THE SCRAKTOK TBIBtTNB-SATimDAT MOnNINO, DECEMBER 7, 1895!
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Of and:' Abomit the -Makers
.of ooks.
Notices of Recent Interesting Volumes and
Chats Concerning Literary Men and Women
BIOGRAPHICAL.
NAPOLEON III. From the French of
Pierre De Lano by Helen Hunt Jack
son. With portrait. Cloth, U mo 11.23.
New York: Dodd, Mead Co.
Because the nephew of the Great Na
poleon was at heart a food fellow, who
after the novelty of official eminence
had worn off, became bored of Its cares
and longed rather to play at cards with
a congenial group than to be emperor of
the French; and because, having fallen
u n easy victim to, the match-making
propensities of the disreuutcble Mme.
de Montljo and married her unreason
able daughter, Eugenie, he afterward
could not live with her and hence save
way to numerous Indiscriminate amours,
bestowing nis anectoins freely on
women of the court when none was left
for his lawfully wedded wife, M. de
Lano would have us believe that Napo
leon III was "one of those heroes of
romance or of drama before whom all
subsequent heroes of romance and
drama In the literary world are lnslg
ulncant." But the pictures which M. Ve
Lano draws of this Incomparable hero
of bis are anything . but heroic. Al
though he tries to dress the flKure up
In the garb of greatness, it remains at
best a very commonplace puppet, weak
of will, easily worked up by plotters and
flatterers, a dreamer filled with 'visions
of desired magnificence but lacking the
resolution whereby the first Napoleon
would have made these visions real, a
creature of fluent emotions singularly
out of sympathy "wtlh the people he
tried to govern in short, a character
picturesque only by reason of its semi
tragic environment, and Intereotln;
chiefly as un Illustration of the vanity
of human ambition. M. De Lano writes
As eulogist rather than as biographer.
His language is prefervid : his adjectives
are invariably In the superlative dc
gree. and his enthusiasm becomes at
times almost contagious." That he is
.not convnlrlng !! not his fault; It Is
rather the fault; of the poverty of his
material which even in the white glow
of eulogy looks withal weak and
pitiable. i .
We may be pardoned for Introducing
a citation from the book In illustration
of M. De I.ano's fluent style and for
this purpose we may well take' an
episode connected wth the Ill-starred
Mexican campaign of the Emeperor
Maximilian. "Louis Napoleon was
drawn Into this fanciful scheme, we are
told "under the Influence of the em
press Eugenie's enthusiasm" which
somehow always seemed to be enlisted
In bad causes and to be denied to .good
ones" and through diplomatic intri
gues secretly conducted by Prince and
Mme. de Metternlch. He sustained the
campaign, and preserved his faith in its
outcome, just so long as the mirage of
success kept his eyes turned away from
the actual. When he saw the error Into
which he had fallen, he withdrew to
Ills tent, and uttered the words of the
ancients, 'A lea jacta est.' It was. not,
perhaps, a very generous course of ac
tion; but the logic of government Is
often cruel, and falls to take into con
sideration generosity and sentiment."
The scene which follows describes the
emperor's Interview with Maximilian's
wife the Empress Charlotte, in which
Napoleon declared nis determination
to withdraw all support from the pro
jected Mexican empire.
Very nervous, very excited, with a half-
wild look In her eye, the Kmpress unar
lotte awaited with mingled feelings of
hope and fear the arrival of the emperor.
She dared to hope; because it seemed to
her that Napoleon III, after raising a
throne for her husband, would be unwill
ing that the whole work should be de
stroyed. She could not but fear; because,
by his evasive words, his disheartening
actions and the pKy which he showed, the
sovereign had made her understand that
her story had no longer any Interest for
Iilm. When the emperor was announced,
she went forward to meet him. and speed
ily cut short all preliminaries by Introduc
ing Immediately the subject which lay so
near her heart.
''Tour majesty is perhaps moved at
last," she said, " by the cruel fate which
has overtaken my husband. May I hope
that your majesty will grant him assist
ance?" The emperor remained silent a moment
then spoke with an accent of great defer
ence and of sincere regret.
"My action in Mexico, mtdsme," he re-.
filled, 'Is at an end and I cannot renew It.
Were I Inclined myself to do so, my gov
ernment and the Chambers would oppose
uch a course."
'You are emperor, sire."
"I am emperor, madame, nnd my com
mand are renpected and obeyed when
they are in harmony with the glory and
the Interests of France; but" ho became
excited "I shall not use the power of
emperor to plunge my country Into immi
nent danger, Into an interminable war
from which France could gain nothing."
"A short tlma ago, sire, you spoke dif
ferently." "A short tlmo ago, madame, I had
hope."
"Ah, you had hope?"
"Hope that Maximilian would avail him
self of tho assistance) which I gave him
and win the love, of the people; that he
would learn to understand their needs and
their natures, and be able to carry on by
himself the work which we began to
gether." "And now?"
