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sweet feminine humor and careless wisdom in
garden talk which is the distinctive mark Of
Elizabeth's talent. Mrs. Cotes who is clever
enough in her own way. has not this dainty
gift. and forces the note 10 the point of absurd
ity. Her garden is at Simla. in the Hin Coun-
try 10 which Mr. kipling has introduced US.
and in that flower patch, hanging on the noun
tain side, she essays to be phiIosophic, funny,
picturesque and poetic 1t is sad to see so much
wasted effort. for she only succeeds in being
affected and tiresome Let the shoemaker stick
to lis last Mrs Cot4ss last is not that of the
witty Elizabeth.
The wild flower and fern is only to be truly
known where it creeps, clinGs or sways
troubled in it's home" With faith in these
words Of wisdom the reader Of Mrs. Wrights
handsome volume will wend his way into a fairy
world of loveliness, and find not only serious
wildwood lore, but poetry also. and sentiment
and pictures of the pen that will stay with him
through winter days of snow and ice. n slight
but attractive thread of story wanders through
the book, and helps to further our acquaintance
with the shy wild things of forest field and
roadside. We know Of no pleasanter guide for u
student Of these things. The accompanying
photographs are models of truth and delicate
beauty. That Of the New England aster, facing
page 2Gl, is remarkable in its fidelity and grace.
Mr.. Clute's book is more technical in method,
and will appeal directly to those who prefer to
take their information without the admiXture
of story and sentiment. 1t Will be found a care
full and interesting companion, its many Illus
trations beuG particularly useful
one Of the most captivating Of recent nature
books is Mr Boardmans Lovers of the Woods. -
These records of camping life and forest sport
deserve to hold a permanent place on thu library
shelf. In truth, the love of the woods is in the
little. volume; the sympathetic Interpretation IF
all that is happy and healthfuI and wise in
natures woodland moods. The thing is as
fresh and sweet and vivifying the breath of
the pine itself. Let it not be forgotten that it
is full of practical hints for the camper and the
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and helpless in his blindness. In another VEIN
she describes the indignant impatience of a
cardinal bird, who simply could not endure the
perpetual billing and cooling of n pair of little
green parrots, or lovebirds. in the same apart
ment. He bore ii, glOwering, long as posi-
BILE; then he descended from his perch and set
himself squarey down between the honeymoon
ing pair. Mrs Miller reminds those entering
upon the fascinating study of wild birds that
the fittle creatures are never afraid of people
who move quietly and gently-it is suddenness
that alarms them. She notes the friendlness
of a baby cedar bird. who, tired by one of his
early flights sat down comfortably on the
shoulder of a gentle pedestrian and went home
with his companion. This feathered infant made
thereupon a visit of a day two, and mani
tested the utmost confidence and fondness for
being kept warm between two kindly hands
Mrs. Miller's book-which is by the way. pref
tiIy illustrated-is full of interest, amusement
and wholesome suggestion for young readers.
Perhaps if Mrs. Cotes had never read Eliza
beth and Her German Garden" she would still
have written her Crows Nest"-but she must
give us leave to doubt it. For here we find an
unmistakable straining to initiate that tone OF
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ures dwelt with her in free and loving conpah-
ionship, never Gagged except for purposes ol
travel or Of protection from danger. Mr.. Chupes
rescued when baby, manned and helpless
after fall from the nest-was the most endtaf-
ing and fascinating Of the two friends. lie had
a distinctive character of his own. most sweet
and fun loving nature, and affections deep and
sincere. once when his devoted guardian was
absent for few days, poor Mr.. Chupes was in
consolable. He gave himself up unreservedly
to his sorrow He ate only enough TO keep the life
in his little body, and not one bath did he take
during my absence. He was frequently FOUND
in the depths of a dark closet 1t was almost
as if he were attempting TO bury himself and MS
heartache His custodian feared that he would
die of grief before my return. When /
appeared in my room Jenny flew and futtered
around me, fairly screaming for joy; but Chupes
stationed himself on my shoulder and rubbed
his soft head and little beak caressingly against
my cheek while uttering low, tender little COOS
that said Tn so glad you've come back, for |
can't live without you. Never, never leave me
again." This affection began when the pretty
creature was still in the down Of extreme youth.
Even as a mere baby says Miss Bignell,
when opportunity offered, he would nestle down
on my shoulder where he would keep up ten
der little chattering and cooing; and another
favorite perch of his, particularly while 1 wrote
was the back Of my left hand. Here also, he
would cuddle down, as in a nest, while his head
would turn from side to side-the bright eyes
watching now my face and again the progress
Of my writing-and much of the time his rip
ping little song kept pace with the sound of my
pen"
Mrs Miller, like Miss Bignell approaches the
. "prettie fowles" of the air in the spirit Of low
ing comprehension The moderate amount Of
scientific fact which 1t is desirable that every
bo6v should know she offers US in genial fash
ion while she tells story after story Of the
strangely human characteristics of her little
aving friends. She shows some kind young
blue jays tenderly caring for an old jay, blind.
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OUT OF DOORS.
SOME BIRD STORIES; WITH OTHER
CHARMING RECORDS OF WOOD,
FIELD AND GARDEN.

