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    THE OMAHA DAILY UEEt Fill DAY, FEBRUAHY 7, 1002.
1101 WORDS IN THE SENATE
lavtuiooed 8scbsi FrT by tiv
ennioi of fsJitoi Laws.
HOAH, fORAKEB AND TILLMAN LEADERS
fsnplftfi Philippine Tariff
Kill rr (ornmlsslon la
eratd-rw Canal Roalc
la Proposed.
WASHINGTON. Feb. . For four hourt
today the aenat bad the rhllipptn tariff
tinder discussion. Tba measure waa com
pleted ao far a the Philippine commission
waa -concerned, all tbo amendments being
adopted. . Several other amendments will
be offered, one or two pending.
. Toward the close of the dy the discus
sion became, hot. In response to a reso
lution offered several . days ago by Mr.
Rawlins of Utah, the secretary of war
transmitted to the senate the sedition
law enacted by the Philippine commission.
They were read In full, and Immediately
drew the fire on the government' Philip
pine policy. -
Mr. Hoar expressed his astonishment
that auch lawa should be enforced by the
government authorities. Mr. Foraker of
Ohio, had read from the revlaed atatutea
of the United Btate the laws of congress
relating to the crime of treason and simi
lar offenses against the government and
aid that the acta paaaed by the Philippine
commission were almost Identical in their
language with the lawa enacted by con
gress In the daya of the father of the re
public and that there waa nothing unpre
' eedented or unusual about them.
Tba Ohio aenator waa Interrupted con
tinuously and had several warm colloquy
with senators wbo were opposing him. In
one of them, he announced with great
earnestness, that the American army never
would return from the Philippines until It
returned victorious and that gentlemen In
.and out of congress, rail about U aa they
might, ought to thoroughly understand that
fact,
la concluding the debate, Mr. Hoar
poured oil on the troubled waters of the
enate, maintaining that men might well
differ on any of the great questions now
before the country, but that all were
thoroughly loyal to the country and were
doing their duty aa they saw It.
' Early In the day Mr. Scott of West Vir
ginia, delivered a speech In which he ad
vocated aa Investigation .of the San Blaa
, route for an Isthmian canal, and Mr. Hana
brough mad a carefully prepared address
jon bla bill to provide a national system of
'Irrigation of arid landa.
Learsvllsa St. Lawrence Bridge.
A bill declaring the International railway
bridge over the St. Lawrence river near
Hoaganeburg, N. Y., a lawful structure waa
paaaed. '
Mr. Scott called up and had read a reso
lution which he offered several day ago
providing for the appointment of a com
mission of expert to examine what ia
known as tba San Blaa or Mandigo bay
rout for an iathmlan waterway and to re
port to the aenata the cost of construct
ing an Interoceanle canal by that route.
Ha aald that nearly one-fourth of the sum
necesssry to construct a canal by any of the
route proposed already had been expended
la an endeavor to And a vultablo route for
n Isthmian canal, but confronted aa con
gress waa by a proposed appropriation of
early 1200.000.000 for the building of an
interoceanle waterway It waa the duty of
prudent men to carefully Investigate every
possible route.
He disclaimed any Intention to obstruot
tbe consideration ot a cabal bill or .to delay
the building of the canal itself; but he
maintained that tba queatlon of rout waa
till debatable.
After thorough Investigation be was con
vinced that the San Blaa rout met nearly
every requirement of the proposed water
'way. but because the adoption of that route
'Involved tba driving of a tunnel through
the granite of a mountain range sufficiently
large to admit ot the passage of any ship
.afloat, the route bad been regarded aa im
practicable. Personally ha waa convinced
tthat auch a tunnel could be constructed at
a reasonable coat.
Mr. Scott explained that the San Blaa
rout connected the two oceana from the
fbay f Maudtgo In the gulf of San Blaa,
on the Atlantic side, to Pearl Island harbor
tin the g-ulf of Panama on the Pacific aide
(of the Ithmus. Including ' the five-mllo
'tunnel. the canal would be thirty
miles long. H said that the harbor ot
th San Blaa route bad excited the enthu
siasm ot all engineers wbo had invest
igated them.
To L'tllls Electrical Power.
