The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1901, Page 7

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These hotels pos- sess the attributes that tourists and travelers appreciate —entral Jocation, liberal manage- ment, modern ap- pointments a n d perfect cuisine. American and Eu- ropean plans. Pir G ina St s s.-.'_....?nhc" a chargt | y lnfl-n uoml nmln or ulcera- | A mucous mem- | Non-astringent. i CAFE BOYAL | She is only THE FIRST NORTHER OF THE SEASON SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1901. DOES MUCH DAMAGE TO SHIPPING Steamship Kvichak Is Sunk at Her Moorings, Man Is Lost|The Latest Phases of American Humor, Overboard From the Schooner Harry, Coaster Is Dismasted and a Barge Wrecked. e A ) 1 STEAMSHIP KVICHAK THAT WAS SUNK ALONGSIDE THE UNION IRON WORKS' DRYDOCK LAST THURS- DAY NIGHT DURING THE NORTHER. SHE WAS BUILT LAST YEAR FOR THE ALASKA PACKERS' AS- SOCIATION AND WAS BEING OVERHAULED. L R T et e A NS ] HE “‘norther” that blew up Thurs- day night did considerable dam- age on the bay. It did not last long, but while it did things hummed. A barge tied up at the seawall was stove in and lost about 330 a coasting schooner lost her foremast off the heads and had to put back for repairs; one of the bay schooners lost a man overboard, and the steamer Kvichak was sunk at her moor- ings. All in all, it was a disastrous blow while it lasted, and the bitter cold which accompanied the wind added much to the dummzun of people on the bay and at Qull? a fleet of vessels got away Thurs- d 1 every one of them mu hd\" ht in the northerl I squ ted schoon- again yesterda; L KVICHAK SINKS AT HER DOCK. Alaska. Packers’ WStenmship Goes Down at the Union Iron Works. 0ld boreas made considerable trouble at the Union Iron Works Thursday night. The steamship Kvichak of the Alaska Association fleet was tied up at being repaired and overhauled. a year old, s well as it might have e the vessel came here | Packers’ the wharf, was not done been. Ever si from Portland there has been trouble with | got back here from Karluk on November 25 last it was found necessary to overhaul her. A week or so ago she was sent to the Union Iron Works, and during the last few days the work of re-riveting was pushed steadily ahead. Thursday night found the old ets cut out of one or two of the plateu just as_the 5 o'clock whistle blew. In- stead of stopping to put in the new rivets the men put in wooden plugs, intending to finish the job in the morning. When the northér came up the Kvichak began to work, and the strain caused many of the pins to drop out. Then the vessel began to fill through the openings made, and when the watchman made his escape ashore her decks were almost awash. The steamship lles in a comfort- her, and when | able position, and it will not cost more than $1500 to pump her out and ut her back at her moorings again. She will easily be ready to sail for Alaska next monih, and the owners will not be any- thing out by the accldent. - Loses His Life in the Bay. Jacob Englund, a deckhand on the bay schooner Harry, lost his life during the norther. The vessel left Mission-street whart about a cargo of coal. When off Lombard-street v\’\arf the norther came down and the sudden shift of wind caused the main boom to swing over, knocking Englund overboard. Captain Drysdorff at ‘once hove to the schooner and lowered a boat. The ferry steamer San Rafael also low- ered a boat, but although the search was kept up for nearly half an hour mno trace of the missing man could be found. Captain Drysdorff finally put about and came back to San Francisco. was in the employ of the Piper, Goodall Company for years,.and was a sober, industrious man. Captain Drys- dorff says the boom swung over 8o quickly that it was impossible for Eng- | lund to get out of the way, and that his hca\) sea bum: probably took him down. - Some Mlnor Accidents. The big barge Eastside was tied up at the seawall preparatory to discharging a big consignment of wheat that had come down the San Joaquin River. When the gale struck her she began to bump heavily, and soon many piles had been knocked out of the State property and about 250 tons of wheat had gone over- board from the barge. The tug Liberty took the Eastside, which was stove In, to the mud flats. The schooner Lily left here for Ump- qua yesterday, but was