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THE SUXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 16. 1914.
CALL TO ARMS IN EUROPE BRINGS
NEW FACES INTO PUBLIC LIMELIGHT
Count Von Poitales Delivers German War Message to Czar France's New War Minister Is Anti-Teuton Keir
Hardie Opposes British Entanglement King of Italy's Consort, Being Montenegrin, Has Sympathy for Serbs.
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NEW YORK, Aug-. IS. (Special.)
Count von Pourtales. the German
Ambassador to Russia, who pre
sented the declaration of war to Russia
and then returned to Berlin, is one of
the oldest diplomats in the. German
service. He has been more than 10
years in Russia. It -was his report to
the Kaiser of the mobilizing of Russian
troops which led to the declaration of
war.
Keir Hardie, the English Socialist
leader, lias been prominent as one of
the loudest protestants against the
present European war, and particular
ly against England's becoming In
volved. Hardie is the man who is re
ported to have said recently in a
London speech that King George was
a man of small intelligence, and that
Jf he had not been a kind probably
would have been a corner loafer.
The King of Italy has refused to
allow his country to be drawn into
the great European conflict. Italy
was considered a member of the Triple
NEW YORK HAS REGIME OF ECONOMY
INDUCED BY BIG CONFLICT IN EUROPE
Many Reservists Awaiting Transport
Recent Investigation of Sing Sing
BY LLOYD F. LONGRGAK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15. (Special.)
Father Knickerbocker has decided
to be economical during the war
and all improvements contracted for
will be held up so far as is possible.
Subway building will go on, but fully
S50.000.000 that it was expected would
be spent will be saved. Included in this
amount is the $16,000,000 New York
County Courthouse. the 12.500.000
Brooklyn Courthouse, and the $12,000.
000 Brooklyn marginal freight rail
road. In announcing this decision after
a meeting of the board of estimate,
Mavor Mitchel said:
"There Is nothing alarming so far
as the city is concerned, but in a
state of uncertainty the wise course,
it seems to me, is conservatism. We
should not obligate ourselves for $1
the expenditure of which Is not abso
lutely necessary. The city can get all
the money it wants, hut it does not
want to go into the market now as a
big borrower, and hereby, aggravate
the general stringency. Therefore wc
should not begin any new work."
How many men this will throw out
of work the Mayor does not estimate.
Builders, however, look for a bad sea
son. They say that in addition to the
loss Of city Jobs, there will be practi
cally no other work done, as people
are not Investing anything at the
present time.
, .
The problem of how to care for the
reservists of the different European
countries now at war is puzzling the
city authorities. Many of them have
come to New York from long distances,
and. expecting to be sent to the front
without delay, were practically penni
less when they arrived. Some of them
have procured positions, but the bulk
of them are walking the streets,
making numerous stops at the offices
of the distracted representatives of
their government.
In one Broadway lobster palace there
are a number of new waiters at work.
One is a Frenchman who owned a
large restaurant in the central West,
which he sold out at a sacrifice when
he decided to go home and fight. While
waiting for transportation he is serv
ing meals to New York diners. Among
his companions are a headwaiter from
Chicago, another from Spokane, and a
third who was the manager of the
restaurant In a big Los Angeles hotel.
All are ordinary waiters now, and are
glad to get the jobs.
The Woman Suffrage party, which
has headquarters on East Thirty-fourth
street has a melting pot luncheon to
day. ' The plan was that all women
"interested in the cause" should con
tribute any articles of gold that they
could spare to the fund. The most
unusual contribution came in anony
mously. It was a gold tooth, and the
donor said that it had done good serv
ice for vears. Another offering of
sentimental value was a gold watch
given to Dr. Shaw by the people in
Eix little Vermont towns, tor whom
Count Van ouri&Ze-
Gerin&n .Dzjoo m s t.
3&m
"snce "StreeZano weft
Of Ky&r IS 3.
Alliance, but the Queen of Italy is
the daughter of the Prince of Monte
negro and the interests of Montenegro
are opposed to those of Austria. It
is reported that Montenegro has
thrown in her lot with Servia.
