The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1896, Page 23

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1896. 23 NEW HISTORY OF THE UNITED | STATES. | HE latest volume of the (‘am-; bridge Historical Series (which are edited by G. W. Prothero, pro- | fessor of history in the University | of Edinburgh, and the aim of which is to sketch the history of modern Europe with that of its chief colonies and ‘ conguests from about the end of the fifteenth century down to the preseat time) is a “History of the United States of | America—1765-1865,” by Edward Chan- | ning, Ph.D., assistant professor of history ‘ at Harvard University. The author’s aim | bas been to trace the steps by which the | American people and its peculiar type of | federal state have developed out of such “heterogeneous and unpromising mate- | rials” for nation building as were to be found in the English-American colonies in 1760. Dr. Channing has given less atten- tion to campaignsand battles than is usual in a history, and has devoted the space thus gained to the object of elucidating the deeper causes underlying the Ameri- can Revolution and to a detailed account of the period between the close of the Revolutionary war and the inauguration | of President Madison. With reference to the Monroe doctrine the anthor says that the ““famous sentences which have immor- talized Monroe's name * * ¥ were the embodiment of previous statements and of 8 policy well established at that time in America.” Dr. Channing furnishes no | quotations or authorities to make clear | the latter position, although Washington, Jeiferson and Madison held sentiments quite similar to those expressed in the Monroe doctrine. The object of Monroe’s declaration hav- ing been accomplished, Dr. Channing tells us that then “the old international policy of the United States may be said to have | terminatea.” It does not appear so, for | as soon as an occusion arose the American | Congress was swift to reaffirm the Monroe | doctrine and to give it a standing in our | international policy more important than it occupied before. " But, then, this history | must have been completed befors the | Venezuelan controversy began. The | transformation of party systems is clearly | shown. Dr. Channing's freatment of the causes underlying the Civil War deserves attention. de is perfectly fair in the remises. The Civil War, he says, was | fought to determine which of two concep- | tions of the nature of the Federal tie | their chirps and carols, the flowers by their | odors, shrubs by their leaves, trees by their bark and fishes by their shapes and fins. He is a critical musician and an expert piano-tuner, plays chess, works a type- writer, keeps scores of baseball zames and travels all over the country without a com- panion. Most remarkablé of all, he main- tains that the gamut is prismatic and that sounds have color. Middle C, he says, is deep red, and each ascending note grows lighter by degrees, until the highest be- comes white, while the lower tones are graded in darker shades till the very low- est shows black. The poet has dedicated his work to his mother, ‘“‘who first inspired him to write and has since been his con- stant helper.’’ The volume is illustrated by Elbridge Kingsley and contains an in trodaction by Charles Hallock. The fol lowing selection from “‘Pebblesand >h‘ells is a fair sample of the work of the “Blind Poet”: IN THE WOOD. 2 n, elight that ebbs aud flows v as the zephyT blows, Or falls the summer rain. How well T know its eve That gentle spirit That bids That softly steals away And fills the soul witl It bursts into a mighty roar When winter sweeps the forest hoar ‘With howling hurrics It murmurs low in brooklet flood, And smiles in bud When spring comes back agatn. ‘When autumn lights her crimson flame What artist would not give his fame To paint so rich and rare ? o firs in wk How soft the wind of That gently whi In magic minor Ab, nature Abont th wrap thy dream shade that t 3 And let lumber I Thine echoes softly y roll Through ki of the soul And te [Nortbampton, N lishing Company.