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THE SUNDAY CALL. en wh aw 1st lemme look te, won't you and was said ol by A negro boy e, W huffing Tke pat T som ing, col t of th > worked s gweeping idly at the lazily a ed said the boss,” negro, grin- “hereafter— < u mind whoonin’ it broom a leetle faster?” negro scowled and muttered, e next mom with and sprang sprawling for- 2 s - yplke had shot off h f his shoe, in the proggms, ne all of the foot. The negro went nd believed himself mortally wae restored by the icy tones of his ¥ r. who said, evenly and calmly: red scion. please go er Into that corner sweep zro swept as he had never swept Twice a bullet cut the floor at his and at last the stick of the broom in. his hand. *“Colored ald Tke Anderson, as though in srprise, “'yore broom is damaged. Kneel down and pray for another.” The negro knelt and surely prayed. On all sides swept the wide and empty streets. Tt was Tke Anderson’s town. red flim seemed to his gaze to come over and begin to sweep there, and on over the rest of the flo" slipped_hi i and pa wheeled, and the i, and he d film Sheriff stood his thumbs 1d not d gerous di; t t time m r's mind and_ n w lightning y of thel ree have whic g had 1in time AON. cECIL J. RHODES remarked ke Besieged by the Boers M. D, s wrote v dur n to his diary the his t His with the r, if the ite was er shell ented to r otherwise a most valua- of this war. the hospltal ellent opportunity publication, and partici- mation ying to m inter- e of fact Dr roduction f fus the why the % For yers, that r anxie oid scores with rley itself was prize wor In speak ing of its value , Dr. Ashe “Kimberley is the second largest town in Cape Colony, and is the largest dia- mond mining center in the world. It came ) existe discovery of diamonds 1ding its suburbs of Keni field and Wessel- ton. has ne pulation of about 40,000, of which The three prin- cipal mines De Beers and Wesselton orked by the De Beers Consol s Company, Ltd. 'Th {mmer ompany, of which Mr. Rhode is the chairman, has a capital of nearly four millions; pays well over a million a vear in wz 1d turns out £10,000 worth of rough diamonds every working. day. All Kimberley makes its living directly or indirectly from the company, and for all practical purposes Kimberley and the company are one.” In his professional capacity the author's description of the effect of the Mauser rifies vsed by the Dutch cannot fail to interest. He says: “We doctors Fad all of us seen a few bullet wounds with revolvers and such like, but had no experience of the modern rifle buMet, and it was a revelation to u: The builet, especially of the Mauser ri- fle, which the Dutch use, is so small and travels with such velocity that it drilis clean through everything, and unless It strikes a vital part or hits a bone or big artery, the injury it inflicts is ridiculous, The officer shot through the chest Jleft the hospital on the eighth day, and re- turned to dyty on the ninth, though this consisted of at least twelve miles’ riding every day. Wounds through the fleshy parts heal In a couple of days and give no trouble after a week. But a Mauser E:.L.aTh [e=3) rop._ bullet will 2 elean throu One poor ct ' r en shot in ribs of the r Laek the bullet tra throt in a iting di came at the thigh about the midd right acr: on its w. completely paralyzing him. He ed a few he Another 1 Dronfield fight, of which 1 munition x vas belt, like t box is strong a brags (not cardh and yet the b drove through the box and through no less in ten cartridge with the ter- vening twenty thicknesses of none of the ca and thou » bad a t ‘'was quite just wh to the first and stop r one hundred ober 14 to B “But the two men of whom we are most roud are Colonel Kekewich and Mr. hodes—of the Colonel for the even- handed justice with which he has admin- istered everything for the benefit of rich and poor alike, and of Mr. Rhodes for the magnificent way in which he has acted as a guardian angel to us all. The half-tone reproductions are remark- eble alike for their excellence as photo- graphs and their historical significance— some of them are shown on this page. (Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. Price, $1 2.) The Joy of Captain Ribot An English translation of a most charm- ing novel of nt by Br story ir i told with such a finc , in a style at once so finished and yet so unaffected, that It is difficult to decide which is the It fs one <. Armando , who has written the book, “The Joy of Captain Ribot.” The scene of the romance is laid in V. ia for the most part, nd the main ident is the love of a s cther man Unlike the ordina a captaln for the wife of an- v French novel, where such a th gives an’excuse for the de- scription the most tures of a depraved so for its leading chara man whos love in growing more mature grows more 000600006 BOER SHRAPNEL .