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\ \ THE NOVEL OF T11E FUTURE ,
Famous Writers of the Day Predict What
Tt Will Be.
REALISTIC , ROMANTIC , OR EROTIC ?
Tlio Great Problem or the Literary
World Handled by the F'ore-
most Writers of America
mill Europe.
The greatest problem of tlio literary world
of today Unds itaolf in the questions , "What
Will bo the future novel ! "What will It belike
like ? Who will wrltoiti" In literary circles
it has boon discussed over and over again ;
but up to this time the opinions of our fore
most authors have not bcon given. With
this omission In vlovv TUB BEG has gene to
Bomo trouble and expense in getting the best
Ideas of loading authors which it presents in
this issue , Their opinions tnny not settle the
question , but they are of extraordinary in
terest and value :
ritOM NEW YOIIK'S FOIll'.MOST CIUTIC.
The realism of touay will not last , and , in
my opinion , will ulvo way to the romantic
school ot fiction , which will bo the fiction of
the futuro. And the great novel of the future
turo will bo romantic , and not an ingenious
treatment on science or religion. It will
bo n llctlon pure and simple , a re-
ilex of Walter Scott nnd Fielding ,
Thnckorav was a crcat novel writer , and
tlmo adds to his reputation. In the latter
part of his life Bayard Taylor dined with
Thackeray nnd his daughter. Anno. One of
them told Taylor that the day before they
the father and daughter had eaten a white
bait dinner nt Greenwich , when the daugh
ter , costing bor eyes about her , sald : "O ,
futhcrl here comes Barnes Nowcomb. "
Thackeray wrote romantic Ideal realism ; und
so true mid llfellUo were his ihuvnc-
tors , that today they appear to us
natural ilosh and blood people whom we have
mot , Dlcknns' characters were nearly all
caricatures , Sam Wcller , Job Trotter and
"David Copporllcld jnay hnvo existed , but
Dickons' other characters lived only In his
grotesque Imagination. Fioldintr was the
master of Thackeray , but the pupil soon sur
passed his master ; nnd the novel of the
future must bo written by ono who believes
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in the methods of thcso 'two great llctlon
writers , and who can excel them. Wo want
writers like Jnno A.ustcn , thackeray , Scott
and Fielding , and the decade or generation
that produces them will Inaugurate the era
of o healthy and great llctlon that will far
surpass any of the efforts of the so-called
realistic schools.
HitiiAiin UINIIY STODDAUD.
THE CKNTUIIV KIllTOUB VIKWS ,
lUchnrd Watson Gilder , editor of the Century -
tury , is In accord with Mr. Uowttlls. Ho
. said :
"Tho future novel cannot escape the real
istic , the sclemillo hnblt and tendency of the
modern inlnil ; but there are many kinds of
realism. Realism in llctlou docs not neces
sarily mean either dullness or dirtiness , as
certain of its adherents scorn to think It
means. The Future Novel,1 If by that Is
meant the highest typo of the novel of the
future , wlU , I think , bo distinguished by
what may bo called imaginative ro.illsrn. It
will bo true , nnd therefore moral. Its author
will bo an artist. He will have the sense of
beauty , nnd will not bo as limned of It. "
SIOllK THOUGHT THAN ACTION.
The subject of the novel does not admit of
short treatment , and I could not say In brief
space what 1 think of it , I may add , how
ever , that It Is my opinion that the present
drift Is rather to thought than action. That
tlio writers are trying some of them In a psy
chological way to study interior rather than
exterior life. I think wo shall get truth to
nature , but with more Ideality than some of
our novelists allow. Ida not think you rep
resent Ufa truly K you aoo it out crudely ,
Bomo ideal Interior is absolutely necessary.
CHA.HLE3 DUUI.EV WAUKEK.
AN BM1SKNT SCIIOt.AU'8 VIEWS.
Tuo poet , the dramatist , the novelist , dis
the elements of human nature In all
sorts of new shapes and collocations In or
der to plonso , to arouse or Instruct us. If I
am not mistaken , poetry and Hctlon generally
must bo led to deal more and more , in ovcr-
snccccdlngago , with the motives , the senti
ments and passions of mankind not , indeed ,
in a scientific or metaphysical manner , but
m. their actual concrotof orms. This Is a
fleld very much overlooked by the ancients
aixl left over to the moderns to cultivate. I
nm convinced tlmt poets who would do In
these times what the older poets did
in their days muflt strike out a path different ,
from that in which the ancients walked.
