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GOOD BOOKS no READ.
The Ideas of an Accomplished and Alert
Librarian.

To TIE ErToR or THE Sun str: A hlgh school
graduate wrote recently from White Plains ask
ing, through the columns OF your paper. for = short
list Of books on history and biog raphy and for the
titles OF a few novels. Your correspondent says:
Il wish to read with a view to improving my gen
eral knowledge. so that ! will be able to write and
converse more freely"
IL is always dinlcuit to answer such a request
when one does not know the sex or the background
OF culture OF the writer. II the student he ignorant
of good literature and needs TO read to acquire a
taste we would recommend that he read first a
chapter or two In each OF all the books given below.
In this way he will discover his own taste. Let him
then follow II and read much, very much. of the
things he likes.
In American history John Fiske's Beginnings Of
New England, = Discovery of America" and Old
Virginia and Her Neighbors" are not only good
but readable.
For American government and politics. n the
student will read the opening chapter of James
Bryce's American Commonwealth" he may md
himself enticed TO read the whole OF the best book
on the subject.
can afford to neglect Edward Gibbons Decline
and Fall OF the Roman Empire" goes so far as TO
call II the one work of historical
writing" The student may we'll try the FIRST three
chapters In the nrst volume. which describe the
prosperous condition OF the empire before the
beginning OF its decline.
Justin McCarthy's Reign OF Queen Anne" The
Four Georges" and History OF Our Own Times"
are all enjoyable, and in reading them the student
will find himself on a footing of Intimacy with the
noted people of modern England.
Francis Parkmsn's works are delightful and non-
ulsr. The student might try THE Oregon TRAM
nrst.
Having tried a chap,er or two In each n, the boou.
I have named he may have decided he needs a
simpler Introduction TO historical reading. Then
let him start with some of the works written nv
Eva NJ. Tsppan for Young folks. Take her "Story
OF Alfred the Great" or Young Pconle.. uIs.
tory OF England" or STORY of Queen Elizshe,h "
As to biographies, I dare 10 James
Bosvells Life OF DR. Samuel johnson " Ionv a. \,
is. II ia often called IN. hest b,ogrsnbv .vsr w,,,
ten, and our student should be familiar with A xrrst
model In this line. Its pages reveal the PERSONAL :.
lies ot on. n, the s,rongcs, men a, nj. -. - -.
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CharI.a the Long ana Othsr..

To THE EDITOR or TIE uN-Sfr a great sound
as Of one bowling in a wilderness OF butiermilk
bursts In upon me. Your correspondent Mr.. II.
Y. Miller OF Msmaroneck. thus:
Il might also state that the Fairbanks engine
has no connection with the Vice President OF ouI
country. he being Of a different family from the
Fairbanks company, who were originally scale
people"
Originally scale people," Hal" quoth panurge,
"Methinks we had him there!" Scale people, for
soothl Flshlike. perchsnce' slippery. egsd' Cold
blooded. mayhapl Nay. say not sol
On second thought, maybe, like the one Jules
ST. Ango almost caught, he was a 50 long one
and he held out his arms thusl
Except in so far as the longest one never was
landed. far be II from me TO think the Fairbanks
Of the non Intoxicating Juice of butter was ever OF
the scale people" II. p.
WILMINGTON, Del. July 30.
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Building OF Petri ned Wood.

Glen UHtn correspondence Minned polls journal
A building AZ New England. Hettlneer county
". D., is made OF petrined wood. The building
belongs IN Charles Mead. a rancher. II waA con
structed for a residence but Is no longer used for
that purpose. II has been used for a private school
the last year. II stands on the edge OF A blum az
the foot Of which runs the Cannonball River The
various colors OF the petrlned wood glisten in m.
sunshine The wall Is left unpointed thus exposing
the uneven projecting specimens OF IN. wood ,ha,
have become. through natures mysterious lnnu-
ence, beautiful stones.
Here and there scattered over a wide are. on IN.
Missouri slope are groups OF specimens, usualIv
one or two wagonloads In a place. But there ia ,
neld IN the western part OF Hettlnger county where
these petrifactlons are thick over two or ,hre.
acres.
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4 Great Early Egyptian Advertiser,

