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whose relatives are all dead, or in the
old country. where they can't be reach
ed I'm tired of this business"
We'll. you shouldn't be cross with
me about il. Thad,'' said Bessie. with a
teary look in her eyes. II have to put
up with great deal more of it than
you have. only you never know it.
Why, I've cooked one-half Of my own
luncheons in the last month.
And the dinners. too, III wager, )"
growled Thaddeus
NO; she's always got home for din
ner heretofore"
We'll. wen keep a record book for
her. too. then. And Wen be generous
with her Wen allow her just as L was
allowed in college, per cent in cuts.
If she has 25 1-5 per cent. she goes
Il don't think 1 understand said
Bessie.
well. Wen put it this way: There
are thirty days in a month. That
means ninety meals a month. If she
cooks sixty-seven and a half Of them.
she can stay; IL she fails to cook the
other twenty-five and half, she can
stay; but woe be unto her If she slips
up by even so little as 4 millionth part
of the sixty-eighth"'
Il don't see how you can manage the
half part of it."
Well leave that TO her." said Thad-
deus. firmly; "and, what is more. wen
put John and Mary on the same basis
and Dennis we won't have on any basis
at all. A man who Will take advantage
Of his brothers absence at wake 70
black the shoes of that brothers only
employer with stove polish is not the
kind OF man l want to have around a"
1t will be a very good plan" said
Bessie. for all except Mary. Her alb
sence she cannot well avoid. She has
to go to church"
How many times a week does she
have to go?" aueried Thaddeus.
She is required to go to confession
We'll. let her reform. and then she'll
have nothing 10 go 10 confession for.
don't believe that's where she goes
either. l notice that one-haIf those
evenings she takes off. permitting me
TO mind the front door, and enabling
us both 10 acquire proficiency in the
art OF helping ourselves at dinner
there's a f1reman's bail or a police
mans hop or a letter carriers theater
party going on somewhere in the
country. and It's my belief the wor-
Shipping she does on these occasions is
AT the shrine of Terpsichore or that of
Melpomene, which is a heather custom
and not to be tolerated here. Ii she's
so fond of living In church. We can
quote to her Hamlets advice to Ophe-
la: Get thee to a nunnery;' Why.
Bess. l was mortified TO death the
other night when Bradley dined here.
He's all the time Dragging about his
menagerie. and l tried TO bluff him out
and make him believe we were waited
on by angels in disguise. and you know
what happened. He came, saw. and |
was regularly knocked out You let us
in; We waited on ourselves; cook had
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don't believe in setting L cook uD in
business"
How do you mean2"
II mean that I haven't any doubt
that Bridget would in a very short
time become a highly successful pro-
duce broker with bull tendencies. The
chicken market would be buoyant. and
the quotations on the Stock Exchange Of
say b.. S. and P.-U-C.-otherwis
Beef Succotash and Picked -Up-Cod-
fish-would rise to the highest point
in years Why. my dear. by Christ
mas time cook would have our surplus
in her own pocketbook: and in the
place of the customary five oranges
and an apple she would receive from
the butcher a Christmas card. in the
shape Of a check of massive. If not
graceful. proportions. No. Bess.
- think the old way IS the best
PERHAPS it is. BY the way. John
has kept the grounds looking well.
hasn't he? The lawn. doesn't seem to
have weed on it said Bessie. walk
ing TO the window and gazing out at
the soft velvety sward In the glow of
twilight
Yes. IT looks pretty we'll: but there's
small heap of stuff over there near
the fence which rather inclines me to
believe that the weeds have been
pulled out within the last few days
in fact. since you wrote to announce
our return. John is an energetic man
in an emergency. and 1 haven't
doubt he has been here at least once
week ever since we left. I'll keep :.
record of John this fall"
And so the two contented home
comers talked happily along. and when
they closed their eyes in sleep that
night they were. upon the whole. very
well satisfied with life
Weeks elapsed, and with them some
of the air-castles collapsed. Whether
custom stalled the infinite variety of
the cooks virtues, and age withered
the efficiency of Mary. the waitress, or
whether something was really and
radically wrong with the girls, Thad-
deus and Bessie could not make out.
Certain It was, however, that by slow
degrees the satisfaction for which that
first dinner seemed TO stand as guar
antOr wore away, and dissatisfaction
entered the household Mary de-
veloped a fOndness for church at most
inconyppfart ho,,rc hours o+ x.,bfoh {v
fact, neither Thaddeus nor Bessie had
ever supposed church could be. That
ii was eternal they both knew, but
they had always supposed there were
intermissions. Then the cooks family,
which had hitherto been moderately
healthful. began to show signs Of in
validism, though no such calamity as
actual dissolution ever set it's devastat-
ing step within the charmed circle of
her relatives. Cousins fell i'll whom she
alone could comfort; nephews devel-
oped maladies for which she alone
could care; and. according to Thad-
on penalty of n fine 10 attend the
funerals of some twenty-four deceased
intimate friends in less than two
months. although the newspapers con
taIned no mention of the existence Of
a possible epidemic in the Celtic quar-
ter. 1t is true that John showed a
more pronounced desire to make his
absense less inconvenient TO his en-
pIover Than df1 NTar.- ood -ba oootr ~
providing a substitute when the An
cient Order Of Funereal Hibernians
compelled him TO desert the post OF
duty; but ThaGdeus declared the rem
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lat you may thor
oughly C o m pr e.
hend how it hap
pened that on last
Christmas d a Y
Thaddeus meted
out gifts of value
so unprecedented
to the domestics
Of what he has
come TO call his
"menagerie" - the
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

day, making the home Of Thaddeus
their headquarters over Sunday. when
the game the huntsmen had bagged the
day before had TO be plucked, cleaned,
and cooked by her own hands for din
ner. And II was nicely selected. too"
she added. II sometimes think that
III let Bridget do the ordering at the
market
HIM! Well said Thaddeus, shak-
Ing his head dubiously, i haven't
doubt that Bridget could do it, ana
would be very glad to do II; but 1
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Chey look ike blocks Of
Opolescent glass with
plate glass bulls eyes
let into The Centerc
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-07-21
Baltimore. Ic. Treitag, ben 2t. Snli 1905

uno Somes s. SpOc nod 6eute ser
Gigentbiincr lit.
8ieier Ter0uht mlrroC Qcitern ourd,
cine Gonieret5, melhc &n0c nit mcb-
reren ,,GQititobIe"' "'Nircttorcn in ocnl
9ilreolt Der oWercontllc Saie Gepo.
fit 60" obbielt, tbeiImcile beltGtiqt.
gs bieB, eS bonolc lth bel ser Gonie.
renS oorum oh ln0 mlc Ole gIftien
tronSierirt meroCu loIltcn.
@eriihtmeile Dcrjoutctc 0eitcru,
9Semanb babe 100000 in 0ic Gaiie
ser ,,GquitobIe" eiube}oblt. Shon
hieB eS, elmer oerQircttorcn babe Iein
@eipiien nm oieie Ricienlunmc cr
Ieibtert, ooh ertI0rtc Raul W}orton,
er bobe bon eincr loIhcn 3ablun0
gtihtS gebort.
@enerolonpolt W}oner ncricbob &C,
itern leine 9lbrelle nab Mem. Norf. Gr
siebt Die ti;bIercn NOironoodS Dor
uno miro crit am WtOntuQ bier eiu.
treffen, nm ben nGQultobIe"s s@ruiter&
eln5rbei6en.
@ouperneur Sigam5 crflGrte &C.
ltern IN 9llbunO nDhnuI@. OuB er cine
llnteriuhung DER equitable" Set
tens Der SegiSlnttr nir lmn0tbia
bolte. Senator W}art3 lmO 2Nlcmbln,
mun Softer moIlen n0hlte Mohe eiut
Betition inter Den NiitgIic0crn Der
2egiSIutur pnIlircn lulen INN eincI
Trud oui Den @ouUcruelr ulS5u,
ilben.
SSome8 @. 9(leron0er, Der friiberc
Bralioent Der equitable" ilber Del.
len 8eiunobcitS5uituno 2llarmnah-
ridlten perbreitet lpuroen. miro mpbl
boIo ipieOer bergeiteGt iem. Seine
Grottbeit bCltebt belonoerS 0orin.
bnB er iein SnIdr BON 100000 pro
SSobr niht nebr be5eben tom.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-07-21
Sbeilt Mcraentbaler's Sdudial.

