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venient material for mystery and horror
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venient material for mystery n horror
to writer's Of fiction?
Entertaining and amusing Is Mr.. Henry
Kitchell Webster's "A King in Khaki
(Appletons). The title is unfortunate
for it gives no idea Of the story. This
deals chiefly with the struggles Of a vir-
tuous young administrator against the
eforts Of a c~onscienceless millionaire
70 cheat the stockholders Of a company
Of hat is due to them. The scene. how
ever, is placed for the greater part In
an island of the Guiana coast, and the
incidents, how ever improbable, are highly
dramatic. The actions Of the heroine
i'll engage the readers fancy. and even
II he must deem them Illogical he will
care little so long as she is sure to marry
the hero. II the rich men OF contem-
porary fiction are dreadful persons, at
any rate their charming daughters make
up for them.
II is a story OF the hunt for hidden
treasure in a Pacific island that Mr.. Will
lam Wallace Cook tells In "A Quarter
to Four "a. ". Dillingham; Company.
1t Is naturally exciting in a way and re-
tains the readers interest. No serious
hindrances interfere with the finding
of the treasure. end the various misad-
ventures which the hero meets with
seem due to his own carelessness. His
~leniency TO the chief villain is inexplica-
BILE as well as costly. and the author is
equally lenient at the end. The literary
quality Of the book is very slight.
There is a story in every T. 81 the
sixteen tales that Mr.. Robert Aitken tells
in Beyond the Skyline (B. W. Huebscb,
New York; il the reader has the patience
to read them. The point. how ever. is
obscured by the authors effort to he
impressionistic and emphatic, and oc-
c~asionally he deviates rather disastrously
into humor. Tho result is a marked
sense Of artiaciality which arouses regret
for stories that would have been good
il told With sincerity.
Two more "novelized" plays come to
lis with a new characteristic. In THE
Merry Widow &c. W. Dillingham; Com
pany) and The Gentleman From Mis-
sissippi' q. S. Ogilvie Publishing Com
pany. New York; no authors name ap-
pears. but instead those Of the managers
who launched the plays. This is as it
should be, for such books lack all literary
qualities and rise little above tho level
of books OF the play" The latter book
especially is an example Of p~erfunctory
dulness,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
Sanle New Fiction.

An exciting and very readable mystery
tale has been built up by Mr.. Oliver Cabot
in THE Man Without a Shadow apple
tons) on tho theme Of the loss Of on
sciousness from a blow. II may be that
medical science may find flaw with the
successive steps In the hero's discovery
Of his real identity and it Is likely hat
the experienced reader Of fiction may
regard the condolences as OF too frequent
occurrence. but for the purposes of this
story science and adventure seem to be
used in the right proportions. The reader
will feel sympathy for the hero in his
adventures. he will admire the heroine.
he will be pleased that the villains are
foiled in their efforts. The possibilities
are observed throughout. at any rate,
and though the story depends on speed
for its attraction. the author has had the
unusual taste to use good English.
No favorable view OF China will be
derived from MIR. Henry Miner Rideout's
Dragon Blood (Houghton Mif1in Com.
pany), 1t opens with plague and ends in
instruction and massacre, and the Chi
nese are represented as wholly undesirable
persons. There is much grim realism
in the story, but the reader will be in
terested in the loves and the exploits OF
the young mon and young women who
are involved and in ths various curious
characters that the author describes with
much vividness. Perhaps in fact the East
may not be 40 inscrutable as the writers
of romancs choose TO make it and the
Chinatowns OF San Francisco and New
York not 90 fathomless as the seek ,rs
for Bohemia imagine, but why ina'ire
into that when they present such oon-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01

