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Literary News and Notes.


A new novel from the pen Of Charles
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hoe a.' haan OWEN tn i ,rhs t;rst nstalment
will ,nnaar IN III lnly numher IL The
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cheap editions Of the ''Scarlet Letter,
1ar.;ynI !, nnmhnr II anrni,,ai,,r I4rfe,.-
from ,,eo,,le Who ,.discnv,.r IL tllis mower
fnl # m,,roballe st,ry., tbr nrnnise al
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sequel to her Ne" England t'iliEood,
amt slle had So 1al outlined hef pans Y"
one ol htl near leiatlYHs liat ille ltlatNn
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this earth they have had their day. These
editions are illus trated by Cruikshank,
barley and Gilbert.
There is scarcely notable work of bi-
ography, essay, fiction, history poetry, re-
ligious collection. OF educational text
books which will not De found on these
shelves, and all from the Riverside Press
The American Statesman series is publish
ed by this house, and, as the readers OF
The Tribune know, it is from the pre- S
of this company that the Atlantic NJ onth-
ly is published, the Andover Review, and
the New World. Chicago Tribune.
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Twenty-seven days from Christiania to
Newfoundland is very good sailing for a
vessel modelled after the Viking ship of a
thousand years ago. A modern schooner
could not have done much better. The
odd little craft appears to excel the cara
wells in sailing qualities and seaworthiness,
inasmuch as they although larger and
more imposing, were towed across along
the lower ATTITUDES, while the Viking came
under her own sails along the roaring for
ties.
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Er.T, Al.nI-r rnN ROOM.

HE bust Of Mrs Stove, w Mis- Anne
Whitney from Rome. also appears for the
nrst time, and a beautiful work it is. as
delicate rs lace. The bust of Whittier is
~ Powers Of Rome, and is tile property
n the public library Of Boston and has
been loaned for the exhibit. The bust of
Lowell was TO have been received yester-
day, bn1 Is delayed. 1t is expected to day.
1t viii represent the work Of Il Western
sculptor, G. +. Dalln Of salt Lake over
The entrance of the room is the picture
81 Nj. Houghton. Statues Of Apollo and
Venus Stand Oh either side Of the en-
trance. Above the mantel a Reproduction
Of the Bacchic procession, the original of
which WAS discovered in Gabii in 1876. and
which is now in Naples These constitute
the furnishings of this littr library. On
tile outside is the motto of Nh IIoughton
in relief, which translated is: ''Do il we'll
Ur not at all.
AIS above animated. the collection is
such as One might tnd in the library of
any scholar OF means. No effort was
made in selecting the exhibit to make it
appear studied. The idea was precisely
the contrary. If Il scholar should leave
1t To the house which this represents to
select such library as they thought any
NNHol'tl SHotil't IldN *. llllS - ABOUT WHAT
the house would recommend In several
cases IN the corners are the holiday books
which the Riverside Company brings out
50 often. The cover designs and letter
ings On these are by Mrs. Whitman. who
suggested the building in which this ex.
hibit stands. The edition of ''IIawatha''
is an example.
On one Of the shelves is the Publishers
Edition Of Emerson, Holmes. Hawthorne.
Loligfellow, Lowell, and Whittier. This
represents the limited edition which long
since has been exhausted. Colingwood' S
life Of Ruskin by himself and containing
illustrations from his drawings is on an
another shelf. The work is Just out. and
is in time, for it was only few hours
ago that Ruskin was made laureate The
edition here is the best press work the
Riverside Company has ever turned out.
On an upper shelf are early editions Of
Waverly and Dickens which no money
can buy. These editions were the first
which Houghton brought out, and the
plates from which they are printed are so
old that they do not bring out the lines
distinctly any more. They have done
their work, and like all good things of
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In "A Model Library.


