Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 2, 1901, Page 7

. SFEAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Membors of Council Confer with Manage Eenyon Relative to Rewer Extension. GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION NOT WANTED Sewer Impr ments (o the Extent of #120,000 Are Proposed and Committee Wil Solieit (o= operation of the Pack Several members of the city council met W. J. C. Kenyon, general manager of the Unfon Stock Yards company, at the offce of Ed Johunston yesterday afternoon, for | the purpose of talkiog over the matter of extending the big stock yards sewer to the river, As an evidence of good faith Mr. K produced a letter from a Sarpy coun torney which stated that wunl the al- | leged Mud creek nuisance w abated a grand jury would be cnlled to Investigate. This letter had the effect Mr. Kenyon sup- Postmaster Etter closed his books for posed it would have and the counclimen | July on Wednesday night and yesterday present all evinced a great desire to abate | 4ve out the statement of stamp | the nulsance in preference to having a | Durlug the month of July, this year, stamps grand Jury Investigation. The cost of the | 10 the amount of $5,176.75 were sold. For abatement, however, to come out of the | the corresponding month of 1900 the stamp poskets’ of the taXpaAyers | sales amounted to $4.465.75. The receipts The extension of the sewer, as proposed, from the south line of Swift's to the river will cost $120,000, After some argument and talks on abl sides, Mr. Kenyon finall admitted that the stock yards campany am the packers would be willing to pay one- | half of the cost of constructing the sewer, the eity to pay the other half. The proposition was considered a good one by Adkins and Johnston and a com- mittee will visit the packers to see what they are willing to do. Not long ago E. A Cudahy stated that he would have notbing | to do with the project and laid the whole | matter of the drainage of his plant at the doors of the stock yards company The other packers will doubtless come in and pay their proportion of the cost of tbe sewer In case it is ever bullt | Should the verbal agreement of Mr. Ken- | on go and the corporations agree to pay | one-half of the cost of the sewer eity | will be called upon to vote bonds in the | sum of $60,000 for its share of the expense. Regarding this bond proposition, some members of the co 1 favor increasing | the amount by $10,000 and extending the N street sewer to the river. This has always been a source of annoyance and there 18 a chance, possibly, to put a stop | to these complaints by voting bonds enough to continue this sewer to the river With the extension of the sewer pro- posed the pressure on the twenty-four inch sewer which now goes through the tunnel sewer | and which the city owns a half interest fn will be greatly relleved. This tunnel | sewer is now carrylng all it can to the river and steps will have to be taken be- fore long to construct another sewer to | the river for the city's use whether the proposition of Mr. Kenyon is accepted or not. Lefler Case Goes Over. The Injunction proceedings which were (biained against Plumbing Tospector Wil- flam S. Cook by Charles E. Lefler will not be heard in the district court for thirty days. When the restraining order was called for hearing before District Judge Dickinson Tuesday morning the city filed a general demurrer to the petition of Mr. Lef- ler. After a lengthy argument this was overruled. Neither side of the controversy | scemed willing to proceed to trial with the case, 80 it was adjourned for thirty days. While Mr. Cook is restrained from inter- fering with Mr. Lefler in making his plumb- g connections, still there has been' a mis- taken impresssion concerning the scope of the injunction. All that the district court asks of the plumbing !nspector s to keep his hands off of Mr. Lefler so long as Mr. Lefler complles with the plumbing ordi- nances of the city. So it may be that eev- eral arrests will be the result of the case before the final hearing for the temporary injunction after all. Want Squatters Moved. A petition signed by a number of prop- erty owners was filed at the city clerk's office yesterday requesting the city council to cause the squatters who have erected shanties cn the public highway at Forty first and Q streets to be removed. Every | now and then similar petitions are pre- | sented and the complaints are referred either to the street and alley committee or the chiet of police. No matter what the ref- erence I8 the result is the same—nothing is done. Within a very short time certain squatters will acquire title to streets and alleys in South Omaha by virtue of ten years' undieputed possession. The