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BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS
(Edited by Enoch Knight.)
THE TWO MYSTERIES
(Mary Mapes Dodge)
In the middle of the room, in Its white
eoffln lay the dead child, a nophew of the
poet. Near It, ir. a great chair, sat Wait
Whitman, surrounded by little ones and
holding a beautiful little girl on his lap/The
child looked curiously at tbe spectacle of
death, and then inquiringly into the old
man's face. "You don't know what it is,
do you, my dear?" said he, adding, "We
don't cither."
We know not what it is, dear, this sleep
so deep and still;
The folded hands, tho awful calm, the
cheek so pale and chill;
the lids that will not lift again, though
we may call ar.d call;
The strange, white solitude of peace that
settles over all.
We know not what lt means, dear, this des
olate heart pain;
This dread to take our dally way, and
walk ln lt again;
We know not to what other sphere tho
loved who leave us go.
Nor why we're left to wonder still; nor
why we do not know.
But this we know: Our loved nnd dead.
If they should come this day-
Should coma and ask us. "What is life?"
not one of us could say.
life is a mystery as deep ns ever death
can be;
let oh, how sweet it ls to us, this life we
live and seo.
Then might they say—these vanished
ones—and blessed is tbe thought!
"So death is sweet to us. beloved! though
we may toll ye naught;
We may not tell It to the quick—this mys
tery of death—
X"c may not tell us if ye would, the mys
tery of breath."
The child who enters life comes not with
knowledge or intent,
go those who enter death must go as little
children sent.
Nothing is known. But I believe that God
is overhead;
And as life is to the living, so death ls to
tho dead.
000
It is not, friends, what men bold true
that here concerns us, but that they should
be so faithful to that which they hold true,
Jew or Christian, believer and unbeliever
alike. Times change, beliefs alter or are
forgotten, the religious formula of yes
terday may prove insufficient to the im
patient children of today, but that devo
tion to principle which those "witnesses"
exhibited is Itself the pith of religion. And
may that be ours In the new age, that we
may also be willing to die for our princi
ples, If that supreme test should ever again
be required; nay, better than to die for our
principles, that we may nt all times be
Willing to live for our prlciples, for that
is greater and nobler still.—Felix Adler.
000
MARK TWAIN.—We have only read ex
tracts from Mr. Clement's new volume.
"Following the Equator," but lt Is full of
the very keenest observations. He who
expects Joe Miller's jokes will be disap
pointed, but he who is anxious to hear
bright, new and worthy comment on mat
ters pertaining to travel will lind them in
ebundance hero. Ills surface aspect ls that
of the joker, but his undertone ls that of
the philosopher. As one critic has said of
him, "If he. had not been Mark Twain he
might have been a Carlyle." We have
only room for one extract from this new
Volume, on Reverence:
"The reverence which is difficult, and
which has persona! merit In It. Is the ri -
speet which you pay. without compulsion,
to the political or religious attitude of a
man whose beliefs are not yours. You can
not revere his gods or his politics, and no
one expects you to do that, but you could
respect his belief ln them if you tried hard
enough, and you could respect him, too, if
you tried hard enough. But it is very dif
ficult; it Is next to impossible, nnd so wo
tiardly ever try. If the man doesn't be
lieve as we do, we say he is a crank, and
that settles it. I mean it does nowadays,
because we can't burr, him."
000
THROUGH FINLAND IN CARTS. By
Mrs. Alec Twee-die, author of "A Win
ter Jaunt to Norway," "A Girl's Ride In
Iceland," etc. The Maemillan com
pany; price, $3.f0.
This is a splendid volume, thoroughly
good in matter and artistically and honest
ly made up. The Illustrations are many
and fine, and the volume has a full index
and maps. The first thing that strikes one,
as we said, ls the thoroughness of the work
and its general excellence of make-up.
