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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-17
MAGAZINES OF THE NEW YEAR.
The Bookman,

4u6 oOOh1udus
 Hilda and The Wishes, story for Young Children, by Henry Thurston Peck, ends up happily for Hilda, leaving her still two wishes (sure of fulfillmen) the gift of Little Elf.
 Hilda has been all the while a good child, quite forgiving to her little tor mentor, Freida, and to the long worded young doctor. both of whose plans and prOgnostics the wishes of Little Elf helped her to frustrate. She was quite eager for both to share in the good for tune that befell her. and so one may saIely prophecy for her many good gifts to come besides those of Little Elf. The Drama of the Month Is vivaciously re- viewed.
 Annie Nathan Meyer puts for "a pleas ant little dream that Is but a dream of how authors might be happily emended and edited by other authors. Apropos of Mrs. Wards charily given example of Julie Lee Breton's lightsome. witty con versation. Mrs Meyer suggests: How delightful had the publishers of Lady Roses Daughter been permitted to sup ply this deficinency by engaging the services, say, of the author of The Dolly Dialogues, or of Concerning Isabel Cam aley.'
 Frank Moore Colby bemoans the Liter ary Temperament. which, unhappily for the author and his friends. the writer must have. We are sure he would be glad to do without 1t if he could, and his family and his friends would be more glad to lend hand in rIdding him of the impedimenta
 The Revelation of Herself continues with unabated interest. To write in epis- tletory form is the easiest way to make hA t1 make it readable, Mary Farley Sanborn compels interest in herself.
 The Bookman's Letter Box is light as usual. Chronicle and Comment is full of information.
 October Bookman articles are: A Recipe for Certain Society Fiction. Alfred Henry Lewis
 The Music Lesson in New York Wagner and the Grail Legend. Alciphron.
 George s. Hazleton, Jr.
 The Gypsies.
 Finis.
 The Novelists' Omniscionce and Some Recent Novels.
 Three Books of The Day.
 The Book Mart. The Bookman's list of:
 Best Selling Books.
 According to the foregoing lists. the six DOCKS WHICH nave Soiu peSt III 'iic oruet of demand during the month are:
 Points. 1. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom
 Come. Fox. CScribner) $1.5O.... 155 ? Rebecca Wiggin. CHoughton, Mfr
 fin) $1.25 e. .. .. .............. 9S 3. The Call oe the Wild. London.
 (Macmillan) $l.50 .. .. .... .. e. 90 4. The Heart of Rome. Crawford.
 (Macmillan). s1,50 ..... ...........'. S3 !. Colonel Carter's Christmas. Smith.
 CHarper9 s1.50 .. .. e. .... ...... fS S. Cherry. Tarkington. Harper) S.50 47
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Mrs Humphrv Ward Lectures.

Mrs Humphry Ward recently deliv- cred a lecture on "The Peasant in Liter ature and the Novel; at Bedford College for Women in London. Mrs. Ward con- sidered the broad field of European inn aginative literature in its treatment of the life of the peasant, and said that in this branch of fiction Thomas Hardy held the foremost position in England. The literature of peasant life, she said. might be divided into two classes, of which one would in the future be regard ed as social history of great value. and the other not only as brilliant revelations of country life. but creations of the highest imagination. Of the latter class she regarded George Eliot's Silas Marner as a striking example.
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A Little Bows Odd Amusement.

When William R. Lighton, author of The Ultimate Moment, was a small boy, and delicate one, he spent many of his days between reading and examining stagnant water under microscope, for the excitement of observing the antics of its inhabitants. "It was great sport get ting acquainted with those animalculae." said MT. Lighton. They were fine fel- lows, chock-full of rollicky spirits, and they enlivened my days with all manner of choice vaudeville stunts" Mr. Ligh- tons father was skiliful microscopist.
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The Monologues of Mrs. Fisk.

