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New Text Books.

All the books listed below. are from
the newest publications OF the American
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presswork and binding. and careful edi-
torial preparation charterize them an.
10y 10y ,, prices is another notable feature.
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This Is a sort Of a sequel or supple
way series of English texts, published
under the general editorial direction of
at home with Shakespeare, and is adj
mlrably qualified for providing suitable
notes and Introductory matter for the
T HI e yYoan GR gsa faMo,7s srop,rs !,
TOLD. BY James Baldwin. PIP: 2ss.
me Ino,t to the anthor's well-known FIFTY
nous than those in the earlier one-Col-
Newton and the apple: Guttenberg's
Knot: Richard and Biondel J.. etc, u etc.
In many was these two books make ideal
readers.
E aDEHA 1s 81 RMYEPRIEy y ,,,,a AND
mister Harding. PIP. SAB,
Like earlier volumes In the publishers
excellent series Of Essential in History
hensive and emlnently servlceable text
book of its specified period. The events
covered. range from the time of Charlie
magne to matters so recen tas the separa-
Si co.. Concise told o ra1y uit qaay
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E ELI LATIN iwR1T1NG,-By
p Glsrs p yN SGEaha Rs s sIe LES RoRps
M s's Fr Rfp "a AND PASTURE IN nur-
TONS WORLD AT WORK SERIES
1 RX ssde ARB sfsrgM uN RHitsea En- En- 1 Bur
TONS WORLD AT WORK SERIES
BY Sarah N. 4, Mott and Maude Barrows
Dutton; Pp; l ls7 ,,,,,a,
w hy 1as No na'a WANr Ro " STORIES
Retold bv Clifton johnson. Pm. 266.
FLORES DE EsPANA. by G, Fontaine.
a / P 4; ME- OF ESSENTIALS IN GRAM
5EX < rls I'll IN { aEioMETRY.-By Lewis
l.. Conant PIP. 1874.
Books and Their Makers.
The Princess Troubetzkoy--AmelIe Riyes
author of selene, now In this city, reach
ed New York Noyeniber s0th, after n few
months so5ourn In Italy. She was pres
by Mr., George Harvey to celebrate Mark
Twain's SEVENTEEN birthday. and on tho
eighth or December returned to her home
IN Virginia. for the winter, She has taken
rp.'ilnr- literary work With renewed sen-
thusasm, and characteristic Natt6sItifssis from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-13
Does a COLLEGE Paw

II seems almost irreverent 10 take a
commercal view OF a}school. but this is
IN practical age and the paramount oues-
lion in haRiness circles 10. win IT pay?
Richmond .s looking out Tor new enter
'lprises. Tie most desirable enterprises
ARE those which bring money 10 the city
| and keep It here. qsihat Is why factory
IL 20 desirable. 1t makos something
and sells It away from hsro. The price
: the rrt'c,e comes home ana Id
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-13
rhymes >o,. 0o-Dqy
The First Ride Together.

The First Ride Together.
With happy, yet embarrassed look
Sl.ike fair brides on her day Of mar.
rlage),
l seized her bag and pocketbook,
ana led her gently to the carriage;
AND pressing her reluctant hand,
WINE all my brain was madly hum
ming.
! said IN hurried tones, yet bland:
An how thank you for this comingl''
an. all my brain beat out the thoughts:
How bleak this home-return without
herl"
And nc, bending near gently brought
Inc carriage robe more close about her
AND NJ, then bent on her glance
mat spake of deep, deep adulation.
ourcharged with more than young ro-
nance,
All Wild with pride and admiration.
ana she!-she sat all mute and still.
NOR word, nor syllable she uttered;
nor glance she deigned to me, until.
Near nome, she turned and loudly nut
tered: :.
mates der country" while n look
VI anger on those proud lips played
she was, should have said, our cook
Wut wages did yez say yer paid?"
III. s. II.
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Abolish Local Hangings.

