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Eleanor.
s :: :

Mrs. Wards new novel is one of the
strongest, though perhaps the least dra-
matte of her recent achievements. The
book contains three studies of character
which have more roundness. vividness
and texture than any OF Mrs. Wards
previous creations. excepting. perhaps.
Mrs. Soycc, the mother OF Marcella, and
Louie. the hendishly disagreoable sister
OF David Grieve. Eleanor Burgoyne,
Lucy Foster and Edward Manisty are liy-
ing. breathing human creatures. At times
We violently disapprove Of them. and at
times teaecriy sympathize; once In a long
while we are a little bored, but we never
lose sight Of the actually OF their exist
ence. whatever we may think and feel
about them. They are with Us as our
friends are With Us. and We have the same
keen interest In their tangled lives.
II Is Mrs Wards triumph to have en-
heddcd these strongly characterized per-
sonaltios IN book whose substance Is
matter more purely intellectual than any
she has yet produced The book IS a
STEADY OF itAly-of that new Italy which
has risen In forty years out Of the ashes
Of the old. II you read & solely for the
story. sou VIII doubtless become inos-
tiont with the amount of the illusions To
Italian political and religious conditions.
but If sou win submit gracefully 10 the
wealth OF instruction which Mrs Ward
has 10 lavish and viii make a special
study Of the political and religious sle-
ments as they enter IN TO the background
of Tho story. goa viii ind yourself richly
repaid for the eff0Ft. for Mrs. Ward writes
Of nothing which she has not studied, and
italy she has studied With love She sets
forth very clearly the conditions produce
ed by The strife between the Vatican and
the court upon the one hand and the
strife In the ranks OF Romanlsyn between
old ideas and scientific truths upon Tho
ether Edward Manisty, an English roli-
ucian and man OF letters. has Temporarily
broken with his party and his
career because he believes In re-
Hgious conservatism as the sole
safeguard Of the nation. and his
party ventures 70 believe that men NAV
b. governed by their Intelligence alone
lie goes TO Italy. determined to see moth
ing but good in the Romanist system be-
cause II Is the most perfect working ont
OF the idea he upholds OF religion as the
world-police: and equally determined 10
see nothing but evil IN the new Italian
state. which. while remaining Roman in
religion, has east on the Vatican as its
civil head. He plans a book which is 10
base It's justification OF his course In En-
9hsh politics Upon study OF Itaiisn-Sons
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A Couple of Hyls.

