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THE SUNNY pUTH
MARCH 25, 1905.
Under the Lamp
With Late BooKs
'the^war^ofThe^classes.
R. JACK LONDON’S new
book, “The War of the
Classes,” which the Mac
niillan Company issue is a
collection of essays deal
ing with the llvest subject
of today—the world-wide
revolt of the working:
class. This revolt has as
sumed the form of a strug
gle between the capitalist
class and the working
class. The prize for which
they struggle is the world,
its wealth, power and gov
ernments. It is a battle of ideas, of
religion, of philosophy, of politics, and
of physical prowess. Clubs, bricks, in
junctions, gatling guns, infernal mat-
chines, economic arguments, ethical ap
peals. biological demonstrations. and
scientific and philosophic contentions, are
e few of the weapons of the lighters. No
more bizarre, no more earnest, no more
deep-seated and widespread revolution
has ever occurred. The aim of the es
says is to analyze the situation, and to
present It in its elementary aspect.
ALASKA AND THE KLONDYKE.
A timely book at this season, wher
travel to Alaska is beginning again, is
“Alaska and the Ivlondyke,” by J. S. J
McLain (McClure-Phillips). This is a j
book of travel, and yet ii
measure a guide book. The author, who
Is the editor of The Minneapolis Jour
nal. accompanied the subcommittee of the
senate committee on territories in 1903,
when it made its trip through Alaska.
He had, therefore, exceptional opportuni
ties for seeing all sides of life in the
Canadian and American gold regions, on
the Yukon and along the coast, and for
gathering full and accurate information
about the country and the people. His
book takes the form of a running narra
tive of the trip, with descriptions of his
experiences and the things lie saw. into
which he has injected all the informa
tion he c-ould gather. He has a brisk
atyle and an ability to impart informa
tion in an interesting manner. The book
Is very fully illustrated with photographs
taken by the author.
never fails to awake more of less sym
pathy, and the intriguing “Mr. Sabin”
is no exception to the rule.
ESSAYS IN PUITANISM.
By Andrew Macphail. The interest that
these essays will have for American
readers lies in the fact that they bring
fresh judgment to subjects to which has
been given a more or less fixed and con
ventional acceptance. They are written
with an open mind and keen wit. and
a broad and tolerant humor, and are the
work of a well-read and thoughtful man.
The first essay Is on Jonathan Edwards,
who in the author’s view manifests the
spirit of Puritanism in the pulpit. This
is followed by an essay on John Wln-
throp, who showed the same spirit at
work in the world. The blind striving
of the artistic sense for expression is the
substance of the essay on Margaret Ful
ler; while the essay on Walt Whitman Is
a study of his conduct as a revolt against
the false conventions which had grown
up in his world. The volume closes with
the chapter on John Wesley, who is
typical of the endeavor to make religion
useful to humanity once more. The au
thor is a young man, a physician by pro.
fession and lecturer at Bishops college
in Montreal. He is also the editor of
The Canadian Medical Journal, which is
the chief medical organ of its class : n
Canada.—Houghton, Mifflin & Co., pub
lishers, Boston.
as <&t any period in the year and a half
of its publication. The reason for put
ting it in a cheaper edition is that the
text, although an autobiography, has
gripped as no book outside of the field of
novels has gripped its readers for many
a year. The demand for the book seems
to class it with works of fiction, and it is
to take advantage of this widespread de
mand that the publishers have brought
out this cheaper edition.
The hundreds of thousands who (have
eagerly read Charles Wagner’s “The Sim
ple Life,” “The Better Way” and “By
the Fireside,” will welcome his new book,
to be published by McClure-'Phlllips on
March 25, “One Life's Threhold.” This
is an expression in simplified form of the
author’s simple life doctrine, and is com
posed of a series of kitsdly talks to young
people on character and conduct, the
meaning of life’s problems and the best
way to meet them. It is Imbued with all
Mr. Wagner’s fine humanity and his spe
cial sympathy for young people.
Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle, whose first
novel, ’’Serena,” is soon to be published by
Messrs. A. S. Barnes & Co-., has been
spending the winter in New York engaged
in literary work. Mrs. Boyle’s negro dia
lect stories are well known, and through
out the south she is one of the best loved
poets. A verse from her commemoration
ode, “The Wizard of the Saddle," which
was read at the laying of the corner
stone of the Forrest memorial, is to be
inscribed on the bronze tablet at the base
of the statue in Memphis, Tenn.
