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Uncle Sam Abroad" by J. E. Conner,
seems to be one Of those books which are
gotten up distinctly fer the purpose of
meeting popular demand. The demand in
this case is for something written in an
easy collcquial style, which shall afford in
formation as to our Diplomtic and Consular
Service. without tirre the reader too
much. The author has it upon the expe-
dent OF putting his facts into the form OF
lectures by one Prof Loyal, OF a State Uni
versity, followed by free discussion by TIE
audience of the subject-matter OF The ad-
dress. The topics taIeu up are the State
Department, the Consular Service the
Diplomatic Service, and the general subject
OF expansion.
The authors general view is that our
Ministers and Cousuls should be better
paid than they are and provided with suit
able quarters for entertaining guests; he
is also oil the opinion that more attention
should be paid 10 securing good men for
the service and having them properly
trained. He advocates the plan, which has
been put forward by several other writer's
on this subject, that there should be a
school, similar to West Point and Annap-
oils, for the training OF diplomats, and that
it should be situated at Washington, where
observe the workings of the Government
and the services of experienced diplomats
can perhaps be secured for lectures or
practical diplomacy. This would obviously
be impossible in any other city. This is a
good idea. and too much cannot be said
In its favor.
To some readers the book will seem some
what flppant In style and the illustrations
which are absurd. though clever in their
way, win not tend to disDel this impress
sion. One good feature o, tie work is that
il contains in the appendix. q list of all
Ambassadors, Ministers, and Consuis in the
service Of the United States and one very
bad feature is that it is not indexed. Any
book intended 10 serve as Il work OF re-
erence should certainly be completely in
deXed fer the convenience OF the studen,
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Coz
Thoughts and Experiences in and out
Of School is the title OF a somewhat bulky
volume. the autobiography of John u.
Peaslee, ex-Superintendent of Schools of
Cincinnati. Ohio. Mr.. Peaslee was one OF
the original advocates Of "Arbor Day
and has given much attention TO school cele-
bralions and methods of teaching. There
is a good dead Of very mixed autobiograph-
ical incident in the work, but 1t will be in
terestiug to teachers in tae public schools
and to those in the Middle West who are
acquainted with the author and his work
Cincinnati: Curtis Jerningsl.
..Personal Hygiene" is q book made up
of contributions from several well known
physicians, and edited by Walter Pyle, NJ.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29
My Mithe--in-LnyT.

When l courted wi Maggie her mither did cry
That name could be suited Ike Maggie and /;
But since we've got mairret a chenge Is owre a;
Moo, | Gamma get on wi her mither ava
When she tak's a rim up by the freside she sits,
An gets on to Maggie for cleaning my butts;
She saws, ''Diuna learn him sic fashion ava"
She's a midGlesome lady, my mither-in-law.
She picks fauts vi this, and she picks faults VII
that
She cen picks faults wi DOR innocent cat.
She scolds al cor wean when he greets on his
NAV;
She's heidstsoug aud lady, my mither- in-law.
When she speaks o our neebours she rims them a
dHon,
An she links there's no Iuony like her in the
toon;
Il she does ony guild turn fu loudly she'll bIaw.
She's real fond o herself, my auld mitherin
Some NIGHT will open my mind on her get,
An tell her O. something she Wilma forget.
III tell her she Wilma come here an misca
Folks VIVA niver hae herm'd her, my mither'in-
Glasgow Mail.
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Granlaryc.

