W. G. Skinner is one of the best known
men in Wakefield, Mass. He 2 is a war
veteran and everybody’s friend. He says:
“I had rheumatism and was in poor
health a long time. Indications pointed
towards the accumulation of impurities -
,' in-the blood and germs of disease I was
constipated and had no appetite. ~I evi-
dently needed a sad blood purifier and
dicided to take ood’s Sarsaparilla. t
made a change all through my system,
gave me an appetite and worked effec-
tively on my b ood. I am now perfectly
well, my b10od has been put in good
order, thanks to Hood’s.” W. G. 8mm.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Promin‘ently in the Public Eye Today.
Hood’s Pills senescent?“
ARE, YOU GOING SOUTH ?
If so. for health. pleasure and. comfort go
to Piney Woods Inn. Southern Pines. N. C.
Those desiring _to escape the rigors of the
alimate Northwxll find a mild. dry climate
at Southern Pines. N 0.. In the heart of the
long leafed pine section of America.
The elevation is 600 feet above sea level. the
highest point in the turpentine belt. delight-
ful climate. with all the advantages of resorts
farther south and free from many disadvan-
tages; itis the place the tourist and health
seeker will appreciate.
It has the most perfect drainage. being a
huge sand bank. and 1s Situatedln _the heart
of the long leaf pine. It Is Within the in-
fluence of the vial stream. to which it owes
much of the mi dness of the climate.
Piney Woods Inn. an elegant new hotel. is
now open.» The house accommodates 200
guests, has all modern conveniences. sam-
tary plumb'ng, electrlc lights. call bells.
wide verandas. sun m1 'lors. steam heat. etc..
in fact Plney Woods law has been fitted up
that guests may enjoy lne comforts of every
day life at home at moderate rates.
'
Piney Woods Inn is rehched bv the Sea-
board Air Line. For terms. etc. address.
CHARLES ST. JOHN,
(MANAGER).
Southern Pines. N. C.
DAILY FREIGHT LINE
BETWEEN
NORWALK, i
so. NORWALK
AND
NEW YORK.
Propellers
City of Norwalk,
Vulcan and Eagle.
Leave N Orwalk at 5 p. in.
Leave so. N orwalk at 6 p. In.
Leave New‘York, Pier 23,
E. R.,JBeekma_Vn 5L. 5 p m,
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK
26 WALL ST., NORWALK.
INCORPORATED SEPT. 1. 1876.
CAPITAL. - - - - - - 5100.000
GEORGE M. HOLMES. President.
E. L. Borne. Vice-President.
WILLIAM A. CURTIS, Cashier
DIRECTORS :
Gleaner. M. HOLMEs, H. E. DANN.
P. L. CUNNINGHAM, J. T. Pnowrr'r
E'. L. Borne, ' ' ' S. H. HOLMES
J. Couers. J a. '
Eiscounl Day. Saturday-
_ faillield tnu'nly National Bank.
44 Wall Street, Nor-mails, 001m.
INCORPORATED. 1324. Capital, whom
EDWIN 0. Kaunas President. -
DAVID E. LEB. Vice -President
L. C. GREEN. Cashier
DIRECTORS .
EDWIN U. KEELEB, Moses H. Gnovan
DAVID E. MILLER, . A. J. Manna-a,
F. er. J OHN Looxwoon, Tanonoaa E. SMITH
Ina COLE. CHAS F. ansraan.
Accounts of Manufacturers. Merchants and?
Individuals solicited.
Safe Deposit Boxes free to Depositors.
{OGKWOODIS LIGHT PARCEL and
PACKAGE DELIVEBYI
‘Oheap rates. 2 Will also take orders for Ines-
Sanger service 1" New York.- Coods called
or and delivered to all parts of. the town.
Orders remained at. E P Weed’s Drug Store
. 9.3 Walr Street. with telephone connection un-
tiIMSJ. C ,F- LOCKWOOD"
; WORTH 'A GLANCE.
