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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
SIR WlAIzan Johnson
AnOkher HoknRe Of BneWs
"HfSk0y7c Lies" Series.

THE latest volume in the series of
Historic Lives" published by
the Appletons is Sir William
Johnson" by Augustus c. Buell.. whose
biography OF Paul Jones remains one "
the best works Of its kind which we
have. He has treated the life OF john
son In much the same comprehensive
yet concise fashion. Readers of his
torical novels dealing with colonial his
tory during the eighteenth century will
have made the acquaintance OF this re-
markable character whose influence
over the Indian tribes Of tho Middle
States was greater than that of any
other man of his day. He was. in fact.
one of the most picturesque personagas
of our history. and in some ways one
OF the finest. In a time when the paint
ed Indian divil'' was regarded by most
OF the colonists with justified horror
and apprehension. nc dared 10 be ;he
Indians friend. He was about the only
leader Of men among the English solo
nists who found Il also worth his while
to be straightforward with the Indians.
William Penn being perhaps the second
exception 10 the rule.
Mr. Buell. quotes a speech made by
Montour, a French half-breed speaking
for the Senecas, which gives a good idea
of the esteem in which the Indians held
johnson, and also OF the reasons there
for. Montour said
Our nation is hard to control There
are many good Senecas. and also many
bad ones. But all love Colonel Johnson.
all believe what he says, and all-good
and bad alike-will listen to his words
and have faith in his promises His
tongue is not forked. He always speaks
with one tongue. In peace he was like
a fertile field that raised corn and pump
kins and melons. In war he was like a
tree that grew for us to bear fruit
but now seems 10 be falling down
though IL has many roots sunk deep in
the soil OF our affection. our confidence
and our esteem. His knowledge of our
affairs. our laws. and our language made
us think he was not like other white
men, but an Indian like ourselves. :"
Please tell the King. II you write t7
him, that we want Colonel johnson over
US. and no one else. He has keen ears
and hears a great deal. and what he
hears he tells to US truthfully. He also
has sharp eyes. and sees a long way
ahead, and conceals nothing from US"
This is an early illustration of the fact
which most men connected with Indian
affairs have since discovered-that the
way TO get along with Indians is to win
their confidence by telling the truth.
and that their confidence. once won, is
hard to disturb. New York: ID. Apple
ton & Col
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
A New Edition of Thackeray

A new addition of the works of Track
cray is coming out. and the first volume
THE Great Hoggarty Diamonds al
ready of the press. 1t is TO be known
as the Dent edition, and is in small
volumes. with olive green covers aud
illustrations by c. Il. Brock Mr.
Brooks drawings are quite in the spirit
of the text, and a particularly cunning
touch of workmanship is to be found in
the hy-leaves. which are bordered with
tiny ThackcrayRn figures. The edition
would have been improved, however, by
increased width OF margins. New York:
The Macmillan Company. London: J. NJ
Dent & Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
Stage Life.

Letters of an Actress" is a book OF
miscellaneous epistles published anony-
mously, with the evident intention of
piquing the public curiosity. We are
assured that the writer is really a we'll
known actress, and that the letters are
genuine. From their illusions and slecg
the lady is undoubtedly English. But
they are not interesting enough to in
spire any great desire to know who she
is. (New York: Frederick A. Stokes &
Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP OF TIE LIIERARY WORLD

fame and wondered why he could not
also write So he sat him down and
wrote an agricultural article and sent
IL 10 a farmers magazine His article
was accepted with thanks-not with
mOney-and with the acceptance came a
bill for a three years subscription
which he had neglected TO pay. and Of
which his article had reminded the ed
itor lie has decided that there Is no
money ln literature unless you know
how.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
4 COUNTRY-HOUSE NOVEL
GGT IT'S DAUGHTER FIRST is the
latest novel of Arthur sheF-

H . @1s: sa':' Of 'l a:.a,, S :r .e.
burne Hardy, which is tanta-
mount 10 saying that # is a thoroughly
artistic piece Of work. Not 80 well es-
tablished, however. is the conclusion
that It Will be one Of the best selling
books of the season; yet there are good
grounds for believing that it will. and
that It will have a steady sale when
much of the fiction Of the day has been
cast aside
Those who have read The Wind of
Destiny viii recognize Jack Temple and
his daughter Made. among the charac-
tiers In this book, and Will feel that in
slant and continued liking for Jack
which they experienced in reading the
earlier book For the rest they Will find
in Dolly Kensett a woman quite his
equal IN attraction and worth. and in
Mabel, for the most part. a problem
Unlike tho usual problem girls in nov
els. however. Mabel is intensely inter-
csting, and not less so at the end than
at the beginning. In fact. the reader
catches himself wishing that there may
be another novel. describing Mabel's
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05

The epidemic of publishing private
letters has led to the publication of
Love Letters of Margaret Fuller" with
an intrOductios by Julia Ward Howe
There Is nothing scandalous In these
letters; indeed, nothing extraordinarily
sentimental. but nobody with q proper
sense of the sacredness OF personal
privacy can read two pages of them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
Her True Vein.