caught outside the heads in the storm. Her foremast went by the board and Captain Bottger had to run before the gale in order to save the mainmast. After some maneu- vering the echooner made port again last night and will be laid up for repairs. —_— Water Front Notes. The Occidental and Oriental Steam- ship Company's _Doric arrived from China, Japan and Hawaii ahead of time, She did not get in before sundown and in consequence had to g0 Into quarantine, She will be released to-day and her passengers and mail landed. The steamer Mexico went to Martinez yesterday, where she will be laid up until the Pacific Coast Steamship Company again raises the rates to Mexlean pOLth. Reinsurance on the overdue shlp. Ber- tha and Cape Wrath advanced 5 per cent yesterday. The Machrihanish and Ard- namurchan were wiped off the boards. Thursday the underwriters were offering 45 per cent. Yesterday they would not pay a cent. The salmon and cases washed ashore up the coast all had barnacles on them, so they must have come from a wreck of long ago and not from the ves- sels named, The transport Lawton sailed for Ma- nila yesterday. - Among those who went out on her was Major W. W. Robinson of Seattle. who has been appointed to succeed Major Ruhlen as depot quarter- master at Honolulu, The Pacific Mail Cmnpunys China sailed for the Orient yegtegifl e cu~ Ties a large passenger 1ist And abou tons of general cargo. Among lhole who went out in the cabin were Captain C. F, Stockton, who is en route to la. ’ NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. The Mermaid loads lumber at Vancouver for Callao; the Westminster, wheat at this port for St. Vincent, for crders, 37s 6d. e Shipments of Wheat. The Norweglan steamer Hero salled yestér- but the riveting | 2:30 p. m. for Vallejo with| wheat, valued at $122,600, and | =8 _dunnage valued at $3%0 ing cargo valued at §15,465: 1280 dunnage. AR A Cargo for Liverpool. day for Liverpool with a general cargo 320,539, manifested as follows: wheat, 2 cs canned fruit, 152 1bs cascara sagrada, 0 s orchillas. The steamer China salled yesterday for ana | 3157586, manitested as follows: For $69,113; for Japan, $64,995; for Manila, for East Indies, $970; For China—170 bxe meat, 1335 1bs coffee, apples, 2057 Ihs codfish, 2625 Ibs dried frult, 4 cs §648 bbls flour, | machinery, 12 | oleomargarine, 10,600 Ibs pearl barley, | paper, # photo goods, § cs raisins, I starch, 235 cs salmon, 840 bdls shooks, I | tea, 1208 gals wine. For Japan—22 pkgs agricultural implements, | 5032 s butter, | a4 ne o bicycles and sundries, [ ann provisions, 2040 pigs lead, lard, 18 pkgs machinery kegs nal cs_watches, 2800 gals wine. For Manila—18 crs bicycles, 18 os t; 8 cs cilewing gum, 200 cs iiquors, lemons, 9000 gals bottled beer, 5500 crs po fruit, 2 cs hams. For Vladivostok—24 pkgs machinery. An Additional Manifest. walued at $896: | and iron, 180 bxs oranges, 25 bxs lemon: canned goods, 5 sks sweet potatoes, | potatoes. R O tons, making a total since July I, 1900, to 63,000 tons. L Exports of Salmon. month of January were 86,201 cs, pkgs, uary, 1081 b 1600, — Exports of Lumber. Shipments of lumber from San Franct Harbor. Br stmr_Doric, hours 3% min, via Honolulu § days 6 30 min. Stmr Geo Loomis, Ventura. Stmr_Del Norte, Allen, 32 hours from | cent Cit; toria and Puget ind port: | _Stmr Arcata, Neison, | Bay. | Landing. Stmr Noyo, Stmr Argo, Olsen, 54 hours from C« River. Whatcom. Sehr Melancthon, lumbia River. 5c;|[r Newark, Olsen, 3% days fro: Fishermans Schr | CLEARED. , Februa Frids tna, Seabury, Hongkong and hasé-‘:" S onotatn: "Pacine Matk 878 Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, San Goodall, Perkl Er nmr Bristol, McIntyre, Chemaln Dummulr s Sons Co. land; W R Grace & Co. oAb ship Springbank, Hoyc, Liverpoal; i Fearioss, Liljeauist, w ; 2o SAILED. Guaymas; Lumber Corona, Bielow, Ean Pedro, r Corona, Gielow.'San Pedro. Leelanaw, Storrs, China, suwry, Honlkon[, ete. Stmr Navarro, U 8 stmr Lawton, Munne “Manila. Nor stmr Hero, Syvertsen, St Vincent. Schr Dora Bluhm, Seymotr, Kahului. Sclié! Gty R Wilson, Sehr Archie and B I\)mle. Barge Santa Paul tow of tug Re-cue RETURNED. for Sehr Lily Bofl'er hence Jan 29, qua, on account of carrying aw: Arena, In strong TELEGRAPHIC. Countered heavy sform deck load. ‘. DOMESTIC PORTS. Japan with a general cargo valued for Viadivostok, The