The novel method of propelling bal
loons, proposed by Dr. T. D. Cooke of
the British Aeronautical Institute, la
an Imitation of tbiit of fishes. These
animals propel themselves In a wavy
Hue by the use of tall ami head, a stroke
of the tni! from side to aide, forcing
" the body "forward, and the bend coiin
terbaluuelng Hie tendency to veer from
a direct course. Two propellers, one
on each Hide, would be plucid near
the rear end of the navigable balloon,
with a rudder at the forward end. Al
ternate motion of the propellers would
give pr gress in a wavy line with less
re.slntai.ee than would be encountered
'lu a direct line, and the rudder would
prevent turning aside.
Both in France aud Cermatiy wagons
and olniiibiiH-'.s run by electric trolley
wires are now in at b ast two places, at
Konigstein. Germany, and between
Fontaine Ideii and Samols, France. The
plan diners from Unit of ordinary trolley-cars
mainly lu the absence of rails
carrying the wheels of the vehicles.
"The na,'.ns can be run over a street
pavement or a country road, and can
turn out to a lateral distance of about
ten feet ill order to pass other vehicles.
In Die I'mich system the wagons are
towed along by a self-propelled motor
trolley upon the wires alongside the
road. In the German system trains
composed of several cars, or wagons,
can be used, the steering being effected
with the front wheels of the leading
car.
The whorls of hair on the coats of
horses and other animals, snys Dr. Wal
ter Kldd, of the Zoological Society of
Ixnidon, may be called the animal ped
ometers, because they register the loco
motive activities of the animals on
whose bodies they are found. The best
examples and the greatest number of
these hairy whorls and crests are found
on the domestic horse. A notable In
stance Is the graceful feathering that
extends along the hollow of the flank,
dividing the trunk of the animal from
the hind quarters. There are also crests
and whorls on the horse's chest and
other parts of Its bridy. A sttldy of
the action of the underlying muscles ex
plains the origin of these peculiarities
In the lay of the hair, and furnishes
the justification for calling them pedo
meters, although the analogy Is, of
course mere superficial.
At the tidal-power station of Plou
manach, on the northern coast of
France, the difference of the tide level
la about twenty feet. The storage res
.ervolr Is a natural pond of four acres,
'having the form of a triangle, with
the base toward the shore, and In the
embankment separating this from thi
ea are automatic gates, which open
when the level of the sea rises higher
than the water In the pond, and are
closed by the weight of the water In
the pond when the tide recedes. The
two water-wheels of the station drive
dynamos, which, aided by storage bat
teries, fcre used for electric lighting. A
prominent British engineer, James
Swinburne, foresees the failure of this
and all other platiR for using the tides
as a source of electric power, on ac
count of the great expense of working
turbines on variable prc.-suies or any
kind of storage.
IDEAS IN HOME DECORATION.
Comfort and Good Timte More Ieir
able than Stj-lc nml Kntcrprise.
Women are naturally decorators. Let
a home which has been the pride and
happiness of a woman lone her, and
pass entirely Into the hands of men,
and the change which follows 1 strik
ing. Bui Instinctive as the talent seems to
le, It Buffers from lack of training. In
how many parlors will you find really
beautiful or artistic decorations? .Many,
doubtless, are magnificent, and are
filled with carpi Is and draperies thai
cost a fortune, with chairs and lounges
that are upholstered In gorgeous stuffs
and built of expensive wo ids, yet the
lasting Impression of such parlors Is
that of being crushed by the luxury
they display.
Other parlors are museums -and bad
ly arrang d at that. Cah.es of curios,
hangings from every part of the world,
books, vases, carvings, china and eop
tper, all collected wlili little Idea of ar
'raylng their Individual beauties to
make a harmonious whole. Such n par
lor may express Its owner's pulsion for
bric-a-brac, but betrays a total lack of
decotallve knowledge.
In a third style of pailor you will find
the "solid comfort" Idea tret hul to its
farthest limits, snys the Philadelphia
"" Ledger. Bare walls, velvet carpet,
swept till the pile is almost brushed
away; old armchairs, a leading lamp,
,au untidy heap of books but not a
trace of real beauty anywhere. The
desire to make it beautiful is expressed
'in lis cleanliness and comfort, but can
not rise to the higher level of having
made a study of color and arrangement
'for tha furniture already there.
