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books. particularly that which she pro-
duced in 1909, THE Girl of the Linnber-
| lost" in which she revealed most de-
lightful knowledge Of moth and butterfly
in moths. Now comes book in which
the moths of the Limberlost are described
I not only with scientific exactness, but
with wealth of popular detail. The au-
thor describes the Limberlost region
wildly and tells of her own experiences
there. touching upon circumstances that
have been reflected in'her previous works.
She distinctly disavows any claim to be
an entomologist and declares that II her
life depended upon it she could not give
the scientific names of the. anatomical
parts Of the insects with which she has
such an inclusive acquaintance. Since
| writing The Girl Of the Limberlost" she
| has had many letters asking her to tell
her experiences with the lepidoptera of
the swamp. and this is the book. vol
ume of rare interest. both in text ana
| illustrations. The latter are many in
number: comprising both. photographs
from life and water color drawings.
| Practical suggestions are given FOR the
collection of moths and their handling
subsequent to capture. nvery, reader OF
| the Limberlost stories Will want to con-
tinue the acquaintance
! MEME TEkEL, n Tale Of Strange
HaPpsaiaE': :sps BY .,s Ansu'ts a.ont,ns arensr:
etc. English version by Grace
Isabel Colbron. New York: Dun1eld
& Co. +.
Preceding stories in which Joe Muller.
the Austrian detective. has figured have
been veritable tales of mystery. but this
falls into another category 1t is melo-
drama dealing with scientific theories and
thrilling adventures in the. Syrian desert,
and eliminating In a most thrilling rescue
of a party Of explorers in the depths Of
a Babylonian ruin where they have just
witnessed a marvellous reproduction on
the walls Of the scenes enaced at Bel
shazzars feast Joe Muller cuts a very
small figure in the affair and 1t is hardly
proper to call it Muller story" How
ever. it is a. diverting tale. even though
the proba bilities are grievously stretched
lat times. especially the denouement, which
describes the destruction OF Prof. Ciu-
sius notes on his great discovery and its
consequent loss to the world.
HER WEIGHT IN GOLD. BY George
Barr McCutcheon, author OF "Grau-
stark etc. '1llusrrated by H. Dewitt
Welsh. New York: Dodd, Mead &
Co. Washington: Brentanos
When person says OF another that he
or she is worth his or her weight in gold
the expression is usually regarded as
strictly nhetaphorical, but Eddie Ten
Eyck and Gen. Gamble came to consider
it as a literal statement OF the value OF
the generals stepdaughter. Martha. Now,
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The Tobacco Beetles.

hobbled into the so-styled parlor, where
her breakfast was served.
The cane, like the hobble, should be
accounted for. by the way. both were
cherished mementoes Of the aristocratic
disease known as gout. from which Nine.
Savaran hadn't suffered for go long that
she could not recall her last twinge. but
the sembiance of which she would as
willingly have abandoned as she would
the commonest parts of that miraculous
edifice Sidonie had Just builded beneath
her breakfast cap. Gout at sixty lends
one an air; 1t is. besides. a sovereign ex-
cuse for grumbling and an excellent mask
for the infirmities OF advancing years.
ing the clean and sweet, II slightly warm,
breeze that sighed in through the win
dow at her elbow, and likewise enjoying
iced canteloupe, she looked easily five
years younger than the hard-faced Bel
gian woman attending her But, then,
Sidonie looked older than her age by an
equivalent span-ffty-five. So that the
mistress would have passed for fifty at
face value. And valuable, face it was
to her. with a better natural color than
many a girl Of thirty could boast. and a
fine and prideful cast of feature. that
told truthfully the tale Of youth of un-
usual beauty. The adjective patrician,
though overworked, seems the most fit
ting wherewith to characterize madame 8
cast Of countenance; 1t betokened breed
and good. strong will, whose constitu-
ton had by no means been undermined
through lack OF exercise. Her person was
plentiful. but ductile: its abundance never
brimn1ed over or bulged unbecomingly.
Her eyes were handsome: blue-kray,
strong and humorous; il capable Of omi-
nous fire-play. In European terfriinology
she would doubtless have fallen Under
the classification OF gr3nde dame; in the
kings English, unquestionably, deuced
fine woman; in everyday American, a
mighty we'll preserved lady.
At sixty one does not trif1e with ones
digestion. Madame's morning meal com
prised simply fruit, dry toast and coffee.
