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and fully two-thirds Of a splendid
up the steep slopes had been
completed when. without warning. con
gress exploded Il b~onlhshell that scat
tered the industrious kaweahans to
the four corners of the United States.
Only a few hours before congress ad-
journed in March, 1891. the president
a bill containing not more than
a dozen lines, creating the Giant For
est National park.
Members of the colony had neglected
to file on the land on which the big
trees stood. The creation of a national
park meant the withdrawal of tho land
from entry. All the road building had
been in vain, for not n of the Sc
quotas in this forest of the worlds
About $63, 900 was expended in road
construction by the colony. The coll
ony disbanded when the park wa ere
ated. and no claim yer has been made
against the government for the money
spent in road building. The road to
the Interior of the forest was completed
by the government. and now it is Il
public highway. About 1900 acres OF
the forest is in private ownership, but
the trees have not been cut. They could
not be hauled to the valley, as heavy
teaming on the government roa is
It Is estimated there are 10000
sequoias in the forest, the big trees
running about 20 to the acre. While
nurseries have been established. no
marked success in the growing Of these
trees has attended the efforts of the
government. The parable of the acorn
and the oak is familiar to those Who
have been admonished that great
achievements come from small begin
nings. A more striking example is tie
big tree and it's seed. A single cone
contains from 200 to 300 seeds. which
are about ~one-fourth OF an inch long
by three-sixteenths wide. The seed of
this giant of the forest is strikingly
like the seed eff the parsnip.
Mr.. Muir says that nc other sierra
confer produces nearly so many seeds.
Millions are ripened annually by q
Mr.. Muir. 1.-The product of one of the
northern groves would be enough to
plant all of the mountain ranges of
the worlc. But few of the millions Of
seed which fall to the ground germin-
ate, and of those that do few with
stand the many vicissitudes of storm,
| drouth. fire and snow crushing that
beset their youth.
All the %sequoias in the giant forest
are monster trees, but the greatest OF
| them all is a tree o as the Genera
| Sherman. 1t is ESQ feet high and II
feet above the ground, has a circumler-
ence at the ground of 103 feet. It is
| estimated IIlS Tree COLldlllS VU,UUU 1Get
of merchantable lumber. A timbe1
cruiser who examined this tree as a
curiosity said there vas enough timbel
Iin 1t to fence and cross fence 16O acres
of land. build a seven-room house, barn
| and outbuildings, and leave enough
refuse to supply. firewood for a year
From this tree alone, he said, there
| could be constructed Is frame houses
each two stories high.
The second largest tree Is called the
Abe Lincoln. This tree has a diameter
OF 80 feet at its base. At the south edge
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a few days two young ladies hailed.
a tramcar, entered 1t and found only;
standing room. One OF them whispered to
her companion: I'm going to get a seat
from one OF these men. You take notice..
She loked down the row OF men and Sc
lected a scdate gentleman who bore the
general appearance of q married man. She
sailed up to him and boldly opened fire:
MY dear Mr.. Green! How delighted I am
to meet you. You are almost a stranger.
Will l accept your seat? Well, I do feel
tired, l heartily admit. Thank you so
much" The sedate g~entleman--a total
stranger, of course-looked, listened. then
quickly rose and rave her his seat. saw
ing: sit down, Jane. my girl. Don't
often see you out on washing day. You
u feel tftA, I'm sure. How is your
mistress2' The young lady got her seat.
but lost her vivacity.
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According to the Journal des p,

According to the Journal des De-
bats. of Paris, a comic song OF II
verses, The words and music Of which
are by Richard Wagner. is to be put
up at auction, with other manuscripts,
in Berlin. The ditty is dedicated to his
host Of the hotel at Leipsic at which
the composer stayed when on the way
to Berlin to confer with his committees
regarding the founding of the Bayreuth
opera house. 1t . is dated April "a
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of the giant forest, near Moro rock,
is a tree known as the Theodore Roose-,
Welt. This tree is not as large as the
other two. but is more symmetrical.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18

