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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-04
BYRON S. PAYNE.


FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
| am candidate for the nomination
for superintendent Of schools of Hughes
county, on the Republican ticket, and
ask for the votes of the Republicans at
the primaries, June 8, 1908.
Respectfully,
WALLACE E. CALHoon.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-04
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.

FUN KEGISI11It UF DEEDS.
John w. Latta Of Harold is a candi-
date for register of deeds, subject to the
decision of electors at primaries in juno
next. He respectfully solicits the sup
port of electors throughout the county.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-04
FOR STATES ATTORNEY

l desire to announce that I am
candidate at the June primary election
for the nomination by the republican
party for states attorney of Hughes
county. The support of republican
voters at such primary is respectfully
solicited.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-04

To THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF
HUGHES COUNTY:
| hereby announce my candidacy at
the primary election to be held June 8,
1908, for the republican nomination as
representative for the Twenty-sixth
Representative district, consisting of
Hughes county.
J believe in the principles and policies
oi the republican party, as advocated
and carried out by President Roosevelt,
nationally, and by Governor Crawford
in our own state. During the year 1906,
the progressive republicans of South
Dakota in convention assembled, made
certain pledges to the people and elect !.
cd certain men to carry out their prom
ises. So we'll have these pledges been
redeemed that both friend and foe en- :
dorsed the work of the state admins :
tration, and of Governor era, ord by
acclamati0n at the recent Huron con-
vention, believing that the many splen-
did laws endorsed by the convention
and enacted by our last legislature were
enacted largely as result of the per /.
sonal efforts OF Governor Crawfo re-
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
"The pauper of Park lane
By William lie Queux.

By William lie Queux Published ey Cupples
& Leon. New YORK
There are hfty-two chapters In this
book. none OF them long. and the author
attempts TO give US startling sensa-
ton at the end OF each one OF them
That in itself Is superhuman task and
the author is not superhuman. He
makes a total failure of IL and the re-
suit is q tangled and hopeless mass OF
incidents which the very poor explana-
tfons 40 not Justify The author more
than insinuates dreadful things against
each and every character in the book
and not one OF them ronses the least
sympathy.
The story is woven aboat rich
and powerful fnancier who has a great
deal OF business with the Servian gov
ernment. Two biackmailers keep all
the characters in the story in hot water
until the weak and scarcely explained
ending.
One cannot avoid speaking again OF
the mistaken custom OF the publishers
in printing the characters in the story
on the paper wrapper OF the book In
this particular case the characters are
not correctly named or described SAM
uel Statham is called Spencer Statham
and the cover also says he is really a
Jew named Isaac Philipstaal. but there
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soM0Act60 by Of,N H.H. GooG

boy thinks 1t is a vacation. bur later
IL becomes permanent arrangement
and tbs boys grow uD-the best OF
chuu1s, educated together. sharing
everything.
The plot of the tale from this point
on is clear enough in reading, but con-
densed ii would sound complicated.
Another will is discovered. leaving
everything TO Summer, and he tears II
up in a sudden burst Of generosity.
Then il IS discovered that wills make
no difference anyway. for the guardian
has been deceived by a plausible villain
who robs him of his money and his
wife-so there is no property for the
boys TO struggle over.
Sumner and his cousin decide TO SO
-'-st where Summers father and
mother have located" but they do not
speak OF the decision TO each other
and leave three or four hours apart
and after series Of very exciting ad-
ventures meet in ST. Louis. They have
q very happy time working together In
the same firm and later on the guardian
Is enabled to make. good all his losses
to the boys. who discover at the last
moment another will which upsets all
previous calculations. The love inter-
est is small but natural and happy
The minor characters in the story are
not minor at all-every one of them
has an important bearing on the story
and all Is made clear in the last chap
ter. It is good story well told and
deserves more than the usual praise.
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beautiful faith in each other 1t Is
positively pathetic
Bermondsey Bibbus, the father. had
tried all sorts OF things during his
early married life to earn his living.
but everything had been unsuccessful.
An uncle OF his wife's. and for whom
the child Sumner had been named was
expected to leave them money when
he died. but left har nothing but a
neglected old library. which would
have been q white elephant on their
hands IL 1t had not occurred to them
to open a second hand book shop
There were many law books in the
collection: the uncle had been a law
yer. and SO Bermondsey kept up the
fiction for years that he was about to
enter the law The descriptions
contained in the first chapters OF the
book of the early life OF the narrator
are extremely humorous. the meetings
In the evening in the book shop OF
the friends OF the book seller being
particularly well done.
One day a man, who proves to be the
guardian of the stepson-to whom
Uncle Sumner had left his money
calls at the store and induces the
Bibbuses to allow their boy to go out
TO the suburb where they live. The
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
'Wark and Habits"

