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SOME JULY MAGAZINES.

The complete novel in the July issue of Lip
pincotts is "A Mountain Moloch," by Duffield
Osborne The scene is an otherwise unknown
island in the Pacific, settled in remote ages by
Phenician exiles and ruled by their descend
ants. The hero is an American naval officer,
who leaves his ship for love of
native Princess: and the adventures and
bloodshed are worthy of Mr.. Rider
Haggard. Other stories are "WilIiam's Spree"
by Louise Boynton, and "The Haunted Burg
lar" by w. c. Morrow, author of "The Ape,
the Idiot and Other People" DR.. Francis Z.
Clark founder of the Christian Endeavor So
cieties "a sketch OF whom, by the way. appears
in THE CALL to-day, furnishes vivid sketch
of IA Plaques tricken City" written during a
recent sojourn at Bombay when the bubonic
plague was at its height The article will be
OF special interest to the Endeavorers and to
readers in general. "The Evolution of News
paper Advertising" is traced through its vari-
Gus stages by Oscar Herzberg. Ingram
A. Pyle has paper on 1.-THE American
Drama and Ellen Duvall one on "The De-
cline OF the Hero" In "The Play OF the
Bronco" Allan Hendricks describes an experi-
ence which the reader will be 10th 10 emulate.
Annie Steger Winston writes appreciatingly
on "The Fantastic Terrors of Childhood"
Lawrence Irwell tells of the theory ana prac-
tice OF Suicide Among the Ancients," i. e.,
'io pIcOhe ohu hoLHhusi anu ''QuaTdnI Ilue LOT
Cattle" in this country-an unfamiliar sub
ject-is illuminated by II. H. Bowen. The
poetry of the number is by Mary E. Suckney,
Carrie Blake Morgan and Clinton scollard.
Sunbeams for July contains some Fourth of
July stories by Mira l. Cobbe, Florence A.
Evans and Clara T. Henry, as well as Aunt
Priscillas talk with the children. Arthur
Ward takes us Into the Canyons" in con-
tinuation OF his sketch on Colorado begun in
June. Dr. II. Lloyd's article on ''Swimming
and Water Sports is full OF Information
and advice to the lovers of nata torial pas
times. Mrs. Roots suggestions in dressmak-
ing, and descriptions of costumes, in Fash
ions and Furbelows" will be read wi tn in terest
by mothers, while Grace Hastings initial
article on the art of making Macrame lace
will prove serviceable to mothers and daugh.
ters. The kindergarten and natural history
departments are full of information for
tea chers.
Mcclure Magazine for July opens with an
account of the actual daily Lie in a little "re-
public" where the citizens and Governors are
young boys and girls from the poorest and
most crowded districts of the City OF New
York. Private industry and pu blic functions
are pursued precisely as by older people in
larger repub blics, and neglect or buse of either
encounters the same pains and penalties as in
life at large. The paper is fully illustrated
from special photographs. The late Professor
Drummond is the subject of paper by the
Rev. d. NJ. Ross, who lived in close Intimacy
with him from his Doyhood to the hour of his
death. and who is thereby enabled to give us
the first really VIVID and satisfactory presen-
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DU MAURIER'S VIEW OF MARS.

There is one point worth particular notice
in connection with THE Martian" the new
novel by George du Msurier, which has for the
past six months been running serialIy in Har-
per's Magazine and is soon TO be brought out
in book form-that is its almost iourna .istic
timeliness. AT the very moment when the world
was speculating a bout Mars, wondering If it
were inhabited, won dering what manner OF
intelligent beings coud live on another plan
ct, wondering If by any device we could es-
tablish communication with them, Du Mau-
rier was busily engaged on work in which
the mystery was revealed, and the first inhab-
liant of Mars to make the acquaintance of man
in troduced on earth. Since the book was
completed our knowledge OF Mars has, through
the persistent endeavors of scientists, among
them Percival Lowell, greatly increased. and
it is interesting to compare Du Maurier's spec
ulations about the planet with the facts now
well established.
Mr.. Lowell's latest studies of Mars have been
made at Flagstaff, Ariz and in Mexico, where
the conditions were particularly favorable 10
his observations. An article on his work
there. recently published in the New York
Herald, says:
Mars is in many respects the most interest
ing object in the solar system. The phenApne-
nal brightness, when nearest the care has
attracted the gaze and excited the imagina-
tion of men of all ages. hile the besutiful
co!oring which the telescope discloses 10 OBJ
servers has made it the more admired the bet
ter It has been known.
"Its genera conditions are more like our
earth than those of any other planet It's day
is about forty minutes longer than ours. 1t
has four seasons like our own, though the
greater eccentricity Of its orbit and the
slightly greater inclination of its axis accen-
tuate its seasons, giving it a colder winter and
hotter summer.
Mars has an atmosphere slightly less dense
tha our own. This serves 10 keep the sur
face al mean temperature above that of the
earth. We know this because, while Mars
shows polar caps like our own planet, these
melt off in the late summer very much more
than on the earth'
The account OF Mars given in Du Maurier's
novel in connection with the history of
MARTA" presents somewhat more personal
view of the planet:
For an immense time MARTA 'had gone
through countless incarnations, from the low
est form to TIE highest, in the cold and dreary
planet we call Mars, the outermost of the four
inhabited worlds Of our system, where the
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TEST FOR MINERALS.

