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Mr. Irving. how he slept and looked and what
he talked about, etc, etc. Isn't it pleasant?
Another interesting glimpse OF notables
is in letter from Cambridge:
] had very pleasant little party-kin last night
at Cambridge, at Longtcllow's, where there Tds
a madcap fiddler, Ole Bull. who played most
wonderfully ON his instrument. and charmed me
still more by his oddities Of character. Quite a
character for a book. Longfellow lived in a house
which Mr.. Washington occupied when he III
command outside Of Boston, a fine, old, solemn,
stately house. lie is a kindly pleasant gentle
man; has pretty children; liked him.
MIR" Washington
During his Southern tour he speaks of
Macon as "a great, big, rambling, shamb
ling village. which they call city here, 3"
and says that he is ZOO miles from jolly,
little, friendly Savannah" He liked New
Orleans better than any other American
city, and says of it:
! felt quite liking for the negro who drove
me from the station for calling out in good
French to 4 brother driver There is capital or
GiHaiTe clarct Cor dinner; the faces not Yam
kec faces, with their keen. eager, narrow eyes;
there are many lat people; these are interesting
facts. and the more interesting that turn
from this We shall he going home. o mong jew.
There are several sketches of figures
seen on these travels, mostly negroes.
With nearly every letter there are mes
sages Of love to the writer's little wo-
men" Though this chapter in the Thack-
cray "reminiscences has less of his home
life in il than any Of those preceding. 1t
has an interest all its own. New York:
Harper & Bros: S1.15.)
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In the Trenches.

We lay among the rihe-pits, above our low heads
streaming
Bullets. like slcet. with now and then, near by
the vicious screaming
OF shells that made US hold our breath, till each
had burst and blasted
Its CHASTITY circle, hid in smokc-herc, there
and while it lasted.
That murderous fume and iusillade, our hearts
were in cur threats;
For hell let loose about ragged, and in those
muddy moats
The rain that fell was shot and shell, the plash
il made red
And all about .he long redoubt was garrisoned
with dead.
Upon my right veteran in rasping whispers
swOre;
Upon my left an Irish lad breathed Ave Marys
DER.
And /? Well, well. won't aver my lips no
murmur made;
PRAYER. long silent. half forgot. stirred them;
but something STAYED
The sacred words; | locked my lips. NO, no,
ah, non 1 thought;
Not SO I'll pray, let come what may" / held
my heart and lips,
And, nerved afresh, gripred my riae-stOek-
when-somethinG clips
smartly my temple Chat long lock conceals the
bullets mark,
And, sharply singing. with ears loud-rnging, l
dropped into The dark
When awoke, the suItry smoke was gone. and
over me,
Faint as a cloud against tine air, sweet face
tendcrly.
A mother-woman's face, was bending, in the
evening beam
That touched her good gray hair to gold-with
eyes that made me seem,
Mid all the fcyer's burning, wholly sIfc-since
they were there.
Well-oddly. sir-in that dim peace, ! let my
lips breathe PRAYER.
+. Whitmore, in the Atlantic Magazine.
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Only "a SGug.

Love says much, hut says it, oh. so we'll.
We cannot tell
What is the meaning Of its secret spell.
Its charm divine
Is like the murmur OF sounding she'll.
Heard in the parscs of the OCEANS swell,
In Beauty's oft-recurring parallel.
Its feeling line.
Artlcss Of rule, vet more than rules OF art.
Unconscious pierces. probes. with inward smart
The lovers breast, the patriots swelling heart
Its music fire
Is such that if the singer b-eak his song,
And stop. the very spheres seem all a-wrong;
We bid him take his mte. and sweet and s:roBS
Renew his strain.
''Ol, singer, sing more the old refraIn'
And Echo flint its burden still prolong
In menory's chain.
And let il perish, being only song,
Sing it again
Again! Again.
London Spectator.
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"a Golden Sorrow" by Maria Louisa
Pool, is a book with somewhat mixed
plot. and characters still more confused in
their ideas. The heroine, We've Leete.
weighted with an incubus of name at
the beginning, is a somewhat contradic-
tory and capricious young woman, fond of
the world and of amusement, but unable
10 indulge her taste for the same on ac
count of the poverty of Leete paterfamilias.
In the course OF the first few chapters the
young lady appears and meets Faxon Shep-
ard with whom she Immediately falls in
love, and to whom she becomes engaged
with the consent of her family. In the
meantime the family have no idea who or
what Mr. Shepard is. whether he has any
money at all, and If he has money. how it
was made.
1t Is evident that he is not a mechanic
or grocer's clerk, because the whole af-
fair takes place on the Florida coast, at a
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