city au- thoritles are beginning to realize now that something must be done very soon to pre- vent squatters from acquiring city prop- erty and the question will be serlously con- sidered as soon as Mayor Kelly returns from the west Mexicans Still Were. The halt dozen Mexicans Imported by the Street Fair association to participate in the so-called bull fights put on at the arena at Twenty-fifth and O streets are stll in the city. When the falr association closed its business and settled with em- ployes the Mexicans were pald off and transportation arranged for their return to Mexico. Instead of leaving the Magle City the bull fighters are still looking over the sights at the packing houses and stock yards. When asked yesterday when they intended to return to Mexico, Raphael Gar- cla replied, “Poco tiempo. Castalla The ferry steamer Castalla, which is owned by the South Omaha Ponteon Bridge company, {8 undergoing a thorough over- haullng. The boat is being repainted and will soon be in first-class shape. Captain Talbot is pushing the work as rapidly as possible and 1t 18 hoped that e ferry will be in operation by Sunday. A great deal of | work is needed to make the road to the bank of the river a good one, but the ferry company 1s sparing no expense in this line POSITIVE PROOF Should Convince the Greatest Skaptic in Omaha e It's evidence in Omaba from a citizen, perhaps a neighbor. vestigation will confirm it . J. M.Deibel, of 1708 South 29th St | Looks Fine. says: “I used Doan’s Kidney Pills and con- sider them a grand medicine for the kid- neys. For four vears I suffered more than 1 can tell and used medicine from doctors and other treatment, but nothing gave me reller. 1 saw Doan's Kidney Pllls adver- tised and procured them at Kuhn & Co's drug store, cermer 15th and Douglas Sts I only took one box but it did the work 1 ean truthfully say that I felt better after finishing the treatment, than I had for four years. You are at liberty to use my name and 1 hope it may b# the means of benefitting others who suffer from kidney cowplaint.” For sale by all deciers. Price 50 cents per box. Foster-Milbburn Co., Buffalo, Y., sole agents for the U. 8 Remember the name, Dosn's, Bo substitute. and take | the showing was most gratifying to him, as | | sales fell off to & great extent THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY AUGUST Three be! have been bullt across creeks and a corduroy road s being ce as to give vehicles a good ro rry. Cousiderable grading |s the next being done ys the road will good shape, a tis The grove on the eas where Captain Talbot w s being fitted up with will prove a comfortable re ng pla those who drive fro ith Omaba 5 nawa Commence Rail Lasing. Aftter quite a delay occasioned by the hot spell the Omaha Street Raflway company commenced yesterday relaying the rails on Tw y-fourth street All of the track from Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets to Twenty-fourth and N streets will be taken up and heavy rails, the same as used on South Sixteenth street in Omaha, substi- tuted. The rails removed from Twenty- fourth street will be used on the Missouri| avenue extension. In case the weather per mits constant work by tracklayers the Mis- souri avenue line will be In service by t middle of October ostoflice Receipts. for July of this year sho last vear of $711. Captain an Increase over tter sald that during a poriion of the heated period the Atter the rains business picked up and has continued 8ood Omaha Clah President J B. Watkins the Omaha cfub has just appointed the standing Matters. pany. died nel Sharp has the sympathy number of friends Harvey Mosely writes from Boulder, Colo, Postr t his wife and child, Ing better. r of with the eity estab.igh he tleth to Twen- cour m Twer ank Hart, Twelfth and 1 1 mber friends honor of thelr twelfth w. P head clerk for the Joint | ssoclation, has been an- ! egram cf the death of hit it the family home in Gere Seasonable Fashions | #6891 Fancy Eiouse, 32t~ 40 Bust Woman, Fancy Blouse, No. 3§81—To be made with plain or fancy sieeves and with | committees for the year. The follows Membership—Colonel James L. Paxton, | Zack Cuddington, W. . King. J. B. Watkins, W. D, dfrey, W H. Brady, C. Tandy, Bruce W. D. Godfrey, R. 8. Hall, P A. Wells, Messrs. tkins, Godfrey, Cheek, Brady and King constitute the cxecutive comm tee. Magle City Gossip. gar Miller and wits have returned (rom eastern trip Mike Markeson {s preparing to go in‘o business Weston, Ta Mr. and Mrs. Bert Anderson are enroute | to the exposition at Buff: | The Newman-Marke-on assaut case s up for hearing in police court today Willlam Cameron of this city has won a | prize in the iand drawing at El Ren President Bulla of the Board of Educ:- tlon will reach home from his eastern trip | tomorrow | Ch rles Allen ‘of the South Omaha Nae bank has gone east to spend a two vacation. Joseph Mabery of Albright. who was ope erated on for appendicitls by Dr. 3. 