THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 8, 1907.
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Empire Bulkier,, by Francis Lynde. Illus
trated. The Bobbi-Merrlll Co., Indian
apolis. Ind.
Side by side with a maa of technical
details, Including the creation of a new
railroad from Chicago to the Pacific
Coast, and the Inevitable love story,
which naturally follows Uie hard-work-in?
and resolute hero, Mr. Lynde has
constructed a fairly readable, rapld
aotlon novel in the "Empire Builders."
Engine 206, narrow gauge, begins the
story, and it is the vehicle by which
Division Superintendent Stuart Ford, of
the Plus Mountain branch of the Pa
cific Southwestern, makes his bow as
the principal actor In the drama. In
deed, it would not require any great
stress of imagination to dub the young
engineer "Napoleon" Ford. As the au
tocrat of an obscure mountain dlvlson
of a badly-paying railroad, Ford be
come an empire-builder after the Har-rlman-Morgan
stamp, in welding sev
eral small railroads Into one and build
ing new roads by which an almost
trans-continental property is formed.
In this laudable endeavor, "Napoleon"
Ford has to fight his employer, Presi
dent Colbrith, of the Pacific South
western Railroad, who, objects to a
meddlesome engineer forcing him to
spend 135.000.000 on what he believes
to be a visionary road leading from no
where and landing in the mountains
of the moon. Among Ford's enemies
are General Manager North and Mac
Morrogh Brothers, contractors.
Mr. Lynde exhibits an enviable
knowledge of railroad detail, and a
multitude of stock-Jobbing, frenzied
finance jihrases slips easily from his
pen, or la it his typewriter? For in
stance: Speed wai the end to which all of the
young engineer's Inventive power had been
directed; and the pace was furious. On
th leveled grade ahead of the track-laying
train, an army of sweating laborers marched
and countermarched like trained soldiers,
placing the cross-ties In position. On a
train of specially constructed flatcars anoth
er army was bolting together a long session
of tracks, clamping the double line of rail
at intervals to hold them to gauge. At
the word "ready," a hauling chain, pass
ing through an anchored pulley-block far
up the grade and back to the freed engine
of the construction train, was made fast
to the forward end of the bolted section; a
second word of command, and the engine
backed swiftly, dragging the prepared sec
tion over the rollers of the flatcars and
Into place on the ties. With the clanging
fall of the final pair of rails, a third army,
splke-drlvers these, fell upon the newly
placed steel, shouting their chantery as
they swung the great pointed hammers; and
In the midst of this fresh turmoil the train,
with Its brigade of bolters deftly prepar
ing another section, was slowly pushed to.
the new front for another advance.
A breath here. Of course, Mr. Ford
built the road. What would be the use
of employing a hero at all If he didn't
succeed in attaining the object of his
heart's desire? Ford's many disap
pointments, conflicting orders from
rival chiefs, dynamite fights with mur
derous rivals are all stirringly record
ed, and in the telling the story is really
entertaining. And the woman In the
case? She is Miss Alicia Adair, and
is thus described: "She was the dainty
type, with fluffy, bright-brown hair,
eyes the color of wood violets, a nose
tilted to the precise angle of bewltoh
ing piquancy, and the adorable mouth
and chin familiarized to two continent
by the artistic pen of the apostle of
the American Girl." Of corse, Ford
fell In love . with this divinity who
wouldn't?
It may also be added that Miss Adair
was President Colbrlth's niece, and waa
an important factor In enabling her
lover to win his railroad fight. It Is
noted that Miss Adair also possessed
"the serenity which belongs to the
well-bred." A reference to page 176
mentions this city. In stating that one
George Z. Merrlam Is appointed "gen
eral agent of the Pacific Southwestern
at Portland, Oregon."
Some of the best writing in the book
is the description of the gold-find at
Copsh. The Illustrations, by Jay Ham
bldge, are effective.
The Ixrae Star, by Eugene P. I.yle, Jr. Illus
trated. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York
. city. '
Mr. Lyle's previous success with "The
Mlssourian," an equally romantic and
edventurous story, promised well for any
future book he might write. His chance
has come In the romance, "The Lone
Star," telling about the men who won
Texas from Mexico Sam Houston, Ste
phen Austin, Davy Crockett, Bowie and
others. "The Lone Star" is stirringly
written and Is sure to strike a popular
note. There are four Illustrations in color
by Philip Goodwin, a talented American
artist whose work Is so high-grade that
he Is sometimes called "the second Rem
ington." What Mr. Lyle presents will In
terest boys, for Ha knows his Texas, hav
ing been born in Dallas In 1873. Kansas
City schools and the University of Mich
igan gave him the principal portion of
his education.
