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brother. The scheme was adopted. Not
stopping there, he bought the West
Shore, which had been leased by the New
York Central, directly into the New YORK
Central and. consolidated the offices
PLANS A TRANSCONTINENT
Operations under the new ARRANGEMENT
have proved successful. New York Cen
trail stock began to go up as soon as MS
plans began to be comprehended, ana IL
is now selling higher than it has sold
in wears. and this is said to be due solely
to his manipulation and the possibilities
of increased dividends as result or his
new combinations.
1t is said that he has no intention or
stopping here, and that he means to
realize what has been the dream of many
, railroad mana transcontinental line.
This plan is said to be practically matur-
ed. and it is said that the Vanderbilt in
terests will within a short time have
line from ocean to ocean, and that the
realization of it will be the handiWork OF
William K. Vanderbilt.
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ON OUR BOOK TABLE.
From the publishers:

From the publishers:
Little Brown & Co., Boston-"Ten
Times One and Other Stories" by Edward
Everett Hale.
Laird & LeeI Chicago-'Dreams and
Omens." modernized and alphabetically
arranged by Madams Carlotta De Barsey,
rs cents.
Rand. McNally & Co., Chicago. sense
and Satire" by William l.. Breyfogle.
F. Tennyson Nicely, New York-"Prince
Timotes," by David s; Foster.
1.-THE, Holy Family, Christmas Medita-
Charles H. sergel &C.. chicago-''The
Small, Maynard & Co. d.. Boston@.'A Lo-
sal g i Habitation,' by Walter Leon Sawyer,
aaae Baco no. BY m %oTd M Ss% Cd
tied by Prof Henry Morley.
Government Printing Office. Washing
ton-"A Primer of Forestry by Clifford
Nelson Chesman & Co, New York
Newspaper Rate Book
From the St. Paul Book and Stationery
D. Appleton & Co. New Yorkz.'.The
Story Of the Living Machine, by H; ":
Quests" No. Ill Nature Study Readers,
by John M. Troegeri A; M; B. s.
Marebibg WITH MIMI Gomez co BY GroTer
Flint; Meadow Grass by Alice Brown,
so cents.
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York-'.The
Mabie. $1.25
Harper & Bros. New York-"He. She
and They by Albert Lee. 81: kit Ken
so: forward March, story of the
rough riders, by Kirk Monroe, 81.
Lee & Shepard. Boston.-..Little Prudy's
Children by Sophie May, Is cents;
or,t he QIIf 1y1TaU W
Gordon Parker SIPS; ''To Alaska for
Cold" by Edward Stratemeyer. 81; Hen
ry in the War; by Gen. 0. o. Howard,
SIPS; 1--WE Four Girls" by Mary G.
Darling $1.25; 1.-THE House With Sixty
Closets by Frank s. Child, 81. rs; "An
Undivided Union" by Oliver Optic. 81 so;
Grace LIE Baron, 81; "Beck's Fortune
by Adele 2. Thompson, 81. so.
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and a deep interest, which is maintained
to the end. .o -,
II The story is introduced by prologue,
wherein is given a brief picture of Gran
bigh Hold in Deyonshire, England, where
its master lies dying of drink, surrounded
by a plying wife and frightened child.
The story proper opens with Hester.
Wynn's beginning of the dread which
shadows her life for some time She is
i'll Ireland with friends, and one evening
has a premonition of evil. and later, sees
a man approach the house stealthily.AI-
though he is frightened away by the APP
-pearances of firearms in the hands of
three lusty. young freshmen, who assure
Hester that his only mission to the house
was to steal fruit, she cannot shake off
the sense Of fear that he came to do her
harm. Later in the night she, goes to
the window and sees the man standing
near the house. In~the morning she finds
a piece of paper on the lawn, upon which
is drawn a rough sketch of the house,
with her sleeping room marked upon it
with cross Yet, she cannot under
stand why one should harm her She
comes into a fortune in years time, but
now she is dependent upon her guardian,
who lives in London with a son and
daughter. This guardian is a woman
whom Hester dislikes, and whose gloomy
old home in London seems like a prison
to the girl, the only redeeming point
about it being the presence Of her guar
dams daughter. Shortly after the episode
in Ireland Hester leaves her friends, and
returns to her London home. Here she
finds that jesse the sson, has returned
home. Even from the first he seems
to know-that she is the victim of a fear
| full dread and sometimes 4exasperates her
by talking to her of lferfears, telling
her that it is her nature te@haye peculiar
fancies, and that her eyes are the kind,
which see Invisible things. She is in Lon
don only a few days, when strange things
occur at night In her room, she hears
