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12 BOOKS OF THE HOUR HOIIDIt HOOKS OK EVERY KIND akk MDennmra to AI'I'WR NOVELS. STORIES, SKETCHES ••A I.oirr of Truth." l»> V.lir.a Orne W!ii(, "Stttrie-H «»f the Chero kee HilN," b> Maurice ThompKo-n "Myths mid I.«-js«mii1»." <> Bolj. Sun of Battle" — -"'iin> Black tur t«ifi" ••Oorolhx Dchiic" Et«*. A Lover of. Truth" is as bright and reads ■•■■ a book as often comes one's way. As far as plot Is concerned it l« just a simple every day love story, r :que or pretentious about It, the kind that mak'-s a great many Mfjries in print and— one is glad to be lieve—a vast number more in real life. As , ( character study it is very am bitious and as successful as it Is Ingr. The half dozen prominent Pf «(■' ■ in it are drawn with a delicacy tJiat does not disguise the firmness of ■troke nor the acuteness of insight that ii:hl<"« such draughtsmanship pos sible. The author's style is as simple H.-i : ■■••; plot, yet bright and clever, at j t Dies quite filled with natural and ' am us in*; conversation. Both hero and heroine are 'Lovers of Truth." They but develop in different ] M■ . -i. Jean Beycroft's girlhood, its philosophy and unhappiness are sum- ! mcd tij. in her ten-year-old misery at a I children's party: "It Isn't that I want ! t.» be kissed; 1 should hate it; but [ ! rlnn't like to be the kind of little girl i' • • ii..idy wants to kiss." Hhe grows i out of her awkward girlhood into a \ beautiful, high-spirited woman, but i> ■ |uite loses the : if-finsciousness toped by many years of wall flow- | crhood. Her childish hero, "The Lover I of Truth," whose principle is absolute veracity and plain-spokenness, and ' Whose Ideal women at" Meredith's) heroines, should find in Jean Reyeroft the bfcsl fulfillment of his demands; he marriee Instead — I<> th^ reader's relief, i f>»r Alen Nicholas-; soon develops Into a prig Elsie, Jean's sparkling, beau tiful little butterfly cousin. Els!*- is c delightful little creature to whom so lies are as necessary as» th»* air Mie breathes, though at heart .<<he is true and <ioglike in her loyalty, in tlin^ she loses her fascination for Alen, and the conflict comes between bein^ :n;.- t<> bis promise and true to hint self In another man the struggle would be heroic, but in him it loses Its force, for while he acts In some Borl the devoted husband, h<' allows bin -I!' all the brutal truth-itlling he wants and ii must be admitted it is usually for selfish ends. Truth broad en* d ••> include true courtesy, as it ap pears m th<- other characters, is a more lovable thing. " A La of Truth," bj El 1m Orne White (1.26. lloiißiiton. Mlfflin *Co.. Boston. I'..r hi!« by the Si. l\mi Book and Station. • • • "Stories of th; Cherokee Hills." Magazine readers are familiar with s i f Southern mountain life by M< irice Thompson stories not bo nun ■•:■• ■■:!- ;.s they are a •■<■< ptable. Mr. 'II !'• son was brought up in Hi. < 'I • rokee li Ui district f ' ■ : rvcil, iis a boy. the Southern army. After '■ l '5 urgia the n ■ untain types ap him as possible lii. rarj ma il M is rather Interesting to read ■ f i :■:•• !.-.-. ptton granted th< -■ if i lisapp< arlng civilization. • !••• . ir >.is ended, politics had taken i ness engender* d by the i ■ • n trouble, and. when these 'i! the 'color line,' wi itti n . in the seventies, were offered t« Mitars. they were promptly rejected, ••" the ground-that 'fiction in an) wraj i »'I( Ii th< re ■ ! uiir in the flout h and Its results' could not tail to nder ill feeling' and do injury to r and publisher." The inii iy of human judgment was never : ■• ■.» n than ill lilt lifj't Of BUb »' ■ri-vi: events on this editorial dictum. In i .\ iy, ih<i ii. re, Mp. Thompson n n : garded as the father of all the vast collection >'t Bketches of the .n.hhl' jusi before and after the war. i' • ms are some ol the Kitua *i"i m. Mi. '| h.iiupM>n asuureH us in a inien'siinn as ;m\ story In The intdk. they :u>- really but the "•■■otd of things ooming directly un ii •! his nwn observation. And so the h ■'!' "Ben and Judas." the mas ind .-lave through many years of <■!•».-•• i- iaiii.il k'"« so Inseparable that l !: • Mack man might have t!:.- Incarnate shadow of the white one, so much -ere they alike In everything put '•.:<>- being "reaily and truly true," li:is an added Interesi it hardly needs, • onsidering its humor and pa thos and that delicious situation of the stolen nielops and the vengeful prayer o\,i- the rich plunder. This story, by th,> w.i>. is the best among a half doz '■'• curious and entertaining Bketches. •-'Stories si the Ch«rokee mils." by Mauricr Tbompson |I.EO. Houglito •. Miffltn *. 1 f.... M.st.,l, for sal- by [be Si. Taiil Ro»V h d 9U rampiaj . • • • ".Myths snd Legends." Thus.