There Is no need fur any show of ex-
pense. Graceful chairs, pretty table
can be had even In wicker work, and
1hew are Infinitely more nrlls'le tha.i
the leather couches that look ns If pre
pared for a funeral bier, or Hi" iidcr
ous settee, upholsli rd In marvelous
"velours." or than thp gilt or maliog.
any "suite," with Its five piece, all
alike bld'-ous lu shape and material.
Bare floor covered with Persian rugs
of soft colors settle the enrpet qtieMlon
much better than any other slyle of
adornment, and when the purse Is too
slender for the real eastern rug a dozen
substitute cnu be used which almost
iiiiisntr the pin pone. The best of these
Is found among the reversible English
art squares. They make no attempt to
copy Persian carpets, but have a style
of their own.
No room is complete without pictures,
and In these days reproductions from
the world's masterpieces are within thei
reach of all. If well selected "black and
whites" are framed, quietly and plain
ly, the home decoration Is far more
successful than bad oil paintings la
gorgeous gilt frames could make It.
Draperies should haug In long, un
broken folds and not be tortured Into
stiff curves by bands and cords; espe
cially Is this true of the lace curtains
which haug against the window panes.
It Is the fashion of the hour to loop
them Into all sorts of shapes, but the
trained taste demands that they should
hang straight and be like a richly
wrought film between the outside and
the Inside world.
China, glass aud all the knick-knacks
of decoration are dangerously cheap,
and the more showy the article the less
likely it is to be beautiful. For the
woman who cannot trust herself not to
buy to-day what she will wish to get
rid of next week there Is one advice:
"Do not buy anything of this sort tili
you have thought over It for a year."
ToukIi Customers.
The most important rule to be ob
served by the man who hunts wild
hogs in Southern Colorado Is to be
near a tree, otherwise his first bunt
may be his last. A Northern man who
went after these Southwestern hogs
was Inclined to laugh at the warnings
of his Yuma Indian guides, but his ex
perience, as reported In the Washing
ton Post, proves that the animals fair
ly ache to give the hunter all the sport
he wants.
When the hunters came upon a
drove, Tlte, one of the Yuma guides,
told the sportsman to get bis rlflo
ready and take his stand near a thick
spreading tree with some low-hanging
limbs, lie and Paul, the second In
dian, stepped off to the sides, each
standing beside a sapling. Then they
sent the dogs Into the underbrush and
awaited developments.
Presently the dogs broke out of the
nnderbruslPand made away, as if they
had Important business at the othec
end of the county. Closely behind tbd
dogs came n big boar, foam dripping
from his great tusks, and covered with
the blood of a slaughtered dog. Tito
fired, hitting him squarely In the head!
but the boar only grunted with rage
and wheeled.
The guide dropped his gun and
swung up his sapling without delay.
The boar came on full tilt, and struck
the little tree fair with his forehead.
The blow nearly shook the guide off
After two or three attempts to but!
down the tree, the boar began wort
about three feet from Its foot, digging
up the ground until he struck a root;
then biting It with his razor-like teetbi
The hunter then thought It time to
take a band. With his rifle over hl
shoulder he scrambled up Into his tree,
and getting a good sight at the boar,
he fired, but did not bring the animal
down. It took seven shots to do that
After the big boar had been disposed
of, Tlte and the hunter thought of
Paul. lie was concealed by Interven
ing underbrush, but they could bear
his rifle popping. Then the rifle-shots
suddenly stopped, and they heard only
snarls and grunts. When they got
where they had a clear view they saw
an exciting spectacle.
All the drove except the big boar had
broken through the brush near where
Paul was standing. He promptly
"shinned" his sapling, and there ho
was beselged, some of the hogs butting
the tree, others vigorously undermin
ing it. He had made good use of bis
rifle, but he had started out with only
half a dozen cartridges, and there wero
more hogs than cartridges. If he had
been alone he certainly would h.avd
lost his life, for the bogs would either
have brought down the tree or waited
till hunger and exhaustion had forced
him to loose Ills grip. Once out of tha
tree, he would have been lorn to pieces
In a twinkling.
