THE SCBANTON TMBUNE- SATDBBAT MDBNTNG, MAY. 30, 1896.
world of
FICTION.
There axe' eight atoriM In the hind
son little book which Way- ft Wil
liams. Chicago, have just published (or
Mrs. Ella W. Peattle, and the title of
the book t taken from that of the drat
of these stories. "A Mountain Woman,"
which describes the acute unhapptness
of a western goddess of nature when
suddenly transplanted from the grand
eur of her home among the mountains
and the cataracts Into the stuffy com
monplaces of fashionable New York.
The "mountain won an" sta-ds this de
pressing contrast as long as she can,
considering that It Is part of her honey
moon, and at last makes a break for
liberty by returning very mysteriously
to her occidental surroundings. There
her bewildered husband finally finds
her, and there he has the unexpected
good sense to permit her to remain, he
choosing her home in preference to his
cwn.
It does not follow, however, that this
first story Is the best. The second one,
"Jim Lancy's Waterloo," Is distinctly
superior. Perhaps some of our readers
recall Its original appearance In the
Cosmopolitan. It is the story of a Ne
braska farmer's grim, silent and ul
timately disastrous battle against ex
tortionate railway charges, drouth and
mortgages. The story opens with
Lancy taking his newly wedded wife
fom Illinois to their future prairie
home, both happy, hopeful, contented.
It closes with the woman returning
within two years dull, apathetic and
dejected, to her parents, prematurely
broken on the rack of western poverty
and slavish toll; and with Lancy round
ed up as "drunk and disorderly" at an
Omaha police station, the farm having
been sold from under him despite his
serf-like wrestling with ill-(ate. A
particularly pathetic touch in It, all the
more effective for being Introduced
without any dramatic Btrivlng, is the
Incident of the death of Lancy's baby.
At the dinner table Annie, the wife re
marks, "I don't suppose any of you
have time to do anything about It; but
I thought you might line to know that
the baby is dead. I wouldn't think of
asking you to spare the horses, for I
know they have to rest; but I thought.
If you could make out on a cold supper,
that I'd go to town for a coffln."
"The Three Johns" is a strong study
f the crude chivalry which underlies
the rough exterior of prnlrie life, r,nd
the story entitled "Two Pioneers" Is a
powerful lesson in charity, with touches
trlklne-lv hold diul original. In fact.
each story In the eight Is character's?!!
by a frank disregaid of the conventions
and an evident wish to carry .its mes
sage straight to the reader's sympath
ies without waste of energy on mere
formalities. Mrs. Peattle Is not a
faultless writer, but her errors are
minor In comparison with her vividness
and audacity. Mechanically the volume
Is a delight to both the artistic and the
utilitarian sense.
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"In the Valley of Tophet" (New
York: Henry Holt & Co.) is In a certain
sense a companion volume to Henry W.
Nevlnson's earlier work, the "Klum
Stories of London." It carries Into the
field of Industrial struggle the same
keen perceptlveness and the same
power over broad effects which char
acterized his study of the municipal
problem. It alms to put upon the can
vas with sharp outline and daring con
trasts of light and shade realistic pic
tures of the suffering and stress of
thnu U'tinm fnta had m n 1 1 n rli-ittrn
nil wmrr fir incirii'v lip: vpi 11 iifFH
ill nun u. iiHirui liiu 11 iiriai 111c lihiuk?
rnwu mi his iiuiivuic iniiv . 1 in
preachlfylng Inclination, this collection
of stories about the industrial poor will
do missionary work of real and Per
il 1 1 1 1 L U 1 1 1 1 1 1 .
II II II
"The Mystery of Paul Chadwlck." a
"lachelor's story." by John W. Post
gate (Chicago: Lali-d & Lee) Is an up-to-date
concoction duly seasoned with
wiles, and mysteries, and plots and
stratagems. The central character is a
fascinating widow who develops into a
feminine devil; and the bachelor, who
relates the yarn evidently intends her
as a type of the sex. The only merit
In Mr. Postgate's effort Is that It keeps
one awake.
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Three paper-bound Issues of summer
time fiction, published by the Appletons
In their Town and Country Library, da-serve-brief
mention. "A Winning Haz
arjf' by Mrs. Alexander, is a notably
eat and pretty story, with no other
purpose than to amuse, yet wholesome
and enjoyable at every page. It con
tains In the personage of Carey a most
delightful study of the Hibernian char
acter. "The Dancer In Yellow." by W.
