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bands and wives not loving each other in the way desired by their mates. How would 1t do to have attached to all marriage papers a blank to be filled out by husband and wife-elect, headed: q want to be loved in the following way? The filled out blanks could then become court records and avoid, it does seem, a lot of trouble in the aforesaid courts in after years. How about It?
 We'll, of course, in the case of "Cyn- thia," she found another man-when the husband was not of her kind of loving and the book tells all, too much, about it.
 This is simply another one of those specimens of "The Fleshy School of Fiction" which are usually written by women--but in this case by a man, who sh ould have been spanked and sent to bed.
 But does MT. Wales book, now a triology, sell? Well rather. Way up in the ten thousands-so somebody must thrill over and pay good money for them. The buying public Is re- sponsible solely for the type of books published.
 This department discussed a book some time since by Mir. Wales called "The Old Allegiance" that was so clean, bright and charming that one could hardly realize that the man who wrote that book could have been guilty, all charges proven, on his, at times and in places indecent triology.
 "The War in the Air." by H. G. Wells (The MacMillan Col.
 Mr. Wells Is the Jules Verne of thi day and generation. And, like Jules Verne, he compels his readers to be- lieve in the probability more than pos sibility of the things coming true as he outlines them in his books. MT. Wells is a socialist-to more or less extent. He covers in a book recently received by this department what he thinks of First and Last Things" to be reviewed herein later, when read.
 In "The War in the Air we are not bothered much with socialistic argu- ments other than MT. Wells idea to show that all war is wrong, that when governments become too powerful, We will have a world war, undoub tedly in the air, which will from it's effects turn back progress to the conditions, say, of the times of England in or be- fore the days of the Norman Con quest.
 The plot of the story runs something like this:
 At the epochal time of the perfection of the practical airship Bert Small ways" a little cockney with the vague, narrow brain and scanty knowledge of his kind. in trying to land the balloon of "Butteridge," inventor of the only perfect flying machine, is carried away in 1t and into Germany. The balloon is shot down by the Germans at the great works where their airships are being built and Bert Smallways falls with it, wearing Butteridge's outside coats and carrying the secret plans which he found in them. He is at first mistaken for Butteridge and Is hurried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06
Lite7ary Lights and Shadops
BY s. MAYS BALL

