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The Marshall republican., 1908-02-21

CDuOibiOu az Luc cApciISc Vi
the petitioners, the county to
pay the damages as reported
by SAID commissioners.
Annual report of commits
sioners of road district No. /
is presented and approved by
the court.
VIC Durrett is appointed
commissioner TO make deed to
6 B Williams ct al 10 the
northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of sec 25,
twp 81 range 81.
Annual report of commits.
sioners of road district No. 13
is presented and approved by
the court.
In the matter OF the petition
of August Smith ct al for the
resubmission OF county super.
vision. Petition is presented
and it appearing to the court
that same is signed by more
than 100 resident tax payers
within said county, it is order.
ed by the court that said
matter be submitted to the
voters Of the county at the
next Annual School Election
to be held on the first Tues.
duy of April 1908.
W T Maddox appointed
Justice of the Peace within
and for Elmwood twp, vice J
II Neal, deceased.
Ordered by the court that
the county be, and the same
is hereby subdivided into %
road districts, numbered from
I to %, inclusive.
The following we're appoint
ed road overseers for a term
of one year, to wit:
No.
Fred D Hasemeyer.
W F Harmon
3 Louis Wagner
W Hagan
5 John Dingley
W A Coad
7SG Allen
8 w A Smith
G Huff
10 Mike Keller
IL W A Bailey
IL j + Auer
ID r j Fitzsimmons
Ia J II Price
Is A G Griffin
16 Claude s Allen
II r W Erwin
ID Reuben George
10 J L Sears
20 r W Finley
81 Walter Brown
% o G Moore
% Il j Stivers
"a Jesse Hens ok
% W NJ McAmis
26 A E BrightwellI
81 A B Jackson.
W Barnhill presents
statement of collections for
January and same il examin-
and approved by the court.
Same as to quarterly settle
mcnt.
Annual report OF road CON-
missioners of road district
Nc. 4 is presented and ex-
and approved by the
court.
Same as 10 district No. 9.
W G Durrett, clerk, pre-.
sents abstract of assessors
books for 1908, and same is
ovu and on-~coJ ~.
The Marshall republican., 1908-02-21
rirst insertion Jan ~
NOTICE OF FINAL nnTTLDNENI.

NOSAO1 " OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
ol Hssssi 4: . 1902 iieyss ::sssIssaaSssl1!,esSsssss
The Marshall republican., 1908-02-21
tFirst Insertion Jan. ~
NOTICE or FINAL aE1

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I,
Notice Il hereby given that all creditoS3
end others interested In the estate q
Harriet Pipsr, deceased, that !. ralnSl
tend TO mak Final esttlement therScf q
The next term OF the Probate Court Of -
line County, 70 be holden ct the Oouso
A9use - ssid County, on the nrst Aondsv
PALMER JACKSON,
AdminlstTNton
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

tions and additions and in it's new dress
il Is most attractive. The book is
full of quotable passages and is a re-
markable study, but it's greatest charm
Is it's brevity and clearress. Every
statement is TO the point and the Ian
guage Is so simple a child can UNDER
stand II. 1t Is a work which deserves
to be universally read.
A Source Book of Mediaeval His
tory" has been written by Frederic Aus
tin Osg, A. ", (The American book
company. New York; and It win DO
found very valuable book 1t IS
intended to be used In cornecticn with
the study OF medieval history. and
sreGt Discrimination has been shown
in the selection and arrangement OF
these sources. so that they may hold
the interest OF young students rs well
as those In more advanced classes. The
index is very full.
One would think that anything more
about Andersouviile prison would be
saperfnous. for the story OF its hor-
rors and its $4,000 graves has been
told again and again. but James Madi-
son Page In collaboration with M. r.
Haley has written what he calls ~
True Story of Andersonville Prison"
1T Is a defense of Major Henry Wirz.
who. In all previous histories has been
blamed for everything and was in con-
sequence hanged AZ years ago. These
authors say he was a much maligned
man, and are able to prove by their
personal experience that he was not so
black as he was painted.
Miss Anna Virginia has been an edu-
Gator and worker In benevolent So
cieties for years and now has written
story for the children to whom SO
much of her life has been devoted 1t
Is called The Story Told by the Pins
tNeaie publishing company and il is
charming piece OF work IL may be-
called pin biography and IL is writ
ten by woman who understands the
need Of the child heart. 1t Is sure to
be received with enthusiasm.
There have been many books OF ad-
vice published during the last year on
How" to invest money" capital"
your savings" etc. and now comes
How TO Invest Money" by George
Carr Henry (Funk & Wagnalls COM
pany). It's aim Is to present IN clear
form the simple principles OF invest
ment and to afford the reader a work.
ing knowledge OF various classes OF
securities. The book Is an outgrowth
OF the writer's personal experience as
an investment banker
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
"The Sisters

