THE SCItANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1896.
WORLD OF LETTERS.
SOME NEW BOOKS.
Silas Lucas Malet calls her latest
novel. "The Cartsslma" (Chicago: Her
bert 8. Stone & Co.) "a modem gro
tesque;" and her publishers in their
advance announcements assured us it
would be a work of "intense and con
tinued interest." but neither the sub
title nor the forecast wrought expecta
tion up to the height or fullilinent.
This Is decidedly the book of the year;
any. rational judgment taking Into ac
count the extreme difficulties with
which the writer of it had to contend
must rule that It is a remarkable tri
umph of genius in Action over uninvit
ing materials.
Miss Malet has simultaneously
opened three or four veins. She has
given us a touch of mysticism. In the
shape of Level-sedge's hallucinations
about the imaginary dog: she has made
a capital study. In Antony Hammond,
of "the degenerate son of a decadent
age" only, and here is where her real
genius comes In, Hammond, while de
cadent In the sense of suppressing his
more vital emotions and shirking as
one may say his more serious responsi
bilities, is not pictured as vicious or in
human, and is given, after all. his
modicum of good points: she has. in
Perry pere et mere, given us a pair of
characters which Dickens himself
might have envied, the pere a first
cousin to Mieawher anil the mere u
neutral tint similar to dozens that
Dickens employed; and finally, she has.
In "the carissma." put before us a new
woman who is as truly a child of our
time as was Becky Sharp a daughter
of the Hanoverian era.
Hut to make all this plainer, let us
brlelly unravel the thread of the story.
It opens at a hotel near Lake Oene
vn, where one Ieverseilge an Kimlish
man who had "made his pllu" in South
African speculations and come home
to lay It ut the feet of the woman ho
loved Is staying In company with a
'riend. Antony Hammond; with his
mce. Charlotte Terry, the "earls-
Tia": and with Miss Perry's parents.
. very brief of it is that while Lev
dge is a great, strong nature filled
ho brim with his passion for Ohnr-
ite. the latter Is a spoiled product
f our nrtltlcial modern t-choollng who
.ins been taught a hoiulful of silly
things, tries to appear In a succession
of puses euch of which she herself at
the moment fancies to lie her real
self, nnd In the end tricks I.eversedge
Into n civil marriage only to conduct
herself so. Immediately afterward, as
to cause him, in a moment of despon
dency brought on largely by a men
tal trouble which had originated in a
fever, to drown himself and leave her
free to follow the bent of her super
ficial Inclinations.
All this seems simple enough and con
veys little hint of the power with which
the successive situations are handled.
This power will require a reading of
the book and will assure thnt he who
begins to read It will not stop short
of the last word.
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A volume from the same publishers.
"The Fatal Gift of Heauty and Other
Ptorles," serves to enable C. K. Rnl
nionil to exhibit his powers as a hu
morist. No doubt the humor In these
seven tales Is of a very Impressive
character could one find It: but It Is
too subtle, far too subtle for us. Mr.
ltalmond, by the way. Is an English
man. I! II II
"With Fortune Made." a novel by
Victor Cherhuliez. forms No. 25 of
Appletons' Town and Country Library.
It Is a story full of Gallicisms but
withal well told.
I! II II
Sir Walter IVsant can, when he wants
to, turn out a capital story, and he
evidently wanted to when he wrote
"The City of Refuge" (New York:
Frederick A. Stokes Co., for sale In
Fcranton by 11. 11. lleldlemnn). It Is a
novel with a purpose; the purpose be
ing to illustrate now easily the the
oretically Ideal rules of a monastic re
ligious "community" like for instance
the Kconomltes may be made to work
gross mischief when the manipulator
of them is nnimnted by evil instead of
philanthropic purposes. The wav Sir
Walter sets his villain Into the "com
munity" is somewhat melodramatic.
He Is nn English peer, a second Sir
Charles Dllke possibly Tilke was his
prototype who Is to nil appearances
happily married and on the highway
to politlcnl success when his mania for
gambling leads him Into serious indis
cretions, including forgery. He Decs
from England, wanders from place to
place, always utilizing his cleverness
In fomenting deviltry and linnlly rounds
tip In a York state communistic experi
ment, whereupon the fun begins. It
wouldn't be fair to tell what that fun
consists of, but It Is fast and furious
and the narration of it fills out an en
tertaining story.
