THE SUNDAY OREGON! AN. PORTLAND, JUNE 28, 1908.
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"God plucked a rose all dripping sweet
With dewy down; all frail and cool .
With evening, as a new made moon &
sleep withm a forest pool.
He laid the rose at Nature's feet
And someone called it June."
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"Th Struggle for Amerirmn lndiid'nc,"
by Pydn.y Goorgn Flhr. Two volumes.
Illustrated. J. B. Lipplncott Co.. Phila
delphia. from the scholarly, historical studies
which hp has previously issued, notahly
"The Making of Pennsylvania," "Men,
Women and Manners In Colonial Times",
and "The True Benjamin Franklin," Mr.
Fisher has gradually worked his way in
to the front ranks of living American
historian?.
Readers thought, when he published
some years ago. In one volume, "The
Trim History of the American Revolu
tion" that Mr. Fisher had exhausted that
particular part of the subject during his
lifetime, but he now confesses that this
little book didn't go far enough. H.
concluded that the original plan should
be extended and carried out in more de
tail, that the whole mass of original evi
dence. In libraries and historical societies
should be made accessible and revealed
to the public in as complete a manner
as possible. The result was the issuing
of thes two handsome volumes, amount
ing In all to 115S pages.
One thoughtful poiht made is that our
people have little or no conception of
what the American revolution really was,
no proper idea of the nature of the or
iginal evidence, and the unwillingness of
our writers of general histories to cite
that evidence, keeps It a sealed book to
the public. Mr. Fisher also complains
that although our Revolution is said to
have changed the thought of the whole
world, like the epochs of Socrates, of
Christ, of the grat Protestant Reforma
tion and of the French Revolution yet
no complete history of it has ever been
written upon the plan of dealing frankly
with all the contemporary evidence and
withholding nothing of importance that
Is found in the original records.
Fo Instance, many writers ignore the
position of the loyalists and their con
flict with the patriots whom they al
most equalled in numbers, and they also
passed by the controversy over General
Howe's methods of carrying out his in
structions from the British ministry, the
investigation of those methods by a par
liamentary inquiry, and Howe's defense
of himself. These and other questions
induced Mr. Fisher to step into the
bieach and he has performed his duty
well. Yet he .writes modestly, and in
attempting to state the results briefly
and without dullness he "fears that he
has been able to do neither to the satis
faction of everybody." It will be enough,
he thinks, if the greater part of the
evidence he has brought together will
help the investigation of the future, so
that the latter will not have to search
for it at random.
In reading our history in a desultory
way, one is apt to magnify the work
of Washington, Benjamin Franklin and
Thomas Jefferson, to the exclusion of
other patriots in shaping the events
which led to the American Revolution.
And many of these patriots came from
all nations, comparatively speaking. For
instance. Mr. Fisher clearly shows that
Jefferson, who drafted the largest part
of the Declaration of Independence, got
his inspiration of liberty from Burlama
qui, an Italian Swiss. Burlamaqui be
longed, to a Protestant family that had
once lived at Lucca, Italy, but had been
compelled,, like the family of Turrentine
and many others, to take refuge In
Switzerland. His greatest book was
called "The Principles of Natural Law,"
which aroused the world by modern,
glowing thought and enthusiasm for pro
gress and liberty.
"To this day." says Mr. Fisher, "any
one going to the Philadelphia library and
asking for No. 77 can take in his hands
the Identical, well-worn volume by Bur
lamaqui. which delegates to Congress and
many aa unsettled Phlladelphian read
with earnest, anxious minds. Burlama
qui's handy little volume was vastly
more effective and far-reaching than
would have been the blunderbus he had
intended to load to the muzzle. Other
writers who revolutionized thought' at
this ante-revolutionary period were
TJrotlus. a Dutchman; Puffendorf, a Ger
man: Hooker and Tocke. Knglishmen;
and Montesquieu, a Frenchman.
It Is conclusively proved that the patri-
ots would have been keenly disappointed
If Kngland had yielded to the demands
of the Whigs and had checked the up
rising by granting the demands of tlm
colonists. The ultimate germ thought
was no compromise and complete inde
pendence from the mother country.
A splendid description is given of the
battle of Bunker Hill, when fool British
lienors Is forced their troops to make
murderous frontal charges against an In
'.rcnehe position.
The British troops were camped on that
hill where we now follow the atreeta called
Beacon and Tr.mont. The English aoldlers
feemed shorter In stature than the Amer
icans. There were regiments of veterans,
famous organizations surh as the 47th.
Wolfe's Own." the SSth and the Welsh
Cusileers who had distinguished themselves
at the battle of Minden. There were Irish
men in the ranks and a regiment called
I he Royal Irish. The British troops were
had shots, as they aimed too high and gen
erally overshot their enemy. Fifty steps
seems now a very short range but all the
battles of that time were fought at about
that distance, because the smooth-bored
muskets and shotguns that were used were
Inaccurate beyond AO yards and practically
useless at 100 yards.
