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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
BY F. BERKELEY SMITH.

heel on every page. At the close of the book you feel like "ze seek man" your self so intoxicated with the fumes of You've Clicquot and ma cherie that per- wade the book. Wine flows like water, and the wit IS out. of course. And M le Comte the German Baron, the English Duke and Timmie lin gf the Bowery live ism
 The story is divided into sections, each section dealing with a peculiar phase of Parisian life. such as: The Shows of the Champs Elysees Some Risque Curtains with Serious Linings. Montmartre. but all conglomeration of grease. paint. wine and powder puffs.
 It is a story of a frivolous, idle life car ried to a strenuous extreme. but 1t Is true. every word of 1t. Like Charles Dana Gibson has said, 1t is like taking flying trip to that fabled French metrop-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Ten Thousand Words Often Mispro-

An enlargement of Seven Thousand Words Often Mispronounced." which has been received with such favor as to call for more than sixty thousand copies. Proper names are included. such as Boz. Royesen Bosnia. and Botticelli. The author knows his own mind and can give reasons for his choice of pronunciation. but he recognizes fairly the Judgments of all authorities. Most speakers are lamentably slipshod in the vocal use of our noble language. and no better linguaa mentor than this could be found for every study table, school room and home. (Ns Y.. G. P. Putnams & Sons. S1.O0.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Camping Ground.

T chose a camping ground on the brink of one of the lakes where thicket of hemlock, spruce sheltered. from the night winds As the night ad- vanced. the mighty rock walls of my mountain mansion seemed to come near CT, while the starry sky in glorious brightness stretched across like ceiling from wall to wall and fitted closely down into all the spiky irregularities of the EuYnn1its" "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Delipinns Literatnra.

A correspondent of The Chicago Record Herald, William Eloroy Curtis. had the best opportunity to make a study of The Turk and his Lost Provinces. The newspaper style rapid and picturesque. but increases the interest of this descrip- tive book: and we know after its perusal. more of the Sultan and his family" "the city of the grand Turk; "Morques and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
The Body Beautiful.

An illustrated volume we'll described by It's subtitle, "Common-sense ideas on health and beauty without medicine" which discusses the proper kinds of food. various physical ailments, sleeping, bath ing, out-of-door exercises, and other practical matters relating to health and therefore to beauty. It is a great pity that more books of such wholesome char acter are not published. (Baker & Tay- Tor Co.,, N. r., $1.25.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
A New Book by an old Author.

'''rhe Strange Adventures of Mir. Mid dleton," is the book by Warden Curtis of Madison, Wis. Mir. Curtis's short stories have been readable and this his new venture in a heightened book of fiction is said to be rarely humorous-with scene laid in Chicago and an Oriental drapeTy? The incongruousness of the situations re- veals the humor-so 1t Is said-we have not seen the book.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Studies in the Life of Paul.

A revised edition of excellent outlines for general study by individual or classes. International Committee of Y. M. c. A. New York, 40 cents, paper 25 cents.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Fire and Sword in shansi.

The catalogue of Protestant missiona
 ries and their children who fell victims to the Boxer fury three years ago con tains 152 names. The present memorial of these martyrs is mainly devoted to the thirteen who perished at the Shou Yang Mission, most of whom were Dr. Ed wards's personal friends. The cost of this mission. with which pr. Edwards was connected as a physician for eighteen years. was largely defrayed by himself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Mary of Rethanx.

Thoughtful little talks with young wo- men, based on what the Bible tells us of one of it's most lovely characters. Pep- per Pub. Co.,. Philadelphia. Cloth 25 cents. paper, 15 cents)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

masterful discharge of any responsibility, whether it be the management of home or the earning of some money.-Public Opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Washington. Its Sights and rnsights.

This Is an entertaining and instructive little handbook about our National Capt. tai. Besides descriptions of monuments and institutions, a brief account of the work done in the different departments of government is given. Anecdotes of prominent people are given in way t0 make the story a lively and interesting (Funk & Wagnalls Co.,. N. r.. d.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
The witchery of Sleep.

A compilation of illustrations, facts. suggestions and verse about sleep and it's associations and conveniences. The pie lures of historic beds and sleeping places selections; and the book Is beautifully printed and made. The idea is new ono and the work certainly deserves a wide safe. (Ostermor & O., N. Y.. $2.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

As we get away from the era of the historical novel. we swing toward that of rsalism-and then again to the over -imag
 inatlve in nature stories. Much of this seasons fiction is characterized by an ef- fort to make a representation of life just as 1t is in the locality portrayed. The people talk and act as do those with whom the author has had most intimate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Memorable Places Among the Holy
 Hills.

Faithful descriptions of the sacred places in Palestine never lose their charm. Mir. Stewart has prepared this book with much care. Each place Is described with the connection Is faithfully presented. The maps and pictures add very much to the interest of the book. (Fleming IT. Reveil Co.,, N. Y, $1.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

The Outlook in an article, Back to Nature" says that everywhere men ana women are turning more and more 10 out f-doors for rest and recreation. And it is significant of this desire to fine ones rest in the study, that the number of volumes on its every phase. birds, how- CTS, trees, shrubs, etc. is constantly in creasing. The great mind of the scientific naturalist has made an access to the facts of nature, and manuals of knowl- edge are to be found, by which all may be instructed in the universal law of na- ture and no one need be hindered in a scientific study of this great world. This literature of critical observation is by no means the only and perhaps not the most important of the many forms of lit- erary access to the natural world, which are given to the world in increasing quan- tity. To quote from The Outlook, ''The trained naturalist may object to any treatment of nature that is not distinct ly scientific In its method and spirit: but nature is more than birds and flowers. animals and trees. Nature is a middle ground between God and man; it is the playground of the soul; 1t Is full of mar vicious analogies with the life of man; its very breath invigorates the body, Its beauty feeds the ina gination. The work of the scientific observers cannot be over- valued, but 1t would be very incomplete without the work of the poets, and very imperfect without the records of those who go to nature, not simply to see. but to feel, to enter into sympathy with, and to be restored by the life of the world without
 MT. Whiting is one of the writers of na- ture who works with a spiritual insight. While he does not pretend to give us sci enttfic facts, he is a scholar in the na- tural realm. and as such has made us to feel those intangible and invisibl~ things, only seen by the imaginative 2tid, and the understanding heart. eF
 Not many think of the great painter Corot as giving expression in words to his thoughts of nature But for those who have not read his own description of his thoughts portrayed in his famous picture. Morning" we afford a pleasure by producing 1t here. The "Corot effects which We hear so much about, is seen in this little description-as a reflection of that poetic mind. which, produced on can- Vass, 'vaporous pools. shimmering tree tops. misty morning and tender evening" We have obtained this reproduction from The Outlook.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

The noblest of all virtues is the manly control of our own faults, and lending strength to another's weakness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Puerto Rican Other Impressions.

In one of the earlier verses in this vol ume the author pertinently and persist ently. If somewhat unmelodiously re- cords this query; Why should I speak?" Candor compels us to state that fin our opinion. neither here or in any previous or subsequent selection does he give an- swer to his own question. or give good and sufficient reason for the publication of a hundred pages of very mediocre verse. (G. Y. Putnam's Sons, New York)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
TREND OF THOUGHT
 ALONG PATHS LITERARY

