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Arizona republican., 1904-07-23
The Way of the Trusts.

That most trusts of magnitude fall to pieces because of their own weight and capitalization is again il- Iustrated by the condition Of the Inter national Mercantile Marine Company, commonly known as MT Morgan's steamship trust. The first annual re- port of that company discloses d dis couraging state of affairs for the stock holders. The gross earnings for the year were only 20 2-3 million dollars, while the expenses were ? millions. And as the interest on the company's bonded debt and on loans, with the English income tax called for 3 2-3 mill lions there is nothing in the money drawer for the shareholders.
 The steamship trust almost fright ened the English people out of their wits, and was the cause of d great alarm in this country. When MT. Nor gan organized the trust he purchased one hundred and thirty three steam ships, taking over all the vessels of the American, the White Star, the Leyland and the Atlantic Transport lines, pay ing therefor 50 million in cash and nearly an equal amount in stock and bonds. That excessive prices were paid is evident from the valuation then placed and still placed on steamship lines that were not absorbed. The North German Lloyd, for example, with one hundred and twenty-five ships, has a capital of but 23 3-4 mill lions, and a bonded debt of F 7-S mill lions. The Hamburg American line. with one hundred and twenty-eight ships and a capital the same as the North German Lloyd, has a bonded debt of about 9 1-4 millions. TheEng- fish stockholders of the lines bought out were shrewd enough to recognize a good thing, and they demanded cash
Arizona republican., 1904-07-23
The Worship of Criminals.

In the jail at Kansas City are two murderers. a man and a woman. The man has confessed that they murdered the woman's husband. the woman holding the victim s head as he slept while his throat was being cut by her partner in crime. The woman denies her complicity in the horrible deed. al- though admitting her relations with the confessed murderer. It would be diff- cult to imagine crime more revolting and so wholly devoid of all extenuating circumstances. Furthermore, the mur- derers are described as both ignorant and unattractive.
 But they are receiving the usual amount of worship from the senti- mental lunatics that run at large in Kansas City. The women send flowers and fruits to the he-murderer. and the men send flowers and fruits and letters Of love to the she-murderer. And some- what contrary to the usual run of ex- perience in such cases. the woman is receiving the most attention.
 This fact should have wide publicity, in fairness to womankind. It estab- fishes conclusively that women do not possess a monopoly of that form of morbid insanity which finds expression in adoration of conspiouously brutal criminals. The gifts and proofs of af- lection lavished by insane women upon men convicted of the lowest crimes particularly such crimes as murder and criminal assault-and press comments on the cases frequently noted have led the public to believe that men, what ever their faults. are superior to women in this respect. But this belief does a grave injustice to wemen in general. Well balanced women are just as nu- merous as well balanced men. But women rarely commit murder or other crimes, they are Seldom to be found in jail, and consequently the opportunities are rare for morbid and crazy men to make public exhibition of themselves. Insanity and degeneration find no boundary in sex.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-23
DON'T FORGET YOUR PAPER.

Every year scores of Arizonians re- turning from their vacations express regret that they failed to order The Republican sent to them during their absence. They did not appreciate what they were missing until they were away, and then they neglected to send in their orders. Most of the people who leave for the summer take the necessary precaution to provide themselves with their favorite paper, however. We de- sire to remind all our readers that The Republican will be sent by mail to any address in this country or abroad, and address changed as often as desired. Subscriptions may be given to your re- gular newsletter before leaving, or, if more convenient, orders may be sent by telephone or mail. A postal card will do the business and you will be happy.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-23

Occasionally every woman rubs it in on her husband by complaining h-w hard she has to work.-Atchjson Gl0Le
Arizona republican., 1904-07-23

Youth deals in fancy; age, in facts.
 -Atchtson Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-23

land and in some of our ccI1nles- notably Australia it is harmful as undilut=d alcohol. l have heard f many cases of tea intoxication in the back blocks of Australia. The colorist does not make fresh tea every tine he wants a cup, and he wants many Ter diem, but puts new leaves on the ol ,. and in the course of a few days the corCuctiOn is Cue cs tann.n. He ru ms both his digestion and his nerV s London Saturday Review.
Arizona republican., 1904-07-23
TEA DRINKING