One of the active figures ir. the war
in Servia is a man who called himself
Prince Hrebelianovich when he was in
this country a year or more ago. His
right to a title was disputed by Pro
fessor Pupln, the Servian Consul Gen-
Home Are Penniless in East False
Prison Said to Have Accomplished
she preached while a student in Albion
College. There was also a gold neck
lace, a reproduction of one in the
British Museum worn by Queen Tyl.
who reigned in Egypt 1500 B. C, and
who is said to have been the first suf
fragist of whom there is any record.
i
The most recent investigation of
Sing Sing prison has been as result
less as the ones that preceded it. John
S. Kennedy, the former warden, and
Lyman S. Gibbs, a storekeeper, were
Indicted because of alleged criminal
practices in the management of the
penitentiary, but the indictments have
been dismissed, a judge ruling that in
competent, irrelevant and prejudicial
evidence was submitted to the grand
jury. Now the whole affair has de
veloped into a fight between the spe
cial prosecutors engaged to present the
case, and the County of Westchester
which refuses to pay their bills.
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FEATHER PLUCKING BY
FOWLS HARD TO CHECK
Improper Feeding and Idleness Probable Causes of Vice Free Range
Necessary for Future Breeding Stock Feathers Valuable By-Product.
BY W. LUDWIQ.
MANY farmers and poultrymen have
a great deal of trouble with fowls
forming the habit of plucking
feathers. No one has been able to de
termine just why some hens will pluck
and eat the feathers from one another.
The most probable cause of this habit
is the result of Improper feeding and
idleness, or close confinement under
unsatisfactory conditions. A flock re
ceiving sufficient animal matter, green
food, grain and plenty of range, with
favorable surroundings, rarely acquires
the habit. Vices once started among
poultry spread rapidly.
The neck feathers of the cock bird
usually first begin to disappear; then
the hens commence to look ragged. The
culprit does her work silently and ef
fectively, first plucking the large
feathers, then later on when the pin
feathers develop she plucks them out
also, and in this way the birds are kept
bare of feathers. These feather
pluckers rarely work in the preeence
of a human being. Sometimes it is
difficult to trap the guilty ones. When
the fowls are cleaning or sunning
themselves it is easy to catch the oper
ator. One of the first things to be done In
effecting a cure ia to remove the
feather eaters and place them in a sep
arate pen. If they are left with the
other fowls they will teach them the
habit. Rub over the feathers lard or
vaseline, in which powdered aloes is
mixed, or apply carbolated vaseline to
the feathers. The disagreeable taste of
the aloes will cause the culprit to dis
JfT?? or 7isZi
eral, at the time he was here. Pupin
said his name was Lazarovlch. La-aarovieh-Hrebellanovich
married El
eanor Calhoun, an American actress,
and together they organized an enter
tainment in aid of the Servians at
the time of the Balkan war.
Vice-Admiral Rokuro Yashlro is the
new Minister of Marine of Japan. He
has been In consultation with the Ja
panese Premier In regard to the part
Japan may play in the war. If Eng
land's Interests in the Far East be
come involved Japan's navy will come
to her assistance.
France's new Minister of War is M.
Delcasse, whose appointment, made al
most on the verge of hostilities with
Germany, is considered significant. He
is strongly anti-German.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, it is re
ported, was sent by his brother, the
Kaiser, to see the Czar In a final ef
fort to prevent a general war of the
nations of Europe.
Tooth Sent to Swell Suffrage Fund.
No More Than Earlier Inquiries.
Nothing has been done to improve con
ditions in the prison and the public,
which at one time was much aroused
over the matter, seems to have for
gotten all about it. Perhaps Sing Sing
in spots is less disgraceful than it was,
but it remains still a reproach to the
community that supports it
The City of New York now is with
out water troughs, and horses must go
thirsty unless their owners and drivers
obtain running water for them. The
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals is reconstructing its foun
tains and standpipes so that drivers
of commercial vehicles, who now, under
penalty of fines must carry pails, can
be able to fill them. To help the good
work along the Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals has
distributed 1000 galvanized iron pails
at Its headquarters, and the supply
only lasted a few hours.
continue any more plucking. If this
fails to effect a cure, then cut or file
away the edges of both the upper and
lower mandible about an eighth or an
inch, so that they don't close. The
upper mandible closes over the lower
In such a manner that when the hen
pulls on the feather to pluck it out,
the pressure exerted leaves a short
kink in it and gives the hen power
enough to pull the feather out. The
edges of the mandible should be
trimmed flat, so they will barely touch
at the point. In this way the bird can
eat readily, but yet cannot grip a
feather, making it impossible to pull
them out. By the time the mandible
has grown out the hen has forgotten
her vice. ,
Keep the fowls busy and provide a
well-balanced ration for them, and such
vices are not likely to be acquired.
