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The National tribune., 1906-02-15

time crowd OF girls and boys decided
to make him visit. We were told that
he was carried to the home Of Mr.
Davis, where his leg had been ampu-
tated. Horses and buggies were hard
TO get, but we managed to get up enough
to carry three couples out. We found
Capt. Fowler very comfortably situated
in an Office building In the yard, very
jolly and SO glad to see US. We spent
the day, and were Hospitality enter
tanned at the dinner hour. This Mr.
and Mrs. Davis were the father and
mother of noble Sam Davis, who went
down to death rather than dishonor. I
shall always feel proud and honored
that / was allowed to eat at the table
OF the parents OF such a son. There
was one young man who went with our
crowd that we felt was not very de-
serving. as he shirked going into the
army. However, he had nice horse
and buggy, and / agreed to go with him
He was quite pedantic in his manner,
and We always laughed at his stilted
efforts In conversation. / was particu-
larry amused as We drove on toward
Smyrna right through the battlefield,
at his condensed remarks. That was
several weeks after the battle, but the
signs were still there. We passed a
house where everything was destroyed
not fence. a tree or a blade Of grass;
everything had gone down. My escort
| murmured only one word, Devasta-
| ton. A little further on we struck
another, home where everything had
been burned, nothing but a mound Of
black ruins remained. This time he
said, 'Confiagration. little further
on and the heavy rains had overlooked
the pike and we had to drive mile or
two in the water that came up into the
buggy, and he murmured, Inundation'
- hig laugh over 1t after we
got rid Of him, and one young man with
rather profane proclivities remarked
that he could have finished up for him
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Crockett Gives Us a spirited Tale.

With his picturesque title OF The White
Plume" s.. r.. Crockett sounds again the
reveille to the warning factions Of France.
Hu~guenot and Catholic, and famous per-
sonages answer the to perform
again the old heroic deeds, work out the old
! intrigues, suffer the old tortures, all for
the sake Of wedding a maid with eyes of
jade" to a young and gallant soldier and
scholar. They had eyes Of FURIOUS tints in
those old times, for another maid with mystic
orbs of -the g~reenish amber OF pressed clover
honey" comes into the tale to suffer bravely
and surrender much for loves sake.
The plot seems to be in the hands OF a red
headed Scotsman, a disciple OF Calvin and
known as the Fool OF the three Henries.
He is in genious in invention, crafty in in
trigle, ready in eXpedient and audacious
in demands upon credulity. But he keeps
things moving briskly and there are no
waits between scenes. All the horrors OF
St. Bartholomew Eve are again inflicted
upon the faithful. Once more the great
Coligny suffers the death agony, Henry Of
Guise is murdered, Henry Of Valois is slain
and Henry Of Navarro is rowned King of
France. Catherine de Medicis, full Of years
and infirmity and wickedness, is brought
upon the scene in a litter. Philip Of Spain
hobbies into the narrative upon his equity
foot. Marguerite OF Navarro comes riding
down from her guarded castle with her train
OF beautiful handmaidens. The old machip-
cry OF the Inquisition wrings screams Of
agony from its victims, the lash Of the goad
dmws blood upon the bare back OF the
rowers in the galleys. Eanoes are shat
tered, but faith remains unbrok en-. Kings
perish, but love triumphs. And every
where in the forefront Of action waves the
White Plume and CLEANS the red head OF the
energetic Scotsman.
It is a brave story and it hangs together
we'll but il seems TO have a slender theme
20 bear so great a mass OF incdent-th this
love Of a boy for a girl. who might have
been won perchance with less ambitious
measures han such a muster Of royalty.
The book is published by Dodd, Mead 4 Co,
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heroine OF "A Little Son Of Sunshine by
Ellen Douglas Deland CHarpers) matches.
from the literary point Of view, the sanity
young cripple who furnishes a pane Tor
the book. He is a long lost grandson.
Why melodramatic commonplaccs which
parents would not permit their children to
listen TO from the stage are all right 10
children's books passes comprehension.
IL must have boon in the days OF our
childhood hat the Rev. Alfred j. Church,
NJ. A.. began diluting the Greek and Roman
stories for the dedication Of youth. He
still keeps at it. and in THE Odyssey for
Boys and Girls" (Macmillansl tells at q
very long interval Homer's story all over
again. His boob is illustrated with colored
pictures, in pseudo-Greek taste.
A story that can never he told often
enough will be found in Miss Helen Nico-
lays THE Boys Life Of Abraham Lincoln
CThe Century Company. II is based on
the fullest and most authoritative biog-
raphy of Lincoln and is put into properly
simple language. A good book that every
little boy should read.
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CoMtinusS On ELsVSuA Pogo
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NEW ROOks.
Continued from Ninh Pcss.


firet new West. Its valley was tho scene OF
all the picturesque Indian fighting OF our
boyhood's days. whether in the dark and
bloody ground with Daniel Boone on the
southern bank or in the fights under G.. n.
Clark and st. Clair and Mad Anthony Wayne
and Harrison on tho northern side.
Tia whole valley teens with historic in
eereet. As might be expected from the
authors previous books, he puts the greatest
ntrees on the value of the river as u route
70 me West and az a great factor in the de-
velopment Of the nation. He gives the
general history in satisfactory shape, but
might have lone much mere with the ro-
mantle stories 81 individual settlemonts.
The account Of the great cities that have
risen on the banks Of the Ohio, brought
down TO their present expansion, OF course
helps to glorify the great river. The story
Of Marietta, the town in which the author
lives, Ia also a fair sample OF what other
settlements were, but it might have been
better TO say less about modern Pittsburg
and Cincinnati and Louisville and to dwell
more on the lesser towns with more indi-
vidual Histories
There are many good Illustrations to Mr.
Hulbert's thoroughly interesting volume.
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A WOman's Club story.

MANY are they who shall pursue litera-
ture, but few there be who overtake it,"
writes the author Of The President OF
Quex." The book proves it. 1t might be
a story or 10 might be a sermon. but il isn't
either one. because it attempts to be both
IL is rather a didactic thesis setting forth
the true aims and possibilities Of women's
clubs and how to achieve them, enlarged
into the compass OF a book by much padding
with romantic schemes for providing the
eading personages with suitable partners
for life.
-Quex' is an up to date club which has
given up the study OF Dante because az
one OF the members explains. Dante was
a good man, though rather daft on Bestrice;
but there are live issues to-day" The
style OF the text is indicated by the beauty
and precision Of the quotation. The live
issues include child labor, model tene-
ments, recreation establishments, good
government alliances, politics and a gem
eral reconstruction Of the universe. The
president is a beautiful m recently
bereaved OF husband, mother and only
child, who finds consolation in these good
works and incidentally in another husband,
as most women do. The book is said TO
be "A woman's club story, written from
the inside" Mere man will be reconciled
to remaining outside, but club women will
no doubt read with interest Of what Felicie
Dean calls this orgy OF philanthropy"
The book ia written by Helen M. Winslow
and published by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard.
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Juveniles.

When tackling George Eliot's charac-
tiers a. Mr.. George Alfred Villa ms does
In Boys and Girls from George Eliot"
Dufield and Company he has a freer hand
In his bumanizing process than in the case
of Dickens. There are no pictorial associa-
tions with George Eliot's novels: nobody
n likely to become indignant If the features
drawn by artists OF genius who had som
mixing of the authors intention are smudged
out into fashion plate faces TO suit a gem
Grafton that has lost the understanding for
Dickens and tries 10 dilute his vigorous
fun with weak tea. Mr.. Williams's pic
lures of Maggie Tulliver and Eppie are
realistic portraits Of twentieth century
slum children. They may satisfy modern
readers of the novels, but they in no way
represent the authors conception. The
excerpts put together by Kate Dickinson
Sweetser follow a long established fashion;
apparently publishers n editors refuse
20 understand that descriptions of children
written for grownup people are not the
sort Of thing that healthy children care
for.
The rainbow and the spectroscope nave
long failed the perennial Mr.. Andrew Lang
An his search for color titles. This years
collection of fairy tales he calls The Orange
Fairy Book Macmillans). 1t is as attrac-
tive as it's seventeen predecessors, and
like tho others il chiefly the handiwork
Of Mrs. Lang Luckily fairy tales are
almost sxhaustless. and where IL Is neces-
nary TO repeat it In a simple matter TO turn
10 the traditions OF a Q nation, FOR they
all draw from the common stock. Mr..
II. J. Ford's illustrations, a. in former
-.--I- -NA1 A-1 or-
keep the youthful critic in mind.
Apparently Mr.. Hamilton Wright Mabie
IN ambitious 10 be regarded as the American
Andrew Lang. he appears as the prefacer
and introducer Of many volumes, and has
started In likewise " editor Of what may
% an interminable series Of books for the
younR. Two volumes come together from
Doubleday, Page and Company, Legends
Every Child Should Know" and Heroes
Every Child Should Kpow.' The reader
may have bis doubts as TO the obligatory
character o. some OF the selections in the
first Of these two books; he may wish the
Loreley legend explained in palmer terms
than Heine could use in his poem; but the
stories are all entertaining and not beyond
the grasp Of children. In his Herpes
Mr.. Mabie has a wide range Of selection
and IL more conservative in his choice,
though II. may require some mental effort
20 grasp the connection between Perseus
and Father Damien, or between Robin Hood
and Abraham Lincoln.
A lot OF sound, hearty children provide
tho proper sort Of fun in Marion Ames
TaRgnrt's 'Daddy's Daughters" Henry
Holt and Company One first class natural
xin excuses q slight touch Of snobbishness
IN the tone o. the hook. n makes mp to
certain degree for holding up an @sthetic
,BsakIing to the admiration Of children.
Tho d~iaipgenuous young vixen who 10 the
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Mr.. cnatneId Cnarneld-ra,rOr on MorIere.


Though, II written in French. the "Moliere:
A Biography" by Mr.. II. c.. STANDARDIZATION
with illustrations by JOB Dufield and Com
panyl. would hardly deserve mention, the
life Of the great French dramatist ia told in it
more fully than in any work we know in
English. The author has consulted many
OF the more accessible French authorities,
and their number il legion. 1t might have
been more satisfactory If he could have de-
cided for himself what was hypothetical
and what was established fact in Moliere's
life.
We have here a fairly satisfactory ac-
count OF his dramatic career. Far too
much space liz devoted to the guesses about
his early years; still more space il wasted
on a matter Of even less importance. but TO
which excessive attention has been given by
French writer's the ~parentage of Moiere's
wife, Armande Beiart. 1t seems TO have
been settled pretty definitely by the docu-
ments, but Mr.. Chatheld- Taylor, like the
French hiographers, seems bound to harp
on the nasty side Of the legend which has
been exploded.
The names Of many Of the plays are dis
figured 40 az to he almost unacceptable
by literal translations. This, the author
tells us, is in order 20 max the book legible
to persons who know no French. II does
not prevent him, however, from dragging
In plenty Of other French terms fully as
difficult in the course Of his narrative. IL
remains, nevertheless, the fullest biogr Apply
of Moliere that We nave come across in Eng
lish. and it contains many digressions,
which, however hackneyed in French, ave
not made their way as yet into literary his
tories in English.
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The Korea that will he evolved after
Japan gets through with managing the
country will certainly he different from
the land described in the Hermit Nation"
and -Chosun," and it was worth while for
Mr.. Homer r. Hubert, who has spent
twenty years there. TO write down the
story Of the nation he has known in The
Passing of Korea" doubleday, Page and
Company.
A good part az the largo volume 10 taken
I'D wi6h the history Of Korea, drawn from
an earlier book by the same author. More
space is devoted to the customs and man
ners OF the people, to the traditions and
the present conditions, II is 10 no regretted
that the author resents the present Jap
anese invasion. Whether justifable or not
IL gives a polemiCal ton To "A volume whose
chief value is in tho statement Of observed
facts that have nothing to do with the
future fate Of the Korean empire.
Thelarge photographs are extraordinarily
good and excuse the weight and the almost
uuaTto page Of the volume. This descrip-
ton Of independent Korea in extremis
must be considered by any one who treats
Of Affairs in the Far Fast.
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distinction. but the descriptions of the old
manor house, the dignity Of its capable
mistress, the old time relations between
the negroes and their owners, the Christmas
festivities and dinners, the heroism and
intense loyalty Of Southern women are
we'll portrayed. 1t is a phase Of life now van
ished forever, and Miss Seawell's account,
though Photographic rather than artistic
in treatment. gives an impression Of accu-
racy that renders il OF significant interest.
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red brown eyes and red gold hair is ire
.sistible. The Jews sayshe has seven devils
but l know personally that she has at least
seventy. II / could have prevailed upon her
l should ave brought her here TO this
Roman town, where her delightful devils
would nave a fair chance. However,
whether il was Of herself or OF her devils
-" / know not. but certainly l have
never been better entertained in my lifc-the
Greek girls know but these Orientals are"
Later in the volume il Is written: The
Nazarene completely bewitches the women;
they all lose their wits over him. But the
Lady OF Magdala has been hack in Jerlsa-
EN- quite & 'hIhe. Hod>AMnp AMk~ ehnH sHs
has taken In a new set Of devils livelier than
the first lot"
The book takes on q less fippant tone
-
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Art and Science.

