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GOVERNMENT SEEKI EXPERI li - -- IF MjtB&M MM jHhHB ? -" ? ^ &fl?* mm-^KSKBHt P/^!, t1* ! Hi ^ <^^88fe. iWmm mgm COAL MINER STAR (Copyright. I#"7. by John Klfretli Watklns.l The experiment station for the lessening of horrors of coal mine explosions to bo at once erec ted near Pittsburg by the T'nitofi Htntfm feolofcrl* al survey will be a unique educational Institution, so far as the western continent is concerned. Coal mine explosions, like railroad accidents. are Increasing in this country from year to year. Last year in Pennsylvania alone 250 human lives were lost In Much eataatroiphes. while in West Virginia MS death* were due to the same cause. In the latter state 100 such deaths have occurred since last New Year day, and 1907 In not yet half spent Years ago England and Heigium reaucea buck norrurs oy establishing such stations as mat now to be erected here The Belgian mfnes are notorious for ih? deadly flre damp, but now enjoy a wonderful immunity from explosions. Our states have been negligent In the matter of making laws limiting the kinds of explosives to be used by the coal miner. Many mining states have no laws of the *kind whatever. While the federal government cannot compel the adoption of such laws, it can educate the miner and mine operator, and this it proposes to do forth with. Will Explode Artificial Mine. An artificial mine while filled with gas or i-oal dust will receive a charge of each of the explosives commonly employed In the coal mines of the t'nited States. Operators and miners will view the effect through the thi< k glass i>ortals of a fortified observation house nearby. Another artificial mine will be filled with such smoke as hovers after an explosion, and mm wearing novel rescue apparatus not hitherto seen in this country will perform J rescue drills within the stifling cavern. ; The various lamps used by American coal ' miners will have currents of explosive gas blown at them from all directions, anil the ; miner will see what sort of lamps en- j danger his llf?> and which are safe. There j will !?" also a laboratory for the testing of tlie powers of all sorts of explosives, I and h -re will be demonstrated that some | whh'h are safe in gas and coal dust are j noun the less lacking in effect upon the tii.il to be mined. L:k a giant cannon, the "explosive gal1 r v." in which the effects* of different o\ n t*. i?vs arai pawners uj on pas anu ausc at?- to be noted, will stretch out horizontally and w.th open mouth. It will l>-> ? tube of boiler plate 100 feet long , and six fet in diameter. It will be filled | with tire damp and air or coal dust and | air previously mixed by large electric j f ins In the closed end of the big tube th?*re will be a mortar barked by a base ; of ?onerete tw? lve feet square, and In this the various explosives will be set off by an oleftrie current controlled from an obHervatlon house nearby. Along the top of the tube there will be a row of safety valves, whhh will open on th**ir hinges at I allow the esewpe of gas foTTowing the explosion. Before the fans fill the tube with the fire damp or i <al dust mixed with air a sort of drumhead of stout pap??r win Ik* stien n^ii across m#* op?*n end, and j this will readily blow out when the exTHE PUBLIC LIBRARY WESTERN TRAVEL?NEW BOOKS. Th# Public Library offers the following list of book^ on western travel In the I nited States and Canada: Alaska. |(?Mi<)?*r?on A P Kainbow* Fnd. Alaska 1898 cut. 11 Kfim. I'e B. B Our Alakan Wmulerland. 18J?8. k'itu >1 l.n.u J S. A ask* and tW Klondike. 190.1. iitM . M1T2T ? i:. rt? I! II Aihk!*. Its Smirlifrn ''oast. the S kNii Arclilprltiyo 1VO. * ?! I " >< 1-1 ?">al i lirati Mrs M K Woniai! Wi.o \V? tit to A!-.t4k*. IMC. <;w.>-i?u3r?4. Grand Canon. ? i-1>?* (' I! Plijral. al of tin* Grand f. i...M IUKtri. r 1SS2 \h ??*u ln?".s I* Jl <; ?. !itnj?*?-? of the tJran?l Canon of A ' -IIft '?*' I .? I-. 1' J W Grand < alum *?f t lu? Colorado ? I . ired i hi Kxpk?r?*r?. 11*'-. p. 131.> K 'JKx6C0. Western Canada. II >rt? \<i n\ W T ramp Fires In the Canadian V U:.-s VI! 117.Vie <? i? i n S!r Jan In the Heart <>f the Cans rti:; Ii?k k ? I'M.; ti93-UuS711n. j I Iii o!?- r it M Sporting Paradise. the It* k?.?h!s or Mu?W ka l\HH CM 1*7:2. S mii?ms?m. .sumii liuvhesa of Imprt^sion* of a r.T,.|,Tf??ot (furttifc H J?urn?\v In Search of Spori in tin* I'.ir W?**t iif?2 Sofi27. sm,:!? ?!.! }| i: uiitl I'ollle J N riiuiM in the ; C'dtin-llau Itixkif* WII.m* \V D Bookies of (.'anuria 190K (.90 ' IViHOr. m- Yellowstone National Park. rhhi#?n?l*?ii. 11 M Vflioniton^ National Park. i? ?| mi)<1 lVTrlj.r'rp IM?7. (iiKtt lTJ. killing, K'idjarU 1 be Yeltowatooe. (la 81a 1 NG TO LESSEN MINE MENTING WITH LIFE w&v I v?. ^ ^ \ , V ^ ^ m ttittl * ^HSd?