Here ia Mr. Lyle's picture of Bowie, as
the latter was first seen by the hero of
"The Lone Star," in the duel of the sand
bar: A leaa, lithe, heavy-boned patrician was
swaying sullenly. He had curly reddish
hair and sideburns. One hand was pressed
.o his ribs. With the other he tried to aim
bis weapon. But an antagonist from be
hind clubbed a pistol on his skull, and as
be crashed to his knees a second man leaped
on him. Yet even than he flung them o(f,
end reclining against a log. h aimed once
mors at his first man. lis and the other
fired together, and at that the lean giant
pitched his length, face downward, and I
could see the splendid limbs relax and the
crimson break like wine over his fine linen.
Instantly his first antagonist was leaning
over hlnwwlth a sword cane. As in a spasm
my giant rolled over on his back, heavily,
like a man rsleep. But his eyes were open,
and they were piercing, steel-gray eyes;
and as he rolled, his arm swung a stiff cir
cle, and a long knife In his hand met the
breast over him, and sank so deep that the
hand fell from It and thumped palm up
ward on the sand.. His antagonist pitched
across his body and died there. It had
been no trouble to Identify my chevalier of
the knife. Everybody knew Jim Bowie.
Then there is the picture of Sam Hous
ton who was once Governor of Tennessee,
but who afterward sunk to a degraded
"squaw-man" among the Cherokees,
solacing himself with whisky to drown
his dream of paBt glories. On a certain
occasion Bowie visited Houston and here
U what followed:
A man sprawled on the grass, face down
ward. He was a huge blanketed figure and
the great fiat expanse of his shoulders' rose
and fall with each heavy, drunken breath
lie wore moccasins, mud-stained legglns
yellow leather breechea and a aolsled buck
skin hunting shirt on a time gaudy wth
beaded ornaments. His wavy dark hair was
braided into an Indian Queue, in which,
awry, or half falling out, were some limp
eagle feathers.
Bowie turned on us In comical dismay. "I
am looking," he said, "fo' a gentleman who
fought undeh Jackson, who se'ved his coun
try in Congress, who was GuVnor of Ten
nessee; and I am directed, gentlemen, I am
directed to an Indian sot.' And with the
frank smile that so belittled others, he
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thrust "hi toe under th man'i body and
rolled him over on hl back.
We stood amazed. The man's uWn wn as
whit as our own. The bloodshot eys,
opening; on us under stern brows, slowly
gathered fury, and when he rose, deliberate
ly and majestically for one In his condi
tion, and straightened to his august height,
and fastened that gaze upon the man who
dared touch a foot to him. for the life of me
I could see none less than a deeply angered
Southern gentleman. The gaudy blanket
slipped to the ground, and with It that vile
title of "Big Drunk" seemed to fall from
him, and he. stood before us, the paleface
viking emerging from the dissolute Indian
chief.
The mysterious stranger flung wide his
powerful arms. "Sam Houston, gentlemen,"
he announced, "stands before you."
J. M. Q.
LIBRARY AXD WORKSHOP.
Gambler Bolton has written a book in
which he identifies the animals of the Scrip
tures. The forthcoming memoirs of rr. John
Watson clan MacLoren) -will be edited by
his widow.
"The Bible as Good Reading," by United
States Senator B eve ridge, is announced for
publication Tuesday.
Charles Echreyvogel has completed dur
ing the last year two superb paint In p of
frontier life, entitled respectively, "Fight
ing Scouts" and "Pickets," reproductions
of which. In platinum, will be Issued this
autumn.
A fifth printing of ,rBeatrlx of Clare,"
John Reed Scott's romantic novel. Is an
nounced by the Llpplncotts, who are also
getting ready a second edition or M. K.
Goron's collection of Parisian deteetiv ad
ventures, "The Truth About the Case.
The current Century has a complete
novelette by Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell, prince of
American etory -writers. It is one of Dr.
Mitchell's decidedly characteristic pieces of
work, holding the reader's attention closely
to an unexpected ending.
Readers are not apt to look for refine
ment In the London slums, so the fact that
the hero and heroine of Arthur Paterson's
"John Glynn" are attractive social workers
is one of the novelties of this queer novel,
which authorities say combines sound so
ciology with Intensely exciting situations,
and which has just gone Into a second edi
tion. see
Cyrus Townscnd Brady's new novel. "The
Blue Ocean's Daughter." which will be pub
lished shortly, with George Glhh's Illustrations,-
Is one of the breesiest tales he has
ever written. It la safe to say he has never
drawn so fascinating a heroine, and that
few wrftnrs short of Stevenson hare realised,
no thrtlllngly, the deadline of a fight for
life at sea.
The blind author, Clarence Hawkea, whose
careful fidelity to truth Is equaled only by
his skill in describing animal life, has
the rare faculty of enlisting the interest
and drawing out the sympathies to an un
usual degree. Perhaps this last named
quality is nowhere else so well displayed
as In his little story of "Shaggy coat: the
Biography of a Beaver." published a short
time since.
