The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, August 18, 1898, Image 4
3 " s,. . f. i if ft ' 'k i Ylctory at tka Falla, aVa ame tlon to pass ob tbe propooi Vh to organize ft special road district atx artss square, with Versalllea, Mo, M tbe center, m held there in May. Te arop-lop crfod Dy . Mammi te Have Tfceaa. supervisors of Haycock Town Backs County, Pa., bare fixed Nad-tax at $1 on $100 of as - estate valuation. Pennsyl are determined to have good ragirdboa of coat . What Iewa People Tfetak. The business mea of Da Ten port and Oeunty, Iowa, held a largely at meeting to promote tbe Interest fca gssd roads. The conclnalona arrived at ware that an road taxes should be paid la casta; that the office of road su should be aboilebed; that the i af wide tires oa vehicles should be by rebates oa taxes, and when the road have reached a ' state of development free dellv- ery of malls In tbe rural districts be one of the rewards. Good Beada and tka MalL If country roads were generally lm- preved by tbe modern plan of road build tag, there would not be much de lay In providing free delivery through the mere populous parts of the country. One reason why England delivers maU from bouse to house In the country as wall as la tbe city Is because tbe coun try roads are ta so fine condition that she work of delivery Is greatly expedit ed. If there were English roads all through tbe Middle and Eastern States It wen Id not be a great undertaking for this Government to establish free deliv ery la those sections. -Syracuse (N. .) rmt Crade Oil la Read Work. Per many years It has been known the use of oil on troubled waters greatly calms them. Recently some railway com panic have experimented wttt H for tbe purpose of laying dust, watch it is claimed that It will do for a very long time, and now its value In Improving country roads is forcibly as serted by 3. G. Winger, of Grand Val ley, Pa. This gentleman save that he has devoted his whote life, since the discovery of oil, to its development, and has made a study of tbe area blessing that It (Ives to man, and bel levee that tbe time Is not far In the future when dusty and muddy roads will be erudi tions unknown, and thai cnirte oil will bring this reform about. The experi ence on which be principally bast hie opinion he described in a letter to tbe Oil City Derrick;. "In ttie winter of 18SM, near Grand Valley, a small plug was forced out of ; an oil line, and a quantity of oil spurted on the road. The snow was thoroughly saturated with oil for about one rod in diameter. The oil wax spread over the road by the feet of horse and the ac tion of sleigh runners for tbe distance of about four rods. The roads In ibis vaHcy are clay bottom and very dusty In dry weather, and muddy in wet, and It's no unusual thing to see ten to twen- ; ty inches in the season. TtA bit of road. -and tbe crude oil referred to, have attracted my aiten- - tlon ever since; for, when the - dry weather ' returned and 'dusty roads' : were the hailing salutation of - every one you met these particular four rods - of road were as free from dust as a well-kept, brick -paved street, and after ' a shower, when the dusty roads were converted Into beds of mud,' this section , of the road was as dry us if no ra.Su bad ' fallen. The writer has explained' tbe phenomenon to many observers wbo ' were ignorant of the cause, At presi-nt and after the action" of three summers and winters, there is still -to be Keen tbe unmistakable evidence of tbri preserv- fctg dualities of the crude oil. ' Xow, accepting the foregoing observation as C ' ( truth. Is It not safe to conclude that a - notation of the greatest public question ft , haa a aecleus on which to rest a hope? fi "OB and earth have an affinity for l::,: each ether, and. whan united in proper , - proportions on a roadbed, are for a long 2 '-- time Inseparable. Tbe oil on tbe road- V bed prevents the earth from rising in , s;uat, and excludes water, and hence y ' flse Impossibility of mud. It looks rea 6 seaaW that an oil -treated road, prop 'iff'" "'' rty shaped, will remain mudless; when fifyifr? ' saow falls, even In small quantities, It Yf. "' ' all five good sleighing, and when the saow goes in the spring it will be ready ''' vise