footsteps which pause at her door, and
sometimes she awakess to find a presence
in her room.
These things alarm the family, who
think her, mad, and she IS sent, away UNI
der the protection of nurse to a quiet
country place on the mcorlands.
Here all goes well until nessevening
III esse makes an NllexpGdtsI. aHpsa rance
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ters father, Bill Hicks, arc superb bits
of writing.
The story is of a girl loved by two men,
one Of whom gives her up after strug=
gle with himself and acts as pastor in
tying the knot which binds her to the
other, The heroine meers her death on
the wedding night at the hands of her
father, who fancying that her husband
is connected with a gang looking for
n1oonshine whisky makers, attempts to
kill him, the girl throwing herself in
front of her husband just in time to re-
ceive the deadly charge from her father $
weapon.
The hero of the play, young Clayton,
goes into the mountains from an East
err city to look after some property in
terests of his father. There he meets
his fate Easter Hicks, riding home on
a bull with bag of meal thrown across
his shoulders. After a long effort to get
acquainted with her, Clayton succeeds in
Interesting her and sets about trying to
teach her some of things which an I'M
couth mountain girl should know All
this finally results, much tc the surprise
of Clayton, in Casters falling in love
with him. sherd Raines, a man who had
loved Easter from childhood, takes the
matter much to heart and resolves to
kill Clayton, but Raines sees a vision or
something in the nick of time seeks out
Clayton and beseeches the latter to mar
ry the girl. Clayton consents, but goes
back to his refined home for considera-
BILE time and regrets his action. Return
ing. tie the mountains, however, and see
ing aEaster a dream of loveliness in
clothes as fashionable as those. of the
girls of New York, the old regard for
her comes back and the wedding occurs
in due time, with the swift and tragic
sequel related above.
Foxss story of how Easter beat sherd
Raipes at a..rife shoot. the prize being a
rife and turkey. is cleverly told. He
says - - ID.
Az -eyesSf followed every zntoys tent ri
~
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the girl as she coolly stretched her long.
active figure on the ground, drew her
dress close about it, and, throwing her
yellow hair over her face to shade ner
eyes from the slanting sunlight, placed
her cheek against the stock of the gun
A long suspense followed. A hush al
most Of solemnity fell upon the crowd
"'Why don't the gal shoot?' asked a
i'Clay on saw what the matter was
and, stepping towards her, said quietly,
You forgot to set the trigger.
1.-THE girls face colored. Again her eye
glanced along the barrel, puff Of smoke
few from the gum and and shout came
Ieaped into the air and fell, beating the
ground with s wings In an instant g
young mountaineer had rushed forward
and seized it. and. after a glance, dropped
it with yell of triumph.
Shot plum through the eyes! he
shouted, Shot plum through the eyes
AS Raines had previously fired and
missed, the girl was. of, course the VIM
ner
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Oriental America Publishing company
Sioux Falls, s. D., is designed primart y
to be a handbook for all students, ed
wish accurate and full information in
this matter. 1t covers the period from
the beginning of the revolution in Luz IN
in 1858, to the present time. 1t is in the
form of excerpts from the official orders
of military leaders. the proclamations
and statements of the Spaniards and the
FiIipinos quotations from addresses of
prominent men and the opinions of COM
petent judges 1t Is not an argument or
speech or sermon, but Is simply the
desire to use for reference in discussing
the Philippine problem.
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SINGULAR CANE.
It's Utilization in "a Crooked Gam
bling establishments.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
.1,beres an odd little story connected
with this old cane" said a New Orleans
sporting man the other day. you will
observe how heavy it is, and how the
ferrule comes down to a sharp point. 1t
used to be carried by an cid chap who
was a we'll known character here back
in the '70s He had an interest in very
crooked gambling house. l won't hurt
anybody's feelings by mentioning the ex-
act location, but 1t was a saying that you
might as well slide your money under
the door and walk off. II saved time.
This old fellow I'm speaking of never
orerated any Of the games. but was APP
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chester Wymne."