James A. Herne is now playing the. title
role, is founded on this novel. Mrs. Gar
diner says that the hero's character was
drawn from that of her own father. New
York: r. +. Fenno & Coz
Joel Boy of Galilee," by Annie Eel
lows Johnston. is, as its name indicates
a story for children, with Scrptural Incl
dents as its foundation. The hero is lit
tie cripple, and the story is told with
simplicity and feeling which is not so COM
mon as it might be among books Of this
class. The author knows how to draw
human nature, even if it is human nature
of Judea eighteen hundred years ago, and
she has not been afraid to make the little
actors in her drama very lifalike chi dren.
The story will be delightful one for the
Sunday School Libraries, and will tend to
give children of ten years and under a
much more vivid idea of New Testament
times than they will get from ordinary
works on the subject. Unhappiy, the Illus
trations are not as good the text. tBos-
ton: Little, Brown & Coz
"a Writer of Books by George Pastor.
is a new novel which really needs no guar
antee save the name of its author. To
those who have read "A Study il Preju-
dices nothing more need be said George
Pastor (who, by the way, is woman may
not be a great writer; in fact. no one could
claim that she is, but she is always clever
and always artistic. There is no strain
ing after effect, no :fectation of original
ity, and still her books are original. They
possess that quality as sort of spice; it
does not strike one at first glance. but
lends pleasant flavor to every page. To
anyone who is looking for few hours of
not TOO exhausting diversion "A Writer of
Books will be a treasure. (New York:
ID. Appleton & Co. SD
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CURRENT VERSE.
The Washington Monument,

oh. pure. white shaft. upspriuging to the light
With one grand leap OF ACKNOWLEDGING
might,
Calmly against the blue ;oreyermore
Lift thou the chaugelcss type Of souls that soar
Above the common dust of sordid strife
Into the radiant ether of life
Shepherd by the vastness Of eternity
A heros quickenng spirit Hiteth thee
Unto the skies that claim thee for their own;
In those vast fields Of light. sublime alone.
High comuYne holdest thou with the young
day,
With sunsets glowing heart ere twilight graz,
Hath stillcd its throbbing fires and with dln
right
That folds thee softly in the silver light
OF many a dreaming moon. In maiCs'y
Serene. like the great name enshrined IN thee,
Thou dost defy the aildestroyinG years
Smite with thy still rcbube our craven fears.
Point us forever to the hiEhcs; height.
And in our Nations peril-hours shine white
With thy mute witness to the undyins power
OF the high soui that lives above the hour,
Julia Isrned, in Seribner's Magazine
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/ want no man or woman's pity,
only ask fair play;
A chance TO earn in this great city
Whcrewith to pay my way.
The yigor OF my arm has lett me.
cannot labor more;
Old age aud want have quite bereit me
of all save hunger sore.
Tbi; gnawing at my yitals tells me
That food is what | crave;
The want OF bread almost compcls me
To steal, and cheat the grave.
Too proud to beg, my mortal nature
Revolts at crime; what then can J..
The most abcct OF all Gods creatures,
Do, but to starvc and die2
There must he, oh! there must be something
That such as | can do.
Some task half done its place encumbering
That | may carry through.
The meanest work, ] care not how degrading,
So it be honest-anything.
Not pity, but for mercy am pleading;
Can you not see l am famishingr
CHARLES II. DOING.
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Maya.