MIR. CIIUPES AND MISS JENNY. The Life Story
q Two Robins. BY Effie BSnell. l6mo, PIP.
2Jo. The Baker and Taylor Company.
THE SECOND BOOK OF BIRDS. Bird Families
BY Olive Thprne Miller. l2mo., PIP 2U9. Hough-
ton, MifIlin x Go.
THE CROWS NEST BY Mrs. Everard COtes
(Sara Jeanette Duncan). Emo Dp. 2iS. Dodd
Mead x Co.
FLOWERS AND FERNS IN THEIR HAUNTS.
BY Mabel Osgood Wright. Crown Svo, PIP. S5S
The Macmillan Company.
OUR FERNS IN THEIR HAUNTS. BY Willard
y. Clute l2mo, PIP. 352 Frederick A Stokes
Company.
THE LOVERS OF THE WOODS. BY William H.
Boardman. l6mo' PIP. 2S9 Mcclure, fhhpS
x Co.
AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED. BY
Almon Dexter. l2mo, PIP. 2S5. II. w. Fisher
* Co.
There are few books on birds that can com
pare in charm with Miss Bignells biography of
her two robins. For five years these little Great
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under the title of Letters from the Mountains"
and which described with enthusiasm Highland
character, life and scenery. She delighted in
al do you know she says the Highland
e.s resemble the French in being poor with
3st-er grace than other people. If they want
certain iuXuries or cOnveniences they do not look
e-'iSarrassed and make you feel awkward by
petty apologies which you don't know how TO
answer; they rather dismiss any sentiment of
that kind by a playful railIery for which they
have a talent. People hereabouts when they
have good ancestry education and manners, are
so supported by the consciousness of those ad-
NlAUt2Ses that they seem not the least discon-
certed by the deficiencies of fortune. Is il not
blessed thing that there is a place where
poverty IS respectable and deprived of its
sting?'
Lively Anne married the gentle, rather ro-
mantle Mr.. Grant, minister of Laggan and went
TO i've IN the manse of that primitive village
Here for twenty years she managed the farm
and dairy and bore and reared twelve handsome
children, busily writing letters in the intervals
Of hard work. Not until the end of that time
when her husband died ana she sorely needed
money, did she hethink herself of publishing her
Writings. a volume OF very poor verses had
some success: and in later days she was i'm
pehed 10y necessity and much against her will
20 brlng out collection of her letters the Let
ters from the Mountains" The book was one
Of the notable publications Of the year and
funds IL plenty fiowed in upon the poor minis
-ei's widow. 4 handsome was added 10y her
Publishers to the half profits she had arranged
for; ard in accordance with an odd propensity
Of that day three London merchants sent her
z draft for $500 "a tribute Of their sincere
admiration She became a celebrity, mad some
thing Ike a salon and was received into the
literary company of Edinburgh. Walter Scott
she then met for the first time and thought his
appearance '|ery unpromsing and common
place" Yet, she added, though no CLEAN of
genius animates his countenance much of ii
appears in his conversation, which is rich
varied, easy and animated And again she
writes: Walter Scott has not CLEAN Of poetic
fire in his countenance, which merely suggests
the idea OF plain good sense" Scott remained
her literary hero and she never had any doubt
as TO the identity of the author of ''Waverley.'
She held. il may be noted, that he was not, in
that book. just the Highlanders Her Amer
lean Lady many readers and much APP
plause, and until its authors death in 1e3S at
the age of eighty-four, she remained figure
OF considerable Importance in literary society.
She was ever busy and Interested in books and
her fellow beings, and in spite Of grievous do
nestle troubles. went bravely and cheerfully to
the end. This Queen Of the Blue Stockings"
has been described 10y a traveller having a
very tail, large figure, Highland plaid thrown
over her shoulders, masculine features and
harsh voice, with a cast in eye. We should
prefer TO believe the testimony of the accom-
panying portrait, which reveals nice old lady
OF simple mien and mothery expression.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-14
THE "ANGELTS."
III AIau GaZette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
AfiIIet had hardly been dead ten years when
from one hcmisI here TO the other both the
French peasants and the American cowboys
nailed Up the "Angelus" over their heads as
HOLY image II is said that when Miilet had
finished that picture he showed ii first to
peasant. one. Of his neighbors at Barbizon The
l..fter aazed long and silently at the two humble
Ief.orars r,aueing with bowed heads over their
burrows in the midst Of their work; and as
N.llet by look and gesture, questioned nm, ana
waited his opinion. the worthy fellow SAID:
..The bells are ringing. are they not sir?
We don't see them. but they hear them
Come" said Millet, that is all right. / see
/ have made myself understood.
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MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY. The Life Ste
Cf Two Robins. BY Effe BignelL l6mo,
$50. The Baker and Taylor Company.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-20
IN THE OLD DOMINION.

