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similar retort. "You may not believe
it. but don't you wish you could?'
This particular section of earthly
paradise was part Of tract OF land
owned by one Gibson, and situated on a
stream known as Bayou Pierre" and
tributary to the Mississippi River. Upon
1t was situated the mansion of Judge p.
A. Van Dorm, a typical Southern home,
vlvidly described by the author of the
present narrative. Here was born his
son, Earl Van Dorm, in 1920. Two or
three chapters are devoted to his early
life and education. He was educated at
West Point being, as the author says.
zone OF the few Southern students that
could endure the restraint and rigid
training of the school," Soon after
graduation he married girl of sixteen,
Miss Godbold, daughter of Colonel God
bold, of Mount Vernon. Ala. Succeed
ing chapters are given to letters writ
ten by the young soldier while fighting
in the Mexican war, and in various In
dian campaigns.
Then comes the most important part
OF the book, that dealing with the civil
war. It is largely filled with CORE
spondence of a personal or official ma
ture. relating to the experience Of Gen
eral Van Dorm.
A fair sample of these letters is one
which is signed "Kiawah," and describes
a review which took place at Centreville,
Va, carly in December, 1861. There Is a
realism and freshness about such doc
uments which makes them worth pre-
serving, whether they are written by
prominent persons or not. The lettsr in
: -stion is as follows:
",a brilliant military display of IS
tcri.- shone out in striking contrast
against the leaden-colored sky, which
had overhung the camps near Centre
vile for several consecutive days. 'Tis
seldom we have gala day. Camp life
in the Army of the Potomac is without
veille,' roll calls and tattoo that a
field dav such as that l witnessed on
Monday. was the next best thing 10 a
fight. The ceremony was a novel one;
arms were FURNISHED, guns polished. and
caissons subjected to a scrupulous scrub
bing. Generals, with stars, on richly
caparisoned horses, galloped from point
to point, and as the hour grew near. col
umn after column could be seen crossing
McLeans Ford, on Bull Run, and wheel
ing into line in the old Fields on the
southwest side.
Riding over, soon after breakfast, to
General Van Dorn's quarters, l met for
the first time this hful-looking field
marshal. The general is rather under
sized-of a spare frame, erect and grace
full in his movements; his mustache is
long. but light; otherwise he is closely
shaven. which is one cause of his youth
iul appearance. His uniform was q gray
tunic, with buff collar and cuffs. heavy
gold braiding on the sleeve. and three
stars on each side of the collar. the one
in the center the largest; as he drew on
his buck gauntlets. caught sight of a
cross, embroidered thereon in scarlet
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steamed toward the place in the clear
morning light OF June 20. was impress
sive. It was, indeed, white city tents.
tents, tents extending along the shore
almcat as far as the eye could see. Scat
tered in the censor and more congested
part of the town were large frame AMI
galvanized iron structures, the ware
panies; and there was the much talked
of tundra, upon which the multitude were
encamped, extending back almost from
the edge of the sea three or four miles
to the high and rolling hills, which
bore an occasional streak OF snow. Not
a tree, not bit OF foliage, nothing
green, was in evidence. Had II not been
for the chance discovery Of gold in that
remote spot, one passing along the coast
would have considered 1t barren and for
lorn. "A dreary waste expanding to the
skies There is not even the semblance
Of harbor. It is a mere shallow road
stead open to the clear sweep and attack
of the Bering Sea. Anchored from one
to two miles from the shore were strung
along. / may say, scores OF nondescript
steamers and sailing craft, with here and
there tug towing ashore lighters filled
with passengers or freight and bringing
them back empty. These tugs were so
few that they could command almost any
price for a days use, and proved veri-
table gold mines to their owners When
the sea is at all rough no disembarklng
can be done
OF the history of the land of Nome"
Mr.. Mckee says in conclusion:
Uncle Sans record in Alaska has not
been one 20 be proud of. A taxed. un-
represented people, who. under the
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greatest adversities, have shown to the
world the enormous and varied resources
of a supposedly barren land. have for
years had TO bear the additional burden
of incompetent and INSCRIPTIONS officials
who have been foisted upon the coun-
try. The rush to Cape Nome has at
tracted attention to only comparative
ly insignificant portion of Alaska, and
emphasized but one of the treasures in
its vast, unexplored storehouse.
In the north and east, and over by
the Canadian border line, is the world
famous klondike region. Fifteen hun
dred miles distant to the west. close TO
Siberia. are the Nome gold fields South
east are found seemingly inexhaustible
quartz gold mines, the greatest salmon
fisheries IN the world, and climate
and soil which will make agriculture
possible and profitable. And away to
the south and west are immense forests,
mines of copper. and the Pribilof ISL
ands, the home of the fur seal. Within
the boundaries of Alaska there lies a
country incomprehensible in its extent
and difficulties, inconceivable in the pos
sibllities Of its latent wealth. The mar
velous discoveries of gold at Cape Nome,
which have entailed so much hardship
and scandal, bringing riches TO many
and disappointment to more. will at
least have worked a highly beneficent
result in bringing earlier to light the
neglect and needs Of our wonderful
Alaska"
The narrative is intersperged with an
ecdotes briefly but picturesquely told,
and the book is, taken as n whole, one
of the best yet written on a most in
teresting subject. (New York; The
Grafton Press.)
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:. THE FROZEN GOLD FIELDS :.

