The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-17

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 A pretty little story of the devotion
 of weasel to her young is told in the
 August number of Casselps Little Folks
 (which begins a new volume). The
 writer says: Although looked upon as
 vermin and destroyed accordingly, the
 weasel Is a good mother, and probably
 treats her young ones more kindly
 than many of her human enemies treat
 theirs. A weasel, carrying something in
 her mouth. was once seen to enter a hole in a tree. The observer, applying lighted straw. soon smoked her out. She then darted towards a stone wall, near
 which she was attacked by terrier,
 which speedily slew her She fell an
 easier victim because of the burden she
 bore in her teeth. Anxious to see what
 this was, the onlooker went forward,
 and found it was baby weasel. The
 mothers nest in field close by had
 been ploughed up, and she had been
 searching for another home. AS her youngster had not run, she carried it
 in her mouth rather than leave it to
 perish. Cassell & Co.,, New York | Plas Mawr, Conway. the home of the Royal Cambrian Academy, is pictured and written of by MT. E. W. Haslehust
 in the Magazine of Art for August.
 Published by Cassell & Co.,, New York.
 The old home of the Wynnes is, of course haunted, and the ghost is thus referred to: It is, however, round the | Lantern, and reception rooms, in which
 
 Mawr would be incomplete without a ghost; this the Lantern room supplies, and 1t is supposed to have some con- nection with the priests Hiding Place. above the landing outside, to which ac- cess was obtained through masked pas sages and steps cunningly contrived in the walls of these two rooms, and also from the secret chapel already men toned The inner side of the hiding place consisted of a sliding panel, which gave entrance to another retreat; into this Hast resort the fugitive would escape on finding that his first hiding place had been discovered. Supernat- ural footballs have been heard to pace the floor of the Lantern room in the silence of the evening; and strange something's" have been seen at dusk through the easements, from the court yard below. Who shall say of the hap penings at night, when the building is closed and deserted? The genial cura- tor-by whose courtesy the writer was shown many parts of the building not thrown open to the public-though without the slightest belief in ghosts, mentioned that on several occasions when in this room at dusk among oth- CT uncanny manifestations he has felt an invisible presence brush against his person. at the same time hearing audible footsteps on the oaken floor. He also states that he cannot enter the room, even in broad daylight, without curious sensation creeping over him!
 The dramatic version of the success full book, Uncle Terry" by Charles Clark Mum of our own state, publish ed by Lee & Shepard, Boston, will not | be simply one of the attractions to be ! produced by the Waite Comedy com | pany. Instead of that this play will | be q grand scenic production in which | the title role will be played by James | R. Waite and will take its place among 1 the leading productions of the season in the large cities.
 As a feature of their attractive an- nouncements of "Blennerhassett," the Aaron Burr romance. which the c. M. | Clark company of Boston will bring out the first week in September, they are preparing an excellent reproduction of an original miniature of Harman Blennerhassett The minia ttre was | painted in London, in t796, just before | Fn. A al T in the possession of his great-grand- | nephew, Dr. Francis c. Martin, of Bos- ton. and is used by his kind permission, The reproduction is a photo-engraving printed in sepia on buish tinted card.
 Messrs. Mcclure, Phillips X Co., have in press, fof publication early this fall, the following books: "rrlstram of Blent," by Anthony Hope; Seen in Germany" by Ray Stannard Baker; 'The Firebrand," by $. R. Crockett; Irish Pastorals,' by Shan Bullock; The Princess of the Purple Palace" by William Murray Graydon; House With the Green Shutters" by George Douglass; "Lincoln's Plan of Recon by Charles H. Mccarthy; Lincoln and Other Poems," by Edwin Markham: Mother Goose" illustrated n colors, by W. w. Denslow; Held Tor Orders" stories of railroad life. by Frank H. Spearman; wall Street Stories" by Edwin Lefevre; "The Nesterners," by Stewart Edward White and By Bread Alone" by l. K. Friedman, the author of Poor People"
 The September number of the Smart Set (New York) fully sustans the rep ,tation of that fascinating magazine or vivacity and cleverness. The num- ,er opens with an amusing novelette, " Caroline Duer, entitled "A New Bonnet for Mary" Mrs. M. E. w. Sherwood writes entertainingly on the ubiect of divorce under the title of Untying the Knot Mrs. Flora Bige- )w Dodge, sister of Poultney Bige- lw, Is the author of a brilliant and umorous society satire entitled Mrs lacks Example, while Edgar Satus rites another of his pyrotechnic es- avs entitled "The Pomps of Satan" he of the strongest stories in the umber is "The Price of Honor" by lloyd Osbourne, and Prince Vladimir 'aniatsky contributes a strange tale ~ alled "The queen of the Far Coun- 'y" Other features of this attractive . sue are: "tnderbrush, a mystery f the woods, by Julien Gordon (Mrs. an Rennselaer Crugeo; His Trophy rfia IrIirtatin,, v tha NVOOipg Of de-