oosnfort, pleasure and business. ., Ia tbs employment of crude oil for , 109 roads ao change need be made In the mode of construction now in gener :r. '' al use. , The roadbed should be properly '1J0'-T lad with macMnery, and immedl Vi ' i WorWnf " 'o'mlng, and v VVtra hf Wth Is loose and' best adapt :A ) rt flkf absorption of oil, - the all smwW, after the manner of " tsT aWseU. Tbe qaanthy of oM ON road can only be deter fcy tsaeriaienu aad actual tests. , opialon. based on observe . aa m wmk ewe oarrei oi on to eacn M'Li .rsal nOfraa4 wlU suffice. This, If nar has not erred in his figures 4 to Ike death of omMhlrd of '"M f-4i. Cameat arice of oil. and coat ,'( ' ""3 wfll dastruitae expense of of road. Should not al) . 3feT3rlewei la the Inter if'tZZM, astf a demand for J-Jfc.'!. f.TXSrtla. .y .i - ft. . '-t2mitmt&mmk.t: ; V rf. J--aaay sxasW ' aatckaai r COf Cssatft, of West Virginia, to Urn be flrtt can to Congress a lira. Kearon, wba lived la the same board lag house, persuaded him to boy a ticket In a raffle at church fair for a eooklnf stovs and complete kitchen outlt Bit ticket turned oat to be tbe lucky una ind ke aent tbe good to bis borne, In West Vir ginia. While be was arranging for their shipment at tbe railway station be was introduced to tbe young lady wbo afterward became his wife, and Jocularly lnrlted ber to become his cook. She replied that she would be very glad to do so. Tbe nest winter Mr. Kearon sold Mr. Kenna a ticket In another fair given by tbe same ebnrcb. This time the prise was a plain gold ring, and again he was suc cessful. He put the ring carefully away until it was needed at bis wed ding a few months later, and It so bap- 1 pened that his bride was tbe first per- son to use the cook stove. Mrs. Kenna is now postmistress at Charleston, W. Va., and tbe Legislature of that State has decided that Its Representative In tbe gallery of statues of statesmen at the capltol shall be the man wbo won his wedding ring and his kitchen furni ture at a raffle. COLORS OF NATIONAL FLAGS. Bad Holda Its Place the Moat Pop alar Tiat. Though the poUcy of military authori ties In using less glaring colore in uni forms haa been very marked of Jate years, red remains tbe most popular color for national standards. Of twenty-five countries, nineteen have flags with red in them, the list including the United States, England, France, Ger many, Austria, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, 8wttaerland, Tur key, Mexico, Chile, Portugal Venesu ela, and last, but not least. Out. The ant lies which have Hue as an element of their flags are the United States, Russia, France, England, Hol land," Ilcuadbr, Sweden, Chile, Tene sueia, Vortogal aad Ouba. Three coun tries have black as ons of tbe elements at their flaga Oermany, Belgium aad Ohina i but Germany is the only one of the tlree which has black and whits tagetljer, There are five countries (ex cluding from consideration Ireland, tbe familiar flag of which is not officially recoinlsed among the national stand ards) which have green as a color; Bra zil, f flag of which is green chiefly; Mex1Jo, Egypt, Italy and Persia. Toere are rjne countries In which (tie flag is partly of yellow. These countries are Aust a, Spain. Belgium, Egypt. Swe den, Jhlna, Persia, Brazil and Venezu ela. Countries with fiaga partly wMts are he United Waste, France, Ger man r, Russia, Austria and Italy, six of the i even chief powers. There Is no wbitj In the national standard of Eng land, but the British naval flag has a white background- Other countries having white in their flags are Switzer land, Turkey, Persia, Jpan, Mexico, Holland, Denmark, Portugal, Cuba, Oh tie and Ecuador, the flag of which is nearer white than any other country, being made up of two jtirallei whtte columns, between which is a column of blue, upon which are wtoite stars. New l'ork Sun, A Memory, How dear to this heart are the old-fashioned dresses, " When fond recollection presents them ' ' to view! In fancy I nee the old wardrobes and pree , Which held the loved gowns that in girl hood I knew. The wide spreading mohair, the silk that ' hung by it; The straw-colored satin with trimming " ' ' cf brown; The ruffled f on lard, the pink organdie - nigh it, - But, oh, for