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BOOKS OF TBE DA.
A ft! >V BOOK BY THK YOUNG
U THOU OF "TIM DB
SCKXDAiI"
HENRY JAMES' LATEST NOVEL
'•In tin- Ca ._-«"" !>la> Disappoint tbe
Great Hni'i Warn*u*nt Admirer**
- "Bobbie MolJiitl," a, liuuiauee
by Clint—— ItoN* Tul — » by Mrs.
rton Ha r*rl_ o _ on "ilie Well
bred tiiri ia Society.*'
Jove -< metimee nods. We are re
minded of this fact by reading the
published work of Mr. Henry
s. Of Air. James at his best no
commendation the critic owns
.■ boo strong. The author of "The
tn of the Master" and "The Spoils
of Poynton" has done work which is
nd praise. It may be, of course,
thai "In the Cage" Is great work, too,
but cerl tinly the fact is less obvious
to the enlightened Intelligence than it
should be. With the unenlightened in-
Mr. James has absolutely
ng i i do. The first notion of the
story Is suggestive and interesting. A
girl of fallen fortunes who is clerk in
--.ii English post and telegraph office
develops as a compensating gift to
>n t-tony ot her existence
a keen psychological insight. She had
"a whimsical mind and wonderful
Thrown into momentary and
superficial cop tart with all sorts and
conditions of men and women, she was
subject to "flickers ol" antipathy and
'. gleams in the gray, fit
ful awakings and follow ings, odd
caprices of curiosity." Her consctous
med to expand through her
and meaningless ror. tact with a
i more Interesting r-ocial world
than she was fated to explore in her
own person. She apprehended types
■ m flashes of Insight co_
ng individuals. She remembered
faces and round clue- and pieced to
unrelated facts, and
times knew far more of those she
an they could dream. From
this faculty of hers sprang an interest
in a man and a woman who apparently
had no right to their interest in one
another. Joined to this Avas an elusive
tier own. The opportunity
for ;■ i psychological idyl was in
Mr. Jam s' grasp. The tale might
•n charming. Tet In
ty It is merely painful and sordid.
The beauty of Mr. Jamos' art has of
ten been empl eyed to make us think
tin- painful and sordid beautiful, but
this time the art fails to coerce. Frank
ly, "In the Cage" is hardly interest
ing. It lacks that richness and beauty
of finish from whicn tne readers of
thi.- author are wont to derive satis
faction enough to compensate them for
the kinds of entertainment which Mr.
James never pretends to furnish.
As for the style of the book, lt is
written in Mr. James" latest— but we
trust not last— manner. It is involved,
labored, Bometimes uncertain— the style,
in short, of "Malsie," as opposed to
the style of Lhe other recent work of
this writer. Now, "Maisie," profoundly
Interesting as it is, is not the book
upon which Mr. James can base his
claim to be a great stylist. It Is, in
the one volume of his authorship
which suggests the influence of other
minds upon the writer's own. In its
atyle is mingled the blind manner of
Meredith, fc g< ther with the blind man
ner of Pater. It has the worst faults
of both oi* these great men, unredeemed
by Mr. Henry James' accustomed mer
its. Frank!;-} Mr. James, without hi 3
merit-*, is not wort* while.
"In tho Cage," by Henry James. Chicago,
11. S. Stone ft Co. $1.25. For sale by tho
ih and Stationery company.
» * *
"Pha.cs of an Infsrior Planet."
Th. nent or* precocity is great.
Perhaps also tin* punishment of faith
in prec icity is greater than the crime.
This is an Indirect method of saying
that admirers of "The Descendant"—
that strong, if unbalanced, novel, by a
girl of twenty-two— are doomed to much
disappointment in her new novel. It
has all rjji ite faults of its predecessor
7m:,**/*H its merits. "Phases of an
Inferior Planet" is crude, hysterical,
childish, dull. This is a strong ar
raignment, but not more pronounced
than the facts warrant. The book Is
written around a rather clearly con
ceived heroine, une of the fluffy, mor
!-id, sensation -craving girls who invite
temporary interest and permanent dis
-1 iste in normal minds. The hero is,
as depicted, a quite impossible crea
tion of the ■feminine* mind. This is not
saying that Anthony Algarcife does
impossible thing?* or that the outward
events of his life might not be such as
they are described, but only that the
hology which should hold those
ts I >gether and explain them is
wholly inadequate and futile. A man
of intellectual probity does not, under
any emotional stress whatever, take up
the religious life as this man did it, and
were he driven into that form of ex
•e, as it is conceivable • might be
the case for other reasons than those
offered, hia inner life would be far oth
er than tliat of Father Algarcife. We
are told tbat women and the poor
a. 'ored that gentleman, but the many
s calculated to illustrate his power
ov >i* these classes oniy leave the reader
wondering what tliey saw in such a
hopeless stick. The young author fum
blea as helplessly in her effort to de
plcl h's spiritual authority as she does
in painting the different phases of the
attraction — which never rises to love —
between Algarcife and Mariana. In
passing one may remark that the effect
of strength in a novel is not produced
by a lavish use of impassioned terms.