from his horse. But she made him 60 on
10 tho Law y King Francis she said
With a courtesy. must do no wrong.
Here Is a fower-a horrible one, 1t Is true,
hut the only one l have. Wear 1t. and 60
10 the law yer men and think Of me Per-
haps-.h his evening"" May l come he
said, -early?" 1t occurred TO us at this
noint that Ravenel needed armor TO go
along with his aggressive equipment.
We had positively no fears for Katrine.
Another doubt assailed us when we
csme to the words, italicized in the book:
NO great artistic success ever came to
sny woman that had not its root in a dead
1--we We had often heard this. but
reyer felt ourselves obliged to believe It.
We we're aware, however. that too fire.
ouently this opinion had been the prelude
10 something very lingering and melan-
choly and wearing To u Joy we u
that such was not the case here. Katrine
preparing herself with the renowned
losef in Peris to set the worlds opera
houses in a tremble remained a delightful
u1rl. and 80 far as the narrative Is con
1erned she was not a mortally long time at
the preliminaries.
We we're glad that the story after
separating Ravenel and Katrine and on
removing itself from the idyllio North
Carolina scene did not insist upon pro-
ceeding into that dark and fatal bog, SO
dear to SO many conscientious writer's
Of tales, a logical conclusion Why,
indeed, should a girl turn from Joy in
order to sing ~sorrowfully. from high E
downward in a Shower Of chromatics
to lower g. in ST. Petersburg? Fortunate
the girl if her sense of humor can ave
her. Besides, Katrine did not need the
money that is in this pr~eposterous bust
ness. A sane and lovely person Katrine,
and a story well worth while
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
The Hand-M Made
Gentleman
By Ebmg BacheNer

Do you know that the Ioth
of February, 1868, marked a
fearful crisis in the history Of
this Republic-that one of the
great battles of peace, involving
the cause of human progress
itself, was fought that day! 1t
was a battle between bandits and
builders. The latter had the
greater Captain and he won.
Who was he? Read The Hand,
MAZE Gentleman and learn Of
this thrilling battle, which is only
an incident in d big, absorbing
story of American business life
"A story Of youth and its loves
and dreams and hazards. It
tells of the building Of the
modern pyramids Do you
know what they are! 1t will
be worth your while to know
ko1p it was done and to see the
great work going on. You will
be amused and stimulated by
the reading of this book.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
The Planter
Bv Herman Whitaker

A young man from Maine,
where the Commandments still
hold, finds himself in the
Tropics. Here all his harder
virtues are set upon by the hot
winds that blow, by quick gusts
of passion, by emotions all new
and overpowering. Here even
"the lascivious stars" are against
him. 1t is the story of a naked
soul struggling in the toll of
compelling emotion-with all
the impulses toward soft wrong
doing dragging at him. !
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01

! aG ccnp nn5a tn. JoI!isst Novel \ sG eomp ya,d
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
A Very Strange Story Of the sc..

We hope we shall be able to sleep
after reading Gertrude Kings story OF
"The Landlu bbers" doubleday, Page Il
Company. Here was a young school
teacher from Illinois who saved up 81, 900
in the oourse Of six laborious years and
set out 70 see Europe.
What should she do soon after the ship
sailed but confide three-quarters OF her
entire store Of money to o lady from
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01

such utter employment Of detail. is quite
proper. Realism should be tempered
by mercy.
A pleasant part Of the story relates
to the discovery by Priscilla's father.
who resembled Emerson, Of a way to
obtain electricity from coke. We should
think that if the coke we're fired under
a boiler and the resulting steam applied
to a dynamo the thing could be done.
We liked the story. 1t is as thorough
as 900 pages could make it; it has a natural
and unembarrassed manner; it favors
the world with some new old Chippen-
dale. aud it is abundantiy interesting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
The Rubaiyat
OF Bridge
BY Carolyn Wells

One Of those joyous little
ideas-the trump of the season.
Each of the pictures fills a page
and there is a delicious verse
for each. May Wilson Preston
painted the pictures, which re-
veal delightful and harmless
burlesques of bridge players in
characteristic attitudes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
IKatrine
By Elmo, Mccarthy Lane