THE Land of Nome by Lanier Nc
Kee. is a tastefully bound hook con-
tpining the story Of the authors ex-
perience In the Bering Sea gold fields.
1t is unillustrated. which is something
OF relief after the books We have had
on this subject which have seemed TO
be written around badly printed pic
lures; ard the text is interesting. Be
sides the mere description of the mining
country there Is an account of what the
author calls ''tbe final overthrow Of a
great conspiracy He says in the pref
ece:
The discovery of this El Dorado OF
Bering Sea has created an epoch in the
development Of our national domain.
wonderful and unprecedented in va
rious phases. and but little understood
or appreciated by the general public
Certain features of the subject can
hardly be exaggerated; for instance, the
magnitude and blindness of the STAN
pede of $4,000 fortune hunters in the
summer of 1900 and the almost indie
scribable scenes which attended their
arrival on the golden sands the mar
velous richness of some of the placer
gold deposits; the dreariness and bar
renness of the new country; and the
cnormity of the judicial conspiracy
whose proceedings the United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals has declared
have no parallel in the Jurisprudence of
this country"
The style of the book is terse. graphic
and forceful. An example of the au-
thor's way Of describing things is to be
found in this paragraph from enc Of the
earlier chapters:
The fret sight OF Nome City, as We
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port you, like the magic carpet OF fairy
land, to this once fair section of Amer
lea, and acquaint you with the surpass-
ing beauty Of It's natural and human as
poets; acqunint you with its once regal
homes, lovely women, and noble men.
l would dazzle y-u with tales Of their
heroism and portray the delicately gift
ed and lofty qualities OF the people that
made life splendid ana impressive, and
gaze them a force and influence all their
own. Honor, truth. intesrity-virtue.
gentleness, purity, formed the trium-
virate basis Of character and the pivot
round which their daily lives revolved.
Not that these people were exclusive
and apart from the outside world. for
like the robins they fed IN season to
cooler climcs and built summer nests.
to return in autumn with tho spoils of
graceful contact with the gay world. its
culture and literature. The women new
er forgot to replsrsh their wardrobes
with the latest fabrics and fashions, and
the men with outfits from the tailors Of
Paris and London. European travel was
included in their summer tours as well
as the resorts of this country, and the
possession OF wealth afforded gratifica-
tion of every desire. The men and wom-
en- were not absorbed by, but were sim
ply martyrs to, tailors. modlstes and
milliners, wearing whatever they pre-
scribed, taking no thought or care as to
style, color or cost, any more than as
they made up the concomitants OF a
proper and becoming appearance. To ex-
plain the meaning OF this, a lady who
was an active worker In a church was
fitted out by her millner with hat
of the then prevailing 'corn-color;' ste
donned the appendage to her toilet en-
tirely oblivious as to its color or mode,
and wore it to church. The minister at
once observed the color and remarked
with an air of pity, that poor Miss Jane
had to wear a yellow bonnet because it
was the fashion, But the yellow hat
failed to claim the thoughts of the wear
er or to cool her ardor In church work,
donning the hat simply as covering to
her head and because her milliner had
supplied it,
The mind which can place this incl
dent along with birds. flowers, European
travel, and standards of morality as a
proof of the superior quality OF every
object appertaining to the ante bellum
South surely deserves to be called
unique. There is something about the
perspective of the picture. it is true,
which recalls those Japanese scenes in
which waterfall appears to be coming
out of chimney and the branch OF a
cherry tree to grow from the moon, but
like the latter II all depends upon the
point OF view. The anecdote OF Turner.
in which the painter responds to the
criticism of a patron who never saw
such a sunset with the rejoinder,
Don't you wish you could?" also applies
in this case. Those who decline to be-
lieve that the moonlight south of Mason
and Dixons line before the war had a
peculiar beauty not shared by any ether
moonlight can only be answered by the
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The Founder of Mormonism.

