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The independent., 1907-03-14

II speaks well for Prosecutor jerome
that he was kindly considerate Of the
one prominent figure In the Thaw trial
for whom everybody feels sorry.
The independent., 1907-03-14

In northern California everything dates
from the great earthquake, either before
or after. 1t Is said, for instance, that
p X. Ellis located in San jose thirty
three years before the earthquake.
The independent., 1907-03-14

Don't harbor the fool notion that in
order TO be successful 1t Is neces-
sary to pile up heap of money
for which you can have no possible use
except to call 1t your own. 1t is all
borrowed and must be put back.
The independent., 1907-03-14

We have a very dear friend who thinks
that Washington, d. c., is the Mecca of
American civilization, and that we should
all turn our faces in that direction when
we say our prayers. 'Scuse me, If you
please
The independent., 1907-03-14

Lincoln doesn't claim to be a great
commercial center but the bank clear
ings last week we're heavy enough to
make such cities as Wichita and Topeka
wonder what is going on up here
The independent., 1907-03-14

Say, my dear, dying friend. il you will
take exercise instead of pills the chances
are you will be able to fool the under
taker for many years to come.
The independent., 1907-03-14

With a pledge that the Thaw family
will go into permanent retirement we
would be heartily In favor Of the fellow
who did nothing more reprehensible than
to butcher one of his kind.
The independent., 1907-03-14

An orthodox church member of this
city, in view of what is coming to light
in the circles of high finance declares
unless r. H. Hartman and those of his
stamp are booked for hell, it isn't worth
while to keep the place up any longer
The independent., 1907-03-14

Just our l1ck-the other day we paid a
farmer twenty cents for eggs and before
night the merchants combine had let
the price down to eighteen cents.
The independent., 1907-03-14

For some reason most people along the
New England coast are in favor Of the
strip subsidy. Can 1t be that this, too,
is only Il local issue?
The independent., 1907-03-14

No man is of such Importance to the
community that he cannot be spared,
though it might hurt his feelings to tell
him SO.
The independent., 1907-03-14

II you feel poorly and think you ought
to take something for II, try taking a
walk. 1t will do you good.
The independent., 1907-03-14

In Statue the state superintendent ~
rnhfe instruction IN trying 10 Interest
the iaw malsess and the people ln favor
az ueussoniaw schnn teachers who
through age or lnnrmlty are incapac-
ltatss,l FOR tnw work fhts IL a thing that
ought % ne done ln every, state Teach
era wages are so mlserably inadequate
The independent., 1907-03-14
DRIFTWOOD

Ninety per cent of the talks put up by
public officials area mere waste Of words.
The independent., 1907-03-14

A Pittsburg alderman sent to the PEN
itte6t:ary to serve three years for bribery.
If that sort of thing becomes contagious,
look out boys.
The independent., 1907-03-14

A Nebraska man who was recently
rewarded fer much waiting by a post
Office appointment well worth waiting for,
now testifies that "the righteous are
never forsaken,' though 1t looked for a
time as though there might be an ex-
ception to the rule in his case.
The independent., 1907-03-14

Is Tx Marvel" still living?
Yes, at an extreme age.
The independent., 1907-03-14

What is the legal rate of interest in
Nebraska?
Seven per cent. You are allowed to
contract for as much as ten per cent.
The independent., 1907-03-14

Milwaukee man was granted di-
vorce because his wife was addicted to
the popcorn habit She always had
sack of it handy when retiring and kept
her hsband awake by munching it when
she ought TO have been asleep
The independent., 1907-03-14

Al the age of eighty years, ex Governor
Horace Roles of Iowa is said To be- In the
pink ~ health and az much ia love with
life as he ever was. " doesn't say
what brand If whisky he has used but
Il Is evident be- has taken no more than
enough a. maintain his standing III the
democratic party
The independent., 1907-03-14

What is the tariff on coal?
Anthracite is free. BituIninous Goa!
must pay 67 cents a ton.
The independent., 1907-03-14

Astronomers are apprehensfve OF dire
fiii results II the great comet now headed
this way doesn't shift it's course IL IL
due 10 make a landing about March "a
III the man we owe for a ton OF hay viii
defer collecting the bill until the first
of April. the favor will be gratefully ap-
preciated
The independent., 1907-03-14


Just sa ne your and
uraons show.
Any sansr n @ @ n, s,
the
MMS' Ne sUM&tHss box StS nore pamc lnd-u. 4,
The independent., 1907-03-14