In "Katrine" a new heroine
has come into her own, the
most beautiful and compelling
figure that the author has given
us. The romance opens amid
historic surroundings in North
Carolina, where Francis Ravenel
meets Katrine and idyllie scenes
pass before the reader among
the roses of the South. The
action changes to Paris and an
atmosphere of art and intrigue,
and again to New York, with
the echoes Of a great business
battle in the background. 1t is
a great romance that Mrs. Lane
has presented, a man awakened
to realities by a woman's power,
but most Of all the romance not
only of a woman's triumph but
of an all conquering love.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
An Engls h
Home
By Cry du Maurfer

All the thrill and patriotic
impulse Of this remarkable play
are retained in the book. Here
the reader will find the living
scenes of actual invasion-the
struggle with a foreign army Of
devastation - the play which
aroused all England in a day and
rallied thousands to her recruit
ing stations. Brilliant satire and
humor also.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
DEALS IN JERSEY CITY.
Investors Want to Buy Sites IN Sam
NIT 4Uenue District

Tiers has been marked Improvement in the
realty market Of Jersey City. and the sales are
4~f IN advance Of the total Of year ago Invest
0's now are endeavoring to buy property adjacent
70 tne Summit avenue station Of the Hudson &
manhattan Railway Company, II is anticipated
lhaf with the opening Of the line there will be a
spirited boom on the Heights. Owners asking
good price for their holdings.
there have been comparatively few conveyances.
Dut II Is reported however, that numerous options
nave been given. The building is not brisk. and IL
s chiefly cosey dwelling houses or two-family
houses that being erected In the vicinity OF the
ne" county park which extends from West Side
avenue to the Hackensack River, and which will
result IN the opening of number of streets TO
Iae river and the development OF the Hackensack
water front. Tha agents who make specially OF
factory property on the low lands report the in
ocauons are brighter and that there have been
soodly number OF sales Of land for factory sites
On the tract west Of the Heights and that satsfac
tory prices have been obtained The dealers
sanguine, and predict that realty trading will be
AVely as the tunnels opened and Jer
sey City is linked to Manhattan
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
ORANGE An IDEAL TOWN.
1t Occupies a High Tract Of Land
Vest of NezCdrk.

Occupying a high and large tract Of land five
miles west Of Newark is the charming residential
town of Orange. 1t has long been noted for its
heathfulness and a popular residential place
with large numbers of persons whose daily work
takes them to the greater city. Nearly the whole
of this entire high class residential region plainly
reflects the painstaking efforts which have been
made to conserve the natural advantages OF the
territory as a home community for persons who
love to live land with high altitude and where
bracing dry air n feature OF its rural charms.
It has splendid transportation facilities. both FOR
passenger and freight service. being on two trunk
lines of railway, namely the Lackawanna and the
Erie It is also easily reached from the business
heart of New York by journey by ferry and then
by trolley from the Jersey shore.
This vigorous residential region VIII In rev
wears be virtually within the tunnel zone OF the
Hudson & Manhattan Railway Company, as the
westerly terminal OF that road will be in the hear1
Of Newark and from that terminal station TO the
centre of orange is only short ride by trolley or
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
IN IDEAL HOME TOWN
PasSaic Is Also Noted for Its Large
Industrial Centres.

A town with many fine residential features is
Passaic with a population of about forty thousand
II is about twelve miles from this city on the
Erie the New York, Susquehanna & western ana
the Boonton branch of the Lackawanna raliroaos.
Its principal residential sections have well paved
streets which are kept In excellent order, ana
many modern city convenences Its water system
is modern.
1t is also noted fer its many public schools rang
ing from kindergartens 10 high schools; It's in
st{tutions of learning under private management
its numerous churches. its public library ana It's
banking and retail shopping centres.
II has large manufacturing zones which Iurh4sh
employment to many thousand skilled working
- and women Among the manufacturing
esta abIishments there are Acheson, Harden q Co.
employing over one thousand persons IN manu-
featuring handkerchiefs; the Alexander SILK Mills
the American Cigar Company, the American Conh-
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
4 PLACE OF FINE VILL4S.
Is Crawford, an Union County, n. j.,
II Miles from This City.