The demand for "As the Hague Ordains:
The Journal of a Run I an Prisoner's Wife
In Japan" is steadily Increasing. Since be
ing sent to press for the second time ar
rangements have been concluded for the
publication of the book In Japan, where it
will first run in the Japanese periodical,
The Asashi Shlmbun, and later appear as a
book. Application has also been made for
the German rights.
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Among educational issues this Pall will
be a new and revised edition of Dr.
Alexander Smith's "Laboratory Outlines of
General Chemistry." prepared in collabora
tion with Dr. William J. Hale, of the Univer
sity of Michigan. The earlier editions have
been extensively rewritten, and in many
rases simplified, and tables of solubility
have been added, and the method of using
them Indicated by questions.
An Interesting fact has Just come to light
In connection with the publication of Alex
ander Macdonald's "In Search of El Dora
do." It appears that Mr. Macdonald, who is
a geologist and mineralogist, was one of
the first to go to the Klondike, and among
the men in charge of his dog sledges was
Jack London, author of "The Call of the
Wild." In a sense, the origin of that au
thor's work Is to be traced to his experi
ences under Mr. Macdonald.
While Thomas Dixon. Jr., has become
Identified in literature with the great ques
tion of the South, this subject is by no
mean, the only one which interests him,
and he Is planning his next book which
will deal with an entirely different theme,
that of Socialism. Mr. Dixon considers
the Negro Problem and Socialism the two
greatest questions In the United States. If
he can do for the latter what he is now
doing for the former, he will prove a valua
ble contributor to the constructive litera
ture of the future. i
Under the title "Epicurus In the West."
a new writer discusses In Scrlbner's the
particular social Ideas which made the old
San Francisco so different from any other
American city, and which today are mak
ing the new San Francisco. The philosophy
of San Francisco is Epicurean, breeding "a
certain mutual toleration which makes a
light-hearted community." The author
adds: "When her great tragedy came it
found San Francisco unafraid, and its re
sult left her undaunted; but her "courage
waa not that of the Puritan."
At a recent sale of books at Sotheby's
In London many belonging to the widow .of
Rev. Dr. A. B. Nlcholls, whose first wife
was Charlotte Bronte, were disposed of.
Nine tiny volumes of autographic manu
scripts or Juvenile tales by Charlotte Bronte,
in miniature handwriting, brought $357.50.
Manuscripts of poems, some published and
soma not. sold for $226; a story without
title, signed "C. Townsend," was sold for
f 110. Some relics of Charlotte, including
a writing desk containing a vtsltiug card
of Thackeray, sold at 126; Emily's writing
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THE LONFL
deFk. $100; Charlotte's workbox, $72.50; her
paint box, $21; fragments of the coffin
of Napoleon, given to Charlotte by Heger
In Brussels, and the Lord's Prayer, written
on a space about the lze of a three-penny
piece by Charlotte, $160.
Chicago Is to have another bookstore this
Fall, and one that Is likely to attract con
siderable attentton on account of He dis
tinctive character Browne's. This new en
terprise Is to bo established on the seventh
floor of the Fine Arts building on Michigan
avenue, where most of the interests typical
of Chicago's higher development are be
coming centralized. Browne's bookstore will
he opened early in October, and the new
firm will also engage In a general publish
ing business. In proportion to its population
It Is said that Chicago has very few high
class bookstores.
Elizabeth Luther Cary Is the author of an
altogether unique contribution to the Blake
revival, which will be published soon under
the title of "The Art of William Blake." It
takes up several unusual phases f his ac
complishment, and dwells Importantly upon
his "Manuscript Sketch Book," to which
the author has had free access, and from
which the publishers have drawn freely for
the Illustrations, many of which have never
been published before. The volume will
be handsomely done, and, while quite unlike
It in form, will be a worthy companion to
the author's recent work on Whistler.'
Charles F. Warwick's Important work on
"Mlrabeau and the French Revolution,"
heretofore published by the Llppincotts, has
been taken over by George W. Jacobs ft
Co. They have also In preparation a com
panion volume to the 'above to be entitle!
"Dan ton and the French Revolution," which
will be issued some time next year, to be
followed later by "Robespierre and the
French Revolution." While each volume will
be complete in itself, they are so planned
that the three together will form a complete
history' of that turbulent period in the
history of France that preceded, accompa
nied and followed the French Revolution,
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An interesting pictorial feature of the
current Century will be recognized in four
pages reproduced from pictures by G. W.
Peters of excavations for railroad terminals
In New York City, showing a birdseye view
of the excavation for the new Pennsylva
nia railway station, a section of the same
at Thirty-third street looking east, a view
in the excavation for the new station of the
New York Central, and the sinking of the
foundations of the terminals of the Hudson
River tunnel at Fulton and Church streets.