E. Norrls, depicts the embarrassments
of a scion of the British nobility who
marries a music hall skirt dancer and
may be assumed to be In the nature of
a warning to other scions, among whom
this tendency seems to be on the In
crease. And, lastly. Christian Reld's
romance of Mexico, entitled "The Pic
tures of Las Cruces," is a skilfully
woven story of superstition, passion
and tragedy.
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To their Select Novels series, the
Iilpplncotts have recently added "A
Faithful Traitor." by Kffle Adelaide
Rowlands, a spirited and charming fic
tion of English high life, told on melo
dramatic, lines.
MISCELLANEOUS.
'A volume opportune In Its appearance
At this time, when the people's thoughts
nearly all have a political bent. Is
Osborn II. Oldroyd's "Lincoln's Cam
paign, or The Political Revolution of
I860" (Chicago: Laird & Lee). In ad
dition to containing a thorough nnd
well-written review of that epochal
Struggle In voung Republicanism, the
volume presents, in an appendix, four
teen portraits nnd biographies of pre
sidential possibilities for 1898. An espe
cially Interesting feature of this book
Is Its reproduction of some of the prin
cipal campaign songs and cartoons of
the Lincoln canvass, among the former
being Edmund Clarence Stedman's
"Honest Abe of the West," a lyrical
outburst which must nowadays bring
a smile to the face of Its gifted author.
This poem runs as follows, to the air of
"The Star Spangled Banner:"
O, hark! from tho pine-crested hills of old
Maine,
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Where the splendor first falls from the
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And away in the West, over river and
plain, .
Rings ont the grand anthem of Liberty's
warning!
From green-rolling prairie It swells to
the sea.
For the people have risen, victorious
and free
They have chosen their leaders, and
bravest and best
Of them all is Old Abe, Honest Abe
. of the West!
The spirit that fought for the patriots of
old
Has swept through the land and aroused
us forever;
In the pure air of heaven a standard un
fold Fit to marshal us on to the sacred en
deavor! Proudly the banner of freemen we
bear;
Noble the hopes that encircle It there!
And where buttle is thickest we follow,
the crest
Of gallant Old Abe, Honest Abe of the
West!
There's a triumph in urging a glorious
cause,
Thouuh the hosts of tho foe for a while
may be stronger,
Pushing on for Just rules and holler laws,
1111 their lessening columns oppose us no
longer.
Hut ours the loud paean of men who
have past
Through the struggles' of years, and
ate victors ut last;
So forward the flag! leave to Heaven
the rest.
And trust in Old Abe, Honest Abe of
the West!
Lo! see the bright scroll of the Future un
fold! Broad farms and fair cities shall crown
our devotion
Free labor turn oven the sand Into gold,
And the links of her railway chain ocean
to ocean;
Parks thut float fair and free on the
diirk river waves
With a wealth never wrung from the
sinews of slaves;
And the Chief, In whose rule ull the
land shall be bleat,
Is our noble Old Abe, Honest Abe of
the West!
Then on to the holy Republican strife!
And again, for a future as fair as tho
mornlnif,
For the sake of that freedom more pre.
clous than life.
Ring nut the grand anthem of Liberty's
warning!
Lift the banner on high, while from
mountain und plain,
The cheers of the peoplo are sounded
again;
Hurrah! for our cause of all caures the
best!
Hurrah! for Old Abe. Honest Abe of
the Weal!
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The question which confronts tho
reader of William Yates Chinn's latest
hook, "The Mercantile Agencies Against
Commerce," (Chicago; Charles H. Kerr
& Co.) is, Are we a nation of
swindlers and liars? The impression of
Mr. Chinn is that If we arc not, we owe
no thanks to the mercantile agencies,
which in his Judgment are doing their
best to cultivate swindling and lying In
the business community. The volume
comprises nearly 4uu closely printed
pages, and is wholly directed to an
elaboration of the following proposition
from Its Introduction:
Among the many and venal accessories
and outgrowths of this mercenary system,
the mercantile or commercial agencies, so
called, are the moat pluuslble In their
motives, the moat iernicious in their
methods, the most corrupt and cewardly
in their operations, and tho most dan
gerous and degrading In their influence
and results. Professedly organised to pro
tect credit and advance commerce, they
stab the one and debauch the other.