% en-. Dort IS. ISuli - Sobn
y. 0oIldn0, Der Griin0er Ger nud
ibnt benonnten llnterlec lorpeoo.
boote, bat geltern i'm 8on5lergerid]t
Die bon Der electric Boot Co." nit
pclder CT bis 1904 flint Sabre lang
III 8erbinOlmg ltuno, ongeltrengte
8lngc beontmortet. Die @eleuidolt
bate in Der aluge geltero gendht,
Dab elner Nbmuhrng 5ufoIge ibr aIle
griinoungen Sollon0'S ltn0 0erbeIle'
rllngen ilbertrugen mer0en milBten
un0 Sollun0 Iiinf Sabre lang ein Ca.
lar bon $4,000 erboIten iollte. SOL,
lono glebt IN Der SIogebeontmortlmg
Sl, ooB er Elm lolhcS SalGr erbolten
babe, oerlungt uber, Dab ale Ieine
Eotente, Die er Der @eIellld)olt ilbera
trogen nlid) oie in europa erIongtcn
Eatente, ibnt 5llrildge9eben fueroen,
neil Die @elellIholt Die Gontrattbe
onglngen niht eingebolten babe Gr
filbri 70 Eutcnte ot, Die einen Wert1
bon 81 100000 baben, lmb idgt, ooB
Die @eiellfoit, nohoem lie Die Eu.
tente uno potentirboren S6een ers
Iongt, ibm niht lnebr erlolbte, ais
conlulilrenoer Sngenieir bel Dem
9au Der @oote 81 illngiren lno ole
Irbeiten mad, ieinen Fldnen bon an
Oeren SS5ngeuieuren auSiiibren IieB.
@iues Der 8oote, nit oeilen 8ul er
nibt einberltunoen, iei perungliidt,
mobei nebrere Wtenihen um'S 2eben
tomen. Die erIten tSoaunoihen
9ootc nuroen betonntlih ouf9tiron'5
ShiiISbultboi in gli5obetb gebaltt II.
bon Der 9ie8Ierllng nngefalIt,
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-07-21
gabnfaiaiiropbe in Sainois.

Gbtcogo, IA. Suli. - Gin Inn
ti.30 lebte ytodlt bon ct. QouiS ub.
gegangener Berionen3ug Der ngbi-
cugo & eoltern SIlinois.gubn" colt.
oirte berte friib bel Steiger, SIIS.,
30 Dfeilen oitlid bon gbicago, nit Ell.
item Voritoots5ig, nobel beiOe 9ofo.
motipen uno DER erite @aggon oes
Boritobts5ug oenolirt rpiir6en. Sas.
2pte, 2otomotipfilbrer oeS Soritaots.
5u6s, ioipie Geo. gpitein uno 5eroi.
nano Sopn aus Chicago famen unt'S
2eben, itnb folgenoe Geriorer erlitten
lhwere 8erIeeungen:
Sobn Dtiuer, Gbicugo Seigbts.
Sis, Jtiidgrat gebroben.
CHARLES Sorn, Crete, SuS., Sdd.
oelbruh.
Some8 groofs. Chicago. Riiden
berlebt
Gpigbt 5. WooS, gremier hes
0oritoots5ugs, 9ein gebrobeh llno
Seite per!eBt.
a. @ilmore. Sngenieur oes St.
9oiliier 3ugs. Shulteroerreufnng
uno innerlide 8erIesllngen,
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-07-21
,Sobn Tanl ,foncs. .QeidDcnicicr.

Annapolis, 10. SlIi. - Die
2eitllng Der 6Iotten glfooemie Bat Ole
DaittbeiIitng erbulten, ooB ou5 @e'
idmooer, meIdeS Die IterbIihenlleber.
relte oes glonirols Sobn BaltI SJone5
IN Die Seinutb 5uriidbringt, ioGS Die
sSabrt gIatt ubldllft, om %. Suit uttl
Der S1obe bon annapoli5 anlungen
miro. 0ieieS inter Dem COMMANDO
bon Bice-2IOntrol Sigsbee ltebenoe
8eidjpu6er miro BEL ben GupeS BON
einem SdluhtIdiif @eidpu0er mn.
ter Bice 2lOmiruI gbonS, eiuem
areit3er.@elhuooer unter BiCe glo.
miroI gropnlon II. Dem frnr50ilben
areu5er .Iurien De la @rubiere" eni.
pfdngen uno nnb 2tnnopolis geleitet
iperoen. Ile lterbIihen lleberrelte
bes 4oniral5 Sones peroen um %.
SuIi III elmer prooilortihen @tuft
itntergebruht meroen. Die llebertii9.
.rltna nuh Der neuen stapelle Der
sSlotten 9ltuoenie, Der oeiinitipen
Nnbeit1tte Der 2eide Sobn Buul
Sones'. miro iofort nad oeren Boil.
enbilng ltnttimoen, pus nidt Dor
benz tomnenoen 6riibiabr Der 6na
iein biirfte.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-07-21

auS Dem oitlihen Bitginien II.
9toro.6orolino fonmen 5abIreihe
aIugen iiber ihpere 8elhG0lqllngen,
ipelde Die itorfen Re9ergiiiie Der leB.
ten 9aGe on ben Selofrilhten onge.
ridtet boben. Nomeutlid, Die 9uum'
mollernote i'm oitlihen 3beiIe Roro'
GaroIina's iou ernitlif btihobigt
iein.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-07-21
Spbc nod immer guh.
Ser 0erfutf ieluer Ittien Der ygaui.
table" ioQ mr. Elm Sheinmnno.
Der gepricu ieln.

Rem.9ort 10, Hitli. - @en
aeboren Die $50 Equitable" .9(ttien,
ipcIhe Der uitc 0Doe ieinem Sobnc
binterIieb mo lueIde 1bomns 3.
Tpon aefaurt h1ben mollte? Bdrc
Npon nirflid Der eigertbirner, 10
fpdre er ais iclhcr in ben 8iihern
eingetroaen uuo er Ditroe am 1.
ssnli bic buIbjo6rIlhe 9ioioenoe aus.
be,obit befonmon bnben. Die GIerfs
iuubttti ie0od niht oni Weiien Ra.
men iie oie GiOoenoen GbedS aus.
iteIIen ioIlten mo Die Hnbrif fpliroe
oaber irei Qeloiien. 9ieie slnaelegen-
belt hat iebr uieI 5tullb dufgemirbelt.
giele 2eute gIauben, oab Der aftien.
berfa,,i MIR ein Sdeinmanoper mar
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-07-21

ltniere oltlihen Eropin5en bepolfern
un0 buben in Dem eoentuellen 8rieg
nit Der geIben Hoiie pitale 95ntereiien
5u ocrtbei0igen, oonit ooS rltiIiIhe
Bolt oeriteht. lpofiir es tdnpit"
2lber oae @ornungen @itteS Bile.
ben ungebort uno er purOe nidlt
mebr nm Rotb geirogt.
Sem Sompibire'S 8 q a f.
freuno u h aft.
FortSmoutb, H..S.. IA. Suli.
Ger Stoot Reip Somplbire
miIniht an Der 9eluirtbnng Der riti.
lilden uno iopaniihen 9epoIlm1f.
ttgten lUcldle I'M nGhIten Wonat ibre
5rie0euS Gonfcren5 bier eroffnen
perocn, theiI5unebmen. Stoutsiefre.
tar G0luorb u. FenrIon fam beitte
slbeno bon Concord bier an, I'M glr.
roneementS fir oic llnterbringung
Der 9eoollm1ftiaten 5u beiprehen II.
Die Siilfe bes Stootes an5ubieten.
SiiIfs StootSletret1r Eeirce miro
morgen aus @oibihgton bier eripur-
tet.
Sapaner in 4bufi.
0onbon, IA. Suli. - Der 70.
fio'er Correspondent Der yIimes"
meloct: Ser idponiihe fniierlihe
Sousbolt bat Die Sdlite Der coreoni.
lhen 9lnIeibe iibernommen. aiiuftig
miro Die iuponiife grmee ieoer @ut.
tng in abafi getleioet peroen. Die
Sfii5iere neroen mir ourh Oie Shul.
teritreiieu fenntlid, lein.
Eerrerilten 9t e It auSgeb o.
ben.
BeterSbura IA. SSuli. - Cine
Shoor Serrorllten, pelhe lid nit
Der SerIteIliIng BON 9ontben H. 5ul'
itung bon Reilepdllen beibGftigte,
muroe lebte 9tod]t in einem Sanic
nobe bem Northumberland feItgenom-
men. Die Eoli5ei ilm5ingelte oas
SuuS, puroe ieooh anfdnglif ourh
Den oelperutcn @ioerltono Der S5niui.
len 5uriidgetrieben, uno mar crit,
nuh6em lic 8eritdrfun9en erbolten
boiten, i'm Stonbe, Die 9oroe oing-
felt Az muhen. Wiebrere Boli5iIten
ipuroen perpunoet.
8ie iebt unter glrlfiift oes Gene
rails 5repoff ltebenbe GenIur lit in
ibrer pollenSfdrie erneuert iuoroen.
Gin poIitioeS 8erbot gegen ole Der
oifentlihung irgeno melder ytnd,-
rid,ten iiber Strites. llnritben uno
reboIltionGre 9lgitotion piroe er.
luilen.
9o5tuGiiten brougiuliren
SouSbe iber.
0arI doL #. Sui. - Die 60
5iuliiten bon @uridoit boben an uIle
SoltSbeliber ole JorOerlng geltellt.
oic @obnlmgSmietbe Inn 20 Hro5ent
berubjuleben. Gonlite's jprofen IN
oen lebten Iogen bel ben meilten Der
,2unoloroS" Dor, Inn ibnen oteles
EerIongen 81, unterbreiten. etnSelnc
Der Sursbeliber, iuelhe lif uelger'
ten, Die 3eputotionen on5uboren.
muroen in SGde geitedt, in Die SoIe
gelhleppt rno bulb foot geprilgelt.
SEQ iufen ais Roubm oroer.
BON, IA. SuIi - Sier perof-
fentlibte Friootrohrihten aus 2ooj
geben an, Dab fudbreno Der oortigen
Strife llnruben ole aolufen iplte.
motlld) pliinoerten. I'm ibre Diebc-
reien Su oerbergen. beriibten Die emit
menlhten Soroen Sablreihe Noro.
tbuten. 9llS 0ent @ommanoanten Der
8urniiou Die Rdubereien aemeleet
iuuroen, orOnete ct Die 0irhiuhltng
Der aoiufen auIernen an, nuo on-
bel iuuroen geltoblenellbren Shniid-
iufen uno @elo i'm getruge bon bic.
len Eoulenben bon Collars seflln-
Den. Ste geute purbe ben geraub.
ten ieoob niht 3uriideeeeben.
-
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1905-07-21

Sif2iole ertldrllng ilber oieSerbGlts
nilic ouf ben Woriholl Snleln.
aoiier uno Erin5 Hcgent
. 2uitpolo treiien iih. - Ser
Shouipieler Sclig BON EblIoOcIs
pbio icIig entlhIuien.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03

Comparison of the city of today with the city of the future Is a cheerful exer- eise. And plenty of material for the com parlson is offered in the September BY eryDodys. There is, for instance. the ln- tensely modern biography of James K. heene, the great Wall street magician whose contests with Jay Gould and with
 standard oil" are described by MT. Lawson in another instalment of his
 F'renzied Finance" It is chapter rom the very heart of the life of today, this story of man, accordingto Mir. Lawson,
 or infinite strategy and daring Per haps no less amazing financial genius IS that of Mrs. Ella Rawls Reader, the attractive young woman who handles millions as cooly as iominoes, and who Just escaped being dictator of republic Juliet Wilbor Tompllns has studied the wonderful woman financier at close range, and begins, in this issue her au- thentic history of Mrs. Readers career To MT. Russells history of "The Great est Trust in the World" Is added in this number a postscript of peculiar interest the last word, for the present, on the beef trust.
 On the other hand there is a forecast of the City of the Future, that clue to our own few gropings and fumblngs after honest and intelligent municipal cooperation, in Vance Thompsons story of the ''Vooruit" of the Flemish city of Ghent, a league of men and women whose beginning lay in the cooperative baking of a loaf of bread.
 Some bits of history are told in John Swain's illustrated history of the great highway of the southwest. the Natchez Trace. Tn Ellen Terry's article on "The Greenroom' is pictured the theatre of q passing generation. while the material of future actors is discussed in Hartley Davis study of "The Travelling Players
 Everybodys has not not fallen behind In summer issues in fiction, which is con- tributed this month by such authors as Maxim Gorky. the distinguished young Russian novelist and revolutionist, who has written "The Song of the Falcon" and by G. B. Lancaster, the writer of New Zealand stories, who contributes a study of Maori boyhood, "The Story of Wi" Lucia Chamberlain is the author of story of the remote southwest. Con ners at Shungopovi; "The Submarine Destroyer" a story by Morgan Robert son; "The Lesson Is an admirable love story by Mary Manners; Edna Kenton has story of sentiment, "The Incum- brance," and Maravene Kennedys "The Governors Niece" Is story of love and politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
Popular Magazine.

"The Trials of Commander McTurk," new series of complete stories by Cut cliffe Hyne. creator of Captain Kettle and McTodd," begins in the September issue of the Papular Magazine. and If one may be permitted to judge from the opening story, Annexed in Error," the series will fully equal, and possibly sur pass, anything this talented author has hitherto written. In any event the ap- pearance of such @ series by writer Of MT. Haynes calibre, Is something Of literary event. and everybody who en- Joys good, brisk, stirring adventure fic- tion-and who does not?-will want to read these stories and test their merit for himself Among the other good things in this number are five fine serials two of which ''rhe Ship Owner by Morgan Robertson, and "A Campaign of Conquest" by Bert Foster. are new; and a fascinating complete novel Of army life, "In Defense of Honor" by Captain Hector Orme Blanding. "The Ghost of La Moissine," story of sword play and mystery, by Clinton Dangerfeld; Anna bers Wager" a sparkling tale of Cav alier and Roundhead days, by Rafael Sabatini; "The Honor of the Ambassa- dor" story of intrigue, by George Bronson-H Howard; "The Club House Con- tingent," racing story, by Charles steinfort Pearson; Twenty Campers" a humorous sketch of outdoor life, by Charles Fort. and half dozen others comprise the short stories, and there Is, besides, some interesting miscellany, in- cluding "Told in Stagland," a collection of new theatrical stories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
Tales for september.