\'J’:: § 4 (kY ) A \] ) b\ d during tne whole of this s have never once attacked en been within rifle shot of it. Through their friends in town they must have known, almost to a man, the igth of our defense forces, and yet contented themselves with shelling from a distance. It is funny to see in the Dutch papers how every general is al- luded to as ‘Fighting’ General Snyman. or De la Rey, or whatever his name may gbe. We wonder whether there are other sses of generals—praying generals or perhaps even funking generals “I spoke of our defense forces just now: February 15, time the Boe the town or e it_will interest you to_know who and vhat they were. MOUNTED MEN. Kimberley Light Horse about .. 1ds Horse, ebout makes a total of 785, ‘but what with sickness, guards on barriers, cattie guards, ¢ we could never turn out more than 550 for any offensive measures against_the Boers, and as they were all mountéd infantry they were really not of much us “Next came the artillery: Diamond Fields Artillery . Royal Artiliery Guard . Lancashires, roug! Kimberiey Hifles.. . Total ‘Out of the total number of available defenders (4672) only about 600 were reg- ulars, or 90, including the police, and we feel proud to think that our own men have done so much toward the defense of our town. “LoNG cecyL” AND HIS MAKERS pure and unselfish, until it counts as noth- ing any sacrifice it can make for its be- loved object, even to the effacement of it- self. Captain Ribot is in command of a steamer plylng between Barcelona and Hamburg. Once, when on land, he is in- strumental in saving the life of a stranger (Dona Amparo), who is traveling with her daughter, Dona Christina. Dona Christina is a beautiful girl and Captain Ribot falls in love with her before he learns that she is married to a civil engineer named Marti. After Ribot's next voyage he goes on a visit to his new ac- quaintances. He becomes the intimate friend of Marti, who does not suspect the existence of the love which Ribot feels for his wife. Dona Christina is a charming person, beautiful, clever and good and a most loyal wife to a devoted husbAnd. Well aware of the sentiments of the captain, she treats him in such a way that, while not ceasing to feel the fascination which she exercises over him in common with all who know her well, she reveals to him such nobility of char- acter that all that is unworthy in Ribot's love dies and is replaced by a disinterest- ed friendship not altogether different from the devotion and regard he has learned to afeel for Marti. The reward Ribot reaps for the growing unselfishness of his love is, along with increasing loftiness of pur- pose and depth of character, the joy which comes from the possession of & con- sclence unstained by offense. Analyses of Pig Iren. People interested in mechanical engi- neering, and particularly foundrymen who wish to secure castings as nearly perfect as possible, will find much of in- struction in a book recently published by Seymour R. Church of San Francisco on “Analysis of Pig Iron.” This is the first publication of the kind ever issued, and glving space, as it does, to the work done by makers and melters of iron in every country in the world, it should prove a valuable source of information to all en- gaged in this industry. Mr. Church says that possibly some o’ the analyses printed do not seem correct, but further states that in nearly every instance they were received either from the furnaces direct or from furbace agents, and, moreover, that copies of the same have been kept by him and are open for inspection. The author proposes to publish a second vol- ume on the same subject, In 1901, of entirely new matter in which he hopes to give information from different makers of pig fron who will have seen the present work and will realize its tmportance. The book contains a large number of halftone reproductions of photographs of furnacesand plants where manufac- tured. and also halftone cuts representing the fracture of different brands and grades of pig iron which will be interesting. In addition are given indices