The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-01

heat and droutn ana Ar1dne98 or tne ranch lands of Australia. the mad reckless life of new cities. the peffec- ton of English home life. the Dir, rosy stir of London and all q real as real can be.
 New York is sketched in . few bold rapid lines. New York "the centre of the fashion of America, the corner stone Of it's commerce." New York. where the very air is Intoxicating. and seduces the stranger into New York ways and New York rush in an incredibly brief space of time."
 New York where: life Ia every- where--busy. bustling. struggling. stirring. over-driven. over-stratned life! A ceaseless stream of toilers looking ever ahead. needing no ob- stacles. stopping for nothing and no man. Come with me. or stay behind I'm going onr Is the cry of the av- craze American. No time for foofing in business hours. Minutes are dol- lars. HourB and days, hundreds or thousands Of dolIars. The word is everywhere in New York. On the hoardings. in the store windows. ir the newspapers, in the mouths of the pushing men. on the lips of the lovely women. Dollarsi dollarsi dollars! It is the tick of the American pendulum dollars! dollarsl dollars! Swing to and fro. tick. tick, tick---dollarsi dol- lars! dollars! Listen to 1t on change. in Wall Street. Hearken to 1t in the carsl Hear 1t in the storesi the side walk! the clubs! the homesi-dollarst dollars! doliarsi Incentive, spur. re- ward, bane, antidote, life and death-- all How to and from dollarsi dollars! dollars! With them are to be pur- chased place, power, fame, office. lux uries, necessities. The best wo~. and the hearts blood of men, conscIenees. wives and husbands Only life and health are unbuyable, as the many times millionaire who lay gasping out his greedy life in hts palace In F'ifth Avenue knew all too we'll"
 The plot of a man representing his double is not . new one.
 But Mir. Barrett writes his old plot with new interest.
 The working out of plot through many exciting incidents. the good drawing of the many characters of the book will be left to, the reader to learn for himself. Some of the incidents rouse suggestion that they have been drawn from the incidents of the famous Tichborne case. The reader can conn plai- of no lack ~f <.etion. The rapid change of scene and tangle and un- tangle of incident suggest dramatiza- ton. Naturally. Mir. Barrett would have had a stage-view of literature.
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 The Blue Grass Cook Book, compiled by Minnie c. Fox, with an introduction by John Fox. IT,. written from Tokio. Japan.
 Just to take a little look 'Twixt the covers of this book, Makes one long to own a cook
 And a Southern one at that! First 1t tells of Beaten Biscuit" Get your strength up If you risk It! Flour, salt and lard. then whisk 1t
 All in with pat-a-patI Main ingredient is: Know how; Cooks can't tell 1t but must show how Elbow grease must smooth the dough
 Beating with rat-tat-tat! "corn-bread." "Johnny Cakes and
 Dodgers"
 Just the thing for Country Dodgers. (Change to Boarders all your Lodgers)
 If you make 'em crisp and light. An. the Sally Lunn" and 'steam Pone"
 And the fat and juicy Chilled Bone Puts a fellow in the best tone.
 Makes fellow feel quite right! And tt think of "Gumbo.' 'sPouree." And the Lobster a Ia Dabney," And each dear, delicious entree.
 Makes a fellow home sick quite. Oyster croquettes." Creme de vo-
 iaille"
 And. the ffakey, well-flled "rimbale' Rich ''Champignon Sauce for Quer-
 elles."
 Was there ever cooking better? Pepper Mangoes." Ham in wine.T
 too
 Turkey oyster-stuffed and fine, too Any Sweets your tastes incline to
 All are here cen to the letter! Come, Dear Reader. now and look For I do assure you this book Does per9onify the Best Cook
 Come take this and you will yet set
 her!