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Van Dyke, Henry. The Childhood OF Jesus
w Wsmen of the Bible by eminent divine'' oBE-
Mind and Body.
Patterson, G. B. The VIII to Be Well. QDwU-
sase e. ss s' viii US hssteF' Of the
Tsssb .'''''' "
Biography.
H MT Lincoln e. s ass Soldier. H e. sss Con.
Sherwood. J. N. Memoirs of David Brainerd.
S YAM bSss: Henry. y Americanism 81 washing.
'''' History.
Avary Mrs. Myrta. Dixie After the War. Fsa5-
Menpes. Mortimer. War Impressions. F74s-
Smith, G. W. Generals J. E. Johnston and q: 7.
Beauregsrd at the Battle Of Manassas. July. 1851.
Description and Travel.
Bacon, E. NJ The Connecticut River and the
valley Of the Connecticut. Gs47 -B1see.
Manning, Samuel Spanish p, asi Pictures Drawn With
Ml ta Francis pseud. Castles and ohateaux
Of Old Touraine and the Loire Country. GasT-
Miitoun. Francis. pseud. Rambles on the
Wheeler. 4. 8. The selkirk Range. asa-
Economics and Politics.
National Efaciency HF47 Ds27g,
Jebb, Richard. Studies In Colonial National
ism. JR-JS42s.
Lindsay, O. II. Forbes. Panama, the Isthmus
and the Canal HJC-L647p.
Animals.
Beebe. @. ". The Bird; PE-Bss4b; @
Ingcrson. Ernest Wit Of the Wild. P-ln48w,
Lottridge, s. A. Familiar Wild Animals F.
Useful Arts.
Burkett, @. W, and Poe, c. 81. Cotton. Its
Cultivation. Marketing. Manufacture, etc. RGH-
B91S9c.
Croker, F. b., and Wheeler. s. s. The Man
agement OF Electrical Machinery RX-CS72Sm.
RHF-F637h.
Rice H H., and Torrance W. NJ The Manu-
facture of Concrete Blocks and Their Use N
Building Construction. SC-R863m.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
SOME WASHINGTON ARTICLES
HISTORY ON OPEN SHELVES.

Four current periodicals contain interest
ing articles on Washington, two of histor-
tcal and two Of present interest. large
part Of the installment of Carl Schurzs
"Reminiscences OF a Long Life" in the No
vember McClure's Is devoted to Washington
and Congress in 1854. ''W ashington in Jack
sons Time in the November Scribners
completes the interesting series of letters
by Mrs. Margaret Bayard Smith. The con-
temporary descriptions Of the Inauguration
of Jackson in 1879 and of the visit Of Har.
riet tMortineau to Washington In 1896 are
notable features of the installment. The
local scAool situation Is reviewed by Miss
Eilth z. Westcott, principal Of the Western
High School, in the School Journal OF
October n. Senator William P Whyte Of
Maryland contributes an historical and de-
scriptive article. entitled washington, the
City Beautiful" to the Independent for
November /.
In pursuance Of the plan OF displaying In
the open-shelf room of the District Public
Library books other than fiction, during
the'lnst two years all classes except history
have been so displayed. Books in that class,
or at least as many as possible of them
have recently been brought out to the salts
faction of large number Of readers to
whom books OF history make stronger ap-
peal than do books of fiction. The books
brought out include the whole class of his
tory except those covering the United States
and South America. Among the sub-classes
displayed In the open-shelf room are an
Gent, medieval and modern European his
tory, histories of Asia and Africa, histories
Of all the nalons comprised in those CONT
nents general American. North American
and Canadian history.
The following is a selection from the re-
cent accessions to the library:
Religion.
Graham, Henry. The Preacher and His Work.
CXC-G762p.
Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Mis-
md Modern (sru.
sade; addresses delivered before the fifth inter-
national convention. DS-St03Ss.
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tanned, and, among other last words, of
Arab horses In America. Mr.. Henry Fair
field Osborn points out In the preface the
probability Of the entire separateness of the
Arab breed as an original or natural breed
from other horses and fndorses the idea OF
its Libyan origin. He regards 1t as settled
that the so-called Arabian is a very ancient
breed, including characters which were
strongly established in natural state be-
fore domestication by man. and which.
therefore, have such great antiquity that
they are extremely stable In heredity and
cross breeding.
Mr.. Borden's book is well made up and
handsomely illustrated; it should aid In es-
tablishing the value OF the Arab.
DEACON BABBTTT, Tale of Fact and
Fiction. By Edgar G. Blankman. phil
adelphia: The John c. Winston Com
pany.