To tell the exact truth. in all con-
fdence, there are not vast num-
Der of the enormous output of the
seasons novels over which 1t is
worth while to be wildly enthusiastic.
This makes all the more conspicuous
a book like "Aprils Sowing" which,
by virtue OF its daintiness, charm
and individuality deserves place all to
itself among the Christmas book-harvest-
1t Is just a love story, an idyl, IL you IKE.
but il is one OF the freshest, truest finest
bits of fiction that has come from the
press for many day. In point OF charm,
1T is comparable to THE Cardinals snuff
Box" and 1t ought to have much the
same kind of a success, and with the
same people--doubtless il the publishers
advertise IL as well as that delightful tale
was advertised by John Lane. IL will so
succeed-but while the charm of Mr.. Har-
lands book was somewhat artificial
palpably the result of art--the charm or
"ApriPs Sowing Is as natural as the
blossoming of wild rose-and conveys
the same suggestion of rosy crispness.
The heroine IL just Nelly Brown. whose
plain, good old father and mother have
a heap of money that Nelly knows how
to spend, and the hero n John Hector.
the son of the village doctor. with a
clever sister who looks down on Nelly
because the latter knows more about
clothes than she does about books But
Nelly also knows how love affairs should
be conducted, and her own. as we said
before, is one of the pretticst that we
have read about for long while.
People who have followed Miss Ger
trude Halls career from her first minute
volume OF poems graceful. girlish verse.
a dozen years ago. will not be surprised
by the literary excellence of "Aprifs
Sowing" Miss Hall Is one of the few
promising young writer's OF the day who
has not bowed the knee to mammon.
She has written little. but that little
has always been according to her own
taste. not the taste OF the crowd; It has
had style from the beginning. and in
this last book II has gained the only
quality IL previously lacked-reaiity.
c'Aprll's Sowing" by Gertrude Hail
St50 Mcclure, Phillips a. Company.
For sale by Lowman & Hanford)
"A Princess of Already is another
idyIic book. n Is by no means 50 sue
cessful as Miss Halls. for the writer
has not served that apprenticeship to the
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impression that perhaps you have been
poisoned little as well,
The ten tales that have gone into this
picture suue volume were collected by MT
Seumas MacManus from the shanachies,
or story-tellers of Donegal, tales as old
as the curlew's call" he says they are,
and listened to with the same keen and
credulous eagerness with which they were
hearkened to hundreds OF years ago."
The pictures by Verbeek are wholly
charming and the book is altogether at
tractive-if people will have fairy-stories!
That they will, and that they will choose
Celtic ones for preference Is perhaps in
Dictated also by another charmingly got
ten up book. Fairies and Folk Of Ire
land" by William Fl. Frost, illustrated by
Sydney Richmond Burleigh. In a touch
ing story of his own of Irish peasant-hfe
today. Mr.. Frost has imbedded large
number of folk-tales retold, of course, in
his own words and their relation arising
naturally out of the incidents of the main
story. The task has been one of love-
for when people do love these things, they
love them right we'll, it seemsl-and is
graciously and tenderly executed The
illustrations are quite as striking as YER
beek's but in a totally different manner
The former strike the note OF faery:
these. somehow, give the very feeling Of
"Ould Ireland itself They are not only
very clever drawings but they overflow
with Celtic sentiment-they fairly reek
with 1t. Just where 1t is. or how, one
cannot say, but nevertheless it is most
delightfully."- there.
C'Donegal Fairy Tales. BY Seumas
MacManus. $1.50 Mcclure, Phillips a
Co. Fairies and Folk of Ireland BY
sons N.5o. For sale by Lowman & Han
ford.)
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Renelope's Experiences.

Good wine needs no bush" Penelope
she who travelled in England and Scot
land and had one of the most amusing
experiences on record--does not need any
Introduction to the American reading
public. We all know Penelope and have
smiled with her over many and many
Of her haps and rnishaps in the British
isles. The publishers have brought out
holiday edition of her travels, two hand
some volumes, containing over a hundred
illustrations by c. Z. Brock, who hits off
British types as cleverly with his pencil
as does Penelope with her typewriter.
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art of how to say things best -
more necessary In an idyl thsn !.
other form OF fiction. His ern-s-2S
are roundabout. and often ciumr
his feeling is true and good. n
located his story in the Maumes -
spot little known of people IN r's-S
but nevertheless most beautiNi Z .x
the beauty OF very rich and fertils VI
There is q good old club man an S1
broker in the city at the rivers ,s7
dts name. which the author -
refrains from mentioning. "a r11
who adopts child whom he ~ r.
on an island ten miles down IL r.
and brings her TO an amianle hor<2 II
his daughter to bring up. The G@
who win not sell his plants unlo113
is sure they are going to find
home, is q delightful old creatugH 4
holds on TO his garden acres MN p
city creeps around them and NJ I
sell though he grows poorer evvrv I,
while his land increases enorma1 y
value. because he could not b It
elsewhere. The daughter OF tn ~
Primrose, Is equally quaint IN NJ r.
and the perverse reader win a. n
self loving them both much bet(o n
the shadowy Princess "A (
apocryphal young lover.
1t was a good idea. anyhow, to-
an idyl in Toledo, which Is one RI
most stupid. commonplace. beso18
butter towns on the face OF the r.
States. II there can be idyis IN 1
they may grow anywhere. -
Columbus, Kalamazoo, Grand H11
oshkoshr-even Seattle itself. med III
exempt.
GA Princess of Already by r.
Henry. Doubleday, Page q Co., IN +
sale by Lowman a Hanford. IS
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The Eaqle's Heart.