An ideal residential town on the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey, seventeen miles from Man
haitian Island, is Crawford 1t is truly a place Of
fine villas with many acres Of land having garden
effects with well shaded streets and public high
ways which appeal especially to automobilsts.
It's train service TO and from this city is excellent
inward of twenty-five trains in both directions
comprising its daily schedule OF train service.
The town has many city improvements, includ-
ing a good sewer service an A No water sys-
tenn big electric light and power plant. large
public schools, and churches of various denomina-
tions Trolley lines connect it with Planleld
Bound Brook Somerville and New Brunswick on
tha west and Fanwood. Roselle. Elizabeth and
Newark on the east. Prospective home seekers
will undoubtedly be well repaid by inspecting the
MANY natural and artificial charms Of the town
before selecting a place for suburban home
Crawford has progressive Boaro of Trade. which
fully realizes that within the township large
tracts Of land most suitable for manufacturing es-
tablishuents and the board is seeking induce
such concerns to erect plants there
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

city improvements the water supply being abun-
dant and of good quality. 1t is the aim of the
leading property of the place, whom
much credit is due for the work done by them in
recent years for increasing the attractiveness of
the town as a high class residential district. to
have every street beautifully laid and to give to
every section of the place all modern city improve
ments In the winter months the population of the
town is about seven hundred but in the summer
time it is double that number, that fact Is
proof positive Of its growing popularity as a resi-
Dental resort. This town. too. viii be greatly
benefited by the running of tunnel trains from the
business heart of Manhattan Island the northery
suburban districts of New Jersey.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

schools, many churches. well organized ire de-
partment. first class waterworks modern sewer
system and splendid vacant tracts, both for resi-
Dental and manufacturing
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
At BEAUTIFUL ORADELL.
Ii Is Residential Place, 7Cith Many
Cttg I'm DrOUements.

One Of the most beautiful residential towns in
Bergen County is Oradel, on the line Of the Erie
Railroad. II is about eighteen miles from the
Houtherly end of Manhattan Island, and Of fits
leading features is that t is carefully restricted
against the erection of buildings the carrying
Of any business which might be considered as
Dental sites.
zas greater part of the town has already many
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
TRADING At SUMMIT.
Building ActiUity There Feature
EUeru Season.

Beautifully located and having vigorous resi-
Dental growth is Summit in Union County. twenty
miles from this city It's rural charms have for
many years attracted widespread attention, and
that is one that building activity Is usually
a feature of the realty trading in the township In
the spring. summer and fall seasons.
The entire town occupies highly elevated tract
of land at point where the northerly part Of
Union County adjoins the Watching Mountains.
The place has finely paved streets. excellent pubic
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

pressed Food Company. the Botany Worsted Mills
the Brighton Mills. the Dundee Woollen Manu-
featuring Company. the Heller & Long Company
the Kearney & Foot Company. the New York
Betting and Packing Company and the Manhattan
Rubber Manufacturing Company.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-02
WOMEN AND GOOD ROADS

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
 There would be no beating the move ment for better highways in the south if the women generally took hand in it, and it is most hopeful sign that so good start in that direction should already have been made. Bad roads cut into the farmers life at every point. They mean more cost and more discomfort in hauling his produce to market, more wear and tear on his wagons, fewer trips ito town They cut of his wife from his neighbors' wives and shut her up in the farmhouse. They keep his children away from school for three months out of short school year. Civil government, church es, and schools being already provided, good roads are the fundamental need in our southern country districts today. No community is too poor to provide for them, and in the result they will al- ways prove the cheapest thing the tax payers own.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-02
DEMocRAoY's OPPORTUNITY