II II II
The first volume of n pretentious lit
erary labor In a field as yet unoccupied
has appeared from the presses of the
Appletons under the title "The Begin
ners of a Nation: a History of the
Source and Rise of the 'Earliest English
Settlements In America with Special
Iteferenee to the Life nnd Character
of the I'eonle." The author Is Dr. Ed
ward Eggleston. and in the preface he
Informs js that his purpose in this and
In the volumes which are to come Is
to trace from their sources the various
and often complex movements that re
sulted In the evolution of this great
nation. He has sought to do for Amer
ican history what Lord Macaulay
thought he could do for Great Britain;
narm-ly. picture the social. Intellectual
and religious as well as the political
forces of nation-building. Lord Ma
caulay lacked In accuracy of detail and
In originality of research. Dr. Eggle
ston, In order to avoid these faults,
has delved deep Into original sources
of Information and has written what
In many respects is practically a new
history of the I'nited States new In
the standpoint from which past events
are viewed and also new In much of
the data recorded. We cannot at pres
ent go Into such a review of this schol
arly and important work as it obvious
ly deserves. That pleasant task must
be deferred until a more convenient
time. But we can say now that the
initial volume In the series In which
Dr. Eggleston proposes to Incorporate
the fruits of sixteen years' research
Into the springs of our national exist
ence bears out the claim that it will
prove an epochal undertaking and that
American letters will be appreciably
the gainer thereby.
DECEMBER MAGAZINES.
The Century this month Is a Christ
mas number and it Is not. It has a
special cover very artistic, by the way
and one or two features germane
to the occasion notably another of
"Whitcomb Riley's enjoyable Christmas
poems In dialect. But there Its cele
brating Judiciously ends. The chief
contributions in this Issue of America's
foremost' magazine are the continua
tions of Marlon Crawford's and Dr.
Weir Mitchell's serial stories; the sec
ond of General Porter's paperson Gen
eral Grant and William E. Smythe's
exploitation of "Ultimate California."
Altogether the number is well-balanced
and admirable,
St. Nicholas Is for the younger folk
what the Century Is for the older. In
asmuch as the children are specially
Interested in Christmas, St. Nicholas
makes much of It and turns out a
number that Is In full keeping with
the year's brightest holiday.
The series of articles on "The Prob
lem of elementary Education." by Dr.
J. M. Rice, which have been in pro
cess of preparation for nearly two
years, begins In the December number
f the Forum.- These articles are based
n special tests undertaken with more
than one hundred -thousand children,
ind represent an entirely new depar
ture in the field of pedagogical study.
They will be considered at further
length in another connection.- The oth
er contents of this month's Forum ere
timely and forceful and the number
merita a large sale.
o
McClure's this time is a Action num
ber, with short stories by Kipling,
Frank Stockton and Maclaren, not to
speak of Kipling's serial and one or
two other specimens of imaginative
writing. But the noteworthy feature
Is the beginning of Hamlin Garland's
serial life of I'lyssea S. Grant. A lit
tle while ago It was Napoleon, then
Washington, then Lincoln and now
Grant. This biography, we are told,
will surprise the public by its fresh
ness, its new facts and unpublished
anecdotes; Its virile, clear, and absorb
ingly Interesting presentation of Grant
at different periods. Its comprehensible
narrative of the development of Grant's
character and genius; and its vigorous,
compact story of the sequence of
events in Grant's life. Mr. Garland,
we are Informed, has studied the docu
mentary records: he has examined
Grant's letters many of them unpub
lished; he has visited In person all the
scenes of Grant's life in this country,
from West Point fo Mexico, and from
Virginia to Oregon; he has Interviewed
men who have known Grant personally
and have had significant relations with
him; everywhere he has gathered docu
ments und pictures. Then, applying
his skill as a literary nrtlst to the muss
of material thus obtained, he has un
dertaken to sift and mold the whole
Into a narrative that should have all
of the picturesque quality and all of the
dramatic progre.-'s and climax of a real
istic novel. We can readily credit this
forecast after perusing Hie op-ning
chapters. They certainly are fascl
nuting. o
The Cosmopolitan runs largely to pic
tures this month; there are seventy
pages of them. Mr. Crawford's Mod
ern Fairy Tale proceeds nicely; there
is a spirited description of the recent
exhibition railway wreck down at
Crush, Tex., and not subordinate In In
terest Is George F. Becker's paper on
the gold fields of South Africa. A new
name appears among the contributors
to the world of art and letters that of
Harry Thurston Peck and we are
glad, for when Professor Peck writes,
we read.
a
There are several good things In the
Xmas Godey's: too many, in fact, to
mention one at a time. But the aver
age reader will make no mistake If he
sturts in with Clarence Herbert New's
storv called "The Santa Claus of the
Midland Railway." It tells of a rail
way general manager who raises
wages, gives his men turkey dinners
and does many other gracious and
seemly things on Christmas; but, alas,
he is only imaginary.