Undoubtedly the author of this book
Will be able to write a novel if she
ever has one to write. When her mind
has matured and her philosophy form
ed, she will be a well equipped writer.
At present she has nothing to say. Her
characters are like figures from a
dream. They do not fit either into real
life or into the world of romance. They
arc purposeless phantoms. We en
treat Miss Glasgow to apply herself
to a diligent study of life and human
nature for the next four years. When
she has acquired something of the es
sential groundwork upon which tiie
designs of literary art must be woven,
doubtless the world will be glad to buy
her tapestries, which are at present
heaps of vvarpless wool.
"Phases of an Inferior Planet," hy Ellen Glas-
Some cough mixtures
smother the cough. But the
next breeze fans it into life
again.
Better put the cough out.
That is, better go deeper
and smother the fires of in
flammation. Troches can
not do this. Neither can
plain cod-liver oil.
But Scott's Emulsion can.
The glycerine soothes and
makes comfortable; the hy
pophosphites give power and
stability to the nerves; and
the oil feeds and strengthens
the weakened tissues.
Soc. and $:.00, all druggists.
SCOTT _ BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
gow. Harper & Bros. $1.25. For sale by
the St. Paul Book and Stationery company.
* • •
"Bofibie McDuff."
The only cheerful and commonplace
touch In Mr. Clinton Ross', latest tale
is the title, which was evidently chosen
so as to furnish that sharp contrast
as compared with the contents which
proverbially has the effect of wit. As is
well known, Mr. Ross writes romances.
This particular romance is all about
the heir to a great Russian name, who
was brought up on Staten Island and
forbidden by his father's will to go to
Europe. After losing his fortune, he
finds himself In France, where many
strange and absorbing events happen
to him. Abductions, duels, hidden pas
sages, gipsy ancestors, family secrets,
marriages with countesses — none of all
the ingredients necessary to spice a
romance of the first order is omitted
from this chronicle of "The Fortunes
of Bobbie McDuff." It Is a brazen, re
sounding tale, for which, perhaps, the
title of romance is a little too subdued
and tame, lt might, with more justice,
be dubbed a literary cocktail.
"Robbie McDdff," by Clinton Boss. I* C.
Page _ Co., Boston. $1. For sale by tha
St. Paul Book and Stationery company.
* • •
•♦Tho Weil Bred Girt in Society."
Mra. Burton Harrison's little booklet,
"The Well Bred Girl in Society." flrst
appeared tis a series of papers in the
Ladies' Home Journal. Considering
that this medium carried them into a
greater number of homes of the kind
most likely to -need their sage and
wholesome advice than any one bound
book of the season ever reaches, their
appearance in bock form, however
dainty, seems very mucn of an after
thought. If there is any young girl in
the country anxious to become "a well
bred girl in society," but uncertain of
the way of doing it, who does not read
the Ladies' Home Journal, we advise
her to purchase this little book.
The precepts laid dowoi are Whole
some and simple — we had almost said
natural — and Mrs. Harrison is to .be
commended, If for no other reason than
tliat she discounts emphatically the
florid, sensational accounts of so-called
high life which fill up so much space
in the Sunday newspapers. Mrs. Har
rison has quite evidently tried to avoid
the style of the usual book on etiquette,
but the subject of the "Well Bred Girl
in Society" is a difficult one — especially
when intended for those who need In
struction on so delicate a subject — and
if her kindliest advice appear rigid and
conventional, it is again her evident
intention. A simpler style and fewer
polysyllaibic words, It seems to us,
would be more suited to the subject
and make much pleasanter reading.
"The Well-Bred Girl in Society." by Mrs.
Burton Harrison. Ladles' Home Journal
Girls' Library. Doubleday & McClure com
pany. 50 cents. For sale by the St. Paul
Book and Stationery company.
Literary Notes'!
The Doubleday & McClure company is about
to celebrate its flrst anniversary by issuing
what ls unquestionably the event of the year
in the publishing world — Mr. Kipling's new
book. The volume is called "The Day'a
Work" and contains a dozen stories which
represent the high-water mark of Mr. Kip
ling's genius thus far. including as they
do examples of his most mature and most
varied work. They range from the sheer
imagination and dream quality that distin
guish "The Brushwood Boy" to the notable
group of tales embodying the author's own
contribution to the "Song of Steam." and
dealing as only a great genius could deal
with the throbbing engines of the ocean
steamer and the railway locomotive that
play such a vital part in modern civilization.