The novelist has , It seems to mc | already en
tered nn this path , Ho has described human
nature , or at least certain moods of it Its
passions , foibles , consistencies , and consist
encies and so his works have had n popu
larity In these latter days far exceeding that
in the past. Poets nro read very much in
proportion as they deal with mankind. The
poetry of Shakespeare ranks higher , I sus
pect , in this ago than that of Milton , and this
mainly because the former exhibits human
nature In almost every variety of attitude. I
believe that as the world advances in edu
cation and civilization , and entertains
n irroater number and variety
of thoughts on all subjects , and
Is busceptiblo of an over-increasing
range of emotions , poetry must take up
the theme , the workings of human nature ,
and make this Its favorite subject. It Is a
mlnoof which the ancients gathered only
the surface gold , but which is open to anyone
ono who has courage and strength to pene
trate into Its depths nnd thence to draw ex-
huustless treasures. As thn most inviting of
all topics to thopoot I would point to the
human soul , to its convictions. Its doubts , to
Its wrlthings and struggles , in boyhood and
manhood , In Idlcnosi nnd in bustle , to its
swaying motives , its desperate ilchts , nnd Its
crowning conquests. JAMBS McCosu.
manor NEWMAN'S iior-K.
The novel Is the mirror of tlio day. Society
is composed of grand divisions ; each section
will have is novel expressive of the moral
trend of the majority. Now nnd then n dom
inant thought lllls the public mind mid In
spires the novelist , Tboro hns boon a great
moral uplift In works of fiction , and this will
continue. Fiction may ho the medium of
truth and beauty , and herein bas n large
sphere , and should bo recognized of the
church. My thought Is , that as the world
grows better , as knowledge is dffnscd , as the
spiritual gains the mastery , the novel of to
morrow will bo on the spirit-world , whither
our friends uwnlt us. JoiTN P , N E WM IN.
CIIKUIFUL , HUT NOT FlllVOLOUS.
I think the novel of the future will contain
no theology , no politics , no indecency or pro
fanity , no "Ism" of any sort. It will have
dramatic , not sensational situations ; neither
murder nor divorce will outer Into Its plot ;
neither will It DO padded with IOIIR descrip
tions of scenery or tedious moral reflections.
Its heroes and heroines shall bo drawn so
truly und made so individual that readers
'shnll remcmbor them as friends , und they
shall bo high-minded , noble , und charming ,
but not prigs or Impossibilities. The novel
shall be cheerful , hut not frivolous , so that It
nmy be a delight to the sick and sad , and
honestly religious enough for Sunday road-
ing. The villain of the plot shall not bo
made fascinating ; and the book shall end In
a satisfactory yet not unnatural manner.
Hut this novel will not sell ; and it will not
be written before the uilllonluui arrives !
Hoau 1't.iiuv COOKU.
TUB QUBATEST NOVfiLS TO COMB.
I don't think the world's best novels have
yet been written nt all. Certainly not the
best Kngllsh novels. Greater novels have
been written in Kngllsh than are now being
written ; but if I know anything about the
signs of the future of this great modern art ,
anothcrn Rcnoratlon of writers will produce
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greater English novels It nn this ono'has or
Is likely to. QKOUOK W. CAIII.U.
HOWF.U.S IN FAVOn OF IIEAI.I8TIO NOVEIJS.
I found William Dean IIowclU has high
hopes of the coming novelist. "I still bo-
llovo in the realistic school , " bo said , In aa-
8\ver to the question. ' 'Not so much will de
pend upon Ingenious plots but upon the study
and development of character. As tlmo goes
by the , romantic school will , In my opinion ,
find leas favor with the reading public. The
homo of the realistic novel will bo ia the
United , States and rcalUm will bo the style
of fiction la the future. Wo have many novel
phases of life and chajraotor la this country
to furnish material for the future novelist.
The man who lives In n country can write
more truthfullv about It than a foreigner.
Even In the United States wo have eminent
llctlon writers faithfully depleting the scones
and modes of life In the sections where they
were raised.
"It seems to bo a logical deduction t'ant If
the romantic school is dying oit , und the
realistic eoinluc into vogue , the latter will
certainly bo the novel of tlio futuro. A fic
tion that Is natural and portrays characters
irue to life will grow iu favor. "
KATE FIELD DOESN'T CA11E MUCH.
