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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12

ports the Countess Nelka in the sacrifice,
worse than death, to which me- parents
brought Ter. Never before has French
cook been made so attractive and heroic
peryersion OF his work
The authors strength Of feeling about
the place and training of women is quaint
" shown. The book. if it were not so
healthily a story. would be story with
a purpose Sermons on the duty of pro-
tecting girls from the consequences of too
much ignorance: on the benefit of teach
ing them an occupation, on the inefficieucy
of women workers-in short on half
hundred topics about the place OF the
modern Woman-bristle i'll the shade; but
they never come out and bark or bite.
Charles SCribners Sons, New York.
81 800
The Forestry Division of the United
States Department of Agriculture has
published the first part of a Primer of
Forestry, by Clifford Pinchot. in which N
exposition is made of the most essential
facts of forest life. A second part will
tical forestry. Mr.. Pinchot has shown
great skill in presenting scientific concep-
tions in popular and interesting but
exact manner; and the large. number of
well-chosen illustrations which accom-
pany the text of the book make his mean
ing clear even to those who have no
previous knowledge of the subject.
The primer describes the way in which
tree takes food, breathes, grows, forms
wood, strives for a foothold struggles
with it's fellows helps its neighbors ind
Is helped by them, grows old and becomes
ripe for Inc AK and tells what enemies
1t has to fear. The most interesting part
of the primer is the chapter on the life
of forest
"a forest tfee is in many ways as much
dependent upon it's neighbors for safety
and food as are the inhabitants of town
upon one another. The difference Is that
in town each citizen has a special call
ing or occupation in which he works for
the service of the commonwealth, while
in the forest every tree contributes to the
general welfare in nearly all the ways in
which it is benefited by the community.
A forest tree helps to protect it's neighbors
against the wind which might overthrow
them, and the sun, which is ready to dry
up the soil about their roots, or to make
sun cracks in their bark by shining too
holly upon 1t. 1t enriches the earth in
which they stand by the fall of its leaves
and twigs, and aids in keeping the air
about their crowns, and the soil about
their roots cooler in summer and warmer
in winter than it would be If each tree
stood alone. With the others il forms a
common canopy under which the seed
lings Of all the members of this protec-
tive union are sheltered in early youth,
and through which the benef1cent influ-
ence of the forest is preserved and ex-
tended far beyond the spread of the trees
themselves. But while this fruitful CO.
operation exists, there is also present,
just as in village or city, a vigorous
strife for the good things Of life. For
tree the best Of these. and often the hard
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12