Mrs. May Isabel Fisk. author of Mon- ologues CHarpers) is New York woman who has been very successful as d mono logist and writer of monologues. She is a daughter-in-law of the late General Clinton Bowen Fisk. Mrs. Fisk was a pupil at the Sylvanus Reed School in New York. and after graduating began her literary work, contributing to num- Der of magazines. She then went abroad and studied voice culture under Toriani in Paris. Returning to New York. she made a success as a playwright and ac- tress in 1897. when her two act play, en- titled "A Pair of Bellows" was pro- duced, with herself in the leading role Mrs. Fisk's husband is a well-knowr newspaper man in New York.
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When Benson was "Young Author

When E. F. Benson, author of The Relentless City, wrote Dodo, 1t was his first effort at novel. He showed it to Lucas Malet." who is Mrs. Mary St. Leger Harrison. daughter of Charles Kingsley. This lady, like most famous people, had been asked to criticise young authors first efforts before, and she in- wardly groaned at the new task set be- fore her by the good-looking young Cambridge graduate. But as she read her surprise and pleasure grew. Here was no ordinary first effort, but a spark ling story that might prove a prize for the publisher. She advised the delighted young man to publish it at once, and 1t was not long after that the book appear ed and MT. Benson promptly basked in the sun of popular approval.
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IN THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED
 DAYS.
Powdered Wigs Formed an Import ant Adjunct to Gentleman's
 Apparel.

It is safe to say that the majority of bald men of today would gladly revive the old, dignifled custom if they could. But. they can do the next best thing 10 1t; that is, hold or to what hair they have.
 In cases where the hair root or hair bulb has not been completely destroyed by parasites that infest it. Newbro's Her picide will do wonders in the way of en- couraging a new growth of hair. De struv the cause, you remove the effect. That is the successful mission of Herpi- cide Sold by leading druggists. Send Joe m stamps for sample to The HerpiCido t",' Detroit. Mich. E. G. Fowler Special agent. sU.
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Harben to Write a Play.

Mir. Will N. Harben. author of Abner Daniel and The Substitute, is in New York studying Maclln Arbuckle's presen- tation of the chief part in George Ade's new play. ''The County Chairman" Mr. Harben is projecting a play for MT. Ar buckle. and will fit the principal charac- ter to the actors personality. It will be Mir Harben's initial venture into the field of the playwright.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-17
The Century Magazine.

The Thackery Letters are of more in tcrest than the newest things of the new est writers Is it that they are in them selves more fascinating than today's out put. or is it only that they tell us more of 4 man who has already won our hearts?
 Mir. London's Sea-WoIf, begun in Jan uary Number is going to fulfill all prom ises and meet all hopes.
 Fable and Woodmyth, by Ernest Thompson Seton, is wholly disappointing The vividuess and virility that give zest and tone to myth and love are wanting. The morals would be quite as good with out the stories. and in that case there would have been six wise lines.
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blackened with ink over a space as large as your hand, for the author was in the habit of wiping his pen thereon. but my mother finally parried this attack by sew ing in the centre of the place a pen wiper in the shape of a butterfly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-17
An Amusing Episode.

Famous people frequently have enter taning experiences in society. An anus ing incident is told of Mrs Mary F.
 Wilkins Freeman. author of Six Trees, Pembroke, and many other books. She was Miss Wilkins then. already known both here and abroad for her remark able stories. and the scene was a recep- tion in the Harvard Annex for women, now Radcliffe College. Miss Wilkins had been talking for some time with an en- thusiastic young student about the writ ing of themes. At length the girl turned to her and said, with an air of confer ring a great compliment; Why, Miss Wilkins, you do seem to have such good ideas about themes. I should think you would try to write yourself sometime" |"
 Where Hawthorne's Pen-wiper Was.
 The personal appearance of Nathaniel
 Hawthorne, at about the time The Scar let Letter was written, is thus described by his son in his new biography Flaw | thorne and his Circle: ''I see a tall. strong man. whose wide-domed head was covered with wavy black hair, pushing ont at the sides. Under heaVy
 dark eyebrows were eyes deep-set and full of light marvellous in range of ex- Dression, with black eyelashes. In the house he wore slippers which seemed always down at heel In the house also he wore a writing-gown made
 for him some years ago by my mother
 it reached nearly to his heels and had once been gorgeous affair, though now much defaced. The lining under
 tha lsft-hand skirt of the gown Was
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Personal and Pertinent.

fersonal and Pertinent.
 nightly interesting glimpse of Dar- win and his ways was given by Francis Darwfn. third son of the scientist, in the course of a lecture the other day. Mir. Darwins subject was The Movements or Plants" and he said that the fact that they were affected by tuning fork seemed to show that they had a certain sense of feeling. Apropos of this he went on:
 Many years ago my father made me play to plants on the instrument which l am in the habit of practicing upon a passoon. He had got it into his head that plants were sensitive to sound. This experiment was most characteristic or my fathers plan of having a forlorn hope in the way of experimei t. He was never afraid of trying any experiment, however idiotic it seemed. He had a name for that kind of experiments. He called them fools experiments Well. he made me play the bassoon to those seeding plants'
 MT. Darwin added, however. that the plants apparently were not affected to the slightest extent by his efforts.
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preservatives: ''The use of any such ma .eriais in the home must be unhesitating- " and. universally condemned" bacterfa, Frosts and Molds in the Home, Dy H. w. Conn, Ph. D. Ginn and Com pany, Boston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-17
Is Persona arata at Three Courts.