I think only of the present. The Held of
fiction Is large , but in the annals of literature
only these writers Ike who deal with the tlmo
Inwhlcn they lived , They wrote about-tbe
customs and manners nr.u the social llfo of
the day In which they llvod , and these who
portrayed the characteristics best are now
considered the greatest writers. If the future
novel mirrors what Is , then It will bo great ;
but if it is thejromanco of antiquity nnd Illlad
of Helens and Parlsos , llctlou will cortnlnlj'
bo deteriorating. Sociology naturally ought
to enter largely into the novel of the future ,
as It does now la some novels. Mrs. Humnhrv
Ward has depicted a religious phase existing
at the present , and other writers deal with
other problems of the present. But strange
and unnatural fiction , a nicro caprice of the
author's imagination , will have no permanent
place In literary tlctlon.
A rich mind can fancy many thrilling and
romaut'u ' episodes that occurred a thousand
years ago , but the man who wrote in those
early times , If ho depicted what ho saw and
knew faithfully , will live as an author and bo
read when the modern writers of romantic
antiquity uro forgotten. So the future of llc-
tion can only ho truly estimated and guessed
by the future of the country.-
I am neither u. prophet nor the daughter of
( inrntilmt : thnrofnrfi. w hnt nrnHt tn tnllr nf
the future ) I am deep in the now. All I
know U that I'd lllto to bo the author of the
novel now 1 KATB FIELD.
THB Awnoii ov"HELEN'S IIAIIIKS. "
The coming novel will bo among stories
what the thoroughbred Is among horses a
careful combination deslrublo qualities ,
some faults which'aro now common being
ruthlessly extirpated. It will not bo didactic ,
for all readers dislike to be lectured ; it will
bo realistic , for writers will have learned , by
the results of many experiments already
made , that the majority like most to read of
what they already know. It will bo humor
ous , If the author bos any honor in him for
no other quality is popular in llctlon. U will
bo xvrltton sometimes by a man , sometimes
by a woman , but often , I believe , by collab
oration of authors of both sexes , for ueforo
the Ideal novel appears- all writers of llctlon
will have learn od that no man or woman
knows well more than one sex.
Bettor than all , wnon it purports to treat
of love , it will notglvo us hull vellnd passion
or appetite instead At present U Is rare luck
to find a genuine love story in a handful of
novels ; tlio nearest approach to it , as n rule ,
Is the tolling how a couple , drawn toward
each other by more sexual attraction , learn
afterwards to respect or otherwise think of
each other sufllctcntly to marry. Further
than this the author gocth not apparently
through lack of knowledge of the sentiment
which bo has pretended to portray , although
millions of people who never write have
learned by long1 , personal oxporinnco that the
extreme devotion , sweetness , romance ,
strength nnd puritv of love follow marriage
Instead of preceding It.
The coming novel will not flndBnxual love
the only sentiment upon which a story can bo
based ; It will recognize the force , vnluo anil
interest of a scorn of others and exploit them
to the gratification and unhf ting of .countless
readers who now complain that there are no
now storlos worthy of attention.
Dropping prophecy , at which at best I urn
only a superb bungler , allow me to record tbo
fervent hope that the coining novel will bo
written by these who have something to write
nbou not merely those who know low to
write. JOHN
A LIVING NATU11AL , KOVBL.
If the signs in tbo literary atmosphere are
to bo trusted the coining novel wilt not bo a
"She , " nor a tiresome conversation which
makes you suspect that the author is paid by
tbo word , nor a romancowhicb , If not exactly
immodest , Is so near the border lana tlmt ft
la hard to discern the boundary line between
decency nnd Indecency ; but n story whoso
plot Is natural aud'hedlthful , whoso men and
women nro like those wo dally meet , and
. .
whoso tondencrts'tCTralso tbo standard "of"
morality than to lower ft
'j t "MAiir J. HOI.MK.
PDOAUSALTIS' ' ci.iuu visiov.
In the novel of the future it is permissible
to fancy that the author will bo too wise not
to Do occasionally stupid. Ho will leave con
ventionality In the SUMS of thosurplico.
