BOOKS OF THE DAY
UNDER REVIEW.
Watson's "Life and Times .of
Thomas Jefferson "?The Book
is-Not So Well Written as
His Story of France, but
it is a Verj Eead
able Book.
"A CANDLE OP UNDERSTANDING."
V Good Southern Story, in Which Con?
ditions in the South Boforo tho War
Are Truthfully Portrayed?" Tho
Harvesters," by Aubrey Lanu- J
ton "?An English Story,
With the Scone Laid in
Louden and Oxford
Magazines of tho
Month?Lite?
rary Notes.
LIFE AND TIMES OF THOMAS JEF?
FERSON. Written by Thomas E. Wat?
son; >' Published by U. Appieton & Co.,
Now.York.
Air. Watson's "Story or Franco" is one
of tho most fascinating books of history
we have ever read, it is not royaim-d us
accurate in all respects, ami son.e of the
critics- are disposed to poKO fun at thy
author, but it is a charming boou, and
as sp.cy as a romance, ft was with no
Utile Interest, tnerutoro, that we read
his recent book on Tnumas jonerson, but
the oooit, was laid down witn a sense of
disappointment It is an intereslng book,
for Tnoinas jetterson is altva?s interest?
ing, but we lind In it l.ttio tuat Is-new.
and very little of orlgiuadiy, elm or in
the matter or tho style.
The book Is more a running sketch of
the stlrrfiig events of Mr. Jeuersou s tui,o
than a biography, although Mr. Jefle.sou
is, of course, tho central rtgu.e, ai.'d
those events In wh.ch he took a conspio
uous part are emphasized. Air. Watson
wrltos from a Southern point of v.ew,
and makes special mention of the part
which the Southern States took In tho
War of tho Revolution, resenting with a
show of indignation the statement o?
some of the historians' that tne South?
ern States did not give a good account
of themsolvwi in that struggle. He points
out that in South Carolina, 37 Southern?
ers out of every 42 enlisted and fought,
and mentions by name the brilliant lead?
ers and their achievements.
He devotes a special chapter to Paul
Jones, who. In his' opinion, has been too
mucn neglected by historians; anuti.i
chapter to George Rogers Clark; another
to John Randolph of Koanone, and an?
other to Burr, Adams and Ham lion.
Speaking of Mr. Jefterson's writings,
lie asKs why It Is that, "amid the re?
surrection Of so many old publications,
no trump, awakes to new life Jenorton s
Notes on Virginia, and In this connec?
tion, he says, "strike from it the dry
statistics, cull Its choice passages, illus?
trate it with scenery and portraits, pre?
face it with a biographical chapter by
way of Introduction, and the result would
ho a volume which would del ght all
lovers of literature. Some of its pas?
sages are beautiful as descriptions of
natural scenery; some are valuable as
studies of political and economical. prob?
lems: the''chapter o/rtho customs, '-jjcu
Hardies and. race characteristics of ti.e
Indians is deeply interesting; and its In?
sight into the negro, as a man and an
i?suo, is profound. Tho comments
government on religious intolerance on
militarism, finance, education, slavery
and kindred subjects are In all respects
worthy of the author of the Declaration
of Independence."
In conclusion, he refers to the religious
conviotlons of Mr. Jefferson and thus
sums up his creed: "He believed In God,
one. not three.
"He believed in a future life In which
we should know those whom wo had
known, here. He believed that rel.glon
consisted In .being good and do'ng good.
"He, believed In a benevolent design In
creation. If he can be classed with any
church at all, he was a Unitarian. He
?was certainly not mor,e orthodox than
that. In one of his letters he calls hirn
j-elf a materialist, contrasting h'mself
?with Christ wno was a splr.tual st. He re
jeoted the Trinity, the divinity of Christ,
and the Holy Ghost
"He classed Jesus with Socrates and
other great teachers, regretting that he
wrote nothing, and that we have to take
so much of h*s 'doctrine on hearsay.
