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BOOKS OF THE HOUR
THE LATEST IN THE BEACON Sc
RIEs OF BIOGRAPHIES THE
LIFE OF PAINE
NEW ROMANCE OF HISTORY


with Sword and Cruciax," a. Tale
Of EARLY Days In America, Based
Upon the Incidents of La SaIIe's
Voyage Down the MfssIssippi-In
the Current Magazines Literary
Notes-On the Book Table.
~ ss. dt~nW as aic~ siA9pc
Thomas Paine" by Elterys sedgwick
Small, Maynard & Co.. Boston.
This little volume represents the latest
issue Of the Beason series of Biographies.
That series. as is generally known, is
intended to furnish brief, reliable and
authoritative account of the lives of those
Americans who have impressed their per
sonality most deeply oncthe history Of
their country, or on the character CT their
countrymen. The series is prepared in
a handy and comprehensive form, it be-
ing convenient to carry each volume in
the pocket. They are prepared with all
the skill of modern typographical and
bookmaking art, and each one of them
contains frontispiece portrait Of its sub
ject, calendar Of important dates, and
brief photography for further reading.
No American citizen. or. Indeed, a citi-
zen Of any other land, represented in his
life more impressively the tickle nature
of public opinion than did Thomas Paine.
He wrote at a time when his writings, in
spired by genius as they were, were in
dispensable to the successful outcome Of
the American Revolution. He was free
dom's friend from his birth. But the vast
service which he rendered to the cause
of humanity was lost to sight in the mis-
cradle intolerance which surrounded him,
and made the closing days Of his life their
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25