''The Strange Story of Hester Wynne,"
. by G: Colmore d. Appleton & Co, New
York. For sale by the ST. Paul Book
and Stationery company.
The story is told by Hester Wynne, and
is we'll named, for it is essentially
strange. In an earlier work, "a Daughter
Of Music" the author gave promise of
impressive and dramatic qualities, which,
in the STORY of.3Hester WYnne," show
forth developed and strengthened. There
is quality and character about her work
which is delightfully."- refreshing. and lin
this volume is found a grasp of motives
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Difference i'm Speed.

An average pedestrian covers about 80
inches in each step. An average wheel
man at one revolution of his pedals (tne
equivalent of a Step) covers about II feet.
void of fatigue he usually raises his foot
twice as often In the same time. thus
covering 81 feet while the pedestrian goes
two and a half feet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01

farm. in Franklin. fell into large els
tern. Mrs. Stanley jumped into the els
tern and attempted to save the child.
but both were drowned before help ar
rived
Mr. Stanley left home at 4 o'clock and
returned one hour later and discovered
the tragedy.
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"a Mountain Europa" by John Fox Jr.
Harper & Bros, New York and Lon
don, publishers. For. sale by st. Paul
Book and Stationery Co. IL
john Fox Jr., who has gained a lasting
place among novelists through his clev-
er painting of life in Dixie, done in the
dialect of the common people of the
South, has, written a book around the
mouHtaineers- of the Cumberland and
Pine ranges which is in some respects
better than any of his earlier efforts.
His. character sketches of sherd Raines,
Faster FIicks,S the heroine, and the lat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
BRAVE MOTHER DIED.

Gave Her Life In Attempt to Save
That of Her Child.
TECUMSEH. Mich. Sept 3O.-This af-
ternoon an infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Stanley. living on the Reynolds
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can Undivided Union,"

can Undivided Union. ~ by Oliver Optic
CIV. T. Adams). Completed by Edward
Stratemeyer. Cloth. SEmblematic COW
er, 4S3 pages Illustrated. Lee & Shep-
ard, Boston, publishers: Price, 81 so;
Stationery company. y
1t calls up a wealth OF remembrance
to see the name of '.OHver Optic" upon
title page, and while it is a sad thought
for all boys that it can never stand upon
another new book, they will be glad to
know that his unfinished last work, IAN
Undivided Union," has been completed
according to the outline left by the great
writer at his death two years ago. Mr..
Edward Stratemeyer,s author of the ia
nous cold Glory Series has, after long
and careful study of$ the campaigns
forming the military setting of the .'Blue
and Gray-On Land-SarieS,' OF Which
this is the sixth and concluding volume,
ably and successfully brought the story
to such a conclusion as was evidently.
intended. The Riyerlawn cavalry are
taken through the Tennessee campaign,
and participate with honor in the great
battle of Chickamauga.' The Lyons and
Beltherpes face many dangers and per-
lis amid which romance is sl1ilfully WOW
ell, and are left, very. happily situated,
having helped to preserve AN Undivided
Union This book Isl the one hundred
and eighth to bear the name Of optic,
and the publishing house to which Mr.
Adams was so loyal is able to show an
actual sale of than 100000 copies
of his various works, while the demand
for all still continues with undiminished
popularity It Is gratifying that this I'M
ffnished werk has now been so. well pre-
scented to the public.
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mDreams and Omens."

Dreams and Omens" Arranged by
Madame Carlotta di Barsy. Laird s.
Lee, Chicago. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company.
Such work as this, of course, is all
very we'll for the superstitious, and the
credulous; but since we do not any of
us belong to either of those classes, We
may look into it out Of pure curiosity
and, perhaps, for amusement We are
assured that distributing aims in our
dreams portends much good luck; but,
on the contrary, should we be the re-
cipient of aims, dire misfortune is about
to befall US.
Likewise, should a dreamer see apples
in his dreams, great profit will come
to him, but let him content himself with
merely looking at them, for should he
eat of them. his woes will be many.
After reading what the sage tells US I'M
der "Omens," surely all girls will tie
their shoestrings most securely, for: IF
any ties, such as shoestrings or apron
ties get unloosened. you may depend
that your love is untrue to YOU"
Truly there are compensations in the
world, for here is a comforting assur-
ance to the one who is annoyed by los
ing a button: when a button drops
from your vest, it is a promise of great
success and prosperity"
The book is artistically gotten up and
prettily illustrated
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at the farmhouse and that night Hester
awakens to find some one feeling of
her throat, about which she wears
chain with small locket, which her
mother placed there.
Her scream of terror brings her nurse
to her side, just the intruder escapes
through the window, and the woman is
forced to believe that Hester's fears are
not Authorizations. She finds, one day,
the key to the locket she wears. and
opening 1t sees the address of man in
Devonshire. She believes he must be
friend or relative of her mother and sets
out secretly to find him.
The strange story. however, has not
Yet come to an end, for although Hester
finds friends and protector. 1t Is some
time before the mystery surrounding her
Is cleared away, and the denouement
has to do chiefly with the happy ending
of her love story.
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..The South African Question"