The production Of beet & in 1907
for the first time exceeded the produce
ton of cane sugar.: the product Of the
year being, cane sugar, 644. 0oo. 900
pounds: beet sugar, 0S7y0oaveo0 pounds.
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and conscientious young man.
Myrtle-Yes: terribly 30. He insisted on
hunting up a botsnist to make sure that
the plant he found me standing under
was really mistletoe.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

portraits of his useful as We'll as entertain
ing With them Mr.. Howells offers US some
Illuminating "Cilimpses Of English Character" 3"
Here. again. his humOr comes admirably into
play. and not only his hunOr. but his taste.
The fOibles we'll as the virtues OF the Eng
lishman are anayzed with no less Of urbanity
than OF truth
The new color book which the Macmillan Com
pany has Just added 20 almost Incredibly
voluminOus series. the Hungary" of Mr. and
Mrs. Stokes. is capital example OF what such
book should be. Where the pictures in their
bright cOIOrs. count for so much one may dis
pense with eruditiOn in the text. These two
English artists would appear 10 have gone 70
Hungary in holiday mood and this souvenir of
their happy experience is appropriately mod
est affair. containing next 20 nothing in the way
Of historical information. pedantic disserta-
tiOns on national manners but plenty OF unaf-
fected writing about good times enjoyed amid
beautiful scenes and among agreeable compan-
Ions The travellers saw much Of the Hungarian
peasant. and took careful note Of his or her
pleasant ways and brilliantly colored pictu-
rescue costume The figure studies in this book
drawn by Mrs Stokes. uniformly present such
charming types that Hungary would seem 70 be
indeed land OF comeliness- The wistfuI faces
OF the girls especially suggest a rustic popula-
ton more engaging than any 20 De found any
where else in Europe. 1t has too. 4 Charming
background. If one may judge from the clever
landscapes by Mr.. Stokes which alternate with
his wife's pictures. Travel in Hungary has its
drawbacks. The inns are poor. and the for
eigner. We gather. is not infrequently an object
Of suspicion. until he has shown that his visit
has no political significance Once the barriers
have been broken down. the alien in this at
tractive land is most sympatheticauy received
The account which Mr.. Stokes gives of his snort
ing adventures is very promising ON the whole.
the book should turn the footsteps OF many =
tourist not only toward Budapest. but toward
the Hungarian countryside
The title of Mr. COIlins's book. Cathedral
Cities of Spain" though not exactly misleading
suggests \ rather more important work than ne
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

Within four hundred pages he has sought 10
sketch the origins OF London and then 70 depict
the salient traits OF the city in its various
transformations down TO the time of Dickens
The result is an effect Of a weil-fiied note
book A thousand odds and ends relating 20
the IOndoner. his house. his pleasures. his
habits generally are here duly set down. but
without any literary grace whatever. without
any OF those constructive and interpretative
touches which are needed to make the form OF
an age tangible and vivid. Mr. Compton
Rickett IS Industrious. but he Is scarcely an
historian
Mi HOweIls Is not an historian. either; but
then he does not pretend 70 be anything of the
sort in his book of essays Seven English
Cities" on the contrary. he is Just what he has
been upon many another delightful occasion. in
Italy and elsewhere. leisurely rambler. Obssrv-
ing the foreigner and his environment with a
keen but friendly eye and recording his impres-
sions with the Hghtest touch. There is deli
cate humor always running through his notes Of
travel the humOr of man who knows 70 the
very last subtle point when not 70 take his sub
ject. or his task. too seriously Thus. in the
present volume he achieves what would have
seemed impossible. investing with a positive
charm essays on such places as Liverpool. Man
chester and Sheffield Somehow ne makes them
most trifiing exaggeratiOn Of the value OF any
thing historical COntempOraneOus which he
has found in the cities These typographical
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

has actually produced. He speaks IN his u--s,
of the significance OF religion in Spanish hix.--
and he indicates an appreciation OF Spani..
church architecture. His notes on that ar~s,
lecture in the body OF the book are. 70 be s,.
sympathetic and he sprinkles over his payuv
number OF facts which should be OF iute--z,
the student on the other hand his refe-.D..
to the cathedraIs strike generally sum-
fetal. and We reach the end OF his volume WIN
ont having been stirred By anything he mas "a,
10 say His casual impressions are readabL
enough. but in the main We are more g-at-s
for his skiIful sketches. well reprodueed
coIOrs. than for his prose.
sIr. Marien's Travels IN spain" IS equs.,
disappointing His Greece and the lEzes,
Islands Is favOrably recalled as a book Da.
sessing a certain freshness, but IN tais iast4ar.
ne is WOrdy over trihes. and tells ms vel sor,
story in a conventional manner throughout II,
subject carries him on. 20 certain extent N
one possessed of culture and sympathy. and N,
NarJen has both. can discourse on the cities 4
spain and be totally UnTeadable. Bat IA thes
DAYS OF travel books one needs either 10 bra
new ground OF 70 describe that which s D,
with an individual touch. The authors Dha,a
graphic Illustrations are better tran his usr,
They include a number of Unc 1mmonly "a.
views
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
Gbe Nstu'llerk 9ribm,ss
SUNDAY. DECEMBER l.. 1909.