Deacon Rabbit is the central parsonage
in what might almost be called local his
tory. Mr.. Blankman has reproduced the
Adirondack region and some of it's actual
characters with fidelity. and the illustra-
lions, to be in keeping. are of historic
homes and places which still exist. There is
pleasing love story and many pleasing
personages in the book, but interest con-
centrates upon the deacon, who in way IS
of the Eben Holden, David Harum variety,
and his anecdotes and homely wisdom are
shrewd in their Yankee philosophy. How
much Is fact pertaining to the Oneida lake
country and how much notion emanating
from Mr.. Blankman's imagination, is ditti-
cult to say. The blend is happy.
THE THRONE-ROOM OF THE SOULS
Study in the Culture of the Spiritual
BY Carl G. Doney, Ph.D. Cincinnati:
Jennings & Graham.
DIT. Doney Is the pastor Of Hamline M. II.
Church of this city, and many Washing
tonians have already been struck by his
forceful and original thought. The present
volume, which is collection of what might
be called sermon essences Is peculiarly sug-
gestive. There has been attempt to
correlate the essays into a progressive dis
sertation on soul culture, but there Is no
disturbing sense of abruptness from one
topic to another. The spirit which prompts
each so permeates all that a distinct unity
prevails. DR.. Doney has the rare power,
through simplicity and beauty of style. or
through sincerity of purpose and magma
| ton, to filI old texts with most stimulating
new light.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.
A HISTORY OF THE INaU1sIT1oN o

HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF
SPAIN. By Henry Charles Lea, LID.
In four volumes. Volume IL. Now
York: The Macmillan Company. WASH
ington: Brentano's:
JAPAN. BY David Murray, PhD. LID,
Revised Edition, Continuing tho Ills
tory to the Close of 1905, with the Pro-
visions of the Treaty of Portsmouth
Supplementary Chapters by Baron
Kentaro Kaneko. LID. New York: e.
P. Putnam's Sons. Washington. Wood
ward & Lothrop.
OLD CREOLE DAYS. BY George ".
Cable. With illustrations by Albert
Herter. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons. Washington: Woodward u
Lothrop.
GOLDEN POEMS BY BRITISH AND
AMERICAN AUTHORS. Edited by
Francis Fisher Browne, editor OF '13u-
gle Echoes; Poems of the Civil War.
New and Enlarged Edition, Entirely
Reprinted. Chicago: A. c. McClurs 6.
MEMORIES; A STORY OF GERMAN
LOVE. By Max Muller. Translated
from the German by George P. Upton.
New illustrated Edition. With Pic
lures and Decorations by Margaret
and Helen Maitland Armstrong. Chi
cago: A. c. McClurg & Co.
EVERY MAN A KING, or, Might in Mind
Mastery. BY Orison SWEET Marden,
author of Pushing. to the Front" and
editor of Success" With the Assist
ance Of Ernest Raymond Homes. New
York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
WHY MEN REMAIN BACHELORS AND
OTHER LUXURIES. By Lillian Bell,
author of The Love Affairs Of an Old
Maid" New York: John Lane Com
pany.
SUCCESS NUGGETS, BY Orison SWEET
Marden, author Of "The Young Man
Entering Business" &c. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell G. Co.
THE COMPLETE BEAUTY BOOK. By
Elizabeth Anstruther. New York: d.
Appleton & Co.
CUPID'S MIDDLEMAN. By Edward B.
Lent author Of Being Done Good"
Illustrated by H. B. Matthews. New
York: Cupples Leon.
UNDER PONTIUS PLATE, Being u Part
of the Correspondence between Caius
Claudius Proculus in Judea and Lucius
Dom1t1us Ahenobarbus at Athers In
the Years % and 30 AID. Translate
and Edited by William Schuyler. New
York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
THE BURGLARS CLUB; a Romance in
Twelve Chronicles. By Henry A. Her
ing. With Sixteen Illustrations by F.
H. Townsend. New York: B. W. Dudge
q ". bdlldntynS q 6OQSs
HAND BOOK OF THE GERMANIC MU-
scum, Harvard University. BY kuno
Francke curator. Cambridge: Tub
lished by the University.
THIRTEEN MEN. By W. A. Fraser. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
A CHEERFUL YEAR BOOK; For thu Re.
cording Of Engagements and Other
Serious Matters Accompanied by Philo-
sophie and Moral Aphorisms for the
instruction of Youth, and the Insplra-
ton of Maturity and the Solace of Age
By F. M Knowles. The same being
illustrated with Tasteful and Illumin-
attng Pictures by c. F. Lester, and the
Whole Introduced and Concluded " TIL
Profound and Edifying Remarks by
Carolyn Wells. New York: Henry Holt
& Co. Washington: BalIantyne a. Sons.
