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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
JUL Y 9, 1904
i "The Lives and Times of the Chief Jus- (than any other edition In English,
tlces of the United States," etc. explanatory notes are sufficiently
WHAT IS ART.
;(Bv Leo Tolstoi, Translated from the
Original Manuscript, with an Introduc
tion by Aymer Maude.)
HIS edition of Tolstoi’s
celebrated book, "What Is
Art?" issued with the full
approval and indorsement
of the author, has peculiar
interest because, as he
states in his preface, it
appears now for the first
time in Its true form. Sev-
The constantly increasing interest in
the life and services of Marshall makes
it appropriate at this time to present in
a single volume tne excellent work by
Mr. Flanders. Originally issued in the
author's "'One Lives and Times of the
Chief Justices," Flanders' life of Mar- J
shall has been generally considered as j
one of the most comprehensive and au- I
thetic written, and has been universally j
referred to and Quoted. The fact that j
"The Lives and Times of the Chief Jus- j
tices" is now out of print, and therefore !
not available as a current publication, is
considered a further reason to revise, and
reissue in its new form this standard
“Life of Marshall.”
A a frontispiece is given an engraved
reproduction of the famous Inman por
trait, the property of the Law Associa-
eral editions wore publish
ed in Russia, but in every tion of Philadelphia, generally considered
case the work was so
mutilated by the censor as
to misrepresent seriously
the author's views and to make him re
sponsible for the thoughts of other mon-
thoughts utterly opposed to his own con
victions. In introoducing the present
edition, Tolstoi points out a number of
Instances wherein the Russian editions
were thus mutilated and altered.
In this study of the perplexing Ques
tion, What is Art? he considers the
problem in its most vital relations to
human perception and activity. Mistaken
theories and definitions heretofore ad
vanced had to he examined and cleared
away before the author's views could he
clearly stated. The task was one of
and it has been accom-
brevity ad lucidity that
The translator. Aylmer
his introduction to the
this book has had
y that
t took
| as the most satisfactory portrait of the
I chief justice.
| Flanders’ "Life of Marshall” is a large
ioctavo size, printed on fine paper, at
tractively bound in cloth, uncut, with gilt
; top. T. <fr J. \V. Johnson & Co., publish
ers, Philadelphia; $3.00.
great digflcult;
plished with r
are surprising,
Maude, says i
book: “Of the effect
upon me personally I can only
‘whereas I was blind, now I see
it up much in the dark on questions of
esthetic philosophy. When T had done
with it I had grasped the main solution ,
of the problem so clearly that I never I
again became perplexed upon the central ■
issues.”
"The basis on which this work rests,"
says Mr. Maude, "is a perception of the
meaning of human life. ‘Art is a human
activity,' and consequently does not exist
for its own sake, hut is valuable and
objectionable in proportion as it is serv
iceable or harmful to mankind. The ob
ject of this activity is to transmit to
others feelings, the artist has experienced.
Such feelings—intentionally evoked and
successfully transfitted to others—are the
subject matter of all art. By certain ex
ternal signs—movements, lines, colors,
sounds, or arrangements of words—an
artist infects other people so that they
sha re ^his feelings; thus ‘art is a means
of uniVn among men, joining them to
gether in the same feelings.' Without
'adequate expression there is no art, for
there is no infection, no transference to
others of the author's feeling. The test
of art is infection. If an author has
moved you so that you feel as he felt,
if you are so united to him in feeling
that it seems to you that he has ex
pressed just what you have long wished
to express, tho work that has so
infected you is a work of art.
"In this sense it is true that art has
nothing to do with morality, for the test
lies in the 'infection' and not in any |
consideration of the goodness or badness
of the emotions conveyed. Thus the test
of art is an internal one. The activity
of art is based on the fact that a man,
receiving, through his sense of hearing
or sight, another man’s expression of
feeling, is capable of experiencing the
emotion that moved the man who ex-
p,. ofFe< ! it." The author holds that the
one great qualitly which makes a work
of art truly contagious is its sincerity.
Clearness and originality are dependent
upon and follow this one great quality.
The author applies his conception of art
to the deepest interests and widest ac
tivities of life. The convictions and emo
tions which control a, man's life may in
fect other men if he possesses an artist's
gift of expression whether these convle-
t'ons and emotions concern social
tion-, religion, or :
b".d.