He beleeved that electrical power made It
entirely practicable by this rout to tow
hip through the canal by the electric
trolley. He thought It impossible mat saw
Ing vessels would be able to navigate over
anv of the proposed routes.
Tba route be proposed, be aald, offered
reat natural and commercial advantage,
Ha did not believe anyone would question
the desirability ot a ship canal by the San
Bla route if the tunnel which It involved
could be constructed, and he bad no doubt
this could be done.
He referred to tba Hoosac. Mount CeoU.
I St. Oothsrd, Arlberg and Slmpluo tunnels
aa daring and auccessful efforta of modern
engineering. He quoted both American and
European engineering authorltlea to show
that the conatructlon of the Baa Blaa tun
nel waa quit practicable.
For the reasons Mr. Scott believed that
the Saa Blaa rout waa the only feasible
and practicable sea level canal rout:
1. Its healthy location.
X. Its shortness.
. Its maasnlnYent harbors.
A 1 ta IauI ahinncfl nf locks.
4. The possibility of working ganga of
men night and day in the wet ana dry sea
anna under aood sanitary conditions.
6, Th very Important ronsitlerat'an that
fey this route ann not nmer saiiina; vessels
could bs towed by electric power by nivht
as well aa by day, thus effecting a great
caving ot tune ami expense.
, T. The economical maintenance of the
mmI when cnniuleted,
$. The permarency of Its rock bed and
the absence or eartn emr-anamem.
I. The desirable fact that It v' be con
Woman's Work in Club and Charity
Miss Margaret Evana has positively de
clined to accept a nomination for the presi
dency of the General Federation of
Woman's Clubs. She aaye it would be Im
possible for her to accept the responsl
bllltles of that office, and while aha dis
like to refuse a thing before It haa been
offered her, the persistent use of her name
baa made It necessary for her to make her
position In the matter thoroughly under
stood. "Organised Effort Among Women" will
be the topic for the first evening pro
gram of the fourth biennial National Coun
cil ot Women, to open tn Washington.
D. C, February 17. The work ot th
Woman's Christian Temperance union will
be presented by the nations! president of
that organization. Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens
of Maine. Mr. Mountford will apeak of the
church work. Mrs. Fenwlck Miller of the
work of the Englishwomen and Mra. 8ewell
of the International coune'l.
"Cosmopolitan America" will be repre
aented on the second evening by speakers
representing New England, tbe southern
states, the Pacific coaat and the large
cities. Mra. Coon ley Ward, Mr. Isabella
Beecher Hooker and Mra. Sanborn are
among the women expected.
"The Ethlca of Race Relationship" will
be the aubject of the third evening, tbe
Indian, the Afro-American and tbe women
of our new possession being represented
by speakera. Rev. Anna Shaw will be the
closing speaker.
The fourth evening, Fcbrusry 22, will be
a patriotic celebration, at which Mrs. Mary
Low Dickinson will preside. Mr. Ellen
A. Richards and Rev. Anna Qarlln Spen
cer will be among the apeaker.
There will be a meeting of the kinder
garten teachers' Shakespeare class at
4 o'clock on Tueaday afternoon. Tbe class
having finished "Macbeth," will then begin
the study of "Hamlet."
So pleased are tbe club women of St.
Louis with the recommendation of the
Louisiana Purchase committee, that the pro
posed memorial be a clubhouae to be lo
cated In that city, vhat the members of
the Wednesday club have pledged $5,000
structed within three or, at moat,
five
years.
Mr. Scott concluded by strongly urging
the adoption ot hi resolution, saying that
he wlehed to be convinced of the practica
bility or Impracticability of a ahtp tunnel,
and bad aubmltted hla resolution a a pur
bualneaa proposition.
Resotatlon Referred t Committee.
At tbe conclusion of Mr. Scott's epeech,
Mr. Morgan, chairman of tbe commute on
lnteroceanlo canala, moved that tbe reao
lutlon offered by Mr. Scott be referred to
that committee. He aald that the commit
tee had had General Sorro, the promoter
of the San Bla route, before It, and tbe
matter had been - referred to a aubcom-
mlttee which waa now conducting an Inves
tigation ot that project.
He pointed out that Colombia brobably
would oppoae the adoption ot th San Blaa
route, aa that would deatroy both th
Panama canal and the Panama Railway
company. It would be a hopeless task, he
thought, to convince Colombia that th San
Blaa rout would be the most desirable
on proposed. He aald th committee waa
investigating thoroughly all matter per
taining to an isthmian canal and would
lay the facta concerning all route before
th senate. , .
Without objection, th resolution waa
raferrcd- to the eemnrittee on lnteroceanlo
canal. ' '
" Hansbronch on Irrlajatlnn.
Mr. Hanabrough of North Dakota ad
dressed the aenat on th general aubject
of the irrigation of arid landa. hi re-
marka being baaed oa bla bill appropriating
th receipt from th aale of public landa
In . certain atatea and territories! to the
construction of irrigation worka for th
reclamation of arid landa. -
H aald the proposition wa not a ee-
tlonal one, aa throughout tbe south there
wis a strong sentiment In favor of It. H
quoted, too, from th meaeag of Presi
dent Roosevelt to congress to ahow that
ho waa in favor of it.
Mr. Hanabrough aald th bill did not
contemplate a raid on the United Stat
treasury, the cost of carrying th project
Into effect being limited to th proceeds
ot th aalea ot public landa in thirteen
atatea and three terrltoriea. These pro
ceeds would amount to $2,600,000 per an
num. Ia a period ot thirty-eight year,
h said, 40.000,000 acre of land would be re
claimed by th available watera, all the
work to be don under th direction cf
the aecretary of the Interior.
Mr. Hanabrough asked that hi bill b
made th unfinished business after th
Philippine tariff bill, and th aenat
agreed to th request.
, Namncr of Bills Passes!.
Bills were then parsed a follows
Authorising th construction of a bridge
across the Columbia, river by th Wash
ington Oregon Railway company, ap
propriate ot $2,500,000 for th erection
ot a poatofflce In the city ot New York
appropriating $560,000 tor the erection of
a public building at Tacoua, Wash.; pro
viding for two additional associate jus
tices for the territory cf Oklahoma
Conalderatton of the Philippine tariff bill
waa then reaumed. Mr. Lodge, In charge
ot th bill, expressed a dealr to perteet
It by tba addition of aom amendments to
the phraaeology. Mr. Lodgo proposed ver
bal modlflcatlooa to th flrat amendment
which were agreed to, and the amendment
then wa adopted.
An amendment waa offered by Mr. Lodge
to section 3 ot tbe bill so that It would
read aa follow:
Cannae Tssatgs Clans
That on and after the nasaag of this act
In aUtlitlon to any tonnage duties or taxes
now lmixjsed by the government of the
Philippine Inlands the same tonnage taxes
ahall be levied, collected and paid upon all
foreign vessela coming into the I'nited
State from th Philippine archtpelaao. and
la addition to any tonnage d-jika or taxes
Some Soaps
Eat and Destroy tbe fibers cf
the clothe they are Intended to clean.
3
ffj
Strtn jtiatn while it Cluruu.
That' because it is an absolutely
nrutral soap, made of Purified Ox
Gall and prime edible beef suet. It
makes colored goods bright, leaves
woolens and flannels like new. Ideal
for toilet and bath as well as for
laundry. Removes spots and stains.
SOLO KVKRYWrlERI.
CuUoma Primer sent free on request.
. TUB CUDAHY PACKING CO,
i city.
to auch an enterprise, with the promise ot
personal contribution amounting to a sub
stantial sum later on. Aa the matter haa
been referred to tbe Los Anaelca biennial
tor decision, the Missouri delegations, ot
which the St. Louis Wednesday club Is the
strongest, will aee to It that nothing Is
left undone to make St. Louis the home
of th memorial. The Missouri club women
are In favor of making the clubhouse a
hall of philanthropy.
, Rev. E. F. Trefs addressed the members
of the English literature department on
Thursday morning upon Edmund Burke and
his works. This la the fifth of the series
of addresses before the department by vt
rioua professional men during th year.
An address by 'Miss VanNeaa, general
missionary for Nebraska for he Women's
Board of Home Missions, was the feature
of the monthly meeting of the Baptist
Woraen'a society of Flrat Baptist church
on Thursday afternoon. Mra. Adelaide Bray
contributed several vocal aoloa to the pro
gram. . ) .
Th January meeting of the Nebraska
Ceramic club waa hold In the atudlo of Mra.
