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Reel. dentB' visiting Paris can have their mall or telegrams sent care of this Bureau and the same will be forwarded to them or held Cor tnelr arrival. .AN INVITATION Is extended to all to visit the Press Boom, which Is the finest in the west. The battery of presses consists of three four- f14.000 eck Qces Presses, with a total capacity of eteht-page Journals an boor, printed, folded and counted. The best time to call is 'from S.-13 to 4:80 p. m. Inquire at the bus! psess office'and be directed to the visitors' gat [fey. The Republican Platform. The republican nation al platform tear8~the"vidence-o having been pre Ipared, by some of "tho se literary fe l- lers." Senator Lodge is supposed to liave been responsible for its literary t&em, and it bea rs the stamp of a killed workman. W can recall no political document in rece nt years in Whloh the power of the accomplished fend trained master of forcible and cor rect English has done so much for the ^statement of political propositions. The-first sentence compels attenti on Vby the eloquent manner in which it Idecrlbes the great cause which [brought the republican party into ex jistence. Prom thereon thru half the ,'document the writ er proceeds to re icount the things accomplished by and i under republican administration of the government. The recital is cer tainly a remarkable and impressi ve (summing up of our nation al history iiduring the last fifty years. And it becomes all the more effeo 'fltitm by-reason of the fact that the op positi on cannot successful ly contro vert these claims. The republicans \ixi nation al convention have plumed ^themselves before upon the achieve ments of the party, but never, so far las we can recall, have they arranged an organized and massed the fac ts [With so much skill and so effectively jexs in this admirably constructed doc ment. The latter half of the platform- is sgiven up largely to. a statement of what the par ty proposes to do. The chief interest, of course, centers in the tariff plank. For weeks the re has been discussion and speculation as to What the Chica go declaration would bewhether the "standpatter" would resist every intimation of the necess ity of revision, or whether the revis ionist would secure a statement in sympathy with is ideas. The result is a compromise. Of oourse, the platform Insists upon jthe maintenance of the principle of (protection. That is a cardinal repub lican principle and it is logical that ''rates of duty should be readjusted knly when conditions have been so changed that the public Interest de fenands the ir alteration." The revis ionist does not propose revision until loonditions have so changed that pub lllo interest demands it. The point of [controversy is as to when conditions (demand alteration in the public inter est. The "standpatter" pretends that Ithot time has not yet come and would probably never concede that it had ar *tved, whereas the revisionist believes It has- come already with respect to j&ome- protected interests, and that it may come- soon with respect to others. 6 that, while the "standpatter" and the*revisionlst may not agree as to the time when revision should be under taken, they may both accept a plat fiorm so skilfully constructed and refer the whole matter where it belongsto ^congress and the president. And that, suggests where this issue Really res ts to-day. The cause for Apprehensi on which may be felt by the ^standpatter" and the hope for favor able action which may be entertained Jby the revisionist, both rest on the jpresident, and upon congress, but first tapon the president. A appears in the discussion of this (Question on the first page of this issue, lithe moderate revisionists, and that de itjcribes the revision sentiment of the irepublican party, have eve ry reason to Slope and to expect that the president sVil interpret the platfo rm as to when [the conditions call for revision in the light of the progress of events and the jfacts of the situation. The president has been criticised for an apparent lack of sympathy with tariff revision 'flentiment. But is contenti on that tariff revision should not be under 'itjaken on the ve of or in the midst jef a presidential campaign, when po litical rath er than commercial consid erations would be likely to influence fhe result, is no doubt soun d. And those who are acquainted with his .views anticipate that is influence Will be thrown upon the side of a care ful scrutiny of the schedules with a fiew to such revision as the condi tions may require, at the earliest date ifcnder which such work may be taken tip by the congress to be elected this Jfear. The Indorsement of the Hoosevelt i&dministration occupies the conclud ing paragraphs of this admirable document, which prese nt squarely be- UEore the people of the