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One penalty OF attaining distinction In
literature nowadays Is to see the child OF
your fancy turned into textbook for the
instruction OF youth by enthusiastic young
college teachers. Their desire to annotate
something now at times runs away with
their discretion. That We fear u the oase
with Prof. o. G. Guerlao OF Cornell Uni
versity, who edits part Of Anatole Frances
"Le Livre do Mon Ami Henry Holt q Co...
There Is no more delightful writer Of French
prose now living than AnatolS France;
II almost looks, in this age Of strenuous
young Frenchmen more eager to attract
attention than to respect their language.
as though tho art Of writing good French
would die with him. 1t II not difficult
French. either, in . way, but II can only
b really understood and enjoyed by those
who can read tho language huently and
who know q good deal Of French literature.
His ingenious and unexpected illusions
form ono Of the charms Of his humor, and
that, with much Of his wit and mischief,
must be lost on the boy who has to spoil It
out with q dictionary. One might a. well
try to adapt Voltaire or Dideroe to the
classroom. The book Prof. Guerlao has
selected Is wholly unobj ectionable In tone;
1t Is a charming bit Of autobiography; but
that college classes will be interested by
1t or will appreciate its delicaoy We are
inclined to doubt.
Alphonse Daudet's Robert Helmont'
has the merit Of being Of the right length
to publish complete. 1t. has been edited
by Mr.. W. o. Farnsworth OF Yale Univer-
sity Henry Holt 4 Co... Here again We
doubt whether the story has sufficient
interest for students who know 70 little
FIench as to be obliged to use the
vocabulary provided at the back OF the
book
A classic Of the classroom; Erckmann
Chatrian's Waterloo, or at least certain
portion Of the story, is edited anew By
Mr.. Victor z. Francois OF the College OF
the City OF New York Henry Holt d co...
1t is well adapted for the classroom. The
editor provides introduction, notes, vocab-
ulary, composition exercises and questions
on the text.
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Fiction.

1t Is not pleasant to watch a writer Of
talent struggling with high moral purpose
that brushes his art. That il the spectacle
provided by the lady who. under the name
Octave Thanet, has written many graceful
short tales, in her long novel "The Man Of
the Hour (The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Indianapolis). She has sketched interest,"
ing characters; the hero, for instance, and
his father and most Of the women and
some Of the lesser people are good. She
may have had story in her mind at the
start, at any rate she could easily have
drifted into one. But the pail Of sociology
covers all. At the beginning we get some
theatrical Russian nihilism with violence;
later we have the labor question from two
sides, also with violence. We are unable
to discern any development In the hero from
these extraneous matters he simply changes
his minds from time to time. The one
strong theme, his being won over at last by
his stepmother and his adopting his fathers
views Of life, could have been developed
without the sociology. We have found the
book hard to read.
For a book published by the author
Mr.. William Marabell's "Shsr man Wat
terson" mo imprint) Ia something OF a
surprise. Critics usually discover soon why
the publishers do not care for a book, but
this story Ia certainly az good az most that
appear. There are scenes and incidents
that are novel. the characters are sketched
vigorously and the tale is one Of everyday
life. Tho construction is rather clumsy
and too much stress Ia put on unimportant
matters. There are marks OF the novice.
But plenty Of widely read books have like
faults which do not seem to diminish their
popularity.
There is dash and plenty OF excitement
in Mr. Francis Lyndes short story "A
Fool for Love- (The Bookseller Com
pany). 1t involves an intrigue Of rail-
reading, and We fear that neither In this
nor In many OF the actions OF the people,
male and female, has the author worried
much about probability. We must not
ask too much, however. from short story
that ia readable.
How "The Greater Waterloo, by Robert
Richardson q. W. Dillingham; Company.
could have found a publisher IL . mystery.
Sentimentality. commonplace sensation
alism, an amazing ignorance Of English
institutions and customs are combined
with what seems to be a lack Of familiarity
with English. The scene il put In Canada,
but the people are mostly German i'm
migrants.
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TIE SEAGOERS.
Five LINERS Sail To-day Carrying Vel
Known New Workers.