France Bachman last Monday. Different
make of China waa th aubject of the
meeting, popple and forgetmenota being
th atudlea. Mra. F. M. Morlll acted aa
leader ot th afternoon.
Mr. George TUden addressed the Wom
an'a club ot Beatrice on the department
work of the Omaha Woman's club during
ber stay in that clty this week.
"Woman" Suffrage" will be the aubject
of tbe practice hour debate of the Parlia
mentary Practice department meeting at
2:20 o'clock Monday afternoon. Both aldea
of th question will be presented by the
women and something mor that the usual
Interest in the debates outside ot the de
' partment la being manifested.
Of th ten science that pertain to do
mestic science, physiology and hygiene
were the subject before the Household
Economic department at ycaterday morn
ing' meeting, and owing to their Import
now Imposed by the government of the
Philippine Inlands upon all foreign vessels,
except vessels of Spain owned by Spanish
subjects, engaged in traffic between porta
of the Phillpplnea which are required by
law to be levied, collected and paid upon
vesnels coming Into the United States from
foreign countries. Provided, however, that
until otherwise provided by law the pro
visions of law restricting to vessels, of the
United States the transportation of pas
sengers and merchandise, directly or In
directly, from one port of the United Btate
to another port of the United Btatea shall
not be applicable to foreign vessels engag
ing In trade between the Philippine archi
pelago and the United States and between
ports in the Philippine archipelago.
Mr. Patterson contended that in Justice
to American capital, which was likely to
be invested in such shipping, ' a definite
time for the application of the committee'
amendment ought to be fixed. He there
for offered an amendment striking out In
th flrat amendment the provision th
words "otherwise provided by law," and
substituting th word "March 1, 1903."
Th amendment waa rejected 18 to 24.
Mr. Lodge then offered th following
amendment a an additional provision of
Section 8:
License of Vessels.
That the Philippine eommialon ahall be
authorised and empowered to issue Keen
sea to all vessels or other craft nov en
gaged in lighterage orother exclusively har
bor business, but after the passage of thla
act, auch license exeept as aeniir pro
vided only to vessels or other craft built
In the Philippine Islands or tn the United
States or owned by cltlxens of the I'nited
state or Dy innaDiiants ot tne Philippine
islands.
Mr. Lodge In response to Inquiries ex
plained that th amendment wa offered
merely as a reasonable protection to na
tive boat and to boat from tho United
State sent there to take part In the light
erage bualneaa.
Mr. Foraker sent to the clerk's desk and
bad read section 6J31 to 633 Inclusive of
the revised atatutes of th United States,
dealing with sedition.
When th reading bad been concluded Mr.
Lodge eecured tbe adoption ot th follow
ing amendment:
IJIcrrbnndlae In Bond.
That merchandise In bonded warehouses
or otherwise In tha custody and control of
tne omeers or tne customs, upon wnicn
duties have been paid ahall be entitled,
on shipment to th Philippine Islands with
in thtee years from the date of the orig
inal arrival, to a return ot the duties paid.
less one pir cent ana mnrcnanaise upon
which duties have not been paid may be
shipped without the payment of duties to
the Philippine islands within' said period
unaer sum rjies ana regulation aa may
be pi escribed by the aecretary of the
treasury.
This perfected th bill so far as the
commute wa concerned. Mr. Hoar then
spoke upon the sedition lawa enacted by
th Phllippin commission, aaying he was
sorry that th commission had Its act Justi
fled by reference to tbe only harsh and
cruel provisions that were to be found in
th atatutea of the United State. Under
thla cruel provision in th Phllippin com
mission's act a mother having knowledge
ot th treason of ber aon must Inform the
authorltlea on htm; th on must Inform
upon th mother, th brother upon tbe
brother, the daughter upon th father, and
ao on.- He aald the lawa of th United
State were applied only to cltlxena cf thla
country citlxen by either nativity or
adoption.
Baccate by Aliens.
Ia the case of this application of theae
acta ia the Phillpplnea, .he aald. they were
being put into execution by alien author
ity, responsible only to an alien govern
ment and command. The people there had
nothing to do with them.