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l'si r,, if ,aa,na ,hat ia
,+' pa,a, s III l IL hn,sa i Pnman
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uon,an N,s uenry Whitman nt Roston
~. altl,a,,nr e s,a;al r,nl, !, that III,
+;a,ls n',.t ,'5asnr,, il +h;s sart III un,L
UT Il -, ar+;st Thns. uhn havn
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II i MI wn'l II XII Whi,man Tj'e
l,il,i;n,[ ~, TIA ,r,l1a,, u.b;nj, attracted
tl,I i' att,5ntin ~ D,n,li, ya.terday i.
ni.1'..N ~, .7,r.,..st,"s IL +1,n samn
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-E, r..ti,,@ ,,a l,,,liaja. Ilarns I'M. led-
The little Window III the we,t wali II STAIN
ed glass lhi~ Wa> also tile conception OF
MIS- Whitman.
~tlim4 M ail eaSA eIAll ~ tliiH leh4lttul
na0k YESTERDAY Mas \ aan Who lNsS IA Na-
1i@u~ times III ms eventual lttr llati y ms
guests Imerson- Holmes i."ngieli"W.
MMtJIrr lnMel anG fl4llAet RterhNf
~tnWe, Az Mell M maiN pthel Wntels W.
u0te N tltiS r"NntN hl~ Mas N.Y. Henry
Ose0l liVughton OF liought"n, Nlliiln
~ and the founder u the Riverside Press
at amhlli-e- Nts> ltey ale 'll -one
~s@r NNe aRl thell ai TREND i ~tili Arle
ana he came ont he either day to See tile
Fam Chicago. and take look at the place
Mher, HIDE Riverside company ha~ placed
ir> huUk- lie wa- born III Nelmnnt ~
l>23. Mr. IIou4iton has been AN active
newspaper man in his day. When he was
2 t Wa> writing ion the Boston llaNeief
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We have received a copy Of the Domin-
ion Illustrated Monthly, published at
Montreal. 1t is finely illustrated and con
tains much of interest
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j was down at Dr.. Holmes house not
long ago said Nh >cudder, with some
VI his friends We called to pay oar re-
Sl'eets While there Nc said t. me PEG
PIE say Am growing old: am in years as
hey are counted, but ! will 50 out right
n9w and have game Of football With any
NJ you and VIII wager ! Will win And
he looked it.
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started and swan hundred yards or
so away from the boat, with the inten-
ton of seeing how many times l should
have to come to the surface in retracing
my course under water. As came up
after my first dive l noticed that that
fresh breeze which preceded a storm
was beginning to wrinkle the lake
with little waves, and deemed 1t
best to get back to the boat
as soon as possible. But I was
surprised to SEQ how much farther
away the boat looked than when first
started oreturn to it. 1t really seemed
quarter OF mile off now: but. suppos-
ing this to be merely an optical illusion.
swan on with leisurely strokes, think
ing to reach it in few minutes But
after I had been swimming for FIVE
minutes, and the boat seemed, if any
thing, farther away than when l
started. began to suspect something
was wrong. and forged ahead at the top
of my speed.
All this while the breeze was freshen-
ing, the wrinkly waves were increasing
to small rollers, and l could hear the
thunder muttering and rolling over the
hills behind me. Suddenly the truth
flashed across my mind that the stone
anchor which held my boat must have
slipped from its loop and the boat was
drifting away from me with increasing
speed. 1t was decidedly startling and
disagreeable situation. to say the least
Out in the middle of the lake, with one
of those violent mountain storms COM
ing on. the land a mile away from me
on every side, and my boat driving of
with the wind faster than could swim!
The more I considered it the more ter
ribly serious the matter looked; and 1t
was not long before / realized that. as
proba bilities go, there was only about
one chance in ten thataI should get out
of my adventure alive. Under favor
able circumstances could have swan
q mile, no doubt, but not in raging,
driving storm
As soon as l saw that it would be inn
possible for me to overtalse the drifting
boat. brought myself to an upright
position and began TO tread water,
while took good look around me-
How my heart leaped with joy when
lssw. not mere than City yards awaY.
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strained through coarse muslin bag,

