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This li That a fanner's wife .writM to the American AgrlyiflWitJsJif “I liavc had borders of all ages, from the baby with Its nurse to the aged grandmother; but my favorites are maiden ladles and *chool4eachers They are most always contented.' 1 There Is one tribute In a 1000!

The tonnage of the Great Eastern was 10.300 below that of the Celtic, achich has Just been launched at Belfast. It will be recalled that the Great Eastern failed as a moneymaker and was retired as being un•IfeUy. It was power that the former p lacked. The latter has it in su--.btindance. and It Is predicted she .1 be a success. The work of removing the little white schoolhonses from the Iowa hilltops is attracting more attention Just now than any other ^ucatlonal movement of the new century, states the New England Farmer. Advanced educators of Iowa have come to -the realization that the theory of a schoolhouse every two or three miles along the country roads Is all wrong. The last legislature, recognized the fact - that some provision should be made fat lessening the cost of NNiintalnlng so many schoolhonses. and passed laws making It possible to consolidate schools and to engage in the practice of transporting children from long distances to school at public expense.

ESTIMATING CHARACTER. Rev. Dr. Talraaje Says th$. Divine Way Difiers From the Homan Way, The Americas Nation Pul Into the Royal balance - "The Lord Weljbclh

Washington, D. C.—In this' diecoum from a tymbul of the Bible Dr. Talnuge urgee the adoption of an unmual mode of estiniatiag character and show* bow different ia the divine way from the human way: text. Proverbt xvi, 2, “The Lord weifhctb the epirit*.” - , The subject of weights and measures is discoMcd among all nations, ie'the subject of legislation, and ha* much to do with tho world's prosperity. A syetem' of w«*hta and mcaeurcs era* 'invented by on, ruler of Argos, about 800 vecn beChriat. An ounce, a bound, a ton, different in different land*. Henry

_inda. Henry should be tho of wheat from

weight of 010 dried gran _ the middle of the ear. From the reign of William the Conqueror to Henry Alii, the English pound was lbs weight of 7880 grains of wheal. Queen Elizabeth decreed that a pound should be 7000 crafns of wheat taken from the middle o: the ear. The piece of platinum kept at the office of the exchequer in England in an atmosphere of sixty-two degree* F. deades for sll Great Britain what a pound must be. Scientific representative* from all lands met in 1886 In Parii and established international standards of weights and meas-

ure*.

Yon all know something of avoirdupois weight, of apothecaries* weight, of troy weight. Yon are familiar with the different kinds of weighing machines, whether a Roman balance, which is our strelyvd, or the more usual instrument consisting of a beam supported in the middle, haring two baaTns of equal weight suspended to the extremities. Seales have been invented to weigh substances huge, likq mountains, and others delicate enough to weigh infinitesimals. But in allsthe universe there has only been one balance that .could weigh thoughts, emotions, affections, hatreds, ambition*. That balance sraa fashioned by an Almighty God. and ia hung up for perpetual service. “The Lord weigb-

eth the spirits."

The dWne weigher puts into the balance the spirit of charity and decides bow Znuch of At really exists. It may go lot nothing at aM. It may be that it says to the unfortunate, ‘Take this and do not bother me any more.” It may be an occasional impulse. It may depend upon the condition of the liver or the style of breakfast partaken of a little while before. It may be called forth by the loveliness of the solicitor. It may be exercised in spirit of rivalry, which practically, says, ''My neighbor has given so'much; therefore I must give as mudb.” It Is accidental or ocraiinpal or spasmodic. When such a spirit df charity is put into the balance and ‘weighed. Cod and men and angelf look on and Say there if nothing of it. It does not weigh so much as a dram, which is only the one-eighth part of an ounce, or a scruple, which U onlv th*

twenty-fourth part of I may give his hundred*

•Writing .In Gassier * Magazine. A1--

ton D. Adams shows that the time fa-, ripe for the advent of a new system j

of urban and Interurban transportation. The object sought in each change thus far appears to have been a reduction In operating expenses as well as an Improvement in service. In the opinion of Mr. Adams electric vehicles embrace the pecessary elements of the next Improvement in street traction. There Is no comparison. of course. In the matter of flexibility of operation and freedom from the street structures. It is only a question of comparative cost. Mr.

