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Good Story Is Narrated
in Personal Letters.

Ordinarily the personal letter or ex-
tracts from the heroine's diary intro
duced into novel are TO be skipped
as things necessarily stupid and sure
TO be dull. But E. Y. Lucas. in lis
tener's Lure" manages 70 make up a
rafting good story OF 2S3 pages entirely
OF letters exchanged between a circle
Of intensely interesting characters, the
majority OF them so clever that they
couldn't do otherwise than write read
sble letters. and the rest so admirably
dull that they interest because Of the
sheer force Of their dullness.
The book opens with letter from
Lynn Harberton 70 his ward. Edith
Graham. Harberton mas just completed
g I'VE years Job OF editing a new edi-
tion OF Boswelrs Johnson Through
TIT interesting period Edith had acted
81 his amanuensis. He writes TO tell
her that he is himself starting out for
Africa to forget that such a thing as
q book exists. and advises her. TO make
arrangements TO stay in London III
only 10 hear Beethoven" He goes 10
Africa; she TO London to enter the
household Of a most interesting old
LADY who falls in love with her from
she starts do = score-more or less
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Gossip Concerning Folk
Who Have Written.

President David Starr Jordan's mes
sage in his new book. 'Life's Enthusi-
asms." which the American Unitarian
Association is to publish shortly. is a
call TO do things because we love them,
to love things because we do them, to
keep the eyes open. the heart warm.
and the pulses swift, as one moves
across the field of life. He aptly quotes
Stevenson's recipe for joyousness: ITO
take the old world by the hand and
fro1ic with it, and he adds. "old as
the world IS let 1t be always new to us
as we are new to it," Victor Cher
buliez said to his son: I'VE should lay
up stock of absurd enthusiasms In
our going or else we shall reach the
end of our journey with an empty
heart, for we lose q great many of
them by the way" DIR. jordan's book,
however, is full of the high thoughts
that give rise TO noble and lasting i'm
pulses. from the idealistic visions which
animate youth TO the steadfast pur-
poses which guide .maturer age.
Robert w. Chambers gave up a
career as an artist for that of an au-
thor. 1t is interesting to- note that
Charles Dana Gibson and Mr.. Cham
bers were students together at an art
school. at the same time they took
their first work to the periodical called
Life. Mr.. Chambers drawing was ac-
cepted. while Gibsons was refused. In
spite of this encouraging beginning
Chambers preferred a literary career.
1t is hardly to be wondered at when we
learn from the Appletons that more
than 100000 copies of his books have
been sold.
Mrs. Anne Warner. Shaving been per-
advice to young authors, and confesses
has written 249 stories and two books
Previously she had joke in Life.
had sent a poem to manuscript
bureau. which sold II for 81 and stole
a story sent at the same time. The
moral of her discourse is that a writer
must succeed by merit. and not by
favor, but no unsuccessful author will
believe her. or cease from entreating
her good offices with publishers and
editors.
Not until he was nearing his sixtieth
birthday did Richard Whiteing, the au-
thor Of Number John Street and
ring in the New" become widely
known as a writer. Born in London
in 1910. Mr. Whiteing became medal
seal. While he was employed in this
trade he met many persons, read many
books and formed the habit of think
ing. The outcome of his thought was
series Of satlrIcal papers that were
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
Puts Modern Psychology
to a Practical Use.

Every Man a King. or Might is
Mind Mastery is the latest of DR. ORR
son Swift Marden's practical books on
success in life. In 1t DIR. Marden shows
that the possibilities of thorough train
ing are indefinite. that mind Is tool
of all men who cultivate and control 1t.
and not necessarily the exclusive prop
erty of the genius alone. OF the possi-
bilities of mind Development, the au-
thor holds there can be no more i'm
portant study, no higher duty owed to
ourselves and those about us.
Among the suggestive chapters of DR..
Marden's valuable work are How
Mind Rules the Body" Our Worst En-
emy is Fear" Mastering Our Moods, .
The Power of Cheerful Thinking"
''The Coming Man VIII Realize His
Divinity"
In all the book there is not a mega
tive note; everything is affirmative with
DIR. Marden. The work sets forth In a
popular, easily understood way. the
views of the foremost psychologists of
the day on the power Of MIND over nat
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Love Aids Ozone to Cure
COnSumptiVe Heroine.

whatever popularity as novelist is
possessed by Hamilton Garland has
been won by his love of nature and his
semi brutal method of analyzing ele-
mental passions, which make all tho
more interesting his flight 10 higher
spiritual plane. In his latest story.
..Witch's Cold" the hero is endowed
with a latent sense of honor exception
ally elevated for a man experienced in
mining deals" which is developed
through the usual rnedium-loving and
being loved by a pure maiden She is
consumDtiFe and by the sheer force OF
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
Collection of Eraser'S Ad-
venture Stories.