1. Curtis, is doing nicely. k Cuddington writes to Bert Wilcox he is Colorado Springs, Colo., at- € the street falr, . ] city h: built a bridge at Twelf h street and Missouri ave i order to open | up a direct line to the rive Sadle Elllott_has returned to Ot- , 1, after a visit with Mrs. Robert Twentleth and G streets Weir, Mavor Kelly and City Attornsy Lambert nre m Portlakd, Ore., now. Th'y exp.et 1o reach Ban Francisco’ on August s, Members of the German-American club are talking of Henry Oest ag a dem:crati candidate for counciiman next spr.ng. Mre. Sharp, mother of Colonel J. . Sharp, secretary of the Union Stock Yards com: ~Woman’s Work in Club and Charity An interesting series of services has been planned by the Young Woman's Christian assoclation: far the Wednesday meetings this month. The subjects to be presented are: August 7, “Mothers of the Bible Mrs. R. M. Stephenson, Jeader; August “Wives of the Bible,” Mrs. Davis, August 21, “‘Daughters of tbe Bible, Irma Allen, leader, At tke Friday noon services this month there will be practical addresses by some prominent business men. The noon rest has, perhaps, more than any other feature of the association's work, commended the association to the public. Certafnly it is the most appreciated by the girls. While the increase in patronage has been gratifying, there has not been the corresponding iucrease in receipts. In order to place the lunch room on a business basis two changes have gone into effect during the past week. Those who made no pur- chase were cparged a fee of 1 cent for the privileges of the lunch room and meal- tickets were provided to members at a dis- count of 10 per cent. Guests of members will be allowed to use these ticket The new rule was observed with a kindly spirit by the patrons and all admitted the Justice of 4t. A very successtul part of the work of who the Sunshime club of the south branch lave grown old in the service of the - . Prevention of Drouth | [ jreon e Jobn P. Brown, secretary of the Inter- is nec national Society of Arboriculture, writes to the Philadelphia North American: In May, 1900, at the request of the Hou. J. Steriiug Morton of Nebraske, president of the International Society of Aboriculture, and the late Coills P. Huntington, then president of the Union Pacific rallroad, the writer began a tour of the United States for the purpose of Investigating forestry conditions and of arousing raiiroad officials 10 the necessity of planting trees for eco- nomic purposes. Every rallroad officer knows that timber for crossties {8 becoming scarce and that the complete exhaustion of the visible eupply ‘s only & question of a few years Metal tles have proved a failure, good white oak has become too valuable to jus- tify its use, and not enough larch, white cedar, chestnut, pine and redwood remain standing to meet the demand. Toere are iu use today on American railroads 780,000,000 crossties, and each year 112,000,000 are required for renewals The annual cash outlay for «this purpose 16 DOW {0 excess of $60,000,000 and it is esti- mated that during the pext two decades 3,000,000,000 ties will be needed .- Where .will fhey be obtained? will ibey. be made? What will cost? These are questions which the writer has personally addressed to rallroad offi- clals throughout California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kan- sas, Illinois, Indlana, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl- vania. Before his tour is concluded he will visit the chiefs of the great roads of the Of what be their | Middle and New England states The relief measure proposed by the so- clety s the extensive planting of quick- growing trees in lanes parallel to the tracks and in solid forest on unoccupied lands. Six hundred and forty trees to the mile could be grown along almost every railroad right of way. In sixteen years this would proguce 3,000 ties, enough to relay the mile of track Atready prominent railway mabagers, aroused to (he economic importance of these facts, are taking action, By the so- clety's advice over 2,000,000 trees have been planted in the last year, including 75,000 by the Cleveland, Cincinpati, Chicago and 8t Louls and 4,500 by the Rio Grande rail- roads fn Utah In the latter state irrigation | or without the fitted lining The white silk | blouse t:in d with e in bolero effect, is | a marked and deserved favorite of the sea- son and is becoming to by far the greatir smber of figures. The very pretty model own includes big fancy colla and s made of white India silk, with