Adams shows that for a given dally , -output of energy the station to charge

storage batteries for electric vehicles need only have one-fourth the capacity Jn generating machinery that Is necessary for the operation of a tram ear system, and would-require no battery "plant whatevor. After computing the comparative cost of maintenance and operation ^fr. Adams finds an unbalanced advantage of transportation with electromoblles, a saving of about one-half\of the entire first cost and also of one-half of the annual Interest charges'of present street car systems. The Increasing number of farms operated by tenants has been pointed out as a sign that the former owners were rapidly Kinking into a state of tenancy through the foreclosure of mortgages. This has, however, been shown not to be the case by Mr. L. G. Powers, the chief statistician of the division of agricnltnre of the census bureau. According to the new censas figures, the total number of farms in the United States has Increased from 4,500.000 In 1890 to 5.700.000 In 1000, and those opersjad by tenant* have Increased between 40 sad 45 percent, while those tilled by -their owners have Increased between 16 and 18 percent- Both classes have increased more rapidly than the agricultural population, which fact disproves the assertion that the owner* arc being degrade! Into tenants. Mr. Powers states that-, It does not Indicate tbs degradation' of lb* rural population, but an uplifting that has raised sot leas than 100.000 famlHes from the position of wage-earners to that of lessee* cf small or large tract*, of tillable land. When a wage-earner, he states. In a rural community gats a

little capital ahead he often begins to.

look for s farm to rent and operate.

. Those owners of farms who have laid

by a goodly-sized "nest-egg” are often 'willing to lease their lands an to the city to live on their Income. The result la an Increase In tenant farms, but it is in sn economic Improvement for all concerned. If the tenant be successful be may be able

dollar* with I

feetinn and amid such be will get no heavenly

to buy the farm In a few.

yearn.

love of God and man. It i* born in heav-

nner in which that giver that it is a divinely im-

planted principle.

The onr penny given mat. considering limited cuounstances, attract as much bo and MEvenly attention a* though jhtek riven in charity* was so Urge it red ue 'cashier of the bank to cash _ .t ia not tlie amount given, but the spirit with which if is girtn. "The Lord

weigheth the spirit*.”

Perhaps no one but God heard that pood mania rvsohition*^-but it amounted about to this; "From this present moment to my last moment on earth, God helping me, I will do all I can to nuke the world.

urrr world, a better woridV a happier rorld." But the resolution shines o-* in shows itself as plainly in the coo tribal of 81 as though be had the means to i

tribute 8500,OS).

When that charity is put into the royal balance, th^beavens watch th* weighing and invisible choirs chant from the clouds, and I catch one bar of the music—‘‘Now abide th faith, hope, charity—these three; but tbs greatest of these is charity.” • 8e also in the celestial scales is placed — spirit of faith. In most eases faith de,—ids on whether or not the sun shines

Si

the ^oraiacteBs him wuMMag agreeable disagreeable. Some day the tales in his jr» do not amount' to so mnch as he exSSfciSVVK =r£2«TtS

*£73%

tuts-,

.. „ . j^U. ^*. p**” 1 Wrt—

But there is another man who by reto hhneelf: '''God Isuched this world. Be,— 1 — * ~ "

launched a failure. The Garden * ■—’'At morass compared

world win bewfesa it blossoms and leaves sad flashes end resound* with its coming glory. God will save it anyhow, with me or without me

but I want to do my share. I have

sick pauper.” Fcsnnot writ* sgnStbook! but lean pick a cinder out of a child's eye or a splinter from under Ms thumb sail. I now enlist In this army that is going to take the world for God. and I drty all the evil powers, human and satania, to discourses me. Count ms into the service. I ean«ot play upon a musical Instrument, but I *"*’•'*'- All through that mans experience there ran* a faitTthat will keep him cheerful and busy and triumphant. 1 Ukc th* watchword of Cromwell’s •‘Ironsides" th* The Lord of hosts is with as. TK God of Jacob x our refuge. Beiah!” No balance that human Utin rrw planned or