Mr. Kipling has been working over this vol
ume fer the last three or four years.
• * *
A new edition of "Great Words of Great
Americans," edited by Paul Leicester Ford,
is being prepared for immediate publication
by Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons. The same
firm announces a new and revised edition
of "Earthwork Out of Tuscany," being im
pressions and translations by Maurice Hew
lett. It will contain a new preface and a
number of Illustrations especially designed
for this edition. Mr. Hewlett's range, limited
by this work in the first instance to artistic
and critical circles, has been recently wid
ened by his popular romance, "The Forest
Lovers," now in its fourth edition.— Book-
Tho October issue of the Art Interchange
brings two excellent color plates — one a
view of "Early Winter." showing a frozen
brook lined with beech trees, the other a
cluster of "Summer Roses." The pictorial
interest ls maintained by "A Mediterranean
Fisherman," by Baixeras, which serves as
frontispiece to the number, showing a pic
turesque type of seaman in his boat ln the
harbor gathering his harvest of cockles.
• • •
Anthony Hope has just finished a novel
which is devoted to a very delicate and pene
trating study cf Disraeli. It is a new de
velopment in the novelist's career and will
be anticipated with great interest.—Book
man.
The Lippincotts have made a lucky find ln
the correspondence between Charles Lamb
and Robert Lloyd, which ls promised at
once. Robert Lloyd was brother to the
Charles Lloyd who. with Lamb and Cole
ridge, issued an early volume of poems. He
was a raUier morbid character, and died
young, leaving little work of an enduring
kind. Robert Lloyd's correspondence with
Lamb gives a view by a new angle into the
hcspitable London mensge of the Lambs. The
lotters are of much value on many accounts,
and will be welcomed by all lovers of Eiia
* * *
Mrs. Alice Morse Earle's new book, entitled
"Home Life in Colonial Days." will be pub
lished at an early date by the Maemlllan
company. Mr?. Earle's reseirches Into Amer
ican life are Plreidy too well known to need
description. In this beautifully illustrated
book the author introduces us to the honi^s
of colonists first of all. She then leads
us by the light of other days, that is by
candle and lamp light, through the old time
household, and home circle. The serving of
meals, for instance, and domestic occupation
has especially attracted the author. She
gives some chapters u^on flax, wool culture
and spinning, hand weaving, girls' occupa
tions, jackknife industries, etc. All with the
most exact and beautiful illustrations. It will
be a book which should apoeil with a par
ticular force to those who*-* family traditions
carry them back to the days of which Mra
Earle writes.
• ♦ •
The three prizes in the Century Maga-zine's
oomnetition for the best story, poem and
essay, open to students who received the
degree of B. A. in 1597, have been won By
young women, although mors men than
women entered the competition. Two of the
prize winners are Vassar graduates, and one
is from Smith.
The report of the competition will appear in
the November Century, with the prize story
"A Question of Happiness." by Miss Grace
M. Gallaher. of Essex. Conn., who graduated
at Vassar. B. A., 1c97.l c 97.
The old established Boston firm of Roberts
Bros, has ceased to be— Messrs. Littl?, Brown
& Co. having acquired the title and good will
of the business. Messrs. Hardy, Pratt & Co
a new firm Issuing from the old. have secured
the subscription books nf the late firm, amone
which the Balzac !s the mainstay. The
young firm announces that it intends to add
other publications to its list very soon but
will confine itself in the meantime to the
subscription husinf>ss. Mr. Pratt, who" was
with Messrs. Roberts Bros, for a number of
y-e-rs. is the son of Branson Al^ott's eldest
daughter, known as the Meg of "Little
Women."— Bookman.
The young Irish novelist, Mr. Shan F. Bul
loch, has at the lan mompnt changed the
title of his new novel. Instead of being Is
sued as "Paving the Piorr." as prevlous'y
announced, the book will bear the title of
"The Barrys." It is to be dedicated to Mr.
Quiller-Couch.— Bookman.
It Is well known that Amer'ca has drawn
largely upon her men of let'e-s in filing
diplomatic, posts of eon seou ence, but most
of us will be surprised to learn from an ar
ticle In the Octoher Critic to how great an
extent she has done so. Tho list of "Amer
ican Author-Diplomats" is indeed a most
striking one, including several names of the
greatest prominence in literature, if not in
diplomacy. It begins with Benjamin Frank
lin, equally great in each walk of life, and
goes on with Washington Irving— the first
American author to become known in Eu
rope purely as a man of letters— George Ban
croft. J. L. Motley, J. R. Lowell, John Blge
low. Eugene Schuyler, Dr. Ano^-w D. White
Bayard Taylor. George H. Bokcr, Gen. L w
\\allaoe. W. XV. Astor, Whltelaw Rdd and
Col. John Hay — the only one of the nu*r-ber
to become the head of the state department.