PRACTICAL MINING AND AssAYING-By
Frederick Milton Johnson San Francisco, the
author For sale In this City by Hartwell
Mitchell & Co. PrceSl.
Many prospecto-s in the State of California
and in Nevada have passed over outcroppings
for want OF some simple method which would
enable them to discover the value Of SUCH
and it is more than likely that numerous rich
deposits of ore have for that reason never been
worked. Frederick Milton Johnson resi-
dent of this City, who in the recent past has
had fifteen years of practical experience in the
mountains, the mines, the mills and the assay
office, has for the benefit of the prospector, the
miner, and those who may desire to obtain 8
general knowledge of mining and as
saying, prepared and published what
he calls "a pocket edition of practical
mining and assaying." In this
work the author gives in plain, unmis taxa bic
language, free from puzzling technicalities
the rules for determining the character Of
rocks that prospe ctor may meet and their
relations to valuable minerals; tells how TO
test for free gold. how to make wet assays and
how to get the value OF copper ore by means
of an outft that will not cost more than 81 so.
He also illustrates simple instrument TO be
used in surveying and leyeling, which pros
pector often has TO sort 10; cheaply con-
structed and simple concentrator, scales to
ascertain the value of 'button' obtained
from test, and furnishes a number OF tables
that are of great value to those who may wish
TO search for gold. The instructions laid
down will enable one distant from any assay
Office TO determine at very small cost what he
has discovered.
OF Queen Victories jubilee book, the Ameri.
can rights of which have been secured by the
Century Company, nearly all copies have
been sold in advance of Issue. The $50 edi-
sob
America. has more than doubled in price in
England, and of the $15 edition, 600 copies of
which were secured Tor America. only few
have not yet been taken up.
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JUSTIN MCCARTHY.

tation we have had OF man who was one OF
the great personal influences of his time. The
paper is illustrated with several portraits of
Professor Drummond. one of them recent
ole, which his friends consider the
best in existence. other features of
this number of McClure's are a fine
series of life portraits of Andrew Jackson, sew
eral OF them never before published, along
with some "reminiscences of Jackson by his
granddaughter, Rachel Jackson Lawrence; a
humorous story by Robert Barr, describing the
su bjugation of the "bully of the school, by an
ingenious Western schoOmaster; an adven-
turous tale by Conan Doyle, dealing with
those picturesque kings of the high seas who
lived, like several distinguished playwrights,
by taking their own where they found it;
paper on Grant, by Hamlin Garland, portray
ing him as his fellow officers and soldiers saw
him in the actual work of conducting great
campaign; the account of the voyage of the
Mayfower from Governor Bradford's quaint
and naive "History of Plymouth Plantation"
lately presented by the authorities of the
Bishop of London's Library at Fulham, Eng
land 10 the State OF Massachusetts and finally,
story of latter-day Romeo and Juliet
whose misadventures, however. do not all end
in blood and gloom and funerals, but quite
the contrary-by Anthony Hope.
While three short stories OF unusual merit
are dis tinct feature of the July Atlantic,
still this issue contains aside from Its fiction
articles of more permanent interest. Pro-
lessor Woodrow Wilson of Princeton Univer-
sity contributes an article upon "1he Making
of the Nation," and asks the perplexing ques-
ton, "Wnat is Americanism?" Another po-
litical paper Of i'm portance is by E. L. Godkin,
editor Of the Nation, on "The Decline of Leg
islatures" He traces the development of
Legislatures, and contends that in all parts of
the world there has been decline in the dig
nifty of legislative bodies. Following other
studies OF rural New England, Alvan F. San
born, who has made a specially of this sub
ject writes Interestingly of social conditions
in decayiug New England town. A dis
tinctly literary flavor is added to the issue by
the printing of hitherto unpublished
letters of Jonn Sterling and Emer-
son. Edward Waldo Emerson ed
iIs them and adds an interesting
sketch OF the cheerful and heroic Sterling.
Kate Holiday Claghorn writes on Burke; and
this review, coming on the one bundredth an
niversary OF the great statesman's death, is
par ticularly timely. She discusses his work
and character and its relations to American
history. Professor w. ]. Ashley of Harvard
University MAKES the recently published life
of Jowett the text for an article on SLOW
EFT and the University Ideal" incidentally
Professor Ashley gives comparative study of
English And American university work and
ideals. The three short stories referred TO are:
zone Fair Daughter" by Ellen Olney Kirk;
"a Life Tenant by Ellen Mackubin, a
story of army life in Texas and ''Ne Creol,''
by Kate Chopin, story of low life in New Or
leans. Alice Choate Perkins contributes a
sonnet called "a Day in june" and Olive
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NEW CITY GUIDE.

