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and from the rear on authoritative voice demanding reason for the delay. Past him, staring and murmurng, swept the peacock-tnted vanguard, then, Burleigh on one hand and Leicester on the other encompassed and followed by the great est names and the fairest faces of Eng land herself erect, ablaze with jewels, conscious of her power and at all times ready to wied it, came the daughter Of Henry the Eighth. noble presence nov ing in the full lustre of sovereignty princess who despite all womanish faults, was wise king unto her people a maiden ruler to whom in that aftermath of chivalry men gave a personal regard, rose- -colored and faneiful, the woman not above coquetry. vanity and double-deal- ing the monarch whose hand was heavy upon the council board, whose will per verted law. whose prime wish was the welfare of her peope-she drew near to the man to whom she had shown fair promise of settled favor but to whose story, told by his admiral and comment ed upon by those about her she had that day listened between bursts of her great oaths and with an ominous flashing of jewels upon her hands
 What wealth of imagination, What genius of visualization and vivid word pictures What evident joy of production. If we take the prime requisite of a rom anee to be the human love element of the story. then "Sir Mortimer is Miss John ston's most successful work. In 1t she
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wondrous beauties give a calm relief to oyerwrought brain and fancy.
 "The sun in sinking cast a strange light. It stained the sea, and the air so partook of that glow that town and for tress sprang into red significance.
 "The river also, where swung the dark ships was ensanquned. as was every rip pie upon the shore, where now the birds grew very clamorous. There were no clouds, only the red ball of the sun de- scending. and a clear field for the stars. The evening wind arose. at last the day died; unheralded by any dusk. on came the night Color of blood changed to color of gold gleamed and glistened the sea. sparkled the freflies. shone the deep stars over the marsh fiared the Wll-o'- the-Wisp like a torch lit to bad ends. U
 The court of the great queen passes like a pageant across the pages and Is powerfully described in a few forceful, masterly sentences. Ut was not for long. Down upon him swept the cortege-the heart of the court of a virgin queen. At once keenly and as in a dream he view ed 1t. Not less withdrawn was it now than a fairy pageant clear cut against rosy skies and watched by him from the stony bases of inaccessible cliffs and yet it was familiar. goodly. his old accustomed company. This face-and that and that! how he startled from it's laughter or indifference or vagrant thought. There were low exclamations, a woman's slight scream, pause, confusion
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Of the Birmingham Bar

merits had in the outset placed MT. Sel- heimer on one of the most important of these, and there he fully Justified the judgment of his constituents.
 When the labors of the convention were finished, and the state was given the best constitution it eyer had, MT. Sel- heimer with q consciousness Of duty hon. estly performed, returned to his law office at Birmingham. He came back the same strong modest, earnest man he was when he undertook the discharge of public trust. The unstinted praise of his CO., laborers in the convention had not spoil ed him. He did not put himself in the attitude of one eager to receive the con gratulations of his friends. In fact one hearing him talk would not know that he had even participated in framing the organic law of the state. But his moral and mental worth had been appraised at a high value. The man whose lack of vanity had kept him hid away from the public gaze for fifteen years, in city where men are clamorous for self-asser- ton, had been discovered by those who appreciate ability and fidelity to the high est ideals. When the democratic execu- tive committee determined to nominate judges of the supreme court by popular
 vote, the bench and bar of the great 
 to the people of the state, that among all the aspirants for judicial honors there was none worthier than Henry Clay Sel- heimer, and requested for him the sup port and suffrages of all democratic voters. They did this, they declared be- cause of their "absoute confidence In his | ability a lawyer and integrity as a man" It is not surprising that the re- sponses to this request have been gener- | ous from all parts of the state. Although | MT. Selheimer has perhaps been seen by | fewer people than another man who
 ever held public office In Alabama, the
 mans high untarnished character, his | steadfast adherence to the right, his
 love of justice, and his ability as a law
 yer. have given him reputation that has gone abroad throughout the state It Is a safe prophecy that the obliga-
 tion of public service will again be
 placed upon him. and again he will dis
 charge it so candidly and so wisely that | the most censorious will find no fault.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-03
STATE SOCIAL.
GADsDEN.