Tiie an. I the sportsman climbed two
trees where they had a clear range,
and opem-d tire. They had plenty of
ammunition anil, of course, there could
be but one If- ue. But not one of tha
hogs-there were nineteen --ran away)
Every one was kiiieil while raging nn(
foaming and li-.-lit uc; at the foot olj
one of the tree in which the men
were perched. V. Io n I hey lin.keil ovel)
fholr can rid.ro belts tl.ey found It hail
taken llfty biiUein t i i.'i.-pose of tin!
drove. Yet all thfie men wero ac
counted good shots.
Killing n" l!ie ..iiio C.inls.
The A' dub II ,' ciety of Mhsotir,
calls nit'iiiio'i anew to the fact that
culil sto nm- is In -tcpiiig the extiim
nation of wild miim: Is. d ngiess lm
passed a law icgu ailng the tralllc iiik
h!j pin-
urn lit of birds mid game, Lot tlei
n use heizur. s by g ,vi riitn "it olll-
limn
cers show that tile statute Is extensive"
ly violate 1.
It Is now he'd by persons who have
g'veti spicial attention to the subject
that the only s'lltlcicnl remedy Is M
prohibit lb1 Nile if it 1 1 game. It bin
b -on iiseirlalmd b,. Fie Audubon Sc
clety of MVourJ tha, nllUu the j-at
flf c"ii years vomr end In'n ctlvi-r u i
birds In Mi-H -i h ue (I cm h eil ;'
pi r e ni a d -; in b - s i-v . 0 1 1 r
ci nt. L-t-il y a -I-' s z .f lu Nsv
York Included .'.''.'( i raiuc birds t'li!
jn.Wi s in if l-'rd. J Cilnr i :!.' '
jfBine bln! w tv . i w. il and n wli ib- car
loan of if'i:'ll wa i c.spi iri-d lu Indian
Territory. Gn'to- uuJ .-itr; birds nr.
golin; fist a d tin- pn p ni Ion Id sti p
their sal-1 entire' j.Mim upj orlers fa-1.
Kt. Lou's (i'obe-1 ; m . int.
A man carrying a little valise, or a
woman tarrying a big one, Is always
funny sight od the street.
London Now Has
Many Gorgeous Hotels
The impending erection In Picadllly
of two immense hotels one on the sits
of St James' Hall and adjoining prop
erty and the other on the site of the
present Walsingham and Bath hotels
emphasizes the fact that the west end
Is becoming the chief area for hofel life
In London.
A. few ago .tb9.Strsn.da.nd
Trafalgar Square could claim pre-em-Inence
as the center of the most cele
brated hotels the Savoy, the Cecil, th
Metropole, Morley's, the Golden Cross,
etc. but quite recently a new and im
proved style of "hotel de luxe" ban
come Into existence, and within a brief
space of time It seems probable that
the west end will be "hotelized" od a
scale, both of magnitude and luxurious
refinement, surpassing the airiest
dreams of the hotel manager of fifteen
years ago.
While the wonderful Itltz Hotel, to
reach from Arlington street to the
Green Park, promises to be the most
'splendid In London, Clarldge's. Just ol'l
Klrosvenor Square, has already intro
(bleed the modern hotel life into tha
very heart of .Mayfair. Very startling
Is the contrast now non-existent -be.
jtween the richness of Clarldge's aii'l
the plainness, almost amounting to
poverty, of the old Bath Hotel, stripped
of the homely old mahogany furniture
which may have been there since Join
Adams, the first American ambassador,
put up at tbe hotel.
For nearly l.'O years the old Bath
Hotel has been looked upon by genera
tions of Londoners as one of the mys
teries which only the aristocratic might
penetrate. There is something forbid,
ding in the words, painted on tbe Pic
cadilly side of the house. "Baih II del -for
Families and Gentlemen," and mil
lions of people must have looked upon
the plain, dowdy old corner building,
with Its coat of dirty paint, and have
fancied the interior to be, by contrast,
a marvel of comfort.
But now, being doomed to destruc
tion, the old place has beeu subjected
dally to Inspection by brokers, and the
auctioneer base sold lis contents. And
the famous Bath Hotel stands revealed
as a wretched jumble of passages and
rooms devoid of attraction and fit only
Jfor the housebreaker. Its floors have
reached the 'switchback" stage. There
are unsuspected little steps, some up
and some down, Into many of the
rooms. The old portable baths In a
Piccadilly Hotel! emphasizes the
change which has taken place between
the era of the Bath and the era of
Clarldge's and the Carlton.
