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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-01-27
NOW A TRUNK COMBINE.

New York Jan. 26.--It is announced
that a meeting of the trunk manutac-
turers will be held in this city tomor-
row with view of forming a combine,
The meeting is the result of a propo-
sition recently made to western men
TO form one general association instead
OF two. The manufacturers of trunk
supplies have asked to be allowed to
come into the combine, the capitaliza-
tior. of which will be 20.o00,000.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-01-27
DID NOT KNOW IT WAS LOADED.
Bu. the Result Was the Same Old
Story.

New York, Jan. 26.-Miss Heron, 20
years Of age, shot and seriously wound
ed her cousin, Lester Carroll, IA years
old, last night while she was visiting
the family.
Il did not know 1t was loaded" pro-
tested Miss Heron, when she was ar
rested
The girl took Lester up stairs to show
him her fathers new revolver. She
pointed it at him In play. Just then
the pistol vent off, and the bullet
struck the boy in the chest. His
chances of recovery are about even.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-01-27

Fort San Carlos. which commands the
entrance TO Lake Maracaieo, has been
captured by the Germans and been
blown up. They also report that the
German gunboat Panther has been dis
ahled and IL being towed by the Ger
man cruiser Fake to Wtllemstad, Cus
racau.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-01-27
PROMINENT QUAKER DEAD,

Camden. N, j. Jan, sd,~--Gharles
Rhoatles, one OF the best known min.
listers OF the Society of Friends IL dead
ut his home In Maddonhcld OF pnea"
nania, He was 70 years old ana uhtu
his recent illness was In exceptionally
vigorous health.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-01-27
GERMANS DESTROY FORT.

New York, Jan. 2s.-Persons in close
touch with the blockading forces say,
according to the Herald's Puerto Ca
beIlo, Venezuela, correspondent, that
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-01-27
LEOPOLD ALLIES ENGLISH.
Congo Free State Affairs Supposed t
Need Whitewashing,

New York, Jan. 2e.-The king OF the
Dslgiana has paid a private visit TO-
London In furtherance OF new scheme
for Tie better government Of the Con-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-01-27
LIST OF LET T e RS
Remaining Unclaimed for 80 Days
.


: Remaining Unclaimed for 30 Days
. a
January 26, 1908,
Anderson VIM Mrs
Anderson Gustaf
Blazer j
Cyprus A B
Cotter John
Davidson w Mr.
Ford 4 Mrs,
Gengeiheck Otto Mr.
Graham w P
Hansen | A M
Hayden J 4
HilIstrom Edwin
Holten Hans Mrs
Jackson ] Mr.
Jnhnsol P
Johnson ] G u
Johnson d NJ
johnson OG
Juanson Frank
Kelley Cleo Miss
Korsti Hewey
Kunstow Ben
Larson Josie
tehman G 3.
Lund II r
" lyman Thompson
PAzol1t May
Riiew.our Adam
Slnedberg g Mr.
Spur J P
Svenson r Mr.
Thompson Theodore
Thompson Albert
Tharburn J NJ
Foreign:
Olsen Martha Mrs
Poeten Aksel
Packages.
Bush Annie Mrs
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-01-27


Pears
Which would you rath-
er have, if you could have
your choice, transparent
skin or perfect features
All the world would
choose one way; and you
can have it measurably,
II you use Pears Soap
and live wholesomely
otherwise, you will have
the best complexion Ma
ture has for you. ...
Sold all over the world.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
HEROINEs IN NOVELS.

In the Independent Mrs. L. Fl. Harris
writes interestingly of Heroes and
Heroines in Modern Fiction" AS to
heroes she thinks it is largely geo
graphical matter. AS to herolnes, she
says:
THE popularity of the heroine IN
American fiction is that while she is often
we'll groomed she rarely ever is well bred.
Now the real distinction OF the
thoroughbred is not mental, but 1T is tenn
peramental; SO that some OF the dullest
people show the quality and have
unique perfection quite beyond the power
of any smart American to acquire. The
only two women l know in recent fiction
who suggest this completeness OF per-
sonality are the elder Mrs. Norman, in A
Modern Obstacle and Mrs. Meredith, the
mother of Rowan, in MI. Aliens new
novel. The latter is the one woman IN
an American novel who bears striking
resemblance in nature and spirit to Lady
Calmady, the lovely mother of Sir Rich
ard Calmady.'"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
In the WOrldOf Literature.

som who had already put at his disposal
a million dollars for the building of his
Temple of Man He is driven from
his old church, ruled by Deacon Van
Meter, his stern enemy. In time, Kate
grows tired of him as he has of Ruth
and tells him that she has chosen her
master" in Mark Overman, Franks col
lege chum and manhood's closest friend
Then is shown that the theory of soul
freedom from hateful ties can not always
be reduced to practice. Gordon murders
Overman and is tempted to murder Kate
but desists. In his hour of supreme need
he flies to Ruth for protection. She re-
ceives him with the old time love-
Throughout long Imprisonment she lives
to save him from the felon's death, while
Kate testifes against him; swears his life
away, and promptly gets divorce from
him as convicted felon. Through the
pardon of the Governor, Morris King
Ruth's old sweetheart, Gordon is saved
at the last moment He and Ruth are
remarked in the prison and the curtain
falls
The story holds the readers interest
from the first to last. 1t is compact CON
centrated into one steady line of rapid
action. There are no superfluous charac
tiers or episodes brought forward for pad
ding. 1t is dramatic. The scene is New
York OF today with its rush and war
which one feels and hears as if from a
height. ~
The work attacks the evils of divorce
its causes and results. The intent is so
thoroughly developed and so strongly
presented that one feels it must whole
somely affect society.
The savage in Frank Gordon and the
sensuous both in him and in Kate Ransom
are so uncovered that the reader wishes
more might have been left to the imagi-
nation. The murder of Overman is re-
voting, yet the intimation comes that the
truth is being told about this kind of
brute nature and that passion and crime
inevitably follow the disregard of the
marital law.
Mr.. Dixon is a phrase maker Some
times he grows sophomoric but his "curls''
are usually from the tongue of Gordon
the social dreamer and one forgves them
as necessary to the careful painting of the
full length portrait. 1t is a strong, full
book and one that will make it's way to
the shelves of all sorts and conditions of
readers. We of Mr.. Dixon's native State
are proud of his success and believe that
he has in his pen the power to lessen
more than one of today's social evils.
ANNIE G. RANDALL,
In The State Normal Magazine.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
TOM DIXON's NEW BOOK.

1.-THE One Woman has already been re
viewed by the editor of these columns
The many friends of Mr. Dixon in North
Carolina will be gratified to know that
the publishers sold 10000 copies during
the month of August. 1t was rather an
experiment to issue the book III mid
summer, but it has proved successful
one. Below we publish another review OF
Mr.. Dixon's book, written by Mrs. Annie
G.. Randall, the accomplished editor of the
State Normal Magazine:
THE ONE WOMAN A story of mod
ern Utopia by Thomas Dixon, Jr., au
thor of 1.-The Leopards Spots" Illus
trated by E. West Clinedinst. New
York. Doubleday, Page and Company,
1903
Frank Gordon, young preacher OF the
West, has married Ruth Spottswood a
Southern girl. He is in charge of an old
church i'll New York, where by his sensa-
tional preaching he has filled to over
flowing the erstwhle empty building. He
is a dreamer, a visionary, seeing great
Temple of Man." aIpoem in marble, tower
ing where the old barn-like brick church
has for a generation been damned in the
middle of block" He has drifted into
Socialism in its worst FORM advocat-
ing utter domestic freedom, condemning
the continuance of conjugal ties which
have grown irksome. He is sought and
conquered by Kate Ransom, a beautiful,
physically fascinating and utterly cor
rupt woman. She, by aid and sympathy
in his work among the poor and sorrow
ing wins him from his devoted, home-lov-
ing, but unwisely jealous wife. The
tragedy is swiftly evolved. He tells Ruth
that he must abandon her because he
loves another woman and because he can
not live lie Except in this instance
Ruth lives up to the strong womanhood
attributed to her. Though she does not
believe that any law of man can separate
her from her husband and though,
through stern temptation later she resists
the pleading of a former lover, Morris
King; yet she submits to Franks demand
that she sue for divorce When the tie
is broken and he has hidden farewell to
wife and children, he marries Kate Ran
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
"The One Woman"
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
The powerful heart and broad intel
lect of the author of "The One Wo-
man. were capable of making a great,
if not an immortal work. in Tom. Dix.
on's latest production; whereas, it now
stops short a little way beyond the
realm of vulgarity in emotion and pas
sion, with many strong and unmistak-
able touches, however, of the master
full mind. | believe Tom. Dixon is no
ordinary writer of ability. He has
strong and excellent talent, an easy
and pleasing style. But talent alone
cannot make a man great and be-
loved. Neither can genius, the COM
mander of talent, although it forever
inspires admiration And here is the
test of the worth of "The One Wo-
man." 1t is vulgar But even and
more so are some of the masterpieces
of the worlds grandest men Of let
tiers, and to denounce Tom. Dixon's
new book alone for it's realistic repro
duction of actual life in scenes that are
not normal would, necessarily, compel
us to condemn many of the best works
of the most popular writers, ancient
and modern. | believe the highest and
truest is yet to come from the ron of
the author of the "Leopari's Spots"
and the only reason why that book
surpassed in sincere worth 'Tne One
Woman" is that the author neglected
his purpose, and sacrificed his name
and reputation and abilities for an
"aim," and one that is not pardonable
an Incorporate, reckless desire for
wealth. He will realize it with re-
gret-and loss-later in life.
The purpose of the book is noble
and wholly praisworthy. 1t is an at
tack on the watery loOseness of the
American marriage system. But as we
read it, we cannot but reflect upon the
dark thoughts and blacker musings,
the hidden channels of sin and crime
through which the mind of
the author has passed. and
often we find ourselves Identify
ing him in that dauntless character,
Gordon, with his bold, fearless courage
and intrepidity. His treatment of the
human emotions is remarkable He is
thoroughly acquainted with ethics and
standing of metaphysics. "The One
Woman" is not so singularly a fail
ure" as some would try to persuade
the public in believing. That more
earnest and sincere efforts were not
expended by the author to make it
more perfect is to be regretted.
1t is really pretty and exciting love
story-quite new and fresh compared
with other recent productions, con-
fined to the monotonous regularity Of
hackneyed romance. Neither the
scenes nor the characters are impos-
sible, and the most curious and I'M
usual thing about the book is the
false, imaginary, vulgar, contemplate
phase into which the religion of the
earnest, Mathematical, part-hypocriti-
cal, Gordon evolved" Gordon was a
believer in the principles of evolution,
and the faith he declared divine soon
hurled him into a mean chaos of ideas
which brought destruction upon him.
Overman is man of pecularities
seldom met in this world, and was pos
sibly in sympathy with the Prince of
the Powers of Evil.
Kate, fascinated with the first real
man whom she beheld in the new
world just discovered to her, was
charmed by the work he was accom-
plishing, which she believed glorious,
e
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
SCRIRRLNG IN OLD SCH
BOOKS.

BOOkS.
Tn an amusing article on "Scrlbbhne
in Old School Books" in Lesiles Month
Nv for September, Clifton Johnson gives
number of verses found in old spelling
hooks and Latin grarmars to warn of
book thieves:
Steal not this book, my honest TREND
Tom Harris will be after you.
Steal not this book for fear OF STRIFE,
For tho owner carries a big jacknife.
Steal not this book, my honest 1rlend,
For fear the gallos win be your emu.
The galIos is high, the rope Is strohs'
To steal this book you know is wrong.
Let every lurking thief be taught
This maxim always sure
That learning is much better oought
Than stolen from the porl'
Then steal not this book.
Tho LONGEST and most impressive OF thu
incantations against posslple pei ~ -
the old school books, was 'he Aoii0
Whosoever steals TINS
Book away may
Think on that great
Judgment day when
Jesus Christ shall
come and say
Where is that book you
stole away.
Then you will say
| do not know
and Christ will say
go down below.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

and was captivated by his fine physi
cal manhood.
The greater sin of their immoral
union lies with Gordon.
The governor in the book is mag
unanimous in disposition, possessing a
liberal spirit, and is entirely honor
able, furnishing a beautiful end to the
story.
Ruth, the martyr-heroine, Gordon's
first wife, in her faithfulness and
beautiful expressions of hope, from
the very beginning holds the sympa
thy and admiration of the reader.
EDWARD l.. CONN.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

Mr.. Herbert w. Horwill, whose lucid
and vigorous magazine writings upon the
more momentous questions of today have
attracted much attention, contributes tc
the September Atlantic an able discussion
of The Bible in the Public Schools. Mr.
Horwill has exceedingly wide first-hand
knowledge of the condition of the study
of the Scriptures in the Public Schools
both in this county and in England. He
Analyses very firmly the extremely diff
cult question of how far the Bible may
be used as a study in the public schools
His comprehensive study of the complex
factors which must determine the answer
can be overlooked by no one seriously
concerned in this most important of cues
tons.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

More than 5000 copies of Jack London's
novel, The Call of the Wild, were sold on
Wednesday of last week, and the book is
now in it's thirty fifth thousand. The first
English edition was sold out on the day
of publication.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
HOTEL EMPIRE
BROADWAY AND GID STREET, N. Y.
CITY.
Telephone in every Room.
Telephone in every Room


ROOMS $1.0O PER DAY AND UPWARDS.
"A me library OF The Empire has
C h o C literature long been the r..
for the exclusive vorite Hotel for
use OF our guests. tourists visiting tho
Metropolis.
From all Ferries, Steamboats, and Ocean
Steamers walk short block to Elevated
Railway and take "9th Avenue to 59th''
Street from which Hotel is one minute
walk.
Headquarters N. All surface cars
Y. Chapter Daugh- of the "Metropoii-
tiers OF the Con tan Transit Co..
federacy. pass the Hotel En-
pire.
The Restaurant of the Empire is noted
for the excellence of its cuisine. its eff
Gent service and moderate prices.
Only ten minutes to principal theatres
and chops. Music every evening
w. JOHNSON QUINN, prop.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
SECONDS THE MOTION.

The Duplin correspondent of the Clark
ton Express in his last letter says:
"Hon. Josephus Daniels suggests that
Col. Hamilton Mcmillan and ex-Judg'
James C. McRae write a history of the
Scottish clans in North Carolina. We
hope that these two talented and able
Scotchmen will consent to undertake the
task Col. Mcmillan has recently writ
ten some very interesting articles giving
the history of the families of Bladen anC
Robson counties. He probably knows
the history of more Scotch families o.
North Carolina than any one else IN the
State, and together with Judge McRat
they could furnish very accurate history
which would be a valuable acquisition tc
the States history"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
THE NEW

THE NEW ----OLOGY, Mother and
Child Culture. by Eli F. Brown, M.
S., NJ. D., and Joseph H. Greer, M. d
Illustrated. Price $3.50. Publishers:
Laird & Lee. Chicago.
The purpose of this book is to place in
the hands of the young and ignorant such
information relative to their vital func-
lions as may be desira BILE, couched in pure
language and embracing such knowledge
as no man or woman should be without.
Much prudery has existed relative to these
matters and as a result crime and suffering
have ensued. Ii the individual himself
was the only sufferer the results would
not have been so disastrous, but posterity
has been injured TO an alarming degree
that only physicians can realize. The in
structions for the prevention and cure Of
disease are unexceptionabe and illustra-
tions have been male especially for the
work by DR.. Ruth Blake, who is a sre-
cialist in that line, adding artistic skill
to professional knowledge; will lie pleas
ing TO physicians as they &C hygicnic
rather than medicinal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
GORDON KEITHs SUCCESS.

Mr. Pages new novel, Gordon Keith -
has had remarkable sale all summer,
leading all other books, according to the
Bookman, all over this country 1t Is al
ready in it's eightieth thousand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

Mrs Margaret Busbee Ship has a story
"Her Red Letter Night in the September
number Of Munsey. She writes well and
the September Munsey Will douDtieSs nave
a large sale in North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

DR.. G. S. Traps has produced a book
entitled principles of Dyeing" (Macmil-
Ian Coz, which is intended to teach the
general truths of that art in the class
room and laboratory to students who
have little acquaintance with organic
chemistry, and without much troubling
them with that subject We do not
doubt that in some of our universities
such a plan will be regarded as mark
ing an enlightened appreciation of the
educational conditions of our time, while
individuals will be found TO think it char
acteristic of en- automobiling pedagogy
which breaks down the distinction be-
tween liberal and professional education
and produces something tad from either
point of view. Given the plan, 1T is
well worked out by Dr. Fraps.-New York
Evening Post.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

"What do you think of our author
friends success?" Its the irony of fate.
After he has gone on record to the effect
that the public is totally lacking IN arts
tic discrimination and wants nothing but
trash, he gets out book that makes a
universal hit. "-Washington Star.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

FOUR YEARS UNDER MARSE
ROBERT, by Maj. Robert Stiles. IL
lustrated, octave, decorated cloth bind
ing; handsome paper and letter press;
$50 pages Price, $500. Publishers:
The Neale Publishing Company, 431
Eleventh street, Washington, D. c.
Why "Marse Roberto Soldiers have
a passion for rechistning their favorite
leaders. Thus we have the Little Cor
poral," the Iron Duke Marshal For
wards" Little Mac" Little Phil,
Fighting joe .'Stonewall,'' "Old Pete, .
s.Old Jube," "Bobs,'' and many more
whose names are household words. This
volume will tell you why Lord Roberts
was "Bobs' and General Lee "Marse
Robert" The title is the keynote.
Here is book for which intelligent peo-
pie North and South have been waiting
a connected record of the daily life of the
soldier of General Lees army from 81 to
'65,-his surroundings, aspirations, inspira-
lions, experiences.
Southern by birth, convictions and SYM
pathies, the grandson of rice-planter of
lower Georgia, and son of a distinguished
Presbyterian divine, who removed to New
York City during the authors boyhood,
Major Stiles, of Richmond, Virginia, is
especially fitted for this work, to him a
labor of love. After attending the pre-
paratory schools of New York and New
Haven he graduated at Yale just before
the war, taking the highest literary hon
ors. Thus, while his convictions are clear
and convincing from the Southern stand
point, he was liberalized by residence, edu-
cation and association at the North and
prepared to appreciate the highest as
poets of the struggle on both sides.
At the opening of the war he was a
student at the law school of Columbia
College, New York, and, after it's close,
completed his law studies at the Univer-
sity of Virginia Since 1867 he has been
occupied in the practice of his profession
in Richmond. Essentially a Confederate
soldier he is called by all who know him
by his actual Confederate title, and is
recognized by his old comrades in arms as
a genuine Fighting Major Of the Artillery
of the Army of Northern Virginia" who
saw as much of its grand campaigns as
any officer of his rank, and knows as well
how to tell what he saw.
The volume is largely reminiscent; but
in telling what Johnny Reb did and suf-
fered, 1T tells how and wherefore-what he
was, what he felt, what he thought, WHY
HE FOUGHT.
The book abounds in vivid sketches and
original stories of Lee, Jackson, John
ston, Ewell, Early, the Hills, and many
other Confederate leaders with whom the
author enjoyed intimate relations and in
tercourse. The work is to an unusual
degree free from narrow prejudice. It's
comments upon the Federal commanders
Mcclellan, Hooker, Meade, Grant, and
many others-are fair and discriminating
With thorough knowledge of conditions,
Major Stiles makes a startling disclosure
of a fatal blunder of the Confederate mil
itary authorizes that he thinks, contri-
buted much to the failure of the cause
The writer brings to light some curious
legislation of the Confederate Congress
and orders of the Adjutant- Generals Of
flee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

not only builds up weak constitutions,
but searches out and destroys germs
and poisons of every description and
cleanses the system of all impurities,
thus laying the foun dation for a
healthy, steady increase in weight
and future good health.
Food may be bountifu1 and the
appetite good, but still the system
weakens and we remain poor in flesh
unless what we eat is properly digested
and turned into rich, pure blood.
S. S. S. re-inforces the Stomach and
aids the digestion and assimilation of
food, and there is rapid up-building
of health and strength. S. S. S. acts
promptly and benefcially upon the ner
it up, and relieves the strain by prodr
can find no tonic so invigorating as S. S
of roots and herbs its use is attended
find that it braces them up, improves
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

becoming properly noush the body and it must be purified
build constitution unless
that lurking in the blood destroyed they will further
to
In S. S. S. purifying properties
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
WONDERFUL GAIN IN WEIGHT.

Huntsville, Ala, Jan. 10, 1908.
Some years ago my general health
gave way; my nervous system was
shattered, and I could get nothing to
do me any good till began to use
S. s. s. T commenced to improve at
once. My appetite became splendid
and from 1875 pounds I increased to
$50. I became well again by taking
s. 8. s. and would take no amount for
the good it did me. My health 10
now perfect, and believe if every.
body would take bottle Of s. 8. s.
occasionally, they would enjoy life
as am doing. w. L. WINSTON. /