©aiy question t* What snnn bt tne r of our ambition? To stack up a stiq dous fortune, to acquire a rosouoc

eiou. .«ma are me»urcd by the carat, more delicately constructed to weigh that wonderful quality of faith which I am glad •"Ably wsidbman counterpoises on metallic balance* tne iron, the coal, the aiticles of human food, the solids of earthly racrchandms, but he rsnnot test or announoe the amount of things spiritual. Put also into those roral scales «hs ambitions Spirit. Every healthy man and caWfioo. Tht'Lck of It i. a idioar or iaaoralitr. The

H bs tne sty!* c up a stupen-

.. —_— a rasouirting

name, to sweep everything ire oan reach into the whirlpool ol our own selfi.hnes*tbat is debasing, ruinous and dralhfnl. If in such a spirit v “hat wa start for. we only secure bijou tie discontent. Ns

l s^.-rK 1 :a

we get it and the spirit with which m keep it and the spirit with which we din tribute it. Not since the world stood has there l>een any insfknce of complete happins** from the amount of accumnlatiota Give the man «f worldly ambition sixty years of brilliant successes. He topght for renown, and the nations spsak hit name; be sought for affluence, and b* is pot to his wits’ end to find out the best stocks and bond* in which he may make his iqvestmenls; he is director in .enough banks sad trustor in enough insutution* and president of enough companies to bring on lAresi*. of which he is now dying. The -oyal balances are lifted to weig'- *’

-ition which lias controlled turn What was the worth of that

--.--i-i- * now _ royal balances are lifted to Weigh the _

bition which lias controlled him a lifetime. What wa* the worth of that ambition? How much did it yield for usefulness and heaven? Less than a scrapie, less than agrain of sand, less than an atom, less than nothing. Have a funeral a mile long with --tes; let the .richest robe* of secleai-

me br** ! dead I

lift ig scuffle io the Surrogate'* court about Aha

' the testator to make a last

imrnt it will only be a prolongation of the failqre. The son. through dissipation, spent his share of the fortnos

3SS

dissipation, spent hi* ahire before the father died, and

with a dollar; thedaughtars his will, and ahe ia disinberitod; retatirsa whom he could never bear tho right of will pnt in their claim, and after years of litigation ao much of tha estate as the lawyers haw not appropriated to tbemeeliwi will go /into hands which tha test*let never once thought of when in his last days ha hade tearful farewells to the houses and lands and government securities he Could not take along with him into

the sepulcher. «

i -I do not know the intermediate chapters of the volume of that young man's life, but I know the first chapter and the last chapter. The first chanter is made of high resolve in the strength of God. and th* last chapter ia filled with the rewards of a noble ambition. Aa his obsequies pass out to the cemetery the poor will weep because they will lose their best friend. Many -in 'whose temporal welfare and eternal salvation he bore a part will hear of it in variona place* and eulogize his memory. and God will aay to the ascending spirit, ‘To him that overeometh will I give to rat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” In th* hour of that soul’s rcltgse and enthronement there will be heavenly acckiaatioa as in the royal balances “the Lord wriih-

eth the spirit*.”

But if our character and behavior aa a

nation are reversed and good morals give place to loose living and God is put away from our hearts, and onr schools and our homif* and our people and our literature be debauched, and anarchism and atheism have- full sway, and onr American Sabbath becomes a Parisian Sabbath, and infamous 4awi get a place on onr statute books, and the marriage relation becomes a joke instead oS a sanctity, and the God to whom Columbus prayed to on the day «>f his landing from alarmv seas and whom

Benjamin franklin publicly >

amid derisive

i, anuu ucnsrre cries, th* opening of the American Co agrees with prayer,-shall in onr national future be insu’ted and blasphemed, then it will 'not be long before w* will need another Edward Gibbon to write thi ‘ "