All over the west end, says the Lon
don Mall, the "hotel de luxe" Is spring
lug up. In Sloane street the Cadogan,
close by the Hans Crescent in Mount
street, the Coburg In Kensington Oore,
the De Vere and Royal Palace hotels,
all tell the same tale. And the middle
aged hotels In Albemarle street nn
thereabout are blossoming Into a new
and more luxuriant existence.
I
BUILDS A CHURCH FOR ITALIANS
Noble Benefaction of Adrian Iselin, a
New York Finnnclcr.
! Adrian Iselin, a New York financier,
whose family has spent $7.")0,0O0 build
ing Catholic churches and schools lu
New Itochelle, haa
recently added td
the list of benefac
tions by closing the
contract for the
-ree! ion of a church
and parish home for
Italians of New
Roclieile at a cost
of $30,000. Mr. Isi
11 ri will also furnish
the rectory and sup
ply the priest witn
vestments and ev-
Am-.iA.v isr.'i.i.y.
eryfhlng else necessary.
Although Mr. Iselin Is a Protestant
of Swiss Huguenot ancestry, he and
his family have been large ghers to
the Catholic Church in this countrv.
They gave St. Gabriel's Church and
rectory, In New Iloehello, nt a cost of
j'J.iii.irni; St. Catherine's Church and
rectory, In Pelham Manor; St. Gabri
el's Academy, in New Unchelle
valued at $Iir,.i(Mi; the old Leland Cas
tle, in New Ibichrilp, which Is belli.;
used as ri ehool by the Frsuline nuns;
St. F.h-niiora's Il'iine for Convalescents,
nt Tiickuhoo, and several other church
building!. The banker was I 'd to tako
mi Interest. Ill the welfare of the church
by bis wife, the late Illeanora O'Imn-in-ll
Iselin, who was n native of Hal
llmore and belonged to one of the o'd
(st Catholic families In the t'nited
States.
On I be Hpanisli Maui.
They were speaking of the great pi
rate, "lie reminds me of a crusty
landlady," whispered the freebooter
with side whiskers.
"Why so, male?" queried tbe dark
man at bis side.
"Iteeause he can repel so many
boarders." Chicago News.
Aini-rli'f.ns IiivmI P,eiim.
An American concern, the Pittsburg
Plate Glii'-s Company, lias purchased
fur f l.ono.iifiii (tie Immense plate glass
(lint nt ''nrc!!e-, Pe-lirlum. the lei-g-t
-tl!l liilioj.i'. The proM'lil capacity i.f
the plant la to lie doubled.
IImvc No Kc.lgiun.
Mr. lIiuibiirjY the recently returned
Arctic explorer, who has been study
ing the Ksklmos, inys they have no re
ligion not even a belief in a Supreme
lielng.
Of course it is your duty fo lovo
ihoso around yon nil the better for
'heir faults, but do vou?
1
OLD3
I FAVORITES
Hory O'More.
Young Rory O'More courted Kathleen
bawn;
lie was bold si the hawk, and she soft
as the dawn;
lie wishea la-hie heart pretty Kathleen
to please,
And he thought the best way to do that
was to tease.
"Now, Rory, be aisy," sweet Kathleen
would cry,
Reproof on her lip, but a smile in ber
eye
"With your tricks I don't know, In troth,
what I'm about;
Faith, you've teased till I've put on my
cloak inside out"
"Och! jewel!" says Rory, "that same is
the way
Yon've thrated my heart for this many a
day;
And 'tis plnsed that I am, and why not,
to be sure?
For 'tis all for good luck," says bold
Rory O'More.
"Indeed, then," snys Kathleen, "dou't
think of the like,
For I hnif gave a promise to soothering
Mike;
The ground that I walk on he loves, I'll
be hound."
"Faith!" says Rory, "I'd rather love you
than tha ground."
"Now, Rory, I'll cry if you don't let me
go;
Shure I dhrnme every night that I'm
hating you so." "
"Och!" rnys Rory, "that same I'm de
lighted to hear.
For dhrames always go by contraries,
my dear.
So, jewel, keep dhramin' that samo till
you die,
And bright mornin' will give dirty night
the black lie.