Goethe demanded more light , ho will need
mo re air ; not the atmosphere of a sowigllo ,
but some broad plateau where the lungs are
Invigorated by that mother of realism , na
ture herself. Ho will study the crowd and
Its emanations , the unit as well , and then
from his knowleago of nature and his knowl
edge of man , ho will bo able to explain the
multiplicity of the 0150 , the variable influ
ence of surroundings , the change of views
that ensue. Behind the visible net will botho
analysis of the invisible cause , the coordination
tion of contradictories , the inevitable de
duced from chance. And this so clearly yet
so objectively , that the reader who picks up
the book as ho might enter a faacy bull , sud
denly. through the more force of accumu
lated trifles and unobserved effects , -will find
himself among men nnd women who no
longer seem , but are : who anneal to him. for
whom ho suffers , iiud for whoso miseries ho
would dovlso a euro. Briefly , the novel of
the future will not bo fiction ; it will bo n
sontiablo psychology for the use of the Idle ,
one that is dictated by the heart , one that
whispers to the reader nnd disturbs him , and
loads him unconsciously into that tcmplo
which Marcus Aurcllus erected to compas
sion , to human kindness and abnegation of
self. BixHu S.u.Tfs.
MAXO'IIBU , rimmcTS Tin ? CIIAHACTKK Noynr. .
The future novel will bo , In my Judgment ,
nalythul and depict character. What is
more intorostlncr and cntcrtuinln ? than the
stud v of character } Zola is not tbo model to
think of for the futuro. but Ditudot has , of
all modern French fiction writers , the pecu
liar gift of depicting humorous characters.
Tlio character in the novel of the futurn will
bo a psychological study. As for the relig
ious and the political novel , they are merely
fads ot today , and I do not bolluvo in them.
They will bo very short lived , and form no
part of the great future for pure and lasting
tlctlon.
"Wo have In Franco seen the various stages
of progress through which fiction has passed.
At 0110 time classical fiction and drama liolil
the sway. Corncillo and Kacine , with their
blank verso plays , cultivated a yearning for
the classics. Victor Hugo dispelled the Idea
that romance had no Held whatever , and fern
n decade or so his school wa all the rago.
Then came a reaction , nnd realism was Intro
duced by some strong writers with marked
success. Bnlznc Is n writer that will live.
Ho tried , and succeeded in a measure , to bo
in touch with human nature. Ho was prolific
and keenly alive and en rapport with the
broadest sympathies of humanity. Many
other French writers'uro great , and will live
many years , * i
Now in England mechanics dollght in seeing
plays that exhibit dancing or something Unit
does not appeal to Intellect. In Franco the
top gallery gods understand and enjoy the
psychological stulty of n diameter in a play.
And so I thluic , the great psychological novel
of the future will to prodjcod in Franco. A
novel that has < W ittory nnd nothing clso to
recommend it cnnnotilastboyond a few years.
There Is nothlng'nioro ' interesting than the
study of man. Who analytical process of
working out a humorous or oven n tragical
character requires talent of the hlghestordor.
The tendency of the ago requires that kind of
action , ana thei handwriting on tuo wnu
shous that wo must expect the great future
novel to bo founded on the same linos.
iJ MAX O'llEi-u.
AH men nro asses , true enough ;
We run from small to smnltor.
Some strut nnd try the rest to bluff
The shorter bate the taller ,
The rich , with contumelious mien ,
Are fawned on by the ladles ,
While wo poor devils turn pea-green ,
And wish the Knaves in hades.
The greatest man that over Hod
And maudled o'er his today ,
Was no whit hotter when ho alod
Tnan if no'd boen-nobody.
. . . . .
Do Witt's Little Rnrly Hisors. Host little
pill over mode. Cure constipation every
time. None oq ual. Use them now.
EElT GREEK'S ' INSULATORS ,
They Made Good Hornets' ' Nests , but De
layed Weather Eaports ,
WHEN "OLD PROBABILITIES" WAS YOUNG ,
Fakes of the 1'llco's Peak Signal
Ollloer HOAV Weather Is Static
Captain Harry Wright's
Indian Scouts.
"How do wo make your weather ? Why ,
I thought every ono knew that. So much
has beou snld about the signal service Unit it
would bo hard to tell anything new. However -
over , a short sitetch of the maunor of collect-
lucr Information and making predictions may
nrovoof some Intt-rest. sn fnllow innolnsnlv
an l I'll toll you what I know of It , together
with some anecdotes and Incidents. "
The sneaker was a gentleman who for
yours lias been connected with the signal scr-
vlco department.
"Thoro are In the United Stntea and Can
ada 14.2 signal stations from which semi-dally
tolcgrahio | reports are sent to Washington.