MY TRIP TO NEW YORK. Notes and I'M
pressions by Blank. The visitor IL to
be the author Of the book. Illustrated
New York: F. M. Buckles & Co. Wash.
ington: Woodward G. Lothrop.
THE WOOING OF FOLLY. By Jamos I.
Ford, author Of THE Literary Shop"
New York: D. Appleton s. Co.
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ment OF his race has the analytical mind
and engineering skill OF the ancestor who
had attempted to record the spot in the
midst of Pompion swamp where the old
slave Judas had hidden the treasure. The
discovery of the cryptogram. the piecing to-
gether of scattered bits of tradition. the
keen reasoning of Jack. aided by the flashes
OF intuition of Jeanne the solution OF the
riddle and the breathless period of actual
search constitute an enthralling chain of
events.
AS a story of treasure-hunting THE
Treasure of Peyre Gallard'' has few supe-
riors. 1t has, moreover. the charm of an
unusual atmosphere an intimate revelation
of the wilder aspects of negro character
and the appeal of young romance. The &C
count of the finding of the hoard is fine
bit of storytelling, and the description of
the mass OF treasure reads like a chapter
from The Arabian Nights"
THE CHARLATANs. By Bert Lesion
Taylor. With illustrations by George
Brehm Indianapolis: The Bobbs Mer-
rill Company.
The humors of musical protesting and
profession have not been unnoticed by sat
rists, but seldom has the utter chicanery
possible to body of artists been more
aptly divulged than in the group Mr. Tay-
lor presents as teachers in the Colossus
Conservatory of Music, to which young
Hope Winston comes from the inarttculate
country. Methods of vocal and instrument
tai instruction there are thoroughly mod
ern and scientific and if it be only by
chance that Hope preserves some musical
appreciation and acquires some power Of
expression while voices are ruined and
characters become cracked, 1t is not be-
cause she does not have much of soul ex-
preston. The story of Hopes romance. the
tale of how the prince comes to her bower
in the person of Churchill Gray. musical
ND for nriti 10 al vD1r1 n
ana the setting of the romance furnishes
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Inc at their leisure what she might have
in the way of ears. She laid one down
with "a quick knee-jolt in the stomach, and
then caught the other by the two wrists In
a grip of steel.
Then came a mighty influence. by its very
nature insulating Diana-Cleopatra from the
vulgar.
Louis Philippe Marie Victor Leopold II,
king Of the Belgians. sovereign of the Congo
Free State, Duke of Sake. Prince of Sake
Coburg and Gotha, royal highness. came,
as he still comes, to Paris, with the SEN
timents Of an enlightened patron Of the
arts He had encouraged countless strug-
Cling painters, poets. novelists, inventors.
philosophers. actors. actresses and dan
seuses. Dancing Is an art. He took in
terest In this 1.-the and slender petit sujet
as he smoked his platinum-tipped cigarette
in the palatial green room or the opera
ballet
This jove-like sovereign-he sleeps with
his beard in silken bag that Its mag
interest In SO many petits sujets that his
friendship for Diana-Cleopatra did not pre-
sent in itself a guarantee of permanence.
And Cleo, after passing full sujet with YER
tiginous rapidity-a French bureaucratic
tribute to the royal internationally took
vacation and went dancing in Faust"
three-act ballet. in New York.
Struck Familiar Chord.
However when she came back the king
saw her and was struck by something in
the spirit Of the girl-a clear-eyed and
fearless directness. a height of view, and
a disdain for all subservience that struck
a. familiar chord on his royal heart
strings
Cleo had no idea Of returning to the ILL
paid, unthinking routine of the opera bal
let. Jules Martins Nos Artistes." which
contains only such biographical matter as
the subjects desire published when it states
that Cleo's parentage is Viennese. deviates
strangely from tho romantic version Of ac-
cepted Paris gossip.
In the Paris version the name OF De Me-
rode is key to the mystery Of King Leo
pold's long-continued interest in the little
lady.
The Belgian De Microbes are a wonder
fully ancient family, issuing from Raymond
Berenger. King OF Arragon and Count of
Barcelona. In 1873 the Emperor Frederic
III named the chevaliers De Merode free
barons Of the holy empire. During the thirty
years war Count Jean was a mighty gen.
eral. Count Jean Philippe. Marquis of Wes-
terloo. was a field marshal in the Austrian
army. In more modern times Count Phil
ippe Felix de Merode married niece Of
Lafayette, while Frederic Xavier de Merode
was a CELEBRATED Belgian prelate.