country the Ijgreat, leading issue of the campaign, She support of that administration and ftjhe expressi on of public approv al by Its continuance in power. '$0&W<0$K The republic an par ty ha s' 'written t& platform first and in so doing might bavve given the democrats something J** /HUBSDAY EVENINrC^ of an advantage, but so skilfully and carefully has the work been done that It Is difficult to see where any advan tage will accrue to the democratic party in having the last say. fy^ Mr. Lind has retired from public life. What? Again? A Human Trap.S ^-M During the inque st held on the dis ast er to the excursion steamer General Slooum in New York yesterday, Wil liam Trembley, a deck hand, testified that no water was turned on the fire and the assistant engineer tried to adjust the nozzle on the hose, but were unable to do so. N water came thru the hos e, Trembley testified, so per haps it is Just as well that the nozzle was not adjusted. The witness also said that many of the life preservers had holes in them. The chief engineer of the 'Slocum, B. Conklin, says he went to the donkey engine, as soon as the fire was announced, to work the water pres sure. stay ed by the pump until driven off by the smoke. receiv ed no word from the deck that the hose was not working. N one seems to know exactly where the water went to that he was pumping. Mr. Con k lin said there were no fire drills on the Slocum this year. had never tested the fire hose, and so ar as he knew no test was made by the United Stat es inspectors. The testimony also showed that the life preservers were either useless or worse than useless, one witness claim ing that his child, who might other wise have been saved, was borne down by one. The whole trend of the inquest, so far, shows that the General Slocum, so large and white and fair to look upon as she at on the water, was most excellently designed for a human trap, and that she carried out this miBsion most effectivelyand with little interference by the crew. The fac ts brought out by this in vestigation and the appalling loss of human life show What a tremendous price we pay in this country for that careless, neglectful, indifferent habit we have of failing to enact and rigidly enforce laws calculat ed to protect the public against the greed and careless ne ss and inefficiency of persons en gaged in rendering public service. The regulatio ns which would be enforced in such a country as Germany, for in stance, with respect to an excursion steamer like the Slocum, would have made such a disaster practically im possible. These regulations would, of course, be resisted by an American owner and shipmaster as annoying and irksome and, expensive, but they would render human life safer, and we will have to come to a more rigid and effective administration of laws and regulations of this kind, altho they may be disagreeable and possibly may cut off some of the profits of the business. Some Wisconsin republicans are sug gesting that the thing for a Follette to do is to pull out in the interest of party harmony and thus make ft sacrifice that would Immortalize him. Evidently they do not appreciate the character of the man. a Follette is a fighter by instinct. For him to pull out or to give up until he is crushed would be very surprising to those who have watched his career and his ad ministration of the Wisconsin govexnship. Cheap Immigrant Bates and the Consequences. Rumor has it that the steamship companies have tired of the business of carrying immigrants acro ss to America for $9.60 a head, and that representatives of the rival lines will shortly get together in London and put an end to the rate war. While the restoration of old rates will be very beneficial, much mischief has alrea dy been done. The worst lot of low-grade immigrants ever landed at New York was put asho re from the first of the cut-rate steam ers, and others followed shortly. Ever since the tide of immigration began to sweep in from southern Europe, the percentages of illitera cy and of freedom from disease have been on decline. The country has seen the landing of great numbers of dense ly Ignorant foreigners. The fact that in many instances the percentage of illiterates was above 40, and in a few especially bad instances ran as high as 60, was startling yet all that had previously shown up on the bad side looked comparatively favorable beside the more recent showings. Fif teen hundred degraded foreigners, ig norant almost beyond belief, many of them diseas ed and few with any money, were recently detain ed over night, on Ellis island pending final examination. So noisome was the place rendered by their presence that the oldest employees on the inspec tion force found their duties exceed ingly disagreeable and declar ed that no like conditions had been witnessed in years of experience. The immi