*&3! WF.. ? & /J| TING DOWN SHAFT. plosion takes place, thus reducing the shock and preventing destruction of the plant?a provision somewhat important. Watching the Explosion. That those witnessing the experiments may see the flash of the explosion, a series of port holes, covered with half-inch plates 1 or glass, win De arranged aiong me siu? ui the big tube. These will be on a level with a row of horizontal slits, covered with heavy plate glass. in the fortified observation house, sixty feet to the side of the tube. Through those slits the flash of the explosion will be watched as it flashes down the line of port holes or blazes fn>m them all simultaneously. In order that operators and miners at the pet-p holes may clearly note the time of explosions the lid of one of the safety valves will be opened, and across the mouth will be stretched a diaphragm of oiled paper, which, when the explosion occurs, will blow out and allow a piece of guncotton, suspended upon a bracket above, to ignite. The fire damp will be fed to the big cylinder through a tube and gas meter, which latter will measure the amount admitted. The fire damp will fall to the bottom of the tube until thoroughly mixed with air. This will be effected by the electric fans, which will suck both air and gas out if one end of ?tie cylinder, and which, after energetically churning them up. will force the mixture back into the other ?nd, this circulation being repeated until the gas Is thoroughly distributed. This entire "explosive gallery" will be modeled after?and a slight improvement upon?that of the Relgian administration of mines, at Frami-ries. Mr. flarence "Hull (ha cr<w*1 ntrit-n 1 citp\'ai'a *?' - ? ? r? "> v.> r? r.\|>lWOH c CA* pert, who lately returned from a tour of Inspection of such stations abroad, has placed at the writer's disposal the accompanying picture of the Belgian plant. It gives some idea of how our own will appear. Dynamite, black powder and the various "safety explosives." including the ammonia nitrate class, will he exploded In this great tube. Of course, any of these. If used In sufficient quantities, will Ignite fire damp or coal dust. But the tests will determine the maximum charges which can be used in mines without causing fire damp or coal lust explosions. These will be listed by the government as "permissible explosives." and adoption of such standards will be urged upon mine owners. As a result of In vr- 1T?n II > I lllirillil III IJIIftlOl^U Hll . 1 I (11 1 noted a number of "permissible explosives" which, and no others, must, by law, be us-d by the miners in blasting; roal. Knglnnd also prescribes a "limit charge." which must not be exceeded on pain of severe penalty. The Rescue Boom. A "rescue room," resembling the interior of a mine, will be another adjunct of our new station. There will be apparatus for filling this with smoke, and a course of instruction in the art of rescuing miners will be given. The efficiency of all sorts of inventions for sustaining life after mine explosions will here be tested. After serious explosions in our mines hundreds of lives rnnld be saved, as they are abroad, were it possible fur tlie rescue parties to penetrate lie sm >k> i>r Ras Immediately after the accidents. 1'nder present conditions in this country the deadly tire damp often holds the rescuers back for hours while their K let mi. Ksther. Wonders of Nature. 1900. p. 352.) M sic:. Klrbanlson James. Wonders of the Yellowstone. 1KNSI. la'KVp K.T92. Tavlor. r. M.. Jr. Touring Alaska anil the Yellowstone. 1H01. T212. Yosemite Valley. Cummins. (\ F. G. Yosemite Valley. In Singleton. Father. Wonders of Nature, 1900. p. 322.) M S!tf3. Whitney. J. T>. Yosemite Guidebook. 1870. Gftll WfllHy. Wiley. W. II. ami I. K. Yosemite. Alaska and the Yellow tone. 1893. G89-W048. The West. Burroughs, John. Faf and Near. 1904. G945WHti. InRerxoll, Ernest. Crest of the Continent. 1900. G93 lu4TI. Lummis. C. F. Tramp Across the Continent. 1902. <:>!? Ui7??. Mu!r, John. Our National Parks. 1902. G93 I Mwr?. i'rudden. T M. <>n the Great American Plateau. VMHi. i.'jA I ilalph. Juliau. Our Great West. 1893. G89i ri: Remington. Frederick. I*'?ny Tracks. 1S99. G93| 1UM. if<?.Hnv*?lt. Theodore Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail. im?2. G92 U677. Thompson. Mrs. G. G. Woman Tenderfoot. 1900. VI) TU72. Van l>yke. J. C. The I>e*ert. 1901. G93 V28. Whiting. Lillian. Laud of Knehintment, From IMke's f'enk to the i'aeitle. 1900. G93 W'?901. A selection from the books most r?- : eently added to the library follows: Biography. Auairs, ?? . ii. i'. mwiuict ui iuc vumcu ui England. E-9Adl75wo. J. R. A. TliomM H. Hnxlejr. E H987d. IMujc'iis, is. W. The Mauy-Sliled Roosevelt. E K?>7.V Duff. Sir M. E. G. Ernent Ronan. E R29D. Elton. Oliver. Krederlok V?>rk TuwelL E P87!7e. (ianquet. F. A. Ix>rd ACtou and His Circle. lvAc8fU?g. Norton. C. K. llenrjr Wadworth l>uogf?ltov, \ HORRORS. SAVING APPARATUS mmilMZ?fi?T?lV ll .. *V. ? ? vt--"-* '<' :<:>'- ' ': l; ' 1 ?"ij' #*- ?\ i> ? . '. I*. \TK , . ..:, - * < ?, 'V'" : >. *; J Realm of Deadly Fire Damp, One Mile Underground. comrades are being slowly suffocated or burned to death. The chief horror of such catastrophes is that it often requires eight or ten hours for men to slowly die following a severe explosion. Life-Saving Apparatus. An apparatus which when worn by msm berg of a rescue party enables them to explore a mine filled with ga3 or smoke was studied by Mr. Hall while In Europ<;?and will be used by him in the miniature mine to be erected by our government. It is a canvas jacket equipped with cylinders of compressed oxygen, connected with the wearer's mouth l>y a flexible, rubber-lined metallic hose. The oxygen supply is varied toy a pressure gauge an<t the breath of the wearer passes out through lumps of potas sium hydroxide, which absorb all of the carbonic a-cld gas given off by the lungs. The exhaled breath after being thus purified is then refreshed with oxygen and breathed over again repeatedly. Wearing such a jacket, a rescuer could enter a mine Immediately after an explosion and undoubtedly save many lives. If these tests prove as satisfactory