MT. and Mrs. Edward F. Green of Bos- ton Mass. are the guest of MT, and Mrs R. A. Mitchell at their home Edge mont" at Alabama City. MT. Green is assistant treasurer of the Dwight man ufactnring company.
 Miss Lucy chamhllss of Cedartown. Ga, was in the city this week the guest of her relative the Hon. Hubert T. Da- wis, at the Printup. She left Thursday for Springville, where she will be pres ent at the marriage of q friend Miss Thompson on April 9th
 Mrs. Mary c. Burnett of Cedar Bluff mother of Congressman Burnett is in the city the guest of relatives.
 Miss Hattie Parrish has returned from Albertvlle where she has been visiting relatives.
 Miss Olive Smith, an attractive young lady who has been the guest of Mrs John A. Inzer on Chestnut street the past month, has returned to her home in Tus- keegee
 Mrs. M. P. .cottle who has been spep]- ing the winter with her son, F. r. Cottle and family on Forrest Avenue, has re- turned to her home at Five Points.
 Col W. R. Dorteh Amos Goodhue and Capt j. M. Elliott left this week for New York where Capt Elliott has case in court.
 Dr. J. C. Slack and W. It. Barnes nave returned from a pleasure trip through the west going as far as California.
 Dr. Perry Gum has returned from Atlanta where he attended the Dental college.
 Miss Blanca Randall has returned from Virginia where she has been the past winter.
 Mrs. Robert l.. Denman and Mrs. S. s. Caldwell and children are visiting the family of H. Barrett In Atlanta.
 The Noccalula club one of the most exclusive clubs of the city entertained informally Monday afternoon at the beautiful club rooms on Broad street. Delicious refreshments were served an' the evening was most defghtfulN spent The club though recently organized. compares creditably with a much ode' one. The rooms are beautifully furnish- ed and the members have recently auueu n fine new Fischer piano. 1he recepuoh
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John McQucen.

From the Bessemer Weekly.
 There is hardly a lawyer at the bar of Jefferson county better or more fla vorably known than John Mcqueen Ever since his beginning practice here a decade or over ago his striking and at tractive personality, his high talents, and his elouuence have attracted to him wide public attention and have assured to him a large and faithful following.
 MT. Mcqueen has represented Jefferson county several terms in the legislature and his service there was most credit able and effective Later he has rendered most valuable services as assistant coun- tv solicitor line of work for which he has special adaptation, being well ground ed in criminal law and practice, tireless in his preparation, and conseientiously at tentive to duty.
 It is the general concensus of opinion among those of Mir. McQueens s acquain- tances who know him best that he makes an ideal solicitor and that the interests of the commonwealth could not be placed in more capable hands.
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SOME VIEW BOOKS.

BY PAUL PRY.

