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striking fantastic novel in which q. bishop
of the church of England plays a Robin
son Crusoe role. Further particulars are
not at present known.
A new fall book of national Importance
and likely to attract widespread comment
is THE Brothers. War;" by John G..
Reed, which Little, Brown & Co., Boston,
will publish Oct. 80. This book discusses
the slavery question and other causes OF
the war between the north and the south
and contains valuable information REL
garding the present condition of the
south and the negroes living in 1t. Mr.
Reed iss a prominent attorney -at-law OF
Atlanta, Ca, and the author Of ''The
Old and New South" etc.
The fundamental question of "The I'm.
mortality of the Soul' has disturbed the
great thinkers of all ages, and for the
solution Of this eternal enigma humanity
still seeks in vain; and in "The Future
Life" M. Elbe presents mass Of scien,
tifc evidence and data that is startling
and convincing. Messrs. McClurg & Co
will issue the volume in the early spring
] Little, Brown & Co. have issued a vol
,ume of selected poems by Browning. The
editor and writer Of the Introduction Il:
"A. j. George, AM, Ltd, and his
aim has been to reveal the principle;
which formed the mind and fashioned
the art Of Browning. Notes relating
each poem to the events in the life o.
the author out Of which it grew and &C
the characteristic forms Of art In his owl
career and the careers Of his great con-
temporaries, Tennyson and Wordsworth
add interest to the volume.
I, Doubleday, Page & Co. have just pub
lished what they consider the most rel
markable book Of short stories since some
7 of Kipling's-"Sons o. Men," by G. b
Lancaster. They are vigorous, full
blooded tales of the sheep herders of New.
Zealand, an absolutely new field in icI
ton. What adds to the interest Of thi
book is the mystery that surrounds it
author. No one seems to know whethei
+ it is a man or a woman. Lancaster
first story appeared IN London Sunda!
school paper and Immediately attracted
attention. g. The author has lived am
worked among the New Zealand sheej
herders. for the story shows an intimatI
knowledge of life and conditions there
The book has created a tremendous i'm.
preston in England, and there is ever
indication that it will repeat it's success.
in this country. The first American edt
ton was exhausted before publicatio;
day. .-
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BOOK NOTES

The latest addition to The Macmillan
Co.'S 25-cent paper novels is 1.-THE Her
itage Of Unrest" by Gwendolen Overton.
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. have issued a
small volume of. selections from the writ
ings Of Benjamin Franklin. 1t is edited
by U. Waldo Cutler, and belongs in the
Crowell Handy Volume Classics" ~.
Anne Warner, author Of the "Susan
Clegg'' stories, which first, appeared in
The Century, has, just: finished a short
humorous serial which that magazine will
print, beginning in an early number The
story is told largely in the form of letters
to her mother, from a young American
girl, one of q party who are the guests
of a somewhat irascibles uncle, whose
monologs are interspersed with his
niece's clever letters. The setting OF the
story is in, France - .t,<s-.., -=--.5--- T..
Mr.. w. S. HARDWOOD, who wrote the re-
Gently published articles on Luther Bur-
bank in The Century, has written for the
same magazine the story Of how Cali
fornia's crops are saved-largely by the
work Of the United States department OF
agriculture. Mr.. Harwood will narrate
how science has succeeded in exterminat-
ing insect pests that had well nigh ruined
the chief crops Of California. -
Messrs. Henry Holt and company will
issue early in 1906, in conjunction with
Messrs. Methuen & Co. of London, a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
HONEST IN BUSINESS
Washington Post.

The discovery Of shortage in tn
accounts of Wisconsin postmistres
emphasizes the fact that in the wild
range of business activity now enioyet
by women dishonesty is extremely rart
A few astonishing cases of fnancis
crookedness on the part of women hav
come to light, the most conspicous beini
that of Mrs. Chadwick. The shock t
the community following the revelation
of money involved, but it was a womat
who had done the work. In the publ
mind women are naturally and incoI
ruptibly honest.
The employment of women in place
where cash is constantly handled is bt
coming more and more common. The
are more puctilious than men in sma
matters, as well as in large affair:
Their habits are incomparably better
They do not require watching. They d
not gamble, nor play the races. nor tax
"fyers." Their moral fiber is not do
Perforated by drinking or excessiv
smoking. They are not afflicted wit
that unaccountable mania for keepin
up double establishment which a
tacks some men.
Even in the household strict honest
among female servants is the rule. Va
uables of all kinds are left in the
charge, and theft would be comparative
ly easy, while detection and convictio
would be difficult. Yet women ser7
ants rarely steal. The conscientiou'
scrupulous respect for the property G
others seems to be a part of woman
character - .S.,.-,. 80.
AS women enter more and more int
business life there will be cases OF di.
honesty and Of carelessness resulting {
seriously as outright stealing. But the
will be notable exception to the genera
rule. In the ,homely, everyday virtue c
honesty-of keeping their hands o
other peoples property-women are 9
far ahead of men as they are superior I
them in virtues of the heart. 1t is con
forting to know that one-half of tt
race, at any rate, is to be counted tru
and honest under any temptation.
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NEW NOVEL BY MRS. HUMPH-