the pocket that bung in ' each' ajownl The old-fashioned pocket, the obsolete pocket. The praiseworthy pocket that hung to each gown. That dtur. roomy pocket I'd hail as a treasure , Could I but behold It in gown of to-day; I'd fiud it the source of an exqiiinite pleaa ' ure, . . ; "" But all my modistes sterol? answer m "Nay:" .,-;"' 'Twonld be so convenient when going out shopping, ' , r Twould hold mr small purchasea com iug from town;, Aad always my purs or my 'kerchief I'm dropping Ob, me, for the pocket that bung In my gown, - The old fashioned pocket, the obsolete pocket, - ' Tbe praiseworthy pocket that bung in my gown. A gown with a pocket! How fondly I'd guard it! Each day ere I'd doo it Pd bru.h it with - - carer 7 - Not a foil Paris costume could make me discard It, Though trimmed with the laces an em press might wear. BOt I have no hope, for the fashion is banished; Tbe tear of regret will my fond visions drown; ' As fancy reverts to tbe days that have vanished, I sigh for tbe pocket that hong la my gown, The old-fashioned pocket, the obsolete pocket, , Tbe praise worthy pocket that bong la my gown. -Life. . ' , The Btoyole ia Warfare. A new use for tbe bicycle In warfare was developed during the recent bom bardment of San Juaa. An account of the bombardment from within the city says that a volunteer corps of bicyclists greatly aided tbe Spanish commander by acting as messengers between the forthNew Terk Herald. . . a young widow's health aaoaOr Im proves when bar BhysMaa gats atar- . Havana cigar dosfti toCavaa Breakfaat The pan waa slxallag hot, Ike bacea of wafer thinness aad properly mark ed with a streak of fat and streak of lean, and was not allowed to touch tbe pan until tbe members of the family were beard en their way to breakfast. Notwithstanding all this, on a sultry morning when nothing ewe la tbe way of meat could be tolerated but a few slices of crisp bacon, here It was straight and pallid inatead of brown and curly. This was the first bot w eat ber breakfast essayed by the new cook, and she evidently was net In pos session of the family secret which In sured properly cooked bacon at all sea sons. Tbe next morning It waa even warmer, but this time tbe bacon was perfect, for before it was consigned to the hot pan each slice bad been spread on, a flat tin pan and this put directly on the Ice for about fifteen minutes; thus it was firm when raw, which mesns to sn experienced eye crispness when cooked. Tbe bare Ice must not come In contact with the ba con, as the least suspicion of damp ness would produce the very result the coolness prevents. Danger of Hot fttareh. fc . , There ia a shade in blue this season, not as green aa the old "robin's egg," more beautiful and lees trying than either this or delft blue. This will wash beautifully with ordinary care In not using too strong soap, or very hot water and rinsing In cold salt and wa ter, never allowing tbe artiele to stand In any but the salted water, and that only for a minute or two. This "heav enly blue" sometimes turns to an ugly brown, merely by tbe use of hot starch. This will also change a delicate rose pink to a brick shade, and heliotrope Into an Indescribable hue. Allow, then, tbe starch to become lukewarm; dry always In tbe shade, bring the garment Is when Just damp enough to Iron, and one may dress oneself and children in any of tbe lovely new colors and revel In a good quality of cotton goods al from 10 to 12 cents a yard. Chartreaae of Peas. Rub one can of peas through a strain er, add enough milk to make one plot tn alL Cook together one rounding ta blespoonful each of butter and flour, and mix with the sifted peas and milk. Season with salt and pepper; add sugar and onion Juice If desired. Add tbe beaten whites of eggs, pour Into but tered molds and steam or bake In a pan of water until firm In tbe center. Torn ont of the molds before serving. 