| AN ART FAILURE, A fresh story of the Quartier Latin, Pari | Co.” For sale by Doxey Picturesque Pub- | dwelling-place to secure some things of hers and meets her husbangd, who decides to follow here wherever she ¢ chooses a sure way out of her trouble, and the waves close over her forever as the last chapter ends. [New York: D, Appleton & price 50 cents. THE GLORY OF THE GARDEN. “The Glory of the Garden,” and other odes, sonnets and ballads, by William Vincent Byars, is the first number of the second series of that author's “Studies in | Verse.” The dedication is to “all good women and all who love them.” The oet sings of famous women from Helen of | Troy allthe way down to “Yvette the Ballet dancer.” His studies are certainly highly he goes, He does not carry out the decision; for Kale,‘ rather than suffer from him’ any more, is noticeable. James Barnes has given us a story in line with this movement under the title, “For King or Country,” Itis a story for boys, young or old, full of ad- venture and movement. George and Wil- | liam Frothingham were the twin sons of David Frothingham, who, with one of his brothers, Nathaniel, was in charge of some mining property in New Jersey prior to the Revolution. David and nis wife being dead, his_ brother Daniel, living in England, adopted William, while George remained in America. When the Revolutionary War broke out George volunteered,and William, who was intenselv loyal to the King, entered the British army. The twins were absolutety alike. George took part in all the battles about New York, and finally came to the city on a secret errand to capture General Howe. William was sent out as a spy on the patriot forces. Both went through many adventures, bemg constantly mis- taken for each other. Finally William be- came converted to the patriot side, and the brothers were together once more. The description of the old “‘Sugar House” prison in New York and of the secret iot societies in the city while under ritish rule—both historical—are of es- pecial interest. [New York: Harper & Brothers, publishers. For sale by A. M. Robertson; price $1 50.] MADELON, A mnovel of genuine interest and real literary merit is “Madelon,” a story of New England life, by Mary E. Wilkins. Madelon is in love with Burr Gordon, and the latter’s cousin, Lot Gordon, a rich consumptive, is desirous of making the heroine his wife. Burr will be Lot's heir, providing Lot does not wed. At a dance | Madelon, enterng unexpectedly, is | shocked to see Burr showing attention to | | CLARENCE HAWEKES, THE BLIND (From a photograph.] QI o My, S5 :L =% POE AT WORK. | the pen of Mme. de Chastenay and are | with iliustrations’ by W. D. Smedle; easy comprehension of both old and young. [New York: Funk & Wagnall Company, publishers. Price $1.] THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. Under the title of “The Engineer in Naval Warfare” an able symposium is presented as the opening feature of the May number of the North American Re- view, the contributorsof it being such emi- nent authorities as Commodore George W. Melville, engineer-in-chief of the United States navy; W.S. Aldrich, professor of mechanical _engineering in the Uni- versity of West Virginia; Ira N. Hollis, professor of engineering in Harvard University; Gardiner C. Sims of the American Society of Mehanical Engineers, and George Uhler, president of the Ma- rifie Engineers’ Beneficial Association. The noted French astronomer. Camille Flammarion, writes most interestingly of “Mars and Its Inhabitants”” and in “Men Who Might Have Been Presidents” Joseph M. Rodgers of tue Philadelphia In- | uirer throws some importaxntlight on the %residemial elections of the past. The concluding installment but one of “The Future Life and Condition of Man Therein,” by the Right Honorable W. E. Gladstone, deals with the limitation and reserve of Scripture and the creeds. These are but a portion of the contents of an ex- cellent number. LITERARY NOTES. The Chap-Book is to remain in Chicago, in spite of various reports to the contrary. It will have on its title-page H. S. Stone & Co., instead of Stone & Kimball as be- fore. This means that there will be no reat chan.e in its policy. Herbert S. Stone continues as editor, and Harrison G. Rnodes as assistant editor. They will have more time than before to devote to the magazine, and consider that the Chap- Book will begin its third year on May 15 under especially favorable circumstances. ‘The first book