Mir Donald N. Reid's protest against tea-drinking in Ireland and eleewh e1e is of mere importance than might ap- pear to the uninitiated. Tea, l!ke any other nerve-stimulants is good for men and women if taken in moderation and when properly made. As drunk in l. e
Arizona republican., 1904-07-23
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Arizona republican., 1904-07-23

When anyone past 70 admits that he is not well, everyone who hears him gives a silent guess as to how many months he will last-Atchis0n Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Turkish Customs
fire Revealed BY
q CleDer uriter

~O the series Of Our European
Neighbors books, which Put
mans have been publishing.
Lucy NJ Garnett has added Turkish
Life in Town and Country" OF its
kind the work is as high class as any,
thing published within recent years.
Miss Garnett's task has been no light
one, for It is doubtful whether there is
another country in the world where
there is a population so mixed as In
the domains of the Sultan. Few coun-
tries likewise are sealed to foreigners
seeking information so effectually The
typical Turkish reticence, added to the
equally characteristic Turkish duplic-
ity, makes a true statement of facts
concerning life and customs within the
borders of the Grand Turk difficult to
obtain and cbrrespondingly valuable
when 1t has been acquired. It must be
believed that the authors extended
residence In the Ottoman empire and
her influence in high places has given
her the power to speak authoritatively.
The greater part OF Miss Garnett's
book is devoted to study of the Os-
manli or true Turks, the descendants
of the invading Ottomans Of the Mid
die Ages. Their homes, their social
customs and the place which Is theirs
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

Schmidt and that her father is one OF
the bourgeoisie; equally assured Is she
that the young Englishman can be
nothing but a Brown or Jones, as are
most Englishmen. BY dwelling upon
the details Of a hypothetical love John
allows Maria Dolores to divine his
sentiments toward her, but he nearly
spoils all by stoutly declaring that his
poverty is an insurmountable bar to
all thought of welded bliss.
Just when all seems lost the Lady
BIanchemain fills the breach by settling
a generous provision of her wealth
upon penniless John, and the two lovers
are brought together over the sick-bed
of little Annunziata.
A bald outline of the plot cannot be-
gin to do justice to the subtle charm of
My Friend Prospero." For the worth
of Mr. Harland's story lies not only in
the plot conception, but IN the careful
building up of the piece. His power is
essentially that of wit. With repartee
and glinting dialogue, by the ready ex-
change of sharp thrust and skillfui
parry and the expressions of quaint
philosophical mots the story trips along
to the end without ever a cessation
from its cleverness. This sparkling
quality of its word play and the salt OF
its clever conceits produces an effect as
exhilarating as a play of Congreve's.
With the exception of Annunziata
there is no attempt to outline the char
acters of the personages in My Friend
Prospero." Upon this odd little italian
girl, part mystic, part religionist, the
author has done good work. BY her
love of the flowers, the river, the wood
ed hills, she proves herself to be as
true a child of nature as any nymphs
of Artemis Indeed, her confusion OF
the old classic myths with some Of the
equally NEUROLOGICAL conceptions OF her
church makes her seem veritable lit
tie sprite of the woods herself. Such a
sweet little child as Annunziata gives
peculiar charm to the tale.
The romantic coloring of the story Is
impaired throughout by suggestion
rather than studied statements on the
part of the author. The remoteness OF
the old castle and its seclusion amidst
the wooded hills seems to shut the rest
Of the world out OF the story. The
shaded walks, the cloisters OF the chap
ell. the long gallery of old portraits, all
serve to throw over the tale thin gos-
samer of the past which tinges the
whole with the softened light OF ro-
nance.
(McCIure, Phillips & Co.. New York;
frontispiece by Louis Loeb; price 81 SOD
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
WeW School Books
of High Standard
Being Published

