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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02
THE LIrERARY OUTLOOK.
who Would Not Write for One Dol
lar a Word ?


lar a Word
1t is now a definite fact that Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle will write another
series of Sherlock Holmes stories A
leading American weekly has acquired
the American serial rights to the work
ana the rumOr that il has agreed to pay
at the rate of one dollar a word has
gained the paper considerable advertis-
ing, as we'll as turned the heads of many
young, ambitious American writers. The
dollar-a-Word story cannot be Vouched
for; doubtless Sir Arthur is to receive
one dollar word, more or less, for the
serial rights of his further Sherlock
Holmes adventures not alone in this
country, but including England and its
colonies. If the American publishers of
the serial matter are paying twenty-five
cents word, they are perhaps paying
all they should. though no character in
fiction has such a vogue as this remark
able detective creation Of DOyle's. 1t is
understood that the matter win not ap-
pear serlally before next spring; the
book publication will probably take
place in the following fall and will be
managed in this country by the same
house that brought out The Hound Of
the Raskervilles."
Writing of Sherlock Holmes brings up
the question of an authors property
right I'm his characters. Certainly, if an
author is entitled to the sole use of his
characters, provided his book is duly
9
which he prefers not to be called has
been a much abused man. Though
Sherlock Holmes has not been bodily
stolen he has furnished many an au-
thor with a caricature THE AdVen-
lures of Shylock Holmes" is one ex-
ample. "Shedlock Holmes" is another.
Not only has the thing been done by
writer's, the comic artists have freely
appropriated the character However,
after all, the copying of the character
in various guises has only added to the
fame of the original detective and, now
that Or. Doyle has brought him back to
life and is recording his further adven-
lures. he should not object in the least.
Probably the most trying phase of the
fame which has come to DR. DOYLE
through Sherlock Holmes is the Oft
repeated suggestion sent TO him by
sohcitous friends and admirers that he
collaborate with his brOther-in-law, E.
w HOrnung, the creator Of Raffles. the
great criminal. on story OF crime and
detection in which Holmes shall be pit
ted against Raff1es. DR.. Doyle has re-
ceived hundreds Of times this same sug-
EestiOn. and doubtless Mr. HOrnung has
been offered the same idea more times
than he wishes.
There win shortly begin serial pub
LEGATION in England and this country
a remarkable series Of papers called
1.-THE Confessions of a Journalist" The
author of the article is unknown to any
one save his London agent This latter
person explains that the author is a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

Henry Lewis of Wolfville celebration has
laid aside the short story long enough to
write a novel. The name of this last Is
Peggy O'Neal.'' The story deals with the
positive day of Andrew Jackson, and that
great president is the hero, while Feg
O'Neal-that lovely daughter of a tavern
keeper-who was made cabinet lady
when the vigorous Jackson endowed Maj
Eaton, her husband. into the portfolio Of
war. is the heroine Drexel Biddle Of Phil
adelphia will publish the book and il
should be in the book stores by Nav Is
It is a noteworthy fact that Mr.. Biddle,
who now publishes Peggy O'Neal,' = which
viii give Jackson to the world in his no
blest colors, is a great grandson of Mich
olas Biddle, with whom Jackson locked
bitter horns over the United States bank
1t is the prophecy of ones competent TO
Judge that Peggy O'Near' viii be among
the first six of the years books and may
even rise to proud eminence as that great
American novel for which book readers
have waited so long. It will be illustrat-
ed by Henry HUT and the frontispisee
Peg herself -Was posed for by a reignlng
beauty, the daughter of a governor Of one
of our leading states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

A Toronto man, an enthusiastic horse
lover, recently wrote to SeweH Ford,
author of Horses Nine to express his
approval of Mr.. Ford's story of a truck
horse. Il WISH" he wrote, that this
story could be printed in pamphlet form
and be placed in the hands of every
truck driver in the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02
HERBERT BREWSTER
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books Which
Are Attracting Attention.

title of a small paper-covered book of
the Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon's author
ship published by Charles H Kerr &
Co.. of Chicago It deals with things
social and economic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02
Another kansan Enters Field OF
Literature.
He Is Rev. II. B. Wright, of
Pittsburg.
HE WRITES A NOVEL.
Deals With Religious Questions
Of Today.
Love Plays the Usual Part in
Its Plot.

