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reminded him of something he had seen grow
ing near Keats grave in Rome; 80 that. when
he came to make "A cover for the poems, IL was
this weed which at once suggested itself to him
for a design.
Il don't believe in the attempt to make n
cover express a sort OF epitome. or synopsis OF
the contents OF the volume. remember seeing
acover for q history OF New York. There was
Father knick erbocke in order TO show that
the Dutch had occupied tho town. There were
ships to show that they came by sea. and can
non balls to show that there had been fighting,
and tulips and various other details referring
directly to the contents OF the book. 1t was q
dreadful cover.
81 do not see why 1t should he so difficult for
any one to learn how TO bind n book. II Is strange
that there Is no such course In the institutes
and schools where kindred things are taught.
IL would be so simple a thing. for Instance. to
teach a class how to do plain binding. so Tint
they could take paper-bound books and put
them into covers which would preserve them.
So many OF the French and English paper
bonnd editions are intended to be bound 6y the
purchaser and are worth 1t 10 every way. The
paper. presswork. and illustrations are all of a
high grade. and 1t wonld be a useful rs well a.
an agreeable accomplishment to be nble to bind
such books. even II one did It only for ones self
and ones friends.
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Prcntiss OF Nicksbnrg. for the latter was nearly
always "spoilinG for a fight" and would shoot
at the crop OF II hat 1t is said of him. and
WITH good authority. ! believe, that Prentiss
would leave n hand at q game of poker to go out
and exchange shots with persons who liked that
sort OF diversion, and would then come back
and take up his cards to see ii lie could open 4
jack -po
Prentice had two sons. his only children.
named Cnurtlnnd and Clarence respectively as
70 age; Courtiand Inherited 10 II great degree
the talents of his gifted father, and gave much
promise OF becoming II man OF fame in letiers.
nut 'ic went into the Confederate army early In
inc war as an "fhcer, aud was killed in a Skin
mlsh at augusta, NY, about two months after
ward. Mr.. Prentice idOlized COurtlaud and
deeply mourned him so long as the father lived.
Clarence later on went into tho Confederate
army also and became n Colonel. He IVA, in
vowed IN inc klliing or n hotel PROPRIETOR at
Abingdon, "a, and his father was forced TO 20 to
lines. to exert his influence with the high Con-
iederate authorities 10 save his son from con
ulEn punishment. Returning from Tho war
tlaren was admitted To the lar i'm Louisville.
bnt c aged his mind and studied medicine. IN
Used. Shortly before the elder Prentice's den,h
Clarence was t!.rown from q buggy ON a road.
near his home, west OF Louisville. and WINS
Killed. lie lett u son, George II, Prentice liz.
who at my latest Information Was in law prac.
tiGe AT san francisco. | am OF the opinion that
mis- young man 10 dead Also. but il he is living
he Is the only representative alive OF George ID,
Prcntice's Immediate family.
Prentice was q remarkably candid man. mns-
tration OF which Is gwen in the anerdntrs which
hundreds 10 he told: "
Once. when coming out OF a public building
IN Louisville, he WAS about 10 pass Lbrough a
double door which opened both ways iJIstha
sensible man he was. he started TO push ii the
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ousust z.ftrhp osiossr. nersnb.y D.ts,be.

courage her. but they did not succeed. When
she had learned the practical parts OF the in
side work she left the building and went under
the Elndly instruction OF an old Scotchman
VINO. IN a true patriarchal fashion. runs u bind
cry which IS u family affair, No outsiders
WORK therein. but the old Scotchman
heads Il and the rest of the work Is done BY
his children and children's children. Here Miss
Nordhon added u good deal to her knowledge
OF methods, but she was still as far from a
knoWledee OF how to bind n book artistically as
the Bowery. where she began her study, is from
London. where she eventually finished 1t. For
II was under COod en-Sanderson's eye that She
hnally got her real instruction in artistic bind
Ing. Miss Nordhoff, is one of the only two
women who have had tho privilege OF studying
7, n the Doves bindery. The other one. Miss
Nicho,is. IS English. so that Mis-. ,Nordhoff is
the only woman In the American field.
Her studio in Washington square, west, il I'm.
mistakably. u workroom. The floor is bare:
there Is a large pine table. the lower part Of
which is loaded with large pieces of leather.
Inc table itself is covered with a litter OF odds
ana ends. leather boxes and cases.
TOOLS Tor use in binding, and two or three half
finished books. heavi weighted down so that
inc green covers snail not warp. 1t Is the evil
dent abode of industry. The uninit!ated, who
open their eyes in amazement when they are
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MS BOOKS SOLD WE'LL.
Later tho Reason Became Apparent why
They Went on Like Hot Cakes.

