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Paris" Laird & Lee. publishers. Chicago.
so cents.
Lessons of the War With Spain" Cap
tain A T. Mahan. Little. Brown & Co.,
Boston.
Just About a Boy" W. S. Phillips Gel
Comancho). H. S. Stone & Co., New
York.
Under Western Skies" Frank Carle-
ton Teck Washington Blade Publishing
Company, New Whatcom, Wash. 80
cents.
Rising Fortunes" John Oxenham. c.
W. Dillingham; & Co, New York. 81 30.
"A Ward of the King" katherine Mac
quoid. +. NJ. Buckles & Co.. New York,
81 25.
From Kingdom to Colony" Mary
Devereux. Little, Brown & Co., Boston,
The Degeneration of Dorothy" Frank
Kinsella. C. W. Dillingham; & Co.. New
York. 81 so.
The Sword OF Justice" Sheppard
stevans. Little. Brown G. Co.. Boston.
THE Treasure Shop" Hezekiah Butter
worth. d. Appleton & Co.. New York.
81 so.
THE Heiress of the Season." Sir Will
liam Magnay. D. Appleton & Co.. New
York. 81.
ID. Appleton & CO., New York, 60 cents.
Johnnie, Z. o. Laughlin. The Bowen
Merrill Company. Indianapolis.
AT the Winds WILL" l.. c. Moulton.
Little. Brown & Co.. Boston. 81 %.
Mists of Fire." Coates Kenney. Rand,
McNally & Co., Chicago.
Worldly Wisdom of Chesterfield" W.
L. Sheppard. r. II. Russell, New York.
The Story of Magellan II. Butter
worth. ID. Appleton & Co.. New York.
The Life and Death OF Mr.. Badman."
John Bunyan. r. II. Russell, New York.
Illustrative Notes on the International
Sunday-School Lessons. 1s0o.' Jesse L.
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stores the atmosphere and color OF the
time. And each portrait stands out
little masterpiece. harmonious. powerful,
charged with feeling, and Illuminated by
the imagination that makes its creations
more real than life itself"
Mr.. Harris, in his love for the old. time
Southern life, may well have been startled
into speaking with such extravaganza of
these portraits. The best alone Justify
his praise. Several are a little cold and
Photographic. The best. however. have
a pathetic charm for which Mr.. Harris
words OF praise are not too strong. The
verses. regarded as literary compositions.
are worthless. As expressions of feeling
and I'm a subtle way interpretations OF
the pictures they are very useful. for
the pictures are so modest and so re-
served. rs IL were. that without COM
mentary they might be obscure. CThc
Doubleday & Mcclure Company. New
York. 81.
The Century Company has published
four collections Of short stories-"Holly
and Pizen' by Ruth McEnery Stuart,
The Four-masted Cat-boat' by Charles
Battell Loomis. Little Jim Crow by
Clara Morris. and His Defense" by
Harry Sullwell Edwards. All exhibit
worlImanlike ingenuity in turning stories
on quickly and without confusing compli-
cations, and all owe much OF their inter
est 10 certain whimsical extravaganza
Miss Stuarts Holly and Pizen" and Mr.
Edwards His Defense are the most i'm
portant and interesting. In them the fun
comes from the quaintness of situations.
which arise in perfectly ineligible and
normal way. from the contact OF oddly
developed characters The man who
cussed his mother-in-law and the mother
in-law who kept the machine are odd peo-
pie, but the reader can understand how
they came 10 be and 10 do just as they
did, and can therefore md not mere
oddiiy but human sympathy i'm their story.
Likewise the old negro who took the
sponsibility' for the ailments Of a
whole countryside. and the negress who
arranged 10 be buried by proxy in order
To impress her friends with her wealth.
are whimsically but not unnaturally con-
ceiyed, and hence the stories about them,
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view the working principles which direct
the man who is now doing the most i'm
portant work in solving the most import
ant problem before the United States at
the present time. The problem of the
future government OF the island
possessions of the United States is
thick with hideous perplexity; but
1t is not fixed in our national
life, il does not have its seat on
our soil. The negro question is a
'cleaving mischief" held TO the nations
breast-indeed it is a disease running
within its ve-y life blood. Ten million
Americans are negroes. They will not
emgrate or die or disappear. They are
as a mass ignorant. unreliable. dependent
beings, a danger 10 free institutions in
their own Incompetence, a danger in the
encouragement which their presence
gives 10 the corruption OF the whites.
Lynching, political chicane. force bills.
are some of the evil symptoms. them
selves causes Of new evil. whic result
from the peculiar conditions 'rCated
among us by the presence OF the negroes.