Six skulls have been unearthed near
Grove Avenue and Lombard Street. Rich
mond.
] P Mausey. for nine years principal
in Roanoke. has been elected principal of
Suffolk High School
1t is asserted that the general offices
OF the SeabOaTd Air Line viii not be re-
moved from Portsmouth to Richmond
John r MiIey shipped from Romney
Thursday three carloads of export cattle.
which weighed over 100 pounds per head
The Point FIGURING Mills at East Lex
ington, recently rebuilt and enlarged by
Moses Bros, viii soon be ready for bust
ress-
AT Balcony Fails at the junCture OF
North and James Rivers, a number Of
bears have been seen crossing the noun
tainS.
walk of vitrifed brick is being laid
alongside the parade grounds at the Viz
ginia Military Institute from the entrance
to the cadet barracks.
Next week the eighth annual convention
of the Young Peoples Christian Union of
the U1jtedr Brethren Church Virginia
Conference, viii be held at Berkeley
Springs
ton Thursday did considerable damage to
crops in that vicinity n large brick build
ing on Main Street was unrocfed- The
electric light plant was injured
The total value OF taxable property in
Petersburg for the year 1891 under the
new assessment $ as follows Personal
property. $5.92a ,s55; tn tax on this is $50
SIS. Real estate, S5.T2i0+1. the tax on
which IS Sos
Leroy NJ Edwards. the principal of the
Bellevue School in Richmond and a we'll
known educator. is critically i'll Mr. Ed
wards, who was one of the best known
Methodist preachers IN Virginia
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Only so Cents Round Trip.

therefore. until the present day the
Treasury receipts and number Of patents
issued have correspondent, although not
year by year until recently, because the
money vas often received in one year
for a patent which was issued in another.
1T was the custom in early times for
money received from applicants for pat
entS when the invention was not consid-
cred new, OF inteTfeTed with another. to
be deposited in bank until a decision
was reached This account was first kept
in the Bank Of Columbia. in the Doctor 3
name After the removal of that bank it
was deposited in the Bank of the Metrop-
oils. where i was kept for some time, but
DeinS FOUND troublesome and not pTOflta-
bic to the hank. the account was ordered
to be closed by that bark Then, at the
request of Dr. Thornton, an account was
opened with the Patriot Bank in the name
Of William Elliot. This account was clos
ed III 1926 The persons in whose names
the accounts stood Were personally re-
spODSible to the Government and to the
inventors for the sums received and for
accuracy Of the accounts kept This was
the cause of 50 much controversy that
after the withdrawal of the funds from
the Patriotic Bank the money was paid
into the hands Of the agent of the De-
partment OF State, who no longer assum-
cd personal responsibility fer the ac-
counts.
In a report of William Elliot. dated
/ January 16 1880 he states that one rea-
son Tor the discrepancy between the num-
Der of patents issued and the Treasury
amount lost and unaccounted for was re-
ported by John D Craig on December -
1923. as 81 30 The same report show ed
that great deficiencies were found to ex-
list among the models and dra wings de-
posted in the Patent Office. 1t does not
appear that any regular system had been
adopted Up To that time for arranging
and preserving valuable and interesting
records. Accordingly. recommendation
was made rendering il penal to remove
any papers, drawings. or models belong
ing to the office
On the death of Thornton. March o.
/ 1S2S, Thomas P Jones was appointed his
successor, anG John D. Craig shortly af-
! teTward followed him Craig was the
first to make an orderly and systematic
classification and arrangement of the
/ models and drawings. corresponding to
the nature Of the subject 70 which they
belonged. He WIS succeeded in 1924 by
b r Pickett. who remained only a short
! while IN 1875. Henry l. Ellsworth of
Connecticut. became superintendent The
organization Of the Office at that time
consisted Of the superintendent at 81, 800
two clerks at 81. 900 each. and one at $500
machinist at S7o0 and a messenger at
S300
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Family cares and duties do not weigh
down the well woman, and the children
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MARYLAND NEWS NOTES.