"He (Jesusj ha^d no one to write for
him as Socrates and Eplctotus, had, but,
on the contrary, the learned men of his
country were all against him, for fear
that bis teachings might undermine their
power and riches. His doctrines, there?
fore, fell to Ignorant men, who wrote
from memory long after the transactions
had passed.
"Nothwlthstand'ng these disadvant?
ages, Jesus presented a system of morals
which- If filled up In the spirit of the
rioh fragments he left us would be me
most perfect and sublime* that has ever
been taugnt by man. , Whether Mr. Jef?
ferson was acquainted with the system
of morals taught among the Hindus long
before the tlmo of Jesus nowhere appears.
"It would seem that he compared the
system of Jesus with tho moral teach?
ings of the Jews, the Romans and the
Greeks?not with those of anclont Egypt
or of India. * .
"He says, that Jesus, like other re?
formers who try to benefit mankind, fell
a victim to the jealousy and combination
of the altar and the throne. Hence ho
did not reach the full maturity and ene'gy
of his reasoning faculties and his doc?
trines were defective as a whole.
"What he did say has come down to us
mutilated, misstated and often unintellig?
ible."
Another dliapter, 1s devoted to Mr.
Jefferson'6 political opinion and we are
not surprised to note the fact emphasized
that Mr. Jefferson was a "blmetallUt,"'
"believing In the full and equal use of
both gold and silver." Mr. Watson, doubt?
less bel-ovos that Thomas Jefferson had
he lived In 1S90, would have been in
favor of the free arid unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1, but if so, ho
arrives at his conclusion by a strange de?
duction, for he mentions the well-known
fact that in 1S0C Mr, Jefferson ordered
the mint to cease coining tho silver del
Jar, because as the sliver In this coin
was worth more than a dollar, measured
by gold, exporters sent it abroud to gat
the profit. Henoe, as fast as the silver
dollars left the mint, they became mer?
chandise, to be shipped away from the
country. How much more would g-..ld
have been shipped under this rule, had
we adopted free coinage, at a time when
the bullion In a gold dollar was wotth
tw.'co as much as the bullion In a silver
dollar. . & j
Mr. Watson lays stress on the" fact
that Mr. Jefferson was opposed to bank^
note currency, and In favor of treasury
notes, Issued by the government. Ha
does not say, however, that Mr. Jefior
pon's objection to bank-notes was that
ho did not regard them as sale, but
that ho feared that, under tho system,
there would be disastrous Inflation. Me
then gives ..no reader his own views on
tho subject of "government money," arid
makeo Mr. Jefferson agree with him, Says
he: "Suppose tho government should put
tno bum.er aside, call in tho bond, and
Issue the note Itself, ,puttlng behind it
the same law and credit which- upholds
tho bond and the banker's ..note, would
tho note pt tne government be less valu?
able than the note of tho banker?" And
ho adds: "Mr. Jefferson thought not So
will every other citizen who w 11 consent
to use his own eyes and his own brain."
By which, we understand Mr. Watson to
mean that tho government may set Its
presses to work and make all the money
that the country requires, without going
to tho trouoio of gathering Into tho
vaults a stock of gold with which to"
redeern the notes issued! It Is hard to be?
lieve chat Thomas Jefferson would hav?
concurred with his biographer in that'ex- ,
treme view.
Mr. Watson's new book is dedicated
to William R. Hearst.
THE HARVESTERS. By Aubrey lAns
ton. Published by R. H. Russell. ,of
New Turk. For sale In Richmond by
tho Bell Book and Stationery Com?
pany. Price $1.50.
After reading "The Harvesters" one is
Inclined to wonder If the title has any?
thing to do with the plentiful harvest of
wild oats which the characters In the
book seem to be eagerly occupied in cul-*
tlvatlng, to their own detriment and th*
unhappincss of their connections.
The scene of the story is laid mostly in
Oxford and London; a minor portion re?
verts to rural England. The period is
that when George Frederick, Prince of
Wales. wa3 setting the whole of the Brit?
ish Isles by tho ears with his wild esca?
pades and his utter lack of manly good
qualities.
The story Is one of beauty In distress,
of an Innocent young girl who essays the
most difficult, and, therefore, the most
hcpeless of tasks, the reformation of a
man addicted to Intemperance and extrav?
agance. As a wife, she makes inevitable,
mistakes, which are redeemed by patience
and faithfulness. In the end she lifts her
husband from the slough Into which he
hap fallen, but at what cost to herself,
what anguish and what disillusion, no
soul but her own can estimate. But when
one elects to walk blindfold over red-hot
plough-shares, It Is small wonder |f one's
feet are maimed and seared In the doing
of it
MY OLD MAID'S CORNER. By Lillie
Hamilton French. Published by the
Century Company, of New York. For
sale by the Bell'Book and Stationery
Company. :J
It la delightful to turn aside from much
that Is false and meretricious In literary
standards and chance upon such a pure
and restful little volume as "The Old
Maid's Corner-".-.& 1?- like passing from
the hard'and"Blrlgr glare of the common
highway into the .'cool and dim recesses
of springtime woodlands, with the fra?
grance of violets and wild honeysuckle
borne In upon the senses, and the gray
green shadows resting tired eyes and
calming fevered pulses. )
"The Old Maid's Corner" is a corner
where one loves to linger. The pages in
which its story Is told will bespeak a
place for themselves in the library of
the womanly lover of what is truly good
m books.
The gist of a tender and beautiful phi?
losophy Is embodied in the following sen?
tences, which may be taken as a fair
exposition of fuller development in other
chapters: - -
"One of the charms of "an old maid's
ccrner is that to each newcomer the
ground eeerns untrodden, unencumbered
by other experiences with which those
that each brings are to be measured.
When one thinks a room is empty, one
can talk about things Just as they hap
l.ened, and so get nearer to the truth of
them, as one does who discusses them in
the open air.
"The young who will bring into our
lives the freshness and beauty of young
hearts would not enter If they found the
place full of ourselves. -We cannot do
much for the world, we old maids, but we
can do this: We can keep an atmosphere
ubout us In' which the best of young
hearts can grow."
A CANDLE OF UNDERSTANDING. By
. Elizabeth Blsland. Published by Har?
per Brothers, of New York. For sale,
by the Bell Book and Stationery Corn
pay. Price J1.B0.
Ono of the hardest things which self
respecting Southern people have had to
undergo since the Civil War has been
the publication of many books written
about their section of the country, Its
manners and Its customs, by people who
have known nothing whatever about the
subject, upon which they entered with all
the happy confidence which Ignorance
generates and the numberless mistakes
which Ignorance perpetuates.'
When. If they could have asked, the
greatest favor that could have been given
would have been that they might have
been left alone, .people of the South have
been exploited Instead?patronized, pitied
and sympathized with in literature. Their
speoch, their unthrlft,- their narrowness,
their prejudice and their Illiteracy have
been the themes on which never ending
false changes have been rung, until it
has almost come to this, that the an?
nouncement of a so-called Southern'ro?
mance is all that Is necessary to put It
out of favor with thost who anticipate
In It only a repetition of what has been
and must continue to be intensely dis?
tasteful to them.
Recognizing this truth. It seems all the
mpro a grateful task to accord generous
oredlt where credit is riohly due. Miss
Blsland's new book. "A Candle of Un?
derstanding," Is rightly named. Life On '
the big M sslsslppl plantation, the Joys j
nnd pleasures of childhood, tho plantation !
work, the negro songs and superstitions, i
tho pathetlo struggle and Its inevitable I
All the Books
reviewed above and as published
.......on sale..
Miller ?& Rhoads, Book Section.
[POEMS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
Whatever your occupation may be, and however crowded your hours
with affairs, do not fail to secure at least a few minutes every day for
refreshment of your inner life with a bit of poetry.?Prof. Chnrles Eliot
Norton.
No. 19.
