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Maud Divers War Novel

t was inevitable that Maud Diver should
write a novel about the war. She was bern
in India, where her father was a colonel
in the Indian army She married the
colonel Of the Roy Il Warwckshire regi-
mcut in England. Her life has been
so intimately connected with military
affairs that she understands all their haz.
ards Her stories about India have given
her an established place as a novelist Of
distinction. "CncOnquercd" I'm which she
studies the effect Of the war upon different
types Of persons In England, is one Of the
best novels that the great crisis has pro-
duced. She has I'm il the splendid loyal
man. who responds as soon a. his country
needs him, with the approval of hiS mother
ana other friends. She has the Stacker
Of whom she has one of her characters
say:
At best. ho is onucted with "a disease called
mak"s thcir S;Rs worth Sayns At worst
"i his own r'ar" and comfort.
She has also the splendid women who
say "godspeed" to their men folk, as well
as type Of the selfish coquiettish creatures
tC whom the war is an abominatinn if it
uterfereS at all with their comfort or takes
their lovers from them. Her picture of
Bel Alison, such woman is so true that
it must have been drawn from life And
her picture of Shela NelrCse a woman
on whom man can depend t. his last
breath Is also cXquisitely drawn. And Sir
Mark Forsyth, the hero not only of brill
liant campaign but also Of the troubled love
story which makes the bos% Of the book.
is a man of the kind that builds empires and
defends them. Mrs Diver has written a
moving and dramatic story.
UNCONQUEEED. 4 Romance BY Maud
New York: @. p. putnams sons. $3.50.
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ADVENTURES TOLD BY ADVENTURER
Richard Harding Davis's Letters to His Family
and Friends Are More Interesting
Than Novel

THERE is time i'm the life of every
l. boy when he would rather hasc such
a career as that of Richard Harding Davis
than be President Of the UnEed states
There was more adventure crdnlmcu mo
his fifty three years than comes To the Iot
Of one man in a million. He was sue
cessfu newspaper reporter. Before he was
twenty-siX he wrote a short story thal
made him famous and was translated INTO
the European languages. He found II IN
sale in Egypt 81 few years later. lie was
managing editor Of Harper's Weekly lie
wrote large number Of novels and plays
He was war correspondent on all the
continents and on the islands Of The sea
Hc described the coronation of the car
Ee dincd with princes and danced win
ladies Of noble birth. He was the friend
OF Presidents and prize fighters, and could
call more walters by their first names than
any ether man of his generation. II TINS
is not 4 career to appeal TO the imagination
Of youth then we must revise our notions
about what youth likes
The story Of this active and adventurous
life has just been told by Charles Belmont
Davis, brother of Richard Harding, in
volume made up largely of his letters
TO his family. No one can read the book
and then say that letter writing is a lost
art. The letters are charming, informal
gossipy and brilliant The editor Of the
volume writes an Introductory chapter
describing the childhood of both boys They
used TO act plays on tn" top floor Of their
house In South Twcnty-iirst street. I'm this
city. Richard was always the hero and
Charles WAS the villain who had 10 submit
10 a druhbiuE. There was always q noun
tain pass to be scaled, consisting Of two
tables and chair. The boys had fun in
the summer at Point Pleasant, sleeping
one night In a tent on small island while
the lions and tigers growlod at us from the
surrounding forest" Charles tells Of his
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Timely Book About Rodin

The death of Augustus Rodln week ago
has lifted Miss Judith Cladels study of the
man and his art from the ranks of
an ordinary book Of artistic criticism into
digntied memorial volume. Fortunately
II Is SO written and so printed that 1t will
serve this purpose admirably. Miss Cladel
Is a daughter of Leon Ciadel, a friend Of
the sculptor She has been familiar with
Robins life and work from her early youth,
md she is qualified by training and special
knowledge to write with authority. The
first hundred pages are devoted to the story
Of the mans life In the course of Il she
explains why 50 many Of his figures were
made as If just emerging from Il block of
marble. II was because he was impressed
by the sO-Callcd unfinished" pieces of
MichelanEclo that he concluded they were
dclibcr tely left In the state in which they
now appear He not only followed the ex-
ample Of the great Italian in this respect,
but he attempted also to follow il by abau-
donirg classic poses and representing figures
in the poses which his models assumed
without reconciliation. Miss Cladel finds
a close kinship between the work of the
TWO men.
The second part Of her book is made
up of extracts from the notebook Of Rodin,
extracts which indicate that the man had
nne gift OF literary expression, a critical
mind and a phosophic spirit The con-
c'usion Is a critic Il estimate of the scuptor's
work with "A history Of some of his most
famous groups and statues. Her admira-
ton is likely to be shared by an increasing
number of persons as the years go by. for
without any doubt Rodin was one of the
greatest artists in stone that his generation
has produced
RgDIN THE MAN AND HIS ART with
Leaves From His Notebook Compiled by
Jndlth Clad"l and translated by : *. star
WIN in,roaurtou hy James Hunok"r, Illus
rated WIN photoEruphs. Nuw York: The
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Smiths New State History