—,.-to write

H of the United Etates

U not be

the decline and

republic, aud it will not be another case cf destruction by the Goths and Huns and Tartars and Tam-

id A till as or foreign opposition but it ital be a case of world ss-

r that thera'sre

rise the invisible, 1

other balances besides those made of bn—

and aluminium and set in uses; that the spirit is'the part of us; that the scales

-which weigh your body are'not as important as the scales which weigh your son!. make war against the Romans, and Onrea, the friend of the king, acid to him. "Sir. when you have conouared them what will you do next?” 'Then Bictly is near at hand tad easy to master.” “And what when vow-have conquered Eidty?” “Then we wifi psas over to Africa and take Ot£ which cannot long withatand Wl.*-

ST

all ai from

Macedonia and n t there.” "Well, hat fruit dojbu

n all your victories T "Then, said kin£, Nre win sit-down and enjoy our^

do it now? Have rpn not already a kingdom of your own? And he that cannot enjoy himself with a kingdom cannot with th* whole worid." . , . i X say to you who love the Lord the kOdorii is within you. Maks more of the

divine balances.

What s worid this will be when it it weighed after it* regeneration than hay* taken place! Scientist* now peas at the number of tons our world weigh*, and they put the Apennines and the Sierra Nevada* and ChiaborxM and the HmiaLya* in th* seals*. b«f if weighed as to iU morels at thTmeaedt time in th* royal balance th* heaviest things would,b*. the ware, the. in tarnabonalhatreda. th* crimes mountain Ugh, th* moral disasters that stagger the and the aoil shall produce unircrjal barrest and fruitage, and the last 'cavalry hone shall go unsaddled, and the last gun carriage unwheelsd, and the last fortress turned Into a museum to allow nations in paaos what a horrid thing war once was. iars.?si.‘SJlr'^ss!SS S2SZZJg~' 1 God forbid that it should ever be wrij. tea concerning us as individual* or comthe hour when Daniel impeached tbs mon-

THE SABBATH SCHOOL latCrtUtlODal Lesson Commeits Fo; June L

Subject: Jesus Oar High Priest to ncaies, tick. Ix» 11-14; Z4-tt-Uoldes Text Heb. viL. 25-Memory Vsrees. 24-24-CommeaUry on the Day's Lcssoa.

sweet-smel ing odor in sanctification. He those to whom be was writing that in**pnest was threefold. 1. To offer -.rri- && Tb« P^nlV“ T^ firet' g^ajworii ^med^^r-U^H^^ ^natureH, ^•f’PW'^the^conrt^f

priest is s dispenser of aU the .pintail blessings atomised in this world or the next, "ifore perfect »*Wn*cle." Authorities seem shout divided as to the meaning of these word.. Pome think ther have reference to Christ Himself, and that Hit body is the tabernacle; other* think the tabernacle not made with hand, refer* to'heaven, representing the sniritnal sphere. "Not of this creation’’ <R. "Not making any part of this lower crea-

tion."

12L "By His own blood." Here the redemption of man is attnbuTed to the blond of Christ, and this blood is stated to be shed in s sacrificial way. precisely as the

Hood of bulls, goats and calvM was shed under the Uw. “Once for aU" (R. V.) The high priest entered into the holiest one* each year, but Christ msde an atonement that did not need to be rspested. "Into the haly plaee.” Or ganetuary, signifying heaven. There were two *r*rt-