following were the principal shipments: 1563 s abalone | 10 csks bottled beer, 76| © s butter, 609 cs canned goods, 5056 1bs cheese, | V2800 Tbs nuts, 38 cs printing ink, 750 Ibs suga: For East Indles—124 cs salmon, 72 s cann day for St. Vincent for orders with 119,620 ctls 20,000 £t lumber The British steamer Condor cleared yester- day for Callao via Portland with the follow- 11,228 ctls wheat, bbls flour, 179 cs salmon, 2000 ft lumber The British ship Springbank cleared yester- valued 33,610 ctis | 99 ctls barley, 23,203 cs canned sal- | 13,578 gals grape 500 gals Merchandise for the Orient. China at China, $22,331; 77, di § csks § tierces ginseng, 83 | | pkgs groceries and provisions, 5394 1bs ham and | | bacon, 40 rolls leather, 47,224 Ibs lard, 9 pkgs | cs 1381 1bs millstuffs, 1683 1bs 12 crs 761 1bs | 1200 s | 1 writers, bbls 217 cs whisky, 1 safe, 3 pkgs machinery, 117 bxs tato In addition to cargo previously reported the steamer Walle Walla which satled Thursday | for Victoria carried the following merchandise 137 bxs vegetables, 10 bdls steel s, 2 c8 300 crs | Produce Exchange Call Board Sales. The Produce Exchange call board sales of wheat for the month of January were 49,300 1900, ' of 619,600 tons; the sales of barley during Jan- uary amounted to 3500 tons, and since July 1, Exports of Salmon from this port for the bls, 26 against 32,206 cs, 1176 pkgs during Jan- sco by | sea during January were 1,801,313 feet, 5098 | pes, against 761,000 feet during January, 1900. prcslhi " i Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Thursday, January 31 pSchr Abble, Petterson, @ hours from Coos Pir Gem, Olsen, 3% days from Coos Bay. Schr Sailor Boy, Nilsen, B days from Grays Friday, February 1. Smith, 27 days 2 hours 50 min from Hongkong, via Yokohama 16 days 27 ours. Bridgett, 33 hours from Cres- Stmr lymllflh. Cousins, BD% hours from Vic- 50 hollrl from Coos Stmr Navarro, Jensen, 10 hours from Bowens Johnson, 14 hours from Fort Bragg. Stmr Samoa, Higgins, 26 hours from Eureka. oquille Stmr Rainier, Hanson, 81 hours from New m Co- Beck, 14 hours from Bowens ng. Schr ‘fiender Brothers, ‘Wetzel, 15 hours from m ‘Dart, 48 hours from Eureka. Yoo Co. Diego; & Co. Slmr Columhll, Doran, Astoria; Oregon R R 8 us; R Br stmr Condor. Anderson, Callao, via Port- Gw E XK Friday, February L Johnson, Grays Har- Johmunv McGove entura, in Friday, February 1. Ump- oremast head on Jan 31, 5 p m. 30 miles west of Point NW gale. POINT LOBOS, Feb 1, 10 p m—Weather clear; wind NW, velocity 8 miles. g MISCELLANEOUS. CALLAOArrived Jan 3i-Chil Altcar, trom New Whatcom, and regorts on Oct 20 en! b, 0 Jettison BANDON—Salled Feb 1-Schr Corinthian, for ATTLB—Arrived Feb 1—Br stmr SE. Fife, from Hongkong; stmr Jeante, Mm Jun- uary 27. Arrl Dn ORAYs AR BOK Bailed Feb 1—Stme 1-Stmrs City of vedM y Topeka and Laura 3 May. for San Francisco; schr Roy San 'Pedro; schr Lizzle' Vance, for clsco. Bomeu. tor PORT TOWNSEND—Passed in Feb 1—Br £hip Pengwern, from Victoria, for —. Sailed Feb 1—Br stmr Yang Tsze, for St Vincent. Arrived Feb 1—Schr B K Wood, from Hat- phon; PORT LOS ANGELES—Salled Feb 1-Br | stmr Warfield, for Chemainus. ! NEAH BAY—Passed in Feb 1-8chr B K Wood, from Haiphong, for Port Townsend. Passed out Feb 1—Stmr Matteawan, from ‘Tacama, for San Francisco. 3 REKA—Arrived Feb 1—Stmr Eureka, hnc a) n Sl Ealled Feb 1—Stmrs Westoort and North Fork and schr Occidental, for San Francisco. ASTORIA—-Arrived FelL 1—Br stmr Strath- gyle, from Seattle. FORT BRAGG—Arrived Feb 1—Stmr Se- quola, hence Jan SAN DIEGO—Arrived _Teb ASenr 3 M| from Port Hadloc Weatherwax, SOUTH BEND—Arrived Feb I-Schr Novelty, from Honolulu. Sailed Feb 1—Stmr Rival, for San Francisco. FOREIGN PORTS. er 31— Bark Snow & goa. VALPARAISO- Safied Jan Sl—Ger stmr Pen- | taver, for San Francisco. AMAPALA—Arrived Jan 31—Bktn Katie | Phcklngvr from Manzanillo. ALLAO—Arrived Feb 1—U S stmr Phila. delpia, teom San Dicgo. OCEAN STEAMERS, LONDON—Salled Feb 1—Stmr Menominee, | for New York. orl QUEENSTOW alled Feb 1—-Stmr Com- | monweaith, from Liverpool, for Boston. | KINSALE—Passed Feb i—Stmr Campania, from New York, for Queenstown and Liver: pool. P Steamer Movements. TO ARRIVE. “weas From. Due. North Fork.....{Humboldt ... Feb, Carlisle City..../China via San Diego...|Feb. Mandalay... .. Coquille River Feb. Australia. |Tahiu .. | Fumbotdt Newport . San Diego . Panama & Way Forts.