Literary Driftwood
THE FREEDOM OF LIFE.
AYmie Payson Call’s “Power Through
Repose” has brought relief to so many
nervous men and women that a new
book by the author is sure to be eagerly
welcomed. “The Freedom of Life” is
the title selected by Miss Call for what
may be termed “the gospel of orderly
living.” In her new book she attempts
to give a remedy for the distressing
waste of nervous force which attends our
daily work. She shows how we may be
c-paTen '.-i-tV 1 |min and an.7J"„“ance of don.g *
right in the wrong way. Several of the j
chapters in ihe book appeared originally
In Leslie’s ifonthly Magazine.
In the chapter on “How To Sleep Rest- j
fully,” Miss Call says:
“There are three things that prevent !
sleep—over-fatigue, material disturbances j
from the outside, and mental disturbances j
from within.
“In nine cases out. of ten it ip the un
willingness to He awake that keeps us
Publication Notes
There is a constant demand for Rudyard
Kipling’s books. Eight large editions of
“Captains Courageous” have appeared
s is a I an( j ti ie Century Company reports that
certain : the Jungle Books have been printed tliir-
' ty-two times. The regular yearly sale of
tlie Jungle Books averages over 7,000
copies.
The thirteenth edition of President
Roosevelt’s “Hero Tales’ has recently
gone to press. It is a book for which
t'hore is a steady demand month after
month. Seven editions of Mr. Roosevelt s
“Ranch Life” have been issued since it
was put into a new form, and reduced
in price. ’’The Strenuous Life” has been
printed eleven times.
Many improvements have been intro
duced into the issue of 1905 of “The
Statesman's Year-Book,” promised for is
sue by-the Macmillan Company in two
or three weeks. The section on Turkey
lias been largely rewritten, that on the
Chinese army has undergone thorough
revision, while the Chinese dependencies,
especially Tibet, are given separately and
more fully than formerly. Much altera
tion has been necessary regarding French
West African possessions. The Philippine
Islands. Germany, Australia and Rouma
RETURNED WITH THANKS.
There are, of course, various ways of
returning a manuscript, hut It is probable
that the following instance Is unique.
While Sir Alfred Ila.rmsworth was active
ly engaged in editorial work one of his
contributors was amazed one day on open
ing an envelope to find the following brief
note;
“Dear Sir; The superscription to your
j MMS. seems to best express our reason
for refusal. Yours, etc.”
On examination the title page was^
found to read as follows: “His Great
Sin, about five thousand words.”
NOT TRUE TO NATURE.
“Mark Twain was visiting II. H. Rog
ers,” said a New York editor. “Mr.
Refers led the humorist into his library.
“ ‘There,’ he said, as he pointed to a
bust of white marble, ’what do you think
of that?'
“It was a bust of a young woman
coiling her hair, a very graceful exam
ple of modern Italian sculpture.
“Mr. Clemens looked at it a moment,
and t'hen he said:
“ 'It isn’t true to nature.’
‘Why not?’ Mr. Rogers asked.
'She ought to have her mouth full of
hair pins,’ said the humorist.”
THE AGES OF SOME AUTHORS.
The publication i Dr. Weir Mitchell’s
new novel, so eloely following the au
thor's seventy-fifth birthday, attracts at
tention to the fat that our American
auhors have been tnd arc today a long-
lived class. Dr. Blnics attained the age
came engaged ,o a man , r «m Bo.- j £ d JT2
WIT IN THE HOME.
Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, the authoress,
numbers among her friends the members
of a family containing several girls of a
marriageable age. The sisters ever have
loved to taase one another with respect to
this fact, and recently When the eldest be-
HUGO AS A “FEEDER.”
Francois Coppee is authority for the
statement that Victor Hugo was a gross
feeder, and that hr- particularly enjoyed
large slices of mea: and liberal potations
of rich wine. Haii tlie author of “Les
Miserables” lived It the era of enlight
enment and brain nourishing breakfast
foods liis fame woull doubtless have been
Immeasurably great*r.
AN ARAB PROWRB, “MEN ARE
FOUR.”
The man who know not that ho knows
not aught—
He is a fool; no ight shall ever reach
him.