Eighteen stories covering the widest possible range of subject and treatment in modern fiction, make up the 6eptem- Der issue of Tales. The list of novelettes published by this magazine receives a notable addition in "The Son of Ills Fa- ther," by the German novelist and play Wright, Ernst von Wildenbruch. The theme of this story-a woman's devo- tion to the young son of her first love is an unusual one in fiction, and Is treat ed with the utmost delicacy and sympa- thy. The story would attract attention as a character study even without the fine plot and dramatic quality which make 1t an absorbingly interesting TO- nance. Wildenbruch is one of the fore most German novelists of the day. and 1t is probable that this story will long be remembered as his masterpiece.
 Among the three short stories from the German in this issue first place will probably be given to the one entitled "Noli Me Tangere," by Hermann Suder- mann. This story Is in Itself sufficient proof that Sudermann is as much at home in the form of the short story as of the drama, and that he is always a shrewd observer and interpreter of the feminine mind. With a more distinctly humorous turn, an equal insight Into feminine motives Is evidenced in 'The Glass in Fiction" by Paul Oskar Hooker, an author hitherto little known in this country but of established reputation in his own land. Humor, too. is the key note of '"The Drowned Husband," by Heinrich Kuntmaekers, but here 1t is humor of the grim and cynical kind that always suggests tragedy.
 A summary of this issue shows that besides the novelette, and an instalment of a serial there are five stories from the French, three from the German, two from the Russian, and one each by Spanish, Italian Polish, Norwegian. Per- sian and American authors-in all nine languages. The number contains the usual humor translated from foreign journals and biographical notes of the authors represented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
The Cosmonolitan.I

Garrett F. Seryiss writes of the "Arti- fcial Creation of Life,' in the September Cosmopolitan. MT. Serviss describes in great detail the latest developments of Doctor Loebs experiments with parthen- ogenetic creation, and also tells so far as may be of the English scientist Burkes work to create life by chemical action. There exists no more fascinating subject than this attack on one of Ma lures most impregnable secrets, and it behooves every intelligent reader to keep pace with it. MT. Serviss' article will put him in possession of it's latest phases It is fully Illustrated.
 Another interesting matter is the ap- preaching total eclipse of the sun The Cosmopolitan prints two articles bearing on ft-one by Prof. Edgar L. I4arkin, di- rector of the Mt Lowe Observatory. Cal ifornia, and the other by Waldemar B. Kaempffert of the Scientific American. Between these two we'll known writers the reader is told a great deal about eclipse observation, and what is expected from the coming event. The pictures are also of much interest.
 The newly discovered gold region in the Nevada desert comes In for a share of attention. Winifred Black writes viv- Idly and picturesquely of the curious life at Goldfeld, Bullfrog and Tonopah, which Maynard Dixon illustrates with brush and pencil besides which there are many illustrations from photographs.
 Most of the other articles in this num- Der have personal flavor. Very interest ing Is the first instalment of a new se- rial, the "Confessions of a New York De- tective' giving promise of some exclt- ing adventures to come. The confess sions are the real thing, and they have been made by an ex-captain of the New York police. Henry Raleigh is illustrat- ing the text with great fidelity to the criminal life of the metropolis Clarence Stetson has a brief illustrated article Two Russian Heroines"-one who has run unheard-of risks and lost a limb in the Russian Ambulance Corps, and an- other, young girl. who enlisted dis guised as Cossack and has seen hard service.
 From the illustrations of the battered Russian battleships one gets a very good idea of Dr. Shimose's new explosive which Japan has used with deadly effect in the present war, rhe history of the powder is told in paper entitled High est of All Explosives"
 Cardinal Gibbons, the head of the Catholic church in this country, contrib utes a very striking and emphatic essay on the divorce question, and woman's re- sponsibility in the home.