These telegrams are scut In cipher , and give
the re-iding of the barometer , the maximum ,
minimum nnd exposed temperatures , hutnld-
Ity , velocity and direction of the wind and
thu clouds.
'The workof inaltitiK weather forecasts is
in charge of Captain II. H. C. Dunwoody ,
First artillery und insistent to the chief sig
nal onlcor. Captain Dunwoody is an able
oftlcorand his avenge of verified predictions
Is hlgn.
"Obsorvationn taken nt the
nro Bnmo ino-
m ent of timo--7 a. m. and 7 i . in. , Washing
ton time throughout the country , and
usually the telegraph reports for the T p. in.
observation are nil in the chief oftlco by K ) p.
in. era littlolater , when the work ol prepar
ing the forecasts tor mo coining twenty-tour
hourcls begun.
"A great map of tho-United States and
Canada occupies ono whole side ot the wall
In Captain Dimiyoody's o3cc. ! As tlio cipher
dispatches are translated their reading is
placed on little tngs , wliicharo huiiR1 on brass
hooks placed over the name of cneh station.
Ono bv one these ta s nro written and placed
in position and bv midnight that part of the
work Is co'iiptctcci. Next comes the running
of the isobaro nnd isothermal lines , which ib
done by red and blue tape , Wheu the places
having thejsnme mom barometric rending and
the R.imo mean tcnipuruturu are located the
work of thu indications ofllcur begins , Ho
traces carefully the movement of n storm
since the last report , estimates its velocity ,
ascertains its direction and then sends out
the warnings so valuable to ugrlnulturo and
commerce ,
"Cyclones , sand storms , cold waves and In
fact all possible Information pertaining In
nny way to the work in hand Is to bo found
on that great ctiurt. .By states nnd section *
of country the foroc.istA are m.ulo for all the
countrv east of the Rocky mountains , and at
1 o'clock each morning the result of Captain
Uunwoody's calculations are given to the
papers ,
"Special telegraph reports nro often ocnl
to the chief onu-o in VVashlngtonwhon , In the
judgment ot the observers their luforamtloi
would bo of value to the indications onlcor
Thus the ofllclnl sin the chief signal ofllco nro
kept constantly posted as to the motcorologl
pal conditions of the entire country.
The Pacillo slope Is a sonaruto division
with Lieutenant John P. Finlay in charge
All reports for that section of country uro
sent to tbn headquarters on the coast. "
One on Grcoly ,
"There b a good story told on Genera
Groely , thochiof of the signal service , " con
tinucd the speaker. "A number of years ago
Old Probabilities , ' then a lieutenant of tii
Fifth cavalry was stationed in Texas. WUU
them ho was ordered to build IRQ miles o
military telegraph lino. Oreoly decided to
purchase a now kind of Insulator , a sort o
ahoct Iron , rene shaped affair. Tim line iva
completed and fora couple ol nuclu every
LOT 1.
75 Pairs of Children's Extra Fine
Curaeou. Kid made on our own lasts , B to
E widths , sizes 7 to 1O ; regular price $2.80 , '
now they ure out to $1.28. "We have no better y'
to wear.
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LOT 2.
100 Pairs of Children's Oxford Ties"
Button , the best of Curacoa Kid , flexible soles ,
but having sizes only from S to 10 , we will
sell them for 7Bc , Our regular price $1.28.
LOT 3.
90 Pairs of Children's ' GenuineTampico
Goat Button Shoes , extension sole , spring heel ,
protection toe. Oar regular $2 shoe , sizes 4 to
6 , widths B to E ; for
This Sale $1.OO.
LOT - & .
45 Pairs of Our $5 Ladies' Superb
Kid Hand Well New York Lasts , all sizes from.
2 4 to 7 , and widths from A to D. Go at this sale
For $3.88.
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- ' - - - I III ! I
LOT S.
150 Pairs of Ladies' Fine Dongola
Kid Button Shoes , silk facing , overlap vamp ,
an elegant fitting shoe. Regular price $2.0O ,
go now
For $1.88.
We have cut th.e prices of all our Fine
Rubber Boots for men , ladies and children s
far that they are
Gtaper ttian ttie Cheapest Quality ,
hing worked well and the lieutenant was
ongratulating himself on the successor his
vork.
"All at once the line would not work at all.
