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a ' • • • • ' ' - • . THE GOVERNOR'S 1 f ,TkAGED¥>^ | pif) EJ fell 1363 1323 S3 ?S3 fSH &£J S23 d tm w i2B iSa S the Governor' rode i~ist my grandmother's house on the spring morning when be left the State forever he ivore his uniform and jud ... her at all and thinkfn that she had unaccustomed begun to develop an playfulness. ̂ ; v r.; She did ^eave*%fm IbtSg in error, earricd the sword with which he after- "Do apt tonei*J me!" said in a voice Trawls led the charge at San Jacinto, j which, though it tremb^Ssvilb excite- uient, shoWed the^de^isivehess of long premeditation. '*b?fi^&^pucli me.. I cannot bear it." • ' - The Governor stood motionless, with the puzzled lookfgf ftao wli^fee intellect is overcome. She' might have pitied him and receded had s.he been capable PltllAr nf'S&niricr AV 11 Tl'/l «•>!»£• ffh tl tti <v Imi f &? .was'a- tail man, broad-shouldered and well-knit, with .a certain graceful stateliness which, though he had it by nature, he had not left uncultivated. 11 was held in those days to be a mark of the person of quality, aud from the time'when as a boy>of 10 he had lain «b the puncheon floor of his father's cabin spelling out Pope's Iliad by th? Bgttt of a pine knot, the Governor had always felt himself a person of quality. My grandmother was on the porch as fee passed and he bowed low to her, ceremoniously doffing his hat, as he al­ ways did to ladies. It was the last time die ever saw him, and though she lia-l been his warmest friend, he kept his dwn counsel with her as with every one else. To the day of his death, he never ex­ plained himself. i4Sir," he would say, tfe» response ,(to every attempt to draw Kim out, "let us speak of something «bt" And the bow -.vitli which he said ft was conclusive. When he had just reached the summit of what had been bis ambition; when he was Governor of what was then the pivotal State of the Union, with tiie Presidency as a possibility for him, and the United 8tates Senate for life a certainty, why 8 was that he chose to dress himself ta.hfe uniform and ride out into the Wilderness beyond the I ir-issippi, neter to return, his biographers have not been able to explain except in vagne generalities. How my grand­ mother knew the story I cannot say, farther than that she was the friend •ot only of the Governor himself, but of Virginia Frazer and of John Endi- «ott, the Governor's private secretary, Who made the trouble between them. "It Es true, my dear," said my grand­ mother to me, "that Endicott was. a [Yankee and an impecunious school teacher, but he was a Harvard grad­ uate and a gentleman. The Endicotts •re an excellent family--almost as good as our own, or as Virginia's. And the Governor, you know, though one of the Vest bred men I ever saw, lacked the great advantage of descent from well- tired people.", Those who conclude from this that my grandmother was something of a Tory will not be wholly mistaken, but W they had known the charming old lady as well as I they would forgive her as easily as I do, even though--which ft not likely--they are as radical in politics as I am thought to be by The Governor's honeymoon was bare­ ly over when he left the State. The fact of his resignation, which he had addressed in due form to the presiding officer of the Senate, was not generally Known until he was 300 miles, away, sitting in a Cherokee cabin, smoking an Indian pipe, as silent and impassive as any other savage of those around htim. For that was undoubtedly his idea at the time to renounce civilization forever and live a barbarian among barbarians. Mrs. Frazer, Virginia's mother, was a famous match-maker and one of the Governor's staunchest partisans. "If be was born in a cabin," she said to myigrqndfather a few days before the wedding, "lie has more brains than any other man in the State. I expect to see him President yet." With visions of Virginia in the White House, and herself as the power behind the throufc, slier jn njs correspondingly dated oUfche night of the wedding. It ft no part of my punapse to attempt to describe her feelings when the catas­ trophe came and she found herself face to face with the climax of one of those tragedies which compel silence in all who are incapable of resigna­ tion. When Endicott first met Virginia Tracer he was not more than 25; very baadsome, and with an unassuming •elf-possession which made amends for his lack of the ceremonious courtesy habitual to the society into Which he was thrown. There had been a marked attraction between him and Virginia frem their first acquaintance^ and r ime Who did not know her mother expected it to be a match. But Virginia, before any one knew of her engagement to the Governor, had begun to hold Endicott at arm's length, and after the climax there was, never the slightest scandal connecting her name with his. She was not more than 20 at the time •f her marriage. Six weeks later, when •he stood before the fireplace of her sitting-room as the Governor entered at 11 o'clock at night, she wore the muslin whose contrasting whiteness had so heightened her brunette beauty on the day after her marriage. The Governor had just come frrn a con- ference of his political friends and was flushed and hopeful. His wife did not move as he entered the room. Her face was half averted when, with his visual impressive gallantry, he took off ids hat at the door tfBd crossed the room to kiss her hand. life had tp»en it In bis and his lips had almost touched it wlifrn she hastily--almost violently-- withdrew it. Slipping past him, she atood in the center of .the room facing as he turned, not understanding either ofT§&eing or^understanding, but she had become a metje,""automaton, governed by long-suppressed einotioi. "I canuoi;10a¥ -ftj" she repeated. "I do not ldiVe you. I have./never loved you. I hiave tried'to leafq.-; I cannot. I have trie*} toibecome a^ypSe and duti­ ful wife tb you'. 1 cann^- I have tried to forget theohlj' man £ ever loved. I cannot, "there must be an end of it all, and it must come now!" : "Virginia!" said the Governor, help­ lessly. 'Virginia----" "Do not stop me!" she went on, with increasing rapidity. "I am not insane, though I am near it. I am a good wom­ an, sir. At least, I have nothing with which to;reproach myself, except the shame of having allowed them to make you believe I love you. It was all my mother's fault and yours. Why did you'foiloW me? Why did she force me on you, when I did not love you, when I never can love you; wlien I have ceased to wish to Jove you?". . She paused a moment for breath. The Governor did not move. He had leaned his elbow oh the mantel, and now, with his hand supporting his chin, he stood looking at her blankly. "I will not be stopped," she said, catching her breath with a sob. "I will tell you everything, everything, the whole miserable truth that is killing me. I love John Endicott. I have never loved anyone else. I never will. He does not know it,-T.and he never can know it, unless you tell him. Now you know what a wretch f am, and you know what you have done to make me so." As she stopped she drew herself up and threw back her long black hair, which had escaped from her comb and fallen around her face. As yet the Governor's mind had<a$similated hard­ ly anything of what- she had said. It had come upod him a supreme calamity at the climax ,6/..his good fortune. He seemed to himself .to have died sud­ denly and^^tp -^e "driving to wake to consciousness- in' another world. The one idea which shaped itself clearly in the chaos Of hiaMiirain' was th-t his wife had never been so Splendid,!^ "beautiful as now, when she ̂ §topd #with head thrown back and fiashii^ eyes, lifted above hefe$f '^^.tbe^srress % such an effort as no'ffpfte ,pgrsodK&vfer makes twice in a-lifetime, as very few ever make at all. ,A< moment later, over­ come by the^ln&rrtable reaction, she had rushed from the room, leaving th<£.Go*^(it$jE)r still standing at the m a n tel^i m wovatfte, as he had stood since she begag* jfc He had ma^h jfiQ. awgmpt, to follow her. She ha^^irne oniy^ few minutes when he stood, uprigiity -tljrew back his shoulders, waited twiceWp and down the room £|&ijtjbentook liiS^eat before a writing-^lly^fMvn ejo^to a win­ dow overlooking $j£.ri$»r. Settling down in the. ,<$iair^"vvtW^bis elbows on its arms hands. Iqcked across his breast, he'lftoked ^fpadily out of the windojv, motionless, as, the clock on the m&ntel strncfr,:,ihe. -hours, one after another, untitle -sm^ill, square window nnnoc InminnlK ical sequence In his own mental 1 procesises.« Simultaneously he seemed to have reached a conclusion, for he replaced the pistols and locked the case: "No," he said, "I will hot do.lt is a good boy and it is not his fdtilt hor hers either. She is as good a wouian as ever lived, and I am a fool." He spoke now with the decisiveness lie had shown at HorseshoeBend where, as everyone knows, Gen, Jack-., son had called him the bravest man in the army. He was almost cheerful as lie rose and left the house, walking towards the bluffs, as was his morning habit, with the light, swinging step he had learned on the trair with the Che­ rokee friends of his boyhood, fie did not return until 11 o'clock, and. goirg straight to his office he found John Endicott, his secretary, waiting for him with a formidable bundle of papers. "Use your own judgment, my boy, on all that will not keep until to-morrow. I am busy to-day with work that .An­ no t wait." He*passed into his Inner rooms aiff be said this, and began sorting the. papers In his private pigeonholes. Endicott could hear him tearing them, but if he wondered, he asked no questions, and the Governor kept up his work long after hisiusual dinner hour. When he went ho'die he found what he had ex­ pected/.^' His wife had gone 4o her mother/ and he never saw her again. It is said he wrote her a most affec­ tionate letter, but if he did, nothing lie said in it changed the course of his life or hers. "Nonsense. His heart did not break," said my grandmother. Why, all the world heard of him at San Ja­ cinto. A brave man's heart never breaks while he has work to do." Perhaps she was right. At any rhte, there was no tremor in the Governor's voice as he spoke to her that morning, riding with his horse's head turned to­ ward the old Cherokee trail that Jed 55? THE GOVEBNOR DID NOT UOVK. across the Mississippi through Arkan­ sas to the Indian Territory. "Good morning, Sirs. Tupton," he said as he bowed to my grandmother. "It is a beautiful day, and your roses are almost beautiful enough to be worthy of you."--Utica Globe. window Panes luminous with the dawn, .fien he jrose, and un­ locking a draiwfer yu the ftfVfer part of his desk, took bdt a mahogany box with silver-uio'tinted corners and a heavy silver pjate |n the center ci the^ lid. He utfloci|ed,it, deliberately, and SCRAWNY NECKS MUST GO. USCLES must be developed, the flesh hardened and in­ creased, the skin whitened, and the lines in the throat carefully massaged. The thin girl with the bony neck has much to accomplish. The high evening gown frequently seen last winter was uncomfortable to dajpee in and lacked pictorial distinc­ tion. Besides,.its wearer was always accused of making necessity a virtue, a criticism so invariably appropriate to the truth that she is resolved to stay at home or accept the traditional even­ ing uniform of lier sex. The former alternative is quite out of the question, so to prepare for tlie latter she passes days and nights developing her neck. There are ways and ways of increas­ ing the flesh, on the neck and covering the uusightly collar bones, always t.he ipost persistent of offenders, A simple method advocates the liberal use of icy water, dashing it impetuous­ ly over the front and back of the neck, and then expanding the chest in long, regular breathing. The skin is finally rubbed vigorously with the palms of the hands, carefully smoothing the throat under the chin aud behind the jears,. until the blood tingles exuberant­ ly. A second method for restoring an unsightly neck to sightliness combines the usage of hot water, massage and olive oil. The skin isXliatlied in water as hot as the victim can^ear it; then It is treated to a course in uncomforta­ ble rubbing, after which the olive oil is applied plentifully, so as to allow it free access into the pores of the skin. The full nick and chest of a prize fighter suggest the third manner of preparing to meet -the requirements of the winter season and an evening gown. The pugilist invariably holds his head with the chin pressed back­ ward toward his neck. Imitation of this movement straightens the head and forces the chest upward an inch or so, and while in the beginning it is principally the bony monuments of the thin girl's presence that rise to the knowA to each otljer in the well-meant words "Mrs., Knight, I want to present you to my dear little