There comes from the Encyclopedia Press,
which publishes the Catholic Encyclopedia
book on The Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
Nania,' written by Thomas Kilby Smith,
with preface by his brother, Walter
George Smith SO much space is given in
IT to the activities Of the Catho'ic Church
and to the state laws affecting religious
liberty and the control of church property
that it is difficult to escape the conclusion
that the book is primarily intended for
use in the parOChial schools. This how
ever, may not be its purpose. In any event,
Mr.. Smith has produced an interesting
volume arranged on an excellent plan. He
has not written merely n political and mill
tary history of the state. Instead he has
written of its people and its Institutions.
one chapter is devoted to social systems
ana another to conditions affecting the
nome; "a third to education and the pro-
lesSlons, ana a fourth to literature and
art THESE are matters that are usually
left by the general historian to the con-
Sideration of specialists Mr. Smiths COM
mentS on political conditions. made i'm the
concluding chapter, will be interesting to
the informed. He says that there have
been scandals. severe criticism, and nolitical
upheavals. and while at times the state has
apparently been in the grip of selfish poIi-
ticanS, their hold has been maintained NOT
through tyranny or oppression but by a
conservative respect for the will of "A free
people, at least in the essentials of good
government There are some grave errors
IN the statistical matter but these wi /
doubtless be corrected in subsequent cdi-
tons
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
lN Ihomas lNilhv Smith. Preface BY Walter
Press. 81.
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A Soldier Who Didn't Desert

Richard Harding pavis's last story. "rhc
Dc~crt"r' is likely to become a classic
There ar" numerous reasons to justify this
conclusion. The accident that II is his last
story is the least of them. The creed of
the soldier and the gentleman finds ex-
preston in IT, This is its underlying merit
since Mr Davis's death it has been learned
that the story is based on an actual case
The disclosure that it was not the mere
imagining Of a fctunist, that il is real
human document, gives It authority. Those
who did not read it when it appeared in
one of the magazines will be Interested
TO know that it tells Of "A young American
VINO VISITED the rooms Of a group of Amer
lean war CORE spoadcnts and artists in
Salonica and asked their assistance In get.
ting him out Of the city because after
tftecn months in the English armies he had
endured all of war that he could stand. He
planned TO come home and lecture and wru,
about what he had seen and suffered He
was persuaded out of his purpore and went
back to his army camp William G. Shrp.
hcrd III ms Confessions Of "A war Corre-
spondent,' has told how the young man
was found talking TO Jonn r. McCutchcou
and what was done to bring him to his
senses. He also has told how the young
man, who had been seriously wounded while
rescuing a comrade in No Mans Land later
received the Distinguished Service Order
and was met in London as he was about
~ 80 " lIle tItuCucS IN france. Mr.. Nc
CutCheon retclS this story in an introduce
tion to the little volume containing the
version of it which Mr.. Davis wrote. Those
persons who do not know what to send
to the soldiers to read could not do better
than put this tale in the next package
OF books they forward to the training camps
or to the front.
THE bESERTER. BY Richard Harding Davis
With an introduction hv John r NC('utChpon
Now York; Charles Scribncr's Sons Fifty
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Lost in a CANYON