Who knows he kr>ws not, and would
fain be taught-
He is but simple take thou him and
teach him.
But whoso, knowin, knows not that he
knows—
He is asleep; go non to him and wake
him.
The truly wise bon knows, and knows
he knows—
Cleave t'hou to hb, and nevermore for
sake him.
—The Spectator.
about it than it cared to tell. Defied suc
cessfully, too—for the time being.
A strong introduction to an excellent
number is Mr. Richard Barry’s "Hell- at
Port Arthur," illustrated by the authors
photographs. Maxim Gorky; a prisoner of
Russian autocracy, his fate'.still hanging
In the balance. Is the subject of an ap
preciation by Christian Brlnton; in his
horribly real sketch. “The Road of
Shame.” one gets a view of Russian life
that supplements and verifies the con j
elusions of the critic. John Dennis, Jr., !
in “Hooligan; the Slum as a World- j
Power,” touches on a new field. He shows
how the growth of the British slum, the
substitution of the city tough for the
country bumpkin, has driven Joseph
Chamberlain to advocate protection In
stead of the historic British policy of free
trade. His is |<n interesting article on a
new economic subject.
Foremost among the short stories of
the number stands “Human Nature,” by
Katherine Cecil Thurston, author of the
most successful novel of the year, “The
Masquerader.”
The forthcoming number of Books and
Book Plates will contain an article on
“The Treasures of the Royal Library,”
Dresden.
Recognizing the growing interest
among collectors In the books of Oscar
Wilde, a careful, and it is believed com
plete bibliography ’ o£_ this author, has
been prenared for this number.
As usual, new and artistic book plates
have been contributed to the quarterly,
among these reproductions of plates by
De Riquier Macey Stone and a. fine col
ored front ispjece, reproducing a book
plate by Girardet, the French artist.
Harper & Brothers announce the publica-
tion of the year’s greatest work of fiction—
The Marriag'
Of
William Ash
By
Mrs. HUMPHRY WARD
“7 his is a great breathless story
as well as a great novel”
BY A $5,
BAVX DBF
Is Divorce Getting a Strangle•
Hold on Society ?
CONTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE.
“ "Tis one o’ the clock, and a sta*
morning.
All's well. Cornwallis has surrendelttii*
the marital knot cut, the statute In Now
York state permitting divorce on but one
ground—infidelity.
What wonder after a study of such
figures as these that Max Nordau should
exclaim “the institution of marriage has
become one of the great lies of our
civilization ?”
If the very valuable census of mar
riage and divorce of Carroll D. Wright
had been brought down to date, instead
of stopping abruptly wi|h the year IS86.
an accurate estimate of the rate of in
crease of divorce in the United States
might have been established. This rate
can only he computed In the case of nine
states, the others not publishing their
divorce statistics, but from this basis
ton she came in for no end of chaff from
the others.
json at 78; Irving at 76; Longfellow at
75. Of authors ill living and with one
j™,.**™ —• *“ - —
“Not at all,” was the laughing re-> ay ' s ^vain is 68, and William
, sponse, “I merely inquired, dear sisters, D ’ Howells will l*sixty-eight this month,
ia are among other subjects that nave | whether the others constituted the vari- Holmes and Wittier both did some of
eceived special attention. Mr. F. T. Jane i ous points in his progression to the pres- i their best work after seventv-five Dr
has thoroughly revised the navy sections j ent ideal.” j Osier to the confery notwithstanding
of the annual, and has added two inter-I 1
| esting tables, one showing the losses sus
tained by Russia and Japan in the pres-
i ent war. the. oTTter the penetrative power
ttrtr xfn'smiJiib -aaea?- — ■
Under the title of “The Sociological
Theory of Capital,” the Macmillan Com
pany are to publish a reprint of the “New
Principles of Political Economy,” pub
lished by John Rae in 1834. The volume
has been edited with a biographical sketch
and notes, by Charles Whitney Mixter,
1 ~ Mc^'azine Meiinge
In McClure’s for April. 75ow the greatest. vainly tried to avert the slaughter did
American fortune grew by automatic their best to avert the anarchy.”’ He
process for $2,000,000 to half a billion j points out that while the
awake. We wonder why we do not sleep, i much light thrown, both fgom principle
We toss and turn and wish we could | and history, on the causes which deter-
sleep. We fret, and fume, and worry, j mine the accumulation of capital.” It is
because we do not sleep. We think of said that no one has yet so thoroughly
all we have to do on the following day, ’mastered the philosophy of capital as Rae;
and are oppressed with the thought that he anticipated most of what one finds in
professor of political economy in the | of wealth continues to grow apace. Its
University of Vermont. John Stuart Mill
said of the original issue of this work:
“In no other book known to me is so
within a century is told by Burton J. I liberals are in no wise active in incUinK
Hendrick in “The Astor Fortune.” It is I
a portentous recital, for this great bulk
we cannot do it if we do not sleep. First,
we try one experiment to see if it will
not make us sleep, and when it fails*
we try another, and perhaps another. In
each experiment we are watching to see
If it will work. There are many thing?
