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Just the Book for a Boy.

Mr.. Edwin Sandys, the author Of Upland
Game Birds" writes in way to delight the
heart Of every healthy boy in 1Trapper
'Jim'' Ohe Macmillan Company Here is
a yarn about outdoor life that treats of all
tn, subjects that boy is most interested
in and in CHEEKY, wholesome, entertain
ing way
Jim is q quiet, fourteen-year-old boy,
who is taken in hand by his cousin Ned,
a CHEEKY chap who shoots and fishes and
boxes and sets traps and stuffs birds and
has thorough and practical acquaintance
with the very things boy wants to know
about. The young scholar and his in
structor live in an old rectory in a Western
country town within reach Of woods and
river and lake. and the story Of their adj
ventures Ia made up of chapters on traps
and trapping. fishing for bass and pike,
canoeing, camping, mounting and stuff1ng
specimens, and an excellent little treatise
on the noble art, while the illustrations
are numerous and satisfactory. There
was one room in the old rectory which was
known as the Morgue, and in which the
cousins spent much of their time, Here
is description Of it. and We think that
any boy will agree with Jim's mentor that
it was bully place
During work hours, when covers were
of unfinished bits, one caught glimpses
OF hawks fighting or Staying quarry, Of
birds sleeping, preening their feathers and
scratching their heads, and doing many
other things which the playful whim or
close observation of the lad had prompted
There we're squirrels busy at a glove fight
In a roped arena; other squirrels fighting
with clubs and stones; races with frogs
riding rats; duelling mice; chipmunks
laboring under huge burdens Of beech
nuts; a clambering turtle with a hest Of
mice upon it's SHE'LL and many others in
which smell creatures were playing at
human tricks. In a corner hung a great
bunch Of steel traps, in another a lot Of
shooting gear, and below that a couple Of
gun cases. Rows Of big nails supported
og-whips pouches, bags, chains, wading
boots, and many other things which sports
men gather. including boxing gloves, foils,
coils of fishing line, and a few hanks of
white cord, the purpose of which was
suggested by half-tinished hammock
with the big netting needle thrust through
the mesh In gauze-covered box were
lot Of cocoons Of various large moths and
butterflies. while trunk-like boxes held
various small skins and pungent odor.
There were walking shoes, tennis shoes.
and some with corked spikes, which sug-
gested speed. as an old toboggan, Skinny
stick, snow shoes and skates whispered of
winter fun. In fine, the place was somo-
thing akin to an arsenal for sporting war
yet redeemed from savagery by the writing
appliances on the drawing table, with its
board, boxes Of colors, reducing glass, &c
Surely an ideal schoolroom this for boy
to take his lessons in.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-30
Undine Done Over.

In the days long past Baron de Lamotte
Fouaue's "Undine" and "Sintram" in
translation were published in one volume
That volume Mr. Frederic Werden Pang-
born seems to have read, aud from the
two stories to have evolved "The Silent
Maid" IL. C. Page 4 Coz. He tells
the story simply. which is an excellent
contrast to most Of the pseudo historical
tales we are receiving. Yet he intro
duces nineteenth-centuryt turns of sentiment
which his predecessor succeeded in avoid
ing, and for some reason or another he has
iumbled Anglo-Saxon and modern Ger
man names in very irritating way. 1t is
a pleasant enough story. which people
who have not read "Undine' will enjoy
and think original,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-30
A Memorial 10 a Newspaper Man.

Newspaper men do not work for fame
Good and powerful though their writing
may be, it disappears with them and is only
known to their fellow workers. The late
Edward P. Clark for years did excellent
service for the Erening Post. 1t is with
pleasure that we note that little me-
mortal volume about him is to be published
by the Eagle Press, Brooklyn, under the
title "A Soldier of Conscience 1t will
contain a portrait, biographical sketch
by his widow, addresses delivered at his
funeral, and other tributes from news
papers and from the friends that knew him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-30
4 Blur on Browning.