grants were, in fact, in large part, the offscourings of the great cities of Europe, the dregs of civilization dumped upon the American shore. It would be pleasu re to be able to record that the steamship compa nies have at last seen the injustice of it all towards a government that treats them so liberally as ours in re gard to this but, in truth, that is hardly the case. If the rates a re restored, It will be becau se the business does not pay. There is not much profit, to begin with, in carrying an immigrant across the Atlantio for $10, and, additional to this, the re Is a sort of self-regu lating, automatic-like factor at work thru it all. A low rate means a great increase in the number carried, but it means also a less desirable class, a greater proportion who fall to get by the inspectors, and a much larger number to be carried back.T~VAnd there is no money in taking back the rejected ones. The whole matter is likely to oome up in congress at the next session, and it may be that the rate war will have served a good purpose after all, for it will probably result in more strin gent laws, or such modification of present laws as wIQ permit at th& ex-. elusion of many who now get thru but are far fronv being of the material of which good American citizens are made.", ^'-'R'J: The republican platform makers were guilty of one serious omission-yester day when they recounted the great things accomplished under this adminis tration. As. a result of the president's protest -against/race suicide it appears that the average weight of babies born In 1904 has gone up two pounds above the average for 1901. A any rate he made a speech at Montreal severely criticising the gov ernment for Its conduct in regard to military affairs, and charged one of the ministers with mixing politics with military appointments in a most scandalous manner. add to the mess he thus got himse lf into Lord Dundonald in explaining is indis creet speech address ed himse lf to an opposition member of parliament and sent a copy of the letter to the min ister whom he had particularly, ar raigned. I the end, "The Hon. the Earl of Dundonald" was dislocated from is official position so suddenly that we can find no-'...better name-for the disposition that was made of him than, to say that he was "fired." The, British war office is said to be so indignant pver the treatment ac corded Dundonald that hereafter Brit ish officers will decline to serve as commanders of Canadian militia. Re ferring to this report the Manitoba Free Press say s: They will not, we hope, get the chance of declining... The time has arrived when a Canadian, born and bred, who is ac quainted with the principles upon. which our country is governed, should become the head of our militia. If Canada with a population of some six millions, can not properly officer her own army she had better quit the business. This is a fair sample of the com ment of the Canadian press on the Dundonald incident, and some of it is very hot. There was a time, while the Canadians were yet provincials and did not mind being called "colownials" by the British-born, in a patronizing sort of manner, but now they don't like to think of themselves as colonials and they distinctly protest against being called such. They are beginning to think that the average Canadian is as good a man as the bet ter class of Englishmen and vastly better than the average Englishman. Canada is on the way to inde pendence. It may never be a formal ly claimed and recognized inde pendence, but at the present rate of drift away from British control, the time fs'mot f|% distant when Canada will insist upon treatment as a na tion rather than a colony both from* the mother country and from the rest of the world. The Journal is advised that Mr. Dunn's supporters are trying to make votes for him. in towns where public insti tutions are located by laying the responsi bility for the board of control upon the governor and seeking to make the oppo*? Bition to that policy operative against Judge Collins. The board of control is hardly an issue in this campaign, but if it were it would be in order to call atten tion to the fact that in his little pamph let entitled "Hon. K. C. Dunn's Record as State Auditor," pages 25 and 26, Mr. Dunn claims the credit for the board of control for himself. Of course everybody knows that Dunn was an advocate of the board of control and he is entitled to credit for what he did to secure it. Thomas F. Woodlock, editor of the Wall Street Journal, told the bankers at the Min netonka meeting that a panic has got to come about once every so often and there 1B no way to help it. What we can do, however, Is to prepare for it when the signs of the times indicate a recurrenco. From all appearances the present business depression has about shown its worst side and nothing very serious