Where tonight the woOdside towers,
Visited BY unseen powers,
While from hOllows OF the sky
All the winds come rustling by,
Gramarve weaves within her loom
Emerald and moonlight bloom.
Fallen from every topmost height
There black shadows cut the light
Sharp US swords cut, and in crowds
Slighter shadows, thin as clouds,
Only touched with jewel-dust,
In among the great glooms thrust
Green and silver, light as SNOW,
Spr3vs and stems their shadows throw;
Little shadows Of the leaf,
Where the ray falls bright and brief,
Wavering. shimmering, swarm and slip,
In the startled splendor dip,
Where, from wells and floods unbound
Glory pours along the ground.
Through the glimmer, please you, look
Half you guess a Pickering brook,
Now a surf Of twiukling spray
Breaks across 4 hidden way,
Petals Of some wondrous flower
Drift a sudden slaqtinG shower,
Now bough all washed with light
Stirs it's leaves in one long flight,
And Tirl.eringly unveils the view
Down some alluring avenue.
Whose fountains toss a furtive mist
AthwaTt a deeper place Of tryst,
With hint OF air-drawn palace halls,
And mystery OF opening lines
Where the glamousing moonlight shines.
What weird Land Of deathless dreams
Lies beyond these moonlit CLEANS,
What domain Of strange delight
On tie borders Of the night
Could We enter, might We find,
AS the subtle ways we wind,
Love once lost. and hearts desire,
Hopes whose feet were shod with FIRE,
Haunting presences, and things
That wait us on enchanted wings?
Hasten Fate was made TO try!
Cross the mConEl1dc, you and H.
Lift the branch, give me your hand
No, not 1t is Forbidden Landl
.rrict Prescott Spohord in the Atlantic"
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Night Hymns on Lake xepigon.

Here in tie midnight, where the dark mainland
and island
sing We the hymns Of the Churches, while the
dead water
Thunier is travelling slow on the path Of the
One alter one the stars and the beaming planets
Look serene in the lake quiet from the edge Of
the storm-cloud,
While our canoe, that floats dumb in the burst
Gathers hers her voice in the quiet and thrills and
Presses her brow in the star-gleam, and all her
Lapses in blackness.
Sing we the sacred. ancient hymns Of thA
chanted frss in old-world hooks OF the desert.
While in the wild, pellucid Nepigon reaches
Hunted the savage
Now have, the ages met in the northern midnight.
And on the lonely, loOn-hGurted Nepigon reaches
Rises the hymn Of triumph and courage and COM
Adeste Fideles.
Tones that were fashioned when the faith brood
cd in darkness,
Now are married with the long-drawn ojibewa,
Uncouth and mournful.
Soft with the silver drip o. the regular paddles
Falling in rhythm, timed with the liquid, plan
Sounds from the blades where the wlirlpoOls
break and are carried
Down into darkness.
Each long cadence, flying like dove from her shell
Deep in the shadow, wheels for thEObbing mo-
ment,
Poses in utterance returning in circles Of silver
To nest in the silence.
All wild nature stirs with the infinite. tender
Plant Of a bygcne age whose soul IS eternal,
Bound in the lonely phrases that thrill and fa!ter
Back into quiet.
Back they falter as the deep storm Overtakes
them,
whelms them in splendid hofi6vs Q; booming
thunder,
Wraps them in rain, that, sweeping, breaks and
onrushes
Ringing like cymbals.
Duncan Campbell Scott in the ATLANTIC"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

"whom the gods love die young MAY. rather
say
With bated breath-'Whom the gods love die
old"
Shall the morn pale ere it hath coined its gold!
The sun go down while yet il is full dayf
The statue sleep unmoided in the clayf
The parchment crumble ere it is unrolled!
The story end with half the tale untold2
The song drop Ilute and breathless by the wayf
Oh weep for Adonais when he dies \
With all youths lofty promise unfulfTied,
Its splendor lost in sudden, dear eclipsei
With love uniived, and dreams half dreamed ha
lies
All tie red wine from life's gold chalice spilled
Ere its bright brim hath touched his eager
Epsl
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Whom the GODS lsye die old! 0. lie. dear lite,

Whom the gods 1--we die old o, life, dear life,
Let the old sing thy praises, for they know
How year by year the summers come and 20,
Each with its own Astounding sweetness ripei
They know though frcsts be cruel as the knife
Yet with aeh June the perfect rose shall blow
And daisies blossom and the green grass grow
Triumphant still, unvexed by storm or strife
Tho know that night more splendid Is than DAY;
That sunset skies fame in the gathering DARK,
And the deep waters change to molten gold;
They know that autumn richer is than Nay,
They hear the night birds singing like the lark
All, nfe sweet life, whom the gods love
die old!
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

D.. former editor Of the International
Medical Magazine" AS the sitle indicates,
il contains information on the proper care
of the body, and it is illustrated with va
rious cuts and diagrams. philadelphia:
W. b. Saunders & Co $3.50.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29
Literary Notes.