Ii is an old story that between an artist ;
work and his private character ar affairs critl-
ciSm must rigidly distinguish. \ man may he
q scamp and vet. possessing genius, write beau
tiful poetry. as witness the case OF Francois
Villon. Let us then take the point for granted
ON the other hand, are there not some things
which il il incOnCeivable that poet should DO :
In the storm of scOrnfu protest which has re
Gently been raised by certain verses attacking
the ASGuiths we have rightly heard much about
the authors curious conception OF gentleman
hood. but. strangely enough. we have heard
nothing about the light which this episode
throws on his literary character. We have more
than once testified tO Mr.. William Watson :
aptitude as a writer Of minor verse, but we
have never been able To- regard him as an au-
thentic pOet-a type OF true creative genius
moved by positive inspiration This whole dis
guStins business Of The Woman with a Ser
peut's Tongue" but confirms our hypothesis
Your genuine poet may have queer twist of
his nature Not Vilon alone, but Byron, Goethe,
even the sublime Milton, and divers others.
might be cited in proof Of this But, again.
ihcre is something in the true poetic nature
Ullch makes Il performance like Mr. Watson :
impossible Genius may commit crimes, but Z
does not know how TO be vulgar.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

town He is known. with LOndOners like him
self" we are told. to have made COckney
tour from London 10 Sheerness and back again.
but this five days trip comprised nearly the
whole OF his travels and his life was spent
chiefly between Leicester Square and Chiswick"
His latest historian. going systematically
through his work easily demonstrates that the
London of Hogarth's day "can be traced tOpo-
graphically in his pictures and sketches"
Moreover. while this implies. and very justly.
the preservation pctOrially of landmarks Of
brick and mortar and similar immOble records,
it also means that through Hogarth's eyes We
apprehend the very color and movement OF
eighteenth century life. Does the casual OBJ
server of his pictures and prints fully realize
the illustrative scope OF his art? We examine
a picture of his like The Lady's Last Stake
and note. apart from the story il tells. the
precious evidence il contains as 20 costume and
decoration. But Hogarth was nothing If not
a mOralist. and in his dealings with humanity
he was as inquisitive any novelist Hence
the richness and variety of his panorama OF
London. Mr. Wheatley has had the excellent
idea of dividing his book into chapters specifi-
cally- concerned with this or that social stratum.
He exhibits Hogarth as the historian not only
Of high life and low. but artist who
fleets for the gait and demeanor OF the
politician and the churchman the lawyer and
the business man. the tavern IOafer. the actor
and the sedate dweller in the suburbs. With
Hogarth, too. ne reminds us. we may visit the
hospitals and the prisons 1t is. in truth. Lon
don itself that view in this book a little
world. thickly peOpled. The author has, of
course. freely used the masters works for his
illustrations. Throughout he heightens the
luminous character of all this material by draw
ing upon the considerable amount of antigua
rian lore that he possesses Altogether = faSci-
mating book.
We would be glad if we could speak as
cordially Of 'The London Life of Yesterday"
but the fact is that this volume. while packed
with interesting facts. remains. paradOxicaIIy
something in the nature OF dun compilation
Nj. Compton Rickett has tried 10 do too much
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
PORTRlITS OF PLACES.
People and Things IN England and
on the Continent.

HOGARTTTS LONDON Pictures Of the Manners
of the Eighteenth Century. BY Henry II
Whsatl@v T. :. A Illustrated SvO pp XIX
fs7. r. =. I'uttOn 4 GO.
THE LONDON IIFE or YESTERDAY. By Ar
thur Compton Ricsett NJ A. IL ID $40. pp
Il 400- r. n. button a Co
SEVEN ENGLISH CITIES By W u HOweiis-
Illustrated SvO. pp- -9o Harper n Bros
HUNGARY Painted bv Adrian and Marianne
stokes Described by Adrian stokes ITO. Pp-
xix 3l5. The Macmillan Company
CATHEDRAL. CITIES OF SPAIN BY "a " Col
Inns n Illustrations bv tine author 40.
PIP Viii 35S DOdd. Mead 4 Co
TRAVELS IN SPAIN BY Philip Sanford haTdsn-
Illustrated SvO pp- VI, at The houshtoh
Miffn Company
Mr. WheatIey's book on "HOgartA's London
* obviously not a book of travel yet II falls
very naturally into association with those many
new volumes which beguile us with pictures OF
historic scenes 1t is more than a study OF
eighteenth century manners II shows US the
very physios nomy of the London Of that period
for in its pages are cOmmemOrated not only
human types but the streets and buildings with
which they were identified, and. indeed the
whole atmosphere of the great urban spectacle
which held HOgorth captive. Mr. Nheattey lays
stress upon the artists devotion 10 MS native
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