A very serviceable history has been
written in the light Of the most recent in
~vcstigation by, Mr.. II. B. Walters Of the
British Museum in The Art Of the Greeks
Methuen and Company; Macmillans). Com
paratively little space ia devoted to origins.
but the general description OF the forms
taken nv Greek art will be found adequate.
The space given 20 architecture may seem
meaRrp, but from sculpture the author,
naturally, cannot get away 40 easily. He
gives a very good comprehensive view OF
its developments. From his previous book
il might be expected that he would lay
stress, as he does, or the fragments OF
painting and on pottery. Neither does
he neglect gems or coins. II ia IA good a
general survey az can be found in English.
While there is an uudouhted SCIENTIFIC
basis for the manner in which MIR. George
lies has arranged his Inventors at WORK
Doubledav, Page and Company, and
while his readers will follow him with at
tention up to a certain point, we fear that
his method leads 10 depression and ulti-
mately to a certain amount OF confusion. A
more definite explanation Of really impor-
tant inventions would he Of more service
thar the casual mention OF secondary
discoveries in the line of the system he has
devised. II is undeniable. however, that
he has put together in his volume a mass OF
extremely interesting information. Tho
pictures are numerous and helpful.
An attempt, and by no means an I'M
successful one, TO explain a mystery
that many people would like to know some
thing about is made by Mr.. Charles r..
Gibson in Electricity Of To-day CSeeley
and Company; j. r. Lippincott Company.
The explanation Of the electric motor seems
very clear, and Vhen the author undertakes
TO explain other matters he succeeds, but
only too often he assumes knowledge from
the familiarity OF the objects described.
The illustrations are generally Of little
use. How can any idea OF the motive
power he obtained from the picture OF the
exterior Of a trolley carr
The moment the Arab breed comes up
in books about horses the layman loses
his footing. 1t is clearly a matter of dispute
and sore feeling among horsemen, where
more Observance OF the laws of evidence
and less sentiment would be desirable.
Mr.. Spencer Borden has written THE Arab
Horse Doubleday, Page and Company,
which we are told ia -the only reliable book
on the subject, namely. the account Of the
pure blooded animal in America. Much
the greater part of the book is historicaland
based on the statements of Mr.. Wilfrid Sea-
wen Blunt. The account of American Arabs
Is too fragmentary to he Of Importance.
1t is conceivable that full pedigrees Of all
Arabs introduced into England and into
the United States. with their progeny, would
he of great value, m would supply in
formation OF much importance to breeders.
The casual and personal notes found here
hardly serve that purpose. however much
they testify to the uthoT's enthusiasm.
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A BrbIe story Not P~lsasInsIy RctOld.

In a series Of letter., modern in style
TO the verge Of irreverenoe, William Schuyler
has retold the story of the life and times Of
Jesus Christ in a book called Under Pontius
PLATE" Funk 4 Wagnalls Company. The
letters purport to have been written by the
nephew of Pontius PLATE in the year %
to his friend in Athens. Comparing the
sonorous beauty and dignity Of the New
Testament text with the following extract
relating to Mary Magdalene one is inclined
to regret that there n in America nothing TO
compare with the Russian censorship or
the Catholic Index" MARY Of Magdala
is her name-a woman Of really excellent
Jewish family, and even OF considerable
wealth. Her combination Of rose red lips,
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Miss Molly Elliott seawen's New Book

