- THE PRESS JOURNAL.
HARRISON, NEBRASKA
THK UTTLK MINSTREL.
2C Farm Facts and Notes
Books X and X Magazines i
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
The March term of court at Tork Is
swamped with business.
Lincoln has
-as company.
a prospect of another
There Isi only one jury -case to be
tried at the present term of court at
Fullerton.
William P. Miles, an attorney of
Sidney, is under charges of unprofea-
atonal conduct.
A young man named Kurtz was
knocked down and robbed by a tramp
at Plattsmouth.
Thomas Cunnahan, B. A M. section
foreman at Ravenna, was run over and
killed by a train.
The citixens of Falls City have peti
tioned the Missouri Pacific for better
pa Monger connec tions.
Carrie Nation delivered one of her
usual lectures at Love's opera house
at Fremont last week.
The two-year-old chiki of G. C. Bud
gis at McCook swallowed a large screw
and was cboken to death.
v Atkinson people are skeptical con
cerning the completion of the Atkinson
Niobrara River railway.
Beatrice has refunded S4S.X8 of i
Per cent bonds by issuing 4,Ji of 3
per ceat ten-year bonds.
Farmers of Dodge county are much
elated over the find of coal on K. Re
meles farm near Fremont.
A special meeting of citizens of Val
ley was held last week and a tele
phone company organized.
Emmette Roberts of Wahoo has
been sentenced to eighteen months In
the penitentiary for forgery.
Neal King, 13 years old.toie a horse
and saddle from Joe Franz at Union,
but landed la Jail in Jig time. -
The South Omaha troop of cavalry
was mustered into the state service on
Friday evening of last week.
John Wedgewood shot and seriously
Injured J. A. Marsh near Luke Quinne
baug and is now in Jail at Tekamah.
The American Beet Sugar company
at Grand Island hopes to secures con
tracts for 5,900 acres of beets this sea
son. -
Ira J. Lunday of Taylor attempted
to kill his wife, but failed; he was
more successful in his own case, how-
: Jacob D. Stormer. who defrauded
the Bank of North Bend of 1300 last
Jane, has been arrested at Baltimore,
Md. -
Dr. Torletz was convicted at Sidney
n Are counts for selling liquor ille
gally at Lodge Pole. He was fined Jl'W
on each count.
J. Wesley Dentler of Eagle, who
was scattering his money promiscu
ously la Lincoln for several days, has.
been adjudged insane.
Willis Wright, a small boy of Kear
ney, attempted to catch a ride on a
freight train and reu under the wneeis,
being killed instantly.
George Gould was held to the -district
court at David City under $20,000
bonds for complicity In the Bell wood
bank wrecking.
R. D. Stover, wSu embessled
from the Western Union Telegraph
Co. at Beatrice, has been released, his
friends making good the amount.
County Judge J. W. Dupin of Sew
ard has suffered another stroke of ap
oplexy, which leaves him in a very
enfeebled condition.
Oliver Under of Hastings started on
a trip over the great divide by the
laudanum route, but was Jerked back
by the prompt work of a doctor.
The Lee Broom and Duster Company
has closed a contract with the state to
se the labor of 125 lo 250 convicts
dally at the rate of 45 cents a day for
each man.
Will Clark, an employe on McKey's
ranch near Marsland, attempted to
raw a revolver from his overcoat
fMMdnrt, when the weapon was . dis
charged, the bullet passing through
hi body and resulting fatally.
Mrs. Lena Bloom of "Banner county
tiled under mysterious circumstances
aad It Is suspected that she was mur
dered to compel her to reveal the se
cret hiding place of the family pocket
which contained 130.
i. K. Bartholraen, while moving hit
goods from Bellwood to Lin-
was thrown from- the wagon, a
ver him and breaking
ribs.
Arthwr O. Kavanagh of Tecwmsefa.