Known New Y0ekerS.
Aboard the Cunarder Campania; which
sails to-day for Queenstown md L.vsTpco!:
Mr.. and Mrs. L. e. Atkinson. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. A. Black. Charles A. Conant. Capt. James
T. W. Charles, MIR. and Mrs. Sidney Eastman.
Pierpont N. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. G. 8. Howell.
MIR. and Mrs. j. H. Pierce. r. W. Parsons.
Oren Root. Jr.; A. c. Rounds. r. Chalmers
squires. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry 7. Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Williams and Percy
b. H. Seabrook.
Passengers by the American liner Phila-
delphia. which sails to-day for Plymouth.
Cherbourg and Southampton:
DR.. E. 8. Bradford. Stanley W. Dexter.
the Rev. Adrian Esn ard. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
E. Huntin gton, George L. Ratsey. Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Rogers. H. F. Thurber. MIR: and
Mrs. william Henry Smith. Capt, VI. T.
Swinburne. U. 8. n. and +. Wayland Smith.
Sailing to-day by the Anchor liner Gale
donia for Glasgow:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Alton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas u. KELLOGG, d.; and
Mrs. James J. Keys. Granville p. Meade.
James L. Scott, the Rev. Canon H. W. Stewart
and Mrs. NJ. A. Bond.
voyagers by the Red Star liner Iceland,
OF to-day for Dover and Antwerp:
Mrs. George. H. Warren. Mr.. and Mrs
d A,dsson ssrd
Mr.. and Mrs. j. h. Cremer.
Sailing by the Atlantic Transport liner
Meeaba for London
Kate sGnp NJ Laids sf r. T. r. ai Herbert Il. H. K
Gresham and j. P. H. Price.
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by artlssShsas for the grscss Of styis. but
It Is the byeons New England he tells
about and thu sort Of boys she produces.
Their ways and talk are not wholly those
OF to-day, for these boys lived before base-
ball and pssfin chewing gum and tele-
phones and bicycles. But they bad their
full share Of fun, which tho reader may
share In Mr.. Shute's pages, and We doubt
not Just that sort Of fun Ia delghtins sturdy
young Now England now wherever the
town has not encroaohsd too much upon
the country.
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NFW AQUARIUM BOARDERS.
peer Fish From Bermuda in Great varfet,
DIR. Brush's Lamentable Losses.

ueer Fish From Bermuda in Great Variety
DR. Brush's Lamentable Losses.
Chief among fine collection Of tropical
D that arrived at the Aquarium yester-
fy from Bermuda ia a sescat, a species
cuttlefsh distinguished for the playful,
ftenlike way it conducts itself toward
Ferything that comes within its immediate
fvironment. Fellow voyagers Of the
Facat were a snakefsh, marked with gray
Inds; speckled morays, angle fish and .
Fsen parrotfish.
The fish are the fourth and last consign-
fent Of the season from Bermuda. They
Pine in eight tanks in charge OF DR.. c. E.
rush assistant to Prof. Bristol. When
Brush started from Bermuda. aboard
Pc Quebec line steamship Bermudian.
Wednesday he had an unsurpassed
fueetion Of sea anemones. but al died
the voyage. DR.. Brush had expected
onng with him a nine foot green moray,
OF the largest ever seen In captivity.
elore he could come to terms with tho
an who had caught the eellike creature
seo diel. Its death was due TO the
Aaequate accommodations the fisher
IA had provided for It.
lroi. Bristol says the Aquarium has a
"a collection OF submarine dwellers
en ever before
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Books Received.

"A History Of All Nations. Vol. x. Tho Age
OF the Renaissance" Hans Prutz, Phi D. LEA
Brothers d Co.. PHILADELPHIA
Russia and ls Crisis" Paul Milyoukov. tThe
University Of Chicago Press. ChicagoJ
Jack Henderson on Matrimouy." Benjamin
F. Cobb. Hurst 4 Co.. New York;
Leading Gases In the Bible" David Werner
Amram. Julius II. Greensboro. Philadslphia)
Die Telling der Erde." johannes O. Barolin.
(E Pierson. DresdenJ
"Minervas ManDuvres." Charles Bsttell LOOMS.
"a. s. Barnes q Col
Annual Report OF Experiment Stations. 1904.
United States Department of Agriculture tGov-
eminent Printing once washington)
"Ande Trebath." Matt Stan. Kemp. &c. n.
Clark Publlshing Company. Boston.)
The Baronet Rag-pIcker." ChAfes s. COON.
&C. NJ. Clark Pubishing Company
N. Roosevelt. President dcs 1ns-Unis. Of u
Rlpubnque d'HAt" 4. Firmln. (Hamiltoa Daalg
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-26
'leef'Thompson Engagement An
nOunced.