friend, Mabel Day: Mabel, dear, this is Mrs. Knight, of whom you have so often heard me speak." If the ladles were amused by the speech, they were so well versed in that knowledge of good form in which their hostess was lacking that they showed no consciousness of her error. A Millionaire Heiress. The death of Ogden Goelet, which oc­ curred on, his magnificent yacht, the MayfloWer, off the Isle of Wight, di­ rects public attention to the heirs to his vast estate. These.are, beside.his wife, his daughter, Miss May, and his son, Robert Goelet Jr. , Just what- property Mr. Goelet left cannot be definitely determined, but ho Miss MAX QOEI<ET. is quoted as having been worth $100,- 000,000, mostly in real estate in the metropolis, and his wealth may be even greater. To part of this wealth Mi&s Goelet, who is now 19 years old, wilE fall heir, and as she is already worth $10,000,000 in her own right she will therefore be among the wealthiest marriageable girls in the world. Miss IT WAS TIIE LAST Tnjl^SUE SAW HIM. taking from it a pair of the long blue steel dueling pistols of the period, tried the lc- i of both, and then look­ ing at them, said aloud: "They are the ones Benton gave file-- 'The same, sir, I had the misfortune to be obliged to use in my difficulty with my much-respected friend, Gen. Jack­ son." ' Before he had concluded his uncon scious mimicry of Benton's presenta­ tion speech he recognized the fact that he had.caught the solemn pomp of that statesman's carefully-modulated peri­ ods. The incongruity of the idea grew upon him, and as he turned one oil the pistols over and over in his hand lie almost smiled at the u -er lack of log- OUR GREAT GUN FACTORY. Tlie Washington Foundry* Where Heavy Ordnance Is Made. The Washington gun foundry is one of the landmarks of the national cap­ ital. Inasmuch as it is there that all the high-powered guns and their mounts for the equipment of obr ipod- ern ships of war are manufactured, !jj£t is a place of special interest to vtisit4FiK in these days of wars and rumora tofe war. Originally established as a navy* yard for the construction and repair of warships, it was long since abandoned as such, and is now devoted almost ex^j clusively to the manufacture of guiiis and ordnace materials. The entire gtin plant ana appurtenances hate cist about $2,000,000 and are believed jto tie fully equal to the demand of the times in supplying the new navy with guns equal in power and efficiency .to those supplied to the leading navies of for­ eign powers. The gun shop is filled with the .most powerful and approved machinery. for turning, boring, rifling, jacketing and otherwise finishing the iimaense <rifles required for modern" battleships/;.^, well as the smaller rapid-fire guns, which form such an important part of the secondary batteries of the cruiser gunboats, and, in fact, all vessels of war. The largest lathe in the shop, commonly called the "sixteen lathe," was built for turning out gun six­ teen inches in diameter of barrel, forty- eight feet seven inches long, and weigh­ ing 110 tons. This size has been found too large for practical use, however, and the largest guus made for the navy are of but thirteen-inch caliber. The lathe which is used for boring 'the interior of these guns is about 115 feet long and cost nearly $100,000. Smaller lathes are used In the case of the smaller guns. Traveling over these lathes, forty feet from the ground, is an immense crane, capable of raising and carrying from one lathe to another a dead weight of 125 tons. In the cen­ ter of this building is the shrinj&ng pit, in which are located furnaces for heat­ ing the jackets and hoops for use in shrinking the gun tubes. These fur­ naces are heated to between COO and 700 degrees, the heatlng .power being naphtha oil with an air blast. A separate building is devoted to the manufacture of gun mounts and car­ riages and is provided with the latest and most approved machinery, as is also the projectile shop nearby, in which shells are made and finished. There are many historic relics in the museum and other buildings at the yard which the watchman in charge will show with an ill-concealed display of pride and patriotism. The two old- fashioned cannon mounted on either side of the avenue near the entrance were captured from the Tripolitans by Capt. Stephen Decatur In 1801. * Near the east door of the gunshop is the original "Long Tom," used with such success by Capt. Samuel C. Reid on the brig Gen. Armstrong in his nev­ er to be forgotten engagement with the British fleet at Fayal on Sept. 26, 1814. This gun was presented to the United States by the Portuguese Government a few years ago, and formed a part of the naval exhibit at the World's Colum­ bian Exposition. In the rear of the commandant's office is a gun park, where ar6 displayed trophies captured during the war of the revolution, the war of 1812, the Mexican war, and war of the rebellion.