The colored frontispiece of the number will
be a reproduction of Mr. Slglftmond de Ivan
owski's portrait of Miss Ethel Barrymore
as Mme. Trentonl in "Captain Jinks."
Two new books of Importance from the
McClure's are: "The Great Plains, 1527
1870." by Randall Fairish, which may be
caJled a topical history of the great move
ments that opened and settled the vast
area between the Missouri and the Rockies;
and "The Campaign of Santiago de Cuba,"
a strategic history of one of the most
Interesting lessons In modern warfare, by
Colonel H. II. Sargent, United States Army,,
who is a recognized authority on the con
duct of military operations. Three digni
fied and important works that appeal to the
art temperament will - appear by arrange
ment with the British publishers, namely,
"Thomas Gainsborough," by William D.
Bolton, an admirable biography of the
great painter, with forty illustrations of
notable and characteristic subjects; "How
to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain," by' Mrs.
WlHoughby Hodgson, so well known as an
authority on this subject, and happily il
lustrated from valuable pieces of the ware;
and a fascinating volume on "Old Oak
Furniture, " by Fred Roe. himself a com
petent investigator In this field, the text
complemented with a colored frontispiece,
and a number of instructive sketches- by
the author.
I doubt If any man suffers less than
George Bernard Shaw from the vagaries of
the English climate. He looks undervital
lzed and his extraordinary vitality is per
hapa the most amazing thing about him.
You. would certainly say that his health was
chronically bad If you did not know that
he never confesses. If be can possibly help
It, to any least indisposition, says London
T. P.'s Weekly. He looks anemic, and
the flesh of hie face Is Inclined to fiabbt
Tiess, as If he were & man who shirked
his fair amount of exercise and waa care
less about his diet. His nose would have
been appropriate to the poet Byron, w ho
drank gin. He has the mouth of & volup
tuary, the brow of a Madonna, the eyes of
a soldier, and the ears of a free-liver. If
you saw the back of his head from behind
a counter, as he turned away to lift down
a canister of tea, it would look quite like
the back of the head immensely long and
narrow and showing a lot of nape of any
usual grocer. And I have been shaved by
his very double and twin In a babers shop
In the old Hampstead Road. Indeed, Ber
nard Shaw far more resembles some re-
apectable tradesman, or decent artisan, or
even a Methodist preacher, than what he
is the most brilliant epigrammatist ana
daring revolutionary of his time.
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Books which can honestly he complained of
are those of the "dime novel" type. They ex
ploit crime and set forth in glittering col
ors the Joys of the bandit life, the un
speakable delights of the unconventional
existence, and the heroism of evildoers. They
ere just Inside the pale of the law as re
gards textual morality, but they are un
deniably vicious in their tendency, and their
consumption by young readers Is known
to be fraught with serious consequences. It
Is Impossible tq reckon the number of
youths who have gone astray In consequence
ot readmit this sort or so-canea literature.
remarks the Washington (D. C) Star. Their
minds Inflamed unwholesomely by the nar
ratives of daring deeds and hairbreadth es
capes, they have wandered from home, or
sought vicious companions, or dwelt in the
realms of sick imagination until they have
lost all their moral stamina and have drift
ed Into lives of useleasness or positive crlm
lnality. '
Every parent who finds a boy with one
of these books in hi possession will imme
diately confiscate It If the dangerous char
acter of the stuff Is understood. The wise
parent will try to lead the boy lnts cleaner
neids of literature, to guide him into more
wholesome ways of thinking, and point out
the danger In the path through the field of
dime-novel printing. There Is a period In
the youth's development when the morbid is
apt to appeal to him strongly, and he must
be dealt with most carefully to prevent a
moral breakdown. It Is at this stage when
the dime novel works its must evil effect.
l it is ai moult ror tne government to ex-
icna its junauicuun over uca dpokb iu pro
hibit them from circulation through the
mails on the score of their quality. What
ever the legal right? of the publishers may
be, their claim for assistance by Uncle Sam
In the dissemination of their noxious prod
ucts is morally unsound.
Homer B. Hulbert, one of the leading
authorities on Korean matters, has writ
ten a book entitled "The Passing of
Korea," which will prove of special Inter
est in view of the present situation. Mr.