Thirteen Men" is collection OF w.
A. Fraser's short stories of adventure,
published by D. Appleton & Co. The
stories deal with all sorts of men and
peoples, from the lumbermen of tbs
Canadian woods to the squawmen Of
the west, and the pearl fishers of India.
In The Homecoming CT The Nakan-
Mes one of the cleverest stories OF the
collection, the terror of the Indians at
seeing for the first time a railroad
train suggests the story OF Mark
Twain's negroes, who mistook their
first steamboat for the Almighty. But
the collection is worth reading, and II
at times they suggest somebody else.
there are not. after ALL many short
stories in the world to tell.
(Thirteen Men. D. Appleton & Co.
New York. Price $15o.)
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21
Hubert Defends Korean
Peoples Civilization

In The Passing OF Korea" Homer B.
Hubert endeayors to- show that the
Korean people are not a degenerate
and contemplate nation. incapable OF
better things. intellectually inferior
and better off under Japanese rule than
independent. The writer, in his open
ing chapters. sketches briefly and in
terestingly the history of the people
whose civilization fiourished before the
reign of David in Jerusalem. and who
gave the savage tribes of the Japanese
Islands their first lessons in civiliza-
tion and culture. He then devotes him
self TO the discussion of the stirring
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his vitality-aided. perhaps. by Colo.
radios ozone-she is restored to full
health. Mr.. Garland lacks the subtlety
to give this remarkable phase of his
tale any particular charm, but his
hackneyed descriptions of the ways OF
mining men are forceful His direct
ness OF style is almost as tonic in its
effect on the reader as was the com
panionship of his hero on the tuber-
cular heroine.
Brilliancy of plot rs not among the
books appeals for recommends ton. In
deed the story is neither so good as the
best nor so bad as the worst of Mr.
Garland's previous works, and the con-
umption cure feature of it is alone
worth the reading.
(Witch's Gold. Published by, Double
day, Page & Co., New York. Price
s150)
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man: The John C. winston Company.
Philadelphia
Great Riches, by Charles v Eliot.
Thomas Y Crowell & Co. New York
Her Brothers Letters, Anonymous
Nofrat. Yard & Co. New York
The Ladder OF the Stars. by John H
Findlater; D. Appleton & Co. New
York
The Victory. by Molly Elliott Seaw ell;
d. Appleton & Co, New York.
Famous American Songs. by. Gustav
Kobbe: Thomas 7. Crowe1 & Co, New
York
Outlines OF Ancient History, by VIII
liam c. Morey. American Book Com
pany. New York
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But the second violin is quick to grasp
the situation, and successfully pilots
the family through the long months of
waiting their parents return. The book
ends with her marriage to a young
physician who enters their lives during
the days of their greatest trouble.
The story deals with an ideal house
hold of healthy-minded. forceful young
people 1t is delightfully."- told, and a
more wholesome story for girls it
would be difficult TO find.
fThe Second Violin. Doubleday,
Page & Co., New York. Price s150.)
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

Swinburnss Poems, Handy Volume Of
Classics; Thomas 7. Crowell & Co., New
York.
The Pitfalls OF Speculation, by Thom-
as Gibson; The Moody Corporation, New
York.
The Treasure Of T,eaven. by Maris
Corelli; Dodd. Mead & Co., New York.
Melodic Readers, 4 vols. by Frederic
H. Ripley and Thomas Taper; Ameri-
can Book Company, New York
Chinatown Ballads, by Wallace Ir-
win; Duffield & CO.. New York.
Merry Lips. by Beulah Marie Dix: The
Macmillan Company, New York.
Saturday Mornings. by Caroline
French Benton; Dana Estes & Co.
Boston.
Peaseblossom and Mustardseed. by
Grace Squires; Dana Estes & Co., Bos-
ton.
Deacon Babbitt. by Edgar c. BLANK
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Complicated Plot Turns Out
as Is Expected.