-' w li>> consider our continent tnn >ung to .support a huge family THK llllji'l \Ml.ni< A\ HOTKI, 1\ (TBA TO BE Bl ILT » HIVA.IA. is a whiter rjeaort will have for niii.i! Cuba and Pi < ;>•> i.' o. The U »!d .ire ( urious to \is!t the ■Se late war with Spain will be learn that an American corpora handsome and commodious :wo islar.Js. Aln-ady the plau> ! ■ have b«*»-n drawn, and through the I « - : the ari'liiteiis. Messrs. Goodrich of Baltimore. The Globe is r its roadfrs just what the ; toiue of Havana, will look like, i bom. deetgned especially to »c --wlnter tourists, will be con •tructed upon the latest and most Approved I: will be proof against everything. Eke ;n intet-ts say ft will be fireproof, earth ciuaJLe-prooC, damp-proof and vermin-prooL V iis< ntn -ould any one ask? The u>>uj<« will be surround**! h^ be&uiifal of ghosts should read Charles M. Skin ner's "Myths and Legends Beyond Our Borders." Every third page supplies at least one suggestively creepy ghost story, a few of them as aristocratic and ancestrial as some of the best ones across the sea; most, however, are In dian legends, none the less thrilling because they belong to plain or river rather than castle or mansion. The j admirers of Mr. Gilbert Parker's super | lative stories of the far north know ! the wonderful atmosphere of Northern Canada for myths and legends, a country where the very emptiness of the vast wilduess of snow fields creates spirits of people. The northern Indians were not lacking in Imagination, and the spirit of the land that subdues even the skeptical mind of the civilized South gave life, in their awed fancy, to myths of unusual dignity and .spirituality. More near the Canadian border of our own land the legends lose much of their originality and charm. Again In Central America and Mexico the myths become weird and strange, having for a background the wonderful dead civilization of the Aztecs, with all its legends of marvel ous wealth and vengeful spirits. Mr. Skinner has published before the "Myths and Legends of Our Own Land" and the present volume has ewn a better field for literature; it would be impossible to make an un- j interesting book out of the "Myths j and Legends Beyond Our Border," j even if the author was not a pleasing j writer. As it is the book Is very good ! reading Indeed. "Myths and Legends Beyond Ou, Borders." by Charles M. Slunner. .1. B. Lippincott Co.. Philadelphia. Price. $1.50. For's*le by the St Paul Boik and Stat:ore T v rampany. • * • "Bob "Son of Battle." This is a book about dogs, the sheep dogs of the border country of Eng land. It contains a vast deal of new j and interesting information about j sheep-dogs ami their ways, and one j .strong and disagreeable human char- ! acter, to wit. A. lam MAdam, the ov.n er <-f "Red Wull." The other human characters* are of little account, and really, with the best will in the world toward collie dotrs and their feats and J their conquests, it is impossible to keep up an interest in a story consisting wholly of descriptions of how Owd Bob's neck bristled or Red Wail's eyes glared. If th._y ever were allowed to fly at one another it might be a more exciting matter, but at. the critical mo tnent the masters invariably hop up from somewhere. "To me. Bob!" "To me, Wull!" and the fight is postponed. There is, indeed, one death sti"jggle in the book— that of Red Wull against all his enemies— which Is highly excit ing, but Alfred Ollivant, who is a new writer, does not know how to stop this I sort of thing before the reader turns nick and disgusted. Mr. Ollivant has much to learn before he. can write a lively, well constructed story. "Hob. Pon of Battle," by Alfrp<l Ollivant. I>oubloday & McClure Co. fUB. For sale by the St. Paul Book and Statonery com pany. * • • "The Black Curtain." "The Black Cuitaln" is somewhat melodramatic in plot and incident, as It certainly is in title. It Is not intend ed for tragedy, it appears, however, and ends happily, despite all that the fate* and the author can concoct to i the contrary. A singer, on the night "i her expected triumph, finds herself with a slum voice; an artist, at the heixbt <,f iiis career, finds that an oihcr stroke of work men or Mindness. ; Both the owner of the deafl voice and i the owner of tlv lost cafeer leave their urmer haunts and in the Colorado hills ■ .pi. oddly enough the same claim. Th« owner (> f the dead voice is a wom an, young and beautiful; the owner of ,i.' clos.ml career is a man, brave and itronjf. The laws of the land concern ing the pre-empting of homestead claims are very curious and very slow ' in action; th» leaves the hero and heroine fact* t«> face with an awkward Bituation and each other and with I'!' nty of time to follow the only course open to two .such individuals under such circumstances in a well reared romance. Their Inevitable fall- ; ing in love ir- made more Interesting by the artist's flnaHy losing his eye sight from painting a picture to save the hoi. or of Ute woman's young broth er. This llnnl blindness is "The Black Curtain" that gives a sinister name to the hook and brings tr*J«d* into a story better pijitcn to of comedy. "The Black Curtain." by Klora Haires Lonp • $l.:,0. Hou B h4oTi. Mlfflin * Co.. Bos ton. For i*\r by the St. Paul Book and S'atirnery conjp ny. ♦ * • "Tables for the Frivo'oiis " "Fables for the Frivolous" is pufe lisheti with apologies to La FontaJn*. These nonsense verses have appeared from time to fcime In Life, the various Harper periodicals and In Munsey's Ifagaslne, and that the "Frivolous" have found the>m amusing is demon strated by the fact that they still coo tin up to be popular with editors whose Judgment la not swayed by frivolity. 