The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
NEW pUBLIC4TIONS.

just published for the trustees of the
 John F. Slater fund a special edition
 of 10000 copies of '"The Future of the
 American Negro" U Booker T. Wash
 ington. The edition is being distribut-
 ed by the trustees among the negroes
 of the south; and a copy Is also being
 furnished to every meber of the legis
 latures of the southern state, and to
 all the state executive officers and su-
 perintendents of education throughout
 the south.
 This fund was created in 1882 by the
 late John F. Slater, of Norwich, Conn.,,
 who set aside 900 as "a trust fund,
 the interest to be used, in the discre-
 ton of the trustees,' for the education
 and uplifting of the freed men of the
 south. Its income under wise admins tration has been productive of great
 good. It has been devoted partly to
 the assistance of schols and colleges for
 negroes and partly to the circulation of literature directly among the colored
 people, The Slater fund has materially
 aided MT Washington in his work at Tuskegee, having been one of the first sources whence he obtained funds to
 help carry on his work, and having
 since 1883 given generous aid every
 year.
 Booker T. Washington has already
 taken his place among the remarkable
 men of his country and century. A | wide distribution of his works cannot be sufficiently encouraged, for they are
 but his work done into words, and may reach many purse strings hitherto
 drawn tight, for the furtherance and support of his giantic task, which Is for
 the benefit of the white American per l haps even more than for that of his dusky fellow citizen.
 1 There is an amusing touch in Charles R. Luslfs new novel, "The Autocrats," when the author makes two great street railway magnates, planning a dishon | est coup involving millions discuss | with contempt Stevensons Treasure | Island" | T see you have been reading" ob- served Bidwell, glancing at the book l that Ledlow had laid aside. q find no | time to read myself. and did not SUD- | pose you did" ''It is simply part of my exercise" explained Ledlow. "The doctor pre- scribed it, and read half an hour ev- cry evening. Then I go to work"
 What is the book?" asked Bdwell.
 '1t is called Treasure Island writ ten by that fellow named Stevenson"
 Some relative of Ike's, guess" ob- served Bidwell. Whats is 1t about? | I like the title"
 "Oh, it's all about q couple of men, | a doctor and 9 business man, who fit ted up ship and went to an island to | dig up a lot of gold They got it, too: made big return upon the invest ment."
 How much did they declare?" asked Bidwell. DF't
 Several hundred thousands I should judge" answered the banker.
 Pooh! mere trihef' observed Bid well.
 "The original investment wasn't large" explained the banker apologetl- cally,
 l The Smart Set for July is just out with its usual bright, ,up-to-d date table of contents. The long story this month is by Molly Eliot ScaWell, and Is en- llIcu ppd OluST Clever stories in this numbep are Elizabeth Duer's Tn Loco Parentis"; Josephine ID. Daskam's "The Woman Who Look ed Ahead; The Queens Love" by Justus Miles Forman"; At the Sign of the Cleft Heart"o a-idfafna byTheo- dosia Garrison; According to Gibson" Erin Graham's s1o0 prize story; Julien Gordon's "A Lost Line; and Miriam Cruikshank's "A Lost Line" There are plenty of short skits, poems by popular authors, including Ella Wheel CT Wilcox, John Winwood, Charlotte Becker and others, and an article by Mrs. Sherwood on Some English Prin- cesses'' The whole number Is an un- usually good one.
 The American Queen for June has on it's cover the picture of a woman who looks delightfully."- cool in a gown of white against a scarlet background. The opening story, His First Act of Renuncia tion," is full of interest and is followed by three or four other good ones scattered through the magazine | There is a symposium on Happiness in Marriage and the departments con tain much information in regard to fancy work, the toilet, dressmaking care of the baby, etc.
 Current History for June opens with a very able and pithy, critical estimate of the life work of Lord Salisbury, "the proudest aristocrat in England" writ ten from an opponents point of view. The article is probably the last from the pen of the famous English journal ist, William Clarke, as the writer died shortly afterwards while on a tour in Herzegovina The leading top cs of the month are the Situation in China, the Nightmare in South Africa, Relations, Cuban Ques- -ion, Suffrage, Question, Pan-American Exposition, Opening of New Ontario, I he British Budget the Invisible Spec rum and the Pros and Cons of Trusts. , Boston, Mass Current History Con- lany { The American Boy for June Sprague Publishing company, De- roit, Mich) presents thirty-two pages Y if matter of surpassing interest to ,oys There are nearly one hundred L I