"The Woman in the Alcove'' by Anna
Katharine Green, opens with plot so
complicated that the reader cannot for
the life of him see how the hero Is to
escape hanging. But he does escape
and marries, most fortunately, the
young woman whose hand almost liter
ally holds back the threatening hemp.
the hero having at private ball pro-
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gentlemen OF all possible personalities
correspondence between Edith and her
guardian is kept up. he being kept in
formed OF all her adventures. The let
ter that brings him word that she has
accepted his half-brother's offer OF
marriage opens his eyes 10 the fact that
MS interest in her is not that of guar
dian for ward alone; his letter to her
commenting upon the engagement
shows her that he is more TO her than
a mere guardian. She breaks her en-
gagement. in the most gracious man
ner-her letter doing so being a model
OF its kind The marriage Of ward and
guardian follows
Listeners Lure. The Macmillan
Company. New York; price $500
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ter. DR.. Marden has cleverly applied
the conclusions of modern scholars to
the everyday life OF workaday people.
every Man a King, or Might 10
Mfnd-Mastery. Thomas 7. Croweil &
Co., New York Price SD
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his old command. The wedding fol-
lows.
(Bob Hampton of Placer. A. c. Nc
Clurg' & Co.. Boston. Price s150)
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posed TO the heroine. goes of to speak
with lady noticeable chiefly because
of a magnificent diamond that she is
wearing. Soon after the lady is found
stabbed to the heart. the diamond gone.
In the confusion that follows the
heroine faints. When she comes to
herself the hero is at her side. When
the police arrive the dead woman's
gloves and diamond are found in the
heroine's handbag. The hero admits
having put them there. On his shirt
lfront is found g drop of blood. 1t looks
bad for the hero. His rather lame ex-
plantations fail to convince anybody
but the heroine She sets out to prove
him innocent. and does SO. The actual
murderer turns out to have been the
dead woman's deserted husband; WIN.
disguised as waiter. had entered the
ballroom.
1The Woman in the Alcove. The
Bobbs Merrill Company, Indianapolis.
Price S150)
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Bob Hampton of Placer" which A.
c. McClurg & Co. of Chicago publish.
is reported to have already gone to
press for a second edition. The book
will appear In Canada through William
Briggs of Toronto. and in England and
her colonies through G. P. Putnam 5
Sons.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-21

Winston Churchilfs "Coniston" scores
with the slow praise London "Athe-
neum," which pronounces it "one Of
the best and strongest novels OF the
year" The critic goes so far as TO
say that the book places Mr. Churchill
"at the head of contemporary American
novelists-" AS there is no appeal from
the -Atheneum. American romantic
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both political and social Then he took
up the Journalists calling. In those
days he wrote London letters for a
New York newspaper At last he
turned his attention to writing books
Perhaps no more interesting problem
has been presented to the world since
Columbus discovered America than
that of the awakening Of the East. The
results of the Japanese war and the
position of America with regard to
the Pacific make this problem OF es-
peciai interest to us. Professor George
William Knox. who's lived in the East
for many years, has written book
on this subject entitled The Spirit of
the Orient to be published in the
early fall by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
ADMITS KILLING
MISS ALLINSON
Rufus Johnson COnfesses Committing
Murder in New Jersey.
SAYS He HAD NO ACCOMPLICE

Baltimore, Nd, Jan. 3O.-After days
Of strenuous denials, false statements
successfully disproved by the police,
and earnest pleadings that he be not
taken to New Jersey, Rufus Johnson,
colored, gave up the fight and con-
fessed to Captain of Detectives PUN
phrey and Detective Pohler that it
was he who, on January IS. murdered
Miss Florence W. Allinson in the barn
at her home at MOorestown, N. J. He
declared that he had no accOmplice.
In his statement Johnson said that he
went to the Allinson barn very early
on Thursday morning, January is, and
that while he was lying in the hay,
between 6 and z o'clock, a woman
he does not know came to the
barn and fed the cow At about IL
o'clock. he said, Miss Allinson came to
the barn. He choked her into insensi-
bility, and was about to leave, when
she showed signs of returning con-
sciousness. He again attacked her.
and after she once more became insen-
sible he cut a strap from a blanket
and fastened it about her neck. He
says he then went to the house, which
the child, Bessie Walker, invited him
to enter. There he secured Miss Allin-
sons watch, a brush, a hand mirror
and a small amount of money. AS he
was leaving the house the child
showed him her little savings bank,
which he took and broke open to Sc
cure the trifing amount of money it
contained. He afterward returned to
the barn, intending to loosen the strap
he had placed about his victims neck,
but found her dead. He then took a car
to Camden and crossed the ferry to
Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
HERE AND THERE