lifying heave

*- ‘o tito mg ai

contained tho altar of of ahewbread and the

which was situated t called the sanctuary i ♦v;-..- r—• i 'j

the holiest place th* high priest entered once each year, on the great davof atonement, which was the 10th of Tiahri (October), carrying with him the goMen cen.er and "not without blood." "Eternal redemption." An endleas redemption from sin: it is eternal in it* merit and effieacr. 13 "Blood—ashes.” Pee Lev. IB: 14. 15; Num. 16: 2-10. "Soripkline.” Blood wa* sprinkled everywhere. Tha priest spnnkUd the tabernacle, and all the utenmls, the altar*, the people, the veil, the merer seat, in fact, everywhere we see the Hood. The' ashes of the heifer were put In pure water and snrinkled on those who ’is distinctly for purification from ceremonial offences. "The flesh.” PurKvtog from uo- . cleanness according to the Mosaic ritual, having the body particularly in view. 14. "How much more.” Thi* form of argument i« characteristic of this epistle. That which the blood of bulls could never do - the blood of Jesns has forever.done. •Through the eternal Spirit.” There are two view* with regard to the meaning of this: 1. By Hi* own divine nature. 2. Br the belo sad through the power of the Holy Spirit. The latter anpeani to be the correct exnLaation. "Without blemish” (R. V.) This is an allusion to the Jewish offerings which, to be acceptable to God. ranab4wwitW blemish. "Dead works.” All smfn) works. 24. "Made with hand*." He has not entered into the holy places in the tabernacle qr temp> a# the .Tewiah high nriest did. but into heaven i tee if, which He boa thus opened to all believers. "Like in pattern to the true" (R. Y.l The eznetuaiy of God on earth is a nsttern M heaven, and communion with God in Hi* srvjs-? 1 ’ffiLV’ssj; “/ora*.” He sits in heaven as High Priest to present to the Fhthcr His own stonewnrt aad^sacrifie* for the sins of the "Offer

it of Christ once —.... cient for all nations and all ages. Pee on r. 12. "Of others.” That is. with the

Hood of bullock* and goats.

26. "Prate 4b# foundation.” etc. Although Christ offered Himself onlv one*, that one offering is in itself so meritorious

that it* influence rrerhetb backward to the beginning of the world and forward to the end of time; on which account Christ ia termed (Rev. 13: 8) "the Lamb .lain from the foundation of the world." - "End of the ago*’' (R. V.) Ibis has reference to

* Of the Jewish dl«G>ens*tion.»’To :V sin ” Tn sKnliah sin^ffseinss

the end , put away ain." To abolish sin-offerings. But in doing sway with the sin-offering* He made so offering for sin. and is now able to deliver from the guilt and power 27. "As.it is appointed.” etc. Inasmuch as God hath decreed that man shall die once, and osH- once, and after thi* shall come to the judgment, and be judged cnee; ao Christ, who has been offered

once, shall dirno more.

sway toe n * , hJ r ^f'ths’M^jf^to thTSth denies*, but Christ literally bear* away £5,12 &i ,; - w !&'S&5Sr.?£, tientlv waiting and aaraesUr looking for Art* 1: 11; 1 Thom. I: 10; 4-Jfl: 2 The*., 1: 10. "Apart from sin" (R. V.) When He appears the second time He will come, not as a sacrifice for sin. but in might and power. "Unto salvation.’’ The object of

IkHs!

take all true believers with Him to eternal glory. "Evan on. earns Lord Jssuai" ItUaatd that the highest priced "railroad president In tha United Bute* 1* Charles M. Hays of the Southern Pacific. whose salary 1* $55,000 a year. Mr. Cassatt of «hs Pennsylvania^ Mr. Callaway of th* Nsw York Central, Mr. Epenoer ef the Eouthsra railway, Mr. Meliqn of the Northern Partflc and Mr. Hill of th# Great Northern receive •80,000, according tn Victor

COLU HOARDED BY FISHER FOLK. .

PEARLS OF THO.-.' -T.

■1,000,000 of amsrlsaa Coin Hlddsn la

Kvwrouniiiaod Coast vuiagre- ! Amusement In an obeervlng mind

is study.—Disrat-IL

It is retimated that fully I2A00.000 In American gold U boarded up tn PlaneflUa and Fortune bays on the south coast of NewfounJJand. This money has been saved by the fisher, fojk and U hidden In the most unlike-

ly places

Except the very poor, there are few among the Inhabitants of tho little hamlets who have not a neet egg of bright, yellow American coins set aside for some emergency. Before the disastrous bank failures,in the colony In

Ambition Is not a vice of little pco

pic.—Montaigne.

Every man is a volum- !f you know

bow to read him.—Clisnnlng.

.Taste is. so to speak, the microscope

cf the judgment.—Ronszcau.

They th* 1 stand high havi many blasts to shake them-—Shakespeare. The beet lightning rod for your protection Is your own gpinc.—Emerson.