Au' 'tis plased that I am, and why not
to be sure,
Since 'tis all for good luck," says bold
Rory O'More.
"Arrah, Kathleen, my darlint, you've
tensed me enough;
Sure I've thrashed for your sake, Dinny
Grimes nnd Jim Duff;
And I've made myself, dhrinkia your
health, quite a baste,
So I think, after that, I may talk to the
praste."
Then Rory, the rogue, stole his arm
round her neck,
So soft and so white, without freckle or
speck;
And he looked in her eyes, that were
beaming with light,
And he kissed her sweet lips don't jou
think he was right?
"Now, Rory, leave off, sir, you'll hug me
no more,
That's eight times to-day you've kissed
me before."
"Then here goes another," says he, "to
make sure,
For there's luck in odd numbers,'' saye
Rory O'More.
Samuel Lover.
Break, Hreak, Break.
Break, break, break
On thy cold gray stones, O, seal
.nd I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
D, well for the fisherman's hoy
, That he shouts with his sister at play!
0, well for the sailor lad
That he sings in his boat on the hay!
And the stately ships go on,
To the bavpn under the bill;
But O, for the touch of a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!
Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, 0, sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is
dead
Will never come back to me.
Alfred Tennyson.
A POSTMASTER'S LOT.
Llks That of a Policeman, It Is Not
a Happy One,
"A postmaster's lot, like that of a
policeman,. Is not always a happy
one," remarked a department otlielal
to a Star man this morning. "If he
isn't being constantly Jacked up by
,1 n.i, ... ... .. I l.n 1.. 1.1.,..,...-
LIIU Ul I1C UIICUI, lie JO I'lillll' U iiuu i
abused more or le; s by the public, so i
he gels It coming to him both ways.
"Tbe department is going after fourth
class post masters now because they
nre so careless In executing pension
vouchers, and the first thing foiiio of
the first citizens in their communities
will know will lie that they have
been summarily lin-d out of the ser
vice for falling to give heed to the de
partment's orders.
"The Secretary ,,lf' Interior has
reported that the auditor for his de
partment is hampered and delayed In
the auditing of the accountst of the
several I'nlt'sl Statej pension agents
through the want of the exercise of
proper care ou the purl of the fourth
class postmasters in nlilrdng the stamp
of their offices to vouchers for pen
sions executed before them as author
ized by law.
"The main points of defects In (he
use of a postmarking tlamp on pen
sion vouchers lire Indistinctness of
Impression and variance of date friin
that given lu the Jurat. If the lm
presslon mala by U.e postmarking
stamp Is not cli.'ii" nml dis.liict, so ns
to show Cue date and the name of the
pnslofllce anil the Stale, a pen r p; i.
Cll must not be used to conip'ete the
Impression.
'Postmasters are iiintrnclod to le!
their stamps on n f pa rate piece of
paper before ma kin-; an Impression
upon n pi'iisioii voucher, and to see
that tbe stamp will make n clean and
clear Impretsion, nod that the date Is I
rorrcct. Only one linpresdnn must lie
made on the voiieln r nt fhe time of
Its execution,
"Vouchers returned to postmasters
because of Imperfect Impression of the
postmarking stamp must lie re
tamped, showing tho date of Vie e.i-
ecutlon of tbe voucher, lectead of tha
date on which tbe second Impression
was made.
"Postmasters are Informed that con
tlnued failure to comply with tbe rej
Qulrements of tbe law In this respect
may be considered cause for removal,
so they had better get a move onj
themselves, and act accordingly:
Postmasters will find the law set out
In section 281 of tbe postal laws and
regulations, and tbey bad better study
up, or some of them will lose their
biUeta."-Washlngton Star.
FIREMAN'S ADVICE
Don't Jump from Burning; Building
Till Heacne It Impossible.
Were you ever caught In a fireT Pray
that you never may be, but If you
ever are one of tl: unfortunates, heed
this advice given . the veteran Chief
Swlngley, of the il. Louis Fire De
partment, who su i that In forty-nine
out of every fifty .-uses where persons
jump from burni..., buildings and are
killed or Injured I hey would be rescued
If they waited until the arrival of th-a
firemen.
''What persons should d if cut off
fiom escape is to shut the door of the
room In which they are aud make for
the nearest window. The best way is
to crawl. There is always a spaca
next the floor where the air is good.