Hypocritically pretending to rely upon
voluntary support and to afford Impartial
Information, they are sustained by a gi
gantic levy of Indiscriminate blackmail,
and they habitually dispense to their In
voluntary patrons the moat unreliable
and distorted re.norts. baaed on Imper
fect and often imaginary data. Originat
ing In the commerclul centers where cor
porate wealth and corrupt combinations
rule trade and credit these agencies have
become a eursp to all honest commerce, a
menace to individual enterprise and indus
try, and a perpetual terror to -every
business that will not pay tribute to their
coffers or acknowledge allegiance to
their tyranny. In the train of the larger
establishments have sprung up a horde
of lesser concerns, disguised us "collud
ing agencies." "clearing houaea," "com
mercial bureaus," wherein pettifogging
attorneys and Irresponsible clerks compile
und disseminate a villainous literature of
blackmail and extortion.
II H II ,
Considerable Interest was recently ex
cited among educators by the appear
ance In the Metaphysical Magazine of a
series of papers in which the noted
German scholar and philosopher. Dr.
Adolph Brodbeck, outlined what In his
opinion should be "The Ideal of Univer
sities." Under this title Dr. Brodbeck's
papers have been put In.bwk form by
the Metaphysical Publishing company
of New York, in a handsome volume
selling for il.SO. The gist of Dr. Brod
beck's contention is that the mission of
our higher schools should be not to go
off on tangents in the direction of some
special scientific or philosophic fad, but
strive to catch the unity of spirit under
lying all sciences nnd all systems of
philosophy. .
I! I! 1!
In a neat pamphlet printed by the
American Relief association of New
York, William Willard Howard, who of
the fifteen newspaper correspondents
who left London in December. 1894. to
investigate the massacres of Armenians
in Eastern Turkey, was the only one
that succeeded in penetrating into the
Interior of the devastated regions, and
who was subsequently blacklisted by
the Turkish government, which put a
price on his head, tells a thrilling story
of the "Horrors of Armenia." We doubt
If a parallel naratlve has ever, before
appeared In print. Its revelations are
simply indescribable. We will not at
tempt to make quotations. We would
not trust ourselves to do this. But the
pamphlet itself Is for sule at 10 cents a
copy by Charles H. Stout, treasurer of
the American Relief association. Na
tional Bank of the Republic, New York
city, and as the proceeds go into the re
lief fund, we trust that every reader of
this notice will purchase at least one
copy. Pox's "Book of Martyrs" is tame
and pale In comparison.
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Tho Illuminated cover of the June
Cosmopolitan is the prettiest that this
enterprising magaxlno has achieved
since it went Into the business of cover
decoration. It represents a cluster of
June roses, with buds and leaves trail
ing from the front page around to the
rear one. Intellectually, the star ar
ticle Is Hobart Chatflekl-Chatfleld Tay
lor's paper on Madrid, which is ttie
Initial number In a' series of papers
that will present to American readers
the salient political and social aspects
Of , modern Spain. Mr. Taylor writes
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crimination. We shall await his sub
sequent contributions with genuine ex
pectancy. Another interesting paper Is
contributed by the editor, Mr. Walker,
on "In Case of War with England
What?" Mr. Walker doesn't want a
war with England and is trying his
level best to advance the principle of
Anglo-American arbitration. But If
war should come, he Imagines that
whatever tribute money England
might at the outset wrest from our
principal port cities In consequence of
the rudimentary condition of our coast
defenses would eventually be got back
with interest In the form of forcible
levies on Canada by our Invading
troops.
, II II II
The Bookman for June sustains its
reputation for freshness of Interest In
all Its departments. The Illustrations
are especially Interesting and valuable
in this number, particularly those ac
companying an article of exceptional
Importance by the well-known London
editor, Clement K. Shorter, on "Mrs.
Gaskell and Charlotte Bronte." An
article on "Canadian Feeling Toward
the United States" will attract atten
tion. The Living Critic dealt with this
month is Coventry Patmore, of whom
there Is a portrait. The latest books
are well represented in the reviews,
notably Mr. Allen's "Summer in Ar
cady." Mr. Frederic's "Damnation of
Therori Ware." Mr. Crockett's "Cleg
Kelly," and Miss Wilklns' "Madelon."
"Kailyard Literature" disposes of the
recent accumulation of Scottish novels,
and Ian Mnclaren contributes two more
chapters of his novel, "Kate Carnegie."