to Ho, any one of which might help us
to sleep, but the watching to see if they
will work keeps us awake.
“There are five things to remember to
help rest an overtired brain: I. A healthy
indifference to wakefulness. 2. Concen
tration of the mind on simple things
3. Relaxation of the body. 4. Gentle
rythmic breathing of fresh air. 5. Regu
lar nourishment.”
MYSTERIOUS MR. SABIN.
That novel readers may sympathize
with the villain in a story is evident from
the comments of those, who have read
"Mysterious Mr. Sabin,” E. Phillips Op-
penheim’s most recently published book.
"Mr. Sabin,” the mysterious central char
acter, attempts nothing less than to bring
• bout a war between England and Ger-
•atiy. by betraying England’s naval
Weaknesses to the German emperor. Hf
works for no mere bribe, but for the
restoration of the Bourbons to the throne
of France, that being the price Germany
must pay. To gain this priceless in
formation “Mr. Sabin” hesitates at noth
ing: the stakes are large and he Is In
constant danger of assassination. The
spectacle of a man fighting against odds
the modern economics, and even In some
j respects goes beyond them.
Funk & Wagnalls Company. New York,
I have in preparation a new Standard Bible
| 'Dictionary, to be issued in a large single
[ volume of about 700.000 words. This is to
j be prepared under the editorial direction
I of Melancthon AV. Jacobus, dean of Hart
ford Theological seminary, and professoi
of New Testament literature and criti
cism; Edward E. Nourse, professor of
Biblical theology in Hartford Theological
seminary, and Andrew C. Zenos, professor
of ecclesiastical history in McCormick
Theological seminary, Chicago—men of
comprehensive and active scholarships,
evangelical yet fully abreast of the best
scientific Biblical learning of the age. In
association with them as contributors to
the articles will be American and German
scholars of the first rank.
In response to the very wide and long
continued demand for “My Mamie Rose—
The Story of My Regeneration.” by Owen
Kildare, the Baker & Taylor Company has
issued an edition in cloth, which sells at
$1.00. The previous edition, at $1.50 net,
will be kept in stock. The sheets and
illustrations of the new edition remain
practically unchanged. The sale of this
book has been extraordinary for these
days of rapid gro—th and early death of
even the most popular books. Eight edi
tions have been issued already, and the
sale of the book is still almost as active
increase, the unearned increment, prog
ressing in geometric ratio will in twenty
years more have reached the billion mark;
and then ft will go on even faster until
emightened
•e in no wise active
revolution in Russia, they, will be its
natural backers when it comes.
Cleveland Moffett’s “The Shameful
Misuse of Wealth” continues to be the
leading feature of Success Magazine, and
the third installment, in the April num-
an approximate
ratio
can be established
Tlie figures of
these
nine :
3tates
are:
1870.
1880
1892.
1902.
Maine
357
600
552
905
JVew Hampshire 163
352
412
4S2
Vermont
. 164
138
270
316
Massachusetts .
404
595
790
1,601
Rhode Island . ,
, 202
274
296
493
Connecticut. . .
412
346
424
423
Ohio-
992
1,553
2,306
4.276
Indiana
1.170
1.4&3
1.721
3.532
Michigan . . . .
554
1,149
1.794
2,418
Total 4,418
6,430
8.465
14.466
FIGURES OF THIRTEEN TOWNS.
The following table shows the propor
tion of divorces to marriages, during
1901, in the principal cities of the United
States:
Pro-
Marriages. Divorces, portion.
the bigness of the figures becomes appail- : ber, goes deeply into the question of ex-
ing. All this is the reward of old John 1 travagant clothes and fetes. Mr. Moffett
- — --- tp] , s Qf an lnterestlng ]itUe converj & tIon
New York .