Every American was using the gun he
had hunted with for years, and was al
lowed -to load and fire In the way to which
he was long accustomed. "There, there,"
they would cry. "see that officer. fehoot
him." And two or three would cover him
with their guns, terrible old pieces loaded
with all manner of missiles. They had been
told to aim for the belt, and when a sol
dier had received there the discharge from
an old duck gun he was a sight for the
surgeon. It was a terrible day for British
soldiers, and whole ranks were cut down to
a man. The Americans fired until their
ammunition was exhausted. . , .
Then the whole British force swarmed
ever the breastworks and there was con
fusion and hand-to-hand conflicts, as the
Americans retreated. The British were
finally able to deliver a cross-fire, which
paused most of the lnsa of the patriots
vk&t dajr. but they moved off in good order.
They bad represented their new idea. There
bad been about 1500 or 1700 of these Amer
icana and. they had lost In dead and
wounded 44fl. Howe took out from Bos
ton between 2tvo and r.OOrt regulars, and
lie left 1054, more than one-third, on the
hillside.
The patriots at this time nerved them
selves with strong appeals. They would
"die or be free" and thought that "death
was far preferable to political slavery."
"T will tell you what I have done," writes
a patriot woman of the period to an Eng
lishman. "My only brother T have sent
to the ramp with my prayers and blessings.
I hope be will not disgrace me.
I am confident he will behave with honor
and emulate the great examples he haa
before him: and had T 20 sons and brothers
they should k- I- have retrenched every
superfluous expense in my table and family,
tea I have not drunk since laM t'hristmaa.
nor bought a new cap or gown since your
defeat at I,exlngton, and what I never did
before, have learnt to knit and am now
making stockings of American wool for
my servants: and this way do I throw in
my mite to the public good. I know this,
that as free 1 can die hut once, but as
a slave I shall not be worthy of life."
General Putnam, or "Old Put.," as he
was affectionately known, must have
been the joker of that period.- It is re
lated that he had a dispute with a
British officer, was told that he must
fight a duel, and was given the choico
of weapons. Putnam chose two kegs of
gunpowder with lighted slow-matches In
them, each man had to sit on a keg
until one keg had exploded. The matches
burned slowly, and the Englishman, un
able to endure the mental strain, got up.
The kegs were then opened and found
to contain nothing but onions!
The alternate stupidity and chivalry
of General William Howe are sharply
shown, and a suspicion really lingers that
Howe was so much of a Whig and
friend of the colonists, that he may have
secretly favored their cause. He made
many costly military blunders and of
fered a great many olive-branch propos
als. He acted as if his heart was not
in the ruthless work or was the cause
of his conduct due to the fact that he
was oppressed by a greater military gen
ius. Washington? It is stated that Gen
eral Howe was tirst couein, once re
moved, ' of the reigning King, for his
mother was the illegitimate daughter o
George I., by his mistress, the Hanover
ian Baroness Kllmansegge.
Great Britain, Mr. Fisher thinks, got
one solitary ray of comfort when her
star arose in India just as it sank in
America. The opinion is also expressed,
so far as Great Britain is concerned, that
America was well lost to her. If she
had crushed our patriot armies, this
country would have become a conquered
Ireland but on a more enormous scale, a
seething volcano of rebellions, revolu
tions, vengeance. She was able to hold
such colonies as remained to her and
govern them easily, before Napoleon took
up her undivided attention.
This is the Fisher idea. He closes by
observing that English colonists, are still
at best exactly what John Adams and
Hamilton over one hundred years ago
described as political slaves; and that
their so-called constitutional rules can be
altered or abolished at any time not by
themselves but against their will by an
outside authority across the Atlantic.
Reminiscences of I'nited fttatee Senator
William M. Stewart. Edited by George
Kothwell Brown. Illustrated. 1. The
Meade Publishing Company, New York
City.
When one. thinks of a man S3 years of
age, who has been a born fighter; has
made laws, interpreted, enforced and ex
ecuted them: has created and lost at least
a dozen fortunes and is busily making an
other; made $300,000 in fees in one Jaw
case: was a Vnited States Senator for 20
years; a friend of Lincoln's: has helped
to make Nevada and, generally speaking,
has led a life of danger, color and dash
the conviction deepens that the record of
such a life is worth knowing. It has been
so interwoven with the history of the
Western country that it must be reckoned
with.
Senator Stewart has been fortunate in
obtaining tne services of George Rothwell
Brown as editor. Mr. Brown, who Is
favorably known as a writer of fiction,
and as a trained newspaper correspondent
and belonging to the V ashington, D. C.
staff of the Boston Herald, has turned
out a book that is candid, clearly ex
pressed and natural. It Is Ilka a diamond
in the rough. It tells of a big horizon
peopled with many interesting charac
ters, and the one pity of it is that It lacks
just a little bit of dignity.
Senator Stewart shines in denunciation
and he particularly makes Presld"nt
Johnson, President Cleveland, President
Harrison, John Sherman, Charles Sumner
and others objects of his wrath. Incident
ally, he makes an able defense for his
silver heresies. Yet hii friends were and
are many. He was a strong Union advo
cate and was Intimately associated with
such historic men as Hannibal Hamlin,
Huckalew, Cowan, Foot. Reverdy John
son, John P. Hale, Benjamin F. Wade,
W miam P. Fessendem, Grant, Chase,
Greeley, Farragut, Sheridan and our own
Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker, after
ward United States Senator from Oregon.
