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$1,000 for Two Chairs.


LondOn Telegraph.
Owners OF old Chippendale furniture have
known for some time its enhanced market
value. but few can be so ~sanguine as 10 fail
20 be surprised when they learn that a pair
o. chairs brought a thousand guineas yes
terdsy. a wealthy collector has been known
90 give as much as 81. 200 for a set Of four
~Chippendale chairs. but yesterdays price
a. Chrtsties Is much greater in proportion.
As IL fell out, there was a well-sustained
duel between Messrs. Duven and Partridge
and In the end the former allowed his rival
10 pay &lro50-a smashing price, in a Gill
bertian sense. There can be no doubt that
The best Of the arts and crafts Just now
are In extraordinary demand. Pictures have
long since ceased 10 satiate the rich patron.
and he desires everything that Is rare or
decorative-the first prefeTred-as the con-
temporary artist or craftsman knows 10
his sorrow.
Naturally. the Chippendale lot outdid
everything else yesterday. The chairs have
open backs. with pierced. vase-shaped CEN
tiers. deliberately carved with scroll foliage.
lowers. she'll and gadrOOn ornament The
legs are carved Gabrielle and the seats are
covered with damask This IL. We believe,
the record price for Chippendale chairs. the
nearest approximate price being $50 guineas.
paid AT the Cannon Hall sale. near Read
Ing. IN lS9s. but these were state chairs.
with silk needlework coverings.
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GETTING BOARD IN BOSTON.
The Applicant Must Pass n Rigid Ex-
a~minRtiOn
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald.
Until one has tried II the difficulties OF
obtaining q boarding place in some OF the
very beautiful but conservative suburbs OF
Boston are not realized. You can pass n
civil-service examination or obtain a lie
insurance policy more easily. \ young BOS-
ton newspaper man, who had decided 70 eN-
change the eXcitements or the city Tor tbs
quiet simplicity Of the country, sailed forth
bravely one day recently. but returned 10
town wondering II he looked like "A second
story burglar or "a sneak thief. owing 10
the rigid crOss-questioning he had received
from sundry timid householders. When he
started out he was well armed with refer
ences of the most excellent character. but
when he returned he found that he had
been compelled TO tell the entire story of
his life. and even then the matter had not
heen settled. one gray-bearded gentleman,
not far from RoXbury, proved 20 be the
prize inQuisitor OF the lot. He placed the
applicant on the rack for an hour and A
half. firing questions az him with Maxim
gun rapidity. When the late Ii Hung
Chang was in this country he was noted
for the strangely personal questions he
asked all the people he met. The aged
RoXbury gentleman was able 10 beat Ear
Ii at his own game. lie started out with
queries as To the applicants business. his
Boston. and whether he was likely 20 be
out nights. The old gentleman wanted 20
know IL the applicant had any FRIENDS, anu
IL so, who were they. The question. now
ever, which appeared 10 be the most vital.
was on the matter Of being out nights. me
applicant finally. with tears In his eyes,
confessed that IL was quite iikels that some
nights he would be out until mldnlsht OF
later. at work. "W-a-l-l." drawled the aeea
RoXbury resident. at the conclusion OF ms
protracted interview. II guess II you can I
get in by 3 o'clock at the latest you cant
come here"
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Magazine Editors Guide.

New York Evening Post.
Magazine editors nave not the stern cri-
terion OF sales by which TO measure the
popularity OF any particular writer whose
work they have published. With the man
who accepts a manuscript for a book, the
question whether the public agrees with his
taste or not is soon settled, once the book
is on the market and its eXcellences duly
set forth by street-car and newspaper ad-
vertisement. About ell the magazine editor
can do is to watch the notices of his cur
rent issue for what the critics take the
trouble TO say. He has. though. one other
means OF finding out what is acceptable to
his readers, and that is through their vol
untary letters Of criticism or commenda-
ton for this or that feature Of the Inaga-
zines contents. Such letters he values, be-
cause he believes not one out OF 5000 read
ers who have or have not been entertained
or instructed would go TO the pains TO write
him a note TO tell him so. When one does
go to such pains, and gets even so far as
10 buy a stamp and see that the note is
posted, the editor has a feeling that thou
sands Of others think the same way. He
files these letters away; and the authors
they commend are sure OF respectful at
tention when next they send in a manu-
script for the magazine.
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One evening while al a Dramatic Enter
ainment consisting of twenty-five Coon
Songs. a Rising Young Lawyer looked
across the P~arquette and nearly blinded
himself. He thought he had seen some
twenty-four-carat Tizums when he had at
tended College and hung around the Fem
Sem. but the Girl that he now beheld was
ia a class by herself. She made Cleopatra
look like Martha the Sewing Girl. And
Venus arising from the Sea was a %squizzly
old Soap Advertisement in three dement,
airy Colors.
The fair Unknown had a pair Of Incan-
descent Headlights that beat the Anna
Held Autographs; a Complexion like the
Sunset Blush on a Snow-Bank, and enough
Hair rising above her 10 ht out two Girls
of her size. She was somewhat sttired in
a Whipped-Cream delicatessen Delirium
with mauve-colored Galluses. When she
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Costly Books.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
There are many publishers In this and
other cities whose output is never noticed
by the literary critics, for the reason that
the volumes they get out are too expensive
to be donated to newspapers, the weeklies
and the monthies for review. There is, for
instance, a publisher in Philadelphia who
issued recently an edition of Mark Twain at
s15 a volume. He also issued the works or
Anthony Hope at the high figure of 500 for
the set. He will bring out in the fall a four
volume edition OF Confessions OF Kous-
seau." for which he will charge 500 a vol
ume. But few people, save his patrons,
know what he is doing, and ms patrons
are, chiefly, the millionaires of TINS city,
New York, Chicago and San Francisco. He
does not advertise. His books are sold by
agents. The agents are not of that humble
class which is forbidden to enter ONCE
buildings. They are. on the contrary, I'M
posing persons who travel luXuriously
through the country, and who never thlnk
of calling on a possible buyer without nav
ing first stated their business and arranged
for an interview by letter.
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TO LIVE IN CORAL HOUSES.
The Telegraph Operators Who VIII
Work on M~id-Pacifc islands.
San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle.
The little coral reef in the South Pacific
ocean. known as Tanning island. is to be
a resting place for the English submarine
cable TO stretch its long length from Brit
ish Columbia To the Australian common
wealth. Although a mere speck on some
maps, and entirely absent from most at
lases, II has developed great importance in
the telegraph system of the world. II lies
1850 miles south of Hawaii, and, TO be geo
graphically accurate. is situated In latitude
3 degrees 81 minutes % seconds north and
in longitude Is degrees q minutes 80 sec
Onds west. On this island the Pacific Cable
Board, by which name the English cable
company is called. has determined 10 estGb-
lsh its midocean station, ~eXpending thereon
between 100000 and $4,000 In San Fran
cisco.
Tfte plans for the building have been pre-
pared in this city by Henry IL Meyers, and
provide for quarters for the Geographic
STAFF. including the operating room. a dwell
ing for the superintendent or the station, a
carpenter shop, lighthouses, a lamproom.
kitchens and a large reservoir for the
catching and preservation OF rain water for
drinking purposes. The walls OF these struc-
lures are TO be OF coral obtained or the
island. but all OF the other material will
come from San Francisco. The coral will
be covered with cement on the exterior and
the buildings will be made as nearly fire.
proof as possible. They VIII be for the
most part two stories in height.
The telegraph cable station VIII be To-
Gated at English harbor. the only shinDina
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Our Juvenile Novel Writers.

London Letter in New York Mail and Ex-
press.
THE young American girl" said an Eng
lish publisher. the other day, has her own
way Of It in the home, and she seems to be
getting her own way in fiction. 1t is a naive
spectacle TO observe the daring plunges into
historical romance of American young
women still in their teens, or barely out of
them. The vanished regimes of the old
world have a strong fascination for these
ingenious daughters of the Republic, and it
would almost seem that the more brilliant
the period, and the more corrupt the court,
according TO modern notions, the greater
the fascination. These youthful writer's
move amid an atmosphere OF intrigue and
profigacy with assured and fearless tread,
and their familiar presentation OF charac-
ters who cOuid not get admitted into their
parents drawing room is at once vigorous
and aseptic. 1t is doubtful IL old world
readers will accept their rOmances as either
literature or information, but unquestiOn-
ably they ind attraction in studying their
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Mr.. HoweIIs Begs for Mercy.