L. couple of line repairers started out to find
Ue cause. The first po'o ' they tackled was
hoirlast , for n swarm of hornets emerged
romthnt Insulator prcpirod to resist all
: omcrs. As tlio swnrin settled down about
ho two men they rnn , and as they ran the
warm increased and followed them nearly
nto the fort. Tlio line was rebuilt hut the
rdinary glass Insulators wore used.
"To this day those linemen have never for
given the general. "
A Pike's Teak Fake.
"Ever see Pike's peak 1
"Novor.
' Well , there's a funny thlngout thoro. At
, ho station on Pike's poalt hundreds of visit
ors annually waste any amount of sympathy
ivor the little gravestone near tlio entrance
.o the building. A former observer procured
ho little marble monument and erected it ;
told all comers that his little baby had boon
so horriDly mutilated by rats ono night tlmt
t died and lay burled there. Of course there
vns not a particle of truth in the story , but
the observer thought It a good Joke to hear
ho women mourn over a gravestone which
icvcr mnrkod a grave. "
A Tulo ol * HnrdHhlps.
"Do wo have to undergo any hardships nt
the frontier stations ?
"Well , I should say wo did.
"Lloutonunt John P. Finloy nad quite
an advc-uturo last winter while on a
, our of inspection through tlio west.
Starting early one morning \vlth a
? uido he intend od to make tlio ascent from
the Half Way house to the summit of Pike's
peak by night-full. About noon a blinding
snowstorm canio up. The wind swept , in
great fierce gusts down the slopes nearly
cnrrylnir thoiii with it nnd completely oblit-
n-atlng the trail. The guide bewildered nnd
linlf frozen , acknowledged that ho was lost.
"All at once a gicnt 'muinbline was heard ,
a snow slide , " screamed the guide , nnd nuru
enough , crashing , dashing down the
mountain side , not far away came a great
avalanche.
"Tnoy had broken through the crust and
stood waist-deep in snow , when sloulv the
mass under them began to move and Oiuloy
thought his last hour had eomo. For some
reason thov did not slide far , nnd late that
nluhtreached the station on the summit ,
where Vlmey was detained for over a week
by the storm. No , sir ; tbe life Is not always
a pleasant one.
"Good night *
Hurry Wright's "Thralllors. "
"A good story is told on Captain Harry
Wright of my regiment , " said an oftlcor of
the now famous Tenth cavalry to the writer.
"Jt was down in No\v Mexico , nnd Captain
( Joonoy then of the Ninth , but now a major
of the Fourth was the ranking o Ulcer. Ho
tins the reputation of hclng a first class
soldier and had It then ; tie aUo hud , nnd
still has a broKiio. Chief Victoria was mak-
liiL' things very intorcstlmg for settlers nnd
soldiers nliko , when lieutenant Wright was
given control of ton Indian scouts ,
Ono afternoon Captain Coonoy sent for
Lieutenant Wright nnd said to him !
"Mhthor Wrolght , yo will plltfo detalo six
of yor grasy Injuns for gaard duty tonight.
\Vu nado a mar. on tti' other soldo uvtu
herd. ' "
' "lint my inon know nothing about guard
duty , " protested the lieutenant. 'They
wcru enlisted as scouts and trailers. I
have a communication fioin division hoad-
quarters In which their duties are specifically
st-iti'd. "
"You are not serving at division hldq.uar-
tors now , Mr. Wioltrht' said the captain , 'an
yo'll plnzo make the do-talo ntch your earliest
county tiolDco. '
' "Hut these men nro scouts nnd trailers :
they only comprehend these duties,1 , Insisted
the llou tenant.
' "Thraillors , Is ill remarked the capUiin.
Mr , Wrolght , yo will plazo como wld mo.
JJrown 1 ( to his orderly ) bring a couple ol
tint pins and an ax.1
"The procession of three marched to the
place where the captain wanted Wright's '
men to do duty , and then Coonoy snldt
Brown , dhroivo a tint pin in there ( Indicat
ing ) an'now ( walking to a point about yOO
feet nwny ) dhroivo the other wan hoer
Now , Mr. Wrolght , wan of yuro mln wll
thralll f ram thUh pin till that pin , and whin
bo gits till tlmt pin hn'll thraill back agin.
Thin whin lie has Umulud backwards unt
forwards fur two hours , he'll lie relayed by
another uv yor thruilurs , ' "
Kit VCA T/O.Y,1 f .
Miss Aston , who has bcon blind slnco nor
> nbybood , hns Just entered the Melbourne1
university at the ago of 17
The Indian ofllco in Washington has de
cided to intro'duco kimlcrgaitcn training and
materials as a uart of Its school systoni.