Mr. Patteraon Interrupted Mr. Hoar to
aay that one of tha member of the Pblllo
pin commission ought to be relieved from
any odium attaching to the enactment of
th Philippine sedition laws. Oovernor
Taft, be said, bad informed the Philippine
commission that he waa ill when these
act were enacted by th commission and
that had he been present there probably
would hav been modification of tbe acta.
Mr. Foraker pointed out that It was
among tbe first enactments of an Amer
ican congress. For the protection of our
government in the Philippines, th Tsft
commission had applied that law to the
Phillpplnea. Senators were not warranted,
he thought. In aaying that tho act waa
unprecedented in the history of civilUed
countries.
Foraker Lashes Tlllniaa.
At thla point Mr. Tillman of 8outh Caro
lina interrupted Mr. Foraker to denounce
the sedition laws enacted by th? Philip
pine commlsalcn as damnable doctrine.
"It might be In order," aald Mr. Foraker
warmly, "to Inquire from the senator from
South Carolina oa which aide ot the strug
gle In th Philippines are his sympatblea."
"My sympathise are with th Filipino."
shouted Mr. Tillman, poundltig hla desk
emphatically.
"Undoubtedly they are." retorted Mr.
Foraker, "and auch a flatfooted and un
qualified declaration aa tbe aenator h.s
msde would render th revised statutes
applicable to fclm it be were . not pro
tected by hi position aa aenator."
Mr. Rawlins of Utah later Interrupted
Mr. Foraker with a queatlon aa to the se
dition lawa enacted by the Philippine com
missies, and tn th ccuri ot bis remarks
ance, Dr. A. 8. Stokes presented the sub
ject to the women. The address waa moat
comprehensive and waa followed by a gen
eral discussion.
In the brief buslneis meeting held later
It was decided that th next of tbe benefit
tees ahould be held on February 14, th
place to be derided upon later. Aa the de
partment will furnish the progrsm at tbe
next open meeting It wa reported that the
Elks' quartet would furnish a part of the
muslo and that Rev. E. H. Jenks would
make the addrera of the afternoon.
A busy party of committee women spent
yesterday afternoon In the parlor of th
Paxton hotel planning for th annual birth
day celebration ot the Visiting Nurse's aa
eoctatlon to occur Saturday afternoon,
February 22, am tor which occasion Mra.
J. E. Baum haa graceously offered ber
apacloua home, at Thirty-sixth and Harney
streets. Invitation ere to be sent out to
about 700 friends of the organisation and
with them little birthday baga with the
request that they be returned oa th aft
ernoon ot the birthday party, containing a
penny for each year ot the receiver' age.
Aa It will be Impossible to reach all with
written Invitation, the association extends
a general Invitation to all Interested In Its
work to be present. A musical program
has been arranged and -refreshments will be
served during th afternoon.
"Training of the Will." from Elizabeth
Harrison's "Study of Child Nature." waa
the subject of Tuesday's lesson of the
Mother club., Mrs. H. H. Heller acting as
leader. . A talk by Mrs. Glover and a atory
by Mra. O. H. Payne constituted the pro
gram. The Omaha Charity association met In
the parlors of the Creche on Thursday
morning and transacted the regular month
ly business of that Institution. Owing to
the lenten season and the arrangement for
the lenten muslcalea for th benefit of the
Creche, it was decided to poatpons the
next of th regular teas that have been
given the laat Saturday afternoon of the
month. It la probable that th plan will
be resumed again later on.
said that Mr. Foraker had denounced the
senator from South Carolina.
Foraker Holds the Fort.
Mr. Foraker declined to yield further to
Mr. Rawlins, and declared hotly that he
had not denounced Mr. Tillman, but had
merely announced the fact that the sen
ator's utterances on the Philippine quea
tlon would make him liable to the atatutea
of the United Statea were he not protected
by hla position.
'We are In a fair way," aald he. "to aub-
due the Insurrection In the PhlUnrjlne
Islands, and we will accomplish that end
If the Filipinos do not get too much en
couragement from men In and out ot con
gress." Mr. Clay of Georgia Inquired of Mr. For
aker It he had delivered a certain addreaa,
from which he quoted a paragraph, and the
Ohio senator replied that he had.
'Doe not the aenator think," in mired
Mr. Hoar, facetiously,' "that that utter
ance would render him liable under the
law against treason?"
