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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

The taste for historical fiction has dis appeared for the moment, but it has left in It's place a feeling for romance. 2 We like our knights and ladies to be of the present day, to wear modern COG tunes, and play golf and tennis and ride In automobiles. The new chivalry seems to be the note of the day in fiction, yet we like 1t to have as much color and ac- ton as the old. The publication of such a book as Roland of Altenburg' em- phasizes this change of taste anew. With reigning prince for hero and an up to date American girl for a hero ine 1t brings together the ancient rites and the modern. It Is romance pure and simple, but 1t shows that romance is not inconsistent with our everyday life.
 Roland of Altenburg is a modern TO- nance. opening in New York and con- tinuing in a European principality. It has a king for hero but he is a very sources of the day. The story describes his manner of breaking into American life and falling in love at first sight with an American girl. In pursuit of her he encounters adventures enough to fill a novel of the middle ages.
 Messrs Herbert S. Stone & Co. an- nounce for early publication new novel by Elwyn A. Barron, the author of ..Manders." It is called Marcel Levig- net" and Is said to be fascinating study of a fascinating type. There is a great deal of action in the book, with some vivid dramatic situations.
 Mir. David Graham Phillips, whose latest novel, The Cost, is for the third lime mentioned in The Boclxmans list of best-selling books, has just returned to America from a trip abroad. MT. Phil lins spent most of his time in Biarritz, in the southwestern corner of France, said to be the most beautiful seaside nlace in the world. For some reason or other the -omnipresent American tourist does not go there and the Eng fish in winter only. So ldr. Phillips found what he was looking for-quiet and chance to work He is an indefatigable worker. and it is understood that he is now engaged upon a theme that would feet the toiing capacity of the least conscientious novelist-the religious side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

cal subjects which have appeared recent ly. One house. Mcclure Pt illips, has this season brought out two books based on Bible stores. Early in the season ap- peared dramatic poem, David, by Gale Young Rice, the author of Charles Di Tocea," and later came Florence Will kinsons book containing two plays or Israel, David of Bethlehem" and Mary Magdalen." The interest of dram atists in Bible subjects began with Steph- en Phllipss first religious dramas, but the fact that the number of biblical plays Is increasing rather than dmin- ishing shows that there still remains good deal of religious feeling in play goers and readers.
 Edgar Jepson, the author of ''The Ad- mirabe Finker," like many other Brit ishers, had some years of wandering be- fore he finally settled upon his life work. He did not get as far as America, but spent a very exciting three years In the West Indies as a tutor to rich young Englishman
 R. E. Young's book, Sally of Missou- ri" has been making a great success in England. The Englishmen are no clev- erer at divining the sex behind the young authors initials, R. E., than were the American reviewers; and one critic says in concluding his review: This young American author should be very proud of his work
 Charles Wagner, the famous Alsatian philosopher, is probably best known to Americans by his first book, 'The Sim pie Life" of which President Roosevelt said in a speech at Bangor Me-: "It should be used as tract throughout the country
 A critic, In recent review of M Wag- ner's latest book, By the Fireside." hit off very aptly the man and the quality of his work when he described M. Wag- ner as "the French Tolstoy.
 Some time during November we are to have the new volume by MT. Daniel Gregory Mason, the author of From Grieg to Brahms "Beethoven and His Forerunners" tells us in untechnical fashion the story of the development of instrumental music up to its first great continuation in the work of Beethoven. Tn particular 1t sets forth the contribu- tions made to pure music by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. In method 1t is partly historical and psychological, partly biographical. The Macmillan Company are the publishers of both books by MT. Mason.
 London Field, an English sporting pa- per of the highest authority, says of MT. Hamilton Busbey's recent volume, "The Trotting and the Pacing Horse in America: "He traces the evolution of the trottng horse, and brings to light in a most entertaining manner the great improvements that science a-.d ingenui- ty have ffected in every one of the nu- merous appliances used in the display of a horses capabilities on the trotting track The few chapters devoted to pacing are full of interest nd of facts and circumstances that are comparative ly unknown in this country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02
Some of the New Silks for FaI Specially Priced for Tomorrow.