EuuSru. WITH FORTY -ulne l.'l~-- (.
ID. 30 Charles Scribners sons
When Mary Isabella Waddingron ma--ist :
1877. Carl vou Bunsen. secretary o. the PruSss,
Legation at Turin. the young girl had seen vs--
little OF the world Brought I'D IN a qus
chateau in Normandy. she had rad only f.s
months IN Paris and London as a break in r.
secluded rural life. With what zest ther~fo-
she entered as 4 bride into more OF less anus
ing diplomatic circle may be easily iuagine
The letters which she indited 70 her family
Normandy form. in this volume a journal s'
her experiences and observations IN each q.
the three legations. Turin. Florence and y
Hague. she met many interesting people son
Of whom were not the less interesting for BEN.
royal; she enjoyed many court ceremonies. an
celebrities and ceremonies she descri ped with d
lively pen There was tragedy mingled sin
festivity. for while the pair were in Turin the.
came the war OF France and Italy asaias
Austria: while they were in Florence the war
1s66 brought about the rescue OF Venice f-uz
the brutal Austrian rule, and their sojour- a
The Hague cOincided with the outbreak q N
Franco German War OF 1870 Nine De Bgrx-
was IN a quarter Of the world where history VS.
being rapidly made. and II Is evident thai n
active mind keenly realized that fact L n
reader does not find in these pages as marh
the raw material OF that history as he niss,
like to see, he must remember that 4 diplonzrl
wife must tread softly far as politics are cra
cerned. practising. a rule. a becoming I'll
cence
Court life at Turin in the days before vic,r
Emmanuel became the King OF United Itaiy v1s
IN many respects oddly antiquated An En-
quette as stiff as that enjOined by Louis xT
prevailed among the aristOcracy who
called the "Codini'' C'Iittle queues'0. When u
stubborn old King Victor Emmanuel I returns
from his Sandman exile. in 1915. he came bar
il is said. totally unchanged. even 20 the wa
dressing his hair in the powdered queue Of b
youth His cOurtiers followed his example. ar
the queues for years gave name 20 the hai-
bound devOJees Of the old regime. Nine b
BUnsen noted with admiration the beautiful st
fashioned pOlteness she found in the ranks
the "COdini" but at a ball or party the t'
PiedmOntese rarely had leisure 20 spend uPs
other danes OF their acquain-ance. -
haven't time even % look at YOU so busy =
they marshaIling their cOurt-ten % twelve n
round a sofa sometimes. and SO anxi0usly wat1
ing that no rival should lure away one Of ~
from their allegiance or get together a g-ssE
number Every year at carnival time ecczrs
the bal deS dertosseficS or dcS "T0fc- whsn
the beautiful girls came out into society t~
from their cOnyentS The author sets dOss
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
AVE SOROR.

rY HENRY NEWBoLr.
left behind the ways OF care,
The crowded hurrying hours.
/ hrcathed again the woodland air.
I pIucked the woodland nowers-
RluebeIIs as Yet but half awake.
Primroses pale and cool.
Ancmones like stars that shake
In a green twilight pool
on these still lay an enchanted SHADE.
The magic April sun;
With nv own child a child strayed
And thought the years were one
As through the CopSe she went and came
Nv senses l0st their truth.
! ralIcd her by the dear dead name
That sweetened al my youth
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

Where does criticism stand to-day in its re-
lation 10 art? Mr.. Balfour as Romanes lect-
>rer has just been asking that question at
Oxford On criticism in the past he was not
very cheering. Men could be named whose criti-
c. labors had made them immortal but if we
were to ask what they had done would usI-
ally find that they had merely swept away the
rubbish of their critical predecessors. The crit
i"s had once occupied themselves laying down
ce-tai IN rules for well-cOnducted men Of letters
painters and musicians to follow, only allowing
genius. but said Mr.. BalfOur. all that kind of
criticism was now utterly antiquated Nobody
laid down rules any more No critic was so
foolish. He congratulated the critics, likewise.
fOi having abandoned the habit Of asking
whether 4 work subServed the interests Of
morality and religion. whether il helped the
state or led to any useful practical end. The
critic nowadays. he said asks only one question.
I" Is it a beautiful work Of art?" From this
roint Mr.. Baifour passed 10 the question as to
what manner of man was required 10 determine
the character OF work OF art Were they 10
take the man who had cultivated a particular
arl, and acquainted himself with its technique.
lis principles. its history. and studied it. ard
cultivated il? And, IL they took him. should
they attain TO anything il the nature Of au
agreement as 10 what truly constitutes excel
lence in artistic production? We can imagine
how. At this point. NJ. Balfour's hearers sat up.
I;ut as he concluded. ne left >ne problem where
be found it-in the ar.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