Tolstoi holds that "the purpose of hu
man life is the brotherly union of man."
and that art must be guided by this per
ception—that "the art of tlm future is not
the possession of a select minority, but
a means toward perfection and unity."
He points out the connection between
science and art, and says that science
should deal with the great problems of
human life and serve : :
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Regina Whittaker—an original heroine
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na's experiences as wife and mother, as
a vigorous member of societies and clubs,
and as a client of beauty doctors, fat
reducers, skin manipulators, hair dress
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scribed with ricn and sympathetic hu
mor. The incidents leading her to sus
pect her husband's faithfulness and the
complications which resulted are nar
rated with fine comedy and frequent
touches of pathos. The whole story gives
a picture of a certain phase of modern
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rela-
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s a basis of art.
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LIFE OF JOHN MARSHALL,
By Henry Flanders, Esq., of the Phil
adelphia bar. author of "An Exposition
of the Constitution of the T'nited States.”
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THE RAILROAD IN EDUCATION.
Discussing in bis comprehensive new
book,
Baltimore and Ohio 'as the first great
railway and the Trans-Siberian as the
j last, Professor Alexander Hogg, of Fort
"Worth, Tex., states that the Siberian
railway already makes it possible for a
traveler to circle the globe in thirty-
three days. This is progress, since to
: go “round the world In sixty days” was
not long since considered a remarkable
ifeat. But Professor Hogg declares that
the trip will be still shorter on the com
pletion of the projected extension of the
i Siberian railway by a route shown in his
map. The eastern terminus of the Rus
sian line is now Vladivostok, but it can
be extended to Bering strait, meeting
there the Alaskan extension of a railway
already built to Dawson City and soon
to be connected at Seattle with one of
our trans-continental lines. The Traas-
Akiskan Company, a California organiza
tion, has e coach line between St. Mich
ael and Cape Nome which Is intended,
it is stated, as a forerunner of a railway
line to Port Clarence, on Bering strait.
.Making some interesting comparisons.
Professor Hogg notes that while the
longest railway in the United States is
3.065 miles long', the Trans-Siberian line,
from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, cov
ers 5.S03 miles. With Its branches and
auxiliary undertakings the line will cost
$390.000,000—a sum which a poor coun
try like Russia could ill afford to spend,
even to secure Manchuria and a dominat
ing political influence throughout
west Pacific. Prominence is given by
the author to the curious fact that fifty- ;
three years ago Benton, in a. speech at
St. Louis, urged that congress should ,
build "a great national line to unite Eh- !
rope and Asia"—a grandiose conception
not unlike that of the origination of the
Trans-Siberian enterprise.
"The Railroad in Education.” for its
size, is the most complete and interesting
compendium of information on the sub
ject of railroads ever written for the '
unprofessional reader, and ypt. It cannot j
fail to Instruct and delight the profes- ,
sional railroad man. Professor Hogg is
(he superintendent of the city schools of
Fort Worth. Tex.
DR. LUKE OF THE LABRADOR.
By Norman Duncan.
Seldom has an author’s first novel been ’
launched upder more favorable circum
stances While retaining all that charm '
and subtlety which have made his short
stories of the Newfoundland folk so ac
ceptable to magazine readers, he has in i
tills novel the added advantage of sus- [
tained plot and romance, with the scene
even more remote. The story goes
straight to "the human heart by which
we live.” The local color is of unques
tionable value—the inner light is worth
yet more.
In Iho first part of this hook. Mr. Dun
can has presented the tragic condition
which his hero, Dr. Luke, is to alleviate, j
These opening chapters are introduced
—not merely to tel] a touching story of
mother love--but. in general, to put the
reader in possession of facts essential to
au adequate understanding of life on the
Labrador coast, and. in particular, to
impress him with the need of a physi
cian of heroic parts in that place.
With the arrival of Dr. Luke, the
character of ibe story changes. Moved
by the death of Davy’s mother, he de
termined to stay on the coast and treat
the folk, hoping thus. also, to w7Trk his
own reformation. He is idolized by win- :
some little Davy Roth, the narrator. New
issues at once appear, new phases are
treated, new interests arise. Much of the
tragedy and physical suffering of Labra
dor life is left to the imagination of (he
reader. Love, hope, joy—all enter in.
The talc brightens; it is now on? of love,
high-souled, romantic, of battle waged
with fine courage, and of regeneration—
in the end. of splendid triumph. Dr.
Duke, mysterious for many chapters, lov
able always, takes possession of the read
er's interest.; he wins the love of Bes
sie, Davy's adorable sister, develops heroic
qualities, fights a good fight with disease,
storm, poverty, evil men, and with self.
It. is a hard fight and not without its
failures—but he wins it.
In the last, section of the tale the in
terest of the reader is held by the light
between Jagger, the unscrupulous trade-,
and Dr. Luke, who is now the champion
of the folk of the coast. It is a tight to
the death, with everything hanging on
tlie issue. The plot thickens, the action
becomes breathless, the harshest of pas
sions play their part. There is a con- j
spiracy, a wreck, a .great gale, a life-and- I
death pursuit by dog team, and, at last, i
a highly dramatic hour in the wilderness. :
in which Jagger's ill-used and vicious j
dog has his day. This is followed by i
some tender moments In Davy Roth's ■
home, when there comes to sweet Bessie
what the reader has been wishing she
might have.—Fleming H. Revell Com- 1
pany, publishers. New York; SI.50.
The
full,
and the appendices give an account of the
manuscripts and editions of Euripides.
The volume contains, also, for the use
of the instructor, a complete critical ap
pendix containing a list of the variations
from the manuscripts. The illustrations
ar P reproduced from original paintings
and sculptures in archaeological collec
tions.—American Book Company, publish
ers, New York and Atlanta: $1.25.
Literary Driftwood
Writing for the Magazines
MONTH ago Mrs. Atherton cannot hear two people in the cars or in
A PICTURE OF DICKENS.
In John Coleman's “Fifty Years of An
Actor's Life” Mr. Coleman gives this
picture of Dickens:
Charles Dickens, then In the zenith of
his fame, lived exactly opposite to us.
He used to turn out pretty punctually
between one and two. either with a pony ** e
and trap, or on horseback; and as I gen
erally timed my so-called lunch for the
occasion. I was nearly always in evidence
when he turned out. At that time ho
was a young. handsome fellow, and
seemed to know it. There was an
abounding vitality about him. His eyes
“The Railroad in Education. the | worP bright. Ills hair long and wavy, his
whiskers luxuriant. His costume was
peculiar and pronounced. It might have letters, i
been my fancy, but the deserted street in the dt
se'emed to wake up into life and anima
tion when he came forth. I used to
stand open-mouthed, gazing with wonder
and delight at this glorious and exuberant
creature, reverentially taking off my hat 'statement be maintains, from his oxperi-
to him just as I should have uncovered once as presiding judge through two gen-
to the queen. Becoming quite accus
tomed to my homage. he invariably
smiled, and gave me a nod of recognition
as he went a wav.
contended in the North
American Review that our
fictlonmakers are altogeth
er too much inclined to en
joy an easy morality of the
slipper-and-fender s o r t.
AMve all she warned the
young aspirant against suc
cumbing to the smug
standard of the magazine.
Now the genial and much-
versed guide of Harper's
Monthly issues from his
"Editor’s Study” what is manifestly a
roply to that attack on his preserves.
"The complaint that magazine editors,”
says he, "stand at the gates of the tem-
of literary fame to guard its sancti
fies, and that they are constrained by
i financial considerations to favor modi-
! ocrity at the expense of genius by the
j exclusion of everything original and un
conventional, is not made by writers who
sre doing great work in contemporary
literature, but by those w'ho. unsatisfied
with the ample liberty of the realm of
lesiro an unusual license, which
gree that it approaches insolence
is surely alien to genius.” On the con
trary, he continues, Ibe only restrictions
imposed by the magazine are such as
make for good art, and ns a proof of this
SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE.
All (fawn the hills of Habersham,
All through the valleys of Hall,
The rushes cried, “Abide. Abide,”
The willful water wheels held me thrall.
The laving laurel turned my tide.
The ferns and the fondling grass said,
"Stay,”
The dewberry dipped for to work delay.
And the little reeds sighed “Abide,
Abide,”
Here in the hills of Habersham,
Here in the valleys of Hall.
High o'er the hills of Habersham,
Veiling the valleys nf Hall.
The hickory told me manifold
Fair tales of shade; the poplar tall
Wrought me her shadowy self to hold;
The chestnut, the oak, the walnut, the
pine,
tne Overleaning with flickering meaning and
by sign.