Hulbert's idea in writing the book wa to
Interest the public generally in a country
and a people who have been frequently ma
ligned and seldom appreciated.- The entire
history of this disputed land Is intensely
Interesting and unusual. Mr. Hulbert dis
cusses the Russian intrigue, the Japan
Ruesia war, the Japanese in Korea and the
opening of Korea, all of which are mattera
of keen interest at present.. The conclud
ing chapter of the book is aevotea to - me
Future of Korea." It will be seen that the
author's foresight has been exceedingly wise
and that his prophecy Is slowly but surely
coming true. Mr. Hulbert' dedication to ,
the Emperor of Korea and the Korean
people is as follow: "To His Majesty, the
Emperor or Korea, as a toKen oi nign
esteem and a pledge . of unwavering al
legiance, at a time when calumny has done
its worst and Justice has suffered an eclipse;
and. to the Korean people, who are now
witnessing the passing of old Korea to give
place to a new, when the spirit of the na
tion, quickened by the toucn or nre. snau
have proved that though 'Sleep Is the
image of death,' it is not death Itself."
KiiV l r a. I vs. his . ...
1. L. - .!,. H Ik. -fm intln anhnnl T nil f s-
lana produced "Poucha Houmma," a classic
trageay in wnicn tne unities ot umc,
and action were well observed.. Le Blanc
Jk . rin.n.Hfia skvt av.nfflrai. In t Vt as 1iVnrh
army, wrote, at the age of 75, this drama.
oasea on an episoue oi inumu mw. n
published In 1814 and is the first play which
history records as springing from the pen
of a Louislanian. Earlier than that, how
ever, according to Edward CUiias carpen
ter, Victor Jallot, a versatile genius who
was at once poet, master of arms and danc
ing, prestidigitator, patriot, philosopher.
gentleman arm u a. i uoi,
"The Gateway of Dreams," which the above
mentioned authority states was performed
s. rT1. Of- TUm ll rlMftnfl. AS
& l ine i ii -n 1 1 o .11. - .
early as 1S03. The dramatic events attend
ant upon the production oi jaiwi
make up the greater part of the first chap-
. m - ns,is vtm a rft "Thi
ter ot mir. vhjpcihci o . V
Code of Victor Jallot," which Is to be pub
lished in a rew aays. iauot. i
in motley." as he was sometimes called
.t A....iniu. .f hi Mrrnmnllshments.
not his garb is the hero of this novel; and
he promises to De one ot mo w-
and fascinating characters in American llt-
. t i. mme tv.A author
erature. air. ycuLti . - -
of "Captain Courtesy," which lias been well-
received.
.. n' th nrlv ntiblica-
tion of Dr. Oberholtzer's "Life of Jay
Cooke" (Jacobs & Co.) has brought to
light an Interesting episode. When Gen-
financier at his home on Gibraltar Island,
in Lake Erie. In tne.iaia ou no -
nit- n t 1 1 , An. hrass buttons
upon it. Mr. Cooke's young daughter now
Mrs. J. M. culler, w
The General said che could have It. or
course, and took out a knife to cut It ort.
whdh. upon second thought, he remarked:
-r ' -v. f- . n.w n.t. But when
I to home I will send you a button trom
a coat tnai i woro uu m. ....
sea." This promise satisfied the girl and
. .. ., i - mnnn o rr vorl to, he nrized very
highly. At the time oi the failure of Mr.
Cooke In the panic oi im V"
. .. ot-u .Alii ttiA tronhy
ana an its iuihidh.... ' ' ,
could not be found. Many acts of vandal
ism were commiuea upon m.
while the auction proceeded, and the Inci
dent of the button was forgotten. A little
wniie ago wiwr ....... .
from a Philadelphia!!, saying that he had
had the memento lor tnese ootnj
. . a. tfr T f n mi 1"
and now wisnea to niura -
cnasea it irom " fJ ' -- - -
with It on the lawn, and recognizing from
a slip or paper in im . ...
wnat it wa, 1 . " j '
of one of the financier's daughters, he -de
sired her again to nave iu jay
at once sent It to her sister, who resides t
Klkins Park, and the keepsake after Its
varied experiences Is valued more than ever
before. x '
ASTRONOMERS
Continued From Page Four.
graduate. He is 62, and lived In Japan
from 1883 to 1893. Since 1SS4. he Has ae
voted almost his entire energy to the
tudv of Mars aid Its markings, wnicn ne
believes are canals dug by InUabitanta oi
the planet, who, he believes, are as In
telligent as men, at the least.
The fact that many astronomers dissent
entirely from Lowell's theories does not
make his Investigations less valuable or
Interesting. Lowell has never urged the
possibility of communication with Mars;
this suggestion has come from various ro
mancers and writers ror tne press.
The so-called canals, " discovered by
SchiaDarelli. of Milan, Italy, in 1877, nd
by him called "channels," are not visible
to all observers, ana were snown in araw-
Ings only until recently. Last year, now
ever. Lowell succeeded In getting photo
graphs of tho markings, so that their ex
istence can no longer be disputed. This
vear he has succeeded In taking more
photographs at -iagstair, wniie i-roiessor
David Todd, the well-known astronomer
at Amherst College, has taken others at
the observatory In Peru, where he went
with Mrs. Todd, herself an enthusiastic)
astronomer, at -Lowell s request, so as
to be on the spot on July 6, when Mars
and the earth were closer together than
thev had been for many years. .