and place the other end of the egg on
putting hand on each side and under
the egg, adjust it, on the rim of the bot
tie until it balances perfectly. The egg
balances because the forks act like two
hands pulling downward equally on each
side Of 1t.
Figure shows a. cup Of liquid being
! balanced on the edge of a knife blade.
This is accomplished as follows: Partly
fill teacup with liquid; insert cork
in the handle Qlave the cork fit the
handle tightly and then drive a four
tined fork into the cork. with the cup
handle between the middle tines. Now
balance the cup on your fingers, moving
the fork up or down until the cup bal
ances easily on your middle finger. Next
put knife blade at the bottom of the
cup instead Of your finger-holding tie
blade nearly horizontal at first: gradually
lower the handle Of the knife until the
cup stands on the end of the blade, while
the latter is perpendicular.
Figure represents still more re-
markable appearing trick. This time a
long bottle plays the. principal part. To
do the trick successfully have two as
sistants hold a piece Of twine or ribbon
between them. so that it says like a
Irvine at the center, where the bottle is
to be placed, then put the bottle in posi-
ton, as you see 1t in figure 3. and insert
a cane In the throat of the bottle. Move
the bottle backward or forward on the
Irvine until it balances. To vary the per-
| formance you may insert the top hook
| of a pair Of steelyards into the neck Of
| the bottle and then move the weight
back and forth until both the scales and
| the bottle balance.
| The trick illustrated by figure A. how
| ever depends for It's success entirely up
! on chemical action. The materials con-
| sist of a jar Of water and handful OF
| camphor gum that has been ground into
| small Jumps. Place the Jumps of
| camphor on the water to represent the
| form Of turtle, for instance (see figure
| ~, and await developments with patience.
Pretty soon the apparently lifeless turtle
will begin to move across the water. II
| will wave It's legs and tail and wriggle as
| a turtle never wriggled before. The
camphor Jumps may be placed on the
| water In the form Of snakes. thousand
| legged worms or other forms that sug-
| gest themselves to you. and they will all
act about the same.
The last trick Is one that requires some
| little practice. Figure shows you an
| egg dancing on the surface Of plate.
| This Is how to do the trick: Surround an
| egg with a little net of Irvine and then
suspend 1t in boiling water In such q
| position that the small end Of the egg
stands straight UP. Keep the egg In this
| perpendicular position until It is boiled
hard After the egg has cooled place II
! on the bottom Of a smooth plate held in
the position shown in figure s. Now give
| a gradually increasing circular motion to
| the plate. keeping this up until the egg
has risen on end and Is spinning like a
| top. Until the egg Is spinning rapidly
: with the swift motion Of the revolving
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and as Mrs. Portingdale had only very
vague ideas as to the strangers appear
ance. people soon began to believe that
she had fallen asleep in the simmer
house and that her constant dread Of
lunatics had produced kind Of night
mare. In few days she was persuaded
to adopt the same impression herself.
Curiousfy enough Aunt Esther was able
to set her doubt at rest by secondhand
evidence. Her dear nephew Harold. from
London, who had only arrived the pre-
vious evening, and who had been called
back to town almost Immediately, had
been walking In the garden that morn
ing, and had CHANGED to look over the
boundary wall. There he had seen Mrs.
Portingdale fast asleep, and probably at
that very moment in the throes Of her
awful dream.
My aunt closed her letter with the
hope that the strike-which she would
read UP In the daily paper as soon as
she could find the place-would soon be
over, so that might run down again to
complete my holiday.
I have no intention Of going. Though
I may object to being called Night
mare I cannot help seeing that Mrs.
Portingdale,s last impression on her ad-
venture Is very satisfactory one. She
may revise 1t when she comes to ex-
anime her album; but in the meantime
I have no wish to disturb it by introduce
ing her to the Lunatic in person.
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spring at her, but he didn't. What do
you think he did. sir?"
''who knows?" I gasped. falsely and
painfully.
HWell. sir, he-kssed herl" Mary
blushed at that point, even In her ex-
element. Fancy being Kissed by q
lunatici 1t sent cold shivers all through
the poor. woman. and indeed 1t must
have been horrible feeling, but she
didn't stir q finger. Then there was
quiet SO long that she made bold to peep
again. and. 10 and behold! he was clean
gone. Then she tainted right away. and
didn't come to until her husband found
her, and after she had told them all
about 1t she had another faint. So Mr..
'PortingdaIe sent round for our mistress
to go there at once. And that's all
know about 1t, SIR
It was quite sufficient. 1 dismissed
Mary, and sat down in state Of mind
which 1t Is impossible to describe. mar
ried woman! I@pondered it hastily. / had
been lunatic, indeed! Perhaps at that
very moment the poor woman was giving
a full and accurate description of my
person to an inspector Of police and to
my appalled, Aunt Esther
I sprang from the chair and rushed to
my room have packed quickly on vari-
GUS occasions, but never 80 quickly as l
did this time. An omnibus passed the
door once in every half hour, and
watched from my window for its appear
ance at the head Of the road. When 1t
came in sight ran down stairs with my
bag in my hand.
Mary was the only one to see me go.
I left her with a confused impression
that an urgent telegram had come for
me, and that q strike had taken place in
my department at the general postoff1ce.
Before she could utter question 1 had
passed the outer gates and hailed the
omnibus. Twenty minutes later I was at
the railway station.
AS have already said, there are people
at Bessing- on-Sea who have curious ideas
as to what is the best thing to do in
thunderstorm. 1t Is to their quaintness
in this respect that owe the vivid and
painful experience related above.
I had not the courage to write to my
aunt, but in a few days received note
from her. The affair had not developed
to any great extent after ell. AS no pa
tient had escaped from the local asylum,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
IN THE MAGAZINES.


The announcement Is made by Leslie's
Weekly that 1t has arranged for the pub
Hcatfon of a series of very interesting ar
ticles, contributed by some Of the most
eminent writer's Of our time. on the i'm
portant questions Of the day. The first
of the series is by Alleyne ireland. the
distinguished English writer.
Hon Richard Olney, ex-secretary Of
state. will contribute to the March Allan
titled, 1.-The Growth of Our Foreign
Policy"
In the March number of Pearsons'
to a timely article on '.How Real Dia.-
rnonds Are Made Out of Sugar" by R..
H Sherard.
Caspar Whitney in connection with ten
associates has purchased Outing and
will become editor Of the magazine.
"a Glimpse Of the Germ World" by q,
w. Winterburn, M. d., is a feature of
s.Everybody's Magazine for March.
Gov, Roosevelt's third article on "Crom-
WELL" in Scribner's for March. compares
the conditions at the end Of the English
Civil war with those at the end of the
American Civil war. It also describes the
battle Of Preston.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
Some Bon1e zm2ade Magic.