Lightning struck A flock of turkeys in
a tree near Frederick the other day and
killed twelve of them.
Mrs Cyrus T Sanders. who lives near
GoTtRer. south Of Oakland was struck
shocked
Frank W. c Hewitt of Frederick. coun-
tyr who was committed to the house of
correction two years ago. has been re-
leased by Judge -M6zter on haDeas corpus.
The Monte Vista property at Oakland
recently owned BY Dr. G. NJ =. King has
been purchased by Nelson Thorna SSOn. of
Chicago, for $1,000 10 be used as q sum
mer residence by his family
John Jacob Shartzer. father Of George.
John, and Andrew Shartzer. OF Oakland.
and Leonard Shartzer. Of Accident, died
at his home. near Accident, on Wednes-
day aged eighty-six years
Robert Lewis. coIOred who is wanted
in Cumberland. charged with shooting at
q woman six months ago, was arrested
at Mount ATTY yesterday and committed
to j-iI in Frederick
IJr J. n Megary. q veterinary surgeon,
was kicked by a horse on the farm OF
James Jones near Befair. Thursday and
dangerously hurt His parents. who live
in Baltimore, were at once sent for
An electric storm at Chautsuqua Beach
yesterday was accompanied by water
spout The spout formed under the Old
pier g. posite the hotel and carried away
nearly 300 feet OF the pier.
rev MI ! HDIEldS. TtCLDT-DI Holy lTlNl-
~ Parish. Prince George county. has re-
signed. 10 take effect August % 1891 Rev
Mr. Thomas viii take charge Of Epiphany
Mission in Washington
During q storm in Caroline county
Thursday evening a dwelling in Ridgely
belonging TO George Davis and occupied
by James Frampton and wife, deaf mutes.
was badly damaged by lightning and
some Of the furniture was wrecked
Preparations are completed for the dedi-
cation at Grantsvill= tomorrow Of the
new St Mary's Catholic Church. Rev.
Thomas J Stanton. OF Homecoming Will
bless the new edifice. and Rev James E
COnneH, of Oakland, will preach the ser
mon.
Rev c. j s Mayo. rector Of St Mat
thew's Parish, Prince George county. and
his son. Robert NJ Mayo. sailed yesterday
from Philadelphia Tor Europe. They viii
visit England, Scotland. and Ireland and
viii return to HyaItsville about Septem-
Der I5-
Mrs. Ida KilIian. while driving through
Cayetown Thursday afternoon, was acct
dentally shot in the left knee by clifford
Fockler, who was in his house cleaning a
revolver
p c. Lichliter. a travelling salesman. OF
HagerstOwn. while crossing Sleepy Creek
In a buggy was upset His coat, contain
ing $40 was lost, and 800 worth OF sam
pies was ruined b. water
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Asthma, Bronchitis,
and Consumption
Cured
BY DR.. EDWARD KOCH
Whose Treatment stands Alone as
the Only Cure of These Diseases

the Only Cure of These Diseases.
They steal upon their victim Ike the
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and in later stages a loss Of flesh Indeed
CataTTh is well known 10 be certain
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though all thinking persons know that
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Many physicians are now sending their
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Cnautauqua Beach

formerly Bay RIDGE RoCnd Trip. 20 cents
Trains B. & O. $40 a m. 30 p m Sundays,
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Special Sale of
BOOKS.
Basement.t

The sale of the 5000 volumes
purchased a short time since and
marked at great reductions from
former prices has met with quick
response Embracing as it does
books in nearly every department
of literature, it is of great interest
to students, libI arians of schools
and public libraries and Sunday
schools and to literary folks in
general who wish to add good
books TO their home libraries at
little prices.
Over 1000 titles are represent
ed-and while many have been
sold there yet remains choice
selection.
These books are offered at
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-20
Horse KnIed by Lightning.

EDENSVILLE, Pa. July 20-During a
severe thunderstorm near here Thursday
night lightning struck and killed a horse
belonging TO Levi /. Springer, the post
master. The horse was attached TO a
huckster's wagon, and the lightning shat
tered the vehicle The driver. Charles
Snyder had left the horse and wagon n
seek refuge from the storm. when the
bolt descended The wagon was filled
with eggs and chickens. hut not an egg
was broken or chicken killed
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-20
A Third,
A Half,
And Less than Half Former
Prices.

This sale comprises Dainty
Dimities, Lawns, Organizes,
Swisses, and many of the other
most beautiful and most popular
sorts of wash fabrics for midsum-
mer wear-gOods from our own
choice and carefully selected
stock, many thousands Of yards
CT which have been in the house
less than two weeks.
Stock taking is but ten days
off and we want less yards to
count this year than we've ever
had in any season gOne-hence
this reduction sale Some Of the
most interesting items are as fol-
lows: