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Evening star., 1899-04-17

PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE POST
Office Department and Postal Seryice.-Post Office
Department. Washington, b. c., March 81, 1899.
Sealed PROPOSALS will be received at this depart
mcnt until THURSDAY, MAY FOURTH, 1893,
at TWO O'CLOCK PM, for furnishing Wrapping
Paper, Wrapping Paper for Facing Slips, Twine,
Letter Scales, PostmarkiDg and Rating Stamps,
Rubber Stamps. Pads, Paper, Rubber Goods.
Pens, Penholders, Pencils, Inks, Mucnage, Glass
Goods. Rulers. Articles of Steel. Rubber Erasers,
Books, Typewriter Supplies and Miscellaneous
Stationery. in such quantities OF the different
tcIes respectively, and at such times and from
time TO time as they may be ordered, during the
hscai year beginning July l, 1899. and ending
June 30. 1900. for the use of any branch of the
departmental or postal service Blanks for pro-
posals. with specifications giving detailed state
ments OF the requirements to be met in respect
to each article. and also the estimated quantities
probably to be required of each, and giving full
instructions as TO the manner of bidding and
conditions to be observed by bidders. will be fur
nished on application to the Superintendent Of
the Division of Post Office Supplies, Post Ofice
department. Washington. d. C. The Postmaster
General Ten. reserves the right to reject any all
bids. to waive technical defects and to accept
any part Of any bid and reject the other part
ap3-1aw4w
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A splendid property northwest: centrally
located 3 stories; rooms and bath concrete
cellar. This very desirable property be
bought way below cost We want an offer.
ap1a-3t b H WARNER & co. 916 F St n w
Evening star., 1899-04-17

FOR sALE-oNLY. 50. .O5O WORTH So 5oO-NEw
GROOM AND CONCRErED CELLAR HOME;
AMI: LOT I6114o To 20-FT ALLEY: q ST
NEAR 18TH ST Ne: FURNACE HEAT; NICE
LY FINISHED: WILL SELL $50 CASH BAL.
S25 PER Mo. INCLUDING INTEREST AT 5
PER CENT. CHAS A. SHIELDS, 1tO5 r ST
NV. ap15-3t
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FOR SALE-LOTS IN PERKINS ADDITION TO
Hyattsvlla depot and electric road good
elevation: splendid location; artesian well water
supplied each lot; sewers, sidewalks and cutters;
cheap; easy terms; money to build. DUCKETT
& DENT, Sole Agents 635 St aplo-3t"
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d. You want bargain ol CcIunbia Heights :?
We have It. 3-story, 1O-room house; Isx1G0
SEQ
ariI3t B. H. WARNER & co. GIG F st. NV
Evening star., 1899-04-17

PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING AN EIGHT
room school building. on NV. corner Of 18th and
D streets u.e., Washington-Ohice Of the Commits
sioners d. G., Washington, April IL. 1s99.-Sealed
proposals will be received at this Office until IL
an eight school building lots l. and part
of 1s, square 9S5, northwest corner of Twelfth and
ID streets ne, Washington, d. C. Blank forms of
proposals and specifications, together with all
essary information can be obtained upon applica-
tion therefor at the Office Of the inspector Of
luildings Of the District of Columbia, and bids
upon these forms tnly will be considered The
right is reserved to reject any all bids Pro-
posals must be inclosed in envelope, sealed and
Endorsed the outside Proposals for Construct
ing Eight-room School Building for the District
of Columbia JOHN b. WIGHT JOHN W. ROSS,
l.. II. BEACH, Con nissioners, d. c. apl2-6t
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FOR SALE-AT \ SACRIFICE-A HANDSOME
3story brick house on 9Th ST. Sc. containing
1O ruorns. bath and large reception hall This
house j. leased for S4e. 81 per month and has all
modern improvements, including tiled vestihule
and bath. cabinet mantels electric lighting,
speaking tubes, and laundry in concrete cellar.
This house be sold al d bargain and on easy
terms NJ l. WEI.FIsEY. BOG Pa ave Sc
apl53t
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FOR RENT
For the summer longer, either unfurnish-
ed or partly furnished desirable country place
on Brightwood avenue just beyond Bright
wood; rooms; excellent water; fine shade;
line Of Brghtwood railway and a few min
utes' walk from the steam cars.
ap15-5t b. H.sWARNER & CO., 916 L NV
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FOR SAIE-2 BEAUTIE III BRICK AND STONE
houses on Pa ave Sc. just Completed couta In
ing rooms each They were bIilt by days
work are handsomely papered. contain tiled
baths. stationary washstsuds electric uchtin,
speaking tubes. outside plate glass doors cabinet
mantcls, open hrrplaccs, cellars aud furnace heat
VIII take in exchange two lots unincum-
bered part payment
apl5-3t NJ l.. wEf.FIEY Sue Pa ave Il.
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FOR SALE-FIVE GROOM AND BATH HOUSES:
tiled bath and vestfbuie: cellar under whole
house; heated by furnace: piate-glas> storm
doors; papered. % to 80 Quincy st. NV: open
Sunday METCALF & LEWIS, Builders and
Owners I51O Sth ". apl5-3tt
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FOR SALEl-OR EXCHANGED TO 10 ACRES IN
Md. and Va. improved by to 14-room dwell
ings. with necessary outbuildings; good water,
fruit, etc Also places for sale on monthly pay
MAN, Room I. Atlantic bldg 92s F ST. NV.
apl5- 81.
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FOR SALEFTNE INyESTaIENTLB BARGAIN
-2-story and cellar. hay-windOw. mod. imp.
brick NV; close to cars, schools. &c; always
rented 70 good. careful and prompt tenants in
adv2Hce: in excellent repair; title perfect. Only
So rs: terms to suit. ATTY, Room 2. Warder
bldg. 9th and F. apiS-3ts
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city and county. 1t might have been
aptly and perhaps more comprehenSlHely
ophy of Immortality for this is what
the neatly printed little volume really
contains. Those who expect TO ma @ @clta-
tions of physical or phenomenal evidence
of life eternal between its covers VIII be
disappOinted-a fact not to be regretted.
however. by the studious or thoughtful
reader of unprecedented mind.
This volume (snall in size is one of
the most valuable contributions to mod
ern philosophy that has been published
in the last ten years. Throughout the
authors standpoint has been his own con-
ception of what constitutes sound logic
and common sense in relation to this most
this conception is often at variance with
current beliefs and the popular version
of scientific conclusions is easily guessed
from the bare fact that so widely read
and conscientious an author as DR..
Anderson should be convinced that there
was yet to be said something worth say
ing upon a subject that has been written
about since man learned to form his 1rst
hierogiyphs.
Although the author assumes neither
special knowledge nor. original ideas,
every observing reader Will be impressed
with the fact that at least the subject
is not treated in q hackneyed manner nor
ground traversed that is already well
worn with philosophical ruts. at the
outset a different Interpretation is asked
for to Descartes' famous utterance. 1t
Is not Il think. therefore exist" says
DR.. Anderson, but Il think, therefore |
am" thus linking life with the idea of
eternal being rather than with an out
form, transitory existence Neither Des-
cartes nor his best interpreters limited
life to thought alone, but included with
1t other phases of consciousness, says
the author '"The original meaning of Des-
cartes has thus been quite lost sight of
and attention directed wholly to thought
as the sole phenomenon of existence, the
one proof of life. = = Thought, as
most men conceive of it, is certainly de-
stroyed by death, and having been taught
to look upon man a thinker only, and
upon existence as depending upon
to deny existence after death, as do mod
ern materialists, or to set up future
life incongruous to and ethically dis
connected with that of the present, as do
modern Christians
Not only is thought not the sole proof
of life, says the author, but 1t is not the
highest nor the most important faculty of
the soul, and its exaggerated Importance
in Western philosophy is directly re-
tainty with which the problem of i'm
mortality is still invested. If to live Is
merely TO think, then there can be no ex-
istence after death. But consciousness
does not depend upon thought, says DR..
Anderson, and from this point branches
out the real argument of the book, treat
ed under such headings as Sense Con-
Thought Reason. Intuition, Instinct and
Feeling" THE Effect of Death Upon the
Consciousness of Life" upon the senses,
the desire, consciousness. imagination,
ETC.; THE Process of Death, THE Re
embodiment of the Soul" and others.
There are two very valuable appendices,
one upon the dream state Of conscious
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carries a very long whip "to kape the
childer and the pigs from under the
horses fate"
Trinity College. the two fine Protestant
churches and an unimpOrtant museum are
all that Dublin possesses in the way OF
Sights" The two churches-St. Pat
rick's and Christ Church-are renovated
into modern structures. AS our guide
expressed it. "St. 'Patricl's used to be an
ouId, ancient church It IS built on the
site of the church erected by St Patrick
himself and is neither Catholic nor Eng
lish in denomination. but calls itself the
Church of Ireland" It is really the his
torical church of st. Patrick. minister
explained to me, "for at the time of the
Reformation the Bishops all Joined the
new forces" If that be true, l can't help
but think that st. Patrick's mission was
q sort of failure, for the great churches
Of the Bishops rear their spires and peal
their chimes in vain.
Christ Church, 1 am told, rarely has
fifty wUrshipers- at a time, and St Pat
riCk's is equally destitute. At Inchigala,
a little interior village / saw a very de-
cent Protestant church, which maintains
a pastor and all necessary appointments.
with only two PrOtestants in the town. OF
course. The burden of supporting the pas
tor does not fall on the two members, for
the Church Of Ireland is quite independ
emily endowed. To find the real praying
people of this part of Ireland one must
go to the little Catholic churches, which
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Magazines for August.
Tbe Century.


Feast Days in Little Italy" the initial
article of the August Century, is contrib
uted by Jacob A. Riis. the well-known
writer on social topics. 1t has wonder
full human interest. and although written
from 4 humorous standpoint it carries an
undcrtone of respect for the faith of
picturesque multitude, even if that faith
be superstition. Pictures by Jay Ham
bidge bring the humorous and pathetic
situations clearly to the eye. John Bur-
roughs, the born naturalist, the lover of
what beautiful things suggest, contrib
utes 'GlimpSeS of Wild Life About My
Cabin" and it is filled with the beautiful
touches one expects from man who feels
you must bait your hook with your heart
IL you would catch your fish In the
Whirl of the Tornado personal expert
ence by John r. MusIck, is followed by
somewhat scientific discussion of lorna
dos in general by Cleveland Able, the dis
tinguished American meteorologist. THE
River of Tea" by Eliza Scidmore, carries
us into Oriental lands. and The People
of the Reindeer" by Jonas Stadiing, gives
pictures Of the manners and customs OF
the Lapps. Via Crucis." by Marion Craw-
ford, is in its nineteenth chapter, and
other fiction Is contributed Other sigma
lures are Frank r. Stockton, Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood, John Trowbridge and
Paul Leicester Ford, the latter writing
most interestingly on Franklin as Jack
of ALI 1radeS.'
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weather.
New Ross, which is a very small town,
dozen liquor establishments. Which IS
the cause and which the effect. the liquor
or the poverty, | am sure do not know
However it may be. / found 1t not IN my
heart to blame the New RosS 1nhabitahnt MAJ am
cheers With his eyes unblnded there IS
nothing to behold but desoiation. There
is no present and just as surely no future
except, perhaps, for the. toW-headed
youngster whom l saw turning the pages pages
with his dirty little finger land beyond
"Are these your children?" j.! asked an
old man putting q pipe on his front uoor-
me some directions. He was surroundeo
by no less than six strapping youngsters =
Yes, miss" he answered, they De the
what do you mean by the second
clutch? ,-oa
twice and these be the second clutch. Ihe
first clutch has children O. their own.
There are not very many tourists VINO
take the trip on the river BlackWater.
known as the Irish Rhine, although 1t
is well worthy of a visit. There are many
windings constant surprises are yielued:
The steamer lands at the old town OF
YouPhaI which is as interesting as any
place in Ireland Here the cottage IN
which Walter Raleigh lived is still intact.
and the traveller may view the spot
whereon he first planted potatoes. APro-
pos Of the potato 1t takes trip to Ire
land to realize It's excellence. The ex-
preston in "Troilus and Cressida," Tux
ury with her potato finger, always
seemed to me very absurd until had
enjoyed the article fresh dipped from an
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are very numerous but always unpreten-

are very numerous but always unpreten-
tious
The Catholic church in Ireland is the
church OF the poor, and as such is peau-
tifully consistent and satisfactory. ] nat
the priests are the best friends that the
poor people have was avowed 10 me by
an Intelligent minister of an opposing
denomination, statement that IS easily
confirmed by ones own observation. tGr
the priests are not. as in Italy, mysterious
and unapproachable; they do not conSu-
tute select and ariStOcratc class. "hich
the poor people must look upon in ave.
They are the brothers and sons OF the
humble women, the companions ana con-
fidants of the young men.
From Dublin to Glendalough and the
sweet vale OF Avoca. where Moore wrote
The Meeting of the Waters an interest
ing little journey, no one who has ever
Visited this delightful corner of the earth
will dispute the words of the poet,
There's not in this wide world a val
ley so sweet" At New Ross, in Coun-
ty Wexford, I obtained the first glimpse
of Irish life as ] have SO often seen 1t
painted, where the pig and the chicken
are quite as much at home in the bosom
of the family as the many bright-eyed
children In this town the poverty OF the
people and the bleakness of thir lives are
Shocking. The town is composed of rows
of huts. eUphuistically called cottages,
most of them with only one room and one
very small window. The daylight entering
through this single aperture is only SUI
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Litte Journey Through Quaint and Interesting ireland
IS ireland Being Deserted2
1900 Manageable G7r1= Ennigraeed lass Year.

business Is not rushing. The 1rishman as
well as hts wife is so extremely Ioquaclous
that | am afraid he wastes "a q bic neigbl I.
bor At the Cork Market 1t was realiy
very amusing to see the Old women N WIN wiz,
their heads together so ensrosseu III .,oi, Go
versation that their wares were enureIy
neglected.
BIarney Castle. with the famous blarney
stone. is about an hour from CORK; Lest
you should already have looked at the pic.
ture l shall state at once that l did not
kiss it. The reason is perhaps a @s, 9DeiIusd sRed
the old woman who has guardee.dd the
castle for thirty-ffve years. Shure; ,S5lt e.
ma am, the ginteelest way for Il iahy ~ ,ef e4
q gintleman kiss it and then to KISS tno
gintleman. It's the most agraable way as
l kin suggest"
Even the "gintlemen" are not so brave
as might be expected when 1t comes TO
kissing the barney stone, for the feat is a
most dangerous one, and is very rarely
performed except by, sailors or Profe4s-
sional acrobats. The old castle is beautl-
full and romantic, and does not need the
blarney stone to make it worth the trip.
From Cork by rail to Macroom, and
from there coaching to GlengariR is my
most cherished recollection of Ireland.
The route has not been spoiled by inva-
sions of tourist hordes. and the people are
yet themselves. simple and delightful. We
Inchigella, and from there through
mountains and past lakes to the savage
grandeur of Gaugane Barra.
A scene of more utter loneliness or
sterner magnificence than Gaugane Barra
IL would be impossible. to conceive. 1t is
only relieved by a little island with a
group of graceful ash trees and an old
ruined chapel. Down from the surround
ing mountains rush numerous streams,
tributaries to the lake, that collects and
sends them forth in the beautiful river
Lee TO form the harbor of Cork. Surround
ed on ali sides by hills, the traveller feels
imprisoned as though it would require the
wings of an eagle to escape. The small
island is nearly midway in the lake. a
rude artificial csuseway leading to it from
the mainlard. This is the famous hermit
age of st. Fin Bar, who IS said to have
lived here previous to mis- founding the
Cathedral of Cork. 1t is classed among
the hottest places in Ireland, and mas long
been a favorite resort of the faithful, who
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NN ing SHOWS are rushing to the
Z seas when skies are clear and
breezes are gentle, and
whatever Of life hath ebbed away
Genes flooding back with ripply cheer
Into every bare inlet and creek and bay
in a word, when nature is singing her
gladdest song and all the earth IS astlr
with new ife-to the front comes the pub
Usher and the book dealer with their lists
OF summer literature" books for the
seaside, selected out-of-town libraries,
'light reading for campers" and so forth
ad inffniturn. Now, what is summer ut
erature and why is it of necessity differ
ent from autumn literature or winter NJ
eratllre2 Summer clothing has its uses
and fulflls the need VIC have for bowling
physically to the temperature. 6eSlueS'
It's beauty and its nuffincsS and It's gem
eral sense of sweet cleanliness recoIn
It, Summer diet has its reasons. Ihose
who would come to old age with an un-
irnpaired digestion and thus ENJOY Whole
life of eating" must look to the coollng
salads and fruits Of the season, for ''he
who runs himself down at the mouth is
one of the most despised wrecks, ana ne
gives out most unsracefuily. BuI sum. sum
ner literature, as advertised by dealers
and bought in quantities by the publlc
has aboUt as much reason as summer
friends and the summer rings OF the an, /,
Gent fop. 'Ice Bound in the Arctic.
HAIOnc the Shores of Labrador, Through
Siberia on Snowshoes" would be good,
cool books for hot summer days, put Wnat n
is there cooling or refreshing IN Ine
Passion Of Margaret Middleton The
Heart that Hated, - "a Fearful Revenge,
Lost to Society" "A Mld5nlght
EIopement" "A Smooth Villain, A
Wounded Dove" From Salon to Slums,
kitty Cordova's Courtship'' and many
Others of like suggestive titles that slip
from the hands of drowsy summer girls
and men and impertinently dot the sub
urban landscape. The readers of such
get about as near to the heart Of nature
a oc1r II IN a
are no tongues in the trees" for them,
no sermons in stones" no books in the
running brooks and no particular good
in ANYTHING beautiful that nature so boun-
tifullv gives to him who looks Alright.
Whatever gets our attention is apt In time
to win our affections, and to keep our
minds on the right subjects is no small
part of ethics. We can call up at will the
world we care to live In, and unless the
mind is fed on the right subjects it will
not have the right desires.
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Scrlbner.s Maauzlne.

Writers and reauers of short stories look
forward with pleasure to the annual fic-
ton number Of Scribner's Magazine.
Many sounding names as on the page of
history appear in the signatures, but new
writer's are also given a chance. The
frontispiece is by w. Glackens, young
artist, who gives a French illustrative
handling to home subjects and makes
THE Plays the Thing" doubly interest
ing story. Maxfield Parrish has done the
cover ''The Trail of the Sandhill Tag
is contributed by Ernest Seton Thompson,
whose wild Animals 1 Have Known
gave such a new color to animal life.
"Little Italy" again comes to the front
In a story by Albert White Voss, who To-
Gates his action in an East Side theater
good work in color illustration by Glack-
ems. Many of the stories are Of high ex-
cellence
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Horper's Magazine,

