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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
LITERARY LIVES SERIES-Edited by
w. Robertson Nicoll = CHARLOTTE
BRONTE AND HER SISTERS. By
FOR YOUNGER READERS.
THE RED ROMANCE BOOK. Edited

THE RED ROMANCE BOOK. Edited by
Andrew Lang. With eight colored
plates and numerous illustrations by
H. J. Ford. New York: Longmans,
Green & Co.
Mr.. Lang is editor of the Red" series Of
books. which include some OF the hand
soonest and most attractive volumes ever
prepared for younger readers. Mrs. Lang is
the compiler and rewritten of the romances
told in this volume, and in his introduction
the editor quotes as follows from his wifes
own comments on the way in which stories
were told to children In the old, old days
before there were any books:
MANY hundreds of years ago. when most
of these stories were told in the halls of
great castles, the lives of children were
very different from what they are now.
The little girls were taught by their moth
ers to spin and embroider, or make simple
medicines from the common herbs and the
boys learnt to ride and tilt and shoot with
bows and arrows; but their tasks done, no
one paid any further heed to them. They
had very few games. and in the long winter
evenings the man who went from house to
house, telling or singing the tales of brave
deeds, must have been welcome indeed.
From him the children, who early became
men and women, heard of the evil fate that
awaited cowardice and trea cherry, and grew
to understand that it was their duty
through life to help those who were weaker
than themselves"
These. stories are mainly fairy tales, In
that they introduce mythical or impossible
characters and sometimes present dragon
on two. They are illustrated with unusual
richness of color and dozens of black and
white drawings.
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. BY
Robert Browning. Illustrated by Van
Dyck. New York: A. Vessels Com
pany.
The artist has caught the spirit of Brown
ing's poem about the mysterious stranger
who led the rats into the River Weser and
SO ridded Hamelin town of its terrible
pest. With comical drawings In color and
bits of marginal decoration he sets OFF the
story, which is printed in large type for
little eyes, and the whole makes one of
the neatest of the holiday books for the
Youngsters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Il;IY
AizSz1y
SQUIRE PHIN;

SQUIRE PHIN; a Novel BY Holman F.
Day, author of Pine Tree Ballads,
&C With frontispece. New York: A
S. Barnes & Co.
It is seldom that the verse writer be-
comes the novelist. or. indeed, the salts
factory short-story writer. But Mr.. Day is
an exception TO this rule. He achieved
reputat ton as the maker Of ballads and
character poems disclosing the quaintness
of the "down-east" life. Then came short
sketches and stories. and now comes nov
ell that is brimful of promise and gives
good measure of present performance as
an evidence of good faith. 1t Is really not
much in the way of construction, being
rather a series of episodes somewhat
loosely Joined by a love theme and
revenge motive but 1t assemblies an inter-
esting array of engaging personalities. good
bad and Indifferent, in a bit of village
drama with plenty of action and much
comedy and an occasional touch of pathos
Squire Phineas Look Is the idol of the
villagers an honest man who practices law.
Back home after an absence of twenty-five
years comes his only brother, Hiram, drlv-
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thereby put Russia strictly on the defen-
siva. Had Russia taken the initiative and
sailed forth boldly to seek the control of
the waters east OF Manchuria. and Korea,
the tale of the campaign might have been
different. But the Times correspondent
does not lose sight Of the marked superior
fty of the japanese army and navy, man
for man, and the higher state Of the naval
efficiency in point of vessel equipment.
The book Is composed of the letters writ
ten to the Times from the field, supplement-
ed by other materials not available at the
time of writing. 1t is edited with care to
constitute fairly consecutive story of the
war. Some OF the battle descriptions are
intensely dramatic.
RED FOXy the Story of His Adventurous
Career in the Ringwaak Wilds, and Of
His Final Triumph over the Enemies
of His Kind. BY Charles G. D. Rob-
erts, author of THE Kindred Of the
Wild" &C. illustrated by Charles Liv-
ingston Bull Boston: L. c. Page Co.