The young stock that you intend to
use for future breeding stock should
be given all the free range possible.
The stock intended for broilers or
roasters should be more closely con
fined in order that their exercise may
be curtailed. As tenderness of flesh is
the object desired, the muscles must
not be allowed to toughen. The fowls
intended for roasters should be crated
several weeks before killing and their
flesh will be sort and tender.
If you just feed the hen enough to
keep her alive, don't expect her to lay
a good supply of eggs. If you do, you
will invariably be disappointed.
Hopper feeding saves time and labor.
Protect the hoppers from the weather
and place them in a protected place on
the range. Your chicks will grow more
rapidly and with less attention than
where hoppers are not used.
-V- .... .Jnj. V. .... V, n V A nA.nllirp fl ' .
an up-to-date poultry piani uiai is un
for profit. Hens more than two years
old begin to decline in producing
power. They do not lay as many eggs
as they did in their pullet and yearling
year. Gather them together, also the sur
plus young stock and place them in small
pens for two weeks and increase their
weight. A suitable ration for this
period consists of three parts corn
meal, one part middlings and one part
bran and add enough skim milk to
ntake a crumbly mash. Feed as much
food as the birds will eat twice a day.
Provide plenty of pure fresh water.
It has been proven that beef scraps
or meat meal and green cut bones pos
sess the same amount of nutritive
value and when fed to the hens get
more eggs than red pepper and do not
hurt the hens A supply of the beef
scraps can be kept on hand constantly,
while green cut bone spoils rapidly. It
is moe convenient to feed beef scraps
unless a dally supply of green cut bone
can be obtained.
Watch the, cockerel that crows first
this season. Mark him with a leg band.
He will mature early and is likely to
be the strongest breeder you will get.
Tho millet that is hustling all day
and is the last on. the roost at night
and the first off in the morning is the
one that will lay tne muse ofs. "
would be policy to save her for next
year's breeder.
Good, pure water is a necessity in the
poultry-yard. An egg is 65.5 per cent
water. A hen that is given pure water
and fed wholesome food will lay an
eg;; with a certain delicate iiavui .-
is never found in tne ess iaio .
..... i tn drink water out
of a manure pile or that has access to
decayed animal matter or sour feed.
Hen No. C &43. wnn a f
eggs in 365 days at the Oregon experi
ment station, wouia go siraism.
the moment she was re
leased from the trap nest.
The West Virginia experiment sta
tion has been making a series of tests
to determine the effect of meat rations
for hens. -..
..hi... f,l fowls laid iooo orgs,
while the grain-fed fowls laid 3431. or
less than one-half as many as i"u
;,.inn- tii. nitrogenous ration. a
report says. "The eggs from the mea
ed fowls were larger man
oi
the others. Both lots oi ioi r
mained in a healthy, vigorous condi
tion." The hackle and saddle feathers of
the red and black breeds of poultry
are used bv fishermen in making flies
for luring game fish. Pure white and
pure black hackle and saddle feathers
are used in making wings, aigrettes
and other ornaments for women s hats.
Feathers that are carefully dried ana
packed brine from 40 cents for pure
white goose feathers down to 15 cents
for white chicken feathers.
"Goose feathers," says Rural Life,
"being more oily, are apt to turn ran
cid sooner than chicken feathers It
is best to wash them well in hot water
using plenty of soap and a cupful oi
ammonia to a barrel of water. Then
rinse and dry.
"About 10 ducks are. required to
make a pound of feathers.
"The goose feathers are treated gen
erally in this manner: After being
spread in some clean, dry, airy place,
they should be turned over with a fork
evo"rv few davs until thoroughly dried.
If placed in bags and well steamed
they are more valuable, as the steam
has a tendency to purify them, remov
ing much of the oily odor they natural
ly have. " .