Frances Little who won fame by writing
'"rhe Lady of the Decoration" has turned
her hand to juvenile fiction and has pro-
duced an excellent adventure story for
BOYS and girls in Camp jolly It is the
record of tie experience Of some boys who
visited the Grand Canyon OF the Colorado
with their elders. one Of the boys was
kidnapped, escaped from his cap.ors and
ust his way. The story Of his experiences
and the means he adopted to enable a
searchcr TO find him will hold the Interest,"
NJ th, Young reader from beginning to end
TWO little girls to whom the story was read
bv their mother 1t bedtime could hardly
wait TIN tive next reading hour came around
they were SO eager to learn what was 60
ing to happen next,
c,up HOLLY. Or the Sccret-Finders Of the
'N:ra N::rNaa,d GauyUn By Frances Litt!" Fhnn.s
Caldwell Macaulay). ILLUSTRATED bE -, NJ NJ
y1.1d.
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DR.. Keen's Great Book

DR.. William w. Keen proved in his Colyer
lectures at Brown University last summer
that he possessed the ability, rare in a
physician to talk on technical medical mat
ters in language understandable by Law
men. The lectures, which have just been
published in a little volume, summarize the
results of medical research for the last
fifty years. 1t is marvellous story. Dis
ease has been conquered until panic fear
has become thing of the past. Yellow fever,
the bubonic plague, typhoid, diphtheria
and other ailments have had to surrender
to the skill of the physician. Bacteriology
has been created as science and the de-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24
The Kaiser Unmasked

Whoever wishes to trace the present war
to its German beginnings cannot do better
than read S. c. Hammers book on the
Kaiser Mr.. Hammer has made a study
Of European history as illuminated by the
sayings and acts of William III since he
came to the throne. The meaning of many
things which once seemed obscure has been
made plain since the war began. The book
takes note of these things and puts them in
their proper setting. When II was first
published abroad-Mr. Hammer IL an
Englishman-it created a sensation. It is
likely to have permanent place in the
literature of the war.
WILLIAM II. As seen in Contemporary Docu-
Isnts and Judged on Evidence Of His Own
8oughtou Atfdin Company. e1-h0
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velopment of antitoxins has become almost
an exact science. AntiSeptic surgery has
been invented and childbed fever has been
banished Doctor Keen tells in some de-
tail how all this was done. There is no
better or more satisfactory brief story of
medical progress. The book ought to be In
the library of every family that seeks to
keep abreast of the times.
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND HUMAN VEL
FARE. a Record OF Personal Experience Dur
ing q Professional Life OF Fifty-seven Years
By William Williams Keen. NJ. D., LII: p.
emeritus professor OF surgery Jeffotson Med-
cal College. Boston: lIoughton Mifiin Com
pdny. Sl.25
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ing description Of Portugal. which he had
just seen from the ship.
Portugal is high hin with a watch tower
on it hying signal flags. II is apparently
inhabited 10y one man, who lives iu long
row Of yellow houses with rcd roofs and popI-
Iu'"d by shop who do grand acts II balancing
on th" sid" Of the hill Thor" js also u
navy ot a brown boat with a luu-ofmuttou
sail and crew of three men in e buat--to
say nothing of the dog. II Is Erpat thing to-
ttNn "a Travelled son. None Of you ever saw
Portugal Yah!
These are but samples Of the kind Of
comment in which the letters abound. The
book is as interesting 40 a novel Nay.
II is more interesting, for it is an account
Of things that actually happened. written
by an expert in the art Of description.
Al,NENTuRES AND LETTERS or RICHARD
HARDING DAVIS. Edited hy his brother.
Charles H"lmont Davis Illustrated. N,w
York Charles Scrhnors sons. $50.
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rubbing his hands and smaCkiug hts lips
over his own daring exploits. ! twist every
thing he says into meaning something dread
ful and hr is Instantly explaining he did not
soc q bun fight but that he walked around
the outside OF the buildiuE. | have promised
to show him lfc with ID capital l., and he is
afraid death or mo.
In the same letter he has this cntertain'
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December Magazines

The Christmas number of Scribners Mag
azihe has for frontispiece an excellent
reproduction In colorS of Whistler's The
Music Room 1t is the third in the series
OF reproductions of paintings of the modern
Schnol which has appeared. Edith wharton
writes on the French ps seen hv an Amer
lean and william Kay Wallace whose
volume Of Greater It0ly'r Is one Of the
hest on the subject. contributes an rt,cIc
on modern Italy. There is - eho~t eto~v
"FIotSam and letsam," by John Galsworthy
ana some hitherto unpublished letters by
Ruskin written in his old age The usual
number of poems and stories appear It IS
an excellent number, but not quite so ornate
IN its mechanical get-up as Christmas mum.
berS were before the war
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What to Give a Soldier