"Now I have no longer this hope."
The emprors shuddered, rose and took
one or two steps across the great room;
then she passed her hand over her fore
head. "This is terrible," she muttered, "terri
ble." Once more she seated herself nonr the
emperor and resumed the conversation.
"Ire," she said. In a supplicating vot?e,
"sire, it Is said that you are kind, that
four heart Is touched by those who are
in misfortune. My husband and I are
both victims of misfortune; have pity,
, therefore, upon him and me. I Implore
you, sire, give us your support, and our
hearts will love and bless you."
She took the emperor's hand, nn-l
brought It to her lips as she stooped to
kneel. Napoleon lit, however chockod
this movement, and, full of compassion,
bent over . the woman who supplicated
him.
.. "You speak, madame," he said, touching
her fingers with his lips, "as though your
husband were In danger. It lies with him
to avoid this danger. Let him retreat with
my troops and leave behind him the dream
of an empire; a was an unfortunate
dream."
The Enipress Charlotte drew herself up
with pride,
."What It this, sire," she exclaimed.
"You counsel my husband to fly, to com
mit an act of dishonor and cowardice."'
"A goners!, madame, is guilty of neither
cowardice nor dishonor when, after hav
la lost a battle he capitulates. Is not
the 'Emperor Maximilian In the position
of a defeated general? Let him act
therefore, as such a general would. Fine
phrases have little sense or utility. You
are suffering, madame; you are much un.
alraag. I pray you calm yourself."
The empress bad risen, and was no
ler listening. "Never," she cried, with
t rowlag enthusiasm, "never will Mazl
' I "Jaa accept such proposals. He will
t ear seek eecaae. never turn his hack to
Li rr '.Jt Hho try to ro him at his crown.
A a 1U, U necessary, die for the cause
which he has espoused and I will die with
him." -
Again the emperor spoke.' '
"Madame," he said. "I beg yeu to ex
amine more coolly the arguments which I
have presented, and 4 he advice which I
have given. The Emperor Maximilian's
future and your own depend upon your
doing so."
Still the young empress stood there, gas
ing, it seemed into space; she had no ap
pearance of listening to Napoleon s words.
her lips were moving as though murmur
ing some chant.
"He will die, he will die, and I shall die
with him. They will put us into the same
tomb; we shall lie there together, and
we shall love each other, love each other
still, despite the cruelty of man. We shall
be exalted and the future shall sing our
glory."
The emperor made a movement of dis
may and alarm. - He remembered the at.
tack from which the empress had suf
fered at Salnte-Cloud, and he feared a
similar one now. He- touched her arm
gently and made her sit down.
"Ah, you are the Emperor Napoleon
III." she said at last, "that all-powerful
emperor who raised my husband to a
throne; and I am a wretched woman who
Implores mercy for a victim whom you
have condemned.
Her voice then changed, and assumed a
tone of severity. t
"You have, then made your final decis
ion?" she added. "You wilt leave us to
our own resources with no hope of assist
ance from yon?"
."I have told you, madame." replied he,
awftKenea to a. consciousness of his pain
ful position. "I have told you that I have
no longer power to assist the Emperor
.Maximilian. '
A second time she rose; standing motion
less, she fixed her sad and earnest eyes
on Napoleon III, who, embarrassed by her
gaze ana Dy a kind of magnetic influence
which resulted from It. bowed his head.
Suddenly, and without having spoken a
word, Charlotte became desperate, and
threw herself upon her knees at the em
peror's feet: and before he could check
her passionate supplication, she clasped
her hands and pleaded with him as the
faithful plead with their Ood In whom Is
their last hone.
"Sire" she said, and the tones of her
voice were like caresses, "sire, the Em
peror Maximilian has enemies In that
country, enemies who do not know what
It Is to forgive, t'nsupported. he is power
less against them and must become their
victim. I have taken this journey to save
him; he awaits my return with loving im
patience, with the anxiety, too, of a con
demned man who counts the hours which
separate him from death. Sire, you have
loved; surely the remembrance of your
happiness must open your heart and mind
to the feelings of others. . I love my hut
band, sire, and he loves me; we are every
thing to each other. I entreat you to have
mercy on him and me. I entreat you not
to sacrifice nim to the pride of a rebellious
people. From him who more than once
has granted life to the criminal 1, sire
dare entreat the life 'of an honest man, the
lire or tne Kmperor Maximilian."
The wretched woman paused, exhaust
ed; a great sob shook her frame. She had
put her whole soul Into her prayer; she
collapsed with Its last words. Oently the
emperor sought to raise her and to offer
some consolation. He fait that this heart
rending scene was prolonging itself use
lessly, and hastened to bring It to a close.
