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yTTT 3 Vy 'V j" Wp flWfc iff1 y-'i-",r7' - Wrip;i.ag"i jurw;r ' OCTOBER 30, 1903. The Commoner. T" v" ''' " ""V-"'1 iV'J-tf1-.'" wn,;' ?'! nyr, jn'.m , rapr ,, I BOOK REVIEWS. ' The Art of Living Log. Wm F. Butler of Milwaukee has published a now and Improved English version of the treatise of the cele brated Venetian centenarian, Louis Cornaro. The book is entitled "The Art of Living Long," and contains the essays of that distinguished Venetian together with essays on the same sub ject' by Joseph Addison, Lord Bacon and Sir William Temple. The book is as interesting as it is instructive, land giyes valuable advice to those who are willing to make a sacrifice today in order to' fortify the body against premature old age and the inroads of disease. The book can be secured from the publisher, 57 University building, Milwaukee, Wis. The Bible In Shakospeare. The Winona Publishing Co., Winona Lake, Ind., has recently issued a vol ume by Wm. Burgess, entitled "The Bible in Shakespeare," it being a study of the relation of the works of Shakespeare to the Bible with com parisons, quotations, references, para phrases and illusions. The author is familiar with the theme, having pre viously presented "Lay Sermons From the Bible in Shakespeare." It is high ly interesting to compare the works of the greatest of poets with the Book of Books, and see how many of the poet's strongest and most beautiful phrases are drawn from holy writ. AJBook of Travels. The Equitable Publishing Co., of Allentown, Pa., has issued a book by John Wryland entitled "The Travels of John Wryland." While it contains a narration of the author's visit to Tibet, it at the same time discusseB the. geography, histories, laws and In stitutions of that land, and presents views that are useful to those who are grappling with the problems of the present day. Books Received. Twilight Tales Told by Tiny Tots, b Anita t). Rosecrans; price, 50 cents; postage, 8 cents; Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York. Fairy Legends of the French Pro- Rheumatism Cured Without Medicine Treatment FREE On Approval Fvery Tender of the Commoner can try VREK a pair of Magic Foot Dralts, lamed all over tno world for their cures ol every curable kind of rheumatism chronic or acute. Muscular Sci atic. Lumbago, 0 out etc. no matter where lo cated or how severe. They almost always cure, bo the makers decided to take all the risk. Try the Dralts. You don't send a penny until you nrc satisfied with the help you get. They are Bale and comfortable far better and surer than tiny medicine. TfimUAMC SM M',m Magic Vooi 1 ra work like Magic. Cured patients tell us they perform miracles. They do not. They are Bcientlllo logical. The foot pores, the largest in the body, are located ovei rich nerve and vascular centers. The Dralt on the toot acts through them on every Inch of the body curing Rheumatism no matter where lo cated. Our booklet makes the reason clear. 68 Per cent ot the nitrogen in tho sweat absorbed by Magic Foot'Dratts is In the form ol tho poison Urea (uric acjd) which causes Rheumatism. Rut wo don't ask you to believe even our thousands o. cured patients wo will cure you. Ifyouhavo Rheumatism, send us your name and wo will Bend you a pair of Magic Fooj-Dratts, free on ap proval. If you are satisfied with the benefit re ceived, then sond us one dollar for the Drafts. vinces. translated hv Un u ot. price, 60 cents; Thomas Y. Crowell ft vo., puoiisners, Now York. Bible Stories for Young People, by Sarah B. Dawes; price, 60 cents; Thomas Y. Crowell ft Co., publishers, New York. In the World Celestial, by T.'A. Bland, M. D., with an introduction by Rev. H. W. Thomas, D. D 'president of the world's liberal congress of re ligions; Chicago, T. A. Bland & Co. A Summer Hymnal, a romance of Tennessee, by John Trotwood Moore; Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. A History of the Greenbacks, with special reference to the economical consequences of their issue, bv Wcnlev Clair Mitchell; the University of Chi cago Press, Chicago, 111.; price, $4 net. rue Autobiography "of Benjamin Franklin, with a biographical intro duction by Nathan Haskell Dole; price, 35 cents; Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 42G and 428 West Broadway, Now York. , Frondes Agretes, readings