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courtesy OF the BODDS-Merflll Company.
ten and possesses pleasing quality of
style which, apart from the story itself, is
worth the readers attention. The view af-
forded of typical high-class German life,
the glimpse given of the war lord, the
sketches of his officers, all are elements
entering into enjoyable production
which stamps Miss Mackie as a writer Of
unusual promise.
HELEN OF TROY. N Y By Wilfrid Jackson
author OF Nine Points Of the Law" New
York: John Lane.
The plot of this story turns upon the ef-
forts of three young Londoners, one the son
of a cabinet minister, to escape the conse-
quences of supposedly serious wound sus-
tained by German of dueling propensities
in an encounter with bare foils at midnight
in private park in the heart OF London
heiress, whose home is in Troy, N. Y, and
for whom the German ayows an intimate
devotion upon hearing two of his mess
mates in the Inner Temple discussing her
eligibility for their respective hands. The
quarrel is adjourned to Abe home of Lord
Billinghurst, one of the two Englishmen
involved, where the other, RaggIeston,
takes the lead, and insists upon fighting.
then and there, the all-too-ready German.
Lord Biilinghurst calls in the aid of a
chance passerby, who attempts to act as
arbitrator. but who is finally involved as a
second, and who subsequently fees from
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on granite foundation, and the interior
walls will be of steel and brick. as nearly

on granite foundation, and the interior
walls will be of steel and brick as nearly
fireproof as possible. Work has already be-
gun and will be hurried as rapidly as is
consistent with good construction. The first
buildings will be arranged for laboratory
purposes, and they are very much needed.
The various bureaus of the Agricultural De-
partment are scattered around in small
buildings, some of them of wood, and 9TH
erS are only temporary.
Secretary Wilson has been working for
these new buildings ever since he came TO
the capital, for none of the executive de-
partments has been so poorly housed his.
During the four years that he held the
agricultural portfolio the late Secretary
Morton accumulated two millions of dollars
In savings from the regular appropriations
or Congress, and he asked authority to ex-
pend 1t In the construction Of q convenient
and appropriate building, so badly needed.
But the House of Representatives declined
to grant his request, and the money was
turned back into the treasury. DR. Gallo
way, who has charge of the new structure
and several of the other veterans of the de-
partment have been working for twenty
years on the same lines and are naturally
gratihed at the prospects of having their
hopes fulfilled
New Department Building.
Senator Fairbanks, the Vice President
elect, has for several years been urging
Congress to appropriate money for the pur-
chase of the block of land on the west side
of Lafayette square for the erection OF a
building for the use OF the departments of
State and Justice, and hopes before his res
ignatfon as senator from Indiana takes eff
feet to secure authority for condemnation
proceedings. Several years ago, when the
building inspectors condemned the old
Freedman's Bank building, on Pennsylvania
avenue, opposite the treasury, the Depart
ment of Justice was evicted. The Attorney
General found shelter in the residence OF
ex-senator Palmer OF Michigan, but other
officials of his department were scattered
IL private houses about the neighborhood.
Attorney General Griggs had plans pre-
pared for a new building on the east side OF
Lafayette square, opposite the treasury, but
the cost of labor and material advanced so
rapidly about that time that he could not
bring them within the appropriation. Hence
construction was postponed, and perhaps
fortunately, for there is a prospect of Sc
curing larger and finer building. George
b. Post of New York, who, L believe is
president of the American Institute of Arch
fleets, has prepared designs for a building
that will cost SO. SOC. 600 and will cover the
block west of Lafayette square. Senator
Fairbanks Will be satisfied If he can start
the ball rolling by securing an appropria-
ton for the purchase of the ground before
his retirement, and while he is Vice Presi-
dent he will have plenty of time to promote
the good cause.
have mentioned only a part of the build
ing plans in progress and pending, and will
be compelled to describe the rest in another
letter.
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Rival Organizations.

From the Chicago Tribune
The man who had been keeping his seat
in crowded street car spoke at last to the
young woman who had been cycling him In
tently for five minutes or longer.
Il know L ought to get up and let you
have my seat, madam" he said, but I'm
pledged against that sort of thing. / have
just joined the Sit Still Club. an organiza-
ton we have formed In our part of town,
and If l should violate the solemn obligation
1 took when | became a member of that
body I should be expelled and held up to the
execration of all the other members"
THAT is all right, SIR" replied the young
woman. You mustn't mind my looking at
you. I'm a member OF the Stand and Stare
Club
After which she continued to stand and
stare at him.
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selections and beauty of design. One espe-
cially attra ctive calendar is in the form of
a Christmas bell Another is a delicately
colored reproduction of old-time scenes APP
propriate to the changing seasons, STYLED
Fair Days and Happy Hours" The
"Archie Gum Calendar" is artistic, and VIII
win many friends this year. OF the holiday
books from the Tuck presses are Animal
Friends certain charmer for the chill
dren; Father Tuck's Annual" In style
similar to the books OF the same title of
other years: "Tales From Longfellow,"
done in dainty fashion. and, to give touch
of holiday good humor, a series of Rag
time Calendars" which show unusual inge-
nuity of composition. The small cards are
novel and dainty.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.
DC or ACTIVE sERv1cE. Reinp