for writing Waterloo" was that so much Napoleonic material Is now available which had not come to light when he wrote Napoleon"
 There have been a great many books, papers, articles, etc, written about the battle of Waterloo. This reviewer has read everything he could find on the subject. Until the appearance of MT. Watsons new books 1t was plain to this reviewer that the battle of Waterloo was fought; that so many men were on one side, so many on the other, the troops were deployed this way and that and so on. But to get the idea fixed in your mind as to what Napoleon was trying to do, and why he didn't do 1t (of course we all know about GrouchyD was a difficult proposition. Four times within this year has this reviewer read the little volume the Battle of Water loo," by Victor Hugo, gotten out by the Roycrofters Great. yes! but when you get through with it-you are not as clear in your mind as to the personal equation in the battle Get us say) as this reviewer ventures to state MT. Wat sons Waterloo will present 1t to you.
 The warden of the Tower has his bout with the citizen on the green Sir Walter Raleigh looks on from above and the lieu tenants wife from below, and neither of the three-warder, lieutenant's wife nor the prisoner, Sir Walter-oan agree with, either of the other two as to what took place. Inside the Tower three different tales are told. It is reasonably certain that still another version was given when the citizen got back to town and began to talk.
 So 1t is about everything that happens. From all the new material regarding the battle of Waterloo, MT. Watson has with in A- pages told us just about all there is to know at this time.
 You have heard about the Duchess of Rchmonds ball in Brussels? Sure. You've read, thrilled over Lord Byron's poem? Of course. You thought that ball was held in some noble house or hall? Not at all. ''Instead of being a high hall as By ron imagined, 1t was a low room, IS feet high 54 feet broad and 120 feet long. For the 200 invited guests 1t afforded ample accommodations. The place used for this dance was the storeroom or depot of carriage builder whose establishment joined the rear of the Duke of Richmond's palace.
 Now about this book. If you wish to read something that will give you just about as much pleasure and profit both as you can secure in any way don't fall to secure MT. Watson's waterloo
 Mr. Watson will simply take you off in a corner, and in the most delightful way tell you all about it.
 Some Washington paper in discussing one of MT Watsons books, remarked what a pity it was that he had not de- voted his entire time to writing books, in- stead of "fooling' with politics, or words
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Waterloo, by James E. Watson, (Neale
 Publishing Company.
 Some enterprising. up-to-date gentlemen of Chicago began the publication at, as 1t proved, the psychological moment last May, of a magazine called Practical Electricity the keynote of which is Told in English" This magazine told in English" born last May, has now a circulation of over 75,000 copies month iy, growing rapidly-why?
 Because the reader doesn't need key with which to understand the matter con tained in the body of the magazine.
 The above Is an introduction to the few remarks this reviewer intends mak- ing willy nilly on the subject of MT. Watson's delightful new book. called Waterloo" If you have read MT. Wat sons Story of France" or his ''Napol- con- or his Thomas Jefferson" or any thing he writes and almost everybody who count has read some of these books you know how this talented author writes history, the dash and brilliance and zeal of it all.
 And the best part about everything that MT. Watson writes is the told in Eng lish' feature of his work. There is no need of any diagrams, keys or further explanations after MT. Watson has fin ished with subject. Then too, with the great simplicity of explanation and treatment-there is personal charm in all MT. Watson's histories-which makes them read like a romance.
 Most history, as history, is something of a bore. The average historian ap- breaches and falls upon his subject worse IuckD with the idea, it appears. that he must be so awfully solemn, make his subject matter just as dry as pos sible to succeed as historian. The re- suit Is that few people can be induced, after they leave school and college to read any history at all. Life Is too shortl Rather than be bored to death in finding out this or that regarding the his- rory of our own or somebody elses ooun- try-we let the matter go at that-admit- ing that in any event 1t is all over with and nothing we can do now could make matters better-or worse. as the case may be.
 But with MT. Watson 1t Is so differ ent. This reviewer knows a somewhat flighty young person, more or less. who is now reading 'The Story of France in preference to "best seller One can hardly present MT. Watsons charm stronger than that-now, can you?
 There are plenty of facts, too, with all MT. Watson's delightful style-the facts are there, but they are not pre- scented in that proverbial dry-as-dust style. evidently so beloved by the his torians.
 In .sWaterloo" Mir Watson has not used ony of the material which appeared In his history of Napoleon''-excepting, of course, the general line of the narrative. Mr. Watson has stated that his reason
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| them alone, Hes the power to prevent miscegenation.
 l. It isn't often that the negro question is so ably discussed and with so pleasing a piece of literary mechanism to carry 1t so charmingly to and through the read CTS mind, as Mir. Jacobs has done in his new book.
 The book Is well worth reading; it is handsomely produced, well illustrated and altogether a most worthy literary production.
 It will be from just such writers, men of authoritative thought to produce ac- tion, that will awaken the south to a proper realization of what Is necessary in this negro question-just such writers just such books-as MT. Jacobs and ''The Law of the White Circle" that we all should welcome, read and study. Wisdom For the Foolish" by Lambkin
 Sphinx (Richard c. Badger) (The Cor
 ham Press)
 MT. Sphinx may be- but it is hardly pos sible, judging from his effusive book, a relative by marriage of the Silent Stone Woman of Egypt
 There are lots of foolish people in this world, lots of people not foolish possibly but who may need wisdom knocked in their heads, if they won't take it any other way. with an aX. But Wisdom for the Foolish wouldn't do in that case, on the contrary; the indications seem to be that that volume might add to the dis ease-a consummation to be avoided if possible.
 The trouble with MT. Sphinx-one of tho troubles at any rate; there may be lots of them for all any of us can say--but this one in particular seems to be that MT. Sphinx Is under the impression that he is so awfully funny. He may be. who can tell?-the book doesn't exhibit MT. Sphinx any too dod gasted funny, not in the way he means anyhow.
 At school, no doubt everything Mr. Sphinx said brought forth laugh. There is always a chap like that at school. Oc course that is only a guess: it may not be so at all Still it looks if Mir. Sphink. causing untold glee at school, felt that people he didn't know and never should be permitted to howl with de- light, more or less, over his scintlllating humor Assuming those guesses to be correct, here is the book, aforesaid Wis dom for the Foolish"
 MT. Sphinx takes a lot of old proverbs and comments on them. He assumes q great risk For instance:
 Pride goes before fall"
 Now, that's a mistake; it is generally afterward
 "Out of sight out of mind'
 Vacant you see.
 Every rose has its thorn.'
 Except the early rose of the potato variety.
 Tt never rains but it pours.''
 That is a popular fallacy; sometimes 1t sprinkles and sometimes 1t just rains.
 Now, If you have been able to hold your sides over that humor, don't you think, a general proposition, applied particularly in this case to MT. Sphinx, that there ought to be- if there isn't some law against such stuff?
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to that effect. MT. Watson very properly replied that he could not have written the books he has unless he had lived the experiences he himself has gone through. And you feel when you read his books that surely MT. Watson has 'llved.'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
MAY Be BRYAN
LANDSLIDE
EITHER THAT OR HAIR LINE
FINISH IN OHIO, ACCORDING
TO FORECAST BY WALTER
WELLMAN.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.--In a review
of the political situation In Ohio
in the Record-Herald today, Walter
Wellman says:
ohio is close, with a chance for
either Taft or Bryan to get the
verdict by slender plurality, or it
is for Bryan by landslide.
"If the vote had been taken
three weeks ago, the state would
have gone for Bryan. During tho
last fortnight the republicans have
gained and feel hopeful. Democrats
feel certain they will win the state
for the national ticket.
There are many uncertain ele-
ments. The most probable outcome
is a close election like 1892"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
TRIES AGAIN TO
END LIFE