The August "ScribDer' is a fiction
Seton Thompson, Albert Bigelow Paine,
Edith Wharton, Arthur Cotton, Sydney
Herman Preston, James Raymond Perry,
George Hibbard, and Ernest c. PeixOtto.
Praise is unnecessary for anything written
by Mr. Thompson. There does Lot
live now, and never has lived, writer
about animals so wise, so gentle, and so
clever. Mrs. Whartons story, THE
Duchess at Prayer" is Enthusiastically
original Mr. Arthur Coltons "Tobip's
Monument is quite tie stupidest thing
that has appeared in an American maya
zine In a long time. People who avoid
serials will be glad to be warned that Mr..
James NJ Barrie's Tommy and CriZel" is
stiu dragging its weary weight along. Mr..
Barrie really completed his story several
months ago, but the news has not yet been
broken to him by his friendly, but, in an
other sense, not very considerats, publish
ers It may be said. however, for this
number of "Scribner's' that Mr.. Richard
Harding Davis article Pretoria in War
Time" alone would redeem it and make it
worth buying at four times its price.
The August Atlantic" is not very in
ter5stlng number. The silly season comes
to magazines as well as TO newspapers.
The magazines however have less excuse,
inasmuch as the August numbers are gen.
orally prepared in April. President Had
lev. OF Yale. discusses interestingly 'Po-
litlcal Education" and Sarah Orne Jewett
has a clever story entitled THE Foreign
err" There are poems by Harriet Pres
colt Spofford. Alice Lena Cole, and Madison
Caweiu. The Hon. Mark b. Dunneil at
ternpts something in explanation CT our
Rights In China" He probably knows Just |
what he meant to contribute TO the stock
of information on this important subject,
but readers not in his personal confidence
will have some difficulty in finding it out. |
Mr. Howells. of course, is somewhere in
evidence on this particular occasion. He
contributes the second and closing INSTALL
rnent of sloppy tale entitled "A Difficult
Case
The Forum" for August contains one
article entitled 1.-THE Pre- ent Status OF Az
ghanistan," by Sultan Mechanical Khan,
chief secretary of that country. The Hon.
Charles DENLY, late Minister to China, re-
Iates How Peace Was Made Between CHI
ma and Japan" and f. +. Hilder writes OF
'.The Present and Future OF the Philip
pines" The well-knOwn English labor
leader. James Keir Hardle. analyses tbs
present status OF Labor ana foIllcS IN
Great Britain" An article OF interest 10
educators is '.Child-Study and its Relation
TO Education" by Prof G. Stanley Han.
The late Secretary of Legation at Rome,
MIR. Remsen Whitehouse. writes OF Some
Italian Problems" and "Tolstoy's Russia"
Canada and Imperialism Texas Past
and Present" The Negro Problem in the
South" are titles of other papers.
pine Knot" story OF Kentucky life. is
the title of the new novel, by William E.
Barton, author of "A Hero in Homespun,
which is to be published Immediately by d.
Appleton & Co.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

What is the source Of the saying. There is
luck in odd numhersf'' MARK A.
shakespeare's Merry Wives of Wind
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

We're Mershel Ney and Colonel Iabedayre shot
after Waterloo Tor aiding Sapoleon3 A. =.
Yes.
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st. Goodman or Gutman.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

Did Miss Helen Gould give funds to va.:ar
College7 II. F.
She gave 5000 to the institution named.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

VIVA, saint is the patron Of The tailoring cra,ti
II NJ
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F. E.
That i. the L. :ial angler

Address the Division of Forestry. De-
partment of Agriculture.
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them as iood3 s.
IL is true OF some OF them but whether
or not of all is not knoHn definitely.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

Where can 1 get information as to the kind
and amount Of timber in the different statcs2
W d. T.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

1t is contained in line from the middle
OF the ear to the edge OF the nostrils.
and another thence to the ridge OF the
frontal bone
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

When did the fanou. great revival Of religion
in North Carolina begin? II. W.
The great revival spread to Tennessee
and North Carolina in 1902, but 1t had be-
gun in Kentucky in 1901.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

Was there ever time when inventors we're
punished? v. L.
Not generally, though from time TO time
there have been cases Of inventors being
punished for striving to upset time-hon-
ored practices.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