. Calamity is the perfect glass whero-

the autumn of 1894manyofthe coaatcra I *“ ^ truly see and know oursclv.-s.--

lodged their savings In the three banks | Davenant.

risits to St. John’s In the I who i fall; but so heavy were tho Root the collapse, and so~bitter -n,

Ings In the three 1

In the city, when they made their semi-

annual Vis!

spring and

losses by the collapse,

was the lesson taught that since then wild horses could not drag them to n bank. Every man Intp whose posseeslon a bank note, check or govermnont order comes hurtles at once to exchange It for a Yankee eagle, and this Is os burledly put away Into the secret hoard, which In some cases amounts to thousands of dollars.

In Place

cry Is obi herring fishery, which la prosecuted during January, February and March. In a good season, with the herring abundant and tho weather frosty enough for congealing purposes, about 80 schooners from New England will load with the frtnen fish, 100 barrels being an average load, and from 82 to $2.50 a barrel being paid therefor. In a bad year like that which has Just ended, when the herring are scarce and the weather mild, the price runs up to $5 some times. Every American captain brings from $2000 to $3000 in gold with him when he comes after fripen herring. Of all this stream of gold comparatively' little' finds Us way out of tha district. The herring fishery In midwinter has only been tn existence in that bay for 15 years. Prior to that the people were idle during these months and they now regard this venture as a personal and private one, not to be confounded with their regular vocation as cod catchers of their dealings with the SL John's merchants, by whom they arc fitted out for the latter enterprise. Accordingly, all the gold gained in the herring fishery Is set aside and the wedding dowerles of the girls of the district are almost Invariably furnished out of tt/ie boards. In many cases, too, men, seemngly but Ul-supplled with the world's goods, have been known to produce $2000 and $2600 for the purchase of a schooner or fishing property, paying down the money in every Instance In United States coins.

the summer months. All the American vessels frequenting Uie Grand Banks In quest of cod have to come into tho shore for this bait, without which It 1 ^Impossible to secure the cod. Herring and Ice In which to keep It fresh are chief items of outlay bY the fishing vessels, and probably $100,000 is spent in this way during the summer. This baiting business forms the mainstay of hundreds of the coasters, and the prices sometimes run to an extravagant figure, when the berrii scarce and many vessels have supplied, for half a century American vessels have been taxing this herring bait, and all this time their gold has been piling up in Fortune bay. one generation after another availing itaelf of the profits of the industry and having a goodly proportion thereof.—New York Sun.

ring are e to be

Th«_ Great Portrait Fain tor.

“I could name a portrait painter, a fashionable one, which meant he has an extenalve clientage, of whom it it said that he always secures a good likeness," says, Charles H. Caffln in Everybody’s Magazine. ‘‘It may be ao aa far aa the feature* are concerned, but if you do not know the ladles or gentlemen depicted the portraits will mean nothing to you. You are quite prepared to find eyes, nose and mouth represented, but in their arrangement you look In vain. Jor Individuality of

something that will iden-

tify Itself In your imagination with a separate character, that, as) you study the picture, will cause you to feel you are making the acquaintance of an actual personality. On the other hand, the great portraits of the world, which have sarvlved the judgment of time'.-and are agreed to .be great by succeeding generations of cultivated persons, owe their eminence partly, it is true, to their technical excellence, but a great deal more to the undeb*table, perennially certain fact that they rep-

resent human beings with such Insight. • into a jewel Into character and fulness of expire-' -*>»» »«" ♦*>«

sion that, although, centuries may have elapsed, and our modern Ideas of jlfe be entirely different on the surface.

painters secured a vivid realisation of character, the vital facta which constitute, a separate human' indentlty, and . we look into their faces as into those of friends.”

A small stingless bee is found In the state of Sinaloa and In Topic. The honey of tbla bee Is nob great In quantity. is dark-colored, very liquid, and is said cot,to crystallize. Another peculiarity of the honey S* that It has a decidedly sour, or tart taste, and on this account It la much sought after aa being a greater delicacy than the sweeT honey of the tarns bee. The reason these bare are small produ-' cere is that, aa they are sting!eas. they are constantly robbed by the larger

varieties, the tamo bee

the robbers.