So much care has been taken in the selec-
ton of biographers for the earlier volumes
of the English Men of Letters series that
it lie difficult to understand how Mr.. G. X.
Chesterton came to be picked out to write
the Robert Browning" (Macmilans) Mr..
Chesterton has achieved some notoriety
in England as the writer of paradoxical
newspaper articles. Some one has said
Justly of him that to attract public notice
he not only stands upon his head but also
cuts his throat while he is doing it. He Ia
not only not incompetent to deal with an su-
thor like Browning, but nobody in England
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-30
Other Books.

William Harrison Ainsworth is the third
author represented in the Ca1ton thin
paper series Of famous novels published
by George Newnes in London and imported
by Charles Scribner's Sons. The story
selected is not Jack Sheppard, as might be
expected but odd st. Paul's" The volume
with its large, clear type. its limp covers
and it's convenient size for the pocket. is
very attractive, and the reader who has
the curiosity to explore a well-nigh for
gotten corner of fiction will find that even
the third-rate authors of half a century
age wrote better English and more enter
tanning tales than most Of the 100 ,ooo-copy
notorieties of the day.
Another timely volume Of the American
Sportsman's Library comes to US from
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would have supposed that he was, and it
is dificult to believe that Mr.. John Morley
can still be the real editor of a series for
which Mr.. Chesterton is asked TO wrlte.
In his Browning" he tries hard to repress
himself with the result that he is dull and
fiat. for the froth Of which he is made is
all blown or He INDUCES in platitudes
about poems which he does not under
stand and perhaps has not read. The
book does not fit in series for which Mark
pattison and Goodwin Smith and John
Morley and Austin Dobson and Leslie
Stephen and Huxley and Jebb have writ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-30
Cermant own in a Good Historical Novel.

Mrs. Henry Stark Rowland, who writes
under the name OF kenyon West says
frankly of her novel "Cliveden" Nothrop
Publishing Company, Boston,, that it is
meant to be interesting rather than i'm
portant This is refreshing sentiment
for some Of us who have been subjected
TO much fiction that did not offer to let US
off easily. In novel reading it Is agreeable.
though it may be weak, to inger with some
thing that is strictly relaxation and a
pleasure, with nothing formidable in the
background Just think OF the different
sorts OF important fction-naturalistic,
realistic. symboGcal, sensitive, purposive,
and we have not the patience to enumerate
what else; what wonder If we are cowardly
enough to fly from it all with thankful
ness to a fiction that is less threatening9
IF any one expects to find in this book
anything but an action tale he will be
disappointed, Mrs. Rowland warns us.
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PUBLICATIONS.
Harrer's Magasine for gune.
Eiqht short stories - Naturs.
science, literature. humor. child
lite, travel. discobe,y. history.
Nany pictures in color.
RAR. = P:.EsR'S
BOOK
NEWS
LADY ROSES DAUGHTER

The great novel of the spring,
Lady hoses Daughter, is now,
three months after publication,
still the best selling novel in
thi, country and in England.
Time was when people bought
large numb ers of a book because
it was by great author. This
time has long gone by; and while
the great author is still sure of a
certain sa!c-when the numbers
run up above six figures the
reason lies always in the story
itself, and not in the writer.
And here is story for every
class, for every age and for
every tlme-a story vivid, in
tense, of breathless interest and
persistent charm, appealing espe.
cially to the reader who reads for
the story alone.
Ql ESllONABLE SHAPES
They are calling this new vol.
ume of Mr. Howells' his book
Of "Ghost Stories" and that
seems rather a fair description.
For Mr.. Howells, by virtue of
sincere and realistic style, leads
one so gently into these strange
realms of psychic occurrences
that insensibly one finds himself
regarding that land of the I'M
movable as quite simple, work
a.day sort of world, not so strange
nor far away after all. The
stories 60 with sweep which
carries all before them.
THE LOVE OF MONSIEUR
This is the title of the latest
romance by George Gibbs, the
author of "In Search of Made
moiselle." The book is a romance
not an historical novel. 1t
deals with the fortunes of a man
who by his own folly, and the
impudence with which heengages
in this folly and the bravery with
which he faces the consequences,
wins for him place in our
hearts. Mr.. Gibbs has made a
drawing of his own conception
of his hero which is reproduced
as frontispiece to the volume.
THE REDF1ELDs SUCCESSION
In The Redfelds Succession
the authors of "Eastover Court
House, tell a good story of the
love of two young people. The
background depicts newspaper
work in New York City and the
outdoor life of a Virginia country
estate. In the book stories OF
foxhunting, cross-country riding
and other sports are told, which
describe these pastimes with
fidelity, life and color. There
are many touches of humor and
the people in the story are alive.
HARPER & BROTHERS,
Franklin Square, New York.
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An INGENIOUS story OF Harvard.