"I think not," replied Mr. Foraker, In
the same vein.' -
"But if I were guilty of anything under
that utterance I am sure tha senator from
Maasacbuectts would ksv been hanged
long ago.". (Laughter.!,. ..s...,,.
"I do not want to. be left out of that
honorable coterie," interposed Mr. Till
man. "Welli we'll include you," said Mr. For
aker, laughingly; "If you arc anxious to be
handed." ... ,,- ;.. r
Victory lltlwately Sara.
"I want to say to th senator and to tha
senate." retorted Mr. Foraker, with great
vehemer.ee, "that our army will never come
back from the, Phillpplnea until it cornea
back victorious. That may aa well be un
derstood now aa at any' future time. Gen
tlemen may rail about' It in congress and
out, but it is a fact that all by thla time
ought thoroughly to understand."
Mr. Hoar concluded the debate of tho
afternoon, and In the course of his remarks
paid a glowing tribute to Thomaa Corwin,
who, in the face of a hostile senate, had
uttered the aentlment which he had quoted
earlier In the day. Ha declared that Cor-
wln'a name and memory bad become one
of tbe treaaurea of th republio and that
he bad been placed among the Immortals
of thla government. '.Th -great question
now before the country,, bs said, could be
diccuaaed temperately and. calmly. It waa
a great question whether thla powerful re
public should crush the, life out of a re
publio modeled after our own government:
it waa a great question now tbe slaughter
of both Filipinos sod Americans wss to be
stopped. . i ,i s . '' . .
"Those who .are restating the present
policy of our government In the Philippines
are quit as loyal as those who are sup
porting it," be said. ."The difference of
opinion which had arisen among the peo
pie," he said in conclusion, "waa the legiti
mate result of thla miserable Philippine
bualneaa. "
At 6 o'clock the senate went into execu
tlve session on .motion ot Mr.. Teller and
at (:10 adjourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE HAS TAME SESSION
tonsnmes Day la ( onalderntlon f
Lcftialntlve, Execnllv mm Judi
cial Appropriation) Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Tbe house spent
the day on th legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill. Very rapid
progress waa made, seventy-four cf th 130
psges Of tha bill being disposed of before
adjournment. No debate ot importance de
veloped during the conalderatton ot tha
bill and bo amendmenta of Importance were
adopted.
Tbe consideration of tha oleomarg arfne b II
was laid aside. An attempt to limit general
debate to two hour failed. Mr. Hemeuway
of Indiana, in c&arge of the measure, ex
plained its provision In general terms and
pointed out the lncreaaes which' It con
tained. Under the latitude allowed la general de
bate Mr. Talhert cf South Carolina mad a
speech n opposition to the proposition
emanating from the other side to cut dowa
southern representation because cf abridge
ment of the franchise.
At the conclusion ot Mr. Talbert's re
marks th bill waa read for amendment
under the fie-mlnut rule.
The house at :35 p. m. adjournrd.
Shopmen lMm Strive.
WASHINGTON. Ind., Feb. . The Balti
more V Ohio Southwestern shop employes,
wbo hav been out on a atiik several
weeks, declared th strike off today, baring
already conceded every point and lost tha
contest. The men agree to return to work
in a body, or singly, as th company may
dealr.
Stun It 1
A neglected cough ur cold may lead to
serious bronchial or lung troublta. Don't
take chances when Foley's Hooey snd Tar
afforda perfect security from serious effects
cf a cold.'
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COlltCTION OF WORLD'S BEST ESSAYS
Remlalteeaeei ( pallmaa Car Con
doctor Booklet by an Omaha News
paper Man Literary New Irons
the Publishing Honse-a.
