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 The new Mohair Serge, in green, navy, brown and black, $1.50 value, 46 inches wide; opening price. .esc
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and he predicts that the day when social
ism shall demonstrate its rapidly rising
force and take over the solution of the
problem is approaching.
TOR, or. Street Boy of Jerusalem. BY
Florence Morse Kingsley, author of
Kindly Light &c. Illustrated
pany.
Told in Mrs. Kingsfey's effective style, in
a way to reach the hearts of younger read
ers is this short story of the Christ. His
coming to Jerusalem. His trial. crucifixion
and resurrection. 1t is rendered as through
the eyes-blinded by a cruel Roman whip,
and later restored by the divine touch
of waif. a street beggar. whose heart is
melted first by Peter, the Fisherman's
kindness and later by the miraculous bless
ing of Christs healing power.
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years in New York eighty-six buildings
ten stories and over in height were erect
ed, and yet, Notwithstanding the efforts on
the part of many builders to put up ex-
eeedingly high buildings, the average height
OF each of the eghty-six buildings was only
thirteen and half stories.
These three years saw the erection of the
highest skyscrapers TO date Since then the
tendency has been to erect buildings more
on level, as the figures for 1904 and the
present year up to May show. During this
period there have been constructed in New
York Ill buildings of all descriptions ten
stories high and over in altitude, with an
average height of q fraction over twelve
Stories the fraction not being sufficient to
permit of garnet of even small dimen-
sions.
In this connection 1t is worth noting that
during these years only seven buildings
above fifteen stories have been erected. OF
which four have sixteen, two eighteen and
one twenty-siX stories, respectively. From
1875 to 1897, inclusive fifteen buildings over
hfteen stories in height were erected. divid-
ed as follows: One thirty. one twenty-six,
one twenty-one, two twenty, one nineteen,
five eighteen and four sixteen stories.
This lessening of the height OF sky
scrapers is being explained In this fashion:
Every story added to a building means In
creased elevator service. That means besides
increased cost of operation of the building.
decreased income from renting, for more
space must necessarily be given over TO
elevator shafts. Time has pretty thorough
~ proved that skyscraper is not the
money-maker 1t was thought at first 1t
would be. In fact. the owner of a sky
scraper who makes per cent on his in
vestment should think himself lucky. So.
1t can readily be seen why the tendency of
latter years has been to bring down the
average height of skyscrapers below that
of ten years ago.
Skyscrapers as Advertisements.
But If skyscrapers are proving to be
they being built in ever-increasing numbers
throughout our large cities2 1t is q
natural question; and the answer consists
of several parts. In the first place. they
must be built, willy nilly, that the workers
may have places in which to work In such
cramped-up cities New York and Pitts
burg. In the second place. they are looked
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THE VENUS OF CADIz; an Extrava-