"It requires about four geese to
make a pound of feathers. It is said
tat between 5.000.000 and 6.000.000
pounds of feathers are annually im
ported into the United States. Ihe ave
rage life of feathers in pillows is said
to be about 20 years. It is estimated
that the annual consumption of poul
try f-athers exceeds 15.000.000 pounds
In the 'feather foundries' 10 pounds of
filth and dirt are removed from every
100 pounds of feathers. Five average
sized fowls will yield a pound of
feathers. - . ' - , '
"The best time to market turkey
feathers is late in the Fall, during the
Winter and early in the Spring. Dry
picked turkey feathers command a bet
ter price in the market than scalded
ones."
MERRIMAC SURVIVOR LAST
John McGuire Notified None Others
in Battle Are Alive.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. Living quietly
for the past eight years and more,
John McGuire. who was officially no
tified from Washington recently that
he is the 'last survivor of the memor
able naval battle between the Monitor
and the Merrimac, is passing the clos
ing years of his life at his home in
Somerville, near the line of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, from whose
service he retired almost ton years
ago after more than 40 years.
Mr McGuire is now seventy-six
vears of age. He was born in Ire
iand. coming to this country when a
voting man. Although he feels the
weight of years, he enjoyed compara
tivclv good health up to a few years
ago "and is still able to get about
town every day. When a reporter
called on him he was working in the
garden at the rear of his home.
Mr. McGuire during the Civil War
was a stoker on the Confederate bat
tleship Merrimac ana participated in
the battle between the vessel and the
Monitor in Hampton Roads in the
Spring of 1862.
Soon afterward Mr. McGuire began
his employment on the railroad, and
before his retirement at the end of
the year 1905 had served fur fifteen
or twenty years as a passenger brake
man. He was retired on a pension of
$21.60 a month, besides which he re
ceived a perpetual pass over all di
visions and branches of the road.
Mr. McGuire walks erect and is re
markably well preserved for his years.
He enjoys the annual gatherings of
the veteran employes of the railroad,
and always keeps in touch with the
affairs of the road. While a passen
ger brakeman, his quiet and unassum
ing manner .won for him hosts of
friends among the commuters. He
never married, and now makes his
home with the family of one of his
old friends.
ARM BROKEN FOURTH TIME
Young Automobllist Hurt
Cranker "Kicks."
When
YORK. Pa., Aug. 7. For the fourth
trme in two years an automubile which
Lewis D. Spangler, 16 years old. was
cranking "kicked" and broke his arm
yesterday.
On each of the three last hreaks the
injury has been a renewal of the orig
inal fracture on the right arm between
the wrist and elbow. The accident yes
terday followed almost immediately
after "tile removal of the bandage.
Trouble Either Way.
(Washington Star.)
"Who are those two weary-looking
men who both admit they arc afraid to
go homo?"
"One," replied Miss Cayenne, is the
husband of a suffragist and the other
Is the husband of an anti-suffragist."
Haw to Make Country Plaee. by Joseph
Dlllaway Sawyer. Illustrated. Orange
Judd Co., New York City.
Clearly written and printed, with
quite a wealth of information about
starting a farm and converting it Into
a country restdence, and with more
varied and numerous illustrations than
noticed in any other country house book
this year. -"How 1 Make a Country
Place" is a'book wonder and eye-opener.
Its sub-title Is: "An ac
count of the success and the
mistakes of an amateur In 35 years
V,,, 1.11 anil MmmImh en t
VI Mill- uunuillb '-. -. - W '
together with a practical plan for
securing a home and an Independent
income starting with small capital."
The pages are 412. and the Illustrations
number about 1000.
"To the man "whose heart within him
burns' to build, as well as to own his
own rooftree, the following record may
be of interest." says our modest au
thor. "It is composed, with not more
than a dozen exceptions, of features
used by the author in his 35 years' ex
perience in country living and build
ing, including the transformation of a
rough farm into a residential park at
an expense aggregating more than
11,000,000. An endeavor has been made
to give concrete information in com
pact, easily-handled form, needed by
the layman, and to lead the reader
from shack to mansion, through the
intermediates of platform-tented camp,
bungalow, ordinary country house and
elaborate villa. Even many of the fea
tures used in Pinnacle, the 'house
i t i i, ,i .,,.,,.!. .i .i and made
lUeOl, DUDlniu V"
serviceable in less expensive houses.