Further. this problem is national one.
AS Mr. Washington well points out. the
balance of power may easily he thrown a
any time into the hands OF a mass Of
prejudiced and illiterate Southern voters:
and apart from political considerations.
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however funny, have an interest OF hu-
man comedy. which is something more
than the merely comic. Miss Stuart ;
tales also contain many touches OF lively
characterization I'm her treatment of
minor personages and fun conception of
the circumstances in which her plot is
developed. so that her work possesses an
abounding life.
Miss Morris collection Of short stories
have more apparent touch of sentiment.
Their plots are nearly all at least partly
tragic. while their characters are in gen.
cral comic They impress the reader as
studies. The author seems TO have writ
ten them up TO an idea and mott from an
inspiration. The characters are few and
the attention is focused usually on a sin
gle one Little attempt is made To sug-
gest circumstance or atmosphere" The
impression produced is single and definite.
perhaps bare. Most of them are stories
OF children's hearts-of childish hero-wor-
ship, or childish disappointment Some
are open TO the charge of sentimentality.
some Of melodrama. but the best of them
My Mr.. Edward" and Little Jim
Crow'-are so penetrating in their OBJ
servation and so genuine that they at
tain poignant intensity. The situation
where the little girl, unconscious of trage-
dy, tears the black streamers from the
"A y.
Of extraordinary power and pathos.
Mr.. Loomis' book was written to make
fun. He says Of 1t: 1T hasn't bothered
me TO write it. l hope it won't bother
YOU TO read it. for I'd hate to have you
bothered on my account" The best
parts of IL are the burlesques of current
literary types-thc dialect story and the
sea story for instance. His own inven-
tions are usually a little thin. But nothing
in its kind could be more perfect than
this:
The sea lay low in the ofing. and as
far as the eye could reach. immense white
caps rode upon il As quietly as pond-lilies
on the bosom Of a lake.
"Fleecy clouds dotted the sky. and far
of toward the horizon full-rigged four
masted cat-boat lugged and Iuffed in the
evening breezes. Her sails were piped to
larboard. starboard. and port. and. as she
rolled steadily along in the heavy wash
and undertow, her companion-light, al
ready kindled. shed a delicate ray across
the bay to where the dull red disk of the
sun was dipping his colors."
Equally witty is the notion of buying
dialect over the counter. 'If ye're want
in some a wee bit shop-worn, I'll let We
hae that at lower price. There's
quantity that Ian Maclaren left oot o.
his last buie." j expressed surprise that
he had let any escape him, and he said:
"Hech. mon, dinna ye ken there's no end
10 the Scots?" felt like telling him that
l was sorry there had been a beginning,
but l refrained.
The confessions of a hypnotized critic.
the conversation with a famous author.
and several other literary papers have
pith and poignancy. Century Company.
81 Is each).
The collection in book form Of some of
the essays and speeches of Booker II
Washington. the principal OF the we'll
known negro school in Tuskegee. Ala
bama, brings before the reader at one
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1t was certainly time you should know. know,
know.
The poem of patriotic bravery and death
is as old as the hills, and il is a delicate
undertaking for almost any writer TO
bring II 10 successful issue. The follow
ing on "Bunner OF Frisco" proves Mr.
Waterhouse fully equal TO the occasion.
however. The humorous little touch in
the last verse makes the poem a gem:-
Bunner OF 'Frisco-knew him we'll:
Queer little chap ever you met;
Always insistin' that war was hell
Regular Hades II Is. you bet"
When there resounded the call TO Armsr'
Bunner OF Frisco was first TO 20:
Sailed to the field OF death and alarms.
Always remarkin, Its hell you know"
Bunner OF 'Frisco-once a squad
Got where the "gugus' were fifty 20 one.
Wholly surrounded. their summons TO God
Came with each crack OF savages gun.
Boys said the sergeant. "One you know.
Must 20 TO the captain our case 10 tell
Probably death for him-whO Will gO?
II will,' says Bunner. but is hell"
Bunner Of 'Frisco-up the hill.
While demons yelled. and over its crest:
And the bullets sung. and their song was
shrill-
Now. Bunner OF Frisco now do your bestl
He did IT, by Heaven. on and on,
Into the river where missiles hailed;
Wounded and staggering. growing wan,
Never a moment he halted or quailed.
Bunner OF 'Frisco-intO the camp.
Cory and dying. he staggered. they say.
Wiped from his forehead the ultimate damn
Delivered his message and tainted away.