Delegate n. E. Spessard of Allegheny,
will introduce a bill providing that all
felons condemned to die on the gallows
shall be taken to the penltentiary and
executed within the silent walls OF that
institution. 1t is reform which The
Times-Dispatch has long advocated. Just
after McCue WIS executed in Charlottes-
Vile last February, we expressed our
view on the subject under discussion in
the following article:
Charlottesville has been through ter
rible ordeal, and there is no reason why
that or any other community should be
compelled to endure for weeks or months
such strain as that which inevitably
attends the execution of prominent, re-
spected and widely known citizen.
III Is not necessary to recall the har.
rowing details OF this tragedy in order
to show what the effect must have been
on the whole community. and especially
In the impressionable, ana young. who
were compelled by the fearful fascina-
ton of this case, to which the days of
the doomed prisoner slip by. The interest
of the whole State is enough to show
'S' 'cSoAoAA II iuuSt nave DGen III
Charlottesville, and there is no doubt but
mat the entire city felt the shock of Nc
Cues execution in a personal way. This
ought not be. There is no reason in
sense, Justice, expediency or good morals,
why executions should take place in the
county or town jail. and there are power
full reasons why they should not II is an
unnecessary and avoldable expense. Char
lOtteSyille. for aSanonla ,,aiI IT, lolI
day for extra guards alone. 1t awaltens
a morbid and unhealthy interest in such
matters. and does not CORRESPONDENCE
add to the dignity of the law or the I'm
pressiveness of the sentence. 1t exposes
tho judge and the sherin to numerous
and harassing requests for interviews
with the prisoner, and enormously in
orcases the opportunity for escape or sui
eide
1T tends in many cases to make an al
most public spectacle of the most tragic
and solemn events possible.
Gases might be greatly multiplied.
without strengthening the example Of
charlottesville. The proper and sensible
course is to have all condemned pr;s-
oners sent at once to the State peniten-
tiary for safe keeping and execution, and
virginia should adopt that practice as
soon as possible
Nothing could be more impressive In n
community than for a condemned cit
izen to be taken away by State officials
and mysteriously lost in the death cham
Der of the penitentiary."
We earnestly hope that the bin which
Mr.. Spessard will introduce will become
law.
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There is a strong demand that social
clubs and distilleries be put on the Same
footing as saloons. The Times-Dispatch
comes out in a firm editorial, setting
forth the evil of these mushroom clubs,
declaring that they are vertable factories
Tor the manufacture OF pauperism. The
Mann law has practically banished the
saloons from the country districts of
virginia, but the petty dlstilleries have
RANKED In a measure tho will of this
people, and the plain purpose of this
excellent law. We earnestly hope that
our Legislature will early deal with these
phases of The temperance question-Rc-
ligious Herald.
The whole question is this; If the
Mann law is not desirable statute, re-
peal it. II It is perfect 4, and make 1t
effective.
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her pen will appear from time - civ, !.
Harper"s Magazine '''''e 10 time IN

t,asi,, WHO have followed the aoht TO-
R ueato now being made by the peonle ~
t tsassln cannot have failed 10 note $3.50.
n artelese.ns parallelisns between this
In Ge,.,,a. u .he SURFING revolution of 1sIs
%, pa, I,sIInany. 80 graphically described by
nuuthey Blgelow In the new fourth Nyoi.
u r, or MS German Struggle for II ibertv
ltiarpers). Germany and Austria In ri,
s. ... the same political ineSperlence
among the masses, the sans, bt,rea I,nra,i
influences brought to bear upon rulers
.he same apparent vascillation of these
powers. that may now be observed In
russia; and Mr.. Bigelow's account Of
tne manner IN which the declaration OF
Frederick William w was received bv
tne Prussians, and OF rioting in tho
streets In 1sis, brings wildly to mind the
present news reports. This SINH ari,y be-
tween history made and IN the making
gives certain unusual timely interest to
Mr.. Blgelow's volume
George Edward Woodbury., author OF
THE Torch" and "Swinburnc." the latter
In ine Mccttre-P Phillips Contemporary
Men OF Letters Series. recently left Amer
lea for an extended trip In Mediterranean
countries, and was last heard from at
Tunls. He has already been through
Italy. and Is probably now on his way to
Greece.
Mrs. G. n. Williamson, who collabor.
ateN WIN Hsr HuSDdnu III writing MY
Friend. the Chauffeur" (McClure-P Phil
llps). Is an Ameican gil. Though with
her English husband she has lived q dozen
years III England and knows the Cont
nent from Naples to st. Petersburg with
completeness OF knowledge seldom at
tained by transatlantic travellers. she
has never lost the peculiar American
cy1arrn. Mr.. and Mrs. Williamson are IN
defatigable motorists and their car has
traverscd all Of the European by-ways
which make such charming background
for their novels. The sceHe of My
Friend. the Chauffeur" Is laid in Italy,
Deimatia and remote Montenegro, all out
OF the usual tourist track. but not so re-
mote as not to have heard the whir of the
Williamson car.
Mcclure Phillips arc bringing out in
America an early work OF G.. Loves
Dickinson, 1.-THE Greek View of Life" Its
character is indicated by this paragraph
ON the preface. The following pages
are Intended to serve as a general in
troductfon 10 Greek literature and thought
for those primarily who do not know
Greek. / have hoped that such an attempt
as the present, to give with the help of
quotations from the original authors some
general idea of the Greek View OF life,
will not be regarded as labor thrown
away Varied and manifold as the phases
may be that are presented by the Greek
civilization, they nevertheless group them
selves about certain main lines, to be dis
tngulshed with sufficient cIearness from
those which have dominated other ma
tions. 1t is these ideas that I have en-
deayored to bring into relief"
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BACK RIBS BROKEN.
Carriage Falls On Employe Of
Roanoke Carriage Works.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
ROANOKE. VA, January l2.-Mr. ].
H, Meacham, an enploye Of the Roanoke
Carriage Company. was seriously in
jured to-day by a heavy vehicle falling
on him.
He was engaged in storing vehicles in
the second story of building and at
tempted to hold up the vehicle until
a negro could move his position. 1t fell
on him and broke several ribs at the
backbone and otherwise injured him.
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1t appears That everybody. not ex-
Guiding father, is In favor OF currency
elastic enough to stretch, at least, to the
middle of next week,
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Senator Depew. who announces that he
Will soon begin his real work in tho
Senate, apparently fails 10 realize that
his real work" does not lie In the SEN
ate, but out in the open trying to live ii
down.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-13