THE VENUS OF CADIZ; an Extrava-
ganza. BY Richard Fisguill, author
of "MazeI" New York: Henry Holt
& Co. Washington: William Ballan-
tyne & Sons
The whole case is stated in the subtitle:
This is an extravaganza, delightful comic
opera novel of Kentucky, a story of mush-
rooms and love- of moonshiners and poet,
of a secret correspondence and a cave, of
rifles and beaver hats The characters
come tumbling upon the stage with the or
derby confusion of the clever dramatic man
ager. 1t takes a few minutes to get them
Strengthened out to find the lines of prob
ability A young Kentucky girl, beautiful
beyond description. is newly become an
heiress. Five millions have been made by
her father in Australia. The household de-
bates the question of whether Col Norris.
In his letter OF announcement, means
francs, marks dollars or pounds. It proves
that he means the last named. The fortune
is the biggest five millions possible. Enter
Lucille Wentmore, daughter of a bankrupt
family of New York Wall street aristocrats,
glad to get a position companion to the
heress. Enter quickly Jean Jacques
Tourne- Boule, alias Jim Turnbull, poet,
faneur poseur: followed. at a geographical
distance, by Tim Stone, experimenting in
Kentucky on mushroom culture In great
cave. Enter many others, including an
American countess with q big heart and
a bank account. Enter Pap and Pete and
Pup. sons of the soil-Pap with his un-
Quenchable thirst and his subterranean
classics and oath-bound connections. de-
lightful company, quick on the trigger, alb
surd in action, romantic and always divert
ing. And the score is clever. Richard
Fisguill is an artist He attempts no Wag-
merriam effects, but contents himself with
tripping melodies and quick changes Of
The pXtraVaCaDZa brSkiV
from the first rise of the curtain, and the
end comes too soon. 1t would be interest
ing. for instance, to know more abou. Lu-
Gle and ''Maly," the Frenchman, and
"Tourn-Boule" and the countess, and Pap
and Pete-Pup loses the only life sacrificed
on the altar of art. But perhaps 1t is more
In keeping with the nature of an extrava-
ganza to end it where 1t does. No one ever
really wants to know much about the after
life of the comic-opera prince and princess.
THE WEIRD PICTURE. BY John r.
CARING. author of The Shadow of
the Gar" &c. Illustrated by Cyrus
Cuneo. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Mr.. Carvings ingenuity in devising plots
of a thrilling nature has been amply dis
played in the past, and those who have
enjoyed his previous products will be vastly
entertained by his latest story, while new
readers will learn of hitherto unappre-
ciated source of pleasure. In THE Weird
Picture" the author tells tale of mystery
and crime well wrought up to a dramatic
Climax - 1t is the story of an Italian artist
who adopts Glotto's gruesome method of
providing realistic subjects for his canvas.
his enterprises cause great confusion and
distress. but he is finally ferreted out and
goes to his punishment The story compeIs
further attention and interest at the close of
every chapter.
"A L. LIE
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WITH The BOOKS

very highest order; but the incorporea1
universally of Shelley's naturalism, in
combination with the circumstance that he
is much too far ahead of his age, and his
early death causes his song to die away
unheard Europe never learning what
poet she possesses and loses.
Then, like Achilles arising in his wrath
after he has burned the body of Patroclus,
Byron, after Shelley's death, arises and
lifts up his mighty voice. European poetry
was flowing like a sluggish. smooth
river; those who walked along its banks
found little for the eye to rest upon. All
at once a continuation of the stream
appeared this poetry, under which the
ground so often gave way that 1t precipl-
tated itself In cataracts from one level to
another-and the eyes of all inevitably turn
to that part of a river where its stream
becomes a waterfall. In Byron's poetry the
river boiled and foamed, and the roar OF
its waters made music that mounted up
to heaven. In its secthing fury 1t formed
whirlpoois tore itself and whatever came
in its way, and in the end undermined the
very rocks. But, in the midst OF the IN
fernal surge sat such an Iris as the poet
himself was described in Childe Harold-a
glorious rainbow. the emblem or freedom
and peace-invisibie 10 many, put clear.y
seen by all who with the sun ABOVE them
in the sky, place themselves IN the right
position.
TT presaged better days for Europe
THE VISION OF ELIJAH BERL. BY
Frank Lewis Mason author or 10
the End of the TRAIL &c. Boston;
Little Brown & Co.
Elijah Berl was strange mixture OF the
deeply religious and the immoral man.
lie saw the straight line, but could not
walk upon it. His vision was OF a 1air
stretch of land, made to blossom through
his genius, but his mortal eyes were daZ-
zled by other visions and he stumbled ana
fell In the telling of this story of man S
self-destruction Mr.. Mason has disclosed
both his ability as engineer and his
powers as novelist. He has already sue
ceeded admirably in both capacities. Ana
when his fiction is based upon an engineer
ing proposition. as in this instance, the
result is exceptionally entertaining. Elijah
Berls vision was of a great enterprise in
irrigation, which should transform the waste
lands of California into orange-bearinS
fields Had he been strictly honest, apply
ing the moral straight-edge" to all his
actions, he would have won a great stake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
Skeleton Construction Began
Seventeen Years Ago.
PIONEER STRUCTURE
THE MULTIPLE USES OF THE TALL
BUILDINGS.
First Built for Office Purposes Exclu-
sively, but Now for Homes,
Schools and Factories.


