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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-22
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.

Through t.ckets to California and All
points South and West may be had OF "a
H.. Walker, ticket agent, Augusta. the
only Office in Augusta selling via All
pense.
GEO. E. EVANS, v. P. & Gen. Man.
F. d. BOOTHBY, G. p. & T. A.
Portland, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-22

1t is not pleasant to observe that
Name shipbuilding took another drop
this year. the tonnage bring 36,O5o
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-22

The number of Maine sheep has been
falling off of late, but there may be
boom i'm sight in the visit of a
Pennsylvania to the Sagadahoc coast
towns looking for place for an extern
Sive sheep ranch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-22

However the lengthening of the days
will be hardly appreciable for some
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-22

The burning of So electric cars in
in New England will seriously cripple
the trolley service of the Androscoggn
cities for Il time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-22

The higher water is appreciated, ex-
cept by the skaters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-22

II looks like green Christmas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

This is the golden age of science. a time
Of creative energy n great activity among
inventors. discoveries and scientists. Pop
ular knowledge Of what science has ac-
is an important factor of prog
ress, and. by a sort of reaction, encour-
ages scientists in their work. To promote
such knowledge is the object of Little
Masterpieces of Science" edited by George
lies and published by Doubleday, Page &
Co., New York. The work consists of six
volumes of handy size. each one devoted
to a special field or branch of science as
narrated by an expert in that field. Vol
ume L of the series treats of the skies and
the earth, and contains chapters by Rich
ard A. Proctor on What We Learn from
the Sum- by Simon Newcomb on "The
Problems of Astronomy" by Charles A.
Young on The Astronomical Outlook"
by George lies on 1.-The photographs of
the Skies by Sir Charles Lyeli on uni
formity III Geological Change by Nathan
il s Shaler on Rivers and Valleys by
Thomas III. Huxley on The Sea and Its
Work" and another by Huxley on Earth
and Volcanoes" The other vol
umes are entitled, respectively, Invention
and Discovery" THE Naturalist" .'Ex-
plorers," Health and Healing" and The
Mind" and the plan of treatment is the
same throughout, consisting of chapters
on special topics by w~ell-known masters
OF the subject. The six volumes take a
wide sweep in the field of science. and are
a valuable compendium Of scientific knowl-
edge in popular form. Their value for
general readers is increased by the fact
that they are entirely free from technical
terms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
Ireland and Her story.

Few men Of his time have won fame In
more diverse lines or developed greater
versatility as novelist, journalist, statesman
and historian than Justin Mccarthy. His
novels, historic and biographical works
would fill a large shelf in a library and
without a dull page in any of them. A
native of Ireland, for many years chair
man of the Irish Parliamentary party and
thoroughly conversant with Irish history.
he is peculiarly well qualified to write on
that subject. ireland and Her Story is
not so much a detailed history of the island
Irish people for liberty, their suffering from
official corruption and their persecution by
religious intolerance from the earliest down
to recent times. The work bears to compre-
hensive general history somewhat the same
relation that the short story does TO the ex-
tended novel, for 1t gives in comparatively
few graphic pages a birds-eye view of what,
If extended, would fill volumes. Even the
cursory reader of the book will gain from
its perusal a clear conception of the social
and political evolution of the Irish nation
and of the causes Of the long-continued
friction between them and the British gov
eminent and people. The author has shown
rare skill in seizing upon the salient points
and features of his subject and grouping
them in such a way as to make a narrative
at once condensed and comprehensive.
Though written by an Irishman the book
is conspicuously free from partisan spirit
and can be read with profit by all who de-
sire to be informed concerning the subject
of which 1t treats. New York, Funk &
WagnallS Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
The Lightning Conductors.