Does Persia maintain standing army?
E. A.
Yes; her standing army numbers 24,500
men, and n time of war she can put into
the field s.. AGO trained infantry. $500 ar
tillery. and $500 irregular cavalry, besides
unframed ievies to the number Of 1900.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29
What is dandy .everT'

A name for dengue, also called break
bone fever" It is an epidemic disease that
has prevailed at times in the East and West
Indies and in portions OF this country. 1t
results in swelling OF the smaller joints
and in stir carriage by the sufferer. From
the latter comes the name.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

pine Knot" story OF Kentucky life. is
the title OF the new novel, by William E.
Barton, author of "A Hero in Homespun,
which is to be published Immediately by d.
Appleton & Co.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

At what rate is railroads. construction car
ried on? L. P
In building the Canadian Pacific, the av-
erage for one whole working season was
nearly two and half miles of completed
track laid for each working day. This was
rapid building then. and we think would
count SO now. though very likely it has
been exceeded.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

Personal Hygiene" is book made up
oF contributions from several well known
physicians, and edited by Walter Pyle, NJ.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

Was smoking a ceremonious business with the
Indians Of the very early days in our history?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

Ceremonial smoking seems to have been
universal with the Indians. Smoke was
considered as incense 10 the gods, so the
ceremony had deep religious Significance.
1t was too. form Of oath. and IN this the
whites soon Joined in their treaty making.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

What are the definition and derivation of tho
word Oregon7 +. J. A.
Different derivations are given by differ
ent writer's One traces it to "oregsno,"
the Spanish name for wild sage, which was
abundant along the Columbia River. An
other has it come from "oreion," big ear,
from the custom of the Indians along the
river Of stretching their ears in ornament
ing them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-29

When was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
completed between Baltimore and Frederick,
Md? 2. In what year did Charles Carroll, the
last surviving sgner Of the Declaration OF In
dependence, DEF F. A. s.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-07-26

Spokane. Wash. July 23.--Fire this
afternoon destroyed the large lumber
plant Of the Holland -Horr Mill Com
pany and caused a loss of $50, 900; in
surance, $4,000. It also destroyed
the Crescent shingle mill; loss. 1900;
insurance, $1,000. A spark from the
engine OF the Holland-Horr mill was
carried into dust BIN. The dust ex-
ploded and in minute flames were
sweeping through the mill. Two work
men We're knocked down by the explo-
sion and burned about the face and
hands. In an incredibly brief period
flames had extended to the lumber
wards and soon acres Of seasoned lum-
ber were ahame. Ii was the hottest
Indignation since the great fire Of
,S9. Three firemen were overcome
" the intenes heat and smoke, but 10.
covered later.
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IMPROVED TOURIST sLEEpgRs
Railroads Are Aeceding 20 Demands
of Middle Glasses.

Railroads Are Acceding 20 Demands
Of Middle Glasses.
In response to the demands OF the
times the o. r. g. N. ana its connec-
tions are placing in operation much
better grade OF tourist sleepers for Pa
cific Coast service than at any previous
time. The largely increased traffic to
this section Of the country has demand
ed all the Improvements OF latter-day
transportation. and in consideration Of
this the railroads are establishing
service which is excellent in every par
ticular. Not only are the wishes OF
the fiTst-class passengers served, but
those who are travelling to and from
the East on second-class tickets are
splendidly cared for. There was time
when tourist sleeper appealed to
limited number of people who were
travelling ON the s'cheap" order, In
every meaning OF the term. Now.
however, there has been radical
change. With the better tourist sleep
ers in operation the class Of passengers
has been improved, and one may now
travel upon them and enjoy all the
privileges OF first-class sleeuer at .
greatly reduced rate.
Daily, on the 0. R. & N. east-bound
fast mail. is attached one of these
latest improved tourist sleepers, 9
model OF beauty and hansome appoint
ments. The new cars are almost an
exact counterpart Of the. first-class
sleepers.
One noticeable feature Of the new
tourist cars is the absence Of q smoking
apartment. The new cars being built
by the Pullman Company are not pro-
vided with smoking apartments. This
new departure has been taken because
of the fact that most through trains
aJe provided with composite cars.
which provide smoker for the Sleep
ing. car passengers.
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THE HOT SPELL.
Caused Seventy Deaths at New York
Yesterday.