trimmings of 1d and collar of lace, and | fs worn with a blg white ribbon bow and | narrow black velvet necktie, but all soft pliable materials are appropriate whether wool, silk or cotton and the trimming can | be varied lu many wa The foundation for the walst s a fitted lining that closes at the center front. To it 1s attached the shicld and over it are arranged the smooth back and softly full front. At the throat is a regulation stock that is unlined and the open neck is fin- ished with the sailor collar that is shapcd in points. The lower line of lace that giv the bolero effect, is simply applied over th outline given in the pattern. The original | includes mousquetaire upper sleeves that puff over the elbows, but this portion can | be omitted in favor of plain ones trimmed as shown in the back view. When the lin- ing is omitted the shield is attached to the right front beneath the collar and worked onto the left To cut this waist for a woman of medium lace applique, €h during the month past has been the out-of- door nature study, under the direction of Miss Nellie Back, who takes the gir.s out into the woods every week. The resignation of Miss Ferguson and her departure for her home ian Rolfe, Ia., on Friday, leaves the association temporarily without a general secretaly. Her succes- sor, Mrs. Emma F. Byers, does not enter upon her duties until September 7. In the interval the secretary’s work will be car- ried on under the efficient direction of Miss Grace Lillle. 'Miss Lillle was among the first members of the association and is fa- millar with every detall of its work In appreciation of Miss Ferguson's work among the girls, the young women who enjoy the privileges of the noon rest pre- sented her a handsome fan at the con- clusion of tbe service Friday noon and that evening the assoclation was well repre- sented at the station. Miss Ferguson will spend the summer at her home in Rolfe, la., and in the fall will take the chair of German in Morningside college, Sioux City, Ia. The members of the Woman's auxillary of the Episcopal church are universally interesied In a movement to establish a fund for the maintenance of priests ary to make the trees grow. It must not be understood that the benefits accrue solely to the rallroad com- panies: the public is the great gainer. The soclety only seeks to interest corporations because they have idle lands availabie, and because farmers and the public gen- erally will soon find in this tree planting an example worthy of emulation, From my investigation of climatic con- ditions in the west and south I have no hesitation in saying that the prevailing drouth in the corn aund wheat belts is directly due to the wholesale clearing away of the forests I bave poticed that the districts affected were in nearly all cases those which have been practically deguded of trees. In tne south, where the woodman's axe has worked less havoc, the crops are in fi class condition This should furnish an excellent object lesson as to the folly of ignoring trees as an ald to agriculture. If a fair propor- tion of the devastated western territory bad been in timber the loss and suffering caused by the failure of the crops could have been avoided. Properly, ope-tenth of all land in any country should be maintained in forest, the increased productiveness of the re. maining nine-tenths would more than pay for the idle tenth. Interest in the work of the society has spread to such an extent that recently prominent officials and citizens of Aus- ia and New Zealand requested detailed information in the matter of re-afforestation of large tracts in these countries where arid, barren conditions have followed the clearing up of extensive forests. The so- nt large quantities of American tree with Instructions for planting. American trees the soclety Tecom- hardy, quick-grow- ot mends the catalpa, a ing tree, producing a tough, durable wood Not the catalpa of common knowledge but the Indian variety, which becomes a very large tree and is more valuable than oak for crossties Commenting on Mr. Brown's cbservations, the Boston Tranecript adds its testimony to the merits of the catalps speciosa “as a tree to be grown for profit, for beauty and for comfort “‘This tree, under favorabie con- ditions,” says the Tramscript, “is a rapid grower, is easily worked aud can be made | Gadsden was practicing law in St slze 4% yards of materlal 414 yards 27 inches wide, 3% yards 32 inches wide or 2% yards 44 Inches wide will requir with 5% yards of applique and 4 yard of allover lace to trim as illustrated The pattern 3801 {s eut in sizes for a 2 34, 85, 38 and 40-inch bust measure accommodation of The readers these patterns, which usually retail at from 25 to 50 a nominal price, 10 