Mr., Carnegie warns the public against
seeking money as an end, precisely as
though the public wasn't aware that the
end of all money is tho spending Of IL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-13

, TO be strictly consistent. Mr.. Henry IT
Rogers ought to leave quite handsome
sum for the endowment OF Home sor
the Mute.
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THE ANCIENT ,LANDArARK.-By Eliz-
abeth Cherry Waltz. PIP. 269 Si.bo. Nc
clure, Phillips g. Co.. New York. For
sale here by Bell Book and Stationery
Co.
Tho ALMOST indissoluble strength of the
marriage bond IN Kentucky furnishes
the thesis for this story. This, we take 1t,
is the ancient landmark which thy faith
ers haSe set. Luclan Bcardsley, Vir-
ginian. OF Kentucky descent. goes to the
Blue Grass State to buy horses. Here
he runs into a domestic tragedy OF an
acute sort. Pretty Dulcinea DE witt.
cousin, is being brutality treated by her
husband, an odious physician. who lived
on opium and cocaine. The profound
sympathy of the entire community goes
to Dulcinea, but nothing else. To inter-
fere between husband and wife appears
to them an objectionable offence, and the
question of divorce Is only mentioned
with shrinking and horror. SO De Witt
Ia taking his Will of Dulcinea with the
bred up under different ideas. and the
inaction OF the community dsgusts him.
He determines TO devote himself to the
freeing OF his fair cousin. The difficult
ties he met, and they were considerable,
make up the basis of the story. But IL
,ehda satisfactorily. Facts come to light
which make even the rigid Kentuckianss
feel that a divorce was at least allow
able, and Dulcinea at last treads upon
a happier, path. The theme is somewhat
slight 10 be spread over go many pages,
but the telling Is graceful and easy, and
the freshness of the situation holds the
readers interest. Mrs. Waltz. who died
recently. is best remembered as the au-
thor or the PA GLADDEN. stories.
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The Monster Dry Dock Dewey.
800 600; heghth Of side walls 6s 1-2 feet;
holds a 24,447 tons warship. Each hawser
used in twoing stretches 1900 feet and
weighs twenty-seven tons.-Boston Her
oil ri : . Z Z " f b el+f
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Brooklyn Eagle. Tuesday Dec. 10. 1906
"A Model and a
Measuring Rod

1t sounds like a fairy tale. rho
president of an insurance company
mas escaped unscathed 1t appears
thht tho affairs of tho Home Life
nave been administered inter such a
iash'on that the witness sat In d sort
OF easy chair. with neither trepidation
Fh'r embarrassment. Naturally, he was
regarded as a curiosity. AS II seemed
100 good to be true the chairman con-
suited with the examiner.in-chief pro.
testing that 1t would DO almost
rehectlon upon the committee to let
the witness go without sign OF dis
tress. but Mr. Hughes threw up the
case us hopeless. However, after 40
many hits he could afford a miss.
uhquestionably, II he was searching
Tor model or measuring rod for
other companies, he found 1t In
George %. Ide's management of the
Home Life.
Sampson & Howard,
GENERAL. AGENTS,
room 4ol Mutual Assurance Building.
RICHMOND, VA.
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d .r.rr .-.---.. ID d . =
: THE LATEST BOOKS !
! UNDER BRIEF REVIEW. /?
a',s' wealth, but powers to appropriate

