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The herald., 1895-10-20

and send each one away shouting; then
| load up steamer and come home, un-
less l elect to buy one OF their little
states and run it,"
On the whole the book is very pleas.
ing as well as audacious creation and
will be widely admired. Stoll & Thayer
have 1t for sale.
POVERTY'S FACTORY, or the Curse,
Cause and Cure of A bnormal Wealth.
BY Stanley l., Krebs. Arena Publish
ing Company. Boston.
This is No. of the Beacon library SER
les, paper cover, and claims to be plain
statement of the social and economic
signs of the day, with the method of
their intimidation through a modified
system of representation. This is cry
against riches and the power OF trusts.
1t is not a screed, bu. is quito tenn pcrate
in tone and above all things earnest. Not
much IS new and he who has read the
Arena books on this theme will; find this
in line with the rest-a worthy part OF
the discussion now going on.
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KAFFIR STORIES. by William Charles
Scully; Henry Holt &Co.
Here is a pretty volume and good as it
is attractive, being collection of seven
short stories which have never before ap-
peared in book form. The volume is the
first of the Buckram series. 1t has a
frontispiece, an excellent glossary. and is
M ost carefully printed and attractively
bourd. This charming little volume is
for sale by Stoll d Thayer.
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THE NEW CYCLE.-The October
mum ber # this magazine, which is the
official organ of the General Federation
of Womens Clubs of the country, is here,
and is rather lively publication. One
of the longest and best OF the articles in
the large table of contents is by Miss
Tessa l.. Kelso, entitled Women in Gov.
eminent Service"
= The frontispiece is a fine portrait Of
Mrs. Sarah b. Cooper, the leading spirit
of woman's work on this coast
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Prof Flinders Petrie's paper before the
British association on the effects of mod
ern civilization is one of the most re-
markable contributions of our day to the
literature OF education. Accord ing to
him. "every ciAilization is the growing
product of a very complex set of condi-
tious.". and ''to attempt to alter ouch a
syotcm apart from its conditions is i'm
possible. No change is Legitimate or
beneficial to the real character of q peo.
The herald., 1895-10-20
Pile except what flows from conviction

pie except what flows from conviction
and the natural growth of mind" To
force upon other aces a civilization de
veloped in cold country. amid one OF
che hardest, least sympathetic, and most
seIf-denying and calculating peoples of
ali the world. is death; we make dead
mouse and call it civilization. Scarcely a
single race can bear the burden. And
then We talk complacentlv about the
mysterious decay OF sAvagss before white
men," OF the modern Egyptian under
the influence of Anlgo-Saxon civilization
he says:-''The Europeanized Egyptian
is in most cases the mere blotting paper
of civilization. You manufact-
u-e idiots. Some OF the peasantry are
taught to read and write, ana the result
of this burden which their fathers bore
not is that they become fools. cannot
has had reading and writing thrust upon
him, Is, in every case that | have met
with, half witted, silly, Jr incapable of
taking care of himself. With the
Copt thisIs quite different; his fathers
have been scribes for thousands of years.
Observation of these people
leads to the view that the average man
cannot receive much more knowledge
than his i'm m ediate ancestors.
Our bigotYd belief threading and writing
is not IN the least justified when We look
at the mass Of mankind"
Concluding. he said: "It is the busi-
ness of anthropology to step in and make
a knowledge of other civilizations a
part of all decent education. The origin
ana utility of the various customs and
habits need to be pointed out, and IN
what way they are reasonable and need
full to the well being of the community.
And, above all. we ought to impress on
every boy that this civilization In which
be grows is only one of innumeraplc ex
periments IN life that have been triea
that it Is by no means the only successful
one. or, perhaps. not the mose successIul,
that there has benn that there a.e many
other solutions of the problem OF COM
munity and culturo which are az good1
as our own. and that no one solution VIII
fit different race. olima or SET OF CON
ditions. The books required for
such reading should cover the LIE OF
Greece, Rome, Babylon. Egypt and Mex
Ico in ancient times; and China, India.
Persia, Russia. Spain and one or two
low civilizations. sach as the Andamans,
and the Znlus in noierd times, Neither
histories nor travels are wanted for this
purpose; but q selection Of tha literature
which shall most illustrate the social life
and frame of the com munity, with full
explan ations and illustrations.
Where no literature Is available, vivid
study of the nature Of the practical work.
The herald., 1895-10-20