Some of the New Silks for Tall.
 Specially Priced for Tomorrow.
 THERE are not so many new silks thls season, A if you judge from the names-l a1feta LoulS- inc, Moires, Etc, but such wonderful new i'm shes and effects have been brought out In these good, reliable silks. The soft, shmmerng Chf- ion Taffeta that could be pulled through chllds ring; and then the brocaded Lousines, the Mes saline Taffetas. You just can't imagine how wonderful they are until you see them.
 Again Tomorrow We offer all pure silk S@e black Peau de Soie at.......,. ........ ~~~
 And pure silk black Armure to be sold Y@N at the remarkably low price ot s~S
 24.inch black Chiffon Taffeta spot proof (Water and perspiraton) and wear guar EBEB anteed; the very best quality at at... sh~S
 Chiffon Taffetas in the new big paids; GMn very special at. ....................... ~~~
 Fancy laffeta for shirt waist suits; rich golden browns, soft greens, pretty blues, etc.; EQA best quality at. at.................... H~~
 Kimona Silks, genuine oriental designs, n0n rich colorings, 34 inches wide; special at SOV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02
In the Cotton Goods Department
 TOMORROW

In the Cotton Goods Department
 TOMORROW
 COME new cloth for Kimonos. Don't know S just what you would call it; some kind of Japanese cloth that will wash perfectly. It is in the Jap. color combinations and de- signs; has the Jap. fans scattered all over the surface. Prices Z0c, 35c and 3oc.
 Double-faced flannel in Persian de- SOM signs for bath robes. Price ......... sS1U
 Fancy Suiting, in colors and designs, eX- actly resembles the wool fabrics, and the advantage for school dresses is that GE@A this can be washed. Price ........ hSSO
 Dress Ginghams, all the good col a71n ors; best quality. .......... .lOC and h@
 The first of OCtOber was moving fime-maHy things must be bought for the new home. We call yeui attention to our new Rug Department, where you can buy The Domest a d Oriental Rugs af Lowest Prices, Our Curtain and Drapery Depart menf, Our Housefurnish ng Department.
 Lace Curtains of Irish Point-3M yards long, 2 m beautiful designs; worth S700-per par.. UIVU Irish Point Custains good heavy net, hand EGl some patterns 3h yards long; worth $500 srVC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

Bible reading may be on the wane, but there must still be large number of people who hold their interest in the good book and it's stories. judging from the number of novels and plays on bibIi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02

"The First American King" by George Gordon Hastings. appeared September "A from the press of the Smart Set Pub
, 1904-02-11
SOUND
BUSINESS SENSE VOICED 81
SOUND BUSINESS MAN OF
THE COMMUNITY.
Adduces Figures To Prove That the
Croakers Have a Dire Purpose In
Their Croakings Tremendous
Growth OF Deposits and Depositors
In Twenty Years.
To the Editor of The Republican.

To the Editor Of The Republican.
Apropos of the croaking we hear in
some quarters about hard times and
the poverty-stricken workingman, l
offer these few figures, which don't
lie.. All men know that the volume
of deposits in the savings banks is a
sure indication Of the condition as to
prosperity or otherwise, as these rep
resent in a large degree the surplus Of
wages over and above what is used
for the comfortable and satisfactory
families. And it is admitted that the
workingman class is the very founda-
ton of the nation, and upon his we'll
being depends legitimately all bust.
ness. and the condition of every other
member of the community.
Going back twenty years, we find
conditions which We then considered
excellent. There were 2,S76,43S depos-
itors in the savings banks, with de-
posits amounting to the enormous
sum of s1,024, $50, 1877, showing that a
very large proportion of the producers
of the country were thrifty and fore
handed, and were receiving a nice sur
plus of wages Owe expenses. But in
these last twenty years the number of
these depositors has increased to
I, 305, 22S, representing. at the usual
computation Of five to a family, nearly
$1,000. 900 of the population. And
their deposits have increased at an ev-
en- greater ratio, amounting to 1885,
204 ,S45. this astonishing sun being
nearly five times the amount now &C
cumulated in the treasury of the I'm
tied States, the richest institution in
the whole world. This is a condition
which ought to cause every one of our
people to carry his head erect with
pride and satisfaction.
Locally we find the people %frighten-
ing each other, with the forebodings OF
things to come, for which there is not
the slightest warrant in fact; but in
this way they create a condition for
themselves bordering IN stringency.
All that is needed is to look up" and
preach good times, ard we will surely
have such in this year 1904.
GENERAL PROSPERITY, U. s. A.
, 1904-02-11
LOTS MORE X IT.
Plenty More Proof Like this and all
From Laramie People.