here as they have abroad mine owners will be urged to keep a supply of the Jackets always rtady in the mines, as well as at convenient places above ground. Up to date such apparatus does not appear to have been adopted by any American mine owners. Smoke and fume helmets are manufactured, however, in this country and some of our coal mines are equipped with ambulance cars, while in many more the miners are drilled in firsf aids to the injured?in producing artificial respiration, methods of carrying tile disabled, bandaging wounds, etc. The miniature mine wherein these rescue experiments are to be made will have drifts, headings, rooms and ladders. After it has been filled with smoke miners will be instructed to enter these compartments, as if searching for injured companions. Testing Miners' Safety Lamps. Many mine explosions are caused by defects of miners' safety lamps. In the "lamp-testing gallery" of the new station ail safety lamps now used in this country will be tested, not only for their candleI power, but for their relative safety in the , presence of Are damp. Some of these lamps are safe in rapid currents of air filled with gases, provided these currents ait- iiim nut aie quite unsaie wnen such draughts are vertical or oblique. In which latter cases they explode the surrounding fire damp in a few seconds. In the testing gallery various lamps will be subjected to different velocities of explosive mixtures of gas puffed in different directions? horizonta 1. vertical and obliqueIn Belgium Mr. Hall witnessed such a test in which the lamp used mostly in the mines of the United States behaved the worst and icnif tha cua u c h tirrm A atil f ~itrr\ i f - ins lock-lamp made In Germany made the most satisfactory showing. The gas used for the tests at the Belgian station is obtained from an abandoned coal mine of the Compagnie de Oharbonnages. which owns mines containing the highest percentage of fire damp to be found in the world. Testing Power of Explosives. The relative powers of different mine explosives will be tested in the "explosive laboratory," another Interesting adjunct of the new station. A" standard quantity of each explosive will be fired from a mortar and against the face of a large pendulum weighing several tons. The distance of the pendulum's backward swing caused by the force of the explosion will be recorded by a scale. Kach standard sample of an explosive will next be placed In a cavity in the top of a cylinder of lead eight Indies high ami eight inches In diameter. The explosive will be "tamped" with sand and moi.st clay and exploded by electricity, after which the resulting pear-shaped cavity produced in the lead will be tilled with distilled water kept at a standard temperature and' afterward measured. The larger the cavity the greater will be the volume of this orffice. There will be delicate apparatus for moa-suring also the pressure and heat generated by each explosive and lur uimi>?ui? lite tJiuuu^ia ui cacn explosion. Flashes from different explosives will be photographed at night just as are lightning flashes, and this test will be for the comparison of lengths of flames. The camera will be posted at a standard distance and the different explosives tired into tlie air. always from the same mortar and the same angle. The duration of the flame will, at the same time, be measured by an electrical apparatus. Thus it will be seen to what tine points the science of explosives lias been brought. The experiments at the new station will be under the direction of Dr. J. A. Holmes, chief of the technologic branch, geological survey. JOHN ELFRETH WATKIXS. Willi 111* Chief Autobiographical Poems. FM.80>3n. Ogiien. Rollo. I.ife and f.e tiers of KJwiu Luwrewee (iodklu. K I* Notre. Gosseiln. Flight of Marie Antoinette. K M.WN le.K. I.oftuM. I,or(l A. W.. F. S. lHplommtic Reminiscences. 1 S3" 1879. E L82S. Mowbray. Sir John. Seventy Ye?r? at Weltminster. E MK72. I'araiws. Mrs. F. M. Garrick and His Circle. E-<illM|>. Ktevenson, K. 3. liooert Grosseteste, Bishop of I Lincoln. E G8974s. Stoddart, J. T. Life of the Empress Josephine. i E-Eo43tist. I Trowbridge. W. R. H. Court Beauties of Old Whitehall. E-9T757C. Williams. H. L. Lincoln Story Book. E L63wL Electric Hallways. Brockway. W. B. Electric Hallway Accounting. 8YE-B782e. International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904. Electric Railways. SYE-InS37e. St. Ix>uis Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 1004. Report of the Electric Railway Test Commission. SYE 3t268r. Steam Turbine*. French, L. O. Steam Turbines. TB FS86s. Gentsch, Wilhelm. Steam Turbines. TB-G2S8.B. J tide, Alexander. The Theory of the Steam Turbine. TB J883t. Bateau. A. Experimental Researches on the Flow of Steam Through Nozzles and Orifices. TBR187.E. Stevens. Theodore, and Hobart, H. 3d. Steam Turbine Engineering. TB St4752s. Thomas, C. C. Steam Turbines. TB-T362s. House Plans., Brlggs. R. A Bungalows ami Country Rest dences. WIM Child, E. S. Colonial Hotiwes for Modern Homes. (Reference book.) WIM-0435C. Dewsuap. William. Country and Suburban Homes. WIM-DSlic. Hunt. A. B. Houae boats and Houseboating. VO 11917b. Klrby, J. II. Modern Cottages. WIM K632m. Lent. F. T. Sensible Suburban Residences. WIMlAiHm. I*nt. r. T Sound Sense In Suburbftn Architecture. WiM L048M. IN THE POE THE COMING OF PHILIBERT. By Sara King Wiley. New York: The Maemillan Company. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. With the publication of the constantly increasing number of volumes of verse of real merit in lyrical or dramatic form the conviction grows that the dawn of a great poetic period is at hand. "The Coming of Philibert" is one of the distinct heralds of this awakening. It is aT once poetry of a high order and drama of no uncertain deli nuion. in 01 uie leasi indication 01 una Heralding Is the engagement In this play of the subtlest imaginative expression to the most drastic demands of the theater. The word "play" comes up as naturally as that of "poem" in speaking of "The Coming of Philibert." There Is about it none of the overwritten mustiness of \he closet drama. The story proceeds with a rapidity of motion, an Inevitability of result and a terseness of expression and yet with a completeness of suggestion which within clearly defined directions leaves much to the interpretation of those who may attempt to create the parts. Mrs. Dnimmond (Sara Kine Wilev) has a command of vivid description which promptly establishes the scenic character of Artacia, whether at court or In the cloistral shades of Castel del Monte, a skill In brief and pertinent narration, and a control of that peculiarly divining art of painting a character in a line which Is essential to the drama. There Is never any doubt as to what her personages are doing while they speak, the words being invariably the echo of the action, whether physical or mental. Her pantomime is as clear as her expression. The story Is also conceived with dramatic judgment. Conrad of Hohenstaufen coming to his crown in the kingdom of Artacia learns for the first time of a twin brother brought up in exile In the hills under the tutelage of a noble, a follower of the lowly * rancis or Assist. t'nuiDert, humble, truthful, courageous and universally loving, bidden to a court of Italian intrigue by his brother, is at once a foil for the king, who Is a product of court conditions. Under the infection of his strength and honesty, people, army, court and the Lady Clementia, whom the king purposes to make his queen, turn to the simple newcomer. Conrad, at the moment when, in accordance with his world, he plans his brother's mmm msIf I.' & / % v' kbHP^ SABA KING Author of "The Coml assassination, rises under the potency of Phllibert's absolute loyalty to a realization of the other's superiority, and dies at the hands of his own agents. With striking contrasts of Italian and Teutonic types, the spiritual significance of a world which lias produced Conrad being allured by the Assisl spirit In Phlllbert ia a basis for optimism which gives the whole poem a ringing note of sweet joyousness. N^t less charming is the feminine delicacy with which the revela and general conditions of Conrad's court are scented and not depicted. From the poetic standpoint It la a relief to find a poem full of emotion delivered with a vitality of line at once full of bearing and harmony and completaly free from deliberate and cloying melody. THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY. By Bolton Hall, author of "Things As They Are," etc.; assisted by R. P. Powell, superintendent of the Vacant J?ot Cultivation in Philadelphia. With an introduction by George T. Powell ot the Agricuiiuiai tion. New York: The Macmlllan Company. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. "We are not tied to a desk or to a bench," says Mr. Hall. "We stay there only because we think we are tied." He tells a story of _a horse in Montana that was hobbled every night to keep him from wandering. In the morning when the short chain about his forefeet was taken oft he would still hop until he saw his mate trotting off. His book is intended to show how any one tmt ntT if he will. The surprising thing about his book is that It is convincing, the reader is so much impressed by his arguments of liberty from three acres that he looks for the expected fallacy with a certain credulous eagerness and falls to find It. What is needed for a city man or woman to support a family on the proceeds of a little bit of land and why under modern conditions it Is not necessary to bury oneself In the country nor smother oneself in the city. Is the more definite purpose of the book. Every chapter lias been re vised by a specialist, the aim In the selection of topics being not so much the imparting of the technique of agriculture and Instruction along the line of its requirements as the awakening of active thought upon the social betterment of a rapidly increasing population, his subjects are: "Making a Living?Where and How," "Present Conditions," "How to Luy a jarm," "Vacant City Lot Cultivation; Results to Be Expected," "What an Acre May Produce?Methods," "The Kitchen Garden, Tools and Equipment;" "Advantages Prom Capital," "Hot Beds and Greenhouses;" other uses of land. Including ducks, Belgium hares, pigeons, bees, mushrooms, fruits, flowers, drug plants, live Btock, and considerations of where to go. and especially valuable appendices. The book has a grip on facts and takes hold of one's reason. THE SINNER. By Antonio Fogazzero. author of "The Patriot." Translated from the Italian by M. Prichard Agnettl. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Washington: Woodward <& Lothrop. The third In publication in English of Fogaizero's great "Trilogy of Rome," "The Sinner" Is actually the second of the serlaa. In It the Italian master has interpreted the eternal enigma of the Latin nature; the existence, at the same moment. In the same nature, of the antagonistic currents of religious ascetlsm and the passion of physical love. In Piero Maironi, the youthful philanthropist and religious devotee, beginning with the r^hAlIiAn of fho flesh airnlnof ona. . WORLD OF LIT] TRY AND FICTI terlty. ends In a consuming passion for a I woman wtio, religion excluded, can comprehend and stimulate every higher need of nia nature, xne cnurcn ana me wumnn? world-old consultants?struggle, until finally the weaker gives way. As background for this fateful drama Fogazzero has constructed with Infallible skill three distinct worlds which touch only at their outer rims: The little provincial world of a small Italian town, the great world of Venetian fashion brought Into the narrative by Jeanne and Carllno Desalle, and the calm and Impregnable world of the hv Hnn Ani?pnnA Tn mm in aa cachi^hwvu wj uv.? ^,? portraiture the book Is rich. Marchesa | Neue Scremin, with her rigid exterior, her paltry economies and a great, rich nature suffering underneath; the equable company of narrow provincial nonentities?I'lero himself, with his fiery, impulsive soul, his tremendous impelling force toward both good and evil; Jeanne Desalle, both great and weak, her Inimitable brother?all these the reader will not be able to forget. "The Sinner" is noteworthy both in itself and because it will go far to make comprehensible to the slower, colder AngloSaxon the paradox of the Italian tempera Illfll1. MAKING A NEWSPAPER. By John U Given, late of the New York Evening St'n. New York: Henry Holt & Co. Washington: Brentano's. Mr. Given's book, which is dedicated "To my wife," has a just complement of practical knowledge of his subject and enthusiasm in its treatment to make a volume not only authoritative and satisfying to the men who with him are acquainted with the inside ramifications of a newspaper office, but Curiously illuminating and entertaining to the laity. He makes a careful exposition of the nature of the American newspaper, classifying with complete appreciation of ideals and conditions. His trtnina Inolmlo tha nfTina i-? r rr n niriltlnn thft editor-in-chief, the managing editor, the matter of uncovering the news with the police as agents and the police courts as centers, the methods of starting the day's work and the reporters' procedure, and gives In all cases specific information as to what the city editor does, what the Qualifications for journalism are, how to write a newspaper story, prepare for journalism, get the news from outside tlie city, get a situation, get the prizes of journal *aSkiaiL:Ujk ML ' Sr - ' . .. ' ^ >.r:f < <* ;v V - ,;;v, > - ~ -... V' - ' > * .,/ >.?x * ^ <? SKSsr* ^ v-^ -i' pi, WILEY, ng of rhillbert." ism. and ends with the Important departments of the printers and the business office. It is a complete story, clearly told, and should do much to dissipate the Illusions about the press. CONFLICT. By Constance Smedley, author of "An April Princess." New York: Moffat. Yard & Co. Washington: WonrlwarH /lr T^lthrnn The Invasion of womankind into the business life hitherto monopolized by men has furnished Constance Smedley with an interesting starting point. The record of Mary Van Herten's development from the point where, thrust into unexpected power and responsibility, she is first Introduced into a world of which she had known nothing, Is Interesting reading. There Is no doubt that the story Is a strong, well-knit, human piece of work. There are, however, certain scenes, dealhig with the adventures of Mrs. Ellestree. which are distinctly unpleasant. That women are not happy when delineating passion Is again proved by the author's Interpretation of Mrs. Ellestree's emotions. The scene of her revolt and selfrevelation before her niece is not pretty rAflflinff and it < a a 1 an nn? notiirol In the main the satire against the "feminine woman," the self-styled "old-fashioned" woman, Is executed with spirit and la not unconvincing. THE SHADOW OF A GREAT ROCK. By William R. Lighton. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. A tale of pioneer danger, bravery and endurance which ia told exceedingly well. After stress and sorrow the hero and heroine win their reward, the beginning of a happy life "under the shadow of a great rock." There Is enough incident, extremely vivid pictures of a pioneer movement, Indian fighting and men?real men?a-plenty. IN THE DAYS OF GOLDSMITH. By Tudor Jenks, author of "In the Days of Chaucer," etc. With frontispiece. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. "Goldsmith," says Mr. Tudor Jenks, "Is one of the authors who has suffered at the hands of his biographers. In the attempt to make his life picturesque and interesting, there has been the temptation to place too mucn emphasis upon little anecdotes relating: to the author's eccentricities and the more absurd events of his career. Much of the material for his life has come from the pages of Bosweli's 'Johnson,' or similar anecdotal sources. There Is no doubt that the essence of these anecdotes is true, but in making up Goldsmith's life they have been given far too great prominence. Right proportion would greatly reduce them in the perspective of his career." Mr. Jenks' own volume, like the Inimitable forerunner by Washington Irving, is a conscientious piece of work, and not only pictures vividly the odd genius who amused the habitues of "The Club," but presents a L-ujiv luv lug yuiuaii ui me man wno won the friendship and admiration of the leading thinkers of his time. The result la a feeling that Goldsmith is entitled to a greater measure of respect than has formerly been accorded him. LILIES AND ORCHIDS j A Series of Drawings In Color of Some of the More Interesting and Beautiful Species of These Families, Together With Descriptive Text. By Roslna C. Boardman. New York: Robert Grier Cooke. mu _ -. A. 1_ _ ^ J I U !