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largest iiumlcr of public libraries is Aus
y tria. In Austria there nro no fewer than
C77 public libraries, containing 5,47o,000
' without reckoning niap-i nntl nianii
scripts a total which comes out at 20
volumes jkt 100 of the population.
TVanco posseshen 500 public libraries,
containing 4,fi!)8,00() volunies and li!',
000 manuscripts, or 12 volumes per 100
of tho inhabitants, Italy ranking next
with 49!J libraries, -1, 1140,000 volumes
nd 51o0,000 manuscripts, or 1(5 volumes
per 100. In Germany the public libra
lies number "1)8, containing !, 010,000
volumes and iH.OOO manuscripts, or 11
volumes per 100 of the population.
Great Britain liossei-ses onlv 200 publiu
libraries, according to these statistics, tho
volumes numbering 2,871,000 and tho
manuscripts 20,000. There are 145
libraries in Kus&ia, with 1)32,000 volumes
and 21,000 manuscripts, or a fraction
over 1 volumo to 100 iiersons.
It is noteworthy that in Bavaria nlono
tho public libraries number 10!), with
1,308,000 volumes and 21,000 manu
scripts. Heviewing tho principal libra
ries separately, it npjiears that tho most
considerablo in Europe is tho Bibli
othefpio Nationale, in Paris, with 2,078,
,000 volumes, while the British museum,
with its millions of books, assumes tho
next place. Then comes the Munich
Royal library, containing 800,000 vol
umes; tho Berlin, Dresden and Vienna
libraries taking rank as follows in tho
same order; 700.000, 500,000, and 420,
000 volumes. The Oxford and Heidel
berg universities each possess nbotit !)00,
000 books. At tho Vatican tho manu
scripts attain almost as. largo a total as
.tho pritited works. Tho latter number
30,000, while tho manuscripts are re
turned at 25,000. Homo Journal.
KmkIIhIi hihI American KllelimiR.
A Philadelphia lady who has just re
turned from a long visit in Loudon waa
recently discussing certain domestic
points peculiar to England and compar
ing them with relative matters here.
'Voall know," shosald, "as housekeep
ers, tho worry wo have if our kitchens
nro in tho basement, though thoy bavo
elevators and dumb waiters, stationary
-washtubs, hot and cold water, aro carpet
ed and fitted with every conceivablo con
venience. In a Loudon house tho
kitchens uro always in tho basement no
elovators, no washtubs, and by no
means any 'frivolities' in tho way
of conveniences. But an English
kitchen is a picture, nevertheless. The
bright tins and coppers, tho burnished
dish covers ranged in sizes, tho well
stored cupboards, tho many tables for
every conceivanio purpose, mo rango oi
tho most perfect make and largo size and
tho entire ab.enco of tho dirty part of
.the kitchen work, which is confined to
tho ad joining scullery, make a contrast
ing picture of aggravation to us, who,
while we adoro all these kitchen virtues,
.seldom arrive at them. Though our
'kitchens in Philadelphia be largo and
niry, our help, as a rule, aro incapablo of
sustaining tho dignity of an English
cook, who is a iersou of dignity and re
vepectability. We pay high wages, givo
igreat privileges and aro not allowed to
order our own dinners and, at any into,
aro not expected to reorder tho remains,"
Philadelphia Press,
A Trick nf Nupiilmm'H I'iiHIhiiih.
Archbishop Whately, commenting
uion tho effects produced by rumors,
mentions tho great influence of ono re
port which preceded Bonaparte's return
Irom Elba.
When tho return had loen plotted, anil
;jju8t before it was executed, Napoleon's
martisans went throu ,h Franco seeking
I (and to purchase. When about to close
i tho bargain for a Held, thoy would ask to
'bo shown tho title.
If they found, as thoy generally did,
fthnt tho fled was land whichjiad lx;on
confiscated at the Revolution, thoy broke
off tho negotiation at once. The title,
ithey declared, was insecure; for tho
Dourlxm government of Louis XVIII did
ot recognize tho legality of tho act of
iconllscution.
Their acts and words spread through
out Franco the rumor that tho BourlionH
mcditutcd the resumption of nil these
lands tho chief part of Franco to re
store them to tho former owners. Tho
rumor, JJius artfully started and spread
abroad, caused thousands of peasant pro
prietors to welcome Napoleon's return,
because thereby tho downfall of tho
Bourlxms would occur, Youth's Com
panion. I'lty tlm I'oor Woiiiim.