-MAN'S MORTALITY.
rn?iT5S t<?i2r}nf*??em J'sFV"*113' ?ttrlbuted to Simon Wastell. born la Weitmoreland,
with It- * 1930' aho foll<>wlu? "tan*** M8 sometimes printod
Like to the bobble In the brook, Uke an arrow from a bow,
Or In s glass much like a look, Or tike a swift course, of water flow.
Or Ilk* a shuttle In a wearer's bund, Or like tho time 'twutt flood and ebb,
Or Uke the writing- on tho ssud, Or like the spider's tender web,
Or Ilka a thought, or like a dream, Or Ilka a race, or Uke a goal.
Or like tho gliding of the stream: Or like the dealing of a dole;
Even such Is man,, who Uvea by breath, E-rcn auob Is man, whose brittle irate
la here, now there, In life and doath. la alwaya subject unto fate.
The bubble'! out, tho look forgot, The nrrow shot, the flood soon spent.
Tho shuttle's flung, the writing's blot, The time no tliae, the web soon rent,
?The thought la paat, the dream la gone, Tba race aoon run.- the goal ?o00 won.
The watcra glide, man's life la done. The dole soon dealt, man's life aoon done.
Like tho lightning from the iky,
Or like a post that quick doth hit;
Or Uke a quaver In a song,
Or like a Journey three days long.
Or like anow when summer's come,
Or Uke a pear, or like a plum;
? - Eren such la man, who heapa np sorrow,
hires but this day and dlea tomorrow.
The lightning's past, the post must go.
The song Is short, the Journey so,
/ The pear dotb rot, the plum dotb fall.
The snow dissolves, and ao must all.
The story of Jonah and the gourd wlU be found In the book of Jonah In the Bible.
IKE as the damask rose you see,
Or like the blossom on the tree,
Or like the dainty flower in May,
Or like the morning of, the day,
Or like the sun, or. like the shade,
Or like the gourd which Jonah had:
E'en such is man, whose thread is spun,
Drawn out and cut, and so is done.
The roso withers, the blossom biasteth,
The flower fade's, the morning hasteth,
The sun sets, the shadow flies,
The gourd consumes, and man?he dies.
Like the grass that's newly, sprung, - ,
Or like the tale that's new begun,
Or like the bird that's here to-day,
Or like the pearl-ed dew of Slay, *
Or like an hour, or like a span,
Or like the singing of the swan;
E'en such is man; who lives by breath,
Is here, now there, in life and death.
The grass withers, the tale is ended,
The bird is flown, the dew's ascended,
The hour is short, the span not-long,- ?'
The swan's near death, man's life is done.
Poems you ought to know began In The Times-Dispatch Sunday, October 11, 1803. One
Is published each. day.
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failure?these things are written of un?
derstanding^. Thr brave old ante-bel'um
days are known \ y by remote sugges?
tion. The bareness a*nd poverty of the
days that have come since are ennobled
by heroic endurance and cheerful adaption
to hard surroundings
Miss Blsland has shown unusual acumen
in her character delineation. The nice
shades of discrimination and the Infinite
variety of touch and treatment render
her work as individual as the peoplo of
whom she writes.
With all her sectional fidelity. Miss
Bisland's book has not a Jarring note
of bitterness. She is remarkably just, even
though one might judtfa that her heart
turns always to her own, through prefer?
ence and affection.
The heroine of he rstory is a Misls
sippl girl one, who has her, ambitions
and wins her successes; then finds out
that Instead 'of stage triumphs and the
applause of the world, what she really
wants la home?and her sweetheart. She
says of herself: "I shut my eyes. I could
smell the dawn?wind blowing across the
casiB. I knew how it looked there at home
in this tray light?that lonely, level land,
with the ring of purple woods all round?
and tho sound, like a sea, of cane leaves
whispering and rustling against one an?
other.
I could feel the South calling me, as she
calls the birds back to her breast across
the continent.