> litil a V\/\rt1r J. 119 KUinor Ui HUB CA^uiouo ?>iuo wva 1 states that her purpoa* has been to set forth j ERATURE, ON. ,* an Informal sketch of three flower families growing? In the United State* east of the Rocky mountains and in Canada, together with a few stray relatives from the Pacific slope. The Illustrations are studies of the more prominent examples. The twenty-four plates reproduce almost exactly, and In the very colors of nature, some of the most Interesting, rare and beautiful varieties of the two popular flowers to which it Is devoted. Upward of fifty lilies and a like number of orchids are closely described In an unteehnlcal manner, in brief paragraphs, by Miss Boardman. and the reader is informed Just where to look for them and when. The volume Is an Invaluable guide and handbook for the student of botany as well as for the lover or the wild flowers, and appears at the rlklit moment to be Immediately useful to both In their excursions Into the fields and forests. THK PRICE OF SII.EIVCE. Rv M. E. ST. Davis. With Illustrations by Griswold Tyng. Roston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The glamour of latter-day New Orleans is as potent In th4s romance as It is fabled to have been "before the war"?or. dans le temps, as Creole aristocracy has Interpreted the better-known phrase. Noemie and hor friends and lovers are treated with a delicate* charm. "Tho price of silence" Is the wreck of one woman's life and the threat of misery to her daughter. How the terror la met and routed and the fate of tho gallant youth who has taken up the, gauge the reader of the tale will be made happy in finding out. INTRODUCTION TO IMK<TIOI<< VXI1 PARASITIC DISKASKMI Including Their Cause and Manner of Transmission. By Millard Langfeld. A.B.. M.B. (Johns Hopkins), professor of bacteriology, Creighton Medical College, Omaha. With an introduction by Lewellys F. Barker, professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. Illustrated. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Sons & Co. x iiuiaiuj n i men iui inc uo>; ui iniiora, this book is a clear description of the fundamental principles of the causation and maner of transmission of Infectious disease, which will attract that large and increasing number of persons who are directly or indirectly Interested In this important subject. It Includes chapters on bacteriology, animal parasites and disinfectants and disinfection. Kffort has been made to avoid speculation and to adhere only to accepted doctrines. The author has filf 1111 ir Ko o \ naa larmL v.ai viuii/ auoiaiiicu iiwiu iiic uoa v/i 1110 and the discussion of questions unintelliBlble to tiie general reader. THE PRINCESS VIRGINIA. By C. N. and A. M. Williamson. Illustrations by I^eon Quipon. New York: McCluro. Phillips & Co. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. The Princess Virginia, destined consort of the royal gentleman with whom she lias had the good fortune to fall In love, has enough of an American ancestress's independence to prefer to be wooed before she is wed. Turning, when she turns Into a feminine knight-errant, the tables upon various precedent romances of royal lovers, she goes upon her quest. It would be unkind to the authors of her story to anticipate any of the very exciting adventures which fall to her lot. The story Is an innmnlnna <*"/> arranofllllir tnM A Ttlanc. gCIKUUS VIIC QUU 5 I UV ^. 1 U1 1J VV/IU. *. *. |/>uuu ant tale for a hot afternoon. MY GRADUATION. By Marlon L Peabody. Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company. In this handsomely decorated graduation book the sweet girl graduate will find from the "Ex Librls" Inside cover to the rosegarlanded "The End" pages for every possible commencement week need. The table of contents Includes Ttie Class Picture. The Class, Class Song, Class Officers, Sketch of the School. Favorite Studies. Glee Club. Dramatic Club. Spreads. Entertainments. Athletics and Gymnasium Work, Sports, College Games Attended, Christmas Vacation, Easter Vacation, Snap-Bhota. Commencement, The Program. Class Poem, Essays and Orations. Prizes, Commencement Day Entertainments, My Graduation Dress, Guests. Autographs and Addresses and Notices. The whole Is bound tastefully, decorated In rose and green, with designs of cupids and sprites, and good size, generous pages which give ample space for notices or photographs. No girl graduate can afford to be without so charming and potentially comprehensive a souvenir. GROWTH. By Graham Traver? (Margaret Todd, M. D.), author of "Mlna Maclean." New York: Henry Holt & Co. Washington: Ballantyne. "Growth" Is a somewhat over-Intellectual, even pedantic, book, which yet has some very good qualities. With a lighter hand the characterization In which it abounds would hav? b?en wrought to good effect. Just why. In the achievement of the "growth" from childlike acceptation Into real faith, the hero, reputed to be of irresistible charm, should have been allowed to commit what was practically theft, the au thor does not satisfactorily develop. There Is, however, an apparently Intimate view Into the strife In the very stronghold of Scotch theology, which makes the book an interesting one. NIMROD'S WIFE. By Grace Gallatin Seton, author of "A Woman Tenderfoot." Pictures by Walter Kins Stone and Ernest Thompson Seton. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Washington: Woodward & l^othroy. Women will welcome this pleasant, informal discourse by a woman who has really done the things that the nature books are run or roaay, w?u uas wen uic companion of the camp, In danger on rocky trail and before flood and forest Are. They want to know, what a man can never tell, Just how one of them felt In the face of wild nature. All this Mrs. Seton tells and tells with skill. Her wanderings extend over "the Sierras," "in the Rockies." "on the Ottawa" and "in Norway." Her story is graphic with illustrations and told with a breezy ease of narrative and humor of Incident which smacks of the out of doors. The illustrations are charming. BOOKS BECEIVED. RECOI.I.EC'TIO.XS OF MEN AND horaks. Bv Hamilton Busbey, au thor of "The Trotting and the Pacing Horse in America," etc. Profusely Illustrated. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Washington: Brentano's. TIN ENAMELED POTTERY. By Edwin Atlee Barber, A.M., Ph.D., Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia. Illustrated. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Washington: S. Kann, Sons & Co. THE GOSPEL OF HEBREW CHRONOL OGY AND APOSTOI.IC TRADITION. By Butler Jack, author of "Found In the Latter Days." etc. Washington: C. C. Purcell Company. SOJOURNING, SHOPPING AND STUDYING IN PARIS; a Handbook. Particularly for Women. By Elizabeth Otis Williams. With Map. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. IN THY COURTS J La Vocation a la Vie Religieuse. Translated from the French of Louis Viquat, S. J. By Matthew L. Fortier, S. J. New York: Longmans. Green & Co. VOCAL FAULTSj and Their Remedies. By W. H. Breare. J. P., M. I. J., vocal expert and adviser, author of "Vocalism: Its Structure and Culture From an English Standpoint." etc. With a Preface by F. Gilbert Webb. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. WashInortrsn WnftHward fr Lothron. NAPOI-EONj the Return from Saint Helena. An account of the Removal of the Emperor's Remains from Saint Helena to France In 1H40, together with a Description of his Tomb in the Hotel des Invalldes In Paris. With eight Illustrations. By William Henry P. Phyfe. author of ".">.000 Pacta and Fancies." New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. THE KING MAKERS. By Armiger Barclay, author of "The Worsleys," etc. Illustrated by H. -Piffard. Cover by Robert Kdwarda. Boston: Small, May nard & Co. THE STORY OP A PATHFINDER. By P. Deming. Boston: Houghton. Mifflin & Co. IMPERIAL HAIR m REGENERATOR AokDowlodftni to be The Standard u!/|l|l Hair Coloring X\i t Wfor QUAT or B1.KA0HKI) 11 AIR ir/gr^ li#r? and tn Kuroj>?. It 1* f. fil J loss, anil produce* any ?ha<1? fT? ' from Rlack to the lighten! Aeh I ? Blonde. l<?th? or Miiuiipoolna If" do not affect It: permit* curr lu lng. Ehunpl*of four balrooloni Nl and returned free. PrlTacy a?;*tj sured oorr?fiKindonce. Sole manuf'r* and patentee*. UtPEKlAL CUE*. MPO. CO . IJS W J3d St.. N?? YarkSold and applied by iur r* vtkoi-.. i me ? ?* ? ? v. ?? MCIOU, iiwo X Bl. n.W. Sli| house3 fm\ Hold fcg y* 1 Lints From time Immemorial Juno tin* !>een tlu favorite month for weddings, for the setting up of new roof-trees :mil the ilghtltif of the Ilrst lire on the hearth of the new home. Hare Indeed, ther fore, is the family not interested directly or indirectly in smnl wedding, whether it I.e the modest family * afTuii In a small apartment or tiny vlilagt home, the spacious farm house with its at> tend ant crowd of Jocund neighbors, or mort (iegant function at country villa, the st atel; city church with gaping crowds, pushlug and jostling to see the bride (?o l>y. or. best of all. out under the blue sky with robins und bluebirds to trill the wedding march, sunbeams lighting the path to natures chancel under a spreading oak or graceful elm. while "really, truly blossoming (lowers and trees send forth their fragramxt und furnish a glory of coloring anil artistic grouping that put the best endeavors of the fashionable florist to shame. There Is a growing predilection for out-ofdoor weddings, where circumstances permit, and what is more charming? Weddings in niigr i u i v* -<?-.in.} n in r UMj?Ui\ I i ri 8 o'clock in the evening. This does not Interfere with the business hours of the men. and gives ample time for the reception before the bride and groom have to tear themselves away. While rice and old shoes still follow their retri at, a prettier custom is the shower of rose leaves or the little whits satin slippers that come tilled with silver confetti for this purpose. A Wedding Chorus. A touch of novelty In the marriage ceremony is always appreciated At a recent college wedding, held In the chapel, rones of ferns and white flowers formed an arch, from the center of which the wedding hell was hung. Beneath this the couiile knelt to receive the divine blessing. Instead of the regulation wedding march, a wedding chorus was substituted, sung by the college glee clubs. The whole affair was most charming and original. Wedding Gifts. Wedding gifts are no longer labeled with the cards of the donors. As fast as reno li'Oil t notr o rn o ?-?lr 11 ? ?