A State street physician gives it ns his
opinion that four-fifths of tho earnings
of his profession are derived from wo
men, though in this estimate he does not
include tho very largo und prosperous
class of HH"cialista whoso services aro re
quired by men only. It Is a sad com
mentary tt)on the morals f tho com
munity tho existence and .irosperity of
hundreds of such hccitil' .a for men, and
tho picture is less encouraging on tho
othor Bide, where so many women with
health impaired by foolish dressing, im
proper diet and violations of the laws of
nature, maintain an army of medical
practitioners. It is only among civilized
peoples that women are less healthful
than men. Let doctors und the common
unnlso tell why this Is so, Tho fact ro-
.tnalns that there may bo seen on tho
streets of Chicago twenty strong, hand
some men above the ago of !)0 to one wo-
man. Tho woman who is able to retain
her youthful comeliness beyond 80 is tho
exception. Good looking men of middle
or even advanced ugo are as common as
flagstones, while a handsome matron is
almost it curiosity. Chicago Herald.
I'ustrl I'MlutliiK In i:itgUml.
"Pastel painting Is once more finding
patrons in England. The snleudld por
tralU which Alfred Stevens lately exhib
ited in Brussels were enough to make
ifashionublo peoplo eager to rovive tho
.art. In Paris there is a society of pastel
painters, One of tho members, M, La
case, lias discovered a process by which
Iwmanoucy is insured to tho colors, and
t lias received tho official approval of
the society. Hitherto a fixing process
1ms always diminished tho beauty of tho
avkon, and hence pastel painting, having
J04peed on the crayons alone, was re
ad to countries wnoro mere are
- atmosplierio changes than in Eng
-Howe journal.
AT THE ONE NIGHT STANDS.
Actor XV. J. J'liirrnco tllvca Sonio of Ilia
KxpcrlriicM at llio CIiciiimt Tliputrcn.
The one night stand is commonly made
in a theatre owned and managed by some
fairly successful bill poster or aldermnn
or real estate speculator, who knows as
much nlxnit a play house and the way it
ought to 1)0 run ns I know about tho
Sanskrit originals of Mr. Arnold's poems.
A good many of these theatres are on
upper lloors nlxvo shops and oflices.
They are approached by flights of narrow
and winding stairs, and I never go out of
one without thanking my stars that there
lias !)oon no lire or panic during tho
night. Queer things happen ' these up
stairs places once in a wfile. John Mo
Cullough was playing "Hamlet" in a the
atre of this sort sonio years ago. Just
beneath tho stage was a furnace, attached
to a bakery or something of that kind, I
Iwlieve, and when the trap was oimuic'I
for the grave digger to get in, a gush of
hot air came up that was stilling. The
curtain went up, and you can waget
that tho grave digger made lively time
getting that pit ready for Ophelia. The
sweat iK)ined from the poor man in
streams, and ho piped his little song ani'
whistled bis little speech and got out ol
there with a jump. When the queen
came to scatter flowers on Ophelia'B cof
II ii the hot air caught them up and
wafted them into the flies, for they were
made of tissue paper. Tho curtain cut
oir that scene with u roar fiom tho audi
ence. In these cheaper theatres tho manager
does not attend to business, but lets tho
house "run itself," and whatever you
need in tho way of properties you must
lx?K, borrow, or buy, for ho cannot be
looked to, or, at least, relied on, to fur
nish a sofa, a lire screen, or a pitcher of
water. The only time that he is punctual
is when tho business man is counting up
receipts. The "stage" in these theatres
is usually small, tho scenery bad, tho
picked up orchestia set your teeth on
edge, tho programmes are cheaply printed
and full of errors; lighting, heating, ven
tilation and cleaning are subjects that tho
proprietor has not brought himself to
consider, and you iegin your night's
work under most discouraging circum
stances. You change your clothes in a
perfect sty of a dressing room, with cold
nir whistling through partitions of un
paiuted boards; you wasli in n battered
tin basin; you "make up'' with a light
on only ono side of your face, and there
is no look on your door. Then you go to
your hotel and there's another precious
circumstance.
Hotel life in cities, ns, a rule, is not
had, especially if you bavo your pick of
rooms and name your hours for meals,
but you should seo some of the hotels out
west, and, worse still, down south. To
all appearances they nro comfortable and
clean, and a glimpse of tho dining room,
witii white cloths and porcelain and black
waiters in place, is like a promise of
merry sunshine; but wait until your din
ner comes hog, hominy, hog, water,
hog, dry bread, then more hog. Every
thing swims in pork fat, and tho cook
throws in sand and cinders by way of
seasoning. A troupe that struck a town
in Georgia one day when the regular
dinner was over could not get a blessed
thing to eat but bacon no eggs, vegeta
bles, bread, butter, coffee, milk or tea
just fried bacon. Tho star of tho troupo
glared over the table and went uway,
followed by the rest, and bought some
crackers in a grocery.