1-a Fontaines fables have been brought up to date by Guy Wet more Carryl, In phraseology at least— their ill needed no modernization — but ii can hardly be claimed for these done-over tallies that they are as amusing as their originals. Yet they will reach some who will enjoy them FIRST AMERICAN HOTEL TO BE BUILT ON CUBAN SOIL tropi. al rardens. The late Col. Waring had the out-of-door work in hand, and the sewer age was also plannHi under his direction. In this latter respect every possible precau tion will be taken. The American Hotel company, limited, Is composed of British. American and Cuban I < apitalists. and the hotel in Havana will be but one of a chain of similar hotels to be erected In Cuba and Porto Rico. The Ameri can house will b« constructed entirely of steel. Tnere will be expanded metal cover ings both Inside and out, those on the ex terior being covered with Portland cement. Cumberland hydraulic cement wUI be used on the interior. Even the windows and door frame* and the verandas will be fireproof. There win be 465 rooms in all, including four parlors, four dining room*, two cafes, a billiard room, a bar and a bowling ailey. Every eteeptnc apartment will kave • toth THE ST. PAUL GkOBE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1893. in this form who have never happened on them in the other, and so their ex istence Is justified. Mr. Peter Newell's drawings for this volume are the better part. Charac teristically good in technique and hu mor, they need no justification beyond their own merits. "Fables for the Frivolous," by Guy Wet more Carryl. $1.50. Harper & Bros,, New York. For sale by the St. Paul Book an* Stationery company. • • • • "Dorothy Deane." Ellen Olney Kirk has written a more than usually delightful story for chil dren — it makes charming reading even for grown-ups. Dorothy Deane is a little girl wiho had the misfortune to live in early New England times, and the greater misfortune — if greater mis fortune can be conceived — to make her home with a grandmother and maiden aunt, who have the most sincere de sire to rear the poor child in humility and righteousness. However, Little Dorothy's life Is not a path of barren duty — it is well nigh impossible to cheat the young of freedom — and some of the brightness comes from the well drawn dramatic little figure of Marcia ] Dundas, a child with a woman's bur den on her small shoulders and a woman's pluck to carry it. If the vis its to the Dundas kitchen were almost i i stolen, it was in self -protection against ! ! virtue too rigid to endure. The book j j is delightfully written and far removed i i from the mawkish sentiment of many books intended for young readers. "Dorothy Deane," by Ellen Oln«y Kirk. $1.25. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.. Boston. Fcr sale by the St. Paul Book and Stationery company. Literary Notes. Ellery Sedgwick says of M. Roeund and Cyrano de Bergerac In the December At lantic: '•Upon Paris, crammed to repletion with. ■ plays of an outworn and degenerate tyre. i "Cyrano do Bergerac" came with a qulvken ! ing spirit The school of the classics ! had long been neglected. The reign of ! Dumas flls had scarcely been challenged. • • • After all this, the noble touch of | idealism that makes "Cyrano de Bergerac" ' the play it is was hailed with intense relief. : It mi the same relief that in a petty scale 1 comes to the reader of some sparkling ro ! manic after he has toiled through shelves of • bald and arid realism. People love ex tremes, and M. Rostand came In the nick of time. "Yet all this detracts not one whit from the merits of the play. M. Rostand's vi n ture commanded success, but It deserved it. At the moment, Parisians thought the play a creation of a new type. In reality it is the lineal descendant of the best traditions of French literature. The author has schoo td him elf in his Moliere. his Corne:il?, his Hugo, and he knows them as well a.s ever Stevpnson did his Scott or Keats his Shakespeare. Read "Cyrano de Bergerac" carefully, and you will find reverence for the roasters at every turn. The note of high ro mance, which Corneille caught from Ronsarl and from the literature of Spain, 1b struck ae:ain l>y M. Rostand. In Cyrano's disdain for the world there is something that re minds vi of Le Misanthrope himself. Per haps it is not fanciful to imagine that, in part at least, our hero inherits his adven turous spirit and merry humor straight from Lp Sage's Knight of Santlllane. Certain *t in that the blood of Ruy Rlas flows in his veins, and who would deny liis kinship to the Thn ? Musketeers and D'Artagnan to boot? FSiit If. P.ostand has been the master. not the servant, of tradition. In the best sense his play Is original, for It is instinct with his own genius. "The keynote of the plot la the hero's si'lf- Sacrlfice. His unselfishness is complete, but it is not without compensation, lv the in tensity of his pain he Ii conscious of a subtle delight in knowing that he hiniT'elf is loved In the person of Christtaa. This is far l;.