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ly the popularity of orchids among that
ever increasing class of business people
who have a great love for plants anu
flowers and find in their study and cut
ure a delightful recreation and an ab-
sorbing hobby" The instructions he
gives to the beginner are plain and emil
nently practical. and there are. at the
same time countless details in these
pages which will be keenly enjoyed py
the advanced grower. He has PROVIDED
a mass of beautiful portraits of orchids
and their hsbrids-the reproductions
from photographs in color are marvellous
in their truth and delicacy. The living
blossoms seem to have been thrown upon
the page.
Mr.. Curtis emphasizes the success with
which an ever increasing army OF anna
tours are growing the plants. and dwelis
upon the tenacity Of life which COM
mends them to growers. "What pesldes
orchids" he says, could stand the strain
imposed ,lpon them by being torn from
trees o, rocks laid out in the sun to
dry. packed in wooden cases, transported
over leagues Of tropical country ana
shipped thousands of miles overseas, and
still retain so much life that they start
into vigorous growth under suitable con-
1itions?" He reminds us that with some
notable exceptions orchids are not easily
killed if kept in moist, warm atmos-
phere. Hybridization, begun in Eng
land in the middle OF the last century,
has added a host Of varieties and greatly
popularized orchid cultivation, home
grown plants being more easily raised
than imported ones; sales Of the latter
have declined of late years. While the
sales of lovely hybrids have increased.
There are not yet as many amateur
growers in this country as in England,
where flower cultivation is so often
veritable passion in educated men and
women. When comparatively idle Amer
leans in comfortable circumstances be-
come so devoted to the orchid hobby that
they are fain to labor with their own
hands and brains in their glass houses
there will he an exhilarating pleasure
added to life in these regions. Possibly
we will vet see ambitious and not too
busy housewives growing their own
vanilla. in little, hot. moist glass houses.
The big flowers OF V. Planifolio are not
beautiful as are multitude OF us
cousins but its pods are much to be de-
sired-its qualities surpass its charms.
Mr.. Curtis devotes a brief chapter TO
hardy orchids which are not mucn cui-
tivated in English or American garoehs'
though they ought to be. Growers VINO
will proyide the conditions to be FOUND
in the native haunts of the plants VIII
find little difficulty in raising them
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appeared above the table. Mr.. Brown
ing grasped it, and, 10! 1t was the naked
foot Of Home Mr.. Greenwood was mucn
amazed, when I told him. on the pest
authority. that no child of the poets
died in infancy and that the poets were
never at any seance with Home except
or the occasion of the crownlng or the
author of Aurora Leigh" by spirit
hands,"
1t is thus a curious question:: DID
Mr. Browning tell Mr.. Greenwood the
wholly impossible fable about the spirit
Of the baby; or did Mr.. Greenwood,
hard headed and honorable man, invent
it In q dream; or did he convert into this
form the fable Of the hands, feet ana
wreath? All this about Homes feet,
= hich worked the hands, which placed
the laurel wreath Of song on the head
Of Mrs Browning; OF, again. posed as
the phantasm of a non-existent cnlid
that died IN babyhpod. becomes yet more
surprising. For Il have it down In my
notes." like Mr.. Justice Starele1eh, tnat
or December ). 1902, in t'The Tlmess'
literary supplement, Mr.. r. Barrett
Browning, the son Of the poets, wrote
that Home was detected In vulgar
fraud" ''for I have heard my father re-
peatedly describe how ne caught hoio
Of his foot under the table" Anybody,
e he chooses, can catch hold Of a man
foot under table! But the loot tnat
1osed as a spirit Of a baby was ABOVE
the table. and how feet under a taoie
could place a wreath on the head OF
poetess It is not easy to imagine.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
BROWNING ANECDOTES
Andrew Lang on Their Trans.
mogrification.
From The Illustrated London News.