winger of Los Angeles enacted sensa-
tional part, as did Captain pinckney OF
San Francisco. At last Brant broke up
the nest of traitors, repudiated his wife
but made q will in her favor. left all bis
belongings behind and went to the war.
After time he grew ia for his dar-
ing, having learned Wolsey's maxim that
sJlcier to succeed must try to get shot.
At length he was given an important
com mmand, only to be betrayed by his
wife, who had become spy. orderee to
report to the war department and retired
from command. The whole story shifts
to Washington. The pace of events is
fast and furious to the end not few
glaring crudlties marring the closing por-
tions of the book, which, as usual,
closes with jerk. In detail and nicely
of style it is not as good as some others
of the series this firm is putting out, but
1t will lind a whole nation of readers Oh
account OF its remarkable portrayal uf
scenes anc incidents in great drama of
which no one ever tires.
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THE STARK-MUNRO LETTERS-By
A.Conan Doyle, ,AppletoDs. New York.
This book is made up of series of
twelve letters written by J. Stark Musro,
NJ. P. (Stark Mad Munro, we venture,
was in tho authors mind wien he pitched
upon the name) to his friend and former
fellow student, Herbert Swansborough.
Lowell, Mass. during the years OF
/ 1881 .S4.
In the main it is an account of great
character, Cullingworth, of an English
university, who took his degree in medi-
cine and went to practice In his fathers
old town in Scotland. The adventures
of this Irresponsible creature, as we said,
make up the leading and most striking
features of this most audacious literary
creation. The twelve letters are really
twelve chapters of most captivating re-
cital of personal history-always vastly
entertaining. The nearest approach TO
the extravaganza of the main heros
hopes which we can now recall. is in the
character of Colonel Mulberry Sellers.
and at every step in Cullingworths car
eer Jns is reminded Of the American
prototype.
AT the last he is left as ne is about to
depart for South America to give his
whole attention to the eye-"the eye, my
boy; there's fortune in the eye. A man
grudges a half crown 20 cure his chest or
throat. but he'd spend his last dollar
over his eye. There's money in the ears.
bu: the eye is gold mine" "There'is
q fringe OF miiiionaires sitting ten deep
round the whole continent, with their
money in their hands, waiting for an
Oculiss." II test an eye, fit with glasses
The herald., 1895-10-20

The remedy for most of the mischief
that comes from the habit of being dc
tated to as to what we should read in
order Ito be able to talk about tile new
books lies in being perfectly frank and
free TO disregard most of them anyway,
meantime keeping ourselves full of the
b's st and most wholesome ones. The
man who does this will read the ne ones
on occasion, when they are fit and ripe,
and get the best possible results out of
them. They will thus supplement- but
not supplant the old. Indeed. in the
larger sense there is nothing absolutely
new nor absolutely old in literature, but
all must be taken together, as the phases
and incidents of life are. Every man
born into the worlu is as new as Adam
was; and the earth itself. to every crea
ture who comes into its light and crawIs
upon the surface, is as new as when the
morning stars first sang together.
While lip grows ripe for kissing.
While moan from man is wrung,
Know by every need and blessing
That the world is young"
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A SET OF ROGUES: to wit: Christie
pher Sutton. John Dawson, the Sen
ior Don Sanchez, Des Castillo de Cas-
tibana and Moll Dawson; by Frank
Barrett; Macmillan d Co., New
York.
This is story OF the wicked conspiracy
and true account OF the travels of the
above-named worthless, who formed
themselves into theatrical company and
set out u.on the road from Lcndon in
the Ulden time. Their adventures near
home and in far countries are related in
a styla so simple and charming that it
seems to belong to the very beat estate Of
the British classics. Tina. oae may be
compelled to put down the volume be-
fore reading it entire at one nittlng will
not be due to lack of interest, for 1t has
very uncommon fascination. Cloth,
$1.50
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CLARENCE, by Bret Harte; Houghton
Mittiin d Co., Boston.
This latest venture of the best story
writer the country has produced. all
things considered, IS based upon al epi-
sode OF the outbreak of the rebellion. and
leading out into Que of it's fiercest PHI ases
The scene OF the opsning chapters is laid
in California, in and about San Francesca.
CLARENCE Brant's wife made Robes
Ranch the headquarters of tho southern
sympathizers OF the region. uhere pro-
tracted sscret meetings were h cid and ~
ports from distant points discussed.
Among the visitors was the inimitable
Colonel Starbo,t.e, while Judge Rsss-
The herald., 1895-10-20
ing of their civilization should take it,