announced ny H. 8. Stone & Co. of Chicago is a second series of “‘Prose Fancies,” by Richard le Gallienne. This is for immediate publication. Maynard, Merrill & Co. have in press for immediate publication a “History of the Army of the United States,” edited for the Miiitary Service Institution by General Thecdore F. Rodenbough and Major William L. Haskin, U. 8. A. Yet another volume of memoirs dealing with the French Revolution and the Na- poleonic era is in the press. They are from edited by M. Alphonse Roserot. Count Tolstol writes toa friend that he has nearly finished the full novel on which he has been engaged for some time back. An English translation will be prepared for publication at the same time that the original appears in Russian. It is said that Tolstoi sets rather a special value on this work. Brentano’s of New York announce for immediate publication a volume most timely in its interest. Its title is “Bi- cyching for Ladies,”” and the author is Maria E. Ward of New York City. Miss Ward, who is a well-known bicycle en- thusiast and a woman of letters as well, has written the first practical treatise yet published on the sport now so universally popular, and which is recognized as the 1deal outdoor exercise. Macmillan & Co. will puhlish Emile Zoia’s new novel, “Rome,” about which | so much has been said and of which so | much is expected. It will be issued about the midale of the month. A novel series of handbooks on summer resorts will be published by the Messrs. Scribner. Each book has been written by a well-known author. The north shore of Massachusetts is by Judge Robert Grant. Newport has been done by W. C. Broweli | and illustrated by W. C. Vanderbilt Alien; Bar Harbor has . Marion Crawford for its chironicler and C. §. Reinhart for its illus- trator, while George Hibbard has done | Lenox, Mr. Allen furnishing the illustra- tions. . Mr. Swinburne has in press the longest oem he has written for several years. The subject is **Malory’s Story of Balen.” | In scheme and measure it is a new depar- ture for this post. F. Tennyson Neely has warned the pub- | lishers and booksellers of this country not John 8. Mosby first used the ex- he Solid Soutn,” and was the first give it publicity through a letter in the New to York Herald during the Hayes campaign in 1876. FIRST QUARTZ MILL—G. H. 8,, Kennett, Shasta County, Cal. The first quartz mill erected in California was a five-stamp one that was put up in July, 1850, near Quartzburg, Mariposa County. EDUCAII0NAL BUREAUS—E. A., Palo Alto, Cal. There are educational bureaus in San Fran- cisco, but they are private institutions and the department cannot advertise them, but sug- gests that you write for information to the Eq(‘:ra(nry of the Board of Education of this ity, ALCOHOL IN WINE—C. 8., City, In the process of wine-making, as fermentation goeson the quentity of alcohol increases, until all the sugar of the grape is converted into spirit. As to when wine is best devends on the guality. | Some wine is best at a certain age and others et a different period. THE SUTRO TUNNEL—Subscriber, Redding, Cal. Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro, Meyor ot San Francisco, planued the famous Sutro tun- nel for the draining of the mines on the Com- stock lode. It is more than 20,000.feet in length, was begun in 1869 and connection | With the first of the mines was made in 1878. | A MILLION IN GOLD—A. A., Redding, Cal | One million dollars in gold twenties when piled up in sacks, eight-ounce duck, each containing $5000, will oceupy 17 cubic feet of space. A cubic oot of solid gold represents a value of $327,750, consequently $1,000,000 solid gold will'occtpy about 3% cubic feet of space. TYPEWRITING—F. G. H., City. A good opera- tor on the typewriter will keep up an average | of sixty-five words a minute from dictation, while reading from notes the average will not exceed thirty-five words. This is the average run of writers, but there are some who from dictation will write from seventy-five to eighty-five words of ordinary matter, but not for a long time. UEMIGRANT—W. G. F., Stockton, Cal. If & cor- poration or individual should pay the passage of & foreigner to this country with the under- standing that he would work out his passage money after landing he