Literary Bulletin.
Mr.. Howells, according to the Harpers,
albeit one OF the most amiable and patient
of successful authors, has been obliged
to plead for mercy from several classes
of correspondents; first, those young au-
thors who vainly imagine that he pro-
nounces editorially upon their MSS, and,
worse still. ask him TO devote his already
too scant leisure time to giving them his
opinion and advice: second. autograph
seekers, who ask for his signature, but
who won't send a stamped and directed
envelope containing a card TO receive his
autograph; and. third, those kind and ap-
preciative people who ask him TO lecture,
teach, exhOrt, or pray in public. none OF
which Mr.. Howells, upon any preteXt what
soever. nowadays ever does. As a matter
of fact. Mr.. Howells is sorry that he can
not accede 10 every request OF MS trlends'
but just in much the same way as a quart
measure cannot hold a gallon, SO II Is I'M
possible for an already overworked author
TO perform at the same time his labor ana
the larger labor of those many oDilSlnS
actions towards which his inclination leads
him.
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Publishers and Author.
New York Times.

New York Times.
lone great weakness in the management
OF our literary affairs to-day" said a popu-
Ia: author recently, is the Indifference on
the part OF our publishers TO real talent.
All that the publishers seem to care for is
the selling quality Of an author, regard
less of his real merit. In the end I believe
that this policy is harmful commercially as
we'll as artistically. The man with genuine
talent is sure TO last longer and eventually
to pay better than the man who either sue
ceeds by accident or by being doomed In
the old days many a publisher used TO find
IT to his advantage to foster literary tai
nt-that is, not merely TO encourag &c writ
ers by personal interest and by advice. Nbut
by paying them so much a year, with the
understanding that they were 10 work in
peace OF mind and wholesome leisure and
to do the best they could. Nowadays, with
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The influence of FictionaI People.

Alexander Smith.
If Mr.. Dickens's characters were gath
cred together they would constitute a town
populous enough TO send a representative
to Parliament. Let us enter. The style of
architecture is unparalleled. There is an in
dividuality about the buildings. In some
obscure way they remind us OF human
faces. There are houses sly looking. houses
wicked looking, houses pompOus looking.
Heaven bless US; what a rakish pump;
what a ~self-important town hall; what a
~hard-hearted prison. The dead walls are
covered with advertisement of Mr.. Slear-
ey's circus. Newman Noggs comes shamb-
ing along. Mr.. and the Misses Pecksnif
come sailing down the sunny side of the
street. Miss Mercy's pafaSOl is gay: papa's
neckcloth is white, and terribly starched.
Dick SwiVeller leans against the wall, his
hands In his pockets, a primrose held be-
tween his teeth, contemplating the opera Of
Punch and judy" which is being con-
Quoted under the management of Messrs.
CodlinGs and Short. You turn a corner and
you meet the coffin of little Paul DombeY
borne along. Who would have thought of
~encOuntering a funeral in this place? In
the afternoon YOU hear the rich tones of
the organ for Miss La Creevy's first floor.
Tor Sam Pinch has gone TO live there now:
and as you know all the people as you
know your own brothers and sisters, and,
Consequently, require no letters of intro
duction, you 90 up and talk with the dear
old fellow about all his friends and your
friends. and towards evening he takes your
arm and you walk out TO see poor Nelly's
grave-a place which ne visits often. and
which he dresses with flowers with his
own hands. l know this is the idlest dream
ing, but all of us have a sympathy with
the creatures Of the drama and the novel.
Around the hardest cark and toll lies the
imaginative world Of the poets and roman
cistss and thither we sometimes escape TO
snatch a mOuthful of serener air. There
our best lost feelings have taken a human
shape. We suppose that boyhOOd with it's
impulses and enthusiasms has subsidized
with the gray cynical man whom we have
known these many years. Not a bit of il.
II has escaped into the world Of the poet.
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For the Ancestor Hunters.