--New York Commer­ cial Advertiser, Small 1 l>«v«lopin} Parallel SOME HINTS TO THIN GIRLS. .occasion, little by little perseveradce I conquers and the bones gradually re- jtteet discomfited. After drawing the jehiaoiiiward in the ^kbitual manner of •the prize fighter, turn the head slowly from left to right, still keeping the chin rigorously in position. Then throw tjj.e.head backward and for­ ward, the chin again immovable, until lower and+lower, it finally strikes the chest vigorously. Sustained breathing adds greatly to the effectiveness of the pugilistic exercise, which is the chief means employed by the fighter to hard­ en into Iron the muscles of his neck. The oftener the practice the quicker the remedy, and a trial twice a day. in :t$je morning and at„night, soon gives courage to the scrawny, girl to continue her self-imposed labor, for improve­ ment rapidly terminates in triumphant success. , To gain fullness In the neck and length in the waist, stand firmly on the bali* >f the feet, with arms at the side mot ionless, the palms of the hand extended toward the front. Slowly raise the arms over the toft of the head until the arms meet and jtoi-'fti an arch, then drop quietly agaiii: second portion of the exereise^con^isfts in ex­ tending the arms to tlVeh^'ftVil length in front, with the palms'ofihe hands facing downward. Gradually move each arm to the side and back again, keeping the same level, and repeating until fatigued. In the third position the arms are outstretched, forming with the body a human cross. Then describe circles with each arm, using the shoulder as the pivot. Slapping the backs of the hands together behind the back also furthers the development of chest muscles. When a girl thinks she is awfully sweet, she finds it difficult to keep the ppinion to herself. i Goelet. has not yet been formally "brought out" In . New York, though she figured as one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of Miss Consuelo Van- derbilt and the Duke of Marlborough. Recently it wa« sahl that she was en­ gaged to the young Duke of Manches­ ter, but this rumor was subsequently denied. Miss Goelet is described as a charming young lady. Naturally, she received a good education and as a consequence she possesses many ac­ complishments. Takes His Wife's Name. The features attending the marriage of Harry A. Steinkey, of East St. Louis, to Editli M. Haines, of the same city, are romantic. Hypnotism is one phase and omission of the-word "obey" an­ other. Last, and most prominent of all, is the fact that lie changed tihe usual ord6r of things aud took his wife's Another "Woman Lawyer. One more woman lias stepped into the ranks of the legal profession and Laporte, Ind., has the honor of being her home: She Is Miss Mollie L, Lorig, and she has just been admitted to the bar. She is a graduate of a Deliver MISS JIOI.I.IE I-. I.ORIG. Ill law college and had the distinction of being the only woman in the class. She Is convinced that she will enjoy prac­ ticing her profession and for that rea­ son undertook the hard work, against the advice of some of her friends who advised a stage career. The woman is 20 years old and expects.to spend the next few years in the office.of some well-established lawyer of Laporte. The Etlqnette.of Introductions. It is mortifying to note how many persons pay little or no heed to what may be styled the etiquette of introduc tions. To the lover of^good form there fcAothing that sets one's teeth on edge on hearing an introduction so worded that a woman is presented to a man, or an elderly woman to young one. At a tea a matron who years before had arrived at the dignity of a graudnioth- er was piloted by her