Mr.. Roberts Is an excellent example Of
the restrained nature fiction writer. He
sets forth his animal characters with fidel-
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Arnold, Burr and Hamilton.
m the Denver Republican

From the Denver KepubIlchh
Benedict Arnold, the traitor, is not an en-
gaging hero but 1t has been found that
Arnold was a good neighbor in the days be-
fore the revolution. and no man suffered
moro than he in behalf Of the patriots
cause for several years. That he went over
to the British is true, but we hear alto
gether too little concerning the spiteful
meanness that logged this brave mans
steps until his proud spirit was goaded to
desperation Aaron Burr killed Alexander
Hamilton In a duel. But let US suppose that
Hamilton had killed Burr. what then?
Would Burr have been the saint and Ham
ilton the sinner? Burr was no monster.
Those who knew him best were the ones
who loved him most. There was no lawyer
of his time who commanded such large fees,
and his heart was so tender that his purse
was always at the command of the poor and
unfortunate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Morgan Bdying England Piecemeal

From London Truth
Mr.. Pierpont Morgan is an American who
has become one of the most important ele-
ments In our national life. If funds are re-
quired for a charity the first name that
rises to the minds of the managers Is Mr..
Morgan's II an industrial scheme requires
to be financed the promoters say. I'VE must
wait until Mr.. Morgan returns to England
II n is proposed to found a newspaper,
again little can be done until the matter
has been submitted to Mr.. Morgan. There
are those who contemplate establishing
new club; to Mr.. Morgan they appeal for
assistance A picture. piece of valuable
china q suite OF old furniture, or any other
work of art is for sale; to Mr.. Morgan IT Is
first shown Mr.. Morgan has not bought
England: II is. however, proposed to sell
England to him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
BOOKS RECEIVED.

LETTERS TO BEANY and THE LOVE
LETTERS OF PLUPY SHUTE. BY
Henry A. Shute. author of The Real
The Everett Press.
SUCCESSFUL MEN OF TODAY; and
What They Say of Success; Based on
Facts and Opinions Gathered by Let
ters and Personal Interviews from
Five Hundred Prominent Men BY
Wilbur F. Crafts. Ph.D, author Of
"The Sabbath for Men," &c. Revised
edition. New York: Funk & Wagnalls
Company.
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST. BY Errets
Gates Ph.D., Associate III Church His
tory. University OF Chicago author -
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Science and Useful Arts.
Earth In Space. e. p. Jackspn-LZ-Jl2se,
Elements of Applied Microscopy. c. e A.
winsIow-MB- w73Ge.
Species and Varieties Hugo de Vries-.
Mv-V963s
Story of the Birds. Charles Dixon-PE-
D65s
Open-air Treatment of Pulmonary Tuber-
cuiosis +. W. b. Fanning-QF' F216o.
Elements of the Integral Calculus. w. u.
Byerly-LGI- B9g3e.
Elements of the Differential Calculus. w.
Z. Byerly-LGD- B993e
Radum Explained. w. Hampson-LIz-
HIST
Repair Kinks for Plumbers. NJ. L. Kaiser
-SK-K127r.
Knotting and Splicing Ropes and Cordage.
p. N -H275k.
The Chrysanthemum, Its Culture for Pro-
fessonal Growers and Amateurs. Arthur
Observation-Disclosures.
Political and Social Science
History of Political Theories From Lu-
Their to Montesquieu. w. A. Dunning-J-
D925hi.
Personal Story of the Upper House. Kos
mo Wilkinson-K45FW 654p.
International Law. F. L. Smith and N.
w. Sibley-JX- Sm523in.
Chicago Conference on TTusts-HIT-'
C432s.
Handbook of United States Political HIS
tory. Malcolm Townsend-JU -T66Ih.
Betting and Gambling a National EVIL
B. S. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Railways and the Republic. ]. F. Hud-
son-RV-HS63
Commercial Geography Henry Gannett
and others-HKG-G1563c
History and Travel.
With the Empress Dowager. X. A. Carl
G66-C197w.
The Progress of Hellenism in Alexander's
Empire. J. P. -M2I2p.
An Observer In the Philippines. ]. b.