It," po"ers TO appropriate
The Menace OF Privilege g. IN short.
a. tmG words OF the authors subtitle,
frn,, Il VI Lne dangers to tho republic
Mt. George thus draws the diatineiion no,
petWeen the rich and the poor. hut he
tween the privileged ana the ,,npr,vieped.
starting with demonstrntior, If the
proposlLlon thnt this republic has be-
vigorously maintains that special prly;leres
OF various sorts arc the sole cause 81 t1,Is
inequality, and shows In succeeding chm n.
tiers how these privileges have built In
many OF the large Individual fortunes az
the present century. victimes OF privilege
privilege are treated In detail. He shows
how privilege uses the courts to its own
ends, how 1t corrupts politics, how IL cir
oumscrlbes the the press, Influences" the
university, muzzles the pulpit. To correct
the inequalities whtef are gadunlly sub
lation, 1t is only necessary. he Is conf
dent, to abolish privilege. TO abolish
privilege, or at least to go far toward abol-
lshing IT, 1t is only necessary to lay a very
high tax on land monopoly. thereby cas-
ing tax burdens elsewhere, to free natural
opportunities. and to do away with taxa
ton evils. special grants and immunities.
Whether or not one agrees with all Mr..
Georges conclusions, he cannot avoid
admitting the force and effectiveness
with which those conclusions are urged
Moreover his book Is bffmful OF pertinent
fact, highly Illuminating to any study
of present day social disorder. 10 TINS
study YTha Menace OF Privilege IS, In
deed, contribution OF unusual viSor,
freshness and insight, calculated TO fur-
nish the reader with good deal OF new
food for thought.
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THE ANAKENING.-By C. WickIIre
Yulee; PIP. $40. si.eo. Neale Publtah-

THE AWAKENING.-By C. wicklIne
Yuleee; PIP. 319. si.2o. Neale Publish
Ing Co., washington.
This Is a readable story of life In Wash
nston in the eighties Rather familiar
both in general theme and in its ctarac-
tiers, and displaying no marked originality
or any sort, the incidents are told with
sufficient skill to avert ennui. Mr. Yulee
has ability, and. with less conventional
plot and freer use OF the blue pencil.
should write a good story. The hero Is
Hon. Arthur Montresor. OF London, Eng
land, son of the Earl OF Broadlands tour
ing this country for the fun of the thing
Montresor Is not always particularly con-
ylncing. but, the good-natured reader will
judge him leniently. On the steamer he
met good cd, many people, including the
common Thompsons and the charming
and lovely Widow Rae. The scene soon
Sits TO Washington where Montresor be-
comes deeply involved with the dashing
Mrs. Morton. Mrs. Morton is the stock
villainness. Fllrtations with good-lookIng
men are as bread and meat to her and
this. despite the fact that Mr.. Morton is
alive and more than willing to be nirted
with by her himself, a pretty mx-up en-
sued. Then there WAS Beatrlx Preston a
gallant Virginia girl-"quaint, honorable
and genuine as an old family portrait"
These three women play important parts
In the moulding of the young English
mans later destiny Montresor's suspi-
cion that he Is the object OF Fenian at
tacks gives some impetus TO the action.
but The Awakening" is deslgnedIy, es.
sentially a Iove-story.
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4 civil war is not necessarily a cour.
tsous one. ~ rs
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! TONS WORLD AT WORK SERIES
pfsHING AND HUNTING. IN DIT
TONS WORLD AT WORK SERIES
y BY Sarah M. Mott and Maude Barrows
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A PRIMER OF ESSENTIALS IN GRAM
MAR AND RIIETORIC--By Marietta
E i SG.Re5i s.; N 4 aEoMETRY.-By Lewis
r, Connnf Pm. 1914 f33si5i3s 5f55l Il
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DEFoEs ROBINSON CRUsoE.- Retold
BY James Baldwin. PIP. 19l
| WASTE NOT, WANT NOT STORIES
Retold by Clifton johnson. Pm. 266
FLORES DE EsPANA.--By c. Fontaine.
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E Ell LATIN wRIT1NG.-By
Clara b. Jordan. PIP. 270.
DUMAS, EXCURSION SUR LES BoRDs
DU RIIlN. Edited by Theodore Henck-
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-15
An Old Time Express Man.