of names of comparies, United States of America; United States of America; names of comvanics, England; brands, England; ¢, Scotland; names of brands, Scotlapd; other countries as fol- inada. China, Denmark, France, Germany. Japan, Mexico, Portu- gal, Russia, Spain, eden and Switzer- land. (Price, $250.) Georgie. A man who prints a book full of bad grammar, bad speiling and generally un- cholee language Is guilty of assault and battery. That some may like to read such mis- prints s no e for issuing them. There are people who commit crimes and which 1s so often the case with authors who are writing ostensibly for young peo- ple and yet craye the approbation and fear the disapproval of the mature mind. His style is simple, his vocabulary good, strong Anglo-Saxon and his anecdotes platn and straight to the point. Excellent reading for anybody, but especially for vouth filled with ambition and anxlous to emulate good rather than bad if only iven the proper example. IX“ you have sons or daughters between the vears of 12 and 18, get a copy and let them read it. The stories are live and interesting and will hold their attention merely as pure narrative, while the moral advice between the lines will be uncon- sciously imbibed but lasting in its good effect. You may find some points in the book for yourself that will possibly not come amiss. (Published by the Lothrop Publlshing Company, Boston. Price §1.) Laus Veneris The lovers of Algernon Charles Swin- burne will welcome the edition of his poem, “Laus Veneris,” from the press of Thomas B. Mosher of Portland, Me. All of Mr. Mosher's publications are a credit to the bookmaking art of the present day. This little volume of Swinburne’s poems is no exception. It is typographically per- fect and neatly artistic—good paper, clear printing and appropriate cover. (For sale by Eider & Shepard, San Francisco; in paper 2 cents.)_ Up in Maine. Day gives us some very ries of Yankee life, told In verse, in his latest work ’p in Maine.” To the people of the West not familiar the customs “way down East” the Holman F. charming 8. . SOME EFFECTS OF A see prizefights. That does not excuse. Other people like bad cigars and ba pany; those who pander to such are not to be felicitated, still less enm- couraged. Our poor English language is almost suffocated in a slough of impurities. It is hard enough to keep our diction, as our morals, pure. You cannot touch pitch nor can you read bad grammar without show ing it, and correct language is a mark upon a person which they can ill afford to have obliterated. All this is rather essayish for a book review, but the book itself is not worth mention except to point the moral. It would not be noticed here except for the fact that the man who wrote it can do better things and has done them. The particular crime of which he is ac- cused at present is a little cloth-covered book entitled “Georgle,” by 8. E. Kiser of Chicago. (Published by Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. Price §L) Winning Out. Of all the works for youthful readers published this season,it seems that the palm should go to Dr. Marden's recent book, “Winning Out.” If any better has been printed we should be glad to hear of it that we may give it the same hearty recommendation. Dr. Orison Swett Mar- den is the editor of a very successful magazine, “Success,” and for years he has been writing good, solid, helpful mat- ter. His present work is a volume of an- ecdotes devoted, as the name “winning out” implies, to the lives of people who from small beginnings have by hard work attained great ends. Dr. Marden has worked in complling this matter with two points in mind, character building and habit forming. He has. shown that by perseverance and integrity and actual hard work, rather than by flashes of genius or talent, the great men of this country have achieved their fame. He has not written over the heads of his readers, 100-POUND SHELL. ARTILLERY N A N R AT TH LIEUTENANT - COLOMNEL. RG.KEKEWICH. poems na-urally will not appeal so strong- 1y as to those better acquainted with the qtaint life of the Maine logging camps. farm and seashore. The book possesses artistic merit, and judging from the re- views in Eastern papers it has evidently made a signal success among the people for whom the author wrote. Six half-tone illustrations are given of characteristic faces and seenes, which add greatly to the life of the text. The Hon. C. E. Lit- tlefleld has written an