August 9. 1825, tewart was born in a
log house at Galen, W. Y., his father'
family being of Scotch origin and belong
ing to the early settlers of Massachusetts.
During Summers, the boy worked on the
farm, went three months to the common
school during the Winters, and was pos
sessed of such an iron constitution that he
often worked ah day and hunted coons all
night. School teaching early won Stew
art's attention and he relates his triumph
over the bully of the school, George W.
Kasllcks, who was one year older than
Stewart. George began the first day by
bullying a small boy, and came swagger
ing toward his teacher to show him that
he was ready for a fight. '"I grabbed and
tripp?d him and he fell full length on his
face." writes this stalwart teacher; "I
jumped on his back, caught him by the
hair, jammed his nose against the floor
and hit him as hard as I could under the
butt of the ear, which made him senseless
for a few minutes. When he was able to
speak he said: 'Let us reason." "Reason
be d d." I replied. "I promise to kill you
if you don't behave yourself." He never
gave me another moment's trouble." That
was Stewart all over he fought his way
through life.
The future Senator was at Yale Uni
versity when tidings came in '49 that gold
had been discovered in California, and so
Stewart went by way of the Isthmus of
Panama to try his luck in the. new
Eldorado.' A lurid picture of life at the
"diggings" is given. Stewart's partner
was one Dr. Merrick, a graduate of Har
vard College. When Merrick was taken
violently ill and was conscious that he
couldn't recover, he made a will which
was believed to contain his medicinal
secrets, sealed It in an envelope, and or
dered the envelope to be sold at auction
to the highest bidder, and the money so
obtained given to his widow, Mrs. Mer
rick. After Merrick's death this was done,
and the sum of $z.,000 was realized at the
auction. When the envelope was opened
and the will read this message was found:
"If you want to preserve good health,
keep your head cool and your feet warm!"
In the Spring of 1S52, having closed his
mining and sawmHling business, Stewart
entered the office of J. R. McConnell at
Nevada City to study law. When Mr.
McConnell resigned the District Attorney
ship in November of that year, Stewart
was admitted to the bar and appointed
to fill the vacancy on the same day.
Stewart says he was fairly successful as
a lawyer, but seems to have caused trou
ble by his style of politics, for he was
"a Jackson man and hence a Democrat."
Of Colonel Baker, of Oregon, Stewart
writes:
Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker who
had been a Representative in Congress from
Illinois, a veteran of the Mexican. War.
and who was 'subsequently Senator from
Oregon, was probably the most eloquent
orator who has ever appeared in the United
States. I had an Important case for a man
by the name of Conger and It Involved the
right to turn the Middle Yuba River out
of its bed and convey it a long distance
for mining purposes.
Baker and James A. McDougall. the lat
ter afterward being trnlted Htates Senator
from California, were my guests at the
time, and as I wanted each of them to
obtain a good fee I so arranged matters
that McOougall heeame my associate and
Baker one of the lawyers for the defense.
I made the opening argument. Baker
followed me and T believe he gave me the
most eloquent and scorching tongue-lashing
that a white man ever received. I
relied on MrIougall to close the case to
make some kind of reply to Baker, but
the next morning when McDougall came
to address the Jury, he made a. dead failure,
for he was too drunk- for utterance. The
Jury, In five minutes, brought in a verdict
against me, whereupon every man in the
county who had litigation opposed to my
clients, employed Colonel Baker. He re
ceived in two days retainers amounting to
over $20.noo In cash.
Then came the tug of war between him
and me. he on one side and I on the other,
for the space of nearly two months. I
told the jury in each case that Baker could
out-talk any man on earth. I told them
how- he had lashed me and explained why
he waa employed. I said I was mighty glad
he got the money but that they must not
be fooled by him. and T beat him in, every
rase. Baker appealed the cases, but while
he was beyond all bounds the most elo
quent man T have ever heard, the details
of the practice were unfamiliar, and I suc
ceeded in getting the Supreme court to
dismiss all of his appeals. Although he
received - more than $15,000 to appeal- the
cases he never got a record that the court
would entertain.
Baker, hearing that a Senatorial elec
tion was about to take place in Oregon,
went up there, got the legislature to in
vite him to address them, made a few
speeches, captured the . legislature and was
elected to the United States Senate, within
a very short time, probably not more than
a month. . . . October 21. 1H01, he was
killed In battle at Balls Bluff, Vs., at the
head of a California brigade.
Details are given on page 151 showing
how Stewart, in four years, received $S00,
000 fees in the Comstock litigation. On
pages 156-157, Stewart tells about a law
case in which he was engaged where eight
members of the jury had been bribed with
$13,000 to find a verdict for the other side.