We have a story of Harvard University
in "The Land of JOY" by Ralph Henry
Barbour Doubleday, Page Co... An
extract from Butler, to the effect that youth
walks with swift feet and that the land OF
joy lies all before his eyes, Is printed on
the title page, and indicates the dominating
sentiment of the tale. Surely they are
happy people whose history, athletic, recre-
alive and sentimental, is recorded here.
1t requires no dragging by oxen to bring
John North and Phillip Ryerson to the
point Of falling profoundly and exclusively,
and once for all time, in love- They do this
momentous thing. and do it, without ques-
ton, most reasonably and wisely. while you
might be saying Jack Robinson. Phillip
surrenders his honorable and trustworthy
Nirginian heart in two minutes at a foot
ball match, and John falls PROSTATE before
a photograph, a confoundedly risky thing
to do, as those with faulty intuitons might
think. John and his roommate, Davy,
Rambol like bear cubs in their sumptuous
apartment Gt must be that they sounded
like Jupiter laundering to anybody in the
room below, and Phillip thumps a Boston
expressman with no resulting harm to him
self-a happy outcome upon which We
should not advise every slender STRIPPING
in search of an education to count in his
own case Here is bit Of conversation
between John and Davy Davy has
dropped the last OF his attire, stretched
his six feet Of nakedness and disappeared
into the bathroom. John howled and beat
upon the door.
Come out, you hard-hearted brute!
Come out and Ill-I'll lick you
There was no sound from beyond the
locked portal but the rushing Of water
from the taps.
Coward! tainted John.
-'Wormr
White -livered coyoter
THE taps were turned od, and there
followed an awesome splash Then it
rained water for moment beyond the
door afterward there was a steady churn-
ing sound, as from the wheel Of Sound
steamer. John tried cajolery.
''Davyl Dear Davy Booful Davyr
Go 'way!' yelled the bather.
PLEASE don't be angry. Davyr'
And 30 on. We believe it to be realism
though We can not be quite sure about it
till we hear from Mr. Howels. The story
carries us to Virginia, and provides us there
with very pleasant domestic picture.
But mere are fnllIp anu DStJy III DOeCOn'
Are your eyes closed tight. PHILIP
Yes
'HonestT
Honest
.'Philp
.'Yes, Betty-dear Bettyr
~ do love you, Phil Oh. your eyes,
PHIL
BETTY, can't
You promised she whispered.
-'Ohr he groaned.
Are they closed nowT
ayes. Betty
"very, very tight? Tighter than ever?'
ayes; awfully tight, Betty!''
With that she kissed him Afterward
on the stairs.
1Phil!'
What, Betty?'
"I'm throwing you one"
Betty
"Good-night, Phil!
"Good might, Betty! God bless you,
dear, dear BettyH
"Outside on the steps a snowflake aettled
softly on Phillips mouth. He gasped and
plum ged exultantly into the storm.
ut was glorious weather."
n we don't like it. surely there is some
thing the matter with us. We shall fear
miseraby that We have grown old.
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stories by Josephine Daskam.

there are seven tales in "Middle-Aged
.,"veStoriee, by Josephine DaskamtC Charles
sflhn"r's Sons), They are Nivacious
a00 compact, The dialogue would do to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-30

rich Delitzschs two lectures on Babel
and Bible" in book form Williams & Nor
gate; G. P. Putnam's Sonsl. The transla-
ton is edited with preface by Mr.. C. II.
W. Johns of Cambridge University. who
has also very recently edited the Code OF
King Hammurabi, which Prof. Delitzsch
quotes. Readers OF THE SrN had the pleas
ure OF reading the professors second lscture
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Continued on Eighth Poss.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-19
WEDNESDAY EVENING,