need be expected. About 1910 to 1913 we ought to be in line for another all-around commercial smash, according to the cycle theory. It would seem as if the financial wisdom of the country ought to be able to discover a way to avoid the periodical wreck. The "Elder Statesmen" of Japan, who are advisers without authority, number fourthe Marquis Ito, Mar quis Yamagata, Count Inouye and Count Matsugata. IMMlMMMtSMMM vX THE ME^TNEAPOLIS JOUBNAK i Spirit of Independence in Canada. The growing disposition of Canada to reduce the tie that binds that col ony to the mother country to one of pu re sentiment is shown again in the heroic treatment administer ed to Lord Dundonald, the general officer com manding the Canadian militia. The noble lord, who won some distinction in the Boer war, evidently thought that he derived his authority from the imperial government rath er than from that of the Dominion. In Oklahoma, where winter wheat Is be ing cut, some of it latffeiunds-to carry three grains to the raesh|fasteadiof two. This not a land boorneps d^ryveither. Yields of forty bushels to the acre are indicated, in a few exceptional instances, and while the average is far below this an. actual yield of thirty-eight bushels Is reported. A large part of Oklahoma will have little or nothing to show, but these favored spots will help out the total very material ly. That is the common trouble with those southwestern landsthey are badly spotted and good luck attends those who Strike the good spots. The pthers are sel dom heard of. The credentials committee listened to: strong arguments, yesterday against the present unjust basis of representation in the republican national convention, but was afraid to do anything about it. The fear seemed to be that to reduce the rep resentation from democratic states of the "solid south" might offend the negroes north and south and be a source of dan ger in the close states. It is not very easy to see why the northern negroes should take offense, while refusal to .do the right thing on that account Is by no means creditable to the northern negro repub licans. "Bart" describes what John Lind did at Duluth yesterday better than cold type can do it. Man had a picture language before he^ had an alphabet and sometimes it is necessary to get back to it to dd justice to 4he subject. If present indications hold, Europe's crops of wheat will be rather short and ours will not be over long. This is a con dition of things the farmer can easily put up with, as it keeps prices right up. Nebraska rejoices over the reported tender of the naval portf oUp-'-to Paul Mor ton,, son of the late J&'Sterling Morton. Mr. Morton is said to know the difference between a capstanxbar and a binnacle. Just how the Vladivostok squadron got out of the harbor an$ back again without fouling the Japanese -fleet is still puzzling everybody. N satisfactory explanations have yet been made. Mr. Lind intimates that he will not be a candidate for congress. This will afford the opportunity for the democrats to try to Induce him to run for governor again. Thomas W. Lawson's state of mind on Amalgamated Copper seems to indicate that the other boys got the marbles. What is so rare as Why, two days. a day in June? AT THE THEATERS Foyer ChatV. Large audiences are greeting the Ferris players in their clever production of Tom Carter's. English nautical- drama at the Lyceum. For the coming week Dick Fer ris and Miss- Florence Stone, the new leading lady of the Ferris company, will be seen in Nat C. Gbodwin's clever com edy success, "A Gold Mine." Following this delightful com*dy, the company will be seen?' in a grand scenic production of Sardou's masterpiece, "Cleopatra." There will be four napre performances of "The Mikado'^aVHti* Garftefii^Keater, In cluding the Saturday roatiflM,,. iof which special prices^re gn&de'+ Notwithstanding the cool evenings- this week, the atten dance at the theater has been very good, and patrons now know that they are as sured of hearing the opera in comfort, no matter what the atmospheric conditions The large canopy tent, which entirely covers -the auditorium, has close fitting side curtains, which may be lowered when-1 ever there is the least danger of wind or rain, and this renders the audience quite immune from any draught or dampness. THE MOST "ELIGIBLE" BACHELOR James Henry Smith"Silent" Smith is regarded as the most eligible bachelor in N ew Tork. He Is worth about $40,000,- 000, and, altho he is just 50 years old, he looks to be about 40the right age. Mr. Smith has recently bought the Whitney mansion, and his social activities have been noticeably.increased. This gives rise to the old report that he is about to marry. Society and the newspapers have had him engaged about twenty times in the last ten years, but the silent man of millionsthe richest bachelor In