ing OF their civilization SnOulQ take 1IS
place. ."-The Critic.
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MIR. Harrison MllIard, the popular song
writer who cied the other day at the
age of 81. was the composer OF single
song that brought him in many thousand
dollars-indrectly. If not directly; for
when President Lincoln heard vi a
PAmerica, he was so struck by it, and
by it's immense popularity, that he sent
for Mr.. Millard and told him he would
like to do something to show his appre-
citation OF a composition that had done so
much to strengthen the patriotism OF the
people. Mr.. Millard suggested position
in the New York custom house. Need
less to say he got it. H Q had been an In
veterate smoker when he was IN the
army, but smoking is not allowed IN
the custom house he broke himself OF the
habit. He continued to carry cigar pe-
tween his teeth, but he never lghted II
not even when he gave up his c!erkshlp,
twenty.ope years later. Among the most
popular of the songs OF this nanosome
and amiable composer were waiting,
Cnder the Daisies and When toe Tide
Comes In.
From tho Fitzgerald Letters to Fanny
Kemble we take the following amusing
story illustrating the troubles that some-
times grew out of ''lining" the hymns
in the olden days: Scene = Country
church on winters evening. Conarega-
ton. with the Old Hundredth ready for
the parson to g,vs out some dismissal
words. Good old parson (not at all mean
iugito rhyme): "The light has grown SO
very d i'm l scarce can see to read the
hymn"
Congregation, taking it up, to the first
naIf OF the Old Hundredth
''The light has grown so very dim
I scarce can sec to read the hymn"
pause, as usual: Parson, mldly impa-
tient): Il did not mean to read q
hymn, I only meant my eyes were dim.
Congregation, to second part OF Old
Hundredth:
II didn to mean to read hymn.
only meant my eyes were dim."
parson, out of patience, etc.: II did
not mean hymn at all: l think tho
DEVILS IN you all.
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A new magazine is soon to be launched
in Boston, to be bound in unique style.
to contain seven short stories, and to be
sold for five cents. 1t is to be called the
Black Cat.
The Princeton union., 1895-06-06
HOW GOLF rs PLAYED
The GAME HAs BECOME A FAD IN
THIS COUNTRY.

All Over America People Have
Taken Kindly to This Ancient
Scottish SpOrt-SOme Difficulties in
the Way OF the Beginner.
The Princeton union., 1895-06-06

To the uninitiated there isn't much
to the old Scotch game Of golf, says
the Milwaukee Wisconsin. But as one
begins to play unending difficulties are
encountered and it requires no end OF
practice and hard work to fully mas
ter the sport. None but the strong
and able-bodied, the 1.-the and supple,
the quick and agile may play golf as
it should be played. The game con-
sists in driving a small rubber or
gutta-percha ball over a course pro-
vided with number Of holes, usually
eighteen all the way from 100 yards
to 500 yards apart, ty means Of clubs
Of various shapes. Notwithstanding
the apparent simplicity of the game,
teeming with life and jollity and
strong excitement.
Any number of players may play
golf, though it is usually by two and
threes. When two are playing the ball
is started off, the players striking al
ternately, each having ball, until
one man secures a lead over the oth7
er. Then he considerably waits until
his companion moves up to him.
The object of the game is to get your
ball into the little holes before the
other fellow and in the last number Of
strikes. 10 add to the difficulties Of
the game it must be played on rough
ground, where there are all sorts of
obstacles, bushes, brambles hills,
stones, "bunkers" and in fact every
thing to make the course uneven.
The balls used in ancient days were
made of leather and stuffed with
feathers until they were as hard as
Iron Club. Ordinary Driver.
stone; but the golfng ball in use to-day
is Of gutta percha, painted white so
that it may be seen easily, with a cor
The Princeton union., 1895-06-06
TO PREVENT COLLISIONS AT SEA
Electricians Claim to Have Invent.
ed a Magnet Which VIII Do This.