cents, which covers all | expense. In order to get any pattern en- close 10 cents, pattern wanted and bust about ten day 21 Inches wide, For the measure. from date of your Allow letter before begiuning to look for the pattern. | Address, Pattern Department, Cmaha B |GADSDEN COMES TO OMAHA Will Give Personal Teatimony Instend of Deposition In the Miles Will Cawe. Paul F. Gadsden, the miner-lawyer who is said to have written the second wiil of the iate Stephen B. Miles of Falls City appear in Omaha in October to give testi- v in the famous Miles will case. John r went to Chicago to take Gads- den's deposition, but finally decided to have the witness appear in person at the October term of court The testimony which Gadeden will give is sald to be of such a nature that it wiil work a redistribution of the $2,000,000 es- tate left by Miles. Most of this amount was willed orfginally to his oldest son, Joseph Samuel Miles and other children the Illonaire maintained tha a sece | ond will was drawn 1n St. Louls which made a different disposition of the property Louis in | 1847 and alleges that he wrote the secoul | will, TRANSFERS HIS ASSISTANTS Fire Chief Salter Finds 1t Necessary Rearvrange His of to Staf, First Assistant Chief Windheim and Sec- be | Bees | ents, will be furnished at | | give number and name of will | Mass., Eather Bingleton's Description of the Fur- niture of Our Forefathers. | LIFE AND CAREER OF RICHARD CROKER | The Letters of Her Mother to beth=Translation of an Ol ¢ History that Rends Like | Romance, Several times mention has been made in these columns of the magnificent set of | volumes being brought forth by Doubleday, Page & Co. and contalning Esther Singie- | ton's “The Furniture of Our Forefathers | Parte 1 and I have been reviewed at Iaigth | and part 111 is now at hand. The froms- | plece is & fine engraving of the kitchen in the Hancock-Clarke house in Lexington, and the whole part is devoted to early New England, to imported and home- made pieces of the seventeenth century As has been the case with the two preced- ing parts the illustrations are very fine, the character of the furniture and the most minute carvings being plainly brought out The descriptive matter fe pleasantly and instructively written and all the compli- mentary things that have been said regard- Ing the first two rarts can be applied with €qual propriety to the present Singleton's work should nmot be overlooked by any person who admires the quaiut and the artistic in house furnishings. Double- day, Page & Co, New York. Price $2.00. No more picturesque character than Richard Croker is to be found In American lite. His carcer and personality are vividly | portrayed by Alfred Henry Lewis in the blography just issued by Life Publishing company. It not only follows the man from | beginntng of his lite through all the vicissitudes which have attended him as a| politictan, but gives a close study of the| events of his private life, in ond Assistant Chief Dineen of the fire de- partment exchanged stations yesterday Iy order of Chief Salter.. Chief Windheim will | hereafter be on duty at headquarters, No. | 3 engine house, Eighteenth and Harney | streets, while Chlet Dineen will be No 6 engine house, Twenty-fourth and Cuming | strects. This is not a change in the makeup | of the department, as the assistant chiefs| have always been stationed at these engine | houses, but Chief Salter's promotion to hlt‘ present .position made a rearrangement necessary Gren; Iminnis have played so large @ part in the world's | history that ome capnot obtain a thorough | knowledge of past times without the aid | of such a book Dumas' Celebrated Crimes. For example, any first-class his- | tory will tell us much about the Borgias, | but hardly enough to satisfy us. No more | extraordinary family ever lived than this and there is no more fascinating chapter in all history than the one which tells of them and their ambitidne. Messrs. Barrle then, have done well in publishing this | book. There are some subjects which | never lose thelr interest, and among them | are storfeg of great crimes and criminals.— The New York Herald Illustrated pAniphlet sent on request. AGENTS WANTED GEORGE BARRIE & SON, Philadelphia. 