| Oyster Harbor P Santa Rosa. Point Arena Ports. |Panama & Way Ports. 0 01 TG e o 909 €988 €31 15 13 45 | mingling Zealandla... Honolulu .. Crescent City.../Crescent Cit) 1 TO SAIL. Steamer, Dest nation, |Sails.| Pler. February 2. \vasberl and Sth-st. heeler. Tillamook Bay. ym, Whart Mariposar... [Honoaa. - pmmex 7 Columbia.....|Astoria & Portiand|1l am Pler 24 Point Arena.. Point Aren- pm|Pler 2 Pler 9 Coos Bay .o 10 Pler 13 |Portland & Coos B.[ 9 am 8.W. 1 North Fork... Carllsle City. |China_and Ratnjer |Seattle & Tacom ‘Bonita. . Newport . Argyll N tris..... Hamburg & W. Pts Umatllla... .. Puget Sound Ports/il am|Pler § ! Rob't Dolla: Eureka. Fulton........, 9 am|(Pier — Empire....... Pler 13 | Queen 9 am|Pier 1 Mandalay Pler 3| Czarina. Pler 8 | Curacao.. 10 am(Pler 11 | Guatemaia...|West Coast & Way].......|Pler — G. W. Elder..|Astoria & Portland|ll am|Pler 24 Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey— Times and Helghts of High and Low Waters at _Fort Point, entrance San Franclsco Bay, Publisbed by nlflcul au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty- five minutes later then at Fort "Point: the hefght of tide is the same at both places. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 E Time| 5 (LW 2 4:00| 3 4:48] H W 4 0:34| 5 1:09| 6 1:40) 4 2:12 8 2:4 NOTEIn the above exposition of the tdes the early morn = given in the hand wlumn an nn neeenlvo tides of m day in the order of occurrence as to time of day, the third time column gives the last tide of the day, except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occurs. his glven “are in addition to the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus stgn (—) WM;- u::.ud height, and then of the lower low waters. Time Ball. hi O!flu U. 8. Branch Hydgnp e m“}; Mer- chants’ 'nntlmob-honm-t-wuo(mcmrm bulwn' was at exactly noon 1. e, at noon of the 120th o'clock p. m., Greenwich time. . CALKINS, C. G. Lieutenant Commander, U. 8. N., in charge. e PENN‘FYLVANIA SYSTEM railroads. Office, W Montgomery street. HOME STUDY CIRCLE FOR CALL READERS Taking in the Dialect Poets. Copyright, 1901, by Seymour Eaton. XIV. The last quarter of the nineteenth jcen- tury has been chiefly notable on its liter- ary side for the rise and development of what may be termed the literature of lo- cality. The father of what may be termed American provincial characterization was undoubtedly Royall Tyler, who, as early as 1785, began his clever studies of the Yankee character. In the words of Lu- kens, “His nasal-twanged, vociferous, ec- centrie, inquisitive and roistering down- easter was a product of the sofl.” Irving made use of this element to some extent in his “Rip Van Winkle" and similar sketches. “Sam Slick” and “Major Jack Downing” used it freely. Mrs. Stowe, as early as 1848, made minute /studies of phases of New England life, and Lowell and the dialect poets like C. G. Leland voiced many phases of provinefal environ- ment, but it was not until 188, when Bret Harte began in the Overland Monthly his short stories of the California mines, that there began what might be styled a stam- pede to this province of literature. The fleld has, indeed, been a rich one. The vast area’ of America, its peculiar history, its cosmopolitan populnnon its marvelous diversity of environments, have resulted in an abundance of peculfar So- clal groups. All of these varled regions bave had their chromiclers and in some cases thelr laureates. John Hay, now the Secretary of State, was the first to bring before the literary world the Indiana “Hooslers™ in his “Pike County Ballads"” and Edward Eggleston was the first to record in prose their unique characteris- tics; George W. Cable, in a serfes of strong dramatic novels, first revealed the creole world of the Louistana lowlands; Thomas Nelson Page and Joel Chandler Harris have made accurate pictures of the plantation negro; Mary N. Murfree— “Charles Egbert Craddock”—has explored the wild depths of the Tennessee Moun- tains; Hamlin Garland has etched realis- tic sketches of life on the prairie farm; Alice French—'‘Octave Thanet—has pen- gtrated the canebrakes of Arkanmsas, and Mary Hallock Foote has entered the wild mxmnE camps of Colorado and Idaho. New England, the earliest section of the fleld to be explored, has been carefully studled in all of