She consumed 1t at leisure, q newspaper
propped before her: an encroachment on
the bestial ways OF man in itself betray-
ing an advanced state Of intelligence,
which. had madame been twenty years
younger. would certainly have made Of
her a militant suffragiet.
The meal concluded, Sidonie removed
the tray. in its place presenting the
morning mail and one long and corpulent
cigarette. Though Nine. Savaran re-
strfcted herself to q single matutinal
smoke. she procured FOR the purpose the
largest cigarette she could find.
It was really astonishing how daintily
she could WELD so massive a roll of pa
per-wrapped tobacco.
Smoking, she poked through the batch
OF letters, to a running accompaniment
of trenchant comment THEIR majority
went to the waste basket half read: and
with these went the picture post cards,
as to the place OF which in polite cor
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Crawford. the sculptor, and he received
900 for his work Casoni, an Italian.
carved the figure of America and the
Indian family. receiving $1,000: G.. Butti
and hunter for $4,000: Thomas Gagliardi
chiseled the wheat sheaf. anchor. group
of instruction and youths for $500; D.
Giampiola did the figure of the mechanic
for 800. and G. Caspera dug the In
dian grave out of marble for 500.
The award for the statue group for
the House pediment was made to the
sculptor Paul w. Bartlett of Paris and
Washington, and reports received at the
ONCE OF the superintendent of the Capt.
tol show that steady progress is being
made. The announcement may come at
any time that the statues for the House
pediment have been completed.
Roosevelt's Zebra.
THE zebra which attracts many Zoo
visitors was presented to President
Roosevelt by King Menelik of Abyssinia
His name is Dan and his habits vicious.
But he was not always thus. Old friends
recall that when he came to this coun-
try his manners were mild, he would not
kick or bite, would eat out Of your hand.
stand without hitching and do all the other
things which it Is said gentle horses do,
but which many Of them really do not.
Dams outlook on life has changed and
his temper soured. His groom arms him
self with a stable fork when entering
Dams pen. The only thing Dan fears is
q pitchfork.
Dan, soon after immigrating to the
United States, found employment in the
Department of Agriculture. He was
given a job, or Jobs, in the bureau of
animal Industry, for that bureau for
several years had been conduct
ing. and still is conducting, an in
vestigation relative to the production Of a
new and useful hybrid of the mule type.
Zebra hybrid breeding is not a new prop
osition. In a note on zebra hybrid breed
ing by e. H. Riley, animal husbandman
in animal breeding Investigations of the
animal husbandry division of the bureau
of animal industry, there is quoted a his
torical sketch from zebra hybrids by
Prof James Cossar Ewart of the Uni
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considerable literature has been accunlu.
lated. This volume is. in effect. the con-
densation Of these treatises, essays ana
lectures. embodying the more important
papers that have been presented to the
league, bringing them up to date, ana
suppiementing them with additional IN
formation and discussion. The result is
a digest Of municipal utility matters GER
tain to be of value in the course OF the
study Of such questions by municipal au-
thorities and citizens.
THE PRINCIPAL GIRL. BY j. c.
Snaith. New York: Moffat. Yard 4
Co
Admirers of "Aramnta" will be eager
to find whether THE Principal Girl has
the same delightful qualities which Mr..
Snaith's preceding creation possessed.
They will find Mary Caspar quite a diff
ferent creature from Araminta, but they
will not miss the delightful naivete that
marks all of Mr.. Snaiths novels. This
is the account of an alliance between
an English titled family and the stage,
not an extraordinary or unheard-Of af-
fair. for scions of the British nobility are
marrying actresses with almost monoto-
nous regularity. But this proves to be
an exceptional alliance, and altogether
for the good of the man. for Mary Cas-
par Is one Of those rare women Of the
WOFIu VINO nave SOOO SENSE,
good heart and sound morals at the same
time. Marriage with the aristocracy, far
from spelling her. merely brought her
to the perfection of her charms This
story is chiefly an account OF how she
won the reluctant approval Of her par
ents-in-iaw. In the telling Of the tale
Mr.. Snaith is at his best and presents a
bright and vivid account of aristocratic
life and subtle satire on English politics
and craftsmanship.
THE BLUE WALL; a Story OF
StranEeness and SfruKgle.. BY
Richard washburn Child Boston:
Houghton Miffiin Co.