NEW NOVEL BY MRS. HUMPH-
REV WARD BEGUN sERIALLY IN
THE CENTURY.-The November num-
Der of The Century contains the first
chapters Of Mrs. Humphrey Ward IS
g Fenwick s Career.'' The announce
ment is one of unusual interest to the
literary world. The novels of no writer
in recent years have. caused more talk
than those Of Mrs. Ward, and the first
chapters Of ''Fenwick g Career prom
Use food for conversation in large meas
ure: That is, the story has that peculiar
hold on one g interest that makes him,
want to ask his friend what he thinks
about it. The story is that Of young
painter Of the Westmoreland country,
who goes up to London to make name
for himself, leaving young wife and
child behind. Enough is shown at the
outset to let the reader see that there
are breakers ahead for the little family
The November Century has other fea-
lures of special interest, Including au-
thoritative information about the Pan
ANA canal by William. Barclay Parsons,
member Of the canal commission 1904
1905, and member Of the board of con-
sultlng engineers; record Of new dis.
coveries in Egypt; a comparison Of
English and American football; several
pages Of memories of Walt Whitman s
last days in Camden; also much. to In
terest one in the way of short stories,
including 81 - All Gold Canon,O,, by sJ ack
London. "" = .--s.....- ..,+T : :
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A BOSTON ENGAGEMENT CALENDAl

A BOSTON ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR. .
Let's see. Oh, dear! The Mothers club = %
Il lead the meeting, that's the ruby g. IL.
80 j.. * saOn Monday. = 1870 ~. ...
The Social Settlement debate: " -
Resolved, we need a new btrthrate." r ...~
On Tuesday. --=
The Sewing Circle meets with me
For music (really for the teaO -
On Wednesday.
As Regent of Mo1l Pitcher Court -
I've got to read my first report ,
On Thursday.
Heigho! The Fair for Crippled Cats
Will take all day II sell trimmed hats)
-.% On Friday. ...,
The Khayyam Conference expects -,
MY paper on "Omars Defects ~..'
On Saturday. "r
Then, the last straw. my Bible class
Sings at the hospital alas! s. ,.-..
49, On Sunday. Il.
Oh, what the bliss of heaven must be!
No partirgs there, 50 equally ii,
- 2-t} mo meetings.! - l. ~: -. y s'zLE:
s.. r. Batchelder in Harpers Magazine 10
November. III, + =. Z Il 8 ..i 49,. 49,. ,.
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WHEN AUTHORS MEET.-Eugene
Wood and Mrs. Mary Stewart Cutting
met for the first time at their pub
fishers recently.
Mr.. Wood was warm in his praises
Of "The Hinge" Mrs. Cuttings Stlittle
story of married life' in the: October
McC1ure's. ~ ~ :" s<s<i>i'~ :
cit was perfectly eorking story l
thonghttn he e9,+ saad, but m my W thff
had happened, that fellow went off to
the club again the very first night after
he got his wife back safe
'fCouldn It sheq" laughed Mrs. Cut:
ting; "Neither could I, but that s just
translation Of real life in the story, fol
most of my characters are, of course
composites Of different people and my
magma ton, and I simply had to tel
the truth about him even at the risk Of
proving that it. was stranger than fc
tion.' - gf.1
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THE SERVANT GIRLS CONTRIB