Thereli be NJ Sunday games OF ball
in this mans town this year But you
may hear the umpire call on other days
my dear. and we may visit Omaha
where Sunday ball's ih style the trip
each way-praised be he .aw--will cost
two cents "a mile
The independent., 1907-03-14
Free to You snd Every Sister Sufseria0
From Womau's Ailments.
I am q woman.
I know woman's sufferinga
Il have foupf1 fha cura

WOnaus
I know woman's SufferingA
! have found the cure.
l VIII mail free OF any charge, my home tseaA.
0ent with full instructions to any snfierer from
w0mens ailments. want to tell ali women about
tnlS cure - you. my reader, for Yourself your
os93nter. your mother. or your sister. 1 want to
teil you now 20 cure yourselves at home withou1
tho help OF doctor. Men canRet understand wom-
ems suner!ngs. What we women know from ex.
pefiences We know better than any doctor. know
Lcuccrrneea OF Whttish discharges UlceraSien Dis
placement or Falling OF the Womb, Prsfsss, Scanfy
Or Painful Periods. Uterine OF Ovarian Turner's Or
usowths; also pains n the head back and beWeIs
oeertng down IcealngS. nervousness creeping feel.
ing up the spine. melanchsIy, desire to cry, hot
where caused by weaknesses peculiar to our ser.
lwant TO send you complete ten days Sseatmens
entirely srce 70 prove TO you that you can care
Rcmembcr. that 4 will esst yeu nothing TO give the
The independent., 1907-03-14

Bob Fitzsimmons in rounds at San
Francisco, July Is.
1903-James j. Jeffries beat James J.
Corbett in IL rounds at San Francisco,
Aug. a. Also met Jack Munroe in
four-round exhibition at Butte, Mont.
The independent., 1907-03-14

Vital statistics for the past year are
not reassuring to the one whose physi-
cal machinery is defective. With all
the scientific methods OF combating
mortal error. nearly half a million VIC
tins OF disease In this country alone
were put to rest last year. and the NOR
tality list for this year bids fair TO
show no falling off In the general aver
age or the fatal maladies consunp-
tion stiii heads the list With pneu-
monia and heart disease close second
u would probably be the verdict OF
General Barry that these frlghtfui pull
monnrv and cardiac troubles are the al
rect and natural result OF failure 10
wear chest protectors, Anyhow the es-
sentinl remedy seems 10 be better under
standing Of hvglenlc methods by the gen
erml public Preventive measures count
for mueh. remedial measures are of
doubtful elIieaey. ~ the records clearly
Indicate II you wnnt % be On Earth
when General Taft Is lnaugurated presl.
dent. don't allow yourself ta grt sick
Gut out the deadly social ilaslpations
The independent., 1907-03-14

Rev. A. NJ P. Abbott Of O'Neill GER
he sustained in the fire that consumed
the Northwestern depot at Norfolk. The
property destroyed, according to sched-
ule filed by the plaintiff preacher against
the defendant railroad company in the
district court, consisted of one bicycle
and a trunk. the latter containing goods
and chattels to the value of $4,000 to-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

..Jesse ben David BY the Rev DR..
names M. Ludlow; Illustrated by Samuel
M palmer. Fleming H. Revell Company,
New York.
years ago the Rev. Or. Ludlow made his
rent1tation with tho Captain OF the
.Janizaries.p and from time to time he has
pleased a great number of readers with
literature that has added 20 the general
cultivation Of the public mind in a form
MAT was pleasant and therefore douhly ac-
centable. Now he presents a little volume
maj will be a delish TO his audience.
T,he theme is Of the season, as the title OF
me book would indicate. describing Incl
dents In The Hc.Y Land at the time OF
tbe birth OF the Saviour.
me book is a flight of the imagination
hut artistic. enllghtening and instructive
With no heaviness oa e religious sort II
is a tale of human life at an interesting
neriod of history, and so humanity treated
~ 10 appeal 10 all classes. The i~llustra-
tIons are such as illustrate and adorn as
well. One will make no mistake m Sc
curing this latest product of the EAST
orange pastors pen 1t will make an
Idesi Gift book.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

The books named below have been re.
Gently placed on the shelves of branch
Of the Free Public Library, 7 Mechanic
street:
Truce in the East and It's Aftermath. /"
being the sequel to THE Reshaping of the
Far East by B. l.. Putnam-Weale. A
clear, interesting account of Eastern prob
lens by one who has written much on the
subject.
Decorative Art in America" a lecture
by Oscar Wilde, together with letters, re-
views and interviews. by r. B. Glaenzer.
Among the personalities touched upon
are Joaquin Miller, Mrs. LAngtry, Whis-
tier, Sarah Bernhardt, Keats and Kipling.
Psychic Riddle" a conservative study
of the subject by l. X. Funk. 1t gives a
number of noteworthy experiences.
Indian Pictures and Problems by Ian
Malcolm. The author gives his impress
siOns 10 a very readable manner OF the
many interesting people and things he saw
while travelling through India and Burma.
"Reminiscences of Carl Schurz.' The
active and prominent public career OF the
author adds to these interesting memoirs
the value of new material on the period
before the Civil War.
Literary Forgeries.'' a curious and en-
PERTAINING book by j. A. Farrer, giving
some literary forgeries In politics. the
church and literature from the classical
age to the present time.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