The new ocean’ greyhound under con-
- tract for the North. German .Lloyds
at the Vulcan works, Stettin, isxto make
an average of 203knotson her first .trip
from Southampton 'to Sandy Hook.
The highest price ever paid for a
tooth is supposed to have been 3,500,-
000 trade dollars; In a small Asiatic
war the Portuguese captured the tooth
of a. sacred monkey from the Siamese,
and this was the ransom agreed upon.
The Moody tabernacle at Atlanta,
which cost. a little over $2,000, has been
sold- for $350 to a local clergyman, who
will retain it as a. meeting place for re-
ligious assemblies. Sam Jones will
shortly begin a series of revival serv-
ices Within its walls.
It brings back the days of the Alger-
.ine corsairs to read that thecardinal
prefect of the propaganda distributed
‘has been recently stated.
200,000, francs last year for the ransom
of slaves from captivity. The money
was spent- by Catholic missionaries in
the interior of Africa.
Doctors at- Montreuil, near Paris, re-
fuse to give their services to the munic-
ipal dispensary, because a. woman has
been appointed to serve in it one day
in the week. Their grievance is aggra-
vated by her being paid, while their
serVices are given free. ,
battle ship in the wOrld is nearly ready
for launching, and will be called the
Fuji, instead of'Fusi Yama, as original-
ly intended. It is a. battle ship of Har-
veyized steel armor, 400 feet long, 73
feet broad and 44 feet deep.
FOREIGN CHlT-CHAT.
Tolstoi’s “Patriotism and Christian-
ity” has been translated into German.
He condemns patriot-ism as unchristian
because 'war is made in its cause, and
makes fun of the Cronstadt and Toulon
incidents.
Prof. Guiseppe de Leon, rector and
professor of history in the University
of Padua, died recently. He was the
author of a life of Giuliano della Rovere
‘(Pope Julius II.) and of a history of
Charles V. in his relations to Italy.
'Several works by Margaret of Na.-
varre, the author of the Heptameron,
have just. been discovered in the Nation-
al .library at Paris. They comprise
poems written in the last fouror five
years of her life, amounting to 12,000
verses; two dramas, letters, dialogues
and songs.
Three volumes of the memOirs of
Marchese Giorgio Pallavmino have been
published in Italy. He was a fellow
prisoner with Silvio Pcllico and Maren-
cclli in the Spielberg, and was later
Garibaldi’s adviser. He brought about
the plebiscitum in 1860 by which Naples
and Sicily voted to join the kingdom of
Italy. . .
Quinine in Italy is very expensive,
costing to the public $100 a. kilogramme,
and is often adulterated. As good and
cheap quinine is needed in the malarial
districts, Signor Boselh, minister of
finance, proposes that the sulphate and
hydrochlorate be sold by the govern-
ment at a uniform price in all stores
dealing in the state monopolies, tobacco
and salt. .
NOVELTIES AND OONVENIENCES
Stands for playing cards consist of
a pierced work case of silver, mounted
on end in an oblong silver tray.
This season’s products in hand—
carvcd busts, statuettes and groups, in
ivory, delighted the holiday shoppers.
Mahogany cabinets in Louis XV.
style attract with the artistic mar-
quetry designs with which they are
decorated.
Every traveler is alive to the desira-
bility of a large alligator satchel com-
pletely fitted with silver and cut glass
appurtenances.
The wearers of glasses appreciate
the convenieiice and safety afforded
by cases of velvet and leather, with sil-
ver trimmings. . ‘
Unique among rattles for children
are rings of pearl or ivory, one-half of
which represents the man in the
moon, while the other half is furnished
with tiny silver bells.
In art~ furniture, not-hing exceeds in
popularity, perhaps, the small gilt
tables mounted with Venetian plaques,
which form almost the entire top, there
being just 'sufiicient gilt showing to
provide a suitable frame for the plaque.