33,447
817
in
40
Chicago . . .
16.684
1,808 1
in
3
Boston
6,312
446
In
14
San Francisco
3,656
846 1
In
4
Fhiladelpliia.
9.912
492 1
in
20
St. Louis .
5,959
573 !
ill
10
Cleveland .
3.199
454 1
In
7
Indianapolis
2.608
471 1
in
5
Kansas City .
1,704
420 1
in
4
Los Angeles.
1.818
405
in
4
Seattle . . .
1,351
323 1
in
4
Dallas ....
1,291
210 I
in
5
Chattanooga
558
103 1
in
5
The remark
ible increase shown
(327
Jacob Astor’s foresight. He saw how he
could compel the citizens of New York
to improve his property and pay his taxes
and pile up for him millions upon mil
lions. The building of this aristocracy of
wealth is a dramatic story and one of real
significance.
Lincoln Steffens has turned his atten
tion to New Jersey, there to find the big
gest theme he has yet encountered. This
state is selling out the rest of us for
money. She has become a financial
pirate’s haven. Her “Letters of Marque”
are the legal license of the trusts. In this,
the hatchery of all special privileges, lias
been fostered all that is in opposition to
a “square deal.” “New Jersey: A Traitor
State” tells a story that every citizen who
cares for his country, his state, or his
city should know.
Extraordinary Interest attaches to the
paper of The March Atlantic on "Present
Tendencies of Russian Liberalism,” by
Paul Milyoukov. Mr. Milyoukov, it will
be remembered. Is the distinqguished
Russian savant who has been many times
imprisoned and exiled for his activity m
Russia. In the present study he recounts
the recent history of the Russian llberal-
lstic movement very clearly and inform-
ingly. Mr. Milyoukov says: “A powerful
wave of the people’s wrath has risen from
unfathomable depths of the people’s souls,
and rolled over all Russia. St. Petersburg
found itself before the horrible alterna
tive of slaughter, or anarchy. My St.
Petersburg friends after having
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THE MOTHER'S LOVE,
the most Constant, Enduring, Unfailing. Upon it depends
the welfare of the race, physically and morally. The Mother’s intelligent solicitude de
tects the first symptoms of Childhood’s ills, and hei experience suggests the use of
Dr. Thacher’s Worm Syrup,
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IT NEEDS NO FOLLOW-UP MEDICINE, like Castor Oil or Calomel.
bUY ONE BOTTLE AND YOU WILL ALWAYS USE IT.
One grateful mother, Mrs. J. B. Duke, of Opelika, Ala., in a recent letter says that
her little 8-year old daughter had been sick for seven years and had been treated and
given up by five different physicians, each one treating for a different disease and all
wrong. This wonderful preparation, was given with little hopes of results, but it cared
her, and now she is the joy of her parent's home — a healthy and happy child.
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greatest specialists of the age is manufactured by the Thacher Medicine Co., Chatanooga,
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that he had in New York with a cele
brated Fifth avenue fur dealer, at whose
store he inquired for an expensive fur
coat for a lady, something that would cost
$6,000 or $7,000. He was surprised when
the dealer told him that this was but an
ordinary price, and if he wished to lOok
at something that would cost $44,000, he
could have the best goods at the average
top price. Mr. Moffett went into the mat
ter at length and found that a coat, boa
and muff would cost nearly $50,000. The
storekeeper told him that there are wo
men who deal in such extravagances as
fast as the garments can be made. In
this Installment. Mr. Moffett clearly de
stroys the popular theory that the more
the rich spend the more the poor are
benefited. He declares for strict legisla
tion that will help the poor, and de
nounces ordinary philanthropy.
The leading story in the April number
of that clever juvenile magazine, t'n«
Holiday (New York) is written by Mrs
Israel Zangwfll, and it is one of her best.
It has delicacy of touch and daintiness of
construction sadly lacking in the juve
nile as well as much of the adult litera
ture of today. “The Squirrel’s Sweet
heart,” illustrated by Alden Pelrson, Is
well worth adult reading, as, by the way,
is the greater portion of the magazine!
which has the rare quality of appealing
strongly to the child, and yet being of
interest to the adult.