Magic Easements" By Kate Douglas
Wiggin and Nora Archbold Smith. The
Mcclure Company, New York. =
Magic easements opening o n the foam
OF perilous seas in faery lands forlorn. =
John Keats.
From these ines Of the poet the two Sis
tiers have taken the title for this delightful
volume OF fairy stories. which is the sec
ond they have compiled for the Mcclure
Fairy Library. Their first book. published
a year ago, was called "The Fairy Ring,
and was Intended for younger children
than the present series. Peeping through
s'Magic Easements one sees tales from
various countries which are a little more
romantic and poetic Gas fairy stories go)
Than those in nth Ring" They are most
Nv graceful variations OF fairy stratagems
and loves, fairy sorrows and triumphs, all
set forth with the usual "once upon a
time beginning and the lived Happily
ever afterward" ending.
It's a we'll bound, clearly printed volume
suitable for young folks at Christmas. Ihe
editors chose the tales wisely, taking three
or four from the fairy lore of various cotn-
tries. so that the youthful reader may
learn that fairies are fairies the world over
and are not much Influenced, like mortals,
Nv the customs of the country in which
fbev ply their happy trade. a third yoIaiue
a. promised later reserved for 'fontas'c,
n-xfravaaant, wonderful and mirth-pfoFok-
ing tales"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14
anuar Magazines.

In Putnam's Monthly Will be found the
following leading articles; "An Impression
OF the Fifties.' Mary Moss: Some Japa-
nese Statesmen of Today" William &.
FITZGERALD: "Blake's Work as a Painter, =
Laurence Binyon; "a Classical Educa-
ton" Emily James Putnam: THE Sup
posed Designs of Germany on Holland, .
Augusta Dewitt: ELLEN Key" Helen
zimmern; "A Large: VII. Kelmscott and
William Norris Arthur G. Benson; '"rhe
! House Disnihed: ". Salons and Drawing
Rooms Lille Hamilton French; Foot
prints OF Wordsworth. James Grant VIII
son; my Interpretation of King. Lear
Tommas SaiVini; He Beareth Our In
firmrities," William r. Lightona Songs of
a Royal Striker" Amelia Won Ende; 1.-THE
Case Of Anthony Stuart" f.. Norrys Con-
nell; 'Croesus and Other People In Mod
ern Fiction" CoTnella Atwood Pratt;
Holidays in Europe Charlotte Har-
wood.
The January Century will be a fiction
lumber" and among the contributors are
the authors of the following popular
books; 9TH Divine Fire. THE Fugitive
Blacksmith" Hugh Wynne." 'Gallops.'
THE Call OF the Wild and 1.-The Mag
netic North. There will be also stories
by three new writers.
-
The following articles are published in
Popular: "Red Reef complete novel,
Howard Fitzalan: 'tIn the Smoky Hnls.P
short story. Bertrand w. Sinclair; run
cie's Cowardice," short story. w. b. NJ.
Ferguson; The Hemlock Avenue Mys-
terry serial story, Roman Doubleday;
mot According TO Program short story,
William Macleod Raine; The Pride of a
man. short story. A. M. Chisholm: 1.-THE
Yellow Face serial story, Fred NJ.
White: The Desertef,'' short story. 3. NJ.
Bower: The weapons of Women" two
part story. j. Kenilworth Egerton; 1.-THE
Great Volunteer Embassy short story.
freeman Harding; 0 Manzanita Hill, .
short story. Charles X. Moser: THE
Devils Pulpit serial story. II. b. Mar
riott Watson; With the Tide short
story. I. Jenkins Hams: 'sThe Hate That
Kills short story. Scott Campbell.
The current number of Smiths opens
with a complete novelette, by Juliet Will
Dor Tompkins telling the experience Of a
girl suddenly forced to earn her own liv-
inc. She adopts newspaper work as a pro-
fession. Charles Battell LOOMS con-
tributes a sermon. very much to the point.
and well worth reading, called 'It's Up
to Yon.'' The essay on the seEvant prob
lem which follows is written by Anne
o'Haean, who has something new to say
on a subject which, however widely dis
eussed, never becomes ~hackneyed. There
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14
4Jack, tho Young Trapper.n