snuo,ooHkEEPsIE, Aug. 25.-Mr. and Mrs.
u'Atn X. Thompson Of Pittsburg announce
Management Of their daughter, Miss
!! lhaw Thompson. to Henry H. Van
an attorney Of Poughkeepsie, con
'ne late j. Spencer Van Cleef. Miss
SIl anpp was, graduated from Vassar
"sse N the class Of 1904. She has been
sn IN Poughkeepse as the guest Of her
~ ha,e, Miss Lucy Atwater, whose
c,SoIs he now is. Mrs. Thompson, her
N n presented to the college the chapel.
Gn was used for the first time for the
Satins exercises OF the class OF which
laughter was member,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-26
PARK THEATER MAY CLOSE.
BROOKLYN Playhouse 10 Given Up by Lessees
Expensive Changes Demanded.

The Park Theater. most notable Of Brook
lyn's old playhouses. will probably be closed.
for the coming season at least Hyde d
Behman have been the lessees for q number
Of years. The theater was to have been
opened last Monday, but was not. because
the alterations ordered by the Health De-
partment had not been made. The lessees
learned that the changes would cost thou
sands of dollars and decided not to foot the
bill, holding that 1t was up to the owner.
the Felix Campbell estate, to have the work
done. They have given up the lease.
been on the stage during the last thirt y
years, except Henry Irving. has appeared
at the Park. It IL believed the theater
has ended It's career as an amusement
house.
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WATCH HILL. r. l.. Aug, .2s.-Mr and Mrs.
Daniel j. Sully OF Kenneth Ridge Cottage
are entertaining Rear Admiral Evans,
Commander in Chief, and Capt W. Nh.
Reeder, commander Of the battleehip
Alabama Of the North Atlantic feet, which
arrived here from Newport at ESQ P. NJ.
Monday morning for Provincetown. This
afternoon the Massachusetts, baseball nine
beat Alabama, g to 2.
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w. and Mrs. Schultz Able to Return.

sAnnArooA, Aug. 2s..-The Rev. DR.. and
barnard Schultz Of ISL Central Park
~ ~, New York city. who while tempo
T occupying the rectory Of st. Luks's
church, In Mechanicsville, Sara
net county were recently murderously
bSris by New York negro, william
hrn, nave 40 far improved that they have
A ~hed to their civy homo. - --'... =
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York;
Interstate Automobile Register and Tourists
Guido. No. 1. New England" IF. s. Blanchard
d Co., Worcester, Nass)
"A Little Cook Book for Little Girl Dana
Estes Co., Boston.)
Tho Book Of Danisl Unlocked W. 8. Auchin-
Gloss. ID. Van Eostrand Company
"Tne Deeohanos." Junius l.. Hempstead. Ben
FRANKLIN Publishing Company. New York;
"The Mother" Norman Duncan. (Flemiug a.
Revel Company
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AUTO SPEEDER FINED $50.

Munger Says He Is . Son Of the Lieu.
tenant.Goyernor Of Alabama.
Lusene Munger, % years old, said to be
s'a OF R S. Munger, Lieutenant-G Governor
Alabama, was fined $50 in Special Sessions
ssercay for speeding with an automobile.
OiiiSseman Duber Of the traffic squad
..ihed that Munger drove his machine at
,Peed OF thirty miles an hour.
Iuhger Is stopping at the Waldorf-As-
and said he would soon start for
south 10 take part in some motor races.
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how much OF life WEAKNESS ana suppressed
passion those worn lines Indicated.
Daniel knew, but Sir Malcolm was either
un,nstructed or careless. He was within
a year Of the BALI century. Sharp chiseling
was not so particularly to his notion. He
looked through his probable spectacles
for the soft contour and the down. He
reverted. He swept easily through his
suppressed inclination distance bf thirty
wears. He married the Sea Anemone.
whom tho poet had saved. Tho poet was
full OF fne appreciation Of "C1arissa Har-
lowe" and "Trilby." We confess We were
glad Of his reasonable eloquence In behalf
Of sTrilby." We sorrowed that he should
have been wrong in sordid particulars.
He uttered fraudulent bank chsoks In Lady
Beauminster's name. He acquired $4,000
by forperies inexcueable under any strict
construction OF the moral law. We our
selves would have forgiven him, weak and
wrong though It may have been, and Of
course practically inexpensive; but Lady
Beauminster was jealous, and could not
overlook the fact that he had saved the
Sea Anemone to come between her and Sir
Malcolm.
The poet palled upon US little; he irked
u, as everybody - APt W w WIZ AASW~
upon . pose; but We were sorry that Lady
Beauminster should have been hard with
him in 50 small matter ~ $1,000 which
he could have earned by his poetry and
devoted to his rehabilitation II he had had
time.
Tho Sea Anemone survived tsmpests
and came out happy This has seemed
to u reasonable, and the moro reasonable
because the poet and Lady BeAuminster
were subjected to % hard . time. We
arc grateful In these cautious days for 90
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