Even in the memories Of the frivolous
fingers n great Egyptian name besides
the general one of PHARAOH. Who has
not heard the simple jingle:
g In the days Of old RAMHsEs
This story had psresls,
This story went 10 pieces"
RAMEsEs or RAMsEs III. was the orig
inal man who claimed everything. F"
His habit Of cutting out the names Of his
predecessors and inserting his own on
public monuments is we'll known. He
has come down to us as a mighty builder,
a conqueror, an especially majestic god
and King Sun, the LOUIS XIV. of Egypt,
save that the Great Monarch was but a
pygmy in comparison.
In yesterdays Sun an Psychologist
asserted that RAMsEs III. was "a fraud, 3"
mo great in any way; and that he had
the notion of causing his name to be
inscribed on every temple, statue and
monument that he imagined would stand
the test of time"
This, as We have said, is no new charge,
and we cannot believe that any or all
of the assaults of iconoclastic explorers
upon this truly Exalted Parsonage
mount TO a hill of beans. He vas a
born advertiser. He had a genius for
advertising. Luxor and Karnak, Mem
phis and Abu Simbel, Bubustis, Abydos,
the Ramesseum, and we don't know how
many other memorable temples and
edifces bear his name. If he was a
fraud he carried it off splendidly and
triumphantly for more than two thou
sand years. Advertising pays. The
bashful man grows no laurels.
Not great in any way? Why. Profess
sor NAvILLE admits that the mans van
ity was colossal" Unroll those mummy
cloths of time and how natural, how
contemporary the old fellow looks.
His vanity was colossal. He did not
care whose name was erased" so long
as his was put in its place. Other
people might build temples and n
of sphinxes and platforms on the Nile.
Your Uncle RAMMY didn't care who paid
the freight, so long as his was the legend
and superscription on everything notable
done or built. He was a warrior, for a
time in personal danger, a kindly CYCLIC
pedia tells us; his exploits y y /"
form the theme of the so-called poem of
PENTAUR. in which they are celebrated
with gross exaggeration." So, by the
banks of Nilus early JAKE Rises and
ALBERT SHAws and JIMMY GARFIELDs
were spelling pspyrus in honor Of the
great man. He arranged" continues
Professor NAvILLE, that posterity
should take him at his own valuation. "
A hard job, even if one writes memoirs,
but RAMsEs carried his point.
A fraud? No, a most successful char
acter; a pattern to rulers who love to he
well thought on; and one Of the best adj
vertisers that ever sat on a throne.
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A Refnrmer,x EInI.h

To rHR EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. Rrins'rH-
Bul has been expelled from the Rattlcsnakc Reform
League for posting the following notice on 80,
walls OF MS resort Motifs 10 Noble Goodies. C;cll
outy'
Our league long ago decided that Molly should
be spelled N -oll.y," not Noble" Hence 80
action or the league In e1pelling Birthstone b..
THE SUNS despatch concerning the shoot.ns -
Tarantula Tom was inaccurate. lie was shot 'or
photographic and philologic lapses. which l4s
league long ago denounced as heretIcal.
SEcRETARr.
RArrLEsNAKE RIDGE. Ar,z,, July Is.
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commands

At the festival of Clan Fairbanks in Ded-
ham the longest Fairbanks in the world
said hat the one thing of which he was
was the comparative absence OF the ey-
tremes Of wealth or poverty" Thus it seems
that all the American Fairbankses since
migrating JONATHAN left beef and pudding
in 1895 have had the characteristics of
CHARLES WARREN. Except in height he
10 the most moderate Of men. not too"
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The Texas cotton growers who have
innocently formed the Farmers Union for
recreation and other purposes are holding
out for Is cent cotton" We're they not
farmers they would be pursued sternly az
a combination to put up prices. Texas
abominates trusts unspeakably II they are
not composed OF farmers. The tiller OF the
soil a cultivate trusts and raise prices.
No special privileges. except to farmers.
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OF course the story that Mayor McCLEL-
Lam intended to resign was n pure inver-
ton. How could he keep up his hght
against a recount IL he were 10 retire in
favor of Mr.. MCGOWAN? No one can accuse
the Mayor Of being a gutter in this battle
OF the courts.
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He Secretary TArrl has already made his Views
plain on tarlf revision, but may declare his position
anew and briefly, He favors an immediate re
vision OF the Dingley rates. Despatch from Wash
tn0fon.
Great Scott! That is one of the issues
which Mr.. BRYAN has lately added TO his
repertory. Are Republican candidates to
leave him yoiceless?
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Frse Huhnc CtiIitiea

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sfr, Why all
these complaints against our transportation ser
vices, Free rides are the order OF the day on sur
face cars. So far as my observation goes not less
than rs per cent. travel for nothing In this nne warm
weather. AN ENoLIsHAAN.
NEW YORK. Juiy 81,
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anything. q happy medium, Just right"
like certain coffee In the Park row beaneries.
Just conservative enough. Just radical
enough. Safe a. the old family horse.
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Dark word. From a City OF L,xb,.