By Albert ]. BeveridSe author Of Tie Bible
as Eood Reading. Published By Henry
Aitemns company. Philadelphia. Price 50
cents
Work and Habits" Is a book written
especially for the young American. The
thing that inpresses one in the read
Ing is that Senator Beveridge Is not a
theorist- He began life as a pIowboy,
toiled as iumberman. trapped the
countryside as 4 book agent. made a
career as lawyer. and now sits IN
the senate OF the United States The
man who has done things has earned
the right to advise; whether we follow
his counsels or not one must respect
them The style is easy and CONVEX
satiOnal. not preachy in any sense One
can almost feel the magnetism OF the
mans voice and presence in the words
The chapter on Work and Habits" is
a general talk about getting on IN the
world-decently. successfully and man
fully. The one on Money is import
ant for every man who has his own
way TO make Patriotism and manly
adherence 10 right. Just because il is
right. are the main points in another
chapter. A study OF Washington life
shows the senator 10 be an optimist.
He sees more good IN conditions there
than any other writer and tells OF il
in a manner that is interesting and
spirited
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
The CobblG''

By Elma A. Travis, VI. D.. author OF The
Pang- Yanger" Published by The Outing
company. New York. Price sl.25.
A rather clever and original story is
found in The Cobbler." a pleasing
novel by Elma A. Travis. NJ. d. The
hero is the son of the village cobbler,
a man above the average In talent.
emotional and worshiper OF the
sensuous to a degree almost pagan.
The first thing the hero does is to
marry the daughter of a Judge She
is totally unlike her husband in every
way. well balanced and seIf-contained,
while he is as variable as the wind
These two foolish young people are
unsuited to each other and drift apart.
Much OF the book is devoted TO the
story OF the mans ENHANCEMENT with
three women at once. There is too
much discussion of sex problems that
seem dragged in. After many disagree
able and trying experiences hero and
heroine are again brought together
with what seems guarantee OF reason
able happiness.
The hero writes. and the literary
and artistic talk Is badly done. but
he is a yachtsman in small way on
the Hudson and the best OF the book
is found In the scenes OF outdoor and
country life.~ The book is amateurish
IN style. but the author has ideas and
IS to be reckoned with.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
Encyclopedia Of Religious Knaaaedge''


Published by Funk G Wagnalls company.
New York
The new Schaff- -Herzog Encyclopedia
OF Religious knowledge is a vast work
1t is 10 be completed in IL volumes. the
first of which has arrived from the
publishers. II the other volumes treat
as many subjects as the first one does
1t will be readily seen that little can
be asked for not found in these pages
The first volume has treated Ss2 topics
It contains $50 pages and 100 editors
have been engaged IN the work upon
1t. There are 500 specialist contribu-
tors TO the edition and all OF them
have been actively engaged for the last
six years. The trouble with most ref
erence books so far available upon re-
ligious subjects is that none OF them
Is up TO date; then. too. most OF them
are sectarian. which makes their use
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
The Mystery of the Yellow Room''