its sections by a little group of keen and sympathetic observers, mostly women—Mrs. Stowe, Rose Terry Cooke, Nora Perry, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary E. Wil- kins and others. The distinctive feature of these studies of peculiar environments has been their realism, their m.reful fidelity to life, their reverent wnruhl& “the god of things as they are. Nearly all of them have been made with sympathy, and nearly all are full not only of fun and wit but of real humor. Such careful artists as Bret Harte, George W. Cable, Joel Chand. !ler Harris and Sarah Orne Jewett may be ranked as humorists in the most ex- clusive sense of the word. Much of their work will bear comparison with the best humorous writings of our literature. Bret Harte, who in some respects was the literary father of the group, first at- tracted the attention of the world by his pecullar poetry, which depicted the life and the language of the California mines | and gulches during the days of the goid excitement. Much of this early poetry | had in it a vein of rollicking fun mingled with abundant sentiment. “The Society on the Stanislaus” is one of the best of the group. The aim of the society was sclentific; its early meetings were peace- able and instructive, but it came to a sudden end in a peculiar, Californian way. Brown of Calaveras had brought “a lot of fossil bones”” and had begun to address the meeting in a learned way when he was interrupted by Jones, who Then asked the chair for a suspension of the es, Till he could prove that these same bones was one of his lost mules. Then Brown he smiled a bitter smile and said he was at fault; It seemed he had been trespassing on Jones' family vault. He was a most sarcastic man, this quiet Mr. Bro veral occasions he had cleaned out town. Then Abuer Dean of Angel's raised a point of order, when A chunk of old red sandstone took him In the abdomen, And he smiled a kind of sickly smile and curled on the floor And the subs:quent proceedings interested him | no more. The soclety is finally adjourned with remnants of the paleozoic age, with fos- sils and skulls of mammoths. “Plain Language from Truthful James, better known as “The Heathen Chinee, gave its_author at once an international fame. In his later poems Harte became still more erratic in his literary methods, exclamations, fragmentary ejaculations, slang and curious localisms in a monolo: }ue that at once provoked im- mediate and widespread parody. In the oem “Jim,” for example, the miner who as been questioning an apparent stranger about his old ‘“pardner,” Jim, and who has been assured by him that he s dead, suddenly recognizes in his in- former the supposed dead man: Well, thar—good-by— No more, sir—I— What's that you say? Yhy, dern it! Sho! ! by Jol Sola! “ hyv you lMmb! You grnery, Derned old, Long-legged Jim! Amid all this unusual poetic material, all this picturesque diction, there is a vein of real pathos. Harte was first inspired by Dickens and in many respects he is ltke him. He selects extremes as char- acters; he puts them into an environment | strange_almost to the verge of impossi- bility; he uses broad comedy and senti- | ment 'with a lavish hand, yet he is not oversentimental like Dickens. His abund- ant wit and true pathos combine into a humor which within its narrow limits is superfor to that of the great English caricaturist. His rare critical judgment, which is nowhere better shown than in his extremely ludicrous parody of Dickens in_“Condensed Novels,” enabled him to follow only what was best in his distin- guished master. His humor is at its best in a few of his earlier short storfes, like “The Luck of ring Camp” and “How_Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar.” Without their sly wit, their skillfully handled comedy, their deep pathos, thelr humor, they would indeed fall flat. - Of real character study they have very little, in plot and of broad con tructive power they are sadly ‘We see phases of life, but no. complete life. We get a burning moment in a reckless career, but an instantaneous photograph, and that is all.” The |nfruence of Dickens either dlmtly or through the works of Harte can i ok ceatary: Thiver ture of locality. The first conspicuous study of local environment after the Cali- fornia tales was Edward BEggleston's “Hoosler Schoolmaster,” a story of