Another Kansan has entered the field
OF literature. He=is Rev. II. B. Wright
of Pittsburg. The book is called That
Printer Of Udeli's" and it is published
BY the Book Supply company OF Chi
cago. The story is Of Richard Falkner.
who. born into this world surround
cd by the iawlessness of moonshiners,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

well known author Of books and writer
for the magazines. who, owing to the
frankness of the confessions, deems 1t
wise to remain unknown.
We have had many confessions. many
of them the products OF fertile magma
tions, but these papers are unique The
author shows a remarkable familiarity
with affairs which interest not only
European readers but Americans as
well. For example. one Of his articles
deals with his connection with the
Spanish-Ameriean war. He makes the
astounding claim that he brought the
war on by cabling an interview with
a leading F'TenchInan on the subject TO
a leading New York newspaper. In an
other article he attempts TO show that
the election of Cardinal Gibbons to sue
coed Leo XIII is the only sure way to
continue the power Of the Catholic
church and to satisfy all of the war
ring factions in Europe. Tt is not at all
unlikely that these confessions will Gre
ate much talk in this country They
are written by a man who knows his
subjects Wen and who has an interest
ing inside story to tell in almost every
case.
Mr.. Booth Harrington has decided to
spend his summer in Europe this ye-Ar-
and. as his father, mother and wife will
accompany him, it is likely that he does
not plan anything more than pleasure
however. to gather the material for an
he viii be doing the reading public a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

in
to
pre-
piseoal areadeaeon in Topeka he
published 5 O
AI Brady
of
aLga one Ct the thrilling dissertations and bloody
dcer who s
he to he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

trated far into the Canadian woods, and
that if he were going to decorate a tree
with his name. he wouldn't put any ex-
ira letters in. Another would be identi-
fer said that Robert Louis Stevenson
had q cousin with that rather unusual
name. Then it was found that another
Stevenson, a distant relative of the
famous writer, had gone on a hunting
trip with a party Of fellow Scots, in the
Hudson Bay territory some years ago
So the real Graehme Stewart may well
have been one of that party
Pauline Bradford Mackie, whose story
of life in Arizona, and the people upon
whom the great American desert has
cast its spell, THE Voice in the Desert
has just been issued by Mcclure, Phil
lips & Co., will be remembered as the
author of 'Ye Lyttle Salem Made, .
'Madamoiselle de Marry" THE Georg-
lar Actress and other historical ro-
mances. She is a descendant of the
Bradford family, that furnished a gov
ernor to Massachusetts Her school
days were spent in Toledo, and after
graduating she took up newspaper
work, which soon led her to novel writ
ing In 1899. she married Herbert n
Hopkins, a professor in Latin at the
University of California, and took up
her residence on the coast. Her latest
story is based upon life in the south
west. as she has seen it during her
years Of residence on the Pacific slope.
Mrs. Hopkins in her writing prefers to
keep her maiden name
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

D. Appleton & CO. will publish about the
end of May a novel by Frank r: Stock
ing the year preceding his death and en-
titled ..The Captains Tollgate- It is a
love story. 5000 words in length, making
400 pages of text or the same as Kate
Bennett and has for its scene that part
of West Virginia in which Mr.. Stockton
made his home during the last years Of
his life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

George Remnants book. 1.-The Tragedy of
Pelee.' y which is published by the Outlook
company. has been selected by the New
York state library as one of the list OF
Fifty Best Books for a Village Library,
which they have just issued Mr.. KEENAN, 5
book remains the most important work on
the destruction of St. Pierre and the de-
vastation of Martinique The author vas
one Of the first on the ground after the
disaster and made most thorough ana
painstak king investigation of all the de-
tails Of the catastrophe. 1t is an interest
ing fact that his explanation of the man
ner in which the eruption occurred, al
though it differed from the theories of
many of the geolog ists. has been more and
more accepted by scientific men as the
true explanation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

The success Of Ethelwyn Wetherald' 5
fascinating volume of poms. Tangled In
Stars" has been so pronounced that Rich
ard 6. Badger. her publisher has in hand
a new volume to be issued in the fall. Miss
Wetherald is a Canadian and a notable
figure in that galaxy of northern poets
whose work is winning wide recognition
anon US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

Evenings in Little Russia is the title
of a volume of translations from the Rus
sian of Gogol by Edna Worthley Under
wood and William Hamilton Cline soon to
be issued by William S. Lord, Evanston
III. This translation is the first adequate
rendering into English of some OF the most
beautiful passages in Russian literat ure
Mr.. Cline is city editor of the Kansas City
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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings Of
All Denominations.

all OG4Ou4uAOtO
One of the gladdest signs of our times
is that we are getting nearer together
in the Masters Work--ReV- X. B. Iup-
per- Baptist, Philadelphia
UNITY OF THE DIVINE PLAN.
The one God has but one creation
The principle of unity runs throughout
the whole of nature and that same
principle of unity runs throughout the
whole of Gods spiritual creation--ReV.
S. c. Eby, Swedenborgian, St Louis
THE WORSHIPERS OF IDOLS.
We are surrounded with idolaters-
men and women who have gods many
and lords many. Their affections arc
conferred on things of the earth, perish
able and unsatisfying. Mans duty IS
the worship of the one true Godfrey.
George Adams, Methodist, Brooklyn
BUSINESS AND RELIGION.
Fundamentally, the idea of commerce
is entirely consistent with the principles
of the Golden Rule or of the second
great commandment. And a population
in which the aim of the people was fair
trade with one another for mutual gain
would be very highly qualified for the
kingdom Of God.-Rev. ]. c. Adams,
Universalist, Hartford, Conn
MISSION OF THE PRIEST
A priest is a man set apart as the
servant of Cod. 1t is his duty to wait
upon God and to care for the needs OF
God. The Office of a priest implies that
God has needs which man must sup
ply And the work of the priesthood
will depend upon the notion which men
have of their Cod.-Rev. A. S. CrapSey,
Episcopal, Rochester. N. Y.
GRATITUDE AND SUPPLICATION-
Gratitude to God for that which is
must necessarily follow the order Of
prayer to God for that which may be.
For prayer is the supplication of the
soul for what it would have or be, and
gratitude is the acknowledgment of the
soul for what it has or is Now what
has happened to prayer If anything
has happened, the same thing has hap
pened to that other element in our con
seriousness which we call gratitude to
God.=Rev. Thomas R. Slicer, Uni
tartan. New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

E. W. Tornung's new book mo Hero
has just been published by Charles Serb
ner's Sons. 1t is. an interesting and we'll
told story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

''Cymbeline" edited and annotated by
Edward Dowden, the English Shakespear-
can authority. is now ready; This is the
seventh volume in the DoWden edition of
Shakespeare which The Bobbs-Merrill
company is publishing. and follows "OtheI-
10" which was issued in March.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

Mr. Hutchins Hapgood. editor of THE
Autobiography of a Thief" announced by
Fox Duffield e. Co., is brother of Nor
man Hapgood, lately dramatic critic OF the
editorial writer for Golfers Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

A Maynard Barbour is the author
Of new book. AT the Time Appointed,
lust published by the J. B. Lippinc0tt
company. It is story of mystery which
promises to exceed in popularity the clever
detective story. THAT Mainwaring Affair.
by the same author. which has passed
through eight editions. The writer plaues
interest with a situation at once novel and
apparentlv simple of explanation. but which
battles every effort to solve until the story
draws to a close A. Maynard Barbour has
been generally hailed az the most success
full of American writer's of mystery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-02

There viii shortly begin serial pub.
Iication In England and this country
a remarkable series of papers called
one save his London agent. This latter
person explains that the author is q
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13
ATRocIous CRIME.
A Fiend in Human Form Rapes an
Eiqht-Year-OId Child.

One of the most atrocious crimes
ever committed in this community oc-
Cured on the west side last night,
when Jose Contreras, a fend incar-
nate, lay in wait in a vacant lot in the
southern portion of the town for his
victim. an S-year-old girl, in the person
of Agustina Mendosa. says the Las
Vegas Record.
An eve witness to the hellish crime
notified the police Immediately and the
brute in human form now languishes
in Jail. refusing to utter a word, while
his innocent victim lies at the point Of
death.
AS nearly as can be learned, the lit
tie girl, who is living with her parents,
was sen on an errand at a late hour
last night, which took her into a va
can lot which adjoins the house.
While performing the errand, she was
pounced upon by the inhuman mon
ster, who, despite her screams, ccom-
plished his purpose and left the child
in a pitiable condition. Before he
could escape. the officers of the law
appeared upon the scene, placed him
under arrest. and lodged him safely be-
hind the iron bars.
He is undoubtedly a degenerate of the
worst tyne. whose lustful tendencies
are always uppermost in his narrow
mind. He came here some fifteen days
ago from Old Mexico, of which coun-
try he is a native. He has been lying
around town doing nothing ever since,
but always appeared harmless until
his most %atrocious criminal %outburst
last night.
The little girl at last accounts was
in a most sorrOwful condition and it is
very doubtful whether she will recover
from the effects of a crime whose per-
petrator should suffer the full penalty
of the law.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13

The house passed a bill yesterday
creating another territorial institution
and a bill was introduced for the es-
adjustment of a territorial hospital at
Gallup. The territory has about as
many public institutions to take care
of now as it well can. In fact, there
is a suspicion that some of the present
institutions are not as strong finan-
cially as they might be and ought to
be. 1t is better to maintain a dozen
first class institutions in good style
than two dozen third rate schools and
hospitals and then starve them for
support.-New Mexican,
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13

ness. he has totally untitled himself to
support his family. Within the last
three years. she alleges, he has only
contributed the magnificent sum of s.
toward her support, although he was
working all the time and earning a
good salary, hut he thought more of
the wine cup than he did of her and
all his wages went to the gamblers and
saloon men, which state of affairs com
PEELED her to support herself by mental
labor. having to leave her home and 80
out to work as a servant in private
families. 1t was not to be expected
that her affections would withstand all
this neglect, so she finds life with him
unbearable and Sc applies to the courts
to release her from the bonds of matri-
mony that bind her to him.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13
They Also Have Troubles.

A strong effort was made in the
house caucus to deprive Santa Fe coun-
ty OF its councilman. 1t was first pro-
posed to unite Santa Fe, Bernalillo and
Taos counties as one district and the
councilman was to be elected from
Taos. The friends OF Santa Fe and
the representatives rallied to it's sup
port and the single district of Santa Fe
county was finally restored. Next an
EFFORT was made to cut down the rep
resntation in the house by giving
Santa Fe one representative singly
and n with Taos county. This re-
quired another strong fight which vas
successful and as the bill passed the
house Santa Fe county retains the one
councilman and the two representa-
Mexican.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13
The "Three Ton Drum Maior.p

Donald MacCormick, the Scottish
Canadian who carries the drum ma
iCr's staff at the head Of the Kilties
band, IS known among his friends as
the three ton drum major 1t hap
pened this way;
While standing, as usual, on guard,
at the door of the new Coliseum in
Chicago where the Kilties played to
over 10000 people on Thanksgiving
day, 1900 a curious and long whls-
kered %bystander walked up and shout
ed up to Mac Donald:
What Is your height?"
About seven feet quietly replied
the giant.
We'll, well; and how much do you
weigh?"
"Three-ten,' came the answer.
Three toni" shouted the excited
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13
DEMING.
A Few Pointers About a Good TcNn ir
Southern New rIexico.
yoU- eye on Deming.

Keep yoU- eye on Demlng
Deming has just been Incorporated.
Deming ships over 100. 900 head of cattl,
annually; is the center of the greatest
breeding region in the southwest and cat.
tlemen all know this.
Deming, the coming city of New Mex.
leo.
Deming has a magnificent school sys.
TEN.
Deming. the railroad center Of New
Mexico.
Deming, the gateway to the best part OF
Old Mexico.
Deming, the seat of the new county OF
Luna.
Deming is the great mining center of
the southwest.
Demingl Don't overlook II IL you are
looking for a safe and paying investment.
Deming water is chemically pure-equal
to Polan springs.
Deming has Increased 80 per cent In pop
ulation in four years.
Deming water and pure ozone make
strong and healthy people.
investments in Deming lots will double
and treble in one year.
Deming has now a large Ice plant and
electric light system under contract.
In Deming the demand for rental
houses is five times In excess of the sup.
ply.
Demlng has an abundance OF water for
irrigating vineyards. orchards. or gar
Buy lots and build in Deming. Your
rental returns will be 20 per cent on the
investment.
In Deming good safe loans can be Lad
at better rates than In the old established
towns.
At Deming you can buy lots at 500
which will pay you 100 per cent In less
than twelve months.
In Deming another good hotel is needed
to accommodate the increase OF
population.
Deming is a great health r~esult-has no
superior in climate for the cure of pull
monar troubles
Deming will be the great smelter enter.
Two large plants will be installed within
the year.
Why buy high priced lots when you can
get them in Deming cheap now. with GER
tain advance assured7
Agricultural lands in Deming are unsur-
passed for fertility, production of fruits
and vegetables of all kinds.
Deming offers the same opportunities
now that the most prosperous cities in the
west offered several years ago.
Deming needs one hundred new houses
to supply the demand, n needs them
now, This demand continues TO grow.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13
County Seat is Proareso.

Torrance county is all right. The
bill introduced Wednesday and which
passed the council is sure to pass the
house. The county seat will be at Pro-
greso, a new town near tn home ranch
of Col. J.. Francisco Chaves, and the
provisions of the bill take effect on
January l, 1905. Bernalillo county will
give the Chilli precinct, and Santa Fe
county the Moriarity precinct, to the
new county and the major portion of
the county m from Valencia coun-
ty. Within a very few years, Torrance
county will be one of the prosperous
and progressive counties of New Mex
leo. The fact that the county seat
fixed at the town of Progreso is a
very good omen.-New Mexican.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP
Cured by One Bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.

SOuYn hcTnSuy.
when | had an attack Of the grip
last winter (the second one) | actually
cured myself with one bottle of Cham
berlains Cough Remedy" says Frank
w. Perry, editor of the Enterprise, of
Shortsville, n. Y. This is the honest
truth. l at times kept from coughing
myself to pieces by taking a teaspoon
ful of this remedy, and when the cough
ing spell would come on at night /
would take a dose and it seemed that
in the briefest interval the cough
would pass off and i would go to sleep
perfectly free from cough and its ac-
companying pains. To say that the
remedy acted as a most agreeable sur
prise is putting it very mildly. | had
no idea that it would or could knock
out the grip, simply because | had
never tried it for such a purpose, but it
did, and it seemed with the second at
tack of coughing the remedy caused it
to not only be of less duration, but the
pains were far less severe, and | had
not used the contents of one bottle be-
fore Mr.. Grip had bid me adieu." For
sale by all druggists.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13

nan with the beard. six thousand
pounds! That seems almost impossi-
ble,'
And it was only when the hundred
people who stood around the door had
started to laugh that the man with the
credulous mind saw that he had blum.
dered.
All eyes will be on the three tom
drum major when the Kilties band APP
pears at Colombo hall on Saturday
night, March rs.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-13
GraQedX AXerted.

Just in the nick of time our little
boy was saved" writes Mrs. w. Wat.
kins, of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneu-
monia had played sad havoc with him
and a terrible cough set in besides.
Joctors treated him, but he grew worse
every day. At length we tried DR..
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, and our darling was saved. He's
now sound, and we'll" Everybody
ought to know, it's the only sure cure
for coughs, colds and all lung diseases.
Guaranteed by all druggists. Price soc
and 500. Trial bottles free.