Should Cleo come, In truth from this
old stock 1t would explain not only her pure
profile. but the maintained kindness OF
the king and that domlneering spirit mix
ed with prompt decision, and clear view,
which,. as you will see, held it.
When Diana-Cleopatra told King Leopold
that she would not return to take or
ders In the opera ballet he approved with
laughter. Here was a true child of art.
She certainly owed 1t to the world to radi-
ate certain amount of sweetness and
light SO he approved that she should or
ganize a special number. with a small but
artistic troupe, and from Paris to Ham,
burg, from Berlin to Rome. from Vienna to
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THE TREASURE OF PEYRE GAIL

LARD. BY John Bennett, author of
Master Skylark," "Barnaby Leo DC
Illustrated by the author. New y Oh k:
The Century Company.
For many generations Mr.. Bennett tells
us the old French -Carollnian family of
Gaillard has preserved in Its annals legend
OF buried treasure. Hidden on the occa-
sion of an attack on Peyre Gaillard and his
family by tory neighbors. the tabled piles
OF gold and silver and jewels are apparently
lost. The family has recovered from ruin
made another fortune out of rice lands, and
been ruined again by the civil war and sue
cessive foundations OF their crops. At last,
in time of absolute peril. comes a northern
cousin 20 visit the struggling patricians In
the old Indigo House.
Jack Gignillat, In addition to the refine
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UNDER CASTLE WALLS. BY H. z. Bal
ley. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
In LEONARDO. Duke of Vellano and
two delightfully."- contrasting figures, in ap-
pearance and in temperament. They ap-
propriatey hold the stage at the beginning
Of the action. They appear and reappear
often enough throughout to render this
tale of the old days Of Italy, when duchy
fought with duchy and intrigue and torture
had their high places in the scheme Of
things, a source of constant delight It is
marred as necessarily must be any narra-
tive of those cruel times. by Incidents Of
as BELTS the story Of men and women
who lived in the high tide of passion and
action. Yet there Is tender love as well,
and fidelity, and devotion, and with all the
fighting and the plotting and the occasional
terror there runs through the pages theme
and women to high deeds and noble
thoughts when the dross of their selfish
ness has been purged in the fire Of adver-
sty. A stirring tale to compel attention to
the last word.
Many Illustrations from Photographs.
New York: Doubleday. Page & 20.
Washington: Woodward & Lorhrop.
A most interesting mass Of information
regarding the relationship Of the Arab horse
to the life and history Of the Arabians has
been brought together by Mr.. Spencer Bor-
den. He treats of Arab horses outside of
Arabia, of Arabia itself and some of the
Bedouins, of the early history and families
Of the Arab horses, how they have been OBJ
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Barbour, R. H. Crimson Sweater.
Barbour. r: h. -Four Afoot.
Brown, A. y. Brothers and Sisters.
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Duncan, Norman. Adventures Of Billy 1oloail.
Frothingham, J. r. Running the Gantlet.
Haines, A. @. Indian Boys and Girls. tGSoa-
H126i -.
jerks. Tudor. Our Army for Our Boys. jUCs3-
J427o.
Lang Andrew Ed. Orange Fairy Book.
Nicolay, Helen. Boys Life Of Abraham Lincoln.
jE-L63nb
Otis, James Joey at the Fair.
Perkins, Mrs. L. +. Robin Hood. JYL-P4l5r.
Richards, Mrs. L. E. The PiccOlo Poems. jiP.
R393p.
Wells, Carolyn. Pstty's Summer Days.
Wilson, B. 7. Village of Hide and Seek.
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Brussels she went, showing many dances.
classic Greek. Spanish, Bohemian. pizzcatt
Even previous to this period Cleo had
quantity of splendid jewels and lots of capi-
tai, From time to time she would lay OF
her little troupe and retire to delicious
chateau in the Belgian valley of the Mouse.
1t was her propertv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-09
were found, giving an insight into the daily life Of these wonderful peo-

were found. giving an insight into the daily life Of these wonderful peo- pie
 These ruins are situated near the line of Mexico and Guatemala, and the city of Tikal appears to have been the cen- Ire of what seems to have been once vast limestone plain. but which is now a great forest of tropical vegetation. In many instances the ruins are deeply covered with earth from which grow giant trees centuries old. completely hiding the ruins That portion of Cen tral America is not only largely path less wilderness but 1t is to a great ex- tent inhabited by wild and savage tribes who fiercely resent any att tempts on the part Of white men to penetrate their country. To the ob- stacles formed by tropical nature are to be added the prejudice. of the sav- ages against intrusion, and these com bined diniculties have done much to prevent researches in a region which promises such wonderful results. It Is to be hoped that what has been done is but the beginning of such thorough explorations as will bring out all that can be learned of this old world amid the new.