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FROM Charles Reode's Novel "Psg Woffineton."
Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.

no part OF the United States can be low
in civilization without tending TO bring
down the rest. The problem of the
Black Belt is the problem of the whole
country.
Again. this problem is not TO be solved
by sentiment or fanaticism; nor can it be
solved by permanent trlckery and sub
jugation. The color line is drawn-it can
not be rubbed out The South will not
let the negro vote, the North will not let
him work. What is TO be done?
Mr.. Washington's reply is plain and
simple. 1t is addressed, in fact, though
not wholly in form TO his own people
Work" he says, save. get rich. and
your problem, the problem of securing
equal rights, is solved" Hence he
teaches and urges the importance of
teaching manual arts; but still more he
teaches respect for labor and strives to
raise the self-respect of his people. To
the white man he says: Give US fair
treatment. so that we may learn not to
distrust you. Our interests are the same
but 1t is hard TO believe il when you force
US to pay first-class rates for second-class
accommodations, or pass election laws
which bar out the intelligent negro and
admit the illiterate white"
After all, the essential. point is: What
can the negro do for himself?" Bravery
on the battlefield. pathetic fidelity, do not
altogether answer this question. Genera
tions must pass before the answer is fin
ally given; but If the answer is to be ever
favorable it must be due TO such agencies
as Booker Washington's noble devotion.
Those who like us in California know
this problem as a serious one only at a
distance will do well TO recognize its i'm
portance and to give our gratitude TO this
great man. (Small, Maynard & Co., Bos-
ton. 81
Mrs. Lucy W. Thacher's 1.-THE Listen
ing Child" is a beautiful book. beautifully
named. 1t is a collection of poetry de-
signed for children The selections are
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Where the snowblrds wear stockings to warm
And perhaps it's your finger. perhaps It's your
That is frozen you know.
And your tears won't flow, -, -,
For they freeze into ice in your eyes! On ON
Have you ever heard tel f,.;,,
You haven't Wen: Nen. N,o~
Now listen TO me. and you'll know KNOW
know
Hey. there. little girls. you'll be 'stonishsa 10
That back in the East the rain IS just snow;
And the poor little kitties all have 10 wear ~,
And their breath freezes hard whenever 'Ne'
And II the dogs bark. that bark it win freeze
And they use it. you know 70 cover ths ''e'''
Meeting. folks say. Il know x-,
That my ears both are frozen: they're frozen!
Oh, OH
Had you ever heard tell?
You hadn't? Well, Wei.
II really is time you should know Know Know
Hey. there little girls. have you ever heard tell
How they hang their thermometers out In the
And the mercury drops. and it drops. and It
TIL it reaches the water. and that's where 1t
And they thaw little sIrls-lts a terrible
shock .,,
And melt them each day az just four o'clock
And the chilblains. you know
They bite at your toe -,
TIL IL itches and itches. and itehes! On. Oh!
Did you ever hear tell.
You didn't? Welt Well,
I'm really so glad now you know, know. KNOW.
Hey. there. little girls: the cyclones blow there
And they take little children right up In the
air,
And they twist them and whlrl them around
and around
Till their papas don't know them. supposing
they're found;
And sometimes they blow them clear up to the
sky. -
And they never come back again. Never! Oh.
my
Would you like East 10 EO2
You wouldn't I know.
For I've tried IL myself. and it's dreadful on
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UUlitb the 4iterary Ii0bts in the JBook QQQor>

He spoke once aEain: The boys will b
saved
Slowly the words from his ashsn lips fell.
Turned his dim EYES 70 where the tag uuauaA-
The boys will be saved. but-war-war Is
hell"
Bunnsr Of Frisco I don't know
Whittier you journey. or where you drise
Past where the iife-tides ebb and fow
There where the waves % Eternity shift.
But one thing j know or I think I do
You followed your duty through pain and wo.
And ! Judge. in the place that was kept f'r
you.
You never will murmur. IT'S he'll. you
know"
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Hurlbut and R. L. Doherty. Eaton &
Mains. New York. 81 %.
Winter Adventures OF Three Boys in
the Great Lone Lands" Egerton r.
Young. Eaton e. Mains. New York. 81 %.
Enemies and Evidences of Chris
tanity," j. d. Quackenbos. Eaton G.
Mains, New York, 81 So
"Our Islands and Their People" part I
and part ii. The n. d. Thompson Pub
fishing Company, ST. Louis
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Books Received.

BOOKS Received.
The Successful Man Of Business" Ben
Jamin Wood. Brentano's Publishing Com
pany, New York.
