The Philistine A Periodical of Protest. _Some hae meat that canna eat, and some na meat that want it;_ _But we hae meat and we can eat, so let the Lord be thankit!_ [Illustration: Vol. II. No. 4.] Printed Every Little While for The Society of The Philistines and Published by Them Monthly. Subscription, One Dollar Yearly Single Copies, 10 Cents. March, 1896. THE SOCIETY OF THE PHILISTINES. (International.) An association of Book Lovers and Folks who Write. Organized to further Good-Fellowship among men and women who believe in allowing the widest liberty to Individuality in Art. ARTICLE XII. SEC. 2. The annual dues shall be one dollar. This shall entitle the member to all the documents issued by the Society, together with one copy of the PHILISTINE magazine, monthly, for one year. Truthful manuscript seeking the Discerning Reader should be addressed to the Scrivener (assistant to the Datary); funds, forwarded for the matter of subscriptions, to the Bursar. Address The Philistine, East Aurora, N. Y. THE PHILISTINE is published monthly at $1 a year, 10 cents a single copy. Subscriptions may be left with newsdealers or sent direct to the publishers. The trade supplied by the AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY and its branches. Foreign agencies, BRENTANO’S, 37 Avenue de l’Opera, Paris; G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS, 24 Bedford street, Strand, London. THE PHILISTINE. CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1896. A Great Mistake, Stephen Crane The Model of a Statesman, Charles M. Skinner The Filling of the Joneses, William McIntosh Paul Knew, Frederic Almy A Complaint of Some Editors, Neith Boyce Wind of the West, John Northern Hilliard The Port of Ships, Joaquin Miller A Buccaneer Toast, Eugene Richard White Notes. Subscriptions can begin with the current number only. A very limited quantity of back numbers can be supplied. Vol. 1, No. 1, 75 cents. Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 at 25 cents each. Mr. Collin’s PHILISTINE poster in three printings will be mailed to any address on receipt of 25 cents by the publishers. A few signed and numbered copies on Japan vellum remain at $1.00 each. _Entered at the Postoffice at East Aurora, New York, for transmission as mail matter of the second class._ _COPYRIGHT, 1896, by B. C. Hubbard._ _The Bibelot._ MDCCCXCVI Those authors and subjects that many readers are glad to come at in a brief way, (and who may be thereby quickened to direct their studies anew to the sometimes surface hidden beauties of literature,) will continue to find ample presentation in _The Bibelot_ for 1896.