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A New Idea OF Marriage.

In Observation-Disclosures Frank II. Wake
field has evolved an ingenious plot founded
unon Mr.. Meredith's Idea OF a contract Of
marriage which should be limited TO GER
tain fixed time rather than to endure for
Life.
The period Of the novel is necessarily
nroiected far enough into the future to
make the twentieth century and its mar
riaae customs matters Of ancient history,
10 be discussed In a tolerant manner by
literary clubs, as similar societies OF the
present day look back upon the rites and
ceremonies and traditions of the ancient
Assyrians.
Under the new regime two persons might
sf their majority enter into a contract of
marriage for seven years, contract which
might be renewed for any period, even for
life but might also be broken without dis
honor to either party at the end OF the time
for which it was made. The wife received
under this contract a certain stipulated
Der cent. of the mans earnings and assumed
the name Of her husband. II WIS regu-
lated by a law with heavy penalties, that
legally only one child should result from
a single contract Of seven years and the
medical profession supported the law with
advanced medical science. All children
vere educated by the State and sent to
general State nursery at the age Of years,
where they we're treated precisely In the
Same manner, rich and poor alike, until
their majority. At the age OF IL years,
the children we're placed in training schools,
rbere each was specially educated for the
avocation or profession for which In the
eves Of the tutors the child WAS best fitted.
The support of the schools. hospitals,
churches. Ic., which we're all under the
care of the State. was arranged for by tax
ing the people in proportion to their means,
by compelling the rich to pay larger share
Of tie expenses and by making law lin =
ing the amount that man or woman &C Id
leave as an inheritance TO their child-cn-
ali SURPLUS over and above the stated
amount going TO enrich the Golfers OF the
State. The number Of marriage contracts
that any one party could enter INTO was
limited to FIVE and no one could make a
legal contract after the age OF s. years.
Even in this Utopian scheme worked out
on paper by a very clever author, there
were elements OF unfairness and inequality
even as In the present time, for while a
husband might leave his wife share OF
his estate at his death, the wife might not
give her husband any inheritance, all
property belonging to women and not re-
ouired by the children reverting directly
70 the State. Also. while man might
make as many marriage contracts az tho
Law allows and retain his original name
the woman must bear the name OF each
husband she had entered into contract
with, which resulted In woman's being
known as Mrs. James-Johnson- Beaumont
Kingsley Smith and her daughter, who
certainly was guiltless party, vas re-
ouired by law to be called Miss Mary James
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bottom. Just as she thought she had
cleared the danger point wild man APP
peared upon the bank overhead and, quick
as a flash, sent one OF those winged willows.
She felt a sharp pang in her side-a faint
ness-she could not run! The little lgmu
for whom she had made such noble fight
dropped from her mouth. She staggered
toward the bank, but her strength refused
her, 30 abe lay down beside large rock
The baby came to her Immediately. for
he had not had any milk since tho day be-
fore. She gave one gentle lick to his
woolly head before she dropped her own
and died.
There are thirteen OF these stories OF the
Land .hatispow Minnesota and the Dakoihs
az that land was Letore so. II ls "Irious
TO think that the author in lis boyhood
was part OF what is here dee 'rliOd. The
book is ocular, and it ia distinctly in
teresting for reasons besides.
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Johnson beaumont Kin gsley Smith until
her own marriage, whereupon she oeoame
the proud and happy possessor OF a shgi
name Of hsr own. II WA thus very easy
to distinguish the women who had made
many marriage contracts, and to avoid
entering into alliances with them, while
the men, as IL ever the case from Adam
down, went scot free and unbranded.
The result Of this curious state OF affairs,
according TO the author. was that all forms
OF vice were stamped out, greater harmony
In the homo WIGS established, and bachelors
instead Of being regarded as interesting,
wers looked upon With disfavor and sus-
picion. as either too selfish to share their
earnings with wife or too personally
distastefuI to find any one willing 10 make
a. contract with them. Old contracts
were In most cases renewed, and the making
Of many contracts was looked upon with
disapproval much as the divorce question
is generally regarded at present. In such
an ideal community 1t would seem difficult
10 And mischief still for sven q villain to do.
But what about the dishonest evasion
Of the law regarding the financial side Of
his marriage contract by n sohenatng hus-
band, ana tho eeoIot oohLi ~ "a LOO 30
made by the two lovers before arriving
at the legal age. Mr.. Wakefield has woven
a little detective story whose issues and
developments. Ringing as they do upon
the peculiar legal and social conditions OF
the time, may be followed with interest IN
his book. Certainly the situations are
novel. the plot is ingenious and the oon-
struction Of the imaginary episodes Ia well
handled. The be K is published By the
Neale Publishing Company.
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another moment she had sprung upon the
nearest fawn. A shrill scream Of agony
and the cracking Of tender bones mingled
With gladness OF satisfying the pangs Of
hunger
When she had eaten what she wanted,
she took the usual measures to secure the
rest. she put her claim mark on the deer
and covered 1t partly up. 1t was her prac-
tice to cover her game TO season, and also
to make It plain to all that know the laws
OF Wild Land that 1t was her game-Igmu-
tanka's. II any one disturbs 1t he is
running great risk OF a pitched battle.
for nothing exasperatee her family like
the theft Of their game
A beast Of considerable assurance. a
grizzly bear, vent ured TO bring into quesliOn
the right thus asserted Ign,u found him
eating her meat when abe came beck for It
after several days. She fattene6 out like
A. s,,nfish when abe beheld him. Her eyes
became two flaming globes Of wrath and
condemnation. She gradually drew her
whole body into a tense lump OF muscles,
ready to spring. Her lips unconsciously
contracted. showing fine set OF teeth
her veapons-while the very ground upon
which abe lay was deeply SCARED by those
other weapons, the claws
The reader will feel positively sorTy for
cid Mato, tho bear. he learned a lesson
which he had no time TO forget. for he
nerished on the field. His vulnerable and
vital parts we're sought out by the nlmble
enemy and acerated in dreadful manner
Igrnutanka herself perikhed little later,
hut IL was no bear that killed her, She
came upon some Indians and their dogs
threataning one Of her cubs.
Behold. the little Igmu was up a small
willow tree! Three Indians were trying TO
shahe him down, and their dogs were hilarious
over the fun Here was more injustice.
Surely the world was Overlooking with II.
Her eyes famed again as they had famed
when she found the grizzly stealing her
buried game The Indians shook the tree
and the little Igmu cried: 'Waw, waw,
wawl- Our heroine studied the situation
no Longer. She launched herself upon the
enemy. who turned and fed. 'Igmu seized
and tore tho side Of one Of the men and
threw a dog against the rocks with broken
leg. Then In lightning fashion she ran Ny
the tree to rescue her kitten. and spranG
70 the ground, carrying it in her teeth
She fed by the path along the creek
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PUeLYcATiONs.
Harper's Book News.
The Silence of
Mrs. Harold