Said, “Pass not. so cold, these manifold
Deep shades of the hills of Habersham,
These glades in the valleys of Hall.”
orations of men, that in substantial value
and artistic workmanship short stories
have steadily advanced.
Frankly, we enjoy this kind of dispute,
and hope sincerely that the belligerent
novelist will pause long enough from com
posing another 'Rulers of Kings' to make
an answer. Nor is it wise for the inex
perienced onlooker to rush Into such a
debate It would be uncomfortable to be
classed by Mrs. Atherton among those
shamed benedicts who doze out a moral
existence by a slumberous hearth; still
less willingly would one draw down upon
himself the scorn of that polytropon
andra and Nestor of two generations who
speaks from the “Editor's Study.” And
yet there is undouotedly a rumor in the
air that the tone of periodical fiction has
not risen of late years, but fallen. One
tthe parlor talking of the magazines, but
the. complaint will come out that so many
of the short stories printed are dull or
meaningless—poorer than they used to be.
This may be no more than the ordinary
disposition of mortals to quarrel with the
present and laud the past. Possibly,
however, there is some portion of truth
in it. We are disposed to believe that
the very atmosphere of the magazine is
of a kind to force a young literature and
then leave it soon to wither; that the me
dium of the periodical is a dangerous
temptation for the young v.rrter. We sa>
this diffidently, with the fear before our
icyes of seeming to advise an unregulated
and genialisch standard.
j Any experienced literary agent, if asked
for advice bv tho unfledged genius, will
tell him to study the magazines and adapt
his work to the demands of the market.
Now, the demands of the market are eith
er the element, of timeliness or that sure
and well-worn style that editors have
found safe—the magazineable, in a word.
Either demand is certainly dangerous for
the beginner To be timely is to be su
perficial; to be safe is to be bounded by
conventions. In either case the great
inspiration of the writer's own tempera
ment must be held in abeyance. The
very fact that the successful magazine
has to cater to the taste of its hundred
thousand or its million readers must in
duce ill rhe long run a kind of mediocrity
In its literary tone. There is. first of all,
so much Chat must be omitted. Immor
tality is bad In fiction, as it is in life; yet
there is a counter-danger in admitting the
jeune fille as the arbiter of what is and
• What I* not to be discussed. Lawlessness,
too, is bad in art. as it is in life; but
the tradition of a magazine is more likely
to crush originality than to insure a fine
and restrained craftsmanship. The er
rors against taste are just those that are
likely to be passed over as venial in a
medium addressed to a public which is j sieist, who was a lieutenant in th
itself the source of these errors.
V.'e ar#l far from arraigning the maga
zines Who _<3oes not read them? We
I would only submit that there is a certain
da oner for the maker of fiction, especial
ly in his tender and impressionable years,
in adapting his style and. ideas to the
medium that stands always nearest at
hand.—New York Evening Post.
! most cordial assistance. Besides this Europe, sets forth the regeneration Ot
Mexican work Professor Smith is actively France and the extinction of Poland, and
| engaged on another historical book to be exhibits the foundations of our modern
| entitled "Our Lost Empire: Canada,” political and social scheme. The new
j which will be a continuation and broaden- phase of European history, which opens
I ing of the subject begun In "Arnold's with the consulate, is left to be treated
March." i n another volume.
Lord Byron’s hair has become a rare Dr. John W. Streeter, who narrated
commodity. A considerable price has to | his farming experiences in "The Fat of
be paid even for small locks at Puttick's. the Land," has tried his hand at fic-
Shortly one will be put up there to be tion. His first novel, a tale of a moun-
sold with a letter from his sister, Au- tain feud in Kentucky, will be published
gusta Leigh, which accompanied the lock in the autumn by the Macmillan Com*
when she sent it to her friend. Many pany.
pounds are expected to be realized from j
the sale. This is a rather amusing indi- The question of who was e: rare
cation of the "Byron Revival” in Eng- I “Laura” lias just been raised on the con-
land. In America, its most striking symp- tinent apropos of the 600th anniurs.
j tom at present is the sue# ss of “The of the poet's birth. For many years
has been supposed that she was Laura
(li Noves—member of an old provencal
family—who married Hugo de Sade. of
present Is the sue#':
Castaway," Miss Fives’ glowing romance
based on the facts and fancies of his
life. Byron's career seems made to the
hand of the novelist, for it is filled to the
brim with mystery, adventures, genius
and love affairs. "The Castaway,” more
over, is interesting, not only as a story
of color and incident, but is a generous
estimate and an ingenious defense of a
man much liate<j and much misunder
stood.. If it attains the vogue prophesied
by early readers and indicated by early
sales, shall we not look for "The Byron
Collar.” "The Byron Dimp,” "The Byron
Two-Step,” and “The Byron Five Cent
Cigar?”