The Beacon raphies-Frederick
douglass by Charles w. Chestnut
Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. 70 cents.
"Child's Verse" John B. Tabb. Small
Maynard & Co., Boston, 81.
Don Cosme," T. H. Tyndale. G. w
Dillingham; & Co, New York.
Toyon.' book of holiday recitatlons
arranged by Allie NJ Felker. The Whit
aker & Ray Company. San Francisco.
parliamentary Lessons" Urouhart
Lee. Rand. McNally & Co.. New York.
Bookmark designed by Mrs. Charles
keeler. Unitarian headquarters, San
Francisco.
Lees American Tourists Map OF
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all short and are mostly lyrical and very
large proportion Of them are romantic
ana highly imaginative. Care seems TO
nave been taken to choose verse of more
than usual righteousness. For a child
with any native sensitiveness to poetry
this book would be beloved possession.
Many children, however, IL not most,
would prefer larger proportion of mar
rative. (The Macmillan Company, New
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NHE last remaining relic of the olden
days OF the drama in this city has
vanished with the destruction by
fire of we old Bush-street Theater.
Il which was the scene of many long
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-24

Miss Howard Weeden's "Bandana Bal
lads" consists Of about twenty portraits
OF negroes. with little verses forming a
kind Of commentary 10 show the spirit
in which the portraits were made. The
portraits are intended TO express the
character OF the Southern house ser
wants as they were before the war-the
beloved nammies and gentle uncles who
have been made 1he subject OF so many
tales. bat who seem to have disappeared
from Southern soil with the coming of
new conditions. The faces take one by
surprise as he turns the pages by their
fullness OF life and the unlilenoss Of each
TO all the rest The youthful faces are
charming with mischiovous Intelligence.
the older ones beautiful in gentle dignity.
Mr. Joel Chandler Harris. in an enthusi-
astic preface, attributes to the little book
a very high value as history. Whatever
the negroes are now, whatever they may
become ia the cold-storage conditions OF
our commercial environment. these por-
traits present unimpeachable evidence Of
what they were. The art with which the
facts arc set forth IS 20 felicitous I'm its
touch. SO faithful and so informing. that
Il goes deeper than character and individ-
aalitv: il reyivcs and resurrects the
per.od; ia some mysterious way it re-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-23

the Roer force under Commandant
General Joubert has attacked, or is
about to attack the British entrenched
position at Glencoe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-23
THE CAPTURE OF VRYBURG.
A Delayed Telegram Tells of the Exodus
Before the Beers.

VRYBURG, Cape Colony, October Is.
delayed in Transmission. )-There is
a great panic here this morning. The
place has not yet been attacked, but a
number of Dutch who had been here
for Nachtmeal, fled last night in pitt
full state of fear, declaring that an at
tack was imminent
All the wires to the south have been
cut for distance of twenty miles. The
loyalists are bitterly complaining that
the governments has not yet even in
strueted the inhabitants as to the atti
tude which they ought TO assume in the
event of Boer invasion.
The British resident has received a
dispatch to the effect that the prem
Ter, Mr.. Schreiner, has advised all the
women and children should be sent
away, but before it arrived the last
engine had gone to Kimberley. The
town appears woefully divided in opin-
ion, but the police and volunteers are
preparing for a defence. A deputation
has gone to parley with the Beers, and
meeting has been held to urge the
police TO abandon their resistance.
Later-At o'clock this afternoon the
magistrate announced TO a large crowd
of farmers that the police had de-
cided to retire, that the volunteers
would be disbanded and that any one
choosing to accompany the police
might do so. Immediately on these
refugees retiring. the people started at
full gallop to notify the Beers, who are
expected TO aecupy the town tomorrow.
Major Scott then addressed the po-
lice and volunteers and after explain
ing the situation asked those willing
TO remain and fight to step forward.
Six men responded to his appeal. The
police expressed an opinion, that, al
though willing to fight, they had no
chance against artillery.
Major Scott informed the magistrate
of this and the police rode out of town,
following the exodus of townspeopie,
who were mostly English.
When / left the people were fleeing
west, north and south, on foot. on
horse back and in vehicles. I gather
ed that the invaders had guaranteed
protection and good treatment to the
inhabitants who remained.
Just before leaving | heard that
footing had begun, but special con-
Continued ON Third Page.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-23
THE SENATOR
Arrived at San Francisco Yester-
day With the Iowa Regiment.