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Godey s magazine for June begins
with a vivid account of the annual
snake dance of the Moquis of Arizona,
with descriptions and Illustrations of
other peculiarities of the customs of
these Pueblo Indians. "The Beauty of
Mary Stuart" Is the title of an Intelli
gent and interesting comparison of
the accounts and pictures extant of the
unhappy Queen of Scots, with which
eleven of the most Important portraits
are reproduced. A critical article on
"The Art of Julia Marlowe Tuber." Is
embellished with about a dozen pic
tures of the popular actress In differ
ent characters. "Some Industrial Art
Schools for Women" presents Informa
tion of very real value concerning the
places to study In New York city, and
the "Bixth of the "Talks by Successful
Women" consists cf a chat with Nor
dica, the American prima donna, about
her career. These and the fashion de
partment make up the features of par
tictilar attractiveness to the sex. In
addition, there is a goodly array of fic
tion. -HU , U I' 'I' ''I
There Is begun In the June St. Nicho
las a serial work which ought to In
terest tha older folk as well as the
young ones. It Is by Nouh Brooks nnd
Its subject Is "The Story of Marco
Polo." Those who have heard Rev.
Hud.ion Shaw's university extension
lectures on Venice will recall the ex
ceedingly Interesting reference he made
to Polo. The present stor.y covers the
same ground with greater detail and
la worthy of high recommendation.
It. however. Is only one feature In a
number chock full of Interesting things
for young and old.
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"The Count and Little Gertrud," by
S. R. Crockett, Is the chief story In the
June Issue rf The Pocket Magazine.
In It the author of "Cleg Kelly" goes
into the semi-romantic field with some
success. Other contributors to this is
sue are Stephen Crane. W. W. Jacobs.
Edmund Clarence Stedman and Matt
Crim.
I! II II
With Its number for May 15, the
Chap-Book begins Its third year. The
better-known contributors are Katha
rine Tynan Hlnkson, Maria Louise
Pool. Stephana Mailarma and Nelth
Boyce. The drawings in this number
are notably clever.
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Tho Lotus (published at 1014 Wyan
dotte st., Kansas City) has left the
Inter-collegiate field and branched out
as a "literary and artistic journal" with
a hankering for a general circulation.
Clarence T. Southwlck succeeds F. Hll
llard Johnson as editor, Frederic Thor
eau Singleton takes charge of the me
chanical part and A. H. Clark, of Law
rence, Kan., is art editor, in the Lotus
for Mav 15 Arthur IIH, im has a ran 1 1 u
captivating story entitled "The Mys'
lenous Airs. Aiuiin. it Is a good offset
to the dullness of the remainder of the
Issue.
"BOOKMAN" GOSSIP.
Here are three delightful anecdotes, all
of them strictly true, that cast a some
what lurid light upon the literary cul
ture of East, West, and South respective
ly. The scene of the first is laid In Provi
dence, Rhode Island, where a young lady
was asked the other day by her uncle to
make some purchases for him, of which
he gave her a written list. The first item
was "Scott's Emulsion," and after glanc
ing at It tho Intelligent young woman made
straight for a certain large book shop,
where she was received by an equally in
telligent salesmun.
"1 want a copy of Scott's Emulsion,"
said she casually.
"Scott's what 7" said the clerk.
"Scott's Emulsion," replied the maiden,
"Oh, yea," was the anawer. "Well, you
see, we don't sell Scott's works except in
complete sets."
The scene of the second occurrence Is in
a thriving city of tho West, where a South
ern litterateur of distinction had Just de
livered a long and critical lecture on Mat
thew Arnold to a fashionable audience.
A friend of the lecturer, while pasalng out
of the hall, overheard the following con
versation between two ladles:
"That was a pretty good lecture, on the
whole; but who was this Matthew Arnold
anyway?"
"Oh, I don't know. I haven't time to
keep u with ail these new Southern
writers:"
The last incident occurred In a univer
sity town In one of the Southern States,
A reading club had been organized, each
member of which was required to prepare
a paper on some designated literary mas
terpiece. One member, an Episcopal cler
gyman, was asked to take for his subject
Sir Thomas Malory's Morte ('.'Arthur, im
mediately after the meeting he sought the
study of a literary friend.
"What is this Morte d'Arthur that
they've given me?" he queried anxiously.
"Of course I've always known that Mal
lory edits The Churchman, but I never
heard that he'd written a book!"