period in California. at the very end Of
which we are standing. (The Macmillan
Co. New York. The Ralstons, 81 90;
"A Drama in Sunshine 81 500
Cattle Ranch to College," by Russell
Doubleday is the story of the life of a
boy in the Far West''-that is, in Da-
kota, Wyoming and Montana-twenty-
five years ago. 1t is practically a true
story. The impression of monotonous
and dreary hardship, and still more mo-
notonous and dreary ideas and amuse-
ments, produced by the account Of one
bitter struggle and barren sport after an
other, is .pathetically confirmed by one
or two little touches of the boys life.
What a picture of family life in the
fathers jeering at his son for being beat
en- in a fight with grown man. What
an Had of deprivation in the words: "Of
of skill and strength dear to the town
dweller our boys knew nothing; their
amusements were akin to their work-to
ride well and to shoot straight was a
matter of business as well as pleasure
for them
The book is painfully illustrated with
photographs. Their hard perversions Of
sunlight and color make them wearisome
to the eye, so that~the little marginal
sketches, mere hints of grass-tufts or the
outlines of a lamp, afford an extraordi-
nary relief by their touches Of art and
grace. The book itself suffers from a
similar monotonous hardness Of effect.
1t is impressive, however as q record Of
thp> stubborn resistance to every kind of
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obstacle which gives the. American, like
like the Scotchman and the Eng ishman
so much power and force. doubleday q
Mcclure Co, New York, 81 800
The, Mickey Finn Idyls,' by Ernest
Jarrold. is one of the best of the long
list of books dealing with the home life
of the Irish laborer, 1t is composed OF
a series of disconnected stories, each Civ
ing an account of some interesting cpl
sode in the life of Mickey Finn. Although
the main part of the book is full of pure
Irish fun and humor, 1t contains also a
charming element of pathos and love for
nature seldom found in this class of
books. One of the prettiest of these is in
the chapter where Mickey is described as
finding his mother in tears because she
could secure no shamrock for her birth
day ito mind her of the vale O Glen
more" Mickey resolves to go to the
woods in the deep snow to rock where
he knows some Yankee shamrock
grows. ito put it aroun' the sugar bowl
agin' the mornin'." His return home with
the arbutus through the snow and storm
against which he plodded until he 1e.l into
the road exhausted and freezing, offers
one of the prettiest touches in the book
OF pure fun perhaps the best chapter is
on Mike Welsh's ram. This ram, recent
ly brought to Coney Island, proved to be
a dangerous one. 1t happened that Pat
sey Fogarty was passing through the
field, when the ram furiously charged
upon him. AS a measure of safety, Pat
sey seized him by the horns and was
owner, came by. Lave go O. that ramt
shouted Mike. running up. rs it tryin
to stale him We are?'' Devil a stale
him. replied Patsey; II was just seem
had he any strength In his neck. Come
down and hoult him a minute, Mike
FaiX, he's stronger nor a bull rs that
SOP" replied Mike, jumping over the wall ;
give me a hout of him. till 1 see is he
that sthrong" Patsey then went cheer
fully to the fence and laughed at Mike,
whose face was dripping with perspira-
ton, while the whole village soon assem-
bed on the fence, offering comforting re-
marks, and Mike still held on. struggling
violently He was not released until
Mickey Finn came along, seized the ram S
tail and aided Mike to throw him over
the fence.
Mickeys accounts of the wonderful
things he learns in his history and geog-
raphy are very amusing, as is also the
story of the taking of the census. The
whole book is indeed cleverly written and
very entertaining. doubleday & Mcclure
Co. 81 25.)
To read california Fruits by Profess
sor Wickson, is to smell the perfume of
the apple blossoms and the orange flowers
in the orchards the scent of wild sage
and manzanita blooms from the hills, and
almost imagine that you have a largo
sized check from the Fruit Growers
Union in your inside pocket. 1t is book
for the fruit grower to read, study and in
parts commit to memory.
It Is thoroughly Californian in every
line, and not a rehash Of some pamphlet
on Truck Gardening that was written
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its revenge. The sense of this intimate
connection between art and life has i'm
his lectures on Art and Morality" to an
earnest warning against the view of art
often taken IN our day, that it is a thing
its own and directed by laws Indifferent
TO ordinary laws of morality. Wildly as
we may differ from individual Judgments,
French critic, the soundness of his atti-
tude In this lecture must be admitted by
every one who believes there is such a
duct. Human life is whole, and the
claims of righteousness leave no depart
ment of life outside of their bounds-least
tinctively human of all departments of
life: Professor Beatty of the University
of Wisconsin has translated the lecture
with ingenuity, delicaCy and force IT. Y.
Crowel & Co, New York; So cents)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12
BY Joel Chandler Harris.