DoxEY's GUIDE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND
THE PLEASURE RESORTS OF CALIFOR-
MARY William Doxey. For sale in this CITY
by William Doxey, Palace ID otel. Price 6U
cents
very complete guide to this City and vicin-
ity and to the principal pleasure resorts of
the State has been prepared by the popular
bookseller. William Doxey, just in time to
meet the wants of the crowds of visitors now
here and on the way to attend the Endeav-
orers' convention. 1t is quite up to date,
thoroughly accurate, we'll illustrated, most in
terestngly written ana is accompanied BY q
large, clear map.
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TOURING IN EUROPE.

The brick roads of Holland are disliked by
some wheelmen-praised by others, says Rob-
ert Luce in "Going Abroad" AS in Holland
more than in most other countries, the yil-
lagos and rural districts are the more pictur-
esoue and the less spoiled by the quick-tour
people, and as there are absolutely no hills to
climb, it is surely worth the wheelmsn's at
ten ton. "The roads of Spain," declares one
bicycler, "are good as rule, though notequal
to those in France and Italy. A trip through
any one of our States would be a more formid-
able undertaking than one through Spain. OF
course we attracted universal attention, but it
was always accompanied by courteous respect"
Normandy is another delightful region tor BIZ
cycling, and Touraine is declared paradise
for wheelmen. In Northern France the cli-
mate in summer is excellent for the sport,
being much less wet than that OF England,
and averaging conside rabiy cooler than that
OF the United States.
A favorite trip is from Rotterdam or Ans
terdam UP the Rhine Valley to Switzerland,
and then from Geneva straight to Paris and
the sea. Homecoming wheelmen who had
Just made this trip tod me, however, that il
they were to do it again they would reverse ii,
so as to slide down the Rhine Valley rather
than climb it. Such a trip from New York TO
New York, with frst-class passage on slow
line could handily be made in TWO months, at
q 10 tai cost Oh from FzOO 10 PoOV, dCcoEulHB W
the hotel accommodations demanded. By
crossing second class and economizing on the
other side it car be done for $3.50 or even less,
but most people would not enjoy what they
would get for an expenditure OF under $500.
Undoubtedly the favorite trip covers Great
Britain alone. The first time over, at any
rate, many dread the chance of embarrass-
ment that ig norance OF the language might
bring 10 a bicyclist in the villages OF the Con-
tinent OF course, this danger does not bother
the tourist in Great Britain. Furthermore,
the English rural districts are justly famous
for their beauty. and the roads are uniformly
excellent. Living is more costly than on the
Continent, but 81 day would be fair allow
ance for an economical bieyclist, whether
man or woman. That includes everything,
except purchases of clothing, mementoes and
presents.
w. c. Morrow of San Francisco has one OF
his powerful short stories in Lippincotts
Magazine ior July. 1t is reported that Mr..
Morrow's book, 1.-The Ape, the Idiot and Other
Stories," which the Messrs. Lippincott re-
Gently brought out, was selling tenth best"
among the books of fiction in the United
States last month.
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LITERARY NOTES.