By Mrs Percy Dearmer. Published hy tie
Mcclure company. New York p9ice si.3o
Mrs Percy Doarracr appears to be q
new aspirant for literary honors. and
il this be her first book it is a re-
markeble piece OF work. Its style is
smooth and graceful and the story is
handled with skill ard taste. 4 is un-
fair to the author to try 10 give g re-
sumo of the story for the plot. in bar
est outline. is almost offensive and tho
story in reading. is not offensive at all.
certain much TO be deplored con-
dition in society is taken as the tilene
around which the tale is built. Sir
Raymond Templeton has In his youth
a liaisen with most Degenerate
creature. q Rosalie de Winton. Their
child. Rose de Winton, is about .
wears old when sir Raymond breaks
with her and marrics woman In lis
own sphere and is gerry happy. He
makes an allowance TO the woman to
take care of the child and his con-
science is quite clean A daughter liz
born to the Templetons and they are
sapremely happy So much for the
prologue.
When the real story opens Ruth Tenn
pleton is 19. She has been bro ought I'D
most carefully by her mother who has
shielded her from everything bad or
miserable, but in no sense is she an
ignorant prude Her mother adorcd
her husband. Sir Raymond, but grad
ually as the years have gone by she
has been disillusioned. She has not
learned of bis affair, before their mar
riage, but sshe sees him as he really
is. supremelys. selfish and selfishly
righteous. Consequently she and her
daughter have grown To be more and
more to each other every day
The estate is entailed in the male
line so that on Sir Raymond's death II
will go TO a nephew. Hugh Temp,eton.
What more fitting arrangement than
that Hugh and Ruth should marry
Hugh has never seen Ruth for her
mother has an uneyplainab1e dislike for
Hugh and has never asked him to visit
them. in the meantime Hugh is in
Cornwall keeping house in a pretty lit
tie seaside cottage with Rose de Win
ton.
Rosalie de Wintons salon is typical
of its kind, and the author graphically
describes the miscellaneous character
Of the gatherings where those who met
for the first time under her hospitable
roof stared at each other euriously
with a and what the devil sort of a
rascal may you be- expression.
Hugh Tenpleton had somehow or
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
Bahama BiII''

By r. jenkins Haips. author of The Wind
jammers" etc. Published by l.. c. Page
& Co., Boston.
If T. Jenkins Hams needed any
other word to convince the people that
he is a master at sea tales, this book
would bring it unanimously from all
the critics The writer of sea tales
writes for a limited audience, but a
critical one. and this book viii demand
a place with the best.
Bahama Bill is a huge FLORIDA negro,
a wreclser by trade. The book is in
1e chapters. each on a complete cpl
sode. and each telling of some great
feat OF strength or courage done by
Bahama Bill. One feels acquainted
with these characters Mr.. Hams has
q way of introducing them TO the
reader. not as puppets. but as real
people of flesh and blood. The humor
OF The sailor folk is contagious; not
like Jacobs English sea tales, but
more compelling. The lighthouse keep
er at Fowey rocks we will never for
get and his pathetic experience draws
upon our sympathies.
The book is filled with action and
will be read with the keenest pleasure
by all who love strange tales of the
sea- From literary point Of view IT
is a splendid piece of work. 1t is rather
unusual to find fine literary ability
hand in hand with appreciation OF
vigorous stories OF adventure
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