Men tenant la the aavv, has
to senior lieutenant. At
ha to wjth the eralsir Phlla
Wmi X the laUMMsi mt Paa-
f Nebraska City
ths salaries sc all eitv
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Potato Growing-
From twenty-three trial plats the
Cornell Experiment Station (New
Tork) got, last summer, an average of
a bushels to the acre, the maximum
yield being 289 bushels. The potatoes
were all planted May 14, except one
plat planted June 13, and another June
17. The first yielded 162 bushels, and
the last 17 bushels to the acre. None
of the plats were sprayed mor than
twice. Commenting on these results
a bulletin ofT6estaUoirsas:
"While we will not draw any definite
conclusion from these results, it simply
confirms our opinion heretofore ex
pressed, that for best results potatoes
should be planted in the early spring,
and have the entire season to grow in.
Many plant late to avoid in part the
ravages of potato bugs, and there is
no question about there being some
advantage in this. But if continued
experiments demonstrate that early
I planting aud thorough spraying will
increase the crop from 50 to 100 bushels
per acre over late planting and little
or no spraying." it would seem a wise
policy to plant early and protect the
plants by spraying., A study of the
table will reveal that the plats which
received the most tillage did not In
every case give a larger yield than
those plats receiving a less amount of
tillage. The season was so wet that in
some cases in order to carry out our
experiment, tillage was given when the
soil was too moist and the results
were not always beneficial."
The same bulletin says:
"Pruning potato vines to one main
stalk has been recommended. On plat
19 the vines were pruned. It yielded
at the rate of 272 bushels per acre.
Plat 13 was treated the same in every
way except the vines were not pruned.
It yielded at the rate of 2S2 bushels
per acre. Evidently pruning does not
increase the yield."
Regarding method of growing the
bulletin says:
"During the winter about 10 tons of
coarse manure were applied to the
ai re. The land was plowed and tllL-d
In the early spring, and was planted
to potatoes May 16, In rows forty inch
es apart, and were covered deeply, the
land being left in ridges over the seed
pieces. Ten days after planting the
land was harrowed twice. After har
rowing, growth was very rapid. We
believe the practice of harrowing aft--
potatoes are planted, it may often be
done two or three times with profit.
This method, however, can be safely
adopted only where potatoes are cov
ered not less than 4 inches.
Hard Milkers.
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I have a cow 5 years old that is a
hard milker -end has been since her
first calf. Her teats and bog seem ell
right externally, but she kicks quite
often and acts as if the milking hurt
her. Calved a year ago and has been
driven several times since, but didn't
slick. 1 in fair condition. Am feed
ing her four pounds of mixed feed
(wheat! two pounds of corn meal, on.
and one-half pounds of cotton se-d
meal and wheat mixed, hay, red top,
driver ltkr-ila iy -. At Who ,.-111 . I
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This cow is probably one of those ex-
tremtly nervous animals that does not
let down her milk freely. We have seen
many such and do not find anything
the matter with their udders, and such
cows are usually shy breeders. If th
milk comes Into the udder but is hari
to strip out as a result of obstruction
in toe end of the teat, it would be an
easy matter to slit the inside of th
teat by means of a suitable teat bis
toury and make her a free milker, bus
if there is nothing of this sort cau.-ii.u
the trouble we do not think It posnibl
to improve her and she should be fat
tened off and killed. If you wish t"
treat her rub the udder with alcoho!
and sweet oil, equal parts, twice daily,
and feed oil meal or oil cake with an
abundance of bran and other mil-making
foods. Wash out the vagina daily
with bicarbonate of soda, half ounce;
warm water one gallqn, by means of a
long rubber hose and funnel or foun
tain syringe. Refer to answers to in
quiries about non-breeders in recent
issues.
Dow Shredding Pay?
, A correspondent writing to the Mod
ern Farmer from Fredrick to wit, iiv
says:
"I bad my corn fodder shredded,
but do not like It- Better tie it up In
bundles and feed the old way. Yy
stock eat it no better thgn did in th
stalk; I doubt If as well."