The author of A Keystone of Empire HIarpersr whose identity has never been announced, and who Is known in print only as the author of The Martyrdom of an Empress" is a lady who is persona grata at three European courts-St. Pe- tersburg. Berlin. and Vienna. In A Key stone of Empire she has written biOg- raphy of the Emperor Francis-Joseph of Austria
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Monologues.

&S4&o4O6 ACS.
 This gay little book Is full of fun. They treat, these monologues. with good na- tured satire of the foibles and fads and funny ideas of the ordinary woman, the ones who talk aloud entirely through con- certs and matinees and benefits" Those who make their first visits to the butcher the baker. and the candle stick maker. and of the ludicrous mistakes made in or dering for just two"'
 The hunt for apartments is deliciously funny. with the folding furniture of the apartment. "A folding dining table, and 1t makes wardrobe when 1t shuts up? But how annoying it would be if you were giving dinner and it should start in to be wardrobe and throw your gowns all over your guests; and, on the other hand, suppose while 1t was a wardrobe it should start in to be dining table and spill soup all over your olothesr'. The Woman in the Shoe-Shop. The Pudding, and Heard on the Beach, are all full of fun and food for laughter. A deeper note is struck in: The Year After" and "The Heart of a Woman. '-Monologues, May Isabel Fisk Harper & Bros. New York. Price S1.25
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-17

The True History of the Civil War, by | Guy Carleton Lee, with many illustra- | tions maps. etc, J. B. Lippincott Com
 pany Publishers. Philadelphia Price, g. The Circle in the Square. This is a novel of great strength It Is
 full of truth that saddens. There are ex- aggerations in 1t that make 1t seem the work of some Northern writer familiar with the section he writes of yet not to the manner born. When we grow un
 with certain customs and conditions there is softening touch of understanding and appreciation that no amount of adaptive intimacy can give. The town built about the court house square is a familiar pie ture to every one of us. The social circle with its feuds and it's friendships moving aooht the square Is also familiar. The sweetness and truth and sincerity of Dora Paige Is like breath of wild rose per- fume blown through the life about the square. Sara, who sits up late on the vine-covered gallery with her callers hoping to charm them from the card la ble and the drinking down by the river. The story of Shan Morgan's noble strug- gle against every ill that can befan a man in the way of bitter privation in- justice. feud, prejudice. cruelty of circum- stance. is one full of inspiration. There are many Shans in the South today win fffngsa way through dire diversity to sue cess. The pretty love story of two chil- dren boy and girl. building rock play houses together, loving each other simply and truly through all misrepresentation and misunderstanding is true as gospel the special gospel of love that liRhtens the life of village social circles about. the square. The dialect is not that of South ern people of the better class. though some provincialisms must be admitted.
 What is the good of living in the breadth and beauty of the provinces df that means outside of cities) if we may not indulge In provincialisms. We own to saying 'you-all." but only in speaking to or Of several individuals. and there is good authority for such use, but no Southerner of any class ever said to one person: How are you-all?' But there are small
 flaws In book of unusual fineness and force
 The Circle in the Square. by Baldwin Sears. A. s. Barnes and Company. Puh-
 fishers. Price. $1.5o.
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Continued on Page Twenty-one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-17

Beginning with the January issue. "The Keystone" will publish a series of articles on South Carolina women prom inent in the Women's organizations of the State at the present time.
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The True History of the Civil War. by Guy Carleton Lee, with many illustra- tions. maps. etc, J. B. Lippincott Com pany, Publishers. Philadelphia. Price. g.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17
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GREELEY IN THE ROCKIES
The Way He SObered Up n BOisterous
Hotel Crowd.