No chance for argument here.
No better proof can be had.
What a Laramie mar says
Is the best of evidence for Laramie
people.
Read this case.
We have lots more like it.
James Pointing, now retired of Ill
Cedar street says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills stopped an attack OF reumatism
in the arms and shoulders and upper
parts of my body which physicians
and the use Of unlimited quantities Of
medicine failed even to check. | suf-
fered severely, being often so bad that
| could not walk down stairs. Read
ing about Doan's Kidney Pills early
in the fall of 1902 induced me TO pro-
cure them at the Laramie Drug Cos.
store. l took six a day and continued
until l had finished the second box.
The trouble disappeared. | have had
no recurrence since then"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo,
n. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no substitute.
, 1904-02-11
LARAMIE AND CHEYENNE.

Clipped from the Cheyenne Tri.
bune.
Will Thomas went to Laramie this
morning.
William Dubois Is in Laramie on
business.
G. s. Walker has returned from a
trip to Laramie on sheep board bust.
ness.
Percy Hoyt is in Laramie where he
will remain until after the Masonic
ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kirk left this
morning for Laramie. where they will
attend the Masonic ball.
Father Hugh Commiskey has re,
turned to Laramie after a visit with
Bishop Keane in this city.
Judge Scott left this morning for
Casper, where he will preside over
several cases for Judge Carpenter.
Governor Chatterton went to Lara
mic this morning and will remain
there for a few days. He will attend
the Masonic ball this evening.
Mrs. A. F. Richardson of Tie Sid,
ing is in the city for the day. Mr.
and Mrs. Richardson lived in Chey
enn for a number Of years, and theiI
friends will regret to hear that Mr.
Richardson is in very poor health.
, 1904-02-11
THE CODY IRRIGATION PROJECTS.

Word comes nom Washington to
he effect that the secretary of the
Interior has ordered the setting aside
II : 2 ,275, 900 for the purposes of the if
enterprise on the North fork
Of the Shoshone river, Big Horn coun-
ty, known as the Cody enterprise.
This appropriation. if we are correct
ly informed as to the acreage, about
80, 900, will mean something more than
twenty-seven dollars per acre, but the
land 10 valuable and will be fully worth
it when water is applied.
From the action of the secretary.
however, it must not be understood
that all obstacles to the taking up OF
the work by the national government
have been fully removed. Colonel
Cody's REIMBURSEMENT is in the hand
Of the state lane board and had not as
yet beer placed on record, nor has
the state ~relinquished it's withdrawal
under the Carey act.
The board is of the opinion hat be
fore this action is finally taken the
state should know just what is to be
done, when it will be done and what
1t will cost. This it believes is of VI
tai Importance to the people of the
state at this time, as private parties
show a strong disposition to lake up
all practicable projects under the Car
ey act. In furtherance of this posi-
ton, at the last meeting of the land
board a resolution was adopted auth
orizing the REIMBURSEMENT of the Co.
900 acres to the north of the ShOshOne
providing the government will pass
lists 20 and %, known as the Oregon
basin project, through the general land
office, and also set forth just what is
to be done on the north side. when 1t
will be done and what the cost per
acre will be.
1t is believed hat the reclamation
service will accede to this request and
that the state and the government will
be able to proceed in harmony.
The project on the south side of the
Shoshone, known as the Oregon Basin
project, is being promoted by State
Senator Chas. A. Guernsey. and CON
sists Of 225, 900 acres. Add to this the
10000 on the north side and Big
Horn county will have an acreage OF
farming land which will make it rich
beyond any of the counties of the
state. The land in question is at IN
elevation of about 1900 feet above
sea level and is susceptible of a high
state of cultivation. These two tracts
would give homes to four thousand
families and would readily sustain
more than twenty thousand people.
In a letter to Director Walcott of the
geological survey Gov. Chatterton has
made very frank statement of the po-
sition of the state land board and it
is believed by those familiar will The
details Of the question that compli
cations will soon be brushed aside.
, 1904-02-11
Better Than Gold,

Il was troubled for several years
with chronic Indigestion and nervous
debility" writes F. J. Green. of Lam
caster, N. H. mo remedy helped me
until l began using Electric Bitters,
which did me more good than all the
medicines l eve used. They have also
kept my wife in excellent health for
years. She says Electric Bitters are
just splendid for female troubles;
that they are a grand tonic and invig-
orator for weak, run down women.
No other medicine can take its place
in our family" Try them. Only soc.
Satisfaction guaranteed by all drug
gists.
, 1904-02-11
One-Way CoIonist Excursions.