We would be glad to hear from
others on this subject, as it is becom
ing a question whether It pays to
hread the fdHder. ' A few years ago
It was generally believed that it pak
to cook feed for stock. Now there are
hut few except those who have cook
ers to sell, who think there Is any
thing gained by It-i The truth Is It is
tens at a loss, and It was the manu
facturers of cookers who created the
belief. Who knows but this .may
cove true of shredding? a bvAVtin
of the Missouri station has the follow
ing u say oa this subject:
'Whoa the whet fodder and shred
doi fad Isr ars compared the difference
to sarorMngly small, aad instead of
th ohsadstng protsas , having in
crease the feeding vara It asanas to
have diminish so" It. This la the sur
mise of tks sgaarlmsat. It has al
ways bass asmia that th shroaaed
by th eattla.
aaa stow a
X3st fassttA
fchsr foams vatse.
lp M amc af tXt OaOaf tUUr was
lC3J g C wte fUv the
percentages being 36 for shredded and
40 for the whole, or 720 pounds of
shredded and 800 pounds of whole fod
der per ton. In no case did the shred
ding appear to Improve the palata
bility of the food. In fact the whole
fodder was uniformly eaten with more
relish than was the shredded. This
is accounted for by the fact that when
the animals had an opportunity to se
lect the portion they preferred and
discard the coarse, hard stalks, where
as in the case of the shredded fodder.
The coarse portion-of -the stalk to -gether
with the pith, was so inter
mingled with the blades, husks, etc.,
that little opportunity was offered the
animal for selection. As a conse
quence less dry matter was consumed
on the average by the lots on shredded
fodder than by those on the whole
fodder. From these facts It does not
appear that It 'would be profitable to
shred fodder unless it can be done at
the same time that the corn is husked
and practically without expense for
the shred'delng. I n other words, if, as
many claim, the corn can be busked
and the fodder shredded at about the
expense of husking the corn by hand
it would undoubtably be, advisable to
do so for the greater convenience and
saving in handling the fodder. But to
be at the expense of shredding the
fodder after the corn Is busked would
certainly be unprofitable..'
A bulletin of the Kansas station In
'S9, as quoted by Henrjr says:
'I am abundantly satisfied from ac
curate experiments made to test the
point and from actual experience, that
the chief, almost only value of cutting
fodder is found in the fact that such
chopped fodder may be placed in the
manger and generally handled much
more conveniently than the unchop
ped.' During one season's trial it was
observed that the finer the fodder was
cut the larger the proportion of waste.
Henry says he obtained quite contrary
results at the Wisconsin station, and
concluded from his experiments that
there is a waving of 24 per cent forase
by using it in shredded form. He tries
to explain in his works on Feed aJid
Feeding why he and the Kansas sta
tion ate so far apart, but his explana
tion is a very poor one. in our opinion,
and at best he does not makeavery
good showing for the shrededr.
Vt e notice that in his experiments
he represents all of the stover fed as
being eaten, which does not agree with
his statment, In another place, that the
waste is excellent for bedding, nor
with the experience of people who
have fed shredded fodder.
We are not committed to either side
of the discussion and are only inter
ested in getting the facts for our read
ers. We would be pleased to hear
from readers who have Information oh
the subject.
Regarding That Mortgage.
Mr. M. E. Morris of Florence County,
South Carolina, makes a few- pointed
remarks on the subject of mortgages
that are worth reprinting:
"Old man, young man, if there Is a
mortgage on your farm, get out of the
rut, shake off the dust and go to ork.
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ivu l nil. Vli U UUK Ul I n
corner grocery ana talK it lol. lute i
hold of the other end of a hoe ltir;d;2 1
ana mane is potato, or ii bushe'u of
jrain or 116 where you usually made ,
but one. Turn over everything that '
has a nic kel under it. Don't patronize !
16c- shows, circuses, theatres, etc.; don't j
smoke cigars or yisit drinking saloons. '
These institutions dd not go hand in
a!d with a mortgage. I never ki '.
a mortgaae to get drunk. You may
play with a fiddle or mouth organ, but -
u tan i piay wnn a mortgage; if you
do you will son play out and don't t
you forget it! i Mortgages don't go
deep, they work all the time, cold or
hot, w et or dry. rain or shine, on "Sun
days, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving
day or Christmas. While you sleep,
they work. You may die; your wife
may die, but if you don't pay the
mortgage, your children will be turned
out or they will have to pay It. I have
often heard persons say what they
were going to do tomorrow, or the
next day, or next week, or next year.
and that time never came. j
"Don't sit idle and wait for some- !