The question asked by many seekers
after country life. 'Can I make my lit
tle farm pay. or what proportion of the
expense will It carry?" is answered from
experience, and a way is shown for the
city clerk, with a comparatively mod
est income, to become independent
within ten years."
Two eloquent pictures are shown of
an old farmhouse modernized, with this
explanation: "Here is the old farm
house that queened the 72 acres of
my first purchase, afterward increased
bv buying adjacent farms to 250 acres
of undulating land, ro.-ty knoll and
wooded cllffside. bordering a swiftly
coursing river. Here, too, are the mod
ernized farmhouse, the hay. horse and
cattle barns, silo, paddocks and gar
dens, the arboretum and the new en
trance. In fact, the photographs show
some things that happened to those
modest, unassuming acres during the
run of the building fever."
Table of contents:
Chapter one The farm: remodeling
the farmhouse, hygiene, water supply,
sewage, farm lawn, animals, the dairy,
poultrv. bees, star-gazing.
Our birds, fruit, insects, farm help,
boys' cabin, pets, forestry, game pre
serve, hedges, roads, gutters. Ice. play
side of farming, county fair, symptoms
of building mania.
Evolution of Farmarcadia into Hill
crest Manor, beginning with the arbo
retum; tree planting, anywhere plants,
wonder tree, horticultural alphabet,
poet's corner, pruning, blue ribbon six,
forest thinning, maple sugar harvest
bugs and 'uitterflies. "arbs, wild
garden, hosland, tryout nursery.
Hilltop. Stony Crest. The Gables. Bu
ena Vista, Hillcreet House, Storm King.
Stonehenge. Sky Rock. Brier Cliff,
Croftlelgh House. Cliffmont. Breeze
mont Ledges. Drachenfels, Island
House Crossways, Red Towers.
Bellerica, White Rock, Yachtman s
Shelter, Shore Rocks.
Pinnacle, the house ideal, yet thor
oughly practical home. . ..
Bungalows Ilestcliff. Portable
House. Cliff Eyrie. Tiny Cote. Crap.
Fairview, Tree Top, H artsease. Sea
Boulders. ... .
How to build and keep within the
limit decided upon: a livable house for
from $2500 to 112,000, a mansion up to
1100,000.
Dry technique of building, written
for the amateur. .
How to become a householder with
20 tenants in your employ, and starting
with a capital of $2000.
The kernel of the book is to secure
. - l.U Unncn n0r ft. biCT tOWIl,
ravra lanu vim -
and keep this land and sell it at a
profit for tuniaing Pu"- " ,
proposition assumes that quick sales
will follow. Without quick sales, or
course, the game is off ir
,n..u, ,h.,t tho farm conditions
described are those of Connecticut.
Bunc Ho, bv- Talbot Mundy: St-35. Charles
ScHbner's Sons. New York City.
In "Rung Ho" a splendid, stirring
novel of India before the Sepoy rebel
lion of 1S57, where Oriental thought of
a superior order is pictured the au
thors fine literary ability reminds the
reader of that of the more famous
Rudvard Kipling. The creator of
"Plain Tales of the Hills" must have a
successor. Mr. Mundy may fill the bill.
Rung Ho" means "Go in and win,
and it depicts red war, deeds of daring,
intrigue, adventure, love. The hero is
Ralph Cunningham, or as his Indian
troopers called him, "Chota Cunnigan
meaning "Little Cunnlngnam, al
though he was a -
Ralphs father had been a famous
British warrior in India and was
known as Cunnigan-hahadur. who had
.. nf ii-rosrular cavalry
raiseu a - .
and licked the half of Rajpatana into
shape wltn It. t.unnii.M--- -nrinelnal
lieutenant was Wahommed
Gunga. a Rajput.
When young uumuusiHwi
t.m.. r-,,, i-m--i.ii he is met at the
IMMi.L lll-ii C
wharf by Mahammed Gunga and sev
eral brother troopers woo iuc ..i...
his soldier father's sake:
"His father's son!" growled Mahommea
Gunga- and tho big, black-bearded warriors
who stood behind him echoed "Ay'
inehAs or struiithT
tSUl H" WH " - --
stature, and a foot, perhaps, of chest -Kirt h.
j i . I n ,.f tl, lnmi UMI -
lie was a seeonn i. v-
bahadur. who had raked and led a regi
ment and licked neac,. Into a wavering
countryside.