shadow rsarie. lie meets Il
French Catholic girl. Denise Aliard.
and falls Instantly in love with her;
her brother Is priest and objects 10
the marriage on the. ground OF Il diff
ference in relis' III. Alstroni, however,
after Il period or probation. Joins the
Catholic cflurc, and becomes more and
rslorc IN earnest IN his religion. He
confesses to his wife's brother. the
priest. and IS mise. able. for he fees
that he should go lack to New York
and atone fof his youthful crime. His
adorsd Denise dies before they have
Rad I. year ef married. bliss and ne Is
desolate indeed
4, 90. nd v.e -ear n-,-o~e =
He. She is Il ane type of American
giil, Wan mind as well poised as hSr
perfectly heaIthy body. She demands
FROM him full confession o. his past
life and her advice. together with the
Catholic priests teaching and urging.
sends hiM back TO New York to pay
the penalty Of his troubles. which are
not so fearful after all. The interest
ing part of this novel is the religious
side of ii. 1t is the story itself which
liz dull and which peters" out into the
most tiresoGne prosiness. With 50
much that is good about it, the lapses
are little short of pitiful.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
"The forbidden Road
By Maria AIbonesi

BY Maria Albanesi. author of ..The Brown
Eyes OF Mary. :. ll.. Aouns Man From the
couptrg.. otc. p-hlishef by Gupples &
Leon New York. Price 10 cents
Nine. Albanesi is new to the Amer
lean public, but has been popular with
English readers for several yea $.
There is nothing Latin about her eA-
cert her name. and her story is thor
oug1ly English.
Thc tale she tells in 'sFhe Forbid
den Road is frankly melodramatic.
but Is rather cheaply told which
makes it unconvincing.
On the paper wrapper of the book
besides the title and authors name one
finds an elaborate digest of the tale in
playbil1 form-a device which effectual-
ly destroys ones interest. Take, for in
stance. the episode of the forgery. 1t is
limited at and the reader is just as
much puzzled as Camiila's friend is
to know what she breads in Sir Sam
uel. One does not discover that it is
forgery until the book is nearly fin
ished. but printing 1t on the cover
takes away all of the excitement of
reading it.
Several books lately from this pub
fishing house have had this sort of a
cast of characters on the paper
wrapper and it is a practice which
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
princess Nadine

By Christian Reid. aatlor Of The Man o.
the Family etc. Published by C. r. Pat
mans Sons. New York. Prce sl.5o.
This gay little tale opens in Nice at
the annual carnival and battle OF
flowers" At once enters the heroine
lined with the same flowers n
deeping shades of pink" and she is
compared in her beauty 10 Aphrodite
herself. She is as lovely as a goddess
twhatever that may mean), but fnore
definitely she has q ''fiawlcss skin. fine
as satin and white as snow Her
"glittering masses OF golden hair" her
sapphire eyes" and the "exgu!site
curves or her graceful FORM all make
a ravishing picture. Then enters tAs
hero Leighton. There is nothing at az
complicated about this tale: one knows
beforehand how TT win come out. b,;t
the method of arriving at the yerv salts
factory conclusion is new. At first one
says, ''Oh. another Zenda imitation.
But K isn't. He marries he girl and
a fig for the crown of the little toy
principality.
In this case a marriage is almost
arranged between Princess Nadine. who
has tons OF money and titles and castles
and ancestral halls to burn. but who
is half American. and Californian at
that: and his serene highness Prince
Macmillan of Altenberg.
This prince has been promised the
throne OF Serabia il he Dlarries Prin-
cess Nadine, and then Russia will pro-
tect them and gradually gain more in
fluence in the Balkan states. It's all
a little vague. but quite definite enough
for purposes OF fiction. However,
leighton enters. and with the same
audacity which has made him virtually
dictator of something or other in Cen
trail America. he lays siege to the
Princess Nadine. The princess becomes
involved by accident in revolutionary
plot, in shielding her cousin. Count
Alexis Zorckoff and another cousin, 4
Glare Ha5leton, creates trouble too.
BY the way. il will offend good Cali
fornians to find Glare such a nasty pig
OF a girl. so dishonorable and mercen-
airy. for she Is given Los Angeles as a
birth place. She is horrd girl
rather unnecessarily horrid it would
seem. All the characters in the book
are interesting: some of them show
more study than is usually found in so
light a work.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