Other attractive material in the April
issue is "Little Journeys in My Garden,”
giving sfnrple instruction which will help
parents and children, and also some In
teresting information about earthworms.
Of special interest to boys is the “Wood-
crafters.” Ernest Thompson Seton’s boys’
league.
Startling i s the revelation qf the meth
ods of the ever-rapaclous “System” made
hy Mr. Lawson in the installment of his
"Frenzied Finance” published In Every
body’s for April. Mr. Lawson describes
the getting together of the properties
that compose Amalgamated; and in doing
so, tells how the owners of Utah Consol
idated found themselves obliged to ask
assistance from the “System,” how they
got It, and the price they had to pay for
It. For the “System” demanded first an
option on 50,000 shares, then insisted on
Increasing that to 100,000 shares; finally,
when the price rose, raised it to 150,000;
and by a Wall street trick, choked off
the owners and got possession of Utah
Consolidated. The story Mr.. Lawson tells
is an eye-opener, if any wefe needed, as
to the “strictly business” methods of the
“System.”
In his chapters of “The Greatest Trust
In the World,” Mr. Russell tells of the
vice of "underbllllng,” which the rail
roads are powerless to prevent. Rail
roads powerless to prevent?_ If yoq^don't
believe a trust can frighten a railroad,
read about the presidents of sixteen great
companies who did not dare to meet
openly to protest.against the trust's bul
lying methods, but sneaked into a club,
talked, and did nothing. The commission
er of corporations has just reported to the
president that there is no beef trust! Read
Mr. Russell’s story, and you will see how
the trust agents bulldoaed ihe railroads
• into saying nothing, how It simply defied
^the government to find out anything more
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where, she had evidently forgotten it. ! voice by this watchman as he
! “That’s Jeff over an’ over,” she said. | through the quiet streets, swingin
i “Once when—but you go on.” \ lantern to and fro:
I “They let Jeff set,” Abner continued. !
“Didn’t seem to bother them much, ef he |
| wanted to -make a foot-mat o’ hisse’f. so j
j he got tired havin' the children step j
j over his legs ever time they passed in or ; “it was the closing of the revolution
lout, an went off. Howsomever, he had; made our nation free, the scene
! tilings come his way at last. He was ! Philadelphia, and the bell was that k
drivin’ past Tim's t’other day, on his now far and near as the great LI
wagon, an’ he stopped right whar he was | Bell. There were hundreds of lanter:
; to cuss—an’ study. All at once lie got 1 the streets that night, glimmering
down an' tuck a pick off’n his wagon an’ r and there like dim fire flies. And
started in at Tim’s gate. Tim axed ’im l were thousands of proud and happy
what he was goin’ to do. an’ Jeff ’lowed ' pie, too, but not one of them all
he was goin’ to dig up his pipe, long’s
he hadn’t beep paid ’fer it. But Tim.
like most o’ his sort, knows ever’ hook
an’ crook in the law, an’ he said, said he,
‘Ef you come inside my yard an’ tecli
a thing I'll handle you for trespass.’
“That was a blow to Jeff, beca’se it
sounded like some'n’ he'd heard in toe
court house; so he slunk back outside an’
cussed some. He was goin’ back to his
wagon before a considerable crowd that
had gathered to hear the dispute, when j carry in my young days. My bro
all at once a idea seemed to strike ’im. | your Greatunclo Harry, was a sailor,
He took his pick an' dug down in the j once when he was home on a visit he
road whar his pipe j’ined the main, till j us about some lanterns he had see:
he got to it, an’ then he monkey-wrenched | China. He was in Canton when tlv
it off an’ fastened a chain round the
pipe runnin’ into Tim's lot an’ hitched
his mules to it. oy that time Tim had
quit smokin’. He come out an’ begun
to look on. ‘Say,’ said he, 'what are you
goin' to do?’
“ ‘I’m foin’ to have my pipe.’ said Jeff,
swingin’ his whip an’ cluckin’ an' I hain’t
agoin’ to trespass nuther; I’m agoin’
to stand here in the public highway an’
drag it uot from under yore dang fence.
I’m agoin’ to have jestice!’ Well, sir,
it produced the biggest laugh you ever
heard, an’ Tim got as red as a pickled
beet. ‘How much is yore dern bill?’ -e
axed. Jeff told ’Im, an’ Tim planked up
the spondulies while the crowd yelled, j
Then Tim axed Jeff to screw the pipe j
back on the main, an' Jeff told 'im he j
didn’t do his work twice, an’ driv’ off, !
leavin’ Tim without a speck o’ water on j
his place.”