Samuel Nj. Gardenhire, au-
thor of "Lux Crucis," here tells
a beguiing tale, and with his
insight and intimate knowledge
OF the secret ways of big cor
porations involves his story in
new, ingenious complications that
will strike home to every Amerl-
can. Wall Street, the great
powers Of finance, the Theatrical
Trust, and other big and real
phases of present-day New York
have part in this stirring tale.
And out Of the "silencc" OF Mrs.
Harold a plot develops involv-
ing every character, in situation
that battles the reader and lures
him on from page to page.
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German very literally, but for rhythmical
rsasons is obliged, after the manner OF most
hbrettos, to play queer tricks with the
English language From time to time there
are indications of where the words fit into
the operate score. We fancy it may prove
useful to those still suffering from the
Parsifal complaint.
1t is impossible not to admire the courage
that braves blank verse tragedy in the
twentieth century. Two Of the three
dramas in Olive Tilford bargains Semi
ramis and Other Plays (Brentanos) take
tia: form. The author has the right swing
and rhythm, and her lines are really verse,
and not prose cut into even lengths. With
a classic subject like Semiramis it enables
her to accomplish her task very respectfully
The second play. -Carlotta dealing with
Maximiian's widow. avoids absurdity,
which with a modern subject treated in
blank verse Is surely praise. The third,
-The Poet" describes the career OF Edgar
Allan Poe and is in prose. Here the Shakes
pearian contrast Of humor is employed and
realism besides. neither, We regret to say,
with success.
The genuine heroic vocabulary seems TO
be at the command OF Mr., Lewis A. Storrs
in -Ihe Tragedy OF King Saul 20. w.
Dillingham; Coz. but that OF the slang Of
the day apparently comes more naturally
TO him. When the two blend In blank
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The
Masquerader

1t often happens that the
Christmas holidays act as barrier
impeding the onward movement
of book, but "The Masquer-
adler" has swept aside any such
interruption, and is attracting
more readers than ever before.
This tremendous novel goes on
winning thousands of new readers
every week. 1t is story so full
of life and fire that it is irresstl-
BILE. Says the Boston Transcript
"Its audacity of motive simply
takes ones breath away"
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The Wonders
of Life

The astonishing success Of
"Thc Riddle of the Universe
and the thousands OF letters beg
ging further light received BY
Ernst Haeckel have led this emf
ncnt philosopher and scientist to
put forth new volume. The
new book is a popular study Of
biological philosophy giving COM
plete expression to Professor
Haeckel's latest studies along the
line of his famous theory of life's
mysteries. Like the riddle of
the Universe" to which it is
akin, the new volume will prob
ably cause the widest comment.
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yo,ase Of a New I.ittIe Moses.