1313 Walnut Street! church. The subject is to come up for dis- | cussion and will be yated upou at the gen- | eral convention to be held. in San Frap- cisco. At present the church sets apart only a | small anuulty for the benefit of these priests and unless they.are possessed of means they become dependent when they Are too old.to continue in the church service, Few of the priests are able to| save much from the compensation of their working years. The women are enthusiastic over the new project and regard it as entirely practica- ble, even in addition to the other work now veing carried on by the auxillary. Its dis- cussion at the general convention will be | watched with Interest. Miss Magee and Mrs. Shinrock took, | party of white be trom Tenth Street City | missfon for a picnic at the old fort on Wednesday and have another party of miesion children out there for an outing today. The regular monthly meeting of the Omaha Charities association, operating the Creche, will be held on Thursday morning | in the reception room of the Creche. into almost anythivg trom a raiiroad tie to a center table. Perhaps it has a larger | value for the former purpose than for the | latter, because it grows luxuriantly In those sections of the west where the rail- | roads find it every year more dificult and expensive to provide serviceable ties. It has proved to be hardy between latitude 20 and 44 degrees and from 101 degrees west | to New England. This takes in all of the | middle-west aad most of our own section, | the forty-fourth parallel running through | northern New Hampshire and Vermont | “The expected growth of this tree is an | inch in diameter annually, which, starting | with a sapling three inches in diameter, | would give a trunk two feet in diameter in twenty-one years. Thus, in two-thirds of a generation we would have a strong fores growth, commercially very valuable, a re ord which no other (ree now known to us fs able to make. In spite of its rapid devel- | opment, however, its chemical constituents are permanent antiseptics which preserve the fiber from decay. It possesses many of the qualities of the nak, besides several | qualities of additional value; one of them | being that it will produce merchantable | saw-timber and crossties in from fiftesn to twenty years | “The value of this tree has been abun- | dantly demonstrated In the west, though | even there its potentialities have been but partially realized. It s the purposze of the forest associations co-operating with the raliroad companfes to marshal these treos | in long avenues shading and guarding the lines against storms and heat blasts. But| we cannot see why they sehould not have as great a value in New England. To what better use could an abandoned farm or many portions of even workable farms be put than the cultivation of catalpa forests? A Kausas farmer in 1530 set out 500 acres of catalpa trees and eight years later he sold $1300 worth of posts merely in the thinning out process, leaving the larger trees close enough for perfect development There are thousands of acres in Maseachu- setts contributing practically nothing to the benefit of the world or their owners ‘Why pot plant them to catalpas, which ran be obtained at a year oid for from $2 to §% a thousand? But the catalpa speciosa must be selocted, as there are other varitles which do not attain its large asd rapld growth.” |also a sketch | by NEW BOORS AND MAGAZINES Esther | The best toilet soap man can make costs only 1oc. now. Any higher price is waste; for a better soap than Jap Rose is impossible, though you pay a dollar a cake for it. And Jap Rose costs but a dime. - Jap Rose Iraase wanal Soap A transparent, glycerin soap, made from pure vegetable oil and perfumed with roses. Kirk's finest production --and tha means the world’s best. g the story of the murder of which was accused. Besides this his personal | and political assoclates are vividly de-| scribed and a thorough insight Is given into | the organization and methods of Tammany | Hall. Mr. Lewis bas an original and power- tul style and the story loses nothing in his way of telling it. He will be remembercd | as the author of “Woltville" and "San. burrs,” two books which have had a large sale, and more lately as the editor of the Verdict, the illustrated weekly on which Mr. Oliver Belmont rode into conkress in the last campalgn. Mr. Lewls has had the advantage of close personal assoclation with Mr. Croker and the other leaders of Tammany and writes as one having au- thority. The coming municipal campaign in New York will be the fight of Richard Croker's lite and Mr. Lewis' book u-m' | he enable its reader to follow the contest with full u1 derstanding, Lite Publishing Com- pany, New York. Price, $2. The popularity of that sprightly volume | | published recently under the title of ““The Visits of Ellabeth” has resulted in the publication of a second volume, “The Let- ters of Her Mother to Elizabeth,” which | we suspect will enjoy all of the popularity | of the first named, because the admirers of | Elizabeth will detire to make the acquaint- ance of her mother, and algo because this second volume of Elizabeth literature is as bright and snappy and satirical as the first Putting the matter briefly, Mrs. Elizabe ts a harmless, sweet-tempered, mildly de signing soclety lady, with a pardonable | eye open for the best chance for her be- | loved daughter. She Js also witty, ob-| sérvant and has the knack of hitting off character In a few brief words. Conse quently her letters are worth reading. To | all friends of Elizabeth we should say that | it is desirable, surely, to make the ac- | quaintance of her mother. The letters are ! published in an attractive little volume of | 230 pages. John Lane, New York. Cassell & Co. National library a have added to their translation of Xeno- phon's “Memorabilia Socrates.” This | translation was first published in 1712 and was made by Edward Bysshe. Xeno- phon was one of the greatest writers of anclent Greece, a pupll of Socrates, a man | equally skilled in the use of the sword | or the pen. No soldier in the whole world's history ever accomplished a greater mili- | tary feat thau did Xenophon when he led 10,000 Greeks out of Persia, and mo his- | torian ever wrote a better account of mili- tary exploit than Xenophon's description | of his retreat. The appearance of Memorabilia” in English will be welcomed by students in general. Cassell & Co. Paper, 10 cents, the | Current M The Cosmopolitan for August I8, as usual, rich In fiction, remarkable both for its vivid interest and its great variety. Irv- ing Bacheller writes a refreshing story of the Canadlan big timber region and Hering's drawings catch the spirit of the scene perfectly. A T. Quiller-Couch's | (“Q"") pathetic little tale cannot fail to enlist our sympathies with the French exile who broke his parole for love. Rich- ard Le Gallienne tells the most charming | and least known of the quaint “Old French | Romances”—the love of honest Squire Robin for La Jehane. ‘“The Temple of Fate," the late Grant Allen’s clever satire | on modern society, is certain not only to | eptertain the reader, but also to set him thinking. Francols Willing Wharton writes a pretty story of fashlonatle New- | port society, a subject with which she is thoroughly at home, while Phoebe Lyde and Egerton Castle handle strong subjects in a masterly manner. The August number of Harper's Bazar opens with an fllustrated story by Wil- liam Dean Howells, entitled “The Initials Another article is “Women of Interest,’ glving portraits of Queen Alexandra, the | czarina of Russia and other noted women | Considerable space i3 given to 'The World | of Fashion,” and to such subjects as are | of special interest, as well as help, to women. “Woman and Law" is & brief article well worth reading. With the num- ber comes as supplement & new pattern sheet Aguinaldo’s story of his capture by Fu ston is one of the features of Everybod Magazine for August. That is an important | contribution to American history. There is | of the Filipino leader by | Oscar K. Davis. There are, further, several nature articles. L. W. Brownell tells of the “Birth of a Butterfiy,”” which is finely {llustrated; 1. W. Blake writes and A. R | Dubmore pictures “Days with a Mocking bira. Maximillan Foster contributes “Tragedy''—a fine moose story. In “Pho- tography as a Fine Art.” C. H. Caffin writes | of the work of C. H. White. An interesting | contribution s ‘‘Pletures That Show Mo- | tion,”" being the evolution of the blograph Roy McArdle. J. M. Bacon tells cf | ‘Steering Balloons by Upper Air Currents.” | — | A pretty little story of the devotion of a | weasel to her young is told in the August number of Caesell’s Little Folks (which be- | gins A new volume), The writer says: “Al- | though looked upon as vermin and de- | stroyed accordingly the weasel is a good | mother and probably treats her young ones | more kindly than many of her human | enemies treat theirs. A weasel, carrylng something In her mouth, was once seen to enter a hole in a tree. The observer, ap- plying a lighted straw, soon emoked her out. She then darted toward a stone wall, | thor's earlier | volume ¢ that sold for $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 and £4.00 at one price of $2.00-this Is an | extraordinary value, as the Drex L. 1308 Farnam St. Telephoue 234. Wl ATIONERY @. near which she was attacked by a terrier which speedily slew her. She fell an easier victim because of the burden she bore in her teoth. Anxious to see what this was the onlooker went forward and found it was a baby weasel. The mother's nest in a fleld close by had been plowed up and she had been searching for another home. As her youngster could not run she carried it in her mouth rather than leave itito perish.” BRIGHT STORIES for SUMMER _READING Mc Ciure’s for AUGUST Literary Notes, “Alfred to Elizabeth,” by John Finne- more, s the first volume th make ap pearance in the Famous Englishmin Seri