The morning call., 1894-09-30

dOlg COuSlu6T6u. L he law VI ana DE-
mand. vested rights, law and the other CON-
mon economic questions are treated with
great practical knowledge and with only
the faIntest reference to textbook authOri-
ties. The personal equation is a big fac
tor 10 the science according TO John Paul;
among the old economists 1t had no weight.
LII Is pity that the book was not more
carefully revised, edited and arranged.
Nothing of value would have been lost,
and it would have been much easier t.
read and handler for reference. All son,
Netf & Co., publishers. For sale at Coop
er's, Market street
CAVALRY LIFE IN TENT AND FIELD
There has never been book written which
gives a more faithful description of the
everyday life of an officers wife than is to
be found in these pages from the pen of the
widow of Captain Orsemus B. Boyd. u. S.
A. We have often been told of the hu-
mOrs and pleasures of barrack existence,
but Mrs. Boyd describes its annoyances
and sorrows as well as its happy side.
Born and brought up in New York City
she had little idea of the hardship 10 be
encountered when she resolved to follow
her husband, who had been ordered to the
Pacific Coast a few months after their
marriage. The journey to San Francisco
was made by way of the 18TH
mus. This was in 1868 and the
termination of the Central Pacific was
then at Cisco. From that point to he:
destination, Fort Halleck, New, she
travelled by stage, and five days ana nights
were consumed in the journey. 1t was in
the month of January, ana the heavy
snowfall had rendered the old wagon road
across the Sierras almost impossible. One
night they made eight miles in fifteen
hours. and the next day fifteen miles In
eight hours. When she arrived at what
proved to be her home for the next year,
she found i, anything but inviting. The
dwelling-place of herself and hus band was
formed of two wall tents pitched together
with calico curtain dividing them, and
the earth floor was covered with a carpet
made of barley-Sacks. And this with the
thermometer frequently Teglsh ring so be-
low zero. On the promotion of Mr.. Boyd TO
FIRST leutenantcY ne was transferred
to Preset, Ariz. While on the way 10
their new post brief stay was made in
San Francisco, where their first child was
born. The recital of the journey from
Los Angeles, which was reached by
steamer from this city, is one of the most
Interesting portions OF the book. With
their child and young Chinaman and
quantity of provisions. baggage and camp
eQupage, their light wagon was uncon-
fortaby filed. La crossing the desert one
of their horses gave out, and they were
compelled TO puI their psck-mue in his
place. After a toilsOme tip of ten days
they reached Fort Mojave, on the Colo
RADIO, where stop of two days was made.
On the secund night after leaving Mujave,
while passing through canyon, they had
their fr,t adventure with Indians. but
the savages evidently did not feel strong
enough to attack and beyond being
compelled TO listen to their thrilling war-
whOops no injury was Inflicted, and the
little cavalca0e safely emerged upon the
r1Ia Fran fhls m fOr lv
f iteen years, with the exception OF brief
period passed in the East isiting her
parents. Mrs. Boyd was with her husband,
who was stationed at various points in
Ar Z0na, New Mexico and Texas. Sac
finally became Injured to all kinds Of hard
ships aud learned to enjoy life on the
frontier. SO strongly did she become al
tached 10 her surroundings IN the wilder
ness that upon her return to the East she
soon tired IF the lnxuries of ciyi izaton
and longed to be back again. The book,
as we have said, is a faithful mirror of the
life of an army officers wife IN the far
West. There Is not dry chapter in ii,
and il will well repav perusal. New
York: j. Selwin TAFT d Sons.
The WIVES OF THE PRoPHET.-This
is a curious and by no means pleasant
story of the vengeance inflicted on an i'm
postor by strange religious sect that for
hundreds of years had been settled at
Bolga, Tenn. A young Nashville lawyer,
Howard Bryce, who, though gifted far
above the average, sees himself atiOnary
in his profession while his duller rivals
are advancing, determines TO go for
weeks hunting to the head waters of the
Cumberland River. There, while hiding
to escape the ''mOonshiDers," he Oyerhears
some details of the secrets Of the sect at
Bolga. After his return to Nashville his
mind was continually haunted by what he
had heard, and so he returns to the Cum
berland River district and imposes him.
self IN the simple fan atics as their long
promised prophet. How he does 1t, his
life and experience among the fanatics,
the growth of distaste for his position, his
escape from Balga, his capture and ter
rible doom, all are told with the skill Of a
practiced writer. as Opie Read certainly
Is. [Chcago: Laird & Lee.
The ART OF WING-SHooTING - To
teach proficiency in the use of the shotgun
is the mission of this book, and if good
shooting can be acquired from printed in
structions, it certainly can be acquired
from this treatise by William Bruce
Leffingwell. The selection of gun, The
way to keep it in good condition, judgment
of distance and sreed of birds, velocity OF
shot, where t. aim and why-thpse and a
way that anybody with grain of sense
can under tsnd. incidentally great
many other ihings are learned from this
book that bear on The art of shooting, and
the reader who fails to gather a vast fund
of Information on game birds, their habits
and how to recognize them, must be some
what supid. There is a chapter devoted
to famous women shooters, and one TO he
crack shots among the men of the Uni ed
States. The members OF the Country Club
slaughter of pigeons, will read with
pleasure, the chapter on pigeon Shoot
ing," while men and women of more
humane fiber will derive equal pleasure
from the chapter on "Inanimate-target
Shooting" [Chicago: Rand, McNally &
Co.
A STORY FROM PULLMANTowN.-Un
der the above title Nico Bechmeyer mar
rates the causes that led to the strike OF
the Pullman laborers. The statements
made in the book are in keeping with the
telegr8phic reports OF the tes imony before
the Investigating commission appointe
by President Cleveland. In rs story
are emphasized the pOverty-stricken con-
ditiOD of the EN- l0yes, the steady cut in
their wages, the high rents that are never
reduced even In the hardest times, the
brutal. overbeariug conduct of NJ managers.
and the never ceasiDg, all-peryading grind
ing of the would-be generous employer,
who gives 100000 10 church, but has
business faculty enough to TecOup himself
bv lowering the earnings of his employees
the labor question is the great world ones