NJ Jules Claretie i distressed because some
foreigners have got il into their heads that
the Tragic Widow whose trial has recently
been concluded in Paris. Is a representative
French woman and that her mCHGgc Is typical
lie bess the world 10 fasten its attention on
the French mother Of a family who goes with
smile of resignation from the cradle of her
i:.faut 10 the Office or the workshop OF her huS-
hand who inspires him with fresh
courage and shares his too frequent sorrows
and his too brief joys" In commenting upon
this The London Times" offers a reasonable
explanation of the general misunderstanding
"The fact is" we are told. that the French n
their reputation pay the penalty for being the
entertainers Of the world They have made
Paris i city of pleasure. and in consequence
they are believed 10 be essentially frivolous
furthermore, they have made their literature
Vrudsiously amusing and. as The Times" re-
marks. they have done this by writing their
uCTelS with extraordinary efficiency around ex-
traorIlnary themes. Most French nOyelists
ESWever accomplished, are not men of genius.
and they write about irregular passions and
intrigues just as English uOveliStS ,ften write
about battle and murder and sudden death
because these things are outside ordinary ex-
perienCe' Are We TO hold them irreSponsi-
BILE: Hardly. But we have in our turn Il Ger
tain responsibility in the matter. II behooves
tie foreigner TO look little beyond his nose.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
DIPLOM4TIC LIFE.
Nine. de BuRsen Letters Of K
Last CPRtHrH.

IN THREE LEGATIONS Bv NIaiarne Cha-ses !.
BunSeu With forty -uine Illustrations 3,
pp. S75 Charles Scri0neTs SONS.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

HOGARTTTS LONDON. Pictures Of thc Manners
of the Eighteenth Century. BY Henry b-
= HItr-fr 4ss.f Y.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-27

will meet you at Spedden & Paige's
ice cream parlor at eight o'clock.
Mrs. B. F. Roddle returned last eve:
ming from her visit at Wascca, MINI.
DR.. Bradbury was n professional Wis
itor at Elkton between trains Monday.
Mrs. Thos. Gallery was up from Elk
ton the first of the week visiting Mrs.
w. II. Murphy.
Caldwell & Wilson have just re-
ceived a carload of buggies and sur
reys. Call and see them.
Mrs. James of Estelline, has been
here the past week visiting at the
home of her son, A. +. James.
Mrs. E. N. Laird returned to her
home at Grand Forks, n. d., yesterday
morning after a few days visit with
old friends and %neighbors.
Mrs. Frank Alton and children came
over from Volga Friday morning and
opNhI IL uus Al tlt HOlllc VI HST Di-
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Roddle.
DR. and Mrs. Cook returned to their
home at Correctionville, Iowa, yester-
dey morning. after a visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Johnson.
Mrs. Chas. Hoyt, who has been here
several months assisting her husband
in the work of organizing new grange
lodges, departed Tuesday morning for
her home in New Hampshire.
Conductor Emil Oberhoffer and Car
10 Fischer of the Minneapolis Sym
phony orchestra, and Mrs. Kheiralla
OF Lake Preston, were entertained at
dinner at the home of Mrs. Jessie T..
Kelly Thursday.
Miss Buck was a guest at the home
of her uncle, J. l.. Jarvis, a few days
this week, leaving Tuesday morning
for her home at st. Paul. She has
been teaching near Estelline this
year.
Thursday and Friday of next week
are the days of the farmers and far
mer boys excursions to the State
college, and the people of the city
should make an especial effort to
clean up their property and make the
town look just as fine as possible.
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POPULAR WANTS

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each insertion-no advertisement in.
serted for less than IS cents. Un.
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ten cents extra will be charged.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-05-27

FOR SALE-Large china closet, No.
I Radiant Home stove, Quick Meal
gasoline stove. Alfred Nelson, corner
9TH avenue and 9th street.