A HISTORY LESSON.
The New Testament in its revised
form appeared in 1881, and the Old Tes-
tament came out in 1885.
Wall street, in New York, was so
named. because about 1650 a. stockade
was built there as protection from the
natives.
The American Colonization society
did not originate in the slave states, as
The idea.
was first conceived in 1773 by Rev. Sam-
uel Hopkins, and Rev. Ezra. Stiles. of
Rhode Island. But the actual founder
of the society was Rev. Robert Finley,
of New Jersey.
One of the historical old houses of
Philadelphia has just been given to the
American Catholic Historical society.
It is the Nicholas Biddel mansion at
No. 715 Spruce street. The old house
was built about the year 1820 by Nich-
olas Biddle, lawyer, statesman and"
bank president, the son of Charles Bid-
dle, vice president of the supreme ex-
cut-ivc council of Pennsylvania under
the first constitution.
FLASHES OF FUN.
A current topic—electricity.
Jack Frost is pointing noses.
Grass widows are seldom green.
Sells like hot cakes—maple sirup.
A rattling Old time—~throwing dice
for- d rinks. ‘ .
Some men are born tired; and others
get run down by bicycles. . I
The pugilist may get himself‘arrested
but it is a hard matterto shut him u . .
Even the stingiest man will some-
times give himself a weigh, if the acalcs
are frec.—--B:1ch ..llcr.
At Blackwell, England, the largest.
‘Chicago Record. .
.._.../ '.- _
s. ' CURIOUS, sAoTs. g
The crocodile’s egg
of that of the‘goose. .
The stem side of the orange is not
msually Sosweet and juiCy as the‘bther,
'half.‘v. ‘ -' g " .. «,
It is Said that'Stammcrers rarely, if
ever, show any impedient of speech
. when speaking in whispers.
In Japan the largest private bank has
been in business for‘more than three
centuries, and has over 30 branches.
An antarctic iceberg has been seen
that was 20,, miles wide, 40 miles in
length and 400,feet in height. ‘-
A curious fact .has been noted by
arctic travelers-snow, when at a. very
low temperature, absorbs moisture and
dries garments. T *
Dijon, France, has a poplar tree with
a record that can be‘traced to 722. It
is 122 feet high and 45feet in circum-
ference at the base.
' A doctor. claims that a drop of castor
oil in the eye to remove a fOreign body
is as efficacious and more often man-
ageable than the frequently recom-
mended fiaxseed.
The largest dammed body of water
in the world will. be secured by the
building of a dam at Cloquet, Minn.,
on the St. Louis river, 900 feet long and
80 feet high, by which back water will
- be extended 60 miles.
Lowell has on one of her roadsides a.
large urn, which is kept constantly
filled with fresh flowers at the expense
of a wealthy lady who resides in the
vicinity, as a memorial to her pet poodle,
which was killed by the cars at that
point.
is about the size
PEOPLE.
Mascagni was lately asked in what
European city he would liketo live, and
replied: “From 9 to 11, London; from
11 to 5, Paris; from 5 to 7, Vienna; from
7 to 10, Budapest, .and after 10, Berlin.”
_ The statue of Ole Bull, which the
Scandinavians of Minnesota. are to erect
in Minneapolis, is being modeled by
Fjelde, the Scandinavian sculptor of
that. city. It is expected that the bronze
statue will be completed in about six
months.
Li Hung Chang is now in Pekin, no
longer Viceroy of the great province of
Chihli‘. Relegated to a little temple at
I’ckin, a. few followers and the members
of his numerous family gathered about
him, he is, it is said by those on the
spot, really shelved. His health is said
to be failing and his prestige is nil. "
Nelson Dingley, J r.,‘ the chairman of
the committee on ways and means,
never had any profession other than
that of a. newspaper proprietor and ed—
itor, creating in 20 years of hard work
the most influential and widely-read
paper in Maine, the Lewiston" Journal.