To discover this, Stewart had to pay an
informer a Deputy Sheriff In -charge of
the Jury $14,000, but he made a sensational
scene in court when he exposed the bribe
takers, and a dramatic close came wnen
the Jury agreed to disagree.
Nevada became a state, by proclama
tion, October 31, 1864. and the Legislature
elected as United States Senators Will
iam M. Stewart and James W. Nye. On
arriving at Washington, D. C Senator
Stewart found it, in the Winter of 1864-65.
a sorry -looking city. "The streets were
cut up by great army wagons until they
were nearly Impassable. Hundreds of
colored men carried boards around on
their shoulders, and for a consideration,
assisted pedestrians to cross the thorough
fares and aided persons riding in carriages
to reach the sidewalks when their vehicles
mired down. A trip from the Capitol to
the White House frequently occupied an
hour, and sometimes two hours, as one's
hack would often be stalled hub-deep in
the mud in Pennsylvania avenue."
Stewart found President Lincoln to be
"the greatest man this hemisphere has
produced."
Within a week after Stewart's arrival
at the Capital, President Lincoln gave a
dinner to the Senators of the West, and
it was hinted that two great story-tellers
Senator Nesmith, of Oregon, and Senator
Nye, of Nevada would surpass them
selves. "When we were seated arotind
the table," writes Stewart, "both Sena
tors were so abashed that every shadow
of wit departed from them, and it de
volved upon Mr. Lincoln to put the party
in good humor. He accomplished that,
to the satisfaction of everybody. He told
stories on Nesmith and Nye, until the
dinner party became hilarious. But they
rallied and contributed to the good-fellowship
of the dinner."
Starting Chapter 19 appears a remark
able story, showing that Senator Zach
Chandler, of Michigan, seriously proposed
that armies each of 100,000 men from
Grant's and Lee's forces, should invade
Canada, at the close of our Civil War,
to crush "an hereditary enemy."
When Andrew Johnson entered the
United States Senate chamber to take the
oath of office as Vice-President, says
Stewart, he was so drunk that he did not
realize what he was doing.
On the evening on which President Lin
coln was shot, Senator Stewart sent up
a card to him stating that he wished to
present a friend, and got this reply:
I am engaged to go"to the theater with
Mrs. I,!nooln. It Is the kind of an engage
ment I never break. Come with your friend
tomorrow at 10 and I shall bo glad to see
you.
A... LINOOI,N.
Senator Stewart says these were the
last words Abraham Lincoln ever wrote.
After the President's assassination. Sena
tor Stewart along with Senator Foot, of
Vermont, wont in search of Vice-President
Johnson, and it seems that it is almost
with a kind of unconcealed joy that the
two found Johnson "presenting the ap
pearance of a drunken man."
In the Winter of 1867. Senator Stewart
was approached by "a very disreputable
looking person, who slouched into the
room. He was arrayed In a seedy suit,
which hung upon his lean frame In
bunches, with no style worth mentioning."
This was the Samuel L. Clemens, of those
days, better known as Mark Twain, and
he persuaded Stewart to accept him as
his secretary. After Clemens left this
position. Stewart adds that he under
stands Clemens "settled down and be
came respectable."
Benjamin Harrison was gifted beyond
comparison "with a capacity to bi dis
agreeable." The remainder of the book naturally
concerns tne Cleveland-Bryan-Roosevelt
era. Speaking of President Cleveland, this
doughty Senator writes: "I abandoned
smoking the night the people elected
Grover Cleveland President of the United
States. I did not want to increase the
revenues during his administration by
paying duties' on cigars."
The Avenger. By B. Phillips Oppenheim.
Illustrated. Price, $1.50. Little. Brown
& Co., Boston.
It has been known for some time In the
reading world that Mr. Oppenheim has
been under contract with his publishers
to compose two novels a year, and so far
he has succeeded as a literary canner.
Written at tremendous speed, the Op
penheim novels are beginning to show
marks of the haste In which they are
being constructed, yet they lose nothing
of their tangle of political intrigue and
atmosphere of exciting brilliancy. "The
Avenger" is a case in point. But It is
a plea for a public executioner. Colonel
Edgar Fitzmaurtce. a retired British
army officer, who has personally killed
men on the field of battle, deliberately
kills enemies in real life on the dangerous
theory that being bad men, they are
cumberers of the ground. He is otherwise
painted as a lovable old man, although
he talks about his murders as being
necessary for the sake of civilization. And
he Isn't hanged. He has a dispute with
a railroad train as to right of way, and
is obliterated.
The book has a damaging tendency.
It is a relief to turn to the fierce love
story running through it, that of Herbert
Wrayson and Louise, the colonel's daugh
ter. The Master of the Inn. By Robert Herrick.
Price, 50 cents. Charles -Scrlbner'e Sons,
New York City, and the J. K. Gill Com
pany, Portland.
