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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14

danced and ioked and wspt through those
dark times that ended at AppomattoX. She
coquetted with Union officers in Washington
in order to save the life of a Confederat"
spy and to facilitate her own blockade-run
ming plans. She was not a very dangerous
enemy within the Yankee lines-her prin1i-
pal reason for being there was to purchase
cloth to make Dan" a gorgeous uniform
because he had been promoted 10 Major for
Eallantry in action. \ more ingenious and
joyful soul never lived through four years
of tragedy and heartbreah. All the time,
because you love Mrs. Dan so, you are
fearing that Dan will be killed-you know
that this would kill her as well. But. hap
PLY. he isn't. He gets back to Richmond
after the surrender" having vaialy tried
to make hi, way to where he thought joe
Johnston was still fighting the North. and
he is ragged. half-starved. penniless. utter
ly wrecked by war. But they start in
afresh, and everything goes fairy well with
them, and they live to tell their story 10
their grandchildren.
"A Virginia Girl in the Civil War' prom
ises to be one of the pleasant successes Of
the year. Sincerity. simplicity. q vlvaCious
style. q colorful touch for description and
incident. make i: as good reading as any
novel. 1t contains a legitimate appeal IL
many thousands CT readers. The App!etoas,
who publish the book, present 1t in at
%tractive FORM.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
CHURCHILL WILLIAMS,
Author of The CAPTAIN"

of Eagles Nest" Even to his lisht-hearted
singing on horseback-"With that he sprans
into his saddle. waved a farewell and rode
away singing" says Mr.. Eggleston-we
nave the Stuart OF Cooke. The same song,
too. is OIL his lips-.If you want to have Il
good time. jine the cava,ry!"-and yet Stuart
surely knew more than one song. 1t is
pleasant, of course, TO meet old friends,
but in this matter Of old friends in fiction
one prefers TO lock them up in the same
stories where the friendship first began.
This is not 60 much a complaint to Mr.
Eggleston as it is an expression OF pensive
regret.
TIE Master of Warlock' is not by any
manner of means a memorable novel. but Il
may be read with interest and viii serve to
pass an evening quite Pleasantly. Plainly,
Mr.. Eggleston himself does not expect mora
than this for his story, if his manner of
telling 1t may be taken as an Indication.
You wish to be amused until bedtime
he seems to say. welt, I'll tell you all
about Baillie Pegram and Agatha Ronald
during the war"-and then he goes ahead
without any particular effort and helps to
while the hours away in. quite an obliging
spirit. At the story's close you thank him
mildly for the entertainment and ind your
self soothed into a frame of mind conducive
to gentle S!eep,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
u1,srR. 7T I5Si5 g o f % the Ecn aFhing whit bit X 4 r y IN snh have d their, pa nrt1r r Apt,

; when Down East sa:lo-men set sail from
Harkee ports and went forth on four-yeaI
cruises. after whales wherever to be found.
An exciting plot, il which figure a VII
famous Portuguese skipper. n Vermont
maiden who, in foolish infatuation, has be-
con-" his wife. and her oid-t:ma Yankee
sweetheart. one of the crew of a rival
whale. is supplemented by a record of adj
ventures of the mos. thrilling kind. The
m2ny perfla of the sea are encountered in
all their variety. Storm and shipwreck, the
casting away of the hero and heroine, their
suffering and final rescue. these. In addi-
ton to the ordinary dangers inseparahle
from the whaling industry, so to make
every page of the book absorbinSly inter-
estinc. Mr.. Bullen's demonstrated ability
in the handling of such a theme IS well
maintained in his latest romance. The eli
max Of the story is dramatic to a degree
ard is happy finish will leave the reader
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14