Even now he finds time on occasions to
write a. leading article. ,
“ Paul Louis Courier, when bitterly as-
sailed by a French professor, quietly re-
marked: “I fancy he. must be vexed.
He calls me ‘J acobin, robe], plagiarist',
thief, poisoner, forget, leper, mad-
man, impostor, lioeler, a. horrible,
filthy, grimacing ragpicker.’ I gather
what he wants to say. He means that
he and I are not of the same ~opiniOn,
and this is his only way of putting it.”
FASHIONS IN RINGS.
In Nero’s time there was a fashion
prevalent of wearing large rings, the
setting of which was carved with the
bust of the special .divinity who was the
wearer’s patron. ' '
Paradise rings were greatly worn in
Italy three centuries ago. They were
very wide and bore on the circumfer-
cnce representations of Adam and Eve
in the Garden of Eden.
When the tomb of the great Em-
peror Frederick, who died in 1250, was,
opened in 1780, his coronation ring,
set with a beautiful emerald, was still
found upon his finger.
The ring of Edward the Confessor
is preserved among the royal regalia.
of Great Britain. For several centuries
it was used in the coronation cere-
monies Of the English kings.
In the Etruscan tombs of northern
Italy gold rings have been found made
in the shape of a. cord, 3. large knot of
intricate pattern forming the princi-
pal part of the ornament.
Mourning rings were greatly used in
EurOpe during the 17th century. After
the execution Of Charles I. his sym-
pathizers in England were mourning
rings in token of their grief. p
The scarabacus, or sacred beetle of
the Egyptians, was a. favorite subject
for a setting in the early Egyptian
rings. ,It was carved in stone, the work
often being exquisitely done.
UNC' EPHRAIM'S WISDOM.
“Dah ain’t no heahaftah, chile—de
prisint am etahnal.
“YO’ termorrah cm tol’able safe ef
yo’ libs terday ez cf yo‘ wan’t er gwine
ter hab none.
“Hit am or ma’v’lis t’ing how brazen-
lak some 0’ we uns kin look er good
reserlooshin in de facc W’ile we’s er
smashin' hit .all ter flindahs.
“De man w’at nebbah tcches han’ ter-
shubbel am de —man ut meks de mos’
rema’ks .erbout dc condishin ob he
‘neighbah’s sidewalks.
, “Hit am er ha’d t’ing ter ‘be 82 ’dus-
iri’s w’en dc stockin’ am done filled up
ez w’en we’s er fightin’ ob de wolf fum
de do’, but I don’t know no uddah way
ob keepin’ de stockin’ full.
“I’s er wishin’ hit didn’t tax de faith
ob .some ob yo’ ‘niggahs s’ much ter be
cz good for de Lawdez yo’ is ter de pa:-
son. ‘ . 2 '
fl “Some folks goes frough life on de
principle ut dey’s deon’y ones wfat’s
got any feelin’s or any right ,to ’xpec’
fa’ treatment. Dey kain’t qua’l wiv'
dem ez t’inks dey feelin's ain’t wuff re-
ga’din’. ’ ' , -
“Ef some 0’ we uns was cz scrup’lis‘
ob ,ouah honnah ez we is moufy er-
talkin’ crbout' hit, we’d hab mo’lter
talk erbout—‘n’ we’d do less talkin’.”—-
g—u... . .v-n
. ‘
g»
' scary or
» have ears” furnish possibly some anal-
BURIAL OF A GREAT' ARTIST.
Paganlnl’s' Death Recalled by a
2 _ ‘ Recent Exhnmatlon. _. ,
The .late exhumation of Paganini’s
remains, near JPar'ma, ’ brings to'jmcm-
iory 'all the other peregrinations they
taken to- the Nice cemetery in 1840—1
when Nice, still belonged to Italy. Ben
ing refused there, however, because
Paganini was not of Nice, the remains
were taken -to Marscelles, where they
. were also refused admittance.
even Genoa, where Paganini was born,
would receive his body because ,an
epidemic was then raging. A like re-
fusal was received at Cannes.