<;n pure altruism. It is more sensuous, more complex, more human, ni^re interesting." • • • The Cbrtatmaa Dumber of St. Nicholas l^ full of the holiday spirit. The frontispiece is a striking drawing by Maxfluld Pari KM illustrating a tale by Kvdleen Stein, i I "The Page of the Count Reyuaurd. ' TUP is a s cry of the song core-tests of the trottflKa dours, in the days oi siod King R. Provence. Clara Morris, the eminen. . contributes a skr-.-t., roll of humor a-'d bright character portrayal, "My I4ttl« ji:>i (Vow. 1 " It is thp Btcry of a little boy hat was once a member o!' her hoaxfc b : i. iin.'. dI hta ! i inks, hla joys, a".l bia Borrows. Thomas v. Alien Jr.. vim m&Oe a i. »nc srotad the worM awheel. .- veral years ego, and who is one of the autl- n <>r I "Acma Asia on :i Bicycle." tp;is absut T 1 c ! Boys of Siberia." lie gives a diffe:viv in; pr«e«doa of this lam! and its inhabitants ftwn the on. usuplly entertained. Klyd'i Rlcbard son Stoeg;. desrrlbea "rootball of Lor? Ar . " plieninda. as played In am;!>>nt Athens- har paa urn, us it was kn^wn among the Romans and calcic, as the game was calleJ In Flor ence. The article Is illustrate from o'rt prints and from photographs. Oliver H< rford has written a Clever drama in verse. "Fox and Geese." a*id furnishes the illustrations for «. "Mark V.," in Clarence .Maiko'e story, war- an erra'lc torpedo that caused great un- ' eavies* to a number of American naval officers during "he rw?nt war. A story that hr-.s a gr>od, wbolisame moral, most appropri ately enforced at this time, is "An Amateur KrUs-Kringle," by Warren McVeigh. Seasom* be Tinea and jln^lfs are "The Christnma- Trco Lights." by Annie Willis McOulioueh "The I)r«am of the Toy," by Katberlne Pyle' and "Ye Chrlstmai Puddings." by Malcolm Houßlas. Birch, Varla. Potthast. aid Blanche McManus are among the ar.ists !-ftpre.--eutod in the numbs*-. « • • In the first install icont of lUs story of ih« "Mrrrlmac," In tho December Onturv wfil-h Is to be an unusually attractive number Lieut. Hobson lajs no cKm to having nnglnated the Idea of !)!i>ckiug the channel 3! Santiago. The sinking of the collier hid been ordered by Admiral Sampson, but the commanding officer off S.intia«o had not ex ecutfd the maneuver when the flagship ar rived, and the working out of the r'in. aa will as its execution, was intrusted x> Lieu. ' Hobson. The preliminary str.pg are detailed in this number of the magazin«. and in latPr issues the story of the sinking of the ship and the capture and imprisonment of her crew will be given at flret hand. This is the only account of his exploit thit Mr. Hob son has written for publication. • • • Much interest has been excited fn America by the telegraphic accounts of H^oley's ap parently wholesale purchase of British uoble nw*ii for use as decay ducks to hl.« various stock scheme* ; and hts r-onn-etlon with th« atuched. Thoee who nave previously visited Cuba will appreciate thU luxury. The office will be finished In onyx and the br:Ual chamber* in silver. Old copper will predominate throughout the main portion of the house. There win bo an Ice plant of tea tons ca pacity, half of which will be used for ice and half for refrigerating purposes. Three electric licht plant* will also be built, on« for Havana connection and two for the hoteL There will also be a gas plant, but this will merely be used in cases of emergency. Ali the water will be distlHed. and the sew erage will be forced directly Into the ooeaa. the hotel being located to the east of the city but within easy reach. Those who are at tracted to Havana out of mere curiosity may be surprised to find a hotel there mual ts> aa> oa (be Florid* omM. highest political official* of the empire. Theron th. fv! 110 has been in England for the Cosmopolitan, takes up the subject in the November issue of that magazine, and under ( the title of "Hooley and His Guinea rigs, give* a connected story of the deriva ,?Ti Of Ho °tey and hi« rise to the con-irol of miUons through unlimited cheok and the opportune wUiingnesa of ddstirguished Br'tish aristocrats to lend their names for a financial cottsweTation to aaay sort of a shady transac tion. • • • In tihe December number of McCluxe's M *««*s* 1 »«, Oa.pt. Mahan will begin a series or articles on the naval operations in the recent war. These articles cannot fail to be of great interest In the history and theory of naval warfare, Capt. Wahao is acknowl edged the wt>r!d over as about the highest living authority; and as he was one of the members of the board of strategy which largely deTlsed and directed the naval move ments in recent war, he will write In theae articles from quite exceptional Informa tion. On Our Book Table. LITTLE, BROWN & CO., NEW YORK— "Chafing Dish Possibilities," by Fannie Merrltt Farmer, $2; The Works of I Jane Austen: "Emma," 2 vols.; "Lady Su- A WARRIOR WOMAN. Dc Eth ci Mrs. f celye, Who, as Frank Thompson, Fought Through the Civil War in flale Attire— Her Thrilling I \J History and Heroic Deeds. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The death of Mr*. L. H. Seelye at Li Porte, Tex., last month, closed the career of a remarkable woman, whose history is, perhaps, the mo»t unique and Interesting or any woman of this generation. She at least furnishes the only well-authenticated case e£ a woman who served as a private soldier in the ranks during the Civil war, and in the threefold capacity of common soldier, field nurse and spy, proved herself over and ovar again "one of the best and braveat men iv the regiment." In the battles of Bull Run. Willlamsburg, Fair Oaks, the seven days be fore Richmond, Antietam and Fredc-rlcksburg she frequently fought all day and nursed the wounded all night, with a strength and devo tion almost superhuman; and while in tlis "secret service" she penetrated the enemy's lines no less than eleven time 3in various disguises— always with complete success, so far as the object of her expedition was con cerned, and escaping without detection, aJ though more than once "hardly by the skin of her tee'-h." After "Vicksburg" she was attacked by fever, and became so ill as to be released from duty. During convalescence she wrote the "Nurse and Spy" (a book which reached a «ale of upward of 400.000 copies), after which V ' j /r KJIB. SKELVK. sue returned again to the army. Xot until twenty years later was it known by her moat Intimate comrades in the service -that thp "Frank Thompson" whom they had known and loved was a woman — a truly wonderful case of concealed identity. The peculiar mental and physical charac teristics that rendered Euch a ro'.e possible were In large measure the natural outgrowth ' of the circumstances surrounding her cbUd hood and youth. Sarah K. R. Edmonds (for such was her maiden name) wa» born on a farm in Maguadanlck, N>w. Brunswick, nor far from St. Jcvhn's river, whei'e she lived un til about 2« yiars of age. Her c-onatant companion from infancy »a« an older blotter; and as little Sar«h ad vanced in years ehe failed to develop any de cided taste for household work, or for any of the young lady pursuits of that day, but waa passionately devoted to out-of-door life, and spent the most of her time roaming over ! the farm with her brother, helping him In j his labors and Joining In all his sports. With him she rode, drove, skated and huntid j chopped down the trees of th» forest. fls-:--:d In the streams, or ou snowshoes tracked 'he wild deer. Naturally keen, fearless, air-. she becanm a superb horsewoman, a fine shu. and strong and sk'lled in the various forms : of outdoor Übor. so that later in camp a--<1 • field she could handle ax, gun or 6pade with the best. All this open-air exerclsa gave iier an unusual physiaue for the women of her day. i'he was broad-shouldered, vigorous ami athleti'-, with muscle of Iron and names of i steel. It «v quite natural upon approaching womanhood that the desire should come to Mlse BdmoaAi to make a career for herself; i but there war? tern vocations orx?n to w> men in those" dayfe that could appeal to one of her peculiar, powers and equipment. One day however, a copy of the newly revised edition of the Bible fell Into her hands. Miss Edmonds was an earnest ChrUrtlen, and had an insatiable deeire for an education, and the idea canie to her that she might lay the ! foundation for broadening her life by can ' vas-sing for Mfbecriptlons for this new Bible. Partly from th« love of adventure, and ! partly from the business prestige It would j jfive her. she determined to take advantage | of her stalwart figure, assume a man's cos ; tume. end. under the name of "Frank Thompson," carry on the business of agent i for the revised edition of the Bible. She met , witli no difficulty in the disguise, and wai ) remarkably successful in her undertaking. i She worked her way selling Bibles down . through Nova Scotia and the rtates until In the fall of IS6O h«r route brought her to Flint, Mich- Miss Edmonds was at thi* time with so many others greatly agitated by the diffi culties between., the North and the South. Though not an American, and not obliged ! to remain In the country during a conflict, j she esjKiused the Federal cause with ardor; ! and when, immediately following the firing jon Fort Sumter. and the president's call for troops, the Flint. Union Grays asked fo recrults. Frank Thompson was among ihe first to present himself. Although volunteer* In those days were not •übject to the strict examination of our re cent recruits. Frank felt rather nervous and apprehensive over this part cf the pro gramme, particular^ when he noted how the man ahead of him in the line was treat ed. However, the examiner merely looked into the frank, honest face, took hotd of the firm, string, but fair hand, acd asked: "Well, what sort of a living haa this hand earned?" With the dash native to her, Frank replied: "Well, up to tie present, that hand has been chiefly engaged in getting an education." And the examiner passed on. Within a short time Frank was with the Army of the Potomac, devoting every pos sible moment to caring for the sick and consoling the dying. After the terrible de feat at Bull Run. Sb« lingered on the fled. ministering to the wounfed, though rep. ate*iy warned that "the tebs wer» coming." until, finding herself quit* alone, ahe proceeded to make her way to Canterville. As the Con federates had not then arrived