taken so that its place shall in time be
filled again by another noble tree, to be
cut in its turn? Finding the right answer
to these questions is forestry
The Forestry Division Of the Bureau of
Agriculture is engaged in finding the right
answer from practical point of view.
There is 40 subject more misunderstood
and misrepresented than the activities of
this division. 1t is not esthetic or senti-
mental or possessed by a mania for keep
ing forests untouched. 1t is as hard
headed about a forest as a bullpuncher on
a ten-yoke team. The practical side of
its work is shown by the fact that large
owners of timber lands in the Adiron-
dacks are operating their property under
system recommended by the Govern
ment expert. and that owners of redwood
lands on this coast are cooperating with
the Government in support of scientific
investigation of the best method for adj
ministering those lands Cramped for
means as the division is it has done
much useful work; and it shows wisdom
in issuing such little manuals as the one
under consideration, with view to public
education.
The peculiar Importance of forestry IN
this State is the justification for tIving
this little book so much attention in these
columns. The ruin of our forests, even
the clearing of our brushlands in some
places. would be sheer act of financial
suicide. In some parts of the State the
preservation of woodlands to act as
storage and distributing reservoirs is a
matter of life and death as Mr.. Kinney
says. Farmers and fruit growers know
learned BY cruel experience how I'M
portant the forest is to them; the miners
of California can profit by their lesson
The torrents which flow over a deforested
country carry great quantities of mud
which silt up rivers and shoal larbors
For the lumberman himself if he owns
land, the preservation of the forest is of
Importance. In short, all and every in
habitant of this State has direct interest
in forest preservation. To some it means
ALL to some a little, to most it means
much The public-spirted energy of the
Department of Agriculture should be sup
ported by the whole commonwealth Of
California.
The primer is distributed free of
charge and may probably be most easily
obtained through the local Congressman.
Macmillan & Company have published
new editions of f. Marion Crawford's
1.-THE Ralstons." and of Horace Annesley
VachelPs "a Drama in Sunshine" The
fundamental soundness of public taste is
shown by the uniformly high excellence
of books that obtain the honors of a re-
print. To-day's admiration may be a
craze; to-day's neglect blindness; but
yesterdays admiration that lasts to-day
is pretty sure to be well founded. Katha-
rine Lauderdale will look out from the
young and beautiful for many long day
yet And it will be long before IA Drama
in Sunshine" ceases to pulsate with life.
ing just now because 1t deals with q
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"AIammon & Co." by E. F. Benson, the
author Of "Dodo." is a novel Of the
smart" set in London society and Of
the high finance which uses the smart
set for advertising purposes. Mr..
Abingdon was dnancieT. q doatey
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12

A whimsical. tender, touching, charm
ing. gay, sad book full of fresh LIE Is
'Dionysius the WeaYer's Hearts Dear
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
EXCELLENT.
What Maj. Harrison Says
About the Beet.

Washington Jan. 4.-Major Hopkins,
military aide to the secretary of war,
testified before the war investigation
commission regarding sanitary condi-
tions at the camps at Tampa, Camp
Thomas and Camp Alger.
Maj. Harrison, Ninth volunteer in
fantry, whose regiment was raised
near New Orleans, and is now in SER
vice at Santiago, was next called. Con-
cerning commissary stores, he said
those in the United States we're the
best that could be bought in the open
market. The refrigerated beef sent
from this country, he said, was eX-
cellent. He had had much experience
with refrigerated meat, and he said
that While there was some disposition
on the part of the regimental cooks to
cavil at the appearance of meat, it was
in reality quite good.
He explained that the sudden change
of temperature on removing the meat
from the ships produced what is known
as beard" a greenish growth that
had to be scraped off. When this was
done the meat beneath was perfectly
good. 1t was served to the men with
the excellent results and benefited the
sick materially.
ut lIOuDl6 Cdlllt NnSn Nlle
change as made to hoof cattle sent
from Porto Rico. This beef Maj. Har-
rison killed himself and personally SUI
perintended its dressing and cooling.
But it would not cool in that climate," !"
he said emphatically.
The meat never lost its animal heat
and with its use our sickness increased.
10 per cent. In a country where our
dead purified in six hours, you will
easily understand that meat exposed
to the atmospheric changes with CO.
agulated blood and the attacks of flies
will spoil much sooner. Our board of
survey"had no work to do except con-
demning and burying this local killed
beef"
Of the canned meat, Maj. Harrison
spoke with equal emphasis, saying that
1t was fully as good as the refrigerated
beef, was well received by the men,
and none Of 1t had to be condemned.
Witness said he was thoroughly ia
miliar with the processes of lefriger-
ating and butchering meat, and he was
willing to state positively that there
were no chemicals used in any of the
American beef that passed under his
observation. He said that there was
no chemical preparation that could be
used on the meat with advantage to
the packers, and without running their
product before they could get 1t to the
army. He regarded it as highly i'm
probable that anything of the sort had
been attempted.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
Hero's Fannei is
Perpetuated.
BUST OF BENCHLEY
Given BY Generous But
Unknown Donor.

