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Why?goodgosh'lmighty! ?do you s'pose I'd?hie?wanta see your darned old show if I wasn't?hie ?zrunk?"?July Smart Set. I Hermann Klein's July chapters of; The Century's "Modern Musical Cele- I brities" will tell, among other interest- j ing reminiscences of Jean de Reszke's i first appearance in Wagner opera. | The production was "Die Meistersinger," given July 13, 1889, at Covent Gar- j den, London; and Jean de Reszke ! sang Walter von Stolzing. Though | the opera was sung in Italian, it was a j gratifying success. Jean de Reszke's j first appearance as a German singer j in Wagnerian opera took place in New York city during the winter of 1895. SUBJECT HE LIKED BEST. "You tajk well on the subject in which you are most interested," said the impertinent girl. "And what is that?" said the man, j smelling a compliment. "Yourself," said the impertinent girl, : demurely.?New York Press. TRUE GENEROSITY. Wigg?Say what you will of Bjones, T ' ....... A. . ?...U lie is gwun uus iu a. lauiu Wagg?Yes, if the fault happens to be his own.?Philadelphia Record. CBrC STUART'S rnEC CINand BUCHU To all who suffer, or to the friends of those who suffer with Kidney. Liver, Heart, Bladder j or Blood Disease, a sample bottle of Stuart's ; Gin and Buchu, the ereat southern Kidney and Liver Medicine, will be sent absolutely free of I cost. Mention this paper. Address STUART I DRUG M'FG CO., 28 Wall St., Atlanta, Ga. Do loo Wftiir Money TO EARN ' 7% INTEREST! PER ANNl.tl f W'rite me for particulars of a safe, secure invest- I inent payimr seven per cent, on amounts of one j hundred "dollars or more. Bunk reference#. . W. II. 1IUKE, Varh, Pennft. | FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL. A Glimpse of the Sultan as He Rides in State. If you wish for a glimpse, and that but a momentary one., of the Sultan of Turkey, then drive to Yildiz Kiosk, for the day is Friday and he goes to the Selamilik, as his fathers did before him. He is enveloped in a cloud of ministers and military guards, who are anxious only as they press around, to protect him from the faintest whisper or suspicion of any storm outside his palace walls. Tdoay the sun is distinctly warm, and wakes up all the color sleeping in a red fez, blue tunic or featherlight cloak of a Turkish j woman. The clock on the gate strikes half-past 7?the Mohammedan's day begins at sunset?and the j pick of their cavalry, infantry and artillery take up positions to right j and left of the road. A rattle and rush of heavy wheels, and up the hill | come 15 or 20 carts filled with sand, i which quickly carpets the dirty road, j To see this done with such lightning j speed makes one wonder whether the j Sultan knows how filthy dirty are the j streets of his capital. This is the I I more unlikely as he only quits his j ! palaro twice a year, and on both c.~oai sions this dust-throwing performance j J takes place along the route of Stam- ! boul, where stands the mosque of San j Sofia. j All eyes are now turned toward the I palace, for the ladies of the harem are j approaching in close carriages drawn ; by gray horses. They enter the gates I of the inclosure in front of the mosque; the-horses are taken out and j remain there under the charge of a j coal black eunnuch, taking no further ; part in the ceremony. Seated in one J of the carriages is a fair haired girl about five years old?the Sultan's only daughter. Just a brief pause and | then the bugle sounds, and a tremen- j dous roar gees up from the thousands of-troops and people, for his | Highness has left the palace. On i top of the minaret of the mosque a : priest leans over and shouts down a | praveT, which is answered again by a roa?. We Franks are accommodated in a portion of the palace just opposite the gates, which commands an excellent | view of the whole proceedings, as well : as the Sultan's yacht, the Izzedin, j which lies at anchor in the Bosphor- | ous far below. In solemn state and j grandeur the royal procession pas?' - I The Sultan i3 dressed in plain military frock coat, with fez. Hi3 four , sons, to all appearance of the same j age, mounted on Arab ponies, salute as he passes the gates, the band at the same time striking up the Sultan's march, which .has a smart tiptap air about it. Officers and men alike salute, and the sen-ice in the mosque commences.?Golden Penny. His Blackstonian Circumlocution. "I received, this afternoon," said the j bright-eyed, common-sease girl, the while a slight blush of maidenly coyness tinted her pink-hued cheeks, "a written proposal of marriage from ; Horace J. Pokelong, the rising young attorney, and?" "Huh! that petrified dub!" jealously , ejaculated the young dry goods dealer, who had been hanging back because | of his timidity and excessive adoration, j "He says," proceeded the maiden, ; gently ignoring the interruption, and | reading aloud from the