Few recent critiques have better
rompieheniled their theme than Is true
nf .Inn kirn lit'inlutl'd's paper, in the De
cember Looker-On. on Paul Bourget's
novels. It Is a model of discriminating
criticism. An article on "The Sublime
and the Sentimental In Piano Playing
tells why many pianists who can in
terpret Chopin fail to reach over the
majesty of Beethoven. Then there Is
an excellent sketch of Massenet by
Louis C. Klson, and several other
things that ought to Interest tnoso wno
care for good music.
o
'Foreign Ideas In the Catholic
Church In America" Is the title or tne
third Issue of the Ttoycroft Quarterly
Elbert Hubbard's serious venture.
Its author Is Rev. Father George Stur
dier, pastor of St. Joseph's church,
Buffclo. He gives the Cahensly wing
In Catholic church politics some
strulght-from-the-shoulder body blows,
utid moreover proves that they de
serve them.
With due resnect to the always ad
mirable contents of the Bookman, and
especially, on this occasion, to Profes
sor Peck's paper on American political
oratory, the closing Instalment of
"Kate Carnegie," the discriminating
book reviews and the Informing pic
tures and gossip, the most readable
part of the December Bookman is the
advertisements. Here every publisher
of anv consequence, both at home and
abroad, tells what he has to sell for
the holidays und makes It possible for
the present-buyer who wishes to pur
chase books which are the best of
presents when well-chosen to do so
Intelligently. The Bookman's Christ
mas cover, by the bye, is a gem.
o
We haven't mentioned Chap-Book for
several weeks, but that wasn't because
it wasn't worth mentioning. Here
comes the number for Dec. 1; let us see
what's in it. In (let ion, we have
"Elisha" by "Q. an allegory, and a
cuntivatinu short story by F. Frank
fort Moore called "The Wav to Keep
Him," detailing how one erring hus
band wus brought to book. The poetry
Is by Clinton Scollard. Madison Caweln
and Louise Imogen Gulney: the por
traits are of Richard Harding Davis
and Richard Le Gallienne (the lntter
one of Max Beerbohm's caricatures),
and to conclude, there Is an appreciative-study
of Le Gallienne and some
cracking notes. This Is not bad for
Chicago.
LITKIIARY ( HIT-CHAT.
Ople Road will write three plays, a long
novel and several short stories 111 1W17.
.Mrs Klia W. l'eattle, the author of "A
Mountain Woman" and "Jim Lancy's
Waterloo" the latter of which explains
between the lines why Kansas and Ne
braska went for Hryan has removed from
Omaha to Chicago. She will do principal
ly short stories for the magazines In 1 Hf 7.
Lillian Hell, a bright Chicago writer
whose "Little Sister of the Wilderness"
crested much stir, will pass two years
In Ems ami In Paris and Berlin. She will
write letters of travel.
Stanley Waterloo, whose "A Man and a
Woman" Is now in its seventh English edi
tion, Is finishing a novel of the cave dwell
ers, called "The Story of Ab." As soon
as this is completed he will begin a study
of college life In the west, following his
characters In their struggle with the
world after they leave their alma mater.
llobart Chatlleld Chattleld-Tuylor is
writing another novel.
There Is a very hypercritical soul in the
critic's department of our Gotham name
sake. Witness how she (Intuitively we
say "she") wades Into Mr. Richard I.e
Unlllene for his later "Prose Fancies":
"The first was bail enough. Why should
there be a second? Apparently in order
that Mr. Le Gallienne might prattle
sweetly about "shaggy tossing water,' and
a moon that looks 'like a silver bowl brim,
ming with the tears of dead lovers,' and a
city that Is 'like a seablown rose.' what
ever thnt may be. It is because these
books of essays are printed with no other
visible purpose than this that they are so
distressing. Once In awhile the author of
the 'Prose Fancies' has had something to
say, but upon most occasions he writes
from sheer delight of meddling with
words. There Is not a page In the volume
before I's which can be said to convey a
pleasant nnd sigKestlve touch of faiicy
a poetic or edifying thought. It is foppish
maundering."
"THE PLAY'S THE THINQI"
HAMLET. Life.
Copyright, 1890, by Mitchell Miller.
RILEY TALKS
ABOUT NYE.
Mr. Russel M. Seeds, of the editorial
statf of the Indiaiiauulls Journal, the pa
per which first Introduced Jatnrs Whit
comb Itiley to fame, has written for the
Kccnester I'ost-Kxpress an inivresiuiK
account of a talk recently had with -Mr.
Itiley concerning his former entertainment
Partner, the lute Kill Nye. .Mr. Riley fre
quently "loafs" at the Journal olllce for
It will be remembered that ne lives ui
Indianapolis and on these occasions gen
erally looks over the books that hove come
to that paper for review, on the inrileu-hii-
niiirnliiir when Air. Seeds succeeded in
luring him Into a talk for publication h
had dug up irom tne pile ot recent looks
Hill Nye's posthumous work, "A Guest at
the Ludlow and other Stories." it was
not the first time he had seen It. Indeed,
he has given more care und attention to
I the bringing out ot mm nisi wors oi ms
Mean menu man ne usually noes iu me
mechanical and business details of his
own books, and be had read ami reread
everything in It before it was given to the
public. Vet he spent nearly an hour in
loving examination of the volume, read.