would come under the head of & contract laborer and he would not be allowed a landing. Emigration is the removal from one country or region to another for the purpose of residenc: LABOR ORGANIZATIONS—A. J. N., Los Angeles, Cal. Your communication, not being signed, is not entitled to any notice. If a corre- spondent in search of informstion is ashamed to sign his or her name to the letter sent the writer should not feel disappointed it no at- tention i$ paid to the communication. Had | you sent your name and address the question Wwould have been answered by mail, as it is one | that is of personal more than general interest. | SOCIETY OF FRIENDS—H. H., Napa, Cal, There | are about two hundred Quakers in and around | San Jose. A regular Friends meeting is held at College Park in a house of their own by what is called the orthodox branch of the society; there is also e meeting-house or Friends Church of the new Friends or Western Friends, so called. There are Friends societies in San | Francisco, Berkeley, Whittier, Pasadena and 1Sn (;;her places in’ the southern partof the | State. Dates—Insigmis, City. The process of pre- paring dates for the market is very simple. The fruit contains 58 per centof sugar, and this is what preserves it after it is dried. The fruit is gathered when ripe, allowed to dry to & certain degree, is then placed in layers, com- pressed into a solid mass and then placed ir mats, in which manner it is transported. The chietlocalities of the date industry are Fezzan, zn the North African Sahara district, and Sind, n Indi LARGEST GITIEs—YV. A. and W. L., Oakland, | Cal. 1n territorial area the ten largest cities in the United States are: Chicago, 189 square miles; Philadelphia, 129}4; San Diego, Cal., 75; Washington, D. C., 70; Brooklyn, N. Y. New York 66; Duluth, Minn, : Louis, 61l4: Portland, Or, 60, and New Orleans, 60. According to t0 population tie largest cities are to the num- | ber of ten as follows: New York City, 1,801, 73 i 850 (s school census of lation at 1,5 3; Brooklyn, .. 451,770; Boston, Baltimore, Md., 434,139; San 97; Cincinnati, Ohio, 296,- 908; Cleveland, Ohio, 261,353. NEW TO-DAY. YRPARIS Unprecedented Values? SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK. 25 pieces FIGURED MOHAIR SUIT- INGS, value $16, now— $7.00 Full Suit pieces NOVELTY GRANADAS AND JACQUARD SUITINGS, value §14, now— $10.50 Full Suit 15 pieces NOVELTY MOHAIR CRE- PONS, value $15 75, ncw— $12.25 Full Suit 25 NOVELTY SUIT PATTERNS, regular price $25 to $32 50, now— $17.50 to $22.50 GLOVES Our “GLOVE SALE” continues. Gloves worth $150, §125 and $1, all styles and colors, at— 60c per Pair. SE HABLA ESPANOL. G. VERDIER & CO., SE. Cor. Geary and Grant Ave. VILLE DE PARIS. BRANCH HOUSE, LOS ANGELES. should be adopted as the true interpreta- | comes from the pen of John W. Harding. tion of the constitution of the United | Charles Burroughs is a young American Staltes. “Ai:})is iuterhrel:tion i;hizfnm;i- | art student. He gets along famously in cally uncertain we cannot speak of the | 1. i is ing ari war as a rebellion, for it was fought, 3o to | Lig work Until 8 misunderstanding arises g2y, to determine whether the seceders | Petween himself and his father and | were rebels or not. Then, too, a move- | Charles is cast adrift npon his own re- | to publish or sell any new work from the | pen_of Colonel Richard Henry Savage, | stating that he has an unexpired contract | with that writer, giving him the exclusive | control of the publication of all his works | in book form. The only exception, Mr. creditabie, from an artistic point of view. | a rival beauty. She decides to betake her- The volume contains an interesting note | self home. A brother of Madelon insists {on the “Relations of the Horatian Ode to | upon her taking his knife with her for pro- | the Tuscan Sonnet.” [New York: Gazlay | tection in the darkness. Passing through Brothers, publisners. For sale by William | a wood she issuddenly seized from behina and kissed. The knife 18 open in her hand. NMAN! Are You Weak? Doxey.] ind kis : | Neely says, is a book by Colonel Savage ment _on such a vast scale and |sources. He paints an ambitious picture | THE FISHERMAN AND HIS FRIENDS. o D o skfoe s 'h’h'“;‘]”(‘i“ | and M . C. Gunter, which was pub- extending