interesting j document, "I have carefully and comprehensively analyzed my feelings to- |. wards you, and the result is substaa^j tially as follows: I respect, admire, I adore and love you, and hereby give, j grant and convey to youjaafy heart and i all my interest, right/amd title in and | to the same^^together with all my I pcssessioB^""and emoluments, either ' won, inherited or in any other man- j nor acquired, gained, anticipated or j expected, with full and complete j power to use , expend, utilize, give j away, bestow or otnerwise make use j af the same, anything heretofore stat- ! ad, expressed, implied or understood, j n or by my previous condition, j standing, walk, attitude or action, to i :ke contrary notwithstanding; and I ! "I?I?!" fairly shouted the listener, j springing to his feet, and extending j his arms. "Miss Brisk?Maud?I love Tou! Will you marry me?" "Yes, I will!" promptly answered j he lass, as she contentedly snuggled j ip in his encircling embrace. "And j ['11 reply to the ponderous appeal of hat pedantic procrastinator with one j expressive slangism, 'Nit!' I am ! rours, Clarence."?June Smart Set. Ancient Stone Plough Found. A very ancient stone plow, supposed ; to have belonged to the mound build- i ers, was uneartbed recently near j Princeton, 111. It was found by a farmer digging a well several feet below the surface and just above a vein of coal. The plough was of reddish Etone, was triangular in shape, meas- J" urine thirteen inches each way. IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE. ^ i?eople^ | testimony and learn bow it can be 1 done. A. A. Boyce, a farmer, living tbree and a half miles from Trenton, Mo., j says: "A severe cold settled in my kid- j neys and developed so quickly that I , was obliged to lay off work on account ; of the aching in my back and sides, j For a time I was unable to walk at all, j and every makeshift I tried and all the : medicine I took had not the slightest effect: My back continued to grow weaker until I was unfit for anything, j Mrs. Boyce noticed Down's Kidney Tills advertised as a sure cure for just such conditions, and one day when in Trenton sli? brought a box home from Cbas. A. Foster's drug store. 1 followed tbe directions carefully when taking them and I must say I was more than surprised and much more gratified to notice the back ache disappearing gradually until it finally stopped." A Free Trial of this great kidney medicine which cured Mr. Boyce will i be mailed on application to any part j of the United States. Address FosterMil burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale I by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. j i THE FOOL'S WAY. The Barber?The fools are not all i dead yet. The Broker?No, but there are a j lot who dye every day, aren't there??? ! Yonkers Statesman, i A CHANGE < BAXTER THE announcement that Miss Jane Prior, of London, was going to lecture on first aid for the wounded and sick i nursing in general threw the village of Foxdnle into an unusual J.state of excitement. That these lectures were to he for ladies only added a mystery that merely increased the interest manifested in the minds of these favored individuals. Notices calling attention to these facts were posted in favorable spots about the village, and the congregation was apprised of the same from the pulpit of the parish church. If Miss Prior excluded the male community from her attentions, she herself was not disregarded, but formed the subject of much criticism among the neglected members of the Foxdale population. The nightly discussions at the Pig and Whistle centred round these proceedings, the knowledge respecting the subject being va ried and obscure. Foxdale had never had its peace disturbed by anything more intellectual than an occasional traveling circus, so that the prospect of Miss Prior's advent awoke the quiet village from its usual apathy. The lectures proving a great success so far as.the attendance was concerned, Miss Prior announced that, providing a sufficient number came forward, the institution she represented in London would be pleased to conduct classes in the same subject during the ensuing monihs. This finding favor, Foxdale teemed with embryo nurses, thirsting for opportunities to test their newly-acquired knowledge and to put it to practical use. Broken bones not being an every-day occurrence, they turned their attentions to sound ones; many hours that might have been spent much more congenially at the Pig and Whistle being passed by long-suffering husbands in submitting various parts cf their anatomy to be bandaged and put in splints, to give their better halves the necessary practice. Old Sam Willot was the first to become a genuine patient, and lie limped home early one afternoon with a sprained ankle. Mrs. Wiilet was the most earnest devotee in the new cause, and received her husband'figuratively with open