General Horace Porter's campaigning
With Grant," now appearing in the Century,
will be issued as subscription book in the
autumn.
"His Majesty's Greatest Subject is the title OF
q dramatic romance of India. by s. s. Thor
burn, which is to be published shortly by d.
Appleton g. Co.
Harper & Brothers have just issued: "a
History of Our Own Times, )" Georgia Scenes" Z"
"Susan's Escort" Hell for Sartain," !" "Bobbo, 4"
"Mr. Peters, and "The Real Condition Of Cuba
To-day"
"Uncle Bernac," the new historical romance
by A. Conan Doyle, pictures tine adventures of
a hero who crosses from England TO France
when Napoleon was encamped at Boulogne
and meditating the invasion of England.
What an entirely unsophisticated country
must Japan be, particularly for the bicyclist
Mr.. Fernald will tell in forthcoming work to
be published by the Century Company how,
when wheeling in Japan, the children tried
to feed his bike with carrots.
Short stories by Conan Doyle, Anthony
Hope and Robert Barr will appear in the July
number of McClure's Magazine. Add to these
an installment of the Stevenson novel. est
Ives" and in the matter OF fiction 1t would be
hard 10 frame a more attractive announce
ment.
The present widespread interest in the sub.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-04

The present widespread interest in the sub.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-10-09

New York. October SIR. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review OF Trade tomorrow
will say:
While failures were the smanes, ever
known in any quarter since 1892, and
business payments through the banks the
largest by sss.0Oo.Oo0 ever kown in Sep
tember. spectators who profess anxiety
about Cuba or the fever at the south.
or the municipal election. will have some
influence. Helping them Just now Is the
fact that after extraordinary purchases
for replenishment OF stocks from every
section, there must necessarily be for
the time less buying from that quarter
Yet business is still increasing. The
productive force steadily enlarges, the
distribution OF wages affords an increas-
Ing fund for purchases, and foundations
are laid for a larger business hereafter.
The weeks exchanges are s. per cent
larger than In 1892 Crop reporters who
have widely differed now agree In put
ting the yield Of wheat about 5sO000.ON
to 5e0,OooOO0 bushels. which is nearly aoc.-
10000 bushels more than that which is
required for home use. keeping stocks
as they were July !. the lowest for sew
eral years.
The failures for the week were ~
against 29s last year. and % in Canada
against 46 last year.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-10-09
ANOTHER ROMANCE.
Thought She Saw Her Husbands Dead
Body.


Lyons. Ia. October s.-Several years
ago. at Port Byron. Ill. James Baird
was united in marriage TO Miss Dor
rance Later they moved to Chicago
and some time ago removed to this city.
On August IA. leaving no trace, Baird
disappeared. Some time afterwards there
appeared in the Chicago papers an ac-
count Of the finding OF the body OF a
man in a heap of rubbish in the rear of
"a Myrtle street Chicago. The description
which Tailed with that OF the missing
man. met the eye Of the wife, who went
TO Chicago. arriving there September s.
TO find that the body had been buried
in the Potter's field. The body was To-
Gated, disinterred. and it was found that
while decomposition rendered the fea-
lures unacceptable. the size Of the body
and the general appearance Of the hair.
heard and mustache resembled that of
the missing man. As n last test the
wife said that her husband who was a
soldier Of the late war, bore upon re
shoulder long. deep scar from wound
received in service. The clothing was
removed and there upon the shoulder
was a scar Of the kind described. Owing
to the condition OF the remains, 1t was
impossible to remove them. and they were
reinterred in the Pottr's field. while the
wife returned TO her home here. Now
her grief is turned to rejoicing, for the
husband mourned as dead returned home
last night, alive and well. He offers
no explanation of his absence and si-
lence beyond the statement that he had
been in Montana working at bridge build
ing.
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SUICIDE OF YOUNG GIRL