VDear Lorratnei He was the very type
and figure of my own land?beaten down
by defeat and hard circumstances,' all
the old fire and unrulitiess crushed out
of him, disfigured, old-fashioned, thin,
but' resolute to atone for the errors of
others, patient to bear his fate, and faith?
ful to the land of his birth. A pretty
fgure I, posturing for public applause,
while my playmate was wanting mo and
the South was calling me home!"
The November Magazines.
The November number of Scrlbner's
Magazine contains a most notable article
on the work of Mr. John S. Saigent, the
foremost painter of our own day and one
of the greatest portrait painters In tho
entlro history of Art. This Is tho first
time that permission has been especial y
given by various owners to reproduce
any number of Mr. Sargent's portraits
and drawings in a periodical, and offers
an exceptional opportunity for a compre?
hensive view of his work and a study o:
his very Individual and distinguished
methods. Mr. lloyal Cortlssoz writes ot
tho artist's career and of the Influonces
that have contributed to his success.
The article" by tho late Noah Brook".
"How We Bought the Great West," is
a timely and authoritative contribution
to the pToturesquo story of the great Loui?
siana Purohase.
The article by Senator Lodge on "The
Sonata" Is an Intimate personal view of
the duties and responsibilities of this tho
most Important legislative body in the
world.
Mr. B. & Peixotto's article. "Through
Bret Harte's Country," recalls with hu?
mor and plcturo-qusness the oli'ef charac?
ters and localities of some of the author's
most famous stories.
Mr. Andrew J, Stone, the explorer of
the great ice region of the Northwest
Coast, writes- of recent experiences la
'Camp Life in Arctic America." "
The article on "The Literary Merit of
our Latter-day Drama," by'Brandor Mat?
thews, is a timely discussion of present
day aspects of stage literature and a
reply to those critics who. are inclined
to find little'of worth In the plays.of
recent years.
The short stories of the 'number in?
clude: "Ged," by Mrs. Ella W. Peattle. a
story of the wholesome influence of a
familiar contact, with natural conditions
and the part played by a'very real boy;
"Their Countrymen," an ' unusual love
story of the Bqer War, by James Barnes;
an amusing-bit of comedy. "A Syndi?
cate Hero,", by .Cyrus Townsend Brady,
Illustrated ?'. with . a number of '? full-page
drawings- by Howard Chandler Chr.sty,
and the unraveling of a very-droll situa?
tion in "The Resource of Randall," by
Dr. Henry C. Rowland. -' .
,-..-.).- The Century,"
The Century Magazine . for November
opens with an article by Edmund C. Sted
man on the New York Stock Exchange, in
which "'Life on tho Floor".Is described.
Other -/articles and stories" aro as fol?
lows:
Italian Villas and Their Gardens, Edith
Wharton. Fable and Woodmyth; The
Three Phoebes of Wyndygoul; The Grass?
hopper that Made the Misslmo Valley;
Tho Fable of the Yankee Crab: Ud to
Date; Einost Thompson Seton. 'Fighting
the Hudson; An Adventure In the Hudson
River- Tunnel; H. Addlngton Bruce;
Thackeray's Friendship with an Ameri?
can Family; Unpublisned Letters to tho
Baxters, by W. M. Thackeray; Introduc?
tion, by Lucy VY. Baxter. The Marrying
of Su3an Clegg; Anne Warner. The Lit?
tle Canoe; Henry Wallace Phillips. Cole's
Engravings of Old Spanish Masters; Por?
trait of Pope Innnocent X., in tho Doria
Palace, Rome; Painted by Velasquez;
Engraved on Wood by Timothy Colo, A
World's Congress of Llona: The Lion
house in the New York Zooiog.cal Park:
Henry' Fairfield Osborn. Tho Missing
Exequatur; Benjamin H. Rldgely, Four
Roads to Paradise, I; By the Author of
"Sir Christopher," "White Aprona," etc.;
Maud Wildor Goodwin. Chapters from
My Diplomatic Life, III.; My Recollec?
tions or B.smarck; Andrew D, Wh.te. The"
Reggie Livingstones Country Life; David
Gray. The Summer (of St. Martin; By
the Author of "Hugh Wynrio;" S. Weir
Mitchell. The Present Epidemic of Crime;
James M. Buokloy, LL. D.