arms and welcomed him with fervor, stimulated by the advent of the first case of necessity for the trial of her skill. With the wounded ankle carefully bandaged Mr. Willet was assisted into the front garden, where, reclining in a comfortable chair, his injured foot resting on a hassock, he served the double purpose of , advertising his wife's skill ami. creating jealousy among the other amateur nurses in the village. He was inclined to grumble at his enforced confinement at first; but the kind and increasing attentions of his wife caused him to-fcel more contented with his lot, and to look upon his accident as a fortunate occurrence. It being the period of the year during which the evenings wore long and balmy, Mr. Vv'illct sat in the gardens and held receptions of numcr.tms friends coming to inquire after' his hurt and to cheer his lousiness, " "It must be tryin^-fdr ycu to 'ave to sit so quiet' a^kTTay, Sam," said Joe , Rogers, wluy living next door to Mr. Willet, hadhail his feelings somewhat sevei^iy tried at the sight of that perSt5nage enjoying an early morning pipe and a daily paper. "You get used to it," answered Sam. "I did feel It 'ard at first, but the rest's nice, after the 'ard work I've done: but it pulls you down a bit." "You're lookin' well," remarked an umui, in a gueery \uu:e. uciuu quue fat, you are." "Look at tlie nursing I've 'ad," responded Sam. "Why, I couldn't 'avo had been better looked after if I'd been in a 'ospital." Mrs. Wiilet smiled proudly, and glanced with an expression of triumph at the faces of several of her rivals who were present. JT11 get you your tonic," she said, , solicitiously. "Yon mustn't talk too much, or we shall 'ave you goin' back , again, and you're gettin' on nicely now." "I 'as this three times a day," said Willett, beamingly, as his wife returned. "It's to keep strength up; it's wonderful 'ow it sustains one. Puts you all in a glow," he added, as he i took a draught and put the tumbler i down empty. * "When shall you be about again, ; Sam?" inquired Joe, whose face during ! the above incident had been a study. I "I don't know," replied that worthy, * gingerly moving his injured foot on the cushion. "It doesn't do to 'urry these j thiugs: there's nothin' like gettin' i properly cured while you're about it. i Sprains is awkward things." Mrs. Wiilet interposed at this point I and insisted on the invalid returning ' indoors, so the party broke up, Joe i Rogers and others adjourning to the Pig and Whistle to discuss the ad van- i 4"O ffAO rkf n TT* 1 f rt titT^A f n A/lr. n /I 1 la^co ui a niic uuu uuuvi^iuuuo auu i takes a practical interest in tlie gentle i art of nursing. Two clays later Joe ! Rogers fell a victim, bis right knee giving away altogether, rendering 1 walking evidently a painful and dan- < gerous undertaking. Mrs. Rogers, full 1 of the new responsibility now resting i upon her, sought an interview with Mrs. Willet, and the two went off to- ! gether to hold a consultation over the ' injured and apparently suffering Joe. 1 Similar treatment being meted but to 1 the new invalid, the two conversed 1 amiably over the hedge that divided the gardens, comparing symptoms, and < receiving in state numerous interested 1 friends during the evening. s Misfortunes never come singly, and < had the invalids suffered from scarlet ( fever infection could not have spread more quickly. William Jones was the next to fall a victim; and he broke his 1 arm in an attempt to quiet a restive j horse that seemed to take a sudden antipathy to harness and work in gen- ; eral. Then Jim Robinson sprained Iris ; wrist, which rendered his attention to ] work, which was of a manual nature absolutely impossible. From these it ] i ? bureau yvi lai iiJt'if. iiiu yujii uiitruuum j on the several accidents rendering a < free use of stimulants a necessity for 1 the maintenance of the sufferers' bod- 1 ily health. < In spite of such careful attention the i patients progressed very slowly, and < after the first burst of enthusiasm was 1 over the several nurses grew somewhat ] dissatisfied with the result of their < treatment. A visit from their in- i Btructor, who condescended to per- 1 sonally examine their patients, only added to this dissatisfaction, and they ' net together to consult as to the ad- i visability of a change of remedy. Mr. J Willet was not feeing so well when < his wife returned f?ter this discussion; there was a look in her eye that i warned him to be careful if he desired 1 to keep things pleasant. "VY1/ * are yon gefr# to Ste your i )F REMEDY, THOMPSON. foot again?" she asked, as slie removed her bonnet. "I'd like to use it now, if it wasn't so painful. I don't understand 'ow it is it doesn't get on quicker. I s'pose I'm weak, that's what it is," he answered resignedly, looking anxiously out of the corners of his eyes at his wife, who was doing a rough and ready toilet in front of the parlor mirror. "You can't he very weak," answered his wife, looking at liim. "Look at the nourishment you've 'ad; besides, everybody says you're iookiu' so well. 