Ohe-"ay ~oIon'1e G@SuTs'onS.
Commencing March LIST and contin'
uing daily to and including April 80
one-way second-class colonist excur'
sion rates will be in effect from Lara
ME, Wyoming, as follows:
To Butte, Anaconda and Helena,
Mont. . $4,000
To Spokane, Wash. including in
termediate O. r. & N. branch
To all points on Great northern
railway, Spokane to Wenat-
atchee, Inclusive, via Hunting
ton and Spokane. ......... 22.50
To all points on Great Northern
railway, west Of Wenatchee,
via Huntington and Spokane. $500
To Portland, Ore, and Tacoma
and Seattle, Wash, via Port
To Southern Pacific main line
and branch line points, Port
land to Ashland, inclusive, via
Portland $500
To nearly all California points. $500
For further Information as % stop
over privileges, ETC., apply to
E. R. BREIsCH,
Agent U. P. R. R. Co., Laramie. Wyo.
, 1904-02-11

At a recent session Of the city coun-
Gil Of the city the right Of Police Judge
Grant to suspend a sentence he had al
ready pronounced was questioned by
some of the council. In Colorado. &C.
cording to the following from the Den
yer Times, the same question has
been raised and will be settled in the
supreme court Of that state:
The power Of judges to suspend sen
fences in cases passed upon by them
will be tested in the supreme court in
a case being prepared by Attorney 1rv-
ing Melville of the attorney generals
office.
The supreme court of this state has
never outlined the limitations Of the
p%ardoning power of a Judge. The
present cause will fix the outposts
that must exist between the judicial
and executive departments OF the CO.
ordinate branches of civil government.
Judges in the state courts have indis-
criminately enforced or suspended sen
fences as they willed and no n could
question their authority.
A. F. Grundel and G.. w. Allen were
convicted for gambling before Judge
Overs Of Leadville, in November 1900.
They were sentenced to twenty
days in the county jail and ordered to
pay a fine Of 800. The jail sentence
was suspended at the request Of the
prisoners and 1t was to remain mop
erative during the good behavior OF
the gamblers. Three years later, No
vember %. the men were alleged to
have been discovered gambling again.
They are the proprietors of the Pioneer
saloon and were said to conduct games
Of chance at their place
The district attorney took them be-
fore Judge Overs and move that the
suspended sentence be put in force.
Judge Overs ordered the men to Jail
to serve twenty Gays. Preparations
were made to appeal to Governor Pea
body for a pardon for the men, but the
case was SO notorious and was given
such wide publication thai the COVER
nor was not visited. A writ @. super
sedeas was applied for and granted by
the supreme court. The men had serv-
ed fourteen of the twenty-day sentence
prior to the issuance Of the writ. The
a is now being prepared for judy
ment by the higher court. Attorney
Melville will file q lengthy brief In a
few days.
, 1904-02-11
INCLINED TO D~IssEMBLE.

We didn't think it of Editor Deming.
He has appeared SO guileless hat we
had obtained the impression that he
would not swerve from the straight
line of strict veracity for worlds. He
charges The Republican with compar-
ing Judge Carey with Mr.. Bryan and
leaves the plain inference that the com
parison was made upon their financial
record. Perish the thought. We new
er did it. It was as newspaper men
we said they resembled each other, and
in this, that they were opposed to all
other candidates than themselves.
Oh, no; Judge Carey is not like Billy
Bryan on the money question only in
this particular: Bryan led his party
to defeat and the judge didn't-be-
cause he wasn't given the opportunity.
To commit political suicide is not
a mark of statesmanship. There is a
party law against it. Good leaders are
not dead ones. Judge Carey went
against a stone wall and died the same
political death the ultra gold men did
in Utah, Idaho, Montana and Colorado.
It was not because Of n lack of
ability. MOI because Of unfriendliness
ON the part Of the people. 1t was simp-
" hecause he broke with the majority
Of the republicans of Wyoming and
assumed to rise above them rather
than to go with them. He threw him
self in front Of the rapidly-moving po-
litical train and was run down and kill
ed: other. hoped On and aided in con-
Quoting the train through to a smooth
track. In political parties, as in the
nation ut large. the majority must
rule. sensible political leaders recog-
nixe this truth and yield a little to the
tudsmAat and opinion of others. Prob
ably rs political platform was ever
framed that suited all the members of
the party that framed it. A little must
ha ytelApd here and there for the sake
Of harnoay and for the sake of sue,
~ w Alve often heard Judge
Carey -. 4e6#3asislation is the result
of comnau1ta It ID just al true of
po,iucalspsavea4soas and political
, 1904-02-11
KILLS QUARRYMAN
DISASTROUS RESULT OF DRUNK.
EN- QUARREL At QUARRY
NEAR FORT COLLINS.
William ToWne, Young Man OF Twen-
ty-one Years, Assaults William
Gardner, Aged ~Forty-eiqht Years,
Over Trivial Matter-0r. Carrie
johnson Given Short Stay Of Exc
cution at Pueblo.