"Musings by Campflre and Wayslda" Is
the title of a beautifully bound and Illus
trated volume of nature aketcbes by the
late Dr. William Cunningham Gray, for
many years editor ot The Interior. Th
sketches contained In this volume wer
selected for publication by Dr. Gray only
a few month previous to his death, but
h did not live to see them In print or to
revise hi work. No on can read bla
words without feeling that, though be de
voted his life to th cause cf religion, his
heart was none the less with nsture. He
loved it in youth, tn middle age. and quit
to the .close of his career this love In
creased, reaching Its climax, only with th
end ot his life. These "Campflre Musings"
reflect th soul of the man. ' Hi heart
overflows In admiration for th Creator'
work and great lessona are drawn. There
waa no rant In thla man. In hi younger
days he was a giant In strength. Th phys
ical atature but reflected the stalwart men
tality. Youth ever allured Dr. Oray and
thousands of young men and maidens have
felt th power of nta helpfulneaa. Th
genius of the man found further expression
In the reproduction by tbe camera of atrik
Ing bit of scenery. At Island Lake, his
northern home, these "Musings" wer writ
ten. Thnae very scene which prompted
the thought have become th illustrations
to th book and th artistic aense of tha
author mora fully revealed. Dr. Gray was
on of those men who could appreciate all
th beauties and marvels ot nature and at
the same time draw from hi observation
a useful lesson. Th different chapters or
sketches sre grouped under the general
heads: "Campflre Musings," "Musings of
th South." "Alaskan Musings," "What
Adam Did In Eden" and "At Eventide."
The frontispiece la a portrait ot th au
thor while acattered through tha book
there are a doxen full-page landacapea
taken from photographs by Pr. Gray. Any
one fond of outdoor life and philosophy will
fully appreciate Dr. Gray's work. Fleming
H. Re veil company, Chicago.
Tbe opening esaaylst In the eighth volume
of "The World's Best Essays" is Maszanl.
wbo, being exiled from th country he bad
helped to make free, devoted himself to
literature, and on of bla writings, "On th
French Revolution," Is here reproduced.
Moses Mendelssohn, an eminent German
jurist and philoaopher. Is the author of
two readable papers, "The Historical Atti
tude of Judaism" and "Shakespeare aa a
Master ot tha Sublime." Jules Mlchelet's
account In his "History of France," of th
burning of Jeanne d'Aro for sorcery, is a
page In English annals which they would
willingly obliterate. John Stuart Mllla' ea
aay "On Liberty" Is ranked as on of the
best efforts of tbat profound thinker snd
political economist. John Milton, while
mor widely known by bis poems, especially
hla great epic, "Paradise Lost," is also
favorably remembered for his pros much
of which was In th direction of extended
liberty for th people. His essay, "Th
Strongeat Thing In the World," Is a plea
tbat, even beyond trutb, justice Is th most
potent factor under besven. On of. th
prominent pen-woman of th early part
ot th century Just past waa Mary Ruasell
Mltford, wbo contribute an entertaining
essay. "The Talking Lady." Montague la
credited with being th flrat "easaylat" In
the general acceptation of that word and
In addition to being th flrat, h waa, with
but op or two exceptions, th greatest.
Th axtracta given from Plato arc: . "Of
What Ws Ought to Do," "Socrates Drinks
tbe Poison," "Th Immorality of the 8ouI,"
snd cxtrscts from bis miscellaneous work.
Examplea from Edgar Allan Po ar from
bis "Marginalia." Alexander Pope Is. per
haps, best known aa a poet, but he waa also
a talented prose writer, as soma of bis
essays attest. There ar so many Inter
esting selections in this Interesting volume
that it Is Impossible to even briefly enumer
ate them in the present allotted spscc.
On thing Is certain, a act ot "Tha World's
Best Essays" IS a whole library In Itself.
Ferd. P. Kalaer, St, Louis.
"Th Reminiscence of a Pullman Con
ductor" la the title of a book containing
a series ot character sketches, drawn from
Ufa and wrlttea In a vela of estlrlcsl
humor. The author, "Herbert O. Holder
ness, is a nawspaper man, wbo apent two
yeara la the Pullman aervlc with the ob
Ject of sketching the fraaks and other
forms of nature which appear In sleeping
car life. The writer has sketched la an
amusing manner th familiar characters
one meets wJi in railroad travel, sucb ss
the chronic Vlcker, th old woman and
th parrot, newly married eouplea, baa
ball and other college fiends, the Invalid,
the hog, tnebrlatea, cte. Some of the de
acriptlons ar quit pat and altogether it
will be found aa amusing book by people
who travel and arc close observers. Ths
Lotus Publishing Co., Chicago.
Charlea Curts Hahn. an Omaha newspa
per man, already known to th reading
public as th author of "hi Cloisters Dim,"
haa turnlabed another example of hi
ability as a writer in the form of a book
let in paper covers entitled "So Fight I;
a Reptuagealma Modltaiion."