THE SERVANT GIRLS CONTRIB
UTICN TO THE JOYS OF LIVING
The mantle Of Frank r. Stockton has
been by some awarded to Charles Bat
tell LOOMS on the merits of Minerals
Maneuvers, and not without much JUS
tice. Mr.. Loomis is not so extravagant
as Mr.. Stockton was, but at the same
time he is not so exciting. The former
may or may not be merit. Certainly
the latter will not be accounted to Mr..
LOOMS for a merit. However, Mr..
Loomis is not initiating he is telling
his own story in his own way, and he
does piece of work to furnish diver
sion of most welcome sort.
Minerals Maneuvers'' would bet
ter have been called 1Minerva's Mas
ter IS Maneuvers. Minerva is the col
ored cook Of the Vernon household in
the city. Mrs. Vernon has been ordered
to the country for a rest, and Nj. Yer
non thinks he will go along. Not 50
Minerva; the attractions of city life,
with its noise and cakewalks, make a
summer in the country appear to her
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r. e..
like Siberian exile. Then comes
ltirers' goes ses to the = Country. How
marN maneuyers, it takes to keep her
there are not counted on the fingers
Of one hand, or Of two for that mat.
ter. But thru it, all runs gentle
humor and an adaptable philosophy
which together grease the wheels Of
progress thru the summer, and would
ease the friction between masters or
mistresses and their servants almost
anywhere. Of course there. is a ro-
mer in che country be without it9 =.
Altogether, ."Minerva' Maneuvers !"
is a book to chuckle over in a way to
arouse your Preside companion s curl,
osity to point where he, or she, will
demand that you "read it aloud.'
A. S. Barnes & Co., New York.
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: LUTHER BURBANK. PLANT WIZ.

i. ~~SHA*" - Ae~tS+sSA, AA@1!N.A W LIZ
ARD.-We shrink from calling a. man,
who has proved himself great public.
benefactor, a wizard, but the, magical
things Luther Burbank has done in the
plant world really leave one. little
choice. It is hardly gamble to say
that his name will live long as the re-
suit of the things he has done, and done
unselfishly; indeed, at the greatest sac
ritice, for his fellow men. -. .ssssS3. +:
We are at last able to get an ade-
quate view Of this man and his work
thru w. s, HARDWOOD IS New Creations in
Plant Life, book which has a double
interest for people Of the northwest
first, thru the man and his great work,
and, second, thru the author, a former
resident of Minneapolis, but now living
in California. It speaks we'll for the
merit Of Mr.. Harwood' g book that so
clear picture of the man Burbank is
drawn; and that, at the very outset of
the book. One reading the first chapter
with its story Of the heroic efforts of
Mr.. Burbank to open a way into his
chosen work-to answer his !" calI'-
| will hardly fail to read the book thru
studying on the. way the numerous half
| tone pictures of some Of the wonders
wrought by the nations great horticul
turist. EE
Five things stand out boldly in Mr.
Harwood's sketch of Burbank, the
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How Scotts Poetry Sent Maine Farmer
Battel Looms Wears the Mantle Of Frank Stockton

deeper note that marks the poet Of true
insight. These have in high degree the
rhythm and melody natural to the negro
race, and besides they are full Of mag
ination, and even the highest Of them
ring human. Here is "a picture that
needs no halftOre or sketch to illumi-
nate. its meaning or help out its sug-
gestions:
IF de chillun pestahs,
An de baby's bad,
Eff yo' wife gifts snarvous,
An you're gettin' mad, Is
G Des YOU grab yo' boot-strops. 81
Hol' yo body down,
Stop a-tinkin cuss-w'rds,
Chase away de frown:
Knock de haid o'worry,gzs &
Twel dey ain none lef'; i g
II TEX a little trouble,
Brothah, wild yose'f. E.5
And there is the spell Of the summer
night is in this:
De dog go howlin' long de road Il.
My back is tiahed Of its load ~.
g. l CANT be flu fon, town.
No mattah eff de way is long, y
Ny haht Is swellin wild song,
NO mattah bout de frownin skies, l..
I'll soon be home to see my Lize
In lighter vein is the following:
So. Hush up, honey tex my han, a
Mex 70 footsteps light .:.r i.
" Somep-n' kim O. hobs de lam
~. On summah night y Is ti
.re' Somep'n' dat you nevah sees ~, +. =.
49,. An you nevah hyeahs,
/ -. But you feels 1t in de breeze, a~s.. 5s3
Somep'n' nigh to teahs. :sS -j5@
.S Somep'n' nigh to teahs? dat's SO; ,.sst9
- But hits nigh to smiles. =. .>g N,
| ..-s An YOU feels it ez you 60 =, - 49,
, -. Down de shnn' miles. 49, Z
:. Howdy, Honey, Howdy" is mus
trated from photographs, has decorated
margins and is on heavy glazed paper
in a binding of appropriate design. 8
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York / :
...~.- - &c.. $1.50 net. ~fH-
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AN AMERICAN COUNTESS, TWO
FAIR MAIDS AND TWO TITLED