Even in the consular service th? same ten
dency of our government to honor letters has
been strikingly manifested, the list of con
suls including the names of "Nathaniel Haw
thorne, John Howard Payne, Donald G
Mitchell -(Ik Marvel), Bret Harte W. D.
Howells and John James Plait, and the list
of consuls general that of Ch-irles De Kay.
The Ciiflc's article Is illustrated with fifteen
portraits.
Mr. Hall Caine's picture of clerical life ia
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE SUNDAY OCTOBER 9, 1898,
"The Christian" can scarcely claim the merit
of sobriety or accuracy; but he has scored
rather neatly off the archdeacon of London,
who ventured to assert, within the sacred
limits of the island itself, that no tsuch
worldly and vulgar archdeacon as Mr. Caine's
Canon Wealthy had existed or could exist
in London. To which Mr. Came replies that
he had some difficulty in preventing a Lon
don newspaper from declaring publicly, "and
of course erroneously," that Canon Wealthy
was a portrait — or a caricature— of Arch
deacon Sinclair himself! — Bookman.
• • »
The Macmlllan company will publish at an
early date for the Columbia University Press
a concise outline of the life and work of
Bismarck, t& Prof. iMuivroe Smith. While
thu narrative covers Bismarck's entire career,
due stress is laid upon Us central motive,
the unification of Germany, and the less im
portant periods are subordinated to those lv
which really decisive results were attained.
On Our book Table.
From the St. Paul Book and Stationery
company :
DOUBLE I") AY & M'CLURK. NEW YORK—
WEAPONS OF THE FILIPINOS.
Curious and Terrible Knives Used by the Natives— Strange
Weapons of Other Oriental Races.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The weapons used by savages in the
interior of Luzon, amd the smaller
Philippine islands are perhaps mire
deadly than those of any other race.
The natives of all barbarous countries
have a peculiar style of knife, which
can be distinguished at a glance by
the curio collector, but the daggers and
krises carried by savage* in the Philip
pines are by far the moat Interesting
that ever come to this country. Their
qvo'nt and curious shapes lend to them
a distinct peculiarity not found in the
weapons of other races, and in conse
quence many of them are valuable and
highly prized. Small in size, skillfully
carved and pokited, they can be
handled with great effect, and in most
v Cyrved dnd Deadly j(p?es^
Rar^r of all facets
Instances a single thrust is sufficient to
do the work. Like the Indian arrow
heads, some of them are poisoned at
the point, which means sure death once
a wound is Inflicted.
Perhaps the most deadly of all the
Philippine weapons are the daggers
carried by the chiefs. These are made
of iron, mostly of a poor quality, and
are about eighteen inches long. They
are crooked or wavey In shape, with
a rough, uneven surface. The edges are
as sharp as a razor; the point almost
like that of a needle, and they are car
ried in a case, which fits the blade to
perfection. The cases are made of
hard wood, the handles bearing beau
tifully carved inscription?, representing
the name of the chief and tribe. These
crooked daggers are carried exclusive
ly by the chiefs, the right to posse°s
them being considered a greit honor In
the native country. When In good
condition, sharp and well pointed ihey
are in great demand in this country,
and bring as high as $25.
A few years ago many tribes in the
two principal islands, Luzon and Min
danao, were disarmed by order of the
authorities, cfnly the chiefs being allow
ed to retain their weapons. These, of
course, did mot Include the hundreds
of smaller Islands, inhaJbited entirely
by savages, who still carry a kris for
their deadly work. The kris is a dag
ger slightly longer than that carried
by the chief, measuring nearly two
feet, with a sharp curved blade. There
are numerous varieties of these, the
blades differing a trifle in size and
shape. Being in general use among ail
known tribes, the ordinary kris is quite
common and brings anywhere from ?:i
to $5.
The krls is regarded by the native
Filipino as the most important of all
his belongings, and his uses of it are
many and varied. Tha more ravage
tribes flrst lasso the foe, and after
dragging It on the ground until ex
hausted or dead, use the knife to sever
the head from the body, the former be
ing taken as a prize. The native ls
very careful to keep his weapon in good
condition, and uses it in a nun iber of
ways, as the occasion may require. In
decapitating he _ pproacnec the enemy
from the rear, striking a little below
the base of the brain. A single blow
powerfully dealt will nearly always ac
complish the work, but ln every case
robs the opponent of all power. In
dealing with the less formidable foe the
kris is used more in the manner of a
stiletto, and being poisoned at the
point lt performs the work in a dif
ferent way, torturing the victim until
death is a welcome relief. The weapon
is also used for other purposes, being a
sort of handy tool for all work.