Smoke always rises. I don't care if a
building is filled with dense smoke, a
window can be reached by crawll.ig
and keeping the head close to the floor.
Persons should get on the outside of
the window. The room may be filled
with fire, but it will take some time
before the fire reaches them. Persons
should wait until their clothes catch on
fire before jumping. It is almost sure
death to Jump.
"Purning buildings do not full Im
mediately. They are generally burn
ing at least half an hour before they
begin to fall. Even If the 'build ng
does begin to fall, the portion where
one is may not fall. Of course, when
persons are placed In great d.tngrr,
minutes seem like hours. The en-,
gines get to fires in the majority of
cases within a few minutes after the
alarm has been given. Another thing
that I am reminded of Is the fact of
how few persons know the location of
Hre alarm Vxea tiearest to fheir resi
dences, and how to give an alarm. Ev
ery one should familiarize himself with
the location of the box and how to
turn In an alarm." Washington Star.
CONVERSATION AS A FINE ART.
Lesion in Talking Should Become
Part of Our Education.
"Before these days of delighfully
written and widely distributed descrip
tions of passing events, conversation
was regarded as an artistic accom
plishment, and valued a great deal
more highly than it is at present,"
Bald a matron in the New York Trib
une. "We hear so many curious facts,
we see so much more of the world
than our coach-traveling ancestors,
that the spirit of astonishment is less
easily conjured than of old, when tha
sciences had destroyed fewer of our
Illusions and mankind was less analyt
ical. Crispness, conciseness and hu
mor are the Indispensable ingredients
of the dish offered to the jaded men
tal appetites of the old and young
of to-day. Lessons In the art of con
versation should be considered quite
as necessary to a girl whose mind ia
expanding in the hothouse of ber lit
tle school world as Instruction In the
sciences or modern languages. The
chief difficulty, apart from the girl her
self, would be to llnd a teacher com
petent to make the study both profit
able and Interesting. But the cause
Is well worth a struggle, and the only
thing is steady, serious, daily culti
vation. Some people are born with a
turn for conversation; It comes by na
ture to them to make the apt repar
tee, the sympathetic phrase, when oc
casion calls for It; others have the alrj
manners, the speaking glance from
liquid eyes, the reserve thawing, con
tagious laugh. These are gifts of tin
favored lew; but we are all endowed
with the faculty of intelligible sp-ich,
and It behooves us to regard tbe mak
ing the utmost of it not ns a imre
frivolity, but ns a duty to our social
neighbors."
hds unclFsTm slow 7n paying.
James M, Wilbur, of New York, Is "il
years of a-e, but he expects to live
long enough to make the United
States pay him SI'i,-
ooo for extra work
done on the New
York postolllce
building twenty
eight years ago. The
building lias out
lived Its usefulness
mid now is to be
replaced by a new
At the time Mr.
Wilbur was a con
tractor In good cir
JAM S M. wii.iirit
cumstances. N o w
he Is poor, partially blind, nnd nflllet.
ed with rheumatism. Ho Is trying to
make n living selling rubber slumps
while wnillng for I'nc'e Satu to pony
up. He has no love for ex-President
Cleveland, who Vetoed Ids little bill
a Tier II iiad been passed by Congress
The old man's account has been fav
orably reported by tho House eight
limes nnd three hues (lie Senate has.
passed It. but tie fed tape of govern
ment procedure ,oved n bar every
time Mr. Wilbur got ready to sign hh
ns-elpt.
A too zealous desire to hear both
!des of the story Is really a weakness
for gossip,
livery wife lins the Inward hope that
her husband's next wife will be ineau
to bltu.
l"- ' !
A queer title, ' The Transit of tbi
Red Dragon," has been bestowed bj
(Eden Phillpotts upon his new novel.-1
Rider Haggard's new novel, "Thei
Pearl Maiden," Is coming from thi
hands of the printers. It is a storjj
of the fall of Jerusalem.
"The American Advance: A Study,
In Territorial Expansion," by Bdmnn4
J. Carpenter, will be published at aa
early date by John Lane. . j
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobsoni
the hero of the -Merriniac, wlJl write
a novel and devote all his thae t4
lecturing and literary work.