With its five faculties and tlio high school
of pharmacy , the university of Franco counts
n Paris inoro alumni than any other In the
world.
The seniors in law of Cornell univcrsltv
lave recommended to the faculty for coni-
nenrotnont orator Governor Foraker and
3on , Daniel Dougherty.
Col. Henry Wattcrion is to deliver the
oration before the Washington nnd Joffenon
lltcniy societies of tlio University of Virginia
at the annual joint celebration on Juno 'M.
Hov. AV. J. Holland , for the last seventeen
years pastor of the uollnllcld Prcsbytcrinna
church of Plttshurg , 1ms been elected presi
dent of the Western university , the foremost
educational institution of western Pennsyl
vania.
The number of students at the Princeton
theological somlnno this year Is 171 , dis
tributed as follows" : Graduates , 111 ; seniors ,
r > : i ; middlemen , 50 ; Juniors , 54 ; specialists ,
4. Of these 4il nro graduntos of the college.
The seminary will close on May 1.
Texas hu3 a school fund of 822,000 besides
nearly UO.OOO acres of land , which when sold
at from $ i to > an aero , us Is now being
done , the state will have a permanent school
fund of $100,000. Tlio constitution provides ,
liowovur , Hint the income only of this sum is
to ho available ,
Hon. Kemp P. Dnttlo , president of the
state university of Nortli Carolina for llfteon
years , lias tondcrod his roslgnntlon , to take
effect August 15. His successor will bo
elected in June. President Hnttle lias nc-
ccntod the now chair of history lust estab
lished at thu university with an endowment
already amounting" to $ , ' 11,000.
Senator Lclnnd Stanford nnd wlfo have
been visiting ox-President White of Cornell.
Mr , Stanford said that ho was In Ithaca in
order to study the methods used In Cornell.
Ho Is making n special study of the Ameri
can colleges and will ndnpt the best of the
methods in organising the new university ho
has founded on the Puclllc coast.
Prof. James Stewart , a distinguished Fol
low of the lloyal University uf Ireland , died
recently. Ho was ono of the last of Iho
notable converts to the church whom Car
dinal Nowmnn brought with him to help
found thoCathoIlo University. Whoa barely
eighteen yours of ago ho obtained his degree
of M , A. in the University of Aberdeen.
Scotland , his nntlvo place. After nine years'
service as a minister of the Anglican churcli ,
hoheciiiren convert in 181'J. '
The University of Notre Dnmo presents
annuully on tlio Sunday of mid-lent to some
distinguished American , n modal known as
the Lueturo medal. This year the honor was
conferred upon lion. Uniiiol Dougherty of
Now York , through Archbishop Kynn of
Philadelphia. Among tlio distinguished people
ple who have been thus honored nro John
Ollmarv Shea , the historian ; Iirlgldicr-ion-
oral Noivtcn , late clilof of engineers , U. S. A ;
Mr. Kioly , the Now York architect ; Hon.
William J. Onahan of Chicago and Miss
Kll/a Allen Starr.
Forty families uf the Indian prlsonora hold
at Fort Itonnott , hnvo petitioned thn author
ities at Washington to bo placed on farms
undur ttio supervision of Farmer Holland.
Their recjuost will very lllcoly bo granted. If
BO thuir children will ho brought under thu
Jurisdiction of the Indian school at 1'lcrro ,
S. I ) . Superintendent Davis wont to Fort
licmtott to arrange for this contingency ,
which will result in a largo nojsslon to the
number of his pupils , There .re at present
thirty-two scholars enrolled , with accommo
dations for about ono hundred.
Some tlmo ago Willlum Foulko accented
the presidency of Sworthmoro college , Penn
sylvania. Owing to the sad death of ids
brottior-ln-luw , Arthur M. Heaves , who was
killed in a railway accident on the Panhiin-
dlo , all arrangements have osasod and there
is much uncertainty about Mr. Foullco'g no
tion. It was decided that the inauguration ,
which was to lake place on Murch ) U , would
have to ho Indefinitely postponed , nnd now It
is rumored that Mr. Foulko , owing to the In
creased duties which liU brothor-in-law'u
death cast on him , lias rescinded hla accept-1
unco.
Talk about foreign champagnes , try Cook's
Extra Dry ; It Is superior to two-thirds ot thu
imported wines ,