strained through q coarse muslin bag,
it is ready for use. To starch shirt
bosom, or any other linen, the best
laundries lay it on a board or ia bic and
rub the starch in. This is done after
the linen has been washed, hung out
and thoroughly dried. The work is
much more successfully done when the
starch is applied as hot as possible, and
is applied this way with the hand. The
shirt is now hung up to dry indoors,
and when it is perfectly dry it is damp
ened again with clear, cold water and
with boiled starch mixed with soapsuds-
Sometimes the white of an egg mixed
with little gum arabic is used, but
this is not to be commended The
most successful polish consists OF
one part of wax and two parts sperma-
ceti. used in place of the piece of wax
candle The polish on the bosom IS
brought out, however, IN all cases, by
the skillful use of the polishing iron
With all the care in starching, an IN
skillful ironer will only produce dull
lustreless surface. The present return
of sitter goods to fashion will no
doubt bring about revival OF starch
ing of dress goods Linen or cambria
shirt waists should be starched stiff
and polished like gentleman's shirt
bosom Cambrics and most dress
goods should have just starch enough
to give them a little body and to pre-
vent their being limp. The same
amount of starch may be advantage
o,lsly used in table linen. but it Is
great mistake TO stiffen table linen in
any degree SO that IL is perceptibie 10
the touch. Dark cambrics and other
cottons are better stifened with glue
water than with common starch A
handful of common glue dissolved in a
gallon of hot water viii give about the
| proper consistency for these carnbrics,
though It IS well enough TO test II for
this is a strong stifener. and for these
goods i. must be very generously di-
luted-S. Y. Tribune
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ABOUT STARCHING.
Some Useful Suggestions Regarding Laun-
dry Work.

dry Work.
There are very few good housekeep-
ers who do not believe they know how
to make starch. Yet this simple piece
OF work. which is performed weekly in
thousands of households, is often done
so carelessly that the result is any
thing but satisfactory.
It was the general want of success in
clear starching that had as much to do
as anything else in driving starch ont
of fashionab BILE use. OF late years mems
collars, cuffs and shirt fronts have been
the only articles in the household
which have been generously starched,
and this work has been mainly done at
public laundries, whenever it was posi-
BILE, instead of in the household. Let
ters often come to this department ask
ing for the secret of laundry starch,
bat the truth is there is no secret Diff
ferent laundries use different methods
of making their starch, but all depend
for their polish more upon the careful
manipulation of the polishing iron than
upon anything else
A tablespoonful of gum arabic water
to pint of starch will give the high
est polish of the laundry, providing the
polishing iron is used with strength
and skill For the first starching of
gentlemen's linen the starch is made in
about the same way as all other starch
ing, the addition of the gum arabic
water being quite as advantageous also
to lawns. calicoes and other cottons.
The difference in the treatpent OF
shirt bosoIns and cotton dresses con-
sists simply in the stiffness OF the
starch. Good starch is so cheap now
that there IS no excuse for using -four
starch. and there is no economy in IL
The ma jority of people wettheir starch
TO a paste with cold water, but a great
many now use soapsuds for this pur-
pose. After wettinS the starch IN
whichever way you please, begin pour
ing boiling water. The quantity used
depends upon the article 70 be starched.
As soon as the article becomes clear
and transparent there is enough water
in it to use for shirt bosoms, for Il must
be as stiff as possible for this purpose.
Let it boil about ten minutes. stirring i.
all the time 10 prevent u BURNING
Then add half a teaspoonful Of borax
TO every quart This gives certain
nexibility 10 the starche.i surface. Add
ais a piece OF wax candle about the size
OF a HICKORY nut and two tablespoon
fuls OF gum arabic water The gum
arabic water Is made by dissoiving
shout tso ounces OF gun arabic IN
pint OF boiling water. straiLing Il
into a bottle and using i when needed.
When these articles have been added 20
the boiled starch and II n.s bcSa
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out its actual qualification. had gone
off into the woods, with a party Of
other young fellows, to spend the lat
ter half Of the summer vacation. We
all carried Winchester repeating rifles,
and in addition | took two immense
bear-traps, with jaws and teeth like a
sharks. It was almost as much as a
PERSONS safety Of limb was worth to
set these traps, for if they went off
permaturely, or the man who was adj
justing the tongue lost his nerve, leg
or an arm wouldn't be worth much a
second later. And as for a coat-tail. it
would soon be put beyond the help of
tailor.
We camped on the shore of noun
tain lake, surrounded on all sides by
wooded hills. There was 10 house
within ten miles, and the whistle of a
locomotive, or even the rumble of a
stage-coach, had never echoed from
those solitary mountain-sideS Here,
if anywhere, we thought, bears ought
to be plentiful. Ours was distinctively
bcar-hunting PARTY, but l was the
chief enthusiast.
One sultry day I had tramped six or
eight miles through the woods to look
at my traps, and on my return to camp
felt SO warm and uncomfortable that I
decided to take one of the boats, row
out into deep water, and have royal
bath and swim. The other fellows
were all up the brook, trout fishing,
and had the whole lake to myself I
rowed out fully mile from shore. so
as to get that grand sensation, which
every adventuresome swimmer can ap-
preciate, of floating and diving in
hundred feet depth Of water. Those
who daily near shore know nothing
about this sensation. 1t is like the
sensation which an eagle or hawk
must have, posing and wheeling, with
mile of transparent air between It
self and the earth. Great depth of wa
ter buoys swimmer up-makes Kim
feel as if he had water-wings, and could
circle, float and almost sleep on the
water, as the broad-wiuged bird does
in the air.
When l got out into the deepest part
Of the lake threw over the sharp-cor-
nered stone we used for an anchor, at
tached to its hundred feet of stout cord,
and proceeded to undress and make my
first thrilling plunge. Down, down
went into the clear water, till its elastic
resistance, like cushion, stopped my
body and drove it toward the surface
again. AS 1 emerged, blowing the
water from nostrils and mouth, saw
that black storm cloud was coming up
over the mountain behind the camp;
but as yet the sun shone fiercely from
the western Sky, and had no thought
of giving up my delicious bath for
threatened thundershower.
dove repeatedly, flosted, swan on
the surface and beneath the surface,
trod water and enjoyed myself in the
most luxurious fashion. Finally,
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THE DAUGHTER OF WEALTH
She Has u Power tina. IL Peculiarly uss
Own.