Jack. the Young rrapper.s' BY George
Bird Grinnell. Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany. New York. Reviewed by a boy
of II.
To boys who like camping, hunting, fish
ing and trapping, and all those outdoor
sports, this book will especially appeal.
Jack starts with a guide, whom his uncle
employed, TO trap beaver, hunt aud fish.
They have some exciting times, and hard
work. 1t gives a great many hints about
sklnning and trapping. and a great many
OF you boys have read the former books
in the series and know what kind OF
books they are, and you may be sure this
one is as good. 1 myself think its a very
good book, and the author certainly must
have had a lot of experience to write as he
does II you have not read the preceri-
ing books ask somebody that has read
them to tell you about what they are
IKE. And then YOU can get a good idea
of what this one must be like. TOM.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

Sir Elyot of Ingalton In Surrey, where
the dover woods of the Letchmere estate
are located. Sir Elyot is the young sur
viving scion of an impoverished noble
family He falls in love with Isobel,
daughter of the aforesaid poor family. and
the tale principally deals with the latter's
double-dealing and treachery in having the
woods which Sir Elyot loved cut down.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14
"cupid the C-oMnunch.,

cupid: The C~owpunch." By Eleanor
Gates. The Mcclure Company. New York.
Cupid tells his own story in the breezy,
rollicking, happy-go-lucky dialect of 4
Western cowboy. His name was Alec
Lloyd, but they nicknamed him Cupid, +"
because of his propensity to straighten out
the tangled love affairs of others.
Cupid had no troubles of his own
when the story opens and as he sat on one
end of the truck at the Briggs City station,
In Oklahoma, telling his friend, 'Hairoir'
johnson, who sits on the other end. about
his efforts in bringing about a certain love
match, he little knew how soon his own
peace of mind Tor of heart) was to be
shattered. "Hairoil' limited at the coming
fluctuations when he said a girl would soon
arrive who would make Cupid" sit up and
take notice on his own account. "Hairoil'
described her as having ''big grey eyes,
with long, black sassy winkers and brown
hair that's all kinda curly over the ears.
Then her cheeks is pink and she's got the
cutest mouth a man most ever seem
"A gal like that fer met exclaimed
Cupid" in wonder. "a fine, pretty gal fel
such a knocked-kneed, slab-sided son-of-a-
gun as mel"
But when he saw Macie Sewell, daughter
or the Well-to-do owner of bar and ranch,
he knew his time had come. Cupid PLAYED
boomerang with his darts, and it didn't
take long for the pair to fall In love. Did
it. run smoothly? Not much, for Macie's
pa" objected, and Cupid found himself
In the p~erplexiEg position of helping
others to get married, but falling in his
own case. The way he tells about it all
is as humorous as the lingo he uses is
bizarre. It's a bright, snappy tale, with
many a smile in it, and is better than any
OF the other Western stories the author
mas written. The Western novel has beer
pretty much overdone of late, but Cupid
the Cowpunch,'' does not need to offel
any apology for its existence.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14
Most Popular Books.

las indicated by the demand at the New
ark Free Public Library the most popu-
lar books of the week are:
F~iction-'The Shuttle" by Frances
Hodgson Burnett: I'll STOPPING Lady
by Maurice Hewlett; "Arethusa,' by F.
Marion Crawford; THE Viewers" by
Gilbert Parker; 1.-The Fruit of the Tree
by Edith Wharton; "Aunt Tar Of Ken
lucky" by Eliza Caly ert Hall,
MISUNDERSTANDING" by William
James; Boston Cooking School Cook
Book" by Fannie Merritt Farmer; Eng
fish Composition" by Barrett Wendell
THE Dolls House." by Henrik Ibsen
essays, by Matthew Arnold: Through the
Gates of the Netherlands" by Mary E.
WALLER.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

