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MORE KLoNDiKE LITERATURE.

PLACER MINING-A handbook for
 Klondike and other miners and pros
 pectors. Scranton, Pa: The Colliery
 Engineer Company.
 A MILE OF GOLD-By William M. Stan
 ley. Chicago: Laird & Lee.
 MINERS GUIDE MAP-San Francisco:
 H. R. Willis.
 There is no end to the publication of books about the Klondike and the Yukon River. Every day brings it's fresh issues and if gold is to be got by the aid of printed pages the Dawson digger of to- day has a chance never before given to adventurous men.
 The first of this triplet of books, all of which may be had at Doxey's, is of a severely practical nature, and issued by experienced mining people. It tells in de- tail the best way of reaching the dig gings, and, when you get there, the best method of winning gold from the frozen soil. The volume is we'll printed, of handy size for the pocket and Is embel- lished with useful map.
 The next volume is of an entirely diff ferent character. It is an attempt to weave a romance around the hardships and difficulties encountered in these Arc tic regions The author, 1t Is stated on the title page, recently returned from the Klondike with S112,O00 in dust and mug gets and S16, 900 000 in claims. There is cheerful vagueness about the latter DOT ton of this statement which is quite re- freshing in these prosaic, matter-of-fact days, and we trust MT. Stanley may real ize on his claims in full. Still it IS hard to see what connection the authors suc- cess in mining has with his ability as a writer. In this case the gulf seems too wide to be spanned, even by a golden bridge.
 The Miners GIlide Map is clearly print ed in colors, and shows on large scale the whole of the Alaskan gold fields. It is bound in convenient form for the pocket, together with diary, in which the incidents of the journey may be noted
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ON STREET CLEANING.

STREET CLEANING-By George E..
 Waring Jr. New York; Doubleday
 DoXey'S.
 Magazine readers will doubtless be fa- miliar with Mir. Warnings heroic attempt to clean the streets of New York. AS a Commissioner of Street Cleaning under Mayor Strong he was empowered to com pletely reorganize the department, and found himself face to face with task which put to shame Hercules contract for the sanitation of the Augean stables. However. being entirely freed from po- litical influences, MT. Waring succeeded admirably, and as the photographs in this volume show us, brought New York from the degradation of filth and ,slovenly mismanagement to the highest level of modern sanitation. There is room for such a man in San Francisco.
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FOR THOUGHTFUL USE.

THE MODERN READERS BIBLE
 New York: The Macmillan Company HELPFUL THOUGHTS-By E. D. Van
 der Leith. Carson; Dunn & Lennon DATE BOOK-By Edmund Routledge.
 New York: George Routledge & Sons
 This issue of the Modern Readers Bible includes St. Matthew and St. Mark and the General Epistles. The volume is of handy size and the modern literary style into which the language of the Bible has been converted brings before us the do-
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CARRIER PIGEONS
 FOR THE NAVY

HROFESSOR MARION of the Ma
 val Academy, who has done more
 than any other man to urge the organization of a carrier pigeon
 service for use in time of war, has received a large order from the Navy Department for a cer- tain form of quill of his invention, which is used in sending messages by pigeons, and preparations are being
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EMANUEL ELIAS.

rsEaINlSCENGES Of WlLLIAM WET
 MORE STORY-By Mary E. Phillips
 Chicago and New York: Rand, Nc
 Nally & Co. William Doxey, San
 Francisco.
 Not often does the New World furnish artistic celebrities to the Old, but in the case of William Wetmore Story America may claim the glory of having borne a son whose fame was European, creator who was the pride of his adopted land. Italy. Story's worldwide reputation has
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There are said to be 300 or more persons in London earning a living as pavement artists"-that is by drawing pictures on the pavement and collecting pennies from the crowds that gather. The ranks of this artistic fraternity now boast several lady artists, who, we'll educated and of considerable skill with the pencil. have adopted this profession" as means of supporting themselves.
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When the tiger passions were In us, And love as you loved me then.