Firearms are almost unknown out
side of the principal towns, though re
cently, it is said, a crude sort of gun
has been finding its way among the
more civilized tribe*?' on the coast.
Since the war started in May last, the
insurgents, which are practically the
semi-civilized tribes adjacent to Manila,
have been active in purloining armor
of various kinds, which is now cir-
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culating to some extent ln tihe interior.
This, in a few cases, has been secured
from the Americans, but mostly from
the Spanish, with whom they have
been fighting for years. They had lit
tle success in adding to their supplies
before the Americans arrived, as hav
ing few guns or other arms for uae at
long range, they were driven back by
tihe Spanish soldiers with severe losses.
There are undoubtedly many imple
ments of warfare used in the ■tnaU
and remote islands, of wh!ch absolutely
nothing Is known, for of the many
hundreds of li&landg in the group not
more than hall of them have ever been
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HOUGHTON, -MIFFLIN & CO.. BOSTON—
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From the Publishers—
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY, CHICAGO—
"Geographical Reader," by Frank G. Car
penter, 60 i cents; "Selections from the
Works of Jean Paul Friedrlch Richter."
edited by George Stuart Collins, Ph. D„
50 cents.
A. 8. BARNES & CO., NEW YORK— "Ruth
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MIZZOURA PUBLISHING COMPANY
MINNEAPOLIS— "Mizzoura," by Cora Mc-
Neill.
Visited by a civilized being. Indeed, so
lii aobcroua are the inhabitants of these
districts that the more enlightened
tribes oan not be hired to venture with
in their limits, and as a matter of ac
tual fact it ls not known today exactly
how many Islands there are in the
group.
The Stranglers of Italy, about whom
considerable has been written, had for
merly one of the most peculiar weap
ons known. It consisted cf a cord 15
or 20 feet long, made of human hair,
with weights fastened at each end. It
was used somewhat in the manner of a
lasso, but was thrown so as to encircle
the victim's neck, the force causing it
to tighten and strangle him before a
word could be uttered. This device was
prized for the reason that it would do
its work from a distance and do it well,
and it is said to have been ln use for
miany years. The thug cord, as it was
called, was not an implement of war
fare, but found Its principal use in put
ting to death those who had disregard
ed some religious duty. When a life
was taken it was, according to their
belief, necessary to do it in this way,
and in this way it was done. A' few
years ago, however, the British author
ities took the matter in hand, prohib
iting the use of the cord in any event,
and the practice has now almost entire
ly died out
Among the Indian tribes using pe
culiar knives, those carried by the Goor
kas are perhaps the most interesting.
The Goorkae make good soldiers, and
are frequently characterized as a brave
and intelligent people. This is believed
to be the only race which will openly
light a tiger, using the hul war knife,
having a wide curved blade, to defend
themselves. The handle is made of iron,
while the blade, which is beautifully
carved, is made of steel, inlaid with
copper. One of these knives recently
seen by the writer was a splendid piece
of work. ** Around the edges on both
sides was carved a chain, and in the
center a figure representing the native
god. Near the handle was a rosette,
resembling somewhat a picture of the
sun, probably designating the name of
the chief. The work on this weapon
was skillfully executed and must have
required (on.-id-erabie time. A knife
like this, with fancy decorations on it,
while not so valuable as the daggers
carried by the Philippine chiefs, is nev
ertheless desirable, and will bring as
high as $15. In these, as in all weap
ons, the condition is a potent factor in
determining their value.
Another curious knife is used in Bur
mah. This \b patterned much after the
ordinary dagger, with his exception
that the handle -is longer, having two
nds projecting "back about 6 inches
from the crossbar, by which the weap
on is held. It is designed for defense
against the tiger; the object of the two
rods being io protect thel hand from
the animal's jaws. It is said to be a
very effective knife, and is carried at
all times by the natives. No ornaments
or decorations are found on it or any
kind, the blade and handle being per
fectly smooth and plain. The Burmese
knife is about eighteen i niches long,
and, owing to its unique shape, can be
very deftly handled. In fighting ani
mals it is the greatest advantage to
have a weapon that will protect the
hand, and in this particular the Bur
mese knife excels all others. They are
not particularly valuable as curios,
bringing in the neighborhood of $5.
Various other weapons of the dagger
order are used in remote parts of the
world, but none will inflict a wound
such as those common to the Philippine
islands. India can probably lay claim
to a. larger number of war implements
than any other country; many of them
are exported in large quantities and
find their way to all corners of the
globe. These include lances, swords,
battle-axes, bows and arrows and every
other contrivance that can be used to
advantage in making away with a hos
tile tribe or individual. The dealer In
curios can show you some queer-look
ing devices designed to kill, but in the
hands of an American they would do
little or no damage. It ls the art of
using them that does the work, and
without that urt one might as well be
without the weapons. This, however,
cannot be said of the krises used ln the
Philippine islands; they are ready for
business in any -one's hands, whether it
bo a savage or a civilian.