"Madame," he said, "I will ever do all
that lies In my power to secure the safety
of and the happiness of both yourself and
your husband; but I cannot, alas! deceive
you as to the attitude of my government
In this affair. France will no longer sup
port Maximilian on the throne of Mexico!"
He had hardly spoken these words when
he started back In horror. Empress Char
lotte had risen, one may better say leaped
to her feet, and stood tall and majestic
before Napoleon III. Her lips were drawn
and her look was that of a mad woman,
at once terrible, and superbly beautiful.
Thus facing him she flung out her words
of despair, of fury and of hatred.
"Sire," she cried, "It Is said that you
are good) it Is a lie! It Is said, sire, that
you are a magnanimous sovereign; It Is a
He! It Is said that you are great; It, too.
Is a He! You are, sire, an evil man. You
are an emperor without authority; a ruler
without ideals. You are ruthless fate and
we are your victims. You are the author
of evil; you favor Hs existence. Evil, how
ever, returns io its source; It will nnd
you, sire, and at no distant time. You and
your throne shall be swept, away by a
mighty force which you. do -not under.
stand!"
Her frenxy Increased as the.snoke ant
finally took full possession .of her. She
stretched out her arms with a wild ges
ture. .
"Move back!" she cried. ' three times.
"move back! Sire," she then added, "It Is
my turn to say that nothing more may be
expected of you." , , 5 r .
The emperor had- risen nsthourh struck
by a thunderbolt. For a moment he had
neen tinea with anger by the violence of
the young empress: but lOdkinr unon w
despair he had forgiven her wild language,
and calmed the feelings of rage which had
taken possession, of him.-. When at last
Empress Charlotte, In the final cilmax of
her despair, drove him from the room, he
bowed his head In profound commisera
tion and withdrew. When once mora with.
In the palace, he retired to his own apart
ments and forbade admittance.
The Kmperor Napoleon III fMrnri tt,A
fulfillment of these evil prophecies, and
was much disquieted by the Words of the
woman who had thus foretold his doom
It wrs a relief to find himself alone ami
able to look calmly forward into the fu
ture. Yvno snows out mat, .by an effort
or the Imagination, that future seemed
still to smile upon him? Who knows but
inai, in ine terror or nis own Soul, he, Iq
that hour, saw the star of the Bonapartes
begin to set? - 1 t -
Not very heroic, not verv arana thi
picture of Louis Napoleon! But is It
not In keeDlnsr with is whnit. t,i-
comlc, half-fantastic career? A sorry
wearer, he, of the mantle of Napoleon
Bonaparte) L. S. R.
THE MAGAZINES.
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An attractive table of contents Is pre
sented for thoughtful Tenders by the
uecember number of Professor George
Gunton's Social Economist (New York:
Union Square). Especially notable Is
the paper entitled "What Shall Be Done
With the Tariff?" in which a forcible
claim Is presented for the restora
tion or' protection- to 'at least
the following extent: (1) a res
toration 6f the fluty ou:woil and wool
ens, and (2) the levying of a duty of
one cent a pound' on raw sugar. The
author contends that -this would aug
ment the now deficient revenues by at
least $80,000,000 annually, which would
be an abundant provision for present
emergencies. This magaslne (like the
School of Social Economics, established
by- the editor, George Gunton) renre-
sent the American School' of Political
Economy, as distinguished from the
English and other foreign schools. It
Is the only magazine of Its kind pub
lished In the United States, and Is well
worth buying.
. . -:!!:-For
Christmas The Bookman dons a
special cover, admirably designed by
Louis i. Rhead In black, green and yel
low, , and announces for next year a
slight Increase In price. Of the literary
features In it a sketch of Dr. Nlcoll of
Ian Maclaren and a paper by Frederick
C. Gordon describing "A Vlalt to Drufn-
tochty arc or special interest. There
la also a readable blographtcat study
of the critic, Hamilton W. Mabl, aad
much readable literary gossip. Poems
are contributed -by Frank Dempster
Sherman, Harry T. Peck, Frederick J.
The December St. Nicholas contained
many articles of real live Interest, sev
eral being especially prepared with an
eye to the Christmas season: but none
of these was better than James Whit
comb Riley's two-page poem, embody
ing In swinging rhyme a merry jingle
about "The Children." (
- Writer and those who hope or ex
pect to become writers will And the
Author's Journal for December an in
teresting and Instructive Issue. Prob
ably Its most striking feature is Its
reproduction of the essay which Hall
Caine read recently before the Nine
teenth Century club concerning the
"Moral Responsibility of Novelists."
This is a responsibility so often and so
daringly shirked that Mr. Calne's vi
gorous insistence upon its better ob
servance . will please most readers
mightily.