'Beat the egg whites slightly, and wltifVi spoonful of milk, to prevent frothing. If a smooth texture is desired. For n souffle effect beat them stiff and fold Into tbe other mixture. To I.tn Bntter Tub. C. T. Alroy, In the New York Prod uce Review, thus tells how he Mnes butter tubs with parchment paper: After you have your parchment lining soaked and ready, take a roller four teen Inches long, two Inches In diam eter at the large end, one and one half Inches at the other, spread the paper out on a smooth board, bolnc careful to have It sniootlu Then roll it on the roller, keeping the small end to the left Place, roller In the tub and un roll to the left, following up with a paper-hanger's brush. You will be sur prised how quickly and how smooth a tub can be lined. Htrrr Bread. Beat two eggs until well mixed, add one cupful of milk. Mix together one pint of flour, one-half of a teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of sugar and two teaspooiffuls of baking powder. Add to this tbe milk and eggs, two ta blespoonfuls of melted butter and beat until smooth. Now add sufficient flour to make a very thick batter, turn iuto a greased baking pan of such size that tbe batter will be fully two inches deep. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake for three-quarters of an hour in a mod erately hot oven. Browned Flour. Into a shallow baking pan sift flout until about half an Inch deep. Place It In a rather moderate oven and stir from time to time until tbe flour as sumes a uniform pale coffee tint . Keep well covered In a Jar; It will keep In definitely, so that quite a supply can be prepared at one time. In using a little more is necessary than where ordinary flour Is taken; thus where one rounded tablespoonful of flour is called for in the making of gravies, etc., one heap ing tablespoonful of browned flour should be allowed. Chortcake. 81ft together one pint of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Rub In one-quarter cupful of butter. Mix Iuto a soft dough with about two-thirds of a cupful of sweet milk or water. Di vide la two parts, roll each to fit the pan put In one, brush with melted but ter and place tbe other on top, and bake twenty minutes or more. Individual shortcakes are made by cutting like biscuits and putting together with but; ter between. Mock Oyater Mew. Prepare one cup of salt fish by wash ing, shredding and simmering till soft When ready to serve, put It In a shal low dish with one pint of oyster crack art or throe batter crackers split aad browaed, and pour over It one plat of hot milk. Add a UbUapooaful of bat ter aasl half a aaltaptaa tt pappar aJsi AFWtOAW HAWO TO KILL. Oslr aslavtlr Bart by lajariea tka WssM Be Fatal to CaacaaUaa. The constitutions of tbs peasantry la this part of Africa are marvelous, but sot mors marvelous than Is the extra ordinary Immunity from serious aecl Aent that they appear to enjoy. They are the most careless. Irresponsible, happy-go-lucky folk that tbe mind can Imagine. They have absolutely no re spect for the power of steam, and are wholly careless of gradations of Im pact. You could not persuade them In ten years that to be struck by any pro jecting portion of a train carrying 500 tons' weight and traveling at the rate of twenty miles an hour was In any way more formidable than being kick ed by an angry tow, , Both blows hurt that Is all. And nature appears to be In tbe conspiracy with them to main tain this condition of Ignorance. Acci dents befall them that with white men would entail an Inquest and an appeal to the employers' liability act And they do but rub themselves and grin. Nothing seems to hurt them seriously. for Instance, not long ago a train, heavily laden and running on the down grade at top speed say, twenty -five to thirty miles an hour approached to a spot where a "stralgbtener" waa stand ing close beside tbe line. Behind one of the carriages waa a solid platform of wodtea beams, projecting a foot or twe oa either side. This was tbe '"sear' platform, so built In order that tbe 0B re great porous water Jara of tbe kind In which Morglana bid the for ty thieves might catch tbe rush of air and the water be thus cooled. The train came on; the "stralghtener" re mainedas though be bad calculated It to a nicety Just In the right place to be struck with most force by the pro jecting timber. Of course, everyone shouted stahlm, and equally of course be paid ne sort of attention, with the result that tbe blow took blm full In the back of tbe head. At the moment the train could not be stopped, but from the station about a mile farther