over such a long space | and starves while he paints. It fails to find | into his breast. The virnoges the blade | jished with his permission. of time is Something more than a rebel- INSONE Jrens gEE a purchaser. Burroughs becomes crazed | This is a series of revival sermons by | The victim proves to be | “..Women in English Life, from Me- > % the consumptive—Lot. lion—even when unsuccessful. Further- | and attempts to jume. into the soier s | Louis Albert Ba e B estells Lhr oto 8 ¥ | dieval Modarn Times,” by Georgiana A s, D.D., pastor Hanson- | fice, Madelon meets Burr and teils him | GV2L to x s b Sestriction ‘ot mavery Hithomal-shereLe | model of the Quarter, La Madeleine, ffects | lace M. E. Choroh, BHreoklyn, N, Y. | of Hersog 0l Rects Burr and talls him R LT s was abolished as a result of the conflict.” | his rescue. For weeks he wanders between | Bishop John F. Hurst characterizes these | Burr is arrested for the crime, the publie i x The war decided that the Union was not | life and death. His poverty is aiscovered a loose bundle of States, each at liberty to | PY *he people in whose house he has been go off and set up for itself whenever it | cared for, and Madeleine croves a seli- chose. The war made the United States a | Sacrificing Lelper and friend. R Nation, ‘‘one and inseparable.” Several maps, very useful, both from a geographi- | cal and historical standpoint, illustrate | the yolume. Dr. Channing observes that “it is practically impossible to be abso- lutely accurate in a work of this size, cov- | ering such an extended period =nd dealing with so many disputed events”; but he claims to have done the utmost that a | historical student can do—to have studied and written “without malice in his heart.” | The work is an improvement on most of | the short histories of the United States. An append ntains, among otber docu- ments, the Virginia Resolves of 1769, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of 1787, and the amendments to the constitution. New York: Macmillan & Co. For sale y William Doxey; price $1 50.] THOSE GOOD NORMANS. | | Miss Marie Jussen has translated from the French Gyp’s latest story, ““Ces Bons Normands,” a serio-comic satire on the practical character and keen commercial instincts of the Normans. The Dutrac family desire to get into society, and they buy a chalet at a Norman watering-place, with the view of embarking Dutrac pere on a political career. They are natives of Normandy, however, and mean to get the worth of their millions made in trade by establishing cordial relations with the nobility and gentry of the neighborhood. Madame Dutrac is a study of & hard, cold vulgarity, unredeemed by a single amiabie guality.” Her coarse nature is produced in her sons, whom she adores; while the daughter inherits the handsome features and good nature of her father. The family characters of the Dutracs are revealed in spirited dialogne, ana numerons incidents of their intercourse with society-folk are related. The madame's triumph is com- plete when she succeeds in arranging a marrinfi: between the only son of an im- poverished noble house and her well-dow- ered daughter, who, true to her Norman origin, never suffers sentiment to interfere with business. [Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., publishers; price $1.] PEBBLES AND SHELLS, Clarence Hawkes, “the Blind Poet of New England,” is the author of *‘Pebbles and Shells,”” a volume of verse which possesses much genuine merit. = Mr. Hawkes compares favorably in his work with minor poets of the present day who | have eyes to see, and, as he is only in his twenty-seventh year, there is a possibility that be may yet achieve fame in the ranks of American singers. Clarence Hawkes is a native of Massachusetts. ‘When 9 years of age he met with an acci- dent while returning from school, which culminated in the amputation of one leg. When 13 years of age while out hunting he was accidentally shot by a companion, and both his eyes were injured. After he had undergone several severe operations the hope of regaining his sight was aban- doned. and at the age of 15 he entered an institute for the blind. There, in addition to the regular course, he stuaied music and iano-tuning. At the age of 21 ?