AN AMERICAN COUNTESS, TWO
FAIR MAIDS AND TWO TITLED
BRIToNs ON AN AUTO TOUR.-Put
a rich American woman, who has
bought an estate with title somewhere
in Europe, daughter who is Disgusting
her age for mama s sake, niece OF
large fortune which is being kept dark,
and another who will some day be
marquis but is posing as a chauffeur
put these in a motor car for a tour
thru southern Europe, with Cupid hang
ing on behind, and you have ample ma
terial out Of which to make a tale of
most diverting sort: And that IS
authors Of "The Lightning Conduc-
tor and "The Princess Passes, - have
made of such material in My Friend
the Chauffeur. - .: 2 .~e- Ed z7sss. -
The Evillain'' comes along In an
other car. He is fortune hunter, and
is seeking any hand with, a million at
tached, and the rich American woman,
! who has bought a title, nearly gives
herself and, her fortune away The
daughter saves the day and. her
"mama," however. This daughter is a
humorist and plays dolls with the whole
party, especially with the princely vii
lain. She does not spare even her
mother, who, indeed, needs more than
she gets.
The book is full Of surprises; re-.
verges, humiliations, adventures, pre-
dicaments, thrills, horrors, pitfalls. en-,
chantments, strange spells, high diplo-
macy, and many other things, served in
very taxable quantities.
One wonders, tho, at the generous
advertising Of the make Of auto in
which the party does it's touring. The
name is given and the machines praises
sung from chapter to chapter. Frankly
we don It like it: Why would it moi
be just as propsr for some other novelist
to tell what brand of hat his hero
wears, or where ne gets his overcoats, Of
his favorite cigars? This is to make
signboards Of our novels and is az
execrable as marring the landscape with
monster billboards. The example is
made of such material in My Friend
the Chauffeur.
PERTAINING.
Mcclure, Phillips & Co.. New York.
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POEMS BY PAUL LAURENCE
DUNBAR.-There needs be no hest
fancy in termng as poetry the verse Of
Paul Laurence Dunbar, which appears in
Howdy, Honey, Howdy. There is. in
many Of the verses Of the book that
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THE MAGAZINES

Catching Wolves With the Hands,
Most of us would prefer to catch wolves
with bullets. or if we. were going to use
our hands would prefer to Wait} until "a
bullet had made the; task easy. But one
of1the hunters with President Roosevelt
on: his orecent wolf hunt i, in Oklahoma
had; away of taking the ugly sbrutes
with his hands: ! Mr. Roosevelt, 4; in
scI1pnef,s Ma gaz1nS fer. November, de-
ss Thsre va &ss ps ssu s {hsn ys from
the greyhound as the wolf bit it., At the
bite the; hound let go and jumped back
a few feet, and at. the same moment
Abernethy, who had ridden. his: horse
right on them as they struggled, leaped
off and sprang, on top of. the wolf. 4 He
held the reins Of the horse with one hand
and thrust the other, with a rapidity and
precision even greater than the rapidity
Of the VOLTS snap, into the VOLTS mouth,
jamming his hand down crosswise be-
tween the jaws, selling the lower jaw and
bending it down SO that he wolf could not
bite him. He had a stout glove, on his
hand, but this would have been of nc
avail whatever had he not seized the
animal just as he did,, that is, behind the
CANNES, while his hand pressed the lips
against the teeth; with his. knees he kept
the wolf from using its fore paws tt
break the hold, until it gave up strug.
Cling. %" .s*-.@ " g. E-s.s =: ..e's>>z
5',5aia 4st.' : -. g.. =! ~ 1f.<l,~a
ttThe Lottery Of Death one 81
the, most singular and appalling of al
true narratives Of the civil war is Lieu
tenant Stradling s story of "The Lot
terry Of Death" in the November NC
Clure' s. The confederate government
had determined upon the. execution O.
two federal captains in retaliation 70
the hanging as spies Of two. Of thei
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The Question of Immortality.-Writ-
ing under the pseudonym "Peter Rab-
bit ~ in Harper's Magazine for Novem-
Der, "a magazine of abundant excellent
reading) a well-known naturalist dis
cusses the again burning question
Of Immortality as viewed from the
standpoint Of the rabbit, who is sup
posed to be writing the article:
Among all your hopes there is none that
for an instant compares in value with
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A good deal Of an influence that, for
a book to exert over a man; one, too,
that ought to be- sufficient answer to
good Sir Walters detractor's, as well
as to those who decry the reading OF
wholesome romances. 81
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BY w. p. klrkwood.