To TIE EDITOR or TEE SuN-Sir, This continu.
Gus vaudeville podsnappery in this province IL
growing tiresome. It's rather too much like one
OF the Veneerings dinners. Ware the Good Mixer
Fairbsnksi You may yet have him rammcd down
your throat L. NOBLE,
BosToN, July ~.
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Mr.. Fairbanks Is very careful how his hair IN
arranged. As he waited on the steps OF Young
for his carriap, he repeatedly raised his ha, and
snioothed his hair. There was 4 slight mlxup on
the carriage arrangements. but he appeared 20 be
as unrur1ed as though II was an everyday hap
penLng.
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Paris once. 81 Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily and
sunday editions are on sale At KioSque IL, near the
Grand Hotel. kiosque n. Boulevard des Capucines.
corner Place de Iiopers, and KiosQue 10. Boulevard
des Italiens. corner Rue Louis le Grand,
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Doubtless the Hon. WILLIAM d. HAYWOOD.
the eminent Western philanthropist, has
received with a peculiar satisfaction the
congratulations OF the brotherhood Of
butchers.
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sssseriptlous by MaiI. Postpaid.

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Manhattan. New York. President and Treasurer
of the Association. william NJ. Lsran. 40 Nassau
street: Secretary Of the Association. Franklin
Bartlett, 3 Nassau street.
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n ovy friends uho raror US nth manuscripts for
publication u,Sh 10 hare retsetsd articles returned they
must IN oil cases send stamps for mat purpose.
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To continue the rectification it is per-
haps worth saying that Mr.. Milton d, Purdy's
Office in the Department of Justice is nop
that Of an -Assietant-Attoney General"
as stated by Mr.. Pleydell. but that Of AS
sistant to the Attorneys General" which is
another and quite a different thing in that
particular hierarchy.
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At the women's Political Education L,sx,.
stella--The' Government is going TO proceed
against the powder trust. 1900
using IL "
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The COufusio on OF Purdys.

To TIE EDITOR or TIL SUS-Sir; In your
editorials on the Governments plan 10 have
receivers appointed for the trusts you have
alluded frequently to it's author simply as
Mr.. Purdy." The expected has happened
and one Of your contemporaries refers to the
observation-disclosures General in question as
Lawson Purdy."
win you not help TO prevent further con-
fusion by specifying in future editorials that
the gentleman in the Department Of Justice
who is credited with originating the aiore-
said brilliant trust busting scheme is Milton
y. Purdy? There Ia only one Lawson Purdy
in public life. the head Of our city tax de-
partment. who has some reputation as an
economist. A. G. PLEYDELL.
NEW YoRK, July 81.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

| SICKNESS
Africa. It occurs mainly among ne
| groes. is regarded as infectious and is
considered fatal, generally speaking
! There is at first a Discrimination to
| work or move about. This is followed
by headache, pains, especially in the
chest; dizziness, slownesS in answering
questions. mumbling and a shuf11ing
gait. The patient becomes drowsy and
lethargic. takes to his bed, coma ap-
pears and death occurs from convul-
sions or starvation, the disease usual
~ lasting from four to eight months
| Investigations -have shown that it is
caused by a parasite which enters the
blood and the cerebro spinal fluid and
is usually transmitted from the sick
to the healthy by a variety of the
tsetse fly. Cases of the disease usually
occur where the natives live on low
sWampy ground or near the water
edge in huts surrounded by bana.:s
plants or forest growth.
Though he is now approaching OH
age, Professor Koch is still vigorousl..
He was born in Klausthal, Hanover
in 1913 \ man who at siXty-four can
withstand the hardships Of life in cen
trail Africa, among natives who know
nothing of the comforts and con
veniences of modern civilization, must
have preserved his physical powers
with care and intelligence This DR.
Koch has done.
This is not the first time he has been
in Africa. Several years ago he spen.
many months in Rhodesia, where. IN
der the auspices of the Chartered CON,
pany, he investigated the best methods
Of combating the diseases prevalent
among cattle and horses He proved
that the cattle ravaging disease known
in Africa as coast fever and strongly
resembling that called in America Tex
as fever was due to a fever bacil,u
in the blood Of diseased animals and
was able to settle on a system Of incc
ulation which had most satisfactory
results. 1t is twenty-five years since
Dr. Koch succeeded in his efforts tn
isolate the bacillus of tuberculosis, and
year later he discovered the micro,..
Of cholera. 1t was in 1890 that h.
made the first announcement reSpar:
ing his discovery of a serum intenl.nl
to arrest the action Of tuberculosis anT
effect the cure Of the disease ~:
though this did not fulfill expectations
as a consumption cure, DR. Koch's
Investigations and experiments havp.
rs whole. teen of great aid to ply
siciaus III the treatment of tubercu.u-
us
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