Devns-G6S11-D494
Through Town and Jungle; Fourteen
Thousand Miles Awheel Among the Tenn
pies and People of the Indian Plain. w. II.
Northumberland
Egypt Burma and British Malaysia. w.
Constantine the Great; the Reorganiza-
ton of the Empire and the Triumph of the
Church. J. B. Frth-F3653-F51sc
Pictures in Umbrla. K. S. Macquoid-
G35-M24Sp.
seminoles of Florida. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Will
son-FS04- W6S6s.
British Fleet. c. n. Robinson-UN41-
R566b.
The Art of the Venice Academy. NJ. X.
Potter-WP-P S52arv.
The Bible Beautiful; a History of Bibll-
cal ART. IL. M. ftuTli-N l44-HJoOD.
The Appreciation of Pictures. Russell
Sturgis-WP-St
Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Hugh Stokes
W10-D9S3s.
Linear Drawing and Lettering for Be-
ginners. J. c. L. Fish-WMN- F524 !.
A Manual of Mechanical Drawing. Il.
D. Johnston-WMNJ653
Poetry, Literature, Etc.
Battle of the Bays. Owen Seaman
YP-Se LIB.
Children of the Night. L. A. Robinson
YP-R566ch.
The Song of the Ancient People. f. d.
Proctor-YP-P9i3
Essays Marquis of Salisbury Sable.
Irish Life and Humour. William Harvey
-YW-H263i
Biography.
William r. Sherman. Edward Robins
E-Sh54r.
Life of Edwin Forrest. James Rees-
E-F76sr.
Life and Writings of T. w. Robertson.
7. E. Pemberton-E-R 5456p.
Old Greek and Old-time Professor in an
Old-fashioned College; a Memoir of Ed
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Rygones Worth Remembering. q. ].
Holyoake-E-H74S.
Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth. Dor
othy Wordsworth-E-WS
Saskia, the Wife of Rembrandt. c. IL.
Bolton-E-R2s2b.
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AMERICAN COMMONWEALTHSS ERIE
RHODE ISLAND; a Study In Sena

author of Rhode Island. Its Making
and Its Meaning" Boston: Houghton,
Miff1in & Co. Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.
The significant feature of Rhode Island
history, as set forth in Mr.. Richman's his
tory of that state, Is separatism. Not alone
did the age of Roger Williams have this
characteristic, but Separation entered
largely into the succeeding periods, those
Of commerce and manufactures. Indeed it
Is in separatism as a persisting element
at work in Rhode Island. that there is to
be found the key to present-day Rhode
Island constitutional politics. Among the
topics of which the present volume treats
are: Paper Money" Rhode Island and
the aeasr Age o of Newpor
dence." THE Decline of Commerce and the
Establishment of Manufactures, 1.-THE
Dorr Rebellion" etc. Mr.. Richman has
for five years was United States consul gem
eral for Switzerland. While abroad he met
Mr.. James Bryce, who pointed out to him
the great importance of Rhode Island In
American history.
Van Dyke, DID,, professor of history.
Princeton University, author of The
Age of the Renascence." New York !:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Washington:
woodward & Lothrop.
The title of this work may mislead the
casual observer. 1t is not book on the
art of the great change, but an essay on
the influence OF the Renaissance upon the
lives OF three men, whose careers were
shaped by and In some part were the ac-
celebrating cause of the epoch-marking evo-
luton, which is best known as the new
BIRTH" These were Macmillan I. Emperor
OF Germany; Thomas Cromwell. the Eng
iish chief minister, and Pietro Aretino. the
Venetian litterateur. DR.. Van Dyke treats
of them and their environment and the
general trend OF European events as ar
fecting and afEected BY them. In the style
OF the historian, yet A. he sets forth IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
THE VILLAGE OF HIDE AND sEEr
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOOKS ADDED TO THE SHELVES
DURING THE PAST WEEK.

The following books have recently been
added to the District Public Library.
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THE IMPERIAL RE-SURVEYNO. 5s NEW CONTRACT


 party from this date henceforth from all further obligations to repair, com plete, perfect, extend or maintain the existing distributing canal system of second party, and relieves and releases first party from all obligation to con- structa storm water drainage system for second party, or take care of and carry off storm water that might prove injurious or destructive to second party's canal system; and second party hereby assumes the obligation from this date hencefortl of constructing, repairing and maintaining it's own canal see fit to build.