Paris is the focus of attention in the
new volume of the Cambridge Modern
History, which is devoted t n “The French
Revolution.” Tt traces the intellectual
genesis of the revolutionary movements
among the audacious thinkers and the
philanthropic listeners of the eigh
teenth century. shows the impulses
spreading beyond the frontiers, and the
effects of destructive and reconstructive
ideas in action and reaction throughout
Avignon. But upon investigation It seems
that there is no reason whatever for be
lieving this to be the case except the
word of a certain Abbe de Sade, who
flourished in the eighteenth century and
who, it is now suspected, only wanted to
flatter his vanity with an interesting
genealogy. Among those who have been
discussing the subject is M. Gebhert, the
distinguished French writer on the re
naissance, who says all his researches
have confirmed him in the opinion that
the immortal mistress of the poet is quite
unidentifiable, but was almost certainly
of no importance and of plebeian origin.
The many who have experienced the
gustatory joys of "101 Sandwiches" will
be glad Hi know that the publishers, Paul
Elder & Co., have in press four addi
tional volumes, by May E. South worth,
calculated to afford that multiple of the
famous "101 Epicurean Thrills.” The
promised volumes, each of 101, are "Sal
ads.” “Beverages,” “Candies” and “Chaf
ing Dish Recipes.”
U. S. Bureau to Fix Standards
theatricals ar.
tunity In “A
• gfi'ei
Little
and older folks who are fond of amateur ! Sweet Corn.” “How to Stuff a B'rd,
abundant oppor- by Ernest Thompson-Seton; "Blackber
Scheme,” by Cora j ries;” "A Practical House for Squab-
S. Day. “Mono Fans.” by an ex-Soldier, Raising;" “Bee-Keeping;” "How to Buy
is a timely article and the short stories ja Yacht;” "Cost of Keeping Automobiles
are “Bonnibell's Dinner,” by Harriet land Horses;” "Facts About Chicken
Harriet
Whitney Durbin, and "A Cloudland
Captive,” by Mrs. Frank I ec. Fancy
work comprises "Teneriffe Lace.” “Hard-
angcr Embroidery,” "Beadwork on Can
vas” and “Separate Motifs in Tatting/’
j The patterns include advance styles for
autumn and a special article "For New
Arrivals from Stork Town.”
But. oh. not the hills of Habersham,
And, oh. not the valleys of Hall,
Avail: T a.m fain for to water the plain. |
Downward the voices of Duty cal!—
Downward, to toil and be mixed with the
main j —
The dry fields burn, and the mills are I Thnmas Nelson Pa
to turn ! knows the south a«
And a myriad of flowers mortally yearn. h\ing man, ttritts
And the lordly man from beyond the
plain
Calls o’er the hills of Habersham,
Calls through the valleys of Hall.
—SIDNEY LANIER.
Raising,” and a great many other practi
cal affairs that add to the pleasures
of country living and vacation in July.
Publication Notes
i ner s
Negro
A NEW VEIN IN LITERATURE.
Maurice Francis Egan, who has struck
a new literary vein his Sexton Maginnis
stories in The Century, has long been ,
known to American lovers of poetry by
his vense. which includes some of the
best sonnets written on this side the At
lantic, such as "There Were No Flowers
Till the First Child Died,” "Theocritus,” j
and others, beside lyrics such as “Like
a Lilac in the Spring.” Dr. Egan Is one .
of the poets who has been almost sub
merged In the academic life, for he is
compelled to neglect his own muse by
bis labors as professor of English poetry
at the Catholic university at Washington.