(TO BE CONTI.* lED.)
tin
prouder or happier than the hull
watchman who had chanced to meetj
wornout messenger who rode Into
city with the great news of the
of Britain’s haughty commander in c^
which meant the glorious end of
struggle for freedom.
“Now, there is just one more thing
I want to tell you about lanterns,
this, by way of contrast, to the q
little ‘wooden lights’ that we used|
per cent) if applied to the entire United
States would give the stupendous total
of 35.846 divorces for the year 1902.
That this total is several thousands be
low the actual figure must be apparent
when it is remembered that the states
furnishing the. ratio of increase are not
those In w’hich the Increase is most rapid
There is a decrease in Connecticut and
Indiana. Had the western states been
taken as a criterion the increase would
have been considerably in excess of 400
per cent.
The proportion of divorces to marriages
offers a more, eloquent testimony even.
In Maine in 1901 there was one divorce
to every seven marriages, in 1902 one
in six. In New Hampshire In 1901 the
marriages were at the rate of eight to
one divorce. Vermont in 1902 had one
divorce to each ten marriages. In Mas
sachusetts the growth of the social mal
ady can be traced since 1872. In that
year there were forty-seven marriages
to one divorce, in 1832 the proportion of
marriages had shrunk to thirty-four to
one divorce and in 1902 to sixteen to
one.
The proportion In Ohio in 1902 was
eight to one. In Indiana there was a
divorce for every seven marriages and
in Michigan one for every eleven.
An idea of the gravity of the evil re
vealed by these figures will be had when
It is known that in Belgium, for instance,
the proportion of marriages to each di
vorce Is forty-one. and that the total
number of divorces granted in the entire
German empire in 1901 was 8.037 and
the total in France for 1900 7.157.
Another significant fact which is left
for sociologists to analyze is that more
than 75 per cent of the divorces granted
are obtained on demand of the wife. Of
the total number 40 per cent are granted
for desertion. 21 per cent for Infidelity
and 16 per cent for cruelty.
The question of how to t>g happy
though married seems to be getting fur
ther and further away from a solution.
How Old Southern Homes Were
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CONTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE.
often they sang psalms to keep themselves
company. There was one watchman, once
upon a time, who roused a whole cityful
of people simply by I lie silling of a cou
ple of lines. The persons who heard
him leaped from their beds, dressed, hur
ried out into the streets, and roused other
persons, and these, others again, until in
a short time the great city was wide
awake, and a great bell ringing out peal
after peal in wild rejoicing. And it is a
rejoicing that has continued to this hour.
“There wore those wondrous words, and
they were chanted in a clear, triumphant
pie were celebrating what they called ’
Feast of Lanterns.’ It is a famous
tlval, and has been held in China for
and ages, from the thirteenth to
sixteenth day of the first month of
year. The name of the feast comes
tlie fact that the streets are lined
lanterns, hung out from the houses,
from every possible place. There
little lanterns, big lanterns, cneap if
terns, expensive lanterns.
“Many of the lanterns that Harry s'
were 4 or 5 feet high, with a diame
of from I 1-2 to 2 teet. But ihese—:
mere babies, by the side of those
cost so much more. Some of these ae
ally cost $10,000. of course, their own
must have been very rich, mandarins
such like. These great lanterns v
25 to 30 feet in diameter. Their fra in
were of bamboo, and of course th'
were set oil the ground. The frairt'
were covered with rich paper, in brig
colors, and represented ball rooms, reee
tion rooms and bed rooms. They we'
adorned with sculptures, paintings
japanings. Two or three of these
lanterns put together would have ma
handsome house, Harry said, and infa
their owners used them in this way durir
‘The Feast of Lanterns.’ They held r
ceptions in them and balls, received visi*
ate and slept in them. These tmmen
lanterns were lighted up by other la
terns, hundreds of them, and by torch
which, shining through the paper wall 1
had a beautiful effect. Some of the
lanterns were built for speculation,
in these various shows were exhibite
even to theatrical performances. Qm-
use for lanterns, wasn't it No wonde
Harry laughed at the contrast with or
dull little tin things.”
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