introduction to the poems. (Published by Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. Price $1.) Mr. Bunny—His Book. The little folks will find a great friend in “Mr. Bunny, His Book.” It is a very attractive volume of original verse and drawings on the order of Mother Goose, and printed in three colors. Every page contains a little jingle and comic picture of its own, with plenty of Bunnies scat- tered marginally throughout. The rhymes are catehy, the colors bright, and the odd fanciful drawings quite clever. It should prove very popular as a children's book for the coming holiday season. (Published by the Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio. - Price, $1 25.) Literary Notes. Little, Brown & Co., the publishers of Francis Parkman's histories, announce a “Life of Parkman,” by Charles Halgat Farnham, for publication in the early fall. The work has been written with of the author’'s relatives, who have given Mr. Farnham access to Mr. Parkman's letters, vacation journals and all other avallable material. the sanction Philadelp! volume o Henry Altemus Company, will issue about September 15 3 poems by William J. Lampton, k wherever newspapers are read by hi culiar form of zigzag poetry. in th York Sun. The volume wil the title of “Yawps and Oth Martineau—A by Rev. A. W completed at u's death and d anoro y o have re assistance. tn October, “James and a Blography, son. The work was nearl the time of Dr. Mart s then has been read his nearest relatives, W e author valuable volume is not only a life of the gre theologian, but also a study of the mov ment in thought of which he was the leader. Albert B. not offered the public a collection the dr ings since the publica in 159 of “In anity Fair,” which was so favorably ive fail, however, R. H. R . the publisher of artistic books bring out another volume of repr: s of Mr. Wenzell's work und title of “The Pa which will also deal with the le of life. A departure from the book wil also be made In size a o “Americans’ Dana Gibson's fortheomin uniform in size with its fou Secusigy The book will contain ov * Mr Gibson's latest skete b ch will not h s for days owing t inting. Me and rather doubt it ar and his repor ents with oy not make a be a dull boy T coming in a1 school, who Wil ¥ reads less fa time on his ries will be That the prophet is Loomls’ fairy stories ran for nearly fifty weeks in the N But Mr. plied him m. £ he had ap- 1toh e run a McClure, during books, of whi China by Wil h the Phin the month with N ping Kangaroo a by John W. Ha Y. Corv; the Apple Bt rington, a book dren, with 48 Those who Throne,” pu Co., and enjoyed Its ures of the scenery and people Lake Chapaia, ma 1 ing sketch R. sey is editor of th 1 also the Mexican Boston Herald “T have just been reading ‘A T a Throne,’ by Cha E most attractive person literary monthlies in have had n romantie, most man of hardly 27 and resident i Mexico 1 jourralis: s roman 1y denly, and in g layliic ma came with hi & wife to Mexico has lived many m 8 on the shor Lake Chapala, rénting a white stone cot- tage on the river road un the shadow of Mt. San Miguel, and passing weeks on the lake beach, or else making expeditions in a big thatch roofed canoa to every part of the great lake, getting | d with the Indian people, the fishers and ranch- ers, and the professional navigators of an inland sea, which sometimes storms and rages I have seen it. Tremendously romantic, this living on a Chapalar. canoa with white-garm. d sailors, touching at little villages embowered In mango and orange groves, meanwhile the guitar strumming and Spanish peteneras and guidillas rising on the lake wind. Then from Chapala a flitting to Guanajuato, most romantically built of all Mexican citles, and a Bohemian housekeeping in a little house up on a high perched street, the author filling himself with local color for some forthcoming book. And from Guanajuato the Embrees betook them- selves to Cuernavaca, where the ghost of Herman Cortez lingers, haunting his great castle like palace. I forget the nama of the street where the young author lives now, but he heads his notes, ‘Street of the House of the Hungry Wolt.' " Books Received. YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR-By Wil- liam B. Doherty, M. D. Laird & Lee. Chicago. Price $1. g CLARE DUVAL—By Clement Wilk G. W. I‘llingham Comipany, New Yo::‘ Price $150. WHOM THE WINDS CARRY—B; Cora Sewell. G. W. 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