Shall I tell you why it was so hard
to find a resting place for his bones?
It was a common belief that Paganini
.had sold his soul to the devil, who
would take it immediately after the
poor man died! So, for'five years,
the body was left on the rocks of San
Ferreol, where it might be still had
not the. duchess of Parmainsisted in
having it buried 'in the Villa. Gaime.
In' 1855, the coffin had to be changed,
and fin 1876 the body was again re-
moved, this time to the cemetery of'
Parma. Then, however, all the people
which the‘body wascarried by night,
to the light of hundreds of torches.
Baron Attilius Paganini, a. grandson of
the violinist, 'was also present. Once
more, in 1893, the vault 'was opened,
and the features of the great man were
again seen. And now again the vault
has been opened for repairs. A friend
perfectly preserved. The lower part
of the body is mere bone; thg face, how-
ever, is as' perfect as ever, and has been
photographed. Baron Achilles, Paga-
nini’s son (now an old man), has caused
the body to be placed in another coffin,
and this time a large piece of glass has
been‘ plagcd-in the coffin. Thus any
artist visiting Parma may now see the
features of Paganini by asking Baron
Achilles’ permission. _
I am told that much of the music
which bears Paganini’s name was never
written- by him at all. His real com-
positiOns, however, are now going to be
published,‘and they will be a surprise
to artists on account of their mechan-
ical difficulties, which will be a perfect
test of ability to many (of our modern
violinists'—-great as they may be. He
used to practice exercises by the hour
together with a. weight tied to his right
arm. Then after this weight was re-
moved his playing sounded as if it were
a. complete orchestra playing. There
are some old people who still remember
hearing him practice in this way.
Whilst practicing he would also walk
up and down the room, rarely looking
at the music on the desk. From his.
youth he always had the preference for
one bow. "It never left him. It was
very long and was mended over and
over again. It always lies on the chim-
ney piece of the Green r om‘in the Villa
Gaione. It stands in gold column,
protected by a. crystal shade, and on
it is a paper telling what it Is.-—~Foot-
lights.
PHRASES THAT STICK TO us.
Curious Figures of Speech That Have Be-‘
come Incorporated in Our Language.
The queer phrase “My friend and
pitcher” 'was still sometimes heard in
Maryland and Virginia—also, I am
told, in Pennsylvania, until within re-
cent years, but would seem now to be
obsolete- here-abouts. Is it still in use
elsewhere? “Pitcher”. had the mean-
ing of chum,cronyor‘familiar acquain-
tance—preferably, perhaps, said of, or
to, one of the opposite sex. The say-
ing “Little pitchers have long ears,” and
the briefer Shakespearean “Pitchers
00v.
23Here in Maryland 3. long lease of life,
or at all events of memory, was secured
for the phrase by its use in the name of
a patent of land in Baltimore county
granted in 1799,1he full name of which,
“My Sweet Girl, My Friend and Pitch-
er,” has .met the amused glance of
many a. conveyancer' searching the
indices of our land records. The same
day when this patent was issued out of
the land office of Maryland the pat—
cntee received patents for five other
tracts, and the cheerful spirit of an ex-
pfidtant or recent bridegroom is per-
haps reflected in the names he chose
for them, for three of the others are:
“Here is Life Without Care and Love
Without Fear,” “\Vith Little Am I Con:
tent" and “Hug Me Snug.” One re—A
grets to learn that within the year our
”patentee sold all six of the parcels
( nearly 500 acres) for “£200 current
money,” $533,33. ‘ ,
For some years in the earlier part 0
this century the indices of the land
records of Baltimore county give not
only the namcsof granter and grantee,
but the namesof the tracts conveyed,
and very whimsical these often are.