s | Beautitul Tilustrations by K shed by The Macmillian company. ‘A Woman Alone,” a new novel by Mrs, K. Clifford. whose “Love Letters of a | will be remembered, wil | Howard Pyle . Howard Chandler Christy W. Glackens . F. Y. Cory and others. W Worldiy Woman be presented by D. Appleton & Co, Within | a fortnight. | “The Story of King Alfred,” by the late Sir Walter Bewant, is being prinicd by o Appleton & Co. for publication within the fortnight. "It will be added to Appletcn's Library of Useful Stories. ” D. Appleton & Co. report continued calls for Admiral Evans A Sulor s Lo wh ch Is now in its seventh edition. One Interest- ing feature 1x the demand from compara- tively remote inland fointa. which uzualy cut no speclal figure {n the book market ““The Histary of 8ir Richard C ady." O lcas Malet, Fhich i no &/ through the press of Dodd, Mead & & o e sald to be entirely different from this au- | work, aptably iihe Wags e MIDSUMMER FICTION NUMBER 10 Cents a Copy of 8in"" and “A Counsel of Perfection.” It O & is sald to be a tragic and thoroughly dra BOOKS matic tale, frankly realistic and modern, Reviewed on t “The Bears of Blue River.,” by Charles | ef w Major, will come from Doubiedas, Pige & tahe Co." late in August. The youthful hero of | the tale lived in Indiana In the ecarly 20s, | when that state was a frontier wilderne and the narrative of his wdventures from | the time he could hardly hold up hs, father's big gun makes most enterta'ni: g | reading, it is safd, | Barkalow Bros.’ *‘Book shon,” 'Phone 830, 1012 Varnam St. The G. W. Dillingham company ounces fPondent, and was the first Amercan to be for sarly publication “Equa| Barinera. by | ABpointed 1o a civil governorahip Howard Heing: “Cites sy Fartners, " be | Upon recelving an announcement ¢ reu- | George W. Watder: “Dorle 1ingeien by | 1ar of “Blennerhassett.’ Charles Felton Emma Rayner: & new edition of Augusis | PIOgIn‘'s romance of Aaron Hurr, which is T Evans' novéls at the uniform pros of |to be out in September. and in' which is $150 per volume: The dventures ot cap, | Printed the author's preface, General James tain Kettle published new Grant Wilson, editor_of Appleton’'s Cycl: pedla_of American Blography, wrote the author: “‘Your attractive preface 1o ‘Blennerhassett’ has been forwarded to me here, where | am spending the summer with my ‘family, in_one of the coliege socle y by Cutcliffe Hyne (formeriy by Doubleday, Page & Co): a illustrated one. me edition of "8t 0, printed from new prates. and 81+ dwin Arnold’s new epic poem, “The Vcy- e of Ithcbal " fanon 3 1 | bulldings that T have rented for the season, As Kim draws .""\'"', fts clos: In fts| There {8 much force in what you say atout [serial - form in McClure's Magazine th' Aaron Burr in your preface, and 1 belleve desire to peruse again the pages that hive the new book may. greatly echange t passed s sure to be felt by those Wh) general opinion of his character. ' This are reading the story, There {8 not the SWritten from Kappa Alpha Lodge, Wil- slightest doubt that “Kim,” the matur jlamstown. Mass work of a gifted stor €r and consum- 4 The above books are for sele by the Megeath Stationery Co., 1308 Farnam St. Millfonaire Scott Asks Release. BOBTON, Aug. 1.—Thomas M. Scott, rafl- road financler and millionaire. was before Judge Bell in the superior, court today neek- ing to obtain an order of release from the Charles street jafl, where he has becn con- fined since February last for alleged fall- ure to meet two notes sald to be due Micah F. Clarke, amounting to $5,00. Mr. Scott's lawyer held that the imprisonment was un- reasonable. The judge will announce his deciston later. mate artiat, will add measurably to th: author's already great reputation, and in a way that will confute the pens of his re- cent crities whose obvious plaint was that more talked about than he deserved. will appear early in Octobr n book form from the press of Doub Page & Co. with drawings made by Lockwood Kipling, the author's father. H. Phelps Whitmarsh, civil governor of the proiince of Benguet, Luzon, who his Just “been exonerated at Mania of tie charges made agalnst him in connection with the administration of his ofice. f well known Anglo-American journalist 7 story writer | The son of an Eng ish clergy- man, he left home at an early age and went to sem, meeting with all manner of hard ships on land and water, and inciden al v | getting the material for an autobiogranhi al ed “The World's Roush Hand, ' publighed by the Century company in 18K his chranicles his adventures as a fa | r. a jack-of-all-trades in Australta, a Qiver in the Indlan ocean, eic. M marsh went to the Philippnes as a What is Home Without a Piano? 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