Mr.. Hamlin Gariand's new book & o66
n typical minister's son--that Il u r.
typical bad hoy, who was the trial r.
minister's life. Harold Excel had 4
moniac temper and remarkable ahlB n
horses. He dreamed about the We
the age of 15 he was tried for assauS(
intent to kill: was given six montha \ ~
county jail. and after his releaso ~
for the West, for which he has 49,
1onged. What he does there - ~
herder, cowboy and adventurer the ~
of the book will tell What mod \,
presses the reader, perhaps. IL the feo@
with which he becomes BLACK M0AftI
terror of the plains. So far % M 0o~
land can be made to confess. Hard u
an Industrious and pretty upright w n
always tried to keep out Of troun1ou(
mostly he succeeded. But II he az ~
a small scrape with anybody, ueUE0
wholly iaudable and with Black M
entirely In the right. 1t always got tI1G
newspapers and was multiplied slx0n(
fold, until his name became thlr) y
conjure with. Perhaps that II tho v
these things always happen. ~
events Nose was nowhere near - -
as he was painted. During his t9u
service in the county jail he heo ~
a young girl. who came with { e.
band to sing to the prisoners On -
afternoons. She had a beautiful vcl1o9
a superior air. and Harold Excel -
her for his patron saint, made ~ 81
quaintancs as soon as he could. ehM
her memory during the years OF NJ 49,
ern life, and in the end marrics her
part of the book Is true to the -
sentiment of primitive natures, a.
they are at all finely touched: but
the novel win be most valued for
account II contains OF all that NJ
land knows about the rapidly va
rude life OF the great West The ona
OF humor In the whole book IL foun4
letter of Mary to Harold. In whtt9
observes: In reality you are ~
Harold Excel saw IN Rock Rive
more than l am the little prig who
those songs to save your SOUL Ho~
was not so bad as I seemed eve
for / wanted you TO admire my We
1.-THE Eagles Heart" by 1iamlln
land. sl.5o. y. Appleton & Co. FWN
by Lowman q Hanford)
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A Book of Epioran,s.

The Century Thumb-Nail series of tiny
leather-bound books with exquisite cover
designs has been familiar for the last
three OF four years. Motifs" by E.
Scott OConnor, author of '"rracings," Is
the title of one of this seasons volumes.
It contains scraps of wisdom. abstract
ideas often cast in concrete form polish
ed in expression to the last degree OF
simplicity. Here are a few of the re-
fiections:
I'm despair a woman knelt by the corpse
of Love. Because 1 thought you could
not die" she sobbed, II did my best TO
kill YOU"
"A rich man looked with scorn at the
coin he gave beggar, and with envy at
the JOY it gave"
.rhe greatest Cruelty of chains cried
a slave, is that they make him VINO
wears them Justify their use.'
They sought a place to bury their
Ratchet, and chose the heart of the friend
who stopped the fight"
''She was envious, not of the mans
heart, but of the skill with which her
rival had captured H.
.sThis was the prayer Of one who loved
bis felIow-men: Let no. soul,' he said.
have so little light as with the amount
to be content.
..On the walls of an old temple was
found this picture; a king forging from
his crown a chain, and nearby a slave
making of his crown chain. And under
meath was written: Life is what man
makes of 1t. no matter of what It is
made" a.
''He is wise who judges his work. not
by its value to himself. but by what its
loss would be to others"
.'I find my liberty, remarked modern
girl, to be a great restraint
1,Motifs." r. Scott OConnor. The Cen
fury Company. 81. For sale BY Lowman
q Hanford)
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Now. there IS no doubt that Mrs. Seton
Thompson has the right kind of pluck,
and no doubt that her book is very in
teresting to read, but wouldn't she have
been better off at home, and wouldn't
Nimrod have been more comfortable with
out her? AS a discourager for women
-want-to-go-hun -with-their hils-
bands, the book is very valuable.
GA Woman Tenderfoot," by Grace CAL
latin Seton-Thompson. 81 Doubleday,
Page & Co. For sale by Lowman & Han
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A Woman Terderfoof.