No, courteous readert this dainty little
book of 84 pages and with type that de
lightfully rests the eyes is not by the
Robert Herrick, the old-fashioned Eng
lish poet, who lived 1591-1674. It's by a
modern Robert Herrick. But "The Mas
ter of the Inn" Is poetic enough to honor
even the name of the great Herrick as
its author. The Inn was on a post-road
that led toward Canada, and was a place
to make mentally sick men whole. A
charming picture of rural peace is given,
and the thought rises that this is just
the ideal spot to go for vacation. But.
alas! the storied Inn is -no more. Well
done, the Robert Herrick of 130R you
have created again restful philosophy that
gratefully lingers in the memory.
Blue Waters and Green. By F. Dumont
Smith. Price, $1.50. Crane & Co., To
peka, Kan.
Japan. China, and the Philippines form
the text of this sketchy book of travel.
The author writes in a gossipy, blunt
way. Indeed, he is so blunt in describing
certain nauseous scenes in China, that
you feel sure you will not read similar
descriptions elsewhere. Our Government
is scolded for not fortifying the. Hawaiian
Islands and Mr. Smith breathes a hint
of Japanese invasion, yet he thinks that
Japan is too much exhausted financially
to make the threatened attack for years
to come. Mr. Smith praises the business
skill shown by Standard Oil managers in
selling oil In the Far East His illustra
tions are superior and general comment
clever.
The Wmwh Pays. By Frederic p l.add.
Price. $1.50. Mitchell Kennerley, New
York City.
Those who unfortunately find joy in
believing all the ill they can about min
isters of the gospel, will get their fill of
this sort of thing in "The Woman Pays."
a story of New York life. It is wildly"
dramatic, and relates how a fashionable.
New York preacher. Rev. Harry Arthur
Leslie, falls in love and sins with Mrs.
Winthrop Kent, wife of a newspaper
man. There's a love-and-champagne ac
companiment. Quickstep Through Scandinavia. By S. G.
Bayne. Illustrated. Harper & Brothers,
New York City.
Mr, Bayne is a born Irishman, sharp
ened by a residence in America, and he
writes a good-natured, entertaining ac
count of a brief excursion through Scan
dinavia and a portion of Russia. His
book, which Is finely Illustrated, is like a
pill coated with sugar it is fair to see
and information is absorbed without the
reader being made to work.
Adventures of Pirates and Sea Rovers. By
Howard Pyle and others. Illustrated.
Price, SO cents. Harper & Brothers, New
York City.
Will stir the pulses of young people who
love to read about treasure hunts and
fights on the high seas. Among the
pirates depicted are those of New Eng
land breed. Two of the best tales de
scribe the destruction of the Spanish
Armada, in the time of Queen Eliza
beth. June Jeopardy. By Inex Haynes Glllmore.
Price, $1.50. B. W. Huebsch, New York
City.
A Boston story about diamonds, paste
imitations, robbers, seven girls and seven
men, and the Inevitable love-making that
follows. The name of the principal actor
could be improved upon Miss Shethry
Vashon. Imagine an affinity with that
name. A sort of milk-and-water book.
J. M. QUENTIN.
IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
William Dean Howells is expected to re
turn to this countrty in a few days. Lat
terly he has been staying in London. Mr.
Howells has been abroad, chiefly in. Italy,
since the beginning of January.
Andrew Carnegie's early business life in
America, beginning at 14 years as a mes
senger at a monthly wage of $11. 'Zj, is the
subject of a personal sketch by David
Homer Bates In the July Century. Mr.
Bates, who is the author of "Lincoln in the
Telegraph Office." has filled his narrative
of "The Turning-point of Mr. Carnegie's
career" with many anecdotes of homely
and significant interest.
Among non-nction reprints the Harpers
recently announced G. B. Davis "Interna
tional Law." Green's "Readings From Eng
lish History," Thomas Twlnlng's Travela In
America One Hundred Years Ago." F. D.
Mlllet'e "The Danube," W. G. Sumner's
"What Social Classes Owe Each Other."
John A. Wyeth'e "The Life of Nathan Bed
ford Forrest" and J. F. Hurst's "A Bhort
History of the Christian Church."
Miss Mary Wright Plummer's "Roy and
Ray in Mexico" has reached a third edition.
The publishers' success with this book has
encouraged them to arrange with the au
thor for her "Roy and Ray in Canada."
which will be issued early In the Fall.
These books are said to combine an In
teresting human story for young folk with
much valuable information so quietly
worked In aa not to bore youngster's.
It is a common experience for an author,
particularly a poet, to live to witness the
sale at high prices of his flrst editions. A
copy of Swinburne's "Rosamond and the
Queen Mother" has just been sold In Lon
don for $160, this, too, at a time when the
poet's latest work. "The Duke of Gandla,"
is being issued at the commonplace figure
attached to the works of unknown writers.
The first edition of "Rosamond" dates back
to ISriO.
Trouble loomed ahead when the June
Bookman omitted "The Coast of Chance"
from Its list of best selling books, and
In his letter of apology to the publishers
of the novel named one of the editor of
Bookman wrote: The list of best selling
borks for June should have read as fol
lows: "The Barrier." Beach. 340: "The
Black Bag." Vance. 110: "The Shuttle."
Burnett. Tl ; "Old Wives for New." Phillips,
an; "The Coast of chance." chamberlain.