Electricians Claim to Have Invent
ed a Magnet Which WiHDo This.
A New York electrician has invented
a compass, which, if it will do all he
claims for it, will, as the New York
World says, be of value to the mari
ners of inland waters as we'll as those
who sail the trackless salt waters. It
will, he says, avert all dangers of col
lision between ships, and he is trying
to interest the navy department in his
device. Being an instrument for the
good of mankind the inventor will no
doubt release all pecuniary claim to it
and make it free to the world.
The compass is about two and one
half inches in diameter and three
inches high. Underneath the needle
is a strip Of metal. Underneath the
face of the compass is a saucer in
which a chemical is placed. The whole
is connected electrically with an en-
larged horseshoe magnet ten feet long,
made of soft iron bars. The poles of
the magnet are connected by wire
with the ships dynamo, thus giving
ship enters the magnetic field of the
vessel which carries this compass,
(which the inventor says he calculates
at six miles, the needle of the compass
is directed in the direction Of the ship.
In turning it passes over the metal
plate on the face, and as it does so,
it closes an electric circuit which sets
alarm bells ringing, telling of the ap-
preach of the other vessel.
Il was on the steamer La Gascogne
six years ago." said he, looking at
the compass. Suddenly I noticed the
needle shake and turn half way round.
The captain pointed to a steamer four
miles off. That steamer" said he, is
loaded with steel rails or canned
goods. 1t has DETECTED our needle by
magnetic attraction That set me to
thinking, and my magnet is the re-
suit. 1 experimental in the bay two
weeks ago with the magnet and it
worked perfectly. shall soon ex-
pertinent on some craft furnished by
the navy department"
The Princeton union., 1895-06-06


rugated surface, and it's weight varies
ounces.
At the bidding Of the golfer, this lit
tie ball, sometimes called the guilty."
flies over bridges and streams and
sandhills, through thickets, and, alas!
sometimes into sandpfts, or even amid
bushes, from which it Is recovered
with great difficulty, for the rules are
inexorable, and ball must be hit ex-
actly where it lies. When a hole is
'made," however, and the ball has set
tied into the goal of the players ambi-
tion, it is, of course, impossible to
play it for the next hole until it has
been removed. A tiny pile of sand or
earth, called tee, is then made for it,
Just outside the hole, and within cer-
tain fixed limits called the teeing
ground, and the little ball is then
ready to set out on it's next long jour-
ney. The player or side that wins
the greatest number of holes in the en-
| tire round has the game: or in medal
| play the victor is the side or player
making the round in the least number
| of strokes; and as certain conditions
cause the loss of a stroke, one needs
to be very careful how he strikes.
Where circular course is used,
that is where the start and finish is at
the same spot, the holes on the out
ward journey are usually designated
by white flags, and those coming in
| with red flags. The space is the i'm
| mediate vicinity of hole is very in
terting part of the grounds, because,
even if your ball flies quite near the
I hole, a wrong shot may send it not
quite near enough or far beyond, and
30 give that hole to your opponent.
The Princeton union., 1895-06-06
Dressed for the Ceremcuy.

the initial This does not constitute q
very elaborate outfit Of dresses, but
the purpose Of each one is distinct,
and others that might be added to the
wardrobe would be in respect to the
uses for which they were intended,
duplicates Of some of these.
Considera ton is due, first of all, to
the bridal dress. In this country we
have never been willing to accept the
French fashion of displaying the neck
and arms in a bridal gown, and so 1t
Is that many beauty looks quite her
worst in the glare Of white satin, un-
relieved about the face by display
Of pink-tinted flesh. Just now, too,
there is tendency to use considera-
BILE trimming, and to depart from the
simple array, whereof the enshrouding
veil was the chief feature.
Mirror silk and rich satin hold the
lead for wedding gowns. The round
skirt with long train added at the
back is the cut, and in the case Of an
elaborate wedding, where train bear
ers are part of the pageant, this cut
Is extremely desirable. Usually the
foot Of the gown is softened by fes-
looming Of lace. A round bodice, very
short on the hips and slightly pointed
In front, is esteemed the most becom-
ing, and all the bodices of this sea-
son are softly draped with lace in
front, thus rendering the sstin and
The Princeton union., 1895-06-06
COUNTRY WITHOUT A NAVY.
Kingdom of Belgium Has n Water
Front, but No Ships of War.