The main matter of the volume is the
account of a journey undertaken in th
summer of 1890. The journal of the trip
really begins at tho Finnish harbor of
'Helslngfors, on tbe Gulf of Bothnia. Th<-
Journeys by land were made in ihe curious
little cramped carts of the country, which
were always peaceful, if not always excit
ing or amusing, the object being to find out
as mucli as possible about this strange,
cold region, with its seven or eight months
of blocking snow and ice, a region about
as little known to the outside world as
Lapland, Its neighbor In the far north of
Europe. A photograph of the little vessel
ln which the party made the sea trip,
though it was in June, showed it lo have
been clad in ice, its shrouds showing like
huge icicles.
The marvel of the story made plain by
this helpful volume Is the spirit of patriot
ism amongst the people, their unity of pur
pose, dekgplte the fact that they sneak sev
eral tongues, and their helpfulness ail
through the terrible struggles they have
had to keep even a national existence. Con
quered by the fiwcCfs, and in turn brought
under the dominion of Russia, which do
minion still exists, the Flfftanders still
have kept their schools, their worship
and they enjoy the very best home rule
possible short of absolute Independence.
The type of literature is simple, almost
childish, indeed, and reminds ono of r»:e
SWiss peasantry.
There is a touching pleading In their
national hymn, a heartfelt exhertatlon to
abld-e and trust. We subjoin tho closing
Etanzas:
"Then, child of Finland, ne'er forget
Thy noble fatherland;
, For peace of mind'is not to find-
Upon a stranger's siran'l.
"To that bright earth that gave th.cc birth
Thou owest heart and hand:
j Then fealty swear :o Finland- fair,
Our famous fatherlandt
Life here is of the simplest. There is
iftt/le poverty, nnd everybody makes the
Jfe-st of what nature provides. Chief he
ore ail other things Is pride of country.
•'Do you mix much with the Russians?"
■"Hardly at all. They have conquered'us;
Btey rule us; they plant whole regiments
iiriong us, and) they dont' even take the
trouble to understand' us or to learn our
language. No. we keep to ourselves, and
they keep to themselves. Our tempera
ments are so different we could not mix."
What Alsace-LorralJ-.e is to Germany that
Is Finland to Russia—and it would', seem
must always be.
Tho system cf education ls creditable,
public echools being maintained three
fourths of Urn year. Nor Is the higher edu
cation at all neglected. Great pride is. felt
in Finnish learning. Women have been ad
mitted to the university for a longer period
than ths same privilege has been accordvd
to them in this country; and they are tak
ing degrees In medicine, law and' In all de
partments of science*, "The woman ques
tion Is now one ot great moment," says
Mrs. Tweed it.
In fact, ail new things soon reach Fin
land. Thus, Mrs. Tweedle found in the
little city where she landed, that Cooo bicy
cles were in use. A more practical people
than the Philander! wouW be hardi to find.
Their exactness Inail things' is remarkable.
Even the minutes.; facts as to persona! his
tory ore noted. On the wooden slabs that
mark the graves of the dead the exact age
is noted, while a clock d'iai Is often painted
thereon with the hands pointing to the ex
act minute of death.
We wish there were space for elaborate
extracts from this most entertaining book,
but we have given the readier a fair hint
of its scope and value. Nothing at once so
comprehensive and: so pleasant reading
,about this strange country can be found Ir.
any other volume. It is literally up to
date, and tells us a complete story of a
wonderful people—wonderful lr their faith
fulness to duty, and, above all their un
compromising love of country.
000
WATER COI.OR TAINTING. By Grace
Barton Allen. With illustrations ala'.
cover design by the author. Also con
taining colored plates showing washes
of modern colors. Cloth. Price, $1.20.
Lee & Shepard, Boston.
This volume, which is a practical text
boi'k on tho art of painting in water col
ors, is intended, for the use of amateurs
and of those water-color teachers who are
not yet sufficiently accustomed as instruct
ors to realize how much the average pupil
cliocs not know. Taking for granted, abso
lute Ignorance on the part of the reader,
it explains, as far as can be done in print,
the technicalities of this branch of art in
simple and intelligible language, treating
of colors and materials, as well as of flow
er, landscape and figure painting in poly
chrome- and monochrome. The author, who
has had experience with both pubHc classes
nnd private-pupils, aims to convey Informa
tion- in so clear, diirect and minute a way
that there shall be no-possibility of miscon
ception, and has Illustrated the bock with
chapter headings and' tall pieces which
si rye as a commentary on the text. The
washes of color given in the volume will
prove to be of great value to the amateur
as well as the ari.lst. It Is a handsome
little volunne, and- neatly boxc-d.