. :-V. . -:!!- -Sherman,
Virginia Woodward Cloud,
Herbert M, Hopkins and Ernest Mc
Oaffey. A portrait of the late Eugene
Field, which appears In this number. Is
one of the best we have ever seen. Great
things; by the 'way; are expected of
Macladfh'M new serial, ""Kate Car
negie,', which The Bookman will print
during ; It is his first long novel.
v- . Hwc-jit , -T-:Ji:-T- '
The Christmas Book Buyer (received
through the courtesy of H. Howard
BelUlemaii) Is an exceptionally ' well
prepared guide to the purchase of hell
day vojumes. It reviews almost every
new .TtaokVi issued, during the prelimin
ary holiday season and lets the inquir
er know In advance Just what , he is
llkely to get for his money. :. ... .
, .,.. . . -:l: ,-
Aniorifr'tontents of Interest In the De
cember Citizen (published at 111 South
Fifteenth street, Philadelphia) are Her
bert Nichol's scholarly paper on '"Psy-r
chology end Education," and an ar
ticle In the Old Authors series review
ing William Wycherley. The editorials
In this Issue of the Citlsen are forcible
and timely.""
The Christmas Munsey's Is probably
the best illustrated magaslne that ever
fell from an: American press. . Its pic
tures are worth double Its cost, and the
literary features are not slow. ;
'MtSCELLANEOUS.
GlVIN'tf AND GETTING CREDIT. A
Hook for Business Men. By Frederick B.
Qoddard, author of "The Art of Selling."
Cloth,' 12 mo, fl. New York: Tho Ba
ker and Taylor Co., RAT East 19th St.
For sale in Scranton by M. Norton.
This.,, is, essentially a text-book or
manual , 'for shrewd business men. It
comprises twelve chapters, one defln
iiig and distinguishing between credit
and -money: one Showing the average
losse's' tm1 credit stiles and the liability
to business 'failures; one arguing at
lemxth' and with much, force that the
applicant for "credit should be made
to prove that he Is worthy of it; two
showing the-various methods employed
and dangers encountered by established
Rouses -Mn" reference to the giving of
credits; a chapter on -collections, with
sound advice as to how best to make
them; one on corporations and the lia
bility of stockholders; one on the mer
cantile agency system; one on the new
system popularly known as "credit in
surance;" on arguing for a uniform
bankrupt law, and two chapters treat
ing of panics in general and 0 the
panlo of 1803 in particular. The book
Is written In a simple, straightforward
style and Its arguments and sugges
tions betoken that the author has had
extended experience and is a man of
sound, practical sense. There are few J
men In commercial pursuits whom this
book would not In some respects In
form and Instruct.
:o:
NITRSERY ETHICS. ' By Florence Hull
Winterburn. Cloth, 10 mo, SI. New
York: The Merriam Co.
Mrs. Wlnterburn's Idea, carefully
elaborated and developed in this attrac
tive book. Is .that there should be a
code of laws for the government of tho
nursery just as,there is one for the gov
ernment f the community. But far
from approaching this subject with a
set of repellent "dont's" upon her ton
gue's end, the author has taken up the
entire philosophy of parentage and of
childhood, and her chapters, while not
lacking In practical advice, are really
lay sermons upon the responsibilities of
those who beget offspring. Her Judg
ment is excellent, her style fluent and
her command of the subject thorough.
No parent- would become the worse
for an attentive perusal of Mrs. Winter
burn's book, and many parents we
fancy, would be benefited by It
THE STORY OF THE EARTH IN FA8T
AGES. By H. G. Seeley, F. R. 6. Flex
ible' cloth, 32 mo., with 40 illustrations,
40 cents. New York: D. Appleton Co.
This little book Is the fourth In the
Messrs. Ap'vleton's Library of Useful
Stories, which alms to present various
branches of knowledge in clear, concise
language, as free as possible from tech
nical words and phrases. Preceding
volume In the aeries treat of the stars,
primitive man and plants. .In the pres
ent volumes Professor Beeley tells us.
In lucid and entertaining fashion, about
the earth, how its crust was formed,
what the rocks, teach and also what
has been learned try"the sclcmtlsts from
the study of fossils, etc,, He has put
a vast-range of useful information Into
very small space, and made It readable
even to the layman.
LITERARY GOSSIP.
The Critic o-lves a new and. it seems
likely enough, a true ex plant Ion. of "the
dearth of American authors of the first
class or even of a good second class." It
is the great cost of living. "A man has to
work so bard In the United States to
make both ends meet that he has no time
to do good work. He has either to write
pot-boilers or to be in some other business
than that or an autnor; wnereas living in
the great capitals of Europe is so com
paratively Inexpensive that the foreign
author Is not obliged to think of his bread
and butter." The writer goes on to say
that it was not always so and that the
most famous group of American authors
the Cambridge-Concord group lived In
a quiet, countrified way, as some few liv
ing writers still do; but authors can nd
more resist the influence of their genera
tion than other people. What were for
merly luxuries are , now thought neces
saries and the struggle to procure them Is
arduous. An English author can come to
London to mix with his literary brethren
for awhile and sharpen his home-bred wits
without great expense but a visit to New
York is a most costly proceeding, a pro
fession that offers but few prises, and the
average income of which Is small, is not
attractive, especially to persons who like
their comfort, as is tl.e case wlthT-iost
people of literary tastes."
