoolat Staunton, upon their own. accord, , last June, unanimously adopted the folowing resolution: - • "Resolved, That the Board of Visitors of: the Virginia School for the Deaf and the -Blind earnestly "recommend to the Senate of Virginia the appointment of Mr. William A. Bowles, superintendent of this- school, to membership ' upon the State Board of Education. . "Being an'aliimnus of the University, of Virgina. and having had long and suc cessful experience in all grades of public school work. iJlr. Bowles is peculiarly well qualified to render good service to the educational interests -of Virginia, and is eminently well fitted in ..every particular for a position' on the School Board. Fur thermore, in view of the awakening in terest in industrial, education in Virginia, and' of the fact: that industrial training is an important featuri in this school, the selection of Mr. Bowles would be a proper recognition of '.the: public -demand for greater advancement in this department of education... -L^ - " "We cordially recommend Mr. Bowles as worthy in every respect of the honor we trust will be conferred. upon him." Dr. : Joseph •' "W. Southall. the eminent Superintendent of ; Public Instruction, is a member of this.. Board of Visitors, and was present at the meeting which adopted the. above resolutions.;. lf anybody is ca pable' of judging: of .Professor Bowles' abilities as a public;school educator, it is Dr.. Southall. Again, ithe writer of the article referred to. says: .- ■ .',: .-./; • "One. of -the chief' duties of the State Board of: Education , is the selection of text-booksifor use in the public schools, and -the "nature.: of such books at the Staunton -institute is : not such as to give the'- instructors there a close acquaintance with those : books used in the public schools."', r ".'.'"'-'■ - ' ' -' In this statement :the writer of .the above shows a' very; great lack of . ac quaintance; with the academic depart ment of that school. We are sure he does not wilfully misrepresent the school, how ever, probably ' having .upon a brief */isit to' it. paid: no particular- attention to" the; books used. There, can be found in -all; the "/grades, including tne primary, -the grammar..; and .the;. high T schooi; courses, books -that are either 'identical to. or co ordinate-with, the books used in theiordi nary public schools : of the .State.. '> "i :■, ; I may be, pardoned, f oh stating: my own case in particular, -for - there is nothing like personal testimony. -'Before I became deaf .I attended > for' :': '\ terms :.: the." public schools , of Clarke county. ; Va; When I lost myhearing I was sent to the Staun ton institutiom ; :l.. was rplaced: in ;the-. pri mary- grade- to ; become; conversant with thY manual alphabet- of "-the and dumb as • practiced , : ;onj the /. fingers. . ;I; I learned ' that in - , two : days.i My ; teache'n : reported '■. to ; ; th c ■ ; superintendent l . how I stood ■ in '. my ;.; studies/, wltn I the', result • that l^was ■ "jumped,,* several classes ; (in face ofirhy- protest). -.Well'do'lirememberUhe tiooks; that V gave -me "worlds of. trouble." Here, are : some of theni >:ks jit recall itheir. school: ;'rV': Mitchell's /'Mauryjs^ physical % geography,^ Harvey's ;/ English; grammar/; Kerl's ; exammar;lWhite's "arlth-i metici : hlstory^of .the rUiiitedj States, \ (SwlnS ton) v history ±otl "Virginia^? Steeltfs; fouiv; teen Weeks ; in* phllosophy^toj say^nothlng) ofittiel^^ extensive^n^dln"s/andTotter ? cours^~ esJO WellJab;l ;re^lUthe{probloin} of 'find- ; ing' out*show^fast?fa% candle| must in i orders to? pierca fa > twoj- Jrich ;; board fas'] presented \ In ; Steely jphlloMphy t SijQ'ttfaomil Ts there another on the "eligible list" who has been required by his daily work to become acquainted with such a". range 1 of text-books running from the primary grades through the grammar and high | school grades? ,-..'■" If the Virginia School for. the Deaf and : the Blind is not a part of the public i school system, what* is it? Is it an asylum for old people? Is it a house of correction? ;; Is it a charitable institution? Tf it is the latter, then the ' University of Virginia, the State Female-- Normal .School, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and all the other schools that receive State appropriations for their support, are char itable, institutions. • People blessed with all. the five -senses 'tell .'us that 'it is a "fearful, thing* to be deaf and dumb, or blind. (What we mor tals, who are the best judges, think about : it,' ; ."is", another question.). Then why add to our, burdens by. informing, us that we were educated, at a "charitable" institu tion—an. institution supported by State money— and in the same breath laud to the skies the man who goes to the Uni versity of Virginia— an insti)ution also supported bj- State money? "Oh. . con sistency, thou art a Jewel." "etc. ■ The educated deaf and blind people of Virginia want mightily to correct this erroneous idea of the status ,of the school wherein .we were, educated. Everybody has not got it, we are sure. We want ; to "pull the wool" off the ..eyes, as it were, of those. people who seem unable to. get out of their heads the idea that Staunton has two charitable institution?. We have, the,- man. .with .'all the. attainments that can ba found in any of the others on the "eligible list"— and more.; because. he. can talk in a language unknown to nny.