1.-The South African Question:"
1.-THE South African Question:" by Olive
Schreiner. Published by Charles H.
Sergel company, Chicago. For sale by
the st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany. 80
This is timely work, Perhaps at no
more fitting opportunity icothl it have
been published. But at anytime and I'M
der ordinary circumstances it would be
a most welcome addition to the litera-
ture of political science. And yet the
subject is treated in a Doetfcal vein,
through which courses a5strong current
Of patriotic sentiment hardly to be eX-
pected from an English author and a
relative Of one Of the great figures now
taking a. conspicuous position IN the
Transvaal scene of action. It is written
bv one who resides at Johannesburg, in
the South, African republic. The author
believes. in@the independence of the Trans
vaal. and would, if residing in the United
States be denounced rs tftraitor' and
a ''copperhead" for the reason that she
is opposed to the subjugation of the
Beers. The following extract sounds the
key in which the whole book is tuned:
''But a9sfeW generations later in that
state of Virginia was born George Wash
ington, and on the 18th of April, 1775, was
fought the battle of Lexington. 'whe1 e
once the enqbattled farmers stood, al q
fired a shot, heard round the wor d =
and, the greatest crime and the greatest
folly Of Engl1nd's career was completed.
England acknowledges it now. "A hum
dred or a hundred and fifty thousand i'm
ported soldiers might walk over South
Africa; it would not be an easy walk {;
but it could be done, Then from east and
west and north and south would come
men of pure English blood to stand be-
side the boys they had played with at
school and the friends they had loved:
and great despairing cry would rise
from the heart of Africa. But we are
still few. When the war was over the
Imported soldiers might leave the lane
not all; some must be left to keep the
remaining people down There would he
quiet in the land. South Africa would
bury them. She would know the place
where she found them. South Afri a
would be peaceful. There wou be ST
lence of a long eXhaustien47balt not pea e!
farm houses black -robed women Wou d
hold memory of the count, and outside
under African StonesSNOtl1d lie the At
rican men to, whom SouthsAf rfcan ,Wam n
gave birth under ours blue sky There
would, be y. silence, butEno peace =
The author admits that he South Afri
cans, Dutch and, English alike are a
curious folk, not at all speculative, not
hat is termed a sharp. people. But they
are strong. {brave, and with terrible
intensity and perseverance. Now, with
in a few years. the most valuable mines
Of South Africa have passed into the
hands of a Very small knot of specula
tors. Eut they are not South Africans.
They are English to the core, and intent
| upon giving to England, not only the
wealth of the mines, but the independ-
sepee OF Ahe4 Beers ThlsSis the great bit
eteTaesG And %when men, whoeeame pen
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BCOKS OF Thu HOUR
JOHN FOX JR. WRITES A CLEVER
STORY AROUND MOUNTAINS
OF DIXIE
TITLE "A MOUNTAIN EUROPA"

The Story of IA Girl Who Was Loved
by Two Men, Is Married to One of
Them by the Other and Is Shot
to Death by Her Father ON the
Night Of Her Wedding-Literary
Nevs!e 5L.-r Wis., o
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SIN a White Mans Country"


..What a Black Man Saw in a White
Mans Country" by William S. Brooks.
Published by the author For sale by
the St Paul Book and Stationery con-
Dany.
The author Of this readable and inter-
esting little book is pastor of St. Peters
A. NJ e. church, Minneapolis. A just
criticism of the work is summed up as
follows by Noah Lathrop in predatory
note: 81 have carefully read the manu-
script of "What Black Man Saw in
White Mans Country" and ejoyed it.
Mr. Brooks is, outwardly, at least, a
very black man, but his book will read
white for it contains careful, honest views
of things the author saw on his interest
ing trip
The work, for it can hardly be termed
a story, is descriptive of a voyage made
by the author to Sweden and Norway,
the Land of the Midnight Sun. Within
the space of tifty-nine pages Nh. Brooks
has presented graphic and Interesting
account of his journey and the impress
sions produced on him by those with
whom he was thrown in. contact, and
also the Impressions which he, as it APP
peared to him. produced upon the for
eigners.
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NThe Holy FamiIY."