How delightful il must be 10 be the,
only daughter Of rioh and doting par"
cnts. They toll not. but they spin in
the airy intricacies of the modern dance
with the springy lightness of a MOLE
cnle Of atmospheric ether. We con-
slider ourselves quite witty in tho
presence Of modest little Fanny. whe
has but two new dresses a year. and te
whom q walk in the park with va IL
real ecstscy. but in the presence Of tho
rich mans daughter we are humility
itself
Her wit is the rarest we have ever
heard.
Her beauty is the snest we have ever
seen.
We confess 20 her our follies. cfus
ated uy the hope that she may first
pity. tn en- embraces. We hardly dare
to think of her a. nesting in our arms
We glance tiridly at her feet. which
are much smaller than Fannr's. al
though she wears larger shoe. *
her seal-slein cloak brush our arm IN
the lobby Of the shester ve thrill witt.
delight.
We are sure we could make her hap.
py FOR life. II she would only marry IA
But. hang is-ehe Won e-Breokiyo
Life
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eraI things about a ring apart from the

eral things about ring apart from the
personality of its owner that may in
fiuence the wearer," she said; ''its price,
for instance"
lyon do not understand at all" he
explained. Suppose, for instance.
offer diamond fling TO a young lady.
/ have gone into a jewelry store and
bought the biggest diamond / could
find and then want to give it 70 a Young
woman who knows as clearly the diff
ference between a yellow diamond and
a steeiy white one as you do between a
Worth dress and one made in slop
shop. 1t may not have shoYnso plain
IL at night when she slipped IL on, and
it looked big and bright, and She did
not care to examine il very closely;
but wait until daylight. Then, as she
turns il around on her slender finger,
she sees its yellow color, its old
fashioned setting and the feather"
in its heart, and. sensible girl
that she is, all these things set her
thinking. That old setting startles
her. She can't help wondering how
long ago George bought the ring. and
II some other maid has worn il before
il came 10 her. Then its size. Every
one will notice it, and Of course every
one must see il is not perfect stone.
, There is that ugly flaw Nesting away
down in its heart George had said
the ring was an emblem OF his lore
She knew he meant unending and
precious. but now she wonders IL there
is flaw. too, IN his love-if time will
prove him as daylight has the ring. not
half so precious as he first seemed IN
the end IL Is very discontented and
worried girl the rings owner has 20
face when he calls that night, and he
has only himself TO thank il hs gets
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A T. e OF THE POPhAMS.