BY CASTOR Leroux Published By Brsntsno's.
New York. Price S1-5o.
CASTOR Leroux. the author OF lie
Mystere de la Chambre Jaune." has
created new character in fiction
and one we are sure to meet again.
His name is Joseph Rouletabille, a
young cub of reporter. Is years of
age. engaged upon the Paris "Epoque."
Young Rouletabille has theories and
makes deductions from them very
much as Sherlock Holmes did, but his
system is more complicated and inter-
esting than that of the veteran detec-
tive. and his methods are more scien-
tifc.
OF course, the mystery is a murder,
mystery and the search for the mur-
. derer makes up the book
famous scientist, part French and
part American, owns a beautiful es-
tate near Paris. In the grounds OF
this estate is a pavilion where he has
fitted up laboratory for his chemical
experiments. The pavilion contains a
room, the yellow room, where the
daughter of the scientist Mathflde
Stangerson, slept during the warm
summer months. This daughter was
devoted TO her father and had refused
: all suitors In order to help her father
IN his work, and now was woman OF
35. with a scientific education far in
advance OF many of the men of the
day.
The room in which she slept, .arhe
Yellow Room" contained one window.
heavily barred, and one door leading
into her fathers laboratory On this
particular night she had worked with
her father until II o'c1ocK and then
retired. Her father and the old fam
ily servant with him hear sounds of
struggle soon and screams OF help"
murder, etc. but find her door is
double locked and they are Obliged 20
break IL in.
When they finally succeed In get
ting In, they nnd Mile, Stangerson "
ing on the floor, blood flowing from a
wound in her forehead and marks of
strangulation on her throat There is
no chimney in this room and no pos
sible way the murderer could have
escaped except by the door through
which the father and servant had en-
tered No murderer Is found, however.
and he cannot be secreted IN the room.
So there is the problem.
There are half q dozen suspicious
and many curious cor Llications. ar,l
though the most famous detective In
all the country, Frederic Larson. is
sent for, nothing avails. The papers
are of course interested and ADVANCE
theory after theory, and the "Epouue"
sends Joseph Rouletabilie with carte
blanche to investigate The story.
which gives his remarkable deduction
in detail, is as interesting detective
story as has ever been written. The
methods are slightly like those en-
Hioyed oy Sherlock Holmes. Also he
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Books Received

'-vaIue Price and Proat.~ b. Carl Marx
Charles II. Kerr Co. Chicago
Changes IN the Theory and Tactics of TIE
German Social Demoeraey. By Paul Kampf-
Fate's a Fiddler" b Edwin G. Pinkham-
Snail. MAYNARD & Co. Boston.
Coed Citizenship.H by Grover Cleveland.
Henry Altemus < Co. Phslzdelphla.
-soar so1nets q seEsaead.~ ty lanes P.
Haxerson- H n Caldwell company. Bnstun
Iogether." by Rooert Herrick- TIE Mac
milan company New Nork-
''Our Bird Friends ~ George f. Burba
The 0utIn< publishing ec1apanl. New YORK.
The Warfarers- h- xsr~ Stauart f-,,rr5-,
The Vegetable Garden." By Ida D. Bennett.
ne Mcclure company New York
.GuilfTer's Travels" retold hy James Bald
win. American book company. New York
Winslow L. C. Page Co. 5osron-
In the World and On the shore by Rich
ard D. Ware L. c. PAGE & Co. Boston
The House on the Water" By Charles G. B
In the Land OF the Mosques and the
Ainarets.s By Francis Miltown and Blanche
AeNanus- l. C. Page & Co. Bosfon.
Captain Love, By Theodore Roberts L c.
PAGE Co. Boston
The widowf' by Helen Rowland Dodge
publishing compsnT. New York.
The Irresistible Current tv Mrs Loweu-
berg Broadway publishing consuanv New York
Chinese Fables and Fox Stories. bv Mary
h Davis and Chow LiEns- Auseriesn book com
sshort stories Of the Heroes of rse Early
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2 L Lee COMPANY. BoSfcn-
"Fads as Facts. by Rsyoa; II s puslishs
company. Chicago.
ssConsurnption' by Charles n. rsylor. Il. d.
Z. B. Treat & Co. New 1oEk.
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Gus old oaken bowl as big as a kettle
drum. china lined. bound with three
broad hoops of silver and standing
on three massive silver claws; and
there were some savory eggs. de-
liciously embowered in their greenery
OF mustard and cress, and timed
tongue. tissue papered IN white and
red. and Earnished with stars and discs
and crescents as though II had never
known what II was 10 sleep in dark
ness In an air tight tin under Fus-
sitter's counter; and some beetrooL
brimming in a blood red lake Of vine
gar: and whipped creams and trifie
pudding. all set out on snowy white
damssk amid an arctic glitter OF glass
and silver and cutlery. Except the
cheese, which was a Camembert, and
went by itself on the grained sideboard.
where all the tumblers and wine
glasses had been congregated before
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