she could not make up her «ainjß to ot>nticue her re-reat without first Ss4»»iPto the "Stone Church," crowded with ifecnuwd and dying Union sol dier*. She aftnagfrd, giving them water, until the tramßo* ffcvalry was heard at the very door, whew fhe darted out, and as the night was exceedingly dark, and the rain coming down Ist tortenta. managed to elude observation. Seeing .that there was no escape by the street, sh«> climbed a fence, ran across lots, coding jfut on the Fairfax road, and started on the double-quick for Wash ington. She arilved.at Alexandria at noon next day, her shoes literally worn off her feet and rearlj^exliAuted. having walked th# whole distanced ti% rain without food. Ok* mnuiat wktm th» troeoe wen «t»- San," "The Watsons." "A Memoir," "North anger Abbey," "Persuasion," "Letter?," 75 cents each. GEORGE H. RICHMOND * SON. NEW YORK— "Ezarklrt's Sin," J. H. Pearce. "WILLIAMS & WILKINS CO.. BALTI MORE—"The Lamb's Book," $1. J. B. LJPPINCOTT CO., PHILADELPHIA— "The Lloyds, Charle* Lamb," edited by E. V. Lucas, $2. DANA, ESTES A CO., BOSTON— "The Princess and Joe Pelter," by James Otis, $1.25; "The Man Without a Country," by Edward Everett Hale, 50 cents. GEORGE H. RICHMOND & SON— "Stories for Ninon." by Emlle Zola; "Niobe," by Jonas Lie, translated from the Norwegian by H. L. Brackstad; "The Old Adam and the New Eve," by Rudolf Golm, translated from the German by Edith Fowler. Queen Victoria's Carpet. Queen Victoria is the owner of one of t.h« most remarkable articles ever made in prison. The superintendent of Agra jail, in India, two years ago received an order to weave a carpet of special design for her majesty. On It twenty-eight of the deftest convicts of the establishment have been engaged. The car pet measures 77 feet by 40 feet, and it is esti mated to contain no fewer than 50.000 COO stitches. tioned before Yorktown. word was brought that a Federal spy had been captured and was to be executed, and it was of the utmost im portance to the secret service that that vacancy should be filled. Frank Thompson immediately offered his services, and after a rigid examination as to his character, in formation, knowledge of firearms, etc., was appointed to the perilous undertaking. He chose the disguise of a contraband, and soon after crossing the line was forced by a Con federate officer 10 wheel gravel for the erec tion of a breastwork. The work was hard for the strongest man; but Frank, helped out oca.:- tonally by a good-natured darkey. ma:iag L d to pull through the day, though his hands became blistered from wrists to finger-tips. At night, however he was free to ramble about the fortifications, and for the following few days he contrived to exchange work with other contrabands. One night, being put on picket duty, he tx>k to his hrels, and at dawn entered the Union line* with accurate and detail-d information Frank Thompson's next visit to a Confed erate camp was in the disguise of an Irish female peddler. During this expedition she became lost in a swamp, suffered much from fever and ague, ran iuto the very jaws of death, and escaped only by the mo6t clevfr strategy. S'r.e was afterward pres ed into the secret service several times, and also acted as detctive within our own lices. trap ping a number of Confederate spies. In 1863 Frank Thompson was promoted o the. position of orderly on Gen. Poj's suff. While act J ng In this capacity she was on* day dispatched in the greatest possible hastt from Jamestown with a report to Washington. She ran her horse down, jumped from his back, ungjt hir saddle, hastily buckled il upon a mule standing near by. and Btartea afresh. Unfortunately she had fa lr;l lo oboerve thai the animal was blind, and in taking a ditch it stumbled, threw its rider, a.nd fell across her unconscious body. How long it hy there the orderly never knew. bit. long enough to lay the foundatio.i for uV; mate raralysis. For this injury lirs. S ely» wm in 18i6 granted a pension, the only woman to ever receive a pension for active service within the lines. At the end of toe war Prank Thompson was mourned fur as among the missing; ay.d in 1867 Miss K^mor.us becuae Mm, Srtlyt. Some twenty years, after the close i war she cos day said to her husband: "ITo 1 ehcu-'d like to hear oace more from m> brave old command' r, <'apt. Morse." "Why don't you write to him and tell him the whole ■tory?" ahktd her husband. "Ah, you do not realize what all that in volve*." repHed Mr-. Seelye. "For one thing. I shouM be dehujed with f nrroumi leate, " NeTerthelesa, the dronned a line to '"a.pr. Moree. aakiiig for aews at him. requesting him to ac!dre3a "Frank Thompson." care L. H. Seelye. A long and cordiil letUr wu th« restMt. beggjng for Frauk's history. Mrs. Seelye then confided her s.t'.iry to her old commander, imploring him to keep the secret as sacrfi aa she had done fir the pa^t twenty yearts. The good mm really meait tn do so. but human nature is weak. Gradu ally the truth !"-ake<l nut. and in ÜB4 Mr*. Scolye receirfd an fntftupiwtic invitation to be present at a reunion of her old regiment. the Second Michigan, to be held at Flint. Sfe* accepted, and there mpt hfr o:d romrjdes for the first time rinoe she had fought b> their side. Her love of outdoor life nfver diminish .