the regiment to which he has been as- signed he is only allowed g kopecks a day, which equals 1-2 cents Ameri- can money with which to provide sup port. Frequently only thin spring suits are owned by the young soldier in the deepest Russian winter. The favor- ties at army headquarters are the sub alterns and non n-comnissioned officers who treat young recruits most cruelty and despotically. For two months only s5 lxppecks, or 22 1-2 cents has to provide sfoeblacking and brush es, soap, hair cutting, smoking, needles and thread, buttons, comb and brush, every thing outside of food and trans portation.
 The rations are for each soldiers food daily three pounds of black corn bread, baked with the husks included, one pound of sugar every two months, one pound of meat three times weekly, which invariably is the rottenest to be found in the market and must be cook ed on skewers to prevent 1t falling apart. The commissary sergeant draws pay for good meat but by criminal ar rangement with the butcher he gets the worst possible and divides the differ ence with his accomplices. According ly, this post is eagerly fought for as the only profitable job in the regiment. For whole company 1-4 pound of tea is allowed per day. Soup of various kinds is made with cabbages kept in barrels in the magazine for frequently five or six years. Vodki IS only served out on festive occasions, such as new arrival in the commandant's ram fly, when the event is celebrated by little indulgence to the men of the regiment; tho article however, is of the vilest possible kind being only the lees of old barrels. with water added.
 The Russian private soldier Is not allowed to walk on the pavements but must always travel on the street. In a theatre he must stand in the upper gal lery The only men who do mot seek every opportunity and avenue of escape by desertion are the ignorant Russian peasantry
 The paternalism of the Russian gov ernment resolves itself into an absorp- tion of all important industries to the utter exclusion of individual operators. in this manner narrowing the channels of industrial opportunity for the citl- zen to very small limit. Restrictions of a very annoying character hinder the change of location which from time to time may become necessary in any business, jeopardizing the success of the enterprise.
 Such condition of outrageous and un- civilized maladministration are respon- sible for nihilisnl, and anarchial agi- 1 tation spreads over the whole empire. | So-called accidents" in .maneuvering 1 the Baltic fleet recently. could be oth- 1 erwies explained and % the truth were | known they could berset down to ma- | lingering by members of the crews be- | longing to the dissatisfied class.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

risen in the desert and have attained commercial and mercantile greatness. Statistics for 1902. The statistics for 1902. show that 33.415 systems with 5s.311 miles of main canals and ditches irrigated B. 4ST0o7 acres on 134,036 farms. The amount expended In constructing these systems was $9s,320,452.
 The increase from 1909, to 1902, was more than twenty per cent for the
 number of irrigated acres. and the con- | struction cost of the systems. The statistics are classified accord ling to the three sources of water sup Iply-~streams. springs and wells. The streams are by far the most important.
 since they supplied more than three fourths of all the systems and more
 than nine-tenths of the irrigated farms land aareage
 Irrigation Regions. While the irrigation in all portions of the United States is for the same general purpose. the degree of require
 ment, the extent of eploitatlon. and the methods of application differ wide- ly in certain more or less well-defined regions.
 Tn this report the United. States is divided iuto the following regions: The atif region. comprising those States and Territories between the western boundary of tine Mississippi valley and the Pacific coast where ag- riculture is depedent almost entirely upon the artificial application of wa ter to the land; the semiarid region. comprisinx parts of those States lying midway between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi. river. wherein the rainfall is so uncertain that irrigatio is necessary except during years of un- usual precipitation; the rice producing States. comprising part of Texas and Louisiana and certain counties in the Carolinas and Georgia: and the humid States, represented by several of the New England, Middle Atlantic and Gulf States. in which irrigation is prac- ticed to a limited extent,
 The report shows that in 1902 there were in the arid region 91.1 per cent of the total number of irrigated farms Ss.3 per cent of the irrigated acreage and s3 per cent oe the construction cost of the systems. Although irrigation wars carried on most extensively in the arid region. the rate of Increase was 16.6 per cent for the arid region, 52.6 per cent for the scmiarid States and Territories. 7e.2 per cent for humid States, and 141.3 per cent for the rice States.
 Of the nine States and two Territo- ries in the arid region, California CoClorado ranked third in the number of irrigated farms and in the total con-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