Fla Middleton Tybout has amused us
with her stories OF . oketown People.
u. B. Lppincott Company, Philadelphia
Iaere Is fun in this young authors eye,
as We know from a photograph that the
publishers have kindly and sensibly at
tsched 10 their notice sent with the book.
We should not think it accurate to say Of
these stories that they are a profound and
conscientious study OF the negro character
oF scr1Ipulous and obviously unembel-
l'shed report Of the doings Of any colored
people. Il dos not occur 70 Us that 70 re-
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Some DramatlSts.

In the dozen or 80 volumes OF plays that
have accumulated we find only two that
have been acted, or, so far as we can gee,
stand any chance Of being acted. The
only one in lighter vein is Mr.. Henry Arthur
Jones's sTbe Manouvres of Jane Macrnil-
lans). an amusing. very slight farce. already
pretty well forgotten. which has the merit
of being couohed In respectable couoqulal
English.
The other acted play Is the eternal Par
sifal,' for which Mr.. George Turner Phelps
has prepared an English hbretto' face to
face With the German text Orchard O..
Badger, Boston,. 1t seems TO follow the
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PUBLICATIONS.
PUBLICATIONS.

"'The Law Of the Land by
Emerson Hcugh, author of The
Mississippi Bubble will create a
sensation. 1t sets forth charming
love story; introduces typlcally fear
less Americans; and is such a vigor-
Gus exposition Of the race. struggle
that it must set national lawmakers
thinking" -seys the Buffalo Courier
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The Truants

In mos, novel, that make big successes
one is pretty sure to find two character
a man and a woman-so alive and real
that they win the reader, heart and
interest at once. II is so with "The
Truant,," by A. z. W Mason. The
book i, rising rapidly into prominence like
it, predecessor. "The -Four Feathers.
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BooKS--An out-of-prnt books supple I. NJ
matter on what subject. write me- stating book,
wanted. ! can get you any book ever . ll shea.
when In England call and inspect ny sioc - o.Do
rare books BAKERS GREAT bOOhShOP. JolE
Bright St. Birmingham. England.
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True Bills

Thi, !. new book Of fables in slang
BY George Ade-snd when one says that
il guarantee, great deal Of laughter.
,hrewd satire, and common sense, all IN
the inimitable AIDE vein.
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BooK s on FreemAsonry, smoking. phalucsr.
Flageiintion. Oriental Religions, an! 'hsng odd
PRATT. lsl 9Th az. =.
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CHECK.

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yesterday by
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AUCTION SALES.


BOOK AUCTION, ii9 Broadway. II o'clock.
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DISTRICT.

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Arizona republican., 1905-05-06
sIiSa;OISlL
 aOE kSHIiSIIOI E91 g;a.G''OyOO

The first lesson that the young girl has
 of womanhood IS usually a painful one.
 She learns to know what headache means, and backsche, and sometimes is sadly
 borne down by this new experience of life.
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 The anxious mother of the family often times carries the whole burden of responsi- common ailments of the girls or boys are concerned. The cost of the doctors visits is very often much too great. At such times the mother is invited to write to Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, for medical advice, which is given free Correspond ence is held strictly confidential.
 Backed up by over a third of century of remarkable and uniform cures, a record such as no other remedy for the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to women ever attained, the proprietors and makers of Dr. P1erCe'S Pavorite Prescription now feel fully warranted in offering to pay S5Oo in legal money of the United States for any case of LeucorThea, Female Weakness, Pro lapsus, or Falling of Womb, which they cannot cure. All the Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, ProprietoEs, of Buf- falo, N. Y, ask is a fair and reasonable trial of their means of cure.
 ~Your wonderful medicine, 'FNvorite Prescrip- uon,' has helped me greatly in time of suffer ing,B writes Mrs AIinta Wright of Edwards Ind SLast winter was unable to do my work was to be confined in February, and lady in Illinois wrote and told me about your medicine. used three bottles of Favorite Prescription and will say had the easiest and quickest con- fnement I ever had. Had three children be fore, and would suffer from twenty four thirty six hours before birth. but this time only two hours. Have fine baby girl and she Is the most healthy of all ] am still using the Favorite Prescription a tOnic7
Arizona republican., 1905-05-06
GEN. CHAFFEE AND PARTY
They Will Visit Phoenix Early Next
 Week.