000
FOR LOVE OF A BEDOUIN MAID. By
Le Voleur, author of "By Order of the
Brotherhood," etc. Rand, McNally &
Co.
This Is a story with a very daring p!ot.
or a plot based' on a very remarkable, if
not diaring, invention or discovery. A man
uscript is discovered on a reef in the Pa
cific ocean, whereon a yacht was well-nigh
wrecked, and'this manuscript thus strange
ly discovered tells a wonderful story of
Paris—the old Paris of Buonaparte—the
story opening in December. 1707. It Is a
story of wonderful adventures, many of
them improbable, but not wholly Incredible,
and- thus the romance is made an extremely
Stirring one from start to finish. Besides,
It Is a very handsome book.
000
TUTS LTTTLE WORLD. By David Chris
tie Murray, author of "Joseph's Coat,"
"The Bishop's Bible." D. Appleton &
Co. Paper; 50 cents. For sale by Stall
& Thayer.
This, No. 230 ot the famous Town and
Country Library "series." Is a fine story,
as was to be expected from David' Christie
Murray. It is an honest, oldi-fashlontd
English novel, which tells the rare fortune
of Jock Cublor, the rustic, self-taught art
ist, who first put his name to a rude draw
ing In 188} at the request of Basse<: Plcrc;y.
also an artist, who turned out a baronet.
It Is a story that can be praised for Its
gooit form, for Its real strength and for
Its wholesome ness. Again ar.d again Have
we said that this series of novels is un
rivaled in its line.
000
The Coming Light Is one of the apparent
ly growing periodicals on tht coast. The
March number presenteda very interesting
table of contents. The magazine Is devoted
to "high thinking, higher living and'a high
er social order." It Is published monthly
in San Francisco, and. Is well Into its third
volume. Dr. Cora A. Morse and Dr. Mary
A. Janney are its promoters. It does not
claim to have great literary ambition, but
it is an earnest seeker after truth, and is
broaili and humanitarian in its aims.
000
"BARGAINS" IN BOOKS.-The last on
slaught of the department store is upon the
genuine book store. It has demoralised
the book trade and debauched the reading
public. At least this is the complaint of
th average bookseller. We copy the clos
ing portions of a very thoughtful article
on this subject In The Dial:
"The modern book-buying public Is to a
considerable extent a new public, created
by the department store and the bargain
counter. It would never have found its way
at all Into tho real book store, and Its ac
quisitions In the way of literature are made
in delightful Ignorance of the commodity
Whlch It ls buying. It will proudly bear
away its purchases of gaudy fabrications
in cheap paper and muslln entirely uncon
scious of the fact that these things arc
not books it: any real sense of the term,
and will joy in the possession of, say, the
"works" of Goethe (five volumes, price
11.79) Witqout the least susplelon.that the
"works" of Goethe do not exist In the
English language. To the book lover, on
the other hand, and to the book buyer of
the old-fashioned sort, these things and
tho marts in which they are dispensed by
unlettered counter jumpers are nn
abomination. He, at least, knows the dif
ference between books made to read and
keep and books made, like tbe spectacles in
the familiar story, "to sell;" he also knows
that the cut prices of books In the dry
goods stores are not (with an occasional
exception) cut so very much after all, and
thut in such stores the hooks that th?
serious reader really wants ure never by
ony possibility to be found.
"Tho book store, then, may be said still
to retain the greater part of its old clien
tele, but tht- fact remains that It ought to
attract the new class of book buyers also,
yet that somehow it does not attract them.