Thla aolemn 8epuagealma,
With force the leeson cornea again,
Aa with her warning voice the church
('alia to her courts all sorts of men.
And bids them learn th way to God.
I fast and weep, repent and pray,
lest having preached to others. I
Bhould, hapless, prove a castaway.
The abov Is from th introductory poem,
sfter which follows to prose a scries of
meditations called to mind by the sear
approach of Lent. Th author consider
th subject from different points of view,
bringing Into the foreground many uaeful
lessoua. At times b preaches directly to
us, as: "Each Easter ahould mark aome
particular sin conquered; each Lent should
And us one step higher ia the Christian
life, on atep nearer Ood, our aoula one
shade purer, our strength so much greater
for having pasaed through th discipline."
Published by, Thomas Whlttaker, 1 and
I Bible House. New York.
Masssln Mention.
Th February number of th Philadel
phia magaaloe. The Era, appear to b
quit up to th high level et by It
predecessors. Mrs. Helen Marab Wilson
ha a very Intereating Illustrated art tela
on th prehistoric ruins of southera Col
oraJo, wltb aom graphic Illustrations of
th remalna of the mysterious cliff-dwell
ers. Mra. Wlxson's party discovered
among other curlou thinga, s red bstred
mummy which aeema to effectually die
prove th assertion that these ancient In
habitant wer of a dark aklnned race.
8h gives photograph of thla important
find, aa well as of three skulls showing
wide divergence la type. Alfred Mathewa
haa an illustrated paper relating to th
noted financier of th civil war period.
Jay Cooke, containing maoy snecdotea of
the men of the day. Dr. Thompson Jay
Hudson, author of "Tbe Law of Psychic
Phenomena." and aaveral other widely
read books, contributes s scholarly paper
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upon "Modern spiritism." mere are nu
merous other artlclea of Interest In this
February magasln.
rmmira t.lf. In America fer February is
sn enlarged number of thla beautiful mag
asln ot th world eut-of-dors, rapreaem
Ing lb new expansion ot Americas, lit to
th country. "in Gro ot wnn.
f rontlaplece, Is a remarkable plctur of a
New England wood road la winter. Among
th leading features sr "Bklb Csstl." tbe
summer bom of Andrew Caraegl tn tha
Scottish Hlghlsnds; "A nil! st Old Har
dens," by J. P. Mowbray, who treats of the
...ttM nf a east home lit on th pld Hud
son river manors, sad "Cuckoo," aa lllua-
trsted poem of ths woods, by John Bur
Others articles and aupsrb pic
tures touch upon vry sld of country lit.
"AthUtlc in th Army snd Navy" sr
eparst paper of mor than ordinary In
tereat In Outing for January. Edward U
King, Elerentb cavalry, U. S. A., writes ot
the one. snd Martin E. Trench of Kear
aarge, V. s. N., of the other. Athletic
training Is seen to bsv 4 larg and In
creasing part in the phyalcal betterment,
dlactpim snd morals of both brsncbe of
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the ptrit which has so lately brought swift
success snd International renown to th
American srms. Th United BtsUs Mili
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of still snother the third papr ot the
series Is the same number. Captain Rich
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.1 . n tbo development ot foot ball
within th psst tew years. IllustrsUd by
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Wltb th February !. Th Bookman
closes ths seventh year of Its sistnc.
.1.1- .,ii.hr will b found th first ot s
scries of article dealing wltb ths great
....n.nra of th United state, inis p.
.-it. atnrv of tba evolution of
American Joursallaa and th development
of th grt historic nwsppr.
v . j... in. h flrst half et th century
and until th outbreak of th war of seces
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... ..sentlSlly personal; when peopl
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Herald ay. or th Trlbun aay. tnia morn
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this", or Bennett say of thatT" Americas
Joursallam in th '30 waa rounaiy ncorea
by Charlea Dlckena la "American Notea"
and "Martin Chuaxlewlt." snd th tory of
how newspaper wer conducted in that
day, the record ot th aavag personalities,
tbe abuss snd th vlolnc. give s eurtout
Insight Into th condition which sroused
Dickens' animosity seventy yesrs sgo.
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