{nwkes went upon the platform as a lécturer, and at the same time began writ- ing short stories and poems for the local newspapers. 1n all he has written 300 poems and over 50 sketches and short stories. It is said of him that he identifies the birds by ecovering be marries Madeleine and they plan art schemes together. They fail and decide to die together. They .are discovered before the gas in their room has pe. formed all the deadly work intended. Madeleine isdead: Burroughs is resu-c tated. Just afterward he receives a letter telling him that his father has died after restoring Charles to inheritance and breathing a paternal forgiveness. Then Burrouehs, baving recovered his senses, quits Paris forever to start anew among veople of his native land. [New York: F. sermons as follows: *The subjects are strong, striking and varied, the treatment is of the most searching kind, and, alto- gether, it is a most valuable addi our devotional literature.”” [New Y Funk Price $150.] [ MARK TWAIN'S JOAN OF ARC. ork: | Mark Twain was rather out of his ele- ment when he wrote ‘“Personal Recollec- tions of Joan of Arc.” It avppeared | originally in serial form in Harper's Magazine, and did not enhance the au- thor’s reputation in the least. - The author | of “Innocents Abroad”’ DURAND CARRIED HIM [Reproduced from UPSTAIRS IN HIS ARMS, “An Art Faiture.”] Tennyson Neely, publisher. For sale at the Popular Bookstore; price 75 cents. A FLASH OF SUMMER. Under tnis title Mrs. W. K. Clifford tells the Au'}ry of asimple woman’s life. The novel is issued with Appieton’s Town and Country Livrary. Katherine Kerr is com- pelled by ner uncle and guardian to marry that uncle’s solicitor. She brings no ex- ted dower to the solicitor, who abuses er continuously. The uncie goes to Ans- tralia and leaves money with Katherine so that in case she decides to leave her fiend of a husband she can foliow to the Anti- odes. The husband at about this time eaves the city of his residence for a few weeks, and in his absence Katherine flees away to Italy, where she studiesart 1n Geona and enjoys ‘‘the flash of summer’’ of the novel. Then she returns to her old bhard up for material w La Pucelle of Domremy. there was more of an opportunity here for a serio-comic book than the great num- ber of other historical tragedies afford. The book is supposed to be written by ‘‘the Sieur Louis de Comte, page and sec- | retary to Joan of Are,” and translated from the French. The book is divided into three parts: “In Domremy,” treat- ing of Joan’s childhood, and telling of her inspiration; “In_Court and Camp,” ta(l- ing of her career in the army; and “‘“T'rial and Martyrdom.” The lustrations are by F. V. Du Mond. [New York: Harper & Bros. For sale by A. M. Robertson; price $250.] FOR KING OR COUNTRY. hen he bit upon But, of cou’l"se. The trend of American novel-writing toward themes of the revolutionary period Wagnalls Company, publishers, | must have been | readily assigns the motive of gain and Madelon is not believed when she confesses the truth. Madelon implores Lot to re- veal the facts and save an innocent man. | Lot refuses and Burr resolves to suffer for the girl, to whom he had been so incon- | siderate. Finally Lot, to save Madelon, | writes a confession of suicide and brings his life to a speedy end. Burrand Madelon marry. '] ntended to show that “love is the crown and crucitixion of life, | and proves thereby its own divinity.” | INew York: Harper & Bros., publishers. | For sale by A. M. Robertson; price $1 25.] WALDRON’S HANDBOOK ON CUR- RENCY. The “Handbook on Currency and Wealth,” by George B. Waldron, A.M., statistical editor of The Voice, is distinctly different from all the other books in that it does not seek to prove some particular side of the silver or other controversies, but presents in an unbiased manner the facts on all sides. The author has care - | fully avoided intruding his opinions in tae | book. His aim bas been to present in | compact and accessible form such facts as must be taken into account in the proper understanding of the questions. He pre- sents the facts and permits th e reader to |draw his own conclusions. [New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Price 50 cents.] NEW STANDARD HYMNAL. “The Standard Hymnal, a New Hymnal for General Use,” compiled and arranged meets the want of a choice hymnal for all purposes, in most convenient form and at a small price. It meets this want, not by containing a thousand or more hymns in a large, costly, cumbrous volume, but by containing 150 of the choicest, selected from a whole library of psalmody, com- prising all the hymnological issues of many years, which selection embraces those hymns which public and private de- votional use have made standard. ew | York: Funk & Wagnalls Company. 