All Well.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 22.-The
Fiftv-first regiment OF Iowa volunteers,
numbering 764 men and As officers. un-
der the command of Col. j. G. Lopez,
arrived here to-day from Manila on the
transport Senator. There was no sick
ness aboard. Edward Kissick, COM
pany f, OF Oskaloosa, Ia, died al Ma
gasaM OF dysenaery. Three days out
from Nagasaki Edwin Stater, COM
pany VI. ard Homer A. Read, company
A, we're injured by the breaking OF the
after sail, which fell on them. Stat
ler's leg was broken and Read sus-
tanned a fracture OF the skull. Both
are doing we'll. The Senator was
caught in the tail OF the typhoon en-
countered by the steamer Empress or
Japan. She was tossed in a lively man
ner for several hours, but suffered no
severe damage. So serious did the sit
nation seem to the officers Of the
steamer at one time that all the pas
sengers were ordered below and the
matches were battened down.
Adjutant General Byers and 300 citi-
zens Of Iowa met the Senator at the
Golden Gate IN a number Of tugs. They
received royal reception from the vol
unteers. The regiment viii be taken
off the transport tomorrow.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-23
ECHOES OF THE BIG RACE
Fine Tribute Paid to Americans by
Sir Thomas Upton.
ABSOLUTELY FAIR PLAY-wILn
CHALLENGE AGAIN IF HE CAN
ARRANGE TO Make 1T POSI-
BLE-WILL BE TOASTED IN
CHICAGO.

NEW YORK, October 22.-After the
conclusion Of fridays yacht race
luncheon was served to big crowd on
board the Erin, Sir Thomas Lipton's
pleasure yacht When luncheon was
over the guests remained at the table,
while Sir Thomas rose in his place at
the head of the table and said.
My Friends-I came over here to
lift the Americas cup and take 1t back
to England, and have failed to do it.
| never said that l would do it, nor will
ever say more than that I thought I
had an equal chance for it. My rival
has never said more than this, so there
has been no boasting on either side. If
1t had been a sure thing either way
there would have been no sport In 1t.
Whatever | may have thought in the
past does not matter now. | am con-
WINGED that the Columbia is the better
boat. and she richly deserves her vic
tory. The first race was disappoint-
an accident; but that matters nothing
I'VE had to-day perfect Shamrock
weather, our boat was handled magnifi-
cently-not chance was neglected.
Columbia won because she ought to
have won, and | am satisfied that it
is So"
Sir Thomas then proposed the health
of the Columbia, her crew and her own
ers, which was drunk amid cheers and
handclapping. Sir Henry Burdett adj
ded to the enthusiasm by declaring that
Sir Thomas has. it Is true, failed to
lift the cup, but he has succeeded in
lifting the hearts of the American peo-
pie"
Il desire to add" resumed Sir Thorn
as, that | mean to challenge again
If / can arrange matters so as to make
it possible. At this time / cannot go
into details, but I'll try it again some
day. | have long regarded Mr.. Here
shoff as the greatest designer OF yachts
in the world, and the future possession
of the Americas cup depends solely
upon the ability of English designers
to excel him. I'll get 1t If l can find a
man to build the boat. My ability in
that direction ends with my ability to
pay for 1t. | can neither Design noE
build boats"
sir Thomas Upton will receive well
come when he arrives at Chicago this
week that will make him forget the
shortcomings of his famous Shamrock
and his many weary days waiting for
wind off Sandy Hook.
Former Mayor Strong, of New York,
and a number of prominent business
and Wall street men have sent out a
call for subscriptions for the purpose
of presenting to Sir Thomas Upton
magnificent loving cup as token OK
the esteem in which he Is held by the
American people. II Is proposed TO nave
the presentation held at Madison Square
Garden. and to have Senator Chauneey
NJ Depew make the public presenta-
ton speech. A committee for the pur-
pose has been selected Of which ex-
Mayor Strong is temporary chairman.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-23
NR. BRYAN
viii Commence Elaborate Nebraska
Campaign Tomorrow.

viii Commences Elaborate Nebraska
Campaign Tomorrow.
LINCOLN, Neb., October Z2.--Begin-
ming Tuesday morning, W. J. Bryan
will make the most elaborate county
by county, and town to town canvass
he has ever made in Nebraska, not ez-
ceptIng the year he ran for President.
On a special train he viii travel over
nearly every line OF railroad In the
State and Will make over one hundred
speeches, concluding at Lincoln on the
Saturday before election, wnen he will
be assisted by Ex-Governor Ahgeld.
The Republican committee has secured
some or the best known eampaigners In
the country, and the canvass for the
remaining two weeks will be as exciting
as that OF presidential year.