-of. -the others! We want to get hini on the State Board of Education, and thereby draw the now-separate (?) public school system, closer to us. : He : knows all about the .public school system— from the log cabin in the wilds of Wise- county to the gilded dome of the greaßpTTrrersity— from actual experience.'. But what does the public school system, figuratively "speak ing, know about" the education of the deaf and dumb and of the blind? We want the public school system to learn. The contact will benefit us both. In my humble judgment, the Board of Education, as suggested by the Constitu tional Convention, will be 'rather cumber-, some, but we believe that the conven tion acted most wisely when' it-put Su perintendent Bowles upon the, eligible list, and we sincerely hope that" it will be the pleasure of the Senate to elect him and thus give the 300 educated- deaf and blind citizens— tax-payer's and voters of Vir ginia—and the 200 more now striving against great odds to secure an educa tion—at least ONE representative out of the. eight, who, we believe, are to "com pose the board, especially .when we .pre sent a candidate who has had such wide and successful experience in all grades and kinds of public school work." as has had Professor William A. Bowles. Respectfully. . ■'.'•' WILLIAM ' C. RITTER. Hampton. Va.. October 10. 1002. UUOLO / DRUNKARDS SECRETLY Free Package of the Only Successful Cure Known for Drunkenness '4 Sent to All Who Send - ' - Name and Address. It Can be Put Secretly Into Food or Coffee and Quickly Cures the ..Drink "Habit. Few men become drunkards from choice or inclination— all welcome release from the awful habit. Golden Specific will' cure the .worst habitual drunkard. ;This. won derful ■ remedy can be : administered jby wife or daughter, in food. tea. coffee, or milk, without^ causing the "slightest sus- ..;; -MH. and MBS. HAE2Y BUHNSIDE. picion. '■■: Its cure -is; sure;'- without ■-'harm fulresults to: the. system: Many v a nom g; is' now happy by -the *use>of Golden.Spe cific. : '*My husband got into c the habit": of takings a drink .with^ithe. boys on 0 h»s way home," says Mrs.^ Harry Burnside "After ■ a while . he came- home "drunk :t re-' quently. -He soon' lost, his -position and 10 had to . : make - a '; living ■; for^both of us' and the little children; L- At stimes'he tried' to sober^up,. but ;the<habitiwasitoo strong for :hlm;^and then^he woald^drink -harder' v than ever.; I heard of Golden Specific and • sent ; for a . free < package, v; The 4 treatment cured f him. -vl? put ilt:ini lt : i ni his coffee and he .never," knew iit'^at'.;. all. <He -regained his ;old;r- position;.;- and ; : how ."jwe'i are.;- happy r in' our kittle F ;home ;agaln. K il Jhope ;y6u -will send; Golden SpociflCjto every;-woman that ibas.suffered asl, have, ahd^aave her loved :'oneSjfromf the* drunkard's i grave V v , ;.'Send,yourtname"and^ address" tb?ibrVJ ■ 3814 ; GlennS Building, s Cincin nati, ; Oi and ; he will mall you: aya v tree nack ageiofiGpldealSpecific?"in aiplaln '•-- wrap per,"* accompanied full;.' directions I how itoiuse Ut.**; Enough \ ot? the i remedjriiaisent 1 ; in| each \ free \ package : give -youl an* ot»-* portunltyv to;*, witness ii its/ marvellous %et tection '.those ;who ; are ? slaves] to 'drink" - 1 may s happen jto ithe I man -who ; drinks Ti »n<T youawould : ufv«r -ttrgtv^yovaSmtfori Wtjtlnfi -iieTlJShlt^ 5 itßi^ ; '■ '^iift WSSki ■ . ■ ■ ■" " -'^P3» *&.it?-K--L l _ ; .