Written for The Star
Seventeen years ago next Tuesday the
work of construction was begun on the build
ing which made the skyscraper possible.
Within the next few weeks the work of
tearing 1t down will be under way and on
the site will be erected a twenty-story office
building at estimated cost of a million
and a half dollars.
This pioneer structure, whose days are
numbered, is known as the Tower building
is located at 90 Broadway New York, and
is generally recognized among architects
and constructing engineers embodying
the first radical application of thorough
going system of skeleton construction, the
essential of the skyscraper.
In some quarters it may still be held that
this distinction does not rightfully belong
to the Tower building. For many years
after its construction a hot discussion was
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

MILLIONS OF MISCHIEF; The Story of a
Great Secret. BY Headon Hill, author
of BY Hairs Breadth 60 Illus
trated. Akron. o.: The Saalfield Pub
fishing Company.
QUINQUENNIAL CATALOGUE of THE
OFFICERS AND GRADUATES OF
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; 1636-1905.
Cambridge, Mass: Published by the
University.
THE THISTLES OF MOUNT CEDAR, a
Story of Schoo1-Life for Girls By Ur-
sula Tannenforst. Illustrated. Phila-
delphia The John C. Winston Com
pany.
MASKS; Novel. By Emil Friend. Chi
cago George w. Ogilvie & Co.
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Grades of Ignorance.
the Philadelphia Press

From the Philadelphia Press.
The trouble with the man who thinks he
knows 1t all is that he really has only
little knowledge"
YES and the trouble with the man who
thinks he has a little knowledge is that he
really has little knowledge"
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But he preferred to reserve to himself
chance for big private winning He kept
secret from his company, though not from
his partner, the fact that there was GER
tain stretch of land outside of the COM
panys holdings that fell within the FROST
less belt, where oranges were assured
Then he became involved with a dishonest
bank cashier. Next, despite the fact that
he had loving, trusting wife, he fell In
love with his secretary. Then he came 10
the end of his rope, because honest men
were at work to checkmate him. partly for
his own sake. In the end Elijah Beri
atoned for his faults by one supreme act
of self-sacrifice. The story is stirring in
its action and tender in the development
of its romance. A delightful character APP
pears in Uncle Sid retired sea captain,
who can see as clearly as another and
looks always for honesty. Helen Lonsdale,
the secretary, is an interesting study. The
far west produces such self-reliant, pro-
gressYe bright young women, and there
are signs that Mr.. Mason has drawn this
type from model She infuses spirit into
the story Incidentally the tale describes
n boom scene characteristic of that phase
of the western life in which the graspihg
of swindlers is disguised in terms of "busi-
ness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
A LITTLE GARDEN CALENDAR; For
Boys and Girls. By Albert Bigelow
Paine, author of THE Little Lady,
Her Book" &c. Illustrated. Phila-
delphia: Henry Aftemus Compsny.

Based upon Prof Langleys motto which
inspired his establishment of a chiidrens
room at the National Museum, "Knowledse
Begins In Wonder" this attractive little
volume Is intended to awaken the interest
Oh the young folks in garden lore by pre-
senung before them some of the wonders
of plant life The work is arranged chron-
ologically, that is to say, IT treats in order
OF the twelve months, and explains the
stages of growth according to the pro-
cesslon or the seasons. A personal interest
is given to. the narrative by the introduc-
non OF David and Prudence, who are
Taught by their grandfather to grow plants
IN WINDOW gardens in the winter and in the
outdoor beds in the spring and summer
Inc facts about plant life are clearly ex-
planned and many interesting matters. of
which a large number of adults are un-
aware. are set forth in a way to inspire
the youngsters with an ardent zeal for the
garden work. The book is beautifully bound
in manner TO attract the little readers
at first glance.
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wOMsN,s CONFESSIONAL. By
Helen Wolieska. New York; Lie
Publishing Company.