YYo ITH the opening OF the new
+" school year there has come
from the American Book
Company, the standard publishers
of text books, a new output or
books for use in schools and colleges.
BY their consistent policy of putting
forth only that which is the product OF
the best minds in the educational
world. the American Book Company
has succeeded in bringing to the eyes
OF American pedagogues text books
which are remarkably well adapted to
modern methods of teaching. Their
winters publishing is sufficiently note
worthy to demand extended considera-
ton.
Perhaps the most valuable Of the new
publications is the Outlines Of Greek
History" by William G. Morey of the
University of Rochester. The present
volume is designed to form, with the
same authors Outlines of Roman His
tory" a complete elementary course in
ancient history. The first part Of the
book comprises brief. sketch of the
ancient Oriental peoples. Then the his
tory of Greece is taken up. The author
has kept in mind the fundamental idea
that the historical significance of a peo-
pie is to be estimated by what it has
contributed to the advance OF civiliza-
ton. His treatment, therefore, gives
special attention to the development of
Greek culture and of political institu-
tions. The topical method Is employed.
and each chapter is supplemented by
selections for reading and subject for
special study. The book points out
clearly the most essential and signif-
cant facts in Greek history. and shows
the important influence which Greece,
in art, in literature. and in philosophy,
exercised upon the subsequent history
of the world. The work Is sufficient to
meet the requirements for entrance of
the leading colleges. and also the course
prescribed by the New York State re-
gents.
For beginners in the history Of old
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
RoOKS FGRe TIIE I

he drAgs forth the grossness Of army
rsvels. he exposes the petty system Of
tolls exacted by non-commissioned Of
f1cers OF the rank and file. From his
pen come many facts which make un-
pleasant reading to the wearers Of the
Kings coat in the Kaiser's army
Perhaps the speech of one of his
characters, Sergeant Schmitz, may be
taken to represent to some extent
Lieutenant Bilse's opinions concerning
the army of which he was part.
Then 1 ask" says Schmitz, "of
what blessing is the army to the cit
izen. to the people as a whole? 1t
takes away his children; it uses UP
the best years in their lives-those
years in which the youth ripens into
the man and in which his character
natures. II is during those years
that our sons are often treated with
injustice and brutality and. as a nat
ural consequence, they return from
the army into workaday life as the
bitter enemies of a government which
dismisses many of them as helpless
cripples or as physical wrecks with
out ever thinking of making suitable
award
(Frederick A. Stokes Company.
New York: price, 81 SOD
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

as pieces Of literature, rather than as
frameworks for erudite theories of
criticism. The actual needs and capac-
tiles of the young people who are to
read and study them have been borne
in mind. The series should be well
coined by all teachers Of English liter
ature, for 1t incorporates the best that
acknowledged experts can do to make
the texts easier to understand, more
attractive and more profitable to the
young reader.
1t is doubtful If Poets Of the
South" by F. v. N. Painter, will find
very general acceptance, for. with the
exception of Poe, Southern bards have
not been credited with very general
recognition. A preliminary chapter
treats of the minor poets OF the South
followed by chapters devoted to the
lives and works of Poe, Hayne, Timrod,
Lanier and Father Ryan. A portrait
of each of these authors Is given. to-
gether with typical selections from
their works. References are included
in a body of explanatory notes which
make plain all illusions.
Study of the modern languages has
received especial attention from the
publishers. In the French there are
two elementary works for beginners by
Victor E. Francois and L. c. Syms. For
advanced TedQ6IS luCIC dJC EooAQCdu
mile. de Ia Seigliere," edited by Eliz-
abeth NJ White; Moliere's inimitable
LIE Bourgeois Gentilhomme," with
notes by P. A. Roi and w. G. Guitteau;
and Dumas Les Trois Mousquetaires,"
annotated bv c. Fontaine.
Professor ]. Henry Senger OF the Uni
versity of California has edited Foque's
'sUndine," one of the most popular and
touching Of fairy tales in German, with
its pathetic presentation Of a woman
to whom love has given a soul, and who
deems herself happy In its possession,
despite all the suffering that the divine
gift entails. The story is simple, clear
and effective, and has been translated
into most of the European languages.
Scheffers Der Trompeter Won Sakkin-
gen." one of the strongest stories in
modern German literature, has been
published, with notes by Valentine
Buehner.
The last addition to the American
Book Company's series of modern
Spanish readings is Larra's "Partir
Tempo edited by e. B. Nichols. The
story Is characterized by graceful hu-
NOR, keen observation and rare quail
ties of style. II affords ample oppor-
tunity for the sutry Of colloquial Span
fish and for the acquisition Of wide
and though slight in itself
1t Is especially suited for class reading.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
WeUBo0kS Receired