The elementary economic forces by which
society is swayed are pulling hard against
the self-respecting book seller, and more
and more placing at a disadvantage the In
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1898
telllgence which he seeks to retain In tho
conduct of his business and the conscience
which the self-respecting publisher puts
into the manufacture of his product. Now
these economic forces are hard things to
fight against; they are certainly not lo Tie
combated successfully by repressive legis
lation, as some book sellers foolishly seem
to wish, while such combinations in r»
straint of trade as arc here and there sus
! gested are likely either to prove siinp.y
■futile or so to outrage the moral sense
| (exhibited in our notions of fair play and
freedom of individual action) as to defeat
their own purpose Measures of the first
class surely cannot be countenanced by In
telligent persons, while measures of the
second class embody a wisdom almost
equally dubious. What then remains? The
answer may not be a satisfactory one. but
it seems to be the only one left. Economic
forces all have their origin in the mind,
and flow from the ideas and desires of
human beings. It is hopeless to oppose them
by violent means, but it Is not Impossible
to transform them by educational pro
cesses. The advance of civilization does
react upon those forces to very decided ef
fect, and every year finds more and more
minds prepared to receive the important
truth that the cheapest ways or doing
things are not always the most desirable
ways. This truth once realized, its trans
lation Into economic action is a compara
tively simple matter. Its concrete applica
tion to the case now In hand may be stated
very briefly. A good book store, stocked
with serious literature and conducted by
people who know something of the books
they sell. Is a civilizing agency of tTTe
highest importance to every community, lt
ranks with the public library and tho local
high school or college. That such a book
ISRAEL ZANGWILL, AUTHOR OF"DREAMERS OF THE GHETTO"
store should be found in every sizable town
and that every great city should bave a
number of them are propositions that win
without argument the assent of ail intelli
gent people. That It is difficult If not Im
possible for them to exist under the condi
tions of present competition and of pres
ent public sentiment is a statement sadiy
true. That artificial measures for the re
habilitation of the old-time book teller Sre
foredoomed to failure Is the outcome ot all
sound ethical and economic reasoning. Wf
must then look for a belter state of af
fairs on the part of the public to a more
genuine popular education, a broader en
lightenment concerning the usefulness of
books, a greater willingness to bear small
burdens for the attainment of larse ends:
and. on the part of the book seller, more
patience under adverse influences, a
broader view of the economic problems
with which we are confronted and a
greater alertness to Impress the public with
the needfulness of Ills own peculiar social
function."
Literary Notes
"The Fire of Life," a novel of modern
English society, by Kenneth Burrow, is
announced by Henry Holt & Co.
The Macmlllan company will publish be
fore long "The Loves of the LaCy Ara
bella," by Mollis Elliott Beawell, author of
"The Sprightly Romance of Marsac" and
"The History of the Lady Betty Stair."
In honor of "Lewis Carroll," author of
"Alice in V. onderland," many WOrthy
church men and litterateurs of England
have decided to perpetuate his memory in
the form of a bed in the hospital for sick
children In Ureat Ormoml street, London,
to be known as the "Alice ill Wonderland |
An American journalist, Miss Krout, has
a volume on Hawaii ln press, with Mr. Mur
ray of London. Miss Krout by no means
approves the official attitude which her
own country has taken toward the annex
ation of Hawaii.
It is understood thnt Longmans, Croon
& Co.'s recent publication, "Industrial
Democracy," by Sidney and Beatrice
Webb, authors of "The History of Trade
Unionism," Is meeting with groat success
in England, Scotland and India.
Henry Oillman, who has been a very ob
serving traveler in Palestine, has a novel,
whose scene is laid in the Holy Land, ln
press at Little, llrown & Co.'s. It is a
romance entitled "Hassani A Fellah," and
Is dedicated to Mr. Gladstone, with his
| permission.
"The Diplomatic History of America,"
by Henry Hurris.sc, a Frenchman who
writes English in Loudon, is. published by
Dodd. Mead & Co. Mr. Harrlsse has lately
received much favorable comment for ex
ploding several generally believed tradi
tions concerning the early voyages oftthe
CabotS to this country. The same publish*
ers have also announced "From Tonkin to
India,'' by Prince Henri d'Orleans;
"Charles Dickens," by George Glsslng;
"Willi tho Conquering Turk." by G, TV.
Bteevens; "Across the Sub-Arctics of Can
ada," by J. W. Tyrrell; "American Wives
and English Husbands," by Gertrude Ath
erton; "The Children of the Sea," by
Joseph Conrad; "A Series of Letters lo
Ministers," by John Watson, D.D.I Prof.