This story bears as its subtitle, 1.-THE
Strange Adventures of a Motor Car" and is
written in the form of letters, some of
them indited by the sprightly young woman
who is the chief figure of the tale. the
others by her chauffeur. This young wom-
an. Molly Randolph by name, is an Ameri-
can travelling in Europe under the nominal
and not the aunt who is the directing force.
She takes il into her pretty head to travel
by automobile and forthwith buys one of
the vehicles, being badly swindled in the
operation. The strange adventures Of
her motor car and herself take place in
France, and her chauffeur, her lightning
conductor" who is really much more than
a chauffeur, Is an active participant. 1t is,
in fact, an automobile love story, and ro-
NANCE, automobile lore and descriptions of
historic French chateaux are mingled in an
girl to her father and those of the chauf-
feur to his friend. The characteristics of
the American girl accustomed to having
her own way, her independence and self
possession, her innocence and dignity, are
cleverly portrayed. The story is light, gay
and entertaining, and the bits of accurate
history and description scattered through
guide book To travellers making a tour over
the same ground. 1t is just the sort OF a
novel that meets the requirements of q
great number of fiction readers-a pleasant
story we'll told, and making no strong de-
mands on ~sympathies or emotions. Its first
the book has already made it's own way
into popularity. 1t Is edited" by G.. N.
and A. M. Williamson, and published by
Henry Holt & Co., New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
The Mills of Man.

THE Mills of Man." by Philip Payne. Is
a somewhat hysterical but forceful attack
on all the cOnventionalities. 1t purports
TO be n story Of the political campaign OF
1894 in Illinois and deals Familiarity with
Chicago. k~ankakee, Egypt n other real
places. The story is well told. but it strikes
the reader as coming half a dozen years too
late or fifty years too soon. The free
silver tide that was swelling In 1884, has
ebbed too far for the ordinary reader to
thrill with the evident faith of the author
in its ultimate triumph over the d~espised par
tisans OF gold. And Ii is too soon for an
tquarian research into its origin and eff
fects. But some of the doctrines of the
book have more than a passing application.
The authors text Is contained in his de-
scription OF Chris, the reporter. and his fail
ure as principal OF a public school:
lie was patient. kind. thorough in his
instruction. Just in his administration
and TO the teachers under him. But
such virtues were not enough. He
did not understand that to perform ones
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

only in love-" and so when her young hus-
band is killed in an accident. after a short
but blissful married life. Amy Carruthers
from the IU'n light a sndn refused sed to naT iiVe." v ella,
the little daughter, grows up somehow until
she comes under the guardianship of Cousin
Anne, who moved unanswered in her own
orbit, and whose life was like an insects
and yet there was a high firmness in it.
whatever that may mean. Yella, after some
sort OF education, comes back to live in
the old Southern homestead, where Cousin
Anne holds full sway, and where she re-
news the acquaintance with Cousin Gilmore
and Cousin Tommy. In course of time
Cousin Elmore marries Vella and is a good
enough husband-as husbands go-until he
becomes jealous of one Andrew Lea, who
is an old friend of Vella's childhood. One
Gilmore, all on account of Andy" as they
call him, Vella says to her husband: You
shame me. 1t stabs me to see you're SO
petty and silly and low" She spoke "de
haut en- baus," the author tells us, and her
"superiority's lash lay in it's terrible I'M
conscious sincerity"
The civil war broke out and around
them all coiled the great hostile armies
that had enmeshed these little lives in their
great struggle" After one of the fierce
battles. Vella is called upon to open her
home as a temporary hospital. and natur-
ally becomes Interested in her patients. FL
more, ever on the alert to harrow up his
heart. sneaks home without a furlough and
surprises Vella in the family graveyard
holding what his perverted mind suspects to
be a clandestine meeting with an abb
horred Yankee soldier, but what is really
nothing more than an innocent desire on
Vella's part to tell the soldier her moth
er's love story and to show him her moth
er's grave. When Elmore ind that he
cannot kill the other man because the
woman INTERVIEWED he presses his revolver
against his own heart and fires. Vella gets
bravely over the shock of her husbands
tragic death and falls in love with Andy
Lea. She had been secretly loving Andy
all along, but now she does not attempt
to check this passion. She finally marries
Andy. only to discover, just before a child
Is born to her. that her new husband and
her cousin Fanny had once been ardent
lovers and that Fanny loves Andy Just as
much as ever. Vella is overcome, and.
having inherited her mothers good luck as
to the facility Of passing away at will and
without physical pain, she turns her face to
the wall and expires with these words Upon
her lips, Itch hab gelebt und geleibet. Das
ist genug."
Mcclure. Phillips e. Co., have seen fit
to publish the book and in q very attractive
manner, too.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