An interesting sign OF the times Is
the international moral education con-
gress. which viii be held in London in
September. The vice president for. the
United States is Professor Earl Barnes.
whose book Where knowledge Falls
IN The Art of Life series. was pub
hshed recently.
Professor Thomas r Lounsbury OF
Yale university. who said in a recent
riom none are was entirely correct, Is
&fhearty defender OF what IS some
Nnes called newspaper English In
his book. The Standard OF Usage in
8ngiish." he maintains that the style
ef reputable journals is quite as good
a. the conditions allow. If not a little
better. Indeed, Professor Lounsbury,
whose very practical standard is the
usage Of great writer's and cultivated
Speakers. seems inclined 10 permit
more latitude OF idiOm than some
editors. One characteristics pronounce
msnt OF this critic which many people
are quoting is Language not only does
change. but should change
Margaret Potter is passing the sum
mer IN Italy. with Rome as her head
quarters. making occasional jounts into
the Italian country With tireless en-
ergy Mrs Potter is already planning
TO follow I'D with a similar tale the
impression made BY The Golden Lad
der" which one reflective critic called
can unvarnished story
Mr.. A. E ". Mason. the novelist,
used TO be an actor, and IL is probable
that his experiences on the boards may
materially help him as a parliamentary
speaker fellow actor Of those far
or days says OF him: "Of course. we
know he was varsity man and all
that. but he was quite a good sort all
the same We could not stand all those
Initials, though. and used 10 cali him.
Alphabet Mason"
Besides her literary activities. which
are strenuous and constant. Gertrude
Atherton wiIl divert herself in Munich
this summer with musical interests. OF
which that city is a pronounced CEN
ter. Mrs. Athe-ton is a devoted student
Of opera. and has contributed some
notable operate criticisms TO the for
eign press
Meredith Nicholson. the author OF
The House OF a Thousand Candles
is announced as a candidate for state
senator in Indiana He is an out and
out democrat and a Bryan man.
David Belasco's and David warheIds
Army Man." has been put in novel form
by Harvey J. OfHiggins. who has done
his best work on the recasting.
Miss Elizabeth Miller. author OF TIE
Yoke The City OF Delight" etc. was
married on June Il. Her husband Is =
prominent Indianapolis attorney. II IS
understood that Miss Miller viii con-
tinue her literary work
Clara Louise Burnham has placed the
manuscript for a large part OF her new
novel with the publishers. who viii
bring Il out next season The new
novel will be called The Leaven OF
Love"
Mrs Ella ". Peattie's volume Of
short stories. entitled The Shape ot
Fear" has been translated into Bo-
hemian and Is TO be published in that
language
Miss May Sinclair Is al her home in
Kensington. England. engaged on a
new novel. She has also some short
stories IN hand.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

is nothing TO that effect IN the book.
Leonard Lyle is called John Lyle and
his daughter Lorena is called Norena-
Jean Adam is described as 3 secret
agent in the employ OF the Servian gov
ernment, when in reality he IS one OF
the blackmailsrS.
The cover also uncovers all the real
mysteries OF the book. the secret Of
the locked door is fully described: also
the fact that Levi. who acts as STAT
hams butler. is in reality his brother.
is revealed
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"Fate's a Fiddler

BY Edwin George Pinkham. Illustrated by
Lester Ralph Published by Small MAYNARD
& Co., Boston. Price $3.50.
What If skies be wan and chilli
What IL winds be harsh and sstalef
Presently the east viii thrill.
And the sad and shrnnksn sail,
BeIlying with a kindly gale.
Bears ron sunwards. while your chance
Sends you back tire hopeful hall
.Fates Fiddler. Hfe's q dance.'o
In that little verse of Henley's is
found the Inspiration for the title of
an unusual story by Edwin George
Pinkham.
The story is photographed In
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form. being told by Sumner Bibbus, and
II begins with his very earliest recol-
lections and continues TO the time
when life seems to offer him TO more
adventures. but calm, plain sailing.
There is much about the book to
remind the reader of Dickens. The
author says he prefers Dickens to
other writer's and his style, consciously
or unconsciously, IS much like the
master. His father and mother are
decidedly Dickensesque. The father Is
a particularly incapable person and
he and his wife have such simple and
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has stupid friend-duller infinitely
than DR.. watson-who tells the story.
The denouement Is q complete sur
prise, and yet when the explanation ts
Forthcoming IL is % simple that 1t
seems curious II was not seen before.
1t Is the most ingenious piece OF work
seen in many a long day.
More than this cannot be said; the
reader must discover the murderer
himself The work of the translator
is well done. though no name is given.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