lieut. enant General Adna R. Chaffee. c!.ief of the r neral staff and head of the United Sites army, will D the guest of Phoenix carly next week. He will arrive either Monday or Tuesday but the exact date will not be known until sometime today.
 General Chaffee will be accompanied by a number of other distinguished army officers, the personnel of the party not having been learned here yet It has not been determined yet just how long the party will remain in Phoenix but it is hoped it will be long enough to enjoy a drive over the valley or at least to the principal points of interest.
 Though Phoenix will look like a strange place to him, it's surroundings will undoubtedly be somewhat famil- jar for way back in the seventies he was wont to gaze daily on the noun tain ranges that surround this valley. He was then a major and the com manding officer of old Fort McDoweH just above the present head of the Ari- zona canal. There are many people in Phoenix yet who knew him in those days and who will be more than pleas ed with an opportunity to greet him again since his advancement to the highest position attainable in his chosen field of activity.
 In the early days, or that period be- tween General Chaffee's former resi- dence here and the outbreak of the Spanish war, promotion in the army came very slowly, for ob- vious reasons. It is related of Gen eral Chaffee that before the Spanish American war when he was sta tioned at Denver. he used to say the height of his ambition would be to se- cure a coIonelcy. It came at last and thereafter events transpired rapidly until he soon found himself at the top of the ladder.
 General Chaffee and party will be met here by President F. M. Murphy of the & F. p & F. railroad, who will provide a special train to take the party to Prescott at the conclusion of the visit in this city. Governor Kibbey | and Chief Justice Kent will probably | accompany the party to Prescott.
Arizona republican., 1905-05-06
A FIERY SPEED
4 herry.gO.rOund Whose Ponies Are
 BrOncOs.

Ramon J. Acosta a disciple of St. Crispin who keeps a shoe repairing g emporium in the Commercial hotel block has one side of his face covered with court plaster. Yesterday one of his patrons went into his place and noticed the facial disfigurement for it was about the most prominent thing there. He refrained from making any allusion to it, supposing it to be re- miniscent of election night. Senor Acosta however thought in justice to himself that an explanation was due. Pointing to the wealth of court plaster he observed, "Caballo. Went off over his head" His customer replied that he was not aware that Senor Acosta ever indulged in horse back exercise, saying that he had never seen him on a. horse and that he thought, thar the sight of him on top of horse would make men and gods smile.
 Senor Acosta seeing that he was not understood, took from his pocket a handful of big red pasteboard tickets issued by the proprietors of the merry go round. Each one entitled the hold CT to a ride either in a seat or on pony as he might elect. Senor Acosta had elected a pony.
 A bystander remarked that if Senor Acosta had been sober he could have sat on the pony to which SenOr Acosta replied, No borracho, caballo much brOnIS"
Arizona republican., 1905-05-06
PENELOPE THE nILKnAID
Pleasing P Presentation of the Operetta
 by High School Pupils.

The puI oils of the high school last night pres ented the comic operetta Penelope or the AIilkman's Bride" to a large au dience at the assembly room of the school. This is the second pre- sentation i.ut that of last night was the first before the general public
 Miss An.-a Garnett in the title role elicited a great deal of favorable com ment as did also Miss Edna Ward as Mrs. ,CroalOer the mistress of the house Edward NJ tslczer as Chalks the NIiIk- man, MT. Todd as Tosser the soldier and Ivey NJ arshall as Pitcher the police man carried out their parts well.
 The scene was the kitchen in the mansion Of Mrs. Croaker Penelope is in the habit of entertaining Tosser and Pitcher in the kitchen in the absence of Mrs. Croaker- She has made 1t up with her suitors that if the pepper box is In the window they are to stay away The pepper box signal is described by Penelope as "the red light on our rail- road and means danger"
 The opening number of the evening was the Silver Star overture by high school orchestra This was followed by Miss Alice Halsey with "Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred" Immediately preceding the operetta a male quartet consisting of Professor Todd and Messrs. Bennett. Alsap and Melzcer sang Tn the Cleaning" Miss Alice Norton was the accompanist in the operetta.
 The eveLing was concluded by the or chestra in Southern Belles.'' The work of the orchestra was especially pleasing and called forth hearty applause.