The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-04-25

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Like Tie CsPfrAL JouRNAI, the BoftOn
Monthly Current History Is specially
\ designed 10 serve the busy reader. IL
sums up monthly the important news Of
the world, carefully siited Of non.
essentials, and bringing out clearly the
cardinal points Of recent progress along
All lines. A half hour viii post the
reader on all ibe leading questions Of
The day. The April number is Abun.
I dainty illnstrAted, and gives prominent
space 10 the Chinese Negotiations,
Cuban and Philippine Problems, Tariff
War with Russia, Relations Of England
and Germany. the Hague Tribunal Of
Arbitration, Industrial Consultations,
tbe Riots Ia Spain, the service Of Mis-
sions, the New tar in Perseus, Printing
without ink, etc.
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The exports from the United States
continue vefv heavy, but for the second
time they show considerable decline,
the total for March being 1924 800 900
agninst tl3I 100000 in 1900, docrease
Of over 100000. In February they
showed decrease Of over $1,000, 600.
Our imports have exhibited q steady
decline Tor tho last eight nonths
amounting 10 over fi0,0OO,OOO While
the larger drop In imports leaves
favorable trade balance, the change in
the current Of our international trade
movement is significant.
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Charles Major, the author Of "When
Kpightbood Was Ia Flower" will call
his secend book The Bears u Blue
River" In this, The popular author
b NJ isken hiayivid pictures Of historical
adventure right into his own State,
IA ough, ~ he says, II ia"away back In
the twenties, when Indiana was baby
State " The stories, which form con.
tinuous narrative, are Of the real bears
and Of the sort that will make this book
enormously popnlav Doubleday, Page
a Co., are the publishers,a and Il IL to ap.
pear early In the autumn.
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Referring 10 the vote Of the New York
State Librarians for the best and most
popular 30 books Of 1900, II Is interest.
ing 10 note that X. n. Russell the "Art
Pabliater,' is credited with two books
In the list, D. e., MIR. Dooley's Philosophy
by tlie inimtable y Peter Dunno, who.
by the way, was at last accounts
recuperSiing In Italy from his attack Of
typhoid and the English translation Of
Edmend Roetand's L'alglon.
Mrs Kate Douglas wiggIn's narrative
Of the experiences OF Penelope and her
friends la Ireland has been expanded
sinoe lie appearance la the Atlantis,
and will be issued by .lIoughton, Mi1in
a Co, Ia lie enlarged form ~ Penelope's .
irish ~ perienyes. Mrs. wigsin's good
sense and homoF were never more
happily Ia evidence than they are in
this conclndirg y number Of the Penelope
series
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Awriser 10 The worlds work Zoe May
tells thisi
Some months ago Mr liill visited the
Office oi a railroad la the stock Of which
he had just obtained an influential In.
teresi. Glanoing through the doorway
OF one large olhioe,Ioon. be ask ked curtly
''IloS many msn here About eighty.
Ave" Was the ansNsr. Can't you gci
along vith les,g" 'No Ne never could. %
"well. i'il get mao who can.
To the Riverside Biographical seri,
Will be added la April volumes on John
Marshall, ulgsarn :, GRAFT, and Lewis
aud CLARK The hTst named volume h
by Professor James y. ThayeF, oi tho
Harvard Law school, the .scond BY Mr.
Walter Allen. pnd the third by Ma.
willlam n. lipblon, Zach volume
viii contain q pho,ogravuro possrail,
aud that on Marshsn some hitherto
unpublished leiies
william Naughn Moody 4 one OF the
most promising oi the younger American
writers, srd his yerse has attracted
attention both ior iis cfNitsnanshlp aud /
vitality. A oolleciion oi hls ycrses, TO
be- known simply 40 Poems by william
Vaughn Aoody." will BE- issnrd IN
March iFosp che Riverside rrcss Tho
'olIeosion eAhlbits vinlfy Ia ueatment,
ylsor u llnaginstion and = hish
rider oi ps,eiie "a xpFession.
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''fhe Social Problem" new book Ia /
,ew NoFk iaauei by Ian,es Pot 4 Co
gishin few Yecks, oonlains sn clab-
rate cTiticHm ppon the eld political
oononyy " sohn ssuar, Mal and oihers
his ehool
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There is nothing oilers % much chance
q improvement ~ polilicsl e,onomy.