the worldhas always emerged unscathed and unmarried. STATUE OF KOSCIUSKO The secretary of war and congressional committee appointed for the-purpose ex pect soon to take up the matter of erect ing the statue of Kosciusko, which is to adorn one of the corners of Lafayette square, opposite the White House. Just before its close congress passed a resolu tion authorizing the acceptance of a statue to be erected at the expense of the Polish American citizens of the' United States. Theodore M. Helinski is/president of the central committee -of Polish organizations. DETECTIVE'S UNIQUE SPECTACLES Gustave Mace, the -famous Paris de tective who died recently, invented for his own use a,, pair of spectacles, the glasses ,of which were*,'divided, one part enabling him to see the ground on which he trod, and the other to observe peo ple who were behind him. THE NOHPABEJL MAN Daring Rescue of a Beautiful Maiden from the Treacherous-waters of Mln- netonkaA Romance of the Excelsior Pocks. The daring rescue of the beautiful maid en from the treacherous waters of Min netonka has made Rev. Dr. Morrill quite a hero along the shores of that beautiful inland sea. It seems that Mr. Morrill was going down the docks on Atlantic avenue in Excelsior before the. services opened, "because there was much water there," when his eye was caught by a beautiful maiden far from shore in the act of sink ing for the last time. Mr. Morrill, tho a Baptist still, has never learned, as he says, "the natatory art," but he knew the nature of the fluid and did not hesitate. Placing his tali hat over the top of the hitching post over which the hawser is thrown when the anchor is unfurled and the royal top mizzenmast unshipped at the close of the-voyage, and sticking his diamond pin into a board on the wharf, he leaped into the lake and went to the bottom like a sack of sugar. As soon as he touched bottom Mr. Morrill scrambled to his feet and ran along the bottom of the lake for about twelve or fifteen feet till he reached the limp and apparently lifeless form of the maiden lying on the weeds in fifteen feet of water. Grasping the clinging form in his arms he turned and ran for the shore. this time he felt that he was dying for air! A thousand Niagaras thundered in his ears and he saw wiggly lights and shooting stars everywhere, but he kept bravely on and was soon seen by an anx ious throng emerging from the waves with his lovely burden. The maiden, when she came to, faltered "my preserver," and then in a moment added, "Is my hat on straight?" Later she recovered herself a little and crie^d out, "Oh, 1 fear you have gotten wet. You will catch cold!" Mr. Morrill assured her that he was not even damp. During the service when the choir chased the anthem, the pastor's deep bass, enforcing the weaker parts, showed no sign of tremolo and during the extraction of the contribution he was as witty and unconcerned as if nothing had happened. you notice how much shorter the days are getting since the 21stthe long est day of summer? What is the matter with the democrats taking Admiral Schley for a candidate? Chicago, peace be unto it, has been pretty quiet this week, but Dr. Dowie is expected home right away. Did you ever notice in the war news when the reports come from the other side that the enemy's troops are either "mowed down" or "wiped out"? "Moo Johnson" Is being held at La Crosse for the murder of Sheriff Harris. Moo is somewhat cowed at the predica ment he finds himself in. Non-explosive gasolene whooped It up yesterday when a salesman of the Stand ard Oil company was showing that it couldn't and blew pieces out of his hand. Of course, we know that gasolene properly handled is non-explosive in the same way that the Missouri charger is non-kicklve, but you interfere with oats of the latter or the natural laws of the former and things go "bang", in their neighborhood in a way that causes the perspiration to stand out on the brow of "our worthy coroner." In our new play called "Romney Oaks" one of the most striking scenes shows the beautiful maiden watching the vil lain advancing along the avenue leading to the mansion. She steps behind a large tree with these words In an aside: "Ha! the villain!" When he arrives opposite, her hiding place she steps out and seizes" him roughly by the arm. He exclaims: "Unhand me, maiden how dare you'" "I would have words with thee." "I shall have no converse with thee, beautiful maiden. I refer you to my wife." She laughed a harsh sneering laugh and disappeared in the gathering darkness. The villain trembled. "What can sha moan. Has she designs On my domestic happiness? 