When a diary is more than a diary has
been answered by Mary Parker Converse.
She has done it by arranging a little pocket
record book for the convenience of soldiers
and sailors that is an incitement to patriot
ism, fortitude and courage This has been
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-24

The outstanding article In the December
worlds Work is on the shipping prob en-
"rrton j. Hendr'Ck, who writes IL. saws
that the money, tn" steel. the engines and
the Scamen are ready. but that there &c
shortage of workmen in the yards. He
SHOWS what is being done to supply this
lack. The recent aC"com"ut between Amer
iCa and Japan makes Frederick NIl,ra,s
discussion Of the japanese menace To China
particularly timely It ought to be read
by those who wish to understand the Asi2tic
situation and the relation Of America 70 it
the number contains excellent portraits in
coI0rS Of Vice Admiral Sims. General Per-
shinG M"ior General Sicbcrt and Ma aior
General Mann, and. among others, n black
and-whitc fu'l-Dagr U'"'r"r - N'''-'. q.
Palmer of Stroudel.u"~ tro new national
"''"' ''" Of enemy property.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-04
move TO PROTECT
PROPERTY IN NY.

New York, Feb. S.--Acting Police
Commissioner Cooley took immediate
steps to protect property In New
York. following tho news that the
United States had severed diplomatic
relations with Germany,
Captains Of every precinct were
ordered to get into immediate com
municatlon with members Of the
home defense league---twenty thou
sand strong--and see II they were
ready for service.
The entire procedure. as outlined
is q part Of the preparedness scheme
worked out some time ago. Reports
have stated that everything 10 work
ing as was intended.
Members Of the defense league are
reporting rapidly. Extra special
guards have been sent to piers where
German steamships were laid up,
They have been instructed to allow
no strangers to approach near
enough that they might throw some
thing aboard.
Precinct stations will have reserve
squads OF policemen on duty con-
stantly. II was stated.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-04

Dnt5 pound aud gives excellent crops
M Nearly all Of the caullnower scesi
a'e''ssed ID this country comes from Den
nauisnart and tho best is expensive, cost.
ns ang up to $40 a pound. The best n
nonnolons too good. however. aud many fall.
uTe-nsps In growing caulinower are due
'ololAoley 10 tho fact that cheap seed h
u'e-s'ased Il may not be worth while try.
NO ,ans 10 grow caulifowcr seed IN this
eo'faa>ounty, but farmers and market gar
dezl'aentn often fnd Il TO their advantage
70 sso ave their own carrot, beet. onion.
cor-~sor, psa, bean, cucumber and melon
'ee's'seed In tho middle west Ind In Michi.
sauisan Il Ab a very common practice for
.eee'seed dalers TO contract with farmers
lor1efor tho growing Of seed crops, Over
NosOo00O acres are devoted TO the growing
o. Nnf vecotabIc seeds for one company In
Ml'lAslichlnn. a thousand ncrcs being given
o'e'oov@ to cucumbcrs alone. One rhila-
deh'Sielpha contcm IN said to have mr.
'anhranged to buy tho products Of 20.00O
icuolacres In n single senson. Although
NJ lRMichlmn - famous for It's cucunbcr,.
ha Considerable number arc raised In
NnH Ma@chn sets Large quantities of
M'0sswcel corn aud squash seeds arc pro
iihdnCed IN Kew England
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-04
STOCK MARKET NOT
EXCITED BY NEWS