—Matthew M. Strickler.
Use the Long Distance Telephone to Minne
sota, No. and So. Dakota cities and towns.
fIAME CHICKENS HIS JOY. 3
Chicago Millionaire Cock Fighter — John Mackin Has
a "Pit" in His Palatial "Windy City" Mansion.
Prom the New York Herald.
John Mackin, of Chicago, millionaire
and cock fighter.
Thos© are the two distinguished
marks of a man who is a sportsman
of a peculiarly interesting type. Not
onily is he a cock fighter, but he keeps
his feathered friend3 — sometimes sev
eral hundred cocks and hens— in his
palatial resddence in one of the most
aristocratic drives ln Chicago. This
high and mighty roosting place for his
game fowls, it ls safe to say, makes
the most expensive hennery in the
world.
This man, who loves cock fighting
enough to literally share hls costly root
with his pugnacious pets, ls a conspic
uous figure ln*cock fighting contests
all over the country. For twenty-two
years he has gone about with his birds
and won most of the fights he has en
tered over birds with brilliant records
in the pits. His last big Victory was
on Jan. 25 of this year, when he broke
the fighting cock records of Casey, of
Boston, and Incidentally worn $5,000 in
prize money. This sum miay be gained
almost any old night, according to the
redoubtable Mackin.
JOHN MACKIN' S FORTUNE.
The story of John Mackin's fortune,
which makes it possible for him to live
ln a great gray stone mansion sur
rounded by every appointment of lux
ury, including his crowing hens and
pugnacious cocks, reads like a romance.
His father was Thomas Mackin, who,
as an untutored boy, lauided from the
Emerald isle without a penny in hia
pocket. He amassed a pile of money
about $n,000,000 all told, as contractor
and builder.
He erected at the corner of Lake
View and EMversey avenues, six years
ago, the elegant edifice which John
Mackin inherited at his father's death,
four years ago. The rest of the estate
was divided between John Mackin's
sister and stepmother.
John Mackin is an interesting study.
As he sits in his down town oflice each
day to gather in the rents from his
army of wealthy tenants,~he looks for
all the world like a prosperous farmer
who has come to town for a day to
sell a load of corn.
He is a six-footer of the athletic type
— fat, fair and forty. His head, which
is as round as a bullet, resembles that
of the irrepressible small boy who sel
dom comes in contact with a comb, or
when he does it is only the forehead.
His cloths are common-looking. The
necktie that adorns the soft shirt may
have cost 25 cents once upon a time.
His shoes are stiff and heavy, and his
whole makeup, in short, bespeaks the
man who cares infinitely more for
something other than apparel.
BRUSQUE AND BIG HEARTED.
Though a bit brusque in conversation,
John Mackin is as big hearted as the
day is long, shrewd In business — a man
who would with a glad hand give some
of his cock fighting proceeds to the
first charity that came along and (j in
short, an all around "good fellow."
As to education, that was somewhat
curtailed, for, as the man says himself,
he was too animated a chap to be al
lowed to stay in one institution long
at a time, though he finally did wind
up with a short business course in hia
native city.
His house, which is also the hennery,
cost precisely $250,000. Its thirty-four
handsomely furnished rooms are kept
immaculate by a retinue of servants.
It. is a three story structure, of striking
architecture, partly covered with vines,
and made even more picturesque with
flower boxes at every curve. The sur
rounding lawn is beautiful with bril
liant flower beds. It is one of the most
delightfully located homes in the city,
facing Lincoln Park and the blue
waters of Lake Michigan.
COSTLY VEGETABLE GARDEN.
The $250,000 does not take into con-
LONELIEST ISLAND IN THE ATLANTIC.
From the Xew York Journal.
Perhaps the loneliest island in the
Atlantic ocean is a British possession
known on the map as Rockall. Where
is it? Rockall Is a lonely pyramid
rock, some 70 feet in height and 250
feet in circumference, rising sheer out
of the wild Atlantic waves, about 184
miles west-half-south from St. Kikla,
in the outer Hebrides, 2SO miles from
the nearest point of the Scottish main
land and 260 miles northwest from the
nearest point on the Irish coast.
More exactly, its position — at least,
as nearly as this has been ascertained
—is latitude 57 degrees 30 minutes
north, longitude 13 degrees 42 minutes
west. There is neither soil upon it nor
sandy beach around it, the depth of
water close up to it being twenty or
thirty fathoms.
A "rock," therefore, it must be call
ed, rather than an island, or even an
islet; and, of all the rocks and islands,
groat and small, surrounding our
shores it Is at once the most remote,
the most desolate, the least known,
and In many respects the most remark
able.