Stephen Crane's forthcoming novel, Dan
Emmunds, which was announced for pub.
lication In June, will not be ready until tho
autumn. Edward Arnold will publish Im
mediately, however, a new story by Mr.
Crane, entitled George's Mother. W. D.
Howells has expressed the opinion that
this story Is altogether the best bit of
work Mr. Crane has yet done. The book
will sell for seventy-five cents, and a first
edition of 10,1100 copies is being printed.
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icemly dli
Among the recently disinterred manu
scripts of Cnarloue Bronte has been found
a fairy tale, emitted The Adventures of
Edwin and Alembert. It is a curious and
remarkable anticipation of Mr. Rutkln'e
The King of the Golden River. Mr. Rus
kln has read the story, and pronounces it
finer than his own.
NOVELIST CAINE'S
Plea for
Peace.
At the recent arbitration meeting in
Queen's hall, London, Hall Caine, the
novelist, made this plea for arbitration of
disputes between the United States and
England: "A man of letters dor not of sen
Intrude himself u ion a political platform,
and perhaps the only apology I can make
for being here is that I am one of the
latest of our countrymen to return from a
visit to America. In the character ot a
recent American visitor, I have to assure
you that America does not want war W'tli
England, or with any other country, in
ferrible experience Americans know what
war can be. Nothing Impresses the trav
eler In America more profoundly then tie
sense that deep In the American character
lies the memory of the civil war. The bit
terness has gone from the wounds it
made, and old soldiers of north und south
l.o longer refuse to sit down at the same
table; but the scars remain, and when
Americans sneak of their sreat war. it la
with straightened faces. For four year, of
uwiui siruxgie, a minion or ueau, una ull
their own dead their own, whether nor;h
or south. War haa come very close to
Americans. The men are atlil only in mid.
die life who fought on the battlefield. of
Ull to 1SIH, und the women are not yet old
who nuraed their sons in the hoapl'.uls.
We have no reason to fear that our ap
peals in the interests of peace will fall of
a response in America. There ia no end
cf pluck and courage there; the people are
not so far given up to getting and spend
ing that they forget their duty to their
country. They have one of the smailt
of standing armies, and yet they are a
great mllltury nation, with an Intelligent,
brave, and almost Umltltss rank and tile
ready to take the Meld. Whatever else
they 'blow' about, they don't blow about
their miliary .prowess, and yet they huve
done some of the greatest things In mod
ern warfare. But in no part of tho world
Is the horror or war greater than In Amor
Ion. and nowhere would any practicable
plan of lessening the dangers of war be
hailed with more enthusiasm.
"The recent upheaval of popular feeling,
both In England and America, over the
Venezuelan entanglement was an alarm
lug experience to such of us as were un
touched by the war fever. To such us saw
the trouble from both sides of the ocean It
was hardly less than appalling, it chanced
that I was in America when it began. It
would be presumptuous en my part to
discuss the political issue, and I will not
dare do so; but 1 saw that Lord Sails,
bury's letter criticising the Monroe doc
trine a leter which seemed so strong and
statesmanlike la England was running
counter to a national sentiment In Ameri
ca that had almost gathered the force of
a superstition, and that a foreigner could
not fully understand. On the other hand.
I saw that, when Mr. Cleveland's message
was assailed in England and elsewhere as
a mere attempt to push along a third-term
boom, It was being unjustly attacked, sud
that English criticism of the president
was only uniting the parties In America, in
nis ravor. ii was my .pleasure ana privi
lege to see a little a very little of Mr.
Cleveland, and if his menace of war was
merely a badly calculated election ruse
planned months ahead, the crime must
have been perpetiated when I was In his
house. I can only say, on the strength of
the little I saw of the president, and on the
authority of whatever observation I moy
have, that he left a deep impression upon
me of strength and uprightness, ot purity
Of political purpose, and superiority to all
personal ambitions that were not good and
true; I found him a lover of England and
a lover of peace. Everything that was
said, everything that was done by his in
timate friends and family during that
short time left the conviction that he did
not want a third term, and would not take
It If it were offered him. Only at a mo
ment of war fever could the English people
have accused of mean and Impure motives
a statesman who had never before given
evidence of meanness und impurity. More
over, uny cooler tribunal than two coun
tries at fever heat would have remembered
(what has never even been remarked
upon) thut Cleveland's ill-fated proclama
tion was the same in spirit and almost
literally the same as that of Lincoln when
a similar entanglement with France oc
cured in Mexico in 1808.