sir Mortimer" by Mary Johnston, Harper Brothers, publishers
 Possibly there be those who, having read of Miss Mary Johnston's continued i'll health have rather expected to note some diminution of power and vigor ir her latest published work Sir Morti- mer" If so, they will find themselves entirely mistaken, for Sir Mortimer" Is as forceful and potent either of its three predecessors. "sir Mortimer, ' which was issued serially in Harper's Magazine for the past several months has just been published with colored frontispiece. and eight other illustrations from the pen of F. c. Yohn.
 The binding and paper are of the best the print is clear and excellent, the illus trations are exceptionally good and all has been done that could lend fitting presentment of the story.
 It Is difficult ever to write of Miss Johnstons work and not lapse into ex- tolerance of praise and enthusiasm. There is always so much that it is note worthy and excellent, so little that need be mentioned with captious pen. For critical estimate one really is forced to discuss the character of the story, be- cause of its kind 1t seems well nigh per feet. Many fastidious readers do not care for historical novels; or for stories which involve an excess of warfare and a constant recurrence of exciting incl dent. Such stress of combat oftentimes proves a great strain upon the nerves of the Representative reader. Consequently to one who prefers the quieter story which involves only finely drawn charac- ters or psychological analysis. sir Mor- timer may not appeal. but may sound extravagant and excessive.
 The great majority of readers however, delight in just such a story of dash and daring, of noble speeches and noble deeds. of youth and beauty, set amid moving panorama of gorgeous court life and en- chanting adventures to the new world, This is evidenced by the wonderful sue cess of Miss Johnston's stories and the fact that her sway over the reading world is as potent today when her first story "Prisoners of Hope" burst upon the literary world with such bril- liant acclaim.
 That the author is capable of such pro- nounced sustained literary power and effort is all the more astonishing when We remember her physical trials. sponta- neons tribute to sir Mortimer" from the small boy was how can a woman know so much about fighting and describe it all with so much power?" and this is the marvellous feature of Miss Johnston's genius: but. if 1t has amazed her readers heretofore what shall we say today of the evidence of such mental force and yigor with such accompanying physical disabilities? Surely 1t proves the power of the mind over the body and It's free dom to roam and soar at will unhamper- ed by material conditions. At present Miss Johnston is spending some months in Italy and Sicily with companions who will give her every care and attention. Presumably for recreation and diversion,
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NE of the most interesting per-
 sonalities in Alabama politics to- O day is Henry Clay Selhemer
 A few years ago when the democratic convention of Jefferson county met to nominate delegates to the constitutional convention, Henry Clay Selheimer was placed in nomination. Perhaps he was not personally known to fifty delegates in the convention. but as the balloting proceeded 1t became evident that he was a man to be reckoned with At each sue cessive call of the beats his strength n- creased and when the final result was reached he was declared one of the nomi- nees for a place among the most con spieuous body that had assembled at the When he took his seat among the mem bers of the constitutional convention, the careful observer of that great body saw tall, broad-shouldered man turning into the forties, with a thoughtful, earnest face, and the poise of manner which dis tinguishes the sincere and deep student of public affairs from the flippant poli-
 
 with any clique, and had no personal ends to attain. His very isolation from these influences attracted attention, and the convention had not deliberated many days before Sehelmer of Jefferson was known to every man who sat with him in the assembly room. In him they recog nized an honest minded, straight forward man, and a great lawyer. who was i'm pressed with the idea that a sacred trust had been committed to his keeping, and that he must discharge 1t to the entire 1 approval of his conscience
 During the long weary weeks that the convention wrangled over the suffrage | clause and others. and men were making and losing regulations for oratory and l statesmenship. Seheimer listened listen ed with an attentive ear. and an active. l alert mind Speech making was all right and helpful. but after all the real work must be done by the committees, and John B. Knox, keen judge of men and their
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Ladies'
 Ready=to-Don Department.

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Burger Dry Goods Go.
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Silks and
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In the Silk and Dress Goods De- partment we offer some exceptional bargains for Monday.
 27-inch black waterproof Silk; an excellent quality, CO., Ior.... .... =. IVY 24-inch, in all silk Foulards, $1.00 values, Mon QSo 36-inch black Taffeta Silk. wear guaranteed, $1.50 quality, II OR at, yard. .. .... .... -. I.~O 19-inch Yama Mai in colors only; 45c regular; special at, OSo yard. ... .... .... .... .OOC 24-inch India Silk in navy blue grounds, with white dots, all pure silk, and just the kind for EOa Shirt Waist Suits; special. OOC 45-inch Dolly Warden Dress Net, the latest net for evening costumes, the price only, I m yard. =. .... .... .... :. l.OO 5 36-inch black and navy OSo blue Voile at. yard. ... :. V. .ooo 42-inch black and navy, all QQo wool Voile, at, yard.... -. ooo 5 ,36-inch, all wool Cheviot; 1Oo special at, yard. =. .... -. IOO
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draws with clearer grasp and surer ef- feet the life history of Sir Mortimer and Damaris Sedley as a human central theme. All other personages and all other events are subordinate and only lend themselves in the perfect presentment of these two. There is deep human love and passion-much suffering maybe, but this too is only human-a full, complete. satisfying portrayal.
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Furnishings

We have all the new patterns and designs in fancy Neckwear, Hosiery, etc, that can be had else where.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-31
PROBATE COURT.