Ihtnir turn itr, T'.l K..1.1 . . i '
of anything that you can hon il t.
a dollar out of and when 4
don't put it in your pocket; tarn
a' hole and come out. ,i jnj rr
town unless you have i v.-tMu u
sell and then have it Just a tie better
than anyone else; if t.ri, tr- ly
fresh; If chickens, strictly p, and
fat; if potatoes, smooth ant. clean.
Give full weights and measures and
demand the same. Don't bum '.he
wick at both ends. Don't be ashamed
to work; it will do you good. It will
help your family, it will help your
merchant. It will help your country.
If it rains, mend your harness, or tools,
saw wood, do something. Don't buy
anything because It's cheap; nothing
Is cheap that you can possibly get
along without. .Don't starve your fam
ily or animals' give them plenty of
good, wholesome food; If you haven't
got It, g to work and make It."
It Is well to Introduce new blood oa
the farm from time to time, and the
aim In Introducing such blood should
be to Improve on that hitherto pos
sessed. Thus safely the work of im-
?rtvlng can proceed. All over the south
(hers Is a vast amount of this sort of
business t be done.
sheep delight in well-drained, ary
They ways sleep oa kadis, U
they ess Msuch Wvstioas, rather
Is ksttsws. If their pastur
grswad to saastaatty wet their fast be
mm.
And many a slip Is in the air
He plays upon his violin;
A sadness dwells within his eyes.
The shoes are ragged on his feet.
And scoffers stop to criticise
The little minstrel In the street.
There by the curb he plays away
Where flakes float past and winds
blow chill.
And maybe, as the critics say.
He lacks the tutored artist's skill
But now and then a little strain.
Played faultlessly and soft and sweet
Floats up from where he stands out
there
The little minstrel In the street.
TUere by the curb he plays away
Where flakes float past and winds
blow chill.
And maybe, as the critics say,
He lacks the tutored artist's skill
But now and then a little strain,
Plavxl funitieuiv r.i nf uml sweet
Floats up from where he stands out
. there
The little minstrel in the street.
Say .ragged little minstrel, why
Must people listen but to hear
The false note, ever passing by
The strain that rises soft and clear?
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siigm in our own way sounu ins
Bweet
And faultless notes as oft as he
The little minstrel In the street.
A BUFFALO PUT TO DEATH BY
USE OF GAS.
Norah, the oldest cow in the large
herd of buffaloes In the Philadelphia
Zoological gardens.
killed by order
of Superintendent Brown, gas being
employed as the easiest way of putting
her to death. A simple but effective
apparatus was designed to carry out
the plan. So quickly was the gas ap
plied that the buffalo hal time to make
but a few ineffectual struggles, and
six minutes after the turning on of the
gas she was dead, and worth more
money than If she were alive.
A huge box of planks with a door at
one end was constructed. It was
braced with huge timbers bolted to
gether, and all cracks were caulked.
This was placed on a truck and put In
one corner of the buffalo yard. Norah
had always been of a cantankerous
disposition, never allowing even her
keeper. Jack Lover, to pet her as he
did the others, but she was coaxed into
the cage, and the door was closed.
The box was then wheeled close be-
side an outhouse where was a stove
burning charcoal and connection was
made between the two by means of a
large pipe.
Although the box was strong ,and
heavy, gome fear was felt lot Norah
In her struggles for fresh air might
break out, or at least upset her prison.
All -xthe keepers were gathered at the
epot prepared for an emergency, and
side braces were nailed on the box to
prevent It from overturning. The
deadly gas was then turned on. Norah
could not be seen, but she gave i.o
sign that the charcoal ftrmmi were af
fecting her until about four minutes j
alter. 1 hen there was the noise of a
mighty, though brief, struggle, fol
lowed by silence. In six minutes she
was pronounced dead, and the box was
opened In order to dissect the corpse. I
The skin was carefully removed ana
the entire bony framework left as In
tact as possible, for what can be pre
served of Norah is destined to look
with glassy eyes at mankind In some
t mUSeUlH
, Norah' death leaves seven In thi.
irt-nj t ii relics of the vast
nerds whit-h onv-e rois;d over itz co:.
tlnerit. They are so. scarce now that
a goou- iiv, Bp lmen is worth from
to $6W in the Western states, and
Philadelphia's collection Is supposed to
be the largest in the world, excer.tinir
lhe herd tt Yellowstone Park. A per- )
feet Muffed specimen is also rare and
worth about half the live article.'