Fort Collins. Colo, Feb. 11.-As the
result of a drunken quarrel at the
Engleside quarry, seventeen miles
northwest OF Fort Collins, Tuesday ev-
ening, William Towne, aged 81. of this
city, shot and fatally wounded Will
liam Gardner, aged 48 years, foreman
at the quarry. Gardner died an hour
and a half after being shot. Towne es-
capped, but was captured at IL p. m.
sleeping with some campers eight
miles from the scene of the shooting.
Towne and Gardner had been drink
ing all afternoon in the Roberts saloon,
near the quarry. They q%uarreled over
a trivial matter and engaged in a nsC
fight. Later they attacked each other
with clubs, but neither was seriously
hurt. The men met again at 1880 and
the quarrel was renewed. Towne Sc
cured a A Winchester and shot Gard
ner in the back the bullet coming out
of the breast over the heart. Gardner
fell, but Immediately rose to his feet
and started to run away. Towne fired
several more shots at his feet.
Quarry employees ran to the spot
and carried Gardner into a cabin and
summoned his wife and a physician
from La Porte. He died before either
arrived.
Gardner Is survived by a wife, one
child Of his own and four grown step
children. The latter are all quite
prominent in Fort Collins.
Towne has a bad reputation.
, 1904-02-11
Don't Disgrace Yourselves

A printing house which cannot
turn out a good quality of work has no
right to ask or expect the patronage
of business men. A merchant canno
afford to disgrace his name or the
good name of the town by sending
out cheap. daubed stationery.-Sheri-
dan Post.
, 1904-02-11
STATE PRESS
From Democratic Viewpoint

From Democratic Viewpoint
Governor Chatterton is having a
gay old time with the ring. He is
fight is with the republican ring of
the state. The ring has found Mr..
Chatterton a stumbling block. Two
years & the present governor won
out against the strong combination
VIII he do it again? All honest re
publicans are with him. If he wins, he
is the strongest republican in wy
oming politics. and will be a United
States senator within a few years
Rock Springs Independent.
, 1904-02-11

day before Judge Dixon for a stay of
execution of the sentence pronounced
recently sentenced to fifteen years
Imprisonment for the murder of Mrs.
Pearl Gordon. wife of the recruiting
sergeant of the Pueblo station of the
United States army. The court grant
ed the application until arguments a
be heard on the motion.
, 1904-02-11
Nearly Forfeits His Life.

A runaway almost ending fatally
started a horrible ulcer on the leg of
]. B.. Orner, Franklin Grove, Ill. For
four years it defied all doctors and all
remedies. But Bucklcn's Arnica Salve
had no trouble to cure him. Equally
good for burns, bruises, skin eruptions
and piles, csc, at all drug stores.
, 1904-02-11
ESCAPED an Awful Fate.

Mr.. H. Haggins, of Melbourne. Fla.
writes, my octor told me I had con-
sumption and nothing could be done
for me. l va given up to die. The Of
fer Of a free trial bottle Of Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, in
duced me to try it. Results start
ling. l am now on the road Ito recov-
cry. 1t surely saved my life" This
great cure 10 guaranteed for all throat
and lung diseases by all druggists.
Price Soc. and }1.0o. Trial bottles free.
, 1904-02-11
The Voice Of Business

Advertising is the voice of your
business. Talk to the community
just as If you were talking into the ear
of one customer. Talk in you ad-
vertisements in a good, plain. common
sense Il Don't hunt for big
words. but have your ad read as you
would say it, quoting a few figures as
you are going along. The world is
full of good listeners.-Big Horn Coun-
tY News.
, 1904-02-11
Will Soon Change Their Tune

Every democratic paper that has
been throwing all kinds of fits for fear
Mark Hanna and Wall street and the
trusts would steal the nomination for
president from Roosevelt, will soon
be declaring that the president is
owned. body and soul. by the pluto
Gratis, and will be unanimously nom
mated at their command. OF such is
the kingdom of politics.-Sheridan
Post.