in "Mod ern Paintings," by John Ruskin;. price, 35 cents cloth, limp leather 75 cents; v Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 420 and 428 Broadway, New York. Elizabethan Dramatist Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus," Jonson's "Every Man in His Humour," Beaumont .and Fletcher's "Philaster," with an intro duction and note" by Geo. Ansel Wa trous, A. M.; price, 35 cents cloth, limp leather 75 cents; Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 426 and 428 Broadway, New York. Montaigne's Essays, translated by Charles Cotton; price, 35 cents cloth, 75 cents limp leather; Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 42G and 428 Broadway, New York. 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In July of 190 four lions were killed and hreewounded at Ki mao Station, and two men were taken by lions near Kui. A large lion was trapped at Kimao in August, and then no more were taken lor som time. Such minor troubles as the telegraph being damaged by giraffes and the train being delayed by running into a rhinoceros, Although not usual in rail way construction, were not serious. London Daily News. The King of Encyclopedias. latpitc of the multitude of reference vork which pp4f and A ts tppeu tvtry tenon, there U ONK GREAT AUTHORITY which rem<u unpproJubly and permanently at the httd (4 them all and that will continue to be ched a the aUndard by crltlce, ichchrt, etudenta and readera the world around and that la THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANMCA. It Is at onco the klne and father of them nil. The pioneer In Its Held and the product or tho world' greatest mind. 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U fva XtjtydU ttttt, 3BOOKCA8E COUPON' Name ,,. , Street Town State COMMONER aURCAU MR. BRYAN ON THE SOUTH. Mr. Bryan's vlevs on southern race problems are sane. His feeling for the negro Is kind; his interest in tho white comes first. His loyalty to the glittering generalities penned by Jef ferson Is strong, but he tempers tlum with actual conditions, and proceeds in the spirit of science. He points out the influence of locality on opinion, when he reminds northerners that they have never had a single officer chosen for them by negro votes. He recalls the negro legislatures of re construction days. He admits that his feelings, tfeing what they are in Ne braska, would differ with the state in which he happened to reside. Mr. Eryan has taken his stand upon the right spot. The advantages of state government were never more aptly illustrated than at .present For a state half black to receive color legis lation from states entirely white is pure injustice. If Abraham. Lincoln had lived, the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments would not exist In their present form. The bitterness of the south would" be less. Her condition would be better Her problems would bo easier. Lincoln was docile to ex perience. He knew a question before he decided It He felt his way. His Idea of reconstruction was to put the fnsu In tho hands of those southern ers In each state who had favored the Union, gradually extending it; not to deliver it to blacV.s and to white northern adventurers. Lincoln was able to express abstract principles with tremendous eloquence, but prin ciple never exfsted for him In t vac uum, separated from actual conditions, as It does for many northern orators and publicists, who would settle race problems with simple moral laws. We regret tho choice of Mississippi in pre ferring an agitator to a better man for governor, but would rather have such errors made than to see realized some current talk about enforcing tho amendments. The negro question means one thing in Georgia, another in Mississippi, a third in Maryland, and a little in Pennsylvania, Mr. Bryan puts this point more clearly than we have for some time seen it put, and e congratulate him on his lucidity. Let national politics have as little as possible to do with a ques tion of which the solution differs with the locality. Collier's Weekly. A Weak Heart neglected means heart ditease, th most common cause of sudden death Dr. Miles' Heart Cure will strength en, regulate and cure weak, hearts, Bold by all drajftteta on gaaraxt. Wr Yxk on feeart dUAe forioirtL . Djc Mxvm Hxrnokv Co.. Klkluurt, IseV 41 Ill 'm W. , t&pt tf -S