3; "The Lady of the Decoration," Little,
3S.
At last Maurice Hewlett has written a
modern novel, a etory of life in town and
country today In England, called "Half
way House." The story opens In the coun
try at a church festival, in which the
heroine, who( is the governess in one of the
neighboring families, plays a large part.
Her subsequent marriage to a man much
older and wealthier than she was, her ex
periences with two other men who are In
love with her, one of whom Is a most de
lightful and unusual character, and her
gradual development make a strong, fas
cinating story, written with finished skill.
One might expect that the little Inheri
tance which comes -to Henry and Sylvia
Whitman, who are elderly and have been
poor, and which brings to live with them
the charming niece from New York, the
fresh, loving and unspoiled Rose, would
bring a vast deal of comfort. But Mary
E. Wllkins Freeman knowe a vast deal
more than most of us about some things,
among them that the heart makes Its own
happiness; and "The Shoulders of Atlaa,"
her new novel, is the triumph of that
knowledge. Life, true to Itself, runs
straight Into confusion. Rose falls In love
with the village teacher, and Sylvia turns
quite Jealous wanting to keep Rom for
herself. And there is a pretty, abnormal
sort of girl, who has a passionate fancy
for Rose' lover. Then Henry Whitman, in
spite of his money, misses hie .shoe-shop,
and Sylvia has something on her New Eng
land conscience something about Rose' in
heritance which she publicly and dramat
ically confesses at Rose's wedding. And all
Entered as 2nd Clan Male Matter
Under
Royal
Patronage
THE COST
of
KEEPING A HEN
An indettruetibU omeUttt trill ba pre
ttnttd for the bttt information.
Jotephut Lay mart icrite$:
A great deal depends oa the hen.
Last year I had a very extravagant
one, Ith the,re8ult that all the eggs
were very high.
William Yolkert vritt:
A hen can be kept for nothing by
boarding her out in the neighbor's
garden during the day and letting
her come home only to lay eggs.
Ton Yotuon-Seton tayi:
I have a hen who celebrated her
84th birthday last week. Her mem
ory la perfect. She never used to
bacco. In these 94 years she has
cost to ,keep $24,000.43. She has
laid a sum total of 1 egg.
PA
REMEDIES
By
Prof. Capsule.
The dull steady pain that often ac
companies a long-standing attack of
matrimony can frequently be relieved
temporarily by establishing a ""resi
dence In a tall tree.
Buffering Jehosophat: The mal
ady you describe is scientifically
known as Scoldus Horrid us, or Rush
of Conversation to the Ma. It defies
household remedies. We can do
nothing for you except to express
(c. o. d.) our sympathy.
Dear Prof.: I get strangely upset
at times. What can I do?
JTJLIU3 SUSAN.
The best thing to do is to exercise
greater skill In taking on your load.
this time nobody knows how the beautiful
MfF Karrell rame to take the poison that
killed her, and everybody who puerses ta
wrong. There in a captivating naturalness
about every word of it. Jt Is a reasonable
etory of simple hearts and lives ono that
makes life seem truer." and leaves pleasure
in its wake. Mrs. Freeman's loyal public
will find "The Shoulders of Atlas"' the
strongest and best of all the work she has
done. Incidentally, it took the $."rOiH) prize
in the New- York Herald competition with
the English author. Max Pemberton.
The death of Francois Coppee, which re
moved from the French Academy one of
its most influential members, and from the
"Vyestem literary world a remarkable figure,
carries a toss to Americans, to whom his
vigorous democracy as well as the sincerity
of his art peculiarly appealed. Several trans
lations of his fiction, among them "The
Rivals, were published in this country,
and it will be remembered that an In
troduction was contributed by Brander
Matthews to "Ten Tales" by Coppee. the
translations of which the Harpers issued in
this country a score of years ago. At that
time it was pointed out as a good augury
for American letters that the best French
fiction' was getting itself translated in
America.
"Wanderings in Arabia." by Charles M
Doughty, and recently imported, is an
abridgment of Mr. Doughty's "Travels in
Arabia Deserts,," which was published 10
years ago. This new edition brings this
great book, the most celebrated account of
travel and adventure in Arabia ever writ
ten, within convenient reach of the general
public. The introduction is by Edward
Garnett. Mr. Ioughty knew the Arabia
Dfert better than any other European. He
lived for months with the wild tribesmen,
was beaten and persecuted because he al
ways admitted that he was a Christian,
protected by one Rhelkh. imprisoned by the
next, saved by his ready wit and fearless
ness, the hero of adventures as varied as
they are unique in the annals of travel.