From The Illustrated London News.
"All the stories have been told but
they constantly take new lease of life
by the simple device Of getting them
selves told about new characters. Thus
| find in a review of new Life of Rob-
ert Browning that my friend r. l.. Stew
erson tried to read "Sordello' after an
illness, and asked his doctor. in dismay.
whether he could understand it or not?
The physician said not, and r. l.. s.
said Thank God. I thougiH my brain
had gone" Not very funny, not very
probable, for OF course r. L. S. knew
the reputation of "Sordello"; whether
he made an attempt to read it or not /
am not Informed. The real story was
told at the time when ''Sordello' was
first published Ia time beyond my mem
ory): it was rather funny. and it was
told about Douglas Jerrold. The yarn
viii pass on while Browning is remem-
bered. like stories of the Master of
Balliol each new Master inherits them.
The ancient fable about Browning. his
wife, and d. D. Home. the medium,
seems to have taken fresh form. Now
T. is that. at a seance. the only seance
where Home ever met the pair of poets,
'-spirit-hands placed wreath on Mrs.
Browning's head" Home himself tells
the same tale. and gays that the male
post was jealous (Which is absurD,
angry, and very rude when Home was
taken by u lady to call at the Brown
ings The new myth Is these hands
according to the poet. had been attached
to the feet of Mr.. Home himself" so
that Home must have stood on his head
to perform his conjuring trick. This
looks like a form of the fable published
by the late Mr.. Frederick Greenwood on
the authority, he said, OF Mr.. Browning
himself. The two poets sat alone in the
dark with Home. and Mrs. Browning
desired to see a child of hers which had
died in infancy. A small, white form
New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
GLORIOUS ORCHIDS
Ar Enthusiastic Book About
Them.

III Curtis F. r. II. S. illustrated. 4to.
pp 23i. T.. p. Dutton & Co.
There be those-and oftener men than
women-to whom an orchid is thing
of irresistible charm and for whom the
growing OF the wonderful flowers is a
fascinating employment To such read
ers this book will be a precious possess
sion. It's author has been keeper of the
orchid collection at the Royal Gardens
at Kew. and he has an exhaustive
knowledge of his subject The object of
his work. he tells us, is to extend great
New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
FICTION
Character and Adventure IN the
Old South.
IN OLD VIRGINIA.

wEsTovER OF wANALAH; A Story of OF
Life and Love In Old Virginia ~
George Cary Eggleston- Illustrated py
Emil Poliak Ottendorf. 12Ino. pp foi
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company
This story has been well planned TO
carry out the purpose Of its author.
which is to give us still another picture
OF the chivaIric South of the late sos,
the South "befo' the wah." Life and
manners and views. the stately code of
courtesy and honor Of the men, the ideal
OF character and conduct OF the women
are thus vividly presented. in their So
cial setting and the wider environment
of state law and politics Beside love.
the old common law of Virginia plays q.
large part In the story. whose centre Of
interest is. however, placed in an election.
the author thus furnishing us with an
other view of Judy Peters, the female
POLITICAL boss of the mountain whites,
already made familiar to readers OF his
earlier books. The book has the re-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
Literary .Neses and Criticism,

.''es-6el!e. entered In her dressing gown and
talked TO me whilst the work proceeded
think the tres belle daughter an excellent
idea and cordially recommend ii to dem
fists in England. 1 was charged only two
francs, which | also appreciated, though l
fear the recommending of that would be
useless / had no more toothaclle.
The blithe temperament reflected in
this passage is obvious in the illustra-
tions- Indeed. while Mr. Pears is a read
able commentator on his subject, it is
in his pictures that he completely takes
Us captive. In colors and in black and
white. WORKING with the brush. with the
pencil. or With the pen. he is altogether
che of the most sparkling sketchers we
have met IN a long time. The study Of
some houses ut ST. yalery- sur -Sonme,
facing page 81. would alone have given
this book a special standing among the
holiday publications of the year Mr.
Pears gives in an appendix some sailing
directions with diagrams of buoys and
beacons. which show that he is not only
an artist but a practical man.
Mr.. Okey has shown before this an un-
common capacity for the writing of
Italian history. and in Venice and Its
Glory he gives us a volume full of en-
tertainment, and, into the bargain. of
solid value. Thorough scholarship has
gone to the making of his STORY and
as he threads his way through the events
Of ancient Venice he exercises the SYM
pathy and the feeling for romance and
art which are Indispensable to the crea-
tion of atmosphere. In other words,
the facts packed into this book are not
pedantically stated, but are embodied
in an easy and delightful narrative. The
Illustrations are in colors and in mono
tone Photographs of paintings by the
cid masters are included, but most Of
the pictures have been specially drawn
for the work, personal impressions very
cleverly set forth.
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BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
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OUR HOUSE AND THE PEOPLE IN 1T
E Elizabeth Robins Pennell limo, PIP.
. 3I3. Houghton Miff1in Company.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
MORE PORTRAITS OF PLACES

NEW YORK. BY Alvin Langdon Coburr
With Foreword by II. @ Wells pp
30 Brentanors-
WAYS AND DAYS OUT OF LONDON
By Aida RodrIan de ATilt Illustrated
l2mo, pp. z07. The Baker & TAYLOR
Company.
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Holiday Books of Romance. HIS
tory and Fiction.
uAppx PlIeRIMAGE.