Professor Todd Is a picturesque cnap
who was born at Lake Ridge, N. T., 66
years ago, was graduated from Amherst
32 years ago, and was made director and
professor of astronomy there 28 years
ago. His attention was drawn to the
stars when a youngster. One of Proctor's
books fell In the boy's way, and so un
pressed him that he determined to be an
astronomer. His father objected, but his
mother gave him $5 with which he bought
lenses and set up a telescope of his own
In the back yard, a regular thing for
amateflr stargazers to do.
After leaving Amherst he went on a
Government expedition to observe the
transit of Venus, and met Miss Mabel
Loomis, daughter of Professor E. J.
Loomis. then of the Naval Observatory.
They became as much Interested in each
other as they were In the stars, and were
married four years later. They have made
many long tours together since then as
members of astronomical expeditions; one
of them in the famous sailing yaoht
Coronet, which won the race with the
Dauntless from Sandy Hook to Queens-
town In 1SS8.
Mrs. Todd has written several books
and has shared the many honors heaped
upon tier husband for his astronomical
work alike by sclentiflo societies and for
eign governments. Their trip on the Coro
net Is said to have been the longest yacht
voyage ever taken.
Ballad of a Beginning.
There's a boy down in New Haven,
The smartest ever known.
One day he stole a trolley car.
And did it all alone.
A real car,
A big car,
A troley car stole he.
He ran It out upen the track
As bold as bold could be.
Quick from the barn three workman
Ran round to head him off.
But fast he sped the car and waved
X robber chieftain's scoff!
He saw them.
He scorned them.
He dared them as he went.
Till, one by one, they dropped the chase.
Their strength, their wind, was spent.
They boarded an express train
But couldn't gain an inch;
The wild wind whistled as he new.
He thought he had a cinch.
But luck turned.
And spurned him!
A drawbridge open stood
The game was up, he sought with speed
The shelter of a wood.
What recks It that they caught him
Or that he'll punished be?
A future lies before him.
And coming years will see x
This bold boy.
The bad boy.
The leader of a ring.
Steal trains ot cars and miles of road:
A bold, bad railroad king!
M. A. Stock.
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BT LOUISE LEXINGTON.
NANCY (upstairs) William!
"William, her brother (downstairs,
with evening paper) Well?
Nancv Don't go away, dear. Tou are
to take me to the opening of the Progress
Club tonight. Don't you remember? And
you'd better fix up a little, WilL
Everybody's to be there.
Will Aw, chuck It! I tell you I can't
go. I promised to see a teller tonigni.
Nancy Will, you know I've got to bo
there. I'm to read a paper on "Environ
ment," and
Will And come home with that sawed-
off, carrot-headed president of yours, I
reckon. Why don't you own up that that s
the reason you're going? Oh, Lord, sis,
while I was about it, I'd get dippy over
some one that came up to my chin. If not
to my Ideal.
Nancy Will! How can you be so ridicu
lous? Oh, dear; if I ever want my hair
to look especially nice I can't seem to do
It at all! I do wonder, now. If I've fully
grasped the meaning of that word, after
all. WU1, dear!
Will Well?
Nancy Won't you please read all there
Is in my thesaurus about the word "En
vironment?" Will Cut it out!
Nancy Please, Will; that's a good boy!
Will I haven't time, I tell you! Every
body knows environment means surround
ings. . And I may be pardoned for men
tioning in passing that it is a most signifi
cant definition. And if that measly excuse
for a man ever again attempts surround
ing' my sister's waist with his arm as he
did last Sunday night, he is going to be
exterminated to slow music. See? Tou
can past that up some place and glue
your lamps onto it!
Nancy Why, William Bishop! He never
did any such thing. He (sniffling).
Will Well,, don't blubber because you
think he didn't. Tou girls are mighty in
nocent creatures, I tell you. But I know
what I'm talkln' about. Tour general
factotum and all-around slavey, alias your
little brother, was, by premeditation,
right behind you on the Council Crest car
last Sunday night. And if that brick-colored
Sunday supplement didn't have his
arm around you. then, by ginger, I'll eat
breakfast food!
Nancy If he did, then I'm sure I didn't
know it. Men often put their arms
across the backs of the seats, if that's
what you mean. Dear me,' Will, if
Will Cut it out!
Nancy Where's my Swastika, I won
der? If you can't trust ybur sister to
know what's right, without tagging her
around
Will Oh, I can trust my little sister all
right, all right to make a blame fool of
herself where the president of the Prog
ress Cltrb is concerned.