Caused Seventy Deaths at New York
Yesterday.
New York, July 20.-The hot
weather today caused or contributed
toward the death of more than 10 per-
sons in this city and vicinity. As
many more stricken ones are in the
hospitals, and some of them will sue
cumb before the night is over. More
than half the fatalities were among
babies and little children. and there
are now about 40 bodies of the little
ones lying at the morgue at Bellevue.
This was the third day of the spell
of intense heat. Late tonight the tenn
perature moderated. Early this morn
ing the sun began its deadly work, and
before the day was fairly we'll started
the hospitals were busy. On the
streets the temperature ranged from SO
to l05, and the official report from til
weather bureau, high above ground,
was "a deg. shortly before 5o'clock 5
tonight.
One death was from an attempt at
suicide made while the subject was
cIazed with the heat. Many little
children are badly hurt by falls from
fire escapes, ON to which they had
crawledpior relief from the oppressive
weather.
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AUTHOR OF IT ALL.
II hung Chang Looked Upon ~ Orig
instoF Of the Plot.


London, July 21.-The Shanghai cor
respondent OF the Daily Express says:
Intense indignation Is felt here at
the honors In Hong Kong that have
been accorded TO Ii Hung Chang, who
is looked upon in Shanghai as the orig
inator OF the whole fiendish anti-foreign
plot.
"a Chinese merchant who has just
arrived from Pekin gives horrible de.
tails OF the massacre. He says he saw
European women hauled int the street
by shriekine Boxers, who stripped
them and hacked them to pieces.
Their discovered limbs we're tossed TO
the crowd and CARED of with howls of
triumph. Some were already dead,
HAVING been shot by foreign civilians.
He says he saw Chinese soldiers car
rying the bodies OF white children aloft
on their spears while their companions
shot at the bodies. He gives other de-
tails too horrible TO be particularized
here.
1T seems that the Boxer leaders had
organized plan, including the offer
ing Of rewards and rich loot, for the
annihilation OF Europeans throughout
China. and that Prince Tuan's soldiers
have been emphasizing the opportunity
the soldiers have had of seizing the
bodies Of white women"
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Elrhth Infan.rr for chInn.

New York, July 24.-Two COM
panies OF the Eighth United States in
fantry moved off the transport McClel-
Ian this afternoon and started for Fort
Smelling, MINI. Other members Of
the regiment are en- route from Cuba,
and, after the recruiting OF the organ
ization to its full limit, it will be sent
to China. The men have been in Cuba
Is months, hut they looked to be in
fine condition.A About $500 persons
were at the docks to meet the soldiers.
and the Yonng Mems Christian Asso-
citation provided coffee and other re-
freshents. The other eight companies OF
the regiment were delayed by q storm
off Cape Hatteras.
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ADvznTzs1re aArns.
NAeAsAkI THE eAsg.
Japanese Government Gives Its Cheer
full Assent.

full Assent.
Washington, July 23.--As was an
ticipated, the Japanese government has
given its cheerful assent to the applica-
ton Of the United States governments
for permission to land troops and mill
tary supplies at Nagasaki in transit 70
Taku. China. This privilege was de-
sired in order that the Pacific trans
ports plying between San Francisco and
Manila should not deviate from the
regular route, but that the troops and
stock carried by them and intended for
service in China might be transferred
at Nagasaki to other vessels OF the
transport service and taken direct TO
Taku. The Japanese authorities not
only have agreed to the proposed use Of
Nagasaki, but they also have assured
the United States government that they
will facilitate the movement OF Ameri-
can troops and supplies as much as pos
sible. The quartermaster' department
OF the army has provided three large
transports OF the Philippine service for
use on the line between Nagasaki and
Taku, and it is expected in this way TO
expedite the movement Of troops TO
China.
The state department has issued the
following bulletin:
"The secretary OF state received this
morning dispatch from Consul Fowler
at Che Foo, dated midnight, July 10,
saying Shanghai paper Of the 10th
ssid all foreigners were murdered.
Fowler wired the governor demanding
the truth. The governor replied that
his courier left Pekin on the llth. and
all then were safe, but Pekin, east
city. had been carried by the rebels.
with the intent to kill.n