A BOOK'S CLOTHING NG. BINDINGS MADE FROM THE SKIN OF HUMAN BEINGS. Thomas Carlyle's Gruff Speech at the Din- mer Party ~A Deck of Cards Made From the Skin of Indians-The Troublesome “Bookworm” and Their Ravages. “To be -strong backed abd peat pound,’ says Charles Lamb, “‘is the de gideratu ni of a volume = Mag somes after. In epite, however, of this axiom of the gentle Elia, not a few of this well thumbed torn and dog's cared favorites tarped their backs to the spee- tator, coverless. encyclopedias and books which are no ri ficenes books the jealons essayist burst forth: “YT confess that it moves mIny spleen to see these things in books’ clothing - perched upon shelves, like false saints, uwsurpers of trae shrines, intruders into the sanctonary, * ray of Russia or Marooco, when a tithe i run the danzer of 1» Upon a godly row of * + gotontinanar- of that good leather would comfortably reclothe my shivering folios, would renovate Pamoclsus himself and en abla old Raymund Lully to look like Rimself in the world I never &o these impostars brit Ilong to strip them to warm my ragged veterans in theis © spoils.” Of ears in ‘the w WAY of binding there exist in Fugland several examples. In the Exeter munseuin there is to be found a volume bond in the skin of George Cudmors, who was executed in 1880 for poisoning his wifa In the Hbrary of Bary St. Edmunds there isa “Life of Corder, ’’ a nirderer, bound in a pis of his own skin. In the library of Mex. borough House there were formerly two books bound in the skin of Mary Baw man, the Yorkshire witch who was Banged early in this contary lis 1821 a msn pared Horwood sal fered the extreme penalty for the mur- der of a girl, n.d the following tr “man’s accout.of 5 book in the RS roars library explains itself: “Bristol. June, 1828 — Richard Smith, Esq, Dr. to H H Essex To binding in the skin of John Horwood a variety of papers relating to him, £1 10s. . the same being lettered in Latin on ach side of “he book “The True Skin of ‘John Horwarl' Whether the skins of hard: ried erin inals are move easily curried and dressed than those «f omlinary mortals I must © somfess 1 am unable to judge. It was at dinner party that Thomas * Carlyle gave vent. to his opinion as to ‘Minding books with human skins, The dyspeptic sage had so far sat in morose silence. An unpleasant fooling hung over the pty, many of wham had been specially i £3 hiz erratic views A genial cM gentleman wis en- init hear © anap. deavoriog to infuse a little warmth into the assemblage by playfully remarking © a young political enthusiast who sat beside lum, ‘The British ‘people can af- ford to laugh at theories.’ This remuck woke ap Carlyle, and wpoaking for the first und only time sunng the evening he observed in his wsnal® ill bred way: ‘Bir, the French . mobility of 100 years ago said they could affor 1 to langh at theoties. Then canie s mun ‘who wrote a book called. ‘The Social Contract.” The man was called - Jean Jacques Rousseau, and his book "was a theory snd nothing but a theory The nobles could langh at this theory, _ bat their skips went to bind the second adition of this book. ' It is a matter of fact that a ring the Moerors of the French revolation tauner- fos wore established in various parts of France where the skins of the victims of the guillotine were tanned, and many of these were wid to bind books ca account of the fine rained surface exhibited aft or being cnrried. At the Chicago exhibition one of the surious exhibits was a pack of playing oards which had been manufactnred “from the skin of some captured Indians 1 remember to have seen at an old curi: esity shop on New Oxford strect only a few years ugo a piece of hard, dry, th leathery skin, which, I was as- sured, was the tanued hide of a Maori The tattoo marks were plainly visible am its surface, and onexamining it with s powerful glass the grain of the human skin war cléarly shown, In speaking of the binding of books "ame cannot refrain from alluding in pass- img to the ¢nemies of books—enemies that wsually make their depredations wpou bindings, These insects, popularly known as Lookworms, are {ound in pa per, leather sud parchment. The larve of Crambme pinguinaliz will establish Shamselves upon tbe binding of a book, and spinning = robe will do it little in A mite—Acarus eruditus—eats $he paste that fastens the paper over the . edges of the binding and so loosens it The caterpillar of another little moth sakes its station in damp, old books be . ween the leaves. and there - commits great ravages Burns has addressed to these bookw rus an epigram which be #emys the ¢ynical hunior of the poet: Thr agh and through the inspired | Ye mag: 4s make your windings: But, ob, r+ sect his lordshi 's Last a And spare his golden bindiags! The little boring wood bectle will alse mitack book: anc has been Known fc penetrato through several volumes. An tostance is mgationed of 27 folio volnines being perforated in ‘a straight line by. dhe same insect in such a manner that by passing a cord through the perfect sound hole made by it the 27 volmues sould be raised at once. The woid beatle, she same variety that has left pinioles Jim Chippendale and other old chairs and bureaus, destroys prints and engravings, whether framed or kept in a portfolio. The ‘death toi" filgpertac accused of being a di redator of books, at least according to te statements of the keeper of the Aslun “Arthar Hayden. A Beginsiing. “Bromley. | hear you are going ta . ghmrt housek sing? “Yes, Dn: aggor.” “\7hat hn" you got toward it?" “A wife = -London Ti. dita : has the ‘the quality of questions.’ evidently waz to make the cas: last as -all hs HONEY LOVING BIRDS. They Sometimes Have Puttics With Bass. . For the Sweet Booty. The love for sweet things isa craving of nature im all living creatures, and - birds will sometimes run great risks to Bears in their eagerness to: satisfy it. get at the honey 1 a hollow tree will sometimes wedge themselves into #6 small a hole as to endanger their lives and many forest birds, such as wood petkets, blue jays and throshes, will irg stung to death in their endeavrrs to obtain the ; homey that the bees store in the hollow trunks of trees Sometimes they will attack "wes on the wing and snap then ap for the tiny speck of nectar contain in their sacks = Bins jays often take a positicm near beehives and fish all day for honey. Every returning begs caught, but. not devoured, fon : will kill tiye bee only that they may sip up the honey. Unless driven away a few gach bird roblsrs would soon depopn late a hive Occnsionally the fight the birds. They issue foomy the hive and make a bold attack apt. the assassins In the quick, sharp omflict that follows the birds invaris biy got defeated Indead they do Bot al- tempt to resist the ons gafoty in flight [If the one of the Virds quickly eunomzh : ts little hope for the robber. They settle down vpn bi Zz him {0 He muy his bck and sides temacionsly. His flight roori becorscs less energetic and more and more uncertain until at last he dregs to the earth and gaspr out life alaong the caves and bushes, whils the bees return trio mph antly to home In the wild forests birds times tempt to drive the bees home in the hollow tronk They first discover the piace and I aI crganize aby in ..: 3 at x ow revved sarroan 4 ther “vy FF augat, Eo ] ry md Btin {iis rganized al - axe a away from their STE ¢f a trea of the Lid den treasure by following the bees Oi a warm, saniy day, and if there be an openiug in the tree large enongh to ad mit them they plunge down the hoie in a body Ther: there follows a sharp conflict inside the tree, the birds shapping at the | bees and catting them in two at each The only chance for the bees is to light on the backs and sides of the birds. If they fail to do this, they are soos ruuted, and the rich treasures of sweets are captured by the These battles terminate in varions ways, sometimes the bors and coms birds orming out victorious —Our Ari mal Friends enemies times the The Law's Delay. Iu a pecent lawsuit in Washington the court was [reguently compelled to cut short the cross examination of wit nesses by a certain lawyer who was said to believe in ‘the quantity rather than His paint long as possible. The following, which is given as an illustration of the ‘mau rer of his questioning, exemplifies the remoteness from comanch sense of some of the methds of law practice: Conrs¢] to the witness;— Was it white? . 3 . Witness— Yes SC “You think it was white? oo “wy ex’ “It is your opinion, then, that it was white?’ “Yes.'’ “You are sro it wad whit ” “Yo “It is is your impression it was white?" “Yes, re “It wasn't black?" “Nao rr s “You u arm sure it wasn't black” 4am.” : “Wasn't it a little dark “NG. ’» : “What color was it? “White.” HR! hite “ : White.’ : Here are 10 questions, nine of which are nanecessLry sucoreded somewhere in the question. ing in undermining the certainty of the colored?’ witness he would have made 4 small point for his side of the case, and from his client's point of view bis long wind. ed examination would have been justi- fied: — Youth's € Sompation. -. Counterfeits In Philadelphia, Mara conuterfedt money is said to bé in circulation in Philadelphia pow than ever before. Among the counterfeits is a dollar silver certificate marked *' Plate Na 16." The check letter is A, series of 1891 Another bogos $1 dollar note check letter B, series of 1884 Other counterfeit #1 hills that are afloat in great quantities contain the. chock letter D, series of 1891 ~ A bogus $2 note ix also very well executed. It has the check letter A, series of 1888 These counterfeits have been scattered around in profusion. Others of larger denominations have lately made appearance. Ome a rather care executed £5 note, series of 1880, D. Another note for the same de nation has the check letter D, senes of 1556 Bogus small coin is to be met with on Quarters and half doliarsare the counterfoits, which are cleverly made and are detected by the shopkdepors only by ringing on a glass, metallic or mar ble surface. — Phila Iphia Press. their limes ly totter uo : 1s 3 GR A Moment of Doubt. A good many soldiers north and south ‘must remember moments which will enable them to sympathize with the lean museam, Oxford. — | spirit of a question recorded in a south ern magazine. On a tiresome night m soldier, sleepy and worn out, fell into a ditch by the rondside. There he lay be -mosnihg bis fate when the next regi ment came up; and hearing his moans som: of the men hastened to his rescu: As they stood him on his feet, Le one of them and said: “1 say, scranger, don’t you think South Carolina wes a little hasty?’ SW edt 1% death fly away. but the bees cling to’ which had been provided But if the lawyer had. - that it was march a Flonda draggled and demoralized, be tarned t:.' | | : { "4 " eREELEY'S MANNERS wene BAD. But They Were Foigives For His Fine AT : er Disney Speech. The genial old philanthropist. Horace Greeley, went to New Orieans after tin south had tiken him fo her heart in graistol reoyimiticn of his action in go ing pn the Jef Davis bail bond, sind the pecsile were ;nxious 10 show him every attelition in their power Al dinner seemed to be the proper thing = and the markets of Xow Omloaps, thari which thers are few better in ne 1d were ransacked to mmke the of ‘able for as fo2 of the grnest gud the din Walker, the veteran i Hews 3 the manne? of the Eve Yea ATTATY "these 1% viands editor aad, ana - al Wished] grants 23 Airer guest for lack of ec “Mr Greeley,’ suid ters mre the test that oomne 10 OUT WAY ket mod we think they vie with those of Norfolk I observe that you are pot eating them. *” ‘Well po " paglt 4 (resiey “The i truth is 1 nivor oomid ali ide shellfish ’ And he pass A Then com: some Aelici yas Erevn tur tie soup, which Judge Walker explain od was pre rsd from the finest {at tur tie the Fi loriia bays could ant “NG Lt, iO Goss, Lie FE ar v inn Gredlay's peculiar whine, ol odd 10 ake are an abomination & Eros: gor of gormands f 1 tox Ar ht b32 Be 3% €F' ari . The pompano, imperial fish that it is and fresh from the gulf, was open the same objection, despite Judge Wal. ker's eulogy, and that, too, Was presed. Mr Grecley barely tasted the socomnps Lying Parisian dainty ar Shook is bead rocfully at the idea that anybody wonld impair bis digestion by eating cocumbers. Shrimp salad, a ther New Orlesnt delicacy, proved no more tempt Shrimps, be said, looked on mech that they awayy give him ing. hike worms the creeps. “Ah. here is something yom wiil Qiks —a homely dish in name,’ suid Jodg Walker, “bat fit forthe gods. itisa Galicia ham. And ther he went to tell how the bogs fram which thes bams were obtained were fod : chestn ats, making the flesh Tascionus and delicious. ; “Perhaps sa, Very interesting deed,’ observed - Greeley, “tut do 3 know, jodg:, that toers is 8c much of trichina nowadays that I wouldnt dare taste a bit of pork ; The. judge gave up in despair only things in all the array of da: whit i: Greeley woaid cat were bread, potato: and canlifivwer, and be feared that be might be (verloading his stomach that But when it came to the peak ing, althongh he bad drank nothing bor cold water, ho spoke as one inspired and with a fervor, eloguencs and tumder pess that nobody at the table could eves Target. — ~Clicago Inter Ocean. Foi oo {XY UB 2 1 Py ais INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT. © The Ruilroni Engineer Gets Out of Trosbie For Raaning Too Fast. Superintindotst Warren of the East ern Ilincis railway was telling the ots ‘er evening of a certain engiseer in the employ of the road who had been re peatedly cantioned against running toc fest. He was running a freight train and on ope portion of his division there was 2 steep hill His orders were t pever permit his train to go down that hill faster than 15 miles an boar, bat was general belief that whenever Le bad a safe opportunity bé sailed down that grade just as fast az the wheels would tarn. Ore day be did go down the hill 50 fast that the entire train left the track at the bottom, and there were box cars piled up high Ap investigation immpediately followed, and the engi peer, in railroad pariance, was pat ou the “carpet.” He swore in the nics solemn terms that he went down the hill not faster than 15 miles an hour, mt that just! before reaching the bot tom he lost control of the sirbraks, and the sped became so great the train oould not kiep the track; hence the wreck, for which he was not responsi. ble. “But,” said his superintendent, “we have a man here, a farmer, who was on the hillxice that day when you came down. He stood at the edge of a ciear- ing, saw you at the top and all the way: down, and he will swear that he never saw a train going so {ast in all his life, and he is uw man 80 years old. He saws next to an impossibility to soe the wheels What do you gay to that?" The engineer never hesitated. “1 know the man [saw him the day after the wreck, and he ted the same story to we, only there was 2 little moore toil" = . “What was that?’ “Why, he told me that firet train of cars he had ev bis if and 1 ddn't think be a very good judge of speed. There was in the room far a few moms nis, and tie engineer got off with a 60 days’ suspension. —Chicag Herald wonid site Ibsen and Tolstol, Blumenthal, the great theater man- ager of Beriln, was onee talking with Tolston about Ibsen and sald: ‘1 havs pet a good many of plays on the stage, but I can’t say that I gunite un- derstand theme. Do you andiesstand’ them?’ “‘Ibsen doesn't understand them himself.” Tolstoi replied. ‘He just writes them and then sits down and waits. After awhile his expounders and explainers come and tell him what he meant. 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