MY FRIEND PRosPERo, Henry
Harland; Mcclure. Phillips a Co,
New York; price 81 50.
A LITTLE GARRISON. Lieutenant
Bllse; Frederick A. Stokes Company.
New York: price 81 80.
SYLVIA'S HUSBAND, Mrs. Burton
Harrison; d. Appleton & Co., New
York
TURKISH LIFE IN TOWN AND
COUNTRY, Lucy NJ. Garnett; @. P.
Putnam's Sons, New York; illustrated;
price 81 20.
WHATS THE oDDs3 Joe U1Iman.
Metropolitan Printing Company, New
York: illustrated: price 81
POEMS, Henry j. Mckay; Wausau
Pilot Print, Wausau, Wis.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPLORA-
TION, Reuben G. Thwaites; d. Apple
ton & Co., New York; illustrated; price
81 25.
CALIFORNIA ADDRESSES BY
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT: Califor-
MIA Promotion Company, San Fran
cisco.
THE METRIC FALLACY. F. A.
Halsey and S. s. Dale; ID. Van Nos
trand Company. New York; price 81.
PSYCHIC LIGHT. Mrs. Maud Lord
brakes Frank T. Riley Company, Kan
sas City. Mo.
RECUEIL DE LOCUTTONS FRAN
CAISES, Armand Georges Billaudeau:
Boyveau & Chevillet, Paris: price
81 so.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

as rulers Of the heterogeneous popuIa-
tion are by the author described faith
fully. She finds the Turks a hospit-
able race. free to give to friends and
relatives and living very closely to the
pure teachings of the Koran. OF. the
mooted question of the. harem and
harem life the author has this to say:
From the foregoing description of
the homes of Osmanlis of all classes
1t should, / think, be apparent that
the farem, far from being, as is often
supposed, a detestable prison. is the
most cheerful and commodious divi-
sion of an Osmanli's house.
Daily life in a Turkish harem is no
doubt, as a rule, somewhat morloto-
nous and in some ways the liberty Of
a Turkish lady is certainly more re-
stricted than that of European women
generality but in her own home she
is absolutely mistress of her time as
of her property"
The author discredits stories of
murders by midnight and the immo-
lation of the fair ones of the harem.
The popular conception of the
crafty Turk who will wiring the last
shekel out of a customer evidently
does not apply to the Osmanli, for
''the Turks. generally speaking, are
not active and intelligent as business
men," says Miss Garnett, "and they
venture little into speculative COM
.mercial transactions. The
Osmanlis, being naturally of a leth-
argic disposition and finding the sub
ject nationalities possessed of all the
business qualities in which they are
themselves deficient, have. ever since
the conquest, fallen into the habit of
using their subjects as tools, who act
ed, worked and thought for them in
an irresponsible fashion,
&c. p. Putnam's Sons. New York;
illustrated; price, 81 20),
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Henry Hdridnd'S
Literary Pastel
Painted in H0Ly

m PASTEL in literature. That is
~ perhaps the happiest character
ization of Henry Harland's My
Friend Prospero" A pastel. lightly
sketched, delicately colored and spright-
ly in its conception; wholly artistic
thing, created in the spirit of art only
and with no purpose other than that
Of pleasing. Harland's book may be
nkened to those fascinating drawings
Of Maxfield Parrish, wherein castellated
walls, mythical gardens and shadowy
palaces are made to stand out from the
limbo of romance with all the clearness
and boldness of line OF an architectural
blueprint.
The secret of The Cardinals Snuff
box is also that of MY Friend Pros
pero." In the former story, as in this
last creation of his, Harland has
thrown all the charm Of medieval ro-
nance about a tale in modern setting,
with the result that we find in the fin
ished product something which might
be styled a conventionalized trouba-
dour's chanson. The romantic past is
so artfully blended with an idyllic pres
ent: there is such a rare dash Of i'm
probability, seeming ever probable. The
sunshine of the story appears to be re-
fiected back from the monastery of
AbeIard or the bower of La Belle Dame
Sans Merci. The people in the tale are
those of any modern old world draw
ing-room.
Mr. Harland opens his narrative with
the accidental meeting between the
good old dowager, Lady Blanchemain
Of Belmore Gardens. Kensington, and
her nephew of distant kin, John
Blanchemain. They meet in an an
cient palace of the Sforzas. situated
away up in a picturesque corner Of
Lombardy. John, 1t seems. is a happy
go-lucky young Englishman, lazy,
poor, but brimming over with ideals,
who is stopping with the resident chap
lain of the palace in order that he may
live next to lovely nature and forget
the humdrum world. Hardly has the
relationship Of the two been disclosed
when the heroine Of the story, Princess
Maria Dolores of -Neuminster, is
discovered. bending over a moss-grown
sun dial in the garden. Before long
John has occasion to learn that her
name is Maria Dolores-the rest of the
patronymic is not to be found out, and
thereupon hinges the plot.
Through little Annunziata, the
eleven-year-old niece of the castle
chaplain, the somewhat inconsequen-
tial John Blanchemain contrives to
meet Maria Dolores and straightway
falls desperately in love with her. The
tiny little Annunziata, quaint little
l.
machine who continuously brings the
two together. Follows the quick
tierce and riposte Of wit. for Harland
could not unite two hearts save after
the fierce refining which comes Of the
struggle Of whetted minds. John is GER
tain that his goddess name must be
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Metric Faiidcy
Demands uriterS'
CeDere Criticism
Ef~,HE Metric Fallacy," by Fred
erick A. Halsey, and THE