Dodd, Mead & Co. announce for i'm
mediate publication. The Founder OF
Mormonism.' work by l. Woodbridge
Riley. dealing more especially with
Joseph Smith. and hts share in estab-
fishing the Mormon faith in America.
Other authorities have treated, more or
less successfully. the results OF Nor
monism and their visible aspects as seen
today: but II has remained for Mr.. Riley
to treat philosocophically and hlFtario-
ally, the origins Of this extraordinary
phenomenon,
Mr.. Riley has discovered that The an
tecedents OF Smith were strongly touch
81 with epilepsy. He has shown con
vincingly that the environment In which
Smith was brought up was one OF an
almost insane religious fervor.
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the first
white man to cross the Rocky Noun
tains, the discoverer of the great Mack
enzie River, which he followed TO the
shores OF the Arctic Ocean, wrote an ac-
count Of his travels, which he dedicated
TO King George III, of England. In his
story he included an account OF the
early American fur trade, as it ex
listed in 1883 and 1898. The book was
issued century ago, and again In 1914.
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MACKENZIE'S TRAVELS.

but has never been reprinted since then.
AS contribution to our knowledge of
early American exploration, the quiet,
unimpassioned story OF the sturdy
Scotchman's victory over almost incredi-
BILE privations and obstacles is invalu-
able. This almost forgotten narrative
has Just been reprinted by the New
Amsterdam Book Company. and they will
publish the work during July. The book
will contain Mackenzie's route map and
his portrait in photogravure.
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Child Training.

Mr.. Walter Russell, famous as u
painter of children's portraits, has writ
ten an entertaining book covering the
training Of children from the child's
point OF view. The volume consists OF
a number of sketches. each intended TO
cover some special phase of child life;
and the child's mind viii be shown. not
only In the text, but in series of beau
tiful pictures drawn by the author. of
which there will be over 100 in the book.
Dcdd. Mead G Co. are the publishers.
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A Literary Puzzle.


Messrs. Small, Maynard & Co. an
nounce that the authorship OF the stoiles
contained In the volume entitled "a
House Party" is as follows:
.'The Angel of the Lord" George w
Gable; "ArtemisIa's Mirror" Bertha
Runklc; Aunt Nancy's Annuity" Frank
r. Stockton: THE Broken Story" Ruth
McEnery Stuart; "Dawson's Dilemma" :"
John Kendrick Bangs; The Fairy God
mother Mrs. Burton Harrison: "a Fam
lily Tradition" Paul Leicester Ford "The
Green Bowl" Sarah orne Jewett; THE
Messenger" Octave Thanet; Mother" 3"
Owen Wister; THE Red Oxen OF Bon
VAL" Charles G. d. Roberts; "A Surren-
der Robert Grant.
In the original competition no correct
guess was received, the nearest correct
being that of Mrs. Horace Silsbee, of
Seneca Falls, New York, who guessed
correctly the authorship OF eleven out of
the twelve stories. In the second contest,
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Matthew Arnold's Masterpiece.

The New Amsterdam Book Company
announce the Immediate publication of
new edition of Matthew Arnold's great
masterpiece. Literature and Dogma
1t will be the second title in their new
Commonwealth Library.
The Washington times., 1902-07-27
A CHICAGO RUMOR.

to the Public attentit ! during the VISIT
of Prince Henry. when the mayors wife
was responsible for much CT the success
CT the entertainments offered to the
royal visitor. The nature Of her forth
coming hook is not generally known. as
the publishers have made no definite an
nouEcsment as yet
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The newest rumor in literary Chicago
deals with no less a parsonage than the
wife of the city's mayor. Literature viii
be new field CT conquest for Mrs.
Harrison. who has been a social leader
OF unusual tact and charm during her
husbands several terms of office. Her
abilities in this direction were brought
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NOTES.

in which the names of the authors were
given and the question was which author
wrote each story. twenty-four correct
answers were received.
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SOMEWHAT unusual book is "a
Soldiers Honor; by His Com
rades." a collection Of letters,
"reminiscences. ard papers OF


one kind or another concerning
Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorm, collected,
as the title indicates, by his friends, and
published together with his portrait and
pictures Of his home, and of various
scenes associated with his career, in an
attractive volume Of moderate size. The
book will be particularly interesting to
those engaged in gathering records OF
the Confederate army, not by any means
as abundant in these days as records of
the Federal armies.
The sincerity and naivete OF the in
PRODUCTION give it an attraction of its
own. The opening paragraphs are as
follows:
Fellow pilgrim of earth, in this
workaday world, let us for brief time
turn back the wheels of progress from
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
Eyer Think hbOut 1t?
Manu- a Resident OF Tucson viii
Tell You.