hostess to a young girl of 20, and they WEp.l; inadt' M *1BS. ilARRlr O. HAINES. n.ime in marriage. When -the young wifo was asked why she retained lie* maiden name she replied because her father wanted it that way. "I did not want to give up everything," said she. "1 always told Harry that if lie got me lie would have to take my name too. I have no patience with -the idea that a woman, when she marries, becomes the property of the husband, My idea of marriage is a. partnership, not a state of ownership." Mrs. Haines is a wom­ an off 22. One Weakness of Women. It Is becoming a noted fact that the young women of to-day show a de­ cided preference for men whose reputa­ tion is not of the best. Speaking about this it few eveniflgs ago a college man said: "It isn't much of an incentive for a fellow, to keep his morality'up to the standard when he sees the most dis­ reputable men of his best set simply lionized by girls and their mother?;. I, don't know why it is. Women have a mania for cultivating men whose characters are anything but good. The shadier they are the more they appeal to women. Can't understand it. There were two men in my class last year, the wildest, fastest fellows I knew, but they were made more fuss over by the mothers and daughters of their ac- quaintatice*than any of their well-be­ haved friends. These same mothers and daughters kiiew any number of bright, moral young men,"but they ig­ nored them every time in favor of the -ne'er-do-wells--were flattered to death to receive the slightest attention from tlie wild pair. Their money may have appeared a satisfactory substitute for morals--but what a state of affairs!" AN ARTIST'S DISCOVERY. How Nitnr* Hm Wisely Colored the An exceedingly interesting natural law has been discovered by the distin­ guished artist, Mr. Abbott H. Thayer, who is an ardent observer of bird life' He, with his artist's eye for light and shade, discovered what tlie naturalists, notwithstanding their acquaintance with many varieties.of imitative and protective coloration in animals, had as yet failed to elucidate the reason why the under parts of fishes, reptiles, mammals, birds, and even insects are so generally white or light. It is a law which can be very simply stated thus: "Animals are painted, by nature dark­ est on those parts which tend to be- most lighted by the sky's light, and vice versa;" Of course, out-of-doors the light comes commonly fro.m above, aud thus the majority of wild creatures are darker on their backs and lighter below,'where the shadow of their own bodies upon the lighter color -tends to equalize it witL that of the upper parts. Thus, a dead bird with wood-colored back, lightei shades on wing and sides and a White breast may look, when held in the hand, as if the conspicuous, silvery brilliance of the breast feathers would easily betray it to -the eye of a search­ ing enemy. Not at all. It would be much more easily discovered if it were dull brown all over. This Mr. Thayer proved at an open-air meeting of orni­ thologists in Ca mbridge .last November by a series of cleverly devised experi­ ments. x He p.aced three objects of about the size aud shape of sweet potatoes--in fact, they were sweet potatoes--hori­ zontally on wires a few inches above the ground. They were covered with a sticky material, and then dry earth from the road where they stood Was sprinkled over them to give them the ^eiy color of their background. Dr. C. Ilart Merriam, in a report of this talk to Science, says: The two end ones were painted white on the under side, and the white color was Shaded up and gradually mix­ ed with the brown of the sides. "When viewed from a little distance, these two end Q|i£es, which were white below, disappeared from sight, while the middle ou^sTood put in strong re­ lief, and a^ieafed much darker than It really was. jjlr. Thayer explaiued that terrestrial birds and mammals, which are protectively colored,-have the under parts white, or very light in color, and that the color of the under parts usual- graduaily iBto~~iuSt or the upper parts. .This is essential in order to counter­ act the effect of the shadow side, which otherwise, as shown by the middle potato, makes the. object abnormally conspicuous, and causes it to appear much darker than it really is. In the case of Mr. Thayer's