Everybody's Magazine.
Tho initial article in Everybody's Mag?
azine for1- November Is by 1. K. Fried?
man, In which the careor of John Alex?
ander Dowle Is sketohod. . Among the
articles and stories may be mentioned: '
Above tine Gold; A Story; William R.
Llghton. The Man Behind the Mach.ne;
Theodore Watois. Reform That Reforms;
Alfred Hodder. Tho Princess and the
Puma; A Stbry; O. Henry, Sucossfui Men
Who Aro Not Rich: Frsnels Bellumy.
Strange Gods; A Story; Edna Kenton.
World-old Handicrafts: Andrew Appluton.
Dramatists' Wives; F. Elderkln Fyles;
Academv.THURS* *???6*
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The Greatest Colored Comedy Ever
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THE SMART SET.
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Prices, 85o,50o,7fio, $1.00. . ?
With Portraits; S. It Kemper. The
Reform of Sh un: A Story; Allen French.
The Freclpltaate Mr. Sralf: A Story; Ruth
NotUeton. How Jim Brltt Passed His
Bill; A Story; Alfred Henry Lewis.
- ? i- The Hookman.
"Chronicle and Comment" in the No?
vember number of the Bookman is ut.usu
ally rloh and racy and this" in unc?
tion:
Charles Reado's Opinion of Himself,
and His Op nlon of George Eilct M.
The Revelation of Herself. (Part I).
Mary Farley Sanborn.
The Men at Sea. Stewart Edward
White.
Airier! and Louise, Countess of Albany.
(Illustrates). Frederick Paronulll.
Prison Journal sm. By No. 1500.
The District Attorney (Fiction) Church?
ill Williams.
Five Books of the Day. Reviewed.
The Reading Public. Frank Moore
Colby.
Rudyard Kipling* Poet. Harry Thurs?
ton Peck. ?
The Sustained Effort and Some Recent
Novels. Frederic Taber Cooper.
..-The Drama of the Month. Frank Moore
Colby.
byiiie Reminiscences of William Ernest
Henley. By on Old National Observer,
Art Magazines
Some of the good tnlngs In Pearson's
Magazine are: Mrs.' Adrian C. Hope's
Pastel Portraits, illustrated by repro?
duction from portraits. .,.
The Electoral Commission, an interest?
ing bit of history from the diary of & Sen?
ate page, David S, Barry,
The Duel Between Don Q. and- the
Dark Brothers of the Civil ? Guard, a
complete story.' K. and Hesketh Prlch
ard.
The Marvels of Fruit Breeding, the evo?
lution of new fruits from the crossing
of old . var.efles, Marcus Woodwaid,
Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, Cyrus
Townsend Brady. Chapters xlx-xxi. 11
lustrated by J. N. Marchand and Will
Crawford.
Life In Metals, A. Sarah Kumar Ghc-sh.
Tho Pariah, a story, T. Jenkins Halns.
James Cardinal Gibbons, William P.
Symln. i
The Ivory Casket, a story, James Work?
man
Holding the Mirror up to Nature, secret
of Mr. .Harrlgan's successful portrayal of
East Side types, Edward Harrlgan.
Her RigBt to Choose, a story, J. P.
Setouri.
The Blograph .Theatre, Gellett Burgess
and Will .rw'n. (One of the stories of
the San Francisco Picaroons.) A com?
plete story.
Lady Ella's Marriage,' a story, Owen
Oliver.
Books and Authors,
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor's book. "The
Mother of Washington and Her Times,"
is now definitely announced by The Mac
mlllan. Company for publication on No?
vember 4th. Its pictures of social life
are new,'It Is said, because they portray
the manners arid usages In the part of
Virginia in which Mary Washington lived,
not the oft-told ones of-Tidewater Vir?
ginia. " We are told that the origin of
Washington's name is given for the first
time. Mrs'.- Pryor has studied Mary
Washington and her times for so many
years that she writes "less like a histo?
rian than like an" eye-witness. History In
her hands becomes warmed Into contem?
porary chronicle." The book will be
very fully illustrated.