But she never saw him again. anl tia; IS the
eud OF the little story: ami she tail girl in her
frat SESSION thinks IL Rather dull
There are a few rather horTid chap
ters about a man named Feist. who
has been a secretary or book keeper
TO Van Torp's partner. When II be-
comes necessary to get some informa-
tion from him 1t is doue In so diaboii
cal way by Logotheti that no matter
what he does afterward you viii find
il hard to forgive him. F'eist u in a
sanitarium taking cure for alcoholism
and Logotheti gives him opium in
cigarettes for several days and then
refuses it unless he is told what he
wants TO know The descriptions ere
we'll done and show that the author
has looked into the subject. The chap
ter ends with this:
For Logotheti was an orienfel and had lived
IN Constoniinople: and he kne& what opium
does and what q man viii DO to get T. and tla :
neither passion OF love. nor bond OF affection. nor
VIII stand against that awful craving when the
soisoa is wlthia reach
One is left up in the air. about so
many things in the book-one thing In
particular. what was the charity or
''business" for which Lady Maud re
ouired such tremendous sums OF
money?
The story really has much more to
do with Van Torp than with Margaret
and one is infinitely more interested
in his career. Margaret is dissp
pointing; she never does the sensible
thing and finally she ends by choosins
the least eligible. the least interesting
and least possible OF husbands. W.
should rather have had her take an,
Of the other men. 1t is very irritat
ing book.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

othe- found his way to this house and
the beauty and ignorance OF Rosalie
appealed to him. She had fallen des-
perately in love with him. go with no
hesitation she went off with him to
Cornwall. She was more immoral than
immoral and made no excuses for her
conduct
Hugh leaves Rose to go to visit his
cousin. Ruth. Ruth has been inter-
ested in Il DIR. Robert Treiling, but
soon IL forced almost against her VIII
70 encourage Hush. lier very evident
reluctance finishes him and he Is an
ardent and successful lover. Ruth
goes No visit an old friend in Corn
wall and fate makes her acquainted
with Rose and almost the first discov
cry is that her Hugh is Roses "hus
band All this is cnly half or .lhs
very exciting and nelodramatic novel
The rest OF The book straiGhtens ont all
the tangled threads. tacugh It is not
accomplished without tragedy and
shcartache. II is much TOO complicated
q situation to unraNel without the
assistance of tragedy, but one is al
most contented ~ tic end. Iapsscds
criticism might claim that the story
verges on the coarse. bat considering
the, theme the very coarseness rs hans
died with much tact. 1t Is an interest
ing story and points fine moral.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
New Boass Briefly Motel

.'rhc Huntsman OF the South" by
Alexander Hunter tNeaie publishing (
company. New York;. is q very alpha
bet of hunting. The author has been
the teacher of some of the great hunts
men OF this country and IN this book
he draws from all his varied experience
to make his book Instructive and en-
tertaining. 1t is boys book and o
huntsman's book. 1T will inform the
youths Ignorance and enrich the
sportsman's experience. IL is well
written and is the sort Of book which
no hunter should be without.
The Next Step in Evolution" by
Isaac X. Funk, d. D.. LII. d., (Funk
& Wagnalls) has gone into its fourth
edition The author has written a
new preface and made many correc-
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
"Ihe fellow FACE