From the Detroit Free Press.
1T occasionally affords me considerable pleas
ure to be made a victim of a clever little
scheme remarked a travelling man to an
other. but. of course. too much of It would
create a reve rse sentiment. Unjust confess that
tho cunning of museum magicians Is rarely
equalled. To while away an hour or two In
Chicago I visited the largest museum. The
legerdemain work OF a light-fngered artist was
imm ensely pleasing as we'll as mystlfying. He
exposed a Der of tricks to interest his audi
ence and then launched into clever magic.
"When he had completed his first exhibition
the little pamphlet exposing each trick was Of
fered for sale at the small sum of ten cents I
was astonished to observe how eagerly tho
crowd bought them. l returned n few minutes
later. by chance, to tho magician's platform as
a second performance was about to begin.
"A word with you. my friend said the trick
ster to me. as l advanced toward him.
"'What do you wish p l asked.
"'You see. my friend said no In whisper.
L am playing to a cold audience. Ny booke
don't take well and all in the world It needs to
make them go like wildhre Is some one to sta TT
o obs pa, mr. F" by sisn6 Tow M Fop Z y9a a. Iust as a faTor:
tho pamphlets for sale and buy one2 Tho
Immediately after the SALE
The craftiness OF the magician and his judg-
ment of, human nature amused me. and. as
request. ! consented. True to my word. I was
on deck at the close OF the per Torrance, and. to
tell the truth, / rather enjoyed the deal. which
l considered a good joke on the crowd. At an
opportune time | rushed forward and bought q
book. The audience crowded forward In haste
to make a purchase. and In a remarkably short
time many OF tho pamphlets were disposed OF.
Then the magician disappeared behind tho cur
tain. l waited several minutes for him to re-
turn, but he came not. J. thought this strange.
Where is that trick fellow p grumblod a
big fellow near me.
"'Why p inquired.
49, WAS to get my money back as soon rs he
quit selling those books, and he has given me
tho worst of it
-" made tn e same deal with him. said sew
eral others. Then a general laugh followed.
II hurried from the museum. laughing to
myself. | was well aware Of the graceful man
ner In which | had been taken in. and. like any
other human. found consolation in the fact that
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door half on his right. A young man, coming
from the opposite direction, was pushing ut the
patience. and, throwing himself with all his
might against the door, 1t flew, open, aud tho
Assisting the youth to arise. Prentice re-.
marked: Take my advice. my son. Keep to
the right in your way through life. and you'll
never run against anybody but u blamed fool.
ana you needn't apologize to him"
Mll :. Hays. the famous Kentucky song
writer, was IN the latter days nf the old journal
river reporter Tor the Democrat. Hays WAS "A very
sudden young man. good hearted. jolly, witty,
Dut lacking somewhat in reverence. and no had
q habit OF calling persons even old enough to- be
ms grandfather by their given name. Visiting
ITehtlco ono day ms n fellow poet, after some
desultory talk, Hays said:
suppose You have seen my last song"
Ireitice looked NJ at Hays. who was seated
cross legged on Prentice's table, and, with a
tw,hkie IN ms expressive eyes, quietly replied:
Bill" lookeh around for n second or two. as
something had tapped HIN, and then Slid
DOWN the balnster rail TO the front door.
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rUorxs r1sLD AVID rnE rAhNFn.
Mnvlse Kmed the Latter's Duck. the Poet
Presented uis View of the Matter.

