The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-25


Among the Peasantry of Westmoreland."
Some very funny ideas the peasants pre-
serve of him; yet when translated from the
quaint and curious Westmoreland dialect
into modern English come Of them throw
a deal Of light upon the man and his
habits.
The August Issue will be the fourteenth
fiction number Of Scribner's Magazine,
and 1t will be made notable by the begin
ing of Edith Whartons short serial Sane
tuary." her first story Of any length since
the great success Of THE Valley Of Deci-
SION" Walter Appleton Clark will illustrate
each number.
An interesting bit Of history lies behind
the labor conditions among the miners In
Colorado. as shown by Frank l. Mason in
his Blue Goose" CMcClure. Phillips & Coz.
Mr.. Mason was for q while resident in
the Colorado mining district, and had ample
experience with LABOR troubles The red
element in the mining districts OF the West.
he declares, Is directly connected with the
Molly Mcguire movement. which terror
lied the coal mining regions Of Pennsyl-
vania a couple Of decades ago. When the
Molly Maguires were broken up" he says.
1.-THE dsorganized fragments drifted to the
Occur d'Alene districts in Idaho. and In
augurated there the same reign Of terror
enacted in Pennsylvania. But they over
stepped themselves, and the gang was brok
en- up again by the Federal authorities. Tho
leaders and many followers went to Colora-
do. and one of the largest mining centers
invaded by them was that Of San Juan
County. in which the scene of tho blue
Goose Is laid. They continue there in
their old game Of stirring I'D trouble"
Curiously enough since the book was
written there has been strike in the
district, somewhat similar In Its features
to that described by Mr.. Mason
Charles H Haswell author Of the famous
Mechanics Pocketbook. who was recently
described as "a lively boy Of e." is now the
Oldest living member Of the Volunteer Fire
Department OF New York City, which he
Joined in 1873. Even so far back as that he
was old enough to follow the business of
professional accountant. lie Is still EN-
ployed by the City of New York as consult
ing engineer. He makes frequent visits to
his publishers. the Harpers. who have re-
Gently issued the sixty-ninth edition Of his
Pocketbook-
Mr.. Hamilton W. Mabis writes in The
Outlook about Mr.. Jack London's 1.-THE Call
Of the Wild" that the book IL likely to
make a deep impression by reason OF its
power and its unusual theme. 'It tells.
with lntlnlate human aSSOCfatlOn, the STORY
of great and noble dog that is stolen from a
ranch In Southern California, carried to
Alaska, slowly changes his nature under
brutal treatment moves further and further
away from civilization. and at last consorts
with wolves and becomes a creature Of tho
wild as his ancestors were before him. This
remarkable story. full of incident and Of
striking descriptions Of lifo and landscape
in the far north. contains a deep truth
which Is imbedded in the narrative and Is
all the more effective because It Is never
obtruded."
The July number of Medical Talk for
the Home" is full of interesting matter.
beginning with an editorial in which the
purpose of the magazine, that of interpret
ing to the people the literature found in
medical journals. read only by doctors. Is
set forth. Among the many readable arti-
cles of this issue are 1.-THE Suppression Of
Disease" by Doctor Joseph Enk; Motive,
Vital and Mental Temperaments." by Doc
tor ]. D. McFadden: THE Body's Renew
al" by Charles Meixsell; 1.-THE War of the
Druggers; Proprietary and Oficinal Rene
dies; 1.-THE Science Of Massage" by R. ].
Bernhardt; Our Attitude Toward the Doc
tors" and many other thoughtful contri-
buttons. In addition there is plentiful
and varied offering of information relat-
ing to questions of health. the suppression
of disease and the care of the sick. C. s.
Carr NJ. D.. is the editor of Medical Talk
for the Home which is published at Co
lumbus. O., and has attained wide circu-
lott