"All the same, Mr. Cleveland's proclam.
atlon was a shock to lovers of peace, and
if such a danger can threaten us from so
unlikely a source, no more proof Is neces
sary that we want an improved method ot
settling international disputes. At pres
ent England and America stand to each
other in the relation of the neighbors In
the familiar dcllnitlon of the bov in Bun
day school: 'Johnny, who is your neigh
bor?" 'The person that lives next door.'
'And what Is your duty to your neighbor?'
'To keep my eye on him.' We who aro on
this platform think an International court
of arbitration would lessen the dangers of
war. Such a court was tried In the casts of
the Alabama dispute, and in spite of some
mismanagement on our side it worked
well, and reflected honor on the wisdom of
Mr. Gladstone. Of course, we know that
an arbitration court would not be an in
fallible preventive, and that it would pre
suppose a force behind it. We don't ex
pect that It would abolish standing armtot,
but we think It would reduce them, it
would be a council, not of war, but of
peace. Praco would be Its object, and
when it failed to maintain pertce it would
be humiliated If not disgraced. Its busi
ness would be to understand both sids;
it would begin with the motto that no
devil is so black as he la painted, and it
would end with the maxim that 'he that
ruleth his spirit is better than he that
taketh a city.' It might encounter prac
tical difficulties, and some will ask im whut
we will do In the cases In which it will
fall. We will do what the clergyman did
in Abraham Lincoln's favorite story: The
clergyman had to cross the Fox river on
horseback at a time when It was much
swollen and very dangerous. 'What will
you do when you come to the Fox river?"
'Friends,' he said. "I assure you 1 have no
intention ot trying to cross the Fox river
until 1 get to it.'
"If ever there was a time to try an arbi
tration court. It Is now, when the shadow
of a great disaster has hung over us and
passed on. And if ever there were two
countries made by nature for the experi
ment, it Is England and America. We arc
one family, and, of course, we exercise
the privilege of kindred to nag at each
other sometimes. When I am asked If 1
did not see in America a dlsnosttion to
snicker at England, I answer that perhaps
I did see it; but is it not true that we, too,
frequently see a disposition In England
to snicker Rt America? If England in
what the Canadian minister of finance
calls her splendid isolation lacked the sym
pathy of America, Is It not the fact that
during her great struggle for unity Ameri
ca lacked a good deal of the sympathy cf
England? But under the friction of leaser
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differences there ' Is assuredly a groat
aMdrng brotherhood of the English and
American peoples which no traveler can
fail to see. I saw It and felt it every where
In the eastern states. It is deep, search
ing, and sincere and where philanthropy Is
called for it is prompt and generous. Dur.
lng our Lancasnire cotton famine no sub.
eeripUons were larger than the subscrip
tions from America; and after the Chicago
fire, and when five miles by three of Amer
ican homes were desolate and the house
less people were sitting in the smoke and
ashes, a cable from London was posted up
en the blackened walls, saying: 'Write us
down for ten thousand pounds.' Our great
men are the great men of the Americans,
and we mourn their losses as we do our
own. When Lincoln died and his body
went back to Illinois, his soul was with
us in every church and chapel in tht
British Isles; and hcn Garfield was as
sassinated we held bis burial service in St,
rum s cainearai.
"War between England and America
would be indeed 'not only an absurdity,
but a crime.' Think of it on its religious
side. As Lincoln said. 'W rnrl th n9n
Bible, we .pray to the same God." If we
were at war we should both ask the 1
mighty Ruler of Nations to be on th's
side and thut. When a battle would be im
minent the church bells would ring in
Washington, so that the peole there
wouiu ue sskcu 10 pray mat tney mi;:i'
be the ministers of God's chastisement
unon us: and If the virtorv fell to our
the bells would ring In London, tint w?
nere migni give thanks to Uod ror allow
ing us to slaughter tlie Americans. "Gid
can't answ. r both.' as Lincoln said In an.
other connection; end God forbid that he
should ever bo asked to unswsr U fieri
It would be civil war. and nothing strikes
deeper into the fibre or a people. If nations
cannot be UDheld without brother lighting
against brother and father against 'on,
men in uous name lei mem go dawn. '
OUR COUNTRY IN LITTLE.