Grace Lathrop Collin. author OF put
nam Place" began her literary career by
writing sunday school stories. and one
day. in a fit OF energy and good works
she wrote eleven Of these things and
sent them of. They were all accepted.
and she decided that this was her true
vein. But the vein seemed 70 have been
exhausted. for never again could she
produce an acceptable sunday school
story.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
A Well-Known illustrator.

K. Boyd Smith, the artist who made
the Illustrations for Andy Adams Log
Of Cowboy" was born IN New Bruns-
wick, but considers himself a Boston
ian. having como 10 that country at the
age OF six. He lived and studied for
twelve years in France, and since his
return to this country has spent much
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05

with a saw in her hand. The girl was a
plank twelve inches by fourteen feet
long. with five nails at each corner"
Upon investigation It was found that
Peggy O'Noal" and a Manual OF Car
pentry" had become mixed in the com
posing room
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
GwendoIen Overton

Miss Gwendolen Overton, author Of
Anne Carmel" is the daughter OF
Capt. Gilbert overton of the army, and
has lived in nearly all the army posts
of Arizona and New Mexico. For some
years she has made her home in Los
Angeles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
An Epigram on Smith.

Since the appearance OF How Paris
Abuses Itself" with IFS numerous fua-
trations. the friends OF the author. who
call him "Berk.' have been saying that
the book IS an answer TO the well known
query. why Smith Left Home"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05

without feeling that they ought not to
have been published They are letters
Intended by the writer for the eve of
but one person. and should have been
burned at her death. New York: d.
Appleton g Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
A New Fairy Rnnk-

The Outlook Fairy Book" which will
appear in the early fall Is made up of
stories Old and new, and contains some
tales from French and German sources
which have not before appeared In Eng
lish. 1t will be Illustrated by J. Coma
Choir
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
|ILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME and HIS CAMPAIGN
4 Rnk By 4lxa AaAA WMal tie

Jerome as there is in the book is to be
found in one of the earlier chapters.
Mr.. Holder says:
THE candidates legend was too good
10 be true according 10 report, he was
too disinterested; he was too reckless;
he was incredible; he was a superlative-
ly clever demagogue, or a fanatic. or
faker, or anything else you please. But
the average voter in the United States
is quite as expert in men as in promises
and rhetoric; and face TO face the can
didate was unmistakable a hardy, Off
hand. athletic. pugnacious man of forty,
who wanted his cocktail and highball,
and n seat in a game of poker, and said
from the platform exactly what he would
have said and had said a hundred times
TO group of friends about a table in
an uptown club though he was also
Enthusiastically more desperately in earn
est than in uptown clubs, It is the
fashion to appear. i have lived forty
two years, he once said in conversation,
and man of that age who IS not will
ing to stand or fall by his judgments,
and 10 speak them out, must have the
backbone of a jeIly6sh, OF else be an
absolute fool He told the plain peo-
pie what he thought. and what he felt,
and what he was willing and what he
was not willing to do, as simply as
II they were intimates and friends.
he dealt with them as with In
Inmates and friends; he trusted them.
and they returned the compIment-as 1
believe they always do. In the United
States. fancy. ninety nine men fail Of
their hearts desire from being astutely
polite for one that fails from being
reverently faithful to his convictions
and reverently bold"
Bare, Bald Truth.
The last sentence is bare. bald truth
II is not half so necessary TO be foxy in
this world as it is to be straightforward
as Bismarck, and MIR Roosevelt. and 4
few other long-headed men have found
out. Mr.. Holder might have added that
the very people who will warn a man
Oh the fearful consequences of doing
something or other, and refuse TO coun-
tenance his doing It. will be his most
devoted followers when he has done II
III spite OF them A great many good
people are so afraid Of being misunder-
stood that they are misunderstood 4
great deal more than they would be II
they went straight ahead without ex-
planning themselves 1t would save a
great deal of time and trouble ~ evarv
man would take it for granted that his
neighbor understands him ouite as u,eIj
as he understands his neiOhbor 40 -
little better, and can see through Il
suoterfuSe or an evasion quite as easily
The first thing that Mr.. Jerome did
which attracted really widespread atteu-
ton was his address TO a woman's meet
ing up in the well-to-do districts, com
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
A Printers Contretemna

The publishers Of Peggy O'NeaI. 4"
Alfred Henry Lewis new novel. pub
iished az he 20 ne time other books. As
the publisher was reading some proof
he came upon this curious statement in
the last chapter Of the novel
Have you killed him?' said Peggy,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
A Failure in Literature.

An amusing consequence Of the sue
cess Of II. b. Boone and Kenneth Brown
in collaborating on novels was discov-
cred by them soon after the appearance
of their latest work. A friend Of theirs.
who is prominent farmer Of the neigh
borhood. saw them making money and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
An Author in the Woods.

Stewart Edward White. author of
"Conjuror's House." has gone for trip
on horseback into the wilds OF the Sierra
Nevada Mountains. He will be gone
three months. and will explore the red
wood country
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
Tenement Houses in New York.

Tenement House Conditions in New
York" is the title under which the re-
port of the tenement house commits
sion OF 1900 viii be published. it viii
be largely the work OF Mr.. De Forest,
commissioner Of charities in New York
CITY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
IN THE FROZEN NORTH.
IsTHE SACRIFICE OF THE sHl

STHE SACRIFICE OF THE SHAN
NON" bv W. Albert Hickman.
is a story Of the St Lawrence
and OF the Gulf. of Nova Scotia and ice
fields, and therefore proper reading foe
summer days. II would be as good as
living in a refrigerator. II one could
only realize II.
The hero and heroine. of course. are
the cream of the stOry-ice cream. II
one dare say il. They are certainly too
sweet and good for human natures daily
food. Anybody so enthusiastically per-
feet as Miss Gertrude MaeMichael neve=
dawned on human vision yet. Anybody
so able as David Wilson would be at
the head Of all the syndicates in the
world by this time. He is not only
able. he Is improbable.
But fer all that. the book Is fairly tn
teresting. and the Projections OF its
hero and heroine are common 10 all
mankind-in fiction. New York. Fred
erick A. Stokes Company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
Mr.. Howells' Summer.

william Dean Howells has left New
York for his summer home al Kittery
Point, Maine, where he will remain unrn
late autumn. He Is at work on new
book
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
A Book on Formosa.

A book on Formosa. containing some
200 pages and nearly geo illustrations. is
soon TO appear. II is the work of
James ". Davidson. F. r. C. S, United
States consul IN that island
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
A New Book by EYne.

''ThomT sons Progress" a new story
by Cutcliffe Hyne, is to appear In
short time. The hero begins life as
poacher
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
Some Horse Stories.

A new book Of horse stories by David
Gray. author Of that clever collection
"Gallops." IS announced among the
autumn publications.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05

time in the West. travelling on foot
among the Rocky Mountains and study
ing the country and the life there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
China Under the Allies.

A new book on China IS The Land of
the Boxers: or, China under the Allies"
by Capt Gordon Casserly. II is pub
lished by LOngmans
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-05
Some Carlyle Letters.

More Carlyle letters are TO be publish
ed. this time the letters Of Carlyle to
his youngest sister. Jenny.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
new APPROACH BUILT.
People May Now Drive Into
North Topeka.

Thursday night. after the traffic across
the Alelan bridge and the pontoon ap-
nroach on the north end had suspended,
the force of workmen under City Engi-
neer McCabe completed the construction
of the new temporary approach which
is to be in use while the building of the
pile approach is under way. Today the
laborers have been tearing out and re-
moving the pontoon over which all the
hauling from North Topeka has been
done since the flood.
The construction of the temporary ap-
proach has occupied about three days
most Of which has been consumed in
levelling up the earth remaining from
the old approach and clearing away the
debris from the destroyed street car
bridge The new approach is built
diagonally from the end of the Melan
bridge to the west side of Kansas ave
nue. The actual construction is short,
being but a steep incline from the end
Of the Melan bridge down to the ground.
A roadway has been graded down from
Kansas avenue to the wooden approach
A pile driver Will commence work as
soon as the pontoon has been taken out
and five pile bents viii be driven for
the foundation for the new approach
which is to be in use until such time
as the city and county are able to re-
place it with another span of masonry.
It Is TO make this approach durable for
six or eight years if necessary.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
CITY HAS WATER.
At Last Being Pumped from
the Plant.

At noon today. the water pressure, as
indicated BY the gauge at fire depart
ment headquarters, was 40 pounds.
Superintendent Jesse Shaw said this
morning. We have replaced the 500
feet of Is inch main which was washed
out with 10 inch main. and have been
pumping water from the plant since
last night at midnight. The pressure
is very good. 1t has at times gone up
as high as 60 or so pounds this morE-
ing"
At the time Mr.. Shaw was speaking.
the gauge at the water company Office
indicated about 25 pounds Mr. Shaw
said the low pressure was due to the
fact that water was being used to flush
sewers.
Can you give fire pressure with the
present arrangemtnZ" was asked
we can. but the question IS whether
we can maintain a sufficient volume OF
water through this small pipe to main.
tain the pressure when the company
commenced TO use two or three streams
We are going right ahead with our ef.
forts to replace this 10 inch main With
a permanent Is inch main- With wha
we can save out Of the river of the Ole
pipe, and what extra IS inch pipe we
have on hand at the Harrison street
station. we think that we viii be able to
replace the 500 feet which has gone
out"
About forty lengths Of IS inch pirs
are III the river deeply eIlDeQQeQ IN lft
sand. There is considerable fear thsr
some of the len-ths viii never be re-
covered. on account of quicksand- Mr.
Shaw said today that some of the ends
of pipe which were projecting out o.
the sand a few days ago have now en-
tirely disa ppeared- Each length of pipe
weighs about ton
Mr.. Shaw said he could give no fore
cast as to when the 10 inch pipe can be
replaced with IS inch pipe, but that the
work would be pushed as rapidly a.
possible
The water which is coming through
the pipes seems to be very muddy. arc
IS probably being pumped into the
mains from the river But everybody
is so glad to see water of any kind thak
there IS not much kicking.
Water is being delivered to all points
in North Topeka, and it will be
great boon to the people there in cleans
ing I'd the town
Owing to the fact that the wates
company is uncertain as to its ability
to give water fast enough for fire pro~
lection it is likely that the Kansas City
fire steamer viii be kept here for
While longer There is plenty Of water
now to make the steamer very effect
i've. All it needs is water in the mains.
and it will apply pressure enough.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
THE FINANCES.
Fund Now Amounts TO Nearly
$4,000.
The Committee VIII Call for
Additional Sums.

The finance committee today before
starting out To- ask subscribers to in
crease their original subscriptions, de-
cided that if would wait tonight's re-
port from the accounting department
of the relief committee so that so far as
possible it could state the probable
amount OF money needed to continue
the work
The relief committee has expended
about $4,000 and it is estimated about
$1,000 worth of obligations in addition
are outstanding.
The expenditures are about $4,000 a
day now. IF this keeps up a week long
e. tho cash viii be exhausted.
A large part of the expense is in
oquipping families with the outfit
amounting to sl7 each.
Mayor BergunGthal estimates that
about $4,000 viii be needed to put tbs
homeless ard HELPLESS families back
into condition to help and maintain
themselves.
A number of large subscribers haNe
already come to the finance committee
and doubled their former contributions.
These with additions viii be printed to-
morrow.
Subscribers are asked to look over
the complete list given below. see if the
amounts are correct and make up their
minds to double and quadruple th=ir
subscriptions If they have not yet given
what they think is their share
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
KILLED HER STEPFATHER.
Thirteen Year Old Girl Heeds Broth
er's Call for Help

Sneedville. Tenn, June 12-Louis
Bolin, aged so. was killed last night by
his 13-year-old stepdaUghter. who sank
the blade Of an axe into his skull. Bolin
was chastising a stepson when the boy
called to his sister for help.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
Jubilee patea Changed.

Hutchinson, Kan. June 1.-THE Kan
sas musical jubilee. which was TO have
been held at Hutchinson on June ?. ?.
Z and ;. but was postponed on account
of floods will be held on June t. II. Is
and 19. There will be no change in the
programme, and the judgse and solo
lists will be the same as heretofore ad-
vertised The management announces
that our city is clean. wholesome and
fully restored, and a cordial musical
welcome awaits YOU"
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
Another Flood Beneft.

There will be a stereopticon entertain
ment for the benefit of the food suffer
ers at the First Christian church Friday
evening. June r. at o'clock Prof
Ridenour win show about seventy
pictures illustrating various sacred and
secular songs including The Letter
Edged In Black MY Old Kentucky
Home etc. He will be assisted by Miss
Mildred Hazelrigg as reader. A free
will offering viii be taken at the door.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12
SHE DIDN'T FIND 1T.
Miss Ellen Heartburg Says Repor
About Money Is a Mistake.

Miss Ellen Heartburg says the report
from North Topeka that she lost $50 in
the flood and found s4O0 when she re-
turned to her home is a mistake She
says that she had some money in the
house which was still there when she
went back to North Topeka, but that
is all
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-12

Heard has signed the death warrant OF
! A. E. Baton of Missouri. convicted Of
the murder of seven members Of tne
Earl family and fixed August IA as the
/ date of the execution.