;??????'??
Miss Anne Story Allen, author of "Mer?
ry. Hearts," recently published by Henry
Holt and Company, Is a New Englander
by birth, ., Manchester-by-the-Sea being
her native" town. She has lived in New
.York for go long, however, that the tie
of sentiment Is the only claim that
Massachusetts now has upon.her. She
devotes herself to writing. A small fox
terrier Is-her constant., companion, and
ls~v according,,to her mistress, "the .hero
"lne of almost, the first stories! ever
wrote.: and quite the-first to be accepted."
Miss Alien says it is almost Impossible
for her to write a story without putting
a dog In somewhere. ? ?
\: ? ? ? -
v>Edwin Markham . says of ' "Barblzon
Days," -by. Charles Sprague: Smith: "It
Is a brilliant book full of freshness arid
golden gossip. This V book - * makes live
for us and breathe that .Immortal group
about the Inn of Barblzon, whose only
rivals are the nimble wits of tho Mer?
maid Tavern'and the nest of singing
birds at .Concord."
?'? ?"'?
Miss. Florence Converse, the. author of
"Long Will." to be. published by Hough?
ton, Mifflin .and Company,- was- born in
New Orleans in tho year 1871. She Is an
M. A.; of Wellesley College, .holds an
editorial position on "The Churchman."
and for five years has Uved at Denlson
House, the Boston Co"p?o settlement.
. Her book. "Long Will," Is a romance
Of the fourteenth century, with the
"Peasants' Revolt" for Its theme.
? ? ?
Miss Mary HUnter Austin, who wrote
"The Land of Little Rain," lives at In?
dependence, where her husband Is a gov?
ernment land-agent. She has a houso by
the rill. of Pine Creek, looking toward
Kersarge. and tho sage brush grows up
to her very door. ' She Is fairly on the
edge of Death Valley, and her compan?
ions are. "principally Pluie Indians. She
is a sort of friendly goddess of the hearth
to', these Indian women, encouraging
them In the making of their beautiful
baskets, and urging them to keep tho old
patterns, the olrt dyes, and the careful
?workmanship. Years ago she was a good
shot, but as she prew morn acquainted
with the ways of the "wild folk" the
thought of shooting them went against
her conscience, and now she rarely uses
a pun. Sho has been writing only four
or five years.
An Editor's Prinunclam,?n,o.
Tho present editor of the "Custer Coun?
ty Clarion," in assuming the manage?
ment of that paper, says in his saluta?
tory: "Our main ; object In coming to
Arapaho Is to mnko *omo money. Wo
have been In the newspaper business for
a number of years, and while wo have
had lots of fun. we haven't laid up many
treasures on oarth, and have heen too
busy to pay a great deal of attention
to our "account In the other world, so
we may say to you confidentially tlv>t
wo aro confounded poor. We want to
mnko a living and lav un a little money,
and that Is why we are here.
"Now, as to the kind of newspaper
we will run, our first olm always will
be to print the news, and In doing so we
shall aim to tell the truth as near as
Is consistent with good health, except
In wedding and funeral notices. When
a couple got married, no matter how
homely or frowsy the bride may be,
she will appear In these columns as a'
model of beauts-, style and female lovoll
noss and a general social favorite: and t'->
groom, who roally cuts mighty little
flguro at A wedding anyway, will bo
mentioned as a caoabla and promising
young man, etc., although he may not
have money or credit enough to buy tho
necessary flannels for the first baby.
When a man tiles, ho will always have
been a good father and kind husband?
unless he happens to he a bachelor?a
pillar of the community and one whose
loss will be irreparable,"?Kansas City
Journal.
Stopplrg a Leak.