Few books Of reference are In more fire.
quent demand in newspaper Offices than
this compilation Of brief biographies,
who's Who in America" What is true in
a newspaper office must also be the case
in public libraries, where personal informa-
ton about men and women distinguished in
some line Of work is so often desired. The
usefulness of the book, too. in private libra
ries is hardly to be overestimated. 1t is a
record of living and active people. in this
respect differing from the ordinary bio
graphical dictionary which admits only
those who have passed to another stage of
existence One of its most valuable fea-
lures is the postofice addresses given in
connection with the biographies. This is
the third edition of the publication and con-
tains 1900 new names, making a total OF
14.443. and the number of pages has been in
creased from 1900 to over 1850. The names,
it is said, more equally represent the vari-
Gus achievements Of the country and reflect
more justly its material and intellectual
progress than did those in the 1901 edition.
In the first volume partiality was shown TO
literary and professional men, but in this
an effort has been made TO secure the biog-
raphies of capitalists, manufacturers and
other business. Curiously enough, this work
has been especially difficult, this class OF
men being reluctant to say anything about
themselves. They suspect some trick or
Interior design on the part of the appli-
cant for Information. One man, as re-
lated in an entertaining preface to the vol
ume, wrote them: II have your book and
/ find 1t very useful. L gladly return you
blank filled out and I I'm sorry ] did not
answer you two years ago; but the fact
is, 1 thought you wanted to pull my Leg"
This volume. which is very carefully edited,
contains, besides the 14,443 biographies of
the people who are before the public in one
way or another, some new features, as a
chapter of educational statistics, another
of age statistics and another of marriage
statistics: The neurology. showing the
names of prominent men and women who
have died since the publication of the last
volume, is useful. With all the information
Ii contains the volume Is not overbulky, but
is of convenient size. New editions are
brought out every two years, and this is
labeled 1SS-1905. The work is published by
A. N. Marquis &c Co.. Chicago. Its price
Is e 80
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
The wings of Morning.

This Is the inviting title Of a new book
by Louis Tracy. On the wings of the morn
ing the reader is borne to the South China
sea, where he witnesses the struggle of a
modern steamer in a violent typhoon and
sees it finally wrecked on an uninhabited
island. The hero and heroine of the tale are
mira culously saved. but are compelled to
undergo a series of thrilling adventures,
including a fight with a devil fish, and sew
eral fierce encounters with a tribe of savage
Dyaks from neighboring islands. A villain
also figures in the story, but he is properly
The hero and heroine are types
of the best in English life, both fearless in
time of danger and enduring h~ardships un-
complainingly; and there are certainly
enough of the latter TO keep the reader alert
for the outcome. The situations are at times
slightly oveSdrawn, and some of the feats
of strength performed would do credit to
several heroes at once, but this can be over
looked in view Of the entertainment the
story affords. Edward j.. Clode, 156 Fifth
avenue, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
An Apache Princess.

Gen. Charles King continues to turn out
army tales at the rate of about two a year.
The latest from his by no means unskillful
pen is IAN Apache Princess" a story of
army post life in the days of the strenu-
Gus campaign against the Arizona Apaches.
While General Kings books for the past
few years have shown a certain inferiority
to the Captain Blake" series, which
pleased a former generation of his readers,
there is yet enough blood and bones about
them to stave off deadly dullness. IAN
Apache Princess" like the most of the
King stories, is a tangled web of circum-
stances, in which is caught for a time the
dashing young hero, Lieut.. Neil Blakely.
His vindication from the charge of being
a ''staff pet" a 'gilded Incompetent" as
we'll as the charge of absolute villainy, is
cleverly worked out. An interesting love
story is intertwined with the stirring
of Apache fighting. George Ho-
bart Company, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
Among the Publishers.

A new and unabridged edition Of the
famous "Joe Miller collection Of jokes is
announced for immediate publication by
William I. Henderson, 16 Fifth avenue,
New York.
Among the Putnams' fall publications is
what is said to be a particularly interesting
work. 1.-THE Life of voltaire." by s. G. Tai
lentyre, whose brilliant study, THE Women
of the Salons" was received q few years
ago with great favor.
Messrs. A. s. Barnes & Co. announce
Mr.. Alfred Henry Lewis's striking novel of
American political life, The Boss" for
publication on Oct. 80. Mr.. Lewis has had
especial opportunities for an inside acquaint-
ance with the inner life of boss rule in New
York. 1t is said that his novel will afford
many striking revelations.
Mr.. Jacob a. Riis calls his new book
children of the Tenements." He de-
clares that he never could make UP even
the least detail of a plot, and that HI has
always had TO wait until a story came to
him complete before he could tell it.
Every incident described in this volume of
York actually happened the way IL is here
described. 1t is published by the Mac
millans.
The publication of Ernest Thompson
Seton's 1.-TWO Little Savages' has been
delayed again until copies can be printed
to fill the orders. 1t is q large book, with
over 800 illustrations by the author, and by
200 pages the longest book Mr.. Seton has
written. He has for many months been
putting the finishing touches on the text
and drawings. Doubleday. Page & Co. are
the publishers.
Lillian Whiting, the well-known author of
1.-THE World Beautiful" has studied the
exposition of the mysterious new element,
radium, as given by Sir William Crookes.
and in her new book. THE Life Radiant"
she draws from his discoveries an analogy
on the spiritual side OF life that, as this
marvellous element gives off perpetual rays
of light and heat without diminishing its
store, so in life one may radiate sympathy
and JOY and energy from an infinite source,
IL the human spirit Is In constant receptivity
to the divine spirit. The Life Radiant will
be published by Little, Brown & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

Anthony Hope has been widely copied In
his Zenda class Of stories. Now comes
Constance Smedley, who is bold enough to
try a hand at initiating the delicate senti-
ment of the Dolly Dialogues. The result is
successful. A volatile, maynard princess"
treads a primrose path to happiness and to
the hearts of her reader acquaintance.
Through the early course of her love af-
fairs ''The Princess" is rebellious and in
dependent, but Xix all right-minded women,
she falls In love deeply enough to lay
aside all those qualities that are disagree
ably inconvenient TO her lover. AS usual
The Quiet Man" is the one who captures
1.-The Princess and he ultimately appears
as THE King" himself. Social smartness,
sparkling gayety, engagingly worked into an
apology for a plot, common sense, wisdom
and humor continue to make a very en-
tertaining story. The Princess enjoys life,
as so does the reader while he is occupied
with her adventures. Dodd, Mead & Co.,
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
To California and Back.

c. A. Higgins has written a book Of prac-
tical information for travellers to the Pa
cifc. The route Mr.. Higgins follows is
from Chicago. through Iowa, Missouri and
Kansas, to which he devotes one chapter.
Then he describes more in detail New Mex
leo and Arizona, and gets we'll into the body
OF the book with a description of southern
and central California Then ne begins
with San Francisco and brings the traveller
home by way of Nevada, Utah and Colo
RADIO. An appendix contains information
about side trips and a glossary of Spanish
has many illustrations, which are nearly
all unattractive. The best feature of the
book is the way it gets over the ground,
avoiding the detailed descriptions and too
Mandatory remarks on the sights TO be seen.
On this account 1t has the better of the
railway advertisements hat are for the
most part superior to this book in typog-
raphy and illustrations. Doubleday & Co.,
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

This is a volume of "grouches and grins''
emanating from the pen and pencil of Her
man Lee Meader, who is both author and
illustrator. They are detached thoughts he
offers, and are largely Of a cynical nature,
as is natural 1.-The morning after a night
spent in frivolity or dissipa ton, as for ex-
ample: "a man reproaches himself for in
juring his health. he regrets squandering his
money and he swears If the rain spoils his
new straw hat, but the most precious asset
he has, his time, he wastes away without
a care" And again: Married men who
are allowed one night a week at their club
are like old horses turned into a pasture.
They want to cut UP, but have forgotten
how" The book has an odd cover of cloth
in palm-leaf design and gay color. H.. M.
Caldwell q Co.. Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

1.-THE Book of the Sons of the Revolution
IN Indiana is a handsome volume just is
sued by the society in this State. 1t was
compiled by William Allen Wood. who has
been elected to the presidency of the soci-
ETY. for next year. Besides matter directly
relating to Indiana and the local member
ship. Charles W. Eliot's essay on Family
Stocks in a Democracy" E. J. Edwards's
article on The Harrison Family" and
Cyrus Townsend Brady's story of George
Rogers Clark and the Great Northwest"
are included. The book contains the most
complete photography of George Rogers
Clark and his connection with the conquest
OF the Northwest Territory that has ever
had the use OF this, much labor on the
Clark question would have been saved. 1t
catalogues q hundred and sixty books.
magazines anc newspapers that treat of
these matters. indicating that forty-eight Of
the books and documents are in the Iudi-
annapolis Public Library, and suggesting
that many OF the others may be seen at
the State Library. Besides these. over sew
enty statutes. reports OF committees and
other official documents relating in some
degree to Clark and his men are also cata-
logued- comprehensive accounts of the or
ganization and work of the General Soci-
ETY. of Sons OF the Revolution. and of the
Indiana Society are given 1t is asserted
that the spirit Of the society is not 10
differentiate its members from society at
large. but TO be useful in "a patriotic way
and to preserve to its members all those
advantages which belong TO old families.
and long lines OF descent. with the quail
ties that give those advantages. = .
The s~ociety's social motive is TO preserve
and cultivate In its members those refine
ments and forces of character that have
distinguished the best people of all times
and all nations The essay on the Har-
rison family seems TO have been printed to
support the editors position that courage
honesty and true manhood may be per-
petuated for many generations. and that
family stocks should engage a larger share
OF cur attention. Extracts from a sermon
by the Rev. Allan b. Philputt on the genius
OF Washington. and from a sermon by the
Rev Lewis Brown on American ideals in
1T6 and lE2 are also included. An alpha
betical roll of the members OF the Indiana
Society, with a brief statement OF the serv-
Ices or the ancestor OF ancestors through
whom each member derives title to mem
b~rship. Is followed by an alphabetical list
of the ancestors whose descendants belong
TO the society. IL appears that out of loo
ancestors catalogucd. only twelve ha ave
more than one descendant each. belonging
10 the Sons OF the original States. Penn
sylvania furnished ancestors for the great
er number OF the Sons, Virginia. Connect
lieut. and Massachusetts, coming next in the
order named On ancestor enlisted from
Kentucky, and one from Canada. The
book is handsomely printed on edition de
luxe paper with uncut edges, and Is iIIIls-
trated with numerous excellent cuts on
enamel paper. The binding for member
r. fine leather. aud that for library use IS
blue cloth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

In contrast to George Moore's gloomy
tales of Irish life are these stories. bright
with Celtic humor and logic, by Seumas
MacManus. One recurs in thought to Lover
and Lever and other purveyors of Irish
sport and fun. The author is auditor to
Tomas Dubh, gamekeeper, who relates how
a clever poacher (''poocher'') has shot over
the same Irish estate four times in annual
succession. This primitive marauder is a
bold and ingenious rascal. and, as seen
through the eyes of the story-teller, is an
admirable rascal. He is also diverting,
but chiefly because his victim. Tomas, is
diverting. Tomas is a Celt OF unadulter-
ated strain, and is so irrepressible that he
~forfeits his position as gamekeeper on that
account. The humor of this book is trans
parent and clever, and produces a deep
jollity that Is very pleasant to the reader.
Funk & Wagnalls, New York.