^ssfcrJ^-? OLD POLICEMAN !S DISCHARGED FROM FORCE. Officer P. H. Dnnnincton LnlcJ O(T nn\ New Man i.» Selected to Tahe His Place. Police Officer P. H. Dunnington wi3 dis charged from the police forco yesterda/ afternoon by the Police Board after it heard the. charges preferred by Captain Shinberger ■• - The . charge against Officer Dunnington was intoxication. The otllcer proved that- he "went into a bar room on. east Franklin street because ha wa3 ill. He admitted, that he was given two drinks which he took for medicine. Th<re was a conflict of testimony as to whether ikt officer was drunk, or not. and the weisrh: of the testimony was in favor of'tjie ac cused, but It is thought that the fact tha: he was in a bar room caused the board to take the action indicated. ■ Following the discharge of Mr. Dunning, ton. the board went into the election of a man to fill the' vacancy, and .Mr. Samuel T. Goldsby, of No. 412 north Twenty-Ninth street.. was unanimously elected. The new policeman . is 36 years of Rge. measurvi 6 "feet, and at the time of his application en September 15. IS9S, weighed 105 pounds. He has been employed for the past fift^n years by the. .Richmond Railway and Eleo trie Company^-; and the Pasaen^er acd Power Company." During the past sum« mer he did duty at the Aquarama. A member of the Police Board said lasi night that the circumstances that resuite-1 so disastrously* to' Officer Dunnington wa.i the fact that he^ had. been before thi .board twice prior to this time, onca fo? alleged cursing Sergeant Kerse. of •whica he was acquitted.' and another tlma fos intoxication. Go.isip from Creire. CREWE. VA.. October 10.— (Specfal.l-. Dr. William Ertwin Hall, of New York, addressed th'c- public schnol children a! the Young Men's Christian Association Hall this evening at S o'clock. His sub* ject. .was. ."What Is a Man?" The hall was almost filled. At night a - social was given to tin members. 'and Dr. Hall gave a flne lec ture on the "Fool KiUer." Th*e young people of town also entertained tha crotvtl with a musical concert. A series of meetings will be held aj the. Methodist church, beginning to-nicht, Services- will be conducted by the Rev-, Mr. Joliff. of Norfolk, son-in-law of Rev. T. J. Taylor, pastor of the church. - The infant daughter of Mr. A. C. Short continues, nuite ill. Mr. Charlie Inge, who has been qtllU sick., is said to be iraprovinc:. , Rev. James E. Cook, who atter.de-f presbytery at this place, will rVmain ove( to .preach for Rev, I.."'E. Scott n»x\ Sunday morninprarfl f>vepingr. Mr. CooH will be the gi»er* r" "!r. P. AY. GUIs. Mrg. W. J. P.- t is visiting friend in Green Bay. Mr. -and Mr?. J. W. Wheary will leavi Tuesday for a visit to frivnds and rela* tives in Baltimore and Washingron. Rev. J. K. JollifC and family, ot N"or« folk., are. the guests of Rev. ■T. J. Tay« lor. Conl- §a Ton. [ Coal. .^.CO Ton— lf it should drop to thfJ price' it would be wise to use wood, ani buy a Hagey King Hearer. No smoke, r.r. ashes, no trouble, a solid comfort, la what you Ret when you use the Hagej; Wood Stove— 2,s*W in use. VAUGHAN; 602 east Broad, is sola aejent for Richmond and Manchester. Prices from $1.50 to JS.W. Bank Clenri*nK»» of Richmond. ■ The bank clearings of Richmond frcr* January i;' 1502. to October 1. 13*?-. sho^ 4 total of $155.578.203.49. What will be the total December V* l? 02? The -clearings for August vert $15,931,139.63. and for September. J15.5K,* 769.95. If- you come nearest to the total for .the year 1302 before October 13th, « will be added to the first prize. Read t-< big advertisement and; act to-day. Unexcelled Cafe Car .Service Be« tween' Hamlet and JacksoniTillw Scabboard Air Lln« Kallwar. -. Commer-cing Oct.' 2. the Seaboard •*$ Inaugurate its magnificent cafe car ?«^ vice 'on trains No, rtt and No. -J. *?-°?2 as Florida and. Metropolitan Limited. o«f tween ; Hamlet- an'd -Jacksonville. _. ■ The i cafe car service of th« Seasoari has grown steadily in favor with the tray» cling public, and its present hign sj.-is 1 * ing will be maintained. No canned gM] but everything fresh and in season. 5^ lc * 1 moderate: O c2-eod3*- Annual -State MeetinK s Danshlor» «« tlbe; Confederacy.- Sew Bernf, *. C-t Oct. 15 to 17, 1902. On account -of the anove occasion tM : Atlantic Coast Line Railroad .anr.our.cei a -rate of Richmond to Newßen* N.-'-C.-. and; return :i tickets to be so.a uc» 12. 13, 14. and =15; with flnnl limit Oc- £ 1902.- The Atlantic. Coast Line is «* quickest; route to New Berne. It 3 service is unequaled. C ; -~ . tt « For full Information, apply to an> aj,«» of-the company. or^ scAMpBELL>^ :'; Division; Passenger Asaiu, | ' S3S 'east i Main, street. Richmond. \ *> » V ."■" - ■•"A Recording Machine. ■Wei have a fine Graphophonev ntaa''.fac» tured -for recording specially, which &m beenjused In -a 'lawyer's office for r**o™*r ** o ™* ihsr 4ali,^klnds i of business transaction* for Ithree c months; -good as new. Co** Jioafewm; sell- to> Quick buyer for S3. - ::■ WALTER I>. MOSES & CO. * ■^■u'7/-:--" : -■■ ■- - '•». I 'X party,. Is forced "to mak» quick saW vof^fm«liplanb,!:rv of^fm«liplanb, ! :r ; '.M*hoKaaiy c*3«. His* ■Jsr^«^|B«!«ia<iii^xis«jless7than 6 month* ;FuJly4wajrri«nt,€a^n^eyer>; way.; Cost $*■ -\ BeeQiplace^withiiisito ?Vll at gr?at sao* rlflc^tfXn^earJy-iCaUer will: secure a gr*a» |H*^-?-; WALTER I> ' SIOSK3 A CtVf .... '