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ard ease of style which make pleasant
reading.
The authors wisely refrain from INDUCING
in too many conclusions and progresses
They paint the sad. drawn faces, the
stopped shoulders and narrow chests of
overworked mortals with a singular fidelity
that carries an eloquence of its own, and
the reader may guess as well as they what
the outcome will be generation, a century
or thousand years hence.
Yet the book is not all shade and melan-
choly There are bright flashes Of kindness
CT light. of ambition of happiness and con-
tentment. indeed progress, and many sparks
of fine humor which bring sunshine to its
pages. There are mill owners and employ
ers who are human, there are men who will
pay all the wages they can afford, and bad
human nature is less a grinding force than
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edge OF bird life and nature. and Of his
travels in many little-known parts Of this
collyfry

The present occupant Of the White House
seems to be laboring to deserve the title Of
"Our Literary President" He has enter
tanned Richard Harding Davis. written an
introduction to The Woman Who Tolls"
and allowed Owen Wister to dedicate to him
THE Virginian."
Now it is Miss Halle Erminie Rives. Last
week. dispatches state. he invited the latter
to the White House and the two spent an
hour anmatedly discussing the fiction of
the day The President is a strenuous au-
thor himself. Possibly the tense action of
Miss Rives's last story particularly recon-
mended it to his liking. We authors" he
change books" and sending Private Score
tary Loeb for copy Of 1.-THE Strenuous
Life" he autographed and presented II to
the autho-ess. Miss Rives gave him a copy
Of Hearts Courageous" in return.
New Books Received.
The following books have been received
by The Republic this week for review.
Horses Nine" Stories of Harness and Sad
die. BY Sewell Ford. Charles Scribrer's Sons
New York.
The southerners.'' Story Of the Civil war.
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"THE WOMAN WHO Tolls,
Depressing Pictures of WorkfnEwom
ems Lives in American Encforie.

Inc Woman who Tolls is the book
which called forth the Roosevelt letter Of
approval and congratlation to its authors
Mrs. John Van Worst and Miss Marie Van
Worst
said the President: II must write you
line to say how much 1 have appreciated
your article, The Woman Who Tolls Rut
to me there is a most melancholy side to
1t, when you touch upon what is funda-
mentally infinitely more important than any
ether question in this ccuntry-that il. the
question of race suicide. complete or par
tial''
However the general reader will or will
not assent to the race-suicide proposition
he will surely agree that there is much of
melancholy In the pictures of factory life
drawn by these two young women. They
are trained writer's who set out to discover
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WHITES NEW RESTAURANT,
Broadway, between olive and Locust Cui.
sine and service perfect.
MRS. KUEHN FILES TWO SUITS.
Asks for Divorce and Custody of
Child

a DOME A. Kuehn filed suit for divorce in
Ee Circuit Court yesterday against Carl
- kuehn. and began a habeas corpus pro-
ceeQlng TO get possession of her son. Carl
J; kuehn. She is represented by Attorneys
Martin & Young.
The child is with Kuehn's mother, who
ives IN North st. Louis. Kuehn and MS
wife lived with his mother prior to their
SEPARATION. October 10. last. He remained
WIN his Eaother ard kept the child.
person to have the child. She also a,Ie,a .s
ina, nat her husband was sentenced to the Pen
itentiary In Texas and has another w,ife
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FARRAGUT IN A NOVEL,
'Ihe SOutherncrs," by Cyrus Town
send Brady, Is a Civil War Story in
Which the Famous Union Admiral

send Brady, Is a Civil War Story in
Which the Famous Union Admiral
Figures.
Because of the fact that his literary out
put has been SO prodigsous of recent wears
the style and quality of Cyrus Townsend
Brady's work have not been the best that
was possible to that writer. One cannot
write a novel month. as Mr.. Brady
seemed determined to do for a period and
achieve satisfactory results from the ar
tistic point of view
In "The Southerners." however, published
this week by the scribners. Mr.. Brady has
markedly improved upon his recent self In
deed, in considering the construction of the
story. the dramatic use of material. the
handling of Incident. and, in a lesser de-
gree. of character. this is his best novel to
date. 1t would seem that he has made a
considerable endeavor to rid himself NJ
faults acquired during his rush efforts to
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" actual experience the conditions of work.
. q . .