Ing again with thorough enjoyment a
number of the sketches. The friendship
that existed between the poet and the
gentle humorist was one of thos-; remark
able bot ds of sympathy that few men are
fortunate enough to find in life, and those
who do seldom find It more thiin once. The
same keen sense of the ridiculous, the
Fume shyness or humor in conversation,
the same gentleness of sperlt and
the same tender anxiety to liuhu-n each
other's Cares Welded this bond of sympa
thy that lasted to ten death of the one und
will remain through the life a huppy mem
ory to the other.
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"These stories are more like him than
any he ever published while alive." suld
Mr. Itiley, sauntering over to the desk
of the literary editor and exhibiting the
volume. "They breathe the spirit of Nye
in almost every line. Just listen to this."
and in his Inimitable way he read an ex
tract from the volume. "The quaintness
anil whimsicality or Mr. iSyc'a humor,
said Mr. Riley, as he closed the little vol
nine gently und held It In his lap, "wus
the notable thing about him. it was un
accountable upon any particular theory.
It Just seemed natural for his mind to
work at that gait. Ho recognized the
mutter-of-fuct view others took of the
Keiierul propositions of life, und sympu
thlzcd with it, but he did so with a native
tendency to surprise and astound that or
dinary state of mind and vision. Ib could
say a ridiculous thing or perpetuate a run.
colons act with a face like a Sphinx,
knowing full well that those who saw
or heard would look to his face for some
contlrmatlon of their suspicion that it
was time to laugh. They had to make
up their mlnqs ubout It unaided ny nun
however, for they never round any tro
of levity in . his - countenunce. As he
would say, he old his laughing "else
where.'
II I! II
"One day In winter the train stopped
at the way station in the west, and he
had live minutes to wait. .Mr. Nye's rov
ing eye had discovered that the plush
leather Pillows of the sofa In the smok
lug compartment of the car we were
riding In were unattached. Without a
word he (ilcked up the leather cylinders
and placed one under each arm, with the
tassels to the front. He was an invalid
in looks as well as in strength, and when
he appeared upon the platform thus
equipped tin astounded natives watched
him with silent, sympathetic curiosity lis
he strode up -and down, upparerjly
seizing the opportunity - for a little
much-needed exercise. Tho rest of us
had to hide to keep from exploit ne. hut
he was utterly oblivious to the star
and comments until he returned to the
car. No explanation was vouchsafed,
and the primitive Inhabitants of that town
are probably still Aonderlng what horri
ble malady compelled that Invalid to wear
those outlandish cushions. A favorite
amusement wllh him wus the reading of
Imaginary signs nl the stations when ne
were traveling. When the train would
stop nnd trmt hush would come over the
car. with half the people wondering who
their fellow-passengers were and the other
hair viewing the utile grocery on the one
side or the station, restaurant or bill
hoard on the other, .Mr. Nye would break
forth und heulii to read the bill board
aloud: 'Soda water crackers hiirhest
prices paid for lil ies and tallow also Ice
cream, golden syrup and real hers,' The
passengers across the aisle would perk
their curs, then rise and come, craning
their necks, to find the words he was
reudlng from the bill board, or finally
some old fellow would come up to the
seut und declare that he could not find
where It said that. In u quiet way this
would tlcke Nye beyond measure away
down In the deeps of his sad-pathetic
spirit. His conferences with the train
boys have often nearly given me convul
sions. When the boy handed him a hook
Nye would ajk with great Interest what
it was about, and listen patiently to ull
the boy knew of its contents. "Let's see
it," nnd he would open the book and read
aloud, in a monotonous sing-song, a lot
purest nonsense, drawn from his imagina
tion. It was done so seriously that the
boy's eyes would begin to hung out ns
the reading went oh. Finally Nye would
shut the book up with a snap, losing the
place, and hand it back to the boy with a
puzzled air. es if he did nut understand
why the young man had lied so about its
contents. We could lind that buy for an
hour afterward searching diligently the
pages of that book to find where thai stuff
was urinted.