palaces; and understand the environ Greece; and understand the environ ment of our missionaries. in that land where fear seems to threaten as a sus pended blade.
 Another book of that far East is the one by Samuel M. Zevener, D. D. It is a history of the first missionary to the Moslems-Raymond Lull. What a man of achievement and genius. Poet, novelist. scientist. philosopher. theolo- gian. evangelist, missionary. This bio- graphy contains a bibliography of 321 titles of Lulls book; many of which were written in Latin, Catalonian and Arabic
 How wholesome is the little book by Dr. Watson The Homely Virtues"
 Professor Link has made an intelligent criticism on Woodberry's Life of Flaw thorne." for The Christian Advocate. While this is not strictly religious litera- ture. the Professor tells us that Flaw thorne was not consciously a preacher. but that the moral effect-the cause of sin-was ever at hand. To quote from him, The lesson of The Great Stone Race the story of the boy who sought a man bearing it's features of benevolence and grandeur until his own countenance mirrored back the face and his character was nodded according to the glorious model-the face on the mountain. It is one of the best sermons of any age. :" He also tells us that the gospelinss of Hawthorne were not moral lectures. on one theme, but were general. Professor Link considers Scarlet Letter" the masterpiece of all fiction produced in this country. He esteems it not as an oddly dissimilar book. but as the incom- parable work of a stately genius. He laments the obtuseness of a public that could not recognize a prophet within their threshold. Professor Link thinks that Woodberry's Life of Hawthorne not a life of the man, but a study of his life and works. And that Woodberry goes about his work as a cold blooded sur geon,'' using his instruments of dissec- ton without anaesthetics.
 Remember that Zangwell is a Jew when reading these verses. They are the type of much of the poetry in his volume of poems, Blind Children
 70 blessed Christ, that foundest death When life was fire and tears,
 Not drawing on a sluggish breath
 Through apathetic years.
 Still still about thy forehead gleams
 The light we know Thee by.
 o blessed Christ. to die for dreams
 Nor know that dreams would die.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
With Makers an0 Lovers of Literature
FRESH CUT LEAVES.

and hfs relatives. His narrative is the first complete and authentic account oE its destruction. The one light in fto gloom Is the noble steadfastness Of tho Chinese Christians amid the terror and agony of the time. Its account of tho present is not reassuring. The need of vigilant. firm and unrelaxing pressure bx the Western powers to prevent thinGn from drifting back into the old ruts, ana producing a recrudescence of Boxerism. V strongly affirmed as both necessary ana not realized by those with whom the re- sponsibility rests. QFeming H. ReveIl Co., N.5o.)
 Trent's Trust and others Stories.
 Again one wonders at and sadmires tho evenness of interest which Bret Harto maintained almost to the day of hl6 death in writing stories of the California life he knew generations ago. In this posthumous collection, for instance, the very best of the tales (and none are Of inferior quality) are the two dealing with Jack Hamlin the gambler and Col. Starr bottle the gallant attorney and duelist- The most ambitious story in point of length and plot is that which gives the book it's name. Bret Harte's genius de- serves even higher recognition than ik ! has received; his reluctance to attampt new themes or to essay elaborated nov- els In way put him to disadvantAge Tn competing with newer fiction writers, but his work both in substance and style has the appreciation of wide circIo of admirers: it was never hurried or fever ish, 1t always had and in these talea continues to have, literary polse and force. Houghton, Mifflin Co.,. Boatons $1.25.)
 Old Squire.
 This is of the best civil war novels that we have ever read. It is difficult to seaf how 1t can offend sensibilities North or South. a bit of praise that can be given to few publications of it's class. sOid Squire," the "Black virginian' and the hero, is a citizen of whom any Stata might be proud. He is sure to win the af- lection and respect of the reader. Many Southerners have some such humorous. wise, faithful, kind old negro friend en- shrlned in loving and reverent memory. Old Squire as a character is distinct and worthy addition to literature. Mr.. Benson's dialect Is to be commended. Hla spelling reproduces better than that of any writer the sound of certain words an the negroes spoke them-..shu'' for you" for instance. Mir. Benson's purely mill tary novels, such as "Who Goes Thereys have had a wide reading; it is pleasant to find him so much at home in slightly different field. (The McMillan Co. N. y,s a.5O.1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28
Interesting Little Side Issues.