HAPPY PlLGRtMA1G.
WHERE GHOSTS Walk; Tne TIis,o,x a1au,.i and
yi.erat,,re Rv Marion Harlano New
Sa.ies Illustrated. svo, PIP. ~ 80 H'
p Putnams Sons
II is in the spirit of an carrier genera
lion Of American pilgrims TO the his'cife
shrine. of Europe that Mrs 1erhuhe
v,s,es in this new volume of hers, whose
-.,re reVixes the memory of one from her
nen issued p decade ago. and like H. the
fruit OF a holiday trip abroad inc
mantle past Of the Old Norio mas ''s'
none of its charm. its potency, l"r "ei
i.e perspective remains aliurlnS aS eNei
The present is but means TO an eii" III
be- ,,,~r.s ,,,odern travel hut the door
fha. admits her to the realm OF PAST ms
tory and past literature, where move aiu
have their being many figures caslihg
sba5- shadows across the years to TINS
6sx rad;afirg the light Of romance or
.1-asd,- x7ar,isbine into the land Of the
fo-eotren. At Twickenham she remem-
hers that infant Duke Of Gloucester, the
child of Queen Anne. upon whose hfe so
much denended for England. but VINO
died leaving the country the ultimate
choice between a restored STUART anu
the alien Hanovers. She roams through
the lads short span Of life by the Nght
cf The Memoirs of the Duke Of Glouces-
ter written by his Welsh usher.
Lewis Jenkins. her travelling compan-
ions here as elsewhere in the books
making comment. historic and sent-
mental
II is the sentiment Of past historic
lives that most attracts Mrs. Terhune.
Maria Edgewortl's story of Angelina"
in the Moral Tales" leads her TO rhap-
sodize gently on the subject of that
strange romance of The Ladies OF
I-iangollen." Sarah Ponsonby and Flea
nor Charlotte Butler. and when she
comes to deal with Josephine Bonaparte
il is at MalTaison. which is certainly the
most touchingly sentimental. if perhaps
rot the best historic. viewpoint from
which TO judge her. And, of course in
this perspective Napoleon does not gain
in stature: out why nnder the impulse
- Indignation. refer to his rstunpy''
hands when We know that they were
exceptionally we'll shapedo II is for the
sake Of sentiment also that the author
recalls the memory of Mary Stuart at
Amboise. where the sinister figure Of
Catherine de Medici supplies the shadow
The confusing, cold light thrown by his
torical research upon the Scotch Mary
cf later days Mrs. Terhune can only re-
gret
Thus the American pilgrim reniem bers
Toan Of Arc at Chinon. Charles 1 at
Westminster. Sir Philip Sidney at Pens
hurst, Amy Robsart at Cumnor Place
George Herbert at Bemerton. She wan
ders through French history in the
chateaus Of Touraine and takes for her
guide the author of The Shepherd Of
Salisbury Plain On her way to Stone
henge- The publishers have taken lib
eral advantage Of the opportunities for
illustration afforded them by the text.
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mote charm Of the time and the placa
and the people. a restful, oldeime u.
rnosphere lowering over its happenings
pleasant story 1t is, but most Of an
an aIIuring picture OF a vanished era
and it's standards OF conduct and IDEAS
of manhood and wouanhood. Young
westover OF yyanalah IS worthy OF Mar.
gares Conway, whose father. in his turn,
represents still older and statelier seu.
GRAFTON Of the yirginian at home 3
HISTORIC RoMANTrclsM.
THE PURCHASE PRICE; OR, THn
son Hough Illustrated by I. Icons
Bracker and Edmund Frederick Emo,
pp. 4i5. Roobs-MeTrill Company
Mr.. Hough's book carries US back q
decade, to the heydey OF American hls-
toricai romanticism. We are in the
middle Of the last century. Fillmore
has already succeeded to the Presidency
and the era of compromises has begun4
Enter a foreign woman, a lady Of titleA
who is being escorted by an army ofice1
from Washington, where her pre.enca
has become exceedingly uncomfortable
TO the administration Enter also =
Southern gentleman, a planter. the herd
os the tale The lady, who has happy1
autocratic knack OF managing thing3
New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
HULL HOUSE
The Origin, Growth and Service
of the Settlement.