He had vet to learn uii ""jk"-- v -poorest
of the poor, admits no superior on
earth He did not know yet that these
men ad come a. one man', private cost
ul clown mm " -"" V .
NODOay nan iimu ,1111, - - ,
dies harder in Northern Hindustan than R
ever did in Engiano. or imi no woje.
elans cohere more tightly than the hoots.
The Ralput belief that honest service un
selfishly given is the greatest gift that any
man may bring-that one who has received
i . - i- . ... -ii serve tne
iviiat no conaiucio -... --- --
giver's son was an unknown creed to him
""BuVbe stood and looked these six men
in the eye. and liked them. And they, be
fore thev had as mucn as neara ua
speak, knew him lor a soioier mu
as he stood.
The times were full of peril. Prac
tically unknown to the British East
India Company, then nominally the
rn in India, the natives were
planning to revolt. The Hindus and
especially tne pnoo. vsic ...
...,. .,. ,f Rrliish rule in India.
IIIO J ' T1, mi -
This complaint was made: Next year.
100 years ago tne tmgnsn luiiuuucu
i .... . ' . i ni her ve the prophecy?
One hundred years they had. This,
then, is the last year, w nom me goua
,,i,ei,n thev first deprive of
reason: mark ye "this: The cartridges
they servo out to rue sepoys now i
smeared with the blended fat of cows
and pigs. Knovvir.sr mat we mu
i.ni.i tin, i-rtw- n sacr ed beast, thev do us
sacrilege, and why? They would make
us bite the cartridges and lose our
caste. And why. again? Because they
would make us Christians."
British army officials said "Pooh!"
when warned of the coming rebellion.
One ol tne rnubu mibaiuuaiiuo
"The man who anticipates h
living and pilfered when dead.
tioned at Ilowrah was Duncan McClean.
who was accompanied by his daughter.
Rosemary, 20 years old. She had at
tracted the favorable notice of Prince
Jaimlhr. whose brother. Waharajah
Howrah. ruled the province, under the
supervision of the British. The How
rah treasure, hoarded for 20 genera
tions, is in the two royal brothers'
keeping. And the Hindus looked for
one glorious time of loot wnen tno re
bellion came.
The fighting men of Rajputana
loyal to the British wait on a leader
and they accept young Cunningham.
Joanna, a native woman, is a spy fur
Maliommed Gunga. A retainer of the
latter. All Partah, escorts the lie
Cleans to the palace of Allva. Maliom
med Gunga's cousin.
Prince Jalmihr and his retainers lay
selge to Alwa's palace, principally to
capture Rosemary McClean, but they
are beaten off.
By this time the lon talked about
Sepoy rebellion had started, and Cun
ningham was at the head of about
MM Rajput cavalry, pledged to aid the
British. Prince Jaimlhr captures Uose
mary and her father. Is attacked by
Cunningham's cavalry and he and his
army scattered.
The- Sepoy rebels gather In force at
Deerseera and are held In check by a
small British force of 2000 men under
Byng-bahadur. Cunningham and his
soldiers race to rescue Byng and the
battle scene is described with a suc
cession of thrills.
Men with good red blood in their
veins will say "Thanks" after reading
this story. Mollycoddles are warned
away.
The Vanished Meeii;er. by E. Phillips Op
penhclm. illustrated. $1.30. Utile, Krown
& Co., Boston. Muss.
Mr. Oppenhelm's newest novel of in
ternational intrigue is Just In time. It
pictures England about to be attacked
by several European powers, led by
Germany, and stripped of her colonies.
The story has breathless Interest, and
has a power so magnetic that when
once the reader gets fairly Into the
swing he Is forced to pursue the re
cital until the end. Then ho says:
"Well done."
The scenes are all laid in England,
and the bad angel and most industrious
worker in the novel is Miles Fentolin,
a legless crlpplo who lives on a mar
velous estate on the English North
Sea coast, where he works hard to
throw England Into a European war
just for the sake of bloodshed.
Fentolin Is a monster In human
shape. That England has foes who are
plotting her ruin is observed by sev
eral Wall street magnates in this coun
try, and they send as their agent John
P. Dunster to The Hague to protest
against the threatened European war.