IRON the Chicago Times. Herald.
A few years ngo the late Eugene Field ana
Stanley Waterloo went duck hunting on Muir
dock Lake. near ST. Louis. Ducks we're rather
scarce and very shy, and tho two hunters
spent the day without overwhelming their
gamo bags. At length they decided to sepa-
rate. in this hope that each might drive the
ducks within range Of the other. Waterloo
padded up the lake and Field down.
Late in the afternoon Waterloo banged
away at q flock OF mallards. and brought one
down. The wounded duck. however, wns not
seriously disabled. anG before IL could DO baggod
rose and went wabbling down the lake toward
Field, and dropped within easy range Of the
poets gun among a number OF tame ducks
which belonged 70 q neiRhboring farmhouse.
Field rested his gun across the bow of his
boat and let both barrels go. The mallnrd
went flying away. Tho tame ducks set up a
uuacking and padded ashore-all but ono. Ono
of the farmers pets had received its a~uietus.
The farmer himself didn't like It. and after
indulging in certain emphatic remarks we'll
calculated to impress the errinG Niinrcd with
tho enormity of his offence, began throwing
stones and inviting him to come ashore and
fight. Field padded out of stones throw and
began to parley. The farmer wanted a dollar
for the duck.
How do YOU figure that?" oueried the poet.
"Do you mean to deny that you killed my
duck. hero?'' demanded the granger.
THAT'S true enouch,m said Field, but
whero does the responsibility really belonR1"
II don't understand you"
why. that duck Of yours was partteeps
crtmtnis /: that's what II was"
II don't care what you call IL, but / want q
dollar for the duck just tho aame."
Well. now. see here" insisted Field, you
must acknowledge that your water fowl was
Mt least guilty OF contributory negligence. In
stead of keeping away from me. while / was
cunning Tor ducks. that misguided fowl de-
l.iberately invited death by getting right In
front OF my gun just as l was about to termi-
nate tho earthly existence of a mallard."
Tho farmer was dazed into silence.
1T looko to me like a clear case Of suicide.
I'll wager You hadn't fed that Door, heart-sick.
discouraged duck for a month. No wonder II
found existence intolerable under such cir
cumstances, and ON braced tho first opportuni-
ty to escape from q thraldom worse than death.
/ suppose l ought to charge you with or lelty to
animals. and have you arrested, but 1 have no
disposition to deal harshly with you. II you'll
pay me for the ammunition and tho time I
have wasted with you. I'm willing to call tho
matters ouaro and you may keep the duck"
But tho farmer shook hiJ head and ned.
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quartet. will embody a number of novel fea-
lures in her construction and internal arrange
naval architects when she makes her appear.
ance In New York harbor. 1t is said among
other things that Mr.: Goelet's guests. instead OF
stepping on the Maytiower's quarter deck when
they climb up her companion ladder. will walk
into a reception room or nall through the yes
sells side. The London Shipping World publishes
the Picture OF tina Mayfower which is repro
duced here, and says:
- Another large yacht was put into the water
by ID g. Thomson. limited. Clydehank. on
Nov. .. Designed by CD. Watson. the twin
screw steel YACHT Mayfowcr has been built to
inc order Of Mr.. Ogdon Goelet. one OF New
Iork's millionaires. and will fly the burgee OF
the New York Yacht Club. She Is to class 100
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told that the blndini ofa. little book enhances
its value = hundred G two hundred dollars, may
think that hero Is u direction where
there are big ptG9 to eS had a for q
to become artistic binders would nbate
somewhat, however. II tey. knew the faets. Miss
Nordhofr says that. in ne fret place. II costs n
good deal to learn howto do the work; IL re-
quires time ana expressive lessons. Then the
tools are costly. and, iifact, 80 are oil the ma
terinls. And flnully. the returns are not 40
great as one might tlnk.
the prince of binder received only about u
hundred dollars for 40 books he bound With
his owl hands. rhes books now sell for three
or four times ms muciRs that, but 1t is because
he no longer does theyork himself. When ho
did do ", he earned perhaps, about Sl,200 n
year. Naturally ho DIT not work ten or twelve
hours a day. II no lad, he would not have been
able to do the sort work no turned ont. lie
spent about n monitor IA ordinary book ana
to some books he dIoted live or ak months.
Miss NordhOif las put her experiences In
working in leathc to good use IN her book
binding. She has ter own ideas on tho subject,
and they are moi those OF the majority OF
binders. She doe. not believe that the only
form OF decoratiorshould be tnOlinE, but advo-
Gates independents, in designs aud treatment.
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4 at Lloyd's. and her dimensions are: length
o. w; L., 275 feet; breadth. moulded, 80 feet
feet 8 inches. a load Displacement Of 400 tons
Sheisa MISUNDERSTANDING craft, and will he most
luTnrionsly finished throughout In panelled and
builders and Nelson of Paris. In addition TO a
refrigerating, chamber of ample capacity she
carries II steel hieproof magazine for the supply
or ammunition to an armament OF two breech-
loauing %saiuting guns, a Maxim gun. IA few
RACKS of Lee-Metford rifles. and other lethal
weapons. 4 complete electric light Installation
Is htteh. including two searchlights, the engines
and dynnmos being in duplicate. aud among
her outfit OF eight boats ono electric and one
steam launch are provided. while provision is
made for carrying two one-nad- u-halt raters."
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TIE NEW YACHT MAYFLoWER.