". L. Alden's London Letter.
We are to have a new quarterly review,
to be called the Ancestor. 1t is to be pub
lished by Messrs. Constable & Co, and II
will deal principally with genealogy. 1t
ought 10 appeal TO the many Americans
who take an interest i'm hunting their an
cestors-and more innocent sport has never
been devised. 1t is a pity that the review
was not brought out during the lifetime of
the late Grant Allen. for he was one of the
best hunters of ancestors in England. He
probably knew far more. about English
families and their origins than the herald's
college itself, and l remember that he once
set me Oh the track of certain ancestors of
my own whom no professional hunter had
ever been able 10 stalk. He would have
made an admirable editor of the Ancestor,
and would have taken delight in the work.
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famed herself il could be seen that she
had put some Jeweler out of the Business.
1t is very seldom that one sees anything
Of that kind except in the back part of a
Magazine.
OF course, she did not know that the
Opera Glasses were being pointed at her.
even by those who sat two Rows in front.
If she had known that, it would have an
noyed her a lot. 1t always annoys a Young
Woman who has put on $1,000 worth Of
Hurrah Clothes to have a lot of Strange
Men do the Waldorf-AstOria Inspection.
The only thing that annoys her more than
that is to have these same Goodyear Spe-
cialists overlook her entirely.
When some forty-seven would-be Lady
Stealers are giving a Circus Maiden the
Grand Stand Eye she has to be in fine Con-
dition if she can sit through it and not let
on. The. Unknown was still a Bud, and
yet she was thoroughly up in the Part.
She was unconscious of her own Hit, and
she was determined to keep on being un-
conscious.
Among the other Things she wore that
Evening was a f-eatherweight Escort who
had Percy written all over him. The Men
were wondering why any Peacherette with
a Kentucky Shape, who could take her
pick Of all Mankind, should want to carry
such a sad Specimen of Excess Baggage.
He was one of these 9O-pound Wrap-Hold-
ers who Showed his Teeth when he was
pleased. He belonged out at Mothers Place
ir the Country feeding the White Rabbits.
Every Man who saw him smuggling up 70
the Unknown hoped that he would fall
down and break his Leg.
The Rising Young Attorney caromed on
both sides Of the Aisle when he went out,
for he was still looking at the Dream. He
hid behind a Billboard and saw her come
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Rather Suggestive.

New York Times.
During the year that l have been get
ting manuscripts back from unappreciative
editors" said Charles Theodore Murray the
other night. II have observed a general.
tone of apologize regret in the accompany
ing notes of rejection, as though the dear
editors feared that my feelings might be
hurt. OF course i have become so hardened
by this time that the return of some of my
manuscript fails TO arouse any feeling at
all. but / must confess that Richard Wat
son Glider rather started me TO thinking
last month when he sent me back a humor-
Gus sketch of which [ was especially fond
in an envelope with a deep black mourning
border, and without comment
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Two Intelligent Robins.
MINNEAPOLIS Journal.

Nlitlledp Dllb JoliluA-
TIL following incident seems 100 remdfA-
able To be trne. and vet A is vOuched Tor
by a writer whose word should not %
doubted. Two robins were trying 10 tcatn
their little one to hy. IL attempted 10 cover
too great 81 distance and fell 10 the ground
NY little boy caught II and told him 20
put IL on the roof OF our side porch. Inen
he and l watched 20 see What ne o'.s.
birds vculd 40 They huttered about tle
yard for a while and then neW On VS.
waited for them TO return. but they did nots
and had just made up my mind that tney
had deserted the young one when So.
them coming, accompanied by q tnird 90
one. They flew directly TO the roof OF tne
porch. and / saw that one OF them had a
piece of Irvine in its bill. And what do YOU
suppose they did next II | had not seen II
| would never have believed H. Two OF
them caught hold OF the Irvine, one a. each
end and the little one caugh; the middle OF
N I'm his bill. Then they few on the porch.
the third Robin flying under the little ons
aud supporting IL on his back
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The Holly Tree Inn.
Nevertheless again I drank my cobbler,
julep, sling or cocktail in all good will TO
my friend the general. and my friends the
majors, colonies and civilians, all; full we'll
knowing that whatever little notes my
beamy eyes may have discerned in theirs,
they belong to a kind, generous, large
hearted and great people.
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entrance on flaming island, although IL is
nine and a half miles long and four miles
wide. n popularity Of the place is that ii
Is not above two or three feet above the
level Of the ocean, excepting on the outer
coast, where the rim OF the coral has been
thrown up by the action of the sea 10 the
height OF ten feet in some places. There
are trees on the island, but they are mostly
cocoanut. so that fuel, as we'll as thinking
water, is a scarce article. The coral isle
has been a British possession since ll9S.
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own past through such new and naive
eyes as those OF the innocent but enter
prising young women of America"
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16
DEATH OF OLIVER PENNY.