A second attempt at suicide by
Mrs. Hester Merrill has failed.
Only few days ago she was saved
after taking laudanum in the rooms
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Bolster, her
benefactors, on Post street.
About o'clock last night she
was taken in semi-conscious con-
dition from a Liberty Park street
car to the emergency hospital. DR..
Burchard Roark stated she had
swallowed small dose of strych-
nine, not enough to cause death
Immediately. She was revived and
today is getting along well.
The woman is an unfortunate
who formerly made money in va
rious cities as demonstrators of
facial lotions. III health and lack
of employment has preyed upon
her mind.
Mrs. Merrill slept most of the
day in the emergency hospital.
She expressed anger that her Sec
ond attempt at taking her life fail
ed and refused to discuss her I'M
fortunate circumstances. She will
probably now be examined for her
sanity.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
PARK BOARD LAUNCHES
GREAT BOULEVARD PLAN

Action was taken by the park
board at its meeting today noon
which will give Spokane in the
course of time one of the finest
boulevard drives in the northwest.
Ground for boulevard $50 feet
wide running along the bluff of the
Spokane river from the present ter
mination of Summit boulevard at
Mission avenue to Paramount Gene
terry, a total distance of nearly four
miles. will be acquired by donation
If possible.
Donations for two and a half
miles of the boulevard were Sc
cured at the meeting today, the
donors being ]. d. Sherwood, Frank
Hogan nd John A. Finch, who own
the abutting property.
A portion OF the other mile and
a half has been given by the o.
r. & N. railway, leaving about a
mile of the boulevard right of way
yet to be secured.
Just as soon as the matters Of
the title are adjusted, the park
board will begin the work of grad
ing and improving the new drive
way and hope to have 1t in readi
ness for use by next spring or early
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
D0GCED
THEIR TRAIL