the primitive days in Southern Indiana. a reduced scale, it is the work which Dickens would have done had he been born_on Hoosler territory instead of in the lower circle of London. Take. for Instance, his plcture of Squire Hawkins, who has been described as having “‘a wig of thlt dirty, waxy coler, so common to a semicircular row of whiskers trightful dead black™; fmi ipectacles, “a glass eye differing color from its natural mate, perpetual- Iy gamns out of focus by turning in or out,” “a set of false teeth, badly fitted, and given to bobbing up and down.” He has just been elected to pre- naa at a spelling school and rises to thank the company for the honor: o Tadies and gentiemen,” he began, shoving his specta and sucking h Ilp- over hh ‘white teeth keap them in place, wg‘ and gentlemen, young men and maidens, raley T'm obleeged to Mr. Means for this homor. " and the squire took both hands and turned the top of his head round sev ed hi mu old:' “l fhl n !l. in- most happifying sense of e m.mu of all my endeavors ple of Fiat Crick dsestrick in and mi This burst of eloquance was de- llver.d 'llh a constrained air and an apparent sense of a danger that he, Squire Hawkine, might fall to pleces in his weak way and manner, of the success and futility (es- pecially the latter) of all attempts at recon- - g, struction. For by this time the ghastly pupil of the left eye, which was black, was look- ing way round to the ieft, while the little biue one on the right twinkled cheerfully toward the front. The front teeth would drop down 80 that the squire’s mouth was kept nearly closed and his words whistied through. A later phase of the literature of local- ity has been characterized by a more care- ful realism. There has been no attem to confine the story to grotesque and ha impossible exceptions, or to heighten in any way unusual racteristics. The novelist” has made minute and loving studies of actual lowly life, seeking not exceptions but typical figures The most successful humorist of this latter group has been Sarah Orne Jewe whose character they are to be found in the humble vil- lages along the Maine coast stand Al l e head of one depart Every plcture is out like etchings, every every mark of individuality The humor lies in the lif quaint, half-fantastic v of those who have seen ur. fr pitiful standpeint, in t ous pathos which is never any of her tales, and in _t breezy, kindly personality of the author herself. There is an irresigtible charm in these limpld, artless tales of homely lives; ane cannot help smiling often over their simplicity and their rude wisdom. Two aged men, for instance, at the win- ter hearth entertaining each other with the mere nothings of idle talk, might not seem to be a humorous topic, yet how ab- solutely true to mature can She represent them and how our hearts warm to them as ihey discuss the mysteries of cider= making. *1 call that pretty cider,” young yet, but it has gut so; and "tis smooth. between good upla: apples that grows in wet ground it that m only one Imost spontane- sald Martin. “rpig eight a'ready, en. There s a' sight o diff fruit and the sp An' 1 Some ¢ what s and keep it hearty. Lord! soma folks are willin’ to set before ye! 'Hain't wuth the name o' cider, nor no better than the rensin’s of a vinegar ¢ ““And then there's weath. Jacob Dyer, * sideration. time—not too early to taste ¢ t00 late to tasts o' the grou the snap o' time as to ripe sharp day with the cua ato the press and what cc One can almost hear the old cronies smacking their lips. This minute realism, this constant watchfulness-for touches of nature, these little pictures of Idiosyncra- | sies anud petty foibies never make us roar in high glee, Seldom make ys laugh aloud, but they never fail to awaken that siient laughter that warms the heart and makes us glow with peace and good will toward all men. In the skillful use of pathos Miss Jewett has been surpassed by few who have used our language. It is never obtrusive, it is never even remotely sentimental, it is al- ways seemingly spontaneous. Those who can read such a story, for instance, as “A Native of Winby" and not find their ey 3 wet at the end will never : mere literature, and scene, no pitiful story ¢ wrong to childhood or in pathetic just as all human life is p.