cellor over the house of lords. To
earn this money about all he has to do
Is to sit on the woOlsack-which is
not Il wool sack at ali. but a scarlet
topped. uncomfortable seat-and wear
a Sumptuous robe and Il wig that comes
down over his shoulders and efect.lal
ly keeps the flies from browsing on
his lorGiSlip's pate. Among his titles
is that of keeper of the kings con
science" an Inheritance from mediae
val days. when the lord chancellor was
supposed to be an eccleSiaStic and have
the spiritual well being of the SOW
ereign in special charge. The lord
chancellor has enough trouble now
adays in seeing to his own conscience
crt. who has a more active one than
some of his predecessors pOsSeSse !:
He controls a great deal of patronage
in the way Of judgeships, and his i'm
mediate predecessor was a believer il
the doctrine that to the victor belong
the spGilS. In consequence lie filed
the courts is far as he could with
Tory Judges. Liberals are now clam
oring fer a share OF these positions,
but the present lord chancellor does
not think that politics should influence
him in the matter of such appoint
ments.
ST. Robert. though he holds a posi-
ton intrenched behind conservative
traditions. is himself somewhat of =
radical. He espoused progressive poll
cies as Il member Of the house of com
mons. He was born in Dumfries, Scot
land. in 1916 and won honors as stu
sent to parliament in 1856. became at
tOrney general In 1894, was knighted
in 1899 and was made lord chancellor
I'm 1905.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06
Dropped the n.

Yes said Hawkins. who had re-
Gently bought some old silver at auc
ton, "this is the old Hawkins farli..,
plate"
"1ndeed:' said the observant guest
But surely this is an y engraved up
on it,
rs it: DERIVES. of course. The
original HawEinses We're English. yot,
know. Standard and Tim
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

Of the Lake Snora road at Cleve ian |
He was the youn=e t OF five childre
Of making his own way in the wor.
He rose to be brakeman, conducto
telegraph operator. train dispatcher. &.
vision superintendent and general s,
perintendent OF the Lake Shoe ~
it WAS in 1900 that he became gene Il
manager of the New York Centrai. II.
Is married AMI lives at White pian
n Y.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

the mead has re
Gently accompii> h
ed much by way Of
Influencing $ ia e
lie eiS.ation Oh this
S.bject. An exam
pie OF the success
OF its work is Geor-
ga, which has late
ily passed into the
ranks OF prohibit
ton states. Mrs.
Bauder is an el0-
Quent champion of
temperance. and
1.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

Gates that the work on the capitol was
up to specifications.
The charges against the officials and
contractors connected with the build
ing of the $13,00O,O0O capitol have ex-
cited great interest. and the trial of the
accused men. scheduled to occur in De
cember, is sure to attract national at
tention.
General Charles Henry Grosvenor
was at the White House one time ard
when he came out he delivered little
lecture on the folly of thinking the
American people cannot elect Presi
dent Roosevelt again if they want to.
why not" asked the general. why
shouldn't he have third term if they
want him? This talk about third
terms and fourth terms is all nonsense
A man should have as many terms as
the people want him to have
THAT explains why you were not re-
nominated, doesn't it, general?" asked
a bystander
Whereupon General Grosvenor NUT
tered grufi1y into his beard
When the Pope Manufacturing com
pany, famous for its bicycles and AUTO
mobiles, failed short time ago Cap
tain Albert l.. Pope, son of the founder
of the institution, was appointed tenn
porary receiver. Captain Pope has Of
ten been described as a chip of the
old block He hears his fa thar'S i,ct
name and wears, like the elder Pope.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06
Curing the
Sleeping Sickness