The time Is not so far back, says the
Chicago News, when a price of 3 cents
per word was considered a fair remunera
tion even by authors of considerable re
pute. Then a jumped up to S cents per
Word and It has been jumping ever since,
until now the highest point reached Is 14
cents per word, with such an occasional
leap Into the realms of absurdity ss when
a certain magaslne editor recently offered
Itui allthnp ett "Trllhv" IE (MM fnr a atnrv nf
5,000 words With the check Inclosed In the
letter, Inject. 80 far as magaslne publi
cation is conceraed, no story bought by U
t 11 cents per word can represent that
Value to It. The president of the publish
ing company; rasa issues The Century
Magaslne has said that no novel printed
in the magaslne ever made a perceptible
Increase In Its circulation. And any man
who knows anything of the business side
of magaslnes knows this to be true In
his own experience, a value of 14 cents
per word or anything approaching to it is
a fictitious value.
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THE SOLACE OF BOOKS:
What matter though my room be small,
Though this red night lamp looks -On
nothing but a papered wall
And some few rows of books?
For in my band I hold a key
That opens golden doors;
At whose resistless sesame '
A tide of sunlight pours.
In from the basking lawns that lie,
Beyond the boundary wail;
Where summer broods eternally.
Where the clcallas call.
There all the landscape softer Is,
There greener tendrtlls twine,
Tho bowers are roofed with clematis,
With briony and vine.
There pears and golden apples hang,
There falls the honey dew.
And there the birds that morning sang.
When all the world was new.
Beneath the oaks Menalcas woos,
Arachnla's nut-brawn eyes.
And still the laughing Faun pursues.
And still the wood nymph flies.
And you may hear young Orpheus there.
Come singing through the wood.
Or catch the k learn of golden hair,
Iq Diana's solitude.
So when the world is all awry,
- When life is out of chime, ,
I take this keg of gold and fly
- To that serencr clime.
To those fair sunlit lawns that llo
Beyond the boundary wall.
Where summer broods eternally,
- And youth is over all.
- . Harper's Baxaar.,
Many, very many, wearied readers who
have long been surfeited with the con
ventional will, we fancy. Join with Krnest
McGaffey In his cry, as uttered in the
poem, "False Chords," In the December
Bookman, for truer and stronger tones.
We quote him below:
I listen, but I listen all In vain.
Amid the Jangle of beiibboned lyres
(The which or modern poets strum upon)
For some heart-note, some echo of great
thoughts
To thrill me and uplift me like the breath
Of sudden brine from out old ocean's
breast.
Fresh-dashing in my face a kiss of dawn.
But so It Is that all I hear good God!
Is art, art, art, and sickly plaintive runes
Of flowers, and birds, and lovelorn sere
nades. In cunning form, fine-moulded for the ear.
Frail word-mosaics of these lesser days;
Or, failing that, there comes a mystic
chant
Of dense, dull verse whose secret lies in
1 gloom.
Swathed like a mummy In his cerements.
And these aro nothing but fulso chords I
know;
For true-born singers smite Apollo's harp
With something of the spirit of a god.
And give their very lifeblood to the song.
O, muse of mine, let not my lyre sound
To such vain pipings; grant its varied
mooi's
A touch of tears a voice of nature's own
As lucid, and as free nnd undented;
And give It steel, and Iron, like the
strength
Of clashing sabres and of bayonets
And black-mouthed cannon, wreathed In
thunder clouds,
Whose music rolls a menace o'er the.skles
Where earth is shaking to the tread of
Mars.
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AUTHOR8 AND PUBLISHERS:
Balzao considered that he was wasting
time if he devoted more than six months
to any one of his longer stories. He fre
quently finished a novel in less than three.
Prescott, being 'almost blind,- required
teh years to prepare 'Ferdinand and Isa
bella." The "Conquest of Mexico" required,
six years and the "Conquest of Peru"
four.
- The manuscript of "Trilby" is on view
In a glass case at the Fine Art society's
galleries In London. It Is written In a
bold school-boy hand, and mainly in copy
books. A Swedish translation of "Uncle Tom"
("Onkel Toms Stuga"). has Just begun
publication In parts at Goteborg, by Fors
ten Herlund. There will be more than 100
original Illustrations.
Rudyard Kipling's famous Jungle
stories had their origin in the suggestion
of the editor of St. Nicholas that he try
his hand at writing stories for the young
readers of that magazine. This Mr. Kip
ling was the more ready to do as he said
he had "grown-up on St. Nicholas." Ho
will write for It during the romlng year
in a new vein; the Jungle stories are fin
ished. F. Marlon Crawford has arrived In New
York from Europe. He considers' New
York a better place to work In than the
south of Italy. He has two novels In
course of publication, and has mnpped out
a third,' "A Rose of Yesterday," to be pub
lished In the Century In 1SS)7. He will not
Write another Indian story because "It Is
not well to tempt fate or luck a second
time. I do not believe In trusting to luck,
and 'Mr. Isaacs' was pure luck for me.
Yet his was In a sense a true character."
Mr. Du Maurler's manuscript of "Tril
by" shows that his writing is as pulns
taklng and conscientious as his work as a
draughtsman. There Is not so much ac
tual symmetry about the callgraphy its
there Is accuracy of detail and a certain
harmony of aspect when the writing Is
regarded as a whole. You cannot see an
unnecessary line or flourish and yet there
Is a roundness and completeness that must
have reduced the corrections of his proofs
to a minimum.
The Funk AWagnalls company celebrat
ed on No.v. 27 the first anniversary of
the completion of Ma Standard Dictionary,
by putting to press the ninetieth thou
sand of this work. The publishers'
mathematician has figured out that, it
these 90,000 sets were plied flat one upon
another, they would reach nearly seven
miles In height; and the printed pages, if
laid end to end would extend over 40,000
miles, one and three-fifths times around
the globe. Another feature of the anni
versary was the forwarding from the
Pennsylvania depot for Michigan of a
big freight car loaded wholly with Stand
ard dictionaries.
ill
James S. Dean, Geo. Grant Post,
Rondout, N. Y.
CURED OF DYSPEPSIA
Commander Dean writes: "As chief
U. 8. Mail Agent of the U. A D. R. R
good health is Indispensable. I found
myself, however, all run down with
Dyspepsia. I doctored and doctored,
but I grew worse. I suffered misery
night and day, for fully two years.
My case was pronounced Incurable. I
chanced to meet Dr. Kennedy about
that time, and fold him of my condition
and he said, "Jimmy," you need not suf
fer so, try a bottle of
OR. DAVID KEDnEOrS
FAVORITE REMEDY
take tt morning, noon and night, and it
wilt cure you' I took the medicine as
directed, but had no confidence In a
cure, as my case had been tried by so
many. After using It a week I began
to feel better, and In a short while
after that I was entirely cured That
terrible distress, everything I ate,
breaking up sour In my throat had all
gone and I have not had a moment's
discomfort since. Today there Isn't a
healthier man and my appetite la grand.
I believe I could eat a keg of nails If I
had to, and dlsW them with ease. Fa
vorite Remedy it the foe of dyspepsia
and poor health."
COMMANDER
APHORISMS BY EMERSON. ,
1 Ooodles make us very had.
' The only teller of newa is the poet.
A strenuous soul hates cheap successes.
They can conquer who believe they can.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
Half a man's wisdom goes with his cour
age. Nature loves analogies, but not repeti
tions. Where there is ' no vision the neoDle
perish..
UDedience alone gives the right to com
mand. The popular religion Is an excellent con
stable. Good manners sre made up of petty sac
rifices. A man makes his Inferiors his superiors
by heat.
It Is In vain to make a paradise but for
good men. .
It is better to die for beauty than to live
for bread.
The highest revelation Is that Ood is in
every man.
Sincere and happy conversation doubles
our powers.
The truest state of thought rested in be
comes false.
Future state Is an illusion for the ever
preent state.
There Is hope In extravagance; there is
none in routine.
If the heathen rage It is because tthe
Christians doubt.
My creed is very simple, that goodness
Is the only reality.
Everything great and excellent In tho
world Is In minorities.
Man Is the image of Cod; why run after
a ghost or a dreum.
The great are not tender about being ob
scure, despised, insulted.
It is a bad sign In a man to be too con
scientious and stick at grata.
Omit the negative propositions; nerve
us with Incessant affirmations.
The mind stretches an hour to a century
and dwarfs an age to an hour.
I think there is as much merit In beauti
ful manners as In hard work.
I find nothing In fables more astonishing
than my experience In every hour.
A rush of thoughts is the only conceiv
able prosperity that can come to us.
Ucnius believes its faintest presentiment
against the testimony of all history.
Prosperity and pound-cake are for very
young gentlemen, whom such things con
tent. Let us say then frankly that the educa
tion of the will Is the object of our exist
ence. -
In the human bruin the universe Is re
produced with all its opulence st revela
tions. To every reproach I know but one an
swer, namely, to go again to my own
work.
The greatest wonder is that we can see
these trees (In Yosemlte) and not wonder
more.
Have no regard to the Influence of your
example, but act always from the simplest
motive.
A low self-love In the parent desires that
his child should repeat his character und
fortune.