In the "Mcnoirs of Henry Willard
there is a chapter in which the au-
thor describes a meeting with Gree
ley in the Rockies. The "Tribune
philosopher" having met with an ac-
cident which crippled him Tor several
weeks, was an unwilling guest at the
Denver House, the only "hotcI in the
city. a rude shack Of Il building, with
canvas partitions. the greater part
given up to the bar and gaming ta-
bieS and therefore not Il place con
lucive to- the quiet and repoSe OF in
valids Mr. Willard noticed Il change
gradually taking place III the usually
benign features of tie philosopher.
his Christian virtues gradually losing
control over him. until finally one day
he lost his temper completely and
swore IT his disturberS so violently
that | dared not believe my ears.
His wrath. however did not culnIi-
nate until the third NIGHT of his tor
lures About 10 O'Clock he got up ana
lznpcd into the bHrroon. where he
thus addressed the aSton%lled tfpplclS:
Il IlcndS ! have been III pam ana
without sleep for almost a week, and
AIN we'll nigh Worn ont. Now am
Il guest ut this hotel, pay . high
price for my board and lodging ana
am entitled to rest during the night
But how can I get il with all this
noise going on in this place.
Then adds Mr. Wizard The ad-
dressed one OF the most pathetic an-
pealS ever heard to those around him
to abandon their vicious ways and be-
come soiapr and Industrious. He spoke
for nearly an hour and WAS listened
to with rapt interest and the most
perfect respect. He succeeded, too. in
his object The gambling stopped and
the bar WIS closed every night at IL
o'clock as long as he rcmaincd.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17
THE CASPIAN SEA.
One of the Remari>nb1c Physical
Features of the Globe.

one of the most remarkable physical
features Of the globe is the deep and
wide depression in the hollow Of which
stands the Caspian sea and near to it
the sea of .Aral. The Caspian is nearly
as large as France, aud its surface is
eighty four feet below the level of the
Black sea. Tie sea of Aral is nearly
as large as Ireland and is very little
oSo! the sea level. Within recent geo
logical times the vast eXpansc in which
these lakes are found Was sea. It's
tlcGr has been gradually raised. and the
waters filing the de,trcsSionS are all
that is left of IN ancient Mcditctra.
mean. \ strange feature oi both bodies
of water is HAT although they receive
large rivers. especially the Caspian.
Into which the Nol.:l. the | raj river
and scores of streams from the eau
t;lsls flow. both have for mslMN ycal's
aeca getting sI.o}toWe". Evaporation,
for thcy have IL o4,sei. esrccd.s the in
nDW. I;ut, for sa.uc climatic reason
probably. tie sea o. .irIi and its neigh
3al, Lake lsai!1l.:,>tl, Lave since lS9l
seel increasing in Ge.t... Whereas the
aS;rian. like the bead sea. is very
salt. owing to the rate of evaporation,
Aral and EaikhaSll are brackish only.
these remnants of Wat WAS once
great sea opening into the ocean, as
he Mediterranean does now. Still con
tain marine fish and seals. Some of
tie latter survive in the .Aral and Bal
kal lakes. having gradually become
!ittcd for their habitat. though it is no
lon@er salt. b"t merely brachi>;h and.
III the case of KaiNal. actually fresh
water.-London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17

though MOSQUITOES of peculiarly fero'
cious though nOnmaarial kind are saio
to have appeared in English ho'eis'
Several corn beetles, very destructive
typc of insect and among the greatest
enemies of those who would like 10
create an "cmergency'' store of corn
have been "dumped' in England Win
foreign grain aud have established
themselves.
Bird "stowawayS" on SHIPS are very
numerous in the narrow parts OF the
Mediterranean during the migration.
They also frequently alight on SHIPS
when these are near the coast beiiIs
then very much exhausted and @Iad 10
find =; rest for the sOleS Of their feet.
Golden crested wrens sometimes de.
sccn1 in q storm on some North sea-
smack on a migration night ana even
alight on steamers by day. 1t WAS
confidently stated that golden crested
wren was seen to fly from Off the back
of short cared owl when the latter
came in from the sea and allghted near
a ictty OH the east coast.
The belief that some little birds come
as "stowaways" on the backs of larger
ones WAS held in reference to the Cana
la geese by the North American lndi-
ans and by the Turks of Cyprus, who
alleged the same of the crane ana
stolk. That some birds must travel
great distances on ships crossing tie
Atlantic seems probable. Tie Amer
lean bittern and two American cllckoos
have been found in England the first
rather frequently. 1t is conjectured
that they can only have crossed the
ocean by travelling on the masts and
yards of ships. probably steamers. as
otherwise they must have died OF star
yation.-London Spectator.
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BRIEF MENTION.