Besides many such names as “Meg’s
lecompensc,” or “John’sLastChance,”
or “Repentance,” or “Folly,” we come
across such, curious titlesas the fol-
lowing: “Bad Roads at Midnight,”
_, “Come by Chance,” “Cuckold Maker’s
Palace,” “Fingal and Ossin,”-“Habnab
(hobnob) at a Venture,” “Harry’s De-
light in Army Garden,” “Poor Jamaica,
Man’s Plague,” “Silent Cyphers of Af-
rica,” “Seek No Further, for Better
can”. Be Found” and “Gen. Rocham-
beau, the Friend of Washington, and,
Liberty.” \
Returning to the phrase “My friend
that although the word “pitcher” in
the sense in which it is here used is not
to be found—so far as I know—‘—in any
dictionary, the expression was certain-
ly not unknown in England some 55
years ago, for it is introduced in one of
Barham’s Ingoldsby Legends, “The
House Warming,” in the following
characteristic passage: _ '
'Room for my lord. proud Leicester’s earl,
Retires awhile from courtly cares, ,
\V'ho took his wife, poor hapless girl, ,
Andt pitched her neck and heels down
8 a 1‘5,
'Proviug, in hopes to wed a. richer, ..
If not her “friend," at least her_"pltcher.”-
' ' ' ~7Baltlmore News.
have gone thrOugh since they were first ' '
th"
in Parma crowded the river side, down u
writes and says that the face is still .
Therefore, the Friend of Universal .
and pitcher,” it is interesting to note ,
\
Iii'ghestOf allin'kLeavcning Poweri— "-.-:
V
INTERESTING, MISCELLANY.
"A New York electrician has succeeded
in. sending messages over a. telegraph
wire at the rate of 1,714 words a. minute.
The statement is made that 4,290
bushels of potatoes marketed at Gay-‘
lord, Mich., recently brought $343.20, or
but eight cents abushel. . ' '
, Nijni Novgorod’s exhibition next year
is to be a. natioal one of Russianprod-
ncts alone. It will be opened soon after
the czar’s coronation at Moscow. ‘
'Diamonds are now engraved very ar-'
tistfically and are even perforated so
they can be strung like beads, some-
times being used in alternatidn with
pearls. -
Ilka von Palmy, the celebrated Hun-
garian soubrette, will play a. part writ-
ten in broken English, in Gilbert & Sul-
livan’s new “opera, when it is brought
out in LOndon. ”
Princess Marie 10f Orleans, wife of
Prince Waldemar of Denmark, has just
startled her relatives by having’her
photograph taken in a frreman’s uni-
form, helmet and all. j
A free school inDahomey, conducted
by an Englishman, has been closed by
the French governor on the ground that
all languages were taught there except
French. » .
Among Dr. Donaldson Smith’s discOv-
cries in‘ the region of Lake Rudolph is
that of the existence of 15 new tribesof
Africans, one of them dwarfs, none over
five feet in height.
Lccocq, the composer of “Le Fille de
Mme. Angot," is trying to get a divorce
from the wife to whom he has been
married for 20 years on the ground of
incompatibility of temper.
THIS WORLD _OF OURS.
' Lord Rosebery is said to be writ-ing
anovel.
Electric lights are tobe placed inthev
Sivan Hindoo temple at Kochieadde, on
the main road to Mutwal in Ceylon, and
it is likely that other wealthy temples
will follow this example. _ _
At Accra, on the Gold Coast, the first
daily newspaper of West Africa, the
Gold Coast Express, has been started.
It is a. four-page sheet, each-page the
size of ordinary lctter'paper. ,
Spanish imports have decreased by
22,848,689 pesetas in ten months of this
year, as compared with 1894. The re-
ccipts from customs are 5,000,000 pesetas
less than the estimates and nearly 14,-
000,000 pesetaslcss than last year’s.