:i ii ii
"Nye's method of 'stringing' people."
said .Mr. Ulley, "was entertaining al
ways, but never cruel and never earned
him the resentment of the peonte who
were the victims of It. One of the most
artistic cases of this sort I. recall whs
the way he got revenge on a Chicago
tailor. The tullor did not know him when
he went to order his suit, but he did
know from bis style that he was from
the country. He told Mr. Nye Just what
kind of a suit he wanted, selected the
cloth and measured him with the assur
ance that this was a beautiful fast color
and would wear like iron. It should be
put up handsomely. When Nye paid him
for the suit and usked that It be shipped
to a way station in Iowa the tailor was
sure that he was right in the mental
measurement he had taken of his custo
mer. The suit arrived, neatly lined with
farmer's satin snd Nye put It on. Day bv
day Its bright blue grew lighter and light,
er, until, when we arrived in Chicago six
weeks later, it was a kind of a dingy dun
color. Nye remarked as the train pulled
In that his first duty in that city would
be to go around and Interview that mer-rhaiit-liar
and we went. He shambled
back to the rear end of the shop, where
he found the man who sold him the gar
ments. He shook hands with him cordial,
ly. said he was glad to renew the pleasant
acquaintance and asked If he knew what
had caused the suit to change Its beauti
ful color, at the same time turning no
the lapel of the coat and showing the
striking contrast between the original and
the present color of the cloth.
"'Why, man!' cried the tailor, bristling
with defensive Indignation, 'what in the
world have you been doing to that suit?'
" 'Well,' replied Nye, in a tone of the
meekest apology, 'you did not warn me
and I suppose It was my fault and I
ought to have known better. But since
you insist, I'll tell you frankly what I
did: I put It on and wore It right out
In- the sun!' The tailor saw the point ami
Insisted upon making another suit out of
cloth that was really good at, 1 would not
accept pay for It.
II II II
"Mr. Nye's sudden comments made In
the midst of a lecture were often the
A FOOT BALL TEAM OF THE FU1 U3E. -
means of bringing the house to Its feet.
He knew better than anybody his lack
of physical ability to (III a large hall with
his voice and he strained every nerve to
meet It. Any extraordinary commotion
In the hall discomposed him and he would
wait until It subsided. It was nut a
Pleasant thlag for him to hear a voire
from the back of the hall culling 'loud
er.' I'pon such occasions he had a habit
of turning the laugh upon his tormentor
by elevating his voice, looking puzzled
and asking what that remark was he had
Just heard. I remember one occasion iu
particular when we hail a remarkably
large hull, crowded to the walls. The en
trance was at the further end of the hall,
opposite the platform. Mr. Nye, as usual,
opened the evening, very fearful of his
ability to reach the whole throng. He
hud barely got started when the doors
opened and a great fellow about six feet
and two inches tall entered with two la
dies and Immediately fell into an tilterca
tlon with an usher about his seats. Nye
paused and the altercation could be heard
all over the house, ..with this fellow ar
raigning the usher in a very loud voice.
Finally It died down a bit and Nye re
sumed, but he was interrupted by the
man. who held up his hand und cried,
'Hold on, there, 1 have paid for seats for
this lecture and propose to hear all of
it.' Nye replied with great composure:
'In view of the great size of the hall,'
said he, 'I was about to congratulate the
audience upon the foresight of the man
agers in securing a speaker for each end.'
The house howled with delight and the
applause beat back upon the obstreperous
Interrupter with such force that It drove
him from the hall. After this episode Nye
was always a great favorite in thut city
and was recalled there many times.
It II II
"Mr. Nye was a fatalist not a com
plaining one, but u fatalist no less, and
wllh considerable occasion. He was pur
sued by a spirit of the perverse. I'nex.
peeled, trying things were always hap
pening that seemed especially in line to
test his patience. Indeed, I was sometimes
Jealous of him, for these things seemed to
occur with greater force and persistence
to him than to me. I had frequently re
marked upon the persistent recurrence of
the number thirteen with me during one of
our tris In the 'South, hut this was one
superstition at which Nye scoffed. He
told me that at the next hotel we struck
If I objeced to being 'incarcerated' In No.
13 he would risk It once. And not long
afterward I found myself registered for
that fatal number; whereupon I promptly
Informed Mr. Nye that I should hold hlm
to his promise. I remembered I had a
handful of mull I wus very anxious to
see, but 1 would not open It until I had
got another room. Nye declared he want
ed to llrst size up the room he had been
assigned to, and went on down the hall
wllh the landlord. He soon returned
with the remark that he could not lose
much and walked into the thirteen room
and set his grip down, returning to where
1 waited In the hull outside. He hud not
more than got out of the door when the
heavy transom fell with u crash. He was
convinced that that transom had been
waiting for him for years.