On his way through England Dunster
is seized by Fentolin's agent, and taken
to the ogre's house, where he Is vir
tually held as a prisoner until he
aa-rees to reveal the secret of his
cinher dismitch from his principals
other actors in the novel are: The
mrrft's nenhow. Gerald Fentolin: Rich
ard Hamil and Reginald Kinsley, of
the British diplomatic service; Miss
Esther Fentolin, the ogre's niece, and
Mrs. Cox, the mother of fishermen who
had been drowned through a diabolical
scheme of the ogre.
One of the characters says:
"Politics Isn't the game it was. The
foreign office especially, is aging
its men fast these few years. We've
been going through h 1. and we arc
up against it now, hard up against It.
"England will bo forced into such a
position that she will have no alter
native left but to declare war. That of
course will be the end of us. With otir
ridiculously small army and abso
lutely no sane scheme for homo de
fence, we shall lose all that we have
worth fighting for our colonics
without being able to striko a blow.
This thing is so ridiculously obvious.
"It has been admitted time after
time by every sea lord and every
commander-in-chief. We have listened
to It, aud that is all. Our fleet Is
needed under present conditions to
nrotect our own shores. There Is not
u Blno-le hattlcslilD which could be"
safelv- spared. Canada, Australiu, New
Zealand. Egypt, India must tHko care
of themselves. I wonder when a na
tion of the world ever played fast and
loose with great possessions as wc
have done.
"The plotters plan to give India to
Russia; a large slice of China to
Japan, with Australia thrown in; and
Alsace-lyrralne to France."
It Is suddenly discovered that shortly
after secret naval movements and pol
icies are decided on In England they
are in a few hours told to secret ser
vice men in Germany. Who Is the tell
tale? Suspicion points to Miles Fen
tolin, ogre.
A love story Is treated as a side Issue.
Elfin NonjTH or Sunland, by i liiirles hleeler.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City.
Here we have the third and enlarged
edition of a favorite book of poems re
flecting child life, after the style but
not equaling that of the late Robert
Louis Stevenson. The book is taste
fully printed, with decorated pages by
Louise Keeler. The poems are nearly
70 In number, and are skilfully and
deftly fashioned. They are of many
moods, and are of that hUh literary
quality that Is sure of a welcome from
many households. The book would
make a suitable present for a child
able to read easily.
The Lights Are Bright, by 1-wulsr Kennedy
Mablc. 11.25. Harper & Bros.. Now York
City.
It Is surprising that more American
novelists ao not write word-pictures of
scenes on the great American lakes.
There must be abundant material.
"The Lights Are Bright" Is the title
of this novel, the phrase being the
night call of the look-out on the or
boats on the Great Lakes. The. novel
is an unusually pleasant one. with
plenty of action and quick changes of
scene. The different characters arc all
is century is persecuted when
" Disraeli.
kept hard at work. Miss Theodora,
Trevor is owner of the rich Tr-i r
Steel Company, and her innnaeer In
Sterling Ames. Henry T. Ainory. an
ore magnate of the Plcrpont Morgan
type, schemes to depress UM Tltf
ore properties so that ho can buy thein
at bargain prices. The financial hat
tlo Is a royal one and well handled.
Mngli-h nonm. nlonym- and rrepn'-
tlosa, by Junes '. Kernald. L. H. D. ftw,
Punk & Wagiials onipany. Near York city.
Designed as a companion for th
study and as a textbook for the use of
schools-, this publication is probably th
best of Its kind In this country. Tl
edition ia a new and enlarged one. sforv
than S10" classified and discriminate
synonyms, with about 4S00 classified
antonyms, are furnished, together with
the correct use of prepositions. Indl
cstcd by illustrative examples and prac
tical hints and helps on the accurals,
use of words. Such a wonderfully clever
book really helps one to a better un
derstanding and use of English. Think
of It! There are 15 synonyms for beau
tiful. 21 for beginning. 15 for benevo
lence, 20 for friendly and S7 for pure.
The mere mention of such numbers
opens vistas of possible fulness, free
dom and variety of uttsrancs, which
will have for many persons the effect
of a revelation. Seven hundred ami
eight pages, with a conveniently ar
ranged index.
That UM Porl.lead Manor, h ' -' ' -
Kdeson Lock.-. fl.'Jo. Sbeiiuan. 1-irneh
& Co., Boston.