.Marcus Dodds, D.D.; Prof. James Denny,
iU.D; T. 11. Barlow, M.A.; T. G, Eelby, W.
Robertson Ntcoll, 1.L.D., and J. T. Stod
durt.
Tne American Hook company publishes
■•A Laboratory in Practical Botany," by
I Dr. Charles H. Clark.
Messrs, Hgnry Holt & Co. publish "Ex
[erelscs ln Conversational German" und
I "German Grammatical Drill," both by
Miss Josepha Schrakamp. who has pro
duced several other German text books.
I "Sylvandlro" and "The Brigand," with
I "Blanch* de Beaulleu" thrown in for full
i measure, constitute the contents of the
two new volumes of Dumu.x in the English
edition published by Messrs. Little, Brown
; & Co.
I An exhibition of rare books and beauti
ful binding*, arranged by Messrs. Charles
Bcribner*S Sons and manufactured by Mr.
Ernest D. North, was one of the most in
teresting things to be seen in Chicago dur
ing the first week of March. Among the
books displayed were a chaucer of 1595,
, formerly owned by Charles Lamb, tho
."Poems by Two Brothers," llrst editions
of many English classics, and examples
of the Kelmscolt and Groller club publlca
; Hons. Tho bindings offered a selection
from tho best French and Englist artists,
I with v sprinkling of Americans.
I The popular "Story of the Nations" se
ries, published by Messrs. G. P. Putnam's
Bon*, now numbers Bfty volumes already
published, besides several others ln prep
aration. A new cloth cover has been de
signed for the series, which gives lt a more
dignified appearance upon the library
shelves.
j The dean of English poets died with
1 Frederick Tennyson on the L'Tth of lust
month. Born in 1597, two years before the
most famous of his brothers, he had lived
to the ripe ago of 90 years, and done good
1 service to English letters. His poems
| have never been appreciated at their full
Value, for the affections of the reading
public seem to have had room for but one
poet of the name, and the considerable
achievements of Frederick Tennyson suf
j fered partial eclipse bis whole life long.
The Caxton club of Chicago has hit upon
a happy selection for the latest of its pub
lications, "Some letters of Edgar Allen
Foe to E. H. N. Patterson Of Oqiiawka,
Illinois, with comments by Eugene Field."
The l'oe letters are four In number; the
first is dated April. IS4!>, and the last Au
gust 7 of the same year—Just two months
before Poe's death. They have not before
(says a foot-note) been printed in book
form. They are highly Interesting and
characteristic, and relate to a singular lit
erary project—that of establishing a pre
tentious magazine at Oquawka, to be edit
ed by Poe and pubiishedby Mr. Patterson,
an enterprising and educated young man
living in that remote Mississippi river
town. The project seems so grotesque,
though treated in the letters with such ap
parent seriousness, that we might think
the whole thing one of Eugene Field's. lit
erary pranks.
The next Installment cf C. A. Dana's
"Heminiecences" (in the April McClure's)
give; Mr. Liana's impressions of Lincoln
ar.d the several members of Lincoln's cabi
net—particularly Seward ar.di Chase—as
Mr. ]>ar.a saw them officially and socially,
day and right, during the most exciting
part Of the war. The paper wi'.l be Illus
trated with portraits from the government
collection of war photographs.
The countess of Craven, the daughter of
Mrs. Bradley Martin, is said to be medi
tating a venture in book-making for the
benelit of her American friends. Her
theme Will be "British and American Soci
ety," with their methods* andi differences
In et!f|uette. "Lady Craven." says the Lon
don Chronicle, "is about 22 years old, and
when at Coombe Abbey, one of her hus
band's country houses, spends a good deal
of time among the famous collection of
pictures which was left to an ancestor of
Lord Craven by Elisabeth, guee-n of Hun
gary. As Lady Craven Is credited with a
keen sense of humor of a diluted Mark
Twain type, it Is difficult to believe that the
book which she is said to be meditating
will be a very serious: production."