The enthusiasm which he has aroused
among his pupils for the study of poetry
is compared to Lite influence of Professor
Woodherry at Columbia. Dr. Egan has
also entributed occasionally to prominent
periodicals, including an essay on “The
Passion for Distinction” in The North
American Review. and a noteworthy
paper on Hamlet, since included in a
volume, “Studies in Literature,” which
has had the distinction of two German
editions. His long and devoted services
to Rornhn Catholic journalism and edu-
», who undoubtedly
thoroughly as any
the July Sciib-
on “The Disfranchisement of
which has been brought about
by the so-called “grandfather clauses." |
Mr. Page beleves that "this disfranchise
ment was a measure of high necessity,”
and that “it removes for the time being ;
the chief cause of bitterness, from which
the negro is a greater sufferer than the
white.” He also advances an argument
to prove that it would be a mistake
to reduce the representation of the south
in congress by reason of these amend
ments.
The Macmillan Company announces the
publication of “The Elements of Meta
physics," by Professor A. E. Taylor, of
McGill university. Some of the, foremost
t he ; teachers of metaphysics in this country,
who have examined the book, speak of
it as better than any other yet published
here for American students.
One of the best short stories of the
month, strong, human, with the added
zest of a lively, humorous argument
running through it, is told of Mayor
Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago, and
Hon. Hempstead Washburne, a former
mayor of the same city, by Graham H.
Harris, in the August Field and Stream.
Mr. Harris is a close personal friend of
the principals of his story, “The Two
Mayors and a Trout," and in it he has
characterized thei r shrewd ways, their
rivalry, their good nature, and their hu
mor in a masterly fashion.
Social Service for July is a social sec
retary number, in whlich is included a
comprehensive study of this new pro
fession, as well as articles from the va
rious social secretaries in America and
Europe, showing exactly what their work
cation have wop for him the friendship ! "' iat they have accomplished in the
past, what they are doing now and their
1 How far is tho servant problem in
America really the problem of the Ameri
can mistress? That is, how far is the
prevailing difficulty about servants mere
ly an indication that many American
women do not understand how to manage
domestics? The experiences of “The
Singular Miss Smith” answer this ques
tion amusingly; and Mrs. Kingsley's
breezy novel is spoken of by serious re-
j viewers as an invaluable aid to the
■ youns housekeeper.
“Daughters of Desperation.” Hildegard
Brooks' amusing satirical story of ama- fkilograms were
HE national bureau of stan
dards, a branch of the de
partment of labor and
commerce, is to be housed
in a building now in
course of erection in tne
outskirts of Washington.
The building will cost
$500,0C0 and it will be
opened early In tne au
tumn. The director of this
bureau is Professor Sam
uel W. Stratton, a well
known educator and phy-
navy
[during the Spanish-American war, and
who held the chair of physics in the
University of Cl. c<»go just prior to hi.;
i rganization of t”.e new institution over
winch he )r?s : l*s
It is located In the midst of a grove
of trees a fe*v r.ii.ts northwest of the
capital and was purposely thus iso'ated
that the jarring of heavy traffic and the
powerful electric currents of the city
might not interfere with its delicate a.ai
precise measuring instruments. It is an
institution devoted entirely to precision,
which today is the basis of ail indue-
t-'y.
It comprises two handsome buildings
of stone and band made brick,
rooms will be artificially coolcu in sum
mer and heated in winter. The windows
will be down the year round, jud yet
the pure atmosphere within will be main
tained always at a comfortable and con
stant temperature, between 70 and 75
degrees. This precaution will be taken
to insure the accuracy of the instru
ments, sensitive to fickleness of weather.
In the artificial climate of these apart
ments will work seventy-five men, fifty of
them experts who have been graduated
from technical and scientific institutions.
The new bureau will be the supreme
court of weights and measures. A repre
sentative of each measure and each
weight commonly used in the country will
be installed in this bureau, and these
will sta.r.d as “the” standards, with which
all good weights and measures must fa-
vorqjcly compare.
In 1875 the principal countries of the
world, including our own. sent to Paris
representtalves charged with agreeing
upon an international meter and kilo
gram. which are, respectively, units of
length and weight adopted originally by
France, but since used by scientists all
over the world. Two of these meters and
made for each country
'measuring a single cubic ee-ntimeter of
liquid antitoxin were being put through
this process. Glass measures after being
thus standardized have the bureau’s offi
cial stamp etched upon them. This stamp
is now “B. S.,” but it will probably be
Changed to the figure of an American
1 eagle, with a suitable legend.