| Worcester's first hero of the Cuban
war, Lieut.. Edmund N. Benchley, will
be immortalized in marble thanks to
the generosity of. public man who
will not as yet disclose his identity.
| I. j, McAuliffe has finished a magni-
ficent marble bust of the youthful mar
tyr, which will be presented to the
English high school, Jan. 20. Appro-
PIRATE exercises will be given on that
occasion, committee from the school
committee, consisting of Rev. DR.. Aus
TIN ). Carver, Charles r. Johnson and
! Or. John I. Duggan, having been ap-
pointed to conduct the exercises.
me bust is work of scuIptural
beauty and reflects credit on the
ability and conscientiousness of Mr.,
| McAuliffe. 1t is of heroic size. with
1 the head set in dignified and military
| pose. Critics who have seen the hust
! poronounce 1T a good piece of model
ing as well as work of high art. The
features are pleasing and bear a. dig
| nllled expression as well as showing.
| true to life, the characteristics Of
Lieut.. Benchley. The bust is enfireIv
devoid of stiffness and conventionali-
tles SO common to the ordinary por-
| tralture in marble. The whole expres
sion or the face is as Worcester people
remember Lieut.. Benchley in his school
poy days, with an additional firmness
| and dignity which his military train
| tenance.
| The bust is chiseled from statuarv
| marble from the Cararra auarries Of
Italy, famous throughout the world
Tor the excellence of the stone There
| are also associations connected with il
winch add interect to it, The piece
OF marble from which the bust was cut
was portion Of the block from which
tne statue OF Paul Revere, which has
recently been erected in the town han
or revere, was chiseled
Inc hsure represents Lieut.. Bench
| icy IN the uniform of the United States
army which he wore when he was shot
down. On the collar of the coat are
the crossed guns Of the infantry. and
over them the figure 6, denoting his
regiment. The shoulders are draped
with the United States flag, which sur
round the work with an air of patriot
ism.
| Inc PEDESTAL on which the bust will
stand is made of Branford red granite
from the quarries of Norcross Brothers
IN stony Creek, CT. The total height
| OF the pedestal, including the base, is
thI ee leet SIX lncneS. The base which
IS RED granite also, is 1S inches square
| the PEDESTAL itself is, three feet high
Il is IA inches square at the base
| slightly tapertng to IL inches square al
! the top. Above the pedestal is a white
marble moulded plinth, eight by eleven
inches. The bust itself will weigh
about $50 pounds The total weight OF
| the bust and pedestal will be about a
| ton.
| A bronze plate will be placed on the
face of the pedestal. 1t will bear an
Inscription telling where Lieut. Bench
ley was killed, and also the name of
| the donor.
| Although the work of Mr.. McAuliffe
is worthy of great praise from an ar
tistic standpoint alone, it deserves still
] greater praise because the sculptor
worked from photographs alone. The
family of the dead lieutenant pronounce
it wonderful likeness.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
INDIANS PARDoNED.
Attorney General Thinks That No Further
Punishment is NECESSARY

Washington, Jan. 4.-The president has
pardoned the u Leech Lake Indians SEN
fenced to various terms of Imprisonment
and find at the late term of the United
States district court for Minnesota, for re-
sisting the United States marshal in MAX
ing an arrest. In his recommendation of
pardon, the attorney general says: "fhe
law has now been yindicated and the pow
er of the government established by the
stern lesson administered. In my judg-
ment no further punishment is necessary
to enforce the respect of the Indians for
the authority of the federal court, and |
believe that executive clemency shown at
this time will be beneficial"
The secretary of the interior concurred
in these views. The president has also
pardoned William G. Sorter, now under
going a life sentence for the murder of
Albert Lang in Indian territory in 1888.
The circumstances connected with the
killing excited wide sympathy for Sorter,
and persons conyersant with all the facts
believe that the killing was manslaughter
and not murder. A pardon also has been
granted in the case of Francis E. Brown,
convicted in Connecticut in 1895 for max
ing counterfeit coins.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05