 First party shall enlarge and perma- nently maintain and operate at its own expense the new canal recently con structed by first party bringing water from the international boundary line to the intersection of such canal with sec ond party's main canal in Section l, Township Is south. Range l5 east, $. B. M. so that the same shall be of adequate size and capacity, to at all times deliver into second party's main canal the water to which second party may be entitled; and first party shall with reasonable | diligence construct in such new canal proper and suitable water controlling and regulating structures, viz: A sub stantial Ieadgate regulating and con trolling the flow of water into such canal, proper and suitable wasteway, just above the Holton Power Companys in take, of adequate size and capacity to carry all of he water coming through such canal and such drops in such canal as may be necessary to prevent the same cutting down, and filling up second party's mann and distributing canal sy stem with the silt and earth washed out by such cutting.
 Second party shall have the privilege of using the old Salton channel from Sharp's heading to second party's former heading as a supplemental and addi- tional means of obtaining it's water, provided, second party will at it's own expense rebuild and maintain it's dam or heading across the Salton at the East side lake, and construct and maintain suitable wasteway leading from such lake into the Salton channel below such dam or heading. having a water-carry- ing capacity of 1000 cubic feet per second.
 First party may in the future give second party still another delivery of water for lands in the northern part of the district intended to be irrigated by second party, provided however, that second party shall not in any wise in- pair or interfere with the use of the natural channel of the SatOn river north of the Rose leVee as meansof drainage for the lands irrigated or intended to be irrigated by second party.
 II is agreed that there is yet due from the second party to first party, on ac- count of water rentals payable January
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 day May, 1905, between the California Development Company, corporation organized under the laws of the state of New Jersey, and doing business in the state of California, party of the first part, and Imperial Water Company No. 5, 6 corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of California, party of the second part, Witnesseth:
 That for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties hereto hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as fol. lows:
 Party of the the first part hereby valves and surrenders to second party all right that first party-as assignee of La Sociedad de Yrrigacion Terrenos de la Baja California (Soci d d Anonima) )-has to sell, locate or other wise dispose of the unissued capital stock of second party, except 1900 shares thereof to which G. w. Boutwell, is en- titled under contract with first party, and forty (40) shares thereof, known as the Ward and Meserve stock, and l745 shares to which the Alamo Land Com pany is entitled under contract with first party, and I280 shares reserved as the property of the first party; provided however, that the capital stock of second party, the right to which first party hereby surrenders to second party, shall be located upon land within the terri tory described in the articles of incor- poration of second party as intended to be irrigated by second party and under the flow of the existing distributing canal system of second party; or under the flow of any extension of, or addition to, such distributing system, as second party may hereafter construct or cause to be constructed, taking water by grav- ity flow from second party's main canal, at any point below the head of such main canal. or taking water from first party's canal at or near the international boundary line through canal just above and east of the most easterly canal of Imperial Water Company No. 7 And first party agrees not to organize, or be instrumental in organizing, any other corporation to furnish water to land within such territory, and agrees that it will not sell, or agree to sell, or furnish water to any Of such lands, ex- cepting, however, lands within the boundaries described in the articles of incorporation of Imperial Water Com pany No. 7, as intended to be irrigated by such company.
 First party shall have the right to carry water through second party's main canal for the irrigation of other lands north of the territory intended to be irrigated by second party upon paying its pro rata proportion of the cost of such main canal and it's proper pro rata proportion of the cost of maintaining and operating the same, based upon the amount of water carried there through by first party.
 In consideration of the foregoing waiver and surrender of first party's right to second party's stock, second
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the township survey made in this Valley during the winter of 1903 has been accepted, and the township lines and corners as thus located have been established as the official, government township lines and corners. From these the subdivision of the townships into sections, will be made. This will establish the new numbers for the lands in the entire Valley. As these lines and numbers will not correspond to any of the lines and numbers of the lands already filed on, all the lands now entered or occupied, will be surveyed out by metes and bounds as Private Land Claims. These claims will be surveyed out, the corners established and fixed by monuments like section corners, and each private claim will be numbered and the corner stakes marked with numbers and initials, also the correct distance and direction from each of these private claim corners to the nearest section or township corner, as established by this survey, will be given.
