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YSTERY
OF tine Deepest Dye

~ FTER having endeavored to clear
II his shelf of q large portion of the
L holiday books last Sunday the
writer of these columns had
made solemn covenant with himself
that this weeks book page should be
devoted to the solid books of the sea-
son exclusively. A certain novel,
picked up at random to relieve the
tension of two volumes of close read
ing. assaulted this resolution success
fully and Immediately. This novel was
Burton E. Stevenson's THE Marathon
Mystery" To let another week pass
without recommending this tale un-
uualifiedly to the readers of these
columns would weigh upon the mind
of the reviewer as a distinct evidence
of his incompetency.
Here is a story of mystery so mathe-
matically arranged in its various con-
volutions of plot and reaching the de-
nouement by a deductive scheme so
perfectly correct that no component
part of the sttry, not half of chapter,
could be Topped of. and leave the chain
tion of construction is so artfully done
that not until the last page is turned
does the reader begin to realize how
noiselessiy and harmoniously the ma
chinery OF incident has moved. Abso-
lutely in the dark as to the problems
solution until the last chapter is
reached. with interest and speculative
attention kept at the qui vive through
out the whole, one cannot but make
favorable comparison between Mr..
Stevenson's book and those tales of
Edgar Allan Poe which find more or
less of a lingering echo in the stories
of recently knighted and always pop
ular English author.
A young New York society woman
of delicate sensibilities and faultless
character is found alone by the side
of a murdered sailor in suite fourteen
of the Marathon flats at night. She
refuses to explain the cause of her
presence there and declares that the
murdered man was a total stranger to
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OF food which is palatable. easily digest
ed and readily converted into sinews of
energy. Medical officers precede the ad-
vancing army to test wells as to the
potability Of their waters. to post warn
ing notices in infected districts, to make
analysis of all food stuffs foraged from
the surrounding country. AS a result
of this vigilance, which reaches to the
most infinitesimal detail, the loss to
Japan's fighting men from preventable
disease was but fraction of one per
cent in the first six months of the
struggle with Russia. a silent com
meRtary this upon the record of our
armies in the Spanish war, where in a
campaign of six weeks the relation of
mortality from disease to death by bull
let's was as IA TO 1. The writer quotes
a japanese officer as saying that Japan
with her 100000 fighters is more than a
match for Russia with her 1000 600. for
disease will carry off four Russians to
every one slain by bullet.
Aside from the many other features
of the japanese medical and commits
sary service. which win unqualified
commendation from Major Seaman. he
has special word of praise for the treat
ment accorded Russian prisoners. While
at Matsuyama, the improvised military
prison, the writer was struck with the
courtesy and excellent attention ac-
corded the captured soldiers Of the Gar
there. Many of the prisoners declared
frankly that they had never Jared bet
ter in their lives" says Major Seaman.
Not all matters of medical detail are
the contents of this book As said be-
fore, Major Seaman was a good OBJ
server and one curious to get as near
as possible to the scenes of activity on
the fighting lines. After leaving Japan,
therefore, he made his way to Chefu,
thence to Newchwang, and after the
evacuation of that place by the Rus
slams he made four Intellectual but
thrilling attempts to get into Port Ar
thur. 1t was while going by sea from
Chefu to Newchwang that the author
had opportunity to corroborate the
news reports concerning the indiscrim-
mate sowing of the open seas with mines
by the Russians. Besides seeing sew
eral boats come into Chefu with float
ing mines on board which had been
picked up at sea, the subject of these
experiences had the opportunity of
rowing within fifteen feet of a Russian
contact mine which had been anchored
directly in the path of vessels sailing
neutral waters. He took a photograph
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JOHN D.
ROCKEFELLER
By VARIAN


I'll the final solution clears ALL A sec
ond sudden murder and jewel robbery
seem TO condeIan a spotless young man
TO the electric chair; his sweetheart
even believes him guilty; then sudden
ly the subtle finger of deduction points
conclusively and cOndemningly to one
VINO would be the last to invite sus-
picion- In just one point is the au-
thOr's skill trifle wavering When he
introduces a deadly serpent into the
story during its early chapters, seem
Ingly Insignificant though the thing
may be in its guise of a household pet.
the reader is prepared to anticipate
without any intuitive guidance the
srisiy climax of the last chapter
81. b. Lippincott & Co, New York;
illustrated; price, 81 500
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of the devilish engine of destruction.
which is reproduced in this book, and
he also took down it's exact position on
the chart-evidence for possible conten-
tions in The Hague tribunal.
So full Of interest is Major Seaman
narrative that it is difficult to limit
comment and excerpt to the eXigencies
of space. He tells how he spent several
days as the guest of Chung Tzor Lin.
once a chief of the Hung-hutzes (Chun
Chuses), or robber bands of Manchuria,
but now a general in the Chinese army.
He gives some vivid pictures of the
scenes attending the Russian evacua-
ton OF Newchwang and the subsequent
Japanese occupation. His version Of
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book, clearly, succinctly. making it one
of the most interesting publications of
the season.
Major Seaman is the first observer to
convey to the outside world anv COM
plete idea of the marvellous state of
preparedness to which Japan had
schooled herself in anticipation of the
struggle which is now waging. Tao
ticians AID war correspondents have
sent back reports of the reserve force
in ships, men and arsenal supplies
which the island empire has estab-
lished as her second line of defense,
but it remained with the author of this
book TO reveal the almost incredible
painstaking which has marked Japan's
effort to perfect herself for the con-
hict which has been looming on the
horizon of her national affairs since
the last gun in the Chinese war was
fred. Japan is the first country, ac
cording to the writer's conception, tC
make any adequate and thoroughly
conscientious attempt to combat dis
ease all along the line from the gar
rison to the field and back to the hos
pital. AS a result of the remarkable
preparatory work which has been done
by the medical DEPARTMENT of the Mi
lado'S military the care of sick ana
wounded consumes but little time. for
50 thoroughly has preventable disease
been guarded against that the per-
centage cf sick has been cut down
almost to zero and all soldiers are in
such perfect physical condition that
wounds. even the most grave. yield
readily to treatment.
In the field. as in the barracks at
home, the medical officer makes his
power one of the potent factors of the
army's existence. The regimen of diet
prescribed admits only of that quality
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THE WAR
i'm the Far East

~ MONG the very first books to be
IL written about the war in the Far
East is From Toxic Through
Manchuria With the Japanese, y
by Major Louis Livingston Seaman, U.
S. A. This officer, who is a surgeon in
our army and whose work with the
medical corps both in Cuba and the
Philippines gave him distinction in
that branch OF the service. went to
japan last June primarily to make a
study Of the manner in which the Jap
anese conserve their army from that
malign destructive force more to be
dreaded than bullets, disease, and to
gain an insight into the hospital and
Red Cross services as they are operat-
ed in the Mikado's land. Being a good
observer and being likewise well for
titled with good credentials, Major
Seaman saw great deal that was not
germane to the interests of his pro-
fession but that contained interest for
the whole reading world. These two
fold observations he has put into his
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TO break their contracts with the i'm
provement company, and the first mo-
nopolistic propaganda was defeated.
But, as the author shows, the spirit Of
the combination rose phenix-like from
the ruins and became the foster parent
OF the trust TO be.
The authors narrative continues TO
detail how, with his secret comblna-
ton ruined, Rockefeller boldly ad-
vanced an open alliance of refiners-
the 'Pittsburg plan''-based. as was its
progenitor. upon railroad discrimina-
ton Then followed the abortive at
tempts of the oil men to make effec-
tive a Producers Union by limiting the
output. Pipe lines, laid TO combat the
railroads. next became factor: sea-
board pipe line has a brief fight
against the Standard and then be-
comes absorbed" The Independents
try to ship to independent refineries.
the Standard holds up their cars
through railroad connivance. The pro-
ducers endeavor to secure the passage
o. an interstate commerce bill pre-
venting railroad rebates; it is .shelved
by Congress. Thus run the events of
Miss Tarbelrs narrative until they
carry down to developments of recent
years, the apparent dissolution of the
trust by order OF the Ohio court in
1888, its subsequent life under a dlf-
ferent formula, the reorganization OF
independent producers and their
grouping under the Pure Oil Company,
and finally Standard OILS fight for the
world market to-day.
In her concluding chapters upon the
legitimate greatness of the Standard
Oil Company and its present-day econ
ornic aspects the author treats of the
catholic interests which have come to
belong to the trust through the great
movements of its wealth and o. the
marvellous perfection of its complex
machinery of administration-the de-
sign of John d. Rockefeller. Concen-
tration of authority into the hands or
men of phenomenal executive ability,
infinite economy of time, of material
and of money. the wisdom eXerted IN
placing plants at strategic points IN
reference to transportation, daring In
attempting new measures commensur-
able with the quickness in discovering
opportunities-these are some OF
Standard Oils business characteristics
which Ida Tarbell can commend. But
she believes that the ethical effect OF
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her. No clew TO any other possible as
sailant of the dead man can be found.
How is she cleared from all sus-
pleion and the guilty one run to earth?
mere Is a riddle which could not even
De rldiculously simple my dear Wat
son. TO Sherlock Holmes himself.
In following the path of a New York
police reporter to the hidden source of
the mystery the author has filed the
book chock full with sudden surprises
and nerve straining suspense. False
suppositions, seeming at first plausible
to the acme Of simplicity, are followed
until they fade into absurdity. Ac-
tions and attitudes on the parts of the
principals remain incomprehensible un-
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JOTTINGS
On Book and Writer

Apropos Of Mrs. Gilbert's recent
death, in her eighty-fourth year. il is
interesting to reproduce Mrs. Claws
reminiscence of her, told in "A Belle of
the Fffties,' published by Doubleday.
Page & Co. Mrs. Clay says: a
most amusing metricaI farce-ePoca-
hontas'-was acted during the winter
OF 81 and '5S which set all Washington
10 laughing. In the cast was Mrs. Gill
bert Two of the ridiculous couplets
come back to me as if they were yes
terday, reviving the amusing scenes in
Whlch they were spoken. Mrs. GiIbert's s
role was that of a Yankee schOolmarm
whose continual effort it was TO make
ner naughty young charges behave
themselves Young ladies' the cue
with that inimitable austerity behind
which one always feels the actress con-
sciousnesS of the fun of the thing
which she is assembling; Young
ladies', stand with your feet square;
Miss POcahontas, just look at your
hair. And as she wandered off, a top
knot of feathers waving over her head.
her wand with which she had been
drilling her dusky maidens held. firmly
IN her hand, she cut a pigeon wing
which brought forth perfect storm of
applause"
IAC 1CNcn- ucdlH OF GENERAL Lew
Wallace, author OF Ben Hur," brings
freshly to mind the extraordinary
career Of this novel. Published by
the Harpers on November II 1880
the book for the first year of its ex-
istence showed no signs of popularity.
nor did its sale improve much in the
second year. Then it began to grow,
and has grown steadily, until now,
twenty-fOuT years after it's first ap-
r hcs SOL fe- t.
has ever been The book succeeded
on its own merits, and made it's way
not only with the American public
but with the people of many other
countries in which foreign transla-
tions have been printed. Furthermore,
and what is very remarkable in the
history of this novel, il has never
been issued in a cheap edition. Four
teen luxurious editions of the book
have been published from time to
time by the Harpers. but never a =
cheap one, as in the case of Uncle
Toms Cabin" the sale of which was.
of course, greatly expanded by the
circumstances under which it was
published, many thousand COPIES hay-
ing been issued in paper as tract.
No edition Of Ben Hur'' cheaper
than the regular 81 80 form in
which it was first published has ever
been made. 1t is estimated that the
book has now sold well on to a mil
lion copies: and the royalties from il
and from the play founded upon it
made General Wallace a rich
man. And every indication points te-
its continued popularity for years to
come. 1t is interesting to note that
the other novels published contem-
poraneously with Ben Hur." those
that have kept alive until now-with
the exception OF the works of Mark
Twain and w. D. Howells-cOuld be
counted on the fingers OF one hand.
Ben Hur" has survived by reason of
its own intrinsic charm as a story. and
the remarkable fineness of its work.
manship, uDon which the author ex-
pended patient and loving care. It
is probably the most widely read
novel of modern days. and it has been
said that not to have read it argues
oneself Thread
Ivan the Terrible hv K Wallis
~ I -
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HISTORY
OF Standard Oil

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president Of the Standard
OIL Company Of Cleve-
land. Ohio. in 1872.
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Ivan the Terrible" hv K. Wallis
zewski, whose able work in tic bio
graphical and critical field has made
The oasis., 1904-10-29

BurrINsKI PELLEGRIN, thought that he could butt into the peculiar field TIE OASIS man had developed in Southern Arizona and Sonora, bv several years very hard work, suppIementing q long and practi- cal experience; so Buttinski butted into the newspaper business. About the first thing he attempted was to work the Chamber of Mines to get descriptive book. The Chamber adopted the idea and named a committee of prominent and well known members to carry out the scheme. Poor Buttinski had the advantage of inside knowledge and clear field, for at time of adop- ton of the idea Mr. Bird was away beyond the Yaqui river, 300 miles from Nogales, and knew nothing of the proposed work. When he returned home the committee named by the Chamber, passing by poor Buttinski, engaged MT. Bird to write the book and arrange for  its publication. Not a single mem Der of that committee was person ally any more favorably disposed to Mir. Bird than toward Buttinski; but, as they told him, when he registered Q roar at having been thrown down by the Chamber, Mir. Bird Is more competent and better qualified through wider acquaintance and more intimate knowledge of the region acquired by actual travel. But the pool chump don't look at 1t that way and he has been vicious and ugly ever since. Poor Buttinski.
The oasis., 1904-10-29

UPON the side the democratic candidates are Imaking the asser- ton that the republican platform and candidates are opposed to public schools. Not at all, They are in favor of public schools in the very strongest way; but they hold that without electric clocks and type writers the terms in the public schools would be longer. It is the useless waste of money in the public schools that the repub- lican platform and candidates are opposing.
The oasis., 1904-10-29

EvgnY taxpayer .houla vote for R fl Clarke for probate judge, and for care and economy in the expenditure of the school fund, over which that official, as ex.oiiicio school superintendent, should ex- ercise watchful interest. Type writers and electric clocks are lux uries in schools of counties so poor and hard up as Santa Cruz.
The oasis., 1904-10-29

ANOTHER pertinent inquiry is why did Mr. Buttinski Pellegrin accept a seat in the republican county convention and place upon the territorial republican committee and then declare his newspaper neutral in the county election? Men usually accept such places to work for success of the ticket they represent by accept ance. Did Buttinski hope to work democratic candidates for little dough in exchange for the alleged "inflooence" of the Daily Effort?
The oasis., 1904-10-29

A BETTER, cleaner, a more ef- fectiye ticket for election to county offices than that put up by the re- publican party in Santa Cruz county this election, was never put up in any county anywhere.
The oasis., 1904-10-29

IF OUR democratic friends would only get their imported orator from Cochise county to make two or three more speeches in this vicinity he would snow their ticket under. The one speech was a frost: another would be blizzard.
The oasis., 1904-10-29

ANYONE who would inhict upon a long suffering public 50 use less an alleged newspaper as the Nogales Duly Effort, and ac- cept money for the inferior service rendered, would rob an infant of candy.
The oasis., 1904-10-29

MR. TAYLOR seems to be getting no small amount oi free advertis- ing out of this. But we don't mind it. Charles is a competent assayer and an honest one.
The oasis., 1904-10-29
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