?oiah
was 18 yeais old and had to
go because, like so many other things,
she had outlived her usefulness.
"The animals in our herd are so In
bred," explained Superintendent Brown
"that it Is absolutely nec-soary for us
Import some new blood. We huven't
much money to spare in the purchase
of new animals, but we exuect to
raise some by the sale of the buffalo
killed. In winter their fur Is In the
best possible condition and we can get
a neiier price tonn at any other time.
When we ge e -ugh money we pro
pose to , t , c ..g buffalo for breed
Ins -.! penes. Ft btve hitherto been
' . t jcce'-jl Iii a eeiing ti)nn in
jvilvlty, but r.ew h -d has to be ad-
tmi ence In a w'f.
fje . mmorphosis.
fhlte with snow the wayside hedges
'.nere the vines were wont to hang
All their clustered perfumed pledges
And the birds their rapture sang.
Hushed the music of the streams that
Laughed along the woodland ways;
Vanished all the happy dreams that
Haunted us through summer days.
Leafy pathwsy lost or hidden
What a strange, new world is thlsl
Flower and bird and brook forbidden,
Winter metamorphosis! -
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life and VS."w.i7 .-i
On some unexpected morrow
Life and spring come back again!
The salary of John J. Mitchell, pres
ident of the Illinois Trust and savings
Bank of Chicago, has been Increased
to 4.M a year. His salary Is neat to
th. highest paid to a bank official la
this country. Ia 1171 Mitchell entered
tha Illinois Trust aad Savings bank as ; mpr-a tnexhaos table quarry and has
assistant teller at a salary of 111 blUt up trom them a structure of
I abounding loveliness, both In Its gen-
- I eral conception and In IU details. It
A bobby of the Princess of Wales Is indeed most wonderful that the old
tba collection of parasols. It Is said nor, comas to us In this presentation
that she posstsss at toast It. twm cool and fresh as If we bad not be
at which am alike. They are of aU (on known It. A great wind blows
4 jW handles are works of through It that Is full of life and fresh
art. A press nt from Ihs Priaosas of mine:. It will rams In one of the great
Wales ta a
rtdo sot Infrequently
takes tks farm af a parasol, it
to
"Paul Travers's Adventures," by
Samuel Travers Clover. The sub-title
is the capital boy's book, w tilth lead:
"Being a faithful narrative of a boy's
journey around the world, showing his
mishaps, privations and otttinn-s thrll
ing privations, and how he won hia re
porter's star," gives very good Indi
cation of the substance of a fascina
ting story; it will d-light the boy of
15 or 1. (Lothrop Publishing Co.)
I
Mrs. Edith Wharton's new- novel,
-"-The Valley of Decision," wliUtfl pub
lished this week by Charles Scribner's
Sons. In the length of her first sus-
tained romance. Mrs. Wharton has
, gone to the extreme, for this novel
is in two
pages.
volumes, and numbers 40
A new edition of a very old book Is,
"The Night Side of Nature," by Cath
erine Crowe, originally published over
a half-centurv axo. It Is J. col
llection
-
;of stories relating to wraiths, apparl-
tlons, troubled spirits, haunted houses,
and the like. Those who want to woo
the creeps, or are Inclined toward spir
itualism, -should find the bok or inter
est. Published by Henry T. Coates A
Co., Philadelphia.
What "Black Beauty" did for the
I norse and "Beautiful Joe" for the ca-
nine, "Pussy Meow" attempts to do
for the third of man's good friends.
This bok, by S. Louise Patterson, is
cordially recommended, especially In
those households where pusxy meows
are spontaneous and heartfelt, and
apropos of some experiment by the
youngest 4nhabita.nl. Published by
George W. Jacobs & Co.
Philadelphia;
price, 60 cents net.