Ii ii il
"Mr. Nye was nn invalid, but again,
as It would seein, it was the perversity
of'fate that made the public unwilling to
believe that a humorist could ever be Ml
or have any reasonable excuse for break
ing an engagement. He never got the
benefit of the excuses made for others
when they failed to appear or to write
according to expectation, one awful win
ter he was compelled to quit work In the
middle of the season here and go South lor
his health and to escape the rigors of
this climate. That was the winter that
quit right In the middle of Its business
here and struck for the South, where they
had the coldest weather they had ever
known prior to Mr. Nye's advent. And
there, though he was nearly dead, his syn
dicate letters had to go on Just the same;
and In fancy I cun see that heroic, almost
dying man on the flat of his back, writing
laboriously upon a scratch-pad, with the
wind blowing the rag carpel on the floor
up In billows. Ho suffered all the hard
ship of rigorous winter In summer quar
ters. And while he was 111 word reached
III in of the sudden death of Ills father Iu
Wisconsin, so far away that even If he
hail been able to make lh( J.iurney It
would have b.-en a physical Impossibility
for hlm to have leached his father's
house before the burial. It was u pe
culiarly hard blow to him, for they had
been friends and chums, as well as
father and son. Yet by the lime the news
reached hlm Ills father had been burled.
II ' II
"To the last this perverse fate d'-nicl
to him nnd his wife that om pleasure
that married couples initially enjoy if they
have nothing else a wedding Journey. He
was very poor to begin with, but of n
sanguine temperament, nnd at the tlnv?
of his marriage good-naturedly Informed
his bride fully of his circumstance. She,
a brave woman and worthy partner, prob
ably foresaw the force of the man and his
coming recognition In time; at any rat
she had great faith In him. and very
cheerfully accepted the situation. Their
wedding Journey, denied them In the bc
Klnnlmr bv their poverty, was deferred
from one cause end another for years, so
long thut they came to refer to It as to be
taken upon the marriage of their eldest
child, when the two couples could take
the Journey together. Hut Nye was yet
an Invalid, and one year when California
had been prescribed for him, we had mnde
a line or engagemems rowan tne i acni
slope after the regular season. It had
been ariahgeii tnai Airs. iy was 10 meet
us in Kansas City and the trip from thcrt
t.i the coast to be the long-deferred wed
ding Journey. He had built itreat hopes
upon this prospect, and In the pleasure
of anticipation had devised a dozen little
schemes lor tne surprise uuu eiiieriuin
ment of his wife, who had already left
thi-ir home, on Stnten Island, to Join us.
She had left their four children In care of
her nkece, a very wormy young woman,
and was somewhere on her way to Kan
sas Cltv when we arrived there. Nye had
expected to find her there, but Instead he
was confronted with u telegrum from his
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Staten Island physician stating thnt all
four of the children had been strlek-'ii
with scarlet fever. Through the Influence
of tlm physician, who wus a meat friend
of Nye, they had not been removed to th?
hospital, us the regulations required, but
had been liermitted to remain ut home,
with the house quaruntined. During the
next few hours prior to .Mrs. Nye's arrival,
und In all agony of suspense and appre
hension, Mr. Nye busied himself with
cancelling all-further lecture dales, and
when Mrs. X.vu. finally arrived he broke to
her the painful news of their children's
Illness und took the next train back east,
not knowing if their little ones would be
alive to greet them wlic-n they came. Ar.
riving home uTter that terrible Journey,
they found the children so 111 that they
could no tbe told of the arrival of the
father and mother; and Nye, with his
heart breaking, sat downstairs and wrote
to the children he was not permitted to
see In their rooms above, lung and happy
letters from California, telling them what
Jolly lovely times their mother and father
were having in tho land of lloweia.
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elusion, ugiUn fondly referring to the
volume, "I am especially rejoiced to see
my o'd comrade at his best In this last
published utterance, and the hook Itself
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a sluht of it could but have been highly
gratifying to the gentle humorist him
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The largest library In the world Is
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and about 200.000 manuscripts. The
difference between the Imperal Library
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eum Is only 12,000 volumes. There are
l.r.00,000 volumes in the Urltish Mus
eum. The lJuyal Library at Munich
has about 900,000 volumes u large num
ber of them being, however, small pam
phlets.' The Hoynl Library In Berlin
possesses MIO.000 books: that of Copen
hagen, rdO.OiiO; Dresden, 500,000: the
I'nl versify Library In Vienna contains
400,000 nnd the University- Library In
the same city, 370.000. The library of
the Ilude Pesth University posses 300,
000 volumes, and that of Carcow about
the same number.
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gist scranton. Pa.
DELAWARE AN'l)
HUDSON TIME
TAB I.R.
On Monday. Nov 23
trains will leave Scrun
ton as follows:
?7f X3'C ..l'or 'arhon,lale-5..
BO A mV 7-iu. 1.15, a. m.:
M m '-'w no0"! l-ZI. 2.20, 3 r
fir 6.25. Ii.25, 7.5T, 9.10, 10.30
f 1 1 . r5 p. m.
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ton, New Kngland points, etc. 5.15 a. m.;
s 2u n. in.
for Ilonesdnle 5.43, 8.55, 10.15 a. m.
noon, 2.20, 5.25 . m.