fulness limited This encyclopedia is
of such immense scope that IL Is difa-
cult TO comprehend 1T all at once. but
we are assured that any and every pos
sible item on any subject relating in
any way TO the religion Of every coun-
try on the globe Is exhaustively treated
in this encyclopedia making the work
OF great value.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
Ihs Pasf Girl,

Br Edward C. B0orh- Published by the Cen
tury eampanF. Neu. York- Price $50.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
esap sI ssak ani PespIe Nh1 M, Ii.n

An interesting sign OF the times is
the international moral education con-
gress. which viii be held in London in
September. The vice president for the
United States is Professor Earl Barnes.
whose book Where knowledge Fails
IN The Art OF Life series. was pub
lished recently.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

Clara Louise Burnham has placed the
manuscript for a large part OF her new
novel with the publishers. who vii
bring II out next season The new
novel will be called The Leaven o.
Love"
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

Miss Elizabeth Miller. author OF TIE
Yoke The City OF Delight" etc. was
married on June Il. Her husband Is =
prominent Indianapolis attorney. II rs
understood that Miss Miller viii con-
tinue her literary work.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

Miss May Sinclair Is al her home in
Kensington. England. engaged on a
new novel She has also some shoTt
stories in hand
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

Besides her literary activities. which
are strenuous and constant Gerrruds
Atherton wiil divert herself in Munich
this summer with musical interests. OF
which that city is a pronounced CEN
ter. Mrs. Athe-ton is a devoted student
Of opera. and has contributed soma
notable operatic criticisms TO the for
eign press
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

Mrs. Ella W. Peattie's volume OF
short stories. entitled The Shape oc
Fear" has been translated into Bo-
hennian and Is to be published in that
language
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

Margaret Potter is passing the sum
mer IN Italy. with Rome as her head
quarters, making occasional jounts into
the Italian country With tireless en-
ergy Mrs Potter is already planning
TO follow up with a similar tale the
impression made BY The Golden Lad
der" which one reflective critic called
s'an unvarnished story
Middletown transcript., 1908-01-11
UNCLE SANS vAsr RESOURCES

Our vast aseendency not only in ac-
qnired wealth, but in the resources
through which new wealth can be created,
enables US to command the. worlds CO.
operation in every emergency. The
United States stands first in the produc-
ton OF many staple commodities and beats
all the rest OF the world combined in the
yield Of mineral oil, copper and corn,
In an age Of electricity, copper is an ar
ticle Of prime and constantly increasing
necessity and the world will have to:come
to US for most Of its supply. Itis coming
to US, and it will come to us for more of
it in 1908 than it got in 1907 In period
in which cotton, as an agent OF civiliza-
ton, is pushing its conquering march
round the globe, We are producing three
fourths OF the worlds cotton, and We
could readily double our present output
Of ii.
The copper, the cotton, the wheat, the
oil, the corn, the meats, and the other
staple which we are exporting to Europe,
Asia and Africe in immense quantities
these days are creating for US tile credits
abroad which have been bringing to ms
stream Of gold beyond the dreams Of
Midas. Those were magnificent tributes
to the United States command over the
worlds prizes OF fortune which the Ini-
perial Bank Of Germany and the Bank Of
England paid Us when they advanced
their rates of discount, two or three times
recently, with the vain hope Of checking
the current Of gold which was flowing to
us.
We need more elastic currency, and
Congress is likely to give tito us. Among
the men who are In charge OF our great
financial interests We need q greater vigi-
lance, and more scrupulous.rega for
law. We need among the people bal
ance and sanity which will save them
from foolish stampedes like that prec:pi-
tated by the recent scare. Basically our
industrial and financial system is stronger
that Of any other country on the globe.
The craker and the calamity prophet have
no legitimate place in the scheme Of
things in the United States to-day.
From .Why We Need Not Fear a
Panic" by James w nCIeave. III :.tTbe
Circle, " for January.