FORTY YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE; Being
Some History of the War Between the Con
federacy and the Union and OF the Events Lead
ing up to it, with "reminiscences of the Strug-
gle and Accounts of the Authors Experiences
of Four Years from Private TO Lieutenant Col
onel and Acting Colonel in the Cavalry Of the
Army of Northern Virginia.: also much OF the
History of Virginia and the Nation IN "nls ,, tnee
Author Took Part for many Years In Political
Conventions and on the Hastings and as Law
yer, Member of the Legislature of Virginia,
Judge. Member of the House of Represents tires
of the United States and Governor of Virginia.
By Charles It. O'Ferrall. New York and Wash
ington: The Neale Publishing Company.
AEsop,s FABLES; Arranged for Children by Mel
lie Perkins Dobbs. Illustrated by Lydia Grant.
Topeka, Kan: Crane & Co.
CAIN; Drama By George Cabot Lodge. Boston:
Houghton, AIifiiin & Go. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop.
THE FIRST STONE; and Other Stories. BY W. t.
washburn. author of Fair Harvard" &c: New
York r. F. Fenno Co. Washington: Wood
A NEW PAoLo AND FRANCESCA; Novel. By
Annie Z. Holdsworth. New York: John Lane.
ON ETNA. BY Norma Lorimer New York: Henry
Holt & Co
P1NEY HOME. BY George selwyn Kimball Bos-
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sTEALTHY STEVE; the six-Eyed sleuth: His
Quest of the Big Blue Diamond; Satirical
Detective Story. By Newton Newkrk. Illus
tratons by the Author. Boston: John W. Luce
& Co.
IF WERE GIRL AGAIN. By Lucy Elliot
Keller. New York: Fleming II. Reveu Com
pany.
LOVE POEMS OF BYRON. New York: John
Lane.
THE VOICE OF NATURE; or, The Soul OF Things.
By Rev Charles Wagner, author of 1.-The Sim
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Francisco Cal: Published by the Author for
Complimentary Distribution.
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The Little Crusaders.


BY Isabel Scott Stone.
Margaret Sangster says: IL should have moro
than passing popularity It is dramatic and fine
and scholarly.
Guy Carleton Lee says: Heartily to be recon-
mended as high type OF literature for the young
and of interest to those of ripper years.
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vided with means of transportation both

vided with means of transportation both
for material and persons.
The north side of Capitol Park and the
quadrangle will be occupied by similar
building containing offices for the members
of the Senate which will not be so large as
that of the House but will be of the same
design 1t will cost in the neighborhood OF
So 10000
the coming year a plant costing $4,000 to
furnish heat, light and power for the Cap
itol, the Library of Congress, the two new
Office buildings and other government struc-
lures on Capitol Hill. 1t will be placed near
the tracks of. the Pennsylvania railroad.
where 1t tunnels Capitol Hill from the East
ern branch to the new union station. The
designs for the building have already been
prepared by Nathan Wyeth, chief draughts-
man in the office of the superintendent OF
he Capftof
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justice in the disguise with which he had
provided himself for AN amateur rehearsal
The acknowledgements that ensue before tbs
German RECEIVERS and puts an end to the
competition for the hand of the heires5
have all the amusing qualities OF Mr.. Jack
sons earlier book
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E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. send to
The star examples of the output of their
presses in the line of souvenir cards, cal
endars, Christmas greetings and holiday
picture books. showing especially at
tractive product this season. The recent
tendency toward combining the work of
artists and of the poets and authors of
classic fame has developed until there is
now a yearly yield of both handsome and
instructive calendars. Beauty and refine
ment of thought are combined. From the
Dutton press come Stevenson and Phillips
Brooks calendars, especially noteworthy for
for their artistic qualities and the excel
lence of their selections. Another attractive
calendar consists of Gems From the
Poets" with beautiful designs OF the
strictly Christmas prints perhaps the most
notable of these selections is Gloria In Ex-
celsis." framing appropriately an excellent
reproduction of the Madonna OF the
Chair" Comic calendars and small cards
fill out a remarkably handsome assortment.
The Christmas offerings of the Raphael
Tuck & Sons Company of London and New
York are fully up to the established stand
ards OF that establishment for refinement OF
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THE ROAD IN TUSCANY; a Commentary. BA
Maurice Hewlett. Illustrated. In two volumes.
New York; The Macmillan Company. Wash
ington: Brentanoss
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AMERICAN WIVES AND OTHERS By Jerome X.
Heroine author of Tile Idle Thoughts of an
Idle Fellow" &c. 1ustra ted New York:
Frederick A. Stokes Company. Washington:
Brentano's.
Everybody knows Mr.. Jerome's style. He
maintains it at high pitch of cleverness In
this collection of monologues upon num-
Der of subjects. into which he throws his
stock of humor and satire. The opening
chapter on American. Wives a la Mode
is a keen. satire upon the American women
who leave their husbands and traipse over
Europe for years at a time. They are more
to be pitied than widows, in Mr.. Jerome S
estimation. and the husbands who permit 1t
are held up to Scorn.
BACKGROUNDS OF LITERATURE, By Hamilton
Wright Mabie. Illustrated. New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington: Brentano's
Mr.. Mabies delightful book under this
title went through two editions year ago.
and is now reprinted. with some new mat
ter, to meet continuing demand 1t has
proved one of the most popular of latter
day books of this character, presenting
series of charming essays upon theme
that will never cease to interest the intel
lectual reader. The new material comprises
a chapter descriptive of the Hawthorne
country. The Illustrations are beautiful
and we'll reproduced.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-28
eraftsrs Know No Politics.