In the olden times there were wizards
who performed simple tricks and people
thought they were aided by imps, but
one by one science found out how all
these things are done, and the wizards
day for imposing on people Ia gone. The
tricks. however, are as interesting as
ever. and here are few simple ones
which any one may perform:
Get two forks of equal weight, then get
a cork about an ineh~in diameter, and
carefully hollow out one end of it, So
that it will fit closely over one end of an
egg. Next get an ordinary quart bottle
and an egg: fasten the two forks In the
cork, as shown In figure j; place the ap-
paratus thus made on the top of an egg
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
Handy Publications.

"Casselrs. National Library" new Sc
ries): Cassell & Co., Limited. London
and New York.
Among the most recent additions to
that admirable collection of handy publ
cations, CasselPs National Library, new
series, are to be noted the following:
Battle of the Books" by Dean Swift;
"Rosalind, by Thomas Lodge; 'Areopa-
gitica,'' ETC., by John Milton, and Dry
denis poems. These little books possess
special value and interest to all students
of English literature. They are publish
ed in paper and in the most portable
form. They are done, mechanically. in
excellent workmanship and they enable
many Of the rarities Of English literary
genius to be placed at the disposal or
those who would not have the means to
buy such works in the expensive form in
which alone they are usually available.
Each little book contains an introduce
tory sketch of the author and his works,
which throws flood of light on the cir
cumstances under which the most nota-
BILE works Of the great literary masters
were produced.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
"sundax Afternoons.o

Sunday Afternoons for the Children,
a Mother Book" by Mrs. e. Frances
Soule. Fords. Howard & Hurlburt,
New York.
In Sunday Afternoons" is found an
enlargement Of the lectures which Mrs.
Soule has been giving for several years
In various parts of New England. where
they met warm welcome from mothers
and commentator from many clergy.
men. Beginning with a prelude as to the
Importance of mother work, the author
follows with her suggestions for inter-
estfng the little folks in various lines of
fascinating Bible work. To those faniT
lar with kindergarten work this book will
be by no means strange. To those not
familiar with such recent devices the
book will come as a delight. At the end
of the book there is collection Of
hymns and poems for the little ones"
The book Is instructive and undogmatlc,
the authors aim being to present the
themes and thoughts on which all Chris
tians agree.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
LITERARY NOTES.

Among the authors Crowned" by the
London academy this year are Mrs. Con-
stance Garrett and Mr.. H. q. Graham.
Miss Julia Magruder's novel, "a Man
fest Destiny" Is presented by Messrs.
Harper & Bros. in book form, with Illus
trations by A Keller.
An important contribution to historical
literature is promised from the press of
will shortly publish a translation of the
Historical Memoirs of the Emperor
Alexander I. and the Court of Russia,
fer nee Comtesse de Tisenhaus.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25

object Is to assist the teacher in pre-
pairing for examinations, but the large
number of references and the bibl1o-
graphy give it considerable value as a
guide for more thorough and detailed
study of the general subject. It's excel
lence Is it's careful arrangement and
compact statement, which very points are
also responsible for its inadequacy as
reference book.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
"sword and Crucifix."

with Sword and Cruciflx,"'- by b B..
Van Zile Harper & Bros, New YORK.
Historical novels and novels with
brief mention of historical characters
have been long popular. The reading
public enjoys reading of famous men OF
all ages and is not always critical about
the exactness of the portrayal. If they
be amused, entertained and thrilled by
the novelty of the surroundings OF the
story, or by the dramatic character CT
the various incidents, little more is asked.
La Sales voyages on the Mississippi
present a less trodden field than some
other so-called historical. romances, and
in that with Sword and Crucif1x" will
be welcomed by the novelty novel hungry
reading public. 1t is full of dramatic
incidents and thrilling adventures. The
hero, a French nobleman, rescues q
Spanish beauty who has been imprisoned
by the sun worshippers after the wreck
ing Of the ship on which she and her
father were coming to the new country
to take possession Of some mines granted
them by the king. After their escape
they recover the deeds to the mines and
the French nobleman, having renounced
his allegiance to France, with his bride
took full possession Of their wealth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
type a. Ammunition.