Oliver Penny died at the Bridgeport hospital, Saturday, aged 67 years. His wife died some years ago, but he is survived by a son and daughter, Charles Penny and Mrs Campbell. The funer- al was attended on Monday, Rev J.. F. Plumb officiating. The pallbearers were: Messrs Nathan Penny, Peter Butcher, Lorenzo Olivet and John B. Townsend. MT Penny is spoken of as an honest, hard working citizen.
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16

once they were let of with costs They came up on one of the. night freights and began making themselves a nuisance.
 D. La Hait of Albany, N. Y., passed Sunday in town. the guest of his broth CT, Joseph La Hait.
 J. J. Pickett passed Sunday in New York City.
 Andrew M. Booth passed last Friday in New Haven. .
 Reuben Booth, Miss Ruth T. Booth and Mrs Bessie Seccomb went to New York, Saturday. the ladies remaining for several days.
 MT and Mrs l. B. Bristol are making their home for the present with Hon Nicholas Staub nn West street. Mrs Charles Hendricks has been quite seriously ill with pneumonia, hut is recovering under the care of Dr Bar | ker.
 IT. w Kim,in. Pbilo and J. Stuart Halpine are out M new road wagons, bought of R. X A. M. Booth. Charles H. Lake has new top carriage, bought of the same firm.
 Mrs Charles Botsford and daughter, Miss Lena, returned on Monday, after a winters sojourn at Pine Bluff, N. C.
 The Farmers Trading Co. have bought one of the horses and wagons of Kinney & Co.,, who were burned out, last week.
 William Donnelly of Brooklyn has been the guest of his brother, James Donnelly, of Railroad street.
 Frank Blackman of Bridgeport has passed several days in town, the guest of his brother, Dr c. B. Blackman, O1 Whittlesey avenue.
 MERRYALL AND VICINITY.
 Rev Stephen Heacock will conduct service at the chapel next Sunday, May Is, at p. m. All are invited to come Fred C. Merwin of Poultney, Vt was here, last week, to see the effect' of New Affords great fire. , MT and Mrs OrlO Cook and daughter of Bridgeport were at John Robinson over Sunday.
 ? Mrs G. NJ. Merwin, who has bee visiting her parents in Lakeville, rt turned home this week
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16

Trading Go. if you want the best on the market. Health by good living is obtained by using Health brand food products. Only sold at Farmers Trading Go. Free delivery.
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16
WORCESTER BUCKEYE
 MOWERS.

Competitive tests
 everywhere, and the positive experience of every one of the thous- ands upon thousands of Worcester Mower users, prove conclus- ively and absolutely that Worcester Mow. CTS will cut more grass and cut grass longer, and cut grass easier, and make less fuss about it, and keep 1T condition longer thar any other mowers or the face of the earth
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16

25x4O, and the work was done by T. Soule & Go. MT McMahon was ready for business yesterday, and henceforth will be able to care for anything in his line.
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16
CHARLES COUCH INJURED.

CHARLES COOCf1 1No U OnnD'
 Charles Couch, the well-known cattle man. was thrown from his wagon, last week. and had shoulder diSlOcated. Dr Barker attended to his injuries.
 Harry Golden of Canaan passed Sun day in town. coming to view the ruins. A. J. McMahon has sold a valuable COW to Arthur Colwell.
 MT and Mrs Nichols of Patterson, N. Y., were in town, last week, to view the havoc wrought by the fire. They were the guests of their daughter, Mrs George Ackley, of Bridge street. Save soc ton on your coal and buy ! it now. Best Lehigh hard coal only. Special price this month at our yards hefore moving them.IThe Farmers Trading Co.
 J Buy your groceries of The Farmers
The Newtown bee., 1902-05-16
ROASTED PORK IN ABUNDANCE.

ROASTED PORK IN ABUNDANCE.
 John B.. Cox has his temporary store on the east side of the Park ready for business. He bought big Jackson cooler in New York and is ready to defy the clements. The loss of MT Cox will foot up $500. He saved his tools and some of his fresh meat. When they come to dig In the ruins at his former store they will find lot of roasted pork, for he had s25o worth in the cellar.