By humility we rise, by obedience we
command, by poverty we are rich, by dy
ing we live.
No aristocrat, no prince born to the pur
ple, can begin to compare with the self
respect of the saint.
The way to have large occasional views,
as In a political or social crisis, is to have
large habitual views.
Ulve up, once for all, the hope of appro
bation from the people in the street, If you
are pursuing great ends.
A determined mnn, by his very attitude
and the tone of his voice, puts a stop to
defeat and begins to conquer.
The sun pruilK"s his light, tho air his
breath, to him who stands with his hands
folded In the great school of Clod.
It Is curious to see whut grund powers
we have a hint of, und are mad to grasp,
yet how slow heaven is to trust us wl'.h
such edge tools.
Wondrous state of man; never so happy
as when he 'has lost all private Interests
and regards, and exists only in obedience
and love of the author.
RIGHTEOUS SYMPATHY.
From the Wlikes-Barre News-Dealer.
"Sentimental" sympathy is It, Mister
drover Cleveland, lhat the people of this
country have for Cuba In her struggle
for liberty? "Sentimental" sympathy it
wns too, we dare say. In your opinion,
that France showed this country when
struggling for liberty during the revolu
tionary war. Well call It thus, and sneer
at It if you will, but it is given with
a full heart, and no law prohibits the
bestowing It to a people who are suffer
ing the same oppression thut our fore
fathers suffered In 1776. The sympathy
of liberty loving Frenchmen, and the
recognition given us at that time, -were
sweet and precious, and it added new
Are and courage to the patriotic souls
who were struggling to break the bonds
that held them lo England. "Sentimen
tal" sympathy Indeed! But the sentimen
tal sympathy together with the aid given,
and the exertions of the early colonises,
made America free and Independent as
Cuba yet will be, and would there were
more of the same sympathy. It is noble,
It is generous,-and is for the righteous
and holy cause of freedom and liberty.
Danger Signals
Mori tban half ibt victims of tensump
Hon do not know they bent it. Here is a list
of symptoms by which consumption can
certainly be detected :
Cough, one or two slight efforts on
rising, occurring during the day and fre
quently during the night.
Short brtalbint after exertion.
' . Tightness of tit chat.
Quick pulst, especially noticeable in the
evening and after a full meal.
, Chilliness in the evening, followed by .
Slight ftvir.
Perspiration toward morning and
Tale face and languid in the morning.
Loss f vitality.
If you have these symptoms, or any of
them, do not delay. There are many
preparations which claim to be cures, but
Br. HcktriCHllA RnstUj for Consumption
has the highest endorsements, and has
Stood the test of years. . t will arrest con
sumption in its earlier stages, and drive
away the symptoms named. It is manu
factured by the Acker Medicine Co., 16
and IS Chambers St., New York, and sold
by all reputable druggists.
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Mothers are Altogether too Delicate
About Advising Their
Daughters.
Plain, Sensible Talks to Them Oftentimes Saves"
Years of Suffering ; and it is Entirely a False
Modesty on the Mother's Part that Keeps
Her from Her Known Duty. .
' From the Agitator, Welltboro, Pa.
f In Klkland, Pennsylvania, a small town
located on the Cowanesque Itiver Ilailroad,
there lived fur soma years, prior to 1SS0, Mr.
Charles H. Ileatji, whose prolession was
that of a blacksmith. Ho had chosen for his
life companion Miss Genie Boyd and here
settled with his little family to earn a living
by the sido of his already well-beaten anvil.
On January 8th, la the year 1SS3, there was
born unto Mr. and Mrs. Heath a beautiful
baby girl, with health which proaiued to
add to the home one more joy. For this
daughter the parents clioso the namo of
Clara 1).," and, indeed, she was a bright star
in that little circle.
A few ycarj later, Mr. Heath seeing a
better opportunity for earning his livelihood,
removed his family to Harrison Vulley, a
town located on the same branch of railroad
near its terminus. Here for a while every
thing was bright and the future promised to
be ouc of comfort to them, but suddenly it
became fully apparent to the father and
mother that the radiant fare of their little
daughter was beginning to fade. This caused
them much anxiety, and a physician was
consulted, but little, if anything, was done
to restore the vanishing beauty to their little
one. The father toiled on faithfully to pro
vide for the dependents, but the sunlight
seemed to be fast fading from their home.
Ia March, 1893, thinking a change in lo
cation might add vigor to Clara, they took
tip their abode ia a beautiful little town sit
uated between the monntuins, known as
Little Mur.,h, Pa., and where nature itself
seemed to le a physician superinr to all
mankind. Here, for a time, the change of
air seemed to revive their daughter dura,
but soon other weaknesses established them
selves in her body, which promised to take
her from their midst.