At the time Of the Maori war In New
Zealand a newspaper correspondents had
a strange experience. The publishing Of
flee of a newspaper was close to the scene
of some of the hottest fighting.
During the struggle the Maor1s ran
short Of ammunition for their guns, and,
raiding the newspaper offices, charged
their guns with type and stereo blocks.
This novel ammunition proved very eff
fective. One of the white invaders was
severely wounded with patent 1medici q
advertisement, and another was crippled
for life by a church bazaar announcement,
and the editor. who had taken refuge
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
ON THE book TABLH.
rom tha publishers:

From the publishers:
Small, Maynard & Co., Boston-"At
Start and Finish" William Lindsey,
S1.25.
American Book Co., Chicago-''The Gen.
tleman Pensioner," Albert Lee. 81.
Charles H. Sergel & Co., Chicago The
Lovely Malincourt." Helen Mathers.
81 25.
Rand, McNally & Co.. Chicago Sword
and Cross" Charles Eugene Banks.
From the st. Paul Book and Station
Houghton. Mifiin & Co.. Boston ITO
Have aud to Hold" Mary Johnston,
$50.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
EiIT = =
ssHtstory of Education"

ga History Of Education, by DR.. Levi
Seeley. Of the New Jersey normal
school. American Book company.
further study DR.. SeeIsy sy History Of
Education is valuable rather than for
its completeness. 1t Isl designed as a
brief text book for normal schools and
it goes over the educatieHaIi development
of the whole civilized world, which is a
large undertaking As but $50 pages are
devoted to the history it is necessarily
brief in all its discussions. It's primary
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
"work for Women"

'..How Women May Earn a Living"
Helen Churchill Candee: The MacMil-
Ian Co., New York.
This book treats of the different ways
in which young woman may successful
ly earn livelihood In the business world
Of today viewed from a woman's stand
point. 1t lays bare the difficulties to be
met with in all the callings adopted by
womanhood for living and how to over
come them.
The writer takes the view that the
question of sex matters not with the av-
erage employer, SO long as he has value
received for the wages paid. Almost all
the professions open to women are dealt
with, from typewriting and stenography
to running boarding house, the advan-
tage and disadvantage Of a stage career
coming in for perhaps the greatest share
of attention
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25

most sorrowful ones. That Intolerance
completely overloaded those grand serv-
ices which, during the period when they
were being rendered, received such uni
versal recognition from all save the mas
tiers and the tools of tyranny. Not one
American in a thousand thinks Of Thorn
as Paine as the glorious: advocate or
American liberty 1t Is of but little cred
1t to the professors Of the Christian faith
that what Thomas Paine wrote under the
title of 1.-THE Age Of Reason has been
made the occasion for condemning him
to the dislike and the distrust of the mass
of a great people.
This little book in a clear, entertaining
and thoroughly convincing manner re-
veals Thomas Paine as he was to It's
reader. 1t dissipates the clouds of big
otry which have surrounded his fame
and shows that the man who Is mostly
known by the unmeaSured denunciat1ons
heaped upon him as an infidel was in his
heart and in his life devoted believer
iii God.
1t is such men as this that despotism
ruthlessly assails and that the mob. too,
often aids in assailing. Thomas Paine
was a lover and an advocate Of the rights
of man. He sustained them as they
have never been sustained by any writer
Of English. Born an Englishman. and
raised under the social conditions which
condemn man not only to poverty, but
to mental as well as social degradation,
his genius leaped into flame in the cause.
of American liberty. and 1t never ceased
to burn in that cause while he lived.
Yet no man was so universally abhol red
by the American masses, and as he went
to his grave, his deathbede assailed by
the harpies of religion, he was ATTENDED
to his last resting place only by the
members of French family whom he
had known in Paris by two negroes ana
one faithful friend, an honest Quaker
preacher, Willett Hicks by name.
The reader will find in this volume
enough to arouse his deepest interest In
the career of this great man, and If ne
should, as he probably will. go more in
tensely into that career, he will ind at
the close of this volume a sbibliographl-
cal statement which will enable MIN TO
have recourse to the literature Of Thomas
PoiDo'S life ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25

The three champion skyscrapers Of the
United States are the Syndicate building
on Park row. the Masonic Temple In Chi
ton. These are to be reinforced by a
monster structure to be built In Phila-
delphfa by New York and Philadelphia
capitalists. which will ,outshine ali of
them. It will occupy whole block and
be the largest office building In the world
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
Had n safely hidden.