The Lapland sledge used by Paul du
Chaillu. the writer and explorer, on the
perilous journey which, he deicribed in "The
Iand of the Midnight Sun.' has been re
ceived into the American Museum of Nat
ural History. The sledge, or kerre, as it
is called in the north, has a prow not un
like that of a canoe or round-bottomed
rowrtoat. and is about seven feet long. Not
a single nail or piece of metal appears in
its construction, their places being taken
by wooden pegs and ropes of bark fibre, a
twisted trare of leather attached to the
reindeer's collar forming the reins. For
many years this sledge had been stored in
the Harper building, in Franklin Sqaure,
and It was presented to the museum by the
Harpers, to whom the explorer had given
it upon his return. Du Chaillu regarded it
as the most eloquent souvenir of his trav
els. "The T,tfe and Correspondence of John
Thadeun Delane." recently imported by the
Scribners. is amusing almost as much in
terent on this side- of the water as in Eng
land. Delane was editor of the Iondon
Times newspaper for nearly 40 years, and
during the period of Its greatest Influence.
He was the greatest editor in the history
of England, and no editor has ever had
the influpnee he possessed. The way in
which he gradually attained that interest,
how he kepi it and hur he exercised it
is a most interesting story. In his time
he made and unmade many reputations,
and lie may be said to have invented a
new branch of literature in the war cor
reprndcnce of Sir W. H Runsell. Sir
Henry Hozir. and two or three others
For :t" years he wai editor-in-chief, and
he had full control of the editorial polli-y
of the paper when he was only 24 years old.
Farewell. Romance! A rahle from Paris
states that the Intrusion of the sea as well
as the Intrusion or the land, are combining
to destroy Mont Saint Michel, on the Nor
mandy Coast, or at Jeast to obliterate its
picturesque qualities. The sea is charged
with wearing away the face of the cliffs
upon which rest, in tier on tier, the most
interesting group of buildings constructed
In the middle ages. The charges against
the land, however, are more esthetic than
material, for the land is rapidly filling in
the vast expanse of flats on the south shore
of the dike, which was built 2." years ago.
In order to facilitate the access of that
army of tourists which now reaches the
figure of io.oN annually. While the re
claiming of the land goos on, ingenuity is
also at work modernizing the bulldtngs of
the ancient pile. Mont Saint Michel Is the
scene of Frederic lsham's novel. "The Lady
of the Mount." perhaps the , charms of the
spot will be preserved for the future only
in the pages of this charming book, who
knows?
James B. Connolly, the writer of sea
stories, is also well known as an athlete
He was the first American to win a prize
in the Olympic games at Athens in 1800.
He has written a short serial which will
begin In next month's Scribner. entitled "An
Olypmic Victor." in which the great Mara
thon Run is the climax. It is a love story,
with a Greek hero and heroine. The pic
tures have been made by Andre Casta igne.
The serial will run while the games are in
progress in Ixndon. A college com
mencement etory of great beauty, entitled
"The Wages of. Honor," will appear. It
has to do with, a college president who be
lieves that his career has been a failure.
In the same number will be no
ticed aa Installment of Will H. Jxw" artist
memories, one of the most chapming figures
of modern tlmea. the young, brilliant and
fascinating Robert Louis Stevenson, who
joins his cousin and Tow in Paris and be
comes the central figure In their life in
the Quarter. No better picture of the
oharm of Stevenson can be found any
JUNE 28. 1908
LOADED MONEY; or, THE CURSE OF WEALTH
fHAPTER VII.
Strong readers who have survived the terrible excitement of this pow
erful story will remember that the thrilling conversation of the three (3)
capitalists was overheard by Sam Instep, the Boy Detective.
It was thus that Alf Megaphone, the Boy Senator, learned of the fearful
conspiracy against the White House!
Lucky, indeed, was it at this critical moment that Alf Megaphone did not
need to stop to think!
Instead of waiting for a train of thought he at once took a train to
Washington!
CHAPTER VIII.
Night. Everybody is in bed!
CHAPTER IX.
Still night!!!
CHAPTER X.
"Ha!"
This expressive word was uttered
by the President of the United States.
Although it was scarcely dawn,
that high official was already attired
in the splendid regalia of his rank
the beautiful tall coat, creased pants
and silk hat made Imperishable by the
from that age in the ruins of Pigago on Lake Michigan.
In those far-off days the President did ail the housework for
the nation and arranged everything except the style of women's
roofs.
He had already written a message to Congress, designed a new
battleship, eaten breakfast, dictated a letter to Kaiser Wilhelm,
galloped ten miles and weighed hiB Secretary of War.
"Ha!" said he. "So they are going to dispossess me! Ha!
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
f
Ancient
Iron Sutua
CHAPTER XI.
Even while this remarkable statement was being made by the President,
the haunts of the low-browed financiers of New York were electrified by
the news from the three (3) conspirators that they had taken title to the
White House!
In every direction might be seen predatory capitalists slinking home to
awaken their bejewelled wives and daughters to tell them the glad news!
Guilty railroad rebates, dastardly dividends and criminal trust stocks
were brought gloatingly from their hiding places in the bed-ticking and
exposed to the light of day in all their fiendish malignity.
"At last I may dare to buy my dear Markiss of Oorgonzora!" sighed the
heiress of the President of the Onion Trust, clapping her soft white hands
with joy.
"Send me that million dollar tarrara!" telephoned the wife
of the Secretary of the Suspender Trust.
"Another day and he will be dispossessed!" said the Treas
urer of th3 Frankfurter combine. "Let us raise our price $5
per sausage!"