Senator Cannon's Proposed Crcnt
(round Mnp-. Scheme to Con
struct on the Potomac Flats in
Washington a Reproduction in
Miniature of the I'liited States.
i When young Mr. Cannon of Salt Lake
city was elected to represent the new
state of Utah In the United States sen
ate, he got, says the Sun, the particular
Opportunity which he had mose desired
for several years. It was a chunce to
piopcse, in a way which should be sure
of attracting thoughtful attention, his
scheme for the construction by the gov
ernment cf a gigantic ground map of
the United States, to be known as "Our
Country In Miniature." Senator Can
non's resolution provides for the ap
pointment of u commission of live citi
zens, "three to be selected by tho presi
dent, one by tho president of the sen
ate, nnd one by the speaker of the house,
to examine Into and report to congress
upon the practicability, advisability,
and cost of establishing et or near the
city ot Washington a ground map of
the United States of America, on a
scale of one square yard of map surface
for each square mile of actual area, or
on such a scale ns It may be possible
to comprise within the reclamation of
the Potomac flats, said ground map to
be as nearly as mny be our country in
miniature, reproducing in earth and
other materluls. on scale, the boun
daries and the topography, all the nat
ural and artliH-lul features of the sur
face, showing geographical divisions;
also, mountains, hills and valleys, for
ests, lakes and streams, cities and vil
lages; and said commission Is to reive
without compensation."
AN OLD IDEA.
For a long time Senator Cannon has
cherished the Idea of consructlng such a
map. He proposed It to the managers
of the Chicago fair in 1890, but they did
not grasp the Importance or worth of
the project. Now he says he Is very
glad they did not, for there Is a prospect
that by government construction and
care It will be made a permanent thing.
Senator Cannon's plan Is very compre
hensive. His design Is to establish at
or near the capital of the nation a
ground map of the country, which shall
furnish In general and In detail a com
plete view of tho vast domain within
the boundaries of the United States.
To d-i this satisfactorily he proposes
that the mnp shall be constructed on
the scale cf one square yard for every
square m'!e of actual territory, or one
one thousand seven hundred and sixti
eth of the natural size of the country.
This Is not an excessive size for a
ground map, but It Is twenty-live times
or mure the scale which ordinary map
makers use. To provide a map on this
scale there will be required 625 acres.
Upon It will be projected all the geo
graphical lines, all the topography and
what map makers call the "culture" of
the United States, that la all Improve
ments made by men, towns and cities,
railroads, canals, and public works.
Upon bucIi a tract of land there would
first be established the periphery of the
United States. 10.855 yards In length,
representing the 10,855 miles of our ac
tual boundaries by land and water.
Then from the apparent sea level on
the east and west tho tract would be
graded to a vertical Brule correspond
ing with the horizontal scale to show
tho greatest height attained bv any of
our mountains. All tho rivers, all the
lakes, all the forests, nil the mountains,
all tho valleys, nil the cities and vil
lages of the country, would be repro
duced with os great exactitude as the
skill of the landscape gardeners could
produce. Upon such a map the Missis
sippi river with Its Missouri tributary
will be 4,606 yards long and about three
feet wide. Lake Michigan will contain
22,000 square yards of actual water sur
face. Upon such a body of water min
iature steamboats and sailing craft
could ply. The cities would probably
be built of class, so that by running
electric wires under thenv they could be
Illuminated at night.
In Kenator Cannon's original scheme
It was designed lo have footpaths run
on the state lines so that the observer
could pass around each state. When
such oaths would not Interfere with
the topography or the culture they
vcnhl also be run through the larger
states. A grand driveway will be con
structed around the boundary of the
United States. It mny also be found
desirable to have a transcontinental
driveway, following, perhaps, the line
of the Union and Central Pacific rail
ways, or neighboring state lines. One
of the principal exhibits which wcuM
be sought to be made by the map would
be tho 236.000 schoolhottsos In the Vnlted
States. In the rneech which he made
upon tin Introduction cf his rerc!ut!nn
In the senate, Mr. Canncn said that It
was quite practicable with the skill
now at the command of landscape
gardeners thus to reproduce the coun
try. Scientific men have been greatly In
terested by Senator Cannon's proposi
tion. Mr. Cannon himself Is working
hard to assure governmental construc
tion of the map at Washington. If he
fails In that the map will be constructed
undoubtedly, he says, by some Western
university.
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further more it became perceptible that she
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every month, and I did really wonder how
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Her complexion became sallow and assumed
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(Signed.) EMILY AgGILE."
Sworn and subscribed in before me thil
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