From four personal narratives, linked
together by the words Of physician. this
tale of mystery is woven. A child lies
desperately Ill of meningitis and indicates
her consciousness that something is
wrong behind the blue wall Of her bed
room. The physician. his scientific and
human curiosity piqued. undertakes to
find the cause of the child's distress. His
quest leads him into a strange adven-
ture. in the course Of which he hears
four thrilling. tragic tales Of human suf-
fering. There Is something wrong behind
ferent from that which the distraught
imagine. But the wrong is rghted and
evil is driven off and the child recovers.
and ultimately happiness comes to all in
volved. Mr.. Child has rendered an ex-
ceptionally appealing story of keen
Evening star., 1912-07-20

that the commission has a circular letter
setting forth that the United States does
not supply goldfish on application
1t md might be an an. ensssins OCCUPATION for
Of the Washington goldfish but this
much can be said. that q fountain basin
in order to present q proper goldfish
show requires about fifty goldfish to
stock 1t.
The main source Of Washington's gold
fish supply is in the gardens Of the ONCE
Of public buildings and grounds. In one
of the greenhouses in those remarkable
acres Immediately west of the bureau OF
engraving and printing is tank. This
goldfish These are known as the gar
deners' goldfish, that is they are cared for
by the gardeners under the of1fce of pub
lie buildings and grounds. These, fish
spend their summers among the wAvelets
and the water lilies Of the White House
fountains The gardeners put them in
the basins in spring. take them out in
the autumn and tank them.
Far down in Potomac Park in the sunk
en- nursery between the railroad and high
way bridge Is a fountain basin i'm which,
The Star man was told, some of the pub
lie goldfish spend the winter. These are
konwn as the plumbers goldfish. that IL.
they are cared for by the plumbers under
the office OF public buildings and grounds.
In the spring the plumbers put them in
certain of the park fountains, dipping
them up in nets and putting them in tubs
Of water while cleaning the basins or re-
pairing the fountain fixtures. and remov-
ing them to the nursery pond when the
autumn leaves begin to fall
The Tobacco Beetles.
IN many cigar cases in Washingtons $
tobacco stores. among the fragrant or
evil smelling goods, among the boxes with
bright crude pictures and the fancy
labels and fancfful names. you may see
small glass half full of a sticky liquor
and usually thickly peppered with little
black insects.
What's in that glass;" you ask the
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| usefulness are here in equal measure.
| The plot is secure and unopen to the
winds and rains Of every passing cloud
The people are admirable Jack Wing
| Care"-is a joy Of courageous, happy,
Understandable manhood. at home with
a group of children telling them delect-
| able stories, and equally at home cir
cumventing the murderous plots of a
| fringe of bad actors lurking about the
little frontier town. Jasper Ewold sug-
| gests Walt Whitman in A kind OF uni
versal humanity that he possesses. ARD
oil the other people in their various
! ranks and parts are quite as good. a
good stirring romance. Delightfully."- IN
! teresting from cover to cover.
THE BANTAM. BY Brewer Corcoran.
New York: Harper and Brothers.
| II is hard to imagine boys book with
| more of the boy in it than this one has,
| or one with filter background for the
| pursuits Of boyhood than the ideal school
pictured here. The falkland the story is
| full OF talk--is exactly such as healthy
| fun-loving. keen boys indulge in from
morning till night. One chuckles over 1t
! continually. The school Is taken from the
boys point Of vfew-not too much about
| lessons. a lot about dorrnitory adj
ventures and escapes. much about
dinners and playtimes. There is Just
eUOuSU, toO. dUOuL SOIIle very SSScptoudl
teachers. the kind to be admired. and
remembered. and copied. The full meas
ure of sports makes up the best of this
story. Here are games in which the
reader shares the excitement OF cham
pionships sought. and won. and lost, with
a fine flavor of gameness in all three of
these chances. One boy, the bantam
serves as the motive by which the story
gets ahead. His father. away in the Phil
ippines. has. of course. sent him to the
school OF his own youth, An adorable lad
who, in trying to live up to his father s
reputation in this same school, years
before. gives splendid example of how
fine boy can be and at the same time
remain a thorough boy-not too good to
be believed. just good enough to win
whole-hearted fealty. The naturalness,
the spontaneity of the book. is it's delight.
MOTHS OF THE LIMBF;RLOST; with
Water-cOlOr and PHOTOGRAPHIC Illus
trations From Life. BY Gene STRAIT
comforter. New York: Doubleday
Page g. Co. Washington: Woodward
Lothrop.