 In all of the territory re-surveyed outside of the private land claims, the new survey as established by A. A. Henderson in December 1903, will rule, and those numbers will be the correct government numbers on all such land.
 This plan of the government puts the school sections on the same basis as all other private land claims, and puts it up to the claimant to locate his land. Of course, wherever the school sections are, the owners claim is prior to that of any entryman claiming under any of the surveys that have been made in the Valley, but the question of where some of the school sections are, is still unsettled. Also, in regard to instances where the same land is claimed by different parties, owing to the confusion in surveys, the matter will more than likely have to be determined in the same way and the land given to the emtryman who first took up the land and has compiled with the laws in good faith.
 Anyone who cares to know what section his land will be in, can easily determine by taking the new township lines established by Henderson in 1903, and measuring from them. As his land will be Private Land Claim No.-, Initials, however, he will have to wait for the completion of the re-survey before he will know just what designation Uncle Sam will give his place when he issues his patent. We presume that after the survey is com pleted and the new system of descrip- tions adopted the owners of the lands will have tu ask for the change from their present filing numbers, to the new numbers and initials in order that their patents be issued correctly. It will all be easy enough to do and could be done in short time.
 The worst complaint we see to make is that we will have to wait perhaps two years before it will all get straight ened out and the patents be issued. It is a matter of much qualification, however, to know that the tangle has beer. unaveled until it is so simple, and now we hope the contract will be promptly let and the work pushed, for this Valley has been seriously handi capped by this muddle in the land survey.
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 forthcoming re-survey of tfe lands in this Valley are of such vital importance to our people, and any information in regard to the plans adopted by the Surveyor Generals office is of such acute interest to all that we have secured from MT. w. S. Graham, the survevor-yeneral for California, the following statement in regard to the matter:
 San Francisco, May Is, 1905. F. G. HAvENs, Esq,
 Imperial, Cal.
 SIR: In reply to your communication of the l2th inst, you are advised that the instructions for the survey of the Townships in the Imperial District, for whicI bids have been called for, are not drawn up as yet and will not be until the bids are received and accepted. For your information, however, | wish to say that of the 26 Townships pro- posed to be subdivided, the exterior lines of the following Townships were re-established by Deputy Surveyor A. A. Henderson in 1903, viz: Townships 13, 14, 15 any l6 S., Ranges l3, II and 15 East, and Township l7 South, Ranges 15 and l6 East, S. B. M. For the re- mainder of the Townships the exterior boundaries have to be re-estabished and all of the 26 Townships have to be re-subdivided.
 The above surveys are authorized by special Act of Congress, dated July l, 1902, and are in fact a re-survey. The exterior lines re-surveyed by Henderson were connected with original corners on the 3rd and 4th Standard lines South, otherwise however, they were run independently from old corners. The exteriOrs to be re-surveyed under present call will be treated in the same way. The subdividing of the Town ships is regular work, without special difficulties as far as the method. of sur veying is concerned.
 As the new subdivision lines to a great eXC0nC VIII HoC CoIleSP'iN "l'll the original surveys, the entries in above townships made before ths pas sage of the said act (July l, l9O2) are to be respected and the boundaries of these Private Claims must be surveyed out by metes and bounds. Diagrams showing the private claims in each township will be furnished the success ful bidders. All boundaries of the same will be run North and South, and East and West, and the corners fixed by monuments similar to section corner monuments, marked with consecutive numbers and appropriate initials for each claim. Fractional areas of public land outside the claims will be calcua- ted by this office and for tEat purpose intersecting distances on public land lines (Township or section lines) and connecting distances to the nearest corners of the claims must be given at all intersecting points where the claim boundaries form the bound try between public land and private claims, and at such points closing corners must be established.
 w. $. GRAHAM U. s. Surveyor General for California,
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