'Ow do you feel now?" Mr. Willet inwardly wished everybody would pay less attention to his "personal appearance. Ho had been quietly enjoying the last few days, and would like to continue in the same coil clition a little longer. "I've felt a bit faint while you've been out." he said, feebly. "I'd 'are 'ad a little tonie only I couldn't move out of my chair; p'r'aps it's not too late now." Mrs. Willet murmured something her husband did not catch, and looked anxious. "And 'ow's the foot?" she inquired. Mr. Willet looked down upon it, and as it was swathed with many thicknesses of bandages, and there being nothing else to say about it, he remarked that it felt hot. "I've been treatin' you wrong, I'm afraid," replied his wife. "You've been fed up too well in your low state. I'll take your temperature." Bringing out a small glass tube, Mr. Willet was commanded to place it under his tongue and not to speak until it was removed. It being an impossibility to do otherwise than obey, Mr. Willet remained silent for the longest four minutes he could remember. Mrs. Willet then removed the instrument of torture, took it to the light, and examined it long and closely; finally she shut it up in its case and returned it to her pocket. "I'll go and get your bed ready," she remarked seriously. "You want to be kept quiet; you'll be better up there." "I don't want to go to bed," said Mr. Willet, anxiously. "I'm very comfortable down here." "You'll go where it's best for yon," answered his wife sharply. "You'd better be gettiu' yourself ready now; I shan't be more than a few moments up-stairs." In a very unwilling state of mind Mr. Willet was undressed, and placed safely in bed at the unusual and, to him, unpleasant hour of six o'clock, and a summer evening into the bargain. Being left to himself he found it a dreary time, and in the morning ho screwed up his courage to inquire alter the other invalids. "They've all been treated wrong," said Mrs. Willet. "Like you? they ain't so well, so they're restin' quietly." "In bed?" queried Mr. Willet," anxiously. ^ "Same as you," responded his wife. "You'll 'ave some -friends in to-night that'll cheerjFfiirtip a bit." "I'jl^OJhe down and see 'cm," said Bam, weakly. "You'll do nothing of the kind; you lie where you are and get well. 1 don't want all my nursing to go for nothing." Mr. Willet's remarks on nursing fortunately were not heard?they were not complimentary. Mrs. Willet smoothed his pillows, arranged the clothes and said she'd bring him some gruel later on. "I don't want any," said the patient shortly. "Ah, you're losing your appetife, are yon? It's a good thing you've got some one to look after you and see as you 'ave your food regular." _ Tif" TT7illc.f c*c\'A irmimAnt *u l >? met ' oaiu ?ui e uuivu*. was useless: be lay and looked at the limited view of the world that was permitted from the small window of his bedroom. The sun was shining brilliantly; he could hear coming faintly from the fields familiar sounds, proving that the work was going forward where he ought to be assisting. What a fool he was! Why had he not gone back to work when he was able, instead of laying himself open to this self-imposed confinement? Even the knowledge that his fellow-sufferers were in a like position failed to bring him consolation. Evening had barely set in on one of the most dismal days be could remember when voices below signalled the advent of anxious inquirers. Mrs. Willet ushered them upstairs, but Mr. Wallet did not seem hospitably inclined, " !\nd the look that greeted the good Samaritans that entered could hardly have been interpreted into one of welcome. "Sorry to hear yon ain't so well, ~ - - * ~ * il ~ nil fsam," saJU one 01 mem; we un thought you "was a-pickin' up wonderful." "It's surprisin' 'ow these things turn," said another. "I 'ad a brother evho sprained 'is ankle once, an' 'e was in bed three weeks." iMr. Willet glared at the last speaker, and had he been anywhere else but in bed his look might have instilled the recipient with a fear of worse to follow. "Make yourselves comfortable," interposed Mrs. Willet. "There's a little cordial down stairs I've been givin' to Sam; 'e don't take it now, an' it's a pity to waste it. I'll bring it up." The conversation was very one-sided, Sam being treated to graphic descriptions of some interesting evenings at the Pig and Whistle from which be bad been debarred, the details of which svere bitter-sweet to the hearer. "Sam's not very lively to-night," said me, with a commiserating glance at the ruddy face, showing like an angry >unset against a white cloud of bedclothes. "I suppose it's not to be wonlered at, though." "I've got a 'eadache," said Sam. tvhich was not far from the truth, though it sprang from suppressed an;er more than impaired health. "All, well, we won't keep you talkin' my longer," said another, ccmpassionltely; "we must go and call on Joe Rogers and the other pore sick folk." Next morning, after extending her professional care to the needs of her patient, Mrs. Willet left him to the :ompar.ionsh!p of his own thoughts while she went into the village for a .'ew necessaries known to housekeep?rs. Mr. Willet devoted much time to planning an excuse for a rapid recov?ry; but ideas did net come as he wished. He was in the midst of these problems when he heard the front 3oor cpen below, and a we.I-known roice calling ki3 name broke his medications. "Sen! Can!" called the speaker. 