on Lieutenant Blakeny sent back a bearer party with every thing necessary for first aid, convinced In bis mind, however (he bad seen tbe occurrence), that the man must infalli bly have been killed. When the bearer party returned tbe sergeant In charge reported that tbe poor victim was "aa zan shwler." L e., rather cross. There was nothing else the matter with him, and the next day, having got over his pardonable vexation, he went to work as usual Again on another occasion, and still on the down grade, at night a navvy lost his cap overboard. It was the flim siest apology for a cap, but It was ap parently dear to him, so he Jumped out after It When the circumstance was reported at the next station an engine went back to collect blm, and met him hurrying along quite comfortable and very pleaaod with himself; he hail found it Wadl-Halfa letter In London News. Old Hayings. As poor as a church mouse. As thin as a rail, As fat aa a porpoine. As rough as a gala. As brave as a Hon, As spry as a cut, Aa bright ss a siipence, As weak as a rat As proud as a pmcock, , As sly as a fox, As mad as a March hare. As strong as an ox, Aa fair as a lily. As empty as air,' Aa rich as Crwut, As cross as a bear. As pure aa an angel, As neat as a pin. As smart as a steel trap. As ugly as sin, As dead as a door nail, As white as a sheet, As fiat s a pancake, As red as a beet. As round as nn apple, As black as your hat, , As brown as a berry, As blind ss a hat. As mesn as s miser, As full ss s tick, As plump as a partridge, Aa sharp aa a stick. As clean as a penny,; - As dark as a pall. As hard as a grindstone, Aa bitter as gall, ' As line as a fiddle, : , Aa clear as a belL t, . As dry as a herring, : As deep as a welL . r .' - As tight aa a feather, As hard as a rock, Aa stiff as a poker, Aa calm as a clock, . As green as a gosling, As brisk ss a bee, . And now let me stop, Lest you weary of me. American Trlbnne. , Morn Discipline. The very hardest lesson a young American has to learn when be enters tbe army, Is that of oltedlence. For tbe first time, bis Individual authority Is dethroned. He Is ss fractious as a thoroughbred colt that long rebels against tbe whip and spur. It Is hard for blm to understand that his freedom of action must be subordinated to mili tary necessity. He chafes. If be does not openly rebel, but when once whipped Into line be makes the best soldier on earth, My first drill master had been my friend and the friend of my family from my boyhood up. We had bunted and fished and courted together and ex changed secrets wltb s freedom that does not obtain among brothers. Ons day, early la my experience as a sol dier, aad while everything waa being hurried with a view to getting us tnto Mexico, we bad bean drilling till I felt ready to drop. Tbe repeated orders track pain to mj eats aad I would hava asaaetoatieusiy swan that aiy waigaad a tea. At length, irhaa with is easy earshot of kirn. I shouted! "Per heaven's sake. Boh, atop this toav foolery aad let's go ever as the taa tt" Be never looked at mo, bat roared: -braoral, take that asaa and drill hist Ike the devil." "The corporal did. aad I thought rd die of exhaustion. I fully meant to challenge the drill-master aad whip him If be declined, but ho succeeded in making me understand the Imperative necessity of unquestioning obedience In tbe soldier. It's tough with the raw recruit, but the quicker he learns his part tbe better It is for all concerned. Officers worthy of their position are placed in that much-talked of position where friendship ceases Detroit Frae Press. COMPLEXITY OF BATTLE-SHIPS. Alasoat Every Mova Made la Coa trolled br Machinery. In the Iowa it may almost be said that nothing is done by band except the opening and closing of throttles and pressing of electric buttons. Her guns are loaded, trained and fired, ber ammunition hoisted, ber turrets turned ber torpedoes mechanisms of them selvesare tubed and ejected, the ship steered, her boats hoisted out and In, the Interior lighted and ventimted, the great searchlights operated and even orders transmitted from brirfpe or con ning tower to all parts by niecbanleal appliances. Surely no more striking view than this of tbe development of thirty-five years could be afforded. This