Robinson Crusoe’s musket, “a. fine
Old specimen, with long barrel, flint
lock, and beautifully balanced,” is of-
fered for sale in Edinburgh. It came
into the possession of the present own-
cr through Achander Selkirk’s grand:
niece.
‘ Religious bigotry in politics appgals
to women in Europe as well-as in Amor-
ica. Dr. Lueger and Prince Lichten-
stein, the anti-Semitic agitators in
Vienna, in conducting their campaign
are addressing crowded meetings of ex-
cited women.
Prince Christian Victor of Holstein-
Sc‘hleswig, who has gone to Ashantee,
is the first of Queen V ictoria’s grand-
children to see active service. The
duke of Connaught served in the Egyp-
tian campaign, and is the only one of
the queen’s many descendants who has
been engaged in real warfare. -
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
The legs and tentacles Of the com-
mon barnacle form an effective net, by
whichall small animals and insects suf
ficiently near are entangled. .
The principle of the hinge is seen in
almost every joint in the animal king-
dom. No animal is without a. hinge
joint somewhere or other in its anat-‘
o y.
he first clothmaker was the weaver
bird, which, from threads and vegeta-
ble filaments, manufactures a fabric
quite water-proof and of very dense
structure. 1
Several species of sea. anemone .can
form their jelly-like bodies into boats
and float on the surface of the water,
propelling themselves with their an-
tennae.
The tusks of the walrus were the
first ice anchors. The instruments of
this description used by seamen in
arctic regions ‘are modeledeaften the
walrus tusks. " ‘
—___ ‘Sl L‘ sessile?“
COMING BIG SHLOWSQ 2
Kiel is to have a littleinternational
*cxhibition of navightioncand.’fisheries
this year, from May to September. . .
The corporation of Mayerig'e willcel-
ebrate the 500th anniverShry.,. of the
birth'of John Gutenburg in 1897. '
- Nijni Novgorod’s exhibition this year .
is to be a national one of Russian prod?
ucts alone. It will be opened soon
after the czar’s coronation'at Moscow.
An international exhibition of fine.
arts will take place at Dresden, Saxony,
from May to October,«1897.
In the West Indies red pepper is a
favorite remedy for many ailments. In
all cases .of sore throat it is used as a,
gargle, while it is regard.ch :lso as a
specific for scarlet fever and scrrlatina.
The muscle of the calf of the leg has
been found,,when' removed from a dead
body, 'to be capablé of sustaining a
.‘weight equal 'to seven times the weight
of the entire body. . ' ‘
A bit of borax, the size of asmall pea,
allowed to dissolve in the mouth, vvill'
remove hoarSeness for 2 a. considerable
time, and is very. useful fOr those who
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AUTHORS' OHI‘T-OHAT.' ~ .
, Mark-Twain says the Arabs will take
anything‘but'a' jOke. . , . ' -. '
,Dr. Conan Doyle: has bought a plot
of ground and begun the erection of _
a _ house near-.Hindhead, in Surrey.—
where, Tyndall lived, and near "where .
Tennysonspeht his last days. ..
William T. Adams, better known to
very many as Oliver Optic, has started
World, and 'will not be back'for'four
_months. ' .
Dr. Samuel F. Smith was
an accom-
15 languages.
time of his death. ,
Zola, who cordially despises English-
men, will pay another visit to England
other book dealing with industrial life.’
as it exists in Birmingham and Male
Chester. , :
Mr..Du Maurier declines to be trotted
around this country to satisfy the curi-
osity of the public. He will not lecture
here, as it goes against the grain, since
he is one of the most retiring men of
his prOfession.
Rudyard Kipling was asked recently
if literary fame was as joyous a posses-
, sion as many people consider it.
“There is only one great'pleasure for
“and that lies in work- A writer finds
his happiness in creétting, not 'in crit~
._ ics‘9) ‘ ’ .
OF ROYAL DESCENT.
The first duchess of .Marlborough
survived the great duke nearly 22 years.