4htCIcStlhk A1ItAC oAoC ASSoCSs
 When short time since Will N. liar ben was going to New York. a newsboy offered him "The Substitute" saying as he did so Have you read it?' The au- thor said. 'I have a copy" The boy questioned, You've read 1t. How did you like it?" MT. Harben thought of his re- visions and proof readings, and merely answered, i've read 1t five times" The newsboy. taking 1t for granted that this was evidence of unusual interest in the book Gas indeed 1t was). went calling The Substitute" Justify: New book one man read it five times"
 From 'The True Abraham Lincoln" we quote his own estimate of his sympathetic nature. If I have one vice it Is not be- ing able to say no And 1 consider it a vice" Some of our generals complain that l impair discipline and encourage in- subordination in the army by my pardons and respites; but 1t rests me after a hard days work if I can find some good cause for saving mans life, and I go to bed happy as I think how joyous the signing of my name will make him and his fam fly and his friends"
 The Tablet which was Wee McGree- gor's beseting sin. his one unresisted temptation. has found unlimited advertise ment in England. The most popular and fashionable sweet meats. sold in shilling tins is the Wee McGreegor Tablet" It is a kind of taffy.
 This from Helen Keller: Sometimes I rose at dawn and stole into the garden while the heavy dew lay on the grass and flowers. Few know what joy it is to feel the roses pressing softly into the hand, or the beautiful motion of the lilies as they sway in the morning breeze. Sometimes I caught an insect in the flower I was plucking. and I felt the faint noise of a pair of wings rubbed to- gether in terror. as the little creature be- came aware of a pressure from without"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-28

How wholesome is the little book by Dr. Watson The Homely Virtues
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-11

THE Weekly World Herald is the
. best weekly issued in the west.
The articles published in it are the
best that money and brains can supply
and it stands second to none as a
newsy, up-to-date, well-written and
living monument to the push and en-
terprise Of newspaperdom today.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-11

THE Weekly World-Herald is is
sued by ike leading newspaper Of
Nebraska's metropolis, and gives the
very latest news Of all local happen
lngs in that state and the neighboring
states, Iowa being as carefully covered
as Nebraska.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-11

|THE WEEKLY is issued twice
= a-week, on Tuesdays and Fri
days, the first day being 8 pages and
the second 4 pages. In this manner
the paper keeps perfectly up-to-date,
and all telegraphic and local news is
supplied the subscribers in concise
and mastery style.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-11

THE half-tone pictures in the
= Weekly World Herald are the
an y Of all the other weekly papers in
the west. Our artistic force is unsur-
passed, and with our weekly market
letters, telegraph and cable news
Of all the world, we issue paper for
500 year, twice-a-week, that is
worth three times the money.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-02
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
A Question.

There 10 some speculation over the
Rooney case, even after Judge Pol
lock resentences him, making the
date of the execution six months in
advance, instead of three, as under
the old law. 1t is said that Rooney
was convicted under the old law and
any sentence imposed must be under
the new law, which provides an addi-
tional penalty to that imposed under
the law that governed murder cases
at the time Rooney was convicted, in
that it is made condition that he
must remain in prison six months be-
fore execution instead Of three. Many
attorneys say Rooney can escape the
gallows under the change of law, and
that he cannot be placed on trial un-
der the same charge again. If he
should escape on the technicality the
state will be able to convict him of
joint highway robbery and impose a
life sentence.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-02
LEvEE GIVES WAY.
saA Water Fleeas Nest Fertile
LaaSs In Yasoo Delta.

Greenville, Miss, March 2s.-Death
and destruction rides the food that has
inundated this city through the break
in the levee. At an early hour this
morning the streets are running rivers,
and reports of heavy loss Of life are
coming in.
|. Maj. John NJ. Sears, who has charge
temporarily of the government Office
here, stated tonight that the break is
unquestionably the worst in the his
tory Of the levee system. He says the
entire delta south as far as Vicksburg
will be inundated, and the fine farming
lands in Washington, Bolivar and
'Sharkey counties will be underwater
for more than two weeks. This is the
first break to be reported on the Mis-.
sissippi side since the present rise be.
gan.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-02
SHAFT AT ANTIETAM.
Itwill Be 4 Monument to McKin.
ley's Heroism.
IaesAe atally It Will Commemorate q
Co1ee Incident Which Has Beea
Made the Subject Of Many
Comments.