growth of complexity and elab oration and this almost inQulte multi plication of parts and devices have en tailed upon tbe naval architect and constructor demands ami difficulties never dreamed of In tbe earlier days. The staff required to design and con struct an Iowa Is multiplied In number and tbe complexity of Its organization Is augmented as compare! wltb that required for the design and construc tion of the New Ironsides almost Indef initely. Similar conditions apply to command and management so that while the building of a modern battba ship entails enormous work and responsibility on the naval architect constructor and staff, the effective use of her aa a tool In the trade of war presents an equal variety and intricacy of problems to students of the art of naval warfare. Csssler's Magazine, Queer Caae. - An application was made te the Gov ernor to-day for the pardon or release from Jail of George Milter, of Chase County, who was Imprisoned for fail ure to pay a judgment of fr00 assessed against blm for norisupport of his wife and child. Miller represents that lie cannot pay the flue while In Jail, but that he would soon pay It If lllx-ratcd asid permitted to work. For this pur pose tbe county officers urged his re. lease. An examination of the law dis closes the fact that there whs no legal way to accomplish his release, the ati tBorltlcH and the Governor as well be ing barrwl from the exorcise of the par doning power, because the law says the defendant In such canes shall r? maln In Jnil until the costs and Judg ment are pall. The question wag r--ferred to tbe Attorney General, who was unable to discover any solution of the knotty problem, and be disposed of It by writing Ihe County Attorney that tbe only thine he could suggest would be to permit the prisoner to escape, and then due diligence In compelling him to pay the Judgment Topcka (Kan.) correspondence 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat Tbe Baby. 'She is a little hindering thing,". The mother said; "I do not have an hour of peace, Till she's in bed. "She cllnjr onto my hand or gown, And follows me Alwint the house from room to room, Talks constantly. - "She Is a bundle full of nerves, And millful nays; Shi- does not sleep full sound at nights, Scarce sny days. "She do- not like to bear the wind. The dark she fears; And piteously she calls for me To wipe her tears. "She Is a little hindering thing," The motbpr said; "Hut still she is my wine of life, My dally bread." The children what a load of care Their coming brings; But, O! the griff when God doth stoo To give them wings. -Independent. Doe; with False Teeth. The greatest curiosity at the kennel show at the Crystal Palace, London, was an aged and very sleepy little Rcblpperke, which boasts of the proud and unique distinction of being the only dog In tbe world with a complete set of false teeth. Ills fame speedily spread among the visitors, and be was always the center of a curious crowd and tbe object of much admiration. At the outset he resented tbe attempts of strangers to open his mouth In order to Inxpevt bis artificial grinders, but eventually be yielded to the Inevitable nnd accepted their attentions with con siderable patience. Tbe dog Is owned by a deutlst wbo practices bis profes sion In tbe city. Tbe poor old doggy's teeth were fitted up by way of an ad vertisement, as his master Intends to open a canine dental office. apoage la Florida, A sponge with the great clrcumfer enoce of five feet six Inches has lately been taken from tka water of Btscayno Bay, Florida. After a man quits a job, bo tefJa around that It was nutans, ry ta hlra tmrse ataa to da his work. RECENT INVENTION A useful attachment for aeckefheekl aaasisia of a register by which Mai aaeuM of money oa hand eaa be mat cated at a giance, a series of dials bawl placed inside the cover to beurned utf til the figures show the right number . Ia aa Improved term gate one end H made feat to a post by binges, wbOt the opposite end carries a wheel whoa) diameter is greater than the height oi tbe gate to support the latter, making! K unnecessary to lift It in opening. The eharuealna- of pencils Is d away with by a New York man's which constats In separating tbe Into short