\lhr' C. What a world of true pathos in a sin “You never get ¢ bein’ a child long's you have a mothe go to! A humorist of a far (‘H'hr("l! ty ank R. Stockton, as a kind of antithesis to the group ju: liscussed. He is confined by no bounds of geography. His scenes are located in regions unexplored and indeed undreamed of save by their creator. His characters seem real, yet they are like none that we have ever known in our earthly experi- ence. He is the humorist of “negative gravity.” in his worid water flows uphiil, and human beings act precisely the oppo- site of what one might expect. One is continually facing a paradox, yet so plausible are the tales, so logical seem- ingly are all of their parts that one is half-inclined to believe them eveh against the testimony of his better judgment. There have been during the present era a few who have written really humorous poetry, notably in the field of local studies of character. Hay's “Jim Bludsc and Little Breechcs” have become widely nown; $o have Charles Follen Adama’® acob’ Strauss” and Sam Walter Foss s depicted in homely, yet taking, verses the humors of the rural New England Yonkee. Will Carleton, too, with his bai- lads of farm and city life, has had a wide popularity. The two poets, however, who have done the best humorous work are doubtless Eugene Field and James W comb Riley. Fileld exceiled as the delin- ator of childhood especially on its pa- thetic side. The most of his work is whimsical and merely comic, but in a few simple lyrics he has reached the borders of the region occupled by such a master even as Thomas Hood. James Whitcomb Riley, “the Hoosler poet,” has done in verse what the novel- ists of locality have done in prose. His homely verses have the universal stamp upon them that makes ‘them acceptable both to the high and the low, the ignorant and the educated. There is a simple lit- ing movement, an artless singsong rhythm to them that makes them at once catehy and popular, yet there is a fidelity to nature, a tenderness and a true humor in them that raises them at once Into the | realm of real literature. Such lyries as “When the Frost Is on the P\mkln “The Raggedy Man," “Griggsby's St tion,” “Knee Deep in June,” are real ma: terpieces of humor. What could be more true and hearty than his picture of the autumn farm? ‘When the frost is on the punkin and the fod- der’s in the shock, And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin’ turkey cock, And the eclackin' of the gulneys, cluckin’ of the nens, And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tip-toes on the fence; O, it's then's the times a feller i a-feelin’ at his best, With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest, As Be leaves the houss, bareheaded, out to feed the stock, ‘When the frost is on 'he punkin and the fod- der's In the shock. But June is just as joyous a season for §¢ light-hearted Jloosier singer: Plln.' ef the' ain't mmpln in Work 'at kind o' goes My convictions —long lhoul Here In June especially! Under some old auple tree, Jes' a restin’ through and through, 1 could get along without Nulhm else at all to do ly jes a wishin' you “ll a-gettin’ there like me And June was eternity. To survey so vast-a fleld as the humor of English and American literature within narrow limits of sitxeen brief papers deml.nda of a necessity that only typieal figures be included within the plan. Many there have been both in England and America who have produced real humor, some of it doubtless equal to any that we have mentioned, yet it has been !mpossi- ble to include them all. The pioneer in any field deserves the first and best re- ward and we have endeavored to give such their true place in the evolution of humor, and to omit no author who in any way prominently assisted in developing enriching It. and the and goes FR LEW! Pennsylvania State Colle PATTEE. Note—This is the concluding faper of this series. An examination will be pub- lished on Thursday. February 14, as a basis for the granting of certificates. Site for Normal School. The Supervisors’ Judiciary Committee met yvesterday and referred to the City Attorney for his opinion the matter of the power of the board to pass the ordinance transferring a lot of land ad- joining the Girls’ High School to the State for the purpose of ecrecting thereom aal sehoor —_——— For a Cold in the Head. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets.