Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-02

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Unitei States De. uty Marshal, y hose
strenuous years have been full 81 more
hazardous adventures. thrilling incl
dents and heroic deeds than az his
torical novel. s.' si .5sss ss5s
! BeaversTheir Ways, and Other
Sketches" is the title OF most inter.
esting book from the pen and press 81
Joseph Taylor Of Washburn, North
Dakota, pioneer old time trapper,
hunter and plainsman. Mr.. Taylor
will be remembered as author Of
Frontier and Indian Life, .Kaleida,
scopic Lives" etc. The habits Of the
beaver are not generally understood
and a large portion or this book. is
devoted to this Industrious animal.
The author in his preface tells how he
first became interested in the study of
the beaver. His first spelling book
contained primitive pictures Of these
little workers and Of these early i'm
presstons the author says: From the
first sight Of them they were an object
OF interest. While it was the impulse
for adventure rather than q desire to
trap and destroy fur-bearing animals
that caused the writer, at the age Of
twenty, to begin trapper's life, yet
to succeed meant to destroy. From
my beginning in that manner Of life
beavers became q special interest.
First curiosity, then wonder, followed
by sympathy and pity for them and
regret for the part had taken in
their ruin and destruction" The book
Is profusely illustrated with half tones
made from rare photos of the llabita-
lions Of the beaver on Painted Woods
lake, Mandan lake, Douglas river and
other streams flowing into the Big
Muddy. AS Mr.. Taylor, the author,
was a trapper along the upper Mis-
souri, river back in the SOS his
sketches on early frontier days when
the Indians, buffalo and coyotes held
full sway, are intensely interesting.
The book is for sale by the author, or
through the Bismarck Tribune.
Should the readers OF q magazine
have the opportunity to dissent from
or comment on the articles the publ
cation presents? Hitherto, there has
been no method Of replying to editori-
al opinions get forth in our monthlies,
but Everybody's, with its usual origin
ality, proposes that anyone who does
not agree with its contributors views
shall have the opportunity to set them
right or approve, as seems proper. In
the new department, Straight Talk
In the june issue of this magazine, q
number Of readers have taken advant-
age Of this opportunity to criticise
DIR. Hillis's conception OF a consolidated
church; most OF the writer's frankly
disagree with his views. Another de-
partment in this issue is the publica-
ton of q series OF caricatures Of the
presidential candidates BY the we'll
known cariaturist. Fornaro. There
are eight OF them, and they are pre-
scented at q season when the artists
conception Of the appearances and
characteristics Of these distinguished
Americans will be most interesting.
One OF the number Is David Rowland
Francis, who is also chief Of the
Worlds Fair at st. Louis; and SO the
study Of this able Missourian, con-
trfbuted by Alfred Henry Lewis, has
double appropriateness. There are
several other articles Of sterling inter
est: The Home Life Of Emperor
William; the story Of the greatest
American Jockey, George Odom, BY
the clever writer on racing, Charles q. /
Trevathan; the second article on Con
the Great White Plague" ],
in which Eugene Wood tells how the !:
fell disease, If taken in time, may be
cured. There are ten stories, includ-
ing most exciting war-story by Nor
gan Robertson. 4. s.i.l
The Red Book for June contains If !
teen short stories, which in literary
excellence and authorship, make this
number rank higher than any OF it's
predecessors. From the beginning:
this magazine printed nothing but
good stories, but nowadays We get not
only good ones. but stories from the /
authors who are recognized as masters
Of short fiction. and whose matter APP
pears only IN the very best mediums. |
Eden Phil1potts Broughton Branden-
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