When ten years ago Mrs. Stratton-
Porter produced her first work, ''The
Song of the CARDINAL and followed it
two years later with ''Freckles.'' it was
Immediately recognized that she possessed
the true nature spirit and was blessed
with an intimate acquaintance with the
creatures of field and forest This i'm
preston was heightened by her later
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the generals stepdaughter, Martha. was
said to be so plain that all con- parison
began and ended with her." Her good
Of when by Eddie a
posed to her. quite overcar1e all super
fetal blemishes and deficiencies. consist
ing largely of negative qualities. The
fact that Martha fell i'll with typhoid
struck but before the wedding day. was
| a serious blow to Dddie's plans to set up
in life as a result OF his self-sacrifice.
Martha weighed in after her GONZALES
cence at $16972.S 50 and then began to
gain. She became mountainous, and as
she gained Eddie lost in spirits, and
things went efrom bad to worse. until.
finally, the generous general agreed to a
settlement that restored to the bride
groom some measure of the happiness
which should have been his. Mr.. Nc
Cutcheon's narrative OF Eddies suffer.
ings Is one Of his most delightful bits OF
whiusy. and is accompanied in this vol
ume with some peculiarly appropriate Il.
lustrations.
HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN
II NORTH AMERICA, With Intro
ductOfy Chapters ON the study Of
Birds I'm Nature. BY Frank NJ. Chap
man. curator OF ornithology in the
American Museum Of Natural His
tory, etc. With full-page plates In
colors and black and white by Louis
Agassiz Fuertes, and text cuts by
Tappan Adney and Ernest Thompson
Seton. Revised edition. New York
d. Appleton & Co.
While this edition OF Mr.. Chapman
work contains much new matter the size
has not been appreciably increased. ow-
ing to condensations and some elimna-
tions. It still remains literally a hand
book. and as such is Of particular value
to students Of birds, giving in the brief
est compass the essential particulars OF
all species OF eastern North America,
descriptions of their plumage. habits.
ETC., musical memoranda Of their songs
and references to more extended works.
The illustrations in this volume are espe-
clally handsome and helpful.
NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
SERIES-THE REGULATION OF
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. Edited by
Clyde Lyndon King. PHI. d. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
III December. 1894 the first meeting OF
the National Municipal League was held
at Minneapolis, and a paper by Edward
W. Bemis was read on the subject of the
essentials of good city government in the
way Of granting franchises. From time
to time this subject has been elaborated
in other papers read at sessions of the
league. some bearing on the topic in its
broadest prospect, and others dealing
with local problems and. conditions until
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versity of Edinburgh; from which the
following brief extract is taken: ).
THE first zebra hybrids bred were be-
tween the ass and the zebra mare, later
came crosses between the zebra mare and
the horse. and later still zebra. mules
crosses between male zebras and ordi-
nary mares. Lord Give seems to have
bred the first zebra hybrids by crossing
a female mountain zebra. which he
brought with him on returning from
India, with common ass About quar-
ter of century later, in 1901, a similar
hybrid was bred in italy, and soon after
this in 1905. the first of q series of zebra
ass crosses made its appearance IN Paris.
Later still zebra ass hybrids, were bred
at Windsor Park. in the time Of his maj
esty. George w, and at Lord Derby 8
famous menagerie at Knowsley.
Believing that Dan would take an in
terest in andelend his aid to the Agtcul-
tural Department in the investigation
relative to the production of a new and
useful hybrid Of the mule type, he was
sent to the Bethesda experiment station
of the bureau Of animal industry. He
was provided with four Percherons and
heavy carriage type OF mare as wives,
but so far from yielding to their charms,
he snubbed them. Then the bureau
tempted him with a large ,Kentucky jen-
net and four burro jennets. A cordial
acquaintance and delightful friendship
followed. Dan chose as his mate lady
burro Of plebeian extraction. and no for
tune. 1t was love match. Today Dan
is the sire of all the zebra-hybrids thus
far produced by the bureau Of animal
industry.
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or these hyhrids Husbandman E. H.
Riley says:
These hybrids show decided improve
ment over either parent in action, con-
formation and disposition Their sire
weighs 500 pounds and is 131a hands high.