~,HE Metric Fallacy," by Fred
erick A. Halsey, and THE
Metric Failure in the Textile
Industry" by Samuel S. Dale, are in
corporated into volume bearing the
caption of the former brochure, and
designed, as the title shows, to COM
bat the further acceptance of the
metric system of weights and
measures. The book is the outgrowth
of a paper presented to the American
Society Of Mechanical Engineers at its
annual meeting in 1902 and, therefore,
can be received by those interested in
the subject with this stamp of genu-
Inc merit upon it.
The authors evidently take their
subject with due seriousness. Every
possible table of statistics and all OBJ
tainable records are adduced to dem
onstrate the fact that the system as
sailed has wholly or In part, at least,
failed to fulfill the requirements of an
adequate institution in France. and
that its adoption by English speaking
countries would be attended by whole
sale disorder and mercantile confusion.
Mr.. Halsey condemns the metric sys-
tenn upon the following counts:
81. That as shown by the experience
Of others countries, the changing of a
peoples system of weights and meas
ures is a task of enormous difficulty,
and is attended with widespread con-
fusion.
"2. That the adoption Of the metric
SYSTEM, meaning by that term the re-
tirement of the inch and the substitu-
ton therefor Of the millimeter, involves
the destruction Of all mechanical stand
ards.
''3. That the prosperity Of foreign
trade In nowise requires the adoption
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

OF the system as a basis Of manu-
facture.
Il. That the bill now before Congress
is compulsory measure, so far as 1t
relates to those who do business with
any of the departments Of the Govern
ment.
80. That the metric system has for
industrial purposes no such superiority
as is claimed, and that the claims for
the saving of time in calculations and
in the school life of children are COM
pletely negatived by the certainty that,
here as elsewhere, the old units will
persist in use and must be learned.
&c. That the confusion which is said
to prevail in our weights and measures
is a fiction.
az. That, measured by the number Of
units in common use, and by their uni
form value in all sections and all in
dustries, we have the simplest and the
most uniform system of weights and
measures of any country In the world"
Cd. Van Nostrand Company, New,
York; price, 81 00.)
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
TABLE,

Greece as well as for general use In
the primary classroom there Is Fred
erick A. Halls "Homeric Stories" The
pure and highly imaginative tales Of
Homer are In this book adapted for
elementary reading and presented as
connected narrative. They will prove
both entertaining and profitable read
ing for the children and a fruitful
source Of material for teachers. They
Will explain the numerous references
and illusions TO the characters and in
cidents of the Had and the Odyssey so
often found both in classical and in cur
rent literature. The style of the, narra-
tive Is clear and simple and will both
arouse the pupils interest and hold his
attention. The book is profusely illus
trated, largely from the works of cele-
brated painters and scu1ptors- 1t Is the
most recent addition to the welI-known
series of Eclectic School Readings, and
Is especially intended for use in the
sixth and seventh grades.
To meet the entrance requirements in
English literature demanded bv the
larger colleges, Henry Van Dyke OF
Princeton University, the general edi-
tor of the Gateway Series of English
classics, has brought out Macaulay's
Essay on Milton" edited by E. S.
Gulick; Carlyle's Essay on Burns"
with notes by Edward Minis, and
Merchant Of Venice" revised and an
notated by Felix Schelling The editing
OF these volumes is carefully and judi
ciously done, the books being treated