There is" plenty of w himsical humor,
delightful satire and "blue-sky philos
ophy" In "Naked Truths and Veiled
Allusions," by Minna Thomas Antrim
The author's cleverm-f? and nsycholo
loglcal Insight into existing conditions,
her spirited femininity and quaint dis
sections of social problems have pi t-
duccd a volume thtt even the
ni;
jaJed nad,'r can enJoy' Th'1' h""k '
i man ""Trisi, Witty and brlll.am
' from dainty UU" l" -l""Sue- "
I largely given over lo bus of wisdom
regarding the man and woman side o'.
'things. The nuked truths on these un-
conventlonay pAges are neither whi
tened or roughed, yet the manner of
their telling touches sleeves with el
egance. There may be something of
whimsicality In the author's analysis
of the passlos, tastes and humors of
both sexes as when we are admonish
ed "If you cannot be clever, be care
ful," and the epigrams may range from
grave to gay, at once wise, easy, play
ful or worldly, yet they charm by their
naivete, their extent and variety.
Henry Altemus Co., Philadelphia.
The advance orders for "Audrey,"
the new novel by Mary Johnston, au
thor of "To Have and To Hold." have
been so large that the first edition has
been made 125,000 copies. Published
by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
"A Orand Duchess and Her Court,"
is a biography of Anna AmaJia, Ii'-li-ess
of Saxe-Weimar and Klsenbach,
to be published shortly by Harper &
Brothers.
"The uecoy, a new i
V .-
ces Dana, is being published this week
by John Lane.
The March number of the Ludi"'
Home Journal Is an admirable exam
ple of a real "home" magazine. From
the beautiful cover, by Mr. L. Taylor
to the very last nag it Is replete with
dl.jffhtfu) n,.tion an,j ntrrwiting arti
cles. The number opens with th
unique story of "The Sexlon Who
Kuled New York Society, " by William
Perrine, and then comes a real treat,
another, "Lady or The Tiger," story
by the same Stockton who gave uh
that remarkable tale of mystery. Thin
one Is called, "-My BaHoon Hunt."
Gilbert Parker's "The Right of Way"
Is more than a novel, thought It will
command close attention from lover?
of mere fiction. Its hero Is of the male
typj hardest to treat Interestingly,
and r.::t after the conventional manner
of She moralist, for he Is a brilliant
young man who has learned to seek
Inspiration In a bottle. The story Is
not a temperance tale, but a strong
ntudy of mentality In tormenting
nhysican environments; it Is also high
ly Imaginative and sympathetic, with
developments and scenes that have the
special attraction too rare In hlxh
class fiction oT the unexpected. The
scenes and characters are Canadian;
the author xplins that his promise
in his book, "The Lane That Had No
Turning," that lie would write no
more French-Canadian tales has not
been broken, for "The Right of Woy"
had been written before the other book
was published. His readers will be-
ve that the promise should nsve
been made, for "The Right of Way" Is
the gretaeet book that Canadian life
has Inspired. (Harper A Brothers.)
Dr. John White Chsdwlck, In a
lengthy review of "ITIyesee" In the.
New Tork Times Saturday Review,
ays that Mr. Stephen Phillips "hs
taken his foundation stones from Ha
poetical successes of our time. It Is
a thlaf of beauty and It will be a
perennial joy to aQ lovers of high
l-try and to these a fresh assurance,
were any needed, that Pan is not yet
dead." Published by Hie Macmlllaa
Company. j..,,
Jn the Argonaut for March Jd there
Is an extended review of Mortimer
Menpess "Japan; A Study In ?oior,"
with numerous extracts telling how
Japan appealed to the artist and lover
of beauty, of cherry-blossom time and
of the quaint customs.
"A Fool's Year," by K. H. Cooper, a
story of Rnglish socl-J sn4.cjjJii5t
Introducing among other striking fig
ures an American millionaire whose re
markable exploits on the turf Involve
some peculiar complication. It is pos
sible that some attempt at iuasl-
identification my be made by Amer
ican readers, but for this the writer
affords no Justification. The plot turn
largely on a curious Intrigue in which
the American takes a leading part.
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The story is one of Incident and on a
complications, and Its Interest IS un
failing. (I. Aupleton & Co.)