pointed sections, which be slipped in at tbe top of tbe mi sine bolder and adjusted at tbe tip means of spring Jaws. An improved picture hanger has sj spring-controlled drum, which Is au tac-hed to tbe back of the frame and adjusts tbe cord or wire to the prwpef; length, one end of the cord being as tached to tbe frame, while tbe otbefj passes through the screw -eyes and oven; tbe picture nail, ending on the drum. A handy window cleaner is deslgaedj to be attached to a section of boss tat admit water through the handle Iota) tbe bristles of a brush set en one skM of tbe cleaner, tbe opposite side havlnaj a frictlonal tubular drier of rubber eg felt Steel bars are used la building a ly designed fortification, the bars bet: built up with Interlocking ends held place by bolts, with a number of bars left out at intervals for port keieav A body of cast metal la attached to thd Inner side of the fort to surround aasl penetrate between the bars. Bicycle saddle are rigidly beM iaj place by a new clamp, which can be iiU stantly released by touching a lever uuh der tbe seat, two plano-convex wedged! being formed of the saddle post and sj piece of stwJ, the latter being inooateel on the lever, with Its greatest width al the bottom, so that tbe greater the pressure on tbe saddle post tbe tightog It grips the tubing. George W. Cable Is delighting RaJ, gllsb audiences wlrh his readings. Paul Kester Is at work with Ma tlowcils on a dramatisation of Tbsl Rise of Silas Lapham." At the Ashburnham sale iu London al set of the first Ave editions of Walton's) "Complest Angler," lif3 to 107(L ne of tbj nrought f4,0ts. inia is one worst cases of bibliomania on record. "Gyp" has pronounced herself In faaj vor of the establishment of a French! academy for ladies, to be conducted oaj the same Hues a that for men. Several other literary ladles are Interested Inf the project. It Is sjild that Mrs, Cragie has been wenl v oi selected to write the authorized life Iird BearonsnVld. Nho is a great a liilrer of the )ead stutexman and be flgj tires in her recent novel, "The Hciiool for Saints." Miss Corelll has brought suit against, the author of "Literary London" fol! classing her among "authors I eanno(f take seriously" and comparing bed . wltb Mme. Tussaud, In educational In Alienee. M. K, Wallszowskl, author of "The: Romance of an Empress" aud "PeteP the Great," has written a biography ot Muryslenku, queen of Poland, the will of 8otieikl. It covers the history of Poland during the bitter half of tb seventeenth century. In honor of the seventieth birthday; of. Count Leo Tolstoi, which falls oti Aug. 28 (0. 8 ), the town authorities of Moscow Intend establishing an c.kuicn tary school which Is to lear his name. Count Tolstoi will celebrate at tbe same time the fiftieth anniversary of his literary activity. In tbe Hansel Zasshl, the Japanese magazine, which Is printed In Kngllsri under Japanese editorship, there Is ad' article by Professor Sellchl Toyatnn on, the "Evils of Blind Faith In Author ity" that presents Interesting evidence of the progress of Western learning Id the Orient The author descants oa the Influence of Aristotle and takes up the cudgels Iu the cause of Roger Us con vs. Prancls Bacon. A Barber's Job. A barber at Lubec, Me., has closed bis shop and posted tbe following not tlce on the door: "To the Public: This barber shop will be closed for a brief period, as tbs proprietor has gone to help a few o Uncle Sam's barbers (better known as soldiers) scrspe the fsce of the West' ern hemisphere clear of an obnoxious growth of whiskers, commonly called Hpaulsrds. I shall not be gone long, as Dewey and Kampson are applying the lather, and everything points to a quick Job, and a clean one. I wish to thank tbe public for paat patronage, and on my return bope to have a share sJeo."-New York Tribune. lioag la Posaeaaloa. "There Is an old womsn," says a London paper, "who has a milk stand In At. James Park, wbo haa stood at It for sixty-three years. Her mother kepi It before ber and her grandmother be fore that, tbe latter having been la pea. session for seventy-two years.'' It breaks a bride's heart to hear bat husband grumble, but It w all far hat own goad. If mea didn't grumMa theta wltes would arver become good