The economy or profit to the south
ern planter of feeding cotton seed or
cottonseed meal to hogs is a subject
worthy of more extensive investigation
than it has yet received, remarks r.
Dinwiddie of Arkansas.
According to report of the state bank
commissioner of Kansas, so many
banks have been started that to-day
every hamlet in the state where any
considerable business is done has a
bank" 1t is "an era Of small banks in
isolated communities"
An exchange thinks seed prospects
are good and that, with the exception
Of wax beans and onions, the seed crop
is the best for years.
Turkestan alfalfa tried at the Wis
consin experiment. station was found
to be inferior to the native alfalfa
grown beside it.
The department Of agriculture re-
ports that experiments have proved a
temperature of few degrees below
zero to be the best for the cold storage
Of butter.
Here are some Of the characteristics
Of prolific layer, says J. A. Jocoy in
American CultivatOr. She will have a
medium sized, intelligent appearing
head, with short beak, fair sized comb
and wattles, neck medium short, stOcky
and nicely curved; body medium length
and not too deep, with full. wide,
plump breast that gives her a SYM
metrical appearance; back medium
length fair width, with square shoul-
ders; tail medium length, not too heavy
and carried in a sprightly. angular pO-
sition; legs fair sized, short between
the hooks and feet and wide apart.
Birds Of this shape are much heavier
for their size than the fat, poor layers.
A good layer is a muscular bird. Each
muscle is developed to a degree. These
or lean meat fill in the cavities
Of her frame in a manner that makes
a plump. well developed. heavy bird. A
bird of this kind has great power Of di-
gestion, and If given the proper variety |
Of food she is capable of producing u
large number of eggs in year.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
Elnhteen Years For Murder.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. S1.-Captain E.
w. Jones, convicted of the murder of
Maud Cameron Robinson, formerly of
Selma, N. c., whose head was almost
severed with a razor, which he after
ward used in cutting his own throat
was denied a new trial by Judge
HanckeI and sentenced to Is years in
the penitentiary. The sentence, how
ever. was suspended for 80 days to al
low counsel for the defense time in
which to appeal the case to the su-
preme court.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
DUAL PURPOSE COW.
Her Natural Home Is on the Small or
Avernge Fnrm.

Her Natural Home Is on the Small or
Average Farm.
We do not believe there is a domestic
animal today, as conditions now exist,
in more universal demand the world
over than the dual purpose COW. No
farm east or west but is benefited by
her most useful combination unless we
except the exclusive, special purpose
dairy farm The strength of her claim
Is the universality Of her sphere. Per-
haps her most natural home is on the
small farm or the average farm. Her
annual credit account is good supply
Of milk and butter for the family and
Il lusty, vigorous calf that natures in
to a high class carcass of beef. In this
capacity she turns to the very best ac-
count When her best working days
are over and she is dried off she readi-
ly and quickly fattens into a fine car
cass, and the last account of her ON the
block is no mean consideration.
The Scrub the Only Enemy.
We are far from being at war with
any improved breed. The scrub breed
Is our only enemy. Against it we will
combine forces with any recognized
breed. We envy not the special pur-
pose breed. 1t also has its sphere, and
certain conditions call for it. But
there is a special purpose breed, and
there is a dual purpose breed. Each
will adapt itself to conditions that suit.
The dual purpose is for the many, for
the MASSES. The special purpose is for
the few, for the classes.
1t is all right to develop the exclusive
beef type But this is not the class
that furnishes milk for the family and
butter for the board. 1t is not the COW
for the small farm. 1t is not the COW
for the thousands of large families Of
moderate means and small Estates
W. 2. Harmed Before Missouri Dairy /
Association.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
NO SOLDIERS TO GUARD JOHNSON
Murderer Of Miss Allnson Will Be
Taken to Mount Holly Secretly.