Not only has lt never boasted a hu
man inhabitant, but no holiday-trip
per or sportsman baa ever set foot on
its shores, and only on one or two oc
casions is it ever known to have bpen
landed upon. Only in the finest weath
er is it possible to land upon it; in
winter the ocean waves far overtop Ita
summit. This summit can only be
reached, even when a landing has been
effected, by an as.sent on the north
eastern face to the rock, so precipitous
are its other sides.
Close to the main rock, and with
deep water between them, lies a dan
gerous reef, exposed at low tide, known
as Hazel wood rock; while a mile and a
half southeast lies another similar rock
known as Helen's reef, from a vessel
of that name whose wreck upon it first
made it known.
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(40-14M44 Easi Sixth Stroet, Opposite Ryan Hotel,
sideratlon a frontage of 250 feet which
could sell any day for $1,000 a foot.
Most of this valuable real estate ln the
heart of the metropolis is converted into
a vegetable garden of the country type,
where the pumpkins serenely mellow
and the grapes purple in the autumn
sun.
It is on the third floor of this stately
pile of stone that the aristocratic cocks
are cooped. At great expense Mr.
Mackin has fitted up the place with all
the Improvements known ln the cock
kingdom. It ls a sight familiar to the
fashionable residents thereabouts to see
a light at night in the upper story.
The ball room hi not filled with gay
dancers, as ths uninitiated might sus
pect, but the liege lord and a few of
tha "fellows" are looking at the prize
pets Jn the hennery.
In the day time the cackling of the
hens can be plainly heard by the pass
erby, who has begun to regard the
Maoiln mansion as an interesting ad
junct to the menagerie in Lincoln park,
just across the way. In fact, since thia
sporting secret has leaked out ln the
neighborhood the whole place is re
garded with the same curious interest
that attacihee to a haunted house.
DEFENDS THE SPORT.
John Mackin vigorously; defends the
sport of cock fighting.
"The fighting of birds," he declared,
with the enthusiasm of ia man talking
of bis hobby, "has been the amusement
of nearly every nation, from the Ro
mans, who used to fight quails, to the
Chinese, whgf still fight sparrows.
"Cock fighting is not as cruel as
horse racing, for this reason: A horse
is lashed when he is doing his best,
while the fowl is in a frenzy when
fighting and doesn't feel the punish
ment. If the fowl Is aarcid for properly
after its little encounter — that Is, pro
viding it ie not killed outright, as some
times happens — the bird suffers no in
jury -rvvhatever.
"And I want to tell you another
thing. Cock fighting is a sport enjoy
ed by the leading men of the country.
Why, men like Clay and Jackson
foojght cocks outside of Washington. I
have a pair of spurs, by the way, which
were once the property of Clay. And,
speaking of sports generally, the big
gest dog fight ever held in Massachu
setts was in Gov. Russell's barn."
AT HIS OOUNRTY HOME.
Though most of the cocks are kept
in the city home, some aie housed at
Mr. Mackin's country place, in Lake
county. Here he has a large farm of
fullblooded animala, from Angora cats
to Jeannette Pyle cocks.
At an expense of $10,000 he has fitted
up a building for the cocks. It is most
ly of glass, like a conservatory, and ow
ing to the ferocious fighting traJts of
the birds, each ona haa to be kept in
a separate "run," which is a compart
ment boarded up four feet on eaoh side. ;
Should there be the slightest opening I
between the "runs," so tihe birds could
see each other, they would peck at the •
opening until they dropped dead from \
exhaustion.
One of the Interesting evidences of
Mr. Mackin's pride in his pampered
pets is that be has a pa lhtintg of two
favorites, named Rh bard and Brigham,
which birds he values at $500 each, done
in oil by Harry Lyman, a Chicago ar
tist. Thia picture hangs in one of the
richly appointed rooms'of Mr. Mackin's
mansion to remind him there is some
thing in this life besides a million al
mighty dollars. It reminds him there
are about eight hundred cocks and
ben*?, which are valued at thousands of
dollars themselves.
Mr. Mackin's wife does not sympa
thize with the sport, and will not con
fess the birds are kept in the house.
There are women, however, who enjoy
cock fights, and it is not an uncommon
sight to see members of the fair sex
with sporting proclivities simply as
spectators rather tham speculators at
these so called select cock fights.
To the mariner Rockall presents it
self as a serious danger. Neither the
main rock nor the surrounding reef
has ever been either lighted, belled or
buoyed. Yet, though not in the main
line of cross-Atlantic traffic, there can
be no doubt that they have frequently
proved fatal to vessels. There are m v
eral actual records of wrecks upon
them, the earliest being in 1656, and it
is probable that they are partly ac
countable for some of the disappear
ances of well found vessels which are
reported annually from the Atlantic.