Thermometers enter into our everyday
life, yet we have hitherto had no official
guaranty of their correctness. Anyone
may now send his temperature gauge to
the new bureau for verification, and the
fee charged ranges from 5 cents to a
[quarter for each degree of temperature at
which it is brought during the process.
Ordinary mercury thermometers are
placed in a well-stirred water bath heat-
, ed by an electric current. By regulating
the current the temperature in the bath
can be kept constant within two or three
thousandths of a degree for many min
utes at a time.
A series nf standard thermometers in-
j stalled in the bureau have been care-
1 iully compared with those at similar for
eign testing bureaus, and these compari
sons will be frequently repeated from
time to time. It is discovered that com
mercial household thermometers are of-
I ten in error several degrees and one haa
been discovered to be five ooints out or
| the. way.
In the case of clinical thermometers
the department not only sees that the
registry is accurate, but that the con
duct of the instrument in other direc
tions is all that could be desired. For
instance, a clinical Instrument which pro
ceeds to drop too fast after it has been
I removed from the mouth of a patient is
called a “retreater.” and is not approved
by the department, »and also the one
which does not return fast enough. It
; is concluded that a couple of vigorous
shakes in the physician's hand should be
sufficient to return the column of mer-
. cury to its place at the bottom of the
tube, and in order to test this feature
' of the instrument's construction it is
, placed in a rapidly revolving device and
I the behavior of the silver column noted
! under these conditions.
It is essential that the pyrometers used
in taking the temperature of steel fur-
races shnild he accurate and reliable
instruments, as the}- will mean of sav-
. ing steel manufacturers considerable
money in preventing mistakes which will
, be avoided by the use of instruments
which can be relied on.
and confidence of such prelates as Car
dinal Gibbons and Archbishops Ireland
and Spaulding, and has made him an
authority on clerical subjects. The hu
mor of the Maginnis stories is ail the
plans for the future. \jne of the noticea
ble features is a diary of an English
social secretary, sh ’Wing exactly what
was accomplished, hour by hour, during
one week. Dr. Josiah Strong writes of
“A New Profession,” Diana Hirschler
talks of the “Social Secretary at Work;”
Pear] E. Wyche tells of the work “In
a Southern Factory," and Dr. William
IT. Tolman has an extended article on
"English Social Secretaries.”
more salient for its background of gen
uine knowledge of the church in Amer
ica. Dr. Egan's loading character, Ma
ginnis. is an Irresponsible but good-heart
ed and resourceful Irishman who is de
clared to be “the biggest liar in North
America,” but whose tergiversations arc
always in aid of those who need his
help. Maginnis is married and haf three
children, including the twins, Finn and
Finola. His mother in law. whom he re
fers to as "Herself," adds another note
of variety to the ecclesiastical setting.
The stories have a separate interest, and
“The Reign of Sentiment,” which is to
appear In The August Century, like its
predecessors, has been illustrated by
Keller; and for once at least writer and
artist are satisfied with each other's I who crossed the_ continent
work.
Country Life in America for July is a
large and superb magazine of summer
homos, the mountain and seashore,
touching upon al] sides of work and
pleasure tinder tho open sky. It contains
a golf article by Walter J. Travis, the
American who recently won the amateur
Solf championship in England. Among
the leading features, “How to Tour in
An Automobile” is advice from a man
l motor
car; “Nathaniel Hawthorne” is the suh-
teur anarchy, seems to be just the com
pound of levity and seriousness to fix the
public fancy. Tt has jumped into immedi
ate popularity. The author is totally un
aware of its success. Early in the year
Miss Brooks started for Egypt, and is
now in North Africa, out of the reach of
any news and far away from telegraphs,
| telephones and postoffices.
"Tfie Rose of Old St. Louis.” its au
thor feels, is as historically accurate as
study of authoritative records can make
it. To verify her facts Mrs. Dillon con
sulted all the host records, published and
unpublished, of the times, events and
• people pictured In "Tho Rose of Old St.
Louis." As an instance, every word of
the debate in congress, every word of
Marbois, Livingston, Talleyrand. Na
poleon and his two brothers touching the
matter of the Louisiana cession is ver
batim from authentic accounts. "The
i Rose of Old St. Louis” will be issued by
the Century Company early In July.
An interesting summer trip Is being
planned by Miss Alice MacGowan and
Mrs. Grace MacGowan. the joint authors
of the new cattle country story, "Hul-
dah." Information has come to them that
the last bit of open range land in New
Mexico has been sold to parties who
will remove the cattle anrl bring in sheep.