Is it a cloud or boat.
In which We fly or float
Upon this misty sea?
Are we or low or high?
Are we on sea or sky,
We lonely moFtals three?
The sea steps to the sky.
The heavens hang from on high,
The gods reach hands to me.
Is it to aid or plead?
Is OUTS or theirs the neod2
And DO they pray or we!
In mists our wants We sigh.
Its tears rains back the sky,
The gods reach hands, as We.
Then urge we on oHr boat,
We here who lOwly float
We are their gods. may be.
Emile Andrew Huber, in IIarper's Magazine.
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The There's sever ever a welcoming host, '''
The wide land stretches = GREETING hand
Glad Rail fr,r, Ik,. LiII IN fbs COAST
THERE'S mono INT win v,r,nt tho ,Iacds he's dome
LET ne nrlise. them and pledge linn high,
But the hchtiu.. man who. serves for nav.
The u,blic masses E,i
Who al Cane fought aion.g
The enlisted regular frbtinl, man
The soldicr-bred TO The bone.
Who hnra the hiy hrlint of the hattie frontg
should We sneak il below a breath!
The enlisted regular fighting man
Wbn chaa~a.I =. he ritrgeI 10 daathl
w" Wbn ne is SI he il Doe ,.'i not care
J,st Private BI,uk. OF the -tv-third.
Recruited from God knows where!
Inst .. man tbuilt on a s0ldicrlv plan
For A pIace that he's shaped 10 M
J,st a name mt down on a muster roll:
W. numbered and stenrilcd from shirt to soul
And he doesn't object i bit,
M. he takes II all as If all may come.
Al 49, mon. al work tIIan MAY
From the ,,1o.,.-stcp into the awkward sTlad--
Then into a trench some tav
He answers sir 10 his officer.
He watches his sergeant we'll.
And If things. they bippcn 10 T1lb him wrong
He cannot run home and tell.
For "sThe Army SMELLS his name for home.
And ..Tbe Post proves his abode:
And he's taucI,t his romuany manners there.
lin To: ..NuInLcr,. Ready Load
Oh, he gets his mn OF the family drill,
And they train his hand and eve
TIL I"G he stands or mnycs and Questions not
Tor bis ,1ntain Enov, the ..,gI,, -
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

The following anecdote of Henry Drum
mond will hardly do to circulate among
the divinity students who are reading his
books, but it shows that the young man
had as much human nature about him as
other youths OF his day and generation:
CAS- early as 1870, he, being then di-
vinity student, writes to a friend: j. W.
and 1 passed the Presbytery exam. yes
terday with much eclat. We took the
precaution beforehand to hide the Pres
bytery's Hebrew Bible in the coal scuttle;
so we got no examination in Hebrew
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

wba. Is the difference between square mile
and a mile squarei u l.
Nothing. in area but to point the mean
ing OF the two expressions. let II be two
miles square and two square miles The
latter is seIf-explanatory; the other is
square two miles on a side.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

The Nirginians," the tenth volume Of
the biographical edition of Thackerays
works. has just appeared, and the intro
duction should have an especial interest
for American readers, since it treats of
Thackeray's tour in this country in
1906. 1t is chiefly made up of letters
written TO his family during this journey.
with some brief explanatory notes The
first Of his lectuEes was given in New
York, and he travelled thence to Philadel-
phia, Charleston, Macon. Ga, and New
Orleans; then returning to his own coun-
try, he went on lecturing tour through
England and Scotland. Most of his re-
marks on America are kindly, though he
occasionally says some sharp or gatiricaI
thing.
An odd comment on the difference be-
tween our climate and that of England
appears in letter written Just after his
arrival, in which he says:
In 10th visits 10 America ! found the efec, n,
the air The same; ] have difficulty in formip..
the letters as ! write them down on the page. in
answering questions, in finding the most sitnplr
words 10 form the answers | hardly.
know what Is said, am thinking Of something.
else, nothing definite, with an irrepresslble long
ing to b. IN motion; sleep three hours less than
in England, making up, however, with heavy
long eitTl every i"uflh hISht or 50. Talking yes.
telday with very clever man, Il Appleton. Of
Boston, lac says the effect upon him on his re.
turn from Europe IS the same. There is some
electric influence in the cir and sun here which
wg don't experience on our side the globe: people
can't sit still. people can't ruHinate over their
dinners. tlawdle ia their studies; they must keen
moving. ! want 10 dash into the street now. At
home after breakfast | want 10 read my paper
icisuTely, and then get to my books and work.
Yesterday, some rain began to fall. ! felt a
lcaden cap taken Of my brain-nan and began ia
speak calmly and reasonably, and not 10 wish to
anIt nv place.
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NOTES AND QUERIES.