She was a. singularly fascinating wom-
an, and could please anybody.
long time the pocket money allowance
of Princess Maud of Wales was only
five dollars a month. Her mother, when
a young girl, had the same amount.
The princess of Wales is striving to
introduce demi-toilet as the dress for
the theater; she has worn a. high bod-
ice and long sleeves upon such occa-
sions asshe has appeared at the theatcg
“during the past two years,
Lord Glasgow, the gOvernor of New
Zealaud. recently attended 2v cattle
show at Napier. He particularly ad-
mired a certain shorthorn bull. The
bull did not admire the governor, and
expressed that fact by unceremonious-
ly tossing his lordship over a convenient
fence. Then the governor went hOme.
‘ The young czar of Russia is not fond
of the cares of'state. He is a rather
mood y‘individual, very fond of reading.
He has made a. close studv of French
literature, and is especially well-in-
fcu'mcd on Parisian fiction. The late
Guy de Maupassant is one of his favor-
ite authors, and he reads everything
that Emile Zola writes.
' BOOK NOTES.
Du Maurier has recently made the
statement that his profits from “Tril-
by,” including his royalties from the
play, amount to $125,000 so‘far.
-' Gen. Charles Hamlin and his son,
Charles E. Hamlin, are in Bangor, M'e.,
collecting data for the biography of
Hannibal Hamlin, which they are
about to write.
It is an interesting comment on the
financial success of books written by
women that a. London publisher lately
offered a. distinguished novelist an ex-
tra. £200 if the latter would con-
sent to have3 his latest. story is-
sued under an assumed and feminine
name. '
Mme. Sarah Grand has not yet an-
nounced the title of her new novel, now
nearly complete, which she considers
a stronger work that “The Heavenly'
-Twins.” As she prefers to have it read
without a. break, she has declined all
Offers for serial publiCations in Eng-.
land and America.
ABOUT ANIMALS.
The native dogs of Australia, of
bark. . . .
Nearly all the chickens in the west
crn part of FrenchGuinea are-perfectly
white. ' V . _
The owl looks wise because. its eye-
balls are immovably fixed
ets. - . -
white feathers tinted with pink, ispthe
latest freak brought out of the Maine
woods. 1 ' ‘ '
A St. Bernard was sold for $2,350 at
the Birmingham (England) dog slIow.
This is said to be the highest priceeyer
paid for a St. Bernard at auction.
The tiger suffers from a curious para~ "
site. The hairy part of its feet cen-
tains a parasite scarcely visible to the
naked eye, yet each little ,iDSect is a.
perfect counterpart of the'tiger—head,‘
' cars,’ja.WS, legs", claws, body, tail, all are
there; - 2 ‘
«CRIMINALS AND PUNISHMENTS.
Punishment. of the. knout is to b
done nway‘with "in RuSSia. . ~.
Money found on federal prisoners
cannot be. confiscated,” according to a I
decision of Judge \Gros’scup,‘ a't Chi-
cago. ’ ' " V .
Thieves visited J ohn‘ Brook’s farm at
Plymouth, MenthmeI-y county, Pa,
and stole a live. po’rke’r weighing 150' .
, pounds. " , , .
,, A woman moonshiner with a—Win-
cheater, riflegave, the .. revenue offi-.
’- V M: \T‘“.
,0 -t..,
have to sing or speak in public; L. '-2._ p 3-.
Ion. . .
.‘,'
._Fl_a., recently.
Q . .‘
plished linguist, beiii‘g'familiarwith 1
He had just taken up '
the study of the Russiane'tongue at the .
an author,” he is said to have answered, '
Egypt and ofthe Persian desert never .
An albino partridge, the tips of its I
from, Boston to make a; trip'around the . '-
next spring. He thinks of writing ans; .
Some, English papers say that for a ,
in their sock- , '
cers. a lively tussle near' Cleanrioirt,._ . :.
She isbut-quears old.” - "
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