Thus was there Joy everywhere among the frenzied finan
ciers. In all their dens they brought out the long-unused
grindstones to grind the faces of the poor!
But ha: What have we here?
( is the Continuation!
where than in these memories of his friend
for 20 years. One of the pictures published
in tills installment shows that the youth
ful Stevenson had blonde hair, a fact that
all his after photographs seemed to dis
prove. Many men have written their own obitu
aries, but only a few have ever reviewed
their own books. Jesse Lynch Williams,
author of "The Girl and the Game, and
Other College Stories." was a very young
reporter on a New- York daily when his
flrst book, "Princeton Stories." which has
since run through a dozen editions, made
its appearance, and Vance Thompson was
the literary critic of the same staff. One
day the latter asked the new reporter if
he thought he could write book reviews.
All new reporters looked alike to him. He
did not know this one's name.
"I could try," was the answer.
"Weil, try your hand on this cne," said
the critic kindly, and handed the reporter
a copy of his own book. "I'm a Princeton
man," Mr. Thompson added, "and I might
be prejudiced."
"I'll do my hett, sir," replied the new
reporter, and hn did. When the review
was printed, a few days later. "Princeton
Stories" was hailed as a work of genius
In a long review, written in a sufficiently
pRtronlzing note to allay suspicion. "We
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PA SUNSHINE SOCIETY
Night is New York
cast Iron statuary that has survived
hope to see other and better work by th
same pen." it concluded.
"That was a very sympathetic apprecia
tion,'' said the critic to the reporter. "Ar
you not a Princeton man yourself ?"
"Yes, sir."
"Ah. Indeed! What is your name?"
"Jesse Williams."
Misfortune befell Sir Richard Esromne
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heart, when first he drew her name in th
lottery from the drinking-bowl. And if ot
would know more, there is plenty of fir
and steel in Max Pemberton's new novel
"Sir Richard Escombe." to requite you
Think of Kitty, in her valiant innocence,
brought in at night from the highway ti
the infamous club of St. Francis on thf
River Thames, where a ribald party wait;
to tell the story next day to the world,
and of the amazing arrival of Sir Richard,
who draws ready sword for her. know inn
well that by the code of false honor In
that evil circle he Is due to pay the forfejf
of his life. The King has his part in it
and Sir Richard Is foolhardy and there it
no saying how ft will all come out till tin
last word is said. Only of one t hi tig you
may be sure Sir Richard and Kitty wcr
made for each other from tho beginning
It is a pure, quivering romance Max Pern
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Good Burglar Alarm.
Youth's Companion.
At the top of the atairway in th
Grigson dwelling there was a board
that omitted a loud rreak whenever
anybody stepped on it. Mr. (Jriprson
waa always intending to "have that
thing: fixed," but never did it. and by
common consent, the members of the
family usually stepped over it. particu
larly when the ruad of tho family had
gone to hod.
One niht, very late, just as Mr.
Gripson wat dropping off to sleep,
somebody stepped on that board and II
gave forth its customary loud protest
"There you go apain !" he anKiil
called out. "That's you this time. John
Pretty time of night for you to bo get
ting to hed!"
John, th eldest son. -made no re
sponse, but instead there was a rush
and a jump down the stairs tha
brought tho whole household into tin
hall Just in timn to hear the front dooi
slam. A hurried investigation dis
closed a hag of valuables which I
frightened burglar had left.
The board still squeaks.
A Diamond
Trrr
Old Bill.
Old Bill was the queerest of friends I hav'
known.
An sometimes it seemed he'd no will o!
his own;
Ho used to sit quietly all through the day.
But wheneer he spoke he had somethinr
to say.
Some folks called him taciturn, moody ani
glum,
'Cause he never look part in their cha'
when they'd come;
When the women folks talked over scanda'
dead ripe.
Old Bill used to sneak out and fill up hit
pipe.
'I can see him today, as I oft saw him then.
When the subject would turn to the fail
ings of men.
An some one would bring up the name of
a friend
Who'd slipped by the wayside, or met sonif
bad end :
Though the others talked over his wildness
Old Bill
Seemed never to hear it; he always sat still.
Of envy or malice Bill hiidn't a stripe.
When he couldn't praise, then he Just
smoked his pipe.
When sorrow came into Bill's home, and
his pride,
A bright, laughing grandchild, was torn
from his side.
He sat by his bedside and held the white'
hand.
Till angels came down from that wonderful
land
And bore him away to the Father above.
And took with them aJi that Old Bill had
to love;
The tears tilled his eyes, but I noticed him
wipe
Them away and slip out with his grief ani
his pipe. .
Queer? Tes. maybe, the garrulous kind
Would think he was so. but still in my mino
Old Bill was the truest, the staunchest nt
men.
H!s passions controlled as a man guards his
pen ;
Oh. nothing of bitterness, envy or scorn
Composed Old Bill's make-up; if ever was
born
A man fit to serve for the world as a type,
Twas Bill, who hurt no one while smoking
his pipe.
Detroit Free Press.