IN which Mr. Popham Tells How His
Mother Used to Cook.
mr.. Popham-I am not one of that
great army of croakers that ore always
ulsparaging the present in order to pay
b compliment to the past. But / must
say that the march of time hasn't done
much for cookery. The culinary vocab-
ulary has been enlarged considera bly,
and French addition built on, but
when it comes down to real CASTRO
nomic enjoyment, one found it in the
simple little meals such as my mother
used to get up OF course you won't
like that, Dolly. Women are so touchy
about having their housewifery COM
pared with ones mothers.
Mrs. Popham-Why shouldn't we be?
You have no right to fiaunt that, Percy
Popham, when you know it is always q
rag to red bull.
Mr.. Popham-Don'tg get excited, Dolly.
Mrs. Popham-Well, you wouldn't
Nike to have me tell you perpetually
now much better business man my
father was than you are.
Mr. Popham-I know more about the
Sheory of business than that old man
ever heard of.
Mrs. Popham-He managed to make
money about three times as fast as you
have, though.
Mr.. Popham-That was the difference
in the time. There wasn't the COM
petition then that there is now to bring
down prices.
Mrs Popham-Might not the differ
ence in the time have something to do
with the domestic part, too? The pres
sent profusion makes us critical Sati-
ated palates are the offenders rather
than poor food.
Mr. Popham-Why, Dolly Popham!
If ! could get hold again of some of
those waffles and short-cakes and
things that my mother used to make
I'd be as happy as a child. How we
boys did stuff them when we came in
from playing ball. If things only tasted
like that now l could do the work of
two men!
Mrs. Pc pham-Coming from the ball
Is the secret of it all-the exercise and
the growing boys appetite. If should
Introduce you to-day to that old-school
bakiEg-sour milk and saleratus bat
ter, streaked and bitter when it wasn't
heavy-I imagine there would be some
pretty lusty screaming for Bridgets
faky baking powder pastry. wish all
the men in Christendom, with their
cultivated fnicl1y appetites, could be
turned to feed for about one week on
the old-time lack of variety, fried beef.
steak, milk-rising bread diet. l imag-
ine there wouldn't be enough left of
the -of-my-childhood re-
frain for respectable cremation
Mr.. Popham-When my mother was
baking she used to let us children eat
the dough that was left in the pan
after she had scraped it. My, but it
was good.
Mrs. Popham-I have your mothers
recipe for stirred cake" I'll have
Bridget make it to-day, and give you
the pan to scrap if you like.
Mr.. Popham-Don't be silly.
Mrs. Popham-Well, then, never hint
again that your mothers culinary
practices were more engaging than
mine.-N. Y. Recorder
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-Brown-Th~y say Smith has loss
his head since he came into tha; fare
tune Jones-So. onIy los, an eye
Brown-whyT Jones-Yoa'v a.; it,
70 a do..-Arkxrszw Traveller.
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The au hia paiy aqle gridaY oruug august 49, 1888

what looked like a short, thick. float
ing log. 1t was drifting alcng in the
same direction as the boat, but at
much slower rate OF speed. and was
still to windward of me, so that could
easily intercept it.
l struck out with renewed courage,
and heart that was lighter by good
many mental tons than it had been
few minutes previously. 1t did not
take me long to get in line with the
dark floating object. but just as / was
about to make a squirt for 1t and lay
hold of it something caused me to stop
as suddenly as if had been seized with
cramps.
The dark object turned out to have
head, and that head was bears head.
The apparently floating log was moth
ing less than bear, letting the wind
drift him across the lake. as IS fire.
auently done by these big furry fellows
when they have long journey to make
by water and feel lazy.
If il had not been so terribly serious
the situation would have been ridicu-
lous in the extreme. At last the enthu-
siastic bear-hunter had come face to
face with his game-but under what
unexpected and discouraging circum-
stances! The tables had been turned in
such a way as to leave little doubt
which would be the game and which
the hunter. should the bear choose to
take advantage of the situation. Prob
n 1,lx, fo,x, b,,pfarc hoyo evar hoor nlopad
in such an embarrassing, not to say dis
tressing. situation. must either beg a
ride from the bear or 60 to the bottom
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A GOOD RING OR NONE.
There Is Peril In Having . Poor stone In
an Enlargement Solitaire.

what beautiful ring a young lady
exclaimed, admiringly, 10 her brother
the other day. '-You might let me
wear It. don't see what yoI are car
rying ii for. You never pat u on
well, the young man replied. ''y7i
see I'm thinking Of putting !; 90 some
one. I've noticed il vo. can once get
an exquisite ring on = girls hand you
can usually get tbe girl There s q per-
sonality aboQs . ring sone.ay fhz;
does not cling to any other article @:
jeweiry. and il has quite mysterious
power orer the one that wears IL
The sister laughed rzss-icios;slys.
u t1.rs you will s-d there arc scr.