Graft knows no politics" writes
Lincoln Stefens In the August Nc.
Clures, and then proceeds to prove
his case by finding a parallel for Demo,
cratic Mis- ourl, whose conditions he
last discussed In his series of articles
on Enemies CT the Republic" in Re.
publican Illonis. As In Missouri. the
movement toward fgovernment be-
gan In the effort of It's largest city to
free itself from the rule OF special
Interests.
After an eight years political war
the Republican party OF Illinois. the rul.
ing party has been brought to repre-.
sent the people As in Missouri. the
peoples struggles for independence
was led by the prosecuting attorney
Of ST. Louis, Joseph w. Folk in a con
test for the Democratic nomination
for governor, 50 In Illinois the triumph
for public opinion and public interest
has como In the nomination for COVER
nor OF Charles ;. Deneen, the prose
cutting attorney OF Chicago, by the
Republicans OF Illinois,
The story OF this eight years war.
as told by Mr., Stenens, is real story
fun OF interesting incident and signlh.
cance The most important concrete
ease which Mr. SteHens uses to Illus,
trate his article is the fight for and
against traction legislation for the
city of Chicago In the Illinois legisla.
ture The complete repudialion OF the
political ring which had urtaer special
Interests and blocked goyernment for
The people came in the Republican
state convention OF this summer which
Is described
Mr. SIcnens drives home clearly and
forcioly number OF important lessons
In telling the story of this war for poll,
tioal Independence, Political corrap-
tloR he writes rs foTce by which
representative Democracy Is trans.
formed into an oligarchy representa-.
tive OF special interests, aud the me.
diam OF tae revolution Is the party,
So any movement towards parctioal
roform must recosnlse and deal with
parties. whichever party is In power
Is The gratters' party, 50 must the re.
FORMER maks Il his also. II he would
achieve practical reform. In this story
.of Illinois as In Missouri. We have
sae hgAting done within the party. and
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-28

that is right. For parties do rule us,
and If American citizens will stick to
party then it is important for all OF
us to know what each decides within
himself to represent, all OF us or few
of us. the common interests which ask
for nothing but law, order and fair
play. and pay for these in taxes that
sustain the state; or thoae special in
terests which seek special favors and
pay for them in bribes which corrupt
the state"
More important even than this con.
clusion. Mr.. Steffens points out that
Municipal reform, all by Itself is i'm
possible. City government and state
government are of one sovereignty,
and as for corruption, the city and
the state are in one system and the
city man and the upstate man have
to work together to get what each
needs"
This is the lesson that both Mis-
souri, and Illinois have had to learn,
and its learning bespeaks better con.
ditions for both city and state.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-28

the first time with convulsions' "l'n'
~ ,oss of consciousness, when sharp
n, renrimanded by his master. A1Ier
tbis tbe animal was taken with
similar attack whenever his master
entered the house, the convulsion tax
inc nIace of his customary manifesto
tions of JOY
probibitionists Of Denver are plan
ming a unique crusade. They are go
ing to placard the city with billboards
to be placed in as conspicuous posi-
tions as possible. When possible these
billboards will be placed by the side
of liquor advertisements. The signs
are to be printed by the regular post
er advertising company and space
will be secured for them at the same
rates allowed other advertisers.
Men who have worked lifetime in
fashioning cast iron under the lathe
are greatly surprised on learning that
the same material, when employed IN
the heating pipes of blast furnace
stove, grows from six inches to a foot
in length from constant use. And the
furnace man is equally unprepared to
hear that the core bars used for cast
ing pipes lose as much as three inches
in casting twenty or thirty pieces.
The storing of coal at Gibraltar Is
accomplished by means of a curious
plant, which mas just been completed
for the pumping station at Landport
by firm of Leeds contractors. In this
huge rock fortress the coal store, boil
er house and the engine room adjoin
ing are worked under compressed al
and are necessarily alright. The stor
to which the coal has to be converted
is hewn out of the solid rock and i
absolutely bombproof.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-28
HERE AND THERE