It Is amusing to observe the way in
*'hich the reviewers of the "Celebrity"
are exercising their minds over the Identity
of 'Winston Churchill on the one hand and
that of his "Ci h brity" on the other It is
only fair to the author to say that he
writes ury.tr bis own name, although that
Is also the name of Lord 1 Randolph Church-
Ill's eldest son, who is soon to publish a
book through the Longman's. Mr. Win
ston Churchill was a graduate of the naval
academy at Annapolis, and after giving up
a naval career he spent some time in jour
nalistic work in Xew York city. He Is at
present living in St. Louis. It has been
hinted by several reviewers who know the
author, thn: a wi 11-known living writer has
been satirized under cover of the "Cele
brity." The portraiture is daring enough,
but on this point Mr. Winston has not
taken his publishers Into his confidence.
Henry Holt Co.'s spring announce
ments Include a translation of "A Political
History of Modern Europe." by Charles
Beignobos, edited by Prof. S. M. Macvane
of Harvard: "The Federalist." edfttd and
annotated with special features' by Paul
Lolcester r rd, editor of' The Writings, of
Thomas Jefferson;" "The Logical Process
c.r Social I> v- topment," by John Franklin.
Crowd!, formery professor en Smith coi
lege; "Music and Musician./' by Albert
Lavlgnac, translated by William Marchant
and edited by 11. E. Krehblel; "Our Aryan
Roots," with their English derivatives, by
J. Braly, late archdeacon of Calcutta;
"Modern American Oratory." by Ralph
Curtis RingwaH of Columbia university,
tnd "Dryiien's Essays on the Drama," cd-
Ited by W. Btrunk, Jr., of Cornel!.
iTh6 German emperor, who prides him*
self upon his knowledge of contemporary
English publications, has been reading
Mr. Le CJallienne's brochure, "If I Were
Clod." A Parle paper says that the kaiser
contemplates writing a ecquel entitled, "If
I Were Not Ood."
An effort Is to be made in England to
place a memorial to Jane Austen tin Win
chester cathedral. The only memorial of
this remarkable woman is a brass tablet
set into the wall of the cathedral, which
was placed there by her nephew ami bi
ographer, the late Ri v. J. E. Austen Leigfli,
In IS7O. The memorial proposed I» to be a
Window with stained glass.
The title of the new book which Mr. W.
H. Mallock will publish through the Mac
mlllan company, in the course of a few
wcek.s, will be "Aristocracy and Evolu
tion." Its aim is to demonstrate that the
chief progressive movement of society Is
due to a minority, the part played by th*
majority being altogether subordinate,
alike in tbe sphere of thouß'ht, government
and wealth production. This part, how
ever, although subordinate, is shown to he
real and essential, and an attempt is made
to prove precisely what it is and bow
largely Its nature has been misrepresented
hitherto by sociologists and political
thinkers, particularly by those who lead
or sympathize with what Is called the labor
movement. Tbe book will begin with a
criticism of Mr. Herbert Spencer's "So
ciology." pointing out how Mr. Spencer
embodies and gives fresh life to the funda
mental error of contemporary "advanced '
thinkers in defining the social aggregate
ns a body "composed of approximating
equal units." the truth, according to Mr.
Mallock. being that all the progressive ag
gr* gates are composed of unequal units.
Special reference will, moreover, be made
to tbe true functions and the nature of
capital, capitalism nnd the wages system.
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.—We pass
a Boating store: one that ties up at every
plantation, sells from its stores, "repair*
watches and guns." as the legend runs
which lt bears upon its sides, and then,
when trade slackens. It raises steam ln Its
little boiler and moves on to some more
desirable location. A floating theater goes
by. Two large barges, on which ls built
a museum (wonderfully stocked) and a
Temple of Thespls, these being moved
about from village to village by a tug
boat, chartered for the purpose. Once in
side of the theater, you forget that lt Is
built on a barge. It has Its stage and very*
pood scenery. Its orchestra, proscenfurh
boxes, parquette. dress circle and gallery
for the negroes. You pass through a cov
ered way and enter the museum, not know
ing that you are now on another barge.
After examining its curiosities you return
to see a musical entertainment interspersed
with acting, charades, a ballet or a farce.