and this. was possible on account Of the
extensive river ways. Thirty years ago
the railways were not factor In the
commerce Of these states and yet popu
lation and wealth grew rapidly. The rail-
ways came. and for generation the rivers
have been Of little worth for Transports
ton purposes. But at the same time these.
prairie states could have supported
very dense population without railway aid.
This Is not true in western Canada, where
there are no navigable streams leading
to the oceans or to commercial centers.
In that country the railways must be- the
pioneers, going ahead Of population and
pointing the way. BY keeping this fact
well III mind, readers of 7 he Jour
n al will the better understand what the
Grand Trunk Pacific road will do for west
ern Canada. and why the liberal ministry
believes that in presenting the bill it has
risen to an elevation of craftsmanship and
patriotism which ought to command the
earnest support of every man who wants
to see Canada homogeneous and thoroly
independent country. This is the point
OF view which the conservatives seem
unable to take. They argue for present
end direct benefits; the liberals for future
benefits. They want to see a dollar in
hand for every dollar advanced; the liber-
ais are willing to wait for the returns.
They have a horizon which is narrow and
provincial; the liberals see the country
from ocean to ocean, and would slay a
broad foundation on which to erect the
superstructure of a powerful and progress
sive nation.
w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-19
HE DOESN'T LlkETHEM
Henry Watterson Attacks Both Cleveland
and Bryan In New York Interview.

and Bryan In New York Interview.
New York, Aug. 19.-Colonel Henry
Watterson, who is spending his summer
vacation at the Manhattan club here, said:
"Cleveland and Bryan are the upper and
neither nillstones seeking to grind the
democratic party to their own uses or to
crush the life out of it. They are two
selfish politicians, neither Of whom cares
anything about anybody except himself.
The one has been thrice candidate and
twice president. Talk Of fourth noni-
nation and third election Is too wild to
be considered by sensible people and will
not be considered by any nominating cons
vention. With reference to Mr.. Cleve-
land have never had any other purpose
before me than the vindication of the truth
Of history.
Bryan is killing himself as a public
force as fast and as surely as his enemies
could wish. If he goes on as he seems
bent upon going, he will become the
potent and vindictive. He won't carry a
corporal's guard with him into the next
convention. .f.s
"As to the next democratic candidate
for the presidency T rather think the
nomination will lie between German,
Parker and Gray, each in his own peculiar
way strong man, and that the nominee
will be elected. Mr.. Roosevelt would bet
ter have stood upon his record. There Is
too much tunneling in the subways Of
republican politics to bode any good to
moral currents and many physical signs
and portents seem setting against the
republicans, so that II the democrats be
not wholly bereft Of sense and fortune
they will come back in power in 1904 by
an impulse as mighty as that of 1892
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-19
DIED AS HE SLEPT
Frederick Kroeder Found Dead in
@ His Bed.
Special to The Journal.

Special to Inc journal
saltwater, Mimi, Aug. 19-Coroner
Freleigh was called to the town of Bay
town to investigate the case of Frederick
Kroeder, farmer who was found dead
in his bed this morning. It was deter
mined that death was caused by heart
disease. Kroeder was about Is years Of
age and left family Of five daughters
and two sons.
The city council was waited upon last
night by a committee from the Team
sters' union, which asked for nine-hour
day hereafter onan city work. The coun-
ell will take the matter up at some meet
ing of the committee Of the whole and
will probably grant the request.
The work of Gearing the site for the
federal building was commenced to-day
The building will stand at Myrtle and
Second streets.
D. N. Woods has filed for the republican
nomination for alderman in the third
ward.
The body of Ernest Fourier. drowned
near Ely, reached here last night. The
funeral will not be held until Sunday ir
order that a sister from Montreal may
be present
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-19
URGE MILES
FOR GOVERNOR
sjta IS 81 Fs48 So sasss $ssess
Massachusetts, Democrats Have a
Scheme to Run Him Against
Governor Bates Bat
Say His Nomination Would Unity
the Party and Make Victory
Certain.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Boston, Aug 19-Lieutenant General
Nelson "A. Miles, United States army, re-
tired, Is being advocated as the demo-
cratic candidate for governor this fall by
the anti Gastont faction According to
those VINO DO notsapproyesEof the !nomina-
ton OF Colonel William A., Castor, the
nomination Of General Miles would abso-
lutely unity the party in the state: Fur
ther, they are sufficiently optimistic to
believe that his candidacy would appeal
to enough republicans to insure, his cleo
ton.
They, point out that The would get the
old soldier vote almost solid, regardless of
party. and that public sympathy, result
Ing from the circumstances attending his
retirement from the army, would operate
greatly to his advantage at the polls.
Further. that the republican element
which is opposed to Governor Bates would
as willingly vote sfor. General Miles as for
Colonel Castor.
These enthusiasts figure that under
present conditions, while Colonel CASTOR
might win, General Miles, would sweep the
state and his victory put him In line for
the democratic nomination for president
or vice president. II elected governor Of
Massachusetts,, it is believed he could
carry the national convention in 1904, and,
as against President Roosevelt, stand IAN
excellent chance Of winning the presi-
dency. . srs&S ese
George Fred Williams, the Massachu-
| sets member of the democratic national
committee, has not been favorable to the
denomination Of Colonel Castor, and his
friends say he would welcome the advent
| OF General Miles as q candidate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-19
SWIMMING MACHINE
Novel Continuance by Which Swimmer
Is Propelled In
= Water. 'EazFIi4=2
Philadelphia Record.