TN HOSE who read a great deal are apt
~ to find 1T difficult to measure the
influence of any one book on
their lives. The feelings awak-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-03
RECEIVER ASKED.

For One of the Big Mills at Fall River.
 Fall River. Jan. Complication for receiver for the Davis Cotton Mills here was made by counsel for the stockhold- CTS before Judge Fox in the Bristol County Superior Court here today.
 It is expected a decision on the ap- peal will not be announced before to- morrow
 The Industrial Trust Company of Providence holds a mortgage for $500,- 900 on the plant to secure an issue of bonds payable in twenty years. The quick assets of the corporation are placed at s5s7,s36 and the liabilities at S1.007,342. The mills in common with many other concerns in the industry have had to meet unfortunate markets for raw material.
 The Davis mills were among the first to report that they had sufficient help to operate practically all of the ma chinery after the re-opening of the Fall River factories in the fall, in an attempt to break the strike. The plant is still in operation. The failure of stock holders to pay in full amounts to the capital fund called for and losses in raw cotton purchased during the high prices which followed the bull campaign of Daniel Sully, are supposed to have contributed to the mills trou- ble as well as the holding up of large amount of money through the stor- age of unmarketable goods.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-03
COLORADO REPUBLICANS.
SeemeA DetermI

Seemed Determined to Hold Peabody
 Denver. Colo, Jan. 2.--The cause of Governor Peabody made a distinca gain this afternoon when the Republi- can caucus selected. W. H. Dickson of this city as s%eaker of the next House of the Colorado Legislature.
 Frank W. Frewn of Denver was the candidate of the Wolcott faction and he made a strong light for several hours Matters were finally adjusted harmoniously, everybody in the cau- GUS joining In naming Dickson for speaker and he was nominated by &C., clamation
 determined positively upon their line ened. But they have no hesitancy fin declaring that one of the things they will do is to unseat the Democratic Senators Born and Healy who two years ago were given the seats of the Republicans, Dick and McDonald.
 Chairman D. B. Farley of the Re publican State central committee de- clared this afternoon that 1t was an error for anybody to claim that the State constitution required the inausu- ration of a new governor on the frs; Tuesday after first Wednesday of the legislative session.
 The State constitution expressly provides" said Chairman Farley thai the governor shall hold over until his successor has duly qualified. There is no getting around that. and Cover nor Peabody will hold his seat until his successor has qualified properly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-03
MINISTER TAKAHIRA TALKS.
Japan He Says Is and Has Ever Stood
 For Peace.

Washington, Jan. 2.--The Japanese legation today gave out a dispatch from Tokio announcing that by tm- periaI command Admiral Togo, on Jan- uary 1, had defined the extent of the blockade Of Liao Tung peninsula. Admiral Togo's order describes that the blockade of Liao Tung peninsula shall only be maintained hereafter on coast lying westward of straight line down south Entry point to Wedgehead. The imperial government decided to not allow for the present any ships except those in their service to enter Talienwan without special permission of the naval or militia au- thorities concerned"
 The legation advices add that the Russian blew up Tungkewanshah and 70" forts and confirm the press dis patches of the occupancy by the Japa" nese of the same forts and heights 'N," and "M." of the blowing up by the Russians of almost all their ships in the harbor entrance and that hos tilities had been suspended pending the conclusion of the negotiations for the Russian surrender.
 Mir. Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese Minister, was asked tonight whether in his opinion the fall of Port Arthur would hasten the end of the war with Russia. Without directly responding to the inquiry. and for an answer. he referred to the fact that while the fall of Port Arthur was impending and It's capture by the Japanese inevitable. the Russians had dispatched the second Pacific squaJfon to the Far East and notice had been given of the intention to send a third army to Manchuria. The further prosecution of the war, he said, rested with the Russians. If they should continue 1t. Japan would be prepared to meet them on sea and land.
 Will Japan now welcome any off, fers for peace that might be made by Russia?" he was asked.
 Japan always has been for peace" the Minister replied. "Japan always will be for peace, if justice can be ob- tained for all concerned. Japan start ed in this war fighting for a principle and she will continue to fight for a recognition of that principle and the just attachments of her rights"
 Concerning the fortress at Port Ar thur the Minister expressed the opinion that 1t would be so cared for by the Japanese as to be prepared for any emergency.