An aristocratic house party Is being
held at Portstead Manor, presided over
by the Lady Crsula. and una of lh
guests is Ludy Pevensy. On page c It
is announced that Lady Prvcusy's nrai
ly priceless diamond necklace has been,
stolen from her room. One other guest
Is Archibald Claverlng. aristocrat null
amateur detective. Shortly afterward.
Lord Portstead Is found shot dead la
the house. Who Is the UtUI nd mm -derer?
Three people dumbly act aa
If they were guilty - and the guessing
Is open. Out of this plot an absorb
ing, clean detective story is written,
told in cool, calm English fashion.
The Peof)l' I". by Vv imam Jennings
flryan. SO eenls. Punk 4 Wasnsls Com
Pmu. New York City.
This little hook of pages is sn ad
dress Mr. Bryan delivered by Invita
tion before the constitutional conven
tion at Columbus. Ohio. March It. Itl'J.
and deals with such questions ss IM
Initiative, referendum, recall, corpora
tions, education, labor, etc. Useful for
students.
The ;reU Amulet. ! WHS D l
P. Putnam's Sons. Now York City.
Those fond of stories of adventure
will admire the Intimate revelation of
Indian frontier life, with a changing
background of Government stations.
The kernels are love a nil temptation,
and are skillfully handled.
Mrs. Vsndersteln's Jewel.. M
Bryee. $1.25. John Lsni Compauy, Nrs
York City.
And English novel, with an old-fashioned
plot. Racing and betting ar
pictured.
Louis Norhert. by Vernon tSV. Ut John'
Lsno Company. New l ork City.
A two-fold romance, mor.tfy told lit
the form of letters. The style Is prosy
and dull.
JOSEPH M. ijIF.NTIN.
Books Added to
Library
BK'iiUAI'MY.
Mlrubesu Mlrahesu. from the French "I
Louis Barthou. 1UJS. . ..
Mont riier
Tno .Marquis ol ... .
John Hii' i;.n-
ma.
BOOKS IN POKKIUN LANQUMM.
Aiiderssen llanrlk sv Nnvarra og d
frsnake liugiienoltrr.
Gratia L'etiide ilu piano.
Knackfuss Tlllan. . ... , '
Schnltsler Professor Barnliaidl, Uomollls
in funf akten.
DUtSCRIPTtON AND TUAVF.L.
Abraham Motor was In Lakeland. I"'.
Dow-stRandom notes of Boston, mis.
Hutton cities of Boinagns and trs
Mhhn"r. "Vriiold nellals Austria of lit
Austrlana and Hungary of tho Hungarian.
'"xorday Camp and tramp In African wlldi.
101S' P.CTION.
Montague Morning's war: a romance.
Oppetilielm Mysterious Mr. wabln.
riiillpotts Kroni the angle of seventeen.
FINE ARTS.
Coleridge - Taylor - Hiawatha's tMM
feast cantata, words written by H.
Longfellow. ISPS.
Ksi well Village Improvement. lll
Payne Game birds and game flshss of tn
Pacific Coast 101.1.
Perry When mother lets us act. 1H1.I.
Sharp Hongs with pianoforte accompani
ment. It4. w ,.,
Stewart Mono -making art. Il...
HISTORY.
Bassrtt Short history of the Vnlte
KtDl"y "s'panlsh Islam; tr. by F. O. Stokes,
1913
LITKRATIRB.
Benedict Mystery of Hamlet, prince et
Denmtrk. 191(1.
Goodman Dust of the road, a play in Mi
Cprrv 'niw songs and ballads. tsST.
Stafford. ed Toaais and after-dinner
speeches. 190."..
PHILOaOPHY.
Russell First course In philosophy. 1913.
Wright Self-reaJIsatlon. 191.1.
RKLIOION.
Aked Old eventa and modern meanings,
anC other pennons. llmS.
Malian Harvest lthl I9IS.
Morgan Teaching of dins'. ll'li.
Worcester Kellglon and llf. l!H4
!-' IKS 1.
Coulter Elementary studies In botany.
1913.
Klrkhsni -Norlh and south 1911.
Kuna Curious lore of preolou, stonea.
19IS.
1IIILOSOPHV.
The -codfish. ' halng UM eoBlmstosa
of a successful man. toll.