With the death Of Henry S. Baker
formerly Of Augusta, which occurred al
bis home in Ashmont, Mass, Thursday
of last week, there passes one Of the cid.
time express men, who were pioneers il
the business in Maine. Nj. Baker OIL
ginslly entered he express business IL
Augusta about 80 years ago as messer-
ger with the old Eastern xpress CO.
He remained with ;hat concern until il
was absorbed by the American Express
Co. and he continued in the employ of
the larger company, filling many impor-
tant positions of trust, and receiving
rapid promotion. He was connected
with the American Express co. until
about one year sgo, when he was over.
come by the illness TO which he filally
succumed, this week.
NJ. Baker will be well remembered by
many Skowhegan people. The funeral
was held in Ashmont from his lare resi-
denee, and the remains brought TO Gardi-
ner for intermenf.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-15
Saturdays Town Meetings.

The meeting of the voters resident in
the old town OF Bloomfield was called to
order in Hartwe Hall at two O'Clock,
saturday, by Il. l.. Mitchell, and, after
the reading of the warrant, l.. l.. Walton
was elected moderator and +. A. Nolin,
clerk
Lewis Anderson took the floor and,
after asking that those present from the
north side of the river should either be
excluded from the hall or take seats by
themselves apart from the citizens of
Bloomfield, and his wishes being COM
piled with, he presented the claims of
the south Eide to the Island as the loca-
ton for the proposed municipal build
ing. In his remarks he referred o the
Bacon lot and set fourth its advantages,
giving description of same and setting
fourth its advantages AZ To accessibility.
A vote of the meeting showed 65 in fav-
or of reliIquishing such rights as the
inhabitants OF Bloomfield had under the
statute limiting the location of a town
hall to >kowhegan Island, and H. for
retaining them
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-15

1t is quite long time yet to the next
State Fair in Lewiston, but the veterans
of the Grand Army are thinking about
the proposed reunion which will be held
on Governors day. aud the brouz but
toners will b. reviewed by the chief ex-
ecutiye and his stt fl. There will be n
parade around the track. led by brass
bands, and the veterans will carry SOM
Of the old BATH f4gs that are now at the
State House. 1t Is expected that several
thousand soldiers will be present. The
body will bt commanded by Gen. Joshun
l.. Chamberlain. Each regimentsl assu-
citation taking part will be commanded
by its own Ulcers. Beans baked In the
ground, army style, will be served under
an immense tent, with such other fixngs
~ go to make up good dinner. Gen
Oliver O. Howard will be one Of tn
campfire speakers. Nearly everything
will be free to soldiers, dinner, car-rides,
admission, etc.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-15
Death Of Alice M Lawiey.

Seldom has death awakened more
expressions of sympathy than that Of
Miss Alice NJ. Lawley, which occurred
Friday noon last at her home on Middle
street Her death was due TO gaslritis
after an Illness of two weeks Her age
was 81
Just three weeks before the day Of
her death she attended social function
in Madison and some OF the refresh
ments Of which she at disagreed with
her. She taught school the following
week but was unable to remain in the
school room longer than was necessary
to hear her recitations. Between times
she renamed at her boarding house.
Two weeks ago Friday she came to
her home here to spend sunday with
her mother and aunt as was her custom
She was sick when fhe arrived and a
doctor was called at once. From then
she began rapidly To fail until ant Mon.
day morning when her disease seemed
To take a turn for the better. she grew
worse during the latter part of Thurs
day night and at 2 80 FRIDAY morning
lost consciousness. passing away some
ten hours later.
Miss Lawley was born in okowhegan
July 81, 1873. She graduated from the
| high school in the class of % Then
she taught a number of schools Of the
ungraded class in and around this town.
IanidipU that thAYnpub Cd
ton was necessary to fit herself for the
profession of teaching she went to Cor
ham, Me, where she completed the
three years' course at the Normal school
in two years. Returning To okoW hogan
she taught one term and then secured d
position in the public schools in Madi
son which she held for seven years. At
the time Of her death she was teaching
in grade \.
Miss Lawley's reputation as teacher
was the best She won for herself the
love of her pupils as well az the respect
and esteem of their parents she was
most thorough in her methods and her
schools were spoken of as models for
others She was considered one of the
most efficient teachers in the Madison
schools
Her death was "A great shock to rela-
tives and friends ss it wss thought that
the worst was over and her recovery
only matter of a few weeks at best
To her mother, who had never given up
hope, it came with crushing force, as
well as TO her aunt, Miss Mary Lawley,
with whom she made her home when
not engaged in teaching They both
have the heartfelt sympathy Of a wide
circle of friends.