TWENTY YEARS AT HULL HOUSE
With photographed notes BY Jane
Adams illustrations by Norah Hamll-
ION of Hull House. Chicago. 8vo, PIP.
xyii 4Ss. The Macmillan Company.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
PRISONERS MAKE DASH
FOR LIBERTY; ONE FREE
Chain Gang Members Run Whilo
Napoleon Watches-Guari Hats
Them With Shots.
Especial to The Herald Republican,

Especial to The Herald Republican.)
ogden, Aug. S.-While John Royal. a
guard in charge OF a portion of the
city chain gang, was coming down
Ogden canyon. with four prisoners, at
o'clock this evening. Frank Williams
and Hop Head" Wilson, both serving
sentences for vagraney, jumped from
the wagon and made a dash for lib
erty.
Leaving the other two prisoners in
charge of Napoleon Bonaparte Oakly.
the driver of the wagon used to con-
Vey the prisoners 10 and from the
canyon, Royal gave chase and after
firing several shots succeeded in re-
capturing the prisoners.
AS Royal started after the two flee
ing prisoners. Monroe Guy. a negro
vagrant and a wearer of the ball and
chain, due TO three Intellectual at
tempts 10 escape during the past week,
clambered from the wagon and with
a cobble stone succeeded in breaking
the lock on the chain, while Napoleon
BOnaparte Oakley stood aside watching
the performance, afraid TO make any
attempt TO sstOp the escape. Guy, and
II. Nichols, another Vagrant. who sue
ceeded in making his escape about a
week ago. but was recaptured, then
made break for freedom while Royal
was returning with the other two.
Royal left Williams and Wilson at
the wagon and started after Guy and
Nichols. Guy was captured, but Mich
OILS succeeded in making his escape.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
ALL BODIES BLOWN TO
ATOMS AT DEVIL SLIDE
After Weeks Of Searching, Following
Explosion, no Trace of
Victims Is Found.

Especial TO The Herald-Republican.)
Ogden, Aug. S.-As predicted by Of
ficers OF the Union Portland Cement
company at the time OF the powder ex-
plOsiOn OF June 1 at De ills Slide. in
which seventeen men lost their lives.
the bodies Will never be recovered.
After ten weeks of strenuous work re-
moving the pile OF rock which the
mountain was reduced to by the force
of the explosion, the company has
failed 10 find any further trace of the
bodies. AT the time of the explosion
a number OF dismembered limbs and
other portions OF human anatomy were
recovered in the vicinity Of the plant,
but nothing III any way resembling an
entire body was found. The flesh and
bone recovered were believed to be
that of wOrkmen on the outside of
the tunnel where the explosion oc-
CURED.
The bodies of the majority OF the
powder crew were supposed to lie bur
led under the mountain of rock. The
last OF the rock was removed today,
with no trace Of the bodies. At the
time of the explosion experts at the
plant Ventured the prediction that the
bodies Of the men caught inside the
tunnel were Immediately reduced TO
atoms.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
NEWS OF UTAH AND
ADJOINING STATES
BIG FIGURING MILL
AT CACHE JUNCTION

Especial 10 The Herald Republican,
Cache Junction. Aug. s.-Work is
now fairly started on the big touring
mill in course of erection at this place.
The builders are Daley Brothers OF
Idaho, who regard this as a desirable
spot for their enterprise. owing 10 the
railway facilities and the proximity or
a supply OF the finest dry farm grain
The mill will be of 600bar capacity
per day and its builders say it viii
be the best equipped and most mod
ern mill in the state. The Dalleys are
prise. They are practical miilers, and
are very sanguine as 70 the success
of the Industry. II is expected that
the mill will be in operation this fall
10 half OF its capacity, 70 meet trade
already secured outside Of the state.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
REPRESENTATION POLICY
Chief Forester Plans Strong Campaign
ia Western Groves.

Especial TO The Herald Republican,
ogden. Aug. SIN accordance with
the strenuous reforestation policy de-
termined upon by Chief Forester
Graves. local foresters are preparing
for a campaign OF seed gathering and
planting supervision larger than any
yet attempted in this district.
Assistant Forester /. l.. White of
the silVlculture department left tOda y
for an inspection trip over the entire
District No. 1, including the forests OF
Idaho, Wyoming. Utah and portions OF
Arizona and Nevada. with the purpose
IN view of arranging for the gathering
and saving OF as many seeds as pos
slble. Thousands OF bushels of pine
cones viii be harvested during the COM
ing month for use in the forest nurs-
cries.
Assistant Forester ". T. Cox of the
silviculture department also left ogden
today for a trip through the Uintah
national forest. His trip will include
an inspection OF the nurseries OF that
reserve and the Wasatch nurseries in
Big Cottonwood canyon, near Salt
Lake.
Forester Z. \. Sherman. speaking Of
the extraordinary refOrestation activity
now prevalent declared that that phase
Of the work was eclipsing all others.
not only in this district but through
out the territory west Of the Missis-
slppi river
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
Ephraim Notes