'Tis too terrible! I'll not be lieve it." A hard-working and worthy carpenter of Mankato has been goldbricked by a neat and pretty girl from across the sea. She came to her adopted country several years ago and seems to have acquired some of its shrewd financial wisdom: Lena she was named and for employment she nicked the dishes in Mrs. Klntze's kitchen on North Broad street. In the Mankato Free Press she is described as "a pretty, slender girl, a little pale and with dark hair." The carpenter referred to above was engaged In his trade of manicuring the roof of Mrs. Klntze's house. On this job he met Lena. A the song says: "She was one of these working girls, And she worked me!" This was about a week ago. The two foil in love and agreed to marrr. The girl went up to look over the home of the man who was to be her husband and was much pleased with the prospect of be coming its mistress. She had no home of her own. The happy man then took the girl around to various stores and opened his pocketbook quite freely, as this or that article of raiment struck the girl's fancy. The bill footed up to $17. When the next morning came the girl arose before the sun and took ths'4:45 a.m. Omaha train for the twin cities. Charley Hoffman,- the night ticket agent, took &reat interest in the case and re memtered her face and the pleased and childlike smile with which she purchased the ticket that bore her far away from the scene of her triumph. All carpenters In the twin cities should be on the watch for a "pretty, slender girl, a little pale and with dark hair." A. J. R. LL-FATED GENERAL SLOCUM AS SHE LIES NEAR HELL GATE, IN THE EAST RIVER, NEW YORK CITY n (active Page JUNE 23,: 1904. NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD Salem Celebrates Centennial Anniversary of Hawthorne's Birth Tbday-^-Mennorlals to Be Erected at Salem, Concord and Bowdoln CollegeTheodore T. Munger*3 Estimate of Hawthorne's Place In Liter- atureHowells Is a D.: C. 'L,,...,,,-^y-.v Nathaniel Hawthorne's birthday falls on July 4. The people of Salem, Mass., and vicinity, however, are celebrating the eventthe 100th anniversarytoday. A joint observance Is being held by the Es sex institute and the Salem city council. The principal address of the day will be by Rev. Samuel M. Crothers, D. D., pas tor of the First church at Cambridge, ac cording to a program published by Hough ton, Miffjin & Co. A trustee of Bowdoin college will speak of Hawthorn'e college days. Dr, Edward Waldo Emerson of Concord will speak of his life there. Rome, where he lived some years, will be rep resented by a letter from Dr. Fredirigo Gerlandi, professor of English literature in the University of Rome. American lit erature will be represented by letters from Edmund C. Stedman of New York and Mrs. Harriet Preseott Spofford of Newburyport while English writers will be represented by letters from Mrs. Humphry Ward, James Bryce, writer on American affairs J. M. Barrie, the Scotch novelist, and Henry James while from Germany will come an estimate of Haw thorne by Professor Andrew E. Schoen bach of the University of Gratz. Joseph Choate, United States ambassador to England, who has taken great interest in the event, will send a letter. Invitations have been sent to many distinguished men, including President Eliot of Har vard and President Hyde of Bowdoin. Miss Hildegarde Hawthorne, daughter of Julian Hawthorne and a granddaughter of the novelist, will be present. A handsome souvenir program has been prepared. Memorials to Be Erected. The city council will mark the site of the Old Town pump, whose "rill" was made famous by Hawthorne, by placing a suit ably inscribed tablet in the pavement of Town House square. In celebrating the Hawthorne centenary Concord has followed the date of his ac tual birthday, July 4. On the afternoon of that day, a memorial stone for him will be unveiled on the hill at the "Wayside." One of the most interesting celebrations of this centenary will be at the Bowdoin college commencement, on June 22, when Bliss Perry, editor of the Atlantic' Month ly, will deliver an oration. It is proposed to erect on the Bowdoin campus a statue representing the great romancer as it may be imagined he appeared in young'man hood, and subscriptions for this.object are now being received. Hawthorne's Place. The Century Magazine for July, pays special attention to the Hawthorne anni versary. "Hawthorne's. High Place" is the subject of an article by Theodore T. Mun ger in which is this: But Hawthorne has a wider claim upon our Kratitude, namely, the fact that be has set the seal of glorious achievement in letters upon the moral laws of our nature. The greatest things done in literature have often been of thiB sort they are alone, from Job down, are remembered and cherlBhed In the ages. Hawthorne is our only exponent of genius in this field, and how superbly has be filled It! His message is that of Dante and St Paul and all great moralists whatever a' man does to another he does to him self, whether it be good or evil. Men will forerer dwell on