** 1 <-?il o*. .< 1 In- t lin then catalogued in 9 little blank book arranged for this purpose, so there will be no danger of forgetting, In the excitement, "who sent that?" On the day of the wedding the bride and her friends arrange the gifts in groups In a room set apa? for that purpose. At one of the prettiest of last month's weddings, where the presents were exceptionally beautiful and numerous, a large front room on the second floor held the gifts, arranged on a dozen different tables and stands. One quaint old mahogany stand, a genuine family heirloom, held an exquisite Sheffield cake basket that had belonged to the groom's grandmother. Here also were a pair of colonial silver candlesticks, also from the groom's family, together with a set of silver teaspoons belonjtln* to the torlde's great-grandmittier. and a silver porringer dating still further back. The modern silver, and there were quantities df It. was arranged on other polished tables. The copi>er and brasses had a table to themselves; the cut glass another, while three tables were required for the various small sets and samples of entire 6ets of beautiful china. Pictures arwl rugs were hung on the wall#, while tlie mantel was given over to qualiTt candlesticks of every conceivable design. On each table was a vase of beautiful flowers, harmonizing with the contents of the table. Wedding Supper. For a large party, refreshments are passed to the guests, the gentlemen assisting the waiters to see that every one la properly cared for. At stand-up functions napkins are not passed. The first plate that comes holds a hot pattie of some sort, a salad and a thin bread and butter sandwich. When this Is removed a sherbet glass of fruit punch or one not strictly temperance Is passed. Neit comes a fresh plate holding Ice cream or an Ice molded In some fancy shape, with strawberries and one or two small cakes. Lastly coftce Is served. The table Is beautifully laid In the dining room or back parlor with flowers, candelabra, plates of fanr-v i-nkcs. bonbons, etc.. while the main supplies are brought in from the kitchen. Wedding Cake. The cake is the same rich. Indigestible compound that prevailed as far back as colonial days. It may be made to order at the haughtiest of fashionable caterers, bought read'y-made at a bakery or confectioner's. or madu at home. The majority of brides prefer to have a hand in the mixing of the bride's cuke, even If It has to be sent to the baker's oven for Its baking. Where one wishes to make the cake at home, but feels that they cannot properly accomplish its baking with a gas stove, it kunwn that the take mav be mixed in the usual way, then steamed like plum pudding for three hours, finishing by an hour's baking in the regular oven with only one burner turned on. It is better mixed one day and baked the next. While a little brandy Is usually considered an.essential in the wedding cake that is to be kept for some tlm?, and wedding cake should always be baked at least a week, and longer Is better, before the wedding day. fruit Juices may be substituted. Here is an excellent rule that can be relied upon. The fruit should be prepared the day be lore making me eaKe. ' ream tagfinrr "no pound unsalted butter and a pound of sugar. Sift together a pound pastry flour and a teaspoonful each cloven, cinnamon, mace and nutmeg, and a saltspoon of salt, and set near the ftre. where the flour -will be thoroughly dry. For the fruit, have ready four pounds raisins seeded and quartered and dredged with flour, three pounds currants or their equivalent in dates, ligs or prunes soaked and slightly cooked then chopped, a pound citron shaved as fine an possible, one-half pound ground almonds. and a half pound each candled lemon and orange peels shredded. Kor the moisture have measured out one cup confectioner'M molasses, two-thirds of a cup rich fruit sirup from preserved strawberries, peaches, plums or cherries, and grated rind and juice of one lemon and one orange. A half gill brandy may be added or not. iia preferred. Having creamed the butter and sugar and twelve unbeaten eggs, one at a time, using the hands to beat tlieni in instead of a spoon, when well blended add part of the liquid, then part of the flour mixture. When ail have been used beat in a half teaspoonful soda dissolved In a llltle warm water, and then mix in all the fruit excepting the citron. When thoroughly blended put a halfinch layer of the batter in a can that has been lined with several thicknesses of paper, taking care that the paper comes well above the edge of the tin. Cover with a uniform layer of citron shavings, then another layer of batter and citron, having the last layer of the dough. Cover closely and set away over night. In the morning bake five hours in a steady, moderate oven, protecting the top of thp cake with paper till sufflwan or ?!Mm then li.ike til iCIIliJ ? ? ? When partially cooled, lee with tUe white of one eKg beaten stiff with confectioner's sugar. When this Is cooled and hardened the decorative Icing; may lie applied. Favors for Bride's Cakes. Where the cake is to be distributed among: the bridal party only a fashion able fad is to put in it not only tlia proverbial wedding ring, sliver thiinble and copper rent, each wrapped in parafHn paper, but also tiny silver skates, miniature motor cars, stickpins, etc., one for each member of the party. Of course this Is not feasible where the cake is distributed among the whole number (* guests.