Nancy (weeping) I'll tell papa on you.
Will Bishop. Tou 'don't treat m with
ordinary courtesy.
Will And who treats me with ordinary
courtesy, eh? I'm to hike around at
your bleasure, like a bloomln' idiot: and
then, by ginger, at the first sight of
brickdust. down' comes the portcullis on
little Billy's neck. Courtesy! I haven't
known the meaning of the word for two
years. I got my first lesson by heart
at Mabel Wilson's dance two years ago.
Nancy Tour first lesson! What do you
mean?
Will That's where you first met that
aureole-crowned cavalier. Isn't It? Did
you think I meant "this cat' on the
mat" or "see the gentle ox?"
Nancy (descending) I'm all ready. Will,
dear.
Will Tou're not going on the street
with that thing on, I should bope! Lord,
sis, I wouldn't be seen dead wearing that.
What's the belt up under your arms
like that for, anyway? Oh, I say. cut it"
out! I'm not going, not for mine. Not
on your tintype.
Nancy Why, I thought you'd like it.
Will. It's an Empire gown. Esther Pot
ter helped me plan It, and she thought it
looked perfectly stunning. If s copied
after one she had made in New Tork.
Will I didn't know she was back.
Nancy Yes, and she's going to the club
opening tonight. I said we'd call for her,
seeing it's right on our way. I hope you
don't mind. Will? . - '
Will Why can't you ever give me ten
minutes' notice when you want me to take
you some place? I haven't brushed my
hair, even, and my collar looks like an
unwhltewashed fence around a stubble-
field. I've got to shave, and you'll just
have to wait.
Nancy Well, hurry up, then. I'll tele
phone Esther we're coming directly.
Will (upstairs, ten minutes later) Nan,
did you see anything of my tie the new
one I wore Sunday? Left 'er hangin' on
the gas fixture. .
Nancy Yes. I folded it and laid it in
your sachet holder, where tt belongs. (To
herself) I wonder why he never looks
there.
Will -Have you a whisk broom, sis?
Mine's all in; looks like a curry comb, and
the handle wobbles.
Nancy Mine's on my dressing table.
Murry, dear.
The "Reason of Dogs
Outing Magazine.
Ho one can fathom a dog's reasoning.
From Addison In the Spectator, through
the flight of years to Sir Walter Scott and
on down to preaent-day writers, one hears
of properly authenticated cases of the
remarkable reasoning of dogs. There are
records of talking dogs, but these are
somewhat open to doubt; talcs of think
ing dogs are therefore much more accep
table. The knowing dogs so frequently
mentioned In the old Spectator did so
many wonderful things that there can be
little doubt that the writers of some of
these racy essays drew the long bow. So
veracious a man as Sir Walter Scott,
however, had a "wise" dog, a buil ter
rier. Said the novelist once: "I taught
him to understand a great many words,
inasmuch that I am positive that the
communication betwixt the canine species
and ourselves might be greatly enlarged.
Camp once bit the baker, who was bring
ing bread to the family. I beat him, and
explained the enormity of his offense,
after which, to the last moments of his
life, he never heard the least allusion to
the story, in whatever tone of voice it
was mentioned, without getting up and
retiring to the darkest corner of the room,
with great appearance of distress. Then
if you said, "the baker was well paid,' or
'the baker was not hurt after all,' Camp
came forth from his hiding place, capered
and barked and rejoiced."
In England we recently had afforded us
an excellent example of a black retriever's
heroism. During the height of a gale a
bark was seen'at Fraserburgh to be help
lessly driven before the wind, and the
greatest excitement prevailed among the
anxious watchers on the headland when
It was seen that the vessel was making
for the rocks at Kosehearty. The Fra
serburgh lifesaving brigade was sum
moned by telephone, but before they could
arrive the vessel was among the break
ers, with great seas sweeping over her.
There was no possibility of launching a
boat, owing to the rocks and the violence
of the waves. Tbs crew were seen cling
ing to the trail board, expecting every
moment to be engulfed. So great was.
thalr danger that they tied a rope to a
piece of wood, in the bope that it would
drift ashore.
Then it was that Mr. Shlrran, a Hose
hearty banker, relieved their anxiety. He
had a fine black retriever, which he
ordered off for the stick. The noble ani
mal at once obeyed. Plunging among the
breakers he made for the ship. The
waves w,ern too much for him, however,
and he returned. Again he was sent off,
and many times he was completely lost to
view. Once mora he returned without
accomplishing his object. It was pitiable
to see the anxious sailors watching their
only present hope of rescue. The dog was
again set off, but without avail. Yet a
fourth time the animal breasted the bil
lows, and, after a heroic struggle, he
reached the stick. The swim back, handi
capped with the weight of a heavevrope,
was a great task. Several times the dog
was overwhelmed, and nope was aban
doned, but at last the victory was ob
tained, and the weary animal fell panting
on the shore, dropping the stick at his
master's feet. Communication was thus
established between the vessel and the
shore. Immediately after the brigade ar
rived, and with the lifesaving apparatus
saved the crew.
