Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-11

OF the most notable defenses against In
dian depredations recorded in the annals
OF this country. In modern times the val
ley Is remarkable for It's wealth, its pros
perity, its productiveness and it's Industrial
Importance. There is no other stretch of
water Of equal length in the United States
which embraces SO much profitable, pro-
greSsive activity.
In his story OF the river and the valley
Mr.. Bacon has written with evident
love for the traditions of Connecticut. He
tells the tale of the discovery, and traces
the colonial development with pardonable
pride in the spirit of Americanism, the
foundations of which were laid in that VAL
ley by the men and women who made their
way overland in 1fssS from Boston to seek
field wherein they could exercise their
desired degree of liberty of conscience and
political action. He relates the tales of
terror that are told by the gruesome relics
of the Indian wars with a dramatic force.
His geographical descriptions are entertain
ingly interlarded with historical references.
and the whole work Is profuSely illustrated
with photographs of picturesque and sig
nifcant scenes on the river. The volume Is
calculated to whet keen interest in the
story of the Connecticut as 1t bears upon
the full tale Of American freedom and de-
velopment.
MOODY'S MANUAL OF RAILROAD AND
CORPORATION SECURITIES. Sew
enth Annual Number. 1906. New York:
The Moody Corporation.
The Moody Manual. which has become an
established institution. grows more bulky
each year. sIgnfying the rapid develop
ment of the Industrial and financial mar
kets Of this country. 1t is now a volume
of over ESQ pages. While formerly de-
voted only to Industrial securities. 1t now
deals with corporation statistics of all
classes. without regard to their character.
The work is divided into ten sections. The
first embraces the full membership lists
of the stock exchanges of the United States
and Canada. The second section deals
with American and foreign government and
state securities. In the third section are
given statistics of steam railroad securities;
In the fourth. electric fractions; fifth, gas
and electric light corporations; sixth, water
supply companies; seventh telegraph, tele
phone and cable companies; eighth, indus
trial and miscellaneous corporations NINTH
mines and oil corporations; tenth. banks,
trust companies and other financial insti-
buttons. The whole is closely indexed,
both to subjects and cities, and the
general text is followed by classified
directory of manufacturers. agents, con-
tractors. engineers, bankers, brokers' etc.
Thus prepared the Manual is an invaluable
guide to investors and others who have
dealings with the markets.
THE FARM LIBRARY-COTTON, It's
Cultivation. Marketing, Manufacture
and the Problems of the Cotton World
By Charles William Burkett. professor
of agriculture, North Carolina College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. and
Charles Hamilton Poe. Illustrated
New York: Doubleday. Page & Co
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Few people ever pause to reflect upon the
| marvels that have resulted finally in the
production of the bit Of cotton cloth they
use so carelessly. They have no conscious
conception Of the processes employed to
transform a seed into that finely woven
! fabric. do they consider the vitality
| important part that cotton has played in
| the worlds history. A study of the book
now in hand will convince the unthinking
users of cotton that they owe their thanks
| to a vast multitude Of people to the enter
| prising owners of lands, employers of labor
| builders Of mills, proprietors of ships and
| managers of railroads and retail stores.
From the boil to the counter of the dry
| goods store is a long jump. and the story
| Of that jump, with much else that is i'm
| portant and interesting, is told by these
authors in a vivid and thorough manner
| In their conclusion they say:
1--WE have now followed the progress Of
| the cotton plant-followed it in history from
| the time the ancient disciples of Brahma,
In the orient, first began it's use; followed it
| in growing from the time the seed Is put
| into the cool. fresh earth in spring until
| its snowy harvest is gathered in December;
followed it in marketing and manufactur-
| ing from the time it passes through Whit
neyS gin until the once rejected seed are
| turned to thousand growing uses of man
kind, and the lint is set to IT'S task of
making the princes palace more gorgeous
and the beggar's body more comfortable:
followed 1t in commerce from the sunny
fields Of Texas or Mississippi to the frozen
regions of the Arctic or the sleeping en-
pire of tie Celestials. to our new-caught,
| sullen peoples in far-away Asia or Africa"
Tho fhofr
| greet that they have not yet written the
| epic Of the cotton. which, however, they
say cannot be written until there comes a
| realization of the full significance of the
south's great industry. That time may
come, they suggest. when the south manu-
| features the cotton it raises, and when the
Panama canal opens full wide the doors
Of the orient to southern commerce.
| SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH EARTH
QUAKE AND FIRE. BY Charles
| Keller. San Francisco: Paul Elder &
Co.
A resident Of Berkeley, crossing the bay
| to San Francisco on the morning of the
| 18th Of April. found the great city shaken
| into fragments and burning. Immediately
plunging into the work of relief, ne labored
! necessarily for days. charging to and fro
| In automobiles. carrying messages secur-
| ing dynamite for the fire-fghters, assisting
| in the organization Of the citizens commit
| tee and otherwise lending his assistance to
| the stricken people. Thus he saw San
| Francisco in all phases of her terrible Wis
| itation, and he now tells the story with a
| dramatic vividness which thrills while 1t
| informs the reader. But with the judgment
\ of trained writer, Mr.. Keller keeps his
| narrative always within the bounds of good
| taste and the limitations Of the facts His
| Imagination at no time gets the better OF
| his perception. His account Of the days Of
| horror is one Of the clearest, most consecu-
| tive and most finished of all those that
| have appeared and 1t Is illustrated with ex-
| ceptional art by means of photographs
| which depict the various aspects of the
| tragedy. the earthquake, the fire, and final
| ly the work of relief.
THE DOG books Popular History Of
the Dog. with Practical Information as
to Care and Management of House,
Kennel and Exhibition Dogs, and De-
scriptions of all the Important Breeds.
BY James Watson. In ten parts Parts
| VIII, TX and x. illustrated from Pho
tographs. New York: Doubleday, Page
| & Co.
The serial issue Of Mr. Watson's incom-
parable Dog Book is finished. all ten parts
having now appeared. Together these num-