The most striking incident of the
soldier life of the late President Will
liam Mckinley will be immortalized
BY granite and bronze. On January
80, 1903, at Columbus, the Ohio Antie-
tam battlefield commission awarded
thesc0ntract to.erect a monument on
the spot where Mckinley as mere
soldier boy served his comrades with
hot coffee on the firing line, The entire
contract provides for the erection Of
ten monuments in honor of the several
Ohio regiments and batteries which
took part in that bloody battle, but,
without doubt, the most. unique and
the one in which the people of the
United States will be most interested
is, the Mckinley monument. 1t will
be remembered that this battle was
fought September II, 1862, on Mary
land soil, and that the Twenty-third
Ohio regiment was an important fac
tor in the fight. Belonging to the IA
nous Twenty-third were two men who
afterwards became presidents of the
United States, Hayes and Mckinley,
as well as long line of other distin-
guished men. Perhaps no other bat
tlefield commission, either in Ohio or
the other states of the union, will have
80 pretty sentiment to enlarge upon
as this heroic act in the life of the be-
loved Mckinley.
While going over the battlefield with
a companion not long before his
tragic death, President Mckinley said,
in speaking of the coffee incident, that
he knew the boys must be hungry and
thirsty from their long service under
fire. and concluded To take them some
coffee. With one of the supply wagons
he started for the line when he was
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-02
SHE WAS NOT THE QUEEN.
But she Bore . xame That was HE
torlc and Full.Soundlng,
Just the Same.

Representative Shattue, the fat. jolly
Joking member from Cincinnati, is
never SO happy as when he is playing
a practical joke on his fellow mem
bers or some of the employees of the
house. Not even the bright boys.
called pages of the house, are inn
mune from his playfulness. Many
of the little fellows have the auto
graph craze, and they are keen after
the signatures Of distinguished or
conspicuous persons, says the New
York World.
The other day Representative Shat
tue hustled into the house from the
direction of the senate. Meeting one
Of the youthful autograph fends, the
Cincinnati member remarked: "Say,
bud, I just passed Liliuokalani, tho
former queen of Hawaii, on her way
to the senate. You ought to get her
name in your book"
"Bud" only needed the suggestion.
and moment later, album in hand.
he was dashing along the corridor
trying to locate the dusky queen, as
described ny MIR. Shattuc. In the
ladies' reception-room of the senate
Bud approached a portly colored
woman, the shade of rusty nail.
decked out in flaming attire, big
red hat, and plentiful supply Of
pinchbeck jewelry.
"Would you please give me your
autograph" asked Bud, pointing to
a writing table, upon which there
was pen and ink.
"What you mean, chile?" inquired
the supposed queen. Indignantly.
probably having heard of the gold
brick process.
"Ain't you Queen Lilioukalani?"
asked Bud.
"No, indeed, honey. Use Martha
Washington syfax from Forginia, and
Use looking for nah member, Mr..
Rixey, of Culpepah county"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-02
The sailor a. . Valet.

"Talk about your gentleman's gen.
tleman, or trained valet" said man
who has had ample experience in the
expedients of bachelor living in New
York, "a good capable sailor man.
who has had few years experience
before the mast, is worth dozen Of
them. I know Of at least a dozen
retired sailors in New York who are
employed by unmarried men to look
after their clothes and keep their
living rooms in order."-N. Y. Times.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-04-02

IL
ernor four years. He was secretary of
theainterior in the cabinet of President
Cleveland, succeeding Hoke Smith, and
is now president of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition company. He is
three or four times a millionaire.
Dave Francis would make an ideal
candidate for the democracy" prom
inent democrats said to q New York Her.
aid correspondent. HE would have
the hearty support of conservative
democrats who for eight years have
come to regard the party as the enc
my of property. Of course, he would
have to fight for the nomination. Any
conservative democrat who gets the
nomination next year must fight for it.
II know no man whose personality
would be greater inspiration to the
conservative old line democrats than
Francis. He is not mere politician.
He is great big, broad man. With
hin, as a candidate the democrats could
get bigger campaign fund than with
any other standard bearer"
: Mr.. Francis is devoting all his time
to the St. Louis worlds fair. 1t is his
ambition to make it a success. The in
fuence which his position is bound to
have on his candidacy, if his friends can
induce him to attempt the race. is a
factor which must be reckoned with.