New York. Feb, S.---The stock mar
ket received the news OF the de-
eision to break with Germany with
less excitement today than the orig
inal submarine orders caused. breaks
being confined from ono to three
points.
American flags appeared In the
streets after the news Of the break
spread and brokers jumped upon
chairs In their oiiices and made
speeches to their customers. advising
all 10 cover their short sales.
Henry Clews. octogenarlan mcm-
ber Of the exchange was one OF the
speechmakers
II advise every one In this house
to cover" he said. "The United
States Is entering a period OF trc-
mendous prosperity. I've been
through the civil war myself. and I
believe the United States 10 unbeat-
able"
The market which had broken one
to Ave points. turned upward with
q rush. advances ranging from one
to ten points. amid a whirl Of en-
thusiasm.
The general understanding was
that Standard OH and Morgan inter
ests Joined In planning a big coup,
ono OF the greatest In Wall street
history. when Il became apparent thar
a break would come and that Ger
man houses were selling in antici-
patton Of cashing In on the decline.
These interests covered and today
there 10 spread through the street
stories OF great industrial earnings
to come.
Wall street rumors have connect
ed Ambassador Won Bernstorf with
heavy operations,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-04
A wAR-cRAzED NATION

Germany. crazed either by the lust
Of killing or by the fear Of impend-
ing disaster but crazed nevertheless.
has forced an issue that the people
Of the United States regret to see
forced upon them. There has been
no antagonism for the great Teu-
tonic nation in America; there has
been antagonism only at some Of the
methods which Germany has used.
Just as some OF the methods employ
ed by England have brought pro-
test. But the people Of America
will stand solidly behind their presi-
dent in demanding that the rights
Of American citizens be protected.
that there be no ruthless slaughter
upon the high seas, and that the
stars and stripes be duly recognized
and respected wherever they float.
II the central powers had reach
ed such q stage in their belligerency
they cared less for the friendship of
the United States than for the obser-
vance OF international law. treaty
rights or for humanity itself. they
have taken the proper course to in
dicate 1t.
The severing Of diplomatic rela-
tions with nation that announces
blood-thirsty and impossible pol
icy does not necessarily mean war.
But II that policy is carried to the
point where American lives are lost,
the policy which the president Of
the United States has announced will
certainly mean that Germany has
lined the present neutral nations up
against her. But Americas differ
ences with Germany will be upon a
different basis from those OF the
European allies. This country will
be under no obligation to send troops
to fight upon European soil and
none will probably be sent. japan is
At war with Germany. but she sends
no troops to fight against Germany.
She contents herself with defending
her own waters and with prepar-
Ing for any possible trouble. This
would ibe the logical course for the
United States to follow
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-04

pertinent station many years ago found
that cows would drink from 10 to ID
per cent more water when It was heat
ed to 70 degrees than when It was
close to the freezing point.
II never pays to expose cows to cold
and stormy weather. Il 10 preferable
to keep them In the barn or In q Gov
cred yard and turn them out Into the
barnyards or fields for short time
during the middle Of the day when the
weather is warm and pleasant They
should not be left where they will have
to lie on the frozen ground for any con-
siderable length Of time. as 1t 10 liable
to affect their milk production, and II
may cause uddcr trouble. Generally
daIrymen prefer to keep their cows
housed In dry. sunny barnyard rath.
er than turn them out into the fields.
Cows like change Of feed, just as
individuals do, and they will respond
with better production when the ra.
tion IN varied somewhat from time to
time. Some men even state that feed
Ing cows from two different cuttings
Of hay Ia desirable, as the cows will
consume the hny with greater relish.
We would not advise the frequent
changing Of the grain ration, but II IL
advisable to avoid too great monotony'
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-04
SOURCE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS
Many Kinds Cannot % Grown In 1hh
Country.


Country.
For years enormous quantities OF NJ
tain kinds Or vegetable seeds have bee
produced IN this country. dIffercn
kinds IN dlrfcrcn, sections. aud hnv
given nv good crops ns any that conl
b. imported. \ writer IN Farm aNI
Home points out. however. TINT otAp
kinds have seldom proved Of good qunl
Ity when grown here. That Is cspcclal
iy true Of celery seed. Considcrabl
celery seed N grown IN California, 0l
|. cniuot bc compared with that whe|
comes from France,
Mucll carrot. radlsh and beet sccl
comes from France. These seeds av
produced In California. too. Int II NJ
curious fact that the rcmnt Aable vlIal
ity shown by California sdcls Is COI
sldercd by many growers TO be a dI'
advantage. especially IN the case d
root crops, for the tops grow Will
great luxurIance nt the expense Of lh
roots. A considerable amount OF car
rot seed IL grown In eastern Ma~a
chusctts, mostly In the towns OF Dan
vers and Middleton. This seed sells NJ