Utile, Brown & Co. will publish thl
spring a txpok by a new andpriMDiln'
western author which Is destined to
ut tract considerable attention. Fran
ces Charles, a Callfornian, has written
a tale of the Southwest, entitled. "Ir
Country God Forgot." The hate of a
rich old farmer of Arizona for his only
son Is the theme of the story. There
are clever bits of philosophy, afcly
drawn character sketches and stirring
dramatic scenes, and the whole book is
brimful of human nature.
"Thyra," by Robert Ames Bennett is
of that class of wierd and impossible
stories which deal with unknown re
gions within or on the surface of the
earth. In "Thyra" a body of explorers
ifet to the north pole and there find .
rare descended from the Norsemen.
According to legends a party of adven
turers in the tenth cer.-.ury sailed for
'orne country farther norlh than Ice
land and was never heard of again.
; The author l.ik-s this 1 rend as the
foundation of his story and closely
follows it throughout the book. Tho
who delight in the improbable. In ad
venture and excitement, will be well
pl-ased with the book. (Henry Holt
it. Co.) '
"Foggs Ferry," a novel by C. E.
Cblluhun, from his drama. It fetl
like being gladdened by the unexpect
ed visit of an old friend, to see in.
print. In the shape of a nove-t, th
characters anr scenes which we en
Joyed so much on the stage in the re
cent past. There Is dear old Fogg
with his golden heart and his weak
nesses; Mis. Fogg, his stronger half.
Ill-tempered and vultrar. there is Chip,
the sweet wild flower, in all her sylvan
freshness and vigor. There are lovers
three, th black villain, the white
Oeraid excuse the nun and William
the Silent, not of the house of Orange,
but still. Yes, that old ferryl.i and
its rough owner are not forgotten very
easily, somehow, and all who smw the
play will be glad to be able to review
the sweet story once more at ihr
Kure M'l will be cfcaravd by it
original traits und Uueness to life.
failed & !, Publishers, Chicago.
John Philip Sousa has scored a de
cided success In his "Fifth String," a
musical romance wrltun with all the
delicate sentiment of a poet. . Thw
fifth string in the story whs dangerous,
as well as usel-ss. The celebratot
Tuscan violinist. Angelo Dloitl. whos
name has not appealed, so f:ir as l
known. In any of Mr. Sousa's con
certs, came over to the United Stutel
for a i-ons-ttour, and even before his
debut fel lirl love with a girl named,
Mildred Wallace. The rent of the. aud
ience groveled before him even as be
fore the boy wonder, Jan Kubctik, but
-he remained cold, and 'twas as r.auit
r.vtn in the midst of his new fame,
the young Tuscan disappeared, to the
wonder of the world and of his man
ager. He had made his way lo the
Bermudas w here he pra Heed in d--H-ratlon
for a strain that should, f-
must, move her heart. When he fui,
l- better his efforts he dar-hec" h
dutiful 8trad lo f,-ais.U u t:.f
floor, 'which which promptly oi-t.rd it,
let a dark gentleman with a goalee
rise from the depths, bringing wiih
him a wonderful violin. IrreslsUble lo
any hearer, and peculiar in thai, be-...
iween lhe two upper nd h w yw-r
strings there was a fifth. ThetJ string
said the dark gentleman, meant pity; .
the D, hope; the A, love; and the K,
joy. But between the hope and love
there came tha black string, which
was death to whoever played on It.
There Is usually a string to our dark
friend's gifts; this one had five, Hut
Dlottl had a good wrist and a clever
technlpue, and stood in no danger of
hitting the wrong string till she took
it Into her head that there was a se
cret about that mysterious black
string which a wife ought to know,
nnd Instead that he should play on It
t his next concert. The violinist
brings out a heart-searching tone from,
the black string and falls dead on the
concert platform. (Bowrn-Merrlll Co
Brooklyn"Ll7e: Clarlce-Katherlne la
always looking nut for more Important
PPl. so I determined not to notice
her at Mrs. Chic's reception. Clarence
-How did It work? Clarlce-Oh, she
didn't even notice that I didn't notice '
her.
Philadelphia Press; "For
saker exclaimed the clam, for once
breaking ft habitual silence, "what
you so alum?" "i .....
wonderlnd." replied the oyster, "why
they couldn't postpone foul to thoso
months that have no R In them."
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