35 cents.] CHRIST'S TRUMPET-CALL. “Christ's Trumpet-call to the Ministry; or, The Preacher and the Preaching for the Present Crisis,” by Daniel 8. Gregory, D.D., LL.D., is the result of a profound conviction ou the part of the author that the questions discussed are, for the minis- try and for the church, life-and-death | questions that every preacher of the | gospel should take up, consider carefully | and settle in the light of the Word of Goa pressed in popular and practical form apd appeal with force to preachers of the gospel. The chapters cover the whole field of ministerial duty in its relation to present _conditions and exigencies. [New York: Funk & Wawmnalls Company, pub- lishers. Price $1 25.] TALKS TO THE KING'S CHILDREN, This book belongs to a class of which there are but a_few in any language. The author, Dr. Sylvanus Stall, has done for children what Schriver in Germany and Dean Stanley in England have done for grown people. There are many religious books for children, but these sermonettes are unique. With some object of every- day life presented to the eye the auther, after the manner of the parables, presents the important truths of the gospel to the by C. O. Converse and just published, | without an hour’s delay. They are ex- | ! down to the present time. | .. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have just pub- | lished **The Life and Letters of Oliver { Wendell Holmes,” by John T. Morse Jr. | It includes, besides the letters, some chap- | ters of autobio; y which ' Dr. Holmes | jotted down in his later years and which | ure very amusing. The first volume con- | tains portraits of Dr. Holmes and his | father, a fac-simile of the almanac page in which his birth is recorded, views of the ‘‘gambrel-roofed house”’ where he was born and a magnificent elm at Pittsfield which Dr. Holmes celebrated and two pic- tures of the Saturday Club, a notable group of Boston and Cambridge celebrities. The second volume bhas a portrait of Dr. | Holmes in middle life, a view of his home in Beacon street, Boston, showing the dector in front of it, a portrait of his mother in advanced life and a fac-simile of three pages of his famous poem, *‘The Last Leaf.”” | _ The title of James Lane Allen’s “Butter- flies; a Tale of Nature,” which ran through | the Cosmopolitan, has been changed to “Summer in Arcady.”’ The story will be | published by Macmiilan & Co. The May Book News isas brigitasa spring morning. The detached frontis- piece is a yorlrait of Miss Annie Hollings- worth Wharton, author of *‘Through Colonial Doorways,” *‘Colonial Days and Dames,” ete. Dr. Talcott Wiliiams talks hopefully of new books, and able letters from New York, Boston, Chicago and Lon- don put one in touch with the hook world. { Some two hundred and sixty new books are noticed—among them “Democracy and Liberty.” by 'Willlam Edward Hartpole Lecky. Many pictures from the new books brighten the pages of this unique maga- zine. Monthly 50 cents a year. John ‘Wanamaker, publisher, Philadelphia. Outing jor May opens with a complete story, “The Search for Mrs. Denbeigh,” cleverly told by Agnes L. Provost. A sec- ond complete story, “Llano Estacado,” by J. F. Duncan, is a thrilling account of an | Indian skirmish on the Staked Plains. | Other notable features are: *“The Truth of a Trouting,” by Ed. W. Sandys; ‘“Ca- | noeing on the St. John,” by Rev. W. C. Gaynor; *“‘Camp Cookery”; ‘“Bass Fish- {ing”; “Racing Sandbaggers”; ‘‘Yachting on Frisco Bay,” and ‘“‘Handicap Reform in Lawn Tennis,” by J. P. Paret. The number is strong throughout and carries many fine illustrations. ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS, BewARE—P., Placerville, Cal. De found fellow. DivEs—M. A., Lakeport, Lake County, Cal. A dime of 1892 and one of 1893 are worth just | 10 cents each. To WEST OAKLAND—F. M., San Pedro, Cal The distance from San Francisco to West Oak- land is five miles. ELECTRIC AND CABLE—A. R.Jr., City. Since January 1 in this City seven persons have been killed by cable cars and eight by electric cars. ELecTRICITY—Constant Reader, City. Up to date no patent has been issued for any electric appliance that can be used by barbers in their business. GoLp MINING EXCHANGE—M. V. L., Sonora, Cal. General Walter Turnbullis at the head of the recently organized min(nf exchange that has its headquarters in this City. “Beware” is to in the poems of William Heury Long- ‘WEDDING CARDS—Guest, Citg. If a person in- vited to & wedding should be unable to attend it would be proper to send a card with the ‘word *‘regret’’ written in the upper left-hand corner, and below it ‘‘congratulations.” l THE Soup SovrH—Inquirer, City. It is as- Some Points on the Development of True Manhood by Electricity— Reasons Why Dr. Sanden’s Elec~ tric BeltIs the Only Sure Remedy for the Recovery of This Vital Power. What a great amount of happiness is destroyed by this terrible drain which is called Nervous Debility! You see the evidences of it in the faces of more than half the people you meet. This great country of ours 1s a nation of nerves; nerves which have been drained of their vital force ; nerves which are erying out for help. And why don’t we help them? Why don’t we replace the energy which has been stolen from them ? Because the medical provession, to whom we always go in time of sickness, has no means at hand to restore nerve power. Drugs never build up weak nerves without taking the strength from other organs of the body. That don’t pay. You might as well be sick one way as another. If you are going to steal from your kidneys, your liver and your stomach the energy to give temporary nourishment to your nerves you’d better better let your nerves suffer and save your stomach anyway. “I'm tired of drugging.” We hear that remark every day. It’s the wail of the nerveless man who has lost all confidence im the old, worn-out system of medicine. ‘‘1 was nervous and broken down from debility. Along in the afternoon I would get so tired and weak that I could not finish my day’s work. A month aiter I began to wear your Belt my strength had fully returned, an nce then [ have been as well and strong as ever in my life.” . M. PIERCE, 2 Guadaloupe Dairy, 15th Avenue and San Bruno Road, San Francisco. That shows you what Electricity does. Fowler, the noted phrenologist, says it’s the instrumentality of all life. Dr. Sanden’e Belt is a simple thing. You wear it about three hours at night. You feel electricity going into your nerves all the time. You can regulate it yourself ; turn it on mild or strong. Every minute you soak up nerve power from it. Even electricity is useless if not intelligently applied. - Dr. Sanden has devoted twewty years to close study of the nerve and sexual forces, and even If other belts fail his treatment will cure. Cheap, clumsily made electric belts are like cheap jewelry. You think you are getting a high-class article at a low price, but your experience tells you that you pay twice for what you get. I bought your Belt January 3 and have used it just a month. Previous to that time I was so weak that I could not work. Icommenced togain in health and strength immediately upon application of the Belt, and to-day I can attend to my business and take my station in life like s man. Ioweitall to your Belt and take pleasure in’ recommending it.” C. C. HELTMAN, Santa Barbara, Cal. A permanent cure is guaranteed or money refunded in all weaknesses of men. A pocket edition of the celebrated electro- medical work, “Three Classes of Men,” illustrated, is sent free, sealed, by mail, on application. Every young, middle-aged or old man suffering the slightest weakness should read it. It will point out an EASY, SURE AND SPEEDY WAY TO REGAIN STRENGTH AND HEALTH WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE HAS FAILED. Address SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., 630 MARKET ST., OPPOSITE PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO. Office Hours—8 A. M. to 8:30 P. M.; Sundays, 10 to 1. . —OFFICES AT — LOS ANGELES, CAL I PORTLAND, OR. 204 South Broadway. 2565 Washington strees