II. A. Ponder of Clarendon is in the
city.
b. l.. Gocio CT Reydel was a visitor
in the city Saturday.
Chas. Jones has returned from a
business trip to Jonesboro.
j. NJ. Barrett of Sherill was busi-
ness visitor in the city yesterday.
Mrs. NJ. a. Kirkwood of Cincinnati
is in the city the guest of her son.
J. A. Dodson of Fort Smith was
registered at the Trulock yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Taggart are in
Little Rock. the guests of Mrs. Tag
CARTS mother. -
j, r. EipscOmb and Dr. n T. Beal-
ley of England We're busiAess visitors
in the city yesterday.
Messrs. J. H. Russell, II. c. Flow
ers, r. E. Waters, c. A. Keith, r r
Craft, c. A. DAILY, c. NJ. Stanley and
). w. Freischman of Fordvce were
The guests of Imperial lodge, K. of p
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17
willing to Overlook 1t.

Dear sir" the general manager of
the fire insurance company wrote to
the local agent. "a few weeks ago your
negligence in failing to notify the own.
ers of a large office building that their
insurance was about to expire, and to
solicit them to reinsure, lost US q Gus
toner, and we gave you a month 5
notice TO find another situation. Inas-
much. however. as that building was
burned day before yesterday, we have
decided to recall the notice. We will
overlook the offense this time, but
don't let it happen again."-Chicago 60
Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17
Where She Had Felt.

"See here, exclaimed Mr.. Clubb up
on discovering next morning that all
his "change' was gone. During your
talk to me when | came in late last
night I believe you remarked among
other things that woman feels where
man Thinks"
II did" replied his wife. You have
no feeling, and
"Well, I merely want to say you're
mistaken if you suppose I do my
thinking in my pockets. .'-Catholic
Standard and Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17
A Back Action Joke

The travelling men of Maine are not
ed for the Jokes that they are always
spria2iE2 on TIE puhlic hut recently
enc Of them got into trouble in an TN.
expected way. Ills parents celebrated
their golden wedding. anu the drum
nser had long planned to spend the
Hay with tneni. But when the day ar
rived he found that he WAS too faf
from his "ld horne to GET back II it, :
he sent Il telegram to his father. lie
thought that it WAS Il good time 10 GO,
OF y Ike on TIE ed nan, SO lie mere
~ sent the message, lis marriage Il
td1!ute:s He WAS somewhat taken
ahaek when lie sot the reply. ".tiar-
liaGc is not, but the results sometimes
are
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17

at their regular meeting Friday night.
The rank of esquire was conferred
upon Mr. Flowers.
General r. NJ. Knox and Col. J. b.
Trulock leave tday for Hot Springs
where they will spend a few days for
recreation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17
ANIMAL STOWAWAYS,
- ships and In CnrEOes They Often
Cross the Ocean.

New York has for many years re-
ceived numbers of destitute aliens of
the animal world from the holds of the
banana ships. The trade in bananas
is an eEuluV;!s one. and many of them
come from sources at no great distance.
whence the fruit can be brought with
out cold storage The bic clusters OF
bananas are peculiarly adapted for har
BORN" ,stoWawnYs. Among these ARE
enumerated numbers of small harm.
less sIaIicS, lizards of various kinds
occasionally, it is said. Il young iguan;
and large and particularly venomo,l>
SpiGp.s BET real pests Which survive
ami increase Iii Il new country are for
tanateiN rarely transported accident;i!
y. the one serious instance is ths
chi2o. or "ii@@cr.' 1t is said to have
been transported from Central America
TO He East indies
Tie Colorado beetle has never sue
cetded III :nakIng Il home in England
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17
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IN SOClETY,S REALM.
: + + + - = + + , = + 49,

The Gibson Pictures and Reveliea
of a Ba, nelor given hy the ladies OF
Trinity church for the benefit of the
Sunday school "Wednesday night was
enjoyed by large and appreciative
audience and was distinctly a feature
of the week in society circles. The
entertainment was arranged by MIS-
Charles II. Brown. who was assisted
by Mrs. Danaher and Mrs. NJ. A.
Austin. The program complete was
published in the Graphic Of Thurs
day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17

The jefferson Fcncibles have de-
cided to reduce the price for the Shu-
bert Symphony concert 10 fifty cents
so that all may attend. The concert
Is rated as first class and we'll worth
the money. The Fencibles are try
ing to raise money to refurnsh their
hall
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-17

a marriage license was issued Sa-
turday to e. c. Calvert, aged q, and
Miss Eddie Stone, aged 10.