The Press., 1894-12-27

fee windows after Jan, 1st.
 Makes it hot for you-the dispenser of Hot Soda, Chocolate, Cotfee and Broths at Hurley bros.
 Fur Trimming at E. l.. Burrs.
 Hurley Bros have a line of musical instruments Guitars, Bantos, Accordeops, Iithers, Harmonicas, etc., also violin strings and rosin, latest popu- lar songs, marches, &c.
 Holiday goods are going fast at A. w. Walkers. Prices are what tell.
 Large stock of Hand kerchiefs and Numbers at A. w. Walkers.
 Ladies' Cashmere Gloves Hae&e- lined at E, T.. Burr's,
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 It is now ten weeks since the Library Association invited the. public to come ln and partake of the good things upon it's shelves, without money and without price, At the close of the subscription year the records showed ell patrons: To-day, with she lfesltn of the library free to all, leo names are enrolled, and the list increases each week and doubtless will continue to increase as the fact of free use of books" becomes more widely known, {naer the sppscriptlop plan the withdrawal of books averaged about 35 each day open; under the free system, as yet hardly known, the average distribution is already over 100, and increasing -commeAt is unneeessary. :i!hls week the asaociation has placed up on its shelves 45 new books, notice of which may not be out of place. Works of fiction everywhere meet the public taate tn largest measnra, and the aim of the associatiQn has eyer been t9 cater to that taste by placing only the best of that line of literature befoEe its patrons. W. Cables ''John March, sautherner,' ,' ''aolden Heuse," by Chas, Dudley War ner, "A Bachelor Maid" by Mrs. Burton Harrison, and "Couer De Alene," by Mary Halleck Foote, will find glad vel come by those who like to have their fic- tiaa spiced with phases Of the social and tailosDphical auestians ot the times. T.. Eeison Bage!s f''Rolfy'' and ss:The Burial pf the anns,7 F. Marian Crawford's isLoye in Idleness," "poreen," by Edna Lyall, ''Margaret Davis, Tutor," and Half Dozen Girls" by Anna Chapin Ray, "Hope Benham," by Nora Perry, and 1.-TWO Girls" by Amy E. Blanchard, will fully satisfy that class who enioy neaptiful and varied seepas, episodes md bfctures ln life, with just enough of love and spice, while those who crave the ideal i6ve story will find their wants supplied h '.Shurpurne Dousing,n ;.Hut Of Step" .sHearly Bonght,a Claudia Hyde,,'' "Sto- Ey +awrenae garthe,'' s:Philip and His Wife,N s:The old, Old story,'' and My Pretty Jane," all by popular and standard authors. For vivid and truthful pictures Burned" ''Land of Pluck" "David's Loom" ''Frederick and His Court" " '!a0use 3f tic Wolf, ttnder the hed RbBe!,n My Lady Rotha, ....A Gentler1an # France" :Pom6na,s Travels "Dan- Ts 'Folks, ,s' "Uneie iahaig Sh9p,E ''Sam LpFel's Camp,' and Diary 'pf Apna ftreen W;nslow,' cover range 0t time and place from the teth century in Eng land, France and Germany, to the modern typical Yankee of Vermont hills. Sweet Clover" weaves web of sentiment around the recent worlds fair, while ''rhe speeeiai CorresponQent,@ ana '.'The People If the Mist, will excite and thrill the i'm, sgfnatioh with As mulch vivid light as is fealthfuI. Whoever would !'roam the Eide world qyer's will lind in '::1irayels IT Mexico, ,h"Boy TraVelers in tha LeYant,' t!The Pearl of India" and "Feats on the Fiord,i i' yaried and instrpptlVe as we'll aE f,harming tours. i:,IennF Wren's Board ing House." and 'Tbree Boys in an Flee trical Boat" will prove deeply interesting to the young folks, and older people vii not willingly lay aside the books unti the end is reached. The index to liar per's Magazine will make more ayailah.t 5cr o11 afpbA wealth stored in the' many volumes O. tdture' time the generosity of Tie Pres of it." Valuable space be ntilized for a brie and running digest of the scope and char aGeter of some works of inestimable YalYt in the library seldom disturbad by tEt feading public. For the present., enoHgf to gay, that Wednesday and Saturday each week, the Public Library in War fen's block, is open to the public iron three o'clock in the afternoon until eigh o'clock In the evening, and all who com ply with the rules for the preservation 0 it's books are welcome to it's use.
 The following new books are now read, for circItlation
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 f0S B0E06u, L2ohH HJ oA fea Frederick the Great and !. His MnS1Hsci GGsrt T64 Love In likeness, F. Marian Crawfor s f65 Pomcna's Travels, Frank R. Stockton 786 Couer D. Alene, Mary Hallook Foot 767 The Special Correspondent, Jules Vern 76S The House of the Wolf,
 Stanley J. Weyma 7e0 TTnder the Red Robe,
 ... = St4nlny j. Weyma ITO My Lady Rotha. Stanley J. Weytfiia Fl My Pretty Japs; 772 Sweet Clover, Clara Louise Bur4qhaar i73 Dearly Bought, z ' T74 Out of Step, Maria Louise Fog 475 David's Loom, John TIafford Cleg 7f6 Diary of Anna Green.
 Alice Morse Earl TT7 The People of the Mist,
 H. Rider Haggar ITS The Golden Honse,
 Chas, Dudley Warne 779 The Burial of the Guns,
 Thomas Nelson Pag 7s0 Claudia Hyde.
 Frances Courtney Baylo 781 Gentlemen of France,
 Stanley J. Weyma 782 John March, Southerner,
 Geo. w. Cabl zs3 A Bachelor Maid,
 Mrs. Barten Harriso T84 Philip and His Wife, Margaret Delan f85 The Story of Lawrence GaFthe,
 Ellen Qlney Kir T86 Sherhurne Cousins, Amanda Qougla 797 The Old, Old Story,
 Rosa Nouchette Care
 
 135 Travels in Mexico, F. A. Obe 136 The Making of the Ohio Valley States
 Samuel A. Drak 731 The Pearl of India, Maturin M. Ballo