BY Fred 81. White. suthcr OF "The Corner
House. etc. Published By Il. y. Fenno Il
Co.. New York. Price 81
Fred nj. White has redeemed himself.
His last few stories have been very
poor--1ystery stories without niys-
tery and detective stories so obvious
that the name was misnomer. But
THE yellow Face" is both. There is
mystery from the first page to the last
and detective work enough TO keep all
London busy for months.
This is an English story of a strange
crime whici absolutely battles solution
in fact, there are so many mysteries
around the principal characters that
the reader becomes tangled up and
hopelessly lost. The author himself has
a hard time getting out. and in his
haste at the last jumps over some of
the knots entirely However, the tale
is good OF its kind and the most jaded
novel reader will And himself enter
tained. 1t is a pity that Mr.. White can
not write any better The book has
absolutely no style whatever, and from
that point of view is no improvement
over the authors earlicr work.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
"Qaiikened''
Ey Anna Chapn Ray. author of '.Aclroyd o
the Faculty. etc Published ny Little
Brown & Co.. Boston. Price S1.J0.

Ey Anna Chapn Ray author of '.Ackroyd of
the Faculty. etc. Published ny Little.
Brown & Co.. Boston. Price S1Jo.
Anna Chaplin Ray does not improve
in her work Her last few books
show no progress. In this tale,
as in the last one. the interest
is lost less than half way through
it. and try rs one will it can
not be recovered. The scene of this
tale is in Quebec. a part of the coun-
try which Miss Ray knows WE'LL and
evidently loves. for her best work is
done in description of this locality The
opening Of the book is so superiative-
Iy good that disappointment at the
development of the story is corre-
spondingly great. A description of a
pilgrimage to st. Anne de Beaupre,
Our Lady of the Miracles" is as fine
as anything in recent fiction One
can feel the sublime faith of the null
titude and see and almost take part
in the Impressive procession of de-
votees. Thorne Alstrom, the hero, is
more character study than a living,
breathing personality. He joins the
devotees when it is delicateIy sug-
gested that he is fugitive. No men
tion is made OF his crime, but its
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
Gossip Of BeeIE and People Who Maize Them

Aunt Jane of Kentucky" by Eliza
Calvert Hall. has been set in type for
the blind, and Helen Kellar Is now en-
joying the clever sketches OF Kentucky
life The author has been asked to al
low the book to be translated into
French.
Napoleonic drama, The Dynasts" ths
hrst part of which was published four
years ago. An idea of the magnitude
of the work may be gained from the
statement that there are 10 acts and
130 scenes.
William Dean Howells has been So
journing at Rome in a house in the Via
veneto. Just below Queen Margharita's
palace. Recently he left for Genoa.
bound thence for Gibraltar and AIge-
ciras. and writing en- route several de-
scriptive articles which have been ap-
peariug In New York newspaper The
previous visit of Mr. HowelIs to Rome
was made A years ago. 1t is expected
that one result OF the present visit will
be novel which will have it's setting
In modern Rome.
Mrs. Esther C. Gunter, whose effort
to continue the publishing business es-
tablished by her husband, the late
Archibald C. Gunter, resulted disas-
trously, has been forced into bank
ruptcy Among her assets she men
tfons some real estate in Solano county.
Maurice Hewlett has left his Eng
land and his favorite Italy In his lat
est excursions into the fields OF fiction
and chosen Spain for the scenes OF his
romance The story. besides being an
excellent picture of certain phases OF
Spanish life is an absorbing one. full
of dramatic interest and of that roman
tic flavor peculiar TO most of Mr.. Hew-
Iett's work.
IL is a curious fact that on both
sides of the Atlantic the critics OF
Margaret Westrup's new novel, the
Greater Mischief" have believed the
writer to be an American, and pro-
nounced the humor of the story. which
is light and whimsical, to be true
American humor. But the author Is
not an American and has never been
In America.
Christian Reid's latest story. '"rhe
Princess Naline." Is to be dramatized
by Victor Mapes. and will sooner or
later be produced by Belasco. Chris
tian Reid is Mrs +. F. Tiernan Of
North Carolina and the author of o
number of popular novels.
Never Say Die" is the title of a
novel which the Russian Grand Duke
Michael has lately completed The
London Bookman says that the book
is likely to create considerable SEN,
sation.
That wise and winsome elizabeth"
whose 'tiarden" will remain a happy
possession of the world, has apparent
ly ceased to hide her name. The book
IL now formally mentioned as by the
Countess Won Arnim.
The outing publishing company has
extended the time limit for the receipt
of MSS. in their $1,000 first novel
competition to August l. 1908.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
Books RscelYsi