Physicians were summoned, but she con
tinued to grow worse and it was very evi
dent that only a few short days remained for
her 011 earth. The mother was distracted
npon realizing the situation of her loviug
daughter, and it was while relating her con
dition to a neighbor, Mr Houthworth, in
January, 1895, that she 1 rued of the won.
derful results obtained ny the use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for female weaknesses.
Everything else having failed to add one
glimmer of light to the life so fust lading
away, a fifty-cent Imx of Pink Pills was pro
cured from the druggist, hoping that there
might be something in this uew remedy.
Already Clara's complexion had grown to
be of that faded color so well-known to all
similarly affected. Time rolled on and she
was stricken down more closely with nerv
ous prostration and again all hope seemed
to vanish. Still she continued the treat
ment of Dr. Williams, and when the first
box was gone there scemAl to be a change
lor the better. Her nerves had crown
stronger and other weaknesses seemed to
mend. Where there is life there is hope,"
and another box was purchased and taken
as prescriled. Clara continued to (trow
stronger each day und there seemed to be
Hew life in the little home axain. Father
and mother were both elated to see the im-
Srovement and once more . have their
.lighter join their family circle.
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At a time when many manu
facturers and dealers are making
the most astounding statements
regardingthe merits and durability
of inferior Pianos, intending pur
chasers should not fail to make
critical examination of the above
instruments.
E, C. RICKER
General Dealer, in Northeast
ern Pennsylvania
New Telephone Exchange Building, 115
Adama Ave., Scranton, Pa.
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N'ow Miss Clara speaks for lierselfj t
llftv,. iw-.nttniirl In I.iI-a l ir i I liu.iia' ' Dink
Pills up to the present time and it has only
eost the small umoiiiit of $4.00 to place me
where I am Unlay. My health is better thuu
ever before; my complexion was never ea
rosy and I am never troubled with nervous
spells as before using this remedy. I at
tribute my present condition to the healine
riwers of Pink Pills . Palo People, and
nm glad lo recommend them to any sutler
ing as 1 was. My upietite, which before,
their use hud nearly failed mo, is now as
good as one need wish fur, and I sm again
able to enjoy the pleasures of life so long de
nied me.
Miss . Heath is still using the Pink Tills
and declares her inti-ntion m to do should she
require medicine of uny kind. She also re.
lates instances of her friends who are having
as good results as hers from their use.
MRS. CAREY'S ENTHUSIASM AT
BIXTV.
Her Daughter BInrvelouily Cured, Utaas,
Her Own Life Saved.
from ffce Era, Bradford, IHi. '
Mrs. Hannah Carey, an estimable " lady
who resides at No. SO High Street, Bradford,
Pa., is enthusiastic iu her praise of Dr. Vil
Hums' Pink PIUs.
Mrs. Carey is sixty years of age, but still
possesses much of tho youthful appearance
of her younger days. She had never knows
a day's Illness until a year ago, when alia
showed signs of generul breaking down of the
system. Sh6 grew emaciated, lost her appe
tite oud It was only by a great eflort that aha
kept on her feet.
Several different kinds of medicine were
tried but her condition steadily grew worse
"I had almost given 'up hopes of bettering
my condition," said Mrs. I'irey to a news
pnper man, "when I concluded to give Pink
Pills a trial. Some time before, my tlsiigh
ter, Mrs. P. Uahcr, who then resiuTd al
Punxsutawncy, Pa., hnd been murrelously
cured of heart trouble by these wonderful
tiillu un.1 T mi.. ..I i. . I ...I . ..-1. .
f.iHwi.twfiii.iHuwivKc n lint 1 11 hue iii:j
possessed for the ailments of people of my
uee. Uefore I bud taken the contents of one
hot, I noticed a clianre in my condition. I
seemed to regain my lost strength, my appe
tite returned, the feeling of oppressiveness
which had tortured me passed away and life
took on new beauties. 1 took four boxes of
the pills and when I had finished, my health
was us ynod ss it was before the illness. I
mn satisfied t hut Pink Pills saved me untold
suffering and probably ntved my life. For
this reason I am always willing to reconi-
menu mem 10 an who sutler as I did."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are not looked
upon as a patent uirdi-.-ine, but rather as
prescription. All analysis of their properties
shows that they contaiu, in a condensed form,
all the elements necessary to give new life ana
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfhilh.g specific for
such diseases as locomotor utaxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the after
effects of la grippe, palp'tation of the heart,
pale and snllow complexions, nnd the tired
feeling resulting from nervous prostration, all
diseases resulting from vitiated humors in the
blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc.
They ere also a specific for troubles peculiar
to females, such as suppressions, irregularities
and all forms of wcakuess. Tliev build up the
blood, nnd restore the glow of health to pale
snd sallow cheeks. They are for sale by all
drneeists. or may be had by mail from Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady,
K. Y., for 60c. per box, or six boxes for ti SU
DATE.
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