We are living in a very rapid age
Few OF us bother our heads about
small things. and so many persons
look upon pain. ache or lamesness
In the back as a small thing They
wait for it TO pass of, giving no
thought to the cause Remember these
important facts. take a mental note of
them for future use and when the
time comes Use them. The kidneys are
the sewers or the system: they carry
on the impure ma ,er. but sewers
sometimes become clogged up So do
the Kidneys. 4ne .--.neys are located
near the small Of the back. hence any
stoppage affects .-.e back. This means
backache lame back. weak back and
many other distressing symptoms.
There Is lots more to tell on this sub
Ject, but We won do it here. for we
want to show YOU now to keep the kid
neys SO the back will have no cause to
ache
A, S. Sampson, of 1929 Forest ave-
nue.. Nansas City. carpenter and paint
er by trade. says: 1T is seven or eight
years since | first felt the effects of
kidney trouble. During that time
have had some very severe attacks
often being laid mp for weeks at a time
not able to work at all. | not ONLY
had pains in my back. but my head
ached so that | thought at times it
would split. doctored great deal
a2d used every kind of medicine
knew about, but without relief. I fin
ally tried DOan's Kidney Pills. and
think | owe my lie to their use. |
continued the treatment until had
aiken three boxes. when the pains in
ny lack we're relieved my appetite
returned and my whole system was
regulated"
Just such emphatic endorsement
can be had right here in Tucson. Drop
into George Martins drug store and
ask what his customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents
Remember the name-Doah's-R
take no other
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
BOND SALE
Fifty Year. four Per Cent Gold Bonds Of
PimasCounty. Arizona Territory

The undersigned viii receive bids ut his
Office in the City OF Tucson, Pima County
Arizona Territory. up to u o'clock noon of the
2lst OF April, 1872 ior twenty-five Retunding
Bonds of one thousand dollars each OF Pima
County, Arizona Territory, maturing In 1852
principal and interest payable in u. S. gold
coin. nj the once Of the County Treasurer Of
Pima County, or al such bank in the City of
New York or the city OF san Francisco as may
BE- designated bS the Board OF Supervisors OF
Pima County a. the option of the pure hasers
OF said bonds said bonds are issued under
the authority OF Chapter OF Title 81 of the Re.
vised Statues Of Arizona of 1887. and of the Act
of Congress, approved March 3rd. 1901, entitled
IAN Act authorizing the Board OF Supervisors
of Pine County Arizona Territory, to issue
hfty-year four per centum bonds OF Pima
County, Arizona Territory, To redeem certain
bonded indebtedness, oi said County
No hid Will be crptrd for less than the par
value OF such bonl. and any interest that may
be due thereon, sni the right Is reserved to re-
ject any and all oids.
Each bid IA be accompanied by certified
check in the SUM oi I5ooo0 or same will not he
considered.
HARRY A. DRACHMAN,
Treasurer Pima Co, A. r
Tucson A. T.
First insertion March H. last prtl H.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
The ArtIatic Jspanene.

The artistic Jap shows nothing in a
room. absolutely nothing except love
~ flower and screen and perhaps a
beautiful vase. You would
never know from the rooms of Jap
that ne was Il great picture collector
The wealthy collector keeps all his
treasures slowed away i'll what is call
Cd go down" his storeEousr and his
pictures are brought ny one at time
II any visitor is present or expected
Generally Il single picture will he
brought in and hung up. You enjoy
that beautiful picture hy itself 1t is
very much like bringing bottle OF
wine from Tie cellar, No one would
want the whole bin q time" Japan:
\ Record In Color" by Mortimer Men
pes.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
Seemed Reasonable

Johnny had written a composition in
tie narrative style and WAS showing il
to his mother for her approval before
submitting ii TO the teacher
Here's Il sentence that will not do
Johnny she said as She read it;
"'Whcn the man found that he bad
called ut the wrong door, he politely
explained himself away \ man can
explain n thing away, my dear. but not
himself"
II don't see why" contendcd Johnny
~ man can bow himself out, can't
uc:"
'Certlinly"
Then why can't he explain himself
away?"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
Above fac-simile of the Citizens Mutual Discount being
readers premium for annual paid-up subscr
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUP

PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUP
PLIES-Department of the Interior,
Omce of Indian Affairs. Washington,
d. c.. March |, 1902. Sealed proposals,
indorsed Proposals for beef. -four,
etc. as the case may be. and dir
ected to the Commissioner of Indian
Anairs, 235 J)hnson street, Chicago,
Ill, will be received until 4 o'clock, D.
m. of tuesday. April Is, 1902, for
furnishing for the Indian Service,
beef, -four, bacon, beans. coffee, sugar.
rice, tea, and other articles of subsist-
ence; Glso boots and shoes, groceries,
soap, baking powder, crockery, agri-
cuitu al implements. paints. oils, glass,
tinware, wagons, harness, leather, shoe
findings, saddlery, etc, hardware,
school and medical supplies, and a
long list of miscellaneous articles.
Sealed proposals, indorsed Proposals
for blankets. wooden anu cotton goods.
clotA.ng, etc. as the case may be, and
directed to the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, No. II and 70 Wooster
street. New York City. will be received
until l O'Clock, p m. OF Tuesday. May
IL. 1902, for furnishing for the Indian
Service, blankets, wooden and cotton
goods, clothing. notions. hats and
caps. Bids must be made out on gov
ernment L.anks Schedules giving all
necessary information for bidders will
be furnished on application 10 the in
dian Office, washington, ID. c.; Nos.
n and I9 wooster street, New York
City; G35 JonnsJn street, Chicago,
ILL.,; No. S15 Howard street, Omaha,
Neh.; the Commissaries of Subsistence,
U. 5. A., at Cheyenne, Leavenworth,
st. Louis, st. Paul, and San Fran
CISCO; toe postmasters at Sioux City,
fankton, Arkansas City, Caldwell,
1 opeka, Wichita, Tucson Bids will be
opened at the hour and days above
stated, and bidders are invited to be
present at the opening. The Depar
ment reserves the right to determine
the point Oh delivery and to reject any
and all bids, or any part of any bid.
w. A. JONES, Commissioner.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP.

Of Virginia is a breeding ground of
Ma4arla germs. So is low, wet or
marshy ground everywhere. These
germs cause weakness. chills and fever
aches in the bones and muscles, and
may induce dangerous maladies. But
Electric Bitters never fail to destroy
them and re malarial troubles. They
Will surely prevent typhoid. We tried
many remedies for Malaria and Stom-
ach and Liver troubles" writes John
Charleston, of Dyesvllle. O., but never
found any thing as good as Electric
bltters." Try them. Only Soc All drug
gis's guarantee sati7faction.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
EnrIv EngIiah CmbreIlnn.

Two centuries ago the umbrella was
known aud used as a sunshade. Ben
.Ionson and Beaumont and Fletcher al
udcd to it, In 1112 it was used as a
rain protector, Gay in his Trivia .
speaks OF the umbrellas oily shed. ="
which was recorded as a kind of SOU
wester material more serviceable than
gingbam or silk. which was used in its
construction at that period.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
MutunIity of DerttnntIon

A listless looking woman came into
a car and, dropping languidly into a
seat by the side of an acquaintance,
drawled out laZily:
La, Iiet, is this you?'
'Why. Mag. how are your" was the
equally languid reply.
"Wherc you goin', IIet?'
"Nowhars Where you goin'T'
''Nowhars"
swell, then, guess I'll just drag
along with you."-Llppincott's Maga-
Kine.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
Ous Before His Time.

"ThereG one OF my faults that I'm
rrec 10 admit" said the convict who
always managed to break Jail.
What's that
Il have never lived up to my con-
yictions. = Philadelphia Press.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
NEGLECT MEANS DANGER.

Don't neglect biliousness and consti-
patton. Your health will suffer per-
manently If you do. De Wits Little
Early Risers cure such cases. The best
pills. They never grippe or cause
neausea. S Il. Bell & Son.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08

Any resident OF Tucson, who moves
before April 10, will please notify
Charles I. Connell. 127 West Pennfng-
ton street, publisher of the Tucson
O4ty Directory, in order to insure the
correct address in that work. 122-tt
The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08
Self HBraIsR

BizZcr-GaSser tells me that he Ia
IAuZzerI'm sorry you told me. III
be suspicious Of him after this. Ohio
State journal