the canyon-like character of the Colo rado valley. there were only twenty systems supplied from the main strean
 Practically all of the irrigation is from systems heading near Yuma, .Ariz A few years ago this part of the country
 was one of the most desolate and for
 bidding regions on our continent, but a wonderful transformation has been
 wrought by irrigation.
 The waters in the Sacramento River drainage basin are used principally for irrigation of orchards
 In the Coast range region of Califor- nia all land values depend directly up- on the ability to obtain a water sup- ply, and water from every source is carefully utilized.
 In Southern California irrigation has reached Its highest stage of develon- ment. and the systems of this part of the State are known all over the world, Various high priced products are grown here by means of irrigation, and a re- gion that would be a scene of utter desoiation without irrigation has be- come land of flowers and fruits.
 One great obstacle to the deveIon- meEt of irrigation in Texas and New Mexico Is the present treaty between Mexico and this country. But for this treaty. which prohibits the impound- ing of the waters Of the Rio Grande. the reclamation of an extensive area of land, now desert, and the irrigation of thousands of acres that were for merly cultivated, would be assured. It is estimated that less than l per cent of the streams flow in Mexico comes from sources north of the Mexican line. This very small amount has no effect upon the navigability of the river. but until the treaty is abrogated or amend ed, the construction of any large stor- age works on this stream will be pre- vented. The objections that Mexico makes to the United States Government such works apparently arise from a misapprehension of facts It is reasonable to believe. that the storage of the floods would result ulti- mately in giving a more permanent character to the stream in Mexico. The flood waters, after being spread over the valley, would return in part to the stream by seepage and, in time, ma- terial1y increase its volume.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
DandsrIns Is So ExhIIaFaiIng,
 lnvigoratlng

and strengthening to both tho hair and scalp ot eyen
 25c bottle of Is often enough to show wonderful i'm proveents. It at once imparts sparkiing bffl1fany and velvety softness to the hair, and few weeg uso will cause hair to sprout out all over tho scaIp and grow abundantly long and beautiful Use t uvery ax3 for awhtle after which two or three timss week win be enough to complete whatever growth you dsutrs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
FREAK GRAssHOPPERs.
Kansas Has Pest with Double stomacI
 and Two Sets of Teeth.

Kansas Has Pest With Double Stomach and Two Sets of Teeth.
 Philadelphia North American.
 A new pest has appeared in long
 It Is a gfasshopper with double set of teeth and two stomachs,' Alfalfa appears to be its favorite food, al- though 1t will feed upon any kind of crop.
 Compared with the hopper that com mitted the crime of 1874 in Kansas. the newcomer Is monster. The little de- vastator was but an inch in length. eter. The new hopper is 3 1-2 inches long and i-2 an inch across the chest. No eight-hour rules conf1ne his activ- ities. He works from dawn till dark and even in the moonlight. He does
 Last year the pests showed up in spots, but this year the eggs they laid have developed an army.
 Some of them produce as many as 15O eggs. These are laid in the fan and remain in the ground all winter. the nest being covered up with gum for protection against indictment weather. it's leaves and bloom and leave nothing but the hard stem behind. This has to be moved down 10 induce the plant to grow again,
 F, Fruit I,I trees .;Io and gardens are much to chard fell victim to them this year. They even ate the bark of trees. The only thing they left in many gardens were the patches of green onions.
 Farmers have been employing all sorts of devices to kill or the hoppers. Some have sprinkled poisoned water upon the alfalfa It killed 1.-the pes but the result was not regarded as much of a success when the numbeV of cows that died from eating the stalks afterward was computed.
 Professor Bruner of Nebraska. who is a national authority on the locust and grasshopper, has been asked to try his hand at stamping out the pests. He went down to Brazil about five years ago and succeeded in halting the hop pers and wiping out the ehinch bugs.
 His plan is 70 use ordinary dry fun gus upon a number of live bugs and turn them loose on the others to spread blood poisoning. This Is rapidly com municated and dead bugs, after the innoculatlon, covered many Brazilian fields several inches deep.
 He says that the reason why so many of these hoppers have. appeared in Kansas, Is that quail and other birds have been lessened in numbers by hunters.