He was taking a country cousin around
town, showing her the sights, aiul in 1j!b
efforts to appear as the "real thing" was
particularly lavish with his tips, says the
New York Press, No one who waited on
them got less than a quarter for the most
.trifling service.
The country cousin wasn't born yoaur
day, and when ha put tho second quarter
down on the same table sho slyly picked it
ACADEMY, "S* Nov. 2 and 3
Special Matinee Tuesday.
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TWELFTH NIGHT
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FIRST CLASS GOODS;
Honest Weights and Measures.
* ? .,
Daisy Coffee.loc -
Mixed Spices....20c "
Small California Hams, pound.,.9c i
Quaker Oats..............10c [
Best Meal, 18c peck; or, bushel.y.v..70c ;
Irish Potatoes, peck .;...j.22c -
Large cans Tomatoes, can....8c I
Small cans Tomatoes, can.6c ?
Cut. Herring, dozen .?..10c -
Swift's Silver Lard, pound.10c *
Butchers' Lard, pound .11c ?
Good Lard, 9c; or, 3 pounds for.25c *
Mother's Oats, package. .9c ?<
Seeded Raisins, i-pound packages.!."..,.16c 1
Virginia Buckwheat, 7 pounds for.25c 1
Table Peaches, 2 cans for....25c ^
Cocoanuts, each.4c ?<
Full Cream Cheese, pound-.16c *
Best Evaporated Peaches, pound.9c ^
Prunes, 7 pounds for.25c "
Malta Vita .12c <
Wilson Whiskey, bottle .goc h
Fulcher Whiskey, bottle .$1.00 i
Moore's Crown Rye, gallon.'.$3.00 j
Duffy's Malt, bottle.80c 1
Granulated Sugar .4^c 4
Pride of Richmond Flour, $475; or, sack.;.30c 1
Salt Pork, pound.7, 9 and nc 1
Daisy Flour, $4.25 barrel; or, sack. i28c 1
Hundreds of other bargains. Come and see us, or
CALL UP "PHONE 507.
J.S.Moore's Sons,Inc.
1724 East Main Street.
up and put It In her purao. When a oallboy
brought him an evening paper?he had
been given five cents to buy It with?the
"real thing" put another quarter down,
nnd the girl quietly took that also. When
the waiter brought tho cheek for their
dinner tho man laid a dollar bill on the
plate, and thla also the girl promptly
"lifted." But bo saw her do It this time
and (whispered:
v'What'i tho matter? Don't you think
I gave him onouvh?"
'Oh, yes," she said, sweetly; "but as I
took the others, I thought I'd take that,
too. I hate to see good things wasted."
Whnt Shall V\o Eat?
A writer In tho Ootober 31st Issue of
Harper's Weekly makes a plea for the
scientific regulation of food. It Is a strik?
ing fact, he points out, that science,
which has weighed the moon and meas?
ured the orbits of the planets and split
the atom Into electrons, has not yet been
able convincingly to tell man what Is
and what 1* not his proper food. And
fypewrlters- j|IJ KJnds
Ail standard nmkis ?old, etohaugad, repaired ami
rBiiloiliin.Mil.iirn .M.iny ti>od .i? n.>"r. l, at uiauuCictur.
en'prioabl Don't bur until rougatiamplaaof writing
oh our*? unprajudittM adrlo*. Machiueiithipiivdonap
orovul. SOtlTllEHN STAMP 4 6T.VH0NKBY CO.,
VHouo ISM. fcniii. b) if . 1-voK.nlt M?lu, Richmond, V*.
yet It Is evident to overy Intelligent ob.
server that a. very large proportion oi
men and women are poisoning them salve*
every day, ruining their oodles and their
minds, shortening their lives, and bring-.
Ing upon thomselvea pain and misery
through outing ana drinking substance*
and quantities that are not fitted for
human assimilation. "Reformers are at
work everywhere, but the reformer who
oould. with authority, show humanity
what it should eat and drink would sure?
ly do more good than a whole army at
wlsouores tinkering at the effect* ot the
evil. What the world needs Is an author?
itative science of food."