(V atid sho remained r famous shot and bola rid r almost to the *nd. More than all. she never lost BMW salient points in h»r char acter which made her so divinely useful in hospital and field —courage, indomitable wlh power, Christian fa : th. an-i the overmaster ing impulse to carry the burdens of the w*>ia ard minister to the suffering. The. proceeds from the •■uormous sale of her "Norse and Spy" wen? all dedicated o the (MUM of Union soldiers. The most accessible and desirably located hotel In New York is the New Hoffman House on Broadway and Madison Square. Conducted on European plan. Superior • ul stne, service and appointments. The comfort of ladles and families rpoclally provided for. Send for booklet. Keep in mind that Scott'i Emulsion contains the hypo phosphites. These alone make it of great value for all affections of the nervous system. It also contains glycerine, a most valuable, soothing and healing agent. Then there is the cod-liver oil, ac knowledged by all physician! as the best remedy for poor blood and loss in weight. These three great remedial agents blended into a creamy Emulsion, make a remark able tissue builder. pa, and fs.ao, aU draggitU fCOTT * tOWIO, OMltfa, tU9 V«* ROBBING THE RED MM HOW THREE DOLLARS' WORTH OF GOOD PINK rs SECIKED FOR A DOLLAR CARELESSNESS. CRIMINALITY Two Words That Convey a Big Volume of Meaning; Regarding the Handling of Pine on the Reservation* Magnificent Ave nues Thronch Green Timber De nominated Logging Rondi. To The St. Paul CHobe: It is probable that the late little cam paign against the Pillager band of Chippewa Indians may breed many changes in the logging system now in vogue at the Leeoh L.ake reservation, changes that will inure to the benefit of the government and protect the in terests of its red-skinnad wards. Every intelligent man knows that, under present conditions, the door to fraud is more than ajar — it is wide open and the latch gone. Logging is conducted on the reservation in a care less and perfunctory manner, resulting in loss to the Indians and the United States, the destruction of much valu able timber and the exploitation and misappropriation of what should be a sacred trust fund. The system, as at present conducted, while giving some temporary assis tance to the Indians, offers a premium for dishonesty. Of co-irse, forest fires have occurred, and will occur, natural ly and without a pecuniary incentive to start them; but it is a self-evident pro position, requiring no demonstration to anybody but a Jibbering idiot, that, when the present class of dead-and down timber shall be exhausted (per haps before), it will be to the interest of loggers to see that there is a supply to meet their demands. The logging-reads that are cut through the live timber are, as to width magnificent avenuas, and what they lack in length, as the crow files, they n;ake up In devious twists and turns, which sinuosities, oddly enough, us- r» i\k THOMPSON. "ally meander through any particular ly fiiif flump of tit', s th.i^ may he in the neighborhood Th-n there is an indefinite and highly plaFtie allowance of "boom-jrtickeia" for every million feel of "dead-and-down." These "boomsstlcks" are cut from standing timber, and. In the absence of proper i m.-i ection, the "allowance" Is simply enormous— frequently a picturesque bit of fallen wood massively framed in sr^en logs. BARTER AT A PREMIUM; instead of handling the timber on thip reservation in a boelnesslike man ner, as is done on the La Pointe ancl 1 ther Indian reserves, it is thrown into the bands of irresponsible men, who j «et signatures and contracts from ignorant Indians, and, ihen, barter them to lumber companies at a pre mium, jf the middle-man makes what "he thin-ks he should, or is .sufnelently conacientious not to take all, he may give a few barrels of pork or a few dollar* to the Indian under whose right I he has obtained perm4<pion to cut; but j he guard* himself against loss, aa the Indians have to deliver their logs on j the Hank undfr exorbitant charges, are obliged to i>ay enormously for supplies and submit to a discount of 10 per ; ent on thHr time-checks -or lab-or. The manner of handling and dispos ing of th? immense amount of timber embraced within th t * limits of the !i lake reservation is a question of great importance, not only to the In dians and the great lumbering inter ests, but to the government itself, who, .unless all signs lie, will, in a compara tively short time, have to make up a big deficiency in the income of the wards of the nation. It is the openly expressed opinion of some of the oldest, most experienced and most conservative loggers that it ia only a question of a continuance of the present iniquitous system for two or three years in order that the reser vation should be completely denuded of timber, and an estate of about $5. --000,000, in woodlands; alone, rendered valueless, a beautiful and fertile sec tion of a great state permanently ruin ed, thousands of Indians pauperized, the trust and honor of the nation be trayed, and the government plundered. And all this fo *° To satisfy the j greed, " the hu "' «he lust of gain of a who do not represent g inter ests. WHO S There is r ,übt that : the interests nt, of the Indians and .siness en terprises w< served un- : der the dii ar depart ment, and in the •... i charge of army officers; and there is a strong, healthy, growing sentiment in favor of this plan among the best informed and right-feeling people in this and every ! other community where the manage ment of Indian affairs has brje-n a mat- ' ter of prominence. There is no doubt in any sane, dis interested mind that gross and crue! • advantage has been taken of the Chip pewas In the handling of their timber, that unnumbered wrongs have been committed against them; that they have been frequently arrested on tri vial, trumped-up charges, and that they have been dragged hundreds of miles from their homes as immaterial witnesses in unimportant causes. Tha late outbreak was directly attributable to these causes, and the onus of it rests upon white shoulders far more than upon red. But "like causes will produce like jj Fancy jj Cardboards.. For Haking Xmas Gifts. ji All shades aud patterns. Call i| and see our St. Peter street win-;, clow, showing what handsome, yet/ inexpensive, presents can be made from them. ', Magazine Subscriptions ji at cut prices. Get our Club! 1 Rates. All the . . . New Books . . . at cut prices. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee," '» with introduction bj- R^ar-Ad- !' miral W. T. Sampson, U. S. N. '! The Workers- By Walter A. Wye- ' koff. • * ..; A Great Love— By Clara Iconise Burnhaui. |i Antigone-By Paul Bour ff et. The Blindman's World— By Ed- 1 ' ward Bellamy. ' | ST. PfIUL BOOKsIffITIONERf GO. !|- Fifth and St. Peter Sts. !; effects," and a continuance of the pres ent methods, offering rewards for dis honesty, will indubitably produce an other uprising. These Indians are a friendly, well disposed people, and the large major ity of them would become valuable citizens under decent and intelligent management. The plan adopted at the La Poiut# agency In Wisconsin and at tho livv other agencies in Wisconsin and Min nesota that were under the same man agement, is an excellent one and could readily be inaugurated here. Lieut. William A. Mercer, Eighth United States infantry (now a captain in the seme regiment), was in charge there seven years, and there is probably no other man. in the army or out of it, better fitted by experience and natural aptitude to take the management of the White Earth and Leech lake res ervations than he. He has a splendid record for efficiency as an Indian agent, vas in charge of the Indian exhibit at the Omaha fair, is a strong, brainy, fiarless, conservative man, and the government could not do better than to send him here to protect the interests of all rightly concerned in this great forest property, now being rapidly dis sipated by criminal and greedy hands. AN ENTERING WEDGE. In this same connection the estab lishment of the little army post at " Walker by the direction of (.Jen. Bacon, the military commander of the depart ment of Dakota, was a wise and far seeing move, for, while it has a deter rent effect upon the hot-bloods among the Indians, the better element under stand that it is a guarantee of fair treatment from the government, and they are less apprehensive of oppres sion from the deputy marshals. It is earnestly hopo.i that this entering wedge, making for justice, law and order, will not be removed. The offi cers are greatly interested in these questions and are giving much careful thought and investigation to them. * Now that the Great Northern track lias crossed that of the Bralnerd & Minnesota Northern, making- Walker the meeting point of the two lines of railway, this town becomes the natural t>"iiu for maßUfacturSpjg Itttiber, and a sawmill will be erected here in the 1 "* near future. The sawmill at the agency of the Leech lake Indian reservation ha* not been used for years, and the Indians tear clapboards off their poor houses or bog 1 packing boxes from the st. res In Walker to make coffins for their dead children. Every white pine on the reservation is worth $4 per thousand feet, and a Norway pine should bring about $;!. liut, under the present system of esl: mation, the purchaser pays for only about one-tl Ird of the actual timber on a tract sold. In plain English, the buy er of Indian Umber gets $3 worth of wood for $1, an investment which pays 200 per cent before an ax is laid to the tree. Much more can and will be said about . this matter. Men well Informed upon the subject are beginnig to talk, and they give dates, places and names. pi Walker, Minn., Nov. 25. I'niirrcwMkl'N Wine. Pmlorewskl is now thp happy cwiie.- of Comtc d«» Marrios' handsome villa of ICcrjcs, MAT LaOMBOe. He la adding fo t a liy.n for six com. The muHolan hat; bought the "cel lar" with the villa. It contains 10,0ti0 l'.ot tirs of wine and a quantity of klrgrh twe:i4y yeara old. The vineyards of the propel tv have produced this autumn 6,0 0 bottlfn i f white, wine. As the vintages of 1888 are not of a high order, 4,000 bottles have bfen tod. 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