experi­ ment, some of the witnesses could hard­ ly believe that the striking difference In the visibility of tile tlire'e potatoes was entirely due to the coloring of the under side, and Mr. Thayer was asked to color the middle one like the two others, in order that the effect might be observed. Mr. Thayer complied with the request, painting the under side of the middle potato white, and shading the white up into the sides, as in the case of the others. The effect was almost magical.. The middle potato at once disappeared from view. "A similar experiment was made on the lawn. Two potatoes were painted green, to resemble the green of the grass above which they were suspend­ ed. One was painted white on the un­ der side, and at once became invisible when viewed from a little distance, while the other showed plainly and seemed very dark, the shadow, super­ added to the green of the under side, making it remarkably .conspicuous. The experiments were an overwhelm­ ing success." The rule of natural coloring which Mr. Thayer thus-perceived like an art­ ist and proved l..ce a scientist is so general throughout the animal king­ dom, and of such importance in pre­ serving species from destruction, that many naturalists declare him to have made, not merely a remarkable discov­ ery, but a great discovery. New Use for Chewing Gam. Even gum-chewing may stand one in good stead upon occasion, as a youug woman of. Camden, Me., found during an ascent of Mount Battle. She wore a short skirt and it caught on a broken bit of shrubbery and was torn. She calmly took the gum she was chewing from her mouth, put the torn parts of the dress into place and fixed them therewith it. Anybody who has inad­ vertently stepped upon a piece of gum put to less good use will have no diffi­ culty in believing the story. A Mnttor Of Colors. "Sister Millie wants to-know if you won't let us take your'big awning? She's going to give a porch party to­ morrow night and wants to have it on the piazzer." "Wants my awning?" "Yep. She would have borrowed the Joneses', but theirs is blue, you know, and Millie's hair is red."--Cleveland Plain Dealer. . . On the Klondike. "There's a lot of sliootiii' goin' on over there at Alaska Dick's saloon. Are the boys liavin' fun. with the ten­ derfoot that blowed in last night V" "Fun nothin'S The boys is shootin' to kill. They're fightin' like hungry tigers over a raw onion they happened to see in that tenderfoot's baggage.'-- Chicago Tribune. Tlionfrht So. "What Is that cigar-box arrangement on top of the house?", asked the guest from the city. "That," said the prpud owper of his own suburban borne, "is a, watch tower." "Oh! I thought it was too small for a clock tower."--Cincinnati Enquirer. Tlieory. Weary Catkins--Ain't it funny some men can't work till they are full of booze? Dismal Dawson---I don't see notliia' funny about it. Ain't a ir.au got to drown fcls misery?--Indianapolis Jour­ nal. . Water is so scarce at Broomtown. Ala., and vicinity that farmers have to haul , it a distance of three- and four miles. Hall Caine is already at work on a ne\v novel which deals with the drink question, H. G. Wells' new romance, "The In­ visible Man," is to be ready at an early date. The iaiea of St is quaint--a man becomes invisible, but his clothes don!.t» and the results are remarkable. A novel entitled "Taken by Siege," by Jeannette Gilder, is soon to be re­ published. It first came out anony­ mously several years ago and was not a success. It is a story of journalists and musicians. Mrs. Anna Eichburg King, who Is re­ membered as the writer of the charm­ ing Kitwyk stories published in the leading magazines> is soon to be mar­ ried to John Lane, the British publish­ er, who gets out the Yellow Book. AmeUe Rives' new novel will be il­ lustrated by her husband, Prince Trou- betsky. It is said in connection that some time ago" while standing before a.marble bust of herself In her old Vir­ ginia home she said to a friend sh£ in­ tended to send: it to her former hus­ band, Mr, Chanler, whom she called "the most amiable of rnerf." Admirers of good fiction have the Messrs. Harpers to thank for a new edi­ tion, of Mrs. W. K. Clifford's stirring novel, "Mrs. Keith's Crime." The book first appeared in 1885, when the author was unknown save as the widow of the