Then there aro tho hours. You get
through your play at 11, go to your hotel,
riso at 4 or 5 to catch a train for your
next stand, get there at noon, hnvo
something to eat, skirmish nround for
properties, perhaps rehearse, eat your
dinner, go to tho theatro and act and
often have to take your next train di
rectly after the performance. But thoto
from these grumblings one might fancy
an actor's life to be all shadow and no
sunshine. I have not dwelt on tho pleas
ures of tho life because thoy are more ap
parent, and everybody knows them the
kindly appreciation of the public, tho
good words one has from press and peo
ple, tho odd and interesting sights and
adventures one meets in traveling, tho
Information that even the dullest picks
up when ho knocks around the world for
home years, tho friends one makes and tho
intervals of ease and comfort that come
when an actor has established his reputiv
tion and his play has looonio popular.
An actor's life, like most men's lives, has
more pleasure than pain it. W. J. Flor
ence in New York World.
Hindi of tint Wct Initio.
On tho road wo met barefooted
darkeys, plodding steadily along, who
gladly returned our salutations, and
turned to stare at us as long as wo wero
in sight. They carried everything with
which thoy were encumbered on their
heads cocoanuts, jugs, coffee pots, cups,
bottles nil as securely balanced as If
those articles were a part of the anatomy
of their lH'arer.
Tho children, mere pickaninnies,
toddled along with cans and calabashes
of molasses, yams, liananns, oranges, or
what not, as firmly fixed on their ernnin
as if they had ltoon wens. A Martinique
boy will stow away as many personal
etTccts on the top of his head as a Yankee
boy will HihI room for In the pockets
of hid trousers.
Wo saw ono youngster with n largo
gross mat, several feet in diameter, which
lie wore as jauntily as a chip hat. From
a distance he looked for all tho world
like an animated mushroom out for a
stroll an object, by the war, wo should
not have been at all surprised to fall in
with during our travels in this land of
rensltivo plants, and ferns ns tall as full
grown cherry trees. Down tho Islands.
Not Itetaily for Ttint.
A Mrs. Blank was Binding tho sum
mer in tho country, ami was very anxious
to catch a certain train, As that event
seemed, from the leisurely gait of tho
horse, extremely uncertain, she urged the
country driver to make the beast go
faster. Tho coachman plied whip and
reins with no aptartut etTect, while the
lady alternately examined her watch and
encouraged tho driver. At last, how
over, her patience lecanio completely ex
liaustcd, and, espying h place in tho
tough hide of the btolid brute whero tho
harness had chafed, she cried out vehe
mently: "Hit him on the raw, Mr. Cas&o
booml nithlmonthoruwl" "Ma'am,"
responded Mr, CWebcoiu, with unmoved
gravity, "I'm a savin' tho raw till we
ootue to the hill." Boston Courier,
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A r ortuiio lluuler. Hy annik run
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The Kiildlitalirlilue Alyatery. Ilv Cma. ItRAi.at.
luirleileiv llouae. Hv author or' Dora Thome.'
A Pna.lve Crime Ily TnR Dl ciiRa,.
Itoao l.oilice. Ily Mrs IIrniiv U'onn,
A llrliliieorl.ove. Py author " Dora Thorne."
riii'l'iltlil Mnrrlnirc. Ily Ml.. M.I! Hraiidon.
A lliiei'ii Amonirat Women, Hy the author of
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Dora riiorne. '
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No. 87.
No. ft.
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No. l,
I horitr.o oruireu uv oinnor imra inorne.
A iiniliiir cii thoThreahnlil. Ily Mstiv Caen. Hay
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Moro Jlltter thuii Dentil. Hy author of " Dora
No. 81.
Thorne.
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No. PI, In tin. Iloll.lny.. Ily Maiiv Crcii. Ilir.
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No. 19. A llriul llenrt. Ilvaulhor of " Dora Thorne.''
No. 17.
No, 1.
No. 15.
No. II,
No. 11.
No. 12,
No. II.
Ilnrk Ihtya. Ily iiiiqh cnNwAr.
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At the W'orlil'a Mere)-. Hy Fiiirrnck vTarkrn,
('illicit Itueb. Hv tluuii Conwat.
.Ml I ilr il Trevnnlnn. Hy Tiir nrcnasa "
In unlila Net. Hy authorof " Dora Thorn."
Thel.rey Womiiu. Ily Mr. Oi.ksi r.. JlCd.
The .Myaterr -of the llollr Tree. Hy the
No, 70
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No. rs. John lloivrrtiiink'a Wife, "y MImMuiocr. III.
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No. 115, l.iuly nTveuilnlliie'a) llreiim. Hy the author of
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No. 61. The Process Keen. Hy Wit rik Com.ins KM.
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45. TheC'rlckctou the lleurth. A Chrlsttuas Story.
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41. '1'Iia Vcllnir Alaak. Hv It'll kik Cor Maa.
41.
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32.
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hlatcr llnae. Hy U'll rir Col r,lNa.
51.
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Viilcrlel''ate. Hy Mrs. Al riandrr.
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No. 17.
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No. 25. Ilutllry 4'nrlenit. Ily Sllss tt. n. namnoNi
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No. 22.
The Heir to Aahley. Hv Mrs. IIrnrv Woon.
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