Just as a man on bicycle Is enabled
to cover more ground than a man on foot,
SO is his capacity Of travel thru water
augmented by the use Of the swimming
machine, which has been recently de-
signed and patented by Chicago man.
In fact, the principle Of the bicycle seems
to enter largely into the construction Of
the swimming machine The machine is
to the operator about his waist
and is. held rigidly in place by means of
a saddle-lik arrangement below, a bar
Of adjustable length, in order that it may
be made to suit men of different build.
hangs from the saddle and is supplied
with pedals revolved by the: operators
feet, and these, in turn, drive propeller
Of suitable size. This wheel does all the
work Of driving the swimmer thru the
water and does the work with much more
facility and speed than a man can force
himself thru the ter unaided =.
The inventor says the weight Of the
mechanism is readily overcome by the
action of the wheel, and that any swim
mer can soon acquire the knack Of its
use. The buoying tendency of the body
and the weight Of the continuance serve
to maintain the swimmer at the right
angle to get the best results from the use
Of the machine. js$E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-19
LABOR CRISIS
!, Due TOMORROW
Continued from First Page.

appoints one employer Of labor, and one
representative Of organized labor, and
these two select the third member. The
board at. present Is made up of j. W.
Dreger, sheriff Of Hennepin county, who
represents the employers; H. w. Goet-
Finger of st. Paul, a member Of the Typo
graphical union, representing labor, and
Norman Fetter, a st. Paul attorney and
credit man.
The law is explicit in providing the de-
tails Of an arbitration In a general way
it directs:
Whenever a controversy arises between any
employer and his employees relating to the condi-
tons of employment or rate of wages, where
not less than ten persons employed, the
board shall on application visit the locality and
make careful inquiry into the causes of the
dispute, hear all persons interested who may
come before them, and within ten days make a
written decision. The application must be
signed by either the employer majority Of
the employees concerned, or their duly authorized
agent. Public notice of the hearing must then
be given unless both parties Join In the applica
tion
In all cases where the application is mutual.
be binding upon the parties concerned in said
controversy or dispute for six months, or until
sixty days after either party has given the
other notice in writing Of his or their intention
not to be bound by the same.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-19
PROBES POSTAL AFFAIRS
Federal Grand Jury Resumes Its In
vestigation and Further Indiet-,
ments Are Expected.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 19.-The grand
jury today resumed its inquiry into the at
fairs Of TIE postoffiice department and it is
ve5tigation there viii be another batch of
indictments.
The postoffce inspectors also are still en-
gagged In original inquiries and it is under
stood will present the facts in the cases of a
number of department employees which, while
not criminal In character, are considered suf-
hands Of high officials of the department.
Among the cases of this character is that
of w. o. Hazard, division superintendent OF
rural free delivery for the state OF New York
of 81 per day from the government as if on
active field duty while confined in hospital
under treatment for gunshot wound These
cases have not been brought officially to the
attention of the postma general and nc
decision regarding them has been reached.