Please give the number killed in both land
and naval engagements in our war with SPAN.
For The army. $50. For the navy 10.
The wounded were. respectively. 1871 AMI
As. There died of disease 1865 men IN
the army and So in the navy.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

A new book, by Charles Egbert Grad
dock is about to appear. 1t will be called
The Story of Old Fort Loudon," and it
deals with the pioneer life of Tennessee
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Please tell me something oi Andrcc's expedition.
>. Could not canal be- constructed across the
IsthuU~ 81 Panama with less labor and expense
than agIos5 Nicaragua X T. W
1t was an attempt to reach the North
Pole by balloon, and apparently was dis
astrous as an expedition that went out
tn look for the ballooGists returned with
out trace of them. July II, 1897, was the
dav Of Andree's start. . This is ques-
lion on which civil engineers disagree, but
the weight 81 expert opinion is IN favor
~ rho Nicaragua route. In the point OF
length, forty-siX and one-halt miles for
Panama. and 1924 for Nicaragua. the for
msr seems favored, but these figures are
not representative Of the work re-
ouired Lake Nicaragua is taken
advantage of, as are its tributaries:
while in the Panama route, what is known
as the Culebra Ridge neceSsitates q cut
ting the like of which has never been
made The Chagres River, too. which runs
along part of the canal is subject to fresh
cts that already have uadone many million
dallars' worth of work The Nicarasuau
streams are much less unruly- Speaking
before Congressional committee. Presi-
dent Hiram Hitchcock, OF the Nicaragua
Company, gave these four reasons why
his route was preferable: That it runs
through healthier country. that it is more
direct that it has a great lake for feed
err, and an abundant rainfall TO 5aaran-
tee a steady water supply.
Nilsson: 1t is too early as yet to tell
| what this country will do as to schools
| for the Philippines, except that, if We are
| to assume charge of the Islands, there
will be more schools than at present.
W. p. r.: The President OF the United
states does not give bonds for the proper
performance of his duties. Dunder: This
century is correctly called the nineteenth.
The century including the years and 100
was the first century, not century number
naught. w. P: Nothing in the Ccnsti-
tuition of the United States forblds a Ro-
man Catholic to be President
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Please give me some information as TO the
Bertillon or French system of taking deseF'p-
tiors OF criminals. What | want particularly -
the translation of measurement under the Ber-
tillon system into English figures. T. }. e
The distinctive feature of the BertiIlon
system is not that it is usually recorded
in the metric system, but that il brings
the question of Identification to an exact
science The important measurements are
of height, reach-outstretched arms from
finger tip to tip; length of trunk-height
of a man sitting; length and width OF
head: length and width of right ear
(these are especially reliable measure
ments, as not subject to change with in
creasing age;) length of left foot when
entire weight is on it, length of left mid
die finger. little finger and forearm. By
this system it is practically impossible
that the recorded measurements of any
two criminals should be ever so nearly
alike as 10 cause dOubt-sdy, in jury =
mind Practically all the points covered
by the old fashioned ''rogues' gallery
measurements are added TO the above in
the Bertilion system.
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The men here read surprisingly. One tells me
"A busy man. keeping great store in the city
that he does all lbs reading IA the railway cars
rs he comes in and out from his country resi-
dcnce daily. Fancy English city grocer read
ing TounN and Browning his way from
Brighton TO Broad street every day! A look over
the "Timcs.'' snoozo for tie rest Of the Jour
ncy. would be enough for him.
It would not be exactly easy TO find
New York merchant reading Tennyson and
Browning on the elevated cars nowadays
glimpse of Irving, whom Thackeray visit
ed in December, 1855:
One day went ont TO YonLers, fifteen miles
from here. the Hudson River, and spent the
pleasantest day / have had in the States; drove
from the pretty village, busy, busting, new
place lying on the river banks, thrice rs broad
as the Rhine, and picturesque, to lrvington,
nine miles where good old Washington Irving
lives with two nieces. who tend him most af-
tectionaely in 4 funny little in-and-Out cottage
surrounded by q little domain Of lawns not 50
smooth as ours, and woods rather small and
scrubby; in little bits % small parlors, where we
were served with cakes and wine-wth n little
study not much bigger than my back room-wit
old dogs totting about the premises hocks
Of ducks sailing on the ponds-a very pleasant
| patriarchal life. He is finishing the second vol.
ume Of Life Of Washington'-he has other
| two 10 write. II is a bold undertaking for man
of "a. ! don't know whether the book ia good
or not-the man is; and one Of the pleasantes,
| things have noted in American manners is the
| general respect and affection in which this good
| old man Is held lie described, however, how few
days or weeks since stranger came out and
introduced himself, woke up good. old Irving
| from n in his armchair, sat and talked fol
| half sn hour, and few days after appears a
long account in the "IIerald'' Of Sunnysido and
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