'Can 1 come up?" Apparently thinking his question needed no answer, footsteps followed the vcice, and the Dwner of both entered the rccin. "Why, Joe!" exclaimed Sam, in a surprised tone, "I thought you was in i >ed. *Ow's the knee?" "Better," said ignoring the first enaik. "Why don't you get up?" he| continued, leaning over the end of the bed and looking at Sara. "Foot still bad?" "No worse than you knee, I suppose," Mr. Willet growled in response. " 'Ow can I get up? The wife won't let me." "No more will mine, but I've done It. She's gone out shoppin'. I'm sick of nursing." " 'Ow can I get up without making an ass of myself?" returned Sam, bitterly. "I don't want the wife to know as I've been playin' the fool." Joe gasped and looked at Sam with an ignorauce of the situation. "Well, bless me," he-said. "You don't mean to tell me you think she doesn't know it. Wot do you take her for? I thought you'd have gnessed after last night." Any doubts as to Mr. Willet's condition would have been at once dispelled had those ivho questioned it been present after this remark. Throwing the bedclothes violently off the bed, and regardless of sprains and bandages, be sprang to his feet. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Only that we've been made fools of," answered Joe, with a laugh. "Puttin' nc tn hod nnd nrl that rot: and last night, too. Regular put-up job to make us mad." Mr. Willet was a reserved man as a rule, but his language was of a forcible nature as these facts dawned upon him in all their fullness. "Help me to take off these infernal bandages," he said, when he had finished lii3 criticism of the whole proceeding. " 'Ow did you find out?" "Guessed it partly," said Joe, as he assisted Sam out of an entanglement he was getting hopelessly involved in. "Bill Morgan told me the rest. 'E always did give secrets away when 'e'd a drink or two. I don't think they'll be as keen on first aid, though, after this." There was consolation in this thought, and having no fear of disillusioning his wife as to the deceitfulnoss j of his character, Mr. Willet dressed ' with celerity and sallied out once more into the sunshine, his movements in no way affected by his recent accident Recovery had been rapid in other quarters, and the late, cripples joined forces in restoring the fallen spirits once more in the congenial surroundings of the Pig and Whistle. The glamor surrounding the duties and pleasure of nursing was destroyed somewhat after this In Foxdale; and if afterwards it was necessary for any to indulge in that particular employment, the person concerned was careful not tq_pres?rrt)e for her patient lif publh;.?Tit-Bits. CYSTER SHELL "CULM HEAP." Grent Banks Find Beady Sale For Several Farpoeef. The average citizen may not know that oysters are planted, cultivated rand harvested like any other crop, a person who engages in this industry being known as an oyster planter. Thousands of acres of oysters are miller cultivation in Hampton Roads, which, during the harvesting season, is often literally alive with the reaping machines of the oyster men. When the oysters are from one and a half to two years old they are usually large enough to be sold, and, as a rnle, part of them are sold at this age and the balance in the third or fourth year, after which time the ground is allowed to rest a year before being planted1 again. Great care must be exercised in the selection of bottoms for oyster planting, if the planter would be financially successful. ? The largest packer in Hampton opens from 100,000 to 200,000 bushels of oysters in a year. In this house, as the men open the oysters, they drop the shells on an inclined plane from which they slide into a trough and are carried along by scrapers attached to an endless chain called ii "s'hell conveyer," which takes them without further labor to the shell pile in the yard. When a shucker has filled his gallon measure he carries it to the strainer, where the oysters are strained and measured. Tiiov ora then omntipd Into large casks kept foil of fresh water, by means of which any loose shell or grit Is washed out. From these casks the oysters are dipped Into a second strainer, and when separated from the water arc