Kor Wllkes-Harre 6.45, 7.45, 8.45.
10.45 a. m.; 12.05, 1.20, 2.28, 3.33, 4.41,
12.00
11.04.
7.50, 11.30. 11.30 p. ni.
For New York, Philadelphia, etc., vl.i
Lehigh Valley Kallroad-0.45, 7.45 a. m.;
12.05, 1.20, 3.33 (with lllack Diamond E.v
pre), 11.30 i. m.
For Pennsylvania Railroad points (i.45,
9.38 a. m.i 2.30, 4.41 p. m.
For western points, via Lehigh Vnlly
Rallroad-7.45 s. m.: 12.03, 3.33 (with Biafc
Diamond lixtirean) 9.50, 11.30 p. m.
Trains will arrive at Scranton as fol
lows: From Cnrbondale and the north 6.40,
7.40, 8.40, 9.34, 10.40 a. m.; 12.00 noon: 1.05.
2.24," 8.25, 4.37, 6,46, 7.45, 9.45 and 11.25 p. m.
From Wllkes-Knrre and tho south 6.40,
7.50, '8.50, 10.10. 11.03 a. m.; 1.16, 2.14. 3.4.1
6.22. 6.21. 7.63, 9.08, 9.45, 11.52 p. m.
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II. W. Croud, D. P. A., Scranton. 'a.
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Directory of Wholesale and Retail
CITY AND SUBURBAN
AHTSTIDIO. UE.NIRAL MEUCIUNDISE.
F. Santee 638 Spruce. Ontcrhout, N. P., 110 W. Market.
' Jordan, James, Olyphant.
ATIII.KT1C AND IMILV PAPKKS. Bechtold. K. J.. Olyphant.
Itelsman & Solomon, 103 Wyoming ave. uahdw RV
ATIII I TIO (iOODS AND HICVCl ES. Connell. W. P. A Sons. 118 Penn.
C. M. Florey, 223 Wyoming ave. Shear Co., 119 N. Waahlnsto
Hunt & Connell Co,, 434 Lackawanna.
AWNINGS AN1 lit m;I:R (iOODS. .... ... .
J. J. Crosby. 15 Lackawanna ave. AHE A W I MOINO.
. Gunnter A Forsyth, S27 Penn.
HANKS. Cowles, W. C, 1907 N. Main ave.
Lackawanna Trust and Safe Peposlt Co. '
Merchants' and .Mechanics'. 429 iacka. "AKJir.SS AMI SADIII.I-HY IIAUDWAK&
Traders' National, cor. Wyoming and Frits, O. W.. 410 Lackawanna,
Spruce. Keller tt Harris. 117 Penn.
Weat Side Bank, 109 X. Main.
Scranton Saving. 122 Wyoming, HARNESS. THI NKS. DtUlilES.
lil l OINU, CAHI'ET CI.EANINli. ETC. K. H. Hom-er. 133 N. Main avenue.
The Scranton Bedding Co., Lackawanna. no'l'FI S
HKI Wi lis. Arlineton, Crimes ft Flannery, Sprue
'., ' ' and Franklin.
Rob non, K Sons. 435 X. Seventh. Scranton House, near depot.
Boblnson, Mina, Cedar, cor. Alder. ' 1
UK YD I S (it NS ETC llf SI-. S1U AMI EKESCO I'AINTEK.
. Parker, E. 321 Spruce. Wm. Hay, 112 Linden.
I K Y( I E I.I VI RV. IIIMA.N HAIR AM) IIAIK DRESSING.
City Bicycle Livery. 120 Franklin. N.. T. Llsk. 223 Lackawanna.
mCYCI.K REPAIRS, ETC. LEATHER ANI FINDINGS.
Bittenbender & Co.. 313i, Spruce street. Williams. Samuel. 221 Spruce.
HOOTS ANIl SHOES. I.1ME, CEMENT SEWKU PII'E.
Goldsmith Bros. 30 Lackawanna. Keller. Luther. 813 Lackawanna.
Goodman's Shoo Store, 432 Lackawanna. m
MILK. CREA M. Ill T t ER, ETC.
UUOKER ANI JEWELER. Scranton Dairy Co., Penn and Linden.
Radln Bros., 123 Penn. Btonu Bros., 80M Spruce.
:aniy mam vc i i k er. .mii.i.iineh.
Scranton Candy Co.. 22 Lackawanna. Mrs. M. Saxe, 148 X. Main avenue.
:ARI'E1S AMI wall paper. millinery AND DRESSMAKING.
lnnalls, J. Scott, 419 Lackawanna. Mrs. Bradley, 20ti Adams, opp. Court
. Houec.