this truth, and will never for get those gifted souls who see It clearly and set It forth in perfect forms of literary art. ^^i^^S^W^W^rfN^N^^^N^S^W^i^S/V^^N^%'^^^^ W. D. HOWELLS, D. C. L., Degree Conferred Upon American by Oxford University. Oxford university yesterday conferred the honorary degree of doctor of civil laws on Lord Curzon of Kedleston, the viceroy of India M. Cambon, the French ambassador, and W. D. Howells, and the degree of doctor of science on William Marconi. The correspondent of a New York news paper makes the interesting statement that it was not John Hay, as popularly supposed, who wrote "The Bread Win- ners," but Charles Frederick Adams, a lawyer of New York. Mr. Adams said yesterday: "I make no claims. I want it distinctly understood I make no claims, either one way or other, with reference to the authorship of the book." "The Bread Winners" appeared first as a serial in old Scribners, now the Century Magazine, in the fall of 1883. Soon after wards it was published in book form by Harpers and had a great vogue. The Uneasy Chair. A civil war story with the war Interest largely subordinate, a love-story wjth the heroine scarcely appearing, a false'friend who is practically unmasked In the nrsfc chapter and yet continues his course serenely until the end, such are the para doxes in General Charles King's latest book, A Knight of Columbia. It Is the story of a hero who, at first a plaything of fate but too. strong to be humbledAat length conquers circumstances and wins both love and honor. The historical, background is interest ing. It deals largely with a period of the war little exploited In literature, the time of the inaction and ill success of the Army of the Potomac. Rex Ingrahara. fresh from the elusions of college life, en lists as a private In order that he may learn the soldiering business from the' bottom up. His zeal proves too strong for red tape methods and a court-martial arid' trial follow. Before a sentence is given the young man is captured by- the rebels. True to a love that he believes to be hope less, he is nursed by a beautiful southern girl, and confesses a love for her that he almost persuades himself exists. However, as success comes to the union arms sdfj also does success come to the hero, anoVf when the dark cloud of war finally lifts,,* we find him in a situation "to live hap".' pily ever afterward." 'i _'. L. S^K. Altho The Ark of 1803 is a story of boys*| adventures a hundred years ago, It i| nevertheless a book which will be con-r sidered most timely by young America. It| tells of the stirring times of the Louisiana* purchase and is an exciting boys' tale.^ The ark is a trading boat sent from Mari** etta, Ohio, to New Orleans and is manned) by a sturdy crew of boys who have all sorts of adventures with Indians and: treacherous whites.L. S. K. THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER Strange Mortuary Customs.The mor tuary customs of the Tibetans are curl^ ous and barbarous, says the July Book' lovers' Magazine. When a chief or an influential member of a village dies, his remains, placed in a box or yakskin bag are for several weeks sunk in a. swiftly-^ I flowing stream, in order to wash away, the evil spirits supposed to possess the. body. Then the badly-decomposed oorps&j is brought to one of the temples, and' large payment Is made to the lamas to complete the burial ceremonya most gruesome task, better imagined than de scribed. Various parts of the body are sprinkled with potent liquids. The rela-. tiyes gather around, chanting in dolorous ululations, and lacerating themselves with knives and thorn-sticks. The body is then cut up by the lamas, and each piece is buried in a different spot. The head sup posed to contain the original spirit, will thus be surrounded by as many retainers in the next world as there are disjointed portions of the body. The number of pieces is determined by the rank of the individual the body of a chief, perhaps, may be severed In a dozen places. "The Philippines at .St. Louis" is the subject of the leading article in the num ber. It is by William Powell Wilson and gives an account of the- island exhibit at the exposition which is said by those who have seen it to be of extraordinary, interest. Another feature is a story by Joseph Blethen, "The Man Who Held the Curtain." BOOKS RECEIVED A KNIGHT OF COLUMBIA. A Story of the War. By General Charles King. Illustra tions by George Gibbs. New Tork: The Hobart company. THE ARK OF 1803. A Story of Louisiana Pur chase Times. By C. A. Stephens. Illustrated by H. Burgess. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. Price $1.25. SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISERS MR. JOHN LEE MAHIN, One of the Most Thoughtful and Aggres sive Young Advertising Men. 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