Especial to The Herald Republican,
Ephraim, Aug. S-The suit in the dis
trict court brought last year against
the Rocky Ford Canal company by
Charles Nelson and Samuel JOrgensen
OF Salina for damages on account OF
their lands being flooded, has been de-
cided by Judge Chichester in favor OF
the plaintiffs, and they are awarded
damages in the sum of S175.
The Salina trustees have employed
Prof. Banks OF American Fork to act
as principal of the high school at that
place during the coming year. The
only position now vacant in the schools
is that Of assistant high school pFinci-
pal.
Rufus. the 12-yeaT-OId son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Elbin of Salina. sustained q
art severe accident, breaking the right
shoulder blade and collar bone. He
was riding a dray wagon. sitting on
some sheet iron roofing. As the
wagon turned some of the sheets OF
roofing slipped off the load. the boy
falling off.
l. n. Parker of Salt Lake has been
in Salina during the past week and
has made all arrangements for building
a new modern salt mill at Redmond
switch.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
WILL GIVE MUSICALE.

Especial 10 The Herald-Repubiican
Ephraim. Aug. s.-The parents class
of Gunnison is arranging to give a
musicale, lecture and social in the Re-
lief society hall Saturday. Prof. d. il.
Robinson. who is a member OF the stake
board will deliver the lecture. \ select
musicale Will precede the lecture and
the whole affair will wind up with d
social and refreshments. The following
committees are in charge OF the af .
fair: ngements-Austin Kearnes,
y. f. Kearns, n. Gledhill, ]. ]. Larsen,
Mrs. Emma E. Peterson, Mrs. Fleata
Kearns, and Mrs. Elsie r. Bartholomew.
Program-N. f. KeaTns, c. E. Ferre.
Mrs. Emma f. Peterson. Mrs Della Ed
wards. Mrs. Sarah Erickson. Mrs. Hilda
Olsen, J. ]. Larsen and Nephi Ander-
son. eption-Nephi Gledhin, John
Larsen and Mrs. Ellison Larsen.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
COLONIAL THEATER.

Many situations have been resorted
TO in plays TO prevent the happy cul-
minatiOn OF a marriage VOW. In The
Lottery Man" Rida Johnson Young
has hit upon an entirely new plan.
THE Lottery Man" was first produced
In New York last fall. and has the dis
tinetion Of having remained there at
one theater for practically the entire
season. The Messrs. Shubert are now
sending IL on tour with a company in
Guiding William Resell. Vivian Ogden,
Florence Robertson. May DOnahue and
others. The local engagement is an
nounced for the Colonial theater next
Sunday for three nights and a matinee
Tuesday
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
DECOMPOSED FOOT FOUND.
Fisherman Makes Strange Catch in
Provo River.

Especial 10 The Herald Republican,
Provo, Aug s.-While fishing near
the mouth of Provo river today Arthur
Halliday found a well preserved shoe
containing a partially decomposed foot.
The shoe was Embedded in the sand near
the water line and only a short distance
from the lake. Sheriff George T. Judd
was notified and went TO the place
where the shoe and its contents were
found.
A thorough search was made up and
down the river and for some distance
out into the lake, but the remaining
parts Of the body could not be found.
The theory advanced is that some one
was struck by a railroad train on the
river bridge about a mile from the
mouth or the river and was thrown into
the river. 1t is supposed that the leg
WAS crushed and the action OF the
water soon decomposed the flesh and
allowed the body. when the high water
comes in the spring, TO be washed out
into the lake.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
GUILTY OF BURGLARY.
COeaiae FieHd VIII BE Sentenced 40
States Prison.

Especial TO The Herald Republican,
ogden, Aug. S.-Carl Crosby. vic
tim OF the cocaine habit, held at the
county jail under second degree bur
glary charge. today changed his plea
OF not guilty 20 that Of guilty. he VIII
be sentenced tomorrow.
Crosby is said 10 have stolen SO
worth OF hedelothes from the Wood
mansee rOOming-house several weeks
ago His pal. George Smith, who was
arrested the same day. charged with
stealing Sl5 from the offices OF DR.
Paul inge bretsen, in the Eccles build
ing. and who confessed 10 the crime
was later released in police court after
lie had made sensational charges
against the police OF having made the
confession under promises or cocaine.