So they are going out for one last look
at the fields which they have made pe
culiarly their own tn fiction. With the
vanishing of the open-range, the fencing
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.
as mecurv will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mueuous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten-fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.
J. Cheney it Co.. Toledo, O.. contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Hall's
Csttarrh Cure he sure you get the genu
ine. It Is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c per bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa
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HANDSOME WIDOW, very wealthy, owns
. . beautiful home and large income, wants
than hair-spl;ting. A correct yard j immediately good, honest husband. Address
o OO- .r *i.~ 202 Washington street. Chicago.
; and they were drawn by lot.
In 1893 the secretary of the treasury
adopted those drawn by our representa-
| tive as our fundamental standards of
length and weight and our yards and
pounds are compared with them. One
! set of these standards has always been
• stored away, while another has been used
! for comparisons. They were formerly
! kept in the coast survey bureau, but have-
now been removed to the bureau of stand
ards.
The length standard is a bar of plati
num alloy whose cross section is X-shap-
ed. It and its duplicate c-Qst $2,500
apiece. It is kept inclosed in plush in a
ja panned cylinder of tin, which, in turn,
is incased in a long wooden box.
USE TELESCOPE IN TESTS.
When a measuring rod is to be com
pared with this standard the two are
placed side by side in a clamp, over each
end of which is a telescope. Through
these magnifiers the graduations on the
two are compared witii an exactitude
more
must measure 3.600-3,937 of the standard
meter.
Tile weight stajidai i fs a small cylinder
of the same metal used in the nutter rod.
It and its duplicate cost $>.000 apiece
and each is kept under two glass bell
jars, one fitting over the other, which
protect the precious weight from dust.
The kilogram used for actual compari
sons—its companion always being stored
away—is handled only with forceps hav
ing chamois skin ends. The naked hand
Vfillf Pnrtlino I°l‘l. Pend name nnd addres*
IUUI ruriUlIB with two-oent Stamp and date of
birth, and I will send a pen picture of roar
future life front the cradle to the grave. Prof.
I.eAnizi. Dept. 74. Bridgeport. Conn.
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of pastures, the bringing in of sheep and is never allowed to touch it.
the breaking up of public domain into tVhen a weight is to ce standardized ft
small farms, there passes forever that Is tak»n into an equal temperature room
title in the “Country Homes of Famous picturesque and elemental life which is and placed in one pan of a delicnte weigh- ;
• Americans” series; and “The Common told of from the masculine viewpoint in ing scale, the standard kilogram rest-
Shells of the Seashore and Queer Crea- ."The Virginian" and from the feminine ing in the other. The scale is under gla#s !
and the two weigths are allowed to test :
in their pans ova* night that their tern
Miss Myrtle Reeds’ new novel, "The
Master's Violin,” is on the press of G. P.
Putnam's Sons. It is said to be a gentle
old-fashioned love story full of the kind
of sentiment that rings true. The scene
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I tur'es that Live Inside" is a delightful , viewpoint in “Huldah.”
nature article by Julia Ellen Rogers;
'A new volume of The Forum opens while "A Cooperative Country Colony”
with the July-September issue. The first shows how a group v>f suburbanites have
article, by H. L. West, describes the secured good neighbors and many ad-
present outlook In "American Politics.” vantages at a great saving. “A Rest-
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IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS.
Edited by William Nickerson Bates. Ph. |
D., assistant professor of Greek, Uni- ]
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This attractive and scholarly edition has 1
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there Is included in the introduction and
notes much matter intended primarily
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however, equally useful to other students
as well. The introduction explains the
development of the drama, the process |
of bringing out a"play, the Greek theater I
and the .problem of the stage, and other
matters with yhlch a student who takes
up the Greek drama should be familiar,
Including a complete scheme of those
meters used In the play which offer any
difficulties. The text Is based upon a
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changes in the European situation supply ids and pensioners; "Sheep Ranching
material for the greater part of A. i the Northwest” is an installment in
•Maurice Low's paper on “Foreign Af- | series on “How
fairs.” A. D. Noyes writes on the move
ments of the last quarter in the depart
ment of “Finance,” and H. H. Suplee on
recent advances in “Applied Science.”
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“Scenes from Sunbonnet Land,” by Har-
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