 Who and what were the builders Of these great works is not clear. Whether the work was done by the Mayas, or by the loltecs who preceded them. or by race still more ancient are aues- tions about which scientists seriously differ What was the origin of these races. how and where they acquired their civilization, are also matters of dispute and doubt. No one can tell whether they were an indigenous peo- pie. or whether at some period so re- mote that all knowledge of 1t Is lost. their ancestors came from some other portion of the earth What Is certain ly known Is that at some time much of Central America was Inhabited by people advanced in civilization and In many of the arts and sciences and who left behind them ruins to excite the wonder of modern investigators.
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l
 father he thought he had killed James. and secured horse' and left for parts unknown. and has not yet been appre- hended. James was not injured.
 Professor Daniel Harmon, principai of the High School. has announced that Bishop Galloway will deliver the com mencement sermon here May 20. con gressman John L. Burnett VIII dehVer an address during the week.
 Hon. c. P. Almon, a prominent attor- ney of this place. has announced ms candidacy for judge of the eleventh 1u. dicial circuit. subject to the action or the Democratic primary. MT. Almon IS a law partner of Judge George Aimon' and represented Marion County In the Legislature of 1903. So far, he has two opponents, Judge Nathan of Shemeid and the Hon. Paul Hodges of Florence.
 A. Icyda. Japanese missionary, will lecture here at the College Hall, Aprii 21, for the benefit of the school.
 The Daughters of the Confederacy held their regular meeting with Mrs. R. L. Bowen. Thursday afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-09
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1906.
NOT SATISFIED.

An esteemed contemporary solemnly informs us that scientists are not sat- isfied with the estimated weight of the earth as it is given in the text books. We'll, we should think not. If the ex- act diameter in each direction were known, and if it, could be exactly known just how much, of each constituent or the earth's body enters into it's whole volume, good mathematician could come pretty near to calculating the weight of the whole. but none of these things is known. We do not know what per centage of the whole is wat CT. or stone, or mineral, or how much of each mineral there may be. We do not even know that this planet is a solid body. For all we certainly know 1t may be a hollow globe. and if it is we can't calculate the thickness of it's shell. We know what is the weight of a cubic foot of earth, or water, or of stone or of any specified mineral. but we do not know the proportion of eith- CT or any of these substances.
 The truth is that we actually know comparatively little of this ball upon which we live. The equatorial and the polar diameters are given, but neither has been actually measured. A diff ference of few miles in the circum- ference would make a difference of millions of tons in the aggregate weight. A much larger proposition of any one constituent than is estimat- ed to exist would also cause a vast diff ference in the total weight. and so it is that any estimate of the earth's weight must be made with the full knowledge that there are many chances for error in even approximating the whole. Not satisfied? We should say not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-09
FELL FORTY FEET.
Coley Hovater of Tuscusnbia in Critical
 Condition.

Coley HOyater of Tuscumbia in Critical
 Tuscumbia, April s.-(Special.)- Coley Hovater Is in precarious condi- tion, as the result of a fall received yes terday afternoon, while at work on one of the large buildings being erected by the Sheffield Cast Iron Pipe and Foun- dry Company in Sheffield. Hovater fell forty feet to the ground, receiving in- ternal injuries which are thought to be fatal.
 At a special meeting of the City Council, Henry A. Rand was elected City Clerk to succeed D. E. Moody, de- ceased. There were dozen or more applicants, and MT. Rand, who was not a formal applicant. received the unani- nous vote of the Council. He is very competent man. having, served Colbert County eight years as Tax Collector. In which office he made record second to no other collector in the State
 Camp W. A. Johnson. U. c. ". held an Important and largely attended meeting at the courthouse in Tuscum- bia yesterday morning. Omcers were chosen for the new year as FOLLOWS: Gen. Joseph W. Thompson. reelected Commander: G. w. Sherrill. First Lieu tenant; Robert Cloud, Second Lieueen- ant; W. B. Pippen, Third Lieutenant F. c. Downs, Adjutant; Shelby CTS ham. Treasurer; w. w. Keeton, Color Bearer, and James R. Grove, Chaplain.
 Robert Cloud, James R. Grove and A. L. Moody were selected as delegates to the New Orleans reunion, and M. R. Pippen, George w. sherrill and J. F. Clements as alternates.
 Committees were appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death or William J. Davis and D. E. Moody.
 Quite a number of the veterans VIII attend the coming reunion.