setting of her very successful story old
field In all probability it will be ready
for publication in May. and a complete an
later date by the Macmillan Company.
Mr.. Edward W. Townsend. author of the
"Chimmie F1hden' books. and also OF "A
Sumemr ir. lew York. which lately Henry
Holt & CO have in press. read. with sue
cess. from advance proofs of the latter book
at the Boston University Club in De-
cember. and at the Harvard Union on
January q. Neither of these organizations
Is noted for being humorous. and Mr.. Town
sends having been invited to appear before
them ~testifies to the more serious merits,
especially the knowledge Of human nature.
underlying his amusing books.
An interesting novel of Irish life by Shan
F. Bullock. author of The Barrys' and
Irish Pastorals.' will be published in Feb
ruary by Mcclure. Phillips & Co. under the
title of The Squireen." The novel is domi-
mated by a remarkable character. whose
temperament is typically Irish. full OF
strong impulses, noble aspirations. great
failures and moody rep~entances. The story
deals with the struggle that the better in1
stincts in the man make against the lower
ones. and the hero finds himself swept FROM
one act to another by his Irresistible inn
pulses. which finally bring the story to a
tragic ending. 1t is a strong. convincing
novel. suggesting somewhat George Doug
lass House With the Green Shutters" es-
pecially in the realism of the picture of life
amongst the North Of Ireland that it gives.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
RURAL DELIVERY BOXES
USED AS TARGETS.
Red Knobs Seem Irresistible to Many
Persons IN Country Who Garry
WcapoDs-After Offender


Washington, Feb. l3.-The Post-Ofice De-
partment was informed to-day OF me ar
lest OF Arthur Mcclure. charged win the
destruction c. free mail delivery boxes near
Nevada. Mo. No particulars accompanied
The report.
The department has been advised tina it
IS a fad among rural c~all1l.s in some coun-
try districts OF Missouri TO iaoulSe IN piss
toi practice, using the attractive red knobs
OF the free-Ce!ivery boxes as a target.
A great many OF these boxes are provided
with these knobs. painted red aEG 50 ar
ranged thst when mail is placed within the
knob is raised so as 20 be apparent Ia the
residents aiorg the roajs. Should his knob
be in evidence as the wife looks from her
porch. one Of the children is sent to collect
the mail, whereas, If ii ls rot in evidence, a
trip to the read IS s3ve1.
In the early days Of free delivery in the
lest IT was Impossible for post officials to
sep the boxes IN repair, due to the urgent
emand upon them as targets. cowboys.
specially. found the red objects irresist-
ole and. after shattering the knob. rareiy
allied 10 complete the sport by totally DE-
stroying the box itself.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
A southern wom.n's Experiences.

The delightful young wife of a Confed-
crate officer. serving with General 'Jeb'
Stuart, is the central figure of ~ Virginia
Girl in the Civil War; one of the most
readable books that has come to hand for
a long time. The volume is edited by
| Myrta Lockett Avary, and the experiences
narrated therein were related TO her by "a
| gentle. little, brown-haired lady," who was
the unconscious heroine of her own story.
Her real name Is withheld from the reader,
who learns to love her as Mrs. Dan Grey
as Joyous and brave a woman as ever
helped a soldier husband to render gallant
service to his flag and country.
1t will be difficult. If not Impossible, for
those who remember the war times of
'61-'65 to read these recollections without
paying the tribute of mingled smiles and
signs to their truthfulness. Humor and
patho5 and tragedy are combined in the
simple and straightforward tale. Mrs. Dan
Grey, who, as a charming Norfolk girl,
met in her fathers house many young men
afterwards famous in the Confederate or
Federal armies, was married at II, just be-
fore the Civil Wal began. Her husband
was a member of a troop of Virginia cayal-
ry. which promptly went into service for
the Confederacy. And from that moment
dated the experiences of "A Virginia Girl
in the Civil War the first of whose duties
was the making of a couple of flannel
army shirts for Dan.
Mrs. Dan Gray was right in the heart Of
the gigantic and bloody strife. From Nor
folk to Petersburg. from Petersburg to
Richmond, from Richmond, running the
blockade, to Washington and back, n
through many other hurried changes Of
base. she went, laughing when she could.
weeping when she must, but piucky and
helpful always. She was quartered near
her husband in camp whenever possible.
She lived in "Jeb" Stuart's Headquarters
awhile, and was teased and petted by that
great and light-hearted cavalryman. She
gave him the little Catholic relic which he
wore over his heart the day he was killed
In battle-it was only. the day before that
she had given it to him General Rooney
Lee offered to divide his last SO with her
in Richmond after .the surrender" In
Richmond she starved and went ragged INC
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
FAVOR THE BRADLEY BILL.
ST. Louis Ladies Appeal to Legis-
lature in Interest of Measure

St. Louis ladies prominent in society and
closely identified with the organized chari-
ties have addressed a communication to the
General Assembly advocating the passage
of a bill introduced by Senator Bradley pro-
viding for the Incorporation and regulation
of money-lending associations.
Among those who signed the letter are,
Mrs. James j. Blair. president Board Of
Fischel. president St. Louis Emergency Aid
Association: Mrs. Philip Moore. president
State Federation of Women's Clubs. and
Mrs. Anthony H.. Blaisdell. president Of the
Wednesday Club.
1t is stated that the motive of those pro-
noting the measure is not wholly char
table. but is to relieve the needy poor from
extortionate rates of interest.
The plan of Incorporating loan Offices Is
not a new one. and has been tried In Chi
cago and other cities with success. The con-
Germs have paid a moderate return on the
capital invested and have been a great
benefit to the working classes.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
THOMAS DIXON's WORK.
He VIII Dramntize ''The
Spots" and Is Writing an Ante
Socialist Novel.

THE Leopard's Spots" in which the Rev
erend Thomas Dixon. Jr.. essayed to voice
Southern sentiment on the negro problem.
is about to reach its hundred thousandth,
and the statement is made by the publish
ers that the sales for the past three months
have shown a decidedly increasing demand.
so that a continued popularity for some
time to come is anticipated. Furthermore. 1t
is announced that there is to be a dramati-
cation of the work. in which the author
will collaborate with a prominent play
wright. yet to be selected. This work will
be done some time within a year, after
Mr.. Dixon has finished a new book, of
which he has now about completed n draft,
and which will be ready for the publishers
in the fall. This second volume will deal
with socialism, against which, as the en-
envy of society. by being the destroyer Of
the monoganic family. Mr.. Dixon takes a
stand with characteristic vigor. In his
treatment of the theme. the author employs
a romance as the medium for expressing
his views as to the menace of the socialis-
tic tendencies of to-day. A publisher for
the new volume has not yet been selected,
although. since the success OF The Loop
ards Spots it is said that overtures have
been made to Mr.. Dixon by several of the
leading publishing houses.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
THE ESQUIMO

The Esquimo eats blubber.
The lumbermen eat pork.
These people are constantly
exposed to cold and physical
strain. Experience has taught
them that fatty foods give
warmth and nourishment.
For those who have cold
and thin bodies, or are threat
cned with consumption or any
wasting disease, there is no fat
III SO digestible and palatable a
form as SCOTS Emulsion.
Physicians prescribe it
Wen send you 4 little to t.y, If you like.
SCOTT & BOVINE, ~ Pearl street. New York
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
TO HONOR NATIONS FATHER.
knights of Columbus Will Ban
,quet on Washington's Birthday.

st. Louis Council No. 453. knights of Co.
lumbus. will give a banquet to commence
rate the one hundred and seventy-first an
liversary of the birth Of George Washing
ION at the Mercantile Club Monday evening,
February %.
The programme follows:
Grace, the Reverend Alexander F. Mer-
"cr: opening address. John S. Leahy, grand
knight st. Louis Council; The Church in
America" the Reverend Mathew McNeu-
amy. s. j.; THE d y We Celebrate" Judge
NELL Ryan; 1.-The knights of Columbus"
;eoctor John II. Simon: Catholic Achieve
~Incnts." John Paul Chew. grand knight.
kenrick Council.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
WILL PROSECUTE A B0NDSMAN.
Judge Moore Has Warrant Issued
AcainSt Fritz Roathman.

Fritz Boathman. keeper of a saloon at No.
I'LL Clark avenue, Is charged in a warrant
issued yesterday with making a false afh-
davit. The warrant was issued on the re-
quest of Judge Hiram N. Moore of the
Court of Criminal Correction.
Several weeks ago Judge Moore accepted
Boathman as bondsman for Edward Hicks,
who had been arrested on a charge OF rob-
berry in the first degree. The bond was for
81. 900. Bothman made affidavit that he Is
the owner of the property at Nos. I'LL and
1113 Clark avenue. The warrant charges
that he has only a homestead right in the
property and that there are judgments
against it.
Boathman was arrested and released on
bond of 500. signed by Judge Robert Clai-
borne.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
MAYOR WELLS IN WASHINGTON.
Calls on the Missouri Delegation
Other Prominent Visitors.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. Feb. 12.-Mayor Roila Wells
and City Counselor Bites of st. Louis We're
III Washington to-day on their way home
rom New York. Messrs Wells and Bates
called on the Missouri delegation at the
Capitol.
William Allen White. editor of the En-
poria Gazette. and 4 ~well-known magazine
contributor. is in Washington gathering
data for "A serial story to be printed in one
NJ the big magazines shortly. Mr.. White
calied at the Capitol to-day TO pay his re-
ipects TO the Kansas delegation.
John Overfeld. a prominent business man
NJ Independence. kaS., Is in Washington
on business with the Interior Department
relative to numerous mineral land leases
in Kansas and Indian Territory.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
Thrilling Romance of the Sea.

Remembering the charm of THE Cruise of
the 'Cachalot,'" and .'Deep-Sea Plumber
ings," Frank T. Bullen's novel, "A Whale
mans Wife," published this week by the
Appletonc. will be hailed by readers of his
earlier works with p~leasurable anticipa-
ton.
There will be no disappointment in store.
IA Whaleman's Wife" is a stout and stir
ring story Of the sea. full of melodramatic
character and incident. and briny with the
breath Of ocean. It tells OF the brave days
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
Complainant Must support Wife.

Circuit Judge Fisher yesterday directed
william Richardson to pay his wife. Agnes.
$25 a month pending the trial of his suit for
divorce and $40 to enable her TO defend the
suit. Richardson pleaded that he was earn
ing only enough to support himself. The
Judge told him that when a man sues his
wife for divorce he must contribute to her
support while the suit is pending. and sup
ply her with means to defend the suit.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14

amply satisfied with the most recent add!-
ton to the ficticnal literature of the sea.
The novel is dedicated ITO Theodore Roose-
welt, President of the United States; a small
token OF the authors. esteem for a strong
Christian"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
LATEST NEWS NOTES
OF BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

The publication OF Hand in Hand" the
anonymous volume Of poems. brings up In
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14

BE sure to advertise In The Sunday RI
public's Want pages. All druggists take
.ds for The Republic at Office rates.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14

BE sure to advertise in The Sunday Re-
public's Want pages. All druggists take
ads for The Republic at Office rates.
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1.-THE Four Feathers has run through
three large editions in two months. The
ond Times characterizes 1t as "Astale
which may be called a problem novel;
without q glance at the Seventh Command
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-14

without troubling themselves to the nature capa bilties of the country and it's magnificent economic value
 The area of the section which these snug gentle men would cause to be set aside as game reserva- tion is not given, but it is stated that it would n- clude the greater port on of Central Alaska including the valley of the Yukon, from St. Michael to the in ternational boundary, section full of promise mining, stock raising and agricultural country, with an almost unlimited supply of timber. The total isolation of the people of Northwestern Alaska alone will prevent them from making indignant protest. Such act would effectually blight the dawning development of the district. No other sec ton of this vast territory has promising future, and do not for a moment believe that the alleged wiseacres who have conceived this prodigous plan will be enabled to carry it to fruiton. There is small doubt that this the citizens of Southeastern Alaska and the Pacific coast states have entered viz protests against the proposed wholesale appro praton of the very heart of Alaska.
 The cool indifference with which two or three men, who have never seen Alaska, will attempt to par ttion it, because some chimera or other has seized them, is insolent to degree. Such nsufierable pre- sumption calls for the Sternes rebuke. However, we do not much fear that the plan will receive the ap- proval of the president. Certainly it will not if the friends of Alaska act promptly.
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-14
TEAPOT TEMPEST.

It is not at all likely that there has been any serious disagreement between England and Germany. on the one hand and the United States on the other, over Venezuelan aff- airs. The South American repub- lie has been in state of insurrec- ton for many months, and conse- quently q state of chaos has pre- vailed. Late dispatches received state that British aLd German sub. jects have been arrested in Caracas. the Venezuela capital, and besides the governments of those countries have claims for damages inflicted upon their subjects by the citizens of Venezuela. It is not probable that either England or Germany has designs to seize any part of Venezuelan territory. Those na- tions know full well that to do so would provoke immediate war. At Washington the situation does not seem to have been viewed with much alarm.
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-14
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Peter Johnson, Otto Halla and J. V. Logan, co-ownerS with the undersigned in placer claim known as sweetheart, situated in the Cape Nome recording district, Alaska, and To Peter Johnson, H. N kierulf. J. II. Rooms ana R Todd. co-oWnerS with the undersigned in placer claim known as My Girl'' situated in the Cape Nome recording district, Alaska, and recorded in vol, 35 page {: To Peter Johnson and John DeFries. co-owners with the undersigned in placer claim know n as True Love-" situated in the Cape Nome re- cording district, Alaska, and rccc.d-A iA vol 3S. page ,;
 To Peter Johnson. William Snyder and Charles F.. Lowe co-ownerS with the undersigned in placer claim known as My Own.' situated in the Cape Nome recording district. Alaska, and recorded in vol. 3j page s;
 To II. N. kieruln and Peter Johnson, co-own- CTS with the undersigned in placer claim known as the Big Chief Tract" situated in the Cape Nome recording district, Alaska, and recorded in vol. 49. page 2S2:
 You and each of you are hereby notified that we, the undersigned, have expended the sum Cf SlO0 on each of the above described claims in the year A. b. 1901, and Sl00On each Of the above described claims in the year A. D. lS02. accord- ing to the provisions of Sec 2,12i of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amend ments therelo. approved Jan 9, loe0, concern inS annual labor upon placer mining cleims And if within 20 days after the first publication of this notice, you fail to contribute your pro portion as co-ownerS to the undersigned reSpec lively in the above described claims for bot h years of 1901 and 1909. your interests in said claims will become the property of the under signed. under the provisions of said Secson 2324 All such settlements shall be made with Arthur Gibson, room l6 Butte building. Nome, Alaska First publication December 2. 1902.
 JOHN A. :. RoBERTsOS,
 F.. A. kORrHAUER
 ARTHUR GIBSON
 ALBERT RHODES Y. 5. WAkRDk.
The Nome nugget., 1903-02-14
A REJUVENATED DEMOCRACY.

Grover Cleveland has delivered a preachment on the future of the democratic party in which he club on those democrats who have indorsed 'undem- ocratic policies and have gained democratic notori- ety" The ex-president no doubt has Col. William Jennings Bryan on his list of democrats who have pursued policies which Cleveland condemns Time was, and not so long ago, when Grover Cleveland's standing with the party he now assumes to advise as to policies, was exceedingly precarious. But during those years of his retirement he had the good and discretion to keep his thoughts to himself and let the party pursue its the ultimate under the direction of leaders whom he probably conscen- :iously believed false prophets of democracy.
 In view of the results attained it may be fairly admitted that Cleveland was right. The democratic party went after false gods and it has been ever since travelling in the wilderness.
 Mir. Cleveland thinks that the party has rcgained its old time fighting condition and recovered the morale that promises odtme success and prestige. He thinks that it is not immediately threatened with sundemocratic heresy but there pal pablo dangers to be avoided if the rejuvenation of democracy not to be obstruced."
 Cleveland condemns what he calls 'yielding to the temptations of expediency," as against firm ad herence to democratic doctrines, and he is positive when he says that the party in the enunciation of platform principles and the selection of candidates must show sturdy and determined march to the ''goal of substantial and thorough democracy" He says: "Such a condition cannot better be described than by the homely illustration of sitting down between two chairs, Such behavior would dis courage sincere and thoughtful democrats hope full and expectant and repel independent tingent who seek relief from the needless arrogance of the republican party"
 Concerning the tariff he says: "Aready the bene- fcjaries of the high protective tariff reduced in number and the benefits derived from protection are 60 palpably lessened, applied to. the selfish interests of those who have heretofore insisted upon it's continuance that they inclined to receive with favor the adoption, of the democratic doctrine of tariff for revenue"
 There's nothing like hope, and hope springs eter- nal in the Democratic breast