1.-THE Holy Family; a Christmas Medita-
tion," by Amory II. Bradford, with
poems by Mrs. Browning, George Mac
photo-illustrations from Murillo's Holy
Family painting. Red rule margin.
Cloth, decorative, 80 cents.
There is a great difference in mems ca
paeity to find sermons in stones and
good in everything" Some ministers
would think 1t a sacrilege to take a
text" from anything but the Bible; 9TH
ers are gifted with aptness in utilizing
literature at large, works of art, current
events, and so on, leading their hearers
back, through moral and spiritual refiec-
ton on these themes, to the generally rec
ognized source of deepest religious
thought in the Scriptures.
One of this class of men it the Rev.
Amory H. Bradford, D. D., the well
known pastor of the First Congregational
church, in Montclair, N. ]. He is great
reader and an indefatigable traveller in
every vacation time, Europe, and espec-
tally England, being familiar ground to
him, while the Northwest, California,
Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, have been intel
lieently visited. His people receive, In
many ways, the benefit Of his readings
and wanderings-the mere fact that he Is
in his thirtieth year of pastorate in that
one church showing that he keeps fresh
and vital in is ministrations.
A year CT two since DR.. Bradford pub
lished "a Christmas Meditation on the
Sistine Madonna at Dresden, which was
widely appreciated; and this year he
brings out through the same publishers
-Fords, Howard & Hulbert, New York
a somewhat similar Christmas book on
the Holy Family of Murillo, inth Nation
al gallery of London. The beautiful art
of the Spanish master is discussed with
intelligence, and offers natural approach
to the lessons Of sweetness and light
in successive themes-such as "The Ideal
Child 1.-THE Ideal Family ''The Unseen
Ministry" (of angels, as seen in the up
per part of the painting, Sunset and
Sunrise" death and resurrection, etc.
These are all most reverently treated,
yet with such practical suggestfveness as
must be helpful and inspiring to any
thoughtful family readers.
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HIS MATRIMONIAL TROUBLES.
Mr.. Vanderbilt's married life is well
known to nearly every one. His domestic
troubles, separation from his wife, and
subsequent divorce are all we'll known
During all the proceedings Willie k"
and Mrs. Willie X" each came In for
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ed millions, and are not content with
their gains, seek to dye the South African
soil, which has received them, with the
blood OF Its citizens-when they seek her
frecdom-the author complains.
Those who have read 1.-THE Story of
an African Farm. will readily under
stand the graphic, poetical style of 1.-The
South African Question" The book is
one that will command attention at this
particular crisis in athe affairs of the
Transyaal. Perhaps no other work, in
so small space, can present the ques-
ton in a fairer light
Chatham Bedford Forrest
Life of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest
by John Allan Wyeth, M. Published
by Harper C Bros, New York and Lon
don For sale by the ST. Paul Book and
stationery company
This work is the tribute of one Southern
sympathizer to another The author and
the soldier whose life he graphically por-
trays were both in the Confederate serv-
Ice. AS time goes by the animosities of
the Civil war are forgotten-or forgiven
we are given new light on the springs of
action which animated the Confederate
army. The years which have passed
bridge chasm across which one can
now obtain fairer,N clearer perspective
of the great Rebellion than at the time
when passion was hot and the voice of
1nvective drowned, the protest of the
conquered foe. "The Life Of Gen. For
rest" is a tribute, and a valuable trib-
ute, to the history Of the war. 1t gives
to the people of the North vivid picture
of the war behind the scenes. Nathan
Bedford Forrest will not soon be forgot
ten by any Of the soldiers of the Union
army who served under Grant. And
yet but few can recall the exciting
scenes along the Cumberland, the surren-
der Of Fort Donelson and minor skir-
mishes attendant, without connecting in
some way with those events the name of
the great Confederate cavalry general, N.
B. Forrest. What they. do not know
about him is revealed in this book, bound
In Confederate gray and handsomely
printed. 1t Is well written and will be
valuable addition to any library