Helen Woljeska is supposedly q nom de
nlume adopted for the writer or ths DOCK
of epigrams by the editor of her dairy But
the authenticity of the epigrams Is guar
anteed. 1t is formally assured that wonl-
an did exist who wrote In her diary IN the
manner set forth in these pages, printed III
nurnle ink. She was born Austrian
came to the United States when small
child, grew up in the American atmosphere
studied art in large western city, aspired
to reach great heights, suffered dislliusicn-
ment suddenly deserted the scene OF her
disappointment and went secretly to dis
tant city, where she hoped 10 find happi-
ness Instead she found death. Her diary,
judcously edited, contains only traces OF
the facts of her career. There are no clues
to her actual circumstances of life But
her sufferings, hopes, fears, ideals and
plans are indicated through the changes or
her mood The extracts are arranged
chronologicaily so that the panorama OF
her soul life is reflected. 1t is untrue TO
say that these epigrams are brilliant. and
unjust to say that they are embarrassing.
They are neither. They are rather unique
IN that they show the unusual development
of young spirit The girl OF fourteen WHO
writes, IF 1t is true that there are two
kinds of affection, one for the woman he
loves and one for the woman he respects-l
will never be respectable" is destined for
strange experiences.
MY OWN STORY, an Account of the
Conditions in Kentucky Leading to
the Assassination of William Goebei
who was Declared Governor of the
State, and my Indictment and Con-
viction on the Charge of Completely
in the Murder. By Caleb Powers. IL
Illustrated. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Company.
Caleb Powers has passed through one of
the most trying experiences ever endured
by young man. Accused of completely in
crime of which he has always declared
himself absolutely innocent, tried three
times and as often granted retrial on APP
peal. prisoner for five years In the most
demoralizing Observation-Disclosures is
either the most successful guilty man on
record or the most outrageously abused II
he is guilty, then justice has sgnally failed
in It's processes. If he is innocent, 1t has
been prostituted to political ends In a
shameless manner.
The assassination of William Goebel
must stand as one Of the deepest mys-
terles as well as one of the most dastardly
crimes in modern political history. The
campaign which preceded 1t had been
marked by intense bitterness on both
sides Goebel was known to be an unscrupu-
lous politician. His opponents were afraid
of his devious methods. Personal enmities
ran to a high pitch Goebel carried to the
legislature his contest to GUST Taylor, who
claimed the office of governor on the face
of the returns. A state OF anarchy threat
ened, Tor the legislative processes were no
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uOn, auInOF Oh lie sea NOll, &C
New York: The Macmillan Company.
Washington: Brentanos.
lack London a socialist, a prophet of q
great upheaval, a strenuous worker for
the days of equalization, state ownership
and distribution? 1t is true. Here is the
document to prove 1t, written earnestly,
cleverly specously. 1t takes the form of
book comprising seven separate articles
which have evidently been prepared at diff
ferent times and for different publications.
Viewed together they form systematic
whole, the keynote Of which is socialism. ;"
And Mr. London is hopeful socialist, mill
tant and foreseeing strife, but predicting
the triumph of the proletariat of which
he stands forth as the exponent 1t can
not be denied that his argument Is sugges-
tive. He has knack of putting case
strikingIy. His language is fluent, his fig
ures are forceful, often melodramatic. But
he is bit too facile to be persuasive. too
sweeping in his generalizations, too con-
sciously adept in his phrase-maktng at
times to be convincing. One cannot forget
the professional maker Of books in the
propaganda.
Mr.. London's main argument is that there
Is surplus of both labor and capital, and
therefore a readjustment Is Inevitable. The
surplus of labor he seeks to prove by point
ing to the tramp and the scab. Neither
would exist If there were work enough for
all men. The excess of capital is evil
denced by the eagerness with which money
seeks investment. the overriding for low
| interest bonds, the squeezing out of busi-
ness of small merchants and manufactur-
ers whom the trusts buy up or drive out by
fictitious competition. Here, then. is the
paradox. viewing the book as a whole-an
oversupply OF both Of the great factors of
the industrial equation. Has the civilized
world reached the point OF saturation?
Whatever the condition, Mr.. London's rem
edy uss n state Capitalization, socialism,
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upon as conservative and sure investments
by many persons who have tired of strenu-
Gus money earning; and in the third place.
many built largely for purposes of
advertising.
When the day of the skyscraper had fully
arrived shrewd men were not long in
realizing that here was splendid oppor-
tunity to attract attention to themselves
by putting up the highest buildings yet
erected by human hands. They knew that
this feat would be heralded far and wide,
for from the moment the skyscraper came
into existence 1t caught the popular fancy.
and the public could not hear too much
about it, apparently. So, In order to ad-
vertise their businesses in a novel way,
scrapers. One of the first advertising
"scrapers'' to be built was the World
building in New York; 1t was talked about
all over the country and had a great deal
to do with making the name of the World
known in quarters far distant from the me-
tropois Then financial institutions took
up the advertising scheme, and great
bank buildings, twenty and twenty-five
stories in height. made their appearance
OF recent years hotel managers have been
Boosting in print of the numerous stories
of their hosteries; and they. as we'll as
such rich financial concerns as great
national banks and life insurance companies,
have also striven for further publicity by
spending immense sums of money on the
exterior and interior decorations of the
''scrapers." To say that the walls Of a
Scraper dlIOEu Oppoi luilibS ioi an Soi %
of gingerbread work that will catch the
eye is putting the situation mildly. Archi-
tects declare that they have not been able
to evolve a rational "scraper' to date, be-
cause of the demand of owners for build
ings which will catch and hold the eye and
be talked about regardless of artistic or
aesthetic considerations.
Contest in High Buildings.
The desire to be known as the builder and
owner of the highest building in town, and
incidentally to benefit therefrom in BUSH
ness way, has led to some amusing results.
Shortly after the first 'scraper' was
erected in Philadelphia. on the northeast
corner of Broad and Chestnut streets, in
the middle nineties, Brewer Fred Betz de-
cided to steal the trust companys thunder
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-03-03
ANSWER TO "A FARMER