TACOMA, Oct. 28.-Death stalk
cd the trail of Fred Kloeber and
julius Kumle on their hunting
trip in the mountains.
The body of Kloeber, who with
julius Kumle was lost in the
woods near Hot Springs, was dis.
covered yesterday afternoon about
mile and n half from the spot
where Kumle was found. The po-
sition of the body indicated that
he stumbled over a log and broke
his neck. The body was located
by the hounds of Deputy Sheriff
McDermott of Spokane.
Kumle was found dead evidently
of heart disease, and Kloeber died
while trying to find his way out
of the forest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28

certificate when the market was
strong, is the contention of Attor-
ney Voorhees, for the defendants
in the case of j. r. Brown against
the Montana Scotch Bonnet Cap
ital C Gold Mining Co.
Brown brought suit against the
company for $6,105, the amount he
alleges he lost in being refused the
transfer of his stock certificate to
prospective purchaser in Septem.
Der of last year. He says the stock
was selling at 10 cents a share,
but it has since dropped till it is
now worth but one and. half cents
share. Brown is suing for the
difference in the market value of
71,S28 shares of stock which he
still holds.
The contention of the attorney
for the defendant is that there is
no connection between the act of
the defendant and the market
value of the stock, and the alleged
wrong did not cause the deprecia-
ton of the stock. The matter is
being argued before Judge Ken
nan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28

summer, in time to display the
scenic beauty of Spokane surround
ings to the thousands of visitors
who will pass through Spokane on
their way to or from the Seattle
exposition.
The completion of the proposed
drive will give the city a continu-
Gus boulevard ON the north and
east sides of the river from Monroe
street to Paramount cemetery.
The movement for similar
boulevard along the Hangman
creek bluff is also we'll under way
and will be Incorporated into the
boulevard system of the city as
soon as all the land in the south
west end of the city is plated and
opened for settlement
The park board hopes in the
course of five years to have a sys-
tenn of boulevard driveways around
the river and hill bluffs of the city
20 miles in length. No city in the
country presents better opportuni-
ties for development of this kind
that Spokane.
The park board will employ the
Olmstead Bros, well known land
scape gardeners. to lay out the new
boulevard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
ATTORNEYS I'm FIGHT
TO BEAT JUDGE HINKLE,
Judge Richardson Will Receive Nom Partisan
Support for Superior Bench.

lar ordinance Of the city of Seat
tie had been held to be unconstitu-
tional.
In all labor disputes brought be-
fore Judge Richardson. in which
an injunction was sought, the is
suance of the injunction never took
place until the laboring men were
given hearing. At the present
day the plan is first to issue the
injunction and have the hearing
afterward
At republican headquarters, the
fight of Judge Hinkle has been
taken up and an effort will be
made between now and election
day to make his candidacy (Which
is presumed to be nonpartisan), a
party issue and urge his support by
all republicans.
Judge Hinkle is recognized as
one of the mainstays of the party
organization in private capacity.
The contest for the election of
Judge Richardson will be waged
with vigor from this time forward
An effort will be made by circulars
and otherwise to acquaint the pub
lie with his candidacy and record
on. the bench, and his friends say
that If the movement grows in the
next few days as it has the first
three days of this week, the Judge
will be elected.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
HORTON GETS
THE RECORDS
COURT GIVES THEM ACCESS
TO EVIDENCE NOW IN POS
SESSION OF CORPORATION
CUNSEL'S OFFICE.

G. E. Horton, alleged embezzling
clerk of the city water department,
and his attorney, A. c. Shaw, are
to have access to every book and
account of public record that has
in any way to do with the work
of the defendant while in the en-
ploy of the city, that may have at
any time have been placed in con-
cealment by the prosecuting attor-
ney's Office or by the corporation
counsel.
The showing made by Attorney
Shaw did not clearly indicate that
any public records had been so
concealed by the prosecuting attor-
ney, but following the statement
of Assistant Corporation Counsel
Allen that he did have several
papers of minor Importance in his
Judge Sullivan ordered
that all the evidence in the case
that is in it's nature a public record
must be returned to it's proper
place.
In Horizons affidavit he states
that there were five memorandum
books in which he kept tabulated
the errors found from day to day
and they also contained entries
when an error had been
found and corrected. These are
now in the hands of the prosecu-
ton, alleges Horton, together with
seven vouchered checks to show
the payments he had made to the
city treasurer for the amounts of
errors as they were discovered.
The matter now to be decided is
whether or not the exhibits in the
hands of the Assistant Corporation
Counsel Allen are public documents
or not.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Don Kizer charged the court with
exceeding it's jurisdiction when it
included Allen in the order on the
grounds that he was not a party
to the action brought by Horton
against the prosecuting attorney.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
HOBSON SEES JAP
WAR TRICK