~ REAT interest has He,':l ;i;-J;:5e,.
~ i'll the scientific wo..1 ~ TIE
ND reports FROM Alr:5.! o.. tn
work done thern 81, IL iio-rr.
Koch i'll the cure OF the sleeping = :.
ness. 1t would seem tat lie .:)t-,.
German bacteriol0g.,t N discovering !:
cure for this Strang disease has add,
ell 70 his many professional ti'!u:Gpl>
ona more important achievement i, j.
about eighteen months since tile els
coverer of the bari!li Of Tuberculosis
and cholera left Berlin for central if-
RIGA on his latest mission. Letters
from him dated at Sese. near En-
tebbe. I ganda We're recently received
in Berlin. i'll which some of the results
of his Investigations and eXper:. cntS
were recounted. 1t is reported that M
tive messengers from the S,lltanate 0.
ksi!a, about POO miles south of Sese.
III German territory, implorcd the
great white Wizarl' t. come and cure
their dying relatives Accompanied b"
brS. kudickc and Feldmanl. Profess
or Koch travelled i'll native boats to
Bullaba and thence by caravan inland
10 the village of kiGaraIall;. consist;
Ing OF about 4 thousand hUt5. Here
the natives gave tAe German physi-
cianS Il great welcome, erecting hut,
for their accommodation and sending
the good news of their arrival to all
the neighhorin@ villages Within Il few
days POO sufferers were brought to the
hospital which the scientists construct
ed and equipped. They received mice
tons of atoXyl, the lymph devised b.
Dr. Koch for the treatment of tn
sleeping sickness after months Of
study and experiment in its cure. The
professor and his assistants treated
about 400 patients at K:garanana ana
then went to the Shirati region. where
about seventy cases were treated. Dr.
Koch's fame spread through all cen
trail Africa.
The sleeping sickness is a malady
peculiar to Africa, especially western
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

a military title. The
father, Colonel AL
bert A. Pope, was Il
gallant soldier III
the civil war AM
WIS brevetted fnl
courage on the bat
tleieid. He intro
duced the . bicycle
manufacturing In.
dustry into the
United Sta ties In
1878 and founded
the Wheelman, aft
erward abso rbed In
Outing. in til lie inter
est Of bicycling 4;
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06
MISS FREDERICK MORGAN.

One of the Prettiest Girls Of the
Younger Society Set at Washiagto::.
One of the prettiest Of the buds OF
last season at the national capital wa
Frederick Morgan. daughter of Mr. {.
Mrs. Edward Morgan, who are proNi-
nent in the summer colony at L.. ",
Mass. The report that she was en-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

" sport. Gle did
much to promote the movement for
good roads, and when the automobile
came along his company embarked in
the manufacture of the horseless car
rage. The colonel brought up his son
ALBERT, now known as the captain so
that he might have thorough under
standing of the making of bicycles and
motor vehicles. Captain Pope was
born in Newton, Mass. in 1872 H.
1884 he was appointed manager Of the
Boston branch of his fathers com
pany Previous to that time he had
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

ings of Pennsylva-
MIA, is one of the
men whose names
figure in the Key
stone State capito!
graft investigate
1t was his office to
receipt for supple ;,
and he is accused OF
Ia wing failed to au-
dit bills properly.
It is also charged
that he was remiss
in his duty in ac-
cepting from Archi-
tect Huston certif-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

has been the cause
Of accidents and OF
serious Interrupt
tons to service. NJ.
Smith has a repu
tatiOn as a man
ager of unusual en-
ergy and capacity
He VIII his wa
upward from TIT
humble post of 0.
flee boy. He j.
Il bout forty thr> {
years old and abo-.:
thirty years as
vas earning 81 :;
week in tho oH;e.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06

spent many months in the factories at
Hartford familiarizing himself with
all the details of bicycle construction
For some time previous to the failure
Of the company he was a leading fac
tor i'll the Engagement of its extensive
business.
Mrs. Emma Pow Bauder, chairman
OF the Woman's Prohibition club Of
America, is one of the most energetic.
workers of her sex in behalf of silnp-
tufry laws. The club Of which Sh<, i
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06
People Of
Prominence.
NAMES W. Y AN
IrJI, YIN 80 g.,

- CLEAVE Of ST.
Louis, who fig
ures in the contrp-
vcrsy between Ike
American Fedora
ton of La Dor and
the National ASSo-
citation of MaWli,ac-
turerS. is president
of the latter organi-
cation. 1t has filed
Il suit in the United
States supreme court
against the Fedora
ton of Labor with