Miss Molly Elliott Seawells New Book.
The picturesque life Of an old Virginia
household in the famous days before the
war. when gentle ladies presided ~graciously
over well appointed establishments, when
hospitality was a part Of religion, and men
we're chivalrous and heroic. is reproduced
with dignity and sincerity in Molly Elliott
SeaweIl's new story The Victory" ID.
Appleton.)
II there IL little to distinguish the story
in originality Of plot or excellence Of style
there is some documentary value in this
new pTesentment Of the customs and man.
ners OF a period which mas formed the back
ground Of much fiction. The issues upon
which the plot is founded are at once too
remote to be vital, too near to be unfamiliar.
Two brothers in the family taking opposite
sides in the War Of the Rebellion. much
rorrow and tragedy ensue. Of which a ward
in the household, hastily welded to the
elder son. forms the storm centre and the
final peacemAker. Both brothers are killed
In battle. and the girl il ultimately united
with the man she has long loved in secret.
The story a narrative 10 feeble and lacks
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-29

Dunlap and Stetson hats for s5 at ClaysOn's. U
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OPEN WILL BLOWS UP WE FIX THEM
Frozen Clocks, Watches and
 Other Things Repaired

If this cold weather affects your clocks or watches, making them unreli- able as timepieces, or if for any other reason you require them regulated, cleaned or repaired, or if you have any repair work of any kind whatsoever to be done, remember that we are here to render you assistance. Our repair de- partment is SC ond to none in equip ment, our workmanship is the most skilled of all.
 If your eyes trouble you come to us and be troubled no more.
 Watches, clocks, all kinds of jewelry cut glass, Chinaware, novelties, souV- enirs of the best grades and at the best best prices, are displayediu great quan- titles at our store.
 J. IKUTA,
 Jeweler and Optician.
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GIVE NAMES
Ofieial List of FOrtymile
 SCOW Wreck

The following are the names of the unfortunate men who went down in the Ice jam at CliT creek, October 26, near Forty mile, below D.wson:
 James W. Sullivan, from Mazepps, Minnesota, single, also has brother st Fairbanks: Benjamin F. Sinclair, Daw- son, leaves wife and three children; John P. Lung, single, native of Norway, has brother oL Bonsnza; Charles Au- gust Johnson, single, German, has brother in eastern Oregon; Ernest Trelswuey, single, Englishman, rela- lives in London and friends in Colyille, Washington; Richard Noakes, English man, was from London; su American, single, whose name will be given out later on.
 When this wreck was st first report ed the names of two men only were cer- tainly known, Sullivan and Sinclair. Chief Detective WeIch began working on the case. He has given out seven Of the names oi ,he eight men known to have been C. Le raft, but one he can not diyulge D; 7 9 present time, beyond saying the n, r s an American and that for certain rCaSol s he cannot at present permit his name to be made public. He says the man is not well known in Dawson.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-29

Earl & Wilson collars and cuffs at Clsyson's u
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sslt herrlug for sale. Per barrel, sS Inquire of Martin Nelson.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-29
WEAK KIDNEYS
 MAKE WEAK BODIES
Kidney Dissasss Cause Half the Common Aches and uls of AlaskR
 People

As oae weak link wsskens a chain, so weak kidneys weaken the whole body and hasten the final breaKing-down.
 Overwork, strains, cold and other causes iDiure the kidneys, and when the activity is lesseued the whole body suffers from the excess of uric poison circulated in the blood.
 Aches and pains and languor and urinary ills Come- an6 there is an ever incr casing tendency towards diabetes and fatal Bright's disease, There IS DO real help for the sufferer except kidney help. the kidneys aud cure every kidney Ill.
 Mrs. O. D. Rue, of 2Tl0 lst Ave, Seattle wash, s ys: "lf Doan's Kidney Pills had not greatly benefited me l would not consent to publicly recom- rneud them I feel it my duty to tell others of this wonderfuls remedy be- cause for five years have suffered from irregularities of the Ri iineys which were particularly annoying when l caught cold. My back pained me severe Iy ard my suffering was increased If l did any work about the house or strain ed in any manner. I used plasters and consulted physicians but the benefit l obtained was not permanent. l read about Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a box. The first box did me so much good I procured a second, and it only required three boxes to remove the trouble. I have recommended this re- medy to friends who report the most beneficial results from its use.'
 Forsale by all dealers. Price 50 cents Foster-NIilburn Co, Buffalo, New York sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-ano take DO other.
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SAMSON AT WORK
 ON THE PORTLAND

The Alaska Steamship Company $ Puget Sound freighter, Samson, is at Spire rock, near Eetchikan, working on the Portland. She is in charge of the uuderwriters and has a crew of 20 men on board. IL is the purpose to save the Portland if that be possible. Other wise she will be wrecked ard every thing saved that Is possible.