The Heart Of the Singer By Fred Whitney.
Stanford University. Press Palo Alto.
Stories Of the Struggle BY Norris VIM
ehersky. Charles ii. Kerr X Co.. Chicago
The Common Sense oS Socialism" by John
Spargo, Charles r. Kerr < Co.. Chicago.
Addresses and Letters OF Travel ot stephen
G. Nye." by Mrs s. G. Nye. tie Stanley Taylor
company. San Francisco
Castles and Keeps Of Scotland By Frank
r. Frapre. T.. c. Page & Co.. Boston
lack Lorimer's Champions" BY VIM Stand-
ish. l.. G. Page s Co.. Boston.
Mystery Island." by Edward II. Hurst. L. q.
PAGE < Co.. Bosson.
THE Doctor's Little GIRL by Marion A. Tag
eart. l.. e. Page & CO. Boston
Little Whits Indians. hy Fannie =. 0stran-
der T. G. Page & c.. Eesfon-
Our Little Alaskan Ccusln. by Mary Z.
Nixon Roilet. l.. G. Page & Co.. Boston =
'-'ihe Wreck OF the ocean Queen" by James
Otis. l.. G. Page * Co.. BOSTON.
The So ndnan: His ship Stores' By W. r..
Hopkins. L. 4. Page < Co.. Boston.
Big rrothsr.'' by annie :. Johnston, l. G,
Page X Co.. Bosrrn-
THE Country Christmes.'' q F. M. Fox. L. O.
Pace & Cn.. sostn-
.-rec ItrIian l. kes'' by " d. Mccrackan, L
c. rEga K Co.. Session.
'.Biily's Princess by Helen L. Haskell. l. Z.
Page ( To-. Boston
.rne Beacon Biographies EdgSr Allan Poe,
by John Macy Small. Maynard x Co.. Boston.
Poems by Robert Underwood johnson. The
Century company. New York
The Adventures Of Charles Edward" BY
Harrison Rhodes Little. Brown & Co.. Poston.
The Avcnger,' by Z. Phillips Crpenhefm.
Little. Brown & Co.. Boston.
The Five Knots" by Fred u. Whxks, little.
Brown 8 Co.. Boston.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

snouic oe criticised and condemned.
If they must tell the story. print a
limited number of explanations and
send them to the hurried book re-
viewer.
Another thing: tbs story Is really
much better in spots than that con-
denned version would lead one to be-
lieve. Camilla is not so iovable and
Sir Samuel is not such a beast On
the whole the tale OF It's kind Is much
better than the average. But it's a
very poor kind.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

Thomas Hardy has completed his
Napoleonic drama. The Dynasts." ths
hrst part of which was published four
years ago. An idea of the magnitude
OF the work may be gained from the
statement that there are 10 acts and
100 scenes.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

Aunt Jane of Kentucky" by Eliza
Calvert Hall. has been set in type for
the blind, and Helen Kellar Is now en-
toyins the clever sketches OF Kentucky
life- The author has been asked to al
low the book to be translated into
French.