state highway extending from the Me-
rino bridge TO Dudley hill, a distance of
two and a half miles. Selectman Ne
gus has been circulating petition, and
has secured all the prominent names
in Dudley. Hon. Eben S. Stevens, the
mill owner and Mr.. Love will interest
themselves in the matter.
At a meeting of the Brotherhood of
Painters and Decorators, last night, one
candidate was initiated.
Miss May Digit has returned to the
Boston art school,.
Frank Wilbur has returned from a
visit in Gardner
David H. Morton, representing the
Arlington & Sims Electrical Company
of Providence, r. T., is in town, and is
at work at the electric light station
remedying defect.
A kerosene lamp exploded night or
two ago at the residence of Edward
Shanley, and in an instant the room
was on fire. Prompt efforts of Mr..
Shanley and two men quelled the
flames. Patrick Prout, insurance
agent and Chief Pattison investigated
the case Wednesday.
Mrs. Michael Newman, while doing
her domestic duties, fell to the floor,
sustaining painful injuries.
Samuel B. Childs is confined to his
home from complicated diseases.
Patrick Haggerty aged 70, father of
Hon. Charles Haggerty, suffered a
stroke of paralysis tonight, and is in a
precarfous condition. Mr.. Haggerty
has been identified with the manufac-
turing of gas in the town for the past
40 years.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
SPAIN IS INCLUDED.
Items for Minister at Madrid and Con-
sular Offices Included in Draft of Mr..
Hits Bill.

Washington, Jan. 4.-Chirman Hit,
of the committee on foreign affairs, has
completed the first draft of the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
and it will be submitted soon to the
full committee and reported to the
House. 1t will contain the usual item
for a United States minister at Madrid
and for consular officials throughout
Spain, and will omit the quota of con-
sular officers for the colonial possessions
Of Spain which are no longer under her
sovereignty. Beyond this there will be
nothing notable in the bill save in rec
ognizing and providing for such ambas-
sadors as have been advanced from the
rank of ministers. The bin may afford
a text for considerable debate on the
foreign policy of the government with
reference to the newly acquired pos
sessions.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
MARVIN HAS A PAGE.

City Messenger Charles Marvin will at
tend the annual banquet of the City Mes
sengers Club, which is booked for Jan
banquet will be held. but City Messenger
Allen Of Lynn, who is president of The
tel.
Mr.. Marvin feels grateful to President
Henry Brannon of the board of aldermen
since the meeting Monday evening. Presi-
dent Brannon Informed him that the
board had elected page which meant
that Mr. Marvin will not be Obliged to
chase back and forth the length Of the
corridor between the city council cham
berg. Several members of the school com
mittee have signi1ed their intention of
appointing a page for the meetings 10. re-
lieve Mr.. Marvin Of service there The
purpose of the change is not so much to
work Of the committee being properlv al Z
tended TO: Al any time during the meet
ing Mr.. Marvin is liable TO call from the
building.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
DIGGING BY STEAM.
Work Of Sewer Department Employing ln-
genicus Methods.

genicus Methods.
| Hardly man. woman or child passes
along Green street without giving consid-
cradle attention to the work which the
sewer department is doing in that street
! preparatory to cutting a tunnel through
for the separating screw system The
method employed by the department in
cutting the shafts from which work will
be pushed is interesting to everybody.
The ground which was frozen to a
depth of about two feet, was first thawed
by steam from the engine which has been
erected to operate the Carson trench rig
ging The space which the department.
proposes to dig is covered by boards in
| the top Of which are bored many small
holes. All these holes but one are plugged
up, and into that one an iron pipe con-
| nected with the boiler is placed The
| sides OF the boards are banked with sand
so that no steam can escape. When the
steam is turned on from the boiler it en-
| ters the ground and undoes the work OF
Jack Frost rapidly. small pipe is used
| so that 1t can be thrust into the ground
| thawing to greater depth becomes an
parent. One after another the holes are
used, and, when all have held the pipe,
the ground beneath is as soft as in spring
The shafts in Green street are now as
deep as is necessary, and the departme
VIII at once start on the tunnels The
sides of the shafts are braced by boards
to keep the dirt from falling. AS the
tunneling progresses boards will be used
to prevent the dirt from creeping and fall
ing into the opening which has been made
under the street. There is no danger of
the dirt caving in. but without boards to
brace the sides and top a sufficient
amount would fall to make work more
The tunnel in Water street. when fin
ished, VIII easily lead the list in length,
for IT will be extended through Grafton
street under the railroad tracks and into
summer street. To what distance In The
latter street 1t will run has not been de-
termined The chances are however. an
open trench will be made from some
where near Asylum street to a point near
begain to run into Lincoln street.