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S.--Con-
gresham Hobson tried to make an
audience at a political meeting here
last night believe Japan is eagerly
seeking war with the United Sattes
at an early date, and that only the
presence of big feet in the Pa
cific will prevent conflict.
He declared Japan borrowed a
billion dollars to be used In pre-
pairing for war. and said overtures
of peace on the part of Japan were
to delude this nation into returning
the battleships to the Atlantic, so
Japan could seize strategic points
on the western coast.
There are now in the United
States $4,000 good japanese SOL
diers. Hobson declared. He said
Japanese are continually melting
Filipinos to instruction. In the
first part of his speech he urged
voters to go to the polls and help
elect Bryan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
BUYS
PARK SITE

A deal was practically closed to-
day whereby the land Frank Hogan
wanted to sell to the Spokane
Country club has been purchased
by the park board and will be con-
verted into the largest and most
beautiful park in the city. In all
ITO acres will be bought, including
the new site of the isolation hos
pitaI.
DR.. Grieve, city health officer,
was given notice of the deal this
morning and said the health board
would not stand In the way OF any
such beneficial proposition as the
one proposed.
This means that the board Of
health must look up new site for
the isolation hospital.
The proposed park will meander
along the Spokane river and is one
of the most attractive park sites
in the city. The park board has
had its eyes on 1t for years. The
price is not stated.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
PRINTERS WANT TO
SEE UNION LABEL

w. d. Wheaton. president OF the
local typographical union and one
of the most conscientious workers
in the movement In the city. today
entered upon campaign for the
union label on all printed matter
and the patronage OF home printing
institutions.
Mr.. Wheaton says that SUR
prisingly large share of the print
ed matter used in Spokane goes
out of the city because the pur-
chaser on individual orders may
save a few pennies. The IA union
printing offices of the city pay
good wages, all OF which goes back
into the channels of trade here,
Strange to relate. 1t has been
found that some Of the concerns
whose heads are prominent In all
movements looking to the boosting
of the city's interests are among
those who are sending their print
ing out OF the city. Mr., Wheaton
could get busy right at home with
the Cowles concern. for instance
In his temporary efforts as busi.
ness agent for the printers Mr..
Wheaton expects to place this mat
ter Ia the proper light before tina
big concerns OF Spokane md
hopes 10 securv8ee< results.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28
MCCORMICK SAYS
STATE IS FOR TAFT

R. l.. Mccormick, of Tacoma, one
of the leaders in the big Weyer-
hauser timber syndicate, and
many times a millionaire. was at
the Hotel Spokane today on his
way to the dedication of the Camp
Washington monument. MIR. Nc
Cormick is a member of the repub-
lican national committee for the
state of Washington and on being
questioned as to the political out
look in the state, said:
Everything is in normal condi-
ton on the west side. and for that
matter all over the state. and re-
publicans will poll their usual ma
iority, There is nothing at all in
the situation to cause us alarm"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-28

by the creaking of the key In his
door. He listened and realized
that midnight marauder was
proving about him. Stealthily, as
becomes cop. he slipped out OF
bed, gun in hand, tip-toed to the
door, grasped 1t by the knob and
threw it open. Presto! Nobody
was In sight.
Bucholz didn't need to pinch him.
self to know he was awake, for
there was the sound of someone
going down stairs at about fight
of steps at a stride. Clad in a
garb which is not to be compared
in appearance to his new uniform,
the policeman did some tall strid-
ing downstairs himself, but too
late to get a shot at the wouldbe
burglar. He notified headquarters.