Mr.. Editor, That your letter to tie
Editor signed ~ Farmer" is from a
partie who is not ii f;riner hut n
merchant Is aneyilent fact, aud that
he is driving at me Is another self
evident fact.
He seems to tnke it very lnuch to
heart, that am selling goods ftl
cash, now Mr.. "a Farmer l0r Mfr.
Merchant) II ] am treading on your
toes, by selling goods for cash. and
inaugnrating eastern notinns and
methods in selling goods ut Bargain
sail prices, please don't holler. To-
Gated in keudricK to make living
by selling goods in II modern wnY
and selling them for cash, thereby
turning the money often; Ifby your
way oi doing business this cannot be
done. why don't you change your
method, aud YOU want have to
eharge such outrageous prices?
NoW MIR n Farmer tor mer-
chant) don't Ietmy method OF doing
business annoy you, and you viii he
happy.
* John Lauterbach,
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Mrs. John Vincent

Mrs. John Vincent. whose death
was neted in n recent Issue was the
well [oved and onfy wife Of John
Vincent. and in her loss tie potlatch
loses one uf ita best Know ~ aud we'll
liked daughters. Mrs. Vincent was
II sister ef Mrs s. Heffel and Was
reared by her aunt, Mrs. Hardingrr.
Eight children were the result OF her
marriage with Mr., Vincent, all Of
whom survive their motheI Her
sickness and demise were Sudden, ON
~ ii week clapsiiig between her death
and perfect health. The husband
and children are Indeed berrryed and
in their sorrow the community share
The son OF John Harris OF Leland
is SICK with n mild form of pueunlo-
pn. DR.. Gritman'of Moscow at the
request OF the family visited the c;fsc
in company with Br Rothwell who
has the case in charge.