bril.iant scholar whose name she bears. Tlie novel has its artistic flaws, but none can deny its power and its right to a new lease of life. A new germ-breeder has been discov­ ered, and this time the lives of authors are in peril; According to experiments which have recently been completed at Berlin and Leipzig by tlie leading bac­ teriologists of Germany, the ordinary inks "literally teem with- bacilli of a dangerous character, the bacteria taken therefrom'sufficing to kill mice and rab­ bits inoculated therewith in the space of from one to three days." An article describing and illustrating science teaching Ju tbj University, of Chicago will occupy a prominent place in Appleton's Popular Science Monthly for October. Prof, Frederick Starr, the author, :s not the least among the forces tepding to advance this new uuiversity uic wul r;;r.K, sssriiia uvscriynun or its aims and methods is sympathetic as well as comprehensive. Alphonse Daudet recently declared.to a visitor that he considered he had earned the right to work only when the spirit moved him.* and that it had be­ come his practice in consequence mere­ ly to write in intermittent fashion. For over two years M. Daudet lias been en­ gaged in this leisurely way on a novel of which the title is "Soutien de Fam- ille." The book is t.ow approaching completion and there is every chance of its seeing the light in the course of the winter. It is said that the highest price per word ever paid to an author was paid by Messrs. Scribner to Mr. Rudyard Kipling for his railro.vd story, "No. 007," published in Scribner's Magazine. The story numbers over 7,000 words and the price paid was, about $1,500. This, as one might suppose, covers all serial rights. Twenty cents a word is the higliwater mark in authors' pay. Kipling gets no such prices in his own country. As a rule lie is bought out­ right by an American publisher or edit­ or aud resold to England. Miss Jeannette L. Gilder of the Critic confesses to the authorship of a. novel that attracted considerable attention, when published anonymously, a few years ago. The story, Avhieh is called "Taken by Siege," was published serial­ ly! in Lippincott's Magazine, and later in book form by the Lippincott's. it will be.republishedin a few weeks by Charles Scribner's "Sons, with the au- thor's name on the title page. The story, deals with the journalistic and musical life of New York City some twelve years ago. Typical of Grant. A story is told of Gen. Grant "which is illustrative of his tender and gentle nature. On the day of a great review he turned with eyc'3 dim with tears, from the sight of his old troops, sav­ ing, "I don't believe I can stand it! I d o n ' t b e l i e v e I c a n s t a n d i t ! " I n t h j game spirit is the following souvenir: The parade of theGrand Army, which was part of the centennial cele­ bration, was an occasion of wild excite: inent to us. We# were not far from the balcony where Vieii. Grant reviewed the troops and therefore saw all that could be seen-ra seemingly endless pro­ cession of soldiers, cannon and brass bauds. And how the people cheered! But it puzzled us why the cheers were loudest and longest for the most forlorn, stain­ ed and tattered old flags until we un­ derstood |hat the flags, too. were veter- nns. By and by the great show was over, and Gen. Grant was going away. He did not seem at all gay. I wondered why. "Don't you enjoy it? Wasn't it nice to see all your old soldiers again?" I asked. "But they were not all there," he an­ swered gravely, I realized what it meant to him to re­ view his old army. Those tattered flags had been carried by men who went to death at his command. Those dark stains had been the lire-blood of men who died obeying him. To others It had been a day of jubilee, while his great heart had ached as he thought of tlis price of Ills victories.--"A CliiW-a Recollections of Grant," in Current lit­ erature. . His Interview. Young Congressman--Well, my d~ar, what do you think? I had the honor of being interviewed this morning on the leading topics of the day. His Wife--Indeed! What did you say? : Young Congressman--I really can't tell until I see the . morning paper.-- Richmond Dispatch. Time. "Time flics, you know." "Not always. It is now possible to make a century run."'--Indianapolis Journal.