The average weight Of their dams is $50
pounds and the average height is 1.
hands. The weight Of the young at birth
averaged 4S pounds. Two of these liy-
brids, at the age of one year. weighed
500 pounds each. and. measured u hands
in height
1t is believed that married life changed
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Dan from an amiabfe. peace-loving
zebra to a savage. fighting beast. 1t was
because of his incorporate disposition
and ill-naturad outbreaks that the bu-
reau of animal industry sent him to the
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CHAPTER vi.

In the leisure OF what, with curl Of
her lips signifying her contempt for the
Evening star., 1912-07-20
BOOK REVIEWS.

ROTH SIDES or THE SHIELD. BY
Mai. Archibald Butt, L. S. A., late
military aid to the President. With
foreword by William H. Taft.
Philadelphia: J. Lippincott Com
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HE pediment of the east portico
of the House of Representa-
tives is blank, but it may soon
be set with statues. The scuip-
fo..,e- ohiaal La To u-r;&A aa ALA.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-13
|.i |s's THE GODDARD HOTEL

European $2 50 and up American S8.OO and ,lr, Room soc 75c and SIOo Per Day
 One Block From Bath Houses
 Centrally Located For All Points
 MRS. J. w. HUTSELL, Prop. l5O outside rooms, electric lights, call bells, hot and cold running water, sta- tionary wash stands.
 Apartments for light housekeeping in connection with hotel.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-13

The only hotel on the United States Reservation.
 Elegant marble and tile Bath House newly enclosed and refitted, making 1t one of the most beautiful Bathing establishments In the entire country.
 New Sun Parior and Rest Room overlooking the mountain Parks.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-03

as a consequence. the summer dweller
in the Lake Park region is compare
lively free from that pestiferous in
sect. The roads are unusually good,
being remarkably free from stones
as are the fields. There are a few
mineral springs to be found here and
there. There is more or less hard
wood timber everywhere. so that nc
difficulty is experienced in obtaining
bread and butter state. This evil
dences the fact that the people Of this
section appreciate and produce good
things to eat. and no trouble will be
encountered in securing edibles of tho
right quality.
With scarcely an exception. the
whole region of Minnesota here re-
ferred to is specially attractive to
those who enjoy camp life. The roll
ing. timbered-protected prairies, high
and dry. with good towns and farms
all around and an unlimited number
of lakes at command, make this part
of the northwest an ideal camping
ground to those who follow in the
footsteps of Izaak Walton. 1t is not.
perhaps. necessary to state that no
difficulty will be experienced in OBJ
tair'" boats. dogs and guides at rea-
sonahle rates at the majority of the
places mentioned herein.
The Lake Park region is also ia
vorably known for the benefits that
sufferers from hay fever experience
there. Entire relief is afforded tc.
many and at least partial relief to
practically all.
Through the heart of this delight
full vacation land run the lines of the
Pacific railway.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-03
SCREAMING EAGLE
HAS BEEN
tanned
Its Shrieks Must be Mufled
on the Glorious
Fourth.

! Freedom from her mountain height
and so forth but Grand Forks will not
tear loose on the Glorious Fourth this
year. Under the ordinance made and
provided by the city council anybody
carrying even a concealed desire tc
burst into patriotic cXlIherance is
likely to be Punched. Should anybody
20 So far as tn dare to fracture the
peace and harmony of the city's
by means of tirecra"kers or other OK
plosivcs and not show a license from
he city and council permitting such
demonstration the city will burn
enoush gasoline in the tank Of the
official buzz ago to transport such
enthusiast to the city's remOrse cham
her where nothing less than an opti-
mis,ic jag can find anything of a hi
larious nature.
The ordinance prescrihes in effect
that the spirit of 80 shall be curhed
t" the extent of leaving dangerous
free and untrammeled young Ameri-
can TIL" right to risk life or limb in
the pursuit of happiness. Tctanus is
taboo.
If tomorrow is fine the usual num-
her of picnic parties are expected to
issue !~'ravely forth and get sand and
e~rasshoppers mixed with their
lunches. Busy business men will
have an opportunity to get acquainted
with their families and lounge on the
front %porch--if they do not go fishing.
Which brings to mind the fact that
for the past Week fishing parties for
the Fourth have been forming and it
is expected that every stream in the
neishhorhood of the city and some
that are far away will he whipped to
a s%tandstill and the trout will have
hut little opportunity to pass the ma
TONS natal day in seclusion.
1t is expected that the Fourth in
Grand Forks will be safe and sane"
all right.
y. B.-There is nothing in the ordi-
nance TO prevent n waving a flag all
he wants to.