It makes money. It is a godsend to the
small villages and to the people, who come
for miles from the Interior to see its ex
hibitions, which are often all they know
Of dramatic art.—Leslie's Weekly.
SMOKING ON A WAGER
Eighty-Six Strong Cigars Disposed of
in Nine Hours
A man well known in turf circles made a
curious wager In the year ISGO, In which he
hacked himself to smoke one pound weight
of strong foreign regalias within twelve
hours. The conditions were that the cigars j
should be smoked one at a time to within
an inch of the end. the hacker of time, as
In the case of some pigeon matches, find
ing the weeds.
The match was decided on a Thames
steamer plying between London and Chel
sea, the smoker taking up a position well
forward in the bows, where he caught the
force of the breeie that was blowing. The
cigars ran a hundred to the pound so that
about eighteen hours had to be consumed to
win the wager. A start was made at 10
oclock in the morning and the affair was
finished at 7 In the evening
In the course of nine hours nnd twenty
minutes eighty-six cigurs were fairly
smoked, the greatest number consumed
being In the second hour, when the smoker
disposed of no fewer than sixteen. At the
eighty-sixth cigar, when fourteen only
remained to be smoked, the backer of time
gave In, finding that the smoker was bound
to win, and the latter puffed the remainder
away at his leisure in the course of the
same evening.
The winner subsequently declared that
he had not experienced the slightest diffi
culty or unpleasantness during the whole
tlmo he was blowing off the weeds. The
only refreshment taken during the
progress of the match was a chop at 2
Oclock, the eating of which occupied twen
ty minutes, and a gill tind a half of brandy
in cold water at intervals throughout the
day.—rearson's Weekly.
Freak Potato in Maine
A most curious freak potato was raised
on the farm of J. C. Hammond of Greene,
Me. The potato not only had eyes, but a
good-sized tooth, probably a horse tooth,
and grew until the cavity was filled and thc
tooth hard and fast ln the potato.
I ARM ROCKERS i
large, well finished. They can be H, A/w 3
|£ seen in our windows today and to- 3
| Special Rocker No. Special Rocker No. §
of so i, d quartered vpvviMl givviwi iiyi f $ same £
g? oak, also of birch in Mahogany finish. These come in saddle .... N _. hnwpvpr i iave panel back and are «S
;f? wood seat ana cobbler seat styles. They are exactly like gXmeW hand TtavLW
S> illustration. They are finished ALL OVER K/mmT * reRUII " y OS £
| P to^ o r regUlar ' y $2.95 Price 2
| cash on to FURNITUREAND-CAQPET-HOUSE \
f SPOI <332-33459S fiJ2/ M£ 71 J
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Her Royal Highness
The Princess of Wales
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"/»> is we// known that the Princess of
Wales received increased strength from
Yin Mariani."- London Court Journal, Jan. 12, 1895.
NEVER HAS ANYTHING BEEN SO HIGHLY
AND SO JUSTLY PRAISED AS
HARIANI WINE, THE FAMOUS FRENCH TONIC
FOR BODY, NERVES AND BRAIN
For Overworked Men, Delicate
Women, Sickly Children
Yin Marian! Is indorsed by tbe medical faculty all over tbe world.
It Is specially recommended tor NerVous Troubles, Throat apd Lung
Diseases, Dyspepsia, Consumption, General Debility, Malaria, wast*
Ing Diseases and La Grippe.
Sold at All Druggists. Refuse Substitutions.
YIN MARIANI GIVES STRENGTH
C no „l«I f\tfe,t- T " sM who wrltn mentioning the Lou Angelea
opCkldl VSHCI Hpralit, we aend it book containing; portrait* »"<l
Indorsement* of KKPBROBB, bhpkks*, I'BINCKS, caiiuinals,
AIU'HBISIIOPS anil other fllatlngnlahflil nerannagna.
MARIANI 8 CO., 52 West Fifteenth Street, New York
raria— 41 Boulevard H»n»»ma>'n » ondon—M Mi rtliner St.
Moutrea—3B-30 Hospital Street.
J! Wholesale ij
5 £>£\AM and CLARK BROS., i
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