said that the orders emanated from A. j.
Drexel of Philadelphia and Eugene Higgins,
Ogden Goelet, and Robert Goelct Of this city.
or the new craft the magnificent Marguerite,
owned BY Mr.. Drexel. which has been fully de-
scribed in THE Sun, has already arrived
on this side OF the Atlantic: tho Varuna,
owned by Mr.. Higgins, is on her way here,
While the two Goelet yachts are still incom-
piete owing to strikes in the Clyde ship
yards. or the two the Mayfower. for Ogden
doelet, is the further advanced. She was
successfully launched at the yard of ]. and
q, Thomson. Clydebank. on Nov. Z.
The Mayfower. which is the largest of the
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A W0MAN'S UNIQUE WORK.
NISs N0RDBoFF's 81 UDY OF THE
ART or ROOR BINDING.

The only Woman in America who Does
Artistic BookbirdinE-uer study with
Cobden-SandersoH In EngInnd-Dimcui.
ties she Met-Her Theories or the Art.
Miss Evelyn Hunter Nordhon. daughter Of
Charles Nordhoh, occupies u unique position.
In the FIRST place, 1t IL rather hard nowadays TO
mud any line of work which women have not
taken up. 1t Is still harder. IL is almost impos.
siblo. to find an occupation in winch Just one
woman Is engaged. II they are in IL at all they
form n tolerahly numerous body. The days OF
the only woman lawyer and the only woman
doctor, and so on, arc past. There arr scores Of
them now. But Miss NordhoT /. the only
woman who does artistic bookbind!ng.
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Al Important Now Industry in Tennessee
From the NemphLa Commercial Innlnl

fINh
TROY. Tenn. Nov. GA new enternris. IA
peing promotes In Obion county which will be
one q ne mos. wonderful in the world. il
The Tom1,n tpe discovery of n vinegar spring on
ipnaed famous heeiioot Lake by Pete Bennett OF
TThhuucah, KY; while on a hunting expedition.
bunIs was probably six months ago, and MI.
snrinS seeing the vast possibilities in such a
SSp'nnHi kept the matter a profound secret until
To- may r"I'e get sSnheient capital interested In order
oesstul r. getting Sir William Binceford. a
nrgnni mattionaire or London. Interested, ana tho
SSLs"n,zht'on oi the Vinegar Spring and PIckling
: oTnp"nay, With Mr.. Rsnnett as President and
1t tII Is prano. and Treasure, % ,s.nplets,
a n",ueh spot or several thousand acres of tho
the who's ~ Surround. this spring and plant
,rsir". oI u In cucumbers. The vines will be
hiIiis nn 70 run IN trenches between the rows OF
irrication. me about half grown, by means OF
turned th.io me Vinegar from this sprlnG will DO
viii be sa tnrn sae Sscumbers are grown, when. it
'fha n ~ pathereu and barrelled for sb ipment,
10 .at utbh III VIII then buy 5000 head OF hogs
,ynda IN y = pickles refused for shipment and 10
slaughter THAI nsfSr marsh, so that at time Of
pia's ~. sI or &c, but can iii All orders for picked
why 10 nVe'bArrel lOta.
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there is a young woman In this town who
possesses as beautiful q singing voice AS has
Deen nehfd IN many q day. and In order 10 have
IL proporly cultivated she has been "livinG OUT
us servant. Noices are expensive possessions.
anu nhnTe nave been ruined Uy Overculture aud
ihJnnicious training than have been saved for
ne sloIy nI art aud music. IL is IN be hoped.
hpNeteI, thht the sacrifice which In HlwGyh re-
qulreu 70 perfect that dangerous gift will not
De m1ue ~ VAIN by this young girl. .Sho is In
Eoou nanus now, and H. IL is ordained that she
is 70 Dc great singer In the future, the way
VIII undoubtedly he prepared to that end.
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Even her days Of being the only one. however.
are numbered. She has q pupil who will soon
be launched into the same work. Perhaps.
though. Miss Nordhofr may yet retain a certain
degree Of her difference from other people, even
from those who do the same work; for. up TO
the present time at least. she has never sold a
book. She has always done the work for love
of II. not for money.
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acter deiineation. .Thcn is the time when one
can tell whether the a~spirant has anything In
him TO give out, whether he feels that he IL
that character. From this they pass to the
second appointment. which. means the ~
hearsing OF simple plays, and hero they begin
TO learni stage business and tho necessary ac-
oomplishments. The course here is ak months
and. actresses 10 really worth two years in n
stock, company, and practically amour to TO
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OGDEN eoE1E7,s NEW YACHT.