Such are the words that the sculptor puts into the mouth of his Cleopatra, whose bracelets "bar with a purple stain her arms" and 1t Is small wonder that, thus dreaming of one who had been a tiger before she was a woman, he gave to the world a passionate Cleopatra such as had not yet been embodied in stone- But he had many another mood, tender, pathetic. sorrowful, even joyful; and among his finest inspirations was the To Victis, with it's final appeal:
 Speak, History; who Life's Victors? Un- roll thy long annals and say, Are they those whom the world called the victors-who won the success of a day? The Martyrs Nero? The Spartans who fell at Thermopylae's tryst, Or the Persians and Xerxes? His judges. or Socrates? Pilate or Christ?
 Those who wish further details of w. W. Story's works, in marble, verse and prose, must be referred to the 'Reminis- cences,'' which are full of interesting matter, but it is greatly to be regretted that the matter has not fallen into more skillful hands. An abler pen than Miss Phillips would have produced fascinat- ing biography out of materials which, in their present form, are but a fragrant potpourri.
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RICHARD LIE GALLIENNE.

Le
 
  of His personal habits recorded by  
 
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Sketched From the Original Painting by A. r. Nathe~s

sirable matter, while at the same time it will give such artists as desire to hold special exhibitions an opportunity to collect all their work from the va rious sources, and to so arrange and hang it as to show 1t to advantage.
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A SOUTHERN GENIUS.

IGERNE AND OTHER WRITINGS-By Arthur Handy Marks. New York: The De Vinne Press. For sale by Doxey
 It is pathetic story of young South
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The tale will be interesting for American women, since it professes to give a true account of the experiences of New Eng land maiden who marries a wealthy planter of San Domingo.
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HAGAR AND lSHMAEL.

it has been decided to have but one general exhibition in the autumn and to substitute for the other a series of exhibitions of individual artists.
 This will give contributors more time to produce new canvases, thereby mak-
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-HE San Francisco Art Association /@ finds that having two exhibitions O a year, at which artists are ex-
 pected to show only new work, is
 somewhat impractical, so after thoughtful consideration of the matter
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DEsPAIRING DEMOCRACY.

sATAN's INVISIBLE WORLD DIS PLAYED-By W. T. Stead New York: R. T. Fenno & CO. For sale at Doxey's, Palace Hotel, City.
 \ WITTY Frenchman once remarked ~ that MT Stead's cable address should n be registered as God, London" There is a good deal of GalIic eX-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-08
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Szki;ERa}ljll!!jl}SI55!44
GIFT FOR AN INVALID.
Unique and Charming Idea for Bring
ing Holiday Sunshine Into
Sick-ROom.

L Is there among your friends a weary
Invalid for whom you are longing to do
something beautiful and helpful at the
coming holiday season? If so, you can
not do better than to undertake the
preparation of wonder bag for Christ
Inas. A wonder bag is a large bag
filled with gifts from many friends,
which are to be drawn out on special
days, according to accompanying direc-
tons. 1t may be arranged to last for
any length of time-three months, six
months or a year-drawings being
made once, twice or thrice week, as
may seem best. Since the recipient of
the bag is not given list of the
donors, nor informed of the character
of the gifts, a double surprise awaits
her at such drawing. This contributes
not little to the novelty and charm
of the scheme.
Make "a strong bag of suitable mate
rial-cretonne, denim, canvas or linen.
Embroider it with initials, a monogram
or other suitable design, and finish it
with stout draw-strings of broad rib
bon. Since it is to hang in the sick
room for so long time it should be
made not merely durable and servicea-
BILE, but also dainty and attractive.
Wrap each article in tissue paper, US
ing many tints; mark it with the name
of the donor, and tie it securely with
narrow ribbon of a contrasting color,
leaving one end long enough to be used
in drawing it out. Pack the parcels
carefully in the bag, heavier ones at
the bottom, and let the long ribbons
hang outside at the top. Gifts appro-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-08