Even in broad daylight the main rook
is a menace, for, with its steep, tall
sides and its pointed top, always whit
ened by the deposits of sea birds, it is
invariably at first sight taken for a
ship in full sail.
Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, an eminent
Scottish naturalist; Mr. R. M. Barring
ton, a leading Irish naturalist, ami two
other gentlemen, under took not long
ago a scientific expedition to Hack;' ll.
under the auspices of the Royal Irish
academy. Twice was the rock ap
proached, but on each occa:-ion the
swell around it renderd a landing im
possible, and the expedition had at list
to return, balked of its main object
Nevertheless it brought back Borne very
interesting results, obtained Chiefly by
dredging on the hank and by observ
ing the birds flying around the ru-*k.
Ornithologists have long awaited with
keenest interest Information relating 1 >
the bird population of the i
have imagined it a possible breeding
place of several interesting Bes birds,
But the recent expedition, during which
no fewer than twenty sp idea were ob
served round the rock, proved that in
all probability no species breeds upon
it except the common guillemot.
In many other ways the rock is of
much scientific interest, and any
yachts-man or others who may her.-af
ter be fortunate enough to effect a
landing upon Rockall will certainly ob
tain results of much interest to nat
uralists.
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FATAL COLLISION.
Frelffht Train Rum Into the Rear
End of an Omaha Pni-tenger.
OMAHA, Oct. B.— A double-headed
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
freight train ran into the rear end ol
an Omaha passenger train in the yardfl,
three blocks north of Locust streot, to
day. The last car on the passenger
train was the dining car "Delmonico."
It was split almost ln two, length wise.
The killed are: Harry Jones, waiter,
of Chicago. Fatally wounded: Otto
Homedale, conductor dining ear, scald
ed and injured about the body, lives at
Be ne, 10. Seriously injured; J. Wes
terheid, Omaha. Internally injured; M.
W. Brandt, engineer freight engine, in
ternally; Mike Smith, engineer freight
<i gine, inter. -.ally injured; Frank Speck,
liinii-un freight engine, cut about face'
and body and probably Internally in
jured; Madden, fireman of freight
engine, hurt about head and shoulders;
D. F. Danner. Pullman car porter, hurt
by falling glass; Otto Parsons, waittr
in dining car, crushed and scalded, will
probably die. home in Omaha. The
following waiters and cooks in the din
ing* car wore more or less injured about
the hands and face by flying glass and
splint-era: T. C. Madray. Chicago; Fred
Leonard, Chicago; Henry Jones, Chi
cago; Thomas Robinson. Chicago.
The accident was due to the Inability
of the engineer. Mike Smith, of tbe
head engine of the freight, to stop his
tiain. The track, where the accident
occurred is a down grade.
EPISCOPAL COUNCIL
Int ere* His: Refe-renee to < nbn, Por-
to Itlco nnd Hhiviiu.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— The trien
nial report of the board of missions
has been submitted to the Episcopal
council. It reviews the whole field of
missienwork. domestic and foreign. An
interesting feature is a reference to
Cuba, Porto Rio.). Hawaii, etc., as fol
lows:
"It can only be positively sated at tills
time that, by r< aaoa ,»f tht* a tion of c n-
Kiess, approved by the pr<«:deut of the
I'nited States. Hawaii has heroine Un'-e.l
States territory, as Porto Rico will b -c :ne
also such te-n\t *ry up. n tho concilia too of
the treaty of peace with S* am. What will
occur with regard 'o Cuba, the Phill*
and one or more of the La drone islands, it Is
premature to say. It ls c rt:iin, bowe or,
that the accession of territ ry mean
creased missionary rasp ms b iltfas. Ques
tions that may aria w ;th regard to H
aro different Iron those that w.i: come to
the front with reaped to other local!— at.
Since '.Stn the English church has Seen repe
sentod there by a bishop, a imall staff of
clergy and by aM or Store educational in
stitutions and ■■•>•• where. The bishop haa
approached the b ani of managers fo,* as
sistance in this work moro than once, but,
following its consistent policy, it h*ts b on
unwilling to S— ter where the English church
had already undertakes work."
The financial statement on mist
shows gross receipts $77* - .*. •*-**'.. of whvh
the contributions are MX.840, and lega
cies $92. ■'•ir*. Among the re •■•nt legacies
are: Estate of Miss Ami Tweeds!*, Al
bany. $i:>,7'^; estate of Miss Mary A.
Edson. Now York. $46,000; estate of
Miss Emily Mathicu. Philadelphia, $10.
--•HiO; estate of Miss LSUira Wiggins, Cin
cinnati, $10,000. and estate of Mrs. Mary
G Rand, W.itklns. N. V.. $ir.,500.
Note change of Great Northern train service
hot wren St. Pnul. Minneapolis and bake Min
netonka,