" "AJuoWer, Recently Launched In
Scotland. IL n Massive Beauty.
When G.. L. Watson. the cele DRAFTED Scotch
designer. was over here with Nslkyrie III. last
year 1t was announced in THE Sun exclusively
that, while his boat was not successful in cap
turing the Americas Cup. he was very we'll sat-
isfed with his trip. for he had received orders
from American yachtsmen for four big steam
yachts. which would cost in the aggregate near
ly 100000, and would exceed in size any
yacht then afoat. with the exception of W. X.
Vanderbilt's Valiant. At the same time it was
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probably have better opportunities for learning
there than you would IND here
Wen, Miss Nordhoff came back, but abe did
not una the book bindlng avenue as open as abe
ma supposed. In fact, IL was tile problem OF
". Ghmcl and the needles eye again, and Miss
ways OF getting through the opening, but was
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In design sic. like many other binders, often
tries to infmo into tho cover some of tho spirit
OF the book which is to be inside. But this con-
nection is not always palpable to any one but
herself. and in that she is ike her teacher.
II remember" she said. "a binding which
Mr.. Snndersnn did for II copy of Keats. Tho
cover had al odd kind Of weed in n peculiar
design. and [ asked him whether II had any
thing to do With the hook itself. He said II did
have an association with the poems. hut that it
was II purely personal one. The weed grew in
the yard OF the Doves bindery, and had always
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

circulation of AZ, 600 when we took hold of
1t six months ago. Now its circulation is
227,0oO. received report from Mr.. G.
M. Palmer, the business manager, stating
that the increase in the circulation for this
week was 474o in the city, and 1888 in the
country"
Mr.. Hearst said good word for the
Californians now on the staff OF the Jour-
nal. He prophesied that Homer Daven-
port, whose New York success, though
sudden, seems to have been permanent,
would eventually stand at the head of the
carlcaturists of the time. S. S. Cham ber-
lain is managing editor and G. M. Palmer
business manager of the journal.
They held these respective places on
the Examiner and their friends will note
their New York success with much delight
A. NJ. Lawrence returned with Mr..
Hearst from New York.
There will probably be big ''shake up
in Mr.. Hearst's San Francisco shop Just
about the time he goes East again, as it is
said that his coming to San Francisco
at this time means something more to
the staff of editors and writers than the
''gIad hand"
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
MILL VALLEYS Rail- WAY.
Work on the Scenic Line Is
Progressing With Surpris.
ing Rapidity.
The Road Will Be Completed in Time
for Many Summer Excur
SionS.

MILL VALLEY, CAL, April 18.-With
rapidity that is surprising the projectors
of the Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpals
Scenic Railway are pushing the work of
construction to completion. A large force
of men is at work, and it is the intention
to have the road i'll operation IN time for
the summer travel. 1t was the original
intention to have the work done by June
1, but that is now out of the question, and
the cars will not be running before August
at the earliest.
The rains have interfered considerably
with the construction. There has also
been trouble with the laborers, but men to
fill the places of those leaving have been
readily obtained, and these Interruptions
have not bothered materially.
The track is laid through the Corte Ma
dera Canyon for q distance of two miles.
This part of the route has been the most
difficult TO construct, as a number OF
bridges were built. The last one, it is ex-
pected will be completed this week.
For a distance of four miles the route OF
the road on the mountain has been graded
and put in condition to receive the ties
and rails as soon as the construction train
is able to get this distance.
The construction train consists of sim
gle broad-gauge car, on which has been
built derrick, and with this car and the
Shay engine in use the work goes rapidly
on.
There are four trestles on the first two
miles of the road. The work of wiring the
rails for the electrical power is being done
and the men will be put to work building
the power-house in short time.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
SOLAN0 OFFICERS WIN.
Judge Buckles Uphoids the consttu
fonaHt of the Four-Year
Term

VALLEJO, CAL, April ia dispatch
to the Vallejo Chronicle from Fairfield to-
day says: Judge Buckles decided the case
of Hale VS.. the County Clerk in favor of
the plaintiff, holding that the defendant
should not purchase balIot-paper as or
dered by the Board of Supervisors, in an
ticipation of the election of a full set Of
county officers in November next. The
decision upholds the constitution atty of
the four-year term for all county officers.
In rendering his opinion Judge Buckles
referred to Fresno County, ana ruled that
the law making an exception of that
count ty was unconstitutional. Under the
ruling the officers of Fresno County
elected for two years will have to serve
four years. The case will go to the Su-
preme Court at the May term, and de-
cision is looked for in July.