One strange result of Bismarck's
death has been the stimulus that it has
given to lottery speculation in Vienna.
Never since the terrible catastrophe at
the Ring theater have the offices been
crowded by so many thousands of SUI
perstitious spectators. The age of the
departed statesman 81 was, of
course, the favorite number. but it soon
became impossible to get even the frac-
ton of a ticket. All the factors and
multiples of the number were next
bought up with eager interest. and
there was a run on every other figure
even remotely connected with the
hero's life. Many serious gamblers de-
spise these arithmetical condolences
and follow the handbooks which assign
numbers to incidents and character
istlcs. One old woman entered an Of
flee and besought the clerk to tell her
what figures represented "Reichskanz-
ler." The compilers of the mystic lists
had omitted this important word.
However" said the official, ''Stag's hill
was Bismarck's favorite spot"-it is, in
fact, his burial place-''and stag is 90
"a first-class chance" The good lady
planked her hard-earned form on the
stag. but had no luck. Indeed, the
drawings so far have gone dead against
the believers in signs and omens-Lon-
don Vanity Fair.
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cites. Then she has her bath, long,
perfumed, comfortable affair After
that she attends to the comforts of her
husband, lighting his hubble bubble, OF
water-pipe, bringing his fresh robe, hot
coffee and slippers. If man of affairs
sits near, the children trooping in for
and to beg for money to buy
sweetmeats. The custom of giving
pence daily to the children is so uni
versal that it is practiced even by the
poor. Except the women of China DO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-08

The attempt to acclimatize the white
man in the tropics must be recognized
to be a blunder of the first magnitude.
All experiments based upon the idea
are mere idle and empty enterprises
foredoomed to failure. Excepting only
the deportation of the African races un-
der the situation of slavery, probably
no other idea which has held the mind
OF our civilization during the last 300
years has led to so much physical and
moral suffering and degradation or has
strewn the world with the wrecks of
so many gigantic enterprises. In the
tropics a white man lives and works
only as a diver lives and works under
water. Alike in moral, in an ethical
and in political sense. the atmosphere
he breathes must be that of another
region. that which produced him. and
to which he belongs. Neither physical
ly. morally nor politically can he be ac-
climated in the ropics.-Benjamin s.
Kidd.
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women enjoy such freedom of speech as
do the Turkish women, for there is alb
solutely nothing they cannot and will
not say. A married woman retains full
control of her property, for a Turk never
dreams of interfering with his wife's
matter how whimsical
of her money and chattels. Turkish
wemen are careless mothers. They as
sist in the household work, no matter
how many servants they have, just to
pass the monotonous time away.
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voice suddenly became coaxing. Il
know it is rude of me to laugh, but,
oh, Mr.. Camperton, you can't imagine
how funny you looked just now, when
you went hopping and Waiting about
and kneeling at my feet-for all tie
world like performing bear!"
Miss Kingsley" he managed to ar
ticulate, at last. His heart had almost
stopped at the moment of recognition,
but it was now beating furiously. Il
suppose this is your astral body. II
cannot be your real self"
"Oh. but it isl" said the girl. with
animation. Eve came over in the Cam
pania, which arrived this morning, and
we are stopping at this hotel until our
house is put in order"
"We?'
"Of course; papa and I. You don't
suppose | would come alone?"
Il didn't know. l was not ex-
actly expecting you to come at all.
Your plans, as l understand them,
would have kept you abroad the rest of
She year"
MISS Kingsley dropped her eyes.
st is always easy to change your
plans. you know" she said, betraying i
slight confusion.
you did not honor me with an ex-
PLANTATION of why you left Europe"
"But the motel" he exclaimed.
"The note, Mr.. Camperton?"
"Aud my letter? Do you mean that
you did not read my letter through
the one l sent to you at Hotel Cont
mental two days before my departure Q"
81 received no letter from you"
"But, Miss Kingsley, you-you an
swered it."
"You told me not to mention the sub
ject again, and you are annoyed be-
cause have insisted on reminding you
of that letter. But l only want to ex-
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THE ROUGH RIDERS.