by actual experience the conditions of work.
Ing girls.
In q Pittsburg pickle factory. in a mill
town Of New York, among the clothing
makers Of Chicago. the Lynn makers of
shoes, the hands Of the Southern cotton
mills-into these diverse surroundings the
authors went to work and to live side by
side with the working women; and the
facts though given from the standpoint of
the more fortunate investigators who were
not compelled to do manual labor by ne
cessity. are set down straitforwardly and
plainly. but without the slightest touch OF
hysterical sentiTnentality or sensationalism.
Moreover, they are set down with a form
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HISTORY of PUERTO RICO.
II Now Has Its First English Telling
by the American Librarian of the


by the American Librarian of the
Free Public Library at San Juan.
The History of Puerto Rico" by R. A
Van Mfddeldyk. now issued by the Apple
tons in their Expansion Of the Republic
series, is thoughtful and painstak.ng rec
ord, especially notable as being the first
English telling of the story of this island.
MIR. Van Middeldyk Is Librarian of the
Free Public Library in San Juan. the chief
city Of Puerto Rico. and has profited by a
searching study of the scant historical data
covering his chosen subject. Beginning with
the discovery of Puerto Rico by Columbus
in 1893, he brings the reader up to the time
OF the American occupation of that island
IN 1888 and Its transfer by Spain to the
United States. Within this period Of four
centuries the little island has had a pic
turesque and colorful history.
The especial interest found in Puerto
Rico's annals now. however. is due SOLELY
to the transcedental change in the islands
social and political conditions Ave years
ago. and this history will be read mainly
because Of such interest Mr.. Van Middei-
dyks work has been done largely for the
guidance OF American officials controlling
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By cyrw Townsend Brady. Charles scrfbners
Sons.
Green. The Bobbs-Aferriu Company. Indianap-
oils.
Horace Greeley" By William Alexander
Ann. D. Appleton q Company, New York.
"God and Music" BY John Harrington Ed
wards. The Baker & Taylor Co.. New York.
THE History Of Puerto Rico" BY. r A. Van
Mlddeldyk. D. Appleton & Co.
How to Become Competent Motorman." By
Virgil B. Livermore and James Williams. d.
Van Nostrand Company: sl.0o.
reflections OF Bridget McNulty." BY Frank
C. VOORHEES, Dickerman Publishing Company.
Boston.
III Not the Saloon-What7' By James r.
Freeman The Baker 6 Taylor Co.. New YORK.
From Beel & Sons:
The Story of Churches" By Charles Lemuel
Thompson. The Baker & Taylor Co.
'Ieavening the Nation" By Joseph B. Clark.
The Baker & Taylor Co.
My Woodland Intimates." BY Effe Bagnell.
The Baker & Taylor Co.
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MARIE AND MRS. JOHN VAN WORST
Joint authors of The Woman Who Tolls

stern condition. 1.-THE Woman Who Tolls
does not leave the intelligent reader hope
less and without promise for the betterment
Of the wage Garner, but suggests riffs here
and there disclosing glimpses of lighter
and gladder future. Even in the more dis
mai passages one cannot help feeling that
the physical fatigue of the young lady au
thors, new to the environment of labor. ex
erted too depressing influence upon their
narrative. Doubleday, Page & Co.
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DURNIN-On Friday. March On 1oa. -. go,
y, NJ, usla ~ DurnIn. dearly beloved da,isSter
VI Mathe" and Margaret Durnin tnee CoburnI
Funeral from family residence No. 1903 Wright
street. on Monday. March =. at $40 m ~
Sacred Heart Church. thence to Calvary Ceme
terry. Friends invited to attend
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bAhuI1O-On Thursday March 10 1sos =. -
y. m, BERNARD beloved husband 81 nora q 90
rS ,nee feteisent a: the age or IS years
seiaI from family residence. No. 2lI5 Russell
nNehue- Monday morning. at $50 10 IS pa,a-
anu sauL church and Cemetery Relatives and
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a-on March ~. lyJS at 10 o'clock =,
IA an So gray husband Of Mary Johnson GRAY
ana father OF Herrick johnson Gray 'ia
Funeral from late residence No n., y--u.
Seiie place. Sunday. March =, at > D M
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BOOKS of the Week"under the Rose" by Frederick sam
Has Hero and Heroine Who Wear the MotIey-Afred Henry
lewis's Forthcoming Voyel"The Woman Who Toils"-Ad
mira Farragut in Civil War Story"Horses Noe"-istory
of Puerto coNews Notes and Gossip of Books and Authors
New Books Received.
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healthy book. tending. as such books do. 70
give US tenderer regard for animals and
therefore is factor TO insure their better
treatment. Mr.. Ford may be commended
for his work
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SoISEsEi1L,uon Friday. March 20 iona a..
s:oV Y. m, William Benton GutgeseII younra.,
aged / year. 'hee "ade).
Funeral on Sunday March o. from residence
NO. sos Humphrey street, at D. m Relatives
and friends invited TO attend.
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HEFFERNAN-On Wednesday March 1s 7cos
VI. is,. elOeS a. nj Kate Heffe reiict OF
Mamie Lyons tnee HefiernanJ. aged g. years
The funeral will take place Saturday March
Il. at p. m. from family residence No 4219
Lexington avenue. 10 Holy Rosary Church
thence to Calvary Cemetery. Was member Of
ST. AIMS So1ality College Church Friends Of
family invited TO attend
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
WORLDS FAIR WORK. ST. LOUIS. NJ,

WORLDS FAIR WORK, ST. LOUIS, MO.
will be received at this office. Recommendation
buildings, Lindell boulevard and Skinker road,
until II o'clock m the 2Sth day of March
1903 for the construction of the Horticultural
Building Of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Plans and specifications can be had at the office
mentioned. ISAAC S. TAYLOR,
Director Of Works.
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Puerto Rico's destinies and for the enlight-
eminent of American readers who seek to
know more Of our new possessions. 1t will
be found a valuable and most timely work
for this reason. and the book merits popu
larity as satisfying public demand for in
formation. 1t is written In pleasing style
and its facts and figures seem to be reliable.
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SPEClALTlES.
FUNERAL FLOWERS

1ho designs Of all kinds-wreaths niI,o,x
Crosses, etc; also artificial embiems -, p.aIowh,
MOWERS Eden Floral Co.. l726 olive 'e CUT
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,tUNCSTRAS-Entered into res. on THURSDAY.
niATcn 10 lsu5. al lO:lb D. m. at his Residence
No. 2l01 Hawthorne boulevard Eueene i m
stras. aged 6 years. 'e
Funeral will take place Saturday. March q
et D. m 80
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RuHN-On Thursday. March H. 1908. George
(nee Shefferl. 70 nHin
Funeral Sunday. March z, from family resi-
Shrewsbury Park "
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MATTHEWS-on Friday. March %, 1905. at
t:2o e'clock a m. Pauline. beloved wife OF John
Matthews. mother Of Stephen, Henrietta John
Mrs. Ann A. Fash. aged Al years.
The funeral Will take place Monday March "a
a. $3.50 o'clock a m. from family residence No
Se0 West Belle place. TO Cathedral Chanel
thence to Calvary Cemetery. Friends are invited
10 attend.
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AT HARRIS.

Great opportunities are presented at Bars
Tor securing choice selection of goods. There
Is no dissatisfaction with the goods from
MissourIs greatest store after you get them
nome. The offerings this spring are unu1ual
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NcDONOTGH-on Thursday. March - 1903
at p. NJ. owen McDonough, beloved son OF Mr.
and Mrs. McDonough (nee Kate ValIens) al the
age OF IL years month and i dav
Funeral Sunday, March % from residence
No, $3.50 Magnolia avenue. at 1870 .. m. to St
Agnes's Church. thence to Calvary Cemetery
Friends OF family are inyited to attend
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PAINTER-On "Wednesday. March IS, 1903. at
4: 80 o. m, J. Harrison Painter beloved husband
Sse Ellen 7. Painter tnee Finkburghl and father
>f Annie b. Painter.
q Funeral will take place from residence. No.
'eSIs Virginia avenue. a. 80 D. m Saturday
March q. TO Carondeiet Methodist Church thence
10 (new) St. Matthews Cemetery Friend, arc
Invited to attend
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PRESroN-Colonel Thomas l. Preston On
March 20 1873. at his home near the Uniysrs,ty
Haois Of Mrs. George r. Lockwood Of this csty.
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MOERIS-Suddenly. Friday March 10 1901
at O'Clock p. m, Walter j. beloved son Of n 81
and ChsEet Morris (nee Lesley. brother Of Flor
enoo and Flynn Dt,naway. Rillie Stiff, Matte
The funeral will take place Sunday e2d inst,
at o'clock y. m. from family residence No
1su Elliot avenue. to lions Cemetery. Friends
ara invited 10 attend.
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MAURER-Entered into rest on Saturday,
March a. 1908 Onward ]. Maurer Of Chicago
and son OF Mrs. Anna Maurer OF Webster Groves,
Mo-, aged 81 years.
Funeral from Parker Bros funeral parlcr
webster Groves. Sunday March q at 80 a. H.,
to Oak Hill Cemetery
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Flowers for Camp Chase.

Gen. John B. Gordon, comander-in-
chief Of the United Confederate
Veterans, has issued general orders
calling upon the people to contribute
flowers fer the decoration of the
graves OF Confederate dead at Column
bus, Ohio, June IL. Gen. Gordon
says: The commanding general
feels sure, although the time is very
short, that there will be no lack OF
flowers at Columbus to decorate the
graves OF our dead at Camp Chase. To
honor such dead is to honor the
living. In this connection the gener-
al commanding finds great pleasure in
reminding the Southern people OF the
hitherto most generous course of Col.
Kanan, OF the Union army, and of
the broad-minded people Of Ohio in
decorating the graves of these Con-
federateS independently and in erect
ing the monument which adornS their
resting place. Such acts illustrate
the spirit OF fraternity and unity
which is the SureSt guaranty OF the
Republics future progress and per-
petuity."
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Freed at Last.

The Columbia correspondent of The
News and Courier says the happieSt
man in South Carolina today, perhaps,
is Cato GadSden, formerly a colored
citizen Of Beaufort County, but who
since 1880 has been convict in the
Penitentiary. lie was sentenced for
life for stealing $50 or $40 worth OF
cotton seed. He stole them at a time
when the law was different from what
1T now is, and rs the crime came un-
der the class Of burglary, and the
house where the cotton seed was
stored adjoned dwelling, Cato got
the extreme penalty. Ii turns out
that generally he had been a quiet,
law-abiding negro, but somehow yield
ed To temptation. His conduct in the
Penitentiary has been good. Thurs
day a delegation came to see the
Governor in his behalf. They gave
him a good character as Il rule, and
us he had served four or five times the
term he would have served hau the
crime been committed later, the
Governor decided to pardon him.
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Like a Bir,l.

a dispatch from Gainesville, Ga.
says Forman w. T.. BanniStcr of the
Gainesville Cotton Mills who was
caught in the cyclone and was last
seen about three hundred yards in the
air more than mile from the mill
has been found. BanniSter was on the
nth floor OF the Gainesville Mill when
the cyclone struck the mill through
the roof He was seen and recognized
by many as he was carried through
the air at great height. He passed
directly over the Southern Railway
depot and many identified the body.
He appeared to be a hundred yards be-
hind the funnel shaped cloud. riding
in the suction of the wind fiend.
About mile from the mills he was
seen by many of the employees Of the
Pacolct mill. They all say they in
Stantly recognized him. He was then
in az attitude much as though swim
ming, his arms and legs extended and
his face was downward. lie was
travelling at high rate OF speed much
as bird flies. Mrs. Bannister is re-
ported in an almost insane condition.
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run after fashion Tuesday with
power furnished by the dynamos at
Leavenworth. The lack of gas is
severely felt and oil is scarce.
Flags Of distress from partly inun-
dated buildings i'm Armourdale could
be seen from Kansas City, Kas., dur
ing the day and many rescues were
affected. Possibly 10 bodies have
been seen floating since Sunday, but
estimates made from this are value
less, as some of the bodies may have
iloated down the Kaw from Topeka.
the same bodies drifting i'm ;he ever
changing eddieS of the flood may have
been counted several times.
The flood situation is very much inn
proved Tuesday night. The gas sup
ply is ample: two electric street car
lines have resumed service and others
will follow Thursday: the electric
light plant is ready to begin service
but 1t does not do so because of the
possibility OF fires from crossed wires:
the waterworks will begin to pump
Kansas river in the reservoir tomor-
row and the next day the wateer will
be turned into the pipes: the food sup
ply is ample on both sides OF the
river, the vast quantities of meat in
the packing houses having been
reached by the packers the predicted
increase of sickness has not appeared;
the Kansas river is falling half an
inch an hour and the Missouri river is
expected To begin To fall before day
light.
Eight persons are pOSitivplv known
to have been drowned in the two
Kansas cities since last Friday. They
are: Policeman Edward Keenan,, -
kohlc, Philip Ware, negro boy:
VIM. HelSter, truck driver; VIM
Ilerbet, eXpreSsman; James Deerman:
j Jhn Ray, negro Edward Brooks
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Proved "a I|aiIure

The Ferris wheel, the massive struc-
ture, which was one Of the main at
fractions TO visitors on the midway
during the world'f fair at Chicago in
1893, and which was subsequently re-
moved to Lincoln park has been sold
by public aution in Judge Chyatrus'
court. y junk dealer bid in che big
wheel and the sum paid for the en-
glneS, buildings, boilers, cct., was
Sl,SOO. The wheel cost originally
S362 GOO. Outstanding against it are
bonds amounting To $500, 900 and a
floating debt Of 500. 600
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WAR STATISTICS.
Further Statement of Forces and
Loses on Each Side
IN THE GREAT CIVIL WAR.
The Southern Soldiers Had to Fight
Against Great Odds and Take
More Risks Than the

Some days ago the New Orleans
Picayune printed statistics showing
that in the Civil war the losses OF the
Confederates in killed were in proper
tion greater than were those of the
| federalS.
This statement was questioned on
the ground that the federal armies
were made up i'm the aggregate of
nearly five times the number Of men
possessed by the ConfederateS, and
that, therefore. the largest army
should naturally have suffered the
greatest loss in battle. 1t was con-
tended, on the other hand, that the
smaller army, in order to stand against
the greater, was compelled to fight
with more desperation and daring, and
that, therefore, its men subject to
greater loss. Moreover, any force
lighting at large odds would have to
endure the fire of a greater number of
miSSels, and this would expose it to
greater loss.
Unfortunately, many of the COnfed-
crate war records were lost or de-
Stroyed in the evacuation OF ana re-
treat from Richmond, and therefore
the Confederate returns are not com
plefe aud nc accurate account is avail
able. The war department at Wash
lngton, which has charge OF all the
Confederate war records, has recently
begun the work OF completing, as far
as possible, the Confederate records as
to numbers and losses of men, and a
call mas been made which should be
promptly responded to, asking Confed-
crate survivors and State authorities
possessing muster rolls and other data
OF the sort. to send them, either as a
loan or gift, to the war department at
Washington, SO that they may be
copied and used to supply the lost
records. So for as the figures are
available today. The Picayune re-
peatS with additions the figures print
ed by it last Wednesday.
The figures in regard to the union
army are taken from the Statistical
Record" by Capt. Frederick Phlsterer,
then of the army, published by Charles
Scrihner's Sons, New York, 1883, and
ls... 81 ix L. rcrzaailnd frf IN, ..-...-, =, ,r
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\ Fatal Wreck.

y special from PaOla, Kan, says
two Sante Fe trains, Il north-bound
and special South-bound, cOllided
head on, one mile north Of Stillwell,
Kan. Nine persons are dead and
twenty eight are said to be injured.
The Wells Fargo express messenger is
still under the wreckage. Five
coaches and both engines are in the
ditch. The dead are to be taken to
Olathe, Kan, and the injured to
Kansas City Is is reported that the
two trains were to meet at Stillwell,
but one conductor miSread his orders.
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School Children Rescued.

The rescuing party sent from st
Joseph, Mo, to Topeka composed of
40 men with steam launches and row
boats have returned and their places
will be taken by other volunteers. The
st. Joseph men rescued 200 school
children from the Grant school. i'm
prisoned there since last Friday. The
childred were in a half starved condi-
tion. The reScuers shot and killed a
negro caught in the act of looting
deserted houses.
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\ Sea Disaster.

y dispatch from Valparaiso, Chile.
says the Pacific Steam Navigation
cOmpany'S steamer Arcquipa, which
during a lull in Wednesdays great
storm at Valparaiso left the port i'm
an cndcayor to ride out the gale at
sea. The agent cablcd that the
steamer, which had 50 persons on
board, was lost. Capt Todd, his wife,
fifty OF the crew and many OF the pas
Scngcrs of the Arequipa were drowned.
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A Warning.

Il. w. Mcdaniel, young white man
of Lexington County, will serve the
balance of his natural life i'm the state
prison for having taking the life OF a
fellow man. The supreme court de
cidcd that he should not have IA new
trial. The court was divided, two and
two, and the motion failed.