The signs of the times are indicative that statehood is to be accomplished at the short session. It behooves the dem. ocratic party of the territory, therefore to look the situation squarely in the face and meet it honestly and fear. lessly, if the party is to remain domi. nant, as it has been in the last twenty years. The vote for Ralph Cameron was abnormal. The republican leaders are not blind to the fact that the sue. cessful issue of statehood at the short session will give them a mighty lever age in the first statehood election. IL remains for the democratic party to merely meet the demands of the people, to nominate for their representatives in Washington only it's biggest, brain. fest, men, who are thoroughly in sym pathy with the great governmental re. forms of the day, with the great Jeffer- sonian principle of government close to the people.
 The great state of Oregon has set the nation an example in it's election of honest democratic Governor Chamber lain to the senate by republican leg islature. Before the present legislative session adjourns. such a law should be upon the statute books of the terri
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-02

pulse to do generous deed7 And suppose the baby grows up to woman hood with no taste for art no aesthetic sense, with life fellowship which will be neither of interest nor value to herr We trust this will not be the case. It is far more pleasant to think that the infant ''fellow of the Museum of Art will develop into great artist and that Mr. Morgan's friends will be able to say that he recognized genius even in It's infancy. But whether the child be destined for great things in art, or whether she never emerge from obscur- ity, MT. Morgan's surrender to senti- ment will long be remembered. We had never imagined that impulsiveness was one of his characteristics.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-02
WENT SMILING TO DEATH.

A story is being told of man cleo trocuted at Sing Sing who walked to the death chair with smile on his face.
 Whether true or not, the story is deeply suggestive. The possibility of man meeting the death current with smile must prove the practicability of meeting with smile any conditions of life.
 It is not always the great trials and troubles that are hardest to meet. We can readily acquire habit of frowning over every petty woe or disappointment and thus make life miserable, not only for ourselves, but all about us. It is a detestable habit, and is suicide to one's own joy in life and murder to the joys of others.
 There seems to be something in human nature that braces us up for the inev- itable. For this reason we face with fortitude the gravest disasters, even death itself, but fret and fuss and frown over little ills that cheerful smile would dissipate, as sunshine dissi- pates malarial mists.
 Men who arise as masters in great emergencies may be stung to death by little annoyances.
 It is almost entirely 2 matter of habit. Cheerfulness may be cultivated as we'll as health. Indeed, the two. blessings generally go together.
 Fortunately, few of us may ever be called upon to go smiling to the death chair.
 But we all are called upon every day to smiis away lfe't little worries.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-02
EXECUTIVE AND CONGRESS
What Their Relations Really Are in Our
 Government

From the Charlotte (N. @ Observer.
 It is doubtless only the few whose reading of history has made them hab- itual sympathizers with legislative bod ies against executives under all circum- stances that are likely to become con verts from one view to the other in consequence of argument. Addressing these we would point out, to begin with, that the president of the United States Is elected by the people and represents them no less than congress does. He differs widely from the arbitrary, ire sponsible, divine-right executives abun- dantly present in history. Congress does not exclusively represent the maj. esty of the people, therein differing from the British house of commons and other parliamentary bodies in all mon. archies, enlightened or unenlightened It is by striking the pose of people < representative-effe with the half. informed historical imaginaticn--tha' the house of representatives assumes q right to reprove the president as an in ferior and not as fellow-servant. And those who, very properly, resent any thing approaching despotism in an ex ecutive, should also resent anything ap preaching oligarchism in Legislative body. History informs us that legisla tors, trading upon their representative character, have often instituted virtua oligarhcies and sometimes made the oli garchial system permanent. Example, of the first kind are far from lacking ir English history; the house of commons as Macaulay truly says, was during sev eral periods characterized by all thu principal vices of tyrant. We don" think that either the executive or thu legislative branch of the American gov ernment is even in remote danger oi turning tyrant, but we wish to point out that the former is not the only on, whose historical prototypes have gons wrong. And when the house wept ss far as to announce it's declination, a, matter of future policy, ito consider any communication from any source which is not in its judgment respect full" it took stand high and mighty enough for the highest and-mighties of divine-right traditions.
 If ever the executive should use ths government police to gain undue innu ence over congress as a body or prac tice upon members of congress espion age for ulterior purposes, extreme steps would be we'll warranted; but MT. Roos evelt absolutely denies such conduct and no intelligent person now suspects him of 1t. In its present attitude to ward Che president congress is not really acting as the indignant representative of a people affronted in its person, bu, as club of men who have had dis pute with an already disliked outsider and who want to make things hot for him in return.