Broadcloth, buckskin, coat of blue or tan,
Strip it off for action, and beneath you'll
find q man.
The boy that bucked the center and the
lad that roped the steer.
Chums in fighting fellowship-charging
with cheer.
Their horses are picketed leagues away,
Their sabers are on the nail:
They have taken the rifle at break of day,
They have taken the narrow trail.
The shimmering blade of the bayonet
Is red in the dawning sun:
Twill burn with rudder crimson yet
Or ever the work is done.
snow. why do the scavenger grave-crabs
go
A-clattering down the den?"
so, ask of the vulture lowering low;
1t may be that he can tell"
''Is yonder the CLEAN of mountain stream
Mid boscage, creeper and root?"
''Quick, drop We down in the jungle brown
And cuddle your stock, and shoot"
The hunters stripped to the cartridge belt
And stalked in the seething maze.
The Indian fighters crawled and knelt
And pulled at the rifle blaze.
Kentucky fought with a grim delight
And Texas with his soul;
But the football rusher reared his height
And plunged for the deadly roal.
They yelled disdain of the driving rain
OF steel that drilled and tore
If the wounded sobbed it was not for pain,
But that they could fight no more.
Then, volleying low at the hidden foe,
They rushed him-two to ten
They were trained in the rule of an iron
school,
And they were their colonels men.
glade,
And out in the jungle's marge
They harried him back Ger clotted track
And formed for the final charge.
Hark to the swell of the rebel yell,
The bugle, calm and clear,
The "uh-iuh-luh-loo'' of the tameless Sioux
And the roar of the Saxon cheer!
The Baresark awoke in the Teuton folk;
The -.oman was born anew;
The pride of the blood of the Maccabee
Revived in the fighting Jew;
While, up on the right, like a storm at
night,
Killed with the irving flame,
Their eyes ashine, in a steadfast line,
The negro troopers came.
Sons OF the past!-her best and last
At Freedoms bugle call
The Races sweep to the conquered keep
The flag that shelters all.
In peace We pirate of the needs of state
And winnow your meager souls,
Refining if this be truly great,
And quake at the clouded goals
When we trust our veal to the clashing
steel,
The land calls forth her own.
Then it's no! for the men of heart and
brain
md blood and Drawn and bonel
Broadcloth, buckskin, garb of blue or tan
Rip it with a bullet and beneath you'll
find a man.
Ebon- featured regular, swarthy volunteer,
Chums in fighting fellowship-charging
with a cheer.
Arthur Guiterman in Criterion.
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plain why wrote it. All Paris was COW.
Meeting your name with that of The
count, and there were persistent ru-
mors that you were to become his wife.
1t was common talk that your father
had set his heart on the match, and
nobody seemed to question your will
ingness to become countess.
"The rumors and the gossip had
most depressing effect upon me. l
think you know, Miss Kingsley, what
my own hopes were. l had loved you
for year, although had made no con-
fession. / could not believe that you
cared for the count, or that you would
sacrifice yourself for a title, even to
please your father. But the anxiety
and suspense became so intolerable that
| resolved to end the uncertainty and
learn my own fate. Owing to your IA
theirs espionage l was unable to find
an opportunity to speak with you
alone
$50 | wrote that letter. confessing my
love. begging the right to put an end
to the rumors concerning you and the
count, telling you how anxiously l
should wait for an answer and assur-
ing you that if my offer were rejected
would leave Paris and Europe and never
annoy you again"
81 never received the letter" she said,
softly. without looking up.
"Never received it! Then how do you
explain this answer" he demanded.
81 wrote that note-yes; but not in
answer to any communication from
you. 1t was not intended for you.
do not know how it came in your possess
sion. You will see that the upper part
of the sheet has been carefully cut Of
On the detached part was the name IF
the person to whom it was Addressed
She raised her eyes, and he saw that
there were tears in them. but before he
could speak she asked: did you send
your letter to me by post or messen-
ger?"
why l sent it by Tomasso the little
Italian, whom l often employed in that
way"
And he brought you the answer?"
Certainly"
"Ah! | think / understand it now"
she said, her expression showing he
light of a sudden conviction. Tomas
so, as we afterwards learned, was IN
the pay of this count, who employed
him to spy on the movements of people
whom he desired to keep under surveil-
lance. 1t was he, l am now sure, who
intercaDted vOur letter and Sent hack
to you this note. His object was to get
you out of the way. The note was orig
inally addressed to HMM reply to his
third proposal of marriage-and he cut
off his own name and sent it to you"
Camperton listened like one in d
trance. Then he cried out, sharply:
"Do you mean to say you are not en-
gagged to the count?"
Engaged! Why, hate him! He is
wicked. designing man. Papa himself
is convinced of that now. 1t was on his
account-to get rid of his persistent at
tentions-that | prevailed upon papa to
take me home before we had finished
our travels. Oh, Jack-Mr. Camperton.
how could you believe such thing Of
me?"
Ten minutes later, when they were
released from their Imprisonment in
the elevator, they parted with the I'M
Outstanding that they were to meet IN
the Kingsleys' parlor within an hour.
And there was vacant seat at the club
dinner that night-Woman's Home
Companion.
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In the Elevator
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HAMPERTON stopped at the hotel
| desk long enough to read the letter
which was handed to him with his key;
then he started for his rooms to dress
for the club dinner.
But the club dinner was no longer iii
his mind. The contents of that tier
engrossed his thoughts to the exclusion
of everything else.
1t was from his late travelling COM
panion, Birch, whom he had left III
Paris month ago, and who now wrote
from London to tell him that the Kings
leys had quit the continent and were in
tending to sail for America at once.
so the coast is clear, old man, and
you can come back, declared the writer,
persuasively. You were an idiot ever
to run away as you did. Join me here
in fortnight and We'll still be in time
for that Mediterranean trip"
Oamperton's jaws were set and his
brows contracted as he stepped into the
elevator.
He knew that the Kingsleys, in re
turning to America at this time, were
cuI lhSll vi X maj BiOS oiiiiiiN "
at least six months. And it was easy
to guess the reason.
They were coming home to prepare
for their daughters marriage to Ter
titled sutton. The count himself. no
doubt, would follow in a short time to
claim his bride.
"And l must get away before they
Iaoila1 no hI1I
go back to Europe by the next steamer
Through the mist of his mental alb
straction he observed that the elevator
had an occupant besides himself-a
woman who had seated herself in a
shadowy corner of the car-but her
presence did not change the current of
his thoughts.
The elevator came to sudden stop
so sudden. indeed, that Camperton, not
being prepared to check his upward
course all at once. involuntarily rose to
his tiptoes. waving his arms like huge
bird about to take fight, and then
pirouetted gracefully toward the other
passenger in the corner.
There is no danger, madam" he be-
gan, in has most reassuring tones.
"We're fast between two floors and
must wait awhile"
He stopped short as he noted, with
surprise and alarm, the attitude of the
lady. She was still sitting in her cor
ner and was holding a handkerchief
over her face. while little convulsive
guivers and shrugs of the shoulders in
dicated that she was weeping.
In his contrition and his desire "a
soothe her narrowed feelings he was
about to sit down beside her. when a
sound that was strangely like giggle
came from behind the handkerchief.
Camperton started up, flushing holly.
'Do forgive mel" and the Laughing
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pirate for special days, such as the
invalid's birthday, July A, April /, East
er Sunday, February %, very weary
day." a stormy Sunday" etc, may be
designated by tiny cards attached to
their ribbons. Most of the gifts, how
ever, should be left without dates in
order that the invalid may have the
privilege once in awhile of deciding
which ribbon to draw.-Belle NJ. Brain,
In Woman's Home Companion.
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WOMEN IN TURKEY.
They Enjoy Freedom of Speech and
Wives Retain Full Control of
All Their Property.