Murderer OF MISS AlllnSou VIII DC
Taken to Mount Holly Secretly.
Mount Holly, N. J., Jan. 80. - The
hangman's moose is gradually tight
ening around the neck Of Rufus john
son, of Raleigh, S. c., the colored man
in the Baltimore Jail, charged with the
murder of Miss Florence W. Allinson,
of Moorestown.
Because of his apprehension, Mrs.
Smith. of the Monumental City, will
receive the full reward of $500 offered
by Mrs. Esther w. Strawbridge, upon
whose property the crime was COM
mitted. She will also get a share of
the $500 offered by the township of
Chester, and of an equal amount Of
fered by the county of Burlington.
Prosecutor Atkinson said: eve will
not give the slightest intimation as to
the time when Johnson will be trans
ferred to Mount Holly, and the idea
that soldiers will be employed to Sc
cure his safety is most ridiculous. It
is not well to do so, although I am not
apprehensive that there will be any
trouble. We don't propose that any one
shall know of his arrival. When once
he is locked in the county Jail, you can
rest assured that he will not be mo-
lested."
Johnson will have a speedy trial.
The December grand jury, which has
not yet been discharged will take up
the case in a few days, and Johnson
will be placed on trial Immediately.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
rnI.inr ont snnre.

Sllage should always be taken from
the top, and care should be exercised
to keep the surface as nearly level as
possible The more nearly level the
surface Of the silage is kept the less it
will freeze in winter and the less 1t will
mold in warm weather. While these
principles have been repeated over and
over again in silo literature, they have
been unheeded by many silO users, sug-
gests an exchange.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In the
Principal Markets.

DELPHIA-FLOUR steady;
winter extras, S3Q3.25; Pennsylvania
roller, clear, S3.40@360; city mills,
fancy, S47504S0. RYE FLOUR firm !;
per barrel. $3.50. WHEAT steady;
No 2 Pennsylvania red new, "a q
841bc. CORN steady; No. yellow, To-
cal 48c. OATS firm; No. 2 white,
clipped, 3615c; lower grades, 35Hc.
HAY steady; No 1 timothy $3.50
for large bales. PORK steady; fam
ily, s17. BEEF steady; beef hams
S23024. POULTRY: Live firm; hens
1361315c.: old ROSTERS, SQ9c. Dressed
steady: choice fowls, 14c.; old roos-
ters. 95sc. BUTTER steady; cream
erv. soc. per pound. EGGS steady;
New York and Pennsylvania, 23@24c.
Der dozen. POTATOES steady; per
bushel, 70G73c
RALTIMORE-WH steady; No.
. spot. safe; steamer No. 2 spot,
7eHc.: southern, on grade, 78lsc.
CORN easier; mixed spot, 4Sc.; mixed
steamer. 465sc.; southern, 43c OATS
ouiet; white, No. 2, 361A Q37c.; No. 8,
35i5 n 36c.; No. 4, 3415Q35c.; mixed,
No 3563515c.; No. 3. 34@3445c.;
No. 4. 330331sc. BUTTER steady;
creamery separator, extras, 2515Q 26c.;
hold 231b024c.; prints 26@27c.;
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania dairy
nrinfs. 16d17c. EGGS frmer; fancy
MARYLAND Pennsylvania, Virginia and
West Virginia, 20c.; southern, l9c.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
PENSIONERS DYING FAST
In Six Months 28,oo6 Civil War VET

Grams Have Succumbed.
Washington, Jan. 29.-In the past
six months taps have been sounded
over the graves of 2S,OO6 pensioners of
the Civil War, according to a state
ment of Chief Pension Commissioner
Warner. This, he says, is an evidence
of the rapidity with which the vet
Grams are being diminished. The total
number of pensioners on July l, 1905,
was 4,6OS. On December 81 it was
679 234
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
Carriages.

Don't forget when you want carriage
that we are offering our present stock
I at rs per cent or a off the regular
price.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
For Thin
Babies

Fat is of great account
to a baby that is why
babies are fat: If your
baby is scrawny, SCOTS
E m uIsion is what he
wants. The healthy baby
stores as fat what it does
not need Immediately for
bone and mus Gle. Fat
babies are happy they do
not cry they are rich ;
their fat is la id up for
time of need. They are
happy because they are
comfortable. The fat sur
rounds their little nerves
and cushions them. When
they are scrawny those
nerves are hurt at every
ungentle to NC h. They
delight in Scott's Emul-
sion. 1t is as sweet as
to them.
Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
live stock Markets.

PITTsBURG CUnion Stock Yardsl-
chTTf n higher; choice, $5.25@5.50;
nrime s5@5.20. HOGS higher; prime
beavies and ediums, $3.50; Workers
and Digs. SJ95; roughs. s4.50@ 5. -;
S9FEP steady; prime wethers, So. ~
59pe common. S2506350; spri-S
1inmbs. sRQ7 so; veal calves, $8.5o9s-