"A Woman Tenderfoot" Is Mrs. seton
Thompson's very lively account of what
happens when the gong-to- Europe In he
summer-woman In tempted % SO West in
stead and camp Ia the Rocky mountains
with her husband, The FIRST chapter Is a
very practical one concerning the outrt
and Offering general sdvies 20 any one
who may follow the authors example. Hes
experience is large and deep and her ad-
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Celtic Folk-Lo

Perhaps in no other age Of the world
than this have fairy stories ever seemed
the absolute exotics that they do today.
1t & not only that We have no longer any
superstitions: rather Il is that we no
longer desire. even II II were possible,
to have in a world where things can hap
pen in such an irrational. topsy- turvy.
happy go-Iucky fashion as they do in the
folk-tales OF ALI nations. Just think what
a desperately long way the race has
come. 10 pass from the world OF Done
gal Fairy stories" to the world OF Mrs
Wards Eleanor OF all the Irrational
folk-talcs in existence, the Celtic folk
tales are the most pronounced. For my
self, frankly, l cannot stand them. They
are like strange CONNECTIONS which leave
you not only the feeling OF being gorged
with swsstss hut, also ntta ths Garsous
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The books are bound In sage-green COW
ers, decorated with gold Tudor roses and
Scotch thistles blending in the ornamen-
tation. Altogether they form a worthy
setting for a series of beloved and popular
papers.
C'Ponelope's Experiences" vols. 81.
Houghtop, Mifllln q Co. For sale by
Lowman e. Hanford)
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A Soul In Bronze.

Constance Goddard Du Bois has ~
a novel of Southern California
belongs 10 the same type as 'Ram
though IL does not recall that
classic In any other way. save BY -
ture OF an heroic and faithful som
Indian body. Antonio La chnss
anything. n better Indian than la
Aiessandro. He Is highly educated 49,
customed 10 refined society, boz
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-27
I he B1eating
OF keating.....

have read with amusement the
maiden efforts OF my tin pan friend
on Main street, and note with sorrow
that he "calls Names" He should not
do this as it is my ''long suit I
don't allow any two-legged corn pepper
with butterine on his mustache to get
ahead of me in that line. can give a
man more names in two minutes than
he ever heard before. can turn one
OF Stanlaw's angels into a pigeon-toed
fright or make man feel like mock
orange grated out of squash. don t
allow any man who breathes thru his
ears and chews gum to stand up on his
hind legs and paw the air at me.
You're a good fellow, 'sair tight" but
on this deal you must mark yourself
down SO per cent, and don't crop out
very often or there will be so much
fun you'll have to take blackberry
cordial to stop it. Verbal brickbats
are right in my line. There is another
thing / don't like, my friend, and that
is the villainous metre of your poetry.
1t don't jingle. Now how is this:
There was young man named Keat-
ing,
Who spoke out loud in meeting;
The parson said, "Stop it,
The deacons said, drop it,
But he kept right on with his bleat-
ing.
So they gave him a good sound beat
ing,
And Heating was seen retreating,
With a "two-step" dance
And his hands on his pants
AT the place where they now need re-
seating.
Thus was the feeting Of Heating
Retreating from out of the meeting,
Thinking this world is unkind.
And he's cleating his seating with cast
iron sheeting
And stove lid stuck on behind.
That jingles and can be set to mu-
sic. You're not in it. Your name is
sagin' you. It's dead easy, while there
are few words that will rhyme with
Wyman. The late lamented Mother
Goose had a copyright on Pie Man and
Simple Syman, and while am willing
to admit may be something like the
latter, this very admission lets you out.
I wish you well in your maiden endeav-
ors, but go slow. In the meantime I
will say to an unenlightened and re-
frigerated public that should be ex-
3tremely obliged if you will come
and see my American Beauty "half
China"
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He Was seeing the Elephant.

Chicago, Feb. ,24.-T. T. Smith, 4
farmer of Bridgedale, Iowa, arrived in
Chicago at 1920 o'clock yesterday
morning, and within five minutes had
made the acquaintance of A. L. Nash
and G. Y. Dale, who at once volunteer
ed to show him the sights.
At 1890 Detectives Egan and Farley
ran across the trio, and recognizing
Smiths new-found friends as conf
dence men, placed them under arrest I
They We're, arraigned before Justice
Martin at 10:40 O'clock, and five min
utes later were waiting for convey
ance to take them to the bridewell,
where each will work out $50 6ne.
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millions Given Away.