The most expensive lace manulac'
ltured today is valued at $4,000 yard
Experiments prove that the presence
of intestinal bacteria is necessary 10
digestion.
The swlftest sailing snip in the
world is the American full-rigged steel
ship Erskine NJ Phelps.
Whenever "a plant is wounded a
positive electric current is established
between the wounded part and the in
tact parts
Reptiles seek the light, but inde'
pendently of heat In winter they often
leave comfortable and warm retreats
to seek the sunlight.
If Mt. Everest, 29,OO2 feet, were set
down in. the Nero deep, 31,6l4 feet
there would be nearly one-nalf mile
of water above its summit.
Flowers have been advocated as a
cure for consumption by DR.. Frances
Bartlett in a paper which she read
before the Botanical society of Penn
sylvania.
According to the census of 1901 the
males in Canada numbered 2,75l7OS'
whereas the females could muster
only 2,619,6O7. Hence the male ma
jority was 1872, 2,1O1.
German medical journals are recon-
mending as a remedy for appendicitis
walking on all four twenty minutes
four times a day The exercise
strengthens the abdominal muscles.
There is a legend that the first lace
was made by girl who preserved a
beautiful bit of seaweed by catching
all the dainty parts of leaves and
stems in a piece of linen with fine
thread.
Snakes seem to have poor sense
of sight. The boa, for example, does
not see at more than a quarter or a
third of it's own length; different
species are limited to one-flfth or one.
eighth of their length.
Cavalry of the west coast of Mada-
gascar ride oxen.
Nearly thirty million dollars was
paid by the Russian people last year
for the support of the Greek church.
When you speak into the long-dis-
tance telephone the man with whom
you talk, be he 100 or 1000 miles away,
hears the sound of your voice before
your stenographer who sits across the
room can hear 1t.
The completion of ships now under
construction will make our navy twice
as strong as 1t is now and three times
as powerful as II was at the beginning
Of the Spanish-American war 1t will
rank as the third navy in theoretical
tonnage and the second in actual fight
ing power
Sometimes buried landscapes exist
in countries now densely inhabited.
Recent investigation has shown that
one lies beneath the region in England
known as Chauwood forest. The rocky
projections seen there are the peaks
and aretes of a buried mountain chain
belonging to the old red sandstone
period
A dog eleven years old, fat, intel
ligent and affectionate, was seized for
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-28
5000 Tons Of Bolts.

New York, July 2S.-An idea Of ths
immensity and cost of the PennSl
yania railroads project of tunneliD,
the North River to gain an entranc,
into this city may be gained from ths
statement that the railroad companv
through its contractors, has this weeE
awarded a contract for 5000 tons d
bolts to be used in constructing Ii,
tunnel. The Cambria Steel compau,
obtained the contract. The price |,
it is understood, 2 cents pound q
$40 a ton, which makes the order az
gregate $S2O,OOO.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-28
THE SUICIDE MANIA.

Tho dispatches report the suicide
OF ono Abbot, a broker.
Accorllng to the story. he bado
gOodhye to his wife aud child. took a
KUN and deliberately ended his own
lifo lie had failed la business, aud
aiter having accumulated a consider,
able fortuna one day found that he
was practically pennlloss, tie be.
came hopeless, despondent, and ap.
Iagently arrived at the conclusion that
has porlod Of USEFULNESS IN this world
was ended, and that there was moth.
ing lott for him 80 do hat SO; that In.
ssoad oi being a help to his family he
was only a hiudeOnoe ana encumber
anc0
How lacking la moral courage must
- The porson who viii 50 view lfe's
proalcms and dinioUltlcsl look a,
that other example OF failure. bar.
uon. seven timas a millionaire. aud
seven times q iauper Why did not
hArnom despair when the first failure
came, and 80 down under itg Il must
have been because no realized that
where a man can sueceed once. he
can sshcoeed asaiu, aud tho second
unae he may be able. with hts larger
tsoowiedge and wider experience. "a
aap,ceed none easily than he dld the
nrai.
The ChAnoes are that Ike Abbot.
AhAfnnm WAS lacking Ia fgleads whea