Albert A. Green estate, Derby. Last will
presented for probate by W. S. Robbins,
custodian. Referred to Nov. Z, 1904.
Corinthia Bogue, non compoe, Glover.
Adiudged mentally incapable. Albert D.
Abbott appointed guardian.
Josiah c. Campbell estate, Attleboro,
Mass, to wit, Albany. Copy of will
allowed. j. B. Rogers appointed admin
istrator c. t. a. o. G. Whitcher and R. NJ.
Cowles appraisers and commissioners.
Alice L. and Arthur L. A, Dexter.
minors, Glover. James Cameron appoint
ed guardian.
Tapltn j. Worth estate, Holland. Ad-
mlnistratrix settles her account.
w. F. Templeton estate, Glover. APP
praisers' inventory returned.
Josiah c. Campbell estate, Attleboro,
Mass, to wit, Albany. ]. 3. Rogers,
special administrator, presented his &C.
count. Referred to Nov. 18th next, at
Newport.
Emerson A. Peavey estate, Morgan.
Appraisers inventory returned and &C
cepted.
Ruth Young estate, Westfeld. APP
praisers' inventory returned and accepted.
Daniel M. Magoon estate, Barton. Lii
cense granted to sell real estate.
Israel M. Blake estate, Derby. Executor
presented his account. Referred to Nov.
18th next, at Newport.
Percy Fred Miles, minor, Irasburgh
Adopted and made heir-at-law of Fred T.
and Winnie I, Miles.
Stephen Burrows estate, Bloomington
Will proved. Martha F. Burrows ap-
pointed executrix. E. 8. Wells and e. A.
Robinson appraisers and com missioners.
M. Melinda Colby estate, Derby. Com
missioners' report returned.
Emily Owen estate, Hinsdale, N. H., to
wit, Newport. Commission ers' report
returned.
Eliza r. Whitcher estate, Barton. Ad-
ministrator's inventory filed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-31
Identifying the Class.

81 don't recall seeing you at col
lege. F guess you must have been
before my time"
Possibly, possibly. Who was at
the head of the faculty when you
were there?"
"Um! Let me see. I don't just
recall his name, but I was there the
year Bruce played halfback and
kicked goal twice from the field in
the last half Of
ooh, sure Of course! That was
the year our center rush carried
most of the opposing team on his
back for a gain of thirty yards. Yes
indeed! l wonder who was presi
dent then. l don't seem to remem
Der minor details of college life my
self."-New York Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-31
Abraham Lincoln and the People.

The position which Lincoln holds in
the hearts of American people is
unique. 1t is not, perhaps, that he was
such great man. It is not that the ma
ton recognized in him its highest ideal
of greatness. He was both good and
great, but it was the essential human
ness Of the man that made him what
he must always be in our history. The
slavery issue came to focus during
his term of service to the country,
but if he had not had this great ques-
ton to occupy his tremendous
energies, we may still believe that
Abraham Lincoln's administration
would have been a remarkable one,
and that through the mediumsbip of
some other large issue and noble SER
vice, he would have stamped himself
upon the minds of the world. We
have had great statesmen, philoso-
pliers and thinkers. Not one of these
terms could properly be applied to
Lincoln, but he was a great man in
the essential qualities of manhood.
We revere Washington; we admire
the brilliancy and clear sightedness
of Thomas Jefferson; the achieve
ments of the many sided Franklin fill
us with justiiable national pride, but
great as they are, no one of these
names is capable of stirring in our
hearts the same glow which we feel
at the name of Lincoln. Whoever
may be first III the minds of his coun-
trymen, he is, unquestionably, most
deeply epshrined in the national
| affection.-Ex.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-31
A CONTINUAL STRAIN.