is a funny nautical ballad BY Wallace
Irwin entitled "A Whopper.' which lives
up to its title in every respect. There are
short stories by such authors as Holman
F. Day, who writes of "Crymble's Fourth
Resurrection" and Eden Phiilpotts, who.
in The Holiday Competition tells a de-
lightful tale of s~ehoolboy life. And there
are also two love stories, one by Kate
Whiting Patch. the other by Grace Sart-
well Mason. There is also a story ty
Charles Garvice. the English novelist. The
magazine contains sixteen portraits Of
stage beauties, as well as an additional
art insert of eight pages.
The Smart Set begins the year 1903 most
auspiciously. Its contributors number
many OF the most notable living writer's.
The novelette, is from the pen of that
always delightful author, Anne Warner.
It is entitled "Wanter-An Original Gentle
man. and concerns the whimsical adven-
lures of a young man who believes him
self stranded in Europe and answers a
curious advertisement. The story, in it
self a charming one, is Illuminated by
many clever human touches. which cannot
fail to divert every reader.
Vance Thompson, one of the most fin
ished writers Of the day, has never writ
ten a better piece of work than his brief
sketch, 1.-THE Mona Lisa" 1t is as power
full as anything from the great French
masters and 1t will be remembered and
talked about. In ''The Goddess Of Art, :"
Kate Masterson writes a charming little
sketch Of Bohemian life; His Silent Part
ners,'S by JOIN Regnault Ellyston. is a
beautiful romance; 'In Esrthen Vessels"
by Austin Adams, Is a powerful study OF
a clergyman and his wife: 1.-The Shurtleff
Dinners by Frederick Heron, is a SPLEEN
did club story: 1.-The Pedestal and the
Footstool.'' by Pearl Wilkins. is one of this
young authors best love stories. Other adj
mirable fiction comes from Alice Mae
.Gowan. Philip @. Loring. Catherine Carr.
Gertrude Lynch, Frederick Grin Bartlett
and Louise Winter.
Claiming Pollock writes the best OF his
theatrical articles, which have met with
tremendous success. These papers will be
continued indefinitely since they have
aroused so much favorable comment.
Bliss Carman is represented by one of
his finest nature poems, entitled The Cry
of the Hill-Born." Other verse of excep-
tional merit is by Venita Seibert, Archi-
bald Sullivan, Thomas Walsh, Edward w.
Mason, Elsa Barker, Martha G. d. Bianchi
and Grace MACEDONIAN Cooke.
A notable array of writer's and artists
contribute to the for~ty-four-page Christ
mas number of Harper's Weekly. Some of
the w~eli-known men and women whose
work appears in this issue are w. d.
Howells, Z. s.. Martin, Owen Oliver, Peter
Newell, George Gibbs, James Montgomery
Flagg, Horace Taylor, William Inglis,
Louise Collier Wilcox, Philip l.. Allen,
Barton w. Currie and other writers and
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14
..sir EIvot Of the Woods.''

nsir Elyot Of the Woods, BY Ehlma
p,ooke. Dufield G. Co. New York.
Here is a case of fiction which attempts
RI be heavy, and falls fiat. The author
has evidently tried to write a good story
Int the plane she sought to reach was ap'
-srentlv TOO high. The result is dulness-
In snofs ones interest may be ouickened'
mi Il Is for the most part so mediocre
ana ordinary, as far as good art IS con
cerned. that the reader cannot help pnl
fn,i it tiresome 49,
II is an English story, openlng "lh W
d,fn 1900. when bicycling was the craze
srS concerns the lives of a large, poor
family ID west Kensinstons London and
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

Ernest Thompson Seton. in his new book,
THE Natural History of the Ten Com
mandments'' which has just been pub
lished, demonstrates a most interesting
and novel theory governing the life of ami
mails. He claims that the ten command
ments are not arbitrary laws given to
man., but are Fundamental laws of all
highly developed animals. He says in his
preface:
we can learn an unwritten law only
by breaking 1t and suffering the penalty.
My task was, therefore, to discover among
the animals disaster following breach of
the ten great principles on which human
society Is founded.
There are two disasters commonly dis
eernible; the first is, direct punishment
Of the individual by those he wronged
the other, slow and general visitation on
the whole race of the criminal, as the
working out Of the law. The former. the
objective. is more obvious; the latter, the
subjective, more important. But they are
fundamentally the same since the agents
in the first case weres compelled by their
own recognition that wrong had been
done, hat a law had been broken"
He works out this theory with some very
ingenious proofs.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-14

The present year has seen an appreciable
diminution In the number Of volumes OF
verse published in England and America
In 1906 the record was well toward the
500 mark. In 1907 the number has prob
ably not been more than half as great;
there nave been fewer volumes of dis
tinction, and the average OF quite negligible
sheahets OF rhyme has been higher. II
chances, however. that the year has
brought forth a group of books by GER
tain young men with whom poetry is a
serious. and, in varying degrees, an in
telllgent pursuit. In the poems of Alfred
Moves. George Sylvester Viereck and Madi-
son Caweln. in the poetic dramas of Ridge
ley Torreace and Percy Mackaye, and the
collected dramas of Mr.. Yeats, we have d
body Of sufficiently divers materials for the
study of the poetic temper and attainment
Of our time as they are exhibited in the
work of those with whom poetry is a pro-
fession.-Ferris Greenslet In the December
Atlantic.