Divorce is rare among the Turkish
peasantry and the peasant women seem
far happier than their weather. sis
tiers. The peasant man of Turkey is an
upright, wholesome fellow, is kind to
his wife and family and not capricious,
as is the Turk of luxury. Turkish la
dies of rank are as addicted to cigar
cites and coffee as are tha,i, husbands.
Every Turkish lady starts in her day
with cup of coffee and several cigar
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To California.

Attention is called to the excellent serv-
ice of the Northwestern Line to Califor-
MIA and the favorable rates which have
been made for single and round-trip tick
cts for this seasons travel. Best accom-
modations in frst-class or tourist sleeping
cars, which run through every day in the
year. Personally-conducted tourist car
parties every week to California and
Oregon. Choice of large number Of
different routes without extra charge.
Particulars cheerfuily given upon appli-
cation to agents Chicago Northwestern
R'y, OF connecting lines.
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Only Important Question.

Suitor-I fear it is a great presump
ton on my part, sir, to aspire to YOU
daughters hand, as l only keep 4
shop.
The Father-That does not matter
young man; the question is, Does tn
shop keep you?-London Punch.
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She-I shall never, never cease to enjoy
the memories of my college days.
He-What incident connected with them
is brightest in your memory?
She--Let me see-oh, yes! those elegant
ice cream sodas we used to get down at the
village apothecary' !-Roxbury Gazette