again measured and packed. . The shells are sold for from one to three cents a bushel, and are nsed extensively by oyster planters for the propagation of oysters. They are placed in small piles on grounds found suitable for the purpose, where the spat or small oyster will attach Itself to the shells. They are also used for making shell lime and for building the excellent shell roads found In some parts of the Virginia peninsula.?Philadelphia North American. Size of Philadelphia, Some idea of the great size of Philadelphia may be gathered from the figures in the department reports just printed. There are in the city 1147.71 miles of paved street, besides 412.29 miles of unpaved roads' In the suburbs. All but a small percentage of these streets have modern "improved" pave ?t-l-.t. At, ments, of asphalt, granite vi brick. The paved surface would make a continuous driveway thirty feet wide from here to the Mississippi. There are beneath these streets 931 miles of sewers. They would form a continuous water course as long as the Ohio River. The streets, with 318 city bridges, arc lighted by 9426 electric arc lights and 33,409 gas and gasoline lamps. One thousand four hundred and nineteen and six-tenths miles of watejr pipe convey water to 242,506 premises. Only 11,738 premises are not supplied with city water. There are more than 800 miles of conduits fcr electric wire3, representing more than 50C0 miles of ducts, and there are still 18,189 miles cf electric wires in the air, sustained on C1.9C1 pcles. j There arc 435 miles of street rail wry track, enough to Teach from the Delaware to Late Erie.?Philadelphia Ledger. Lncky Sr.rah A me! la. From numerous applicants tjto CardlC Town Council has c elected Sarah j Amelia Roberts, a domestic servant, as ! the recipient of tlic Bute marriage j dowry. The fund fcr this dowry was j left by the then Marquis cf Bute i:i ' iQo? MmnprinratP his silver wed* (ling, and consists of ?1000, the yearly j proceeds of which is given to some poor girl or girls unable to get married for the want of money. The recipient, who was left an orphan In Infancy, i will, after her marriage, attend the Town Hall with her husband, to be reminded by the Maypr of the origin cf j the dowry, and in accordance with the ; terms of the gift, the Mayor will read j to them the first eleven versos of the j second chapter of the Gospel cf Gt. 1 John, descriptive of the marriage feact ] at Cana. where water was miraculously turned into wine. The dowry, nbcul ?40, will then be handed to the bride. ?London Chronicle. -- - - - --i - | His First Cress Suit. "The first time I ever put on a dress i suit," said ex-Gov. Scofleld, "was at ' the reception and ball which followed ! in the evening of the day that I was I Inaugurated. I remember that we ; had to stand on a little platform, t raised a few inches from the floor, while the crowd passed along and shook hands with Mrs. Scofleld and I myself. "I weigbed just ninety-six pounds | at that time, and was as thin as a match. Mrs. Scofleld is a fleshy woman, and as I looked at her during a I lull in the procession and then sized up my own diminutive anatomy I whis; pered to her: ; "Martha, we must look like the living skeleton and the fat woman in the dime museum to these people." "That settled Mrs. Scofleld for the balance of the evening, and ,to save herself she could not get rid of the Tipples of mirth that would sweep over her face and break out into peals of laughter as the ridiculousness of the situation appealed to her."?Milwaukee Sentinel. Ainslee's For July. The novel in Ainslee's for July is "The Ribboned Way," by S. Carleton, BiifVini" r\f "TVin Pnrfllirnw Pnfld " Oth. er familiar names among the contributors are Justus Miles Forman, author of "A Bit of Grease Paint" and '"Journeys End;" Ella Wheelerr Wilcox, Charles G. D. Roberts, Guy Wetmore Carryl, author of "The LieutenantGovernor;" George Horton, Joseph C. Lincoln and Robert Loveman. S. Carleton, the author of "The Corduroy Road," has'a novel in Ainslee's for July which, in these days, is a refreshing piece of writing. It has what seems to be so rare in fiction lately, namely, atmosphere; it seems almost to have written itself. It is a plain, straightforward love stoty, but it smells of the woods and swamps and lake3, in the midst of which its action goes forward. If there were more novels like this published, we would be apt to complain less of the cynicism of the critics. Another View. Philadelphia Press: Spender?I tell you it's pretty hard for a man ^ith a large family to live on a small income. : Wiseman?Yes, but it's a good deal harder for his family^JJL he dies on # ; AN AID TO MEMORY. . Slopay?And, doctor, if you will, I wish you would give me something, to help my memory. I forget so easily. Doctor?Very well. I'll send you a bill every month.?Baltimore American. 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