Kingdom of Belgium Has n Water
Front, but No Ships of War.
No invitation has been extended to
the naval authorities of one neighbor-
ing country to participate in the fes-
tivities at the opening of the ship
canal between the North sea and the
Baltic, which are to attract the armed
ships of various European and Amer
lean governments. That country, says
the New York Sun, is Belgium, and it
is peculiar among European countries
having water front from the fact
that it has no navy.
This is the more remarkable when it
is considered that Belgium includes
within it's borders one of the oldest
harbors in Europe - Antwerp-which
at the zenith of its commercial sue
cess, had as many as 1000 ships The
commerce Of Antwerp is still consider
able, and fair share of it is done
with the United States.
When the war of 1880 eliminated in
the independence of Belgium from the
rule Of the Netherlands, the two coun-
tries were so divided that Holland had
the larger share of the seacOast line
and Belgium had larger measure Of
the inland country. Holland retained
all the colonial possessions of the two
countries, and, in order to keep up
connection with them and protect
them from hostile assaults, the navy
was maintained by Holland.
Belgium, having no foreign colonies
to protect, was under no obligations
to maintain navy. Holland has now
considerable navy, having 100 ships
and 1900 sailors, but Belgium is able
to get along without any navy at all,
though the Belgium army, on a peace
footing, is 1900 men stronger than
the Dutch army, and, on war foot
ing, has 100000 men more.
The Princeton union., 1895-06-06

morning and boudoir gowns. The
sorts OF these are legion, but the one
chosen for Illustration is new and in
geniously made In two parts. When.
the bride wears both parts she ap-
pears, as in the picture, arrayed in a.
billowing, organ-piping robe Of gray
satin, with elowthe-shoulder-p
sleeves that are he:d in place by bands
of blue silk ribbon drawn over the
round OF the shoulder and finishing
".,n soft rosettes. Rich lace follows,
The rise Of each organ pipe, the gown.
sweeps the floor at back and SIDES,
fits closely at the back, hangs free at
the side and is open entirely in front.
A simple gown OF pale gray soft silk.
belted simply at the waist, shows be-
meath. A yoke of lace discloses the
soft pink skin and high ribbon col
lar makes the face seem youthful. The,
inside OF the overgown is lined with.
turquoise blue satin, SO there is a.
lovely combination Of soft colors.
But the beauty Of it all is that,
presto! unfasten the belt that holds
close the under dress and off the outer
robes slips. 1t was that belt that held
it trinity in at the back, and freed
from it's contining, the under robe falls
straight and loose from the yoke. The
soft dropping puff sleeves of the un-
der gown emerge unrutfled from the
capacious depths of the other and the
sumptuous little creature of q moment
ago seems hardly more than q child
in the simple gray affair. This model
happily combines the opportunity the
bride will be wise to improve, of being
at will the fascinating young married
dame with all the new dignity of rich
gowning, trains and heavy silk, and
at the next moment the slim girl of
the very little while ago.
For the morning or afternoon trous-
seau gown nothing can be daintier
than one Of the many accordion pleat-
ed null confections that are offered.
One Of the prettiest Of these was of
smoke-gray null, pleated and worn
over turQuoise-blue, and is portrayed
in the accompanying picture. Its skirt
The Princeton union., 1895-06-06
Settlements for Husbands.

1t does seem to me to be unwomanly,
un-American and unwholesome this
paying a husband to marry you.
If We're a man could no more let
my wife settle $4,000 a year on me
than I could permit her to feed me
with a spoon, or dictate what food l
should eat.
Yet this is just what the duchess Of
Marlborough has done.
If it were an isolated instance one
might think that it was the generous
offering cf a loving woman, who
wished to see the man she loved indie
pendent, but it has occurred before
with the duchess, and it is the usual
thing when our silly, vain girls marry
persons with titles.
I should despise husband who
couldn't-or didn't support me.
He ouldn't seem like O. mau at ALL
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