A Kaffir captured by the Beers while
taking a quill dispatch from Mafeking to
thurman was searched from head to
foot. and then told to go. The willy ma
tive thus escaped, with the dispatch safe
ly concealed up his nose. and reached his
destination without further mishap.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
New stump. for collectors.-

In honor of the four hundredth anniver-
sary of the discovery of Brazil in May,
1900, there will shortly be a special issue
Of stamps, as follows: Discovery Of Bra
zil, 100 refs; independence. 200 refs: aboli-
ton. 800 refs; republic. 700 reis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25

platform on which it stands keep tho
plate as nearly horizontal as possible;
but after the egg has STRUCK its. gait
you may tip the plate to all sorts of
angles, but always keep 1t moving.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
"Galloping Hospital,

A doctor with cavalry experience has
invented patent galloping hospital,
drawn by two horses, and capable of ac-
commodating six wounded
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25
Biggest skyscraper of All.

with the British troops, had narrow
escape of being hit with one Of his own
poems
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25

What War Means.
During the last two years Al ,375 men
have been killed In battle
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-27
WHEELING INTELLIGENCER
West Virginia's Leading Family
and Political Newspaper.

The year 1900 will begin a new epoch
in the history of America. The devel-
opments OF thesSpanish- American war,
and the new policies, foreign and do
mestic, thereby made necessary will be
discussed in the next Congress, and
will have momentous bearing on the
destiny of the Nation.
State affairs will be of unusual inter-
est, from the fact that a Governor and
state officers are to be elected. The
Legislature that will be chosen at the
same time will elect a United States
enator The Presidential Nominating
Conventions and the ensuing election in
November will be Of added importance.
The Intelligencer's unapproachable
news service. foreign and domestic, fur
nished by the Associated Press, is a
guarantee that its readers will be fully
informed on all topics of moment
throughout the world.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-27
1887 The Sun 1900
BALTIMORE. MD.
The .aper of the People,
For the People and
With the People
Honest in Motive,
Fearless in Expression,
Sound in Principle.

A newspaper is educator; there are all kinds
of educators, but the man who spends money ju-
diciously and literally better able to impart his
knowledge than the man no has little or nothing
to spend
The SUN is the highest type of a newspaper.
THE Suns reports from al parts of the world
are unsurpassed
THE SUNS Gable Service is the finest known; the
troubles in the Philippines and in South Africa de-
mand competent correspondents and vast expendl-
ture of money and labor in getting the news. When
you get the SUN you get the news and Intelligent
presentation of facts with it, as well as carefully
prepared articles of editorial writers of highest
standing When you read daily paper, whose
principle recommendation is its cheapness,1you get
the dregs-generally very poor dregs at that,
By mail Fifty Cents month; six months, So; one
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-27
PORTUGAL NEEDS NO LOAN.
Has Cash Ready to Meet Delagoa Say
Award.

Has Cash Ready to Meet Deiagoa Bay
Award.
LONDON, March 27.-It is learned that
Portugal is quite prepared to meet the
Delagoa Bay award without borrowing
money Current reports that Great
Britain intended lending the Portuguese
government in exchange for privileges
at Delagoa and Beira are declared to be
absolutely incorrect. The British gov
eminent received no intimation III re
gard to the award, and has no informa-
ton Of its terms or when they will be
announced, though it hopes to receive
this information during the current
week.
The same condition Of Affairs in re-
gard to the award prevails at tie Amen
lean embassy, where the securities of
the claimants are deposited On all
sides it is said that the long delay III
reaching a decision has had the most
serious effect upon the principle of arbi
tration.