What was the origin of the expressions, Were
there no others?'' and There others" -
What was the date Of the sinking Of the Merrs-
mae and did Hobson and his companions escape
upon RAFT! y = "
There are Others usually preceded by
oh" and always with iocular or sarcas-
tic emphasis, is, We think, the form ae-
copied by scholars Where it started Va
do not know. but it was spread by means
of variety show performers, with whom 1t
was 4 companion to You're not the only
pebble on the beach" You needn't think
you're the whole ocean because you've
water on the BRAIN and like classes.
.. June 8, 1898. They didn't escape bus
were captured by the Spaniards from what
was variously described as 4 raft and as
a catamaran.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

NJ. lola, while in England, has been so
completely recluse that messenger from
his own lawyer was once unable to find
him.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

The Oregon's justly famous trip lasted
sixty-iive days, but the starting point was
san Francisco. and her officers finally re-
ported to Washington from Jupiter Inlet.
Fla. Several stops are included in this
time.
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How long was the Oregon on her recent IA
nous voyage from Puget Sou8d TO hey West
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

Did Congress ever make appropriation OF
nonev to the Catholic church? ,. How do you
pronounce Molokai? 3. Is there town In Ar
kansas 10y the name OF Pea Ridge? II 50: where
is il! = IL
No. .. Mo-lo-ki, accent on the last
syIIable. g. Yes; in Benton county IN
the northwest corner of the State
notice that some 'fast wills and testaments
sr- contested and sometimes Set aside. Cannos
person. by viii. exclude any heir whom ne
does not desire TO let share his fortune, and VIII
not the courts respect such will? \ h
OF course the courts will respect any VIII
that is drawn properly, but with large
legacy at stake the legal fight is hot and
straws are split very fine. So able q law
yer as the late Samuel J. Tilden made a
will that did not hold in court. But It
should be remembered that a majority OF
the wills that are not contested, or that.
being contested, stand, are not published
widely \ common way OF excluding an
heir is TO bequeath him a trifiing sum to
show that he was not forgotten From
this practice arose the saying cut OF
with shilling
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A new edition of "An Unofficial Patriot. -
by Helen H. Gardiner. has just appeared
The book was first published five years ago.
but there has been some call for it Of late
on account of it's adaptation to the stage.
THE Rev. Griffith Davenport" in which
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

THE Story of Little Jane and Me-" by
an author who signs herself simply M
E." is that rare thing, a really charming
book for children. 1t will appeal especial
" to little girls, for it is a story of two
little maidens in old New York-the New
York OF the first half of the century, when
Jenny Lind set people wild with her mar
velous singing and little girls grandmoth-
ers remembered the Revolution. The front
ispiece is a winsome thing photographed
from an old miniature of the little hero
ines of the story. Like all children's books
that are really good, it will have its de-
| lights for grown folk also. To read it is
| like stepping back into the pasta fra
grant, lavender scented, dreamy past of
| quaint ceremony and demure and we'll
| dered amusement. The New York of that
| day is no more like the Gotham which We
know than a hoopskirt is like tailor
made gown. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin &
Coz
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

In the manufacture o: artificial honey alum IS
used two-Ihirds Ct one ounce to twenty pounds Of
sugar. VIII that amount Of alum be injurious TO
health ". II. G..
We think not. At that rate 4 diners
portion of honey would contain a very
small quantity of alum. IL isn't as it
would be IL person made honey his chief
dish at a meal
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Here is a revision of an old story:

one day in winter hungry Grasshopper ap-
piled 10 an Ant for some OF the food which they
bad stored.
..Wi,v.' said the Ant "did You not store up
some food for yourself instead Of singing all the
timer
$50 did, said the Grasshoppcr "but you
fellows broke in and carried it all away"
The other fables are but little longer
than these and OF much the same charac-
ter. CNew York: q. p. Putnam's Sons.
81 90
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-29

Mrs. Hugh Fraser's Letters From ia
pan" will be published shortly in two VOL
umes, with several hundred illustrations
that alone would make the book a work OF
much value to all who are interested in ia
pan and her people. AS the wife of the
British Minister to Japan, the author had
exceptional opportunities to observe the
people and their customs, and had access
to sources OF information which she has
been able to use in fascinating way.