The Midsummer Harper's prints an ex-
cellent collection of short stories contrib
uted by Miss Wilkens, Alice Duer,
Thomas Janvier, Frederic Remington,
Stephen Crane and others. DR.. Wyeth
ADDS a chapter to his Life of General
Forrest and Henry Sandman has an ar
ticle on "Hayti, the Unknown" in which
he says, incidentally: THE mention or
Cuba reminds me that every business man
| talked with, whether a native or for
eigner expressed the greatest regret that
this island was not included with Cuba
and Puerto Rico. AS one of the leading
politicians of the island put the case
Short time ago: Uncle Sam is enlarging
his kitchen; he is getting a place ready
for another pot; he has Cuba for one
leg. Puerto Rico for another, and the
third must go on this island. 1t is well
for us all to look the situation fairly, in
the face The reader will remember that
rice and beans cooked in three-legged
pot composes the national dish of the
Haytians."
lieutenant Carlos Gilman Calkins de-
scribes the Filipino insurrection and Ad-
miral Beardslee contributes a paper on
the TAPPING rebellion.
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The Cosmopol olIton.

Frank r. Stockton, John Brisben Walker
and Alexander Harvey contribute to this
months Cosmopolitan. Gustave Kobbe
discusses "Augustin DAILY and His Life
Work.; Mrs John King Van Rensselaer,
in an illustrated article speaks of 1.-The
Basis of New York Society" and traces
the present conditions back to their
tions J. w. Bennett of the Baltimore
News contributes the prize article on
social relations, entitled Your. True Re
lation to Society" 1t is a most compre-
the pens of Frank r. Stockton, O'Niell
Latham, Charles Belmont Davis and
Charles Francis Bourke are given in this
number
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The Critic.

"A Repentance" drama in one act, by
John oliver Hobbies, is complete in this
number. Marion Harland contributes
Charlotte Bronte and Two of Her
the best article on Daly's life work that
has yet been printed. The book reviews
of this magazine are of exceeding interest
to the literary.
Ainslie's and Frank Leslie's are both
fiction numbers, and the latter, in an arti-
Gle by Mrs. John A. Logan, entitled "a
Day. of the Presidents Life gives some
pertinent reasons why President McKin-
ley should have the faith of the people in
carrying out the 'civilizng mission of the
American nation"
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Llpplncott's MoqozIne.

Lippincott's is chiefly a complete novel,
fortunes Vassals," by Sarah B. Elliott;
short story, .Noah's Ark" by 1. Zang-
Lee Moy," by c. W Doyle, author Of
1.-The Tanning of the Jungle" Articles of
interest are: THE Salon in Old Philadel-
phia" and The Court of Judge Lynch -
''Walnuts and Wine" contains much in
teresting matter.
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Troinlng of op Illustrator.

This is timely little pamphlet. a re-
print from the Inland Printer for july to
be had for the asking and 2-cent stamp.
The author, Frank Holme of the Chicago
Daily News, gives the young illustrator
some sound advice and tells the artist
whose sensitive soul shudders at the men
tion of commercialism some wholesome
truths, reminding him that Robert Louis
Stevenson said that the artists first duty
was to pay his debts. Every Illustrator
on a daily or any other paper should Sc.
cure the pamphlet and keep 1t in his coat
pocket for daily reference
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McClure's Muqczine.

w. ]. Glackens again appears as illus
traitor in McClure's August fiction num-
Der. adding much to the interest of Cap
turing Confederate Mall by Ray Stan
nard Baker. The frontispiece is por-
trait of Hon. Cecil Rhodes, from a photo
cover is designed by Will II. Low. Will
liam r. Lighton, Seumas McManus, w.
A Fraser. Annie Fellows Johnston. w. L.
Stead and Benjamin Coke Stevenson are
among the contributors. Booth Tarking-
tons novel, THE Gentleman From In
dia,' is in the ninth chapter.
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New Books Received.

THE EVIDENCE OF IMMORTALITY
BY Jerome A. Anderson, NJ. D. San
Francisco: The Lotus Publishing Com
pany, ITO Market street. Cloth, 81; paper,
so cents.
This is the latest and best work pub
lshed by DR.. Jerome A. Anderson, physi-
clan, philosopher, reformer, author, lee
turer, philanthropist and member Of the
last two Boards Of FTeeholders Of this