Charles Iteade'once gave a ceeip
for writing novels to a young noveli
1st now well knewn. It ran thusi
"Make 'em laugh; make 'em cryj
make 'em wait,"
In Heath's modern language series'
lias just been Issued "Corneille's On-
ia," edited with introduction and notei
iy Johu E. M.atzke of tbe Leland
Stanford, Jr., University.
' The Vineyard" is the title of a new
novel upon which Mrs. Cralgie Is en
gaged. It is a story of life In a mod
ern town and It contains no meta''
physics. The author is still in India,
The big "Dictionary of Slang" upon
which Messrs. Henley and Farmei
have long been engaged Is almost
dnished. Mr. Palmer, It may be notcdi
was the editor of five volumes ot
"Merry Songs and Ballads."
Elsworth Lawson Is the name ol
the author of a novel with an an
usual title, "From the Unvarying
Star." to be published by the Mac
tnlllan Company. The scene is laid
;.u Yorkshire, the author's English;
home. The story is not a tragedy
though it has all the elements of a
tragedy in the opening.
The ScVibners announce the early
publication of a book of nature stodjl
it great practical importance em
titled "Our Northern Shrubs' and How
lo Identify Them," It is by Harriet
L. Keeler, aud, with its 100 photo
graphic plates and thirty-five pen and
j k drawings, constitutes a worthy
and helpful companion volume to he
popular "Our Native Trees."
"When Patty Went to College," by
can Webster, a recent recruit to tha
ranks of story writers, will appear
with the imprint of the Century Com
jiany. This story is said, to deal with
the lighter phase of life at a girl's
college. Its chapters each repre
rent episodes in the life of the heroine,
fdiss Patty, who delights to get iato
fccrapes, with a weakness for playing
practical jokes.
OLDCLO'a IN DUBLIN TOWN.
So Lack of Grand Continues for Those
V. ho Have Mo "Dirty Pride."
It is not a little amusing to read
jmong the advertisements of cast-off
.-iotiies lu the columns of court dresses
for sale or hire during the coming
Dublin Castle season. There Is no lack
,t variety, and no "dirty pride" in
the manner of the advertisements, fo
distance: "Castle season Black vel
vet suit, complete, second hand;" "Foi
l.ale-Diplomatic court suit, second)
liass, almost, new;" "velvet levee suit,
complete witli hat, sword and shoe
buckles, for sale," and so on. One en.
lei-pricing London firm has an agent in
Dublin for letting out all sorts ol
costumes for the castle ball season
There is no reason, perhaps, why a
rude should not be done In castle cos
1 tunes when there nre people of posh
tion who are endowed with frugal
minds. But there has been a dark
'rumor in Dublin for a long time thai
trains and other forms of femlniuu
finery have been leut fjr a considera
tion without the intervention of any
b dy connected with the "old clo' "
fraternity-in other words, that soma
iii.-dliigulshei la-lies themselves at time
iio n little seasonable trade.
This hiring custom Is an old one, and
a u advei t iscment published lu n Dub
lin paper In LSI I, said to have been
read In the House of Commons, ran
thu:i: "Dublin Castle Notice Couth
iiu-ii "who propose attending the an-;
jiroaehing levee nt the castle can bai
j r.pplied with a dark blown court
i;ress on hire for "s lid per suit eacis
liay. Secrecy observed. This beinu
the lowest charge made for the hi re
of a dark brown suit to the hunibbi
class of people for the tee-total anil
iepeal procession, fancy balls, etc.
I hero can be no deviation from It."
'i'hese were the days, says the London!
News, of the Father Mathcw tempers)
ai.ee and O'Connill repeal movements!
Oct Something Anyway.
"Fannie blown drove twenty mlle
lo see an old tiialiogany bureau that!
belonged to sortie farmer's family."
"Did she get It?"
"No. She found It was stained plnsj
wiili it warped front nnd a broken
leg."
"So sliH had her ride for nothing."
"You nre wr ng. Sin; broke the enr
rin;;e. the horse lost a shoe, nnd the
I , . t . t fanner charged her 'i for ai
(.hiss of milk ii ml the horse feed."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Microti of Ikm klnw.
Kllnsato, a Japanese mlcroscoplst.
has showed thai the pin-shaped ml-
frobe of lockjaw lives In the earth,
n order that It may multiply nnd
jioison the blood It mit be deep
, wound so that air dee net reach lb