It is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The propri-
etors of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
gsen aMay over rsst ten med million trial sna
the satisfaction of knowing II has alb
solutely cured thousands Of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the Throat,
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by
it. Call on Clark g. Mollison, drug
gists, and get free trial bottle. Reg
ular size soc and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded.
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reported as having bought the, Mrs. Nc
Nair farm, did not make the purchase,
but will occupy the William Hirst
farm, vacated by Zach Newell.
Charles Byers, of Osceola, is visiting
his brother, William Byers, at the Pc
ter Mohler home.
Notice.-We have recently purchas-
ed the Earnhardt stock of furniture
and undertaking supplies and will
continue the business at the same
place. When in Fremont call and see
us. M. B. Lee & Son.
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grand exhibition In this the pupils
of Pleasant Hill have few if any equals
on the stage anywhere, some outside
of school aided in the program, maxi
ing it quite complete. All displayed
good rhetorical powers and ability on
the stage, which speaks well for them,
taking into consideration the short
time they had to prepare. The order
of the audience was exceptionally good,
All said it was grand effort on the
part of every one, and one of the best
exhibitions ever attended.
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Daily Doings Of some OF Ottumwa,s
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Evsryihing From Joyous births to the
Philosophical Observation ofsages,
Arc Chronicled by tho Courier,s
Special Correspondents.
CHARLTON.

Charlton, Feb. 90. Thursday was
Washington's birthday, and tho the day
was not universally observed and none
OF the business houses closed, yet APP
propriate exercises were conducted in
all the schools, and the flag was float
ing over the school houses and court
house.
Ben Allen, OF Zero, was visiting old
friends in the city Thursday.
James Harvey, who has been confin-
ed to his bed for the past week or two
with the grip, is improving very rap
idly and will be able to be out again
in short time.
=. G. Spiker, who has been running
livery and feed stable here for the
past few years, has disposed of his in
terests in Charlton and gone to western
3 Nebraska, where he expects to make
his future home.
Bert Baker has resigned his position
at Garland's blacksmith shop, and ex.
poets to depart soon for Grand River
TO start shop of his own.
Mrs Francis Cooney, of Ounce, Hills
in 1he city visiting her father, Wiley
McFadden ,and large circle OF Chart
ton friends
+. M. Shnlar has sold out his inter.
est in the grocery business to his part.
ner, Lee Culbertson, who will continue
the business at the old stand.
w. M. Householder has returned from
q business visit in Missouri.
Miss Anna Barger is confined to he1
bed with the mumps.
Machinist Gust Anderson and fam
lily, OF Creston, are visiting friends in
Charlton this week.
About fifteen of the members of the
*. p. lodge of this place went up &c
4 Osceola Thursday to attend the meet
ing Of the Dramatic Knights of the
Khorosson, that met here THURSDAY
Judge Eichelberger has rendered his
decision in the Swartzlander VS.. Kick
man case in favor OF the defendants
/ Also in the Kirk permit case, allowing
the petition for permit to sell intox
icaMng liquors in spite OF vigorous
remonstrance and a hard fight agains,
it. The arguments are all in on the
Piper VS.. Fletcher case and the cour'
will give his decision during vaca
ton.
Amer Peterson has departed fol
Dunferline, ILL.,, where he has accept
ed q position as manager of the West
ern Supply company. Amer has beer
an efficient clerk for S. Oppenheime,
in Charlton for years and has made
many friends, who will regret his de.
parture but wish him success in his
new home.
Charlton, Feb. 24.-Sam Slater, form.
erly prosperous farmer of English
TOWNSHIP. but who sold his farm re.
Gently, has packed his goods and gone
20 Iorimer where he has purchased
another farm, and will make his future
home.
DR.. Reardon, OF Melrose, was bust.
ness visitor in Charlton on Thurs.
day.
Superintendent storrs, Of Creston
was transacting business in Charlton
Thursday.
Prof. Hazelstrom. formerly resident
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EIDWELL.

Bidwell, Feb. 26-David Grooms
went to Ottumwa Wednesday, night.
G. FL. Garfield transacted business in
Ottumwa Thursday.
Levi Stringham went to Ottumwa
on No. 2 Wednesday.
Frank Williamson, of Ottumwa,
spent the past week visiting friends
near Bidwell.
f. L. Perry came from ottumwa on
No. 3 Saturday.
Levi stringham returned from OF
tumwa Saturday.
DR.. A. X. Berry, of Wichita. Kan,
passed thru Bidwell Friday on his way
to Chillicothe.
Mrs. G. H., Garfield is rapidly i'm
proving.