No man’can answer for bis courage

never been in danger.—

hefoucaald.

The less a man thinks or know* about his virtues the better wc like

him.—Emerson.

if honesty did not exist we ought W Invent It as the best means of getting

rich.—Mirabeau.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him

—Chinese proverb.

pie passionate are like men standIn* on their heads; they see all things _tge wrong way.—Plato. Speaking much Is a sign of vanity. He that 1* lavish in words la a niggard In deed.—Sir Walter Raleigh. ’ The world is full of thoukhts. and you will find them strewed everywhere in your path.—Elihu BurritL

READING NOVELS AS WORK.

au A verses for One Usu. Flyo hundred novels a year Is a record for one man’s rending, but that Is about the number that one cf the regular readers of a large publishing house In this city manages to examine annually. This examination is no superficial review, either, but one that gives a thorough knowledge of tho plot, style and general cfcaracleristicsofthe MS., for the reader's opinion of each MS. la written out and filed away for reference. One of tho older firms hero has nearly 90 bound volumes of roadera' opinions, with about 400 opinions In each volume. Perhays 40 out of the 400 arc about books that have been published. OX the other 3G0 some rew- -may have been brought out by other publishing houses, but most of thpm were returned to the authors, never to appear

again.

A good reader will look over at least four MSS. In a day that begins at 0.30 and ends at 3 o'clock, and sometimes, when ther® Is a rush of work, will get through twice that number. This ’ looking over.” of course, is not the careful reviewing referred to above. Many manuscripts never get beyond the "looking, over" stage. Most of the publishing bouses do not keep MSS. more than two weeks before giving a decision on them, and returning them If possible. Tho -MSS form a valuable charge and have to be looked out for carefully, as in case of loss the publisher is sometimes liable, particularly if the receipt of the MS. has been acknowledged. At least four or five out of-uvezjjr hundred MSS. which are declined by a publisher by the suthor. They are carefully put away, and after a certain number of years, if no one claims them, are destroyed. Once in a while.an author encloses a flve-dollaribfll with the object of propitiating the reader, for there seems to be a widespread supposition among a certain class of authors that the readers are all broken-down and unsuccessful literary men who dislike to see any one succeed when they have failed. It be does not eond an enclosure, the author la apt to send a long letter exilalnlng that tho story is “founded on or the experiences of the wrtt-

' ortl

number of friends a will buy and assure it a large sale, and that his friend, the literary editor of the local Journal, will give it a magnificent review, or that the author's friends have all pronounced it infinitely better than moat of the novels

published.

It is only infinite experience which can teach a man to know th: public taste, and it take* a great many qualities besides literary proception. A reader has to be not only a critic, but also something of ■ prophet. The forecast of the weather bureau are not more carefully prepared or more" llke- ‘ to be wrong than are the opinions esc men who try to fortell what the public will like.—New York •

plalnu fact,-

ly to b of the* «2‘

One oa tha Jawolor.

please - examine tbla dia-

H you please examine ' said a man who had reler’s shop, "and tell mo

hat you think of It? If it is a good

stone I think I will buy it”

The jeweler took the gem. which was unset, and looked at It critically for a moment. Then, in confidential

tones, he said: V

"Well, to tell you the troth, that isn’t A very Rood stone. It hasn’t much fire; It is badly cut. and there la some- ' thing here very much like a flaw." Then he held tho diamond under a microscope and examined it carefully, finally cb*eiVlng. “No. It Isn’t exactly a flaw, but I shouldn’t call it a perfect stone. Now. If you want something really fine, 1 hare here ” , "Excuse mo." the Other man Interrupted: "I don’t think I’ll buy a diamond today. This Is a diamond that one of your assistants let me take on Saturday on approval. I deposited $40 on 1L Please let me have my money and wo ViU declare the deal off.”—TU-

To display a crest oa stationery and i n England coats each family a

belag one of tax of a guinea a year. About 40,000

people pay it.