Many men and women are constantly sub
lected to what they commonly term ''a con-
tinual strain" because of some financial or
family trouble. 1t wears and distresses
them both mentally and physically, affecting
their nerves badly and bringing on liver and
kidney ailments, with the attendant evils OF
constipation, loss of appetite, s1eeplessness
low vitality and dependency. They cannot
rule, get rid of this continual strain, ,
but they can remedy its health destroying
effects by taking frequent doses of Green's
August Flower. 1t tones no the liver, stimu-
lates the kidneys insures healthy bodily
functions. gives vim and spirit to ones
whole being, and eventually dispels the
physical or mental distress caused by that
continual strain" Trial bottle of August
Flower, Csc; regular size, 75c. At all drug
gistS.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-31
THE INFLUENCE OF CLOTHES.

That success and happiness are
dependent in a great measure on our
clothes is very hard for clever men
and women to appreciate. 1t is GER
tainly difficult to realize that the
sartorial part of US is even more I'M
portant than our actual personality,
and yet we have only TO consider
what the world would be without the
garments that betoken position to
appreciate the truth of the saying
that it is fine feathers that make fine
birds. Fancy an army without its
uniforms! A battleship manned by
heterogenously appareled crew OF
sailors and officers! A coronation
without the gorgeous robes Of st ate
or for the matter of that a conven-
tional (inner party with the guests
in ordinary attire! How slouchy and
common and almost ignoble every
one would appear
Certainly clothes are an asset
which should receive careful consld-
Grafton, and the man or woman who
affects a superiority to such varities,
as such people are wont to call them,
is very foolish and shortsighted.
''I wish men could realize" re-
marked a young woman recently,
s'that their habiliments are quite as
important to them as ours are to US.
1 do not mean 'finicky" clothes, for,
of course, an overdressed man is as
bad as, if not worse than, slovenly
clothed man; but neat, clean, be-
coming attire appropriate to each
occasion is nowadays an essential.
For man to show such respect to his
own person and to others is surely
befitting, and one cannot help liking
a man better when he looks at his
best. Not long ago I watched two
men playing court tennis. One was
dressed neatly, with clean, white
sweater and white fanrel trousers,
and looked the gentleman. The other
wore an old brown wooden thing that
looked as if it had never seen the tub
and old gray weather beaten trousers
and looked rather horrid. Unfor-
tunately the latter was my brother
and when I told him about it he said
Oh, rats!'
Nevertheless we women are greatly
Influenced by such things, and l an
sure it helps man on in every way i
he studies a little what is befttinl
and good looking.
american men have greatly i'm
proved in this respect during the las
few decades. 1t is now an advantage
instead of a disadvantage for bust
ness man to be well dressed, ant
taking them as a whole, American
are fairly we'll set up Still there
room for Improvement"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-31
The Real Secret.

"Tell me not of your doubts and
discouragements," said Goethe; Il
have plenty of my own But talk to
me of your hope and faith" The
tone of complaint is one which we
are all too ready to accept, and which
is not only injurious to ourselves, but
hurtful to all who come in contact
with US. In speaking of young
woman who had filed several good
positions, but with no decree of sue
cess, an elder woman said:
"She could have kept either posi-
ton and earned good income if she
had not been so dissatisfied. She was
continually finding fault, and never
felt that she was appreciated"
1t may be safely said that this atti-
tude of mind is one that almost pre-
determines failure in any line of work
Patience under adverse circumstances
will often bring about favorable
results, while complaint only &C.
centuates and fixes the cause Of
complaint. Avoid mention of the
disagreeable things that may come
into your life. If you cannot be
patient, you can at least be sile MT
The secret of success lies not so mucf
in knowing what to say as in what tt
avoid saying Boston Traveller.