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
Simwoll, V. A.. C15 Linden. MILLINERY AND FURNISHING GOODS.
Brown's Bee Hive, 224 Lackawanna.
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.
' Blume, Wm. & Son. 522 Spruce. AND MILL SUPPLIES.
, Scranton Supply and Mach. Co., 131 Wyo.
Huntington. J. C, 3C3 X. Washington. MOKInTE AND DRESSMAKER.
Mrs. K. Walsh. 311 Spruce street.
CHINA AND GLASSWARE.
Rupprecht, Louis. 221 Penn ave. MONUMENTAL WORKS.
i . Owens Bros., 218 Adams ave.
CIGAR MANUFACTURER.
J. I. Flore, 223 Spruce street. PANTS.
Grrat Atlantic S3 Pants Co., 819 Lack
IHM EC ITONERY AND TOYS. wana ave.
Williams. J. D. & Bros., 311 Lacka. PAINTS AND srppl IES
CONTRACTOR AND HITI.DtU. Jlencke & McKee. 306 Spruce street.
Snook. S. M.. Olyphant. PAINTS AND W ALL PAPER. ""
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. Winke, J. C, 315 Tenn.
Harding. 3. L- 215 Lackawanna. ,,A M1ROKEK.
lUNIN i ROOM. Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna.
Caryl'a Dining Room. 505 Linden. t.,ANOS AND ORGANS. "
DRY GOODs. Etello. J. Lawrence, 308 Spruce.
The Fashion, 305 Lackawanna avenue. ..,,..... . .
Kelly & Iloaley. ai Lnckawanna. pllo I OGR API! ER.
Flnlcy, IJ. H., 610 Lackawanna. 1L 3. Cramer, 311 Lackawanna ave.
DRY GOODS. SHOES. HARDWARE, ETC. Pl.UMIIINrt AND HEATING.
Mulley, Ambrose, triple atorcj, provi- Howley, P. F & M. F., Kl Wyoming ave.
deuce.
HEAL ESI'VIK.
DRY GOODS. FANCY GOODS. Horatio X. Patrick, 326 Washington.
Kresky, E. H. & Co.. 114 S. Ma!n. . 1 - -
; K I lilt I : K STAMPS, STENCILS, ETC.
DRUGGISTS. Scranton Rubber Stamp Co., E38 Sprue
McGarrah & Thomas, 209 Lackawanna. street.
Lorentf. C, 41S Lnrk.t.: Linden & Wash. .
Davis, O. W., Main nnd Market. ROOFING.
Davies? John Main. National Roofing Co.. 831 Washington.
ENGINES AND I'OlI.ERS. SANITARY PLUM KING
Dickson Manufacturing Co. W. A. Wledebusch. tM Washington ave.
MNE MERCHANT TAILORING. STEAMSHIP TICKET.
J W. Roberts. 126 X Main ave. J- ,.A "arron, 2lo Lackawanna and
W. J. Davis, 215 Lackawanna Priceburgr.
Krlc Audren. 119 8. Main ave. '
. STEKEO-REI.IKV DECORATION A NO
FLORAL DESIGN. IMINTING. .
Clark. Q. R. & Co.. 201 Washington. 8. II, Morris. 247 Wyoming ave.
H OUR, lit H ER. EGG. ETC. A- ;OI'FEE AMI SPICE.
The T H. Watts Co.. Ltd.. 723 W. Lacka Grand Union Tea Co.. 103 8. Main.
Babcock G. J. & Co.. 116 Franklin. ' '. '. -
TRUSSES. HATT FRIES. RIBIIER GOODS
1 LOUR. FEED AND GRAIN. Benjamin & Benjamin, Franklin and
Matthews C. P. Sons & Co., 34 Lacka. Spruce.
The Weston Mill Co., 47-49 Lackawanna !
J ' UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY.
FRUITS AND PROPUCF:. Raub. A. R., 425 Spruce.
Dale & Stevens, 27 Lackawanna,
Cleve land. A. S.. 17 Lackawanna. UPHOLSTERER AND CARPET LAYER.
c. H. Hazlett. 226 Spruce street.
FURNISHED ROOMS. ,
Union House, 215 Lackawanna. WALL PAPER. ETC.
. Ford, W. M.. 120 Penn.
'h I Connell. 132 Washington. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
Barbour's Home Credit House. 425 Lack. Rogers, A. E.. 215 Lackawanna.
corEHS WINES AND I1QIORS. "
Keiiy t! J. & Co.. II Lackawanna Walsh. Edward J.. 82 Lackawanna.
Megargel & Council, Franklin avenue --
Porter, John T., 26 and 28 Laokawunna WIRE" AND WIRE ROPE.
Plrle. J.BZ TCLiekaIwknafcanna' Wai5b,urn Moen "'.. US FraakUi
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