There is a strong trait of jealousy in a
dog's nature. A etory is told of a Bir
mingham dog that had been a great pet
in the family until the baby came. There
was suspicion that he was jealous, but
he could not be detected in any disrespect
to the newcomer. It always happened,
however, that when the dog was left
alone with the baby the baby began to
cry. No signs of trouble were ever to
be seen upon entering the room, and the
dog was always found sleeping peace
fully before the fire. Finally one day a
peep through, the keyhole disclosed the
LOVLSE LEXINGTON
TyMG.T-jys
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Will Darn it!
Nancy What Is It Will ?
Will Would you mind tying this tie for
me, sis? Oh, I say, what'll you take for
a drop or two of the dope you have for
your hanky?
Nancy Help yourself. Will. And hurry
up!
Will (a. few minutes later, outside)
Ginger, but It's a dandy night! Wonder
how it would be for the four of us to
take a trolley ride to the Heights after
the doin's. Say, sis, wait a minute, will
you? I'd like to run back and get my
other hat.
Nancy (to herself) Thank gracious, I
stumbled onto the heel of Achilles!
canine rubbing his cold, wet nose up
and down the baby's back.
There is a common rumor to the effect
that a dog at Berlin was taught to say
the word "Elizabeth" most distinctly. A
more generally authenticated statement Is
to the effect that Sir William Gall had a
dog' which could repeat some words,
though he could only do this when his
master held his jaws In a certain manner.
Southey, In his "Omniani," tells us that
he knew of a dog which was brought up
by a Catholic, and afterward sold to a
Protestant, but still refused meat on a
Friday.
W hy Thirteen Is Unlucky.
An explanation of unlucky 13 Is given
In the Housekeeper for August. It is usu
ally stated that the superstitious objec
tion to sitting 13 at a table in Christian
countries was based on the fact of the
Last Supper, when Christ and his 12 dis
ciples sat down to eat together, immedi
ately before the Savior was seized by his
enemies. But In the Norse mythology,
which is supposed to antedate the intro
duction of Christianity among the North
men, we find the superstition referred to
the fact that a a banquet of the gods,
Lokl, the sptrit of mischief. Intruded him
self, making 13 at the table, wherefore
there was a fight and Baldour, a young
hero especially loved by all the gods, was
killed. For the fact is, the objection to
this number seems to have existed even
before Christianity. Among the Turks
the number is so disliked and feared that
it is never named; with the Aztecs, the
aborigines of Mexico, it was believed to
have magic power, and a like fancy has
been found in other Indian tribes. Among
the ignorant blacks of the South the fear
of this number in any connection is ac
tually absurd, but whether they have bor
rowed this Idea from their Imperfect
knowledge of Christianity, or whether it
is a survival of the "Voodoo worship of
their ancestors, it is Impossible to say,
for the superstition has a strong hold
everywhere, even among those who should
know better than to be swayed by it. In
Italy it is never used in making up the
numbers of favorite lotteries, and in Paris
It is omitted in numbering the houses on
the streets.
A Modern Frankenstein.
An absent-minded man waa Betz
He never could recall his debts
So being something of a tinker.
He built an "Automatic Thinker." f
The thing was wonderful indeed
And seemed a very friend in need; .
- And Betz, to have It always near.
Adjusted It inside his ear.
Now every morning when he awakes,
A voice beside his ear drum quakes.
And as he chuckles o'er his ruse,
A monologue like this ensues.
The butcher's bill Is due today.
And so' s the baker's, by the way.
You owe for gas and coal, you know;
The kindling wood is getting low.
Perhaps you'd better see the plumber
And pay his bill, 'though It's a hummerl
1 think you ought to pay the cook.
And Mary Ann owes for a book.
The rent was due on Monday last;
I fear your premium date Is past;
Your wife is being dunned some more
From that downtown department store.
The tailor's bill has not been paid;
The girl will leave us. I'm afraid!
The lee man says he'll "settle you!"
And that, today, I think will do!
L,. S. Waterhouse.
IJfe.
You hearken to ambition's voice
And work by day and night.
To lift yourself above the thrall
And sit with those ot might.
And when in time you reach success.
There Isn't-any doubt.
The world will say: "He made his mark,1
vAnd then will rub it out."
Suppose, upon the other hand.
You Idle through the days.
Nor seek above the common lot
Your energies to raise.
Then, when they note your race la run
And see you did not win.
The world will say: "He made no mark.
And then will rub it in.
. . McLandburga -Wilson,
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