Chicago. October s.-Lying In a clump
of tall weeds with a revolver by her
side and bullet hole in the left temple.
the body Of young woman supposed
to be Jennie Oates, twenty years old.
was found late last night by Officer
Schmidt at a point midway between sOth
and s0th avenue on Goth street. In one
of the pockets of the dress was found
note which leads the police to believe
the woman committed suicide as the re-
suit of lovers quarrel. The note was
addressed to ]. Fell. 5719 Bishop street,
and in II the writer stated that she was
tired OF living and in fact tired OF ev-
erything. The note was signed Jennie
Oates" and bore the address Of Sse Fran
cisco street. She had lived at this place
two weeks, but nothing more is known
of her.
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and his word can DO relied upon ana the
lasting euro ho received should give cour-
age to others 10 Try Dr. Darhn's new
treatment BY electricity. The doctor wlil
remain In Astoria until November !. at
tho Occl1cm hotel and viii during the
remainder Of his stay treat al cases
at tho rate Of a. per week or IN that
proportion Of time US cases may require.
Tho poor treated free from 10 10 a. m.
daily except medicines. Regular ONCE
hours from 10 a. m 10 .. m. and 10
IN the evenings. He treats all chronic
diseases. blood tain,s. loss Of vital power
and early indiscretions permanently
cured, though no references arc ever
made in the press concerning such cases
owing TO the dsllcary OF the patients.
Examination free to all and circulars
will bo sent free to any address. All
private diseases conndenually treated
and cures guaranteed. Patients az dis
tance can be cured by home treatment.
Medicines and letters sent without the
doctors nnmo appearing.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-10-09
GEORGE THE MAN.

New York october S.-Of the twenty
democratic national committeeman who
have expressed themselves on the munI-
cipal campaign, thirteen held that Henry
George is the regular democratic candi-
date for mayor and some favor Tam
many. Thomas Macrum OF Indian Ter
rltory telegraphed the Journal:
1.-THE Henry George municipal ticket
for Greater New York should be sup
ported by democrats"
What NJ. Grant, of oklahoma. says:
"The democrats of oklahoma stand by
the Chicago platform and would support
for office no man who did not indorse
It,"
Alex Troup, of Connecticut, says:
'There can be but one answer to your
quory-Henry George on the Chicago plat
form, Alleged democratic organizations
which ignore the national platform are
unworthy Of confidence"
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SENATOR JONES
WILL BE NEUTRAL
DOES NOT TAkE SIDES ON INT CBEATfH
MN YORK CONTEST
The rOlls OF the Voters Do Not Agree as to
Who Mas the Advantage George
Supported by Outsiders.

New York. October s.-A dispatch TO
the w-orld from Washington says.
Senator Jones. chairman OF the dem
ocratlc national committee. says he will
take no part In Tho municipal contes;
in Greater New York. Senator Jones
tiischims any responsibility for the ac-
ton Of Secretary Walsh in indorslng the
candidacy OF Henry George. merely re-
marking that as an individual. Walsh
had a perfect righ; to take whatever
action he considered proper.
When asked as to what course he would
pursue regarding the situation In New
YORK. Senator Jones said
% 10 not think It within my duty
TO assume any authority In this matter
nan of the national committee do
not propose 10 b. drawn INTO 1t, for
have no authority 10 speak for the COM
mittoe. and It would be Impossible for me
TO act as an individual and divorce my
personality from my position as chair
man. There Is no occasion for me 20
indorso or disapprove the nomination OF
either Judge Van wyck or Henry
GcotFc"
In regard 10 the letter said 10 have
been written by Senator Jones 10 SEN
ator Murphy In which he Is reported
AS advising against a reafiirmation OF
the Chicago platform by the New York
state committee. the chairman said the
communication sounded very much like
what either he had written or said TO
someone in New York but he said II
II was written. 1t was not his intention
of having Il used as Il was In the New
York meetiuE. Chaii1nJn Jones said he
took the general ground thai the Chi
cago platform was binding upon every
democrat" and that nothing any state
or municipal convention might do could
add or take away from that platform;
It could neither be strengthened nor
weakened,
81 believe" said the senator. "as firmly
in bimctalllsm and the Chicago platform
as did the day that the platform
was adopted. and the battle OF 1900 is
to be fought on the same lines"
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REBELS WALK OUT
Town Of Quesaionango Abandoned and
Peace Desired

New York. october s.--A dispatch TO
the Herald from Guatemala says.
The news Of The evacuation Of Qucsal.
tenanso by the rebels and l,s rcoccupa-
iion hy The government forces Is fully
confirmed. The consular corps there has
sent the following message to Prcsiden,
Earrios;
The cl'y ot Qucaal,enango has been
abandoned hy tho rebels. nnd We have
notified General Garcia Leon. The city
has bccn yor some time without proper
authorities and an desiring the rc-estab
lishment Of order and peace respectfully
beg you 20 give tfc